CSS Sketch Blog Hop



Hi there!  Wow, it has been awhile since I really sat down and stamped.  Well, as you can see my card for tonights hop is pretty simple.  My desk is still a disaster and Mr. Mojo was nowhere to be found.  I chose this adorable little jellyfish from the Gina K. Designs Make a Splash set because in two days I will be getting on a plane and heading for the land of sunny beaches.....Kona, Hawaii.  Hubby and I are going to be celebrating our 25th wedding anniversary and I can't wait to get on that plane and go.  It is supposed to rain here at home Saturday and Sunday (possibly even some snow) Egads!  Isn't this May?



Tonight I am hopping with some of my amazing friends from the StampTV Center Stage Design Team.  Our inspiration for tonights hop was this sketch that I created:

You should have arrived at my blog from Melissa's amazing blog, if you didn't you can go back to StampTV and start from the beginning.  Guess what?  Gina has offered up a free set for one lucky commenter.  Please be sure to stop by each one of the awesome blogs along the way and leave a comment.  Tuesday morning, Gina will pick one lucky commenter to win a free set valued at $24.95 or less.  Isn't that AWESOME? 

Well, I am not going to keep you any longer.  Please hop on over to my pal Linda's rockin' blog to see what  she has come up with. 

Center Stage Spotlight Team Inspiration Challenge

It seems like it has been forever since I was able to participate in a blog hop with my fellow Center Stage Designers.  Tonight we have an inspiration challenge for you.  Carolina has picked several cookies from Better Bit of Butter to inspire us with.  You can check out our inspiration photo below my card.  You should have arrived at my blog from my friend Lori McAree's amazing blog.  If you didn't, you can go back to StampTV and start from the beginning. 





I was inspired by cookie #2.  I love the white on white look, I think it is so pretty and elegant.  The cookie looks like it has some gray or silver shading so I used some smokey slate cardstock along with the white cardstock to give my card  the same effect.  First, I embossed the white card with a dot embossing folder and then added a smokey slate panel that had been punched along one side with with a scalloped scallop edger punch.  The pretty flower image from the GKD Spring Basket set was stamped on white cardstock with slate ink and then attached to the smokey slate panel.  I stamped the biggest flower one more time and popped it up for a little bit of 3D.  I added some pearls and a sentiment fromt the GKD Inside and Out set.  A little bit of lace trim finished it off.  This card also used the sketch challenge (STVSKSP20) at StampTV this week.  I love it when things just fall into place like that!

Make sure to leave a comment as you hop along because on Tuesday morning (April 12th), we will randomly choose one of the comments from all the blogs who will get a stamp set of their choice valued up to $24.95!

Now, I am going to send you on your way to Miesje's awesome blog.  I know she has something special to share with you!

Recipe: 

Stamps:  Spring Basket, Inside and Out-GKD

Paper:  PL White, Smokey Slate-GKD

Ink:  Adirondack Slate

Extras:  Lace Trim, EK Scalloped Scallop Edge punch, Pearls, Dots CB EF, Nesties Petite Ovals and Petite Scallop Ovals, Stardust Glitter Glue

Oldie But Goodie Blog Hop

Today, I am joining in with some very talented stampers from the Facebook Design Divas group.  Once a month  we get together to share a card or project that was created with stamps, paper or supplies that are at least 6 months old.



For my card, I am using a stamp and some paper that is old.  I used my MS Hydrangea punches to create the little flowers.  They were finished off with some little red rhinestones.  I am going to keep my post short as I don't have power at home (it has been out since Sunday night), and I am using the computer/internet at work to set up this post. I thank God because I have the best boss around! 



The next stop on the hop is the ever so talented Barbara Wibel.  Head on over and check out her amazing creation!

Buzzin' by with an OBG (oldie but goodie)

Today I hopping with the gals from the Design Diva's Facebook group.  It is time for our monthly OBG (oldie but goodie) hop.  The idea behind this hop is for us to pull something out of our stash that is at least 6 months old and give it some love. 

You should have arrived at my blog from Mary's amazing blog, if not you can go back to my pal Brenda's blog and start from the beginning.

For my card I pulled out my Impression Obsession Beehive stamp.  I have had this stamp for along time and only used it once before.  So sad, huh?  I would love to take credit for this awesome layout, but it's not mine.  Nope, it is this week's Sweet Sunday Sketch #104.  I just flipped it onto its side so that it would work with my image.  I used the colors from this weeks CR84FN15 color challenge.  We were asked to use green, teal and yellow.  I found these beautiful papers from Creative Inspirations in my pile and went to work.  The hive is stamped on a piece of SEI paper from the Mimosa collection (winter 2010 maybe?)

