Woohoo, Yippee, hooray and yay!!!

If you have been following my blog for the last several months, you would have noticed that most of my posts were entries for the Inky Paws challenge. I was lucky enough to be a winner several times.

 So I was over the moon excited when I recieved an e-mail from Newton's mom Jen Jackson, at Newton's Nook Stamps, asking if I wanted to join the Inky Paws challenge team.

My tenure starts with challenge #76 on Monday July 9th.  I am submitting this card to Inkspiration for their photo challenge.

 My card for the challenge is very reflective of my mood today!! YAY!!

I used a slew of stamp sets for this very CAS card. I just sponged some ink in a swirl and added the dots from the Whispering Pines set . My Pinkie girl is from Newton Loves Coffee. I just cut away the coffee press and added the cocktail from Cocktail Mixer. That is one of the best things about Newton's Nook, I can really mix and match my sets to get the most bang for my buck. Lastly i embellished with some Neuvo drops.

The sentiments are from Cocktail Mixer and Birthday Essentials.

So woohoo, yippee, hooray and YAY!! Head over to Inky Paws  look  for me on the DT for challenge 76!! Don't forget the challenge at Inkspiration !!

Melting

I just love the new look of my blog and having the tabs at the top make it so much easier to check out challenges. While going through new challenges, I saw Inkspirational was having a fun word challenge.

Thinking snowmen and snow, I pulled out my Christmas stamps and came across this oldie but goodie from Paper Smooches. When I saw the candle, I was thinking,that makes no sense in this Christmas sense, until it clicked..... the sentiment worked perfectly with the candle. Snowmen went right out the window and my card was created.

Every now and again I give my guy a card just for nothing. This is going to be one of those cards.
Giving cards is my way of showing love and it is a lot less calories than cooking or cheaper than buying a gift......ok that might not be so true..... I do spend money on this craft..... :)!

Anyway check out the new challenge at Inkspiration and show me how you melt.

It's all about the space

It's all about the space, 'bout the space, 'bout the space, no clutter!

Hi Everyone! Today I am the guest designer at Inkspiration! How exciting! They picked me because they really liked this post. That was a fun card, but today's card is much more in my wheel house.

When Marina sent me the inspiration I realized many folk will go in a certain direction. Not me, I always have to push and buck the system. So what is the word? It is SPACE!!!! Now you might understand tribute to Meghan Trainor.  I am a CAS gal at heart so it really is about the space, no clutter. Susan from Simplicity is one of my idols. She is definitely about the white space!

I actually made several different designs but I take being a guest designer seriously and did not want to disappoint you with something that was just too simplistic. This design was based on a favorite Easter card from my DH and is a great way to use those tiny stamps that often perplex us. Today I used a very old StampinUp stamp paired with an equally old sentiment from A Muse. 

Be sure to head on over to Inkspiration and see what the DT has come up with. I am heading over their now myself! An remember- SHOW ME YOUR SPACE!!!