WHAT IF WEDNESDAY SKETCH - November 17

Fall has finaly come to East Texas!! We don't get much color, but every few years we can see some.  In this part of East Texas we have tall, tall towering pine trees with lots of hardwoods, but they don't color up like the trees in Maine or North Carolina.  We just get happy when we see any color besides green! Today I took this picture.  This is the road that leads to my house.

It was my inspiration for my card for Repeat Impressions WHAT IF WEDNESDAY.  Wendy gave us this sketch

Here is my card:

The stamps are:  Shade of the Elm and Falling Leaves.

Why don't you join us and show us what you can do with this sketch.   Remember you could be the winner of a $25.00 gift certificate from Repeat Impressions.  Go to The House That Stamps Built and link your creation at the little blue froggy found there.  We would love to see what you do.  Here are some design team members and their projects.

Ayana Posadas
Dana Joy
Darsie Bruno
Harriet Skelly

Julie Smith

Michele Greenwood

Joy Hadden - you are here
Makiko Jones
Robin Kirkpatrick

Lynette Neus 

Thanks for stopping - Have a HAPPY stamping day.

Stamp of the Week - Mittens

Scroll down one for the Little Paper Shop Challenge.  Thanks!

The stamp of the week for this week is Mittens.  Around here, we don't get enough of cold weather to wear mittens, but this sweet stamp sure gets me in a "wintery" mood.   You can get this stamp at 50% off here's how:

1.  Go to the blog The House That Stamps Built and get the 50% off code for the week. Then place your order at Repeat Impressions.
2.  When you order this stamp remember to receive your special discount please be sure to reference the discount code in the Special Instructions section of the online order form.

Here is my card:

Here are the other members of the Repeat Impressions Design Team that made projects to inspire you.

• Dana Joy
• Joy Hadden - YOU ARE HERE
• Julie Smith
• Lynette News
• Robin Kirkpatrick
• Harriet Skelly
  Makiko Jones
• Michelle Greenwood 

Have a HAPPY stamping day.

Little Paper Shop Challenge 94

Our challenge for this week was to incorporate die cuts into our projects - easy-peazy!  I love die cuts.  Please join us -- it would be fun to see what you create.  A random winner will get the Nurse Lucy digi.  Go to the Little Paper Shop Blog and add a link to your card.

Here is my card.

 

I used the sentiment from Christmas Wishes.
The die cuts are from Melissa Francis with some misc. ribbon

Here are the links to some of the other designers that have some inspiration for you.

• Pam Varnell - DT Coordinator
• Allison Fillo
• Ann Kranitz
• Joy Hadden

Don't forget to join us in this challenge.

Have a HAPPY stamping day.

STAMP TV Color Spotlight

Gina challenged us to use these colors

Here are the cards I made:

Stamp Set:  Blessed is the Season
Paper:  Turquoise Sea, Red Hot and White
Other:  Cuttlebug, MS doily, small brad

Here is the other one:

Stamp Set: Blessed is the Season and the sentiment is from Holiday Greetings
Paper:  GKD, White, Lipstick Red and dp is My Minds Eye
Other:  GKD twine and little jingle bells, embossing powder

Thanks for leaving comments - I appreciate your time -- HAVE A HAPPY STAMPING DAY!

STAMP TV ALUMNI BLOG HOP

If you have come here from my sweet friend Joan Ervin you are in the right place.  The hop began at Stamp TV - it will be easier if you begin there.  Here are the details of  Carolina's challenge:

Create a card or project using the following color combo:

• White or Ivory
• Brown
• Light Blue (Little Boy Blue, Ocean Mist, or Turquoise Sea)
• Yellow (Lemon Drop, Sweet Corn, or Wild Dandelion)

So here's my card:

 Stamp:  Faithful florals and The Magic of Christmas
Paper:  GKD White, Sweet Corn, Chocolate, Ocean Mist and misc. dp
Other:  MS brown ribbon, brad

Now your next stop will be Karen Knegten.  After you complete the this hop, leave a comment at Stamp TV and let us know what you thought of this hop.

Thanks for stopping and have a HAPPY stamping day!

Darsie's Case card for Repeat Impressions

I have two posts for today, scroll down one for the Creative Belli Challenge - thanks - Joy


Wendy at Repeat Impressions has started a new feature.  She will be surprising us with a new challenge and this week we were to CASE a card from Darsie Bruno.   Here is Darsie's card.

