A Totally Stampalicious Monday!

Hello again!

It's been a LONG time since you've seen a Totally Stampalicious card from me on a Monday - MUCH too long and I apologize for that.  Joycelyn and Becky have released some pretty amazing Bugaboo Christmas sets so I thought I'd give you a peek of one of my faves: Christmas JJ.  This week's Totally Stampalicious challenge is to use a red bow somewhere on your card.

I have been admiring this week's Color Throwdown combination ever since Wednesday and it works perfectly for a Christmas card:

And Taylor's Sketch has a lovely, big bow so it was a match made in card-heaven:

Recipe - Stamps: Christmas JJ (Totally Stampalicious)  Paper: Riding Hood Red, Certainly Celery, Very Vanilla, SU! DSP  Ink: Riding Hood Red  Accessories: Riding Hood Red striped ribbon, Nesties, paper piercer, Copics, border punch (MS), button, twine, Modern Label punch, adhesive pearls, dimensionals

Thanks for stopping by - check back in a few hours for a new Picture Perfect Creations Color Combination!  See you then!

Bugaboo Stamps in The Shabby Tea Room!

Welcome back everyone!

I'm so excited this week because Bugaboo Stamps is our sponsor in The Shabby Tea Room!  I LOVE the images Jodi has designed - they are ALL super-cute and appeal to a wide range of stampers and this week's winner will receive seven digi images of their choice!  How exciting is that?

This week's theme in the Tea Room is, "Tag! You're It!" - create a card or project with a tag.  Easy peasy, right?  :)  When I picked my image from Bugaboo I had this week's Picture Perfect Creations Color Challenge in mind:

Don't you just love the new Stampin' Up colors?  These ones are so fun and summery.  I'm trying to hold onto the summer as long as I can - the air is starting to feel awfully "crisp" in the morning.  Mercy's Tuesday Sketch was the perfect inspiration for this week's card - I made a few minor alterations....

Recipe - Stamp: Flower Bear ~Sunflower (Bugaboo digi images), Tiny Tags (SU!)  Ink: Onyx Black Versafine, Marina Mist, Peach Parfait  Paper: Peach Parfait, Marina Mist, Daffodil Delight, Whisper White, SU! DSP  Accessories: Paper piercer, Copics, jewelry tag punch, brad, MS Optic Dot border punch, Argyle embossing folder, Seeing Spots embossing folder

Make sure you stop by and see what the rest of the Shabby Girls created for this week's challenge...

Debbie Marcinkiewicz - {TSTR Creator} - Simple Treasures

Audrey Pettit - Audrey Pettit's Weblog

Cathy Clark - Papier Girl

Lisa Golzbein - Oh So Cute By Lisa

Nicole Segnere - My Craft Room Creations

And then check out the rest of the PPC Creators to see how they used these awesome colors:

Lori Turner

Nicole Anderson

Sandy Tran

Trish Radacs

Jackie Weeks

Tamie Camp

Debbie Marcinkiewicz

Paula McClane

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to get your project done for the inaugural 4 Crafty Chicks Challenge - the deadline is tomorrow night at midnight MST! 

Sugar and Spice...

Hello - I'm so glad you stopped by!  This week's color challenge over at Picture Perfect Creations is a beautiful one and you could use it for many different types of cards - I'm lovin' the new Concord Crush:

This week's challenge from the girls at Totally Stampalicious is to use at least two different textures on your card (ex: dry emboss, heat emboss, fabric, ribbon, flock etc.).  I thought I'd use Desiree Lollipop again so I went in search of a sketch that would fit and found this simple one from 2 Sketches 4 You:

Recipe - Stamp: Desiree Lollipop (Totally Stampalicious)  Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Concord Crush  Paper: Very Vanilla, Concord Crush, Blushing Bride, Wild Wasabi, SU! DSP  Accessories: Paper piercer, Copics, Very Vanilla satin ribbon, adhesive pearls, Elegant Bouquet embossing folder, Swiss Dots embossing folder

If you'd like to see more of these colors, hop over to see what the rest of the PPC Creators did:
 

Lori Turner

Nicole Anderson

Sandy Tran

Trish Radacs

Jackie Weeks

Tamie Camp

Debbie Marcinkiewicz

Paula McClane

 

I'm sure the gals at Totally Stampalicious have created some amazing textured cards so make sure you stop there too!


See you later! 

What's Black and White and Pink All Over??

Well, this week's challenge over at Totally Stampalicious, of course!  All you have to do is use black, white and any shade of pink on your card to join us for this week's festivities.  I decided to use the new, In Colors' Blushing Bride for my pink and the old stand-bys of Whisper White and Basic Black when making my card.

