SSCC2: To My Hubby

This card is for our Stampin' Sisters in Christ Challenge #2, which was posted this morning!

The scripture for this challenge is:
I am my Lover's and my Lover is mine; he browses among the lilies. Song of Solomon 6:3

and the challenge issued was:
Make a card/project for you husband/significant other OR if you are single, then for someone you care a lot for. You could use hearts, go with a lily theme, but something he/she would like :o)

I made my card for my DH [darling husband] because we sooo need a date w/o the kids soon! It's been months, seriously. I think he will like this card because I made it for him, and also because he will appreciate that I'm setting up a date night soon! Thanks for this li'l push Lorie! :0)

Come see what the other Design Sisters have made and see who this week's sponsor is! You will have until Saturday, Sept. 5 to get your entries in for challenge #2 and if you upload to SCS or other galleries, please use SSCC2. Thanks and hope to see you over at Stampin' Sisters in Christ Challenge Blog!

You Make Me Happy

A sigh of relief... I survived yet another school-shopping day! And I actually got a card made too! I want to thank Kelly for sending me this adorable Tilda with Bike!! And as you can see I have a few new toys to play with as well... this EK border punch and my new Labels 6 Nesties!

I found this cute sketch over at Friday Sketchers. It's an older one, not this week's, but it totally worked for this Tilda, and I'm loving the outcome. I know what some of you are thinking..."she sure makes a lot of PINK cards!" Lol. Yes, I do... and I'm not sure why really, except for the fact that I LOVE this Lemonade paper by Basic Grey! I've actually always loved pink but since I have redish hair I was told I couldn't wear pink growing up, hmmmm! :o) Anyway...
Have you been following the KLSNS Blog? Did you know that we (DT) post every single day?! (or close to it, heehee) Lots of inspiration going on over there, but I haven't been seeing the love coming in. :( Most of the comments are from some of our own DT but we'd LOVE to see you visit and hear what you're thinkin'!! So please come on over and leave some "LUV"~

There's also some great sales going on, some clearances, and some NEW stamps like Magnolia's Lazy Days of Summer and Inkadinkado Kid Quotes!! August coupon code, Aug2009 is good for FREE priority shipping on your (USA) order of $50 or more!

Family Fun

No cards to show... today was just too nice a day to stay indoors. My hubby took today and tomorrow off work so we can have some family fun at the lake before school starts back up! Here are my girls tubing. It was lots of fun! We even saw about 6 wild horses come down to the lake for a drink. I also tried the tubing, however that didn't work out so well as there is a vent in the bottom of the coverlet and the whole thing ended up under water before the boat even started to go anywhere! LOL. Yup... it's a good thing I have a good sense of humor!! (eh-em... we won't show you those photos though! LOL)

Dreamin' of Rainbows

It's Wednesday and that means another FUN challenge over at Inky Impressions! This week we have a fun sketch by our own Tonya Hopkins! =0) Come play along with us! I'd love to see your "Inky" creations!

P.S.
We have some really cute new stamps in our hot little hands and it won't be long before we can show them to YOU! Stay tuned for a fun blog hop to see all the new releases from Inky Impressions... you are gonna LOVE them!! :)

Check out what the other Inspirational Inkettes did with this sketch!

Nicole-Inky's Mama (Ohio)
Tonya (North Carolina)
Chris (New York)
Crystal (Ohio)
Jacqui (UK)
Jenn (Indiana)
Kristen (New Hampshire)
Kristine (Oregon)
Michele (Ireland)
Naoual (Netherlands)
Pam (Iowa)
Shary (Germany)

Paper Pretties Challenge #66

CoMe On aNd Do ThE HuLa!

The challenge (PWC66) over at Paper Pretties this week is a FUN color challenge: Black, Green, and a Mystery Color of your choice! =0) So my "mystery color" was orange. I've been itchin' to make a fall card lately, although my choice of stamp isn't necessarily a Fall one! OH WELL!! lol

This is my first time inking up my SOTM club stamp, Aloha from Paper Pretties, and I really LOVED Charmaine's tutorial on how to create a "swinging" skirt (aka. "Tilt Card") This is much like the slider cards that you create with 2 pennies and a dimensional inbetween. OK, so my skirt REALLY moves!! Maybe a li'l too much, but that's what makes it fun I guess! :)

Here's a picture of the underside of the hula girl. You can see that the top layer of skirt is attached to the top penny, and then there's 2 small round dimensionals stacked and then another penny on the bottom.

And, by the way, that looks like a huge stack of dimensionals right there on the left... it's not! It's only 2 stacked together =0) Thanks for looking! My sister Kathy made one TOO! we are posting at the same time on our blogs to see if we chose the same "mystery color" ...heehee. Go check out hers to see if we did!

