Want a little Flopsey?

When I saw Jen's Sketch for You To Try on Saturday, I knew that it was just the right layout for the newest Flopsey from My Favorite Things.  

Isn't this little cupcake bunny so 

adorable?  I stamped him three times.  Once flush to the mat, then popped up his body, and then his hands and cupcake were popped up one more level.  Yikes, there are a lot of dimensionals on this card, but I loved having him hold that cupcake out front!

The image is colored with my prisma color pencils and then the cupcake was frosted with glitter.  I'm still digging into my Making Memories felt flowers and buttons I bought this past spring.  Those babies last forever, I use them all the time......

Don't forget that today marks the beginning of a whole bunch of MFTeasers for the five new sets which will be released on Wednesday night.  Be sure to blurf around to the rest of the team, you can find links to all the MFT Sistahs over in my sidebar on the right......  Or, you can follow along on the Splitcoast Galleries using the keyword MFTNov08.    

I hope to play along with the Color Challenge tomorrow for another preview with one of the two new Annie LaPoint images coming out this month, and then I'll have my very favorite set of this launch to preview on Wednesday.  I literally **squealed** with excitement when I found it in my mailbox!

Happy Monday everyone, and thanks for stopping by!

By the way...this paper is Basic Grey's "Urban Prairie" - I adore the sweet colors.  I think you'll be seeing a lot of this from me.  Hope you like pink as much as I do!

How About Them Apples?

I'm sure you all read Carolyn Kings blog already, and if you don't then get over there!  If you've been then you've seen all the AMAZING things that have been donated!  If you haven't yet, you've got to get over there and enter the Heart to Heart Blog Candy  The prize package is valued at over $700!  Oh my goodness and its all amazing stuff!

I'm lucky enough to work with Carolyn both on My Favorite Things and also at Gina Designs.  We met in person this summer in Chicago and in addition to being madly talented, she's sweet and just so much fun!  

She illustrated this fantastic set titled "Whimsical Autumn" after her grandmother passed this summer.  All of her proceeds from the sale of the stamps will be donated to the Alzheimer's Association in her grandmother's memory. 

This card uses the Jen's most recent "Sketch for you to Try" as well as my copic markers, and Cosmo Cricket Mr Campy paper. 

Thanks for looking, head over to enter the blog candy contest, and have a fantastic day!

For a sweet baby...

I almost forgot to post the other card I mentioned with Jen's Sketch for You To Try this week.

Okay, I cheated a teensy bit here, because it doesn't have the row of embellies down the top right, but this big scalloped nestie didn't leave a lot of room for extra "stuff."

This stork image with the little baby all snuggled up is my new favorite choice for baby cards. Its so sweet.

This image is Gina K's latest Stamp for a Cause titled "How Sweet it Is." Seven dollars of each stamp set sold is split between The American Diabetes Association and the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation.

I used Jen's tip about distributing the ink from my sakura stardust pen to give the entire stork a glimmer. The baby's bundle is paper pieced with the light blue designer paper, and the rest of the image is colored with copic markers.

This adorable paper is Making Memories noteworthy line and this, sniff, sniff, is my last of the supply I picked up a few weeks ago. However, I'm headed on an excursion to my LSS tomorrow, and very likely, I'll be adding some to my stash for any upcoming requests for baby cards.

This ribbon is to die for, and is also Making Memories. At my LSS it is sold by the yard, and also as part of a collection pack of ribbon. If you find it, go for it by the yard because it is delicious and ties so nicely.

I've had this card sitting around my kitchen all week for me to enjoy, but now its getting packed up and sent off to my friend that just had a new baby. After all, I do create these cards to eventually get sent out to someone, not for me to sit and admire right? (Am I the only one that finds it hard to let go of their creations? LOL!)

Sketch for You To Try

Hooray for Saturday!! Don't forget to go check out Jen's Sketch For You to Try over at i{heart}2stamp. She has such a fun sketch planned this week, I can't wait to see what everyone has come up with!

