The Cuttlebug Spot~Mother's Day Card

Hello it is time for another challenge from The Cuttlebug Spot.  This time the challenge is to make a Mother's Day card and to feature a flower using either a circut or cuttlebug. 

I used a scallop die in the cuttlebug.  I cut out somewhere around 15-20 layers of tissue paper attached them together with a brad and the scrunched them until it looked a lot like a carnation.  The sentiment is one from Notes to Mom from Gina K Designs.  I am also entering this into StampTV's Mix it up Monday challenge to make a square card. 
Now head over to The Cuttlebug Spot for all of the details and to see all of the gorgeous creations from the rest of the design team.  Thank you for stopping by and have a wonderful week.

Brenda

The Cuttlebug Spot ~ Mothers Day Card

Hello it is time for antoher challenge from The Cuttlebug Spot. This time the challenge is to make a Mother's Day card with real or faux stitching.

I used the rose from A Year of Flowers from Gina K Designs. A Year of Flowers is illustrated by Melanie Muenchinger.  Melanie does such a beautiful job with flowers and now has a wonderful coordinating book called A Year of Flowers filled with gorgeous creations. In addition to The Cuttlebug Spot challenge I also used this weeks sketch from Card Positioning Systems.  I did omit the three circles elements of the sketch as I couldn't make it work with my card. 

If you haven't already head over to The Cuttlebug Spot and check out the rest of the designs teams fabulous samples.  I hope you can play along with us this week.   Have a wonderful week and thank you for stopping by.
 
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The Cuttlebug Spot- Spring is in the Air

Hello it is time for another The Cuttlebug Spot challenge. The theme this time is Spring is in the air.

When I see daffodils for the first time each year I know that Spring is close so I knew I wanted to use them on my card. I love yellow and green together and it makes for a great color combo with the daffodils. I also used this week sketch from Card Positioning Systems.  Make sure to head over to The Cuttlebug Spot to see the gorgeous creations from my team mates.  I hope you can play along.  Thank you for stopping by. 
 
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Card details

Stamps: Sending Sunshine, Spring has Sprung-Gina K Designs

Paper: Basic Grey Origins, GKD Pure Luxury

Ink: Memento tuxedo black, dandelion

Copics: Y11, Y13, Y15, YG93, YG95

Other: Nestabilities, cuttlebug, brads

The CuttleBug Spot- WinterScene

Hello, The Cuttlebug Spot challenges are back after a holiday break. This time the challenge is to create a winter scene and to use texture,Use texture like felt, buttons, string, ribbon etc.

For my card I used Mountain Wilderness Theresa's latest set from Gina K Designs.  This is a fabulous set for creating scenes.  If you come by my blog often you know I do enjoy creating scenes.  I started by sponging in the snow drifts by masking and sponging with distressed ink weathered wood.  With the mask still in place I stamped the trees and mountain.  I finished it off by adding the deer and grass.  The "moon" is a button that I had in my button jar that just happened to match the ink perfectly so that is what I added for my texture.  I am not so sure I like it, but I have to step out of my comfort zone and give it a try.

  I hope you can play along with us. Now make sure to check out the fabulous creations from the rest of the design team.   Thank you for stopping by.

The Cuttlebug Spot - Santa Baby

It is time for another challenge for The Cuttlebug Spot. This time the challenge is Santa Baby- Anything with Santa. Here is what I made.

 This is a pretty basic card, I used white craft ink to lightly sponge over the calendar and highlighted the 25th with a glitter gel pen.  I hope you can play along with us this week and make sure to check out what lovely creations the rest of the design team has for your viewing pleasure.  Thank you for stopping by.

I am also entering this card into Crazy 4 Challenges, challenge this week It's Santa.And into Joan's Garden challenge to show your Christmas card- Anything goes.

Speedy The Cat's Friends Challenge - Week#76 No Designer Paper

Hello and welcome to this weeks Speedy The Cat's Friends Challenge, this Linda is challenge us to not use any designer paper.  For those of you who know me already know I love designer paper, and rarely make a card without it.  I always admire all of the fabulous all white cards so I gave it a try and almost made.  I had to stick a very thin gray mat on mine.  I am really pleased with how this one came out.  The best part is the fun surprise sentiment on the inside.

This is a new set from Mark's Finest Papers called Snowball that will be available next Tuesday.  Be sure to check out the rest of the wonderful creations from the design team.

I hope you can play along this week with us at Speedy The Cat's Friends challenge.  You may just win a stamp set!!  And if you use a Mark's Finest Paper's stamp you will be entered into the drawing twice.  Good luck.

