FairyBlossoms & Life

Happy Fall Y ' all!!

Okay technically it's not fall YET, but it's officially September and that's all I need to know!!  I just looove the feel of that crisp fall air!!

So for today's card I was completely inspired by this rapidly approaching season, and I had just the perfect little cuppie to use!

How delish is this little guy???   He is from Taylored Expressions Season's Sweetings stamp set, which is an absolute MUST have for all your Holiday cards!! ..and yes, it is NEVER too soon - especially for me because I am as slow as molasses when it comes to "mass producing" so I just whipped out all my favorite Holiday sets and I'm ready to roll!!

Anyhoo back to this card, which I made for Taylor's Sketch Challenge #80.  This was such a fun sketch, and I finally had a chance to use my August Key Ingredients, which I have to say, are just to die for - just take a peek at the first card I made with mine:

 

I just looove these colors, and the ribbons included are just perfect!  Like my ruffle??? well I must confess I wanted to make that into one of those cool little ribbon "rosettes" that are all the rage lately, but after about my 10th attempt, and my "roses" looking like a tractor had run them over I decided a little ruffle would look better anyway!!

I stamped my image and sentiment (from THE best sentiment set ever!!!) using Memento Tuxedo Black Ink, and colored the cuppie with my Copics.  I cut out the cuppie and mounted him to my circle panel using dimensionals. 

I also stamped some leaves and part of the tree trunk from the Branching Out stamp set to go with my whole fall theme!! Finally, I sponged the edges of the image with my Vintage Photo Distress ink, and voila!  This cute little cuppie is bundled up and ready to go!

Hope you like this little guy as much as I do, and I hope your day is off to a great start!

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: Season's Sweetings, Branching Out and A Year of Sweet Sentiments  from Taylored Expressions.

Ink: Tuxedo Memento Black Ink, Ranger Vintage Photo Distress Ink, Stampin' Up! Chocolate Chip.

Cardstock: Card base from Taylored Expressions' August Key Ingredients.  Whisper White, Riding Hood Red and Kraft from Stampin’ Up!.

Patterned Paper: All from Taylored Expressions' August Key Ingredients

Accessories: Raspberry Ribbon, and vanilla trim from Taylored Expressions' August Key Ingredients, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Coluzzle Cutting System and Circle Templates.

BerryCute!

Hi sugarbunnies!!  hope you're all having a "prettie" monday!!

I am finally getting around to posting this card I made with my Giving Thanks Sophia!  

She is such a cutie, and her dress is just SO much fun to play with!! For this card I decided to completely paper-piece her dress, and I even gave her a sparkly belt!  As you can see I'm still using my Berry Sweet Paper Pad from K & Co. - it really is so much fun trying to come up with color combos to go with this paper!!  If anything, it's teaching me to go outside of my comfort zone and play around a bit with some bright colors!!

I stamped my image (and sentiment) using Memento Tuxedo Black Ink, and then colored Sophia with my Copics.  After I stamped her dress on both patterned papers and cut the sections I wanted to use from each, I added a little shading to the pieces as well so they wouldn't be so stark. That's it!! easy huh?? 

I love the sentiment that is included with this stamp - it's just the perfect size for my favorite oval punch!!  I know that I am going to be using that a lot! Of course Sophia is so stinkin' cute that she getting inked up quite a bit too!! 

Thanks so much for stopping by!  I have a few cards to show you this week so be sure to visit soon!

Smoochies,

Supplies:

Stamps: Giving Thanks Sophia from Paper Pretties.

Ink: Tuxedo Memento Black Ink, Stampin’ Up! Pink Pirouette.

Cardstock: Blush Blossom, Sage Shadow,  Barely Banana, Kiwi Kiss, Whisper White and Pink Passion from Stampin’ Up!.

Patterned Paper: Berry Sweet Paper Pad from K & Company.

Accessories: Raspberry Grosgrain Ribbon, Making Memories brads, White Gel Pen, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Stampin' Up Ticket Corner, Large Oval, and Scalloped Oval Punches from Stampin' Up! and Copic Markers.

Froggy fairy!

Some super cute birthday wishes to get me stamping!

I figured if anything was going to get me stamping it would be some Mojo Monday!

This week's sketch is MOJO101 and it is just gorgeous!  I had to try it out!! 

