Happy Birthday, Lori!!!!

Good morning everyone!!! We are going to have such a great time today because the CDS Design team is having a Birthday Bash Blog Hop for Lori McCroskey, the owner of Clear Dollar Stamps!! This is a surprise party for her birthday...how fun!!!!!

Katie will start the hop on the Clearly iStamp Blog....we have all created a special birthday card for Lori and will be posting the cards today on our blogs. Come join us for lots of fun and inspiration and be sure to wish Lori a Happy Birthday!!!!!

I used the Clear Dollar Stamps Birthday Celebration set to create my birthday card...the cupcake image was stamped with Palette Water Lily Green and the frosting was stamped with Memento Rose Bud. I uses these colors for the candles plus More Mustard. The background paper is from Making Memories called Flutter and sewing was done around the edges. The ribbons and buttons finish it off.
Recipe:
Stamps: Clear Dollar Stamps Birthday Celebration
Paper: White, Bubble Gum, Spring Leaf, Making Memories Flutter
Ink: Memento Rose Bud, Palette Water Lily Green, Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Nestabilities, Buttons, Floss, Ribbons, Sewing Machine, Foam Tape

If you have come from Sarah's blog, you are on the right track!!! Wasn't her birthday card gorgeous!!!!

1. Start: Lori's blog
2. Cassie
3. Katie
4. Trudy
5. Christi
6. Linda
7. Tricia
8. Laurie
9. Katlyn
10. Angela
11. Sarah
12. Joan You are here!!
13. Lisa
14. Stacy
15. Barb
16. Shell

Thanks for joining us today.....Now head on over to Lisa's blog to see her gorgeous birthday card!!!

Off to Seattle With the Teapotters!!!

Good morning everyone...what a great day to be stamping!!!! The Color Challenge colors on Splitcoast today are gorgeous; Rich razzleberry, Baja Breeze, and So Saffron...I actually had all the colors and a piece of grid paper for the dessert option, too...Woot!!! This is also for da Mudder's Teapot Tuesday challenge. It seems we are off to Seattle to see Duke the spotless Dalmation. He was hired by the fire department but promised the chief he would have spots in 2 weeks. So it's up to the teapotters to save the day...we are to take lots of polka dots to the party for old Duke!!

I am also taking a picnic basket full of flowers and food...stampers can't live on polka dots alone!!! The images are from Clear Dollar Stamps Picnic Time set...colored with copics, and popped up on dimensionals. I also used Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge found on her blog, Lord have Mercy.

Recipe:
Stamps: Clear Dollar Stamps Picnic Time
Paper: Rich Razzleberry, Baja Breeze, So Saffron, October Afternoon Fly a Kite
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Baja Breeze
Accessories: Silver Pearls, Nestabilities, Spiral Punch, SU Flower Die, Prima, Button, Twine

I made this card yesterday for the Technique Lovers Challenge on Splitcoast to make flowers without a flower punch or die and the CAS challenge to be inspired by the wonderful Cake Designer:Carrie's Cakes. It seems like when I combine challenges I make a bigger mess...what's up with that??? Anyway...I made my flowers with the round scalloped punch and tissue paper. The punch didn't cut the tissue paper very well but since I was smashing the paper anyway, it didn't really matter.

My inspiration cake for the CAS Challenge was the gorgeous Melody (in Chocolate) cake # 548. It was sooo pretty with the chocolate frosting and the light and dark pink flowers on the top and down the side. The flourishes and sentiment from Rubbernecker were stamped with Versamark, embossed with white ep, and colored with pink chalk. The ribbon and rhinestone brads in the flower centers were the only embellishments. I really tried to keep this CAS!!!
Recipe:
Stamps: Rubbernecker Flourishes and sentiment
Paper: Chocolate Chip, Pink Pirouette, Tissue Paper. Prism Baby Pink Dark
Ink: Versamark
Accessories: Chalk, Rhinestone Brads, PTI Ribbon, White Embossing Powder, Round Scalloped Punch

Thanks for visiting me today...I hope you have a wonderful Tuesday!!!

