My Favorite Things Sketch!

Happy Sunday Friends! I had some extra stamping time today, so I thought that I'd give this week's sketch from My Favorite Things Wednesday Stamp Club a try. You can find the original sketch and all of the details to play along too right here. I had a lot of fun with the My Favorite Things Die-namics dies on this one. On the front of my card, I used the Sunshine Die, the Sheltering Tree & Leaf Trio Die, and the Fresh Cut Grass Die. That created a fun little scene to showcase my Pure Innocence girl from the MFT set, My Basket of Eggs. She is colored up with Copic Markers (E000, E00, E11, RV10, E25, E27, E33, E35, R81, R83, R85, Y11, YR12, B21, G21, and V12) and paired with these wonderful Springtime Papers from Echo Park. The grass and leaves were made with some wool felt from MFT. Some stitching and a few layers of So Saffron card stock finish up the front of my card. Then I thought that because I didn't leave much room for a sentiment on the front of the card that I should finish off the inside of the card as well. I used some more of the same patterned papers and So Saffron card stock. I added the Little Open Scallop Die-namic and a bit more stitching.

I hope that you enjoy the rest of your Sunday. I'll be back tomorrow. My niece is coming over and we'll be stamping. She wants to make around 100 or so pinwheels with my new TCP Pinwheel Cutups die for Teacher Appreciation Week at her school!! My poor Cuttlebug...lol! Thanks SO much for visiting with me today...Toodles! :D

Blogger's Challenge Sketch!

Happy Friday Friends! This week's Blogger's Challenge is a wonderful sketch from our leader Lisa Somerville. You can find the sketch and all of the details to play along right here on Lisa's blog. I changed things up a little bit, but all of Lisa's original elements are still there. This is definitely one of my favorite Pure Innocence stamps. It is from the Bunch of Blooms set from My Favorite Things stamps. She is colored up with Copic Markers (BG11, BG13, E000, E00, E11, E33, E37, RV10, R32, R35, YG93, and YG95) and then I fussy cut her out. All of these pretty papers are from the Stella and Rose collection from My Mind's Eye. They are layered with black card stock and then I added a lot of stitching. The gingham ribbon is from Michaels and I finished it off with a Papertrey Ink button and some baker's twine.

Thanks so much for visiting with me today! I'm keeping things short and sweet today. It's our last day of school before Spring Vacation...Yippee!! I hope that you all have a happy weekend...Toodles! :D

You're So Tweet!

Happy Monday Friends! I have a quick post for you tonight using the sketch from the My Favorite Things Wednesday Stamp Club. You can find all of the details and the sketch here. Because my sweet little Pure Innocence girl is looking off to the right, I thought that I should flip the sketch. The image and sentiment are from the You're So Tweet set from My Favorite Things. She is colored up with Copic Markers (BG000, BG10, BG13, BG18, E000, E00, E11, E33, E37, R20, RV29, and RV34) and her jumper is paper pieced. The card base is Papertrey Ink's Kraft. The main panel with the polka dots is from Bo Bunny, and these wonderful patterned papers are from the Chloe collection from Three Bugs In a Rug. I added some stitching around the main panel. The main image is cut out with the Classic Circle Nesties and then layered onto a Kraft piece that was made with the Lacey Circle Nesties. I finished the card off with some green seam binding. Thanks so much for visiting with me tonight! Enjoy the rest of your evening...Toodles! :D

Springtime Inspiration and Jen's SFYTT!!

Happy Friday Morning Friends! Are you loving all of the Spring colors that are popping up all over the place? I actually saw a few crocuses and some daffodils peeking out yesterday when I went to get the mail! It's so nice to finally see some signs of Spring!! (We had a snow storm here last Friday and ended up missing the first two hours of school!!) My creations for today were all inspired by this wonderful bunch of tulips! Tulips are my favorite flower and these yellow ones were calling my name last week when I stopped by the local flower shop! I love their deep yellow and lime green color.

