Dance The Night Away!

Hi everybody,

It’s day 2 of the MFTeasers, in preparation of the release of the new stamp sets which are all due to be released by MFT Stamps this coming Wednesday 3rd February.

Today the Design Team are featuring three of the new stamp sets that will be released, these include: Dance The Night Away; Clearly Sentimental About Emerson and Twisted Threesome.

For my card I have used the set “Dance The Night Away”, which was designed by Amanda Baird. To create my card I stamped my image onto Cream Perfect Paper Panels, and used my nestabilities to cut out the oval shape. I highlighted the scallops on the top and bottom of my card using Glittered Garnishes – Summer. I used just part of the sentiment for the sentiment on the front of my card.

Here is the inside of my card, I stamped the “dance steps” image onto my card using red ink with the sentiment in the middle.

Don't forget! The MFT February Guest Designer Challenge - Think Spring! Your chance to win all the stamp sets for the March release and to join the design team for the March Release! You can find all the details here.

Want to see even more MFTeasers using the three sets that the Design Team are featuring today, then hop on over to Kim’s (MFT Lady) blog to see the list of which design team members will be featuring a card/project on their blog today. Kim will have the list posted to her blog at 11am EST.

Recipe:

Stamps: Dance The Night Away – MFT Stamps

Paper: Cream Perfect Paper Panels – MFT Stamps; Red; DP – October Afternoon

Other: Black Ink; Red Ink; Curved Scallop EK Success Border Punch; Glittered Garnishes – Summer; Oval Nestabilities; Oval Punches; Foam Tape; Copics

Flopsey Playing Easter Bunny!

Hi everyone,

Wow can you believe it, January has only a couple more days left … where has the month gone!!!! Anyway a new month is always exciting because it means that shortly there will be new stamps available from MFT Stamps. I always love being able to prepare my samples and show what is coming in the not too distant future.

Today the MFT Stamps Design Team start the beginning of our MFTeasers featuring two of the new sets that will be released this coming Wednesday 3rd February. These two sets are “Love Birds” and “Basket Full ‘o Flopsey”.

Of course a new MFT release also means it is time for the MFT Guest Designer Challenge. This month Cindy Haffner and I are hosting the challenge, Our Challenge to you is to THINK SPRING!! --What do you think of when you think of SPRING?? --bring on the Flowers, Easter, Spring colors, Spring Showers, whatever Spring is to you.

The winner of this challenge will win the full March release for free and also get to play along with the Design Team for next month's release! For more details check out the February 2010 Guest Designer Contest over on the MFT Member Forum of SCS here.

For my card today I am using the new Flopsey set “Basket Full ‘o Flopsey”. The basket that Flopsey has beside him, come empty and there are 3 stamps included in the set that you can use to fill the basket … I used the Easter Eggs, but there are hearts for Valentines Day and Flowers which can be used for all sorts of occasions. Lots of fun sentiments too.

Here is the inside of my card, the layout is fairly similar to the outside except that I changed the shape of the nestabilities.

Don’t forget to visit Kim’s blog any time after 11AM EST to get the list of which Design Team members are also featuring this set on their blogs today.

Recipe:

Stamps: Basket Full ‘o Flopsey – MFT Stamps

Paper: White; Brown; Pink; DP

Other: Black Ink; Circle Nestabilities; Label Nestabilities; Pink Grosgrain Ribbon; MS Spring Border Punch; MS Grass Border Punch; MS Double Loops Border Punch; Foam Tape; Copic Air Brush System; Copics

Sweet!

Happy Saturday everyone,

Lollipop lollipop
Oh lolli lolli lolli
Lollipop lollipop.....

Sorry …… yes I am singing again LOL … Because it is time for another challenge with my “Crazy” friends over on the Crazy 4 Challenges blog. This week our challenge hostess for January, Lori Boyd has another fun challenge for us. The challenge is “Lollipops”, it can be paper, ribbon, a stamp, etc …. with a lollipop image.

For my card, I used The Greeting Farm’s “Lolli Anya”, I have had this stamp for a while now and just couldn’t help but use it for this challenge. It’s she just soooooo sweet!

I also used a sketch from SCS from a couple of week’s ago for the layout of my card.

