SP & Co. Sunday Inspiration - Happy Mother's Day!

 

 Welcome back to another installment of SP & Co. Sunday Inspiration. I came across a blog (my Aunty Sharon sent me the link) last week and I am seriously "addicted." KittieKraft has some wickedly amazing cards on her blog that involve many different techniques and elements, and I decided to give some of her tutorials a try....I did the ink-on-the-embossing-folder technique and also made some flowers using her techniques as well - what do you think:

 

I don't normally make cards like these, but I found myself staring in "awe" on her blog at all the gorgeous creations and I really love them so I wanted to try my hand at it. I really enjoy the Spellbinders technique too where you layer different "frames" and you can make them 3D or not...I decided to keep my frame flat this time. Maybe next time, I'll pop it up and make something different! So many possibilties! I really will enjoy this type of card for sentiment cards :) This sentiment is the single Mother's Day stamp from SP & Co:

 

Stamps: Mother's Day Single Stamp (SP & Co.)
Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, Baja Breeze
Paper: Whisper White, Baja Breeze
Accessories: Big Shot, Textiles Embossing Folder, Spellbinders, Swiss Dots Embossing Folder, bird punch (leaves), Martha twig punch, pearls, glue dots, glue, stylus, dimensionals

I am entering my card into the following challenges:

Lollipop Crafts - Anything Goes
Creative Card Crew - Spring (flowers)
Party Time Tuesdays - Anything Goes
Fresh Brewed - Spring
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes
Prairie Fairy Fridays - Spring Fling
Stampin' for the Weekend - Anything Goes
Sweet Stampin - Spring or Easter (I am doing spring)

Thank you so much for stopping in today - be sure to hop on over to the SP & Co. BLOG for more wonderful Sunday inspiration! Ciao!

Happy Easter from 4 Crafty Chicks!

Happy Thursday PEEPS! It's the last Thursday of the month PLUS, this month has 5 Thursdays, so you know what that means, right?!? It's time for another CRAZY EGG CHALLENGE over at 4 Crafty Chicks....

This week's challenge is EASTER and our wonderful Tamie is offering up this awesome prize for one lucky participant this week:

I was with Tamie in her local scrapbook store a couple weeks ago, and came across these uber cute Magnolia Mini's and I HAD to get the little Tilda painting an Easter egg - how appropriate!

Stamps: Tilda with Easter egg, Bench - Magnolia, Stampin' Up (sentiment); Paper: Whisper White, Island Indigo, Country Drive (Echo Park); Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, Island Indigo; Accessories: Copic Markers, butterfly punch, pearls, oval punches, dimensionals 

I am entering my card into the following challenges:

Fresh Brewed - Spring theme
The Pink Elephant - Butterflies
Creative Card Crew - Spring
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges - Easter
Stampin' for the Weekend - Anything Goes
Sweet Stampin' - Anything Goes
PaperPlay Challenges - Spring Colors


Thanks for stopping in today! Be sure to hop on over to the 4 Crafty Chicks challenge site for all the details on this week's challenge...I can't wait to see what gorgeous creations come of this photo! Happy stamping.....

Down on the Farm at Totally Stampalicious!

Welcome back to another Totally Stampalicious Monday!

This week, for our challenge to you - we want to see some CRITTERS! So make us a project with at least ONE critter on it :) For my card this week, I used an older My Favorite Things sketch and the newly released set called Moo-velous Bobble Farm.....

Stamps: Moo-velous Bobble Farm - Totally Stampalicious; Paper: Whisper White, Early Espresso, Real Red, Lucky Limeade, Country Drive DSP (Echo Park); Ink: Versafine Black Onyx, Early Espresso; Accessories: Spellbinders, star punches, label punch, dimensionals, Copic Markers

I am entering my card into the following challenges:

 

Phindy's Place - Animal Planet

Ladybug Crafts Ink - Anything Goes

MilkCoffee Challenge - Anything Goes

Fresh Brewed - Dots (on trees)

Cute Card Thursday - Anything Goes

Sweet Stampin - Anything Goes

Stampin' for the Weekend - Anything Goes

Make it Monday - Anything Goes

PaperPlay Challenges - Spring Colors

Dutch Dare - Cute and Cuddly

Please be sure to head on over to the Totally Stampalicious Challenge Blog HERE to see the rest of the creations that the super-talented Design Team created for your viewing pleasure! Happy crafting!!

Sunday Inspiration with SP & Co. Stamps!

