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Happy creating!!

Embossing challenge at SSCC

Today is my day to show you my embossing creation for the Stamping Scrapping Challenge Central challenge.

Here it is. Not much embossing on the card but the matting on the envelope is embossed. I did plan on embossing the card but got so wrapped up in making it that I forgot so I embossed the envelope. I made my box envelope with my Scor-pal. I made the border around the card using a Martha Stewart punch.

I used this adorable You and Me stamp by Bildmalarna. BTW – all Bildy stamps are 40% off at Stamping Scrapping so be sure to check them out. I used several Spellbinders dies on this card:

• Spellbinders Fleur De Lis Doily Accents
• SSD Anglaise Circle Spellbinders compatible Dies
• Spellbinders Standard Circles Small

Here is a close up of this adorable stamp.

The sentiment is from the JustRite Stamper birthday kit.

Thanks for stopping by and visiting and hope you will come on over to Stamping Scrapping Challenge Central for our embossing challenge. The only requirement is to use something sold by Stamping Scrapping. See you there.

Bean around the block

Today I would like to show you a little project that I made. I have a wonderful friend who loves coffee …. she will remain nameless but she knows who she is .
I also have a friend who has a coffee business and makes the most wonderful flavored coffees ….. yummy. They have just opened up a new business in Columbia, Mo. called Bean Around the Block. Aren’t in Missouri? Don’t worry, they ship so be sure to check them out.
So, I bought a sampler of coffee and wanted a cute way to display it. I searched the web, of course, and found a great pattern made by Katie over at Clearly I Stamp. I didn’t make any alterations to it and if you are interested in it be sure to hop over here to check it out. It is the perfect size for these coffee samples.

Isn’t it just adorable? I used the following stamps:

• Stamping Scrapping Designs Rose Fleur De Lis (border around For You)
• Stamping Scrapping Designs Mini Accents (coffee cup)
• JustRite Stamper – For you and Circle sentiments

I also used SSD Anglaise Circle Spellbinders compatible Dies and Spellbinders Labels 17.
This works up great using your Scor-pal! Simple, easy and elegant.
Here is a top view

The little bags inside the tote I also made using my Scor-pal. I've taken pictures of the box making and will do my best to get a tutorial out here over the weekend.

I love the way this turned out and I’m sure my 'sweet pea' will love it!

Wild Rose Studio Thank You Blog Hop!

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Welcome to the SSDT Wild Rose Studio stamps Thank You Blog Hop. We would like to take this opportunity to showcase projects made with Wild Rose Studio Stamps. They have so graciously provided our design team with their wonderful stamps to create with so we are hosting a blog hop. Please be sure to visit each designers blog and leave a comment for a chance to win these Wild Rose Studio Stamps. 

One of our design team members will be the Mystery blog and one lucky person who leaves a comment on that blog will be the winner!
For my creation I have used the adorable Mia with Bouquet from the Cherry Cupcake ‘11 collection.

Isn’t she just so adorable? Along with Mia I used the new stamps from SSD called Rose Fleur De Lis.
Here is a close up of Mia.

Below is a listing of all of our hoppers. You, and even us, have no idea who is the mystery blog that will have the winning comment selected so be sure to visit everyone. Have fun!
Cindy E
Janine
Vivi
Karen
Leanne
Sheri
C2
Stephanie – You are here
Froggy
Billie
Meg
Comments are open from 12:01AM June 9th through 11:59PM June 13th. One lucky winner will be chosen and will be notified via email June 14th. Our Mystery blog will also post the winner on their blog as well.
Happy Hopping!!

Anything Goes at Magnolia Stamp Lovers

Our challenge over at Magnolia Stamp Lovers is an easy one, anything goes. Here is my creation for the challenge.

My youngest daughter will be 25 on the 15th of this month and this is her birthday card. Hard to believe that she is 1/4 of a century old …. lol!

