We Click

Stamps: Good Times & We Click from Mama Elephant, Love2hug from The {Stamps} of Life
Cardstock: Basic Gray, Authentique Fresh Collection
Inks: Memento Flannel by Tsukineko, You're Such a Graycious Host from Clear & Simple Stamps
Embellishments: Maraschino twine from The Twinery, Spellbinders Nestabilities Circle Die, Dimensionals from Stampin' Up!


Create card base.  Layer with patterned papers.  Stamp circle sentiment and die cut, stamp picture frame and cut & layer. Tie twine around layers.  Add circle of couple with dimensionals.  Add sentiment.

More Snails to Love

If you liked the new release from The {Stamps} of Life last week,  you are going to love this one as well.  This is the companion set to the Snails2mail.

The Insides4snails has some awesome sentiments that go with both snail sets and the pattern insides are great as well.  Make sure you check out the gallery here.

On the inside of my card I stamped "later".  

Card details:

Stamps: Snail2mail and Inside4snails, Dots2Love from The {Stamps} of Life

Cardstock: Rose Red, Orange You Fabulous, Whisper White, Daffodil Delight

Inks: Rose Red, Color Box by Stephanie Barnard-Licorice and Tangerine

Embellishments: dimensionals

For this card, I stamped my wasabi papers with the flower and then added the glitter to the centers.  I stamped the simple sentiments to finish it off.

Card details:

Stamps: Snail2mail and Inside4snails from The {Stamps} of Life

Cardstock: Basic Black, Wild Wasabi, Whisper White, My Mind's Eye Portobello

Inks: Wild Wasabi, Color Box by Stephanie Barnard-Licorice and Tangerine

Embellishments: Want2Scrap pearls, Stephanie Barnard Sprinkles Glitter, Words & Tags Framelits by Sizzix

I adore my team mate, Emily's twine bows.  I thought I would try my hand at one.  I won't even tell you how long this took me or how many tries, but I finished it.  

Card details:

Stamps: Snail2mail and Inside4snails from The {Stamps} of Life

Cardstock: Crumb Cake, Pink Piroutte, Chocolate Chip

Inks: Color Box by Stephanie Barnard-Choclate and Bubble Gum

Embellishments: Button, Carribean twine from The Twinery, twine

Make sure you hop on over to see the other new sets that were released today!

Sweeter than honey

I have some more Bee cards to share for you.  I had a blast with this set as I usually do with any of The {Stamps} of Life sets.  I had a hard time breaking from the black, white and yellow bee scheme.

Card details:

Stamps: Hive4Bees from The {Stamps} of Life

Cardstock: Whisper White and Basic Black from Stampin'Up!, Say Yellow to All Your Fans from Clear & Simple Stamps

Inks: Copic Y38, Color Box for Stephanie Barnard in Licorice and Banana

Embellishments: Sizzix for Stephanie Barnard Fancy Labels #4, Dimensionals from Stampin'Up!, Say Yellow to all your fans ribbon from Clear & Simple Stamps

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I don't care for bees, and being swarmed doesn't sound like a lot of fun, but these swarming bees are too cute around their hive.

Card details:

Stamps: Hive4Bees from The {Stamps} of Life

Cardstock: Golden Tiara, Crumb Cake

Inks: Copic Y38, Color Box for Stephanie Barnard in Licorice

Embellishments: Washi tape from Crafty Steals, Lemondrop Twine from The Twinery

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My last card incorporates the Background4Bees set to create my own patterned paper.

Card details:

Stamps: Bee4Me and Background4Bees from The {Stamps} of Life

Cardstock: Basic Black, My Mind's Eye For the Record 2

Inks: Color Box for Stephanie Barnard in Licorice

Embellishments: Crystal Lacquer

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Hope you have a wonderful Monday!  I enjoyed my girls weekend and now need to get in the holiday frame of mind.

