Woodware USA Blog Hop I troducing the New SPRING STAMP SETS!

That's Right! I said NEW STAMP SETS! Howdy and welcome to the Woodware USA blog hop! If you came here from Anne's blog, you are in the right spot.We are hopping today because we have had 22 new stamp sets added to the store and the design team is here to show off a few of the super cute sets we have! We are also having a challenge "tied " in, and that challenge is to use a blow or ribbon in your creation. Get it? TIED in!!! I crack myself up! I used the new woodware USA stamp set called Fluffy the Dragon and it just cracks me up... I love the look on this guys face! I colored him with colored pencils and gamsol. The ribbon I used is totally cool and it is called Cream City Ribbon. You can do some pretty cool stuff with it... so check it out...

Here are a few rules about today's hop...

1. Don’t have to participate in challenge to be eligible for the blog hop prize
2. You must visit all blogs and leave a comment.
3. Visit the Woodware USA site and pick your favorite Woodware USA set and list it in your comment on the Woodware USA blog at the end of the hop
4. The blog hop will end Thursday at 8:00 pm EST with the announcement of the winner on Friday by 10:00 AM EST.

Easy Peasy Lemon Squeeze-ee!

We are also bidding fare well to Piali and Rachel. They will be missed as they were part of our very first Design team... and they were wonderful and so talented. We are saying hello to Alicia and Suzanne and will be looking forward to what they will be creating to inspire us! Your next stop on the hop is the amazingly talented Harriet...go and check out the eye candy she has to offer!Thanks for stopping by!

Are You Kidding Me? How Gorgeous Are These Stamps?

This stamp is from: Elaine Cox's sheet 15 Fairy Portraits sold at Sweet Pea Stamps. They come on a sheet of 4... or you can buy them as single stamps.I busted out the pencils and the gamsol and colored the fairy for a soft effect. Then I added glitter pens for highlights in the hair.

The, I embossed the background of core paper and then I sanded it to show off the petals in the flowers. I needed to add the rhinestones to the center of the flowers because I LOVE bling! Here is another picture of the fairy for a closeup...

SHEESH!!! I just LOVE LOVE LOVE these stamps!

Thanks for popping in!

ARTful Inkalbe First Ever Digi Set... Harvest Crow!!!

Welcome to the Artful Inkables October Digi Set blog hop! If you haven't come here from Alicia's, then you will want to start at the Artful Inkables Blog  so you don't miss anything along the way. You are going to love this new set, and for the first time Artful INKables is releasing a digital set, that's right, it's a quick and fun way to use our fabulous images! Be sure to follow us all the way to the end and make sure to leave a comment on everyone's blog, you never know which blog we'll be choosing a winner from! You will have until Monday, October 4th at midnight Eastern Standard Time to comment on all the design team blogs for a chance to win our new digi set!

Today, I'm showing you a card made with our very first digi set Harvest Crow...How DARN CUTE IS THIS GUY!? I colored him with gamsol and colored pencils. Then I added some crystal effects on the apples for that delish shine!I used my nesties to cut him out and layered him on some super cute DP and added the ribbon... and here is my creation! 


The next stop on the hop is the super talented Jackie... Hop on over and get ready for some eye candy!

Thank you once again for joining us today for the Artful INKables October Digi Set Blog Hop, be sure to head on over to the store pick up this adorable new set Harvest Crow!

Whimsy Stamps Design Call

Well... why not throw my hat in the ring? I have a few DT's that will be ending for me and since i love to stamp SOOOO much... I figured...What The Heck? I hope that I will have what they are looking for because I really do love Whimsy Stamps... and well... I LOVE TO STAMP!!! Maybe this could be a match made in heaven? I chose these cards Because i think they show my forte and that is coloring. I also love to embellish, sometimes alot... sometimes... a little bit. If you think that you would like to try out too... just click here for the deets...

What a Little Cutie Pie!

