Bring On The Sun!

Hi everyone,

It’s time for another Pretties Wednesday Challenge & Blog Hop. If you didn't hop onto my blog via Jackie Rakoski'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 it is Christie’s turn to host the challenge, which is an inspiration challenge. We had to use our blog banner as the inspiration for our card.

This week the Design Team are using “Beach Bum” and “Look out World” which are both the stamp sets that are on special this week … 35% off!

As you can see my blog banner (which I have included above) is blues and yellow so this is what I used for the inspiration of my card.

I used the “Beach Bum” stamp set for my card.

Want to play along with us

How to Enter: Create a card/project 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 PWC104.

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
• Frances Byrne (you are here!)
• Heather Lee-Reppen
• Wendy Bond
• 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.

Stamps: Beach Bum – Paper Pretties

Paper: White; Light Blue; Bright Blue; Yellow; DP

Other: Black Ink; Star Punch; Blue Brads; Sea Shell Impressabilities; Foam Tape; Copics

Good Witch or Bad Witch!

Hi everyone,

It's Day three of our sneak peeks of the new Riley stamps that will be available from Riley and Company this coming Thursday 20th May.

So can you guess which witch I used for my card today … good or bad???? Yes you guessed it this is the Bad Witch hehe …. Even a bad witch can look cute when it is in the shape of Riley/Sophie! The sentiments on both the inside and outside of my card are from the new Riley Oz Words set.

The layout of my card uses a recent Sweet Sunday Sketch challenge (SSSC66).

Here is the inside of my card … I thought this sentiment went well with the one on the outside.

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

• # Riley & Company Blog
• Cathy Edgar
• Cindy Haffner
• Dana Jones
• Laurie Clout
• Patti Stigsell
• Silke Kittmann
• Therese' Boyd

Don’t forget the Riley & Company Blog hop which will be held on Thursday 20th May starting at 10 PM EST.

Stamps: Bad Witch Sophie; Riley Oz Words – Riley And Company

Paper: White; Black; Olive; Origins DP – Basic Grey

Other: Black Ink; Circle Nestabilities; Long Oval Nestabilities; Oval Punches; Foam Tape; Copics

Go Green - Who’s That Girl? Hop!

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

The hop started at Kim's 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 "WTG Goes Green" TWO WEEKS EARLY!!!!!!!!!! There will only be 50 VIP collections available and then the set will be unavailable until the full release on June 2nd at 10:00 PM EST.

Here is what is in this months VIP Kit:

WTG Goes Green VIP $35.85

Who’s That Girl Goes Green $17.95
What a Day (FREE, $9 value)
Twill Ribbon Collection $5.95
Die-namics Edge Die (Be one of the FIRST to get a NEW Die-namics die, which will be officially released on June 2nd) $11.95

Also being released today:

Costumes from Wonderland $15.95

When I first saw this set I thought it would be perfect to create a shopping list with, so that is what I created. I paper pieced WTG’s shirt and pants and colored the rest of the image with my copics.

Here is a view of the inside …. I used the Die-namics Scalloped Scallop Die to create the border on the inside of my notebook holder. The “My To Do List” is from the “Make the Date” set. I created a pocket on the inside front to hold things like receipts etc.

Well now it is time to say goodbye to me and hop on over to the marvellously talented Megan Lock's blog, to see what she has created.

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

Stamps: WTG Goes Green; Make The Date – MFT Stamps

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

Other: Black Ink; Green Ink; Brown Brads; Brown Grosgrain Ribbon; Pink Button; Scorpal; Die-namics Scallop Scallop Die; Rectangle Nestabilities; Foam Tape; Copics

Cheers To You!

 

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 20th May. Today I am featuring “Dorothy Sophie” which is part of the new Riley in Oz range. You really are going to LOVE this new release!

It is also time for another challenge with the Riley and Company Design Team. This week our challenge hostess is Laurie Clout who challenged us all to create a Birthday card.

Here is the  inside of  my card, the sentiments are from the new “Moose Sayings” set that will be released this coming Thursday.

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

• #Riley and Company Blog
• Cathy Edgar
• Cindy Haffner
• Dana Jones
• Laurie Clout
• Patti Stigsell
• Silke Kittmann
• Therese' Boyd

Come back tomorrow when I will have another Riley sneak peek to share with you all!

Stamps: Dorothy Sophie; Moose Sayings – Riley and Company

Paper: White; Red; Blue; DP – Kaisercraft

Other: Black Ink; Circle Nestabilities; Oval Nestabilities; MS Crown Border Punch; Red Brads; Foam Tape; Copics

We’re Off To See The Wizard!

Hi everyone,

Today starts the beginning of the sneak peeks of the new Riley stamps that will be available from Riley and Company this coming Thursday 20th May.

