Happy St. Patrick's Day - VLV Recap

Good morning!

I'm up on the Viva la Verve Blog today to recap this awesome sketch by Janelle!

This was a fun sketch to work with...the alternating elements with vertical stitching and a fun layered tag!  I inked up a new stamp set to me, Lucky You and die cut the shamrocks using the coordinating Shamrock Die Set and Flag It Die Set!  Head on over to the Viva la Verve Blog and see how to enter and win some Verve of your own!

Lucky You

Shamrock Die Set

Flag it Die Set

Pastel Sequin Mix

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Stamps:  Lucky You (Verve)

Ink:  Evergreen Bough Distress (Ranger), Black (Simon Says Stamp)

Paper:  Pistachio Pudding (SU), Dear Lizzy Polka Dot Party (American Crafts)

Other:  Flag It Die Set, Shamrock Die Set (A Cut Above by Verve), Pastel Sequin Mix (Verve), Sewing Machine, Thread

Merry Christmas - Merry Monday Featured Designer

My blogging buddy, Lesley Croghan, invited me to play along at Merry Monday this month as Featured Designer!

Here is the fun challenge, Merry Monday #98, this week...stitching and buttons...my favorite!

This Merry Christmas card came together easily!  I grabbed a couple of Christmas themed papers that had a touch of rustic, layered them up, stitched a thin border, added a row of buttons, embellished with twine and heat embossed the sentiment!

Thanks so much for stopping by the stage!

Stamps:  Holiday Treats (Verve)

Ink:  Versamark

Paper:  Reflections Christmas (Echo Park), Kraft (MFT)

Other:  Natural Buttons (MFT), Natural Hemp Cord (Hemptique), White Embossing Powder (Zing), Heat Tool, Sewing Machine, Thread

Good Times

Where is spring?!  

While I wait, not so patiently, for spring to arrive, why not pretend that it is here?!  I grabbed some pretty spring-themed papers, die cuts, and fun challenges to help me out of the winter blues today!

I've been eyeing the February Color Palette Challenge at My Favorite Things all month, and finally got a chance to play along!  The MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenge was perfect to show those pretty colors off!  

The Catered Crop Safe Travels Recipe Swap gave me the chance to use that darling bicycle, too!

There is no stamping on my card!  The funny thing is I looked for just the right stamps to go along with  the other elements on my card, but LOVED the simplicity of the word die all by itself!

Thanks so much for stopping by the stage!

No Stamps or Ink

Paper:  Sweet Shoppe (Lily Bee Design), White (MFT), Woven Card Stock (DCWV)

Other:  Mini Chicken Wire, Fishtail Flag Stax, LLD Accent It - Celebrate, Bicycle, Medium Leaf-filled Flourish Die-namics (MFT), Doily, Sno Cone Button (MFT), Natural Hemp Cord (Hemptique), Pearls (Pretty Pink Posh)

My Take on the Curtain Call: Perfectly Peach

Good morning!

How about a little fresh and sweet inspiration today!

photo credit: weddingillustrated.net

It's time for a brand new, fresh and sweet challenge at the Curtain Call!  We have a fabulous new sponsor, Peachy Keen Stamps, for the Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge: Perfectly Peach challenge!  The LEAD of this challenge will receive a gift certificate to Peachy Keen Stamps!

What fun stamps I received from Peachy Keen Stamps!  I adore the tall canning jar...here I stamped and heat embossed the image on a piece of vellum card stock, attached it to my focal panel and filled it with some pretty sequins from Pretty Pink Posh!  That gorgeous ribbon is also from Pretty Pink Posh!

Peach Keen Stamps
Clear Canning Quart Jar
Fruit Sentiments One

The Sketch Saturday #298 worked great to feature that fabulous canning jar!

You won't want to miss what our special guests and crew have whipped up for Perfectly Peach!

Perfectly Peach Designers

Gigi McKillips, Peachy Keen Stamps

Amber Kroening

Amy Kolling

Amy Tsuruta

Barb Murphy

Gayatri Murali

Kim Singdahlsen

Monika Davis

Sheri Gilson

Sarah Gough

Stacey Schafer

Tenia Nelson

Tracey McNeely

Stop by the Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge: Perfectly Peach and play along with us!

Thank so much for stopping by the stage!

Stamps:  Clear Quart Canning Jar, Fruit Sentiments One (Peachy Keen Stamps)

Ink:  Versamark, Strawberry Slush (SU)

Paper:  Crisp Cantaloupe, Vellum  (SU), Fresh Cut (Basic Grey)

Other:  Postage Dies (MFT), Button (MFT), Ribbon & Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh, Small Attacher, Sewing Machine, Thread

Reverse Confetti March SFYTT - Count Your Rainbows

Good morning!  Who can believe it's already March?!

Wow, time flies, even when you do have an awful winter!

I'm sharing the new March Sketch For You To Try from over at Reverse Confetti!

It's a keeper!   Check it out!

I could never wear these beautiful shoes, but the colors from the Colour Q Challenge #230 are to die for!

I layered the Sweet Treat, Double Scallop Edge Border, a doily, the Love Note, and fabulous sentiment!  After stamping the "COUNT" from the Count Your Rainbows stamp set and onto a Tag Me die, I colored (ombre effect) the tag, added a button tied with some pretty twine and adhered a trio of pearls!  The pearls and twine are from a 

BRAND NEW SPRING KIT at Pretty PinkPosh!

Oh, yes!  You will want to make sure you order this kit TODAY!

   Head on over to the Reverse Confetti Blog to see what the other gals have created with the March SFYTT and to see how you can play along with us this month:)  Thanks so much for stopping by the stage!

Count Your Rainbows	Love Note	Arrow
Sweet Treat Tent	Tag Me	Double Edge Scallop Border

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Stamps:  Count Your Rainbows (Reverse Confetti)

Ink:  Black (Simon Says Stamp)

Paper:  Sea Glass (Simon Says Stamp), Flea Market (Crate Paper), Vellum (SU)

Other:  Love Note, Arrow, Double Edge Scallop Border, Sweet Treat Tent (Confetti Cuts by Reverse Confetti), Small Attacher (Ranger), Pearls & Twine (Pretty Pink Posh)