Happy Sunday everyone! Central Alberta got hit once again by Old Man Winter on Thursday and so we're dealing with the after math of that snowfall - I am really looking forward to spring/summer months! We have been pretty fortunate this year as far as snowfall and cold temps, but I am still looking forward to flip flops and sun tans! :) 

Today I am showing y'all some more wonderful Sunday Inspiration at SP & Co. Stamps! I decided to give another CAS card a whirl and I really think it turned out great - pretty colors from Colour Q and a wonderful sketch from Clean & Simple Stamping made it super easy and fun! Check it out:

Here's my CAS card using both challenges and a sentiment from All Zipped Up:

Stamps: All Zipped Up (SP & Co.); Paper: Whisper White, Wisteria Wonder, Pool Party (I didn't have Cool Carribean), Rich Razzleberry, Tempting Turquoise; Ink: Rich Razzleberry; Accessories: Word Window Punch, Modern Label Punch, 3-Trio flower punch, pearls, dimensionals

I am also entering my card into the following challenges:

MilkCoffee Challenge - Anything Goes

Fresh Brewed - Dots

Little Red Wagon - Clean and Simple

Cute Card Thursday - Anything Goes

The Stamping Boutique - Clean and Simple

Stampin' for the Weekend - Anything Goes

Sweet Stampin' - Anything Goes

Thank you so much for stopping in today - be sure to check out the rest of the wonderful inspiration over at the SP & Co. Stamps blog HERE. Enjoy your day!!

March Release and Blog Hop at Totally Stampalicious!

Hello everyone! Welcome to the 8th stop of the March New Release and Blog Hop from Totally Stampalicious!!

We are super excited to share another round of stamps from our witty, hilarious and just plain ol' adorable Bugaboo Line by artist Jodie Mackrell of Bugaboo Digi Stamps!

We have FOUR BRAND NEW SETS for you tonight and they are all available NOW at Totally Stampalicious!! As always we want you to play along in our Release Blog Hop so we're going to give away some PRIZES!!!

1st Prize - All FOUR new Stamp Sets
2nd Prize - $15 Gift Certificate
3rd Prize - $5 Gift Certificate

All you gotta do is comment your way through the hop and YOU could be a lucky winner!!!

 For my first card, I am using the UBER cute set called Moo-velous....

 

 Isn't this moo-cow just the CUTEST??!?? I love it! 

For my 2nd card, I am showcasing our ever-funny Umbrella Margaret:

 I just love Margaret and she comes with 5 awesome sayings for your crafting needs!! 


Don't forget that Totally Stampalicious also has an awesome promotion going on right now!

Stampalicious Dessert Menu

Level 1 - Vanilla Ice Cream - Buy 5 Get 1 Free
Add 5 items to your shopping cart and then enter the code VANILLA

Level 2 - Strawberry Shortcake - Buy 8 Get 2 Free
Add 8 items to your shopping cart and then enter the code STRAWBERRY

Level 3 - Triple Layer Chocolate Cake - Buy 11 Get 3 Free
Add 11 items to your cart and then enter the code CHOCOLATE

Now, please hop on over to Jessie's BLOG for some more crafty goodness!! And here is the entire Blog Hop Line Up in case there are any glitches along the way!

Totally Stampalicious
Angel
Stacy
Joanne
Jessica
Kendra
Dawn
Lori
Jessie
Laurie
Lynda
Becky
Joycelyn
Sue 

4 CCC#82 - Musical Inspiration

Happy Thursday! I get the honor this week to be "hostess-with-the-mostess" over at 4 Crafty Chicks and I am issuing a "MUSICALLY INSPIRED" challenge for y'all this week! Maybe you have a favorite song, favorite place you heard a good song, music paper, musical stamps - etc. Let's see 'em!!! 

Here are the products I used for my card:

Stamps: Plain Jane (Verve) and Musical Background (SP & Co.)
Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black, Melon Mambo, Be Mine (Echo Park)
Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Spellbinders, scallop border punch (SU!), button, baker's twine, dimensionals, pearls

I know that Kasey, Leanne, Melissa and Tamie all have GORGEOUS inspiration for you to drool over - so click HERE to check it out! Be sure to link up your musically-inspired creation for us to leave you some lovin' this week! Happy crafting!

 

Watching Rainbows and Catching Bugs at Totally Stampalicious!

Welcome to another Totally Stampalicious Monday! 

This week the girls have issued a color challenge - PURPLE, TURQUOISE, and GREEN! I found this awesome sketch from The Deconstructed Sketch Challenge Blog a while back and decided to ink up "Deacon Bugs" for my image:

Isn't he just the CUTEST?!?! I really like how this card turned out - it was quick and easily put together, thanks for the awesome sketch, Jen!