I'm still writing in draft, but I know you'll see a great sample from Jen and I sent her mine already! Drop me a note and let me know what you thin!


Then you'll find more samples from Amy, Carole, Shannan and Susan too.


If you upload to SCS don't forget to use the keyword "SFYTT" so we can see them all in the same place!

Scoop it up!

With some of my "to dos" cleared off my plate, I just wanted to stamp for the fun of it. I rifled through my stamp cabinet and pulled out Gina K's "How Sweet It Is" stamp set.

This is Gina K's most recent set for Stamps for a Cause. This set benefits The American Diabetes Association and the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation. $7.00 of every set sold is divided evenly between these two organizations. And the images are so completely cute to boot!

I think you know by now that, I love sketch challenges. When I saw Jen Del Muro's Sketch for You to Try this past Saturday, I added it directly to my "must do" projects for the week. As usual, her sample was stinkin' adorable!

My Basic Grey Two Scoops paper was sitting on my desk from a project I had just completed, and I thought it would be the perfect companion for the cute slice of cake in the "Sweet" set!

The circles are cut with my nestabilities and I added a quick border of scallops under one panel with my slot punch. To create the little tab on the bottom right hand side, I punched a scrap with my Word Window punch from SU taped that to a piece of saffron scrap and hand cut a mat.

The cake is dusted with dazzling diamonds (don't be a dummy like I was last night and get Dazzling Diamonds in your EYE by accident, ouch!!) and the card is finished off with a little piece of Very Vanilla wide width grosgrain ribbon. Since SU doesn't offer the wide width ribbon in So Saffron, I usually use the vanilla in place, its a nice complement.

If you read Jen's blog, you may have seen this super cute card she created the other day. Well, guess what a lucky girl I am? Today when I trudged down to the mailbox, I was thrilled to see an envelope with Jen's name on the return address! Her coloring is absolutley fantastic (I know, I always laugh when I compliment grownups on their coloring, when I do the same thing around here all day with the daycare kids! It was so nice to get to meet Jen in person in California for CHA after having read her blog for soooo long!

Okay, is this the longest blog post ever? Have a great day everyone!

Hippy Fun

Of course, there's work to be done, but I couldn't help but play a little tonight. I was feeling a little stressed and stamping simply for the fun of it helps me to unwind. I think it is focusing on the process at hand and seeing where it will take me is so consuming that it helps the "gotta do this, gotta do that" fade into the background

I put on a girlie movie (which turned out to be really crummy) pulled out my "Just So Hippy" set from Gina K --- that was waiting patiently for me on my desk --- and reached into a delicious new paper purchase, then opened my browser to Jen's Sketch for You To Try and got stampin'.

The hippo was stamped on confetti white paper then watercolored with Basic Grey ink for the body and regal rose for the toenails. The toenails were then coated with spica pen for a nice sparkly pedicure.

This is so cute, it almost makes me want to be late sending a card to my good friend who is just about to turn 35! But, instead, I'm going to get my big but in gear and make her something equally cute for the occasion!

Guess I should get back to work around here...

Edited to add: If you're loving the "Hippies" as much as I do, you'll want to stop by Melanie's Blog as she's running a contest right now where you can win free stamps. RUN!

Pinked Out Sketch

I had so much fun with Jen's Sketch for You to Try that I couldn't wait to see what she had in store this weekend. Sure enough, I loved it and tonight set aside some time to see what I could come up with.

I can not believe I still had two scraps of last years "Loves Me" paper leftover for my first card. This sketch made it super easy to pull together a quick card that was on my to do list anyways. This uses the Pun Fun stamp set I used on my Beate's weekend sketch challenge on Saturday but this time, I used the cute little hippo.

She is water colored with Sahara Sand, Basic Grey and Pretty in Pink classic ink (notice the cute little pink toenails!) matted on Sahara Sand then I had a square nestie mat. The buttons are finished off with a touch of pink gingham ribbon. I added shimmer to the balloons, bow tie and toenails with my glitter pen.