Clearly Inspired Challenge #15

Good morning everyone and welcome to the Clearly Inspired Challenge on Lori McCroskey's blog..... today the challenge is to make a Thank You card!!

Use Clear Dollar Stamps if you have them, if not, please play anyway....we would love to see your designs!!! A random winner will be chosen the following Thursday. Upload your cards to Mr. Linky on Lori's blog and if you upload to Splitcoast, use CIC15 in the keywords.

I used the newly released Goose Hugs - July Stamp of the Month set today. This is the set that comes to you free with an order of $35.00 or more at Clear Dollar Stamps. The image was stamped with Memento Rich Cocoa and colored with copics. The patterned paper is my new favorite...October Afternoon's Fly a Kite. The large ric rac was cut with a diecut and sewing was done around the edges. The turquoise ric rac and button with twine finishes it off.

Recipe:
Stamps: Goose Hugs
Paper: Vanilla, Baja Breeze, October Afternoon's Fly a Kite
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa
Accessories: Button, Twine, Ric Rac Diecut, Ric Rac, Nestabilities, Corner Rounder Punch, Sewing Machine, Copics

This is also for a few other challenges:

1. Lexi's Creations - Something old (my ric rac is at least 5 years old!!)
2. The Crazy Challenge - all things spotty (my rose colored dp is spotty)
3. Kah-Wink-E-Dink - free for all
4. Paper Cutz - use squares, circles, or stars (I used circles for the main image and button)
5. Fun ' Funky Challenge - sewing
6. Stampin Royalty - seeing double -use two of something. I have 2 geese!
7. My Time to Craft Challenge - use ziz zags (my sewing)
8. Incy Wincy Challenge - use something with wings


Thanks for stopping by this morning....be sure to check out Lori's blog, Clearly iStamp for the DT's samples and all the deets on the challenge!!!

Clear Dollar Stamps Sneak Peeks Day Three

Clear Dollar Stamps

Sneak Peeks Day Three

Hello everyone and welcome to Clear Dollar Stamps July Sneak Peeks!!!! All the sets will be available for purchase on July 1. Today I am featuring Goose Hugs - July 2010 Stamp of the Month and Picnic Time.

The Picnic Time table, napkin, basket, food, and bee were all stamped with Memento Rich Cocoa and colored with copics. The napkin, basket, and food were all popped up on dimensionals and glitter was added to the bee's wings. The sentiment and ants were stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black and the diecut grass, Cherry Go Round ribbon, button and twine finish it off. The gingham dp is from Creative Imaginations and Mossy Woods textured cardstock from Clear Dollar Stamps was used for the grass.
The sweet little basket and flowers from Picnic Time were stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black and colored with copics. The Blossom shaped Nestabilities dies were used for the card base and the Pineapple Twist and Mud Pie cardstock (from Clear Dollar Stamps) layers. The sentiment was punched out and attached with dimensionals and silver pearls were added to the flower centers.

This card was made with the adorable Goose Hugs - July Stamp of the Month. The image was colored with copics and the sentiment was sponges while still in the Nestie with So Saffron. The flowers, gold pearls, and Mud Pie ribbon from Clear Dollar Stamps were the finishing touches. The papers used were Mud Pie for the card base, Pineapple Twist for the matting and Basic Grey's Max & Whiskers dp. Sewing was also done in the corners at an angle for a little interest.

The fun sentiment from Goose Hugs - July 2010 Stamp of the Month was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black on the white cardstock, cutout with a Nesties, and layered with black and Cherry Go Round cardstock from Clear Dollar Stamps. The background paper is from Imaginisce and the Prima flowers and leaves, Zva Rhinestone Flourish, and the EK Success punched border complete the design. I also added the cute little cracked egg from the same set for a touch of whimsey.

