Color Throwdown #248

Hi there!  Today Broni is hosting our Color Throwdown challenge and she picked these awesome colors.....

...oh how I love Cool Caribbean. One of my all-time favorite SU colors!  I think these colors together are very beachy or very girly so I decided to get out one of my all-time favorite, beloved Sarah Kay stamps and get to some coloring.  Here's my card:

The card base and image were cut with curved rectangle nestabilities dies, the image and clouds are popped up on foam tape, the image was colored with Copics, and I added a bunch of sparkly accents with Stickles. Here's a close-up:

As I mentioned in yesterday's post, I've decided to take a break from blogging for the summer (or possibly longer), so this will be my last post with the CTD team for now.  I have truly enjoyed being a part of this fun team with such a GREAT group of gals!

Speaking of the great gals, check out the gorgeous creations they have to share with you today:

Barbara   **   Broni   **   Joan

Lori   **   Lynn

Tammy   **   Wanda
and our June Guest Designer, Wanda Guess!

Have a great Wednesday and a WONDERFUL summer!!

Kiss for Chloe

Hey there! Hailey's boyfriend asked me to make a valentine's card for her using this Sarah Kay "Kiss for Chloe" image, this custom sentiment, and he wanted it done in shades of purple. Ohhhh, this card was so much fun to make!



The layout is Sweet Sunday Sketch #151. I made the sentiment on the computer with the "Pristina" font. The die-cut sentiment flag is up on foam tape. Papers are My Mind's Eye Market Street.

He also asked me to incorporate a rose on the inside of the card so I pulled out my "Sweet Nature" set from Flourishes and colored up the long-stemmed rose....



I really hope she liked this card as much as I enjoyed making it. Have a great day, all!

Stamper's Dream Closing

Hi all! Earlier this month, I received a bittersweet email from my friend (and all-time favorite stampy boss...yep!) Michelle Rodgers letting me know that she has decided to close the Stamper's Dream store and asking me if I'd like to join the Dream Team once again for a final blog hop. I certainly understand her decision in wanting to spend more time focusing on family, friends and home life, as I recently gave up all my DT work....but it's still sad to hear that one of my favorite online stores is closing. :(

She's having a liquidation sale and everything in the store is 20% off with the coupon code Farewell2U. Just enter the code on the checkout page in the coupon section and it will take 20% off the lowest marked price of the items in your shopping cart! There is a $20 minimum to activate the coupon. Note: there is no free shipping during the liquidation.

If you'd like to start at the beginning of today's hop, Michelle's blog is the first stop. If you've come here from Tosh's blog, you're right on track.

For my card, I used this Sarah Kay Finn Whistling While He Works stamp. Someone in our family is celebrating a birthday this month and I thought this image would be perfect for his birthday card.



For today's farewell hop, here's the complete lineup....

Michelle Rodgers
Becca Feeken
Tosha Leyendekker
Denise Marzec *that's me*
Laurie Schmidlin
Carolyn King
Amy Sheffer
Arlene Cuevas
Teresa Kline
Jessica Diedrich
Mariana Grigsby
Lea Lawson
Jo Thompson

Have fun hopping and be sure to leave some love and hugs to Michelle. :)

Happy Anniversary

My aunt and uncle's anniversary (50th!) is coming up and when I saw THIS gorgeous card by Wendy, I knew I wanted to use this Sarah Kay First Kiss image on their card. Confession....I love Wendy's coloring so much that I tried to color my image like hers (she's a huge inspiration to me!)....and I literally sat with my Copics in front of my computer monitor and copied the shading as best as I could. :)



The anniversary sentiment is from my So-Frogetful set from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps. The main matted image is up on foam tape and I added Stickles to the girl's hair bow. The layout is the October SFYTT.



Thanks for stopping by and have a great Saturday!

SUPPLY LIST ~
Stamps: Sarah Kay First Kiss, Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps So-Frogetful
Paper: Kraft, Vintage Cream, Certainly Celery, Seaside DP
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copics
Accessories: PTI Ribbon, Corner Rounder Punch, Sewing Machine, Foam Tape, Stardust Stickles, Bow Easy

Margaux

Whooo-hoooo! Productive day today! I got up early and went for a run with my friend Dawn, showered and went around to pick up work for the week, got reports typed up, AND made a card! Love productive days like this.



