200 posts and cupcakes!

This marks my 200th post! Anyone want something free?? 

I'll be giving away some goodies to a randomly drawn winner!

Just post a comment here by April 4th 5pm EST and I'll draw a winner that night!

To celebrate my 200th post, I think we should have a cupcake!

This is another Clear Dollar Stamps creation! I LOVE this set! It had 5 different cupcakes/muffins! You should head on over to the CDS store and get your set today! (plus they're pre-coloured so the shading work is done for you!)

Still here in La-La Land!

Here's a Sweet Dreams Marci card this time! 

I love the simplicity of this card. 

It's very simple. Very clean. Well matched. 

And thank goodness for pre-coloured images! YAY!

Thanks for letting me share!

I'm in La-La Land!

Okay so I discovered a new company while placing an order for my store! La-La Land Crafts! They have the cutest images. I just can't get enough! And the best part is, they have both acrylic AND rubber stamps! Yay! I've ordered some rubber stamps for my store so watch for that announcement soon!  The pre-order list is up on the IASC blog if you want to check it out!

Anyways, I was linking this up to the LLLC customer gallery and thought I'd post it here to share! :D This photo was taken what seems like years ago...(my DD is not even 3 yet so this photo is MAYBE 2 years old!) Anyways, the colours in the photo and the colours of the papers I wanted to use from Basic Grey just seemed to flow together nicely and the Sweet Dreams Marci image from LLLC was PERFECT! PLUS she's got a panda in her hand...that makes the image for me! I'll be ordering more pandas for sure!

Thanks for letting me share!

Challenge #3 at The Stamping Boutique!

It's challenge time again at The Stamping Boutique...and this is my layout for this challenge! We had to make our own flowers. So, seeing I already make these for my store, I decided to use my Button Blossoms for this layout. They are customizable to match your papers. You can match whatever you'd like!

I've been DYING to scrapbook this picture. So when I saw these papers, I knew which picture I would use! 

The stamp from TSB is the spool! I cut it a bit to wrap the floss around it...and the stems are handstitched too with Bazzill stitching templates. 

Here's a close-up of the flowers and the spool. 

Go on over to the TSB blog and see what the other DT have created!

Gift Bag Donation for Zeal for Teal Crop - April 30th!

This is one of my donations for our Zeal for Teal crop (we're still looking for donations BTW if you are a business and would like to sponsor us for door prizes/silent auction items - shameless plug there! Or if you are wanting to sign up as a cropper, please let us know soon...we're almost 90% full! That's almost 100 people!)

So this is what I'm donating for a silent auction item. I wanted to represent the 3 INCREDIBLE design teams I'm on! I LOVE designing for each of them! It's so exciting!

The first set is from Clear Dollar Stamps.

These are two more cupcakes from the newest release!

This one is from Sassy Studio Designs - 

Tinkerbell is from the March release. (March 12th)

This one is from The Stamping Boutique. 

These are two separate images. 

I just love that he's wearing a pink shirt 

and not complaining about it! (wink wink!)

And lastly, this is created using my Cricut.

The sentiment on it is cut from the Sweet Treats cartridge.

Of course, the button blossoms are from In A Scrap Creations (my store!)

Thanks for taking the time to look at my creations. I put my heart and soul in my work and I hope it pays off in the end.  I hope this brings in a good amount of money for Ovarian Cancer Canada.

Welcome to the CDS March Zoo Blog Hop!

Happy Sunday everyone! Glad you're out "hopping" today!

So, I have a funny story about my card I made for today...this card is actually based on the CIC#24 sketch that I posted on Friday! Oopsy me! I did this card with the sketch thinking it was for the CIC Challenge...then remembered as I was putting the Stickles on that the Hippo was for today's ZOO theme! DUH! So, I made my real CIC Challenge card! AND I already had this one done for the hop! 

I rotated the sketch 45 degrees so everything fit...it was a great sketch to use! That's why I wanted to use it twice!

Here's the rest of the blog roll...check out what the rest of the design team has created! Thanks for stopping by today!