Be sure to check out the other designers sneak peeks...you will find lots of inspiration today!!
Goose Hugs (July SOM) - Tricia, Stacy, Gloria, Joan, Katie, Candy, Laurie
Picnic Time - Joan, Rebecca, Tracy, Sarah G, Kim, Katie, Laurie
Cupful of Happiness - Tricia, Lisa, Gloria, Rebecca, Sarah G, Trudy, Katie, Laurie
Individual Stamps: Pail and Shovel and Life Ring - Laurie and Katie
You will find all the stamp set discriptions on Lori McCroskey's blog, ClearlyI Stamp

Thanks for stopping by...have a great day!!

You're so Tweet!!

Hello everyone!!! I have been working in the yard early in the morning because by 10:00 it's already in the high 90's and remember those tomato plants I told you about?? The birds found them and pecked holes is several...GRRRRR!!!! I threw a couple of sheets over them so I hope that keeps those pesky old birds away!!!

I found some time yesterday afternoon to play along in the Ways to Use it Challenge on Splitcoast. The challenge was to use heat embossing...I have not embossed anything for quite a while!!! I used Ranger Tinsel Embossing powder on the frame and the chipboard button was embossed with white opaque ep. The birdhouse and the tiny birds from Clear Dollar Stamps A Tweet Hello set were colored with copics and I did a little sewing along the sides.
Recipe:
Stamps: Clear Dollar Stamps A Tweet Hello
Paper: White, Stampin Up! dp
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Nestabilities, Ranger Tinsel ep, White Opaque ep, Sewing Machine, EK Success Scalloped Border Punch, Ribbon, Die-namics Ric Rac Die

Thanks for stopping by this morning...Mom and I are going to the grocery store a little later. I'm all out of chocolate and that makes for a very cranky stamper...LOL!!!!

Fun in the Kitchen

Good morning everyone.....hope you are having a great day!! I have been working in the yard and weeding flower beds. I'm afraid my house has been terribly neglected....maybe I will do a little dusting later this morning. Don't ya just hate it when the tops of the wood furniture turn white...LOL!!! Anyway....
I sooo love my new cuppie set....Taylored Expressions Cuppie in the Kitchen. I made this card for my DH since our anniversary is in a couple of weeks. I may have to make him a cherry pie to go along with the card!! I used Taylor's Sketch Challenge #114 for the layout....the image was colored with copics and sewing was done along the background edges on the Websters Pages paper. The twill tape, buttons and twine finish it off.

Recipe:
Stamps: Taylored Expressions Cuppie in the Kitchen
Paper: Vanilla, Chocolate Chip, Prism Twilight Dark
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa
Accessories: Sewing Machine, Nestabilities, Buttons, Twine, Twill Tape, Dimensionals

This is the card I made Tuesday for the Color Challenge on Splitcoast. The colors were Real Red, Bermuda Bay, and Kraft. I used Mercy's Tuesday Sketch for the layout and also made this for da Mudder's Teapot Tuesday Challenge. It seemed Trish Lafish got lost last week in the storm and she really wanted to get back to school so she could graduate in a few weeks. She needed food for fuel so she could swim through all those giant waves so I provided the spices...what's a seaweed salad without a little sea salt??? The Clear Dollar Stamps Vintage Spices image was colored with copics and mounted on two different Nesties layers. The button with twine, Cherry Go Round Red Ribbon, and a scalloped border finished it off.

Recipe:
Stamps: Clear Dollar Stamps Vintage Spices
Paper: White, Bermuda Bay, Real Red
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Copics, Nestabilities, Ribbon, Button, Twine, SU Border Punch


Thanks for visiting...have a wonderful Thursday!!!