A little about the card. It's 5" square and the main matted image is up on foam tape. Stickles were added to Margaux's pockets (you KNOW I love my sparkle), belt, hat, paints, easel clips, and the bear's bow. The mini rhinestones.....yeah, you know what's coming, right?.....I had to hide a smudge so one of the little clusters of rhinestones are doing just that...hiding the boo-boo! I seriously don't understand how smudges end up on my images. Anyway.....

Here's the inside where I used a sentiment to make it a birthday card...



...thought the Penny Black sentiment went perfectly with the Sarah Kay stamp.

Okay, that's it for me today. Have a great night!

STAMPS: Stampavie/Sarah Kay Margaux is Painting, Penny Black Paint the Town (sentiment on inside of card)
INK: Memento Tuxedo Black and Copic Markers

Picnic of Daisies

Hi all! Can you believe it's August already??....I can't. I don't want summer to end. Wah! ;)



While watching TV last night, I colored up a couple of my beloved Sarah Kay stamps and made this one into a card. The punched sentiments and matted main image are all up on foam tape. I added a bunch of Stickles to the main image too....on her hair bows, hat band, picnic cloth, flowers, and then added a bunch of random dots around the image and some extra ones as butterfly trails. It's sparkly! :)

Okay, enough play time for me. I gotta get some work done.

Hope you have a great day and thanks so much for stopping by my blog today. :)

STAMPS: Stampavie/Sarah Kay Picnic of Daisies
PAPER: Night of Navy, White, Echo Park Springtime
INK: Memento Tuxedo Black and Copics
ACCESSORIES: Wide White Ric Rac Ribbon, PTI Enchanted Evening Ribbon, Blue Twine, Foam Tape, SU Word Window Punch, Adhesive Gems, Stardust Stickles, Rectangle Nestabilities, Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch

Watermelon Patch

Hey there! I can't believe it's Monday already. I wanted to play with Karen G's Sweet Sunday Sketch and found this totally FORGOTTEN Josephine stamp that has never seen ink....why?...I have no idea why I've never inked it because I love it! I think I got it from Michelle at Stamper's Dream....umm....last summer?? Yeah, something like that. Anyway, since it's a forgotten stamp, I'm going to also enter the card into Jessie's Forgotten Stamp Friday Challenge. Very cool idea for a challenge, I might add, Jessie. :)



The main matted image is up on foam tape and I added some Stickles to the watermelon slice, hat band, and knife.

Have an awesome afternoon!

SUPPLY LIST ~
Stamps: Josephine in the Watermelon Patch (Stampavie/Sarah Kay), Sweet Chocolate (My Cute Stamps)
Paper: October Afternoon Thrift Shop DP
Colored with Copics

Stamper's Dream & Friends Blog Hop!

Welcome to the Stamper’s Dream and Friends Blog Hop! I had so much fun hopping along in last month's hop that I jumped at the chance to join the fun again.



For my card today, I got to play with this adorable Stampavie image, called Josephine cuddling her pet cat Kiki. Sweet image, huh? The sentiment is from my MFT Essential Sentiments clear set. I added Stardust Stickles to Josephine's hat band and belt.

SUPPLY LIST ~
Stamps: Sarah Kay Josephine Cuddling Her Pet Cat Kiki, MFT Essential Sentiments Paper: PTI Vintage Cream, Berry Sorbet and Kraft; Patterned Paper Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black Copics: 0, BG0000, BG11, E00, E11, E25, E31, E41, E42, E43, W1, W3, R22, R35, R81, R83, R85 Accessories: Berry Sorbet Ribbon, Crochet Lace Ribbon, MFT Flower Die-namics, Stardust Stickles, Word Window Punch

Of course, Michelle has some awesome BLOG CANDY up for grabs in today's hop that's hidden on one of the blogs. None of us know which designers have the blog candy so in order to enter, you'll need to leave a comment on each and every one. The winners will be announced on Michelle's blog on Thursday evening, June 16th as well as on the blog that had the hidden candy....so be sure to check back to see who the winner is....it could be you! Here's a photo of what's up for grabs...



