Sweet Stamps, NO Designer Paper

Wow no designer paper this week!!!  So I used a cuttlebug for the background and then added a pretty Marianne frame and I left it in the die and sponged some red around it and then edged it in gold leaf.   This beautiful Blossoms image was stamped and colored with copics and I added some gems to the center of the flowers.  The Cheery Lynn flourish leaf strip and daisy strip was used to make the flower and leaves.  Thank you so much for this honor this month. It's been so much fun and the images and dies are so wonderful to work with.  

Anything goes at Sweet Stamps

Anything goes this week at Sweet Stamps.  I stamped and colored this beautiful Gold Finch with the pretty little flowers.  I used the pretty Polynesian sails frame behind the birds.   I added the pretty corner  Victorian Romance flourish. with the pretty daisy strip flower and rose leaf strip for both the cover and inside.

Sweet Stamps, Polka Dots

For this weeks polka dot challenge I chose this soft pretty background paper with flowers and polka dots.  I layered the horizon french flair with the scalloped french flair and stamped the gorgeous  beautiful rose bouquet and colored it with copics. I stamped the beautiful  Lady Sara stamp  and colored her with copics, added the Fanciful Flourish in gold mirror card.  I used the Cheery Lynn fence and grass and I cut down the size of the fence.

Happy Mother's Day

This is my second week for guest designing for Sweet Stamps.  For this Mother's day card I used the beautiful Rosy Heart Stamp and I cut it out of vellum. Embossed the outline and the roses and colored them with markers. The pretty doily behind the heart is  Cheery Lynn's French Pastry doily and I cut it out of silver metallic paper.  For the bouquet I used Flourish leaf strip, rose leaf strip and the flowers are medium rose strip.   I used a cuttlebug background and cut the sentiment strip and used the Mother's day saying.   Be sure to check in tomorrow for the Mother's Day Challenge and join in the fun. 

Guest Designing with dryer sheets

I have the honor of guest designing this month for Sweet Stamps.  I started this card with the Cheery Lynn French Flair Silver Stackers, added the French Flair Doily Stacker and then used the sliver stacker for the green layer. The beautiful Floral Arrangement was stamped on the Horizon French Flair layer and colored with copics.  The Shasta Daisy, rose leaf, flourish leaf strips were used to make the flower and leaves.  The daisy was cut out of a dryer sheet and colored with Distress inks. 

Belli Challenge Paper Piercing

Our challenge on Belli this week is paper piercing. I used a 4 prong needle to cut out the image.  I embossed the frame and candle stamp in gold. Colored with memento markers on the vellum.  Gold mirror card under the red and green for the card base.  The stamps can be purchased at Sweet Stamps.   The DT cards are fantastic so Check them out and join us at Creative Belli. 

Sweet Stamps, Bling it up

Our challenge over at Sweet stamps is to use some bling on our card.  I love this kind of challenge!!! I used Sweet stamps wild rose oval for this card, colored with copics.   I layered it over the Cheery Lynn Kiwi Oval die.   The paper is from Kaiser Craft and the corners were squares cut at 1.5 inches  then cut on the diamond  point to point, then I dropped them into a MS border punch and cut the edges. I added some leaves with a MS punch, some pink gem flower petals, pink gems to the corners, yellow gems to the center of the flowers to finish the card.

Sweet Stamps, TLC333

This pretty new image is from Sweet Stamps.  Our challenge this week is to use Silver and Gold on our card.  I have sliver and gold pen lining the edges and a silver peel off best wishes.  I colored the image with copic markers and used a MS border punch. Cuttlebug embossing folder for the background.  Some pretty lace finished the card. The reverse masking is for Split Coast Try a new technique challenge.

Sweet Stamps sketch challenge

This is our sketch at Sweet stamps this week. I used her pretty swans and colored with copics. Some spellbinders, Marianne and Martha Stewart punch and die cuts added, the flowers and leaves are from a MS punch and little flowers now available at Jo Ann's. 

Case of Selma's gorgeous card

I saw Selma's card on Joan's Garden blog this morning and realized I could case this with all my new die cuts from there and Sweet stamps. Both sites carry the Marianne and Cheery Lynn dies.  The cards on the blogs from the designers are always gorgeous and a treat for your eyes.  I used Marianne cut and emboss for the main panel, ribbon die cut for the left side, lattice for the center after I cut around the embossed images, Some prima flowers, MS butterfly punch, I hand colored the ribbon and it really does match.  The checked or plaid paper is from Crafty Secrets and I'm using this for their challenge on Split Coast also. 

Flourishes Timeless Tuesday 123 Brown Bag

Our challenge at Flourishes this week is to use brown bag paper. I didn't have any of that but I did have several shades of brown paper.  This cute new image is from this months release from Flourishes Colored with copics. I added the outer circle with a Marianne die,from Sweet Stamps.  The fence, grass and flourish are Cheery Lynn designs.  Martha Stewart butterflies were cut on paper that I sprayed with ink and water and crumbled up.  I'm also using this card for Stampin Sisters in Christ "doodles" 

Lots of challenges

This pretty purple card was made for several of this week's challenges. The sketch is from Priscilla's midnight madness  The stamp and embossing challenge is from Sweet Stamps.   I'm also using this for the patchwork challenge from TLC on Split Coast Stampers.  I colored the stamped flowers with copic markers, used a cuttlebug to emboss the green panel and added some pretty DP, unknown from my stash. I added lots of prima flowers and pearls to finish this card.  Please check out the DT cards on those challenges, they are all just gorgeous!!!!