We are all super excited about the new stamps being released this month .... Riley in Oz! This series of Riley stamps has to be my favorite Riley stamps yet!!!!!!!

You will get to see the whole cast of Riley in Oz character this week which include Sophie as Dorothy, Riley as the Tin Man, the Cowardly Lion and the Scarecrow. Also available will the the Good Witch and Bad Witch, new word sets and some flying monkeys! You are going to LOVE them!!!!!!!!!!!

For my card today I decided to use 3 of the new stamps that are going to be released …. Tin Man Riley; Scarecrow Riley and Cowardly Lion Riley. Aren’t they all such fun!!!!!!

As you can see I created a “shadow box” card, with the Cowardly Lion featured in the centre of my box. Both the Tin Man & the Scarecrow are attached to the outside using foam tape.

Here is one more photo of my card at a different angle. The sentiment used on my card is from the new Riley Oz Sentiments which are also going to be released on Thursday.

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

• # Riley & Company Blog
• Cathy Edgar
• Cindy Haffner
• Dana Jones
• Laurie Clout
• Patti Stigsell
• Silke Kittmann
• Therese' Boyd

I will be back again tomorrow with another sneak peek to share with you all. Don’t forget the Riley & Company Blog hop which will be held on Wednesday 19th May starting at 10 PM EST.

Stamps: Tin Man Riley; Scarecrow Riley and Cowardly Lion Riley; Riley Oz Phrases – Riley and Company

Paper: White; Red; DP

Other: Black Ink; Label Nestabilities; Red Brads; Modern Label Tag Punch & Die; Foam Tape; Copics

Alota Rubber Stamps Blog Hop!

Hi everyone and welcome to the Alota Rubber Stamps blog hop.

The hop started at Helene’s Alota Rubber Stamps 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 the Design Team are featuring stamps from our May release, all of which are available to purchase from Alota Rubber Stamps NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!

For my project today, I used “Ria and Andrea Dress Up Bugs”. This stamp is named after our two newest Design Team members who joined us a couple of months ago! Don’t they look cute here playing dress up hehe!

For my card I decided to create a tent topper card, it has been a while since I made one of these and they are lots of fun.

Here is the inside of my card, I used one of the new sentiments which are also being released today called “Dress Up Words”. There are actually 4 sentiments in this set.

I also wanted to create a box to use with my card to give as a gift, I thought this card and box set would be good to use when giving makeup seeing that is what the bugs are doing. I found this fun template by Lauren Meader, it’s a pucker up box.

Here is another view of my box and the bug image.

Want to receive 20% discount from your entire Alota Rubber Stamps order …. then enter the code ALOTARSMR10 when you place your order between 16th May and 22nd May.

Each of the Alota Design Team will be giving away a stamp from the Alota Rubber Stamps new release. So if you want a chance to win a stamp, leave a comment on each of the Design Teams blogs along the way so you have a chance to win. You will win this cute stamp of the bugs flying the kites if you win from commenting on my blog.

Well that is about it from me for today, now it is time to hop on over to the marvellous Marie Carlsson’s blog and see what awesome creation she has to share with you today.

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

Stamps: Ria and Andrea Dress Up Bugs; Dress Up Words – Alota Rubber Stamps

Paper: White; Pink; Dark Pink; DP – Imaginisce

Other: Black Ink; Circle Nestabilities; Pink Grosgrain Ribbon; Buttons; My Time Made Easy’s Pucker Up Template; Foam Tape; Copics

Too Cute!

Hi all,

It’s day three of the sneak peeks for this month’s Alota Rubber Stamps release …. these stamps will be available to purchase on Monday 17th May.

It is also challenge time over on the Alota Rubber Stamps Blog and this week I am the hostess for the challenge.

These new stamps inspired the theme of this week's challenge. Alota has lots of adorable Bee and Bug images, that is what drew me to this company in the first place many years ago. So our theme for our challenge this week is "Going Buggy" .... create a card/project using bugs or bees on your card.

Do you want to play along???? you can use any stamps you want, although if you have Alota Rubber Stamps we would love to see them on your cards.

You have until the 31st May to complete this challenge, you can enter as many entries as you wish for a better chance of winning!!! You have a chance of winning some wonderful stamps if you card/project is selected randomly from all the entries received.

My card today uses one of the new stamps to be release …. “Millie L Dress Up Bug”.  Doesn’t she look cute with that hat hehe. I used Taylored Expressions Sketch challenge from last week (TESC112)

I will be back later on Sunday (Sunday 16th May 10pm EST) with the rest of the Alota Rubber Stamps Design Team for our blog hop to celebrate the release.

Don’t forget to check out the rest of the Design Team to see what they have come up with today.

Stamps: Millie L. Dress Up Bug; Dress Up Words – Alota Rubber Stamps

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

Other: Black Ink; Circle Nestabilities; Modern Label Tag Punch & Die; Brads; MS Optic Dots Border Punch; Foam Tape; Copics

A Pocketful of Challenges!