...and finally....here's the list of amazing designers participating in today's hop....

Becca Feeken
Michelle Rodgers
Laurie Schmidlin
Amy Sheffer
Denise Marzec <--- that's me!
Tosh Leyendekker
Mona Pendleton
Cindy Lawrence
Silke Ledlow
Arlene Cuevas
Charmaine Ikach
Mariana Grigsby
Lea Lawson
Joan Ervin
Teresa Kline
Jeanne Streiff
Kellie Fortin
Christina Fischer
Jo Thompson

Have an awesome day! :)

Stamper's Dream and Friends Blog Hop!

Welcome to the Stamper’s Dream and Friends Blog Hop! I’m thrilled to be here hopping along with this super talented group of girls! Thank you so much for inviting me to play, Michelle! {big hugs!}

For my card today, I used this incredibly sweet Juliet in the Field of Nasturtiums stamp by Stampavie. The main image is colored with Copic markers, popped up on foam tape, and I added some Stickles to the centers of the flowers. The sentiment is from my Flourishes Strawberries set.

SUPPLY LIST ~ Stamps: Sarah Kay Juliet in the Field of Nasturtiums, Flourishes Strawberries (sentiment) Paper: White, Pure Poppy, Echo Park Little Girl DP Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black Copics: 0, E00, E02, E11, E25, E27, E31, W1, W3, W5, BG0000, BG11, B91, B95, B99, G21, G24, G28, G40, Y00, Y11, Y15, YR15, YR21, YR23, YR68, R22, R24, R27 Accessories: Red Baker's Twine, MFT Cloud Die-namics, Stardust Stickles, Sharpie White Paint Pen, Tim Holtz Bricked Texture Fade, Foam Tape

Now....there's some awesome BLOG CANDY hidden along the way in today's hop. Michelle is offering not one but TWO prize packages from Stamper's Dream for two lucky winners. None of us know which designers have the blog candy so in order to enter, you'll need to leave a comment on each and every one of the designers' blogs. The winners will be announced on Michelle's blog on Thursday evening, April 14th as well as on the blogs that had the hidden candy....so be sure to check back to see who the two winners are....it could be you! Here are photos of the prize packages that are up for grabs...

...and finally....here's the list of amazing designers participating in today's hop....

Becca Feeken

Michelle Rodgers

Jerri Kay Jimenez

Amy Sheffer

Denise Marzec

Arlene Cuevas

Leslie Miller

Cindy Lawrence

Kellie Fortin

Tosh Leyendekker

Jeanne Streiff

Mariana Grigsby

Joan Ervin

Lea Lawson

Frances Byrne

Christina Fischer

Carla Murphy

Teresa Kline

Carol Longacre

Gabriela Divine

Have fun hoppin' !!

Sweet Stop Sketch 98

Hi all, it's time for another Sweet Stop Sketch!



For my card this week, I wanted to ink up this SWEET Stampavie stamp that Michelle sent me from Stamper's Dream. She's such a sweetheart...she knows how much I love Sarah Kay stamps. Thanks, Michelle!!! This card is for you, lady. Hope you like it!

Both paper buttons are up on foam tape. I tweaked the sketch a little and moved the sentiment to the right side of the image to fill up that open space. Here's the actual sketch...



Have a great day!






SUPPLY LIST ~
Stamps: Stampavie Finn Whistling While He Works
Paper: Vintage Cream, Dark Chocolate, Cosmo Cricket Lil' Man DP
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Copics: 0, W1, W3, W5, B91, B95, B99, BG10, E00, E02, E11, E13, E25, E41, E42, E43, YR21, YR23, YR24, Y00, Y11, Y15, Y38, G21, G24, G28, G40
Accessories: Ribbon, Spellbinders Tag, Brad, MFT Small Scallop Edge and Button Die-namics, Foam Tape, String
Card Size: 5.25" Square

As special as you...

