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Tuesday, March 15, 2016

Paper Sweeties March 2016 Release Party!


Today's the day--
Paper Sweeties March Release Party!

 I love a good party, 
particularly when it involves stamps!
YAY!

All of the new Beverage Stamps and Die sets 
are now
FOR SALE
in the Paper Sweeties Shop!

My card ---

I thought it very fitting to design a birthday tag for today's Release Party over at Paper Sweeties.  I used the new Release stamp set, Eat Cake and Eat Cake Sweet Cuts.  I also used the balloons from Party Time stamp set and coordinating Party Time Sweet Cuts.

Now, check out all the rest of the Paper Sweeties Design Team's fabulous projects using these fabulous stamp/die sets!

Debbie Marcinkiewicz – Paper Sweeties
Jen Shears - March Guest Designer
Jeri Thomas 
Jill Norwood 
Nancy Penir
Nancy Salkeld (You are HERE)!

Don't forget to hop on over to the Paper Sweeties Shop and check out all the new Release stamps now on sale!  YAY!
I used inspiration from the challenge at Tag Your It challenge:





Paper Sweeties Blessings!
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Monday, March 14, 2016

Easter Blessings - The Challenge #64

Good Morning Again!

Check out this week's 
new challenge
at The Challenge!


It's our color challenge this week!

Use the photo for some inspiration along with the colors 
and
check out all of the wonderful talent
of 
The Challenge Design Team
and
leave them some blog luvin'!

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Monthly Featured Designer --Anita in France
Weekly Guest Designer -- Amy Tsuruta
Here's my card---


I love this cutting plate from Taylored Expressions sooo much!  For today's card, however, I used it as a stencil.  I cut out the plate die onto chipboard to have a fairly sturdy stencil (hoping I can resuse it a few more times).  Then, I sponged on Night of Navy, Bright Blue and Pear Tart dye inks.  I layered it onto a panel of navy, then of grey before putting it on a white card base.  I used sentiments from Paper Sweeties and My Favorite Things, stamped them in Night of Navy on a vellum cut banner die from Paper Sweeties.  I set the ink with clear emboss powder and heat gun.

Now, show us your paper project inspired by our colors this week!  We love being inspired by you as well!

For Following Challenges:

Time Out Challenge #51


Challenge Blessings!
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Paper Sweeties March 2016 Release Countdown!

Happy Monday!
Today is Release Countdown Day
at
Paper Sweeties!

I hope you joined us yesterday for our Sneak Peeks!  Today we are counting down to our Release Day, which is tomorrow, the 15th.  That's when all the new stamp/die sets listed below will be for sale at Paper Sweeties Shop!

Come see what's new!


My card ---

I've had such a great time stamping with these new coffee stamp sets, so, so cute!

Check out all the Paper Sweeties Design Team's gorgeous projects using these fabulous stamp/die sets!
Debbie Marcinkiewicz – Paper Sweeties
Jen Shears - March Guest Designer
Jeri Thomas 
Jill Norwood 
Nancy Penir
Nancy Salkeld (You are HERE)!


If you haven't already, hop over and check out the PS Planner Stamp Release with the new set Vacation.  And don't forget we have a month long Inspiration Challenge still going on!  
We love having you play along!

For Following Challenges:
I made my card with the Fusion Card Challenge in mind. And also entering it in The Card Concept as a Clean and Layered style.


Clean and Layered Style for The Card Concept


Paper Sweeties Blessings!
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Sunday, March 13, 2016

Paper Sweeties March 2016 Release Sneak Peeks!

Happy Sunday!
Time for some Sneak Peeks 
by the
Paper Sweeties Design Team
for the new
Paper Sweeties Stamps/Die sets!

Over the next four days, the Paper Sweeties Team will be bringing lots of beautiful projects using the new stamps/dies.

Come see what's new!


My card ---
Check out all the Paper Sweeties Design Team's gorgeous projects using these fabulous stamp/die sets!
Debbie Marcinkiewicz – Paper Sweeties
Jen Shears - March Guest Designer
Jeri Thomas 
Jill Norwood 
Nancy Penir
Nancy Salkeld (You are HERE)!

 If you haven't already, hop over and check out yesterday's PS Planner Stamp Release with the new set Vacation.  And don't forget we have a month long Inspiration Challenge still going on!  We love having you play along!
Paper Sweeties Blessings!
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Thursday, March 10, 2016

Wish You Luck!

One more card for today---

I found a new (to me) stamp company/blog, Power Poppy Stamps.  They have some awesome stamps, both digital and clear sets!  I bought a couple digital stamps to play with to see how I like them.  This is one of them, called Wish You Luck.  

I printed it out on watercolor paper and then used my watercolors on it.  I kept the card pretty neat and simple to showcase the beautiful image.  I thought it was a perfect image for The Card Concept, where I think my card fits nicely in the Clean and Graphic Style, and Curtain Call challenges.  



Luck & Blessings!

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Spotted Butterfly Birthday

Good morning!

Another post for this fine Thursday!  Make sure you check out my Guest Designer Post for 4CraftyChicks just below this one!


So, this card was suppose to be a double duty with last week's Color Throwdown, but I just didn't get it finished in time.  As you see, I used the sketch at CAS(E)thisSketch #162.

The middle panel is actually a tag die I flipped.  I cut one out of white cardstock and one out of the fushia pink clear plastic sheet.  I set the sentiment die, from Paper Smooches and butterfly, from Impression Obsession, on top.

For Following Challenges:


Polkadot Butterfly Blessings!
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Stained Glass Easter- 4 Crafty Chicks #289-7 Layers

Happy Thursday!

I'm Guesting again over at 4 Crafty Chicks!




This week's challenge ---

#289 - 7 Layers!

Think you can pile 'em on?  
Well come play along with us and give it a try!


