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Happy Saturday Everyone!.....

Hope you are all having a great weekend so far. I don't usually post much on the weekends, however I really wanted to participate in the current Color Throwdown Challenge #100 and also in the Papertrey Paper Dolls Challenge #11, to create a non-standard size card.

My card for today is a very simple 3x3 card, and it uses the four colors shown above. I used the adorable bubble gum machine image from the Sweet Tooth set from Clear & Simple Stamps. I also added some Glossy Accents to the "glass part" of the bubble gum machine. However, I found that it was really hard to capture in the photographs. The picture below is horrible, but it was the only one that came out where you could kind of see the glare from the Glossy Accents. So I decided to post it regardless.

Well I hope you all enjoy this little mini-card of mine. Be sure to play along with these two challenges as well, if you get a chance. There are some really great prizes being offered, so check them out.

Tomorrow I will be sharing two more cards on my blog, from DeNami Design. So I sure hope you get a chance to stop by and visit again!

Until next time..... Enjoy the rest of your day!!! :)

SUPPLIES:

Elephants in Love Card

Paper: Neenah Paper (Solar White) and "Certainly Celery" (Stampin' Up)
Stamps: 'Sweet Tooth" (Clear & Simple Stamps)
Ink: "Tuxedo Black" (Memento) 
Other: Copic markers & Glossy Accents

Fancy Flourish Card

 

Hey Blog Friends,

Just sharing a quick card I made the other day, using the "Fancy Flourishes" set from Papertrey Ink. The sketch is from the CPS Sketch #174 and the colors combo is from the Curtain Call Color Challenge #37. 

Do you see that flower embellishment at the top corner? I actually made that months ago! LoL... For a while I saw sooo many other stampers making their own paper flowers for their cards. I'm sure you all have seen them several times as well. But anyways, so I ended up making up a few for myself. I found an old book in my garage and tore out some sheets of paper to use for it. I think I made like three or four all together.... only I never ended up using any of them. I just made them and then stuck them in a drawer. Every time I tried to use one on a card, it just never seemed to fit or look right at the moment. But hopefully it looks okay on this card today. In order to stick with the color scheme, I simply just grabbed a pink button and stuck it in the center of the flower. Oh, and by the way... also, when I was making this card, I realized that I didn't have any yellow pearls. So all I did was use basic white pearls, only I colored them first with a yellow Copic marker. Hope you guys like it! :)

SUPPLIES:

Fancy Flourish Card

Paper: Papertrey Ink Cardstock
Stamps: "Fancy Flourishes" (Papertrey Ink)
Ink: "Raspberry Fizz" (PTI) 
Other: Copic markers, white pearls, pink rhinestones, pink button, old book paper for flower embellishment

Tropical Summer Cards & Giveaway Winner Announced

 

Hello Everyone!... So, today is my first day back at work, after a nice longgg weekend. I had a total of 5 days off, and I was just in heaven! haha.... I say this because I don't really take that many days off just to do "nothing". Usually when I take time off, it's always to go on vacation somewhere out of town. So this was a nice change, just to have "free time" at home. I loved it! Buttt... as the saying goes, "All good things must come to an end"... So now it's back to reality for me!... Luckily, it will be a short week, so hopefully it will go by quickly.

Ok, so for today, I have two cards to share with you all. Both cards are very similar because they both have a "tropical, summer" theme and they both use the same set from Hero Arts, called "Let's Chill". I think this set is so fun to use! 

I also decided to participate in a few challenges. My first card is for Jenny's WeeMemories Challenge #13: Free for All. I stamped the hibiscus flower image several times in order to make my own pattern paper. Then I just colored the flowers in using my Copics.

You may notice that for my second card, below, I used the remaining piece to my "home-made pattern paper". I didn't want to throw any of it away, after spending so much time coloring it. So I just figured i'd make another card.....

 

This card was made up for Ingrid's Summer Challenge and its colors were inspired from this photo here, which I found on Kimieprout's Etsy shop. So I will also be submitting this card to the EtsyInspired Challenge #95. 

 

 

Hope you guys enjoyed these summer cards!... Ok, so now on to something else.....

Last week I posted a small giveaway on my blog and first off, I would just like to say Thank You for all of the sweet birthday wishes that I received. I really appreciate your visits and all of your kind words! 

Yesterday was the last day to leave a comment for the giveaway, and so I closed off the comments last night. Then I used Random.org to generate a random number... and here are the results:

The winner is # 19----> DANA!!! 

Here is her comment below:

 

Yaaayyy Dana! Please email me your address so I can get your prize mailed out to you as soon as possible! :) 

I am actually familiar with Dana's blog, and I have visited it many times. She does great work! I always enjoy getting to know my visitors and being able to recognize people's names and their work. So it was nice to see a familiar name pop up on the generator. 

Thanks so much to everyone who left a comment! Hopefully I will be able to do more giveaways soon! And thank you for stopping by today! I hope you all have a fantastic day!!!

SUPPLIES:

Fun in the Sun Card

Paper: Neenah Paper (Solar White) and Kraft & Chocolate Chip (Stampin' Up)
Stamps: "Let's Chill" (Hero Arts)
Ink: "Tuxedo Black" (Memento) & Versamark
Other: Copics markers & orange string

Let's Chill Card

Paper: Neenah Paper (Solar White), Kraft & Basic Black (Stampin' Up), Hawaiian Shores (PTI)
Stamps: "Let's Chill" (Hero Arts)
Ink: "Tuxedo Black" (Memento)
Other: Copics markers & orange string

Sending You Love

*** 2nd Post for today! Check out my SOTW post here... and my giveaway post can be found here.***

Hey There Everyone!

