Bling it Up!! A Sparkely PaperBlooms Challenge

Hi Everyone! The time has come again for another great and fun challenge over at the PaperBlooms challenge blog! These last two weeks went by so fast! Where did the time go? I cant believe we are already a week into September! I am excited to tell you about the challenge at hand for the next two weeks. But before we get to that, I would like to say Thank You to everyone who participated in our "It's a Flower, but it's Not" challenge. I am personally inspired by everyones individuality and creativity!

And dont forget to stop by the PaperBlooms Challenge Blog to check out the Featured Artist from this last challenge! Maybe it is YOU! If its not you this time, dont be discouraged, try again and it could be YOU next time ;)

Ok, on to this two week's challenge. We challenge you to Bling It Up! Add a bunch of sparkle and bling to your project. How fun, right? (if you havent noticed, I think pretty much every challenge is fun ;p ) Once I sat down to work on this challenge, this super adorable stamp set: My Little Ballerina illustrated by the extremely talented Shawne. I thought of the cute dots on the skirt and it seemed a perfect place to add some waterfall stickles for bling. I also added the stickles to the rhinestone brads to make them even more sparkely and fun.

And remember, you do not have to use Leah's paperblooms on your project to play along! If you would like to find out more about these amazing hand made embellishments, check out Leah's Esty Shop! They are beautiful and she even takes custom orders! What more can you ask for? ;)

Here come the details:

Stamps: my little ballerina (cdstamps)

Paper: Rich Razzleberry, Very Vanilla, Mambo Melon

Razzleberry Lemonade dsp, (su)

Ink: Stazon JetBlack, Crushed Curry, Melon Mambo, Rich Razzleberry

Tools/Accessories: Label 4 & mega curved rectangle nesties, Word Window

Stickles, Rhinestone Brads, Crushed Curry & Melon Mambo ribbon,

Dimentionals,Watercolor pen, Leah's PaperBlooms

Thank you for stopping by my blog today! I can't wait to see what you all come up with! It will be so fun to see all the sparkle and bling! Yeah!!

Exciting News! And this week's Color Dare! CD33

Whaaattt? When it rains it pours, right? Well, a week or so ago I decided to throw my hat into the ring for the upcoming season's design team for The Color Dare totally expecting to not make it, and to my suprise I MADE IT! Woo Hoo!! I was seriously jumping up and down with excitement! This, along with making Clear Dollar's guest designer along with Lori G (see her blog HERE) for September? Yeah, when it rains it pours many blessings!!

So, here we are my debut card for The Color Dare challenge blog. This week we dare you to create a project using Rich Razzleberry, Pale Plum, Old Olive and Very Vanilla.
These are some of my favorite colors, so I could not wait to jump right in and get to work! I chose to use a beautiful stamp set designed by the very talented Kim Teasdale at Clear Dollar stamps, simply called Peony. I just love to watercolor and this flower is one of my all time favs. I cannot WAIT to see what inspirations you gals create with these gorgeous colors!

The Details:

Stamps: Peony (CDStamps)

Paper: Rich Razzleberry, Pale Plum, Very Vanilla, Cottage Wall dsp (su)

Ink: Rich Razzleberry, Stazon Jetblack, Pale plum (marker)

Tools/Accessories: labels 4 & mega curved rectangle nesties,

rich razzleberry ribbon, d'vine swirls embossing folder

watercolor pen, dimentionals, ticket corner punch, sponge

Thank you for visiting my blog! It really does make my day! :0) now go forth and create! (lol)

Truly Scrumptious Challenge #15

Hi once again! Entry #3 of 3 today. This time I am using this adorable set designed by the very talented Shawne -- Get off Your Tuffet a set of 6 for only $7.99. So fun to work with! The sketch is from the Truly Scrumptious challenge blog. I had been saving this sketch for just the right stamp set and I think Little Miss here was just perfect! I resisted the urge to paper piece and went straight for watercoloring and used one of my favorite dsp's, Cottage Wall. And as a final touch, I added the very vanilla hodgepodge hardware, which, I found it sitting all by its lonesome in my craft box just waiting for its chance in the spotlight. lol ...

