Priceless Thank You!

I absolutely LOVE this card!!! I gave it to one of my sons' teachers for the end of the year (we were so blessed with amazing teachers for both of my boys!!)! I cannot, however take credit for this card. We made this card as a Make & Take at an Upline Meeting I went to months ago, with Katie Simeika, which I am pretty sure she got in a card swap. So I apologize for not being able to give credit to the original creator!

Supplies (all supplies are from Stampin Up!):

Stamps: Priceless, Short & Sweet

Paper: Night of Navy, Brocade Blue, Shimmery White

Ink: Night of Navy, Brocade Blue & White Stazon

Accessories: Silver Hodge Podge, Rhinestone brads, Brocade Blue ribbon, Dazzling Diamonds

Stampin' Up Marker Club details...

I got several email requests to my "1 More Spot Left" post, so I have started another group. I will take as many as are interested, so email me if you want a spot (tccrain@socal.rr.com). The basic concept is this... you are purchasing the full set of SU Markers (in the the case), and 4 packs of cs (1 of each color family). By spreading it out over 4 months with 4 people in the group, you have the benefit of spreading out the expense, and each participant will be the "hostess" once over the 4 months (you will get at least 1 Level 1 Hostess goodie of your choice as well as at least $15 in free merchandise). For exact details, please email me! Happy Sunday and thanks for stopping by!

Bloggers Challenge #52

This weeks Blogger's Challenge was a "Manly Themed" card. This is the card I made for my Daddy for Father's Day. A pretty quick & simple card! Like the envelope? That is the Monogram Stamper by Justrite, you can go to Taylored Expressions to see/buy the Monogram stamper and all the fun accessories you can get for it. Be sure to check out what the rest of my Blogger's Challenge buddies made (some really great stuff!!!). Click on the button on the side bar. Happy Friday and thanks for stopping by!! Have a wonderful weekend!

Supplies (all supplies except the monogram are by Stampin' Up!):

Stamps: Loads of Love, Monogram Stamper
Paper: Wild Wasabi, River Rock, Blue Bayou and Very Vanilla cs and Blue Bayou DP

Ink: Blue Bayou, Garden Green, Basic Black

Accessories: Hodge Podge hardware, Blue Bayou Double Stitch ribbon, Paper Piercer

Guess who the June Featured Guest Designer is for Sweet & Sassy Stamps???

Me!!! I was sure Korin had me mistaken for someone else when she asked me to be her Featured Guest Designer for this month, then I got over it and was totally excited!! Her stamps are super cute, but Pond Pals is my favorite (love that frog and dragonfly!!) Anyway, these little pocket books are made using her Pond Pals set. You can go to the Sweet & Sassy blog for the tutorial on making these. In addition to her other super cute sets Korin also has some great scripture sets. You can go here to check them out as well as all the great paper and accessories she carries!! Thanks for stopping by and thanks Korin!! Check back here or on the SNSS blog for more of my samples and tutorials throughout the month of June!

1 spot left in my marker club...

I have one spot left in my marker club! Club will be starting in August so you can choose from the new Catty's Hostess sets. If you are interested, please email me!

Happy Friday!

Blog candy winners!!!!!!!!

Yes, I said winner(s), with an S. I wrote all the names on a paper and put them in a hat, then asked one of my boys to draw a name. My other son decided he wanted to draw a name too, so we will just have to have 2 winners!!! The winners are:

Chrissy D said...
Ohhh love the new look too! VERY nice! Thanks for the chance to win! adickinson@wi.rr.com Chris Dickinson

Ida said...
Your new look is wonderful. What a cute little frog. Love the whimsical look and of course your Tangerine color! - Hoping to win as my blog needs spicing up.

Thanks to everyone who left comments!!

Beth Silaika Rocks & Blog candy!

Look at my new Blog Banner and Signature!!!! I love, love, love my new Banner & Signature!!! Thank you, thank you, thank you Beth!!!! Beth Silaika is a self-taught Blog Banner Artiste!!! She does amazing work and everything she creates is different, so no worries about seeing your banner on someone else's blog!! She is amazing and super sweet! So if you are looking for a new banner and/or signature and/or watermark email her...you won't be sorry!
To celebrate my new look I am giving away blog candy! Just leave a comment on this post by next Wednesday, June 11th and you could win a Watermark Bundle from Freckled Fun designs (Beth)!! Thanks for looking and have a great week!!

