FTTC154–Silke’s Sketch Challenge

 

Hello and happy Tuesday everyone~

I am glad to say that I am getting better from the cold my husband gave me last week, lol! I have more energy to do things now including stamping!

It is time for Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge (FTTC154)! Silke has provided the sketch to play along this week. Please visit Flourishes blog for more information about the challenge.

 

 

 

Here is my card using the sketch.

I used Sweet Days of Summer for the image. It was heat embossed with the black embossing powder and added the color with the yellow Copic marker. The sentiment  from Tag Lines was stamped and the mat was sponged with the Distress Ink. The card was designed with the Prima designer papers and decorative borders that were created with double edge punch. I tied the baker’s twine and embellished the tea rose flowers and rhinestones to finish off.

 

 

Be sure to check out other FOF’s creations too!

Beate Johns

Cindy Haffner

Heather Jensen

Mona Pendleton

Silke Ledlow

Cheryl Lea (January Guest FOF)

 

 

Stamps: Sweet Days of Summer, Tag Lines (Flourishes)
Paper: certainly celery, baja breeze, barely banana (SU), heavenly white (PaperTemptress), designer papers (Prima)
Ink: Memento tuxedo black, VersaMark (Tsukineko), Distress Ink broken china, peeled paints (Ranger), Copic marker 
Accessories: baker’s twine, tea roses, rhinestones 
Tools: circle Nestabilities, lotus pendants die, double edge punch

 

 

Thank you for stopping by.

Maki

SNSDC38–Desserts Anyone?

 

Happy Friday everyone~

It’s finally Friday!! My daughter is going to be 14 this Sunday and she is having a slumber party tonight with her girlfriends…I know my husband will be thrilled with all girls laughs and chatters, lol! We are also going to see Mavericks vs Spurs game on Sunday with family friends. I can tell it will be a fun weekend!

I have one card to show you today for Sweet ‘N Sassy Digi Challenge (SNSDC38) . The challenge is to use any desserts elements for your creation! I hope you will have a time to play along and make all of us drool over the desserts, lol!

You can use any digital stamps. Only requirement is the image has to be digital – but if you have any digital stamps from Sweet ‘N Sassy Stamps, we’d love you to use them! You can visit SNS Digi Challenge Blog for more information about the challenge and find out how to win free digital stamps from SNS. Can’t wait to see your creation!

 

I used the one of new digi sets, You & Me Digi set. I colored the donuts and coffee mug image with Copic markers and lightly sponged the mat with ink. The card was designed with My Mind’s Eye papers. I punched the dark brown strip for the border. The sentiment was cut out with the Spellbinders ribbon tag die and the ribbon was threaded through. To finish off, I embellished with pink pearls.

 

 

Be sure to stop by SNS Digi Blog Design Team for more inspiration!

Carol Longacre

Ceal Pritchett

Harriet Skelly

Jerusha Borden

Jessica Stockmeyer

Kim O’Connell

Margo Smith

Stephanie Serrano

Stephanie Wright

 

 

Stamps: You & Me (SNS Digi) 
Paper:  chocolate chip (SU), Pop Tones cotton candy, heavenly white (PaperTemptress), designer papers (MME)  
Ink:  pink pirouette, crumb cake (SU), Copic markers 
Accessories: ribbon,  pearls 
Tools: lacey square and square Nestabilities, ribbon tags die, border punch

 

 

Thank you for stopping by. Have a great weekend!

Maki

RI WIW Sketch #J2512

 

Hello and happy Wednesday everyone~

I have one card to show you for What If? Wednesday Sketch from Repeat Impressions!! You will have 2 weeks (until Tuesday, Feb 7th) to enter your card using the sketch (on right) over RI Blog The House That Stamps Built. All participants will have a chance to win a $25 Repeat Impressions gift certificate!! I hope you will play along with us! Please check out RI Blog for more detail.

 

Here is my card.

I used Chickadee at Rest (211-P) for the image. It was colored with Copic markers and the mat was sponged with ink. The card was designed with the Eco Park papers and the papers were zig zag stitched. The sentiment, Thinking of You (1105-E) was stamped on the grommet tag. and it was embellished with the brads.  I dressed the card with pearls to finish off.

 

 

Be sure to check out the creations by the RI Rock Stars below to get more inspirations too!!