I felt like sitting down and coloring up one of my Sarah Kay images. This is a stamp that I've had for a long time, but I never get tired of coloring her. I think she's just so pretty. The cloud and main matted image are both up on foam tape and I added a bunch of Stickles (of course I did...hehe!).

Have a great day!






SUPPLY LIST ~
Stamps: Stampavie/Sarah Kay Spring is Back, Our Craft Lounge Vintage Roses (sentiment)
Paper: Kraft, Thrift Shop DP, Vintage Cream
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copics
Accessories: MFT Cloud Die-namics, Rectangle Nestabilities, Stickles, Saddle Stitch Ribbon, Sewing Machine, Foam Tape

Adele & a farewell

Hi everyone! After two years of being on the Stamper's Dream team, I've decided to step down. It's been awesome to be a part of such a talented team, but it's time for a change. Thank you, Michelle, for everything!!

For my last DT card, I wanted to use a Sarah Kay stamp. This Adele Enjoying Fresh Apples is such a great stamp for this time of year. The main image is up on foam tape and there's a pearl in the center of her hair bow. I also added Stickles to the flowers in the grass, the hair bow, and band around the hat. Oh, and I drew in some extra blades of grass with one of my Copics.

Have a fantastic Sunday!





SUPPLY LIST ~
Stamps: Stampavie Adele Enjoying Fresh Apples
Paper: Kraft, Vintage Cream, Togetherness DP
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Copics: B91, B95, B99, G21, G24, G28, G40, R20, R22, R27, YR21, YR24, E00, E11, E41, E42, E43, 0
Accessories: Vintage Cream Ribbon, Labels Ten Nestabilities, Foam Tape, Eucalyptus Stickles, Waterfall Stickles, Fruit Punch Stickles, Kaiser Craft Pearls, Sewing Machine, Corner Rounder Punch, Sharpie White Paint Pen

Hailey's Bday Card

This is the birthday card I made for my daughter, Hailey, this year. I gave it to her already so I can post it now. I bought this Sarah Kay stamp years ago from Stamper's Dream because it reminds me so much of her.....artistic, beautiful, and sweet. Yep, that's my girl. {{big proud mama grin}}

It's a long card because it was holding a gift certificate to her favorite hair salon. I went with brown and green to match the colors on the gift certificate. It measures 4" x 8.5" and fits in a regular #10 envelope. The image is stamped on Cryogen Poison Ivory CS, colored with Copics, and I added some Stickles to her belt and white dots on her cheek. The main image and sentiment are both up on foam tape.

Have a great day!





SUPPLY LIST ~
Stamps: Sarah Kay Margaux is Painting (Stampavie), Beary Special (Taylored Expressions)
Paper: Kiwi Kiss, Dark Chocolate, Stampin' Up DP, Cryogen Irridescent (Paper Temptress)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Copics: R20, R22, R35, B24, G21, G24, G28, G40, E00, E11, E13, E25, E31, E51, W1, W3, W5, 0
Accessories: Crochet Lace Ribbon (May Arts), Polka Dot Ribbon (Taylored Expressions), Bow Easy, Foam Tape, Silver Stickles, Sharpie White Paint Pen, Labels Six Nestabilities (Spellbinders)
Card Size: 4" x 8.5"

Sarah Kay Bookmark

Hailey asked me to make her another corner bookmark and she wanted me to use this sweet Sarah Kay stamp (called Spring is Back)....one of my very favorites from Stampavie. She also picked out the apricot/guava/blue bayou color combo so all I had to do was color up the image and come up with the embellishments. Fun! The scallop circle is up on foam tape.

Thanks for stopping by!



SUPPLY LIST ~
Stamps: Spring is Back (Sarah Kay)
Paper: Blue Bayou, Apricot Appeal, SU Afternoon Tea DP (guava)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Copics: G24, E41, E42, E43, B000, B00, B95, B39, E00, E02, YR000, R00, R02, YR24, E35, E37
Accessories: Foam Tape, Circle & Scallop Circle Nestabilities, Stitched Ribbon, Kaiser Craft Pearls, Martha Stewart Border Punch

Adele

Hi all, I'm a bit behind but wanted to play with Taylor's TESC125 Sketch from last week. I love the circle elements.....FUN!