 

And here is my card

 

I have to tell you this was a CHALLENGE for me!! - I'm not good at big bows, but with Darsie's encouragement, this is what I came up with.  The Chickadee at Rest is a super great image to color and to use for lots of different occasions.  The embossed snowflake is from the new Christmas series.  It is actually one of five snowflakes in a row, but I did a little masking for the single snowflake on the row of scallops.  Then  I embossed an extra one, punched it out with a small circle punch and made a brad out of it by adding a clear dome top.

Now it's your turn!  Remember a CASE card is:  copy and steal everything. (or copy and same elements).  Show us what you did with Darsie's card.  Go to The House That Stamps Built blog and there will be a place to link your card.

Creative Belli Challenge 104

You are going to love this challenge -- it is for Something Borrowed, Something Old, Something New and/or Something Blue (not necessarily a wedding card).

Since I'm in the process of making my Christmas cards I took this as a real challenge.  Here is what I came up with

The Stamp is a sentiment from Papertrey Ink, the paper is from Webster Pages(new) and the ribbon is MS (old).  The something is borrowed is the heat gun that I borrowed from my sweet daughter to emboss the sentiment.  Mine bit the dust!

Why don't you show us what you can do?  We would love to see your creativity.  Make a project with those guidelines and submit it on the Creative Belli Challenge Blog.

Here are some of the other designers who made some projects to inspire you.

• Anne Harmon
• Ceal Pritchett
• Chris Olsen
• Darsie Bruno
• Holly Brown - Creator
• Jessica Stockmeyer
• Joan Ervin
• Joy Hadden - you are here
• Maria Matter
• Robin Kirkpatrick - Guest Designer Coordinator
• Robin Parker
• Shelly Schmidt

Thanks for stopping and leaving a comment  it helps me be a better blogger and card maker-- Have a HAPPY stamping day!!

Repeat Impressions STAMP OF THE WEEK

The stamp of the week for this week is an adorable Santa Image.  I made two cards for this week.
You can get this stamp at 50% off here's how:

1.  Go to the blog The House That Stamps Built and get the 50% off code for the week. Then place your order at Repeat Impressions.
2.  When you order this stamp remember to receive your special discount please be sure to reference the discount code in the Special Instructions section of the online order form.

While you are checking out this stamp, check out all of the Christmas stamps at Repeat Impressions has on their Christmas page.

And here is the other one -- this one I like MUCH better - I think it must be the colors.

Here are the other designers that would like to give you some ideas of what you could do with this stamp.

Darsie Bruno
Ayana Posadas
Michelle Greenwood
Lynette Neus
Joy Hadden - you are here

Have a HAPPY stamping day!

Little Paper Shop Color Challenge 93

This week Pam has challenged us to use these colors: Rose Red, Olive Green, Pumpkin Orange.  

 

At first I thought this was going to be hard challenge, but after I got started with these colors, I couldn't stop.  I made three cards.

This card uses the stamp set Beautiful Things - it has 7 sentiments and 9 images - several are two step images, this is a stamp set that has unlimited possibilities.

This card uses the stamp set Chirp.

This last card uses the stamp set Christmas Wishes.  This is a GREAT set, it has 3 images and 5 holiday sentiments.  I'll be using this set often.

Here are the other designers who made cards to inspire you.  How about joining us with this challenge?  Go to Little Paper Shop Blog and link your card there.  You could win Katie Swing digi -- darling image.

• Julia Betemps - Owner
• Pam Varnell - DT Coordinator
• Allison Fillo
• Ann Kranitz
• Jennifer Greco
• Silvia Mabie
• Joy Hadden
• Cheryl Walker

 Thanks for stopping and leaving a comment -- Have a HAPPY stamping day!

Blog With Attitude

My sweet blogging friend, Cheri Weston gave me this blog award.  Thanks so much, If you follow all the directions that come with it, you can receive a $5.00 gift certificate from Digi's With Attitude. You can find all the specifics right here.

One of the rules of the award is that you must tell 3 unknown facts about yourself:

1) After 41 years of marriage my wedding gown still fits

2) Two of my friends have named their children after me

3) I have 20 watches (isn't that crazy?)

Now I must hook up 5 deserving Bloggers:

Tara Suel

Makiko Jones

Ayana Posadas

Maria Matter

Joan Erwin

Be sure to hook up your post to the Digi's With Attitude Challenge Blog!