Take Flight

Today I'm super excited!  While you are reading this I'm at work, but I will be heading to visit our Blogger's Challenge "Mom" this afternoon at the York, PA Heirloom Stamp Show.  Looking forward to visiting with Lisa and meeting lots of new friends at the show and visiting with some older ones as well.

This week our theme is "Take Flight" and I had the perfect card already made for this challenge.  I created over 20 cards for the last Paper Crafts call, but sadly not one of them were picked up.  I'm keeping positive in the face that I have lots of wonderful cards already created that I have to share on my blog in the next few months.

Since I already had created this card, I thought I would add another one to the mix using a different theme, but the same color scheme.

Card details:

Stamps: Love in the Air by Our Craft Lounge

Cardstock: Summer Sunrise, Night of Navy, Gina K. Luxury White, Authentique-Genuine

Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black, Night of Navy, copics

Embellishments: SU Rhinestones colored with B93 copic, dimensionals

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Again, I combined a few challenges on the card above and the sketch definitely had me stumped with the two little "wing" pieces.  Following my goal of being timely in participating in the Sketch For You to Try for the year.

I started off with a favorite stamp of mine, the Sweet Pea set from There She Goes and decided to go against my natural instinct of grabbing my black or brown ink and used my True Blue Fan from Clear & Simple Stamps instead.  I didn't add a variety of color to the flowers, just wanted to go with the yellow.

I punched some small holes on either side of the flowers and tied my twine through there.  I saw on someone's blog (and now I can't remember whose it was...my apologies) using a pearl on top of the button and loved it.  I colored my pearl with my copic marker.

If you have stuck with me through all this, thank you!  Hope you enjoyed the artwork and that you will join us for Blogger's Challenge this week.

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Card details:

Stamps: Sweet Pea from There She Goes

Cardstock: Night of Navy, Golden Tiara, Authentique-Geniune

Inks: True Blue Fan, copics

Embellishments: SU Pearls colored with copic, Lemondrop twine from The Twinery, Enchanted Evening buttons, round tab punch, stapler

GGSC120: Fourth of July

Today we are celebrating Fourth of July over at Going Grey with Scrap-Creations.  I grabbed a set I had just received from Sweet Stamp Shop- God Bless America.

I will say I was kind of stumped how to best use this heart flag stamp but think it turned out well.  I love the sentiments in this set and it's only fitting that I used the Operation Write Home sketch with this set.  How cool is it that it even has an OWH stamp in it for you to put on the back?

Hope you will join us this week over at Going Grey with Scrap-Creations and show us your Fourth of July creations.

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Card details:

Stamps: God Bless America from Sweet Stamp Shop and All4Stars from The {Stamps} of Life

Cardstock: Dare to be a Diva Red and You're Style Blue Me Away from Clear & Simple Stamps, GA Pacific White

Inks: Ballet Blue, Dare to be a Diva Red, Real Red

Embellishments: Crystal Accents, Maraschine twine from The Twinery

Have I told you...

Here is a sampling of one of the new sets from The{Stamps}of Life, quote2love, which I love and can't wait to share the rest of my creations with you!

I created my own background paper on this card using the love2hug set and the Color Box by Stephanie Barnard in Strawberry.  I stamped off once to get the lighter colors.

This uses the CPS#249 Sketch for this week, getting in just in the nick of time.

The back of my card is stamped with another of the new releases, the created4you set.  I don't normally stamp the back of my cards, but think I will be doing that from now on.  I really love the look of it, and this year I hope to send out more cards instead of hoarding them and feeling overwhelmed at the end of the year with so many cards I've created or swapped for.

Want to see some more fantastic creations with the new sets, you can check them out over at The {Stamps} of Life gallery.

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Card details:

Stamps: quote2love, created4you and love2hug by The {Stamps} of Life

Cardstock: Dare to be a Diva Red, Kraft Like a Rockstar, GA Pacific White

Inks: Color Box by Stephanie Barnard-Strawberry

Embellishments: maraschino twine from The Twinery, dimensionals

SDC44: Shimmer, Glimmer, Glitter & Glitz

Over at Stampotique Designer's Challenge we are on week 2 of our challenge and Val was our hostess.  She challenged us to break out our "Shimmer, Glimmer, Glitter and Glitz" using shimmery paper, glittery embellishments, glimmery paints/washes/spritz or any kind of glitzy bling in your creations....let your inspiration shine!

