Goodness of Life

The Mojo Monday Sketch #133 was my inspiration for this card today. Lots of fun layers and embellishments for this one...right up my alley:) Although, as soon as I got my card uploaded, I realized that I accidently omitted the horizontal panel behind the main image...oops!






My card also fits the bill for:
Get Sketchy #32


Stamps: Delightful & Delicious (Verve)
Paper: Whisper White & Chocolate Chip CS, Hawaiian Shores, Aqua Mist CS & Green Bouquet DP(PTI)
Ink: Rich Cocoa (Momento), Copics
Other: Chocolate Chip Epoxy Brads, Mat Pack & Paper Piercing Tool, Rich Avacado Twill, Hawaiian Shores Button & Button Twine (PTI), Oval/Scallop Oval Nestabilities (Spellbinders)

Happy Spring ~ Sweet Sunday Cupcake

I had a ball coloring with my new stamping supplies today...I paired up two challenges, Karen Giron's Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge #63 with this fun square layout and...



the Rachel's Cupcake Inspiration Challenge #53 over at Hope Stamps Eternal. What a fun spring-like inspiration with an explosion of color!



I stamped the images, then colored them in, attached some coorinating buttons tied off with twine. The main image was layered onto a scallop circle, then adhered the card base that includes a large scallop border and some yummy patterned paper. It wouldn't be a Stacey Original without a big yummy bow:)



This card also fits the bill for:
Stamp, Scrap & Doodle Saturdays: Week #34 Wings
Paper Craft Planet: Challenge #8 - Sweet Springtime Inspirations
Something Completely Different: Week 45 - W for Wings
Color Create Challenge Thursdays: Challenge #41 - Pastels
Fab & Funky Challenge: Week 17 - Spring is in the Air
The Pink Elephant Challenge #61: Nature Theme

Happy Spring...what better way to celebrate spring than to get crafty!



Stamps: Springtime Doodles (PTI)
Paper: Aqua Mist, Hawaiian Shores CS, Green Bouquet DP (PTI), Whisper White CS
Ink: Rich Cocoa (Momento), Copic Markers
Other: Plum Pudding & Hawaiian Shores Vintage Buttons, Button Twine, Hawaiian Shores Grosgrain, Large Scallop Die (PTI), Cirlce/Scallop Circle Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Big Shot

Curtain Call Color Challenge: Act 23 Show Stoppers

First of all, let me express how excited the Curtain Call Crew is at the number of submissions there were for Curtain Call Color Challenge: Act 23! Thank you all so much for playing along with us...we love seeing what you create! Secondly, WOW, the submissions were phenominal in quality and creativity:) Keep 'em coming, ladies!



The LEAD for Curtain Call Color Challenge: Act 23 is...

Arlett at My Creative Side of Life with this beautiful card set...who wouldn't love to receive this as a gift?





The Top 5 Show Stoppers for Curtain Call Color Challenge: Act 23 are...

LeAnne Pugliese at Wee Inklings



Lisette Gibbons at The Blank Canvas



Teresa Kline at Enjoy the VA Sunshine



Rochelle Gould at I stamp, I create, I have fun!



and Erica Cerwin at Pink Buckaroo Designs.



Congratulations and enjoy your badges!

The Curtain Call Color Challenge: Act 24 will be posted at midnight, so head on back for a little more spring inspiration with a bit of a color punch:)

Curtain Call Color Challenge: Act 23

The Curtain Call Color Challenge: Act 23 posting will remain at the top of my blog page through Friday night. Scroll down to view more recent projects.



After hitting you all with a bright & bold color scheme last week, I felt it was time to calm things down a bit. Look at this gorgeous inspiration room with the Sydney Damask wallpaper at Thibaut Design. I love the subtle Pretty in Pink, Whisper White & Kraft with the contrast of Basic Black!

To participate in the Curtain Call Color Challenge: Act 23...

1. Create a papercrafted (card, scrapbook page, or 3D) project using these colors or similar shades.
2. Post it on your blog or other public gallery (Splitcoaststampers, Paper Craft Planet, Stampin' Addicts, etc.) using the keywords Curtain Call including a direct link back here to the challenge.
3. Enter your name and the exact link to your project in the Mr. Linky box below.

Please note the new deadline will be Friday night: You have until Friday, April 2nd before midnight (CST) to enter your Curtain Call Color Challenge: Act 23 project.

Join us for the Curtain Call Color Challenge: Act 23 and you could be one of the next Show Stoppers! We have two new award up for grabs! Those chosen as "The Lead" and "Top 5" will receive an award to post on their blog(s) and share the exciting news!




Praying for You



I inked up this lovely image from the Thoughts & Prayers stamp set in Black Stazon and attached three flowers punched from the Boho Flower Punch with the Pretty in Pink Epoxy Brads. The layered designer paper is from the Sending Love & Bella Bleu pack, the perimeter of the kraft print stitched with the sewing machine. The real wow is that yummy Basic Black Satin bow!





Stamps: Thoughts & Prayers
Paper: Kraft, White Naturals, Whisper White CS, Sending Love & Bella Bleu DSP
Ink: Black Stazon
Other: Pretty in Pink Epoxy Brads, Boho Flower Punch, Basic Black Satin Ribbon



The Curtain Call Crew has samples to show you today, so make sure you stop by to see:

Amy White at Devlinwhite Designs
Andrea Roose at Andrea's Scrap- und Stampel Blog
Iwona Palamountain (Chupa) at Random Acts of Creativity
Julie Smith at Paper and Such
Lea Lawson at Lea's Cupcakes & Sunshine
Marisa Ritzen at Rosemary Reflections
Melissa Hubert at My Paper Obsession
Shelley Germann at Stampin' Garden
Sue Kohler at My Inner Reflection

...then play along with us and post your Curtain Call Color Challenge: Act 23 creation using Mr. Linky back here at Stacey's Stamping Stage.

Branching Out...just because

This card was inspired by the Taylored Expressions Sketch Challenge #107 (don't you just love the strand of buttons?)...



and the Diva Coffee Break Design Color Challenge #70 using Pretty in Pink, Certainly Celery & Chocolate (missed the deadline...oops)...



and Debbie over at the Shabby Tea Room has a challenge called "Let's Get Scrappy" to use up some of those scraps that have been tossed to the side. I definately have plenty of those, so I used a few scraps of cardstock to die cut my little buttons.



I had so much fun making this card today...it's Good Friday...and it feels good to stamp "just because"... Have a great day, folks:)



Stamps: Branching Out (Taylored Expressions)
Paper: Certainly Celery, Pretty in Pink, Close to Cocoa, Whisper White CS, Shades of Spring
Ink: Pretty in Pink, Sahara Sand Stampin' Write Markers, Rich Cocoa Momento & Copic Sketch Markers (non-SU)
Other: Big Shot, Button Sizzlet, Certainly Celery Satin, Circle/Scallop Circle Nestabilities (non-SU)