Hanna 1:1 Challenge for Kimberlee

This little box is for Kimberlee. Kristi from Hanna Stamps has started a new challenge on her Yahoo group...it's a 1:1 Challenge. Kristi posts a challenge, we sign up, she assigns us 1 partner and we make them something according to the challenge. Tons of fun!!!! Well this round I got Kimberlee Doktor, who is just the sweetest thing ever!!! The funny thing is that the same day or the day before Kristi gave us our partners, I had gotten the sweetest RAK card and some goodies from Kimberlee! :) Kimberlee, I hope you enjoy your gift as much as I enjoyed making it for you! This is Garden Hanna, isn't she just adorable?! This lid didn't have a handle, and it really needed something up there so I punched a couple of holes (ok, hubby 'drilled' a couple of holes, lol) and I made a ribbon handle. I used Stampin Up! Jumbo eyelets in the holes for the ribbon. Thanks for stopping by and I hope you are all having a great weekend!!

Bloggers Challenge #50

Black & White was the challenge for this week. Here is my challenge card. I like the simplicity of this card, but it isn't plain. The picture seems kinda horrible, but I am about to fall asleep standing up, so maybe I will try to change it.

Supplies:

Stamps: Pretty Petals by Stampin Up! and God's Grace by Sweet & Sassy Stamps

Ink: Basic Black by Stampin Up

Paper: Basic Black & Whisper White by Stampin Up

Accessories: Basic Black brads by Stampin Up & misc. sheer black ribbon

Graduation Announcements - Tassle Time

Months ago my daughter decided that she wanted me to make her Grad Announcements instead of ordering them, this is what I came up with. This gate-fold was perfect for what I had in mind, it let me add 2 pictures, but still keep the announcement as the focus. I LOVE the inside, but the outside is growing on me! The embroidery floss tassle really finishes the look! Other than the embroidery floss, yellow cs and my printer, all supplies are Stampin Up!

Supplies:

Stamps - Tassle Time

Paper - Brilliant Blue, Real Red & Whisper White by Stampin Up; Yellow Bling by Bazzill

Ink - Brilliant Blue, printer

Accessories - Embroider Floss, Brilliant Blue Brad, small & large oval punches and ticket punch, Real Red Marker

Gina K Sketch Challenge #1 for May

Last night was the May Release Party for Gina K Designs over in the SCS Member Forum. It was alot of fun and VERY fast paced! This is my card for Challenge #1 by Julie, her sample is very cute! I LOVE that Ostrich! My image and the sentiment are both from "Just So Hippy" (designed by Melanie Muenchinger, sold at GinakDesigns.com). I don't really know where the DP is from as it was a gift, so was the ribbon! I don't have circle nesties so I used my corner rounder to make the scallops. THanks for stopping by, hope you enjoy the "back half" of your week (hahahaha, I crack myself up!!). :)

Fantastic Friday Challenge

This is my card for Korin's Fantastic Friday challenge. The sunflower stamp is from Bee Happy by Sweet & Sassy Stamps. I colored the sunflower with Copics and added some fun flock to the center. The rest is pretty basic. Thanks for stopping by, have a great week!

Supplies

Stamps: Bee Happy (Sweet & Sassy Stamps), Garden of Life (Papertrey Ink)

Paper: Not sure DP name, Bashful Blue, Chocolate Chip, Barely Banana & Whisper White cs (all papers by Stampin Up!)

