Let's Ink It Up- May

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Welcome to my  Let's Ink It Up Monthly Challenge Blog post for May.
This month we have a challenge that is going to get you feeling all shiny & new!

 Our challenge is to : 

BLING IT ON

REMEMBER: You must use rubber stamps here at Let's Ink It Up! 

Our sponsor for this challenge  is WHIMSY STAMPS STORE offering up 

This sponsor is soooooooooooo appropriate as I have made my creation with a Kenny K rubber stamp that was FEATURED in the WHIMSY INSPIRATION ONLINE MAGAZINE!!  (pg. 91 to be exact). WOWZERS!! 

 When I saw this steampunky girl, named Scarlett West..I knew I had to have her!! Like HAD to have her, like something awful. I knew exactly how I wanted to do her up, with what embellies and such.....layout was a mystery but WOW!! When I finally got around to  inking her up....I was soooooooooooooo excited!



Thanks so much for stopping by today. 

And thanks so much to the Whimsy Girls for accepting my submission!!! 

And I hope to see you at the Let's Ink It Up challenge this month! 

Challenges for my card:

Crafts4eternity- ribbons

Stampin for the wknd- 4 or more layers

Challenges for my card: 

Butterflies & Pom-Poms

I'm BAAAAAa-ck! 

With a Saturated Canary Digi. Meet Janessa! 

I've used her before and I absolutely love her. 

This time I've placed her on a chipboard butterfly shape. 

This is yet another shape to match the other two I've done so far, for my daughter, to hang on her wall. As you can see by the holes on each top wing......when I have completed all 5 butterflies, I will attach them and then give them to her to display on her wall. I'm going with some of my favorite stamp artists, to accomplish this. The other two butterfly shapes can be found HERE & HERE. I have two more to go! 

Ribbons are a mix of misc, RAK, & The Ribbon Carousel. Their monthly ribbon packages are DA BOMB!! So many textures and styles! I love it! 

The wee butterflies are from Dollarama. Actually they are for planters, but I've cut off the stems and attached them here! teehee! 

I had alot of fun putting this creation together! 

Challenges for my butterfly:

Saturated Canary- anything but square or rectangle

Digital Tuesday- make is sparkle

Anything goes- altered projects

Crafts & Me- shades of spring

Crafty Catz- I spy with my little eye something that starts with B

- I have butterflies & bling

Stampin for the Weekend- BINGO ( I used butterflies, lace and glitter)

Final Spotlight at Simply Sassy Blog

** see the sticky post at the top of my blog for some Christmas Candy including some of our beloved Sassy Stamps**

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Ah....sweet sweet memories. 

Well it seems now that the Simply Sassy Spotlights are coming to an end; for the year anyways; along with the Simply Sassy Rubber stamps; for permanent I believe. Hhmmmmmmmmm.........very sad :-( 

If you missed the blog hop featuring the Final Set #11....then you missed a good finale, that's for sure. Thank goodness those beauties jumped into my shopping cart as a set; for now they are only available as single stamps at FunkyKits, which is still better than nothing, right! 

Anywho, the reason for my post today is because, Maria asked me if I would put a little something together for the FINAL Spotlight at the Simply Sassy blog. Of course I was more than happy to oblige! 

Thanks again, Maria, for all your kind words. 

I have chosen Secret Santa! Isn't she cute! I colored her completely with copics....something I RARELY do, because a) i don't own this many b) i don't own this many ! LOL 

Papers are K&Company (i think) and wee poinsettias are from Micheals. I placed misc flowers underneath them and centered them with some pearly brads. My ribbons are from The Ribbon Carousel. 

You must check out this last Spotlight at the

 Simply Sassy Blog you won't be disappointed! 

Challenges for my card: 

Come & Get it Challenges- anything Christmas

Gingerloft- Winter/Christmas

Stampalot- BINGO- brads/flowers/ribbon

Secret Crafter- photo inspiration (see below)

Cupcake Inspirations- photo inspire (see below)

Decorate for Christmas

I was so pleasantly surprised when Sheri from My Sheri CRAFTS e-mailed me the other day to inform me that I could be a GDT on her blog this week! How could I refuse right!! 

