It’s THursdaY!

Which means it is the Fresh Batch time to show up their samples w/ the new sketch at Stamps and Smiles… but it is also time to show a cricut sample for CropStop.com…  so of course I Pile them On…  I got “A Child’s Year” cartridge the other day and I must say… I FLIPPIN’ LOVE this cartridge!!!!!  It has everything, cards, tags, awesome silhouettes and an ALPHA!!!!  The following card was of course done using this cartridge; I used the card and the tag feature.  (I did open the tag in the Design Studio to hide the hole so it wouldn’t cut out).

Supplies:

• stamp: Stamps and Smiles (Cuppy’s Winter Wonderland)
• Cricut Cartridge: A Child’s Year
• Ribbon: 2 Red Bananas
• Paper: 2 Gals Scrappin’ Oct. kit

Challenges:

• Stamps and Smiles Fresh Batch Sketch #40
• Day 257 – Picture This @ 365

It’s Thursday….

I am trying to get back to “nOrMaL”, whatever that is… of course people keep telling me this thing doesn’t go away for weeks, and I am starting to believe them…. It is THURSDAY which means a new sketch at the Fresh Batch at Stamps and Smiles!  I wanted to work on a little thank you box for Lisa Cook, I just need to buy some candy to send it her way!

Supplies:

• Stamp: Cuppy’s Winter Wonderland by Stamps and Smiles
• Punches: Double Scallop by Martha Stewart from CropStop.com
• Die cuts: Spellbinders Label 4 from Cropstop.com
• Paper: Martha stewart, bazzill and Brides boxes.

What do you give your scrappy friend for halloween?  You give them a goodie mini matchbook bag!!!!!  I was thinking of this goodie bag and thought it would be so cute to send some scrappy halloween goodies to my scrappy friends.  I was going to keep them simple but for some reason I just kept piling up the goodness…. so instead of making 10 of them I ended up w/ one… LOL!!!!

Supplies:

• Stamp: Stampin’ Up old set
• Embossing folder: Cuttlebug’s Diamond Plate from CropStop.com
• Die cuts: Spellbinders Label 4 from Cropstop.com
• Ribbon: Savvy N Sassy Nov kit

World Card Making Day Blog Hop and a RAK!

Hi everyone! Thanks for joining us  in our World Card Making Day Blog Hop! We had some much fun last year that we decided to repeat the festivities! Welcome to your last stop on the Blog Hop!  I am sure you have enjoyed one awesome set of cards from our Design Team members and now is my turn to show you what I got for you…

It is a very very simple card, and for that I really adore it!  My tip was to remember to use your punches with pattern paper.  Sometimes we forget that pattern paper can be punched w/ your border punches… we forget that punches are NOT only for cardstock.  In this sample I used a very subtle white printed pattern paper w/ the snowflake border punch and it makes it look like an eyelet trim.  Give it a Try!  and if you do try it and link me to your new sample I will pick a random player to get a little RAK from me.

Here is the list of the Blog HOP train!   thanks to all the ladies that helped to put this together and to all of you that came and hopped with  us!

1. CropStop’s BLOG – http://cropstop.blogspot.com/
2. Vicki – http://validationofvicki.blogspot.com/
3. Jessica -http://blogg.coffeeaddicted.se/
4. Gloria – http://www.gloriascraps.blogspot.com/
5. Marianne – http://mariannespapirkrok.blogspot.com/
6. Margie – http://www.bellabugcreations.blogspot.com/
7. Marcelle – http://stampingthyme.blogspot.com/
8. Dalis – http://stamprgrl.wordpress.com **** YOU ARE HERE****

And you may ask what your first MYSTERY letter set is??? well it is: “AY“, now that you have the entire coupon code go and ENJOY 10% off a $20 purchase and remember this 10% off is on top of all the sales that are running right now including discounts on all the Sizzix Embossing Folders.  This coupon is only good for this weekend!

Fun and Sweet… oh my!

Hi everyone!

Here is what I did with the “A Day In the Yard” Ribbon kit from Savvy N Sassy and with the July kit from 2Gals Scrappin’!  These are two a fun kits!  And who doesn’t love pom-poms and the beach?  

