colourQ #120

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Happy Tuesday and welcome back for another colourQ challenge! Thanks to everybody who played along with us last week…so many stunning takes on the challenge! If you weren’t able to join us last week, I hope you will this week!

We’ve had snow here in Washington state this weekend…so it’s been nice to stay in and get some crafty projects done! The snow is definitely pretty, but I’m not a big fan of driving around in it!

Here’s my card for this week! I haven’t paper pieced an image in some time, but I thought this stamp is perfect for it! I used some Studio Calico paper for the kimono, and some SU Wisteria Wonder card stock for the sash and trim.

Supplies: patterned paper (polka dot – Echo Park Dots & Stripes Christmas, Studio Calico),  card stock (Island Indigo,  Wisteria Wonder, Rich Razzleberry – Stampin’ Up!) glitter brads (Making Memories), Copic markers, image and sentiment stamp (“Good Fortune”- Pure Innocence), ink (Tsukineko Brilliance), white satin ribbon, card base.
and here are our richly inspiring colors for you to play with:
 
To be considered for this week’s colourQueen, make sure to link your creation at the colourQ blog by Sunday, January 22 at noon Central Time! Don’t forget to display the challenge colors and link back to the colourQ blog in your entry post.

As always, The rest of the colourQ Royal Court have created some fantastic and fun projects with this week’s colors! You can see them on the colourQ blog or by visiting their personal blogs. (The links are to the left under the thumbnail of this week’s challenge colors.) 
Thanks so much for stopping by! I can’t wait to see what you’ll create with this week’s colourQ!

Flutter By Wednesday #185

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Happy Wednesday and welcome back for another Flutter By Wednesday challenge! Thanks to all who fluttered along with us last week! And even if you weren’t able to play along, I hope you’ll find time to join us this week!

This week’s challenge is to “get rid of the winter blahs”…so we want to see bright colors on your entry! (In addition to a butterfly, fairy, or angel, of course!)

Here’s my card for this week’s challenge! The main image is a digital stamp from The Greeting Farm:

Supplies: card base, sentiment stamp (Hero Arts), digital stamp (The Greeting Farm – Summer Fairy), patterned paper  (Basic Grey – Indie Bloom), embossing folder (Sizzix), Copic markers, Stickles, Spellbinders Labels 8 die, foam tape, brads.

So, are you ready to flutter along with us? The FBW team have created some gorgeous bright and cheery creations to inspire you! To see what they’ve created for this week’s challenge, visit: Danni, Anna, Amanda, Harriet, Karen, Kristie, Leanne, Lynette, Mary, Michelle VP, Michelle, and Nancy!


Thanks for stopping by! I can’t wait to see what you’ll create for this week’s Flutter By Wednesday challenge! Since we don’t have a sponsor this week, you can enter more than once! Link up your creation(s) at the Flutter By Wednesday blog! See you there!

colourQ #119

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Happy Tuesday and welcome back for another colourQ challenge! I had fun with this week’s set of challenge colors, and finally used a digi that I’ve had for a while, but was never sure what to do with it!
Thanks to everybody who stopped by to visit for this weekend’s DeNami blog hop! I also had a lot of fun seeing what everybody made for the hop! Can’t wait to do it again! If you missed it, scroll down to the previous post or click here!
Here’s my colourQ card for this week…it’s a mini card, about 4 x 4 inches.
Supplies: white cardstock, Melon Mambo, Pretty in Pink and Pumpkin Pie cardstock (Stampin’ Up!), grey and orange striped patterned paper (Echo Park Dots & Stripes), Spellbinders Lacey Circles die, digital stamp (Some Odd Girl), sentiment stamp (Paper Smooches), twine (Whisker Graphics), button (Stampin’ Up!), Copic markers, ink (Tsukineko Brilliance)
and here’s our fun colourQ for you to play with! 
To be considered for this week’s colourQueen, make sure to link your creation at the colourQ blog by Sunday, January 15 at noon Central Time! Don’t forget to display the challenge colors and link back to the colourQ blog in your entry post.

As always, The rest of the colourQ Royal Court have created some fantastic and fun projects with this week’s colors! You can see them on the colourQ blog or by visiting their personal blogs. (The links are to the left under the thumbnail of this week’s challenge colors.) 

We’re also welcoming a new member to the colourQ Royal Court: Silke Ledlow! We’re all so excited to have her join the team!

Thanks so much for stopping by! I can’t wait to see what you’ll create with this week’s colourQ!  

DeNami Valentine Blog Hop!

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Hi! You’ve probably arrived from Ruza‘s blog, and now you’re visiting me (Suzanne)! Thanks for stopping by to see what I’ve created for this month’s DeNami Blog Hop!