Don't forget to check out the rest of the “Crazies” cards over on the Crazy 4 Challenges blog and also their individual blogs for more details.

• Barbara Anders
• Cindy Haffner
• Jessica Diedrich
• Jessie Rone
• Joanne Grzelak
• Joycelyn Turner
• Lori Boyd
• Lynda Benden
• Mercy Kerin
• Robin Willis
• Vicki Garrett

Recipe:

Stamps: Lolli Anya – The Greeting Farm; Sweet Sentiment – Hero Arts

Paper: White; Red; Mustard; DP – Basic Grey

Other: Black Ink; Red Grosgrain Ribbon; Oval Punch; Foam Tape; Copics

Ice-Cream!

Hi everyone,

My card today uses Alota Rubber Stamps “Sweet Delights Cupcake, Ice-cream, Cake, Soda” unmounted plate ….. doesn’t that image make you wanna go eat Ice-cream … but no I am being good *smile*!

The layout of my card is based on Mojo Monday’s Sketch challenge (mojo123) from this week.

Recipe:

Stamps: Sweet Delights Cupcake, Ice-cream, Cake, Soda– Alota Rubber Stamps

Paper: White; Brown; Red; DP - DCWV

Other: Black Ink; Circle Nestabilities; Grosgrain Ribbon; Foam Tape; Copics

Just Chillin’

Hi everyone,

It’s time for another challenge with my friends over on the CCEE Stampers challenge blog. This week Cindy Haffner our challenge hostess for January has supplied us all with yet another fabulous sketch for us to play with.

For my card I decided to use one of MFT Stamps new Pure Innocence - Tweeny-Tween - Frosty Friends, I just can’t get enough of these Pure Innocence stamps.

Here is the inside of my card, using the sentiment which is also included in the set.

Here is the sketch if you want to play along too!

Don’t forget to check out the CCEE Stampers blog (goes live 12 AM EST) to see the rest of the creations the CCEE Stampers created this week. You can also see more details of their creations on their individual blogs: Tosh , Charlene, Cindy, Joanne and Shirley.

Recipe:

Stamps: Pure Innocence - Tweeny-Tween - Frosty Friends – MFT Stamps

Paper: White; Brown; Green; Origins DP – Basic Grey

Other: Black Ink; Circle Nestabilities; Star Punch; Grosgrain Ribbon; Button; MS Daisy Border Punch; Foam Tape; Copics

Happy Birthday Wendy!

It’s birthday time again for one of our Paper Prettie Design Team Members. Today Wendy Bond is a year older, Happy Birthday Wendy. Of course what better way to celebrate than a Birthday Blog Hop Prettie Girl style! As we can't get together to celebrate in person the next best thing is a virtual birthday party .... yahhhhhhhh what fun! As today is also our Paper Pretties Wednesday Challenge we are combing the two.
The hop started at Christie Ortman’s blog so if you didn’t start off there you might want to hop on over there now so you don’t miss out on any of the fun!
This week it is Jackie Rakoski’s turn to host the challenge and Jackie challenged us to use Buttons! That’s right, she wants us to use buttons as our main embellishment … you can use other ones, just make BUTTONS scream on your card.
Ok so I hope my buttons are screaming enough for you Jackie …. ROFLMAO!!!!!!!
For my card I used Paper Pretties “Dreamboat Set” …. I took the colors I colored in the image from the designer paper that I selected for my card. The layout of my card uses this week’s Mercy’s Tuesday Sketch Challenge.
Want to play along with us
How to Enter: Create a card using the challenge above and any Paper Pretties stamp set(s) you have. Upload your project to the Paper Pretties gallery. Please include it in the Weekly Challenges category and use keyword PWC88.
Deadline: 6pm EST Tuesday, February 2nd.
Prize: $15.00 coupon to the Paper Pretties Boutique.
This week’s Specials: Receive 20% off the following sets – Dreamboat & Made With Love
Don’t forget to check out the rest of the Paper Pretties Design team to see what they came up with for this challenge.