Sweet Stamps challenge, Medallions

Our challenge over at Sweet stamps is to use her medallion stamps. I combined this with the paper pack from Prima, Moulin Rouge.  I stamped and silver embossed on the papers and then cut out some of the pieces, pop dotted them and added some bling from Michaels.  Check out the gorgeous DT cards on their blog today, there are some beautiful ideas. I'm also using this for the Stamping Sisters in Christ challenge to inspire! Be sure to check out the cards there as well, some gorgeous creations are waiting for you. 

Happy Birthday with Sweet stamps tea set

I love this cute teapot and cup from Sweet Stamps.  I'm using it today for several challenges as well.  The sketch is from Priscialla's midnight madness, which I just won an award from, Yeah!!!    It's always so exciting to be chosen for any award!!  The Stampin Sisters in Christ challenge is teapots, cups, anything to do with tea.  I'm using the gorgeous paper from Melissa Frances 5th Ave colection.  Spellbinders die cuts, and new bling from Michaels, they are sticky ropes of glittered butterflies.

Some play time

I had some stamping time yesterday and with Blogger down I figured I would make a couple of cards. This one is for my friend whose sister died very young, 55 is way too young!!  I cased the design from Selma's stamping corner and hers was for some fun but I loved her design and layout. I used a Marianne Designable cut and emboss folder from Sweet stamps, an EK border punch down the left side, and for the corners, the stick pin is from Flourishes, Prima flower and leaves with vintage photo distress ink, lots of gems from Michaels. 

This next card is a new stamp I just got from Sweet stamps, vertical pansies, colored with copics, Melissa Frances paper, MS butterfly punch, holographic peel offs over the ribbon and a gold pen to edge everything.  This was done for the sketch challenge this week on Split Coast.

Sweet Stamps butterflies and MMSC103

This darling image is from Stacy's Sweet stamps. I colored it with copics and added lots of bling. The pretty pink leaves are from Really Reasonable Ribbon, flowers are prima, DP is Melissa Frances, Marth Stewart butterfly punches and border butterfly punch and pearls and gems from Michaels.

Sweet Stamps, Sympathy

I tried several pictures of this card to get the color correct, the ribbon actually matches much better than this.  Our challenge at Sweet stamps was to make a sympathy card which is always very easy for me as I need lots of them in this elderly community we live in.  I think these new Marianne Designables cut and emboss folders are perfect for so many things.  They are available from Sweet stamps as is the saying.  She has a lot of very nice vertical sayings which are hard to find.  Check out the design teams cards, I know for a lot of you sympathy is a hard card to make.  I used the coordinations paper and sanded the embossed part a little bit to bring out the core color.  Gold mirror card is behind the embossed cut outs and the saying. 

Stamping Sisters in Christ Round card challenge

Our challenge today on Stampin Sisters in Christ is to make a round card.  I used Cheery Lynn Designs straight and scalloped XL stacker dies on this card. The pretty K&Co paper on the top and the swirls were cut with a Marianne Die from Sweet Stamps.   Some bling from Michaels and sayings and it's all done.  Be sure to check out the beautiful DT cards on their blog.  Be sure to check out these Cheery Lynn stackers, you can make large shaped cards with these and you don't need a fancy expensive larger machine to do it. I used my cuttlebug and this card is about 5.5 inches across!! Just fold your paper and lay the top of the die up a little bit so the fold doesn't cut thru. 

Sweet Stamps Frame it!

This beautiful frame and bird stamp are from
Sweet Stamps and our challenge to frame it worked great for this.  I actually cut out part of the frame stamp to make it larger and then stamped in black, didn't like that so I used my krylon gold pen and went around the outside of everything.  MS birds and branches punch. EK corner punch and some pretty paper.   Hop over to the blog and play along.

No coloring and Shapley cards

Our challenge today on Our Daily Bread Design is NO coloring, you can sponge the background but no coloring on the image. Wow that was perfect for the new set of stamps!!  The other challenge this card is for is the Fan club challenge on SplitCoast Stampers, make a shapley card.  I used a Marianne Design die cut for this card and the blossoms dies from Spellbinders.  Did you know that for a small amount of $25 per year you can be part of the fan club on SCS, we get to see fantastic cards and projects that you don't ever see if you are not a member and it helps keep SCS up and running!! I stamped this pretty image in Violet and the pretty paper is new from K&Co. Some prima flowers and MS fern punch with gold pen for the edges. The colors on all of this are blue and lavender even though it doesn't look like that in the photo.   Hop over to the blogs, the DT cards are beautiful!!!