Penny for Your Thoughts.....{TAWS}

Good Morning Everyone!!
It is my DT day over at
The Alley Way Stamps
and I have a card to share using the new release freebie stamp set for this month~

Change

Isn't this mini set adorable??? It can be your's free with a min.. purchase over at the store :)

I wanted to play along in a few challenges so using this week's Retro Sketch

I came up with this........

I am in love with playing with the newest trend right now...sequins and when I saw this adorable card on my friend Jennie's Blog, I scraplifted her sequins stitched in a glassine bag and used it for my card....Hope she doesn't mind :)

Along with the sequins I stamped a bunch of the adorable coins and popped those into the bag as well. I then sealed with bag with some machine stitching (surprise, surprise...right?)

and added some of Trendy Twine's new color Totally White 

Here is a close-up of the bag and that adorable piggy stamp :)

I stamped her on some Bazzill cardstock and then stamped her nose again so I could pop it up....Since there is lots of bling and sparkle I added some cotton candy stickles to her as well....How adorable is she...right????
The pattern paper is from the 6x6 paper pad~Lucky Charm from the Dear Lizzy collection/

Finally I stamped the sentiment from the set and added a die cut arrow from My Creative Time's~Stitched Mini Frame and Arrow Dies

So what do you think??

K time for my TAWS reminders......

~our Be Inspired Challenge

~TAWS freebie's HERE

~TAWS FB page HERE where we love to see your creations!

and

~the store where you can purchase all these adorable stamps HERE

That is all I have for you today.

Thanks so very much for stopping by and have a GREAT day!!!

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Entering this into the following challenges:

Retro Sketches~#63

All that Stickles~ Cotton Candy Linky Party

Ribbon Carousel Blog~ Celebrations

Really Reasonable Ribbon~ Sparkle, Bling, Ribbon

Everyday is an Occasion~ Linky Party

DL Art~ May Linky Party
Simon Says Stamp and Show~ Little Paper

Red, White and Blue........{The Kraft Journal}

Good Morning and Happy Monday everyone!!!

It is time for a new challenge over at

 The Kraft Journal!

This week's challenge is... 

Red, White and Blue

seeing that my son will be celebrating his 10th birthday in just a few weeks I used this week's

Seize The Birthday 

sketch

and came up with this fun birthday card...

So here is what I did.... I started out with a Brown Kraft Cardstock base and added a mat of Peebles Let Freedom Ring pattern paper.  Using my cameo and a star file from the Silhouette store, I cut 2 stars....one using the kraft and another one using some Bazzill blue. Since there is no white in my pattern paper, I added some white gel pen doodles (wanted to make sure I was following TKJ challenge) Again since this is for my son's 10th birthday I added the number's "1" and "0" using Tim Holtz Mini Numerals and popping them up using some foam adhesive.

Moving onto the sentiment and embellishments.. 

I wanted my sentiment to be on some Cream Twill Tape , so I stamped The Alley Way Stamp Wish BIG birthday sentiment using  Stazon Black Ink directly onto the ribbon. Didn't it turn out awesome????? To finish my card up I added one of my favorite embellishments from The Kraft Outlet~ the Custom Fasteners. Two of the stickers that come with this set were a perfect match to my card!

So there you have it....my inspiration for this week's challenge.

I hope you have enjoyed my card and will play along with us!

As always I have linked all the supplies I used from The Kraft Outlet throughout my description.  If you have not checked out the store yet....make sure you do! There is so much available, the prices are so reasonable and shipping is super fast!!!

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a GREAT Monday!!

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Entering this into the following challenges:

Seize the Birthday~ Sketch #16

Ribbon Carousel Blog~ Celebrations

Pile it On~For a Teen

Simply Create Too~Anything Goes

Diva's By Design~ Anything Goes

Everyday is an Occasion~ Linky Party

DL Art~ May Linky Party

Pause Dream Enjoy~ Happy........

Simon Says Stamp and Show~ Little Paper

The Pink Elephant~ Masculine Birthday 

Happy Mother's Day........{Trendy Twine Special Post}

Morning and Happy Mother's Day to all my wonderful bloggy friends!

I hope your day is packed with tons of hugs, love and maybe some crafty goodness :)

I have a special post to share with actually 2 cards that I made in honor of Mother's Day!

So along with a few of the Trendy Twine DT members we are honoring Mom's Day AND I am sharing Trendy Twine's 2 newest colors!!!

(so make sure to hop over to the Trendy Twine Blog to see what the other ladies made!)

Whoo Hoo!! Introducing 

Totally Kraft and Totally White!

They are now available and a MUST have....well all the colors are..LOL!!!

Ok enough talking.....time to share my projects!

First up is a CAS Mother's Day card using the showcase color of the month

Tickled with Teal and the newest release Totally White

I started out with a Kraft Cardstock base and added a mat of white and Chalk Garden designer paper from Three Bugs in a Rug. To give the mat a more finished look I added some machine stitching around the border. My sentiment is from Studio G~ Best Mom set

Here is a close-up of the twine flower I made. The base is a circle of the Totally White Trendy Twine and then to add some additional color to the flower I did a double bow using the Tickled with Teal Trendy Twine.

