STMC1 - Happy Birthday or Bust!

Hola Amigas! It's Saturday and I am ready to party! Time to celebrate the first ever Stampendous Sketch Challenge! Well, our fearless sketch leader Cyndi has gathered us together to start us off with the first sketch. You can get the full details at the Stampendous blog, but here are some of the sketch highlights: there will be 2 prize winners chosen (one for best use of Stampendous products and one by random), you have until April 15th at midnight PDT to upload your card (please use STMC1 when uploading to Splitcoast Stampers, Paper Craft Plant or any other online gallery) and you will need to post a link to your card in the comments section on the Stampendous blog post. Prizes are always fun! Let's start the fun with Fluffles. I am celebrating a special occasion today - My Big Bro's Burfday!!! He is so cute and cuddly. Just like Fluffles! So I decided to use one of my all time favorite Stampendous stamps - Floating Fluffles. I paper pieced Fluffles' party hat and balloon with some cute My Mind's Eye patterned paper. I used some other pieces from the same paper collection for the corner circles and background layer. So matchy, matchy! Since my sentiment is with my main image I added some rustic buttons to tie in with the rest of the sketch. I would love to see you all play along with us! You don't have to use Stampendous products, but if you got them we would love to see how you use them! Have a Stampendous Day! I'm off to help to celebrate my brother's birthday!


Thanks for visiting!


Rachel's Recipe:
Stamps: Floating Fluffles (Stampendous)
Paper: Dark Chocolate, White & Kraft CS (PTI) and Patterned Paper (My Mind's Eye - Quite Contrary)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black and Copics
Accessories: Scallop Circle & Scallop Rectangle Nesties, 1-3/8 circle punch (SU!), Stardust Stickles, Brads (Bazzill), Buttons (PTI) and 3D Foam Tape (Best Creation)

TESC108 - Let your heart bloom!

Hi All! IT'S FRIDAY!!!! YAY! Let's get the weekend started with another fun sketch challenge from Taylored Expressions. For TESC108 I wanted to challenge myself to use colors that I don't use often. This pretty patterned paper from We R Memory Keepers was perfect for that. The pretty Poppies were also a perfect match with the Elzybells Floral Fervour & Fervour Sentiments sets. I really love orange Poppies, since I am a California gal. So I wanted to make them stand out. I first stamped one onto cream cardstock, then I stamped and cut out two more and popped them up with foam tape. I added some Cinnamon Stickles to the centers for some sparkle. Hope you like it! We would love to see you play along this week. Taylored Expressions also had an amazing New Release this week too, so you are gonna want to check out the store.

Don't forget to visit my TESC Sketch Crew pals for some fantastic creations:
Alice Wertz
Lisa Hjulberg
Lynn Mercurio
Melissa Sauls
Monika Davis
Sherrie Siemens
Lori Craig
and Taylor!!!!

Thanks for visiting and Have a Great Friday!!!

Elzybells The Birds & The Bees Release Day!

Woo Hoo! It's here ..... Elzybells Release Day is today! I am bringing back the cute Impromtu Airshow & Buzzin' By stamps for another round to celebrate Release Day! This time I colored my little birdie red, since I notice I had blue birds on my mind in all of my other cards. LOL! He looks so vibrant and cute in red. I paired up the image with some wonderful Chocolate Brownie Textured Cardstock and Cosmo Cricket patterned paper. As you can tell Chocolate Brownie is my favoritie cardstock. I can't stop using it! I am so excited for you all the see the complete Birds & The Bees collection. The images are so fantastic, but the matching sentiments really just put them over the top! I can't wait to see what everyone creates with these fabulous stamps. You may even be a lucky winner of some new stamps. Be sure to visit this post at the Elzybells Blog for your chance to win some Blog Candy from Elizabeth. What a great way to celebrate!!!

We are all ready to par-tay, so stop on by and visit the rest of the Design Team to see how they are celebrating Release Day:
Inge Groot
Jeni Allen
Jessica Flynn-Shaffer
and of course Elizabeth!!!

Thanks for visiting and Have a Fantastic Day!

CCM - Mother's Day!

Hi Friends! I am honored to tell you I have asked to be a Guest Designer for Chi Chi Memories. Although it officially starts in May I just couldn't wait to show you some of Natalie's adorable images. This adorable digital singe stamp image is called Hug. I really wanted to showcase the image, so I sized it down to make a 4.25" x 4.25" square card. It looks so cute in the petite size, but it also looks fabulous in a large size. I think this image would be wonderful for kids to color and give as a gift for Mother's Day. Just perfect for teachers looking for crafty mother's day ideas for their students. I used some more Quite Contrary patterned paper with it's beautiful pinks. The little girl just had to be wearing pink. She is too cute! I know you wanna see more cute stuff, so be sure to visit the Chi Chi Memories Store. The cuteness awaits!




Thanks for visiting and Have a Great Day!

Elzybells Sneak Peek - The Birds & The Bees Day 3

Happy, Happy Wednesday!!!! It's Day 3 of the Elzybells Sneak Peeks and today's image is the adorable Tweet Friends. Those sweet birds are back at it again. This time they are just hanging around for some free eats. I do that too at parties. LOL! The sentiment is Spread Happiness and it goes perfectly with the image. Cause if you are giving out food, you are always spreading happiness. *wink* Ok, I am getting on a roll now. But seriously I love all these new images and I can't wait for release day tomorrow. That's when all 9 new images and 12 new sentiments will be available for purchase. Yay!!! Be sure to visit me tomorrow as we celebrate Release Day!

Well I have only shown you 3 new images so far, so go hop on over to see what the rest of the Design Team has to Sneak:
Inge Groot
Jeni Allen
Jessica Flynn-Shaffer
and of course Elizabeth!!!

