You Add Sparkle To My Day

Good morning everyone.  Before I begin my post I just want to remind you about the Scrap-Mart blog hop tomorrow.  There will be a great group of designers hopping and there will be prizes to be won so you won't want to miss it!



Now onto my card.  I decided to play with one of the new Cling sets by JustRite Stampers called "Garden Fairy Seeds".  All of these cling sets are so awesome - they are great for cardmaking but don't forget about scrapbooking - the sizes and phrases are perfect for scrapbook pages.  The great thing about cling is that they are versatile.  My floral border is a great example of the versatility.  This border is actually straight but because it is cling all I needed to do was place it onto my acrylic block in a half circle shape and stamp it twice to create my "round" border.  Isn't that great!!!

Next I stamped the cute little fairy using Memento Tuxedo Black, colored her with Copics and then diecut her with Spellbinders Labels One.  The mat directly under the fairy was diecut with Spellbinders Lacey Circles.  The yellow scalloped glittery mat was made using my Cricut Expression along with the Base Camp cartridge.  I added lots of Kaiser pearls which started out as white but I colored them to match my card using Copic Markers.  The sentiment is stamped with Memento Bamboo Leaves and diecut with Spellbinders Lacey Circles, then tied to my bow.

Thanks for stopping in for a visit today.  Be sure to check back tomorrow for the Scrap-Mark blog hop.

Have a great day!!

Supplies:

Stamps:  JustRite Stampers - Garden Fairy Seeds - cling

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Memento Bamboo Leaves, Copic Markers (B000, BG000, BG01, BG05, B14, Y0000, Y00, Y11, G21, E21, E31, E33, #50, Y06, Y17)

Accessories:  Spellbinders Lacey Circles, Labels 1, Cricut Expression, Base Camp cartridge, Lattice corner punch, glitter, ribbon, Kaiser pearls

JustRite 12 Weeks of Christmas Blog Hop 11

Welcome to the 11th week of JustRite Stampers’ Wednesday feature, 12 Weeks of Christmas Blog Hops! Every Wednesday up until Thanksgiving some of your favorite designers will be joining some of the JustRite design team for a series of Christmas blog hops, showcasing JustRite’s entire Christmas Collection of stamps! Don’t forget that JustRite has some Christmas stamps in their newly released CLING line of stamp sets, too -- you can find them HERE. This week, the designers joining the JustRite design team are the Stampers Dream design team and a few other special guests!

For the month of November, we thought we would switch gears a little and throw in some holiday gift ideas using your JustRite stamps, so be watching for those, too, on November’s hops! And in celebration of JustRite’s Christmas Blog Hops, they have a huge surprise for you -- take 25% off All JustRite Original Christmas Stamps now through November 29 with free shipping within the U.S. on orders over $50-- Don't forget to tell Santa!

Today I have a cute little gift box to share.  I found the instructions here.  The instructions were very easy to follow.   This little box would be perfect for any type of gift.  I chose to use it for a mini stuffed animal.

This adorable elephant is from the newly released JustRite Stampers set called "Ellie Time".  I just stamped it onto gray cardstock and cut it out.  Then I stamped it again onto white cardstock, colored the vest and cut it out.  The sentiment "I love you" is also from this same set and diecut with Spellbinders Double Ended Tags.  The sentiment "Just For You" comes from the "All Occasions Nested Sentiments" set and is diecut with Spellbinders Fancy Tags.

Here is a look of the box without the stuffed animal inside.  This elephant is SOOO cute!!!

 This photo shows a side shot of this box.  It is such a great size for a little gift.  Could be for a teacher, boss, or even my mail lady.

 Below is a photo of the entire "Ellie Time" stamp set.  This is a perfect set for kids cards and even better for scrapbook pages.

Be sure to check out all of the other amazing designers that are blog hopping today.  There is only 1 more week of these Wednesday Blog Hops.  Don't miss out on all of this great inspiration.