I thought Jen's Sketch For You To Try would fit my image, Desiree Lollipop, perfectly:

Recipe - Stamps: Desiree Lollipop (Totally Stampalicious)  Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black  Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black, Blushing Bride, SU! DSP  Accessories: Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder, Copics, button, paper piercer

Thanks for peeking - I hope you will join us over at TS for this fun color challenge.  There are so many possibilities with this color combination... I can't wait to see what everyone comes up with!

The Dreaded One Layer Card. . . ACK!

Welcome back, everyone!

I have said it before and I'm going to say it again ~ I LOVE LAYERS!  Lotsandlotsandlots of yummy layers and lotsandlotsandlots of embellishments on my cards.  So, this week's challenge over at Totally Stampalicious to make a one layer card with minimal embellishments was like a stake through my crafty heart.  Luckily I had a wonderful Picture Perfect Creations Color Combo from Megan to help me through the moments of self-doubt:

When I think of CAS or one layer cards, I immediately click over to the clean&simple stamping challenge blog for one of their fabulous sketches so that's the first place I clicked over to when I was getting started - I found this:

Hmmmm... not an easy sketch to use with the Totally Stampalicious stamps I have.  I finally decided that Cafe Scarlette would definitely work if I could figure out how to get her into those little circles. . .  After much thought and experimenting, I decided to make a template/mask that I could stamp through to get the specific {parts} of Scarlette into the circles.  So I cut out a scrap piece of cardstock, figured out where the circles should go, used my 1-3/8" circle punch to punch them out and ended up with something like this:

I placed it over my card base and started by tracing some doodles around the outside/inside edge of each circle.  I stamped Scarlette's shoes, purse and Scarlette enjoying a {sippie} in the circles and then stamped the sentiment below.  I added some buttons and ribbon and called it done.  To me, it still looks unfinished ~ I really wanted to add {something} else but decided not to at risk of ruining it all.  That's the nice thing about a multi-layer card...you have lots of chances to correct your screw-ups!

Stamps: Cafe Scarlette (Totally Stampalicious)  Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black  Paper: Whisper White  Accessories: Copics, fine-tipped black marker, purple satin ribbon, buttons

If you 'd like to see more of these colors, hop over to see what the rest of the PPC Creators did:

Lori Turner

Nicole Anderson

Sandy Tran

Trish Radacs

Jackie Weeks

Tamie Camp

Debbie Marcinkiewicz

Paula McClane

All of us at the PPC Color Challenge are so excited to be celebrating our 25th week of challenges at PPC, that we just had to give away some super-de-duper Blog Candy!  How about... an assortment of Stampin' Up! NEW In Colors Cardstock!!  Includes: 4 each of 5 NEW In Colors (8-1/2 x 11): Blushing Bride, Pear Pizzazz, Peach Parfait, Poppy Parade and Concord Grape.  These NEW In Colors are abosolutely fabulous! The cardstock will definitely come in handy, as they will be included in our upcoming challenges! :)

HOW TO WIN:

• Become a follower over at PPC, if you're not already one.
• Leave a comment at the bottom of this week's PPC color challenge post.
• And if you would be so kind and crafty, please participate in our PPC-CC 25 Color Combo Challenge this week!

That's it...sooo simple and easy! Contest ends next Monday, August 16th at 10am.  Good Luck!

And if you decide to play along with us over at Totally Stampalicious, don't forget to stop back and link us up so we can come and see what you did. 

Enjoy your week!  

New Releases from Totally Stampalicious and BLOG HOP fun!

*Please scroll down for the PPC Blog Hop!*

Welcome to HOP STOP #5 on the Totally Stampalicious Blog Hop!  If you hopped here from Lynnor's blog, then you're on the right track.  If you just stumbled in, please pick yourself up and start at the Totally Stampalicious blog - you don't want to miss a thing!

I laughed out LOUD when I first saw this new set - Bentley is the most hilarious baby I've seen in a long time!  The sentiments cracked me up and I knew I had to have him.  :)  I also used an Unscripted Sketches sketch to get me going.  This week's sketch has a bonus challenge - "This is “National Eat an Oreo Day” so make your card black and white!"  Black and white works perfectly with my jailbird Bentley...

We'll be giving away some really great prizes to THREE randomly selected winners so be sure to comment on every blog to increase your chances!! The GRAND PRIZE is ALL FOUR STAMP SETS from this FABULOUS New Release!!  You only have until 9 P.M. EST Friday, June 25th so get hoppin'!!  The Stamp Sets are available NOW at Totally Stampalicious and don't forget we are now accepting ALL MAJOR CREDIT CARDS as well as Paypal!!

I just KNOW the rest of the Design Team has come up with some really AWESOME eye candy to showcase our newest stamp sets designed by Jodie Mackrell of Bugaboo Stamps.  (Please remember that our Free Digi Promotion is NOT offered with any of the Totally Stampalicious Stamps by Bugaboo.)

