ODBDSLC50, C4C76 Flower Power!!!

Happy weekend everyone!

I'm working in Savannah this weekend at the British Commonwealth Conference and unfortunately I won't get to enjoy my family or the beautiful weather we have :(.... sniff!

Before I headed out of town I had a chance to make this card for this weeks ODBD Shining Light Challenge ~ ODBDSLC50. We have a really cool Sketch for you to try and I hope you get a chance to play it along with us!?!

I also combined my card with this weeks Crazy 4 Challenges ~C4C76. Which is to add *FLOWERS*.
So if you feel like it, combined both challenges and show us what you got! Please make sure to stop by the Crazy Blog to see all the flower power cards!

Here is my take on it.........

The beautiful Bible Verse from The Lord has Risen Set was inked onto a Spellbinder Die. I added a round doily in the background. The DP is from the SU Poppy Parade Pattern Print Collection. Next I added some matching Prima Flowers, Silver Pearls, matching SU Stitched Poly Ribbon, Silver Button, Red Scrapper's Floss and a punched out Flower Border.

Now it's time to check out the other Sketch ideas from ~ Sabrina, Chris, Francie and Pat. Swing by the ODBD Blog and help us welcome our new Guest Designer!

Thank you for taking the time to swing by!!! Enjoy your weekend and I'll see you again on Tuesday!
Hugs ~S~

SURPRISE BIRTHDAY BLOG HOP!!!

Happy TGIF!

I'm happy to tell you that I'm feeling much, much better! I'm also back working...I wish I could have had the whole entire week off :) !!! But someone has to bring home the bacon...LOL!!!

Anyway, today it's not about me....we have a fun, fun, fun surprise *Birthday Blog Hop* going on.....!!!

Let’s light the candles and strike up the music, the owner of Flourishes – Jan Marie Caruso – is celebrating a birthday and we’re helping her by getting the party started! Why not leave Jan Marie some love on her blog HERE and while you are there, start to hop on through the Flourishes team members who are honoring her special day! Happy Birthday Jan Marie!

Here is my card for Jan Marie........

I just received this beautiful quote from the Life Lines Set and thought it would be perfect for Jan Marie's special day. The DP is from the SU Blushing Bride Pattern Print Collection. I added a punched out MS Flower Border, some Pearls , a Prima Flower and some Satin Ribbon. The embossing was created with the SU Framed Tulips Folder....voila! Hope you like your card Jan Marie :) ?!? Big birthday hugs to you and I hope you have a fabulous day!!!

Here are all the ladies that also surprised Jan Marie:

                                                                Barbara Anders
                                                                Christine Okken
                                                                Cindy Lawrence
                                                                Danielle Kennedy
                                                                Dawn Burnworth
                                                                Julie Koerber
                                                                Leslie Miller
                                                                Stacy Morgan
                                                                Betty Wright
                                                                Cindy Haffner
                                                                Dee Jackson
                                                                Maki Jones
                                                                Silke Ledlow
                                                                Tammy Hershberger
                                                                Beate Johns
                                                                Cindy Coutts
                                                                Heather Jensen
                                                                Kathy Jones
                                                                Yvonne Hagane

Thank you for swinging by today...I'll be back later with a new card! Hugs ~S~

FTTC106 Happy Birthday and more!!!

Hello my sweet stampin' friends!

Hope you all had a wonderful weekend? Mine was so so...I came down with a horrible head cold..or what my doctor called the crud! I was pretty much sleeping all day Sunday and Monday...now I'm on medication and hopefully be good as new soon!

Since I'm still not up to speed right now I'm gonna keep this post short.....my cards are for this week is Flourishes Timeless Tuesday ~ FTTC106. Tammy is our host this week and she is challenging us to create a *Birthday* card/creation.

I actually created two birthday cards since I was in need of them. The sentiment is from the Flourishes Many Sentiment Set. I used my new SU Texture Empression Folder, some SU DP, Spellbinder & PTI Dies, some fabbo flowers I received as a gift from my friend Sabrina, some Gray Satin Ribbon, some White Lace and some beautiful Pink Twine I received from my friend Judy's store. Of course I had to bedazzle my cards with some Silver Button, some Silver Pearls (Michael's).