Hi everyone,

It Saturday which means it is time for another challenge with the “Crazies” over on the Crazy 4 Challenges blog.

This week it is my turn to host the challenge which is to create a card/project that has some form of pocket on it. You can use a stamp of a pocket, create a pocket style construction card, paper pieced pocket, pocket themed designer paper .... whatever as long as it has a pocket somewhere.

This week our sponsor for the challenge is The Stamping Boutique, so I used one of their cute digital images … the cute monkey in the pocket. I also discovered recently that I had this fun designer paper that also has pockets all over it so I also wanted to use that on my card.

Here is the inside of my card, the sentiment is an old one I have had for years but it works well with this week’s theme.

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
• Jessie Rone
• Joanne Grzelak
• Joycelyn Turner
• Lori Boyd
• Lynda Benden
• Mercy Kerin
• Silke Kittmann
• Vicki Garrett

Stamps: Monkey Pocket – The Stamping Boutique; Sentiment – Lucy’s Stamps

Paper: White; Tan; Green; DP – Heidi Grace

Other: Black Ink; MS Star Border Punch; Blue Grosgrain Ribbon; Green Button; Candy Dots; Circle Nestabilities;

Let’s Go Fly A Kite!

Let's go fly a kite
Up to the highest height
Let's go fly a kite
And send it soaring

Oops sorry, I am at it again … I just couldn’t help singing that song from Mary Poppins … those cute little bugs flying their kites just got that song in my head and now I can’t get it out hehe!

As I promised yesterday, I am back again today with another sneak peek of the new stamps which are to be released by Alota Rubber Stamps this coming Monday 17th May.

This cute bug stamp is called “Cathy and Ken Kite Bugs” …. don’t they look like they are having fun! After stamping the image onto my card, I masked the image and then used my copic airbrush to color in the sand, water and sky.

Don’t forget to check out the rest of the Design Team to see what they have come up with today.

I will have another sneak peek to share with you all tomorrow!

Stamps: Cathy and Ken Kite Bugs – Alota Rubber Stamps

Paper: White; Red; Yellow; DP

Other: Black Ink; Red Grosgrain Ribbon; Button; Foam Tape; Copic Airbrush; Copics

Cute As A Bug!

 

Hi everyone,

Welcome to day 1 of the sneak peeks for the new stamps to be released by Alota Rubber Stamps this Monday 17th May.

Today I am playing around with “Irene B. Dress Up Bug” … isn’t it just as cute as a bug can be hehe!

As these bugs are ladybugs it gave me a good opportunity to also get to play with my ladybug designer paper I found a while back and also my MS Ladybug border punch.

Here is the inside of my card, I decided to leave it blank for now so I can just stamp something when I know what I am going to use this particular card for … birthday or something else.

Don’t forget to check out the rest of the Design Team’s blogs to see what they have created using the new stamps. I will be back again tomorrow with another sneak peek to share with you all.

Stamps: Irene B. Dress Up Bug; Dress Up Words – Alota Rubber Stamps

Paper: White; Black; Red; DP

Other: Black Ink; MS Ladybird Border Punch; Black Grosgrain Ribbon; Button; Black Candy Dots; Circle Punches; Foam Tape; Copics

Guess Hoo?

Hi all,

The MFT Stamps Design Team are back today to play another “MFT’s Greatest Hits!” challenge. This month we are featuring the “Stephanie Fizer” range of stamps.

One of my favorite stamp sets in this range is of course the “Thinking Of Hoo?” set … because it has an owl in it …. now that isn’t so surprising is it, that I would love this set. So of course I had to pick this set for my card today.

Special Promotion for Thursday & Friday only ...... 15% off all Stephanie Fizer sets. Use the code is FIZER when you place your order.

After stamping the image onto my labels nestabilities, I added leaves to the branch.

I also used the new MFT Die-namics Scalloped Scallops to create the scallop edge to the bottom of my card.

Here is the inside of my card, here I stamped the speech bubble included in the set onto olive card and added the sentiment inside it. The owl seen on the inside is part of the designer paper and as it was almost in the middle of the paper I thought it would be fun to position the speech bubble so it appeared it was talking.

Stamps: Thinking of Hoo – MFT Stamps

Paper: White; Brown; Olive; DP – Kaisercraft

Other: Black Ink; Labels Nestabilities; Brown Grosgrain Ribbon; Bird 2 Step Punch; Olive Button; MFT Die-namics Scalloped Scallops; Foam Tape; Copics

Humpty Dumpty!

Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall,

Humpty Dumpty had a great fall,

All the Kings horses,

And all the kings men,

Couldn’t put Humpty together again!

Hi all!

It is Thursday which means it is time for another challenge over on the CCEE Stampers challenge blog.  This week we are continuing our May themed challenges celebrating Mothers & Babies.