Here is the entire Blog Hop line-up just in case you get yourself a bit lost:

Totally Stampalicious

Cindy Haffner's Corner

Monique - For The Love of Paper

Lynnor - Just Add Glitter

Melissa - My Paper Obsession

Laurie - On the Bright Side

Becky - Stampin' For Fun

Patricia - Stamping With Kokirose

Joycelyn - Stamps 'n' Coffee

Vicki - Summerthyme Studio

Stacy - Twinshappy

Sue - Coffeestamper (Splitcoast Gallery)

Okie dokie - next stop... Laurie!  Enjoy the rest of the hop!

Totally Stampalicious Monday!

Hey everyone!

This will be short and sweet - I thought I had scheduled a post for this card but I *obviously* forgot!  DUH - blonde moment...

So anyways, this week's challenge over at Totally Stampalicious is to use fabric somewhere on your creation.  I think I took the easy way out and fell victim to my felt ribbon.  I was going to use my Cuttlebug and Nesties to cut some fabric flowers but just couldn't find any fabric in colors I was excited about. 

I used this yummilicious photo inspiration from {Cupcake Inspirations} to give me my color scheme - Taken With Teal, Regal Rose and Chocolate Chip:

Paired it with a fabulous sketch from Our Creative Corner Sketch Challenge:

Flipped the sketch 90* and voila:

I think she turned out super-duper cut, don't you?  I hope you'll take sometime to join us over at Totally Stampalicious - as usual, there is a prize up for grabs!!!  :)  Have fun!

TSJune14, CIC 63 & PWCO SS37 for Father's Day

Hello again everyone!

I thought I'd better get my butt in gear and do a card for Totally Stampalicious's challenge this week to make a Father's Day card ... before the week gets away from me.  I went in search of some inspirational colors and sketches and came across a couple of good ones. 

The first challenge is from {Cupcake Inspirations} - a pretty yummy-looking inspiration picture, don't you think?  I decided to use this picture as the basis for my color palette... Cool Caribbean, Gable Green, Pink Pirouette, Chocolate Chip, and Rose Red.

Then I popped over to the Paperworks Co. blog to see what Peg and the girls came up with for us this week and discovered this fab sketch:

I decided to use the Bugaboo Sean stamp from Totally Stampalicious so I had to rotate the sketch to accomodate him:

That'll be it for me tonight... I've got a little boy with a VERY sore sunburn on his shoulders and I'm thinking he needs some mommy time (even if he *is* twelve...).  I hate when kids hurt - makes me feel just as terrible as they do.  Have a great night and if you have time this week, try to stop over at Totally Stampalicious and play along with us... we'd love to see what you make for dad! 

Totally Stampalicious Meets JUGS

Wow ... did anyone watch "The Bachelorette" tonight?  What a gong show!  It's beginning to look like Vienna and Jake all over again - these men are almost as catty as the ladies were with Jake.  Who knew??  LOL

I said I'd be back with one more card today and here I am.  :)  This time I used Totally Stampalicious's color challenge to use yellow and blue ( I used Crushed Curry, Night of Navy and Cool Caribbean) and the sketch is from Just Us Girls (rotated, of course)...

Recipe - Stamps: Fat Mice Flower (Totally Stampalicious)  Accessories: Buttons, wire, library clip, oval punch, paper piercer, Copics

That'll be it for me tonight - it's past my bedtime!  LOL  Thanks for stopping by - see you later!

Hey Girlfriend - Curtain Call Style!

Welcome, welcome!

As you're reading this, I am enjoying my last day of fun in the mountains of Jasper - friends and crafting without KIDS, what could be better?  I'm sure you'll hear all about it when I get back but until then, we've got "bidness" to get down to!

Stacey's inspiration picture at The Curtain Call this week made me want to host a party - doesn't this table look like FUN!??

I paired it with another fabulous sketch from Sketch Saturday:

Inked up another one of the new release Bugaboo stamps from Totally Stampalicious and made this fun card:

You should see the other sentiments in this set...they are hilarious!  I laughed out loud when I first saw them.


Make sure to stop by and see what the rest of the Curtain Call crew have done with these colors:

Stacey Schafer at Stacey's Stamping Stage
Amy White at Devlinwhite Designs
Andrea Roose at Andrea's Scrap- und Stampel Blog
Iwona Palamountain (Chupa) at Random Acts of Creativity
Julie Smith at Paper and Such
Lea Lawson at Lea's Cupcakes & Sunshine
Marisa Ritzen at Rosemary Reflections
Shelley Germann at Stampin' Garden
Sue Kohler at My Inner Reflection

I hope you will take some time to play with us - we love to see what you all come up with.  :)  See you tomorrow for the new PPC and Shabby Tea Room challenges!

