Happy Birthday Lori! Welcome to Lori's Birthday Blog Hop!

Hi There! Welcome Lori McCroskey's birthday celebration Blog Hop! You should have found your way here via Trudy's Blog.
The Clear Dollar Stamps DT wanted to honor Lori on her birthday and let her and you know how much we appreciate her.
Although I have never met Lori in person, I feel as if I have. She is so kind hearted genuine and caring and that shines thru her business and her communications to the Design Team and with her customers.  I appreciate Lori's work and what she does thru Clear Dollar Stamps, making my addiction err .. uh .. I mean my passion affordable to me and to many others out there like me. Thank you Lori and Happy Birthday to you. I hope this birthday is your best yet.
So, if you would like to wish Lori a happy birthday, please visit her blog HERE.
And if you would like to continue on our Birthday Blog Hop and check out the rest of the DT's birthday cards for Lori, head on over to Linda's Blog.
Thank you so much for stopping by and for helping us wish Lori a Happy Birthday!

Details:

Stamps: Hanging Out (CDStamps)

Paper: May KI kit (TE)

Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, Prismacolor pencils

Tools/Accessories: D'Vine swirls embossing folder,

hemp twine, dimentionals

Techniques: Paper Piecing

Happy Birthday Garden Girl!

Happy Sunday everyone! Today has been a wet, grey and rainy day here in the desert southwest .. a perfect day to do some card making! I made this card for three challenges. First being the sketch #57 at Sweet Sketch Wednesday. I just love that challenge blog, not only are the sketches great week by week, but the ladies over there are super nice and very encouraging! Thanks SSW gals! Then second challenge is the big #100 Color Throwdown. The colors are fabulous, Certianly Celery,  Real Red, Regal Rose and Baja Breeze. Sweet, right? And the third challenge is at a new-to-me blog, Caardvarks in which the challenge is to create a birthday card.

Thanks so much for visiting my blog today! I am excited to hear what you think!

Details:

Stamps: Who's that Garden Girl (MFT)

Paper: Certianly Celery, Regal Rose, Real Red, Baja Breeze,

Basic Grey Olivia dp

Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, real red & certianly celery markers,

prismacolor pencils for the browns

Tools/Accessories: micro white brads, D'vine swirls embossing folder,

baja breeze ribbon

Techniques: Paper Piecing, Watercoloring

Baked with Love .. Mojo Monday 146

Hello! Today I was inspired by my BFF, Cassie, to try my hand at this week's Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge. I love WTG and paper piecing .. and I can't get enough of either one! Thank you so much for stopping by! I will be happy to hear what you think!

Details:

Stamps: Who's that Girl Lovin from the Oven (MFT)

Paper: October Afternoon Fly a Kite dp, June Key Ingredients kit (TE)

Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, Chocolate Chip, prismacolor pencils

Tools/Accessories: Oval Nestabilities, Swiss Dots embossing folder, ribbon from June KI kit, chocolate chip large brads

Technique: Paper Piecing, Dry Embossing

Who's That Girl goes Green - at the Market!

Hi again! It is my second post of the day! The Bryant house has been quiet and relaxed today, meaning I could spend some quality time in my craft room! This card is made for two challenges, sketch #45 at Get Sketchy, and the (color/theme) challenge #119 at Cute Card Thursday which is "Let's get Fruity" a card with a fruit theme. This stamp came right to the front of my mind when I read the Cute Card Thursday blog. It is the second image from MFT's Who's That Girl Goes Green. I absolutely cannot resist paper piecing WTG!

I couldn't decide which color to use on the apples, red for red delicious? Fuji? Golden Delicious? Looking thru my prismacolor pencils, I came across the perfect pencil, ending the debate I was having with myself .. Green Apple. So, the apples are Granny Smith. LoL .. So, I amuse easily.

Thanks for stopping by! Here are the Details:

Stamps: WTG Goes Green (MFT)

Paper: Pucker up (clearly coordinating CDS),

Cosmo Cricket Garden Variety, Whisper White

Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, Real Red

Tools/Accessories: Prismacolors, Word Window,

Modern Label Punch, VIP kit buttons, corner rounder

Clearly Inspired Challenge # 15 - Plus Color Throwdown # 99 and a Card Patterns Sketch

Happy July 4th! Today my family and I decided to have a quiet day at home. My husband has been behind the grill creating a fabulous dinner and I have been creating in the craft room. I made this card for a couple different challenges, first the theme - Clearly Inspired challenge at ClearlyiStamp. This month's theme is GRATITUDE/THANK YOU. Simply create a card featuring some kind of gratitude. The second is the Color Throwdown #99 which calls for Cream, Chocolate and Turquoise. The third is the sketch challenge at CardPatterns. 

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog today!

