Fluffles and Changito

I shared a couple of cards for the Free For All Friday challenge over on Splitcoaststampers in my gallery there last Friday;  today I'm sharing them here!  The challenge was to add a bit of character to your card - use a famous person, smiling critter, whatever you wanted.

Fluffles and Changito were pretty perfect for this challenge, don't you think?  I love the look on Bad Day 4 Fluffles' face - it cracks me up.  And sweet little Daydreaming Changito....I'd love to spend an afternoon like that!

Supplies:
Stamps: Changito DayDreamer, Happy Messages (Stampendous)
Card Stock: Cameo, Patina (Bazzill), White (Mohawk)
Ink: Rich Cocoa (Memento)
Coloring Medium: Copics
Accessories: Crepe Ribbon (Creative Impressions), Misc. Brad


Supplies:
Stamps: Bad Day 4 Fluffles, Happy Messages (Stampendous)
Card Stock: Tawny Medium, Sunbeam (Bazzill), White (Mohawk)
Patterned Paper: Pink Swirls (Amercian Crafts)
Ink: Rich Cocoa (Memento)
Coloring Medium: Copics
Accessories: AC672 Stickers (Stampendous), Sheer Pink Ribbon (American Crafts 88596)
Tools: Nestabilities (Spellbinders)

Pixie and Peep

Thursday, March 1st  a brand new collection will be released over at Pixie Dust Studio....Breeze.  Today I'm showing off a sneak peek; this sweet image is called Pixie & Peep.  Aren't they darling?  Be sure to check out the Pixie Dust Studio blog for more peeks!

Supplies: 
Stamps: Pixie & Peep (Pixie Dust Studio)
Card Stock: Kraft (Neenah), White (GP)
Patterned Paper: Basic Grey
Coloring Medium: Copics
Accessories: Ribbon (May Arts)
Tools: Lacy Eyelet Border Die, Heart Dies (Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps)

Sending Smiles

It's sketch day with the Skipping Stones Design team; this month our sketch artist is Kazan Clark.  She gave us a great sketch this week!  I inked up the fabulous Uplifting set for today's card.  I adore those balloons!

Be sure to head over to the Skipping Stones Design blog to check out the original sketch, and for details on how you could win a free set if you play along with the sketch!  And take a look at what my teammates (and our special guests) have created:

Jennifer Ingle 

Joann Valderama

Kandi Phillips

Karen Baker

Katie Gehring

Shannon Teubner

Stephanie Mino

Taylor Usry (you are here)

Wendy Price

Wendy Jordan

and our guests:
Kazan Clark
Cyndi Bundy
Barb Turpin

This is my last post as part of the Skipping Stones Design Team; I have enjoyed my time as part of the team, and you will still be seeing me use these fabulous stamps quite often!

Supplies: 
Stamps: Uplifting (Skipping Stones Design)
Card Stock: Kraft (Neenah)
Patterned Paper: Marjolaine (Basic Grey)
Ink: Rich Cocoa (Memento)

Magical Day

Here's another card using the great Abracadabra set from Gourmet Rubber Stamps.  I love the font for the sentiment!  I thought the spring-y look of the paper would be fun paired with some pink magic, so the wand is shooting stars in all directions.

Supplies: 
Stamps: Abracadabra (Gourmet Rubber Stamps)
Card Stock: Black (Recollections), White (Neenah)
Patterned Paper: Stella Rose (My Mind's Eye)
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento), Antique Linen, Brushed Corduroy, Worn Lipstick (Ranger)
Tools: Lacy Eyelet Border Die (Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps)

Smell the Flowers

I made a quick card on Thursday for the Ways to Use It challenge over on Splitcoaststampers.  The challenge was to incorporate buttons on your card.  And thanks to my girlies Lydia and Korin, I wanted to play along in the Moxie Fab Winter Blues challenge as well.  I pulled out some of the gorgeous new patterned paper that my sweet friend Korin sent me, hand stitched it together, and colored up the lovely flowers from the Smell the Flowers set.  I realized after I made my card that I was technically supposed to use navy blue to make this qualify for the Moxie Fab challenge....but oh well!  I had a great time making it!


