Confetti Birthday - FS68

Today is the Featured Stampers Challenge #68 on Splitcoast Stampers. Peanutbee is the Featured Artist this week. She has a fun, clean style. I love her gallery.

What you do for the Featured Artist Challenge is take a card from their gallery and make it - changing two or more things.

HERE is the original card that I CASED. Then I changed the stamps to Unity Stamps Birthday Confetti set. I changed the colors to Stampin' Up!s East Coast Prep, Real Red, Tempting Turqouise, Whisper White, Basic Black, Wild Wasabi. I also changed the ribbon on hers to brads.

I used the Paper Piercing Tool and the Mat pack, along with a black marker to connect the dots! I love the vibrancy too! I used the Copic Markers to color the images.

Thank you for looking! Have a great day!

Bloggers Challenge #38 - RED, WHITE & BLUE

This weeks Blogger's Challenge is to use Red, White and Blue - I combined this since I am so tardy, with Beate's weekend sketch challenge.

This is what I used
Stamp Set: Sweet 'n Sassy Stamp God's Word, Stampin' Up! Essence of Love
Cardstockand Ink: Brocade Blue, night of Navy, White Confetti - Daisy D's DP, Burgundy
Accessories: Photo Corner, 1/2 inch, 1/4 inch circle punch, Paper piercing Tool, Giga circle punch, Giga Scallop punch, Coluzzle, Light Blue Taffeta Ribbon, Navy Copic Marker, Mini Glue Dot, Dew Drops, Dimensionals, Heat Tool, Hologram Highlights EP

Thank you for looking!

Sweet 'n Sassy Gift bag

Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps posted a contest in their yahoo group to make a Sack Purse this week - so this was my take on the gift sack!

I used the Cricut and the Doodlebug Font for the castle - I cut the Castle out in Craft and Sahara Sand cardstock - then used my Copic markers to color in the bricks and stones - I also used Ruby Red to run the turrets through - and then used Ruby Red Marker to draw in the shingles....

I cut grass blades using my Paper Snips with Garden Green and Old Olive cardstock. That is more work than I thought it would have been!

The handles for the bag are Twill. The stamp set is from Sweet 'n Sassy stamps called Knight In Shaining Armor.

Cardstock: Whisper White, Sahara Sand, Basic Black, Ruby Red, Old Olive, Garden Green, Ginger Blossoms DP, Brilliance Black

Accessories: Zig Painty, Dimensionals, Cricut, Jumbo Brads, Twill, Cropodile, sponges

Always on my mind...Forever in my heart

This is another contribution to Belli Challenge #18 - PAPER PIERCING - it is also Splitcoast Stampers Sketch Challenge. Be sure and share your Belli Challenge project for an opportunity to win! The directions are listed in each of the Belli Challenge announcement posts...

I NEVER use Pale Plum - so for todays challenge - I decided to use it. I have a pile of this cardstock here - so I NEEDED to use it! LOL

This is what I used:

Stamp Sets: Always

Cardstock and Ink: Basic black, Old Olive, Rose Red, Pale Plum

Accessories: Paper Piercing Tool, Mat Pack, Markers, 2 way glue pen, Dazzling Diamonds, Dimensionals, Olive stitched ribbon - this is by Making Memories - Cuttlebugged cardstock is from my friend Joan - I think I NEED a cuttlebug!

Thank you for looking! Have a fabulous day!

Chrissy'd Belli Challenge #18 - PAPER PIERCING

What is the Belli Challenge you ask? Belli = PAPER PIERCING

Each week, I try to give us a challenge that will use things we have lying around our stamp rooms! With a constant flow of new things coming out, I tend to forget about the other things I have and they quickly become clutter! Come join us in the Belli Challenge and be sure to post your link to the card!
This Weeks Belli Challenge is your Paper Piercing Tool. Let your imagination go wild!
Make a completed project using the paper piercing tool in a different way and share the link here in the comments linking to my Blog and CBC18. When you post to Splitcoaststampers or to your Blog, be sure and put CBC18 as the KEYWORD and mention of the challenge! The winner will recieve a stack of Stampin' Up! cardstock in assorted colors. Deadline to make a comment with the upload and do the Challenge will be on Monday evening. A random drawing will be held on Tuesday and the winner will be announced on Wednesdays!