My color are inspired by this weeks beautiful and soft CR84FN16 Color Combo.

Thanks for swing by today! Please make sure to stop by my team members ~ Cindy, Maki, Betty,
Tammy and our awesome February Guest Designer Laura Pryor!!!

Have a wonderful week! Hugs ~S~

Here are a few more challenges I've played as well:

Pile it On #8 ~  Childhood Dreams (Birthdays)
Thrilling Thursday ~ Show Us What You Got
Little Claire's Designs ~ Anything Goes
Guylou's ~ Anything Goes
Paper Crafting Journey #4 ~ Anything Goes
Bearly Mine #4 ~ Lace and Pearls
Truly Scrumptious #51 ~ Swirls and Pearls
Incy Wincy #81 ~ Use Punches or Dies
Crazy 4 Challenges #75 ~ Use A Die Cut
Drunken Stampers #55 ~ To Die for
Delicious Doodles ~ Glitz and Glam
Paper Play ~ Add Shine
OLLCB #7 ~ Pink, Pink & Pink
My Sheri Crafts #45 ~ Girly
The Pink Elephant #94 ~ Buttons, Lace and Ribbon 
Sugar Creek Hollow ~ Buttons/Bows
The Shabby Tea Room #50 ~ Button and Bows 
The Paper Shelter #1 ~ Buttons/Bows
Stampacular Sunday #99 ~ For Someone Special
Card Makin' Mamas #15 ~ Happy Birthday
A Spoon Full of Sugar #140 ~ Birthday Wishes 
Tellen's Place ~ Birthday
Fairy Knoll ~ Birthday or Thank You Card
Stampin' With the Dragon ~ Birthday
If the Shoe Fits #67 ~Happy Birthday
Basic Grey ~ Birthday cards
2 Sisters's #27 ~ Embossing 
The Creative Cottage #33 ~ Fabulous Florals
Stamp with Fun #99 ~ Recipe

Curtain Call 70 Happy Birthday

Happy Sunday everyone!

Hope you are enjoying your weekend so far??? We are officially done with basketball...Sarah's team unfortunatly lost yesterdays game, but that's okay! We can finally enjoy our evenings and weekends again :) YEAH!!!

With this nice weather around here and the beautiful Curtain Call Color Combo Act #70 that Stacey has chosen this week, I couldn't resist making another *Spring* like card. Check out the colors for this week....

Here is my take on it.....

The leaves in the background are from the PTI Turning A Leaf Set and the butterflies are from the
Butterfly Dreams Set. I inked the butterflies in Memento Black and colored them with these Copic Markers ~ BG000, B0000, B02, B06. The Satin Ribbon is from Martha Stewart and I added a Silver Button as well as some matching Scrapper's Floss.The DP in the background is from the SU Tangerine Tango Pattern Print Collection. I also added some scoring on the side and some Silver Pearls.  

Please make sure to check out the beautiful cards the rest of the Curtain Call Team created:

                                     Christina MacLaren ~ Seaglass & Sentiments
                                     Jean Martin ~ Stampin' Scrapper
                                     Julie Lacey ~ Stamps & Taxes
                                     Laurel Seabrook  ~ Seabrook Designs
                                     Makiko Jones ~ MakInk Studio 
                                     Monika Davis ~ M.A.D. Stamper
                                     Piali Biswas ~ Touch of Creation
                                     Stacey Schafer ~ Stacey's Stamping Stage
                             


and don't forget our February Guest Designer, Laurie Willison.

Thank you for swinging by today! Enjoy your day and I'll see you again on Tuesday :) !!! Hugs ~S~

Here are a few more challenges I played:

7Kids College Fund #15 ~ Calling all Squares
4 Crafty Chicks #25 ~ Fairy/Angels/Butterflies
CCEE1107 ~ Scoring
Dutch Dare #100 ~ Sparkle/Glitter/or Bling

ODBDSLC49, C4C75, I am the Way....and more!!!

