Hello my stamping friends!!!
It finally happened God has taken my stepfather home last night...his suffering ended peacefully. Even though my heart is saddened, knowing he was surrounded by my family during his last minutes is bringing peace and a smile to my face!!!
Please continue praying for family especially for my mom during this sad time...!!! Thank you!!! ~S~
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Saturday, February 27, 2010
OCC Sketch Challenge!!!
Happy weekend everyone!!!
I can finally breath again...we finally signed the contract to list our house yesterday...wahoooo!!! I'm so happy!!! Hopefully we have some traffic coming soon :)
Anyway...it's time for the OCC Challenge!!!! This is Linda's last February Challenge and she has created this awesome Sketch for us to play.
Here is my take on it.....
The flower image is from the beautiful Abundant Hope Set and the sentiment is from the Fabulous Flexible Phrases Set....both are from Stampin' Up. My colors are from this weeks CTD81 - Brown, Pink and Olive. It's all pretty straight forward.....so I'm keeping this post short today!!!
Hop on over to the OCC Blog to see all the Samples as well as our *Sponser* for this weeks challenge!!! Hope you all come back next weekend as I'm hosting my last month with the OCC Team!?!
Want to win another fabulous Stamp Set??? Check out my post from yesterday....and play along...you still have time till Saturday, noon CST!!!
Have a fabulous weekend!!! Hugs ~S~
~Supply List~
Stamp Set: Abundant Hope, Fabulous Flexible Phrases (Stampin' Up)
Ink: Memento Black, Copic Markers - G21, G24, Y35 and Colorless Blender
Cardstock: White
Design Paper: Bella Rose (SU)
Accessories: Brown Satin Ribbon, Silver Pearls
I can finally breath again...we finally signed the contract to list our house yesterday...wahoooo!!! I'm so happy!!! Hopefully we have some traffic coming soon :)
Anyway...it's time for the OCC Challenge!!!! This is Linda's last February Challenge and she has created this awesome Sketch for us to play.
Here is my take on it.....
The flower image is from the beautiful Abundant Hope Set and the sentiment is from the Fabulous Flexible Phrases Set....both are from Stampin' Up. My colors are from this weeks CTD81 - Brown, Pink and Olive. It's all pretty straight forward.....so I'm keeping this post short today!!!
Hop on over to the OCC Blog to see all the Samples as well as our *Sponser* for this weeks challenge!!! Hope you all come back next weekend as I'm hosting my last month with the OCC Team!?!
Want to win another fabulous Stamp Set??? Check out my post from yesterday....and play along...you still have time till Saturday, noon CST!!!
Have a fabulous weekend!!! Hugs ~S~
~Supply List~
Stamp Set: Abundant Hope, Fabulous Flexible Phrases (Stampin' Up)
Ink: Memento Black, Copic Markers - G21, G24, Y35 and Colorless Blender
Cardstock: White
Design Paper: Bella Rose (SU)
Accessories: Brown Satin Ribbon, Silver Pearls
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Flourishes Birthday Blog - SURPRISE!!!
Happy TGIF!!! Have you seen....it's Jan Marie's birthday!?! Happy Birthday Jan Marie!!! Hope you are having a fun one!!!
Today is the second day of the Hopping Through the Decades Celebration !!! If you missed yesterdays hop please click HERE to check it out!!! If you just came from Laura's blog then you are right on track!!!
If you followed along then I bet a lot of you have been reminiscing and having a little giggle too. Who could forget the leg warmers of the 80’s??? How about the TV shows like 90210 or the A-Team???
I chose decade *2010*....well we are only two months into it and I'm not sure how to define it since it's still in the making!?! So.... I'm running with the Vancouver Winter Olympics *wink*!!! I thought I'd give Jan Marie my *German* twist on this fabulous new Stamp Set...LOL!!! Did you see that the German Team is in second place winning Olympic Medals....see I can't lose either way...he,he,he???
Here is the card without the yummy candy........
As you can tell I designed a CAS card. I used the colors for the German flag - Red, Gold and Black. I substituted my *Gold* for Marigold Morning. The card base was scored first. Next I stamped the cake with the different colors. I finished it off with a Punched Out Flower, some Black Satin Ribbon and the sentiment is from the Taglines Set ...voila!!!
The Candy Wrappers were inked in Real Red using the Largest Cake Layer image. I used Candy Nuggets and I cut each wrapper at about 3 1/4" and adhered them with a Sticky Strip. I topped each candy with another punched out flower and added a Silver Pearl in the center. Aren't they delicious looking???