THEN it just so happened that I found out There She Goes Stamps is turning 1!!  Yay!!  So anyway, as you may know, I just recently started playing around with their stamps but I am now forever in love with them, so this week's challenge on the TSG Blog  was to make a birthday card!..is that super fun or what?? This was definitely the push I needed to get going!! 

Anyhoo, put your shades on and take a peek at my TSG birthday card!!

Is that bright or what???   I KNOW OMG!!   I totally fell in love with this BerrySweet paper from K & Co. a loong time ago, but I haven't used it all that much since it is so bright (and glittery!!)  I think pairing it with the black and pale yellow really toned it down a bit, and I just looved the final result!  I think the colors work really well with this cute little froggy fairy too!!

The froggy is from Pink Cat Studio's Fairy Friends stamp set (could you just die??? they're so stinkin' cute!!! I am definitely going to be using them quite a bit!!

I'm so glad I was able to break out of my slump (at least for this one card!! )  The inspiration definitely helped!!  I have to try and make some "back to school" teacher/student gifts since Nicholas is off to a new school - gotta make a good impression right?? (a little extra schmoozing can't hurt right?? )

Thanks for stopping by!!

Supplies:

Stamps: Fairy friends from Pink Cat Studio.

Ink: Tuxedo Memento Black Ink, Stampin' Up! Pink Pirouette.

Cardstock: Basic Black, Kiwi Kiss, Barely Banana, Whisper White and Pink Passion and vellum CS from Stampin’ Up!.

Patterned Paper: Berry Sweet Paper Pad from K & Company.

Accessories: Black Striped Ribbon from Stampin' Up!, Making Memories brads, Paper Piercing Tool and Template, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Coluzzle Cutting System and Circle Templates and Copic Markers.

it ' s gone!!

it's official - my mojo is gone...officially on strike. 

sniff.. actually the truth is I've had a rough week, so nothing wears me down than feeling stressed out!  I'm trying to switch gears and focus on other things while it comes back!! 

What other things, you ask??

Adding my homegirl smurfette to my collection. Seriously Divine. OMG.

(among a few other little things I picked up at my home away from home...)

Still working on training the new baby.  Tyson brings the dog count to 3. (don't even ask)

(Rae says since his dad never let them have pets growing up, he's making up for lost time.  Lucky me.)

...and trying to tackle my fear of frying since Rae has a new-found love for Dominican Food since he found El Rancho Jubilee near his beloved marina.  I'm going to start hitting up my friend Sandra for some lessons, and trolling this site for inspiration.  Besides if I have any hope of ever getting these babies I have to start making my case.  I have a feeling just batting my eyes is not gonna work anymore - that's so 5 years ago!!

I hope to try to ink up the JustRite Christmas Treasures stamps that I just received.  It's my first time trying out these stamps so I'm hoping they will get me out of my funk since they are just gorgeous!!

I promise to post something yummy tomorrow!  Thanks for stopping by!

Jeweled Lani

boy do I wish I was under the sea right now...

mind you - not in a Sopranos "swimming with the fishes" kind of under the sea..I was thinking more like little Lani Mermaid here! lol..

It's been so unbearably HOT these past few days that I hadn't even been in the mood to stamp (shocking, I know  ), well that is, until my lovely friend Vicki was kind enough to enable me to these gorgeous mermaids from Whimsical Ink Sorority.  As soon as I had this one in my hot little hands, off to my cave I went!!

OMG!!  is she too stinkin' gorgeous or what??? Look at that hair!!! I want that hair!!  As soon as I saw Lani I decided I would give her that "peachy/pink" hair, I just looove that look (if you're a mermaid, of course, otherwise you'll just look silly.) anyhoo, I thought it would be purrfect with all the different colors I wanted to use.. By the way, the scalloped circle and ribbon are Rich Razzleberry, but for some reason the lighting wasnt cooperating with me today, so you'll have to bear with me, but the colors are very much jewel toned, and very under the sea-ish, I promise!!

The toughest part about these stamps is figuring out which one to use first!! I just looove these girls (especially for coloring!!)  Lani here even comes with her background so it is SO easy and fun to just color her in, and you're done!! I also love the fact that there is such a fun variety of them - if you have little girls or just loove girly stuff (like yours truly) you must check them out!!

I am definitely going to have tons of fun playing with these pretty mermaids!!! 

Thanks for stopping by!!

smoochies!

 

 

Supplies:

Stamp: Lani Mermaid from Whimsical Ink Sorority

by Queen Kat Designs

 

Ink: Tuxedo Memento Black Ink Pad, Ranger Distress Ink in Walnut.

