Luck of the Irish.. - TT87 DT!! 8-)

Hi all! And a Very  Happy Tuesday to you! Today I'm back with some really Super Exciting news to share with everyone!! I have been asked to join the Wonderfully talented DT over at Tuesday Throwdown!!  Hurray!! I am soooo excited and honored to have been asked to join such a Warm, Wonderful and Terrificly Talented group of Ladies!  I am So doing my Happy Dance right now! 8-) 
If you are not familiar with the Tuesday Throwdown Blog, you must go and check it out!  It's a weekly challenge blog and the challenges begin every Tuesday. Today's Challenge theme is On a Tear! So be sure to add some type of torn element(s) to you creation and join us!  8-) Our Wonderful Sponsor this week is Pink Cat Studio, Yay! Their images are So Darned Cute! And Melissa has put together a generous prize package for one Very Lucky winner, so I hope you will stop by & join in the fun. Please be sure to head on over to the Tuesday Throwdown Blog to take a peek at the Darling creations the rest of the Fabulously Talented DT has whipped up for your inspiration! 8-) Leave them a little Love too, it's always greatly Appreciated...8-)   

I printed out my Darling PCS Leprechaun Teddy Bear image out onto Flourishes Classic White and colored this little Cutie up with my trusty Copics. I cut him out with the help of my Classic Ovals and Scalloped Ovals Nesties sets and added a touch of shading with Antique Linen distress ink while the die was still in place and popped him all up with a bit of foam tape. For my mats and BG layers, I chose a combination of a few different Digi Dp's from Moonstream Designs, Emerald Isle collection. And to finish it all up I stamped my I/O Sentiment onto a fun SB Fancy Tags die cut with Memento Rich Cocoa and aded a few bronze adhesive nail heads for a little extra somethin' somethin' ;-)  And believe it or not, that's about it! Pretty easy peasy, huh?... 8-)

Sure hope you are all having a Fabulous Tuesday & thanks so much for visiting today!

PCS Bunny & Easter Egg Chics - SFYTT Feb 2012

Hi All! and a Very Happy Monday to you! Hope you all enjoyed a Wonderful weekend! It's been a bit chilly but the sun did come out so I got in some planting and gardening.  I just Love Spring flowers and my poor garden gets neglected all winter long, so it was quite the project getting it back in shape and ready for Spring..8-) Well today I thought I would share a quick post of my latest creation inspired by Jen del Muro's  Sketch For You To Try. I sure wish I had some of YNS's Darling Stamps, but alas, I do not, so improvised with a few Darling images from Pink Cat Studio's instead.. 8-)

I printed out my sweet PCS Bunny Holding Egg & Easter Egg Chicks out onto Flourishes Classic White and colored these little Cuties up with my trusty Copics. I cut them out with the help of my Classic Circles and Scalloped Circles Nesties sets using the out of the Box technique for my Bunny and popped them all up with a bit of foam tape. For my mats and BG layers, I chose a combination of a few different Dp's from Echo parks Darling Springtime collection. And believe it or not, that's about it! lol I kept it pretty clean and simple and for the most part, spot on with Jen's Fabulous sketch! Pretty easy peasy, huh?... 8-)

Here's Jen's Awesome Sketch..

Hope you all have a Fabulous Day! and thanks so much for dropping in!

With Deepest Sympathy... - CR84FN GD!