Christie Ortman

Julie Masse

Jana Weaver

Jackie Rakoski

Christi Thorsen

Frances Byrne (you are here)

Heather Lee-Reppen

Kristy Ketterlin

Jane Matsumoto

Jennifer Greco

Wendy Bond (the birthday girl!!!!!) Thanks for stopping by and I hope you enjoy the party festivities so far. Now it is time to continue on our birthday blog hop and visit the blog of Heather Lee-Reppen. Don’t forget to wish Wendy a Happy Birthday when you reach her blog.
Recipe:
Stamps: Dreamboat – Paper Pretties;
Paper: White; Grey; Pink; DP
Other: Black Ink; MS Daisy Border Punch; Buttons; Grosgrain Ribbon; Foam Tape; Copics

It’s a Riley Challenge!

Hi folk!

First up before I get started on my card, Happy Australia Day to all the Aussies who read my blog!

My card today is for our first Riley and Company challenge which we will be playing every 2nd week. We hope you will play along with us too.

This week it is my time to host the challenge which is to use “Buttons” somewhere on your card. I decided to use Cafe Riley for my card today … he is such a cutie.

Don’t forget to check out the rest of the Design Teams blogs sometime today so see what they created for this challenge.

Cathy Edgar

Cindy Haffner

Dana Jones

Kerry Donovan-Casey

Laurie Clout

Patti Stigsell

Silke Kittmann

Recipe:

Stamps: Cafe Riley – Riley and Company

Paper: White; Blue; Red; DP

Other: Black Ink; Grosgrain Ribbon; Red Buttons; MS Shell Border Punch; Sizzix Embossing Folder; Square Nellie’s Multi Frame; Foam Tape; Copics 

Bite Me!

….. that’s bite the cake not ME! hehe! …. Just thought I better make that clear!

My card today is for this week’s challenge over on the The Pink Elephant blog. This week the challenge is Recipe Challenge ….. here is the recipe we had to use:

• Polka Dots
• A Bow
• Pink

Our sponsor for this week is Sassy Studio Design’s and the image I am using for my card is one of their digital images called Sweet treats- Sweet Cupcake Carli. Doesn’t she look fun!

Ok to the challenge …. I have polka dots on both my designer paper and ribbon. I tied my ribbon into a bow and of course as you can see I used the color pink!

The sentiment I just had to use and it seemed to work perfectly with this image and is from The Greeting Farm.

Don’t forget to check out The Pink Elephant blog to see what the rest of the design team have created this week.

Recipe:

Stamps: Sweet treats- Sweet Cupcake Carli – Sassy Studio Designs; Sentiment – The Greeting Farm

Paper: White; Pink; Purple; DP

Other: Black Ink; Purple Ink; Nellie’s Multi Frames – Rect; Button; Circle Punches; Grosgrain Ribbon; Foam Tape; Copics

Rebus - “I” Words

Hi everyone,

I hope you are all enjoying your weekend. Today I have a new rebus puzzle for you to try and solve. My friends and I that participate in this challenge each month are back after a month’s break and ready for some more rebus fun!

This month the theme is “I” Words …. all the solutions of this rebus puzzle with begin with the letter “I”.

If you would like to solve it, why not post a comment to this blog post with your answers. I will let you know what the correct answers are next time I post a rebus card here.

Here is the solutions for the last rebus I posted in November, the theme was “Name of a TV Game Show”:

• Wheel of Fortune
• The Price Is Right
• Deal or No Deal
• Concentration
• Beat the Clock
• Let’s Make A Deal

How did you go???????

You can find all my past rebus cards here.

Glamour Puss!

 

Happy Saturday everyone!

It’s challenge time today over on the Crazy 4 Challenges blog. This week our challenge hostess for January, Lori Boyd has another fun challenge for us. Throughout January Lori has been challenging us with some of her favorite things and this week is no exception! The challenge this week is “Pretty In Pink” to create a card/project with a pink color scheme!

For my card today I used Totally Stampalicious’ new “Glam Kitty” set. I have been having lots of fun with this set! I used Martha Stewart’s Loop Border punch to create the border on the left hand side of my card.

Don't forget to check out the rest of the “Crazies” cards over on the Crazy 4 Challenges blog and also their individual blogs for more details.