Our youngest will be starting kindergarten this week, so I made this for her teacher. The main image with Adele is up on foam tape. Stampavie stamps are available at Stamper's Dream.

Hope you're enjoying your weekend! I know I am......it's the first time in years that I'm enjoying a true, work-free weekend. Now that Kara will be in all-day kindergarten, I'm going back to working Mon-Fri and leaving my weekends free....ahhhh, that just sounds so normal to have the weekends off! Yesterday we all went hiking, geocaching (Kara calls it "treasure hunting"), and had a picnic lunch out on some big rocks. Fun!

I'll be back tomorrow to show you a bookmark I made for her teacher....it's sorta matchy-matchy to this card.





SUPPLY LIST ~
Stamps: Stampavie Adele Enjoying Fresh Apples
Paper: PTI Pure Poppy and Kraft, October Afternoon Report Card DP
Copics: E00, E02, E37, E41, E42, E43, 0, G40, G24, B000, B00, B12, R22, R35, R46
Accessories: Brads, Foam Tape, Rectangle and Circle Nestabilities, PTI Pure Poppy Ribbon

DTGD2010 - Julie's Challenge

Julie (justwritedesigns) Warner is hosting a Dare to Get Dirty Challenge today, and I'm so honored to be one of her sample makers. Thanks, Julie!! If you're a fan club member on SCS, be sure to check out her challenge and play along if you get a chance. FUN!

For my card, I used this sweet Jean-Luc Playing Ball with Claude stamp that I got from Stamper's Dream. The image was stamped in Versafine Onyx Black, colored with Prisma pencils, blended with Gamsol, and I added Stickles to the flowers, patches, collar, and ball. The Vintage Cream oval is up on foam tape and I did the ribbon pleating with Scor-Pal tape. The sentiment is from my Flourishes Violets set. It's a clear-set so I was able to "curve" the sentiment around the oval. The DP is Report Card by October Afternoon.



Have a great day!





SUPPLY LIST ~
Stamps: Stampavie Jean-Luc Playing Ball with Claude, Flourishes Violets
Paper: Kraft, Vintage Cream, October Afternoon Report Card DP
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black
Accessories: Orange Peel Stickles, Candy Cane Stickles, Ribbon, SU Ivory Hardware, Oval and Scallop Oval Nestabilities, Swiss Dots Embossing Folder, Foam Tape, Scor Pal Tape

DTGD2010 - Girls & Gingham

Hi all! I'm hosting one of the Dare to Get Dirty Challenges today on SCS.

Here's my sample card where I used one of my favorite Sarah Kay images...Picnics of Daisies. Isn't she just SWEET? Love her! I got her from Stamper's Dream (this particular stamp is currently sold old, but Michelle carries a bunch of Stampavie images in her store...check it out!) I added some Stickles to her hat, hair bows, and on the yellow flowers she's holding.



If you're an SCS Fan Club Member, be sure to check out the DTGD challenge forum to see the GORGEOUS cards my sample makers, Dawn Easton and Dawn Burnworth, made for the challenge.....fantastic stuff, I tell ya!

Have an awesome day!





SUPPLY LIST ~
Stamps: Sarah Kay Picnics of Daisies
Paper: Kraft, Bashful Blue, SU pattern paper
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Soft Suede marker (for the doodling)
Accessories: Prisma Pencils and Gamsol, Waterfall and Platinum Stickles, Brown & White 3/8" Gingham Ribbon, Bow Easy, SU Embossing Folder

Adele Enjoying Apples

Hi everyone and happy Sunday. I just had to buy this new Adele Enjoying Fresh Apples stamp the last time I was shopping at Stamper's Dream. It's one of the newest Stampavie releases.

I stamped Adele in Craft Black, heat embossed it with detail clear embossing powder, and watercolored the image with various water-based inks. The matted main image is up on foam tape. The DP is Material Girl, the sentiment is from my Just a Note set by JustRite and it's stamped in Memento Rich Cocoa, and I added a strip of brown crochet lace ribbon along with some machine sewing.