This week we have an Inspiration challenge - create a card/project using a nursery rhyme as your inspiration. E.G. for Little Boy Blue you might have a boy on your card and use the color blue somewhere. You don't have to use a nursery rhymed themed stamp, although of course if you have one why not use it .

Well it is no surprise as to what nursery rhyme I selected to use hehe … yes “Humpty Dumpty”. I love collecting nursery rhyme themed stamps and just couldn’t help myself when these were released by Clear Dollar Stamps a few months ago!

I wanted to incorporate both Humpty's before and after his fall into my card so decided to create a tri shutter card.

Here is what my card looks like when it is closed.

Here’s a close up of the right side of my Humpty Dumpty trishutter card.

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
• Shirley

Stamps: Humpty Dumpty – Clear Dollar Stamps

Paper: White; Peach; DP – Kaisercraft

Other: Black Ink; Oval Nestabilities; Fancy Tag; Candy Dots; Modern Label Tag Punch & Die; Grosgrain Ribbon; Foam Tape; Copics

Home Sweet Home!

Hi everyone,

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

This week the challenge is hosted by Wendy Bond, who challenged us to a color challenge … we could only use colors from SU’s Earth Elements. We were able to use white or cream too.

The stamps the design team are using on our card/projects this week are “Home Sweet Home” and “Look Who's Perky” . Both these stamps sets are available for sale this week at 35% off the normal price.

For my card this week I used the “Home Sweet Home” stamp set. I also used a recent Mercy’s Tuesday sketch challenge for the layout of my card (MTSC71).

Want to play along with us

How to Enter: Create a card/project 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 PWC103.

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
• Frances Byrne (you are here!)
• Heather Lee-Reppen
• Wendy Bond
• 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.

 

Stamps: Home Sweet Home – Paper Pretties

Paper: White; Brown; Caramel; DP

Other: Black Ink; Brown Ribbon; Button; Oval Punch; Foam Tape; Copic Airbrush; Copics

Rebus – Baby Needs!

Hi all!

It’s rebus time again … this time round the theme for my rebus puzzle is “Something A Baby Might Need” … yeah I know I went nuts with the baby theme this month, hehe. And I am still do blue too!

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 are the solutions from last months “models of cars” rebus.

• Kingswood (Holden)
• Torana (Holden)
• Fairlane (Ford)
• Gemini (Holden)
• Lancer (Mitsubishi)
• Colt (Mitsubishi)
• Focus (Ford)
• Caprice (Holden)
• Triton (Mitsubishi)

How did you go?????

You can find all my past rebus cards here.

Just For Mother’s Day!

Hi all,

My card today is for a recent sketch challenge held by Waltzing Mouse Stamps …. I thought it was a fun sketch and seeing I had purchased a few stamps from there I decided what better excuse to use them then this hehe! I love that some of their stamps work with the nestabilities dies.

Stamps: Vintage Circles, Small – Waltzing Mouse Stamps; Sentiment – Print Blocks

Paper: White; Red; Brown; DP

Other: Red Ink; Brown Ink; Circle Nestabilities; Scallop Circle Punch; Buttons; Grosgrain Ribbon; Foam Tape

Fun In The Sun Shadow Box!

Hi everyone,

Before I get into my card for today …. Happy Mother’s Day for all those Mothers out there, I hope you have a fantastic day!

At the beginning of the MFTeasers I posted a sneak peek of the new Die-namics dies that MFT Stamps has just recently released. One of these was the MFT Die-namics Jumbo Scallops Die and I showed you on my post that the piece left over after you cut out the scallop die looked like waves when you put a few together. At the time I only had a sample of the waves … as I hadn’t had time to create a card using the waves.

Well I have finally managed to get a card made using the waves I had created back then …. I created a shadow box card. I added the waves using MFT Die-namics Jumbo Scallops Die to both the outside of my shadow box and the inside.

The stamp set used here is one of MFT Stamps new Pure Innocence sets called “Beach Bum”. I paper pieced her bathing suit using green polka dot designer paper.

The clouds are also one of the new MFT Stamps dies - MFT Die-namics Clouds …. for my card I die cut the cloud die using clear acetate. My acetate is thinner than normal card, so for a clean cut I suggest adding a shim to the sandwich. After I had diecut the clouds I sponge white ink using stazon white.

Here is a close up of the waves and also the Pure Innocence ‘Bum Beach” girl.

Stamps: PI Beach Bum – MFT Stamps

Paper: White; Orange; DP

Dies: MFT Die-namics Clouds; MFT Die-namics Jumbo Scallops – MFT Stamps

Other: Black Ink; Blue Ink; White Stazon Ink; Labels Nestabilities; Modern Label Tag Punch & Die; Clear Acetate; Foam Tape; Copics