This week is our last challenge where you can use ANY stamps.   

For my card I started off by embossing Jo's Star in silver and then spraying my background with Shimmer Spritz in Sparkle (hard to see in the photo).  I thought Grace would look great with pink and silver so I paper pieced her little dress and added on the crown adorned with silver stickles.

Hope you will join us over at Stampotique Designer's Challenge for a chance to win a $30 gift certificate for stamps at Stampotique.

 IMPORTANT NOTE FOR 2012 REGARDING CHALLENGES:

Beginning with our first challenge the 2nd Wednesday in 2012, we will be a STAMPOTIQUE only challenge.  We will no longer host our any stamps challenge,  you must use ONLY Stampotique stamps on your creations to be eligible for the prize.  We greatly appreciate all that have supported us throughout 2011 and look forward to seeing your work with Stampotique in 2012.
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Card details:
Stamps: Jo's Star 3051, Grace 9223, Crown 3017, Just Because 5239 from Stampotique Originals

Cardstock: Neenah White, Melon Mambo, Basic Black

Embellishments: Shimmer Spritz Sparkle, Silver Stickles, dimensionals, oval and scalloped oval nestabilities, pink sorbet twine from The Twinery

The{Stamps}of Life & The Twinery Blog Hop!

Are you ready for some fun?

The {Stamps} of Life and The Twinery Design Teams are playing together for this hop!

If you have arrived here from  Jen Carter's blog then you are in the right place.  If you haven't come over from Jen's blog you may want to start at the very beginning of the hop here.

About The Twinery:

Our twine is made from 100% cotton, it’s eco-friendly and made in the USA. Whether you’re gift wrapping, crafting or tying up baked goods to give to a friend, our baker’s twine adds a fresh, yet nostalgic look to any project at hand! Our baker’s twine comes in 14 delicious colors and is uniquely twisted against a bright white hue, creating an eye-popping burst of color and a creative embellishment! Our twine has lots of color which lends to a fun, candy-striped look. For creative ideas & more…visit OUR BLOG!

About The {Stamps} of Life:

We feature high quality, made in the USA, clear stamps and digital stamps/brushes for stampers, card makers and scrapbookers. Feel free to browse our gallery with more than 2500 samples using our stamps, watch our free how-to videos and join our club!
 

As you make your way through the hop make sure you comment on each and every post. There will be 2 prize winners chosen randomly among the blogs:

One winner will win 2 stamp sets  (winners choice) valued at $12.95 -total retail value: $26.90 per prize! from The {Stamps} of Life.

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One winner will win the Ultimate Color Sampler Pack ($25 value!) from The Twinery!!!

The prize winners will be announced on The {Stamps}of Life and The Twinery Blogs on Wednesday November 16th. 

For my card I used the Penguins4Christmas set along with some Maraschino twine 
along with the Color Box ink from Stephanie Barnard in Artichoke and Licorice

From here you will want to hop on over to Jenny Suchin's blog.


Below is the complete blog list:

The hop list:
The Twinery Blog
The {Stamps}of Life Blog
Jeanne Streiff
Julie Ranae
Deb Felts
Monique Hansen
Vicki Garrett
Monika Wright
Emily Niehaus
Emily Leiphart
Beverly Sizemore

Hera Frei

Tami Mayberry

Stacey Winters

Lydia Fiedler

Caroline Stender

Kim Pargeter
Joana Studer
Katrina Hunt
Laura Williams
Jen Carter
Kim Howard <------you are hereJenny Suchin
Sheri Twing

Trust in the Lord

Oh it has been a challenging weekend here with the kiddos!  The attitudes have been in full swing and what I hoped would be a nice day of shopping (to get clothes for picky kids) turned out to be a partial bust.  I got them to cooperate with getting most of the clothes picked out before temper tantrums began and we exited the store, got kids situated in car before I ran back in to buy the clothes.