This little cutie pie kid is from DRS DESIGNS... and he is PERFECT for Valentines day! Their whole line of Cutie Pies is darling and there is a cutie pie for EVERY occasion! He is so sweet and shy with his little flower for that special gal. I LOVE the precious look on his face... so sweet. I colored this image with gamsol and Faber Castel colored pencils for a soft, pastel look. I used my nesties for the hearts on the front and the shape of the card as well.I used gel pens and glitter pens for the accents and here is my sweet, simple card from DRS. I hope you love it ans stay tuned for another fun card from DRS DESIGNS tomorrow! Thanks for stopping by!

To the BEST Daddy Ever!

Happy Fathers Day, David! We are so blessed to have you as the best Daddy that there ever was! You are amazing and we love you more and more every day! Thank you for everything you do and everything you are! We LOVE you!

Love, Dawn and Ava Grace!

Beautiful Bountiful Butterflies...Featuring DRS!

I made this card today using the DRS butterfly stamps (I used number C119 and D117). I said bountiful in my post title because DRS certainly does have tons of butterfly stamps. Main images, ribbon slides, butterfly sayings, butterfly backgrounds and even butterfly card edgers! If you love butterflies, DRS is the place for you!
And I have to give credit to my gal Heather Reppen for this sketch. I totally cased it from her and it worked out awesome for this card! So thanks, Heather... You are awesome!!!
I used my gamsol and colored pencils for the coloring and added gel and glitter pens for the details. I used the bubble easy background for the background dots and I love the dimension that it adds...not to much... just enough! I had this awesome matching ribbon and added dew drops to accent the shape of the circle. For the inside, I used the Butterfly quote from Hans Christian Anderson on the inside. It is one of my favorites and I know that you will love it too! Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope that you enjoyed the bountiful butterflies from DRS and please go and check them out!

Whoever Said "The Lazy Days of Summer" Was a Big Fat Liar!

Swim lessons, ballet,Gymboree and add to that lunch and sleep!!! Yikes... I am busier in the summer than EVER!!! but I love it... and I still make time to stamp! DRS Designs and Paper Makeup both Have Challenges on Monday so here are my cards for them.

For the DRS card, I stamped the vine background on craft paper. Then I stamped the flowers in the corners and I colored them with colored pencils and gamsol and added a little bit of SHIMMERZ to the leaves. I stamped the sentiment and used a nestie to cut it out.

I really love the way this turned out and the other DT members did an awesome job with this Challenge...

Check it out here.

For Paper Makeup's Challenge... we were to use an inspiration card that was a spiral pop up. We could really let our creativity co with this one and use whatever inspired us. I Chose to so the spiral pop up technique and I used Dustin Pikes dino's to do just that! I colored them with Gamsol and colored pencils and added my Fave SHIMMERZ because really... what is a card without SHIMMERZ??? So here is the inside and the outside of that card!!! PHEW!!! Well... I gotta go and get my marathon started... Have a great day Y'all and PLEASE make time to stamp!

This DRS Saying CRACKS ME UP!

I love this card. I love the stamp from DRS & Dustin Pike and this sentiment for DRS is too MUCH! This just makes me giggle! It is a pretty quick and easy card. I used my new nesties for the shape for the monkeys to stand in and I cuttlebugged the background. I golored the monkeys with gamsol and colored pencils and added some shimmerz to the ears and tummies for a little dimension. I stamped the phrase, cut it out and raised it up with pop dots... pretty quick... but so funny! What a great card to

send a friend to lift their spirit! Have a good one y'all and heed the phrase... I believe I will!

HOP THE BLOGS WITH DRS! (psst... there are PRIZES!)

Hello and thanks for coming by! If you came here from

Heathers Blog... you are where you need to be! If not... you are really gonna want to start in the very beginning because there is an order and there are PRIZES!!! So please start with the lovely and talented Jessica at the DRS blog.The drawing for the blog candy will be May 2, and if you are not the winner... don't fret! The new releases will be available that day so y'all can run off to DRS and get your own! These stamps are part of DRS Designs new release and are from the very talented Dustin Pike!And SPEAKING of talent... I would like to take this time to announce DRS Designs newest DT members...DEBBIE FELTS and DAWN BARRETT!!! We are very blessed to have these 2 talented ladies working with us... so welcome gals!

