Sweet Sunday Sketch #125

Thanks for stopping by to take a closer look at my entry for this week’s Sweet Sunday Sketch challenge! Here’s the sketch for this week:

And here’s my card!

Supplies: patterned paper (Basic Grey), typed sentiment, image stamp (Swimming Lucy – Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps), button & twine, Copic markers, Glossy Accents.
Thanks again for stopping by! 
This challenge runs until this Friday, July 15 at 10PM Mountain Time, when one card will be randomly selected to be featured on Saturday at “The Sweetest Thing” blog! Visit the SSSC blog for all the details!

Cupcake Inspirations #118

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Hi! Hope you had an excellent weekend! Thanks for stopping by to take a closer look at my entry for this week’s Cupcake Inspirations Challenge (#118)! This week’s challenge is sponsored by Chi Chi Memories, and here is the tasty rainbow-colored inspiration for this week:

And here’s my card!

Supplies: paper (Jillibean Soup Watermelon Gazpacho), cardstock (Stampin’ Up! Soft Suede), image stamp: (Sweet Kawaii set – My Cute Stamps), sentiment stamp (Hero Arts), ink (Tsukineko Brilliance), button & twine, Copic markers, Glossy Accents.
The deadline for this challenge is this Saturday, July 16 at noon Central Time…visit the Cupcake Inspirations blog for all the details!
Thanks again for stopping by!

Sparkle Creations 1-Year Anniversary Blog Hop!

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(If you’re looking for my weekly Unscripted Sketches post, click HERE or scroll down to the next blog entry.)


Hi! Hope you’re enjoying the Sparkle Creations Anniversary Blog Hop! I’m so happy to be celebrating with Sparkle and her team! It’s the one year anniversary of Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps, but also the release of 4 new SCRS images (Backpack Oliver, Bookworm Ruby, Hula Lucy and Ukulele Josh) and 2 new Karber Rubber Stamps (Rainbow Leslie and Reading Millie!)


All of the new releases are available in the SCRS store now, and there’s also a sale going on!

As you hop along, you’ll visit the blogs of the Current Design Team, DT Alumni and past/present Guest Designers. I was lucky to serve as Guest Designer this past April, and I’m now the coordinator for the SCRS newsletter! 


If you happened here by chance and would like to start from the beginning, the hop begins at the SCRS blog — please see the complete list below.


AND…what’s a hop without prizes? We’ve hidden TEN single stamp prizes along the way and one lucky winner will win the ENTIRE July release! All you need to do is leave some love at every stop along the hop.. You have until 11:59 PM EST on Sunday to leave comments for a chance to win! Winners will be announced on the SCRS blog on Monday. Good luck to all and Happy Hopping!

Here’s my card using the fun new Ukulele Josh:


Supplies: paper (American Crafts), Copic markers, flower accents (Basic Grey), button, foam squares, ink (Brilliance Graphite Black)

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Unscripted Sketches #114

Happy Saturday and welcome back for another Unscripted Sketch! This one was definitely a challenge for me, since I make cards…but it may be slightly easier if you’re doing a scrapbook layout!
and here’s my card! Instead of using the longer rectangle section, I broke it up with two squares to create the tile effect.
Supplies: digital stamp (Wax Fruit Company), paper (Memory Box Brioche, Cosmo Cricket Material Girl), ribbon (Pebbles), flower accent (Cosmo Cricket), gem brad, sentiment (SRM stickers), Copic markers, Glossy Accents.

My card features one of the lovely digital stamps from Wax Fruit Company, which is also our sponsor for this month’s Christmas in July celebration! Visit the Unscripted Sketches blog for the full details, but here’s a little bit of info:
To celebrate Christmas in July, we’re sharing something new with you every day, all month long at the Unscripted Sketches blog! We’ll have prizes, games, designer spotlights, special projects and tutorials and lots more fun!! Follow this link to see the introduction with all the details, including the schedule for the month! Don’t forget BINGO starts TOMORROW so be sure to send in your song list TODAY! Follow this link to the Bingo songs and rules.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Today is my monthly craft group meetup…can’t wait!

Don’t forget to visit the rest of the Unscripted Sketches Design Team: Arielle, Becky, Billie, CherylAnn, Debbie, Gardenia, Jenny, KathyJo, Linda, Loes, Mary, Monique, Regan, Rudlis, Sarah Kaye, Steph, and Susan!

Sparkle Creations Sneak Peek – Reading Millie

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If you’re looking for my post for this week’s colourQ challenge, click HERE.


Hi! Thanks for stopping by to see the card that I made with the second Karber rubber stamp releasing this month at Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps, the adorable Reading Millie:

Other supplies: paper (Basic Grey Hopscotch Mini Pad), flower accent (Basic Grey), Copic markers.

Millie and her matching sentiment will be available in the Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps Store this Saturday, July 9! 

Be sure to visit all rest of the SCRS designers for more peeks of Reading Millie. Sparkle will be giving away a Reading Millie to one lucky person! For a chance to win, you need to comment on all of the designer’s blogs (list below). Then head on over to the SCRS blog and comment on the Millie post. You have until midnight EST each day to comment. The lucky winner will be announced the following day!

Amber Hight
Elena Joldersma
Kadie Ensley
Mary Johnson
Peggy Toole, Sponsorship Coordinator
Piali Biswas
Suzanne Bier, Newsletter Coordinator

Thanks again for stopping by!

