You'll Be In My Heart {MFTWSC1}

Hi there!!  Happy Wednesday to all of you!  It's a happy day here as this is my first official post for the MFT Wednesday Stamp Club!!  There is a fabulous change this year so I'll get to the details and then show you my sample!

 

MFT is super excited to announce that Wednesday Stamp Club will now be centered around a weekly sketch.  We know your stamping time is precious, and we want you to maintain as much creative freedom as possible.  Sketches are the perfect starting point to a card.  Use it as a blueprint, and create a card using the stamp set and supplies that strike your fancy.  You can turn to the sketches time and again for creative inspiration.

 

A new sketch will be posted each Wednesday at midnight on the MFT blog.  You'll also find the sketch in the MFT forum on SCS on Wednesday morning, as well as in the weekly newsletter.  Our talented Challenge and Design Teams will be on hand to provide plenty of inspiration to get you started.

 

We encourage you all to play along, and to enter your card in the weekly draw for a $15 gift voucher to the MFT Boutique.  Simply follow the sketch and create a card or other paper creation.  You may use any stamps and supplies that you wish.  Each week, a keyword is assigned to the sketch.  All you need to do to enter, is upload your card to the gallery at SCS, and enter the given keyword in the keyword box, during the upload process.  After the deadline, we randomly choose a winner from that week's entries and the winner will receive a $15 gift voucher.  If the winning card uses MFT stamps, the participant will earn a $5 bonus, for a total of a $20 gift voucher!  That is up to $100 per month in prizes, JUST for playing along.  We hope you'll join us in 2011.

 

Don't you love this sketch?  I used the new Love You With All My Heart Pure Innocence (currently sold out) and paired her with the Crush Collection designer papers by Bo Bunny.  I used the Die-namics Small Scallop Border on the top.   I added some Sugar Coated Glitter to the heart and I colored her shoes with a red Spica Glitter Pen.  A little Divine Twine and a button finish it off!

To view a list of design team participants just head on over to Kim's blog!

Thanks for stopping by!



Taylored Expressions Sneak Peeks Day One!

This is my third post today!  To see Verve or The Cat's Pajamas posts, please scroll down!  Thank you!

It's the first day of sneak peeks from Taylored Expressions and I'm so excited to share with you the new set New Beginnings with the coordinating Frame It Up Die and Butterfly die!

This set was concepted by our own Sankari Wegman and for the TE line, illustrated by Taylor herself!  It's gorgeous.....so let's get to it!

I paired New Beginnings with Cosmo Cricket Circa 1934 papers and got to work.  I stamped the frame image from the set in Versamark and heat embossed it with black embossing powder, then cut it out with the Frame It Up Die.  Three butterflies were stamped in Yellow Ochre Fluid Chalk Ink and cut out with their coordinating Butterfly Dies.  I ran some baker's twine on either side of the main image and finished it off with two black buttons from my stash.  Some machine stitching and black adhesive gems finish the card!

Don't forget to check out what the rest of the Baker's Dozen has cooked up for this peek:

Charmaine Ikach
Danielle Lounds
Donna Baker
Jodi Collins
Karen Giron
Karen Motz
Melissa Sauls
Regina Mangum
Sankari Wegman
Tori Wild
Taylor VanBruggen

Thanks for stopping by!

Stamps:  New Beginnings (Taylored Expressions)

Paper:  True Black, Vintage Cream, Cosmo Cricket Circa 1934 dp

Ink:  Versamark, Memento Tuxedo Black

Accessories:  Frame it Up Die (TE), Butterfly Dies (TE), Buttons, Black Embossing Powder, Baker's Twine, Adhesive Gems (Kaiser), Sewing machine, Foam Tape



Verve Sneak Peek Day One!

This is my second post for today.  To see my Cat's Pajamas TCP Tuesday post, please scroll down!  Thank you!