My first project is a quick treat packaging idea:
I made a tag for each treat using the heart stamp from DeNami’s Sugar Cookies Trifles stamp set, stamping it once on kraft cardstock, then again on white cardstock in brown ink. I layered the white stamped image on the kraft image, and colored the “sprinkles” with a marker. 
The sentiment on each tag was stamped with watermark ink (from DeNami’s Love Sentiments Petit Fours set), then heat embossed with white embossing powder. I used an opaque white marker to create the border, adhered the heart to the tag, then adhered the red strip onto the kraft tag.
Then, I filled a paper cupcake wrapper with candy and placed it in a clear treat bag. The tag is then tied to the clear bag with a combination of red raffia and red/white twine.
Here’s a close-up of one of the bags:
My second project is a pencil topper. I stamped and colored DeNami Design’s Puppy Love Circle stamp, then used a metal die to cut out the image. If you have a coordinating circle or scalloped circle punch, that will work, too!
I rolled a 1/2″ strip of white cardstock around the top of the pencil, securing the end with adhesive. I rolled a glue dot onto the seam of the rolled strip, then adhered the stamped image. Finally, to strengthen the topper, I cut a 2 1/2″ long strip of white cardstock, rolled adhesive on the strip, then lined it up with the back of the topper and adhered it. The extra strip helps to keep the design from curling.
Don’t forget to leave comments on all of the participants’ blogs for a chance to win a $20 gift certificate to DeNami Design’s web store! You have until January 9, 2012 at 11:59 pm Pacific Time to leave your comments!
Your next stop on the hop is Tammy‘s blog! I’m sure she’s created something sweet to show you! If you need to get back on track, visit the DeNami blog for a list of all of the hop participants! And be sure to leave them some love to let them know how much you’ve enjoyed the hop!
I hope you’ve been inspired by my projects! Thanks so much for stopping by! 

Flutter By Wednesday #184

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Happy Wednesday! You may have arrived at my blog (The Sparkling Scrapper – Suzanne) from Karen‘s blog! Welcome to my first post as one of the new members of the Flutter By Wednesday Design Team!


I’m so excited to join fellow new members Karen, Lynette and Leanne and the rest of the team to bring you fabulous and inspiring creations each week!


For our first challenge of 2012, we’re sponsored by Bugaboo Stamps! One lucky person who plays along with us this week will win seven free Bugaboo digis!


We’d also like to send out a huge THANK YOU to everybody who played along with our December challenge! We loved seeing all of your fabulous creations!

Here’s my card, which features a super cute Bugaboo fairy! (I drew the mouth on her face…it’s a quirk of mine.):

Supplies: patterned paper (My Mind’s Eye – Honey Pie mini pad), sentiment (SRM Stickers), twine (Whisker Graphics), digital stamp (Bugaboo Stamps), Copic markers, border punch (Fiskars), brads, card base.
So, are you ready to flutter along with us? Be sure to visit the entire FBW team to see what they’ve created for this week’s challenge! Your next stop on the hop is Lynette!  If you lose your way, you can always go back to the FBW blog or scroll down for the master list!

Thanks for stopping by! 

I can’t wait to see what you’ll create for this week’s Flutter By Wednesday challenge! (Don’t forget that your entry must contain a butterfly, fairy or an angel!)
FBW Hop List:

colourQ #118

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Hope you had a wonderful holiday season! Sorry I’m running a little behind today! I meant to take my picture last night and schedule my post, but my camera was still in my suitcase from the holidays, and my early-rising husband had already gone to bed!

Thanks to everyone who submitted projects for last week’s challenge…there were so many gorgeous entries! I hope you’ll find time to play along with us again this week!

Here’s my card for this week’s colourQ challenge (#118)!

Supplies: card base, felt snowflakes and cardstock (Stampin’ Up!), border punch (Martha Stewart Crafts), image and sentiment stamps (Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps), button, twine, patterned paper (Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses, Echo Park Dots & Stripes, aMuse Studio red woodgrain), ink (Tsukineko Brilliance), Copic markers, decorative scissors.
And here are our colors for this week…don’t they make you look forward to spring?

To be considered for this week’s colourQueen, make sure to link your creation at the colourQ blog by Sunday, January 8 at noon Central Time! Don’t forget to display the challenge colors and link back to the colourQ blog in your entry post.

As always, The rest of the colourQ Royal Court have created some fantastic and fun projects with this week’s colors! You can see them on the colourQ blog or by visiting their personal blogs. (The links are to the left under the thumbnail of this week’s challenge colors.) 

Thanks so much for stopping by! I can’t wait to see what you’ll create with this week’s colourQ!  

Unscripted Sketches #139

Happy Saturday and Happy New Year’s Eve! I’d like to share my final card as a member of the Unscripted Sketches design team…I’m transitioning to a new opportunity in 2012!

After being a member of the team for over a year, I thought it was a good time to step aside and create a spot for a new designer to step in and become a part of the team!