Birds, Butterflies, and Spices

Hello everyone....what a great day we are having in Central Texas!!! The sun is shining and the wind is at a minimum.....they canceled Cody's baseball game last night due to high winds and storms so I hope they can play tonight!!! Anyway...
I hopped out of bed this morning and went straight to the craft room to make this card for the color challenge on Splitcoast. The colors were Dusty Durango, So Saffron, and Rich Razzleberry...not a combo I would pick but I love how this turned out!!!
The Hero Arts Bird in a Circle image from Stampers Dream was stamped on white cardstock and colored with copics. The outside script section was sponged with So Saffron and the background Dusty Durange layer was stenciled with a piece of punched paper and Dusty Durango ink. The ribbon, pearls, twine, and punched butterflies finish it off.

The bird and one of the flowers were stamped twice, cutout, and popped up with dimensionals. I cut a slit at the side of the circle to slip the ribbon through.
Recipe:
Stamps: Hero Arts Bird in a Circle
Paper: Dusty Durango, Rich Razzleberry, So Saffron, White
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, So Saffron
Accessories: Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch, Ribbon, Twine, Copic
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I made this card yesterday for the Technique Lovers Challenge on Splitcoast....the challenge was to use a frame. I used my last chipboard frame up last week so I made a frame with Nestabilities and Basic Grey's Nook and Pantry dp. The spice shelf from Clear Dollar Stamps Vintage Spices set was colored with copics and the gathered ribbon, buton, and felt flower and leaf finish it off.
Recipe:
Stamps: Clear Dollar Stamps Vintage Spices
Paper: White, Old Olive, Real Red, Basic Grey's Nook and Pantry
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Ribbon, Nestabilities, Felt Flower and Leaf, Button, Dimensionals

Flowers, Flowers, and more Flowers!!

After spending 3 hours in the dentist's chair this morning, it sure was nice to get into my craft room, especially before the pain meds wore off...LOL!! The dentist completed the 3 root canals he started last Thursday but had a heck of a time finding my calcified roots....I think I would rather have a baby than go through that again!!!!! Anyway...

The Ways to Use It Challenge on Splitcoast was to use distressing. This is also for the Queen for the Day challenge #8 to honor Lynn (allee's). Lynn has such a fabulous gallery....I finally picked her allee's CAS58 card to case. I kept the same basic layout, theme, and colors. I added the oval distressed image layer and matting, Groovy Guave ribbon and butterflies with pearls. I changed the stamps to Nina Brackett's Lovely Shelf set, changed the designer paper to Stampin Up!, and added the scalloped border at the bottom. Lynn...I hope you have enjoyed you week with the crown...you are sooo deserving!!!!!!

Recipe:
Stamps: Lovely Shelf by Nina Bracket for Gina K. Designs
Paper: Ocean Mist, Chocolate Brown, White, Stampin Up! dp
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa
Accessories: Copics, Nestabilities, Ribbon, Pearls, Martha Stewart Scalloped Border Punch, MS Butterfly Punch

This is also for a few other challenges:

1. Meljen's Designs Challenge_ Flowers and Blooms

2. PaperPlay Challenges - brown and -------

3. Totally Terrific Thursdays - anything goes

4. ABC Challenge - U for unsued stash (my Groovy Guava ribbon is 3 years old...yikes!!
5. For Fun Challenge - anything card but must use a stamp (Gina K.)
6. La La Land Crafts - anything goes

7. Simple Doodles - you are on my mind

I made this card last Tuesday for the Color Challenge on Splitcoast to use Melon Mambo and Soft Suede with a dessert option to use wood grained something.

The kite and dandelion images from Clear Dollar Stamps Air Flair set were stamped with Melon Mambo and the stems and sentiment were stamped the Soft Suede. The kite was stamped twice and one was cutout and popped up with dimensionals. The resin frame was colored with a copic to look like wood and the buttons, ribbon, and punched background finish it off.
Recipe:
Stamps: Clear Dollar Stamps Air Flair
Paper: Melon Mambo, Soft Suede, White
Ink: Melon Mambo, Soft Suede
Accessories: Resin Frame, Ribbon, Martha Stewart Scalloped Border Punches, Buttons, Twine, Dimensionals

The Featured Stamper on Splitcoast Sunday was Lori (ltecler)!! Congrats, Lori!!! What a fabulous gallery...I found several cards I wanted to case but finally settled on Lori's USCAC5 You are Fabulous card. I kept the same layout but changed the colors, papers, and the stamps to Clear Dollar Stamps Tag Blessings. The image was stamped with Elegant Eggplant onto Prism Iced Yellow and the paper is BoBunny's Jazmyne.