Here are the details:

Stamps: Get off your Tuffet (CDStamps)

Paper: Old Olive, Cottage Wall dsp, Whisper White

Ink: Rich Razzleberry, Stazon JetBlack

Tools/Accessories: Watercolor pencils & pen, Old Olive & Orchid Opulence markers

Old Olive corduroy & bouquet buttons, Very Vanilla Hodgepodge, glue dots

Thank you so much for visiting my blog and for sharing your thoughts! It really does make my day!!

Mojo Monday 103 -- I A-Door Guest Designing!

Entry #2 of 3 for today! I am just so excited and on fire about Clear Dollar Stamps AND my guest designer gig for September that I just cant stop creating with my CDS guest designer stamps!
This card was made with the Mojo Monday sketch #103 in mind. I saw the sketch on a small thumbnail so I misread it a little bit, and I turned it on its side, so I didnt quite get the sketch right. Owell!
I really enjoy this stamp set, I a-door you, designed by the talented Lori M, owner of Clear Dollar stamps. It is really fun with tons of possibilities, a set of 17 for only $14.99! Today I chose pink flamingo dsp, I just love the bold pattern of this paper! It was hard for me to not color the door more than I did though, I couldnt decide how to color the door, so in the end I just decided to (mostly) not color it! It was hard though! As a final touch, I added a couple of Leah's PaperBlooms , hand crocheted embellishments, a sweet flower and butterfly.
Thanks for stopping by my blog! I just love to share my passion and love to hear what you think!

Details...

Stamps: I a-door you (CDStamps)

Paper: Tempting Turquoise, Whisper White, Cameo Coral, Pink Flamingo dsp

Ink: Stazon JetBlack, Cameo Coral

Tools/Accessories: Ticket corner punch, eyelet border punch,

tempting turquoise marker, watercolor pencils, dimentionals, Leah's Blooms

Tempting turquoise brad

Clean & Simple Challenge #31

Hi Everyone! I had so much fun this morning working as a Clear Dollar Stamps Guest Designer! I, as you know, along with Lori G was chosen to be a guest designer for September and I have been really really enjoying it! I hope September lasts for months and months! I normally can't wait to be able to check another month off the calender, marking one month closer to see my DDH (Dear Deployed Husband).. but for Clear Dollar, I will make an exception and have September last and last and last ... {chuckle} But, since we all know, time stands still for no one, I better get onto the business at hand!
This sample is for the Clean & Simple challenge at Splitcoast. The challenge is to not only make a clean and simple card, but to add dimentionals/pop up dots to the project. I used The Grind stamp set designed by the very talented Laurie Wilson. This is such a fun set especially for the coffee enthusiast that I am!

Details......

Stamps: The Grind (CDStamps)

Paper: Whisper White, Chocolate Chip, Bermuda Bay

Ink: Bermuda Bay, Stazon JetBlack

Tools/Accessories: Labels 3 nesties, Watercolor pencils & pen, bermuda bay ribbon, chocolate ribbon from clear dollar

Thanks for stopping by! I love to share my favorite things .. and to hear what you think! ;p

CD Stamps Guest Designer Card #3 I A-Door You

As I had hoped, I have two more cards to share with you today, and Both are as a guest designer for Clear Dollar Stamps! (I just love saying that!) For this example, I used the limited supply challenge at splitcoast as inspiration. That challenge calls for "a scrapling card" which is the leftover piece of cardstock when making a 4x4 card leaving 1.5x4 for your creation. I cheated a bit on the dimentions making my card 3 1/4 x 5 still narrower than a standard sized card, that being the inspiration. I first made the door, from I a-door you set from Clear Dollar, Designed by Lori M I stumbled across this super cute paper at Michaels called Actupus to Zelephant K&Co dp. It has lots of different patterns to include this woodgrain sample. I first stamped the door there, then again on the opposite side of the woodgrain dp - the clouds dp, and again to make the window paper piecing the different sections of the dutch door. This set is so much fun, just click on the name to be directed to Clear Dollar's page for the Ia-door you set!
Thank you so much for stopping by! I hope you like what you see! I sure have been having fun with my CDS guest designer spot and with these awesome stamps!