This Friday, January 7, Verve is releasing some fabulous new sets and dies! To countdown to the release, we’re putting on a series of mini blog hops Tuesday through Thursday of this week to preview the new sets! And because a new release is something to celebrate, we’ve hidden a prize on one of the participating blogs each day! Just leave a little comment love as you hop around to be entered into a drawing to win that day’s featured stamps!  Deadline for comment entries is 6PM Mountain Friday, January 7. Winners will be announced at our release party on Friday night!

Today I have a sneak peek of a new set called Sweet Treats and the brand new AWESOME Classy Label Die and Embossed Oval Die!  I also want to warn you....I'm over the moon for this new Echo Park Be Mine patterned paper.  You will be seeing a lot of it this week!

I started my card with an older Sketch For You To Try from Jen del Muro.  I picked out all of the patterns from the Echo Park Be Mine DP and then got to stamping.  I stamped the beautiful frame from Sweet Treats in Charcoal Fluid Chalk Ink and then used the Classy Label Die to cut it out.  I stamped the sentiment in the same ink and then cut it out with the Embossed Oval Die, finishing the edges with some pink glitter.  It needed a little something, so I stamped a small heart from the set over the sentiment and colored it in with a Copic Marker.  After cutting all of my layers I finished some of them by machine stitching the edges.  A glittered rosette, some adhesive flourish gems and button and Divine Twine finish it off!

1. Andrea 7. Debbie 2. Sankari 8. Amber 3. Jackie 9. Charmaine 4. Teresa 10. Laurie 5. Piali 11. Julee 6. Tosh

Thanks for stopping by!

Stamps: Sweet Treats (Verve Stamps)
Paper: Basic Grey (SU!), White (PTI), Echo Park Be Mine DP
Ink: Charcoal Color Box Fluid Chalk Ink, Copic Marker
Accessories: Classy Label Die (Verve), Embossed Oval Die (Verve), Tim Holtz Rosette Die, Medium Scallop Die (TE), Adhesive Swirl Gems (Zva Creative), Button (PTI), Divine Twine (TCP), Corner Chomper, Glitter, Sewing Machine, Foam Tape

Bee My Honey! {TCPTues140}

Hi there and Happy New Year! 

Today is Tuesday and that means my first TCP Tuesday challenge as a member of the Cat Pack!  Toni is our Hipster Hostess with the Mostess and she brings us a fun inspiration challenge!

This is also a sneak peek of a new soon to be released set from The Cat's Pajamas called  Honey Bear.  Isn't he cute?  I used the colors and stripes from the inspiration picture.  The fun new papers are from We R Memory Keepers Be My Valentine line.  The sketch is this month's Sketch For You To Try from Jen del Muro, sponsored by The Cat's Pajamas.  I used some Glitzy Glitter on the heart and some of my favorite  Divine Twine instead of ribbon.  I was never a fan of black, but I'm digging it lately!!  LOL

You can get all the details on this week's TCP Tuesday Challenge on Alma's Blog!

Thanks for stopping by!

Stamps:  Honey Bear (The Cat's Pajamas)

Paper:  True Black & White (PTI), WeRMemory Keepers Be My Valentine DP

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Copic Markers

Accessories:  Circle Nestabilities, Glitzy Glitter (TCP), Divine Twine (TCP), Button (PTI), Corner Chomper, Foam Tape

Long Time Friend.....

Hi there!!   I have been trying to upload this pic ALL DAY!  This is my first frustrating day with Blogger since I switched blog servers and I'm glad it's hopefully over!  LOL!

I made another card using the awesome Mojo 171.  I love this sketch!  I pulled out one of my favorite sets from Taylored Expressions called Garden Party Blooms and paired it with a sentiment from the new Friendship Blooms.  I stamped the flowers in Memento Tuxedo Black onto two different patterns from the Cosmo Cricket Circa 1934 papers.  They were popped up for dimension with some foam tape.  A black adhesive gem finishes them off.  Some machine stitching and a sentiment flag finish the card.