Ink: Brilliance Graphite Black, Chocolate Chip

Accessories: Buttons by SU!, Circle punch (under the buttons), Fun Flock, twine

Bloggers Challenge #47

Happy Friday!!! This weeks Blogger's Challenge was a sketch challenge using the puppy card on page 21 of the Stampin Up Occassions Mini. The stamp set here is Friendship Blooms, I stamped the flower in Real Red on Very Vanilla cs, then I stamped it again and cut it out. I stamped the flower a 3rd time, but in Wild Wasabi and just cut out the little flower. The Wasabi flower is adhered to the middle of the 2nd Real Red flower and is then popped up on the torn Vanilla piece. There is a Red Rhinestone brad through the middle. The red DP is from the Summer Picnic pack, it's mounted on Basic Black cs. The card base is Wild Wasabi. The ribbons are Wild Wasabi Double Stitched ribbon and 1/4" Basic Black ribbon on the bottom. I stamped the swirls in Wild Wasabi along the side. Everything on this card is from Stampin Up!

This was a fun challenge, and the best part of it was that my 8 year old little guy was stampin' next me!! Here's his creation... He made this for his Big Brother who's birthday is in the winter (thus the snow flakes!). Thanks for stopping by, hope you have an amazing weekend!!

More PTI...Garden of Life & SC175

I haven't done a weekly challenge from SCS in forever...I really miss doing them! This is Sketch Challenge #175, and I think this is one of my favorite sketches ever!! I really wanted to use some more of my PTI paper & ribbons, I love their Perfect Match papers, etc.! The colors here are Aqua Mist and Spring Moss. The DP is a pack called Everyday Blessings. I also used white eyelets, the Word Window punch, Basic Gray ink and the Short & Sweet set all from Stampin Up! Thanks for stopping by, hope to see you tomorrow for the Friday Bloggers Challenge!

Bloggers Challenge #46

First of all I want to wish all you Mommy's out there a very, very Happy Mother's Day!!!! This weeks challenge was, what else...make a Mother's Day card...so here's mine. Not only did I get my Challnge card done, but it is EARLY!!! Woo Hoo!! I actually had it done last night! Yeah, Go ME!! Ok enough of that...I love this card, I love these stamps and I love the paper!!!!! The stamp set is Garden of Life from Papertrey Ink. These flowers are so fun, I just love this set! The Design paper is from the Pink Patterns set, card stock colors are Berry Sorbet and Sweet Blush, all from PTI. The pearls are random pearls I had laying around. I used the Dragon Fly stamp from the Pond Pals set by Sweet & Sassy stamps. I stamped him on Vellum (by Stampin' Up!) cut out the wings and then used pearls for the body. Not sure if you can see it, but there are also 3 larger pearls on the right side of the card, to give it a bit of balance. I hope you like my card and thanks for stopping by! Have a great weekend, and again, Happy Mother's Day!!

One Sheet Pocket Book

Is this the funnest thing or what??? I love this idea! Of course it is not mine, you can go Vicki Hook's blog to see her book and to get instructions. This project alone, makes a Scor-Pal sooooooo worth it!!!!!!!!!!!
Well, I made this one for my upline, thinking maybe she could put business cards in it. But then I got to thinking, how cool would this be as a Mother's Day present...put the grandkids' pictures in the pockets!!! Hmmmmm...
Ok, so here are the deets...

Supplies (everything is Stampin Up!)

Stamps: Heartfelt Thanks

Paper: Afternoon Tea, Chocolate Chip cs

Ink: Groovy Guava, Wild Wasabi

Accessories: Groovy Guava & Wild Wasabi double-stitched ribbon, Very Vanilla Tafetta ribbon, Rhinestone Brad, Scor-Pal, Binding machine

I put a couple of business cards in here just to show the pockets, etc. Thanks for stopping by and looking! Have an amazing week!!!

Bloggers Challenge #45

Last week's Bloggers Challenge was to make a Graduation card. Well I wasn't going to participate because I didn't have any Graduation stamps yet (yes, I say "yet" because I have to "Graduating" next month!). While cleaning up my "stuff" I found a couple of these DiplomaBella images from an image swap...what the heck! This is a very simple card. I used 2 Primas in place of the bouquet, and used some Spica glitter on the yellow sash & tassle. She is colored, very carefully, with Copics (I say "very carefully" because I am sure the image was stamped with a non-Copic friendly ink since I got it soooooo long ago :). This will not be my daughter's Grad card or announcements (yes, she insisted we make her announcements instead of ordering them :). Thanks for looking and I apologize for the tardiness and simplicity!! have a great week!!!