Cheri Weston

Darsie Bruno

Dawn Bennett

Joy Hadden

Karen Hasheck

Lynette Neus

Miriam Napier

Vicki Dutcher

 

 

Stamps: Chickadee at Rest, Thinking of You (Repeat Impressions)
Paper: basic black (SU), Neenah ivory, heavenly white (PaperTemptres), designer papers (EP) 
Ink: Memento tuxedo black (Tsukineko), baja breeze (SU), Copic markers 
Accessories: brads, pearls, stitching thread 
Tools: grommet tags die, sewing machine

 

Thank you so much for stopping by. Have a wonderful day!

 Maki

FTTC153–Center Step Card

 

Happy Tuesday everyone~

It is time for Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge (FTTC153) . Cindy challenging us to make a Center Step card ! This fun fold card is easier  than you think. Hope you will have a time to play along. HERE is the tutorial from Splitcoaststampers in case you need.  Please visit Flourishes blog for more information about the challenge.

 

I used Pears for the image and sentiment. I colored with Copic markers and sponged the mat with Distress Ink. The card was designed with Eco Park papers and added the flower border designs on the two edges and the the other border design on the bottom. The sentiment mat and layer were created with Spellbinders label Nestabilities and fancy tag die. To finish off, I tied the thin ribbon on the bottom and added the gold pearls.

 

The Copic Collections I mostly used.

 

 

 

Be sure to check out other FOF’s creations too!

Beate Johns

Cindy Haffner

Heather Jensen

Mona Pendleton

Silke Ledlow

Tammy Hershberger

Cheryl Lea (January Guest FOF)

 

 

Stamps: Pears (Flourishes)
Paper: kiwi kiss, soft suede, early espresso (SU), heavenly white (PaperTemptress), designer papers (EP)
Ink: Memento tuxedo black (Tsukineko), Distress Ink broken china (Ranger), Copic markers 
Accessories: ribbon, gold pearls 
Tools: label 18 Nestabilities, big scalloped oval Nestabilities, fancy tags 2,  border punches

 

Thank you for stopping by. Have a great day!

Maki

RI SOTW–Week of Jan 23rd, 2011

 

Hello again,

My second post for today! It is time  for another Stamp of the Week from Repeat Impressions. This week’s SOTW is Sittin’ Pretty (2607-K). I know all cat lovers are lovin’ this!  The SOTW is available exclusively to our RI blog readers at 50% OFF with the special discount code from Mon, Jan 23rd to Sun, Jan 29th. To get the discount code and more information about the SOTW, please go to the RI blog, The House That Stamps Built.

 

I colored the image with Copic markers. Then the mat was sponged with ink. The card was designed with Eco Park papers (I used four different papers including inside of the card). To finish off, the pearls and ribbon were embellished.

For the inside of the card, I stamped Feline Better (4033-F).

 

 

 

 

Be sure to check out the creations by the RI Rock Stars below to get more inspirations too!!

Cheri Weston

Joy Hadden

Karen Hasheck

Kendra DeCota

Miriam Napier

Vicki Dutcher

 

 

Stamps: Sittin’ Pretty, Feline Better (Repeat Impressions)
Paper: calypso coral, barely banana, early espresso (SU), heavenly white (PaperTemptres), designer papers (EP) 
Ink: Memento rich cocoa (Tsukineko), Distress Ink spiced marmarlade (Ranger), Copic markers 
Accessories: pearls, ribbon 
Tools: border punch

 

 

Thank you for stopping by.

 Maki

KS Monday–CAS Heart Roses

 

Hello and happy Monday everyone~

I made this clean & simple card for today’s Kitchen Sink Monday ! I used Multi Step Sweet Heart Roses. It is just perfect for Valentine’s Day card!!

The heart rose was stamped as following these steps: 2nd – SU regal rose, 3rd – SU melon mambo, 4th – SU chocolate chip (1 x stamp off), and 1st – SU pink pirouette.  The “XOXO” was repeatedly stamped with three different shades of pink and the “Be Mine” was simply stamped with chocolate chip ink. The card was designed with the Pop Tones cardstock and Eco Park paper. To finish off, the ribbon was added for the border.

I used the sketch from Clean & Simple Stamping (FTL174).

Be sure to check out what other KS Crews are cookin’ for KS Monday today!!