I love these fishing themed stamps and so will all of the men in my life that fish! I think these will be perfect for them! I used gamsol and colored pencils, SHIMMERZ,dew drops and the cuttlebug to create this card. There are so many more new stamps and I know that you will love all of them... so be sure to follow the hop through to the end and see all of them! Please make sure to go to Cathy's blog, the next stop on the hop, to see her gorgeous creations with the new stamps! have fun and thanks for stopping... and hopping!

I want her HAIR for my Birthday!!!

Yeah... it's my birthday. I want two things... cake and this little fairy's hair! I got these sparkles back in New York when I was home for Christmas and I had no occasion to use them until The Greeting Farm came out with these Darling Fairies! I LOVE fairies and this one needed to be blue... and she needed sparkle hair! I can always tell when I made the card or project "cool" because The Petite Diva will just LOVE LOVE LOVE it! This card was no exception! Petite Diva... like her mama can be mesmerized with shiny, sparkly things!!! I used gamsol and faber castel colored pencils to color the fairy, SHIMMERZ on her wings and then the sparkles for her hair as mentioned. I then festooned her fairyland with ribbon and felt flowers and added the sentiment with an SU rub on and viola... my card du jour... Hope you love it! And y'all can send cake...I never met cake that I did not like!

Sneaky Peeks!

I LOVE THEM!!! I love seeing what is going on out there in stamp land and I LOVE being the first to know! DRS Designs is proud to announce DUSTIN PIKE as a new stamp designer! Here is a card made with his stamps! I colored this precious elephant with gamsol and faber castel colored pencils, added SHIMMERS to his ears and cut it out. I adhered it to this shape that I made from my new nesties and then I popped the whole thing up. I cuttlebugged the background to make it look like a jungle so that this sentiment would fit perfectly with it and it sure does! There are a BUNCH of new releases and another FUN BLOG HOP with prizes that will begin on Thursday! Be sure to check the DRS Challenge Blog Thursday to start there and get all of the details about how to win!

Kissy Kissy!

Here is another one of these super cute CUTIE PIE KIDS from DRS! I love them! There are so many of them and they are great for so many occasions! Check them out here!

OK.. so here is what I did for this card. I cuttlebugged the blue paper in the background. I love the circle theme and in keeping with that, i cut a plain and a scallop circle from my nesites. I cuttleubgged the green one and sponged it with some ink to make the texture show up. I colored the CUTIE PIES with gamsol and faber castel colored pencils and I cut them out. I adhered them to the circles and then I added the ribbon on the pink card stock and here is my card! Please check out the DRS Designs website for all of the newest CUTIE PIES!!! Oh yeah... get your credit card ready too!

Happmpfhy Eaffster! MMMOOOOOO!!!

At least, that is how I would sound if I was a cow with an Easter Basket in my mouth! This PRECIOUS stamp is from High Hopes. The cow, the ears and the basket are all different stamps. I used Gamsol and Faber Castel pencils to color the images. I sponged the clouds in the background and cut the grass out of a piece of green cardstock. I used the SU top note die as a frame. I cut the sun with my nesties and sponged the edges of the sun and the frame for depth. I painted the bunny ears with SHIMMERZ as well as the bow on the basket. I LOVE the way this turned out! High Hopes has the most darling stamps and they are wonderful to color! Thanks for stopping by and have a great Sunday! Please scroll down for the DRS Blog candy that was offered yesterday! Super fun blog hop and GREAT candy!!!

Hippity Hoppity, Easter is on it's Way!

This is one of the newest releases from DRS. This little chick stamp is so sweet and if you like to color like I do, this is one for you! I used gamsol and pencils to color the image and then I added SHIMMERZ to the egg. I think it looks like a foiled egg... ya know... the chocolate ones?I cuttlebugged the background and sponged it so that the texture would show(one of my favorite tricks) and then I cut the image out with my nesties. I used pop dots to pop up the image and then i tied the ribbon. The flowers on this card were bought at Michael's in the bride section. I got like a zillion of them in a little bucket for $4.I painted SHIMMERZ on them as well and added the rhinestones in the middle for a little sparkle! I hope that when you are making your Easter cards, you will think of DRS and check them out for all of your stamping needs!