CPS #225

Thanks for stopping by to look at my card for this week’s Card Positioning Systems challenge (#225), which is sponsored by Simply Betty Stamps!

Here’s the sketch for this week:

and here’s my card! I picked up this cute set on Tuesday — it’s by Your Next Stamp. I’ve had my eye on this set for a while, and finally decided to get it! I have several French-related sets, but none with a little boy or dog! They were too cute to pass up!

Other supplies: background paper (Memory Box – Brioche collection, red squares are scraps from Graphic45), fleur de lis brad & mini brads, sentiment sticker (SRM Stickers), Copic markers, ink (Tsukineko Brilliance in Graphite Black), cardstock.
Thanks again for stopping by! The CPS blog has many great samples for this challenge from its design team and the other entries! Check them out!

colourQ #92

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Happy Tuesday and welcome back for another colourQ challenge (#92)!  Hope you had a safe and fun holiday weekend if you’re in the U.S.A.!
We had a very low-key weekend; we bought a little gas grill and cooked hamburgers & hot dogs. We were able to watch fireworks from our apartment balcony since so many of our neighbors had bought some!
Here’s our set of colors for this week’s challenge! 
The clock that inspired the color combo had me thinking of science fiction from the 50’s or 60’s, so I also used that inspiration for my card:

Supplies: robot stamp (DeNami Designs), typed sentiment, background paper made with self-drawn digital elements, cardstock (Stampin’ Up!), embossing folder (Sizzix), Copic markers, green paper (Crate Paper).
Thanks for stopping by! 
I hope you’ll visit the rest of the colourQ Royal Court to get an up-close view at what they’ve created to inspire you this week! You can find their blog links at the left under the thumbnail of this week’s challenge colors, or by visiting the colourQ blog, where you can also link your entry for this week’s challenge! See you there!

Sparkle Creations Sneak Peek – Rainbow Leslie

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Hope you’re all having a wonderful weekend…and for my readers in the U.S.A., happy 4th of July!


Today, I’d like to share a peek at one of the two Karber Rubber Stamps that will be available this Saturday, July 9 at the Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps Store: Rainbow Leslie!

Here’s the card that I made with her:

Supplies: stamp w/sentiment (Rainbow Leslie – Karber Rubber Stamps), paper (SEI Corinne collection and My Mind’s Eye), felt flower accent (SEI), Copic markers, ribbon (Pebbles, Inc.)

Be sure to visit all rest of the SCRS designers for more peeks of Rainbow Leslie. Sparkle is giving away a Rainbow Leslie to one lucky person! For a chance to win, you need to comment on all of the designer’s blogs (list below). Then head on over to the SCRS blog and comment on the Leslie post. You have until midnight EST each day to comment. The lucky winner will be announced the following day!



Amber Hight
Elena Joldersma
Kadie Ensley
Mary Johnson
Peggy Toole, Sponsorship Coordinator
Piali Biswas
Suzanne Bier, Newsletter Coordinator


There will be FIVE more sneak peeks this week at the SCRS blog! (I’ll have the 2nd Karber Rubber Stamp preview on Wednesday.) And in honor of Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps‘ 1-year anniversary, Sparkle has invited all of her current design team members, DT alumni and past & present guest designers to join her in an anniversary blog hop this Saturday, July 9th, which is also release day for all SIX of the new stamps! 

Also, don’t miss the Anniversary Sale going on now through July 31 at the Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps Store!

Thanks again for stopping by! 

Unscripted Sketches #113

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Happy Saturday and welcome back for another Unscripted Sketches challenge! Our Christmas in July celebration is already underway at the Unscripted Blog… We’ve got random drawing freebies, prizes based on participation, games, tutorials, special projects and more…something new every day this month!

Also, whoever plays along and posts at least 4 projects during the month of July using any of the sketches/ideas/tutorials will be entered to win a prize from our sponsor, our fellow DT member Arielle and her online digital stamp store, Wax Fruit Company!

The prize is EVERY digital image she releases in her store during the month of July- at least 12 images, possibly more!  You can find gorgeous examples of her digis on the Unscripted Sketches blog or by visiting her store!

Are you ready to play with this week’s sketch (#113)? Here it is!

I rotated the sketch for my card:

Supplies: digital stamp (Some Odd Girl Digital Stamps – Fishing Tobie), typed sentiment, ribbon (Pebbles), Copic markers, patterned paper (Basic Grey and October Afternoon), buttons, twine.
For the full schedule of Christmas in July events, visit the Unscripted Sketches blog…and don’t forget to visit the rest of the Unscripted DT: Arielle, Becky, Billie, CherylAnn, Debbie, Gardenia, Jenny, KathyJo, Linda, Loes, Mary, Monique, Regan, Rudlis, Sarah Kaye, Steph, and Susan!

Thanks for stopping by! 

Cupcake Inspirations #117

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Hi and thanks for stopping by to check out my entry for the latest challenge at Cupcake Inspirations (#117)!  This week’s challenge runs for 2 weeks, so there’s still plenty of time to get your entry in, too!
Here’s the yummy star-spangled inspiration for this week:
  
And here’s my card:
Supplies: paper (the patterned paper is from my stash…unfortunately, I can’t remember the manufacturer), Bo Bunny Double Dot, Stickles, October Afternoon letter stickers, Pebbles adhesive dots, twine.
Thanks again for stopping by! 

Don’t forget to check out the inspiring entries and DT examples at the Cupcake Inspirations blog! The deadline for entering this challenge is Saturday, July 9 at noon, so you can still play along, too!