Supplies: 
Stamps: Smell the Flowers (Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps)
Card Stock: Kraft, White (Neenah)
Patterned Paper: Blink of an Eye (My Mind's Eye)
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento)
Coloring Medium: Copics
Accessories: Buttons, thread
Tools: Pennant Dies (Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps)

Prescription for Spring

The 25th of the month (whoa - how did we get here so fast?) means it is preview day for the next Diner's Club set from Gourmet Rubber Stamps.  The newest set is called Prescription for Spring, and is filled with a mix of great spring-y and get well  images!  My sample today features one of my favorites, the vintage prescription pad.  And check out that cute little prescription list below...you can stamp it right inside the vintage image if you want!

Head over to the Gourmet Rubber Stamps blog to see more samples, and be sure to check out my teammates' blogs for great inspiration today too!

Gourmet Rubber Stamps blog

Kendra Weitstock

Deb Felts

Jeni Allen

Pam Hornschu

Rose Ann Reynolds

Joy Stagg

Kelli Palmer

Supplies: 
Stamps: Prescription for Spring (Gourmet Rubber Stamps)
Card Stock: Kraft (Neenah)
Patterned Paper: Kissing Booth (Basic Grey)
Ink: Rich Cocoa (Memento) 
Accessories: Button, Jute
Tools: Banner Shapeabilities (Spellbinders); Edge Punch (Martha Stewart)

Stampendous Saturday: Diamond Crown

It's time again for another Stampendous Saturday - this month we are challenging ourselves (and you!) to create projects with texture on them.  You can emboss, distress, add color fragments or glitter....the possibilities are endless!

I didn't actually technically add any texture to my card today....it sort of already had it!  I used some fabulous dotted card stock as my base, and fussy cut an image from the stunning Vintage Crowns clear stamp set.  Along the patterned paper I stamped a border from the  Elegant Borders set.  And of course, I just had to add some bling to the crown.  All cards need bling!

Here is a list of the Stampendous team members playing along today:

Stampendous Impressions

Janelle Stollfus

Kristine Reynolds

Melinda Gleissner

Suzanne Czosek

Taylor Usry

Wendy Jordan

Wendy Price

We want YOU to play along with us!  Just add your direct link to your card (make sure you've loaded it up with tons of TEXTURE) to the linky tool below my signature (or on the Stampendous blog) no later than March 1, 2012 at 11:00 PM EST.  You do not have to use Stampendous products to play along, but we sure love it when you do!  And as an extra incentive for playing, one lucky person (drawn at random from all the entries) will receive this gorgeous Corset Ladies Perfectly Clear Stamp Set:

Due to shipping restrictions, the winner must have a US address.  We hope you get a chance to play along with us - happy stamping!

Supplies:
Stamps: Vintage Crowns, Elegant Borders (Stampendous)
Card Stock: Cinnamon Stick, Butter(Bazzill)
Patterned Paper: ummmm...I forgot!!
Ink: Gold Encore; Tea Stain (Ranger)
Accessories: buttons, prurple twine, Martha Stewart bling

Live the Life

Today I'm sharing a CAS card using the featured stamp from Skipping Stones Design this month.  It is called Garden Kiss, and on this card I've paired it with a sentiment from the Healing Wings set.  I love how quickly this one layer card came together!

Garden Kiss is on sale throughout the month of February, so head over and pick up yours today!  It is a great "building block" set, and makes quick and easy backgrounds.

Supplies: 
Stamps: Garden Kiss, Healing Wings (Skipping Stones Design)
Card Stock: White (Neenah)
Ink: Rich Cocoa, London Fog (Memento)
Tools: Corner Rounder (Martha Stewart)

Shaker Gift Tag

This week I hosted the 3d Tuesday Challenge over at Paper Craft Planet, and with it I created a tutorial on making shaker boxes.  I've rediscovered my love of them, and they look great filled with Color Fragments and Glass Glitter from Stampendous!

I turned this shaker box into a birthday gift tag - I love that idea!  The newly released cling rubber Cowlik Birthday stamp was the perfect stamp to feature in there.  Isn't he cute?

Stop by and play along if you get a chance - Stampendous is giving away a bottle of Color Fragments and a bottle of Glass Glitter to one lucky participant!