When I saw what this challenge was, I couldn't help think about the 7-Layer Salad my mom used to make and I make.  It's sooooo good!  Lettuce, onion, green pepper, peas, bacon, shredded cheese and the best part ---- the sweet/sour mayo dressing!  YUM!  Now I'm going to have to make some!

But I digress, here's what I created ---

The perfect challenge for my new supplies --- Stain glass cutting plate and cross die from Taylored Expressions.  I loooove the combo together.  The stained glass plate has a cross in the middle, but this other stand alone cross looks gorgeous with it too!  

The color around the outer border of the stain glass is actually a reflective/mirror gold cardstock.  The photo doesn't do it justice.  I took a couple other pics hoping to pick up some of the gold.


The middle cross is also cut in the mirrored gold as are some of the small flowers around the wreath.  The wreath die and flowers are from WPlus9, another new acquiescence for me, as is the sentiment die from Penny Black.  

The background or "stained glass" part behind the cutting plate was made with Brushos - mostly orange but a bit of yellow and red also.  Then, I sprayed it with some gold Color Shine by Heidi Swapp.  I also used some of the rest of the background to cut the orange flowers. 

So, you have the card base (1), the gold layer (2), the Brusho layer (3), the cutting plate (4), the gold cross and wreath (5), the larger orange & gold flowers (6) and the smaller orange and gold flowers (7)  --- 7 Layers!  

I've just fallen inlove with my card!  LOL So much I had to go get some more gold mirror cardstock to make some more of them!

Now, go check out the 4 Crafty Chicks' Design Team's 7-Layered projects for more inspiration, then play along with us!

Crafty Chick Blessings!
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Monday, March 7, 2016

You're My Kind of Peep - The Challenge 63

Happy Monday!

It's time for another challenge
at 
The Challenge!


Since it's the first full week of the month,
the challenge 
is a 
Sketch!

Go visit all of the Design Team's fabulous projects for more inspiration!

Laurel Seabrook (off this week)
Nance Salkeld (You are HERE!)

Monthly Featured Designer --Anita in France
Weekly Guest Designer --Rahmat

Here's my card---

I  used a new stamp set from Simon Says, My Kind of Peep, stamp and die set.  I cut three out of each one, Stamping the top ones in Angel Pink, Cottage Green and Danube Blue from Memento. I used watercolor paints for the background and splattered banner.

For Following Challenges:



 Peep Blessings!
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Thursday, March 3, 2016

Eggstra Sweet - 4CC Challenge #288- Guest Designer!

I've had a secret!....

I'm a Guest Designer 
at 
4 Crafty Chicks
for the whole month
of
March!  

YAY!

I'm so honored and so excited to be designing alongside these four talented chicks: Tamie, Lori, Leanne, and Tina!  Lori and I are former teammates from The Pink Elephant and I'm so thrilled to be able to design with her again!

This week ---
Leanne is our host

and she has chosen the theme: 

Easter!

It's just around the corner you know!  
(But seems like I just put away my Christmas tree)!

I love Easter, the religious meaning behind it of course.  My dad was a minister, so it was a busy time in our house as at church.  Yet I also love all the spring-time colors and the symbolism of rebirth and renewal. The flowers and trees wake up from their winter naps and bloom so vibrantly and smell so good!

And then there's the Easter bunny and Easter baskets filled with treats and fun!  I used to love having Easter Egg hunts at both my grandparents' homes after church.

Of course, you're not interested in my trip down memory lane, but it's a nice segway to my card, which involves, flowers and eggs and chicks ---

I wanted to make something springy, colorful and fun!  I chose papers from Doodle Bug's "Hello Spring" and used stamps from Taylored Espressions "Hello Spring".  I colored the image with Copics and Specturm Noir markers. The sentiment is Jelly Bean Time set from Paper Sweeties and the flower popped up is from Hippity Hoppity Easter Wishes by Paper Sweeties also.  The banner die is Reverse Confetti and the scallop border die is Taylored Expressions. I finished it off with a sparkly white enamel dot in the center of the flower.

So, go check out the 4 Crafty Chicks' projects, leave them some blog love and then share your own Easter project with us.  YOU might be the next Golden Egg Award winner!

For Following Challenges:

4 Crafty Chicks Blessings!

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Tuesday, March 1, 2016

Paper Sweeties Inspiration Challenge- March 2016


Happy Tuesday
&
Happy March!

It's the 1st day of the month and you know what that means!...

A new Paper Sweeties Inspiration Challenge - #41!


Lots of good  "hot" stuff going on in that Inspiration photo and just love that color combo!

Here's my take on this month's Inspiration Challenge:


Since this month's inspiration challenge goes along with our newest stamps, Debbie has allowed us to preview them today.  I also used the floating hearts from the stamp set, Be Happy.  I colored some of them in with blue and red water color pencils.  And I used the tag from Sweet Cuts Stitched Tags #1 and cut out the middle.  The heart die is from one of the new sets.  Those sweet little sugar cubes, I versamarked, embossed and then cut out with coordinating die to pop them up by the cup.  And I finished it all off with some tea stained blueberry seam binding also from Paper Sweeties!

I haven't done chalkboard for a while, so I decided to do one of my chalkboard signboard cards.  I think they're really cute and a fun twist on a regular card.  

Now go check out the rest of the PS Design Team's projects! 


Won't you also join us this month and play along with the challenge, linking up your projects inspired by our Inspirational Photo!  Play as many times as you like, with different newly created projects.  You might be our next awesome winner and Guest Designer!

AND --- don't forget to check back on March 12-16 for the new Paper Sweeties Plan Your Life Release (March 12) and Paper Sweeties Stamp and Die Set Release Party (March 13-16)!

Paper Sweeties Blessings!


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