That's all from me today!  It will be pretty quiet around my blog until early next week!  I will be stamping the weekend away preparing for the next Taylored Expressions release!  You don't want to miss all of the new stamps coming out!!  Gorgeous!!

Have a great day!

Stamps:  Garden Party Blooms, Friendship Blooms (TE)

Paper:  True Black, Vintage Cream, Cosmo Cricket Circa 1934 DP

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Tea Dye Distress Ink (for sponging)

Accessories:  Gingham Ribbon, Adhesive Gems (Kaiser), Sewing Machine, Foam Tape

I'm So Excited........

Hi there everyone!  I've been keeping a little secret for awhile now and it's time to SHOUT IT FROM THE ROOFTOPS!  I am a new member of the My Favorite Things Wednesday Stamp Club!   I will be bringing you an MFT Wednesday Stamp Club sample every Wednesday starting January 5th!  I am thrilled to have been asked and can't wait to share my love of MFT with you!  For ALL of the details just head on over to Kim's blog!

It's not my official first week, but my card fits with today's new MFT Wednesday Stamp Club challenge, "It's Party Time", celebrating the New Year in style with your best party card! 

I pulled out my new Cheers a la mode set and combined her with Cosmo Cricket's Circa 1934 papers and the Die-namics Rolled Flower Die (currently out of stock).  This was my first time using the rolled flower die and it was so easy!  I LOVE the way the flowers look clustered together!  Her dress is paper pieced and it's hard to tell from the picture, but I added some glossy accents to the champagne glass and her sassy pumps!  They're really shiny in person!  The sketch is this week's Mojo Monday 171.   I really love how this card turned out!  I don't use black that often, but have been loving it lately!

Well, that's all from me!  Thank you for letting me share my news!

Stamps:  Cheers a la mode (My Favorite Things)

Paper:  True Black, Vintage Cream (PTI), Cosmo Cricket Circa 1934 DP

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Copics

Accessories:  Die-namics Rolled Flower Die (MFT),  Double Ended Banner die (PTI), Glossy Accents, Adhesive Gems (KaiserCraft), Dew Drops, Sewing Machine, Foam Tape



Happy Birthday, Jodi!!!

Hi there!  A few of Jodi Collins' friends have gotten together to throw her a little birthday blog hop!  If you arrived here from Karen's blog then you're in the right spot!  If you've just happened along, then head on over to Karen's blog to get started!!

I am so lucky to have stayed with Jodi, and a few of my other good friends, at CHA last winter and she is one of my most favorite people!  She is a HOOT to be around and is, IMO an all around amazing person!! 

She leaves THE BEST comments and is always so encouraging!!   I still can't believe how she cranks out beautiful card after beautiful card while being a full time working mother of two DARLING girls!! 

I HAD to use this new a la mode stamp from MFT called Time To Celebrate, in celebration of Jodi's birthday!!   I won't go into great detail, but you can find a full list of everything I used on this card at the bottom of this post!

Jodi, I hope your day is just as special as the person you are!!  I'll even let you call Edward YOUR boyfriend today!!  Love you, girl!!  MWAH!!!

Your next stop on the birthday hop is Ann's blog!!

Thanks for stopping by!

Stamps:  Time to Celebrate a la mode (MFT)

Paper:  Kraft, White (PTI), WeRMemory Keepers Be My Valentine DP

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Copic Markers

Accessories:  Long Rectangle Nestabilities, Simply Chartreuse Ribbon (PTI), Buttons, Divine Twine (TCP), Glitter, Spica Glitter Pen, Corner Chomper, Sewing Machine, Foam Tape



Season's Greetings!

Hi there!  It's Christmas Eve and I just wanted to wish all of my loyal blog readers a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

My wonderful Mom took my kids overnight so they could help her with Christmas Eve set up so that means I have some unexpected "finish up by myself" time!  Thanks, Mom!  I'll be wrapping some final gifts and packing up some of the baked goodies I've mad over the last couple days.

I want to thank all of you for continuing to come back day after day and supporting me!  It means the world to me!