Now it's your turn - would you can like to win our new Let Them Eat Cake set drawn by artist Becky Fleck??? All you need to do is leave a little love on our designer's blogs. If you comment on all 14 posts in the hop, please go back to Flourishes Blog and leave a message saying, "I hopped through the decades with Jan Marie!" We will then randomly draw 2 names on Saturday at 12 pm CST from all those who participated. The winners will receive the *Let them Eat Cake* Stamp Set along with some other goodies - wahoooo!!!
Since I'm last in todays hop I thought I'd list all the participants.....so you won't miss anyone :) !!! Good luck and thank you for hopping along with us!!!
Yesterday:
Cindy Lawrence, Julie Koerber, Dee Jackson, Christine Okken, Maki Jones, Leslie Miller and Barbara Anders.
Today:
Dawn Burnworth, Betty Wright, Stacy Morgan, Latisha Yoast, Cindy Haffner, Laura Fredrickson and myself.
I'm also submitting this card to the Moxie Fab Challenge - Hop your way to the Olympics of Stamping.
~Supply List~
Stamp Sets: Let them Eat Cake, Taglines (Flourishes)
Ink: Basic Black, Real Red, Marigold Morning
Cardstock: White
Accessories: Black Satin Ribbon, Scor-it, Silver Pearls, Stampin' Dimensionals, Small Flower Punch, Candy Nuggets
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
JustRite Week - Beautiful Blossoms
Hey you all....did you know the Stamper's Dream Team is showing off some of the newest JustRite images this week??? Today is Michelle, Cammie, Tosha and my turn. Hope you have time to join us in this fun hop!?!
My little project is for a sweet friend of mine...I have totally forgotten her birthday and I feel rotten...hope this will put a smile on her face and she will forgive me :) !?! ETA: I also submitted this card for this Moxie Fab Challenge...it fits the Birthday catagory perfectly!!!
I used the fab flower image from the Beautiful Blossom Set. The sentiment was created with this Times New Roman Font Set. On my little candy pail I used the matching image from the Just a Note Set.
My images were inked in Memento Black and colored with Copic Markers - R30, R27, Y17, G94 plus Colorless Blender.
I purchased this stinkin' cute little pail on my last trip to Archiver's....it's perfect for little giveaways!!! The Flower Border Punch is from Martha Stewart. Of course I had to bedazzle my card and pail with my fav Silver Pearls.
Just in case you would like to see all the other awesome projects the team has created so far you can click on the name and it sends you straight to their cards.
Monday was Amy, Carolyn, Dawn, & Laurie
Tuesday was : Cindy, Denise, Michelle, & Tosha
Today: Carolyn, Michelle & Tosha plus me
Continue following the next few days.....
Thursday: Amy, Denise & Laurie
Friday: Cindy, Dawn, & Michelle
Thank you for stopping by today and I hope you like all the ideas we've showed you!?!
~Supply List~
Stamp Sets: Beautiful Blossoms, Times New Roman Font, Just a Note (JustRite)
Ink: Memento Black, Copic Markers - R30, R27, G94, Y17 and Colorless Blender
Cardstock: White
Design Paper: Bella Rose, Delicate Dots (SU)
Accessories: Red Satin Ribbon, Silver Ribbon Slider, Silver Pearls, MS Flower Border Punch, Small Pail, Oval Spellbinder Dies, Piercing Tool and Mat Pack
My little project is for a sweet friend of mine...I have totally forgotten her birthday and I feel rotten...hope this will put a smile on her face and she will forgive me :) !?! ETA: I also submitted this card for this Moxie Fab Challenge...it fits the Birthday catagory perfectly!!!
I used the fab flower image from the Beautiful Blossom Set. The sentiment was created with this Times New Roman Font Set. On my little candy pail I used the matching image from the Just a Note Set.
My images were inked in Memento Black and colored with Copic Markers - R30, R27, Y17, G94 plus Colorless Blender.
I purchased this stinkin' cute little pail on my last trip to Archiver's....it's perfect for little giveaways!!! The Flower Border Punch is from Martha Stewart. Of course I had to bedazzle my card and pail with my fav Silver Pearls.
Just in case you would like to see all the other awesome projects the team has created so far you can click on the name and it sends you straight to their cards.
Monday was Amy, Carolyn, Dawn, & Laurie
Tuesday was : Cindy, Denise, Michelle, & Tosha
Today: Carolyn, Michelle & Tosha plus me
Continue following the next few days.....