Recipe:
Stamps: Clear Dollar Stamps Tag Blessings
Paper: Prism Iced Yellow, Kiwi Kiss, Elegant Eggplant, BoBunny Jazmyne dp
Ink: Elegant Eggplant
Accessories: Sewing Machine, Nestabilities, Top Note die, Button, Ribbon,

Ways to Use It Challenge, Featured Stamper Challenge, Sketch Challenge and Stamp TV's Color Challenge

Hello, everyone.....hope you are having a great Thursday afternoon!! I am really excited because we are going to my DGS's first baseball game tonight!! He is all pumped up and of course, the whole family will be there to cheer him on!! I'll take some pictures to show you tomorrow. Anyway...on with the show!!
The Ways to Use it Challenge on Splitcoast was to use chipboard. I have had some chipboard buttons for over a year and finally got to use them today!! This is also for Sunday's Featured Stamper Challenge to honor Gloria (GloriousGreetings). She is such a sweetheart and if you have not been to her gallery, check it out...it's FABULOUS!!! I decided to case Gloria's CC221 OCCC Home is Wherever You Perch card....I used the same Clear Dollar Stamps called Pretty Perches and the same colors but changed the green dp, added the gingham ribbon, and added the chipboard butterfly for the challenge today.

The birdcage image was stamped on a scratch piece of white cs and then cutout and popped up on the cardstock stamped with the sentiment. Clouds were sponged on with Bashful Blue and the branch with leaves from the same set were stamped above the birdcage. The bow was attached with glue dots and raffia was tied in the butterfly chipboard button.

Recipe:
Stamps: Clear Dollar Stamps Pretty Perches
Paper: White, Old Olive, CDS's Tangelo Smoothie, SEI dp
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Kiwi Kiss, Tangerine Tango, Bashful Blue
Accessories: Gingham Ribbon, Chipboard Butterfly by Prima, Raffia, Dimensionals

I made this card yesterday for the Sketch Challenge on Splitcoast and for the color challenge on Stamp TV to use the colors on Tina's card...they came from the Cosmo Cricket's Material Girl paper pad. The images from Gina K's Spring Florals set were colored with copics and the flowers were cut out from one of the Material Girl papers. The butterflies with tiny pearls finish it off.
Recipe:
Stamps: Gina K's Spring Florals
Paper: Vanilla, Barely Banana, Baja Breeze, Ruby Red, Cosmo Cricket's Material Girl
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Brad, Pearls, Candy Dot, Nestabilities, Martha Stewart Butterfly and Fern Punches, SU Flower Punch

Thanks for visiting....have a great day!!!

Clearly Inspired Challenge #12

Good morning everyone and welcome to the Clearly Inspired Challenge on Lori McCroskey's blog..... today the challenge is to use ribbon.

Use Clear Dollar Stamps if you have them, if not, please play anyway....we would love to see your designs!!! A random winner will be chosen the following Thursday. Upload your cards to Mr. Linky on Lori's blog and if you upload to Splitcoast, use CIC12 in the keywords.

The butterfly from Clear Dollar Stamps Peace for the Journey set was stamped 3 times with Apricot Appeal on white cardstock, cutout, and layered with dimensionals. The antennas were drawn on and the sentiment from the same set was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black. A Spellbinders die was used for the scalloped border and the Cotton Candy ribbon and lavender pearls added to the flower centers on the Basic Grey Kioshi paper finish it off.