 

Thanks - have a happy stamping day!

Creative Belli Design Team Call

CREATIVE BELLI CHALLENGE DESIGN TEAM CALL! We are looking to add some talented stampers to join our team for the first 2011 term, which runs January 1-June 30, 2011.  ANY stamper, scrapbooker or papercrafter is welcome to apply!
Requirements:
~You must be able to follow instructions on time and work well with others. 

~Check out the participants blogs and comment please. 

~Post your work with the weekly code to other Forums you are participating in and comment in those areas too.

 ~ You may "miss" 3 challenges out of the 6 month commitment.
~Participate in each Bi-weekly Challenge and upload your project to the Belli blog no later than the Sunday evening before the Challenge Week. 

~Post a permanent DT banner on your blog
~Join the DT Yahoo Group (our sole means of communication) ~ You MUST have a blog and be posting regularly.
To Apply:
Please create a card for your favorite challenge  in your best work and send it (100kb or less each) to chrissyd723@gmail.com by December 15th. Please use BELLI DT Call as your subject line. You may use any stamps you have. Be sure to include your full name, address, email address, and a link to your blog.

PLEASE NOTE: previous DT experience is not necessary.

We will not be able to respond to each submission. If you are chosen, you will hear from us by December 16. We will post the NEW members of the Design Team on December 20th

If you have any questions please email me at chrissyd723@gmail.com with BELLI DT CALL Question in the subject line. I will do my best to get back to you within a day or two.

Chris Dickinson

WHAT IF WEDNESDAY SKETCH

Can you believe Christmas is just a few weeks away?  This week Wendy at Repeat Impression gave us this sketch to challenge our creativity.  

Here is my card:

Hey - how about you playing with us on this challenge?  We would love to see what you can create!

All you need to do is  make a card and upload a link to it on the Repeat Impressions blog, The House That Stamps Built. Remember you don't have to use Repeat Impressions stamps. If you use an online gallery such as SplitCoastStampers, please use the keyword n0310.  One random winner will win a $25 gift certificate.  Take a look at all the great stamps here!  Need some inspiration?  Here are some members of the Design Team that have made projects.

Ayana Posadas
Dana Joy
Darsie Bruno
Harriet Skelly

Julie Smith

Michele Greenwood

Joy Hadden - you are here
Makiko Jones
Robin Kirkpatrick

Lynette Neus

We look forward to seeing what you create! Thanks for stopping here and have a GREAT stamping day!

AMAZINGINGLY BEAUTIFUL CARD!

Do you want to see one of the prettiest Christmas cards around?  Go check Melanie's blog here.  She is giving away here new set in a random drawing.  Here is her card - check it out and leave her a comment.

Repeat Impression Stamp of the Week - Christmas Teddy

Scroll down one for Little Paper Shop Challenge -- Thanks 

I LOVE this stamp!  The Christmas Teddy is so cute. The expression on his face is so charming!  I've made several cards (actually more than several), but I will show two of them.  You can get this stamp at 50% off here's how:

1.  Go to the blog The House That Stamps Built and get the 50% off code for the week.
2.  When you order this stamp remember to receive your special discount please be sure to reference the discount code in the Special Instructions section of the online order form.

While you are checking out this stamp, check out all of the Christmas stamps at Repeat Impressions has on their Christmas page.

Here is some inspiration from the other designers:

• Dana Joy
• Harriet Skelly
• Joy Hadden - YOU ARE HERE
• Julie Smith
• Lynette News
• Makiko Jones
• Robin Kirkpatrick

 Have a HAPPY stamping day.

Little Paper Shop Challenge 92

What a fun challenge!  Little Paper Shop's challenge this week is to use buttons and bows.  My first card  just uses buttons.  The tiny snowflake buttons (Walmart) I put on top of red buttons. The stamp is Pixie Jena. Isn't she cute! The white embossed snowflakes are from the stamp set Snowflakes.

 The Merry Christmas sentiment on this card is from the set Katie Christmas - which has absolutely adorable images!!

Hey -- why not join in on this challenge?  You could win Jena and Hank digi!  Just add a link to your card by clicking on the little blue froggy found at  the Little Paper Shop Blog.

Have a HAPPY stamping day!