 

Cardstock: Almost Amethyst, Rich Razzleberry, Pixie Pink, Soft Sky, Crushed Curry and Whisper White from Stampin’ Up!.

Accessories:Rich Razzleberry Polka Dot Ribbon, Prima Flower, Circle and Scallop Circle Nestabilities, Prima Jewel, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Copic Markers.

Fabu-Monday Featured Artist!! CDSWCC32

Happy Monday Sweets!!

Well this was certainly an exciting weekend for Clear Dollar Stamps!!  Did you guys see the new store???  Not only is it cute, but you can score some sweet deals while you're checking it out!! (who needs an excuse to shop right??)  Not me!!

This was BY FAR the toughest time I've had picking a card to feature!  Everyone's cards were just awesome - I have to thank everyone who played along!! you guys rock!!

I also think everyone liked the colors I chose right?? Well..I have to tell you, Lori liked them so much she went and modeled her store after them okay, just kidding - I cheated, I stole the colors from the new yummy CDS store, and I think it's safe to say we ALL loved them!!

Okay, enough stalling! I'm now going to share the card I chose from those submitted in the CDS Weekend Color Challenge!

I'm happy to share this super-cute card created by the lovely Pamela

How cute is this?? I just loved the way Pamela added so many different patterns/textures and made them all work perfectly!!  Of course - I have to admit the little glitter accents on this adorable little piggie sealed the deal for me!! what a fun card!!

You can find all of the details about Pamela's card in this post.  Please look though her blog for some awesome inspiration while you're there!  Thanks for playing along Pamela ~you are definitely one Fabu-Stamper!!

Lots of smoochies to all the wonderful ladies who posted a card for the challenge! Thank you for playing along with me!

Happy Monday & happy shopping!!

CDS ColorFun Friday!! CDSWCC32

It's time for another happy ColorFun Friday chez moi!!!

That's right!! Today I get to kick off another Clear Dollar Stamps’ Weekend Color Challenge...so grab your stamps, and get ready 'cause it's a SWEET one

If you want participate, please respond to the group discussion at PCP located HERE!

Here are the full "deets" if you wanna play!

1. Please use any CDS stamps, you can find them here.
2. Upload your creation to either your blog, or SCS or any other online community by Sunday 8/16/09 at 9 PM EST.
3. Please put CDSWCC32 in your keywords, no spaces.
4. Respond to this discussion (not the wall) with a link to your upload.
5. I will pick one card to feature on my blog on Monday morning!

Easy right? Let's party then!

My colors for this challenge are:

Chocolate Brown

Teal

Vanilla

and..

Optional: Light Pink

I bet you wanna know why I chose these colors right?? Well.. let's just say it's part of a SWEET surprise the lovely ladies at Clear Dollar Stamps have been working on for you,  but I'm not tellin' (not yet anyway)

SO...onto my card for this challenge!  I decided I would use the sketch from this week's Sketch Challenge SC241 on SCS.

How stinkin' cute is she?? I even named her Mousyrella.. is she a hoot or what??  Okay, so officially that's not her name, she is part of this adorable Rosebud Princess stamp set, and I am so excited I finally got to ink her up!

I hope your weekend is off to a fun and colorful start!  Thanks for stopping by, and for playing along! I can't wait to see your creations!!

Happy stamping!!

Supplies:

Stamp: Rosebud Princess from Clear Dollar Stamps, LLC.

Ink: Tuxedo Memento Black Ink Pad, Chocolate Chip, Taken with Teal, and Pink Pirouette from Stampin' Up!

Cardstock: Chocolate Chip, Taken with Teal, Pink Pirouette, Very Vanilla from Stampin’ Up!.

Accessories: White Gel Pen, Stampin’ Up Small Oval Punches, Bermuda Bay Polka Dot ribbon, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Copic Markers, Ranger Diamond Stickles.

copycat!

lookie here.. I bet you've seen this before!!

Okay so I changed this around a teeny bit - but when I saw this project on her royal highness Lauren Meader's Blog, I HAD to not only have the Fairy Friends stamp set, because it's simply to die for, BUT I had to make one (or 50!!)of these little treat boxes, which are not only super fun to make, but they are just too stinkin' cute!