I wanted to add emphasis to the picture, since so much is going around it.  So I decided to add the blue pom-pom trim to the framed photo.  Notice that I since it was not the perfect match of color, I decide to add a few different flowers and sticker to play with different hues and values of blue.  And did you noticed I cut out a few flowers from the pattern paper, it helps not only to make it all seamless but also grounds the photo.  Challenge for this one is Pencil Lines and Scrappin’ the Music.  (I did this LO last week, but I couldn’t show it to you until now.)

Life is better with an Oreo!  (I think I might scrap that picture again with that statement as a title.)  I wanted to celebrate my daughters joy of eating an oreo.  I used some of the SnS May Kit – Ann’s Picks for the tag, some brown pom-poms from SNS June kit – A day in the yard, some scraps of green cardstock, one of the design papers from the July 2Gals Scrappin’ kit and some Doodlebug trims from CropStop.   The brown was just perfect to reflect the color of the Oreos, plus it added some fun and a celebrating touch, don’t you think?

in training and more…

ok, my friend vicki showed me this cool LO she did all white and red and told me it was for a new challenge that she found… well, I was playing today and ended up w/ my version of her version of the challenge LOL!!!!

Used 2 Gals Scrappin‘ June Kit that has Cosmo Cricket Snorkle Collection, added a few things including my June kit from SnS (Savvy N Sassy).  If you love ribbon go check out our prizes and sponsor at Pile It On!  Not sure if you can tell but the vellum where the journaling is written is dry embossed w/ a Sizzix Embossing Folder.

Close up of the yummy ribbon:

Challenges:

• White and one other color challenge – (vicki what’s the name of this challenge)
• Week #61 @ Nuts about sketches
• Solo-Colour at Scrapper’s Block
• DDC#20 – My One And Only & New DT Members

ok, I keep saying that purple is not my favorite color, but I must say I use it a lot!  LOL!!!  This one is for Crop Stop’s Cricut Cuts Section of their board.  Very simple to make, wanna learn stop by Crop Stop’s board and check it out!

Challenges:

• Challenge #24 – Diamonds are a girls best friend – bling
• Tuesday Challenge – Your Choice – Created by Hand Challenge – use anything you want (I used my cricut, some pretty old twill, some old cardstock and PP and a cut out I had for a while)
• DDC#20 – My One And Only & New DT Members @ Double Dutch
• Challenge 6 – Thank Yous @ Whimsy Challenge
• Challenge 33 – Add some Sparkle @ One Stop Craft Challenge

I did this card w/ a sketch on mind but thanks to Windows my PC crashed and I can’t find the sketch. uffff!!!!!!

Close Up:

Challenges:

• Unknown Sketch
• Challenge # 20– How does your garden grow? @ Crafty Creations
• Challenge#44 @ Everybody Art Challenge
• Woohoo Wednesday Card Challenge! @ If the Shoe Fits
• Happy Birthday Simon Says Stamp ! @ Simon Says
• Challenge 33 – Add some Sparkle @ One Stop Craft Challenge

Some New and some not so new projects

This SnS ribbon kit is very down to Earth just like Ann!  I tried using it as main element and as just little add ons and it is one wonderful kit for both of those uses.

On this first sample, the ribbon is playing major roll on the page.  It is all about twisting and intertwining them, just like love!

Materials: Ribbon by www.savvynsassy.com; paper by Sweetwater; MM eyelets; Mustard Moon alpha stickers; Indie Art Cricut Cartridge

This page needed a frame, something that in a subtle way will bring your eye to the photos and ground all the elements together and what better use than RIBBON!

Materials: Ribbon by www.savvynsassy.com; Paper Pups Cricut Cartridge; Everything Else is the June kit at www.thescrappingedge.net

This card is all about the image, but it needed a little something to transition to the sentiment.  And some ribbon enhanced w/ some cute little sequin flowers was just what it needed.

Materials: Ribbon by www.savvynsassy.com; paper from www.thescrappingedge.net May kit; stamp Fiskars; Sequins Doodlebug Designs