It's Wednesday -- and time for a new challenge.  At Creative Belli we challenge you to dig thru your stuff and find those old, forgotten about and little used embellishments.  We would love to see what you create -- please share with us.  The challenge for this week is to use flocking or flower soft -- Ok, now for me this was a REAL challenge.  I had some flower soft sitting around for at least a year.  I'd look at it and wonder -- now what am I going to do with this?!  

Here is my card:

 For some inspiration, take a look at what the Creative Belli Design Team Members did:

• Ceal Pritchett
• Darsie Bruno
• Jessica Stockmeyer
• Joan Ervin
• Joy Hadden -     you are here
• Liz Williams
• Maria Matter
• Chris Dickinson
• Melisa Waldorf
• Anne Harmon
• Robin Kirkpatrick - Guest Designer Coordinator
• Shelly Schmidt

Now it's your turn:  Show us your project by linking back to the Belli Challenge in your post and provide a DIRECT LINK to your new posting using the  Mr. Linky found on Creative Belli Blog. Also, if you are posting to an online gallery, add CBC103 as a KEYWORD. 

Thanks for stopping by -- Have a HAPPY stamping day!

Repeat Impressions Stamp of the Week - Rocking Horse

This week you are going to love the stamp that Repeat Impressions is featuring at a 50% discount! 
1.  Go to the blog The House That Stamps Built and get the 50% off code for the week.
2.  When you order this stamp remember to receive your special discount please be sure to reference the discount code in the Special Instructions section of the online order form.

Here is my card:

The other designers have prepared some great cards to inspire you.

Darcie Bruno
Dana Joy
Ayana Posadas
Michelle Greenwood
Lynette Neus
Joy Hadden - you are here





Have a Happy Stamping Day!

Little Paper Shop Challenge 91

It's Monday!  Time for a Little Paper Shop challenge.  This week  Allison gave us this sketch:

Here is my card:

There is a prize with this sketch -- It is a digi image of Rocking Horse!  He is so cute!  Take a look at him here.  While you are there, take a look at all the other digis!

So make a card using the sketch and show us what you can do -- we would love to see what you create.
Please link your card on the little blue froggy in the Little Paper Shop Blog.

Here are some of the Little Paper Shop designers with inspiration for you:

• Allison
• Silvia
• Joy - you are here
• Ann 
• Jennifer
• Pam

Have a HAPPY stamping day!

Stamp TV Alumni CAS BLOG HOP

Carolina has organized another great Blog Hop for us.  This time she challenged us to do a CAS card - clean and simple.  Here are the parameters she gave us.

• Your design must be CAS - Clean And Simple: lots of white or open space with one main focal point
• One image
• One sentiment
• One layer card - your card base plus only one more layer
• Embellishments - you can use any number of embellishments you want, but they all must be the same color

If you came here from Jen Charboneau's blog, then you are right on track.  Didn't you just love the colors in her card!! She is so talented.  For the beginning of this blog hop go to Stamp TV and start there.
So here's my card.

I used Tami Mayberry's Faithful Florals.  Every sentiment in this set will inspire and encourage you.  The paper is GKD's Ivory and October Afternoon dp.  I embossed the stamping and added tiny pearls to the centers of the flowers.

Doing a CAS was a real challenge for me but enjoyed the challenge and am planning to do some more.  Now you can go to Karen Knegten's blog - I always enjoy her cards and get inspired from her talent. After you have visited the other designers, don't forget to leave a comment at the Stamp TV blog.

Thanks for stopping and have a HAPPY stamping day!

REPEAT IMPRESSIONS - WHAT IF WEDNESDAY!

Every other Wednesday, Wendy likes to invite EVERYONE to do a sketch challenge.  We want to see what you can do with the sketch.  Here is the sketch for this week.

 Here is my card:

I used the stamp Falling Leaves to make the background paper, used the Pumpkin and Let Us Give Thanks stamps and used a cuttlebug to cut it all out. 

All you need to do is  make a card and upload a link to it on the Repeat Impressions blog, The House That Stamps Built, by Tuesday, November 2nd at 5:00 p.m. EDT.  If you use an online gallery such as SplitCoastStampers, please use the keyword O2010.  One random winner will win a $25 gift certificate.  Take a look at all the great stamps here!  Need some inspiration?  Here are some members of the Design Team that have made projects.