It's time for another Color Challenge over at the DeNami Design blog! This months's color combo was made up by my fabulous DT buddy, Laurie. I used the Med.Brushed Heart for my card and colored the hearts in with Copic markers. Then I just used some foam adhesive to pop up the hearts and also for the little sentiment banner. In order to make the border around the card, I simply just used a ruler along with a very thin black marker. Then I just randomly did the zig-zags on my own.

Hope you guys get a chance to play along with this DeNami Color Challenge. Be sure to stop by the DeNami blog today for more details and also to check out more samples from the design team.

Also, as I mentioned in my previous post as well.... If you haven't already entered yourself in the giveaway that I am having, there is still time to do so, and you can find all of the details for it HERE.

Hope everyone has a fantastic day!!! Thanks for stopping by!!! =)

SUPPLIES:

Sending You Love Card

Paper: Neenah Paper (Solar White)
Stamps: "Med Brushed Heart" & "Sending You Love" sentiment (DeNami Design)
Ink: "Tuxedo Black" (Memento) 
Other: Copics markers, foam adhesive, black marker

SOTW- Sea Turtle

Happy Monday Everyone!

Today is the start of a new week, and that means that there is a new "Stamp of the Week" being featured over at the Repeat Impressions' blog. This week, there is going to be a discount for the Sea Turtle image for all blog readers. So be sure to visit the RI blog post for today, in order to get all the details on how you can get the discount and also to view more samples from the other talented ladies on the design team.

For my card today, I decided to make the water waves simply by tearing sheets of blue cardstock and then adhering them down to the base of the card. In order to make the sun rays, I decided to use an idea that I saw over on one of Joy's cards. She is one of my fellow RI design team members, and you can check out her fabulous sun rays on this card here. I decided not to make my rays as even as hers, just to try and go for a different look. Usually I have a hard time leaving things uneven and unsymetrical, but for this card I kind of liked the imperfections of the rays and the waves. Hopefully you guys do too!... Oh, and at the last minute, I ended up adding the rhinestones to the water, just to give the card some "bling". I didn't want to go overboard, since this is a sympathy card. So hopefully it's not "too much"

Hope everyone had a super fun 4th of July weekend! I actually didn't get much crafting done, however I was able to relax a lot. So it was nice to just sit and do nothing for a change. I was able to hang out with my little sister and watch tons of movies. Fortunately, I still have the day off today and tomorrow, so I am hoping to make a few new cards soon to make up for this weekend.

Oh, I also wanted to remind most of you that if you haven't already posted a comment on my post for the small giveaway that I am having, there is still time to do so. You can check out all of the details for it HERE.

I'll be back again later with a second post for today, so be sure to come back and visit again soon!.... Thanks for reading! :)

SUPPLIES:

Sea Turtle Card

Paper: Neenah Paper (Solar White), PTI Kraft Cardstock, blue cardstock from Michael's
Stamps: "Sea Turtle" (Repeat Impressions)
Ink: "Tuxedo Black" (Memento) & Stampin' Up ink
Other: Copics markers & turquoise rhinestones 

Tall Flower Card and a Small Giveaway

Hey Friends!

Hope everyone is having a great day so far. Today has been pretty special for me, since it's my birthday. I took the day off from work and was able to sleep in late for a change. I hung out with some friends last night to celebrate and tonight i'm going out to dinner with my family. Other than that, I don't have any big plans. But i'll probably end up doing something else over the weekend. I don't have to go back to work until next Wednesday, so i'm veryyy excited about having few days off! :)

Anyways, my card for today is one that I made up "just for fun". No specific challenge or theme. I just really like this Tall Flower stamp from Hero Arts, and I wanted to do some more practice with my Copic coloring. I stamped the image twice and then used dimensionals to pop up the flowers. Hope you guys enjoy this card and hopefully gain some inspiration from it.

Ok, well on to another note.... I recently won a giveaway contest a couple of weeks ago from Hero Arts and they sent me a package full of some fun stamps! I was so excited when I got the package. It was as if Hero Arts took a peek at my wishlist, because they sent me some images that I was already planning on getting. They are so awesome and generous for doing all of their giveaways for their fans. THANKS Hero Arts!

Well, the reason for explaining all this is because one of the stamps that I received is actually one that I already had in my collection. So now I have a duplicate of this Artists Butterfly image below:

Basically, I don't want the image to go to waste and I'd love for it to have a good home with someone who loves it as much as I do! :) So in order to keep the generousity going, i'm going to pass it on to one lucky reader who leaves me a comment on this post.

No need to answer any questions and you are not required to start following me... (unless you want to, of course). :) .... So just a simple comment about anything will do. You have up until Tuesday, July 6th to enter, and then I will choose a random winner after that.

***UPDATE: Giveaway has already ended for this post. Thank you to all who entered! :)***

In addition to the stamp, i'm also going to give away two other small items. I recently went to a stampshow and came back with lots of goodies that I had bought there. This is a bit embarassing to admit, but I actually ended up coming home with two items that I had already purchased before, and I forgot that I had them. (I know... I'm pretty bad, huh?).... So i'm also going to send the following two items below, to whoever wins the stamp.

Lavender Stickles & a "Shabby Shutters" Distress ink pad. Both by Ranger and both brand new. 

Oh, and if you'd like some inspiration for this stamp, here is a card that I made with it a while back. You can find the post for it here, or just click on the thmbnail pic below.

Ok, well that's it for now. l'm off to go get ready for dinner. Hope you all have a fabulous evening! Thanks for stopping by! :)

SUPPLIES:

Tall Flower Card

Paper: Neenah Paper (Solar White) and PTI Cardstock
Stamps: "Tall Flower" (Hero Arts)
Ink: "Tuxedo Black" (Memento) 
Other: Copics markers, Stampin' Up border punch