Thank you for stopping by

CSS Treasure Chest Hop...... Let's Get Wordy

Hello and welcome to another StampTV CSS Treasure Chest Blog Hop.  You should have arrived from Carolina's  blog.  If not to start at the beginning go to Vicki's blog.  You can see the entire list of participants on StampTV.  I would hate for you to miss any of the beautiful creations that the CSS ladies have to share.

Tonight's Teasuire Chest challenge is Get Wordy.  To use a sentiment or quote as the main focal point.  I don't normally use sentiments or quotes as focal points so this one had me stumped for a bit.  Then the other night as I was falling off to sleep it hit me and I knew what I wanted to do.  I had a hard time not getting up right then and making the card, but as I had to get up early I waiting until the next night.   Have you every been to the site Wordle?  It is a cool site where you can type in text and it will jumble it up in a cool way.  I wanted to recreate a wordle of sorts and decided on a thank you theme.  I picked out a bunch of sentiments and got busy.  Here is the result.

This was so fun to make, now I want to make one with birthday wishes.  I will list all of the stamp sets (it was a lot) I used at the bottom of this post.  I am the last stop on the hop tonight I hope you have enjoyed all of the beautiful creations everyone had to share.  If you would like to join in this challenge we would love to see what you create so make sure to post it in the StampTV gallery and let us know about it in this thread on StampTV.

Make sure to leave a comment as you hop along because on Tuesday morning (June 28th), we will randomly choose one of the comments from all the blogs who will get a stamp set of their choice valued up to $24.95!

Thank you for stopping by.

Card Details

Stamps: All from Gina K Designs

Eclectic Summer Sayings

Elegant Flowers 

Follow your Dreams

Retro Boutique

Seeds of Kindness

Spring Has Sprung

Thanks a Million

The Giving Tree

Paper: Pure Luxury sweet mango, in the navy, fresh asparagus

Ink: Memento: tangelo, danube blue, bamboo leaves

Other: prima flowers, button, twine, pearls

CSS Inspiration Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to another CSS DT Alumni  inspiration blog hop.  If you are unfamiliar with the CSS  DT Alumni blog hops, it is a group of ladies that have in the past been selected to be on Center Stage Spotlight for StampTV.  Today I am starting off the hop, if you get lost at anytime along the way you can go to StampTV and see the entire list of participants.  This month we have a fabulous photo that Carolina selected.  I love the bright and crisp clean lines.

Here is the beautiful inspiration photo.

I was so inspired by the red and white and the gorgeous sunflowers.  And here is the card I created.

I hope you enjoy the hop. The ladies in the CSS group are some of the most talented paper crafters I know.  So grab you favorite beverage and enjoy the hop. 

Next up is the wonderfully creative Carolina.

Play along with us.....create a card or project using this inspiration image and then post it to the StampTV Forum on the blog hop thread - we'd love to see what you create!!!

 I am also entering this card into a couple of challenges.  First is Vicki's Mix It Up Monday challenge on StampTV.  Vicki's challenge is to add texture to you creation.  Next I am entering it into Lawnscaping's Challenge to make a clean and simple card.

Card Details

Stamps: Lovely Shelf, Enjoy the Sunshine-Gina K Designs

Paper: Pure luxury

Ink: Memento tuxedo black

Copics: B0000, E31, E35, E37, Y13, Y17, YG13, YG67

Other: cuttlebug, nestabilities, embossing folder, twine

Flowers in Bloom

Hello I hope you are having a great weekend.  The weather here has been great and is very good for my sprirt.  I have a card that I made early last week and haven 't had time to post it.  It is one I made for Janice's Mix-it-up Monday challenge on StampTV.  Janice challenged to focus on flowers.  I am still without internet, shoud have it back late tomorrow.  Thank you for stopping by.

Card Details

Stamps: A Year of Flowers-Gina K Designs

Papers: pure luxury white, black onyx

Ink: memento

Other: cuttlebug, pearls

Celebrate in Style

Hello I am back with another card I made today.  This one is for a few more challenges.  I am keeping this post short as it is almost time for the release party on StampTV.   I had this all typed up once and some how lost it, ugh I hate it when that happens.  Thank you for stopping by.

StampTV: white, wild dandelion, in the navy
Color Throwdown: white, navy,  pick a color
Cute Card Thursday: No text
Simon Says Challenge: Emboss it

Card Details

Stamps: Celebrate in Style-Gina K Designs

Paper: Pure luxury-Gina K Designs

Ink: memento

Other: cuttlebug, nestabilities, ribbon, twine, scallop edge punch

iCopic DT Call

Hello I hope you are having a wonderful weekend.  This is a card I made for the DT call for iCopic, wish me luck.  I like their challenges and would absolutely love to be a part of their team.  I used my favorite Cheeky form The Greeting Farm.  Pink is not a favorite color of mine to color with, but I gave it try.  I am also entering this card in iCopic's weekly challenge, to color an embellishment.  I colored the ribbon to match the outfit.  I have the details for this card at the bottom of this post. I will be back Sunday afternoon with a card I made yesterday.  Thank you for stopping by.