Hi all! Hop you have been having a Super weekend! Well today I'm back with some of the 'News" I mentioned the other day! The rest is still forthcoming.. 8-) It's been So hard to keep this all to myself, but I can finally share with you all that the Wonderfully Talented Mona Pendleton of CR84FN asked me to be their Guest Designer for the Month of March! Yay! 8-)  I am So doing my Happy Dance Right now! Whoo Hoo! 8-)  I can't even tell you how thrilled I am to get to work with this Amazing group of Warm and Fabulously Talented Ladies! Not to mention, CR84FN is also one of my all time Favorite color challenge blogs too Boot! 8-)
Well, for the next two weeks we will be working with CR84FN49's Lovely color palette of Yellow, Kraft & Grey. 8-)

Sorry to say, I had the need to create a sympathy card, my dear Sweet Friend's BIL passed away, and she asked if I would make a card for her to give to her BIL's family.. My Mats and BG & Die cut  Layers were created using a combination of grey CS from my stash and MME's Lost And Found Sunshine collection, all edges inked with Pumice Stone Distress ink. I created my Sweet flower with the help of my Cricut and the Mother's Day Bouquet cartridge and a vintage peal brad. For my leaves, I got to use my New PTI Turning a New Leaf die set. And to finish it up, my I/O sentiment was stamped with Pumice Stone Distress ink onto a SB Tag die cut and layered on top of two SB Labels 14 die cuts and a kraft doily from my stash. 8-)

Here are the Wonderful CR84FN colors ( Lovely photos's courtesy of Leslie at Creative Mint ):

For all the CR84FN Challenge details, please be sure to visit the CR84FN blog HERE. And Please do go and check out the Gorgeous creations the Wonderfully talented DT has whipped up for your inspiration.. Sure hope you can join us!

Andrea Matthews

Deborah Frings

Heather Jensen

Lisa Somerville

Mona Pendleton
Stephanie Kraft

Sue Lelli

Suzanne Czosek

Hope you all have a Fantastic Sunday & thanks so much for Stopping by! 8-)

Happy St. Patrick's Day! - SSS147

Hi all! Hope you had a Terrific week!  Mines been a bit Crazy and interesting to say the least.. Luckily more ups than downs, So all things considered, I call that a Pretty Good week!  But it definitely Flew by lol.. 8-) I can't believe it's already Saturday again! And you know what that means... It's time for another Fabulous Sweet Stop Sketch Challenge! Yay! 8-)  This weeks sketch was really quite the challenge for me, as it seemed to require less image and more elements.. And lately I've been a bit image happy, lol, so I really had to pull myself out of that rut, which is always a good thing to do, and think a little differently to come up with my interpretation of Korin's Fabulous Sketch! A bit of a different style for me, but I think it came out pretty well, all & all... 8-)  So without further delay, Here's is my take on Miss Korin's Fabulous Sketch...

My Mats and BG Layers and Shamrocks were created using a combination of MaryAnn Wise's Great Outdoors digi dp's and digi dp's from Anita Richards One Day at a Time collection. I created my fun little Shamrocks with the help of my Cricut and the Celebrate with Flourishes Cartridge, definitely a great one to have for Holidays..8-)  My I/O Sentiment was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black directly onto my BG after I added a touch of distressing with my Snowcap paint dauber so the polkadots would not overpower it. And to finish it all up I added some cute little buttons all tied up with some Yummy Baker's twine from MAD Stamper Finds. 8-)

Here's Miss Korin's Awesome Sketch!

I Sure hope you can play along with us at The Sweet Stop! Can't wait to see what you all come up with for this week's Sketch! And as always, please, make sure to stop by and take a peek at the Fabulous creations the rest of the Terrifically Talented Sugar Babies have whipped up for your inspiration. Leave them a little Love too, it's always greatly Appreciated...8-)    

The Sugar Babies

                                                                              Cathy

Chrissy

Janice

Kim

Korin

Monika

Shelby

Wendy

Hope you all have a Wonderful weekend & thanks so much for Visiting! 8-)

Tiddly Inks Whaz'Up.. - SSSC152

Hi all! And a Very Happy Friday to you! Hope you have all been having a Fabulous week. Mine been crazy Busy, but good! 8-)  I've been working on a few projects that I will get to show you pretty soon, in a few days.. And I have some exciting news too, but I can't share it with you all just yet. 8-)  In the mean time though, I thought I would share my latest creation inspired by Miss Karen's Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge #152.