Masculine??

Howdy, peeps!

Wow...this was a tough one.  Are you ready for it?  The colors Megan picked over at Picture Perfect Creations were challenging enough:

And then I decided to combine them with Totally Stampalicious's challenge to make a masculine card...  with Cameo Coral??  I don't think so!  But, not one to give up a good challenge, I set to work.  First I had to decide which one of my TS sets was "masculine" enough - I realized most of my stamps DEFINITELY lean more towards the "feminine" side.  I decided that Bugaboo Sean was the best I was going to do (and he's pretty cute) so off I went in search of a sketch and the one at Crazy 4 Challenges struck me as the simple, masculine kind of sketch:

 I still wasn't sure what to do about the Cameo Coral but eventually managed to fit it in there...barely!

Recipe - Stamps: Sean Bugaboo (Totally Stampalicious), Vintage Labels (sentiment, SU!)  Paper: Whisper White, Handsome Hunter, Cameo Coral, Ballet Blue  Ink: Handsome Hunter, Memento Tuxedo Black  Accessories: Copics, paper piercer, hodgepodge hardware (pewter), Argyle & Tiger embossing folders, hemp twine

Make sure to stop and see what the rest of the PPC Creators did with these colors:

Allison Barroll

Lori Turner

Nicole Anderson

Sandy Tran

Trish Radacs

Jackie Weeks

Tamie Camp

Debbie Marcinkiewicz

Paula McClane

If you decide to play with us at Totally Stampalicious or PPC, don't forget to go back and link us so we can see what you've done - have fun!

Oh Happy Day at Totally Stampalicious & Picture Perfect Creations

Welcome back!  I only have one more card for you today since I was able to combine my Picture Perfect Creation Challenge with the Totally Stampalicious challenge... lucky me!

So, over at Picture Perfect Creations Megan has come up with a rather *tame* combination...

I thought this combination would be pretty easy to put together since three of the colors are neutrals and the other one is a *fun* color!  I couldn't find any Green Galore so I used Gable Green instead...

The challenge over at Totally Stampalicious this week is the challenge to use photo corners somewhere on your card... sounds easy, right?

Then I made it a three-'fer and let the OCC Sketch guide me. . .

. . . to this fun card:

Isn't this little guy super-duper cute??  He's the Fat Mice Balloon Bugaboo from Totally Stampalicious and there's another one with him and a flower... I still haven't used that one but I'm thinking I may just have to so that sooner than later... :)

Thanks for taking the time to stop by - make sure to stop over at the PPC Blog and the Totally Stampalicious blog to see what the rest of the girls created - they are all so freakin' talented.  :)  Enjoy your Monday - see you later!

Welcome to the Weekend!!!

It's the WEEKEND!!!  WOOHOO!!!  It has been a VERY busy week around here and I am thoroughly enjoying some much-needed quiet *me* time.  DH and the youngest boy are at 4-H Achievement Day and the other two boys and I stayed home.  I spent some time out in the yard this morning before coming inside to do what I love most...

Before I get to my card, I just wanted to tell y'all how much I enjoyed the Daughtry concert on Thursday night!  OH-MY-GOODNESS ~~~ Could he get any cutie-patootier??  (I know that's not a word...)  And what a voice - he did almost 2 hours and did an acoustic version of Phil Collins' "In the Air Tonight" that gave me goose-bumplies.  We were actually VERY lucky to have even MADE it to the concert because as we were on our way to pick Lori's sister up, Lori's van decided to "take a break."  Yep, in the middle of a busy road, Lori's transmission went...no warning, nothing!  A tow truck and a few frantic phone calls later and we were able to make our way to the concert. She's got the story on her blog if you want to read her version.  We missed the first band, Cavo, but made it just in time for Lifehouse and, of course, Daughtry!  I'd go see him again and again, and again, and again... :)

But you didn't come to hear me gush about Mr. Daughtry, did you?  For this card, I played around with the Just Us Girls color challenge, Jen's Sketch For You to Try and KL Stampin N Scrappin's challenge to "Show Our Animal Friends Some Love!"

I used one of the freebie digis I get from Bugaboo Stamps every Friday - Jodi has got some CUTE ones this week so be sure to stop over and check them out. 

Recipe - Stamps: Bee Bear Flowers (Bugaboo Digi Stamps), Small Sayings (SU!)  Paper: Whisper White, Kraft, Night of Navy, Real Red, SU! DP  Ink: Night of Navy, Sahara Sand, Bashful Blue (sponging)  Accessories: Nestabilities, paper piercer, Swiss Dots embossing folder, Copics, grosgrain ribbon, button, hemp twine, sponge dauber, Tiger Print embossing folder (Sizzix)

I'm hoping to get another one or maybe two done tonight but right now I have to get some supper going so I'll see you later!