If you are starting here at my blog, go back to the beginning and start at Lori's blog!

Lori

Cassie

Barb

Sarah

Shell

Linda

Amanda <-- You are here!

Lisa

Jasmin

Christi

Laurie

Stacy

Jerusha

Trudy

Nancy

Jan

This is what you can win!

 2 lucky winners will each receive a $10 gift certificate for the CDS store!!!  The winners will be randomly chosen from comments received on two DT member blogs.  Winners will be announced on the CDS blog Wednesday, March 23rd.

CIC #24 for Clearly Dollar Stamps

It's CIC Challenge time at Clear Dollar Stamps again!

I used the same Bunny Slippers set as last time! 

This challenge is a sketch challenge

The papers and the sentiment (in black) are from the set.

The flower is cut out on the Cricut and is Basic Grey paper..and the sentiment in the middle is a rubber stamp! :D The green buttons are Basic Grey as well and the bunny button is from my stash! :D

I hand-stitched the leaves using a Bazzill Stitching template.

The winner will be announced at the end of the month! The more people that participate the bigger the prize!!

Here are the details of the CIC challenges:

-Challenges are now going to be on the 1st and 3rd Fridays of each month, and you'll have 2 weeks to finish each challenge.

-Challenges can use any stamps or digis from any company

-Only one entry per person per challenge

-Prizes will be given away after both challenges for the month.  The number of prizes is determined by the number of participants for the month.  For every 20 entries there will be a $10 gift certificate for stamps or digis up for grabs.  (For example if over the entire month there were a total of 60 participants in both challenges, there will be 3 $10 gift certificates and 3 of the featured digital images to give away.)

-We will also be giving away the featured digi image....one for every 20 entries!

HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY!

 Just wanted to wish everyone a Happy St. Patrick's Day! 

Have a green beer for me! 

I'm thinking spinach for supper! (my kids will love me!!)

 I'll be back later on to blog more! 
I've got some DT projects to post!!!

And Happy Birthday Aunt Sue!

Reveal Day at CDS!

It's reveal day at Clear Dollar Stamps! YAY! I was SO excited when I saw this collection..these are just 2 of the cupcakes that are in the set! I have more printed off that I'm going to create with this month! You will LOVE them! They even come with matching digital papers!  Some I used in my attempt at digital scrapbooking (see the layout underneath the card!)

This is my attempt at digital scrapbooking on my PSE! It turned out not too much of a train wreck! I just LOVE the cupcakes! I cannot get enough of them! I'm thinking I might print them off large and turn them into stickers for my daughter's bedroom walls! I just LOVE them! The possibilities are endless!  You can see the digital papers on my layout...the stripes and you can sort of see the sprinkles underneath the cupcakes! 

Check out the website for more examples! 

And there are many more stamps out today...you will have to see what the rest of the design team has created! 

Some great stamps out just in time for Easter!

March Release Day Fun!

 It's release day here at Sassy Studio Designs and you will NOT wanna miss this one...Lindsay is continuing with the Fairies/Princesses collection...and these are no exception. 

Check out our "new" design team! All the princesses have decided to try their hand at cardmaking and digital stamps! Start at Alice (top of the list) if you're just starting here.

Alice

Pocahontas  

Mulan 

Tinkerbell

Megara

Jasmine

Mulan

Alice (you are here)

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This is my project for this release! 

I wanted to do something other than a card this month so I did a candy bar wrapper...actually, it's two chocolate bars together! I thought the sentiment worked perfectly for both the image and the chocolate bars!


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Don't forget the challenge that ends on Monday (see yesterday's post).

And we'd appreciate comments on our blogs! But not required to win! :D

We'll chat on the blog around 11am!

I was featured in the TSB newsletter!

The Stamping Boutique newsletter came out today and I was featured! You should go sign up for it...you get a free image with EVERY newsletter! 

You can sign up for the newsletter on the TSB blog...and you can read my feature there! Thanks for the plug April!