I printed out my Adorable Tiddly Inks Waz' Up image  and a few extra balloons onto  Flourishes Classic White & colored them up with my trusty Copics. I fussy cut my Sweet little pup and all his balloons out and popped them up with a bit of foam tape. My mats and BG panels were created with a combination of kraft CS from my stash and some Fun dp's from MME's Lime Twist collection. I added a bit of texture to a few of my kraft pieces with the help of my CB and Swiss Dots EF. And to finish it all up I added a Cute layered felt TCP cloud border and added some Yummy Bakers twine from MAD Stamper Finds..8-)

Here's Miss Karen's Awesome Sketch..

Hope you all have a Fantastic Friday & thanks so much for stopping by! 8-)

OMGoodness, I've Been Featured! 8-)

Hi all! And a Very Happy Wednesday to you! Hope yo have all been having a Super Week! I just wanted to give a Big Shout Out of Thanks to David at  Craft Corners! They are a Fabulous Artys type Home Decor etc.Blog which features anything from home & garden ideas, handmade jewelry, or art and design projects. And they featured my little old blog in their Best of the Web, series recognizing the most interesting websites on the web! Wow!

 I am definitely Honored and Blown away, to say the least to be featured with such Wonderfully Talented Artisans and Crafters! Hope you all get a chance to go and check out this wonderful inspiration filled Blog! Thanks again David! You Sure made my Week! 8-)


Hope you all have a Fantastic day & thanks so for dropping by!

Best 'O Luck.. - SSS146

Hi all! And a Very Happy Sweet Stop Sketch Saturday to you! 8-) Hope you all had a Wonderful week! Mine's been busy busy creating in my crafts room, attempting to keep one of my personal resolutions for this year to participate in more challenges and to incorporate more sketch challenges as well! ( Love working off sketches!) Well, today I'm back with the latest  Sweet Stop Sketch Challenge, Yay!  And since it's the third Saturday of the Month,we have a fun spin for you too, so you know there's a Terrific prize up for grabs to one very lucky winner! 8-) Our spin this time is "To use Punches or Dies" 8-) So without further delay, here's my take on Miss Korin's Fabulous sketch and the spin..

 

I just have to say, I Love St. Patty's Day! Being an Irish Lass and all, lol But I always have a tough time finding really cute St. Patty's day images, So regardless of the time of year, when I come across one, I just have to grab it!  And I found one that I just adored from Bugaboo Digi Stamps, and thought this little guy would be perfect for Miss Korin's Awesome sketch! I printed out my Sweet little Turtles Good Luck image onto  Flourishes Classic White and colored him up with my trusty Copics. I cut him out with the help of my Classic Rectangles Nesties set using the out of the Box technique and added a touch of shading with my Antique Linen Distress ink while the die was still in place.  I popped him up with a bit of foam tape onto Fun layered SB Classic Circle and Blossom die cuts. For my mats and BG layers, I chose a combination of ivory CS from my stash and some Adorable digi dp's from Moon Stream Designs and then added a little texture with my Swiss Dots EF. To finish it all up, I stamped my Pink by Design Sentiment onto a layered die cut banner tag with Memento Tuxedo Black, inked the edges with Antique Linen Distress ink and added some linen ribbon from my stash.. 8-)

And Here's Miss Korin's Awesome Sketch..

I hope you can play along with us at The Sweet Stop! Can't wait to see what you all come up with this time! And as always, please, make sure to stop by and take a peek at the Wonderful creations the rest of the Super Talented Sugar Babies have cooked up for your inspiration. Leave them a little Love too, it's always greatly Appreciated...8-)    

The Sugar Babies

                                                                              Cathy

Chrissy

Janice

Kim

Korin

Monika

Shelby

Wendy

Hope you all have a Wonderful weekend & thanks so much for Visiting! 8-)

Jelly Belly.. - DS38 / Whimsie Doodles, Oh Scrap!