Happy weekend everyone!

We are having fabulous weather here in Georgia. The temps climbed to *81 F* yesterday and we pretty much spend all day outside! Today we are heading to Sarah's *Allstar Tournament* games. We are playing against a few different counties...and my Sarah is very excited to play a few more games before it's all over! She has reached her age limit with her upcoming birthday and won't be able to join her Rec team next year! Kinda bitter sweet for her, but my big girl is ready to move on! She is turning 13 at the end of the month...HELP!  This afternoon I promised my two younger daughters to take them swimming. We have this fun *Splash at the Boro* Indoor Dome where they can wear themselves out!

Anyways, we have a fun challenge going on at the ODBD Shining Light Challenge ~ ODBDSLC49.
We are challenging you to *OVER STAMPING*!!! This means you add an image in the background and stamp a sentiment on top of it.....easy peasy! Come and play with us!!! Please make sure to read all the information on how to play along at the *ODBDSLC49* post!

I also combined my card today with this weeks Crazy 4 Challenges ~ C4C75 ~ *Adding Dies* to your creations. How about playing both challenge??? Swing by the C4C blog for more info!

Here is my idea......

I decided to use one of my favorite ODBD Easter Sets called I am the Way. The Easter Lily was inked in Daffodil Delight and the Bible Verse was inked in Memento Black. My lilies are popping out of the ground too....I'm so excited...Spring is in the Air for sure!!! The Nestie I chose is the from the Lable Ten Collection. The top part of my card was embossed with the QuicKutz Stripes Folder and I added some
So Saffron DP on the bottom. The rest of my card was embellished with a punched out Flower Border, some Black & White Gingham Ribbon, a Black Button, Black Scrap Floss and some Black Pearls.

Before I forget....the layout of my card was inspired by this weeks Clean&Simple #128.

Now it's time to check out the Shining Light Team ~ Sabrina, Chris, Francie and Pat.

Have a fabulous weekend and I hope you get to enjoy some nicer warmer weather too! See you again tomorrow with another card! Hugs ~S~
Here are a few more challenges I played:

ScrapCreations ~ Spring Fever
Charisma Cardsz Challenges #7 ~ Spring has Sprung
Stamp'n Doodle ~ Recipe (Ribbon, Embossing and Bling)
Really Reasonable Ribbon's #18 ~ Spring has Sprung

FTTC105 Best Wishes...and more!!!

Hello everyone!!!



Okay, are you ready for a challenge??? Come and play this weeks Flourishes Timeless Tuesday ~ FTTC105 with us!!! Betty is our host and she is challenging us to add *THREE DIFFERENT PATTERN PAPERS*.

Wow, that was definitely a challenge for me...I'm *DP challenged*...LOL!!!

I used the gorgeous Humming Along Set and the sentiment is from the Fanciful Flourishes Set. The images were inked in Memento Black and colored with Copic Markers ~ YR0000, YR00, YR08, YR15, YR35, YG11 and G12, G21, G24.  The DP I used is from the SU So Saffron and Bermuda Bay Pattern Print Collection. The plain So Saffron DP was embossed with the SU Square Lattice Folder. Next I embellished the card with some White Satin Ribbon, a Silver Button with White Scrap Floss, my favorite Silver Pearls and of course some Glitter!!!

Of course I could not have pulled it all together without the fabbo CR84FN15 Color Challenge!!! This weeks colors were tough, but oh so gorgeous!!!

Now it's time to check out the rest of the team ~ Cindy, Maki, Betty, Tammy and our awesome February Guest Designer Laura Pryor!!!

Have a great week and I'll see ya soon! Hugs ~S~

Here are a few more challenges I played:

Totally Stampalicious ~ Add Bling
OSAAT #49 ~Make it Pretty
Pixie Cottage #56 ~ Ribbon
DYSU #6 ~ Ribbon
Little Claire's #1 ~ Anything Goes
Stampin' with the Dragon ~ Anything Goes
Pear Tree #35 ~ Free for All
Whoopsi Daisy ~ Free and Easy