Monday, July 25, 2011

Stamps R Us Birthday Celebration Challenge & Blog Hop! 8-)

Hi All! And a very Happy Monday to you! Today I'm so Excited to be back with an Extra Special Stamps R Us Birthday Celebration Challenge & Blog Hop! Yay!  There will be lots of fun and lots of Fabulous prizes too, so I sure hope you can join us for our celebration.


Our Stamps R Us Challenge this time is a Birthday theme, of course..lol 8-) And our Wonderful challenge sponsor is Whimsie Doodles.  Not only have they put together a very generous prize package for one very lucky winner, they are also giving our fans a 10% off coupon good for 30 days from the start of our current challenge to help Stamps R Us celebrate our Birthday!  How Fabulous is that! .. So for your shopping pleasure, the code for a 10% discount is SRU10.


Now, on to our Stamps R Us Birthday Celebration Blog hop! Yay!  The Wonderful Ladies of Stamps R Us have created some downright Darling cards for your inspiration and blog hopping fun, so Please remember to leave a comment at each stop on our Birthday hop to be eligible to win one of the Terrific prizes from our Fabulous Sponsors!  Iyou've arrived here from Paige's blog you're on the right track, if not you really should start at the Stamps R Us Challenge blog.  

Well for my SRU Birthday Celebration Challenge & Blog Hop creation, I chose Whimsie Doodles' Adorable Dottie Laid Back and Beach Borders.  Doesn't she just look like she's enjoying a fun summer celebration?...8-) Well, I sure thought so..lol.  I printed her out onto Flourishes Classic White and colored her up with my trusty Copics. I did a little paper piecing for her Sweet little bikini, beach umbrella and beach ball too, using Sassafras's Sunshine Broadcast dp's that I also used for my BG panels and then matted everything up with Bo Bunny's Double Dot Gabrielle CS in coral.  I though it would be neat to feature one of Sunshine Broadcasts fab journaling cards behind my image... So I did my best to cut out my Darling Dottie and her beach scene so you could see the sunny beach and sky journaling card behind her and popped her up with some dimensional and then popped the whole ensemble up with more dimensionals.  I stamped my Lil' Inker sentiment with Memento Tuxedo Black onto a cute little layered tag I made up with the help of my Cricut and the Mother's Day cartridge. And to finished up my SRU Summery Birthday Celebration card, I added some sweet adhesive pearls and some fun Aqua Bakers twine from MAD Stamper Finds.
I hope you enjoy our blog hop and good luck in winning some of our Fabulous Sponsor's prizes!.... Your next stop is Tammy at My Craft Central!

Thanks so much for dropping by today and joining our Birthday Celebration! Hope you all hav a Wonderful day! 8-) 
Thanks for stopping by!

54 comments:

  1. Oh, I want to be her, just relaxing on the beach!! Love your card with that sweet little image and all the little details and colors. Pure sweetness.

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  2. Beautiful Shannon, love the design and your background is awesome!
    hugs
    Marilyn

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  3. Good morning Shannon,
    Great card, she is so cute just reaxing at the beach. Great job.

    Happy Monday

    Judie

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  4. Oh how cute! I love the paper pieced umbrella :-) It really pops!The colors really work well o this cutie:-) very nice job
    XMicheleX

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  5. Terrific!! Love that patterned paper on this wonderful little beach scene. Too cute!
    Lynn

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  6. So absolutely soft and gorgeous, right down to the yummy drink in her hand!

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  7. Wowza, can you say AWESOME!!! This card rocks!!! Love everything about it!!! Fun, fun, fun!

    Linda

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  8. Awesome card with great details...love your colouring and paperpiecing!
    xxx Margreet

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  9. Fabulous card with such wonderful attention to detail. You are very talented and do a great job sharing your craft with the card making community.

    Smiles, Lisa

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  10. Ohmygosh, Shannon. This card is SO pretty! Love the deep color tones and all the layers and special extras. And that sky in the background is AMAZING! Great job!

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  11. I absolutely love this card hunni..just perfect in everyway :D
    hugs and xxx

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  12. Shannon - wow, awesome images and love all your elements on this super creation!
    ♥ Sandi's Blog!

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  13. What a beautiful card Shannon, Dottie is adorable with her cool drink!

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  14. Shannon, this is adorable. Love all the paper piecing and your sky background - wonderful job tying everything together - love, love, love it.