Hi all! And a very Happy Friday to you! We are almost to the weekend, just the rest of this day and then we can all breath a sigh of relief! lol  Actually my weekend is going to be pretty busy, Fun, but busy...We are Celebrating my DH's Birthday and I have lots of festivities planned starting this evening as a matter of fact, so it will be a Birthday 'Weekend' Celebration! 8-) Well for my post today, I thought I would share my latest creation inspired by Jen's Deconstructed Sketch #38 and Whimsie Doodles, Oh Scrap Challenge.

I just thought this sketch was Absolutely Fabulous & So Perfect for my Sweet Whimsie Doodles Jelly Belly image! Not to mention it was a great way to get a head start on some Eater cards, lol.. I printed out my Darling little bunny onto  Flourishes Classic White & colored him up with my trusty Copics. I cut him out with the help of my Classic Circles and Eyelet Circles Nesties sets & popped him up with a bit of foam tape. My mats and BG panels were created with a combination of scraps of Kraft CS from my stash and scraps from an older 12x12 MME set called Good Day Sunshine (Girl)...I just thought the colors were Perfect for Fun, Springy Easter cards! 8-) To finish it all up I added a Sweet layered felt daisy created with my Upsy-Daisy die-namics and topped it off with a Cute little button all tide up with a bit of Yummy Bakers twine from MAD Stamper Finds..8-)

Hope you all have a Terrific Friday & thanks so much for stopping by! 8-)

Happy Birthday! - ISSC02 / Whimsie Doodles, Oh Scrap!

Hi all! And a Very Happy Wednesday to you! Sure hope you all had a Wonderful Valentines Day! Well, My Sweet Honey had to work, but still Surprised me with some Gorgeous Flowers and my favorite perfume too! It was waiting for me when I woke up yesterday! What a  Sweetheart he is! 8-)  And I had cookies and balloons delivered to him at work, so he was surprised too! 8-)  We will get to have a nice dinner out on the town tonight, since we weren't able to celebrate last night... Well today I'm back to share my latest creations inspired by the New I Spy Sketch Challenge #02 and Whimsie Doodles Oh Scrap Challenge..

I printed out my Sweet Whimsie Doodles Yummy Doodles Cupcakes out onto Flourishes Classic White and did a little paper piecing on each of the cupcakes frosting and colored up the rest with my trusty Copics. I cut them out with the help of my Classic Circles and Scalloped Circles nesties sets and then matted them up onto Lacy Pennants and Nested Pennants die cuts that I popped up with a bit of foam tape. All my mats and BG pieces were created with scraps of brown CS from my stash and more scraps from my Simple Stories Baby Steps collection, how cool is that! I did end up having to do a little piecing on one of my BG's, but it all worked out! Yay! I just Love being able to use up scraps! 8-) To finish them all up, I stamped my Lil' Inkers sentiment onto layered die cut pennant tags with Memento Tuxedo Black, added a touch of Stardust Stickles for a little bling, and some Cute buttons all tied up with some Yummy bakers twine! Pretty easy peasy, huh?... 8-)
Here's a few pics of the individual cards..

 

And here's the Fabulous I Spy Sketch #02

Hope you all have a Fantastic day & thanks so much for dropping by! 8-)

Hugs.. - SRU Anything Goes

Hi all! And a Very HappyMonday to you! Hope you all had a Wonderful weekend! Well I'm back to share some news about our Stamps R Us Challenge blog.. After much thought and deliberation it has been decided to close the Stamps R Us challenge blog on February 27th, so this will be our last challenge. We'll close our InLinkz entries on the evening of Feb 26th and the winner will be drawn at that time and announced on Feb. 27th. I have really enjoyed working with such a Wonderfully talented and Fabulous group of ladies and will remain friends and a follower of their blogs. For more information, head on over to Stamps R Us.
Today our Theme is "Anything Goes". Our Wonderful Sponsor is Digital Delights By Louby Loo. Their images are just So Adorable! the only thing that was difficult, was deciding on which Darling image to color up! So please do stop by and check them out. Also, Katie has put together a very generous prize package for one lucky winner, so I sure hope you can play along with us.  And please stop by the Stamps R Us Blog to take a peek at the Fabulous creations the rest of the Terrifically Talented Design Team has in store for you! 8-)  