For my images I chose to create a scene. I masked the swing and Tilda with ribbon. The summer background was done by airbrushing using Copics, my airbrush system and Windstorm compressor. The birds were added individually and I added dimension. The happy birthday hearts sentiment is by Bildmalarna.

I used the following Copics:

• Skin – E13, E11, E00, E000, R20
• Dress – B04, B02, B00
• Hair – E49, E23, YR23, Y23
• Swing and Tree – E35, E31, E30, E59, E57, E55, G14, G12
• Birds – B04, B02, YR16, YR14, YR12
• Background – G14, B00

The border of my card is punched with a MS punch and I added these wonderful SSD Gardenia’s from the Aqua-Marine pack. I also used a slotted punch and then threaded ribbon through to create the border around the top part of the easel card.

My sentiment is computer generated. I use the MS border punch again and added some Imaginisce I-rock adhesive glitter gems.

Thanks for stopping by and visiting. Come on over to Magnolia Stamp Lovers and take a peek at all of the wonderful designer cards and why not enter while you are there?

Shhhh .... it's a surprise

Hi, Friends,

I feel like I have been away forever and looking at the date of my last post it has been some time.
Today I had the luxury of being off of work. With the house all clean and things as they should be it was a day to do nothing but create and create I did. I made this birthday card for a very special someone and I so hope she likes it.

Well, what do you think? I really like how this card turned out. This card style is called a Center Step Card by Frances Byrne. The pattern can be found over at Split Coast Stampers. It is super easy and I just love the way that it looks. This works up great using the Scor-pal.

I chose to use an older Tilda for my image. She is from the Magnolia Fairytale Collection and is called Fairy Dust Tilda. Here is a close up of her.

I used the following Copics to color her with:

• Skin – E13, E11, E00, E000, R20
• Clothes – R85, R83, R81
• Hair – E29, E25, E11, E50

I stamped Tilda using Memento Tuxedo Black ink and Copic xpress it blending card. Then I cut her out using Spellbinders Rectangles and my Grand Calibur.

My sentiment is a stamp made by Bildmalarna and was in one of the stamp clubs. There is a large rose and a small rose under the flowers that I have used. I wanted some more dimension so chose these little darlings. Speaking of Bildmalarna, there is a large sale on these pretties at Stamping Scrapping so just click on the Bildmalarna link above and it will take you right to them.

I added two large roses to each side of the front of the card. All of the gold that you see are Ranger Stickles – Champagne. Just love my Stickles, you can use the tiniest line and it won’t squirt all over and ruin your project. They are great for thin line application.

The butterflies are punched using the butterfly punch from McGill. I punched three, two pink and one brown and added more stickles to the wings of the pink ones.

My bow is made using the Bow Easy. This is also a double bow, my first using the actual tool. I will probably be making more of these.

And the inside. This mat, and the one underneath Tilda, was cut using a MS punch. The rose stamps are from Stamping Scrapping Designs and are the newest set – Rose Fleur De Lis - to be introduced.
Phew – a lot of pictures huh?
I’m entering this in the following challenges:

• TOMIC – birthday
• Fairy Knoll – birthday
• Fun with shapes and more – everything must sparkle
• Just Magnolia – anything goes
• Cute Card Thursday – embellish it
• Paper Crafting Journey – anything goes

Thanks for stopping by and taking a peek! Hope to see you again soon

Flowery Gilli

Today it is my turn to show you my creation for the House of Gilli flower challenge. Believe it or not I had a little trouble with this. Why? Not sure, I wanted to do something different so different it is.

Well, what do you think? I thought these scallops looked like flowers so that started out as my focus but then I  thought I should at least add some flowers too so I used the coordinating paper that had flowers in it and cut some out to go around my sentiment.

Here is a list of materials:

• Cozy Gilli
• Spellbinders Big Scallop Circles small
• Spellbinders Grand Calibur
• Spellbinders Grand Big Scallop Circles
• Copics: E13, E11, E00, E000, R20, B14, B12, B000, E35, YR23, Y23
• JustRite Stamper sentiment

What will you create for our challenge?