Wednesday, April 27, 2011

It's a Dual Blog hop... Woodware USA and Stampingscrapping

If you came here from Billie St. Clair's blog... you are in the right place...if not... Please start at the beginning to be sure you dont miss any stamping goodness!

Hello Hoppers!! We are so excited to have you stop by today for a chance for us to show off our new partnership with StampingScrapping.com and to win a prize, of course!! How can it get any better?

Join both teams as you hop back and forth viewing their creations that highlight both Woodware USA and StampingScrapping.com stamps. Be sure to leave a comment on all blogs for the chance to win a prize! Each company will choose a winner from those who leave comments on their respective team members blogs.
The hop starts at the StampingScrapping.com team blog at 10pm on Wednesday, April 27th, and it will end on the Woodware USA team blog. You have until 11:59 pm on May 1st to complete the hop. The winner will be announced on our blog on Tuesday! Please be sure to leave your email address, so that we may contact you!
For my card, I used Woodware USA's stamps set PETS and StampingScrapping stamp set FANCY TAGS. I made the flowers myself and spritzed them with some perfume before adhereing them to my card...so my card is truly SCENTwith LOVE!Thanks for stopping by and below is the order of the hop in case you get lost...
the nest stop on the hop is Cindy Close.

Cindy Echtinaw
Alicia Ekermans
Anary Baumgarth
Anne Harada
Billie St. Clair
Dawn Knight
Cindy Close
Harriet Skelly
Dawn Saenz de Viteri
Kerry Urbatch
Janine Blackwelder
Nancy Bush
Karen Stark
Suzanne Schmidt
Leanne Garner
Sheri Willshire
Wendy Stamey
Stephanie Hester
Wini Bell
Woodware USA blog

Happy Anniversary Sweet Pea!!!


Hello and welcome to my stop on the hop. If you came here from Holley's blog you are in the right place. if you came here by luck... please start at the beginning with the Sweet Pea Stamps Blog. Today we have a trio of gorgeous images to share with you! These debut images include our newest artist Rebecca Sinz, ching-chou kuik and Nikki Burnette.

Rebecca Sinz

ching-chou kuik


Nikki Burnette

Here is the card that I made using the image from Nikki Burnette called Chandra! Isn't she gorgeous! I love all of these artists and the new artwork they have come out with is simply stunning... AGAIN!
I guess I was in a green mood! I think that all of these gorgeous images call for sparkle...which I love... so I added some smooch spritz to the flowers that I made all by myself! Look at her sweet little pet dragon...LOVE THIS! We hope you have enjoyed seeing the gorgeous stamps. They can be pre-ordered at a special sale price during the hop in the Sweet Pea Stamps store. The Next stop on the hop is Connie
Below is the order of the hop in case you get lost...Make sure to comment at each blog to be entered to win! thanks for popping in!

Sweet Pea Stamps blog
Angela
Karina
Micki
Ellen
Karina
Lisa
Alex
Holley
Dawn
Connie
Jennifer

Friday, April 15, 2011

MY Little Mermaid... and the rest of us...

I LOVE this stamp set from Bombshell Stamps. AND I will always color mermaids with red hair because of a certain popular mermaid that my daughter adores... so it is her request that all mermaids have red hair. Anyway... This was a super fun card that I made a while ago and I thought I had showed it... but ALAS... I did not... so here she is.
I used copics for coloring and stickles for her tail... AND for some fun underwater shimmer, I embossed some glittery seaweed for the goldfish to frolic in.
As for My Darling Little Ava Mermaid... She is excited. Why you ask? VACATION... and there will not only be a resort with 3 pools... but the entire gulf of Mexico for her to dunk her dainty toes in... Oh yeah... the rest of us are going too. I think my son has a little bit of Mer-boy in him,too. Well... thanks for looking...and have a great day!

Thursday, April 14, 2011

A Super Fun Card For My Niece...Featuring AVA!

I LOVE these little Ava's from In Style Stamps. They are DARLING,they are easy to COLOR and they are named after MY DAUGHTER.... whom I ADORE! So what's not to love I ask you!
I colored this little Ava to match the background paper and then I added the super fun banner... Happy what you ask? HAPPY ANYTHING !!! I added some glitter dots near the top of the banner for the bling that I CRAVE! So that is my creation... Thanks for stopping in!

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Pretty in Purple... featuring Rachel Anderson



I LOVE Rachel Anderson's stamps. LOVE them... like I LOVE ice cream and that is saying something! For my card, I used this image From Rachel Anderson's sheet 2 plate 111. I stamped the image onto watercolor paper with black Stazon ink.Then I used ink from the top of my ink pads and a water brush to water color her.I embossed the paper she is mounted on and sponged it with a darker purple for contrast. And as far as the shadowbox effect that my image is in? Simple... i used my dies to cut out my finished image. Then i used the next larger size die to cut the red paper and used a smaller die to create a frame I used dimensional tape to life the frame for the shadow box look. EASY... and a really nice look. I had the ribbon in my humongous ribbon stash and I thought it matched pretty good! thanks for stopping in and don't forget to have a look at the Sweet Pea Stamps page for some great deals on some amazing stamps!

Thursday, April 7, 2011

Who Knew Art Impressions Had THESE Stamps?

I sorta stumbled across this category of stamps over at the Art Impressions webstore. They are called Stamp Puns and they are sooo funny! I used on for the color challenge over at the AI blog and Just creating this card tickled me! I mean... how adorable is this image! I enjoy sending cards to make people smile and when you check out the stamps in this category, I am sure you will need to add some to your collection!

I water colored this little lady and embossed the background and then sponged it to show off the texture. The flowers were a perfect match... so they went on there too! Our challenge this week at the AI blog is a color combo... blue black and tan! Please join us and you could win a $25  gift certificate to the AI store! thanks for stopping in!

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Woodware Challenge number 21... MONOCHROMATIC!


I thought that this would be a tough one because I HATE being limited... HOWEVER... this one make me think and I really had fun with this challenge.
I used the Indian Dreams set and made this fun card with lots of blue and lots of glitter! That was the fun part! I love using glitter!!!Please be sure to play along and link you card to the WWUSA blog HERE.
 Here are some Woodware USA Challenge Rules: 1. An original creation for the challenge (any backdated entries will be removed). 2. A direct link to your creation using the InLinkz.com system. 3. A maximum of 2 entries per week per participant. 4. One entry per creation in our monthly drawing. Use a Woodware USA image, and you will receive an extra entry.
Thanks so much for checking in and playing along! I can't wait to see what you create!

Saturday, April 2, 2011

A Totally Different Style Of Sweet Pea Stamps!

Different...yes... but just as fun! AND perfect of Easter that is fast approaching! These stamps are offered by Sweet Pea and they are the GUMDROP GANG.I made this tri fold shutter card for the Sweet Pea Challenge blog found HERE and I wanted to show you how fun and Easter-Y this card is!

I used copics to color in the images and tons of spring Petaloo flowers to get in the Spring mood! These little gals are having fun on their egg hunt and finding hidden Easter Bunnies as well!

Here is another view of this fun filled card! This will be sure to make anyones Easter Hoppier... I mean HAPPIER!

Thanks for popping in and be sure to check out the Sweet Pea Stamps store to see all of their amazing offerings! Have a great day!