You Are My Sunshine

JBeLLe TuEsDaY ChaLLeNge

It's time for another Jacksonbelle Embellishments challenge! Summer is almost over, so let's not let it leave without saying goodbye! You challenge is to create a project inspired by summer (ie. colors like orange, yellow, red; or how about using something shiny like Shimmerz or Stickles... OR summery stamps like bugs, flowers or beach stamps!) The skies the limit. If you play along, please use keyword JBE068 when uploading to online galleries! :)

For my card, I used the "Hello Sunshine" paper pack from Cosmo Crickett! I'm in love with this paper. It's so fun and bright and best of all SCALLOPED! =0) There's a great variety of papers in the pad including mini patterns of the same larger ones like I used on this card. It also come with die-cuts and sayings! OH, I almost forgot.... there's Brand New Jenni Bowlin Paper Pads and accessories in stock NOW! They are super pretty too, so make sure and check those out HERE!

See what the other JBelle Rockstars created!!

Tobi Crawford / Stephanie Hargis / Mitzi Koons / Loretta Lock / Jimmi Mayo / Bethany Paull / Michelle Philippi / Carly Robertson / Trudee Sauer / Shemaine Smith / Lynda Benden / Melissa Bove / Jennifer Buck / Jill Dunn / AJ Otto / Heather Lee-Reppen / Lindsey Botkin *Owner*

Stamps: none!
Paper: Cosmo Crickett's "Hello Sunshine"; real red (for behind the butterfly and half scallop circle)
Accessories: red gems; butterfly punch; red grosgrain ribbon; red wire for antennae, Giga scallop circle punch

Publish Post

Sneak Preview #2 and a R.A.K.

I'm going to start today's post with a very sweet R.A.K. (Random Act of Kindness) that I received Saturday from my friend Helen!! Isn't this card adorable?! Helen got her first set of Magnolia stamps recently and is creating some FABULOUS cards with them! Hop on over to her blog, Creative Jeans, and Be Inspired! She also sent me some stamped images and taped a li'l baggie inside the card. Thank you sooo much Helen...LOVE THEM ALL!

Ok, and now some more sneak peeks at a project I've been working on... not much longer til I can share the whole story! =0) But here's a little teaser:

Stay tuned tomorrow for my Jacksonbelle Embellishments Tuesday Challenge!

Taste and See that the Lord is Good!

I made another card today for the Stampin' Sisters in Christ first challenge! You have until this coming Saturday, Aug. 29th to get in your entries... there's a FABULOUS prize up for grabs!! Also, you'll want to head on over to the blog TODAY for a special Guest Designer and a an announcement!! Hope to see ya over there! =0)

Stamps: Perfect Party (retired SU!); computer generated sentiment
Paper: Pristine: floral quilt (Paper Salon); Sage Shadow; White (SU!)
Accessories: sewing machine; white thread; versamark; clear embossing powder (ice cream scoops); heat gun; Swiss Dots embossing folder; oval Nesties; slit punch & scallop border punch (SU!); buttons (Bunny-Zoe's Crafts)

Just Because

Happy Saturday!! I have a sweet little card to share today using a few of my favorites... Lemonade Basic Grey Papers and this Tilda with Lamb, from the Easter Collection, but I love her year round! And guess what?! This adorable stamp is on super sale right now over at KL Stampin' N Scrappin'... only $6.88!! I can't believe this stamp didn't sell out, so if you love it as much as I do, head on over to the store! <Here's the link> There's lots more Magnolias in stock right now that are also on sale...up to 35% OFF! Also, she still has some Nestabilities on sale that she's trying to clear out, so you might wanna check those out too! Remember, August coupon code is Aug2009 which gives you FREE Priority Shipping with a $50 or more order! :)

I pieced her dress with some Bittersweet Basic Grey paper, and the buttons are also by Basic Grey. The large flower punch and branch punch are both Martha Stewart, and the smaller flower punch is SU! Thanks for looking! :)

Sneak Preview #1

Happy Friday!! I'm so glad it's the weekend...it's been such a long HOT week here in Central Oregon. Not that it's going to cool off anytime this weekend?! Pffft! But at least my daughter is all done painting her mural in the park. We were out there 3 days in about 90-100 degree weather :(* Hoping to get pics put up of that soon on our family blog. ;0)

Well I have been working hard on a very special project for a while now, but it's not quite done, so I thought I'd show you some sneak peeks and then later I will share the whole thing. It's super duper cutie patootie if I do say so myself, so are you ready?? LOL - (alright already...sheesh, talk about tooting my own horn, huh?! Well... I can't take all the credit, and I can't give it away, but I'll tell you all about it in a later post).