Lisa from Right at Home Scrapbooking Store gave me some wonderful goodies to play with this month. They are just perfect for Springtime paper crafting projects! All of the cards in this post were made with the Blossom Soup set from Unity Stamp Company and all of the papers are some new ones that Lisa has at the store. This is the Grandma's Feather Bed collection from Bazzill Basics Paper. I LOVE the colors in this line! So fun and Springy...just like my color inspiration! For this card, I used my new goodies along with some Copic Markers (B21,B23, BG000,Y32, Y35, YG13, YG25), the Spellbinder's Nestabilities Labels Fourteen set, this wonderful Gingham Ribbon from May Arts, a button from Basic Grey, a few Kaiser Craft Pearls and some Honey Dew twine.

For my next card, I used a different image from the Unity set. Look at all of those wonderful flower blossoms on this butterfly image...so sweet! I colored it up with Copic Markers (Y32, Y35, Y38) and layered it onto some Bazzill card stock that I cut out with the Classic Scalloped Rectangle Nestabilities die. Again I added a few pearls, a matching button, and some Honey Dew Twine.

As you can see from my last card, my tulips were still my color inspiration. This time around though, I used Jen Del Muro's April Sketch For You To Try for some inspiration too. You can find her sketch here. This sweet little blossom is part of the same stamp set. It's a single stamp and I just stamped it out three times (with a little help from my Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, of course.) The main panel is cut out with the Classic Square Spellbinder's Nestabilities die and I used a little trick that Jodi Collins has perfected. Simply leave the Nestie with the piece that you just cut out and use a Copic Multi-Liner to trace the inside of the Nestie. For this card, I used some straight lines and a group of dots on each side of the square. Two more patterns from the Grandma's Feather Bed line, my Copic Markers (Y32, Y35, Y38, YG13, YG25), a few more Basic Grey buttons, some black card stock layers, and a spin through my sewing machine complete this card. Thanks for visiting with me today! If you happen to head over to Right at Home Scrapbooking store, be sure to check out some of these fun new supplies! Have a Happy weekend...Toodles! :D

Hope Your Birthday is Simply Wonderful!

It's that time again! With each new monthly release, My Favorite Things stamps has a Guest Designer Contest. (All of the details can be found here, if you'd like to play along too.) This month's theme is Shabby Chic! Well, if you've ever stopped by here before, then you know that I have never really done Shabby Chic before, but it's always good to try new things. So, feeling like a fish out of water, I gave it a try. Here are the results...

It was a great chance to use some of my new MFT things. When they released the Dizzy Doily Die-namic and Dizzy Border Die-namic, I knew that I NEEDED them! So here they are...the doily is in Pink Pirouette and the border is in Butter Cream. I layered the border onto a strip of pink that I did some stitching, distressing, and then dabbed on some Memento Desert Sand ink. In fact, there is a little bit of Desert Sand all of over this project. The patterned paper is from My Mind's Eye. Again, more sewing and distressing. The other layer is Papertrey Ink Kraft. The sentiment is from the MFT Polka Dotted Greetings Die-namics set. A little bit more sanding and Desert Sand ink shabby that right up. I'm not sure if pearls are part of a Shabby Chic creation, but I added them anyway. It made the card feel more like something that I usually design. My friend Linda gave me some of this Kraft colored Seam Binding/Ribbon. I thought that it would be the perfect addition. I also added a Pink Pirouette flower that I made with the Die-namics Rolled Rose Die. It's accented with some ribbon leaves and another pearl.

So there you have it...Shabby Chic from the lady that went out of her cute and comfort zone...lol! Thank you for taking the time to visit with me! Have a FABULOUS weekend...Toodles! :D

Happy Bird*day!

Good Friday Morning Everyone! I have a quick Blogger's Challenge post to share with you today. Our theme this week is Birds. This Papertrey Ink Tiny Treats: Birthday set was still out, so I decided to use the sweet little bird that is part of the set. This seems to be my favorite layout for this set. I'll have to come up with something else soon...lol! I used the PTI Mat Stack 5 on the Ridinghood Red Polka Dotted piece. The patterned paper is from October Afternoon. I also used PTI Pure Poppy card stock and buttons. To finish off the layers, I had a little bit of fun with my sewing machine. If you would like to play along with this week's Blogger's Challenge Bird Theme, just head on over to Lisa's blog for all of the details. The link is here. Have a Happy Friday! Thanks so much for stopping by today...Toodles! :D

You Rule!