The first one I made is for my little cutie doggie "nephew" Soju.  He is too cute and very spoiled, so I think he will definitely like what the postman is delivering this week:

Sorry about the lighting - kinda funky right?  but anyhoo, could you just die from the gorgeousness of this!! I tell ya - I don't know how she does it, but boy I am feverishly praying that through some sort of blog osmosis I get a little sprinkle of her sheer genius!! 

Big huge clap for Lauren's amazing talent and for being kind enough to share it with the world!!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Hugs!

Supplies:

Stamps: Fairy Friends from Pink Cat Studio

Cardstock: Real Red and Whisper White from Stampin’ Up!.

Ink: Tuxedo Memento Black Ink Pad, Cranberry Ink from CTMH.

Acessories: Stampin' Up! striped chocolate Ribbon, Ranger Diamond Stickles, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Stampin' Sponges, Stampin Up Small Oval, Key Tag, and 3/4" Circle Punches, Copic Markers, Making Memories Cork sticker letters.

the simple things!

Hang on to your hats ladies 'cause you're in for a shock!! 

Look!! NO coloring!!

Shocking, I know!!  But since recently became the proud owner of these drool-worthy owl stamps from CTMH, I just had to share!! and I didnt even have to whip out my markers!! super fun, I tell ya!!

Since there is NO coloring needed on any of the stamps in this set, I figured it would be perfect for some (delish!!) quick & simple cards.. right?? well, simple yes, but quick?? NOT for me!!  I swear I have some sort of mental block which does not allow me to just MOVE ON ALREADY!!!  I kept looking at it, and moving the button, and then no button, ribbon, no ribbon, piercing?? sure thing!! OMG!! enough already!! of course, now I love it - and the funny thing is as soon as I got this set I KNEW these were the colors I wanted to use, but sheesh - the pressure of a "quick" card.. I tell ya, sometimes you just can't win!!

Thanks for stopping by!! Now I'm off to find something to color before I pass out from the sheer lack of Copic fumes

Hugs!!

Supplies:

Stamps: You're a Hoot from Close to My Heart

Cardstock: Sahara Sand, Basic Black, Pacific Point, Whisper White from Stampin’ Up!.

Ink: Tuxedo Memento Black Ink Pad, Stampin' Up! Pacific Point Classic Ink.

Acessories: American Crafts Black Polka Dot Ribbon, White Button from Making Memories 5th Avenue Collection, Paper Piercing Tool and Template, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Butterfly Punch from Martha Stewart Crafts, Dusty Durango Stampin' Write Marker.

Hot Stuff!

Happy Tuesday!!  Did'ya miss me???

whew! I am exhausted - just getting myself together after a very tiring and FUN weekend!! My friend Yvette and I went away for a girl's weekend and lets just say there were over 20 rowdy women, a Luau and firefighters involved!! (get your minds out of the gutter ladies  - on our last day we were awakened by the fire alarm in our hotel, and we couldn't go back in until the fire dept. gave the go ahead) so THAT's my story and I'm stickin' to it!!

Speaking of hot stuff...

I cannot put down my There She Goes Tastes like Chicken stamp set!!  Someone's gonna have to pry it out of my grubby hands!!  I haven't had a chance to post the other cards I've made with this set but this one HAD to be next!!  It's so hard to pick a favorite from the images in this set, and the sentiments are hilarious!  

I made this card for SCS Sketch Challenge 239 (SC239).  I finally decided I had the perfect card to use my veggie paper that I've literally been hoarding for like 2 years!! It is by Flair Designs, and it is just delish...meanwhile hang on to your hats 'cause this little guy is a hottie for sure!

HA!! is he a stinkin' riot or what??  Okay seriously I laugh every time I read that sentiment - I'm guessing that means I have issues, but oh well, at least I have fabulous taste in stamps!!  This sketch rocks too!! I LOVE the separate panels - and of course they just had to be pierced!  I stamped the images on confetti white cardstock which I really like because the little flecks of color just add the perfect touch to my little goat here!

Wait until you see the rest of my doings with these stamps!! I cannot wait to show them off!

Thanks for stopping by!! I hope your day is full of hot stuff!! (in a good way! lol..)

Supplies:

Stamps: Tastes Like Chicken from There She Goes

Cardstock: Basic Black, Wild Wasabi, Crushed Curry, Confetti White and Taken with Teal from Stampin’ Up!.

Patterned Paper:  Fruit and Vegetable paper from Keep on Cooking Collection by Flair Designs.

Accessories: Red Gingham Ribbon and black brads from Stampin’ Up!, Paper Piercing Tool and Template, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Copic Markers.