Well, for some reason, my Mojo was not all together cooperating with me this time, so I turned to CPS's sketch #170 from their 5th Anniversary celebration, to help out my Mojo a bit. For some reason, when my Mojo is on the fritz, it always helps me to start with a sketch..But, this time, I'm still not to sure if I like how my card turned out, lol.. Oh well... 8-) I printed out my Sweet Digital Delights Cuddle Bunny  colored image onto Flourishes Classic White  & added some Extra shading with my trusty Copics. I cut him out with the help of my Classic Rectangles Nesties set, shaded with my Victorian Velvet Distress ink & popped him up with a bit of foam tape. My mats and BG panels were created with a combination of brown CS from my stash and some Darling dp's from Bo Bunny's Crazy Love Collection. I stamped my Pink By Design Sentiment directly onto my Darling Bunny's heart with Memento Tuxedo Black.To finish it all up I added a fun die-namics scalloped border, a bit of ribbon from my stash and a Cute little heart button all tide up with some Yummy Bakers twine from MAD Stamper Finds..8-)

Here's CPS's Sketch #170

I sure hope you can play along with us for our final challenge.. It sure has been a pleasure to be a part of this Awesome team and to have you all play along with us every other week! Hope you all have a Fantastic day & Thanks so much for stopping in.

Love... - SSS145

Hi All and a Very Happy Weekend to you! Hope everyone had a Fantastic week! Mine really Flew by, I can't believe it's already Saturday again! And you know what that means... It's time for another Fabulous Sweet Stop Sketch Challenge! Yay! 8-)  I really had a lot of fun with Miss Korin's Fab sketch and ended up making  a couple of cards, one for my DH, ( Hope he likes it) one for a Dear friend of ours and a post it note holder too! Just an all around Super sketch, so many way you could use this one!  So without further delay, Here's are my takes on Miss Korin's Fabulous Sketch...

And here is the 2nd card that I made up for Our friend.. She Just Love's Penny Blacks Super Cute Kitties! (Me too) 8-)

As you can see they are both pretty much the Same, I jut Made her's a bit more feminine, by adding a bit more pink.. 8-) Both of these were created using PB's Darling Cupid at work image, that I stamped onto onto Flourishes Classic White with Memento Tuxedo Black & colored them up with my trusty Copics. I cut them out and scored the edges with the help of my Score Pal for a nice clean look and added a touch of shading with my Pumice Stone and Victorian Velvet Distress inks. My mats and BG panels were created with a combination of Black CS from my stash and Echo Park's Darling Yours Truly dp's. My I/O Sentiments were stamped onto Lil' Inker Sentiment Flag die cut tags with Memento Tuxedo Black.To finish it all up I added some fun polkadot ribbon form my stash and Sweet little heart shaped buttons all tide up with a bit of Yummy Bakers twine from MAD Stamper Finds..8-)

Oh and here are a coupe of pics of the post it note holder too!

And here's Miss Korin's Awesome sketch! 8-)

I hope you can play along with us at The Sweet Stop! Can't wait to see what you all come up with this time! And as always, please, make sure to stop by and take a peek at the Darling creations the rest of the Talented Sugar Babies have Whipped up for your inspiration. Leave them a little Love too, it's always greatly Appreciated.... 8-)    

The Sugar Babies

                                                                              Cathy

Chrissy

Janice

Kim

Korin

Monika

Shelby

Wendy

Hope you all have a Wonderful weekend & thanks so much for Visiting! 8-)