Happy Thursday Friends! I can't believe that it's only Thursday and I already have yesterday's My Favorite Things Wednesday Stamp Club Sketch done...lol! That almost never happens! You can find the sketch and all of the details here. I needed a card for former colleague. She's a principal at another school and has just been awarded a special honor so this sweet, little Pure Innocence girl fit the bill. She is colored up with Copic Markers (B95, B97, B99, E000, E00, E11, E25, E29, E40, E42, E44, R20, R29, Y21, Y32, YG63, and YG67). She is from the My Favorite Things set, You Make the Grade. The sentiment is from the new a la mode set, You Rule. All of these pretty papers are from the Stella and Rose collection from My Mind's Eye. They are accented with some Not Quite Navy card stock and some Kraft card stock from Papertrey Ink. I also added some Hero Arts crocheted lace, some cream colored craft thread, and a Not Quite Navy button made with my Sizzix die. Thanks so much for visiting with me today! Have a happy day...Toodles!

Loads of Wishes!

Hello again! I hope that you enjoyed your day! Today is a special day in our family because it just happens to be my Dad's birthday! Happy Birthday Daddy! This is the birthday card that I made for him. This delightful set is from Papertrey Ink. It is called Tiny Treats: Birthday. This sweet little truck reminded me of the one that my Dad drove when I was a little girl. The best part is that when I gave him his card...he was reminded of the same truck! I used the Mat Stack 5 die from PTI to cut out the Baja Breeze polka dotted piece. The papers are from Basic Grey and the buttons are from Papertrey Ink. I added two different kinds of stitiching to the main panel and the card stock strip. Short and sweet post for tonight. Thanks so much for visiting with me...Toodles! :D

Two Cards to Share!

Happy Monday Friends! I hope that you had a wonderful weekend! If you stopped by on Friday, then you already know that I had the opportunity to meet Kim from My Favorite Things stamps and Alma from The Cat's Pajamas rubber stamps. These two lovely Ladies offered make and takes at Right at Home Scrapbooking store. I was in the group that worked with the upcoming release (this evening) from The Cat's Pajamas...so ADORABLE! The new release from My Favorite Things (April 5th, I think) is just around the corner, and I was lucky enough to sneak a peek at what's to come. You definitely won't be disappointed! I have two cards to share with you tonight. The first card is for the Inspiration Challenge over on Alma's blog. You can find all of the details here. I loved all of the pinks in the photographs. So sweet! That inspired me to pull out some papers from My Mind's Eye and I went from there. This delightful little bear is from the soon to be released set, What a Blast from The Cat's Pajamas. When I say soon, I mean tonight...lol! You can head over to the release party over at Splitcoaststampers right here. My little bear is colored up with Copic Markers (BG02, E11, E15, E17, R22, and R24) and I used some coordinating papers on his pinwheel. The little clouds and sentiment are from the same set. I added some Cotton Candy Divine Twine (in Jackie Pedro style) and a button from Papertrey Ink. The grass was made with the MFT Die-namics Fresh Cut Grass die and some Certainly Celery card stock. A little bit of sewing around the main panel finishes off the creation. My next card is for the sketch for the My Favorite Things Wednesday Stamp Club. You can find the sketch here. This sweet little Pure Innocence girl is from the MFT set Something Special Just For You. She is colored up with Copic Markers (B12, B14, BG000, C0, E00, E01, E11, E25, E27, E40, Y11, Y21, YG11, YG13, and the Colorless Blender) and her dress is paper pieced. I've had this sweetie in my stamp collection for quite some time now and for some reason she hadn't been introduced to any ink, so I'm going to include this in Jessie's Forgotten Stamp Friday challenge too. All of the patterned papers for this one are from the Spotted Owl Soup collection from Jillibean Soup. I added the MFT Die-namics Hearts-a-Plenty die and the Die-namics Little Open Scallop Strip. The Dark Chocolate and the Lemon Tart card stock are from Papertrey Ink, along with the button and the Baker's Twine. Thanks so much for taking the time to visit with me this evening. I'll be back tomorrow! Until then...Toodles! :D