Supplies: 
Stamps: Cowlik Cake, Birthday Assortment (Stampendous)
Card Stock: Pink, Purple (Bazzill), Cool Mint (WorldWin Treasures), White (Neenah), Acetate (Stampendous)
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento)
Coloring Medium: Copics
Accessories: Fresh Green, Lavender Glass Glitter; Rose, Powder Blue Color Fragments (Stampendous)
Tools: Classic and Scallop Oval Nestabilities, Pennant Shapeabilities (Spellbinders)

Morning Glories

Korin is hosting the sketch challenge over on Splitcoaststampers today, and she gave us a fun one to work with!  I combined it with the Hump Day challenge she is also hosting over in the Sweet 'n Sassy member company forums, which is to use text in an interesting way on your card.  I put three stamp sets together on today's sample - the newly released Rose Collage (the small thank you sentiment) and Morning Glory (the flowers), and I'm sneak peeking the soon to be released Friendship Script set!

Come plat along with both of the challenges if you get a chance!

Supplies: 
Stamps: Morning Glory, Rose Collage, Friendship Script (Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps)
Card Stock: White (Neenah), Black (Recollections)
Patterned Paper: For the Record (Echo Park)
Ink: Paris Dusk, Tuxedo Black (Memento), Antique Linen, Brushed Corduroy (Ranger)
Coloring Medium: Copics
Accessories: Ribbon (Offray), Dew Drops
Tools: Scallop Border Die (Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps), Pennant Shapeabilities (Spellbinders)

Sweet Little Lucy

This is my third post today. Be sure you don't miss my i {heart} papers / Paper Craft Planet blog hop post, or my Skipping Stones Design sketch card!

It's Tuesday, which means I'm sharing another fun card with the by LORi designs team!  Today I  used the great Lucy image, from the Puddle Jumpers collection at by LORi Designs.  Isn't she the sweetest?  I colored her with Copics, and added a sentiment from the Love from Cocoa set (Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps).  

Supplies: 
Stamps: Lucy (by LORi designs), Love From Cocoa (Sweet n Sassy Stamps)
Card Stock: Black (Recollections), White (GP)
Patterned Paper: Olivia (Basic Grey)
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento)
Coloring Medium: Copics
Tools: Heart Dies, Scallop Border Dies, Lacy Border Dies (Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps)

Friends Give Color

This is my second post today. Be sure you don't miss my i {heart} papers / Paper Craft Planet blog hop post!

It's sketch day with the Skipping Stones Design team; this month our sketch artist is Kazan Clark.  She gave us a great sketch this week!  I inked up two different sets today for this CAS card; Healing Wings (the butterfly and sentiment) and Garden Kisses (the awesome circles).  I love how easy it is to create a striking pattern!

Be sure to head over to the Skipping Stones Design blog to check out the original sketch, and for details on how you could win a free set if you play along with the sketch!  And take a look at what my teammates (and our special guests) have created:

Jennifer Ingle 

Joann Valderama

Kandi Phillips

Karen Baker

Katie Gehring

Shannon Teubner

Stephanie Mino

Taylor Usry (you are here)

Wendy Price

Wendy Jordan

and our guests:
Kazan Clark
Cyndi Bundy
Barb Turpin

Supplies: 
Stamps: Healing Wings, Garden Kisses (Skipping Stones Design)
Card Stock: White (Neenah)
Ink: Worn Lipstick, Peeled Paint, Dusty Concord, Wild Honey (Ranger Distress)
Accessories: Satin Ribbon (Offray)

Paper Craft Planet and I {Heart} Papers Are Hopping!

Today I'm so excited to be a part of something very special - a joint blog hop between the fabulous Supernovas at Paper Craft Planet and the amazingly talented team at i {heart} papers!  Recently at CHA many of my teammates at Paper Craft Planet were drawn to certain products and projects...when they discussed them over dinner they discovered some emerging trends.  That's what today's hop is all about.  Of course, not everyone was able to attend CHA.  Thankfully, those of you who couldn't be there can live vicariously through the next best thing: photos!  Check out this post from Susanna, and several posts from MoxieFab!

For my first card today, I combined several of the trends Susanna noticed in her post.  I used the Bonjour set by Lizzie Anne Designs (available at Gourmet Rubber Stamps) to get the "Paris" theme, and hand stitched around several edges of my patterned paper (bringing a sewing element into play).  I painted a wooden bangle from DIY Bangles and tied some twine to it, also incorporating those two trends. 