I've been trying to participate in the Hope You can Cling to Challenges over on SCS and originally I was going to use this one for the pink collage but decided to use it for the Brave Heart challenge hosted by va. sunshine aka Teresa-HYCCT1112 Brave Heart- Use a Heart on a Creation.  I combined it with the Card Patterns Sketch #136.

I adore this new paper from My Mind's Eye, it is truly my favorites right now and I have a hard time NOT wanting to use it all up.

Hoping today will be a better day for us, we'll be outside all day at a baseball tournament, the weather is supposed to be decent and the kids will have friends to play with.  Hope your Sunday will be a pleasant one as well.

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Card details:

Stamps: Princess4Life and Praises4Him from The{Stamps}of Life

Cardstock: My Mind's Eye Lost & Found- Blush, Kraft Like a Rockstar, Perfect Little Black Dress

Inks: Stephanie Barnard Color Box- Licorice

Embellishments: Pink Sorbet from The Twinery

Birthday Buddy

 This weekend I hunkered down in my stamp room and I created a few cards, most of them for the Hope You Can Cling To Challenges over at Splitcoast Stampers. I was loving that I finally had a productive night stamping but got so tired early and gave up.

This is for the first challenge HYCCT1101A  hosted by Lydia (Understandblue) to make a pink critter.  I also used the Skipping Stones Sketch #96 

I had made another card last weekend when I was stamping with Libby but didn't love it, so started all over again and really like how this turned out, simple but cute.

Card details:

Stamps: Birthday Buddies, Sentiment Sampler from Paper Smooches

Cardstock: Whisper White, Mauved by the Paparazzi, My Mind's Eye Lost & Found- Blush

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, copic markers

Embellishments: Designer Mix buttons from Clear & Simple Stamps, Spellbinders Nestabilities Circle and Pinking Circle dies, Pink Sorbet twine from The Twinery

Rock 'N' Roll Party

Invitations have been on my mind lately, not sure why and not a specific invitation, but invitations in general.

So, with that in mind, how about a Rock 'n' Roll Party??  I think maybe I need to break out my Wii and play some Guitar Hero or Rock Band to get my mind off this guitar LOL!

I stamped the guitar from the Guitars2Play set first on my kraft and then on white and cut it out.  I colored the inside with my copic and then stamped a few notes and my invitation on the outside.  The punched holes to hold it closed was an after thought, but it makes it easy to slide the bow holding it on and off so that you don't have to untie it to open in.

I left the inside blank to fill out later.  I stamped my frame first on the white cardstock in the middle and then on a post it note, cut around it and then placed it over my original inked journal square.  I inked up my background from the Animals2Print set and stamped over the post it note.  I was going to sew the pocket closed but decided in the end to use some scor-tape to close it and then stamp these circle borders from the Borders4Me up the side.

Want to see more samples of the new sets available or any set with The{Stamps}of Life?  Head on over to the gallery where you can see over 3000 samples from the design team and fans of TSOL.

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Card details:

Stamps: Guitars2Play, Lines2Journal, Banners4All, Animals2Print and Borders4Me from The{Stamps}of Life

Cardstock: Kraft, Rich Razzleberry and Blanc Check

Inks: Perfect Little Black Dress, Maroon Maven

Embellishments: Cappuchino Twine from The Twinery, hole punch and Copic W3, mini jewels

All Things Grow With Love

Another challenge I haven't played in awhile was over at CAS-ual Fridays.  This week I was immediately drawn to the challenge as they were joining forces with one of my other favorites, Clean & Simple FTL.

Some of my sets are neglected and collecting dust so I broke one out this weekend using the Everyday Button Bits for this set.  I wanted to created a sunflower look and saw this color combination in the Card Ideas for Card Makers magazine so I used the leaf petals in the set to create the sunflower look.

