CV Friendship SCR

I have really been bitten by the scrapbooking bug!  I have found that now I look for stamp sets that will work for both cards and scrapbooking.  When I received the set Friendship, from Creative Vision I just knew it was the perfect set for these pictures from my daughter's piano recital last year.   I like the varying fonts included in the set and they all work together so nicely!  

Nothing is sweeter than having a best friend and I am so thankful for the friends my daughter has.  She truly has been blessed with friendships that will last a lifetime and bring about many happy memories.

I hope you have a great day!

Exciting Announcement!!!

Guess what....Gina K from Gina K. Designs and StampTV selected me and 5 others for her June Center Stage Spotlight Design Team!! You can find information and the others chosen HERE. I am so excited....Cat asked me if I squealed when I saw the news...and yes, I did!

Here was the project that got chosen:


I think my youngest made it easy though...he is just so cute :o))) and I don't think I am biased, LOL! haha!
Hope you have a great day! I know I am :o))) I can't stop smiling....

Friendship

Today marks my first official day designing for Creative Vision and I am excited to share some projects that I have created with these wonderful clear stamps. Just so you know, I am a picky person when it comes to clear stamps and I am beyond thrilled with the quality of these clear acrylic stamps. It gives me clear crisp impression every time. My card today uses the stamp set Friendship which includes some beautiful phrases and sentiments for those in your life that mean a great deal to you.  I used some dp I found recently at Hobby Lobby and do believe I will be heading back for some more.  It goes perfectly with the retired SU color Soft Sky (a favorite of mine and I have stockpiled quite a bit!)  I colored the paper flowers with SU markers to match the dp.  

A Fairy Creative Place is the blog for Creative Vision and the first challenge has been posted...you should check it out! The winner will receive a free stamp set of their choice and there is no better incentive then FREE STAMPS! :o)

  
SALE Alert!!!
I just saw on the Creative Vision blog that their is a special and a BONUS for the month of June...  Here are the deets:
To celebrate the design team's arrival, the sets they were assigned to work with are only $10.00 EACH! This will be for a very limited time, and only while supplies last. The BONUS is FREE SHIPPING on ANY ORDER for the whole month of JUNE!

Have a great day!

Limelight Sketch #22

Mandy over at Limelight Papercrafts has a great sketch challenge this week that is all about patterned paper!  Which looking at my bin I have quite a bit ...don't we all, LOL!.   I had extra time to stamp a little put one together real quick.  The neat thing about this card is very little stamping, it is really all about paper and is a great way to use little strips you have sitting around.  The sentiment "New Baby" is from Hip Hop Accessories and I thought went very well with the DCWV Nana's Nursery for Boy paper.

Also wanted to mention that Mandy will be having a Limelight Anniversary Celebration this coming Monday, June 1st.  I have heard they will be having big store-wide sales, sketches, games, and giveaways...   

Have a great weekend!

Sketch Challenge: Guiding Light

I made this for the sketch challenge over on StampTV for this week.  I loved the circle panel to frame the main image and knew I wanted to use Guiding Light.   I am quite smitten with this stamp set.  The sentiment is from a phrase included in the set and I just omitted most of it and simply wanted "guiding light" which I punched with the Word Window punch from SU.   The card base is Chocolate Kiss (so nice and sturdy)...I am just tickled with how this turned out :o)

Gina K. had another release last night and some of the new stuff just jumped into my cart (good thing my dear hubby gave me some stamping money for our anniversary last week!) One set (in particular) will be perfect to make a lovey~dovey card for him!!!
I hope you have a wonderful day and a great weekend!

Spot On!

I recently bought the DCWV Animal Crackers paper pack which I thought would be perfect with the various animal stamp sets I have collected over the past year. It has so many fun patterns and colors it will be a great "go to" pad. For this card, I used Gina K's Chocolate Kiss and SU Tangerine Tango cardstock. They really go together so nicely! The design itself is from a sketch challenge over on StampTV which is a fantastic sketch that I will definitely use again and again.
Sorry this picture turned out so fuzzy...if I get a chance I will retake it later today. It has been rainy and just yucky the last few days...I am ready for the sun!

Yesterday I did have the neatest thing happen...I won some blog candy on Gina K's blog which was the new set coming out Thursday by Melanie: Sporty Accessories, as well as the three new Vivid ink pads (that match her cardstock) and a sampler of the two newest colors of her Luxury cardstock: In the Navy and Rocket Red! I am so excited...

I hope you have a great day!

Birthday Page

Today I have another scrapbook page to share from a sketch challenge.   I just love how I am really starting to make a dent into the pictures I have been developing with the intent of scrapbooking.   Now my hubby doesn't fuss when I ask for so many extras to develop because I *am* using them :o))) For the past 15 years of marriage, we have very carefully placed our family pictures in chronological order in a series of 20 (yes, I said 20) photo albums.  And there is NO WAY I am going back and redoing all of those albums.... (it is just not going to happen) so I am starting with the last year and working from there for a separate way of keeping pictures which the kids will get when they grow up (IF I can part with them...and if not, they will get them when I...well, you know!) :o))

I am working on three separate books for the three kids and have one today of the baby (is he still a "baby" at one? I am not sure about that..) I just loved watching him eat cake. He was the only one of our three who enjoyed getting messy and just ate and ate and ate his birthday cake. He turned one back in March and has just about no hair (you can see it faintly in the natural light, so it is there, LOL!)....I am hoping by age 2 he will grow some but won't hold my breath.

Off for a busy day and back to town again :o)) Have a great day!

Friends Make Life

The color challenge for last week on StampTV was to use Elegant Eggplant, Baja Blue and Kraft.  Just lovely colors and I thought I would figure out a design using the Top Note Die from SU.  I covered the place where I halved the die by adding some grosgrain and was tickled when I found this kraft colored button in the bottom of my button jar.  The sprigs were punched using a Martha Stewart punch.  

My daughter's recital went very well.  She performed her piece beautifully and we are so proud of her. The Lord has definitely blessed her with a talent and love for music. Honestly, there is nothing better than listening to her practice...  I will have pictures to scrapbook soon, just need to get them developed. :o)

Our 15th Anniversary was on the same day and hubby is so sweet to me...he even padded my stamping stash....He knows me so well!  Which is good because Gina K. is having another release this week....oh-no! :o))))

I hope you have a great Memorial Day!

 

Home Is...

I recently got the set Wreath of Wishes in a trade and used it for a sketch challenge.  I paired it with a background I had stamped quite some time ago and found in my scrap bin.  Not too bad when it works out for another card, LOL! :o)  The background was stamped with two SU background stamps: Floral and French Script.

Today is a busy day for me, not only is it our 15th wedding anniversary (how did 15 years go by so fast?....Love you honey) ...but this evening our daughter has a piano recital that she has been preparing for since February.  I made this card for her to celebrate her big day. :o)  She has studied her piece so diligently and I just love listening to her practice.   It is truly a beautiful sound....
Have a great day!

Friendship

I looked at my scrap pile recently and realized I REALLY need to start hacking into it before I even consider cutting another piece!  So.... I am pleased to say all of the dp on this card is completely made from scraps! :o)  I love this pink stripe designer paper from Basic Grey, I have altered notebooks and frames using this dp so have quite a little pile of scraps pieces to work with.  Now I need to figure out a better way to organize my scrap dp...any suggestions?  Right now it is just in a 9x12 bin I sort through...
Have a great day!