I've been wanting to make a tulip card for a few weeks now, since I noticed really soft pretty pink ones on a recent trip to Whole Foods. Tulips in the supermarket remind me that this cold, snow won't last forever! I pick them up every chance I get! And LOTS when they're on sale! That day I lucked out and I bought two dozen for only $12! Hooray. Coincidentally, that same day, Shannan posted this beautiful card to her blog.

This paper is so similar to the Loves Me from last year, this year it is called "Spring Fling." I know I'll be using a lot of this in the months to come. I actually don't own this set Garden Whimsy, but my good friend Rachel does. The sentiment here is from My Favorite Things Essential Sentiments. There are so many amazing little sentiments in there and this little "hello" fit perfectly in that empty corner....

As a mother of two boys, I love any chance to make something really PINK because I don't get too much of that around here! More like Lightening McQueen, Thomas and Transformers.....

Have a great day everyone!!

I can hardly believe it!!

Wowie! How excited could I possibly be! My eyes nearly bulged out of my head last night when I went over to check my email and saw a note from Gina! (If you're not sure what I'm talking about... go check my post below!!) Oh Happy Day! I'm so excited about this wonderful opportunity!!!

Have I mentioned how much FUN I've been having with my new sets from Gina K's most recent release ....

So, this is the perfect opportunity to share another card I worked on this weekend. I'm laughing as I write this because Jen is going to think that either I'm insane, or a total stalker. Because, I just can't stop with this sketch.

It is (yes, once again) her Sketch for You to Try from this past Saturday. But honestly, it really does make for charming cards and I've always been a huge fan of her work. And, I'm loving my new Gina K stamps for a cause set.

I will say though, I'm being a good doobie playing in my box of existing paper. (Honestly, there's so much in there... its embarrassing.) But, when you have a lot of paper, it gives you lots of options. Great sketch, great stamps, great paper. I'm really excited about this card.

Its nice to be back in the swing of things after such a long break around the holidays. It feels so good to be stamping on a regular basis.

I did it again....

I just loved Jen's Sketch for You to Try so much, that I had to crank out another one this morning while the boys watched Bob the Builder!

This uses the Gina K's new Stamps for a Cause Set. When I heard that the set was for diabetes, I had to have it, then I saw the images, and was hooked. Someone very close to me was recently diagnosed, and I wanted to help support the cause. And, I know she'll just love this card for her collection!

I just love sketch challenges, it so simplifies the creation process when you have a sketch

you know will work. And, I've been saving this paper from Cutie Pie Designer Series collection for just the right card! I'm so glad because I just love how this came out.

Quick Details: Card base is kraft, Bashful blue main panel is stamped with the sentiment in Brilliance Graphite Black ink, and the top and bottom borders are paper pierced. The baby blanket is stamped in cutie pie designer series paper and paper pieced. The stork and the baby are colored with SU watercolor crayons.

Its Snowflake

I've been loving all of Jen Del Muro's Sketches, but just haven't had any time to play along. When I saw todays, I knew it would be perfect for my new friend Snowflake.

This uses the Wintergreen Designer paper from Stampin Up. I bought some for a project, didn't use much, and now I feel compelled to use it all up. The colors are perfect together, WHY didn't I use it before now?

Snowflake is colored with my SU watercolor crayons and blended. The snowangel was given some depth with light blue crayon, then dazzling diamonds were added. The sentiment here is from My Favorite Things Essential Sentiments. I pulled out a few more of those crystals that Christie sent to me - love those thing -- because I felt like the sentiment was just hanging out all lonely down there. I was going to add ribbon, but had already used my last scraps of Soft Sky double stitched (no worries, more is on its way!)

My darling sister and her husband gave me a lightbox for Christmas. And is sure came in handy tonight, otherwise I would have had to wait till tomorrow to post this!! Oh, the possibilities of night photos! Hooray! Thank you, thank you guys, I love it!