More sneak peeks in a few more days ;)

Thanks for popping in today! I will TRY to have a card here tomorrow =0) Have a super weekend!

A Very SWEET R.A.K.

Just wanted to share a bit of sunshine (and yummy ice cream) that came my way recently from my DT friend JESSICA! Isn't her coloring AMAZING?! Pop on over to her blog, Jess' Obsession to see lots more where this came from! =0) I'm also loving this Magnoia... she's from the new Lazy Days of Summer collection that Kelly has in the store!! This totally made my day Jess...THANK YOU!!

Wishing you all a YUMMY DAY!!

Pink N Red Overload!

PaPeR PiEciNg

Stamps: Angelica's Daydream (Inky Impressions rubber stamps); Wonderful (SU!)

Paper: Bittersweet (Basic Grey); Pretty in Pink (SU!)

Accessories: Branch and flower punches (Martha Stewart); stitched ribbon (SU!)

Happy Wednesday!! It's time for an Inky Impressions challenge: Paper Piecing! I don't know what happened here... but if I didn't know better I'd say that PiNk and ReD exploded all over this card! It wasn't my intension to go quite so PINK! :oP You prolly can't even tell that I paper pieced her sweater and socks, but I did! I used the same DP that is the light pink with the hearts, and then I colored some of her hearts dark red.

OK, I SOOO need a little fairy on my shoulder telling me "STEP AWAY FROM THE PINK" next time I even think about reaching for these again, LOL! Oh, they ARE pretty papers, but my I think I need to go do a plain ol' white card now, HA! Oh well... sometimes cards end up NoT how we intend and that's okay. It actually looks better and more 3D in real life. Ok... I'm just trying to talk myself out of how PINK this really is! LOL.

SOOOO...just a head's up girls!! Inky Impressions is having a Big Release and these new stamps are super duper CUTE!! I can't wait to show you, but you won't have to wait much longer as we are going to have a blog hop soon!! So stay tuned for that. In the meantime, how about checking out what the other Inspirational Inkettes have Pieced for you!!

Nicole-Inky's Mama (Ohio)
Tonya (North Carolina)
Chris (New York)
Crystal (Ohio)
Jacqui (UK)
Jenn (Indiana)
Kristen (New Hampshire)
Kristine (Oregon)
Michele (Ireland)
Naoual (Netherlands)
Pam (Iowa)
Shary (Germany)

WOWIE! This is Awesome!!

Just a Quick Shout Out for my friend Lisa! LOOK what happened to HER!! Oh my goodness... we were scared at first, but once I clicked through to the link I was sooo thrilled to see her featured! CONGRATULATIONS LISA!!!

EDITED: Oh, and yes...I should add that I am the very proud owner of that amazing card! She wrote inside that it was her and I on the card--looks "JUST LIKE US!" =0) thanks again Lisa!! You are soo sweet.

Jacksonbelle Tuesday Challenge

Go OuT oN a LiMb

Happy Tuesday!! Are you having a great day so far? I was determined to have a better day today, so I got up and had my devotions... ate breakfast (which I rarely do before work)... and am optimistic that good things will happen. Oh, that and the fact that Mr. Brown brought my tape refills to my doorstep last night--WoooHoo!! =0)

Anyway, wanted to share this cute sketch with you and invite you to join in the challenge!! If you do, please add JBE067 when uploading to SCS or PCP. I turned the sketch sideways.

See what the other JBelle Rockstars have created!!
Tobi Crawford / Stephanie Hargis / Mitzi Koons / Loretta Lock / Jimmi Mayo / Bethany Paull / Michelle Philippi / Carly Robertson / Trudee Sauer / Shemaine Smith / Lynda Benden / Melissa Bove / Jennifer Buck / Jill Dunn / AJ Otto / Heather Lee-Reppen / Lindsey Botkin *Owner*

Also, there's lots of BRAND NEW INKAKDINKADO stamps in stock now, as well as some NEW CUTTLEBUG FOLDERS and MARTHA STEWART PUNCHES!! Not to mention all the great stuff on clearance right now! ;P

Stamps: Critters N Treats (Basic Grey); Out on a Limb (There She Goes)
Paper: Cosmo Crickett; Wild Wasabi; Black (SU!)
Accessories: Provocraft Cuttlebug folder; clear rhinestones; ribbon

Stampin' Sisters in Christ CHALLENGES

Today's the day that we are starting our NEW Challenge Blog! Each challenge will be inspired by scripture, and is open to everyone! This week we have a fabulous stamp set donated by Our Daily Bread Designs, that will be given away to one random player, so please come follow us and jump in to the challenge!!! (please check out the blog for ALL the deets and to see what our Design Team created!)