• Barbara Anders
• Cindy Haffner
• Jessica Diedrich
• Jessie Rone
• Joanne Grzelak
• Joycelyn Turner
• Lori Boyd
• Lynda Benden
• Mercy Kerin
• Robin Willis
• Vicki Garrett

Recipe:

Stamps: Glam Kitty – Totally Stampalicious

Paper: White; Pink; Grey; DP – Kaisercraft

Other: Black Ink; MS Loop Border Punch; Oval Punch; Pink Candy Dots; Foam Tape; Copics

Riley and Company Blog Candy Winner

I hope you all enjoyed the Riley and Company blog hop as much as I did yesterday. Thanks to everyone who left comments on my post.

I have now selected the winner using random.org.

and the winner is ……………………………………………….

Gina said...

I just love your Riley card, but that box is fantastic! Great paper choices too. Thanks for sharing the link.

Congratulations Gina..... please contact me within 24 hours so I can get your details to give to Tanya of Riley and Company so she can get your prize out to you. You can find the link to email me on my side bar.

 

A Winter Village!

Hi everyone,

My card today uses one of the new stamps recently released by Alota Rubber Stamps. This one is called “Village” and was designed by one of our fellow Design Team members Birgit Edblom.

After stamp out the village I cut it out using my circle nestabilities and then masked the village so I could airbrush my sky. I used “Polar White Flower Soft” to create snow on the roofs & ground. To color I used the pastel copics markers to get a soft look.

Don’t forget that you can receive 20% discount when you order from Alota Rubber Stamps .... all you have to do is use the coupon code: FBDTCHAL when you place your order. You can use this coupon code as many times as you like throughout January.

Recipe:

Stamps: Village – Alota Rubber Stamps

Paper: White; Peach; DP – Heidi Grace

Other: Black Ink; Circle Nestabilities; Grand Lace Borderabilities; Polar White Flower Soft; Grosgrain Ribbon; Foam Tape; Copics

Be Mine – Riley and Company Blog Hop!

Hi everyone!

Welcome to Riley and Company’s very first blog hop! If you didn’t start at the beginning of this hop, you might want to head on over to the Riley and Company blog so that you don’t miss out on anything.

Be sure to leave a comment on everyone’s blog as you travel from blog to blog as each of the Riley and Company Design Team members will be given away one new Riley stamp to a random person who leaves a comment on their blog!

My projects today use the new “Sweetheart Riley” …. just in time for Valentines Day! But I think this stamp will be fabulous for so many occasions! The new stamps will be available to purchase from Riley and Company NOW!!!!!!!

For my card I decided I needed lots of hearts so I grabbed my Heart Nestabilities and used those for both the main image and the sentiment. There are even hearts on my background paper … hehe!

Of course it is also fun to give a Valentine treat on Valentines Day so I made this cute little Flower Pot Box I discovered online recently. You can find the details on how to create this here.

After I printed the box onto red card, I added my designer paper to each panel and then also created a template so I could create my pink heart layer which matches my card. I then filled up my box with yummy heart chocolates!

Well that is about it from me for today, now it is time to hop on over to the fabulous Patti Stigsell and see what awesome creation she has to share with you today.

Enjoy the rest of the hop and thanks for dropping by! Don't forget to leave comments on all the blogs, so that you have a chance to win some blog candy.

Recipe:

Stamps: Sweetheart Riley – Riley and Company

Paper: White; Red; Pink; DP

Other: Black Ink; Red Ink; Swiss Dots Cuttlebug Embossing Folder; MS Valentine Heart Border Punch; Heart Nestabilities; Red Grosgrain Ribbon; Foam Tape; Copics

Little Boy Blue!

Little Boy Blue come blow your horn,
The sheep's in the meadow the cow's in the corn.
But where's the boy who looks after the sheep?
He's under a haystack fast asleep.
Will you wake him? No, not I - for if I do, he's sure to cry

Hi everyone!

It’s Thursday which means it is time for another challenge with my friends over on the CCEE Stampers challenge blog. This week Cindy Haffner our challenge hostess for January has supplied another fabulous sketch for us to play with.

For my card today I decided to use another of the Nursery Rhyme digital images that I got from Digital Delights from Louby Lou, I am just loving playing with these images. This one of course is Little Boy Blue!

