Loving Thoughts of You

Hello friends!  Today the The Craft's Meow DT is having a blog hop to share projects created with the theme of Valentine/Love (pinch, pinch...thrilled to be on the design team and hopping with these creative ladies!!) I used two stamp sets for my card and was inspired by the Tuesday Trigger: Cross My Heart over on Moxie Fab for my design:

I took a panel of Ocean Mist card stock and embossed it with an embossing folder and gently smoothed on some Blank Canvas Studio Semi-Gloss Acrylic Paint from Claudine Hellmuth (which I heat set to speed drying).  I then layered it onto a pink cardstock and adhered to a card front. I die cut a heart and stamped XOXO from Sew Happy multiple times and added a sentiment from Sent with Love.  Very easy!!

Here are the sets I used:

   And here is the Tuesday Trigger:

Here is the complete lineup for the TCM Blog Hop:
Clare Buswell
Gayatri Murali
Ivana Camdzic
Jennie Harper * you are here
Jennifer Cuthbertson
Jessica Fick
Karen Baker
Lin Brandyberry
Lindsay Amrhein
Nina Brackett
Sharri Seffens
Veronica Zalis

  Your next stop is the creative Jennifer Cuthbertson!!

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day! 

Blessings,

Sending You Smiles

Today I am sharing another card I made using Sent with Love from The Craft's Meow.  I paired it with some My Mind's Eye patterned paper and did something I haven't in forever...stenciling! I stenciled the circle focal image with Arabesque from The Crafter's Workshop.

I used the sketch from the November challenge over on the TCM Blog....and got it made right before the end of the month, lol! 

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day! 

Blessings, 

A Special Note

 I was able to get a little bit of stamping time this weekend and was excited to play with some new stamps I got from The Craft's Meow.  I love Nina's style of design and used three different stamp sets on this card: Beautiful Spring, Sent with Love, and Lovely Labels 18.  I also used some My Mind's Eye patterned paper, bling from Want2Scrap and used Memento Bahama Blue ink.  I am not quite confident enough in my Copic coloring skills so just lightly colored the butterfly with a light blue/yellow Copic.

Recently my LSS had a yard sale for crafters and have to say I LOVE recycling my goodies!  I was able to clean out/sell quite a bit and gain some store credit for future purchases and best of all... finally able to complete my Memento ink collection.... (added the blue I used on the card above) and am set until the new colors become available.  Can't wait to see those in person!!  LOVE my Memento ink!

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day! 

Blessings,

 

CFC36

 I made this for the CAS-ual Fridays Challenge which is to use Black/White and not a speck more :)  I used a stamp set designed by Nina Brackett for The Craft's Meow called Sent with Love and added a bit of Want2Scrap bling. 

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day! 

Blessings, 

Dear Friend

I made this for the 2011 WCMD Challenge over on the Classroom blog.  There were numerous challenges this past Saturday and I loved the color challenge by Julie and was inspired by her design.  Thanks Julie!!  I clear embossed the flowers and sponged over it with Memento ink and added liquid pearls to the center of each flower.

For my card I used Layers of Color stamps and stencils (Flowering Gems, Sent with Love, The Love Chapter clear stamps and Belle Brocade art stencil).

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Blessings,

CPS237

I made this for the CPS237 sketch challenge and our sponsor this week is Clearsnap.  For my card I used Stephanie Barnard Licorice ink, as well as Design Adhesives and Glitter from Clearsnap.  The sentiment and black damask image is from Layers of Color (Sent with Love and Touch of Elegance). 

Hope you can join us for this fun sketch...one random winner will win some awesome Clearsnap products!!

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day!
Blessings,

CPS235

Hello!  Here is a card I made using the CPS sketch for this week.  Want2Scrap is the sponsor this week and LOVE their bling which coordinates with Spellbinders dies and embellishments!  I used some Prima patterned paper and a sentiment from Sent with Love from Layers of Color. Hope you can play along this week!!!

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day!

Blessings,

Layers of Color ~ Dear Friend

Layers of Color is sponsoring a challenge over at If The Shoes Fits...Scrap It.  The challenge is all about showing your green!!  I went with a Green/Kraft color combo and used the art stamp sets: The Love Chapter, Sent with Love and the newest stamp set Layers of Color Gifts of Love.  The background was created using the Elegant Touch art stencil and stamping over it with the wording from The Love Chapter.  

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day!