Ayana Posadas
Dana Joy
Darsie Bruno
Harriet Skelly

Julie Smith

Michele Greenwood

Joy Hadden - you are here
Makiko Jones
Robin Kirkpatrick

Lynette Neus

We look forward to seeing what you create! Thanks for stopping here and have a GREAT stamping day!

Gina K Designs Tag Lines card

I made this card this afternoon -- it didn't take too long -- it took longer to clean up my mess.  I just love the Martha Stewart Doilies.  I will be making a few more of these.

The cardstock is Gina K Designs White and Black Onyx, the dp is BoBunny. I used my cuttlebug and some dies and scrap pieces of paper and some brads.

RELEASE DAY -- WHAHOOOO!

Today, you will be able to purchase the two new set Little Paper Shop has released.  They are Tyson Snowman and Lucy Elf.  Both of these are soooo cute!  If you missed the previews -- go to the blog here and take a look at what the Design Team members created.

Thanks and have a HAPPY stamping day!

Preview Day and Challenge + a BLOG HOP for Little Paper Shop

Our East Texas Days are getting cooler and I'm looking forward to some relief from this heat -- while I'm waiting I'll get ready for the cool weather by stamping images of snow --- Here is Little Paper Shop's 2nd Release -- It is called Tyson Snowman.

Isn't he sweet?  Look at what the other Design Team members did with this darling image. 
One random person will win a $10 gift certificate to the LPS store. How do you win? All you have to do is comment on all the DT member’s blogs on the Hop.

• Cheryl Walker
• Allison Fillo
• Silvia Mabie
• Joy Hadden   ---you are here
• Jennifer Greco
• Ann Kranitz
• Pam Varnell - DT Coordinator

Your next stop will be Jennifer Greco  -- wait till you see what she created -- she is quite an artist!  When you finish you can leave a comment on the Little Paper Shop Blog.

Little Paper Shop also has a challenge going on this week.  We challenge you to make a project using "Stickles/Glitter" -- think snow!  Link your project to the little blue froggy on the Little Paper Shop Blog -- hey, you could be a winner of the Katie Igloo digi!  Take a look at the little playhouse in our backyard (last year).

 Have a Happy Stamping Day!

Preview Day for Little Paper Shop and a Blog Hop

Welcome and happy Monday my friends. It’s time to show you a new stamp set that we are previewing today for the Little Paper Shop and to have a Blog Hop. If you arrived here from the awesome Silvia's blog then you are in the right place. If not, then please start back at the LPS blog so you won’t miss anyone along the Hop.

Don't you just love Preview Days?  I just love new stamps.  For this Preview Little Paper Shop is showing off Lucy Elf -- she is soooo cute!  I just love her little "elfy" shoes.  Here is my card.

There is glitter on her little pom-pom shoes and her little elf hat.  It just doesn't show up in the pics.  The stamp set includes a snowball and the words "Snowball fight".  Next week I'll post one with snowballs.

One random person will win a $15 gift certificate to the LPS store. How do you win? All you have to do is comment on all the DT member’s blogs on the Hop.

• Cheryl Walker
• Allison Fillo
• Silvia Mabie
• Joy Hadden   ---you are here
• Jennifer Greco
• Ann Kranitz
• Pam Varnell - DT Coordinator

Your next stop will be Jennifer Greco  -- wait till you see what she created -- she is quite an artist!  When you finish you can leave a comment on the Little Paper Shop Blog.

Have a Happy Stamping Day!

Creative Belli Challenge 102

It's Wednesday -- and time for a new challenge.  At Creative Belli we challenge you to dig thru your stuff and find those old, forgotten about and little used embellishments.  We would love to see what you create -- please share with us.  The challenge for this week is pumpkins and here is a sketch also.

Here is my card

I used a stamp from Little Paper Shop.  They sure do have some cute images!  This one is called Halloween Cuties.  I just love that little mouse!  The paper is from Papertrey Ink.

Here are the Creative Belli Design Team members who have some inspiration for you.  Show us what you create by linking your card on the Creative Belli blog.

• Ceal Pritchett
• Darsie Bruno
• Jessica Stockmeyer
• Joan Ervin
• Joy Hadden -     you are here
• Liz Williams
• Maria Matter
• Chris Dickinson
• Melisa Waldorf
• Anne Harmon
• Robin Kirkpatrick - Guest Designer Coordinator
• Shelly Schmidt

Thanks and have a HAPPY stamping day!!