High Hopes Bunny Belly Band Card

Oh, I love High Hopes Stamps! I love to color and these stamps let you do just that! I got this bunny stamp a while ago and I stamped and colored it and I just found it kinds laying around, abandoned! So I got out my handy dandy Scor-Pal and made a gate fold card with a belly band and slapped this little guy on there! He sure does make me feel happy for a Friday! He also makes me think of my Aunt Bunny, who also makes me smile because... no matter what... she is ALWAYS happy!!! I used Gamsol and Faber Castel pencils and colored him in and of course, I added SHIMMERZ to the egg! It always adds the right touch! I cut the ovals with my trusty Nesties and here is my card! Happy Friday and try to smile today... no matter what!

When Pigs Fly!!! Hey... Wait a Minute!

I made this card for the challenge over at the Rubbernecker Stamps Blog to create a card with any type of fold besides the regular fold. So I did a double gate fold card with a belly band and I used this gorgeous little flying pig stamp from Stamp Oasis. I used my awesome Scor Pal to make the folds in the belly band and the card! What??? you don't have a Scor Pal??? And why not? I love this thing and it is on my stamp table all of the time... the best part???Diana, the owner and INVENTOR of this little miracle! She is a DREAM to work with and she has the kindest heart of anyone! Check them out... then BUY ONE...

So, Like I was saying... I stamped this little guy and colored him with gamsol and faber castell pencils. Then I added SHIMMMERZ to the wings and the moon and some of the little stars in the background. I cuttlebugged my top note die cut and cut it in half.I cut the image and the background out with my nesties and decorated the inside of the card as well. I punched some stars out and painted them with SHIMMERZ as well. Here it is! I hope you like it!

Thanks for looking and if you get the chance to

play along... Check out the link for

Rubbernecker Stamps.

They have some really fun things!

High Hopes (cough sniffle) Bird Bath Card (ahhchooo)

Ladies... it got me... the it being some horrible sinus allergy funk... and I have been sick in the bed for 2 days! UGH!!! I had this little card and I wanted to make at least one post... so here is my darling Bertie from High Hopes.

I colored him with gamsol and pencils and I used some blue SHIMMERZ on some of the bubbles. I love coloring and I think that High Hopes stamps are great for that! Hopefully, I will be out of the bed tonight and can get some more cards made to post here... That is the worst part about being sick... no stamping! POO!! Everyone stay healthy...

Forget the Singing...Sparkling in the Rain!!!

I LOVE Paper Makeup stamps! I love the owner, Katie and all of the other gals on the Paper Makeup Stamps (PMS... HEE HEE HEE) paper craft planet chat! What a friendly bunch of gals and such talent! I made this card for the Bling Challenge over at the PMS blog. It was to use some type of bling in your creation... yeah... NO PROBLEM!!! I used this precious little Emma Fairy stamp and colored her with copics and gamsol and colored pencils... I added SHIMMERZ to the umbrella, stickles to the wings and glitter and gel pens everywhere else! For the pink butterflies, I painted the paper with SHIMMERZ, let it dry and then punched them out and adhered them to the card and popped the wings to make them 3-D.I added some heart lace to the pink ribbon and then added that to the pink and white polka dot paper. The dots have glitter in them too... so here is my creations... Check out PMS and I know this is the kind of PMS you will enjoy!!!

This One Just Makes Me SMILE!!!

I was browsing the SCS gallery and I found that someone had made a card with a stamp from a company called Rubber Necker. So what does a stamp junkie do except go to this site hoping for a fix! AND FIND IT I DID!!! Look at this precious stamp! It is from Stamp Oasis and they have some REALLY cute things over there! I colored this one with all of the things I could find! Copics, gamsol and pencils gel pens and glitter pens... and how stinking cute is it? I LOVE the raccoon at the top... and the smiley purple flowers! I used some really neat background paper that I got at M's for 99 cent on clearance and a clear round tag with a rub on I had laying around the house!Then I found these tiny little buttons that my sweet little mommy gave me and I thought that was a great touch! Thanks for stopping by and please go and check out this site! The shipping was sooo fast and not at all expensive and for every $20 you spend you get a free stamp! HOORAY FREE!!!