Here is the sketch if you want to play along too!

Don’t forget to check out the CCEE Stampers blog (goes live 12 AM EST) to see the rest of the creations the CCEE Stampers created this week.

Recipe:

Stamps: Little Boy Blue Digital Set – Digital Delights

Paper: White; Brown; Yellow; Blue; DP

Other: Checkerboard Cuttlebug Embossing Folder; Modern Label Tag & Die; Foam Tape; Copic Air Brush System; Copics

Simple Things!

Hi everyone,

It’s time for another Pretties Wednesday Challenge & Blog Hop. If you didn't hop onto my blog via Christi Thorsen's blog then you might want to hop back over to the very start of the blog hop which is at Christie Ortman's blog.

This week the challenge is hosted by Kristy Ketterlin. Kristy’s challenge is to create a card using the colors pink, white and one of your favorite colors. The card also must have ribbon and some sort of technique you have never tried before.

For my card I used Paper Pretties “Simply Special” stamp set. I selected red as the 3rd color to go with the pink & white we had to use as it worked well with the designer paper I wanted to use. Next technique … well it isn’t really one I haven’t tired before but it is a technique …. I airbrushed the centre portion of my sentiment tag to get a bit of color into it.

Want to play along with us
How to Enter: Create a card using the challenge above and any Paper Pretties stamp set(s) you have. Upload your project to the Paper Pretties gallery. Please include it in the Weekly Challenges category and use keyword PWC87.
Deadline: 6pm EST Tuesday, January 26th.
Prize: $15.00 coupon to the Paper Pretties Boutique.

This week’s special: 20% off – Simply Special & Unknown Blessings

Don’t forget to check out the rest of the Paper Pretties Design team to see what they came up with for this challenge.

• Christie Ortman
• Julie Masse
• Jana Weaver
• Jackie Rakoski
• Christi Thorsen
• Frances Byrne (you are here!)
• Heather Lee-Reppen
• Wendy Bond
• Kristy Ketterlin
• Jane Matsumoto
• Jennifer Greco

Now to continue on the hop you need to head on over to Heather Lee-Reppen’s blog to see what she has created for this week’s challenge

Recipe:
Stamps: Simply Special - Paper Pretties

Paper: White; Pink; Red; DP

Other: Black Ink; MS Garden Trellis Border Punch; Octagon Nestabilities; Ribbon; Label Die; Brads; Foam Tape; Copic Airbrush; Copics

Mmm, Good It’s a WTG Blog Hop!

Hi everyone and welcome to my blog. It time to join the MFT Stamps Design Team for a MFT "Who's That Girl Hop!" to celebrate the release of the MFT VIP Kit.

The hop started at Kim's (MFT Lady) blog so if you didn’t start from there you may want to head over there now so that you can start at the beginning of the hop. You don't want to miss anything and believe me there is lots to see!

Today only VIP customers have the opportunity of purchasing the WTG set "Lovin' From The Oven" TWO WEEKS EARLY!!!!!!!!!! There will only be 50 VIP collections available and then the set will be unavailable until the full release on February 3rd at 10:00 PM EST.

Here is what is in this months VIP Kit:

• Lovin’ from the Oven WTG Set
• Bakery Blend Buttons
• Bakery Blend Ribbons
• Sugar Glass Glitter
• Sakura Clear Glaze Pen
• Plus receive a FREE Clearly Sentimental about Food stamp set (value $9)

To create my card today I stamped WTG “Lovin’ From The Oven” three times, twice on white perfect paper panels and once on my designer paper which is from the Basic Grey Nook&Pantry collection also available from MFT. I then cut apart these pieces so I could paper piece the dress.

The sentiment on the front of my card is actually “Mmm, Mmm, Good” on the actually stamp but I wanted to be able to fit in the pie and wording on my oval punched piece so I omitted one of the Mmms … I think it still works ok.

For the inside of my card I used another of the sentiments included in the WTG “Lovin’ From the Oven” set and added the pie above my sentiment.

Well now it is time to leave my blog and head on over to the amazing Melody Rupple's
blog. I am sure she will have prepared something awesome to share with you!