Details:

STAMPS: Mushroom Whimsey
PAPER: Tempting Turqupoise, Soft Suede, Worn Parchment(Clearly Coordinating) Watercolor

INK/MARKERS: Soft Suede, Old Olive, Tempting Turquoise, Worn Parchment, Momento Tuxedo Black

ACCENTS/TOOLS: Soft Suede ribbon, Pewter Brads, Word Window, Scor-Pal, Water pen

TECHNIQUES: Masking, Watercoloring

Sweet Sketch Wednesday #56 and MFT Wed Stamp Club!!

This was SOO FUN!! I am very excited to share this card with you today! I used the sketch at Sweet Sketch Wednesday #56 as my inspiration, although I did not follow the sketch exactly.. and also the supply challenge at the My Favorite Things blog - WSC -- Use 3 ribbons. To top it all off, I challenged myself to use this super neat handmade paper that my friends' husband made. How perfect to pair handmade paper with the Who's That Girl Goes Green stamp.

Details:

Stamps: Whos that Girl Goes Green (MFT)

Paper: Kraft, Chocolate Chip, Sweet Pea (clearly coordinating CDS)

Handmade paper, Whisper White, Basic Grey Origins

Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, Real Red

Tombow markers 245,856, Prismacolor pencils

Tools/Accessories: Chocolate Chip lg brads, word window,

Ribbons from TE KI kit

Who's that in the garden?

I made this card for the pure fun of it. And it was fun! I love paper piecing! I like how her outfit sorta matches .. she is sitting in the dirt after all. I was inspired by sketch #54 at Sweet Sketch Wednesday. Even though its too late to submit for the challenge, I thought it fit pretty well.

Details:

Stamps: Whos That Garden Girl (MFT)

Paper: Basic Grey DeLovley, White Scalloped cardstock (vip kit)

Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black

Coloring Medium: Prismacolor Pencils, Paper piecing

Tools/Accessories: Ticket Corner Punch, Fillagree Brads,

Gingham ruffle (vip kit)

Taylored Expressions Sketch Challenge #118

  

Hey there! Happy Tuesday! Today I got to spend some valuable time in my craft room, which I truly enjoyed. Sadly, today after 35 much earned days off, the real world caught up to us and my husband had to go back to work. The bright side is that I get to spend more time crafting.

Today I got to work with my June Taylored Expressions Key Ingredients kit and my new Cuppie set, Udderly Sweet. The top card I made for Taylored Expression's Sketch challenge, and the bottom is just a bonus card I made for our friend Kevin's birthday. On the top card, I used my detail scissors to snip out the grass and double layered it for more dimention. I got that idea from a die my Bff Cassie has. I just might "need" that die.. lol

Details:

Stamps: Udderly Sweet (TE)

Paper: June Key Ing. Kit (TE)

Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, Chocolate Chip

Coloring Medium: Prismacolor & Gamsol

Tools/Accessories: Modern label punch, scallop edge punch,

 more mustard brads (top)

lg Oval & lg Oval Scallop Nestabilities, Ruby Red Brads (bottom)

Corner Rounder, Ticket corner punch

Ribbons & Flowers from June KI kit (TE)

BIG BIG NEWS!!

YAY! Today is the day I can share my big news with you all! You might know that a few weeks ago, I submitted a card trying out for the Clearly Crafty Crew term 2, and YAY! I made it! The fun and creating for the Clearly Crafty Crew starts July 28. I will be showcasing Clear Dollar Stamps monthly new releases as well as shouting from the e-rooftops how much I love Clear Dollar! (hehe)
I am SO honored and excited to be creating alongside the talented ladies at Clear Dollar .. it is a dream come true. (literally) ;o)

So, visit Lori's blog to check out July's sneaks and be sure to visit me as well as Lori's blog for August sneak peeks! Yippee!! (can you tell I am super excited?)

Clearly Inspired Challenge #14 plus a Sweet Sketch!

Hello! I am so happy that I found some time to craft and participate in a couple of challenges! It has been awhile since I have been able to sit down and play in the craft room.. I chose to combine two of my favorite challenges, the first being the Clearly Inspired Challenge #14 - create a Birthday card and the second is the sketch at Sweet Sketch Wednesday.

Thanks so much for stopping by! I will be back into my crafting and blogging routine soon enough, once things settle down here at Casa Bryant that is. We  just got back from our Florida & Florida beach vacation last week , where we got to hang out with my BFF, Cassie, and we are off to Lubbock,TX tomorrow where my husband is competing in the 1/2 ironman triathlon. Yep, a half ironman tri .. that totals 70.3 miles in total. Then, my DH heads back to work, and I can get back to crafting, where I can hear my new stamps, accessories and dp calling for me to come and play .. lol ..  

Details:

Stamps:Bless my Bloomers (CDStamps)

Paper: Candied Apple, Buttercream (TE June KI kit),October Afternoon dp

Ink: Real Red, Momento Tuxedo Black, Tombow Markers: 098, 985, 526, 856, N75

Tools/Accessories:Labels One Nestabilities, Word Window, flower, ribbon & button from TE june KI kit