The theme this week is 

DECORATE FOR CHRISTMAS

How much more festive can you get than this theme right!?!?

I chose to use this Simply Sassy Stamp called All Wrapped Up & she is available at Funky Kits. I totally think she is decorating for Christmas with her wrapping paper, tags and OBVIOUS garland strung up behind her! lol.....oooo let's not forget about them lights on the ribbon & paper!
I was in a green tone mood the other night when the girls & I got together for a coloring session. Perhaps it was the 'green' feeling I had the day after, that I was preparing for whilst coloring this beauty! LOL These ribbons are courtesy of The Ribbon Carousel.

This sticker sentiment is from my CTMH stash.

Thanks for stopping by today and we sure hope to see your version of decorating for Christmas over at My Sheri's Crafts Challenge! Take Care

Challenges for my card: 

MAWTT- ribbons & bows

Totally Papercrafts- Christmas

Simply Create Too- all about Christmas

Fairy Tale Challenge- Christmas

Graphicat Sketchs- sketch (see below) (i flipped it)

JUSTWORDZ- BLOG HOP TIME

Just when you thought I was done with sweet Kim & her JUSTWORDZ (<-- Etsy Store link) line, here I am participating in her New Release Blog Hop!
 This is the JUSTWORDZ second EVA blog hop with a twist!!!!
A TWIST you say!?
YUP....read on for more deets!

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I was so chuffed when Kim asked me to partake in this event, how could I refuse! And since this was so last minute, unfortunately I don't have her new clear stamps to play with but I did get sent over an awesome digi from the lady she is pairing herself up with-that would be her neice SHERYL BROWN! You can check out HER store on ETSY at THIS LINK! What a truly amazing artist!

And speaking of amazing.
 Kim has an awesome new team lined up for you for the next 4 months.....thus the excitement of this hop!! New Team & new sets .
Christmas Season Sentiments

Party Time Sentiments

If you want to get in on all the action, make sure you start at Kim's blog and hop all the way along, leaving comments along the way in order to win..........
AND HERE'S THE TWIST
This blog hop ends in a challenge: 
YUP,  challenge with the theme of: (play only if you want to, it is not mandatory)

CHRISTMAS WITH A SNOWFLAKE

(until Nov 20)

Before we go any further, let me give you the blog hop list in case you get lost along the way: 

Kim at her JUSTWORDZ blog
GTD Alina
Tara
Samantha
Leah Ann
Kristin
Heather
Corry...past DT- YOU ARE HERE
Cecelia

 My card features Shopping Diva colored with copics & watercolor pencils, baby oil & blending stumps. The blingy pink flower in the upper corner is recycled from my daughter's ponytail holder. Green leafy ribbon is from Really Reasonable Ribbons, as is the pink lace. The ribbon on the opposite side of the lace is from The Ribbon Carousel. My "Sweet Thing" sentiment in the corner is from Kim's JUSTWORDZ Everyday sentiment set (also available in her Etsy Store) & the sentiment beside the diva is from a SU set called Totally Cool.

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Now......if you want all the details on what you can win in this hop, you MUST check out Kim's post !! There are prizes JUST for hopping.
There are ways to earn extra chances to win. 
There are prizes for the challenge.
There is a coupon code for the clear stamps you see here. 
oh yoi yoi........
it goes on & on!
How does the saying go "You gotta be in it to win it"!!!!! 


Don't forget there's the challenge too!!!!

Winners will be announced on December 1, 2011 .

Good luck everyone!

Challenges for my card: 
The Ribbon Carousel- anything goes
Anything Goes- stitching
Paper Crafting Journey- use  a digi
Southern Girls- inspired by a song (Girls Just Wanna Have Fun)
Midnight Madness- sketch (see below)