Enjoy the rest of the hop and thanks for dropping by!

Recipe:

Stamps: Lovin’ From The Oven – MFT Stamps

Paper: White; Pink; Brown; Nook&Pantry DP – Basic Grey

Other: Black Ink; Oval Punches; Pink Brads; MS Crown Border Punch; Foam Tape; Copics

Happy Moose Day!

Happy Moose Day to you!!!!!!! And it is happy because it is just getting closer to the Riley and Company release day …. how exciting … 4 brand new Riley Stamps will be available. If you missed out on seeing the other new Riley’s I posted on my blog this week, scroll down as I am sure you don’t want to miss out on seeing these cute little guys!

My card uses this week’s Mercy’s Tuesday Sketch Challenge (MTSC57). The border at the bottom of my card and the side of my Riley image was created using Martha Stewart’s Double Loop Border Punch.

To see even more creations using the new Riley’s, don’t forget to check out the rest of the Riley and Company Design Teams blogs.

• # Riley & Company Blog
• Cathy Edgar
• Cindy Haffner
• Kerry Donovan-Casey
• Laurie Clout
• Patti Stigsell
• Silke Kittmann
• Dana Jones

Join the Riley and Company Design Team at 10 PM EST Wednesday 20th January for our very first Riley and Company blog hop!

Recipe:

Stamps: Heart Balloon Riley – Riley and Company

Paper: White; Blue; Red; DP

Other: Black Ink; Old Paper Distress Ink; MS Double Loop Border Punch; Grosgrain Ribbon; Grommet; Corner Rounder; Foam Tape; Copics

Birthday Riley!

Hi everyone,

It is day 2 of the sneak peeks of the new Riley stamps that will be released by Riley and Company, this Thursday 21st January. Today I am featuring “Birthday Riley” …. another must have Riley image!

Check out the rest of the Riley and Company Design Team today to see what they have created.

• # Riley & Company Blog
• Cathy Edgar
• Cindy Haffner
• Kerry Donovan-Casey
• Laurie Clout
• Patti Stigsell
• Silke Kittmann
• Dana Jones

I will be back tomorrow with another Riley creation to share with you all.

Recipe:

Stamps: Birthday Riley – Riley and Company

Paper: White; Red; Pink; DP

Other: Black Ink; Circle Nestabilities; Pink Brads; Foam Tape; Copics

Another Birthday Card!

Hi everyone,

My card today is for this week’s challenge over at the Totally Stampalicious blog. This week the challenge is “Down On The Farm” using any ‘farm’ related images on your creation.

Of course seeing I have this “Farmer Hawg” set from Totally Stampalicious I decided to use that … what could be more farmish then that hehe! I also got to play with my new “Farmer Hawg Sentiments” which are a perfect fit for the sign that the Farmer is carrying. I love how you can get the digital stamps when you order the clear stamps cause that means I can play with my new toys now and not have to wait until my stamps arrive.

Recipe:

Stamps: Farmer Hawg & Farmer Hawg Sentiments – Totally Stampalicious

Paper: White; Red; Grey; DP – Kaisercraft

Other: Black Ink; Foam Tape; Copics

Flowers For You!

Hi everyone,

Today starts the beginning of the sneak peeks of the new Riley stamps that will be able from Riley and Company this coming Thursday 21st January. This cute little Riley here is called “Flowers Riley” and he is just one of four new stamps that will be available …. isn’t he a cutie! I am so excited to be able to be working with Riley again!

The layout of my card using one of Mercy’s Tuesday sketch challenge sketches from a couple of weeks ago.

The rest of the Riley and Company Design Team will also be sharing there cards they have created with you this week, so don’t forget to check them out too.

• # Riley & Company Blog
• Cathy Edgar
• Cindy Haffner
• Kerry Donovan-Casey
• Laurie Clout
• Patti Stigsell
• Silke Kittmann
• Dana Jones

Recipe:

Stamps: Flowers Riley – Riley and Company

Paper: White; Red; Orange; DP

Other: Black Ink; MS Border Punch; Circle Nestabilities; Cuttlebug Embossing Folder; Grosgrain Ribbon; Buttons; Thread; Foam Tape; Copics