This week Liz Miller has won the drawing. Congratulations! Check out Liz's beautiful Book mark that she made! Thank you for participating!

My card uses the following:

Stamp set: Party hearty (Stampin' Up! 2008-09 IBC)

Ink and Cardstock: Yoyo Yellow, Green Galore, Tempting Turqouise, Whisper White

Accessories: Stickles, Coluzzle. Paper Piercing Tool, Yoyo Yellow & Green Galore grosgrain Dimensionals

For more inspiration -Check out these and make a comment too for them please! We all LOVE comments. It is fun to see what everyone is thinking about what we are creating! :) Have a fabulous day!

Holly Brown

Trish Wood

Shelly Koskinen

Rochelle Wick

Jennifer Greco

Thank you for looking and playing along!

A True Friend

I did TWO challenges with this one! Splitcoast Stampers Sketch Challenge 166 and their Color Challenge 167!

This is a special card for my dear friend's birthday...Now to get it in the mail.

So the REAL challenge for me now quite truthfully will be to get this in the mail! LOL

I stamped the Chocolate Taffeta Ribbon using the Itty Bitty Bg's and the Whisper White Craft Ink - to make some polka dots. There is a close up here for you to view it.

I also colored the image using a Blender pen and Blue Bayou, Soft Sky, Certainly Celery, Chocolate Chip and the Always Artichoke Markers. I used the same color cardstock.

I also stamped the All Scallops above the certainly celery cardstock with Blue Bayou ink. I did not line it up perfectly, so took a Blender Pen and filled in the edge I missed.

Stamp Sets: A True Friend, All Scallops, Itty Bitty Bg

Cardstock: Soft Sky DP, Soft Sky, Chocolate Chip, Certainly Celery, Blue Bayou, Whisper White

Ink: Same and Always Artochoke

Accessories: Chocolate Taffeta Ribbon, Stickles, Dimensionals, Vintage Brads, sponge, paper piercing tool, Mat Pack, Blender Pen

Thank you for looking!

Carousel Note Purse - Belli Challenge #17

Patty Bennett inspired me after seeing her Carousel Note Purse to make one of these -However - the bad news was I didn't have the Carousel Note Cards - BUT I did have the Mini Monogram Font for my Cricut that has a scallop on it, so I set it at 5.5 and then used my Layer Ease to layer it and make it big enough. Since my Carousel Note only measured to be 5.75", I had to be a little creative and change the measurements. I also didn't have the envelopes for the Carousel Notes, so I had to use the Medium Square envelopes which measure 5.5"x5.5" by Stampin' Up!.

My friend Holly, challenged me to make something using the Chipboard and Chunky Glitter from the Spring Occasions Mini I hadn't cracked open yet.

I had a BUNCH of left over Rub Ons laying around, I thought I would use up too - I have SO much clutter. :)

You can find the directions to the Carousel Note Purse on Jan Tink's blog.

Like I said before, my measurements are a bit different and I added pictures! As I was making it, I thought I should have a COMPLETED project for once instead of just leaving it blank.

Here is the side view

Supplies used: Blossoms & Basics Chipboard (on sale through May 31, 2008. If you do not have a Demonstrator, let me know and I would be happy to help you!), Crystal Effects, Chunky Sprinkles, Mini Monogram Font, Cricut, White Gel Pen, Paper Piercing Tool, Mat Pack, Layer Ease, Eastern Elegance Rub Ons, Apricot Appeal, ballet blue, Certainly Celery DP, White Medium Envelopes, twill

Here is the Purse Open

Other Materials Used: Scallop Punch, 1 3/8 circle Punch, Base Camp Font Cricut, Computer for typed journaling, Dew Drops, Soft Subtle Brads, Mini Glue Dots, 5 Petal Flower Punch


I used the Cricut for this - so I am adding it to the collection for the Belli Challenges! Do not forget to Check out the Wednesday Belli Challenges - post your participating entry for a chance to win!

A special thank you Patty Bennett and Jan Tink for the inspiration and help with the tutorial!




Thank you for looking! Have a great day!