Card Details

Stamps Cheeky Rockabilly, The Greeting Farm

Paper: Basic Grey Bittersweet

Ink: Memento tuxedo black

Other: ribbon, cuttlebug, nestabilities

Technique Card

Some title huh?? I know it is kind of lame.  I have the hardest time coming up with new titles.  Anyway I used a couple of techniques in this card.  I started by embossing the image with clear embossing powder on white paper.  Then I did the baby wipe technique over it.  I came out pretty cool.  This is another multi challenge card, they are listed below.

Challenges

• StampTV: red hot, sweet corn, sweet mango
• Mark's Finest Papers: emboss resist
• Just Us Girls: baby wipe technique
• Wee Memories: Tangled up

Thank you for stopping by,

Dinomite Birthday

Today I have a card I made for my sons girlfriend.  I know this doesn't look like typical card for a 20 year old girl.  She is very into dinosaurs and green is her favorite color so that directed my card and here is the result.  I really wasn't liking it very much up until the very end.  When I finally picked the colors and laid it out I began to really like it.  By the time I was taking a photo of it I loved it.  Funny how that happens some times.    I love the sketches at The Sweet Stop and have not played along in a very long time so it was definitely time.  Thank you for stopping by and have a happy Wednesday!

Card Details

Stamps: Dinomite- Gina K Designs

Paper:pure luxury

Ink: memento tuxedo black, desert sand, rich cocoa, dandelion, cantaloupe

Other: cuttlebug, nestabilities

Hello Friend

For today's card I have one that I made using A Year of Borders from Gina K Designs and illustrated by the fabulously talented Melanie Muenchinger.  I love the set it makes for great borders, but also as a focal image and background stamping.  Thank you for stopping by.

Challenges for this card

• StampTV: Sketch
• Color Throwndown: red, black, yellow and cream
• Landscaping Challenge: Make your own patterned paper with stamps

Card Details

Stamps: A Year of Borders, Funny Farm- Gina K Designs

Paper: pure luxury

Ink: memento tuxedo black

Copics: Y11, Y15

Other: border punch, nestabilites

Happy For You

Hello I hope you are having a wonderful Sunday. The sun has been out here today and it sure feels nice.  I am sure that I am not along in the desire to have some nicer weather. Today I have a card that I made for a few challenges that I have listed below.  The main image is done with emboss resist.  I stamped the floral image with versamark ink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder.  Next I stamped the text image over the top.  For a final step I sponged memento angel pink over the top.  The circle piece is dry embossed with my cuttlebug and sponged with the pink.  A while back I saw this ruffled ribbon on a circle I think I was from Donna Baker and I loved it and when I saw this sketch on StampTV I knew I wanted to try it.  This is one seriously thick card.  I measured it and it is 1/2 inch!  Thank you for stopping by. Have a happy week!

• StampTV: Sketch
• Stampin Royalty: Heat Emobss
• Really Reasonable Ribbon Ramblings: Dies or Punches
• Corrosive Challenge: Pastels

Card Details

Stamps: Botanicals Gina K Designs

Paper: pure Luxury GKD, Basic Grety Urban Prairie

Ink: Memento tuxedo black, angel pink

Other: stain ribbon, nestabilities, cuttlebug

The Cuttlebug Spot - Oh So Soft: Felt

It is Tuesday and that means it is time for another The Cuttlbug Spot Challenge.  This week the challenge is to use felt on your project.  This was a difficult challenge for me it is my last for The Cuttlebug Spot, as this is the end of my term.  Nilda has also decided to take a short break on the challenges, but she plans to be back soon with more.  As for me I can't wait.  On to my project.

I started with an idea I had about a week ago to emboss my own felt and it worked, kind of.  I started by spraying the felt with starch and then running it through and if gave this great deep embossing to the felt.  I was so excited, then as I was putting my card together I noticed that the more I handled the felt the embossing was coming out.  I will work on this technique and if I get it right I will share with you.  Being as I was disappointed with my first sample I made another.

Here is the first card.

Here is a close up of the embossing.

 

Now for my next card.

I hope you stop by The Cuttlebug Spot and give this challenge a try and don't forget to check out the rest of the design teams projects I am sure you will not be disappointed.  Thank you for stopping by.

I am submitting card # 1 into the sketch this week for Card Positioning Systems.