Thursday: Amy, Denise & Laurie
Friday: Cindy, Dawn, & Michelle
Thank you for stopping by today and I hope you like all the ideas we've showed you!?!
~Supply List~
Stamp Sets: Beautiful Blossoms, Times New Roman Font, Just a Note (JustRite)
Ink: Memento Black, Copic Markers - R30, R27, G94, Y17 and Colorless Blender
Cardstock: White
Design Paper: Bella Rose, Delicate Dots (SU)
Accessories: Red Satin Ribbon, Silver Ribbon Slider, Silver Pearls, MS Flower Border Punch, Small Pail, Oval Spellbinder Dies, Piercing Tool and Mat Pack
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Flourishes Timeless Tuesday - FTTC55!!!
Hello everyone!!! Thank you so much for keeping my step-dad in your prayers!!! It really means the world to me and my family!!! God is good and we trust in him alone!!!
As always stampin' is good therapy for me and I did get a chance to stamp for the Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge - FTTC55!!!! It is the last Tuesday of the month so we have a *Guest Challenge* host! This month's guest is our sweet Australian friend Iwona Palamountain aka Chupa on SCS. She is challenging us to use *FLOWERS* !!! Whether they are printed flower designer papers, stamped, punch created, or store bought, put some flowers on your card this week!!!
Here is my idea....
I used the gorgeous Sweet Peas Set for my flower image. The sentiment was created with the Taglines Set. My idea to tear the edges on this design came from this weeks SSSHP19 - Doing the Mess Around.
The Sweet Pea image was inked in Memento Black and colored with these Copic Marker Collections - Hollyhock & Fields. Once I was done coloring I added some Angel Wings Shimmerz to the flowes and around the torn Pink Tissue Paper. The card was finished off with some Pink Satin Ribbon and some Silver Pearls.
Please make sure to stop by Barbara, Betty, Cindy, Dee and Maki's blog to see their ideas.
Hope you get a chance to play along!!!
Oh yeah...did you see the new fabulous designed Flourishes Store yet....make sure to check it out!!!
Thank you so much for stopping by today!!!
~Supply List~
Stamp Sets: Sweet Peas, Taglines (Flourishes)
Ink: Memento Black, Pretty in Pink, Copic Marker Collection - Hollyhock, Fields plus Colorless Blender
Cardstock: White, Pretty in Pink
Design Paper: .Old Olive Pattern Design (SU)
Accessoires: Pink Tissue Paper, Angel Wings Shimmerz, Silver Pearls, Pink Satin Ribbon, Silver Styled Tag, Stampin' Dimensionals
Card Size: 5 1/2" x 5 1/2"
As always stampin' is good therapy for me and I did get a chance to stamp for the Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge - FTTC55!!!! It is the last Tuesday of the month so we have a *Guest Challenge* host! This month's guest is our sweet Australian friend Iwona Palamountain aka Chupa on SCS. She is challenging us to use *FLOWERS* !!! Whether they are printed flower designer papers, stamped, punch created, or store bought, put some flowers on your card this week!!!
Here is my idea....
I used the gorgeous Sweet Peas Set for my flower image. The sentiment was created with the Taglines Set. My idea to tear the edges on this design came from this weeks SSSHP19 - Doing the Mess Around.
The Sweet Pea image was inked in Memento Black and colored with these Copic Marker Collections - Hollyhock & Fields. Once I was done coloring I added some Angel Wings Shimmerz to the flowes and around the torn Pink Tissue Paper. The card was finished off with some Pink Satin Ribbon and some Silver Pearls.
Please make sure to stop by Barbara, Betty, Cindy, Dee and Maki's blog to see their ideas.
Hope you get a chance to play along!!!
Oh yeah...did you see the new fabulous designed Flourishes Store yet....make sure to check it out!!!
Thank you so much for stopping by today!!!
~Supply List~
Stamp Sets: Sweet Peas, Taglines (Flourishes)
Ink: Memento Black, Pretty in Pink, Copic Marker Collection - Hollyhock, Fields plus Colorless Blender
Cardstock: White, Pretty in Pink
Design Paper: .Old Olive Pattern Design (SU)
Accessoires: Pink Tissue Paper, Angel Wings Shimmerz, Silver Pearls, Pink Satin Ribbon, Silver Styled Tag, Stampin' Dimensionals
Card Size: 5 1/2" x 5 1/2"