Recipe:
Stamps: Peace for the Journey

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black and Apricot Appeal
Paper: Apricot Appeal, CDS's Cotton Candy, Basic Grey's Kioshi
Accessories: Lavender Pearls, Cotton Candy Ribbon, Nestabilities, Spellbinders border die

This is also for a few other challenges:
1. Our Creative Corner - butterflies
2. Magical Crafts and Fortnightly Challenges - something for the girls
3. Fab 'n' Funky Challenge - get it all out. I used my lavender pearls that I've had for over a year!
4. La-La-Land Challenge - shabby chic
5. Nutshells Challenge - Spring themed card
6. Stamp Something - layer something (I layered my butterfly)
7. Pile it On - Spring
8. Creative Belli Challenge - die cuts
9. Stampavie and More - butterflies
10. Cute Card Thursday - touchy feely

Thanks for visiting today...be sure to check out Lori's blog, Clearly iStamp for the DT's samples and all the deets on the challenge!!!

Clearly Inspired Challenge #11

Good morning everyone and welcome to the Clearly Inspired Challenge on Lori McCroskey's blog..... today the challenge is a color challenge. Clear Dollar Stamps just recently started releasing their own line of papers with ribbons to match. Katie selected three of these colors for the challenge: Bee Pollen (bright yellow) Cherry Go Round (red) Lime Juice (bright green). Please use the colors you have and join in the fun!!

Use Clear Dollar Stamps if you have them, if not, please play anyway....we would love to see your designs!!! A random winner will be chosen the following Thursday. Upload your cards to Mr. Linky on Lori's blog and if you upload to Splitcoast, use CIC11 in the keywords.

The flowers are from Clear Dollar Stamps Bold Bouquet set...three flowers were stamped with Summer Sun ink on white cs and three were stamped with Real Red ink onto the Cherry Go Round cardstock. They were all cutout and layered with dimensionals. The bee from Clear Dollar Stamps Circle Chit Chat was stamped with Versafine Onyx Black onto Bee Pollen cardstock and embossed with clear ep. The wings were paper pieced and the body was punched out and attached with a dimensional. The sentiment is from CDS's Birthday Celebration set. The leaves were punched out of the Lime Juice cardstock with a Martha Stewart Leaf Punch and the background layers were cutout with large scalloped Nestibilities. Bee Pollen ribbon, button with gingham ribbon and the yellow brad finish it off.

Recipe:

Stamps: Birthday Celebration, Circle Chit Chat, Bold Bouquet

Paper: Bee Pollen, Cherry Go Round, Lime Juice, White

Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Summer Sun, Real Red

Accessories: Clear ep, Brad, Button, Gingham Ribbon, Bee Pollen Ribbon, Nestabilities

This is also for a few other challenges:

1. Pals Paper Arts - flowers

2. Allsorts Challenge - no designer paper (yikes!!)

3. ABC Challenge - R is for red

4. Cooking it up with Katie Challenge - 1. use something old (brad) 2. use something new (new Nesties) 3. use something sweet (my sweet little bee)

5. Crafty Creations - paper piecing (the bees wings)

6. For Fun Challenge - April showers bring May flowers

7. Pollycraft Challenge - anything goes

8. Forever Friends Challenge Blog - Spring theme

9. One Stitch at a Time - anything goes

Be sure to check out Lori's blog, Clearly iStamp for the DT's samples and all the deets on the challenge!!!

Coffee, Birds, Cupcakes, and Shoes!