Card Details

Card #1

Stamps: Warm with Love- Gina K Designs

Paper: Pure luxury

Ink: Memento tuxedo black, summer sky, bahama blue

Other: felt, cuttlebug, nestabilities, polka dots and swirl embossing folders

Card #2

Stamps: Versatile Verses- Gina K Designs

Paper: Pure luxury, Basic Grey

Ink: Memento tuxedo black, angel pink

Other: felt, pearl brads, nestabilities, cuttlebug, argyle embossing folder

CSS Alumni Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to another Center Stage Alumni Blog Hop!  As I am starting the hop, you should have arrived from the StampTV Forum.  Tonight the CSS Alumni group from StampTV is using a wonderful sketch from Melissa Cash. for my card I used the newest set from Theresa Momber called Warm with Love.  I Love irises so much I knew that the first thing I stamped with this set would be Theresa beautifully drawn flower.  I also worked in the color challenge from StampTV of wild lilac, sweet mango and white.  I don't have wild lilac yet so I used vibrant violet instead.

Thanks for stopping by!  Make sure you leave a comment as you hop along because we will choose a random comment from one of the blogs. We would love to see what you do with the sketch and make sure to leave a comment as you hop along because on Tuesday morning (March 29th), we will randomly choose one of the comments from all the blogs who will get a stamp set of their choice valued up to $24.95!  Next up is the incredibly creative Carolina.

I am also submitting this card into Stamp Something's challenge this week, What does Spring mean to you?  Thank you for stopping by.

Card Details

Satmps: Warm with Love GKD

Paper: Pure Luxury, Basic Grey-sugar rush

Ink: memento, tuxedo black, lulu lavender

Other: cuttlebug, nestabilities, ribbon, twine

The Cuttlebug Spot - Push the Button

Happy Tuesday!!! It is time for another The Cuttlebug Spot challenge. This week the challenge is to use buttons on your creation.

On Saturday I recieved this adorable image that I had ordered from Simon Says, it is an Ippity stamp from Unity.  I couldn't wait to color this one.  I also used the sketch  from The Sweet Stop. They are celebrating 100 sketches this week and there is a twist to the sketch this week of How Sweet.  I chose to go with a sweet image instead of an image of something sweet.

Now you should head over to The Cuttlebug Spot and check out my fellow Design Team members and see their gorgeous creations.  I hope you have time to play along this week.

I would like to thank you all of you who take the time to leave such wonderful comments on my cards.  It really means so much to me.  I also want to apologize for not getting to you blogs nearly often enough to share some love. Thank you for stopping by and hugs to you all.

Card Details

Stamps:Rain or shine-Unity

Paper: pure luxury, basic grey urban prairie

Ink: memento

Other: buttons twine, nestabilities, cuttlebug, swiis dots folder

A couple of challenge cards

Today I have a couple of cards I made for some challenges.  First I have a card I made late Friday night just after the inspiration challenge was posted on SCS.  The inspiration came from a online store called Kirkland's.  I found this cork board and was inspired to make this card.

 I am not all that thrilled with how it came out, but went with it anyway.  I also am entering this into one of the challenges on StampTV for the release to use metal on your project, I used brads as thumbtacks. 

Then today I made this round card for a few different challenges which I have listed below.

One of the challenges is for another challenge on StampTV for the Gina K Designs release.  This one was a true challenge as Deb Felts challenged isy to step out of our comfort zone and not use some of your normal go to items.  For me I felt that meant I should not use copics. I love to color and copics are my tool of choice.  So I dusted off the old colored pencils and OMS and colored up this beautiful flower from Theresa set Little Critters.  I also made the choice to not go with a normal shaped card.  Last Friday Beate posted how she made a round easel card and I loved it and knew I wanted to give it a try. 

Challenges for this card

1. StampTV: Out of your stamping zone
2. Mark's Finest Papers: 3 pastel colors, 3 embellishments, and make it round
3. Let's Ink It Up:  Die Cuts/Punches
4. Desert Island Crafters: Intenirary items- Unusally sentiment, fancy folds, fibers

Card Details

Card #1

Stamps: Take Flight, A Beautiful Life, Sending Sunshine, Grand Damask-GKD

Paper pure luxury, cork

Ink: Memento

Other: brads

Card #2

Stamps: Little Critters-GKD

Paper: pure luxury, Basic Grey Olivia

Ink: Memento, tuxedo black, dandelion

Other: Kor-i-nor pencils, oms, fibers, pearls, nestabilites, cuttlebug

Life is in Full Bloom

Today I have a card that I made for Joanne's blogaversary challenge.  She has a small list of items to choose three from to use to make your card.  I chose twine, number paper, and kraft paper. Of course I had to work in a couple of other challenges.  First off  Wee Memories challenge is Spring is near, Green is here, use Spring or green theme.  Finally I used the sketch for Card Patterns this week.   Thank you for stopping by.