Details:

Stamps: I a-door you (CDStamps)

Paper: Real Red, Bashful Blue, dp from K&Co

Ink: Stazon JetBlack

Accessories/Tools: Curved large rectangle nestie, d'vine swirls embossing folder,

watercolor pencils & pen, word window, real red & bashful blue square buttons,

real red & bashful blue gingham ribbon, red ribbon from clear dollar

The Daily Grind & Color Dare #32

Hi Everyone! I am back once again to share yet another card I have created as a Clear Dollar Stamps Guest Designer! For this project, I looked to the Color Dare blog for inspiration. The color challenge this week is to use Cameo Coral, So Saffron & Bermuda Bay together. I had to cheat a tiny bit and add just a drop of Chocolate Chip for the coffee in my coffee cups. The stamp set I am showcasing is called The Grind and it is available NOW in the September New Releases section at Clear Dollar Stamps. Click HERE to find it. I used three different dsp's for the different coffee mugs, paper piecing each one. What is it with me and paper piecing lately?
Anyway, I hope you enjoy this sample and hope you check back soon, I have another exciting announcement coming up later this week! Thanks for stopping by!

Details:

Stamps: The Grind (CDStamps)

Paper: Cameo Coral, So Saffron, Bermuda Bay, Whisper White,

Delicate Dots dsp, Pink Flamingo dsp, Throughly Modern dsp

Ink: Bermuda Bay, Stazon JetBlack, So Saffron, Cameo Coral

Accessories/Tools: Sponge, Ticket corner punch, watercolor pen

My CDS Guest Designer Debut! CC234

Hi Everyone! Today I proudly debut my first card as a clear dollar stamps guest designer. I am thrilled beyond thrilled and honored beyond measure to be a cds guest designer! For this card, I chose to utilize the color challenge for this week at splitcoast stampers #cc234 where the colors this week are Crushed Curry, Melon Mambo and Bermuda Bay. I did add very vanilla for my neutral. Do you ever start on an idea and then part way thru realize just how involved it is? Yeah, that happened today with my paper piecing Little Miss here, but I had to finish and I am glad I did. i paper pieced her hair bow, her dress, her socks, and the ottoman she sits on using either side of one sheet of Razzleberry Lemonade dsp. I used my watercolor pencils for her hair, spoon/bowl. and her skin, adding just a touch of rosey cheeks. It was alot of work but totally worth it! I hope you like it! And check back tomorrow, I hope to have another cds guest designer card to show you, and maybe even two!

On to the details:

Stamps: Get off your tuffett (CDStamps) designed by Shawne

Paper: Bermuda Bay, Crushed Curry, Very Vanilla, Razzleberry Lemonade dsp

Ink: Stazon Jetblack, Melon Mambo

Tools/Accessories: Dahlia & Circle Nesties, Bermuda Bay ribbon, watercolor

pencils & pen, Eyelet border punch

Thanks for stopping by! It really does mean alot to me! Hope to see you again soon!

Clear Dollar Weekend Color Challenge #35

Hi Everyone! The weekend is here again, and you all know what that means! More important than catching up on sleep and chores, it is time for the Clear Dollar Stamps Weekend Color Challenge over at PaperCraft Planet! WooHoo! This week our hostess is the very talented Shawne, and she challenges us to use Rose Red, So Saffron & Kiwi Kiss with white or ivory for a neutral. Gorgeous choices, right?! I immediately knew I wanted to use Summer Blooms Dahlia designed by the gifted Kim Teasdale because I really wanted to watercolor the flower in these fantastic colors! Rose red is quickly becoming one of my all-time fav's.
Thanks for stopping by my blog! Every visit and comment really does make me smile!

Details, Details...

Stamps: Summer Blooms Dahlia (CD Stamps)
Paper: Rose Red, Rose Red dsp, Tall Tales dsp, Good Morning Sunshine dsp, Kiwi Kiss

Ink: Stazon JetBlack, Rose Red, Kiwi Kiss, So Saffron

Tools/Accessories: Labels 3 & Circle nesties, spots & dots embossing folder,

watercolor pen, dimentionals, so saffron ribbon

BIG NEWS !!

I am so excited!! Lori G and I have been chosen to be September guest designers for Clear Dollar Stamps!!

I am truly honored and thrilled to have been chosen this month, and with the very talented Lori G at that! She is truly inspiring! Go check out her blog for some great examples of her work.

As if this wasnt enough! I got some more exciting news last night, but you have to check back next week, Sept 8th, to see what the news is!