Hello everyone and happy Monday!! Can you believe Easter is next weekend...OMG, where has this year gone??? I'm up to my usual Monday tricks...stamping in my pj's and ignoring my dirty house!! We will have a house load of company over the weekend and next week for my Mother's 90th birthday party so I will start cleaning Wednesday. If I start too soon, I'll have to do it twice...yikes!!! Anyway...I made a card for the CAS challenge this morning on Splitcoast. This is also for the Saturday Spotlight With Hidden Potential challenge to use a coffee theme. The images from Rubbernecker's Coffeetime set were stamped with Memento Rich Cocoa and the cups were colored with copics. The coffee pot was paper pieced with Basic Grey's Kioshi dp. The sentiment from the same set says "Our friendship is as strong as my coffee and your hairspray!"
Recipe:
Stamps: Rubbernecker Coffeetime
Paper: Kraft, Basic Grey's Kioshi
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa
Accessories: Spellbinders Die, Square Punch, Ribbon, Martha Stewart Scallop Punch, Copics

I made this card yesterday for Anne Ryan's Queen for the Day challenge on Splitcoast. This week the queen is none other that the wonderful Pat Smethers!!! I was sooo excited to see my little sis chosen as the Queen ....she is sooo deserving!!!! Talk about a wonderful friend, sistah, wife, mother, mentor....I just wish I lived closer so I could hug her sweet neck..... I'll have to let the Buckle Man do that for me!! Now, down to the nitty grity....did ya get a look at Pat's gallery...OMG!!! I am sooo blown away every time I go check it out....I spent hours just cruzin. I finally decided to case Darla's Song...what a gorgeous card!!! I kept the same layout and bird theme but changed the papers, corner piece, added a ribbon, and left off the bling. Sistah, you are the best...congrats on this special honor!!!
Recipe:
Stamps: Weathered Background
Paper: Vanilla, Pure Luxury Cranberry Tart, Websters Pages, Creamy Caramel, Old Olive
Ink: Creamy Caramel
Accessories: Spellbinders Scalloped Edge, Stampin Up! Bird Die, Corner Die, Ribbon, Martha Stewart Leaf Punch

Brandi ( Beedubya) was chosen as the Featured Stamper on Splitcoast yesterday. This was a new gallery to me and I tell ya, it was fabulous!! I chose to case the Cupcake for you card...I kept the same layout and cupcake theme but changed the stamps, papers, and added doodling around the inchie layers instead of using faux stitching. The cupcakes from Rubbernecker's Party Time set were colored with copics, cutout, and popped up on dimensionals. Candy Dots were added to the corners and the ribbon tabs finish it off.

Recipe:
Stamps: Rubbernecker Party Time
Paper: Stampin Up! dp, White, Prism Intense Orange, Prism Nautical Blue Dark, Ruby Red
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Candy Dots, Ribbon, Croner Punch, Cuttlebug, Dotted Swiss folder, Copics, Dimensionals, Nestabilities, Dimensionals

Friday's Free 4 All challenge on Splitcoast was really fun!! Wendy challenges us to make a card inspired by a favorite musical and the card MUST be any size and/OR shape that is NOT A2, or standard size. I had to think about this for a while!! I finally decided to make my card around the musical Chicago...I just loved that movie!!! I was sooo impressed with all the dancing that I made my card to honor one of the greatest dancers of all time...Ginger Rogers!! As the sentiment says..."Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, she just did it backwards and in high heals"...what a woman!! This is also for the Twisted Sisters Challenge to case a card from Jamie's (JaniePTS) gallery and what a fabulous gallery to find inspiration!!! I decided on her Snow Business...I kept the same basic layout and colors but changed the shape to a square design, changed the theme, stamps, and added the ribbon, silver cording, and silver pearls. The shoe image from Clear Dollar Stamps Sassy and Fabulous set was paper pieced with Basic Grey's Marrakech paper, cutout, and popped up on the white Nesties shape. I titled this Happy Dance because Jamie is now reunited with her DH...I can just see her dancing now...Whoohoo!!!!!
Recipe:
Stamps: Clear Dollar Stamps Sassy and Fabulous
Paper: White, Ballet Blue, Basic Grey Marrakech
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Ribbon, Silver Cording, Silver Pearls, Nestabilities, EK Success Scalloped Border

Thanks for dropping by today......have a wonderful Monday!!!