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  15. That is just too cute and love the colors! Thanks for sharing!

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  16. Super cute! I love your coloring and paper piecing.

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  17. Your card is gorgeous! Love the color palette and the adorable! image!

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  18. lovely card.. she is a cutie, with her little pink bikini and drink relaxing on the beach.. what a fun birthday card..

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  19. Little Dottie is darn adorable in her beach chair. So cute with the umbrella and the sand looks very realistic. Makes you smile!

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  20. wow wow wow....coloring and shadowing is absolutely awesome and i truly love the colors and papers you chose...GREAT card.

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  21. Oh my goodness, this is one gorgeous card! I love the paper piecing and your coloring is lovely. What a beautiful hair color you've given your beach girl and that drink looks good enough to well drink it, lol. Tfs
    Patti

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  22. Wow, this image is gorgeous! Lovin this hop too, Sheila:)X

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  23. Cute, cute, cute and holy cow... there's a lot of attention to detail in this card. Very nice Shannon!

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  24. This is sooo adorable Shannon! I love the paper piecing and your coloring is awesome! Fantastic details!!
    Hugs, Tammy

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  25. Great paper choices... so perfect for the theme. It has such a warm, inviting feel to it. I do wish I were with her! :)

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  26. Lovely card. I like what you have done with the umbrella :)

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  27. Really cute card. I love the girl laying out on the beach and your color choices. Great job!

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  28. Love your card! Beautiful mix of patterns and colors. And I am thrilled about the chance to win one of these wonderful prizes!

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  29. Very cute...love the colors you used and your added detail...tfs
    www.justwordz.ca

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  30. WOW!! You've done some outstanding coloring on this adorable image! Everything looks amazing, but those eyes are just captivating!! Gorgeous card Shannon....I love this one!!!

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  31. Hi Shannon, I totally loved studying all the details you put into your fab card. I love journaling cards, too, and need to check out Sassafras! Dottie is sitting pretty! Great job and fun hop.

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  32. she is such a cutey. great card

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  33. Hi Shannon, what an absolutely darling card! The image is just so cute and I love the sparkle in her eye! Love your sand. I just did some sand today. I'm going to try and remember your dots, that really adds a lot! Thanks for the inspiration!
    Hugs, Sarah T

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  34. Such a wonderful card! I love the colors and all of those wonderful layers!!! Great use of that cartridge for your sentiment too! I never think to make them that small...Til now! lol! great card!

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  35. Hmmm, she looks a little young for that drink! It must be a Shirley Temple...lol. Adorable card, sweet colours.
    Joyce xx

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  36. She's got the right idea! Sitting under the umbrella enjoying a drink.

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  37. Shannon,,darling card love all the attention to details really makes it all pop. Darling image she is just too too cute.

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  38. So cute! How I would love to be sitting on the beach with a good Margarita right now. The beach is only about 4 hours from here. I just might have to take a trip down. :)
    Hugs~

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  39. Your card is darling. I love that stamp, her face is so cute.

    Smiles Sher
    ShersL84bed@aol.com

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  40. Beautifully layered, fabulous colors - amazing card!

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  41. She is too cute and doing what I would like to be doing. How very pretty too!

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  42. Wow, I love your coloring! It's amazing. :) Your card is amazing too, I like the layout and papers and all! :) Thanks for sharing!

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  43. love the image.. Very relaxing and colorful

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  44. Absolutely adorable! Love the paper pieced bikini and umbrella. Awesome colors and beach scene!

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  45. This card made me giggle it is so cute. Great job on your background work as well!

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  46. OMG - your coloring is stunning! LOVE everything about your card!!!

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  47. Love seeing the little girl relaxing on the beach. Makes me want to go out and find a chair and lay out!

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  48. What an adorable card and lovely colouring.

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  49. So CUTE! I love how you colored her hair. It looks so shiney. Love the colors and the way you used it when piecing the image. Great Inspiration!!!

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  50. Happy 1st birthday! Love the 3d effect and fab embellishments. Ruby x

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  51. Wow, this is fantastic! The colors are so rich and yummy, and the baker's twine is an awesome touch! Love your card, Shannon!

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  52. LOVE this cute image Shannon, great creation:)

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  53. Oh, she is soo cute sitting there on the beach just relaxing and enjoying life!
    Hope you´ll do the same this summer! ;)
    SusanLotus, bloghopper

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