Lisa is our hostess this week, and has chosen John 6:35, which says "I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never go hungry; and he who believes in me will never be thirsty." Her challenge: Use images of food or drink on your project. You do not have to make it a religious card, although please feel free to do so.

ABOUT MY CARD: Well, I don't have much in the way of food stamps, but I found this House Mouse image in my "Image RAK box." After watercoloring my image, I covered the popsicle with Crystal Effects for that "wet" look, and also used it on their eyes, noses, and the li'l guy's tongue as well. =0)

For the li'l mousey's ear and the popsicle stick, I followed Rachel Jakes' Out of the Frame tutorial to cut around those parts that would stick out and then slid my Nestie frame under it and then ran it through my cuttlebug. The blue layer was then put on another white layer. The DP and flower brad is from the Lemonade Collection by Basic Grey and the little dew drops are from Jacksonbelle Embellishments.

I hope you'll play along too! I'd love to see what you eat! OH, I mean MAKE! :) Join us at the SSC Challenge blog!

Swinging Tilda

Today's my day to host the KL Stampin' N Scrappin' Blog!! You should SEE what fabulous cards the DT have been making this week!! I love visiting and seeing such cute cards and projects! OH, and in case you missed it, Jessica also posted a FANTASTIC tutorial over there this week... GO CHECK IT OUT!! :)

These are some of my favorite stamps, so I wanted to bring them back and share them with you today. :) How nice of me, huh?! LOL - no, they really aren't that old, but it feels like a long time since I've used them. I LOVE this Basic Grey paper from the Lemonade collection, and the brads are also from the same collection.

I've run into a bit of a stamper's crisis as I ran out of tape 2 days ago, and I'm also out of a lot of colored cardstock that goes with my new paper so I'm having to compromise. This whole card was put together with ultra thin mini glue dots and what's left over of the dimensionals after the dimensionals are all gone, lol. I ordered more tape over a week ago but it still hasn't come and the closest craft store is about 70+ miles away, so... I'll have to make do til it comes! (poor me, I know... I'm done complaining now!!) =0)

Just a reminder that KL Stampin' N Scrappin' has a BUNCH of new Magnolias, Basic Greys, Inkadinkado stamps and MORE in the store (some are preorder, and some are available now!) PLUS...she's got a LOT of the "'Oldies but Goodies" Magnolias discounted up to 35% OFF!! Coupon code for this month is AUG2009... get FREE priority shipping when you spend $50 or more!

STAMPS: Tilda with Envelope, swing, Magnolia
PAPERS: Basic Grey, Lemonade Collection

ACCESSORIES: Spellbinder's Nestabilities, rectangles

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Tomorrow is our New Challenge Kick Off at "Stampin' Sisters in Christ Challenges" - and there will be a fabulous prize for one random player, so hope you'll come follow us!! :)

A Wonderful R.A.K. from Lisa

WOWZERS!! I was soo blessed by Lisa this week as she shared her goodies with me that she won from the Greeting Farms Birthday Bash Giveaway!! WOW! I can't say thank you enough Lisa for you generosity! Sorry this is such a quick post today... I've GOT to get out the door soon!

In case you didn't know, Lisa, myself, my sister Kathy, and Lorie are starting a brand new kind of Challenge blog this Sunday called "Stampin Sisters in Christ Challenges" where every post will have a challenge inspired by scripture!! I invite you all to come join in the fun... we have some sponsors lined up to help us out with BLOG CANDY... so please help us spread the word and then join us!!

Inky Wednesday Challenge

Today's challenge at Inky Impressions is to create a tag card or use a tag on your card, and I have some exciting news!! EVERYONE can play along this week and be entered to win a $10 GC to Inky Impressions Rubber Stamps!! Nicole is kindly offering a FREE DIGISTAMP for you to print out and color and use on your "TAG" card! Then you'll need to use Mr. Linky on the challenge blog to link your card. :) Awesome huh? Hope you'll come play along!

I used this week's Mojo Monday sketch for this...it just seemed to tie right in :) The layer that LiLi's birthday cake is on is actually a pocket with the tag inside. I sewed 3 sides on the machine, and then the top ribbon loop is attached to the tag (in between the 2 layers).

BACK OF TAG: "Hope you have a fun birthday with the people you love and hope all your wishes come true!"

There's lots more inspiration from our Inkettes over on the challenge blog today... go check 'em out!