I colored the image with Copic markers and added a variety of Spica glitter pens for some shimmer.  The little bees were colored with glitter pens and the wings are filled in with some pretty crystal glitter. I finished off this card with some lace and a button tied with a bit of twine. 

I am going to send you on your way to Shelly's wonderful blog. Enjoy the rest of the hop!

I'm back and ready to hop!

Wow, what a hectic couple of weeks around here.  Thank you all for the sweet thoughts and prayers in regards to my Mom's fall and upcoming surgery to have some stents put in.  Hopefully, she will be on the road to recovery soon.  Yeah!

Tonight I am joining up with some of my pals from the StampTV for an inspiration blog hop.  You should have arrived at my blog after looking at Lori's awesome creation.  If you didn't, you don't want to miss a thing and should head back to StampTV and start from the beginning.   Below is the photo that our amazing team member Miesje chose to inspire us:

As you can see I was inspired by the colors in the photo.   I used the Winter Wings set (one of my favorite sets from Gina K. Designs) for my card. 

I am going to send you on your way to Melissa's blog so that you can see the fabulous design that she has come up with. 

Recipe:

Stamps:  Winter Wings-GKD

Paper:  PL Tan Leather, PL Chocolate Kiss, PL Ivory-GKD, Print-from stash

Ink:  Adirondack Espresso, Tea Dye Distress Ink

Extras:  ribbon, button, nesties, copics (E00, E11,E19,E55,R02,R11,R12,R22,YR01,YR02)

CSS Alumni Blog Hop

Hi there!  Tonight my fellow friends from the StampTV Center Stage Alumni were challenged to create a card using a sketch created by me!  You can see the sketch below.  Hopefully you have arrived at my blog from my pal Lori McAree's blog.  If not, you can go back to StampTV and start from the beginning.

I created this shaker card for my husbands parents who will be celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary on Sunday. I started with a PL White cardstock and created a 5" x 7" card. Afterall, I think 50 years deserves a BIG card, don't you?  I used my Scor-It board to create the diagonal pattern on the card.  I used a Cuttlebug folder for the smaller embossed piece.    I used stamps from the Fanciful Tags and Block Greetings sets from Gina K. Designs.  Everything was stamped in gold pigment ink and embossed with gold embossing powder.  The filling inside the shaker is called Gala Glitz (it is a mix of German glass glitter and tiny micro beads).  The shaker is layered onto a nesties label panel and the card is finished off with a bow and some gold dew drops. 

Make sure to leave a comment as you hop along because on Tuesday morning (February 1st), we will randomly choose one of the comments from all the blogs who will win a Gina K. Designs stamp set of their choice valued up to $24.95! 

I am going to send you on your merry way to my friend Melissa Schultz's blog, I know she has something awesome to share with you.

Happy hopping,

CSS Sketch Hop

I am gathering with some of my fellow Center Stage Spotlight Alumni members for a fun sketch challenge.  Guess what, I created this sketch that we all used.  I really like this sketch and can't wait to see what my fellow CSSers do with it. You should have arrived here from seeing Lori's beautiful creation, if not you can go back to StampTV and start from the beginning....you don't want to miss a thing.



So, here is the sketch we used:

and here is my card:

I haven't made a shaker card in years so I decided I would break out the nesties and glitter and create one.  I stamped the trees from the GKD Winter Wonderland set in Meadow Adirondack ink onto a piece of print paper from Websters Pages. I layered up some more of these pretty papers for the front of the card, added some little snowflakes/ribbon/pearls and called it good. 

Now for the inside of the card.  I used a sentiment from the GKD Festive Frame set.  I added another stacked snowflake with a little pearl in the center.

Now it is time for me to send you hopping on your way.  Head on over to Melissa's blog and check out her awesome creation. 

CSS Alumni CAS Blog Hop

Welcome to another fun blog hop being hosted by members of StampTV Center Stage Alumni. If you've arrived from Lori McAree's awesome blog then you're at the right place! To start at the beginning, please go to StampTV and hop from there.