 

I wish I would have done my sentiment a little differently as it looks a bit crammed, but this color combo is one I will be trying again and again.

We had a wonderful Saturday at one of Syd's friends birthday party in which the whole family was invited and we spend the day at the lake having fun swimming, riding the ski-do's and just having a great time with friends.  Looking forward to hanging around the house today, but not looking forward to the mounds of laundry.

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Card details:

Stamps: Everyday Button Bits from Papertrey Ink
Cardstock: Trendsetter Blue, Purpilicious, A Blanc Check

Inks: Purpilicious, B00

Embellishments: Liliac Twine from The Twinery (colored with copic), button from Designer Mix from Clear & Simple Stamps

I'm Sorry- Type4Background

Do you ever have days where you aren't sure what to say to someone who just had something happen to them (like a death of a good friend, a loss of a pet)?  Well,  this set is perfect for that.  These cards use the set Type4Background from The{Stamps}of Life.  There is one large background stamp and then 3 sentiment stamps.  

Card details:

Stamps: Type4Background from The{Stamps}of Life

Cardstock: New Leaf, Hibiscus Burst and A Blanc Check

Inks: New Leaf and Hibiscus Burst

Embellishments: Pink Sorbet twine from The Twinery, Lattice Rectangle nestabilities

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It's also great for when you get a tiff with your loved one (of course this would have to come from  him since I'm always right).

Card details:

Stamps: Type4Background, Back2Basics, Kids2Love from The{Stamps}of Life

Cardstock: Kraft Like a Rockstar and You're a Natural Darling

Inks: Perfect Little Black Dress

Embellishments: 1 1/4" circle punch, white signo gel pen

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And just a simply stated card saying "I'm sorry"

Card details:

Stamps: Type4Background, Back2Basics from The{Stamps}of Life

Cardstock: Tempting Turquoise, Pumpkin Pie, A Blanc Check

Inks: Summer Sun, Tempting Turquoise, Pumpkin Pie

Embellishments: Doodlebug Designs mini jewels

Happy Birthday with Rosie-Blogger's Challenge

Blogger's Challenge Friday with one of my favorite themes- a sketch challenge.  Although I would love to say this card came easy for me, I was doing it in bits and pieces and kept on changing some things.

I colored this image from Lili of the Valley months ago and had it sitting on my stack of things to put together.  I loved the colors and they worked perfectly with the new Play Date Cafe Challenge this week.  I had to alter one of my colors to make it a little bit darker on my image but think it turned out great.  I wanted to use some of the new lattice rectangles  that I recently added to my spellbinders collection, they worked out great for the 2 rectangles in the sketch.

I ran my creamsicle cardigan paper through the cuttle bug with the Swiss dots folder to give it some more dimension against the lattice rectangles.  I decided to put some Lilac twine from The Twinery on the rectangles, some stickles on the stars and the candle.  At the last minute I added some 3D Crystal Lacquer onto the cake icing.

The two opposite sides looked a little bare so I included a sentiment and on the side opposite put some orange creative candy.

If you'd like to play along with this weeks Bloggers Challenge, please link back to this post on your blog and mention you created your card for the Bloggers Challenge Sketch Challenge. Please add your link using the Linky Tool on any of the blogs.  Please post your direct link to your Bloggers Challenge Post, not just a link to your blog. Please do not link to cards that were created prior to the challenge date. Entries not linking properly, or backlinked will be removed.

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Card details:

Stamps: Rosie with Cake from Lili of the Valley and sentiment from Daisies2Garden from The{Stamps}of Life

Cardstock: Orchid Opulence, Eggplant Envy (SU!) and Creamsicle Cardigan, A Blanc Check (Clear & Simple Stamps)

Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black, Eggplant Envy, copic markers

Embellishments: Amuse Creative Candy-orange, Lattice Rectangles & Circles from Spellbinders Nestabilities, Lilac Twine from The Twinery, 3D Crystal Lacquer, Orange Peel Stickles & Scattered Straw Distress Stickles