There is my project number 1. What do you think???

I am going to enter this into the following challenges:

Celebrate the Occasion~ Mother's Day

My Craft Spot~ Mother's Day

Scrappy Moms Stamps~ Mother's Day

DL Art~ Flowers

Cardz TV~ Mother's Day

Little Scrap Pieces~ Mother's Day

Ribbon Carousel Blog~ Celebrations

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Now for my next project! I wanted to play along with this week's

Peachy Keen Stamps challenge which is to make a card for Mom/Grandma.

Well what better time to post then on Mother's Day so here is card #2

I made an easel card using the card kit from My Scrap Chick

So for this card I again used a Kraft Cardstock base and scrap papers from my ever growing stash. Since the white base was a bit plain I ran it through my cuttlebug with the flower embossing folder and then stickled the centers with Cotton Candy Stickle.

That adorable little girl is from Kadoodle Bug Designs and I stamped her face using Peachy Keen Stamps~ Princess Faces.

Instead of adding the bow cuts from the file, I added some Totally White Trendy Twine bows to her hair and to her dress. I finished off the front of the card I tied a big bow using 3GJ Dress White crinkle ribbon and some Strawberry Cupcake Trendy Twine.

The inside of the card is the same as the front except I added my sentiment, again from the same Studio G~Best Mom stamp set. There were flowers from the cut file that I chose not to add to the front, that I added to a cluster on the sentiment.

What do you think???

I am going to enter this into the following challenges:

PKS challenge~ Just Cards Mother/Grandmother

Ribbon Carousel Blog~ Celebrations

Really Reasonable Ribbon~ Sparkle, Bling, Ribbon

All That Stickles~ Cotton Candy Linky Party

Simply Create Too~Anything Goes

Diva's By Design~ Anything Goes

Everyday is an Occasion~ Linky Party

DL Art~ May Linky Party

The Pink Elephant~Mother's Day

Well that is all I have for you today! I do hope you have enjoyed my projects and again I wish all you wonderful mom's out there a very

Happy Mother's Day!!

USe a Digi w/Ribbon.......{3GJ Challenge #18}

Good Morning Bloggers!!

It is a happy day over here....

I am hosting the new challenge over at the

3 Girl Jam Challenge Blog

and

this week's challenge is~ 

Use a Digi w/Ribbon

This week's challenge will be open for 2 weeks, May 1oth~ May23rd so plenty of time to create and share!!

Our challenge is being sponsored by

Sassy Studio Designs
and the winner will receive any 4 images from the store

as well as....

with a $10 Gift Certificate to  3GJ

Awesome prizes for sure!!
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So here is the card I made using the adorable image
Little Honey's~The Little Mermaid

I used the image and made a shaker card....to make it look like she was under the water.

I colored her using my copic markers and added some sequins to the inside of my shaker.

My sentiment is from Joy's Life Stamps~ You're so Punny and I attached it to my card using some Navy Blue Crinkle Ribbon from the lastest new release~ Navy Bundle

I wanted to share another picture as well....so you can see the dimension that the shaker part of my card gives.....Pretty cool right???

What do you think???

I sure hope you have enjoyed my project and will play along with us over at the 

3 Girl Jam Challenge Blog!

Remember this challenge will run for 2 weeks so lots of time to get those 

Use a Digi w/Ribbon 

projects in!!

Thanks so very much for stopping by!!

Have a GREAT Friday!!

Peachy Keen Goodness.......{Challenge Enteries}

Morning Everyone and happy Hump Day!!!

So much peachy goodness on the Peachy Keen Stamps Challenge blog as well as on the Peachy Keen Connection  that I wanted to play along with .....

So let's get right to all my challenge entries.....

Up first is the challenge for this week on the PKS Challenge Blog

Peachy Keen Challenge 13-18 :: 3-D Objects :: Flowers

and here is my project...

I made a 3d watering can that I purchased from the Silhouette store...

Hope you like it :)

This was such a fun and very easy file to put together! And I just LOVE how this turned out!!!

Supplies Used:

Peachy Keen Stamps~PK-641 Princess Faces

My Creative Time~ Bloom Where You are Planted

Ticket Die

Stinkin' Cute Paper Piecings~Garden Girl

Watering Can~ Silhouette Store

Trendy Twine~ Krazy for Kraft

Easy Breezy Paper~ The Paper Loft

Distress Ink

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Next is Challenge #1 on the Peachy Keen Connection

Flower Power

Create the project of your choosing, but be sure to include flowers. It can be a stamped background, patterned paper, flower shapes, or actual flowers.

So for my project I made some magnets to give to my MIL for Mother's Day.

She can hang them on her camper fridge and share pictures of my boys with their friends and family when traveling.