JustRite Inspiration Blog  
Beate Johns  
Debbie Olson  
Michelle Rodgers 
Sankari Wegman 
Tosha Leyendekker 
Kazan Clark 
Lori Craig 
Amy Sheffer 
Stephanie Kraft 
Denise Marzec 
Michele Kovack 
Carolyn King 
Barb Schram 
Jenn Balcer 
Cindy Lawrence 
Angela Barkhouse 
Christina Fischer 
Heidi Blankenship 
Mariana Grigsby 
Terre Fry 
Teresa Kline 

Thanks for stopping in for a visit today.  Have a great day!!

Stamps:  JustRite Stampers - Ellie Time - cling, All Occasions Nested Sentiments

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Copic Markers (RV34, G24, W5, R39, T2, Y08)
Accessories:  Spellbinders Long Rectangles, Fancy Tags, Double Ended Tags, Martha Stewart Arch Lattice border punch, Kaiser rhinestones, Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder

Deepest Sympathy

Happy Friday everyone.  Today is another Friday challenge over at JustRite.  The challenge today is to create a sympathy card.  Sympathy cards are so very difficult to create because they are not for a happy occasion.  Ironically I needed a sympathy card yesterday.  A close family friend passed away last week and yesterday was the funeral.  It was a very nice service for a very nice lady. 

For my card I chose a sentiment from the new JustRite Sympathy Nested Sentiments set.  This set is wonderful because it has sentiments that say what needs to be said in a special way.  My sentiment is stamped with Memento Rich Cocoa and diecut with Spellbinders Labels Trio.  The decorative element in the upper righthand corner was created with the Spellbinders Symbology 1 die.

Here is a look at the complete "Sympathy Nested Sentiments" set.  Such a great stamp set!!!

Thanks for stopping in for a visit today.   Have a great weekend!!

Supplies:

Stamps:  JustRite Stampers - Sympathy Nested Sentiments, Clear Horizontal Stamper

Paper:  K & Co Designer Paper

Ink:  Memento Rich Cocoa

Accessories:  Spellbinders Labels Trio, Symbology 1, Kaiser pearls

Happy Birthday - Make A Wish

Good morning everyone.  Today I am playing along with 2 challenges -  the sketch challenge over at CPS (see below) as well as the "Birthday" challenge over at Crazy 4 Challenges blog.  Double dipping with one card!!

Here is a look at the sketch.  When I first saw the sketch I thought that it would be fun and easy.  I WAS SO WRONG!!  I struggled for hours with this sketch!!  I just couldn't decide on what type of card I wanted to make.  Finally I decided on a birthday card and just "went for it"!!  I think it came out really nice after all the frustration.

I chose sentiments from 2 different JustRite stamp sets - All Occasions Nested Sentiments ("Happy Birthday" stamped with Memento Bamboo Leaves) and Cherish The Memories Nested Sentiments ("Make A Wish" stamped with Memento Rich Cocoa).  I also used several Spellbinders Dies to create all of the layers (Long Rectangles, Long Scallop Rectangles, Mega Classic Scallop Ovals, and Mega Ovals).

I embossed the ivory mats with the Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder.  I also used the Martha Stewart Arch Lattice border punch for the top edge and bottom edge.  The flower was white so I inked it with Memento Dandelion to give it some color.  I wanted to add some Kaiser pearls but all I had were white so I colored them with an E29 Copic marker.

Thanks for stopping in for a visit today.  Have a great day!!

Supplies:

Stamps:  JustRite Stampers - Cherish The Memories Nested Sentiments, All Occasions Nested Sentiments, Clear Horizontal Stamper

Paper:  K & Co, DCWV cardstock

Ink:  Memento Rich Cocoa, Memento Bamboo Leaves, Memento Dandelion,  Copic marker E29

Accessories:  Spellbinders - Mega Classic Scallop Ovals, Mega Ovals, Long Rectangles, Long Scallop Rectangles, Martha Stewart Arch Lattice border punch, Kaiser pearls, Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder