So Excited!

I have some exciting news that I have been sitting on for over a week...I am on design team. :~) InStyle Stamps had posted a call for a Guest Designer spot and after seeing some images from their company I thought I would give it a whirl..(you know the old saying, 'nothing ventured, nothing gained'). Well, low and behold, Virginia (the owner) emailed me last Saturday and asked if I would be part of her actual design team. I was BLOWN away and jumped at the opportunity! I am so excited and look forward to working with Virginia and her company.



This past week while I was out of town a wonderful package arrived from InStyle Stamps... Woo-Hoo...new stamps!!! This is Jasmine and I just had to use her first since I have a little 8 month old... you see new baby days weren't too long ago. My little one is now moving all over the place and he won't be held like this for very long at all. :o) I colored Jasmine using Bic It markers and a purple Souffle pen. I came up with the color scheme based on the DCWV scrapbook paper: Nana's Nursery Baby Boy. I just think she is super cute and I can see using her with various baby cards and on altered items as gifts.

If you would like to see more inspiration with these stamps, check out InStyle Stamps Blog . Also be sure and check out the sight on Monday, there will be a sketch challenge and I heard some prizes...and who doesn't love prizes, so be sure to check it out! :o)

Mojo Madness #57

The Mojo Monday sketch for this week was something I wanted to do again so I combined it with the Color Challenge for this week on SCS (Pink Pirouette, Kiwi Kiss and Chocolate Chip). Nothing quite like multi-tasking :o) It was going to be hard to make a fall card using pink, so I made a flower card instead. :o)
The roses were stamped using Pink Pirouette and Pretty in Pink since this is a two-step stamping set. When I first bought this set I wasn't sure those two colors could be layered together, but so long as you have a juicy ink pad, it does work.
Off to get busy today and hopefully clean my stamp table...it looks like a tornado hit it! Have a great day!

Punches Three/ Hip Hop Accessories

I absolutely love making baby cards. There is nothing more exciting than a new little baby...I know my little boy has brought so much joy to our family and I just get so excited about a new little one!
I needed to make a card for a friend who recently had a little baby boy and wanted to use the new hostess stamp set Punches Three with the matching Oval Punch. I find stamp sets that match punches so fun to use. I know that with Stampin' Up! it seemed to start with the Tag Punch and now there are so many punches with matching stamp sets that there is something for everyone's style.



When making a card, I like to try to stamp the envelope as well. I don't always do so, but when time permits I sure try. For this envelope, I used the stamp set Hip Hop Accessories by Gina K. Designs as well as the Whimsical letter stamp sets from Stampin' Up. It just makes it all of the more personal to have the name stamped of the new little bundle of joy. Whimsical Upper and Lower it my absolute favorite letter set and I use it all of the time. I find it perfect for baby cards, birthday cards and even scrapbooking because it is whimsical in style and doesn't have to be completely straight which is good for me! :o)
Have a great day!

Recipe:
Stamp set: Punches Three, Whimsical Upper and Lower, and Hip Hop Accessories
Cardstock: Blue Bayou, Soft Sky, WW and Nana's Nursery Baby Boy (DCVW)
Ink: Blue Bayou and Soft Sky
Accessories: Swiss Dots CB folder, Oval Punch, Paper Piercer and Scallop Edge Punch