CIC #23 @ CDS & Digi Day Sponsor - SSD

This is a double duty post today! 

I've got two design team projects to post!

First up is for Clear Dollar Stamps - it was a CIC#23 - a colour challenge this time around...we had to use the colours above to create our cards...I used the Bunny Slippers set because, well, they were the right colours! And because I loved this adorable set! 

All the papers minus the black cardstock are from the set. That's what I love about these sets Laurie creates. She usually has some designer papers to go along with the digital images.  This set is no exception! 

You don't have to use these exact colors if you don't have them, just come close! You've got 2 weeks to strut your stuff using these colors.

Here are the details of the CIC challenges:

-Challenges are now going to be on the 1st and 3rd Fridays of each month, and you'll have 2 weeks to finish each challenge.

-Challenges can use any stamps or digis from any company

-Only one entry per person per challenge

-Prizes will be given away after both challenges for the month.  The number of prizes is determined by the number of participants for the month.  For every 20 entries there will be a $10 gift certificate for stamps or digis up for grabs.  (For example if over the entire month there were a total of 60 participants in both challenges, there will be 3 $10 gift certificates and 3 of the featured digital images to give away.)

-We will also be giving away the featured digi image....one for every 20 entries!

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And this one is for Sassy Studio Designs. We're sponsoring Stamp Something, a challenge blog...you'll have to check it out once they've got the new challenge posted to see what you can win from SSD!

Our challenge was to use a digital image! Not too hard, eh! I chose to use the Wicked Witch from the West. The inside of it says "Hope things get better soon".  I didn't know what else to use this image for except something UGLY! I didn't want it looking too Halloween-y! 

I tried to "ugly" up the papers by distressing them with my distress tool and inks and faux stitching. The sentiment I came up with! I used the "hello my pretty" phrase from the Wizard of Oz movie..I had to tie it in somehow and thought this would be a perfect way to do it.  

Thanks for stopping by today to check out my cards! I need to get off the computer now and get ready for a workshop/show tomorrow! YIKES!

It's a Sassy Day!

We're sponsoring The Outlawz today and the challenge is to use your favorite colour combo...I like pink, teal and brown together so I decided to use it for my card today!

The brown cardstock is embossed and the ribbon is from a new kit being sold in my store as of Sunday! The image can be purchased here. 

New Challenges at The Stamping Boutique

There's a new challenge starting at The Stamping Boutique today.

Here are the particulars of all the challenges ...feel free to play along! 

~The challenges will be bi-weekly 

~We will have winners. The winner of the 5 images will be picked by random drawing. April will also be picking the 3 favorites for that challenge and will have a button for you to add to your blog to show off that you have awesome crafting skills

~Check the sidebar of The Stamping Boutique blog for any other "rules" to follow for challenges

CHALLENGE #1

The Stamping Boutique ~ Texture-Sparkle-Buttons

We thought there was no better way to start off the challenges then by using the letters of TSB. For your projects, we want to see some texture, lots of sparkle and buttons.

AND it doesn't just have to be cards. You can do scrapbook layouts too! 

CHECK OUT MY LAYOUT!

(Isn't she gorgeous!?)

Here are the close ups of the details...

Texture

(Embossed cardstock, embossed cork)

This is also the new journaling image at The Stamping Boutique

Sparkle

(Sparkle-y cardstock, Princess title, The flowers are sparkle-y too..it's kinda hard to see in this picture)

Buttons

  

Sassy Studio Designs Sponsorship

Today Sassy Studio Designs is sponsoring The Crazy Challenge blog and the theme is Here Comes Spring!

I instantly thought of this cute little bunny for my card today! The colours I tried to keep light and bright and flower-y. The background is actually Basic Grey fabric squares and the brads (see close-up) is a custom made brad from In A Scrap Creations. I make these now! I got a new toy/tool! So if you need customized brads, please email me! I used the same fabric as the background for the brads, just in pink.

Here is the close-up of the brads.

Thanks for checking out my post today! 

Watch for another one about the new challenge going on at The Stamping Boutique!