Merry Christmas!

Stamps:  Winter Wonderland (Taylored Expressions)

Paper:  Dark Chocolate, Vintage Cream, Basic Grey Jovial DP

Ink:  Dark Chocolate, Tea Dye Distress Ink (Ranger)

Accessories:  Tim Holtz Paper Rosette Die, Winter Wonderland Dies (TE),  Ribbon Tag Dies (Spellbinders), Maya Road Flourish Chipboard, Wrinkle ribbon, Large Scallop Die (TE), Snowflake Brad, Sewing Machine, Foam Tape

So Thankful {MTSC105}

Hi there!  It's Tuesday and that means it's time for another one of Mercy's sketches!  This will also be my last week as part of Mercy's sketch team.  Mercy recently announced that she will not be continuing her sketches in 2011 and I will not be able to participate next week because Hubby took a week off and we're just gonna hang together as a family!  I will have a couple posts, but for the most part my blog will be pretty quiet until the new year!  I also have some exciting announcements coming soon!!  Anywho.....

My card is COMPLETELY inspired by this FANTASTIC card by Julee Tilman.  I took one look at Julee's card and couldn't get it out of my mind!  I loved the colors and those gorgeous flowers!  Mine is not nearly as beautiful as Julee's, but I do love how it turned out!  All stamps used are from Verve.

I stamped the Wild Flower Plain Jane in Pure Poppy four times, cut out three flowers and just a portion of the fourth flower and popped it up on the center flower for dimension.  Each flower center is finished with Star Dust Stickles.  The text layer was stamped with a stamp from the new Text Objects in Pure Poppy.  It was cut out with Rectangle Nestabilities.  The background layer was embossed with the Scallops and Circles Impression Plate from Taylored Expressions.  The sentiment is from Amazing Wishes.  Some adhesive gems and gingham ribbon finish the card!

Don't forget to check out the rest of the girls to see what they've cooked up with this week's sketch!

Cindy Haffner

Jessica Diedrich

Julie Lacey 

Stephanie Kraft  (December's Guest Muse)

and Mercy Kerin

Thanks for stopping by!

Stamps:  Wild Flower Plain Jane, Amazing Wishes, Text Objects (Verve Stamps)

Paper:  True Black, White (PTI), Cool Caribbean

Ink:  Pure Poppy (PTI), Memento Tuxedo Black

Accessories:  Rectangle Nestabilities, Gingham Ribbon (PTI), Circle Punches, Adhesive Gems, Scallops and Circles Impression Plate (TE), Star Dust Stickles, Sewing Machine, Foam Tape

Holiday Joy {VLVDec2010}

Hi there!  Happy Monday!  I hope you all had a great weekend!  After some MUCH NEEDED craft area clean up yesterday, I decided to play in this week's Viva la Verve challenge over in the Verve forum on Splitcoaststampers.  Amy Sheffer brought us this week's FUN sketch!  If you'd like to play along, we'd love to have you!  You can read about all the details here.

I broke out a Verve set from LAST YEAR's Christmas release, Christmas in the Air.  I LOVED this set last year when it came out and I love it just as much now!  When I was cleaning up my craft area I found a 6x6 pad of Basic Grey Wassail paper and knew I would use it for this card.  I'm not a big Basic Grey fan, but I love a few of their paper packs and this happens to be one of them!

The tree was paper pieced and finished with some adhesive gems.  I went rebel again and tilted the main panel.  Some die cut snowflakes (Nestabilities) with a sentiment from Holiday Phrases and some wrinkle ribbon finish it off!

Thanks for stopping by!

Stamps: Christmas in the Air, Holiday Phrases (Verve)
Paper: Kraft, Vintage Cream, Basic Grey Wassail DP
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Dark Chocolate
Accessories: Curved Rectangle, Oval and Snowflake Nestabilities, Adhesive Gems, Wrinkle Ribbon, Button, Twine, Sewing Machine, Foam Tape