CIC #10 Sketch Challenge

Good morning everyone and welcome to the Clearly Inspired Challenge on Lori McCroskey's blog..... today the challenge is a sketch challenge....use Clear Dollar Stamps if you have them, if not, please play anyway....we would love to see your designs!!! A random winner will be chosen the following Thursday. Upload your cards to Mr. Linky on Lori's blog and if you upload to Splitcoast, use CIC10 in the keywords.

Three of the images from Clear Dollar Stamps Bitty Botanicals were stamped on the Webster's Pages dp and cutout with a Blossom Nestie. A Martha Stewart Punch was used for the butterflies. The wide lace was attached over the Prism Wizard Medium cardstock that was run through the Cuttlebug with the Dotted Swiss embossing folder and then distessed with my handy dandy kitchen knife. The sentiment from Clear Dollar Stamps Birthday Celebration was also stamped directly onto the dp and piercing was done around the next layer. Distressing along all the background edges finishes it off.

Recipe:

Stamps: Bitty Botanicals and Birthday Celebration both from Clear Dollar Stamps

Paper: Prism Wizard Medium, Pure Lucery Chocolate Brown, Webster's Pages

Ink: Memento Ricxh Cocoa

Accessories: Lace, Blossom Nestabilities, Cuttlebug, Dotten Swiss Folder, Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch,

This is also for a few other challenges:

1. Cute Card Thursday Challenge- Dimension (I used lots of layers)

2. Susie's Sassy Designs - Spring Garden

3. Fab and Funky Challenges - Favorite Technique - distressing

4. Flutter By Wednesday - Anything goes as long as there is a butterfly, angel or something with wings - I have butterflies

5. Incy Wincy Designs Challenge - Easter or Spring

6. Crazy 4 challenges - Spring

7. Crafty Cardmakers - Spring into Spring

8. Challenge Up Your Life - flowers

Be sure to check out Lori's blog, Clearly iStamp for the DT's samples and all the deets on the challenge!!!

I'm Back in the Craft Room!!!

Hello everyone....my wonderful grandchildren went home (they were here for spring break) so this tired old grandma played a little in the craft room today!!!! I made this card for the Queen for the Day challenge on Splitcoast hosted by Anne Ryan to honor Miss Peggy (marilynprestonn).
I sooo love each and every card in Peggy's gallery but since I only had time for one, I chose to case her gorgeous Purple Easter Bunny and Tulips card. I kept the same wonderful layout and some of the same colors but changed the stamps to the cross, flower, and sentiment from Clear Dollar Stamps Jesus Paid it All set. The crosses were stamped with Vesafine Onyx Black and embossed with clear ep. The flowers were colored with copics and the background of the circles were sponged with Almost Amethyst. The pearls and punched butterfly finish it off.

Recipe:
Stamps: Clear Dollar Stamps Jesus Paid it All
Paper: White, Black, Prism Island Mist Light, Basic Grey Wisteria
Ink: Almost Amethyst, Memento Tuxedo Black, Versafine Onyx Black
Accessories: Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch, Pearls, Nestabilities, Copics, Clear Embossing Powder

Cathy (Mutnik) was the Featured Stamper on Splitcoast yesterday!!! She has such a fabulous gallery and I am sooo in awe of her talents!!! I made a feeble attempt to case her CC223 - CAS19-....loving ewe..I mean...you... card. I kept the same basic layout and colors but changed the stamps to the bunny image from Clear Dollar Stamps Circle Chit Chat. I popped up two of the bunnies and added hop doodles instead of doodling around the circle....I also added a scalloped Nesties frame. Don't look too close at my three little round circles...I used an eraser on the end of a pencil but they look kinda pitiful...that's why you only see three of them...LOL!!!

Recipe:
Stamps: Clear Dollar Stamps Circle Chit Chat
Paper: White, Pure Luxury Cranberry Tart
Ink: Baja Breeze, Pretty in Pink, Pink Pirouette, Regal Rose
Accessories: Nestabilities, Dimensionals, Corner Rounder Punch

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