Thanks for visiting and Have a Tweet Day!


Rachie's Recipe:
Stamps: Tweet Friends & Spread Happiness (Elzybells)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black & Copic Markers
Paper: White & Kraft CS (PTI) and Patterned Paper (My Mind's Eye)
Accessories: Ribbon & Button (PTI), Circle & Scallop Circle Nesties and 3D Foam Tape (Best Creation)

Elzybells Sneak Peek - The Birds & The Bees Day 2

Hello! How are you all doing on this fine day? These new Elzybells stamps are making me quite chipper today. Thanks for all your sweet comments on the Day 1 Sneak Peek. I am glad you are all loving these cute images as much as I am. That sweet little birdie is back with his little bee pal in the new Impromtu Airshow and Buzz By stamps. Too cute! It's all about Spring! These wonderful images are just perfect for so many different cards. This Elzybells release will have 12 sentiments that will match perfectly with these images. I hope you are ready to see more Sneaks. I will be back to show you one more Sneak Peek tomorrow and then it's Release Day on Thursday! Yippee!

You will want to visit the rest of the Design Team to see additional Sneak Peek images & sentiments:
Inge Groot
Jeni Allen
Jessica Flynn-Shaffer
Moon Hulsman
and of course Elizabeth!!!

Thanks for visiting and Have a Great Day!

Elzybells Sneak Peeks - The Birds & The Bees Day 1

Hello! Welcome to Day 1 of the Elzybells Sneak Peeks for The Birds & The Bees. These images are really sweet and a delight to color. I need to step away from the Farm Fresh patterned paper, but it matched the sweet little flowers in the image so perfectly. I just had to use it again. The main image is the adorable new image called Garden Gossip. I can't get over how cute it is. I also added the sweet new sentiment called Make life fun. I matted the main image and a strip of patterned paper with some delightful Colour Co-ordinates Chocolate Brownie textured cardstock. Really lovely cardstock and I love the rich shade of brown. The Colour Co-ordinates line also comes with matching inks & buttons to make your projects really come together nicely. I hope you enjoyed today's Sneak Peak and please join me tomorrow for Day 2.

Ready for more? Be sure to visit the rest of the Elzybells DT to see some additional Sneak Peeks:
Inge Groot
Jeni Allen
Jessica Flynn-Shaffer
Moon Hulsman
and of course Elizabeth!!!

Thanks for visiting and Have a Splendid Day!

Hoppy Easter!

Hola Peeps! Hoppy Easter! I thought I would just hop on by and post a special little Hoppy Birthday card with some of my fav A Muse stamps. I am back in challenge mode, so I am playing along with AMC15 in the A Muse Lounge and also another entry for the Moxie Fab Picking Up the Pieces Challenge. I actually was just picking up the pieces of my boiled potatoes for the potato salad I am making for today's Easter feast. I can never judge when it's cooked too much. I do the fork poking stuff but it just seems like it is never cooked enough, so they end up practically exploding in the pot. So I had some casualties and the others were off to the freezer for a quick cool down. Still waiting ... so I thought I should at least finish my post before I head out to see my family. Hope you all have a blessed Easter!!!!

Looky ... I went cut it up ka-razy on this. LOL! I cut out the bunny and paper pieced her dress. I cut out the polka dot frame and then paper pieced the center. Lots o' Fun!

See ya tomorrow for Elzybells Sneak Peeks!


Thanks for visiting!!!


Rachie's Recipe:
Stamps: MB Bunny Dress, Polka Dot Frame & Hoppy Birthday (A Muse)
Paper: White & Craft CS (PTI) and Patterned Paper (October Afternoon - Farm Fresh)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Chocolate Chip (SU!) and Copic Markers
Accessories: Deckled Rectangle Nesties, Ribbon (A Muse), Paper Piercer (SU!) and 3D Foam Tape (Best Creation)

TESC107 - You're Sew Lovely!

Hola Chicas! Happy Good Friday! This week's Taylored Expressions sketch is Sew Lovely, as I got to use my new Lawn Fawn stamps. I knew I had to paper piece that pretty dress and those cute buttons for my embellishment across the bottom. I used the American Crafts - Abode collection for all the patterned paper. I really love those buttons! This sketch is so fun and it really sparked my creativity this week. I hope you can all play along with us for TESC107. Taylor is always looking for her Top Crops each week and it could be YOU!



You are going to want to visit the rest of the TESC Sketch Crew to see their fabulous creations:
Alice Wertz
Jami Sibley
Lisa Hjulberg
Melissa Sauls
Monika Davis
Sherrie Siemens
and Taylor!!!!

Thanks for visiting and Have a GOOD Friday!!!

Elzybells Challenge 40 - Circle Card

Howdy Pals! I am happy to get to stamping for the Elzybells Challenge #40. The challenge is to create a circle card. I don't know why I haven't made one before. They are so cute and fun. I inked up the adorable Teddy Heart Balloon and used some new My Mind's Eye - Quite Contrary patterned paper for my card. They are so sweet together. I love paper piecing and could not resist it on that heart balloon. I also can't resist sales. You know what I am talking about ladies! Well Elzybells has some special limited time Easter offers and you can see them here. So how about it pals, you ready to play along? Just visit the forum for all the deets & you could even win a little Elzybells prize.


We would love to see your challenge creations. If you would like to see more, please visit the rest of the Elzybells Design Team for some fabulous inspiration:
Inge Groot
Jeni Allen
Jessica Flynn-Shaffer
Moon Hulsman
and of course Elizabeth!!!

Thanks for visiting and Have a fabulous day!!!