Challenge Blog Hop Details:
Create a CAS card or project that contains only the following items and no others:

• Your design must be CAS - Clean And Simple: lots of white or open space with one main focal point


• One image


• One sentiment


• One layer card - your card base plus only one more layer


• Embellishments - you can use any number of embellishments you want, but they all must be the same color

Without further ado, here is my card.  I used stamps from the Gina K. Designs Spirit of Christmas set. I used some red metallic dots for the ornaments and a bit of red ribbon too!

Now, I will send you to Melissa Schultz's awesome blog and see what gem she has created for the hop!



See you soon,

Thanks so Much!

Well, me and my Center Stage Alumni buddies are hopping again.  This time Carolina gave us a great sketch to work with.  The sketch was based on a card by my awesome stamping pal Deb Felts.  You can see Deb's card here and the sketch below. Hopefully you arrived here from Kay's blog, but if you didn't, you can go back to Stamp TV and start at the beginning.  

I have to laugh because when I first saw the sketch I immediately knew what I wanted to do, I immediately thought about doing a card with a Christmas them and snowflakes but then I remembered I did snowflakes last time we hopped and I didn't want y'all to think I was snowflake crazy (I am by the way).   

So what you will see is a  Thank You card I came up with using some of my favorite fall colors.  

I used stamps from three different Gina K. Designs sets on this card.  First I stamped the script image from the Botanicals set onto a piece of print cardstock and then I inked up one of the beautiful flowers from the Pressed Flowers set with three colors of Versacolor ink and stamped and embossed it three times over the script print.  The last two stamps I used were from the Fanciful Tags set.  I love how the images and sentiments in this set match perfectly with the Spellbinders Fancy Labels set.



The recipe is below if you would like to know the nitty gritty about this card.  I don't want to keep you long as there is so much for you to look at.  Head on over to Melissa's blog and check it out!

Recipe:

Stamps:  Fanciful Tags, Pressed Flowers, Botanicals-Gina K. Designs

Paper:  Orange-Worldwin, All prints from the Cosmo Cricket Wanted collection.

Inks:  Adirondack Caramel, Versacolor Burgundy, Paprika and Topaz

Extras:  1 tiny little rhinestone, ribbon, a prima flower, a flower from my stash and some Clear EP

CSS September Inspiration Hop

Hi there!  Tonight I am hopping along with some of my fellow Stamp TV Center Stage Alumni for a yummy inspiration blog hop.  See those gorgeous cupcakes?  That is the inspiration for tonight's hop.  I took my card idea from the pretty pink and brown cupcake.  The swirls on top reminded me of a snowflake, so I ran with that idea.  You should have arrived at my blog from the Kay's  amazing blog, if not you can go back to StampTV and start at the beginning.  You wouldn't want to miss a thing!

 There are no fancy techniques to this card, just lots of luscious layers and some pretty ribbon.  The stamps I used were from the Gina K Designs Blessed is the Season set. The card recipe is listed below.  The next stop on the hop is Melissa's awesome blog.



Recipe:

All images/cardstock are from Gina K. Designs

Layer a piece of Passionate Pink cardstock to an embossed piece of Innocent Pink cardstock.  Tie ribbon around the right side of the pink pieces and layer to a Chocolate Kiss card.

Stamp snowflake in Rosebud Clearsnap ink randomly onto a PL White panel.

Layer snowflake panel to a Chocolate Kiss panel and layer to the left side of the embossed panel.

Stamp snowflake in  Clearsnap Chiffon White (really light pink) ink on a scrap of white cardstock and overstamp sentiment with Memento Rich Cocoa ink.  

Add sentiment panel to a Chocolate Kiss panel that has been punched with an edge punch.  Layer to image panel.

Add rhinestones to image and sentiment panels.

Lean On Me Blog Hop

Tonight I have joined in with some very talented designers to bring you some cards created with the Lean On Me set from Gina K. Designs.  I chose to use the large flower image/stem/leaf and the "Thank you for being there" sentiment from the set.  This set is so versatile and could be used in so many different ways.

It is hard to see in the picture, but I added Glossy Accents and glitter to the flower.  It is really shimmery in person.  I am not going to keep you long as there are many more beautiful creations for you to see.



For even more inspiration with the Lean on Me stamp set, please visit these links below:

• Jessica Fick


• Colleen Schaan


• Suzanne Dean


• Lee Murphy


• Miesje  Flach


• Sharri Seffens


• Melissa Shultz


• Melissa Cash  {you are here}


• Karen Knegten


• Donna Baker

hugs,