• Maria Colosimo
• Julie Masse
• Lynn McAuley
• Connie McCotter
• Lisa Somerville

 

 

Stamps: Multi Step Sweet Heart Roses (KSS) 
Paper: Pop Tones cotton candy, heavenly white (PaperTemptress), designer papers (EP) 
Ink:  chocolate chip, pink pirouette, regal rose, melon mambo (SU) 
Accessories: ribbon 
Tools: border punch

 

 

Thank you for stopping by. Have a wonderful day!

Maki

SNSDC37 and January Digi Release Blog Hop!!

 

Hello and happy Friday everyone!!

It is time for Sweet `N Sassy Digi Challenge (SNSDC37) !!
Today, we are adding a little more fun to the regular challenges! The Sweet ‘N Sassy Stamps owner, Korin and the Sweet `N Sassy Digi Challenge ladies are bringing the January Release Blog Hop!!!

Get a cup of your favorite drink & chocolates, and start hopping the Digi Challenge ladies that listed below. While you're hopping, be sure to leave your love to their blog hop posts…One of the ladies is a mystery blogger and she will be picking one name from the comments on her blog post!!
The winning prize will be whole January Digi Release!! (The winner will be announced at Sweet ‘N Sassy Digi Challenge blog on Friday, January 27th.)

 

This week’s SNSDC is *Easel Card*. Just click HERE for the wonderful tutorial from Splitcoaststampers in case you need to know how.

You can use any digital stamps. Only requirement is the image has to be digital – but if you have any digital stamps from Sweet ‘N Sassy Stamps, we’d love you to use them! You can visit SNS Digi Challenge Blog for more information about the challenge and find out how to win free digital stamps from SNS. Can’t wait to see your creation!

 

I have made easel cards for several times but I never made with the circle shape until this one! It is super easy to make if you have a kind of dies like Nestabilities! I used Surprise Digi set for the image and the sayings. The image was colored with Copic markers and the mat was sponged with ink. The card was created with lacey circle Nestabilities and circle Nestabilities. Eco Park designer papers were used for the background. The ribbon tag inside (bottom piece) was attached with ribbon. To finish off, it was embellished with the flower embellishment and pearls.

 

 

Here is the blog hop list.

Be sure to stop by SNS Digi Blog Design Team for more inspiration!

 

Carol Longacre
Ceal Pritchett
Harriet Skelly
Jerusha Borden
Jessica Stockmeyer
Kim O'Connell
Makiko Jones  -- It’s me!
Margo Smith
Stephanie Serrano
Stephanie Wright
Korin Sutherland

 

 

 

 

Stamps: Surprise! (SNS Digi) 
Paper:  pink pirouette, early espresso, calypso coral (SU), heavenly white (PaperTemptress), designer papers (EP)  
Ink:  calypso coral, pink pirouette (SU), Copic markers 
Accessories: ribbon, flower embellishment,  pearls 
Tools: lacey circle and circle Nestabilities, ribbon tags die, border punch

 

Thank you for stopping by. Have a great weekend!

Maki

RI Designer’s Choice Challenge–Scenic with Snow

 

Happy Wednesday everyone~

I made one card for Designer’s Choice Challenge from Repeat Impressions. It is Dawn’s turn to host and she is challenging us to create a scenery card with snow. You will have two weeks (Jan 31st) to enter your project. When you finish your project, make sure you link it to the DCC post at RI blog where the inlinkz are located so that you will have a chance to win the RI gift certificate! For more information about the DCC, please visit The House That Stamps Built (RI blog). Can’t wait to see your creation!

I used Deer Family Silhouette (4221-K) for the main image. The scene was created with  some masking, Small Pine Tree (2710-D) , Random Snow (3410-C). The sentiment is from Quartet Compliments Series. To finish off, I used the ribbon with pearl brad and silver pearls.

 

Be sure to check out the creations by the RI Rock Stars below to get more inspirations too!!

Cheri Weston

Darsie Bruno

Dawn Bennett

Joy Hadden

Karen Hasheck

Kendra DeCota

Lynette Neus

Miriam Napier

Vicki Dutcher

 

 

Stamps: Deer Family Silhouette, Small Pine Tree, Random Snow, Quartet Compliments (Repeat Impressions)
Paper: baja breeze, early espresso (SU), cryogen white (PaperTemptres), designer paper (MS) 
Ink: Memento tuxedo black (Tsukineko), Distress Ink worn lipstick (Ranger), Copic markers 
Accessories: ribbon, pearl brad, silver pearls 
Tools: label 11 Nestabilities, circle Nestabilities

 

 

Thank you for stopping by.

Maki