(sorry about the poor picture...hard to take pictures of magents, especially on a magnetic sheet)

Supplies Used:

Peachy Keen Stamps~PK-531 Simple Salies Face Assortment

My Creative Time~Just Simple Live (Frame Die)

Flower Petal Dies

We Are Family

Magnets

White gel pen, chalk

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And now for Challenge #2

Shape it Up!

Create any kind of card you like, but it needs to be a shaped card!!

I used the Worm in Apple file from Miss Kate Cuttables and made my own mini 3x3 shaped cards. I am just over the top in love with how these cuties turned out!!
These will be attached to come chocolate covered popcorn and given to my son's 3 teachers as well as the school principal :)
After cutting all the pieces out I stamped the worm's face with PK~531 Simple Sallies, added some white gel pen and chalk as well as some glossy accents to his glasses.
The sentiment is from My Creative Time~My Teacher Rocks, and inside I stamped "teacher" on 3 and principal on the other.
~ I am also entering this set in My Creative Time's~ Designer Challenge~ 

Well that is all I have for you today!
I hope you have enjoyed ALL my PKS projects!
I had so much fun designing them all!!
Thanks for stopping by and have a GREAT day!!!

Wild Thing......{TAWS}

Good Morning Everyone!!
It is my DT day over at
The Alley Way Stamps
and I have a card to share using the new release stamp set for this month~
Deep in the Woods

I just LOVE this set and all the adorable images on here and could not wait to share another card using this time the cutie Raccoon...Here it is....hope you like it :)

I wanted to make it look like the raccoon was peeking out of the tree so I started with my kraft cardstock and embossed it using the distressed striped folder. Next I punched out a 2" circle and stamped my image on a piece of white cardstock...knowing that it was going to be placed behind the circle cutout. I colored him using my copics and then stamped and colored another image so I could pop up his head and tail

You can see in this picture how the 2 popped up pieces of him look...so cute right??!?!

Finally to finish my card up I used a Studio Calico wood piece and stamped my sentiment on it....hot glued it down and then tied some Midnight Trendy Twine  in a bow through a button from my stash.
So there you have it..I really hope you have enjoyed my card!!
I know I LOVED making this one!!
Thanks so very much for popping in and have a GREAT day!!
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Reminders!!

You know there is always a lot going on over at TAWS

~our Be Inspired Challenge

~TAWS freebie's HERE

~TAWS FB page HERE where we love to see your creations!

and

~the store where you can purchase all these adorable stamps HERE

Just For Her.....{The Kraft Journal}

Good Morning and Happy Monday everyone!!!

It is time for a new challenge over at

 The Kraft Journal!

This week's challenge is... 

Just for Her

with mother's day just around the corner I wanted to share another card I made following this week's

Deconstructed Sketch

And here is my take on the sketch...

I started out with a Brown Kraft Cardstock base and used the designer papers from October Afternoon~ Modern Homemaker 8x8 paper pad. I wanted my card to have more of a distressed look so all the edges were inked using my Ink Blending Tool and Gathered Twigs distress ink. For my sentiment, I again used the Gathered twigs distress ink and Paper Smooches~ Sentiment Sampler set....I didn't have the "mom" stamp so I pieced letter from 2 of the other sentiments to stamp that. As you can also see I ran each of the pieces through my sewing machine just for alittle something more :)

Here is a close-up of the flower embellishment...... I started by laying down a layer of Red w/White Washi Tape and then using My Creative Time~ Flower Petal Dies cut out the largest and smallest flowers. For the middle flower I used Bazzill cream cardstock which is also the bases of all my pieces and the sentiment mat.

After the pieces were die cut, I inked the edges using my Ink Blending Tool and more Gathered Twigs distress ink. For the brad I used the 1/8th Inch Hole Punch and a Custom Fastener. To finish my flower off I added some felt die cut leaves and to complete my card I added 2 small Cream Twill Tape flags.

So there you have it....my inspiration for this week's challenge.

I hope you have enjoyed my card and will play along with us!

As always I have linked all the supplies I used from The Kraft Outlet below.  If you have not checked out the store yet....make sure you do! There is so much available, the prices are so reasonable and shipping is super fast!!!

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a GREAT Monday!!

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The Kraft Outlet Supplies Used:

Brown Kraft Card Stock

Cream Twill Tape

Red w/White Washi Tape

Custom Fasteners

Ink Blending Tool

Bone Folder

1/8th inch hole punch

Additional Supplies Used:

My Creative Time~ Flower Petal Dies

Paper Smooches Stamp Set~Sentiment Sampler

Bazzill Cream Cardstock

Tim Holtz Distresser

Sewing Machine

October Afternoon~ Modern Homemaker 8x8 paper pad

Felt, leaf die

Gathered Twig Distress Ink

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Entering this into the following challenges:

Deconstructed Sketch~ #100

Go Fish Challenge Blog~ Mom
Cardz TV~ There's No Other Like My Mother

Cut it Up~ Mother's Day
DL Art~ Mother's Day
Pile it On~ #18 For a Mother
My Craft Spot~For Mom

The Pink Elephant~ Mother's Day