Unscripted Sketches was the first design team that I joined, and I’m so honored to have had the opportunity to create with the fabulous ladies on the team! I wish each of them the best, and I plan to play along with Unscripted Sketches again soon, and I hope you’ll find time to play along, too!

Here’s my card! I took the picture when we were traveling for Christmas…since I didn’t have my light box with me, I had to improvise!

Supplies: card base, patterned paper (Basic Grey – Out of Print), image and sentiment stamps (Priscilla – Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps), embossing folder (Sizzix), adhesive gems (aMuse Studio), ink (Tsukineko Brilliance), Copic markers.

Here’s our sketch for this week (I rotated it for my card):
Don’t forget to visit the rest of the Unscripted Sketches Design Team: Arielle, Billie, CherylAnn, Debbie, KathyJo, Linda, Loes, Rudlis, Sarah Kaye, and Susan! 
Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope you have a safe and wonderful new year celebration…see you in 2012!

colourQ #117

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Happy Tuesday and welcome back for another colourQ challenge! If you recently celebrated Christmas or Hanukkah, I hope you had a wonderful holiday! We’re back from a short trip to visit with Scott’s family in California!

I’m sure you’ll have fun playing along with us this week if you have time…our last colourQ of 2011 lets you get creative with the color combo!

Here’s my card…I know it’s Christmas-y, but I got these stamps right before Christmas and couldn’t wait to use them:

Supplies: card base, embossing powder (black & white), Copic markers, sheep and sentiment stamps (Memory Box), snowflake stamp (Imaginisce), patterned paper (Stampin’ Up! – houndstooth; aMuse Studio – red woodgrain), ribbon, ink (VersaMark, Tsukineko Brilliance), brads. 
For this week’s colourQ, you get to pick part of the combo! My extra color was red (of course!), but you can pick any one extra color and create something wonderful to share with us!

To be considered for this week’s colourQueen, make sure to link your creation at the colourQ blog by Sunday, January 1 at noon Central Time! Don’t forget to display the challenge colors and link back to the colourQ blog in your entry post.

As always, The rest of the colourQ Royal Court have created some fantastic and fun projects with this week’s colors! You can see them on the colourQ blog or by visiting their personal blogs. (The links are to the left under the thumbnail of this week’s challenge colors.) 

Thanks so much for stopping by! I can’t wait to see what you’ll create with this week’s colourQ!  

Unscripted Sketches #138

Happy Saturday and a merry Christmas Eve! It’s time for another Unscripted Sketches challenge! If it’s Christmas or Hanukkah where you are, I hope you’re enjoying the holidays!

Here’s my card for this week:

Supplies: fox image and sentiment stamp (Lawn Fawn), flower image stamp (aMuse Studio), patterned paper (My Mind’s Eye mini pad – I think it’s the “Be Merry” collection, which is retired, but somehow I found a mega pad at a local craft store.), Copic markers, embossing powder, adhesive gems, card base, deckle scissors.
and here’s our sketch! I hope you’ll find some time to play along with us this week!

Don’t forget to visit the rest of the Unscripted Sketches Design Team: Arielle, Billie, CherylAnn, Debbie, KathyJo, Linda, Loes, Rudlis, Sarah Kaye, and Susan!
And also, don’t forget to link up your entry for this week’s challenge at the Unscripted Sketches blog for the chance to be picked as one of this week’s Top 3!

colourQ #116

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Happy Tuesday and welcome back for another colourQ challenge! Today, I’m going to knock out my Christmas baking (or at least try to get most of it done)! I’m making peanut butter fudge, chocolate crinkles and peppermint bark…and sugar cookies if I’m feeling really ambitious!

This year, I’ve really enjoyed baking and cooking from scratch. It’s rare that I use a box mix these days, but I will if I don’t have a lot of time to make something for an event. I do, however, try to make sugar cookies for my monthly craft group meeting…since they may not let me come over if I don’t! (Just kidding…I think!)

Here’s my card for this week (no coloring…eek!):

Supplies: card base, kraft cardstock (PaperTrey Ink), image and sentiment stamps (aMuse Studio –  Nordic Noel), white embossing powder, white opaque marker, adhesive pearl, twine, embossing folder (Sizzix), green cardstock (Stampin’ Up!), ink (VersaMark).

And here are our colors for this week! I hope you’ll find some time to play along with us!

To be considered for this week’s colourQueen, make sure to link your creation at the colourQ blog by Sunday, December 25 at noon Central Time! Don’t forget to display the challenge colors and link back to the colourQ blog in your entry post.

As always, The rest of the colourQ Royal Court have created some fantastic and fun projects with this week’s colors! You can see them on the colourQ blog or by visiting their personal blogs. (The links are to the left under the thumbnail of this week’s challenge colors.) 

Thanks so much for stopping by! I can’t wait to see what you’ll create with this week’s colourQ!