Have an awesome day!





SUPPLY LIST ~
Stamps: Stampavie Adele Enjoying Fresh Apples, JustRite Just a Note
Paper: Material Girl DP, PTI Vintage Cream and Dark Chocolate
Ink: Craft Black, Memento Rich Cocoa, Wild Wasabi, Pacific Point, Riding Hood Red, Tangerine Tango, Basic Brown, Blush Blossom
Accessories: May Arts Brown Crochet Ribbon, Chocolate Kaiser Craft Pearls, Foam Tape, Sewing Machine & Thread
Card Size: 5" Square

Stampavie Christmas & Blog Candy Winner

I have two Sarah Kay cards to show you today, but before I get into the details I want to announce the winner of the blog candy....

**The winner is MONIKA DAVIS (M.A.D. Stamper)!!!**

Yay! CONGRATULATIONS, Monika! Shoot me a quick email with your mailing addy and I'll get your stuff sent off to you!



Okay, so onto my cards....the image on the first one is called Noel Charity and you can get it at Stamper's Dream. The scalloped kraft rectangle is up on foam tape. I also added some frosted lace Stickles to highlight the tassles on the scarf and the little girl's hat.

The image on the second card is called Noel Eve.....



I colored an extra girl and stocking, cut them out, and popped them up on foam tape over the main image. The black scallop rectangle is also up on foam tape. This stamp is now sold out at Stamper's Dream, but Michelle has LOTS of other great Stampavie products including Tina Wenke, Gillian Roberts, and Helz Cuppleditch stamps. I also added a dot of gold Stickles to the flames on the candles. The dew droplets were glued down with a small dot of Diamond Glaze, and the card base is Prism Classic Red.

Here's the inside of the Noel Eve card where I used a sentiment from my JustRite Something Sweet set.



...and some close-ups of both cards...





Have an AWESOME day!




SUPPLY LIST (for Noel Charity):
Stamps: Stampavie Noel Charity
Paper: PTI Select White, Prism Smooth White, Kraft, Riding Hood Red
Ink: Black
Accessories: Prisma Pencils, Gamsol, Frosted Lace Stickles, Riding Hood Red Ribbon, Bow Easy, Paper Piercing Tool & Mat Pack, Rectangle & Scallop Rectangle Nestabilities, Snowflakes Cuttlebug Folder, Foam Tape

SUPPLY LIST (For Noel Eve):
Stamps: Stampavie Noel Eve, JustRite Something Sweet
Paper: Prism Classic Red, PTI True Black, Prism Smooth White, Misc DP
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black
Accessories: Silver Cord, Gingham Ribbon, Black Satin Ribbon, Foam Tape, Rectangle & Scallop Rectangle Nestabilities, Poinsettia Dew Droplets, Diamond Glaze, Prisma Pencils, Gamsol, Gold Stickles

A break from the cold...

I don't know what the weather is like where you are, but here in PA it's SOOO COLD...and rainy... and gloomy......so I decided to take a break from the Christmas, Halloween and *cold season* cards, and make something with this pretty Sarah Kay Spring is Back stamp. The colors are for today's' JUGS3 Challenge and the fun layout is Card Patterns Sketch 37 that I saw one Renee's blog. I took my inspiration from Renee and changed the large oval to a different shape.

The aqua panel is up on foam tape and so is the sentiment tag. I added some Frosted Lace Stickles to the flowers and the little girl's blouse.

SUPPLY LIST ~
Stamps: Sarah Kay Spring is Back, Penny Black Critter Party (sentiment)
Paper: PTI Aqua Mist, PTI Vintage Cream, Cosmo Cricket Earth Love
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black
Accessories: Labels One Nestabilities, Spellbinders Tag, Silver Brad, Silver Cord, PTI Vintage Cream Ribbon, Foam Tape, Prisma Pencils, Gamsol, Frosted Lace Stickles
Technique: Gamsol Magic

Stay warm today!