My second card is more playful.  I used patterned paper from the same collection, Cosmo Cricket's Joyride (graciously provided to me by i {heart} papers), this time paired with the fun Things That Go set from Lizzie Anne Designs.  I focused more on the trael theme on this card, using paper that had little cars on it, and arrows on another piece.  I added a pennant die cut (a very large one!) to throw that into the mix as well, and tied some wine on my button. 

And be on the lookout in the coming days over at i {heart} papers...they'll be stocking a great selection of stamps from Gourmet Rubber Stamps!  What fun!!

Be sure to stop by everyone's blogs today - you will see some amazing creations! Here is a full list of the i {heart} papers team and the Supernovas that are playing along:

ihp DT members: 

Carolyn 

Deb 

Gretchen 

Loretta 

Lori 

Lynn 

Tracy 

Kate 

and their guests from PCP: 

Adela Rossol 

Lisa Somerville 

Lyn Bernatovich 

Susanna Boyd 

Taylor Usry  (you are here)

Wendy Price

Supplies (Bonjour card): 
Stamps: Bonjour (Lizzie Anne Designs/Gourmet Rubber Stamps)
Card Stock: Kraft, White (Neenah)
Patterned Paper: Joyride (Cosmo Cricket)
Ink: Victorian Velvet, Antique Linen, Brushed Corduroy (Ranger/Distress); Timber Brown (Stazon)
Accessories: Wooden Bangle (DIY Bangles), Acrylic Paint (Apple Barrel), Flax Twine (The Twinery), Thread
Tools: Paper Piercer

Supplies (Zooming Along Card): 
Stamps: Things That Go (Lizzie Anne Designs/Gourmet Rubber Stamps)
Card Stock: Kraft, White (Neenah)
Patterned Paper: Joyride (Cosmo Cricket)
Ink: Rich Cocoa (Memento)
Accessories: Button (Cosmo Cricket), Flax Twine (The Twinery)
Tools: Classic and Scallop Oval Nestabilities, Pennant Shapeabilities (Spellbinders)

You Inspire Me

This is one of the first cards I made with the fabulous You set, designed by Dina Kowal for Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps.  I really, really love how this card turned out!  I inked up each sentiment, stamped it once on scratch paper, and then stamped it on my card stock base.  That way, the colors were not too dark.  I stamped the large word you in the same way, and tied some twine around the top - that's it!  Simple as can be :)

Supplies: 
Stamps: You (Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps)
Card Stock: White (Neenah)
Ink: Rich Cocoa (Memento), Worn Lipstick, Peeled Paint, Wild Honey, Dusty Concord (Tim Holtz/Ranger)
Accessories: Flax Twine (The Twinery)

Glad There is You

I made a couple of cards to go along with this week's Ways to Use It challenge over on Splitcoaststampers this week.  The first one uses the lovely Together Silhouettes clear stamp set - I love that sweet image!

The second one uses the fun You & Me set.  I love the orange and green together!  It is so cheerful, and totally makes me smile.  Both cards use the great Scallop Border Dies from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps.  I love that they come in two different sizes; they can be used for so many different projects.

Supplies (You & Me Card):
Clear Stamps: You & Me (Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps)
Card Stock: Kraft, White (Neenah)
Patterned Paper: Metropolitan and Candy Shoppe Collections (Echo Park)
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento)
Coloring Medium: Copics
Fibers: Flax baker's twine (The Twinery)
Accessories: button (unknown manufacturer)
Tools: Scallop Border Die (Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps); Pennant Shapeabilities (Spellbinders)


Supplies:
Clear Stamps: Together Silhouettes (Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps)
Card Stock: Kraft (Neenah)
Patterned Paper: Metropolitan and Candy Shoppe Collections (Echo Park)
Ink: Rich Cocoa (Memento); Antique Linen, Brushed Corduroy (Tim Holtz/Ranger)
Accessories: Buttons (Cosmo Cricket)
Fibers: Brown satin ribbon (May Arts)
Tools: Scallop Border Die (Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps), Classic Circle and Oval Nestabilities (Spellbinders)