Blessings,

CPS227

 Want2Scrap is the sponsoring the CPS challenge this week and have to LOVE bling that matches Spellbinders dies!!  

For this card I used Crate Paper and Layers of Color Flourish Crest cling art stamp and Sent with Love clear art stamp set.

Hope you can play along as this week one random winner will win a $25 Gift Certificate to Want2Scrap has bling and so much more...

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day!

Blessings,

CPS219 ~ Thinking of You

I shared this over the CPS blog using CPS219.   When I saw the sketch and the oval I immediately thought of Layers of Color cling art stamp Garden Wall.  I stamped it on Sweet Corn cardstock and colored/highlighted with Copics.  The sentiment is from Sent with Love.  Sure hope you can play along with the CPS challenge this week...it is a fun sketch!

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day!

Blessings,

Garden Wall

 A quick card using some Layers of Color stamps.  For this card I used Garden Wall cling art stamp, as well as Sent with Love art stamp set.   I layered the Labels 14 die with Grommet Tags.

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day!

Blessings,

CP113

Layers of Color is sponsoring the Card Patterns Sketch 113 this week.  One lucky randomly picked participant will receive both Embroidered Butterfly and Warbler cling art stamps. 

I used Prima Recollections patterned paper and the cling art stamp Embroidered Butterfly on my card.  The sentiment is from Sent with Love.  The sketch was so fun to figure out and I went with the Spellbinders Lacey Circle dies for the top. The butterfly was sponged with ink and popped up on pop dots. 

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day!


Blessings,

Moxie Fab: Tuesday Trigger

 

I just had to play along with the Tuesday Trigger: Farm Fresh this week which is a fabulous combination of Orange, Aqua and White.  

My inspiration came from the colors and used some Layers of Color stamps: Cottage Rose cling art stamp and The Love Chapter (for the script background).  The sentiment is from Sent with Love and love that Layers of Color now has sentiment stamps.  I also made this for the Stampin' Sisters in Christ Challenge whose challenge focus this week is paper piecing.  I paper pieced the rose after I colored it with Copics and added some blue stickles to the center.  I also spritzed some Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist in Caribbean Blue (which is such a fun product!).

Here is the inside of my card:

Here is my inspiration from the Tuesday Trigger this week:

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day!

Blessings,

Layers of Color

 

I have a special card to share today using Layers of Color.  Today I am hosting Faith Art Friday over on the Layers of Color Blog and wanted to share my project here as well. For this project, I used the Warbler and Rose Blossom Frame cling art stamp, as well as the Belle Brocade art stencil.     Layers of Color is a Spellbinders Preferred Product Partner and we are thrilled with the opportunity to work so closely with this amazing company!  In fact, the Rose Blossom Frame coordinates with the Spellbinders Labels Sixteen.   Here is a close up of the Warbler, layered within the rose frame...

For this card I also used the clear art stamp set Sent with Love....this is one of my favorite sentiments as it fits absolutely any occasion.

The sketch for this card is from Card Patterns 107.    The patterned paper on this design is from Prima Madeline.

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day!

Blessings, 

 

Floral Spray

 Just a quick card to share this morning that I made using the Stamp TV kit Sent with Love.  I added just a touch of Flower Soft to the center of each flower and tied it together with some pink ribbon.  The patterned paper is Echo Park Springtime, a new favorite of mine!!   The Spellbinders dies I used are Beaded Ovals, don't you just love how you can sponge the beads? 

This is also for the Moxie Fab World: Stamp It! Techniques Week: The stamping with Markers Challenge.  I colored the floral image with my Copics.

I will be back this evening with a special and fun CSS blog hop!  You won't want to miss some special treasures we have in store for you!

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day!

Blessings,

Dear Friend

Just a quick little card to share before I head out to catch a flight to sunny California...  I made this for the Outlawz Sunday challenge which is CAS, but think I may have missed the mark a bit.  I tend to add and add and by the time I am finished... it is anything but "clean and simple."

I used the Warbler cling art stamp as well as The Love Chapter, Sent with Love and the Natural Flourish art stencil.  Just love how all of these stamps and stencils coordinate together.

Well, I am off to represent Layers of Color at CHA.  Thanks so much to Laura for this amazing opportunity, you are a blessing and such an encouragement to your Design Team!  It will be an exciting several days and I am looking forward to meeting some dear online friends (in real life), hanging out with blogging buddies, and seeing some exciting new products available soon!  I will be back sometime after CHA with hopefully some fun pictures to share!!! 

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day!

Blessings,