I am entering my card into the following challenges:

Pile it On - "Up in the Air" - butterflies/bees
Flutterby Wednesday's: For a Child incl. butterfly, fairy or something with wings
Frosted Designs - Things with Wings
CropStop - Butterflies
TotallyPaperCrafts - Male Card
MilkCoffee Challenge: Anything Goes
Simply Create Too - Spring
Phindy's Place - Spring has Sprung!
Ladybug Crafts Ink - Anything Goes

Please be sure to head on over to the Totally Stampalicious Challenge Blog HERE to check out what other lovely creations the super talented Design Team has created for you! Happy crafting!!!

SP & Co. Sunday Inpsiration!

Welcome back to my blog! Today I am showcasing another wonderful SP & Co. stamp set using watercolors....

For my card, I used my watercolor paper from Stampin' Up! and inked up the flower and vase from the "For Every Woman" stamp set with Staz On ink. I used my watercolor pen and some reinkers to "color" my image in... 

Stamps: For Every Woman & Happy Mother's Day (single) (Sp & Co.); Paper: Watercolor paper, Early Espresso, Melon Mambo, Sweet Threads DP (Basic Grey); Ink: Staz On Black, Early Espresso; Accessories: Finial Press EF, watercolor pen, (re-inkers - Regal Rose, Melon Mambo, Early Espresso, Pool Party, Old Olive), Early Espresso ribbon, scallop border punch, pearls, sponge dauber


I am entering my card into the following challenges:

Top Tip Tuesday - Mother's Day (my tip is: when watercoloring, let each layer dry a bit before you start coloring more - the paper needs to "absorb" the colors slowly)
Papertake Weekly - Mother's Day

Thanks for stopping by today - please take some time to hop on over to SP & Co. Stamps Blog and check out what other awesome stamping inspiration other Design Team members have in store for you today!

Chicks RULE at 4 Crafty Chicks!!

Welcome back to 4 Crafty Chicks Thursday!! This week, it's all about THE CHICKS...Tamie, our "hostess-with-the-mostess" wants to see some projects that are JUST FOR THE GIRLS.

For my card, I wanted to ink up a new-to-me stamp from Stamping Bella as it reminds me of a few of my closest PEEPS and I:

Stamps: Uptown Girls Clarissa & Camille share a cafe (Stamping Bella)
Paper: Whisper White, Early Espresso, Sweet Threads (Basic Grey)
Ink: Tuxedo Black Momento, Chocolate Chip
Accessories: orange bakers twine, Copic Markers, pearls, oval punches, dimensionals, sponge dauber

Thanks, Tamie, for a cool challenge!

Be sure to hop on over to the 4 Crafty Chicks Challenge Blog and check out what Kasey (GDT), Tamie, Leanne and Melissa all made for your viewing pleasure...then link up your CHICKS RULE creation for us to leave you some love! Happy crafting!

SP & Co. Sunday Inspiration

Welcome back to my blog! If you are looking for my Totally Stampalicious Monday post, please scroll down :)

We have decided over at SP & Co. to discontinue the weekly  "Stamping With Sami" Challenges and we are now offering you MORE stamping inspiration every Sunday.....

This week, we are showcasing SP & Co. stamps using a messy and fun technique:

Shaving Cream Technique

For my card this week, I wanted to make a "camo" effect using the Shaving Cream Technique and i *think* it turned out very well!! I followed the tutorial from Splitcoaststampers - click HERE to view. For my colors, I chose Crumb Cake, Melon Mambo and Pretty in Pink reinkers. The stamp set is Sewing Chic - and it worked PERFECTLY for this card :) 

Stamps: Sewing Chic (Sp & Co.); Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black, Melon Mambo; Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black; Accessories: Crumb Cake, Melon Mambo and Pretty in Pink reinkers; oval punches, black organza ribbon, pearls, dimensionals


Thanks for stopping by today - please take some time to hop on over to SP & Co. Stamps Blog and see what the other creative Design Team put together using this fun technique!

Flowers, Flowers, Flowers at Totally Stampalicious!

Happy "Totally Stampalicious Monday!" 

This week over at Totally Stampalicious Monday, we want to see some FLOWERS on your projects - at LEAST one flower! There are soooo many different types of flowers out there and many ways to make your own. We wanna see 'em!!

I have used the fun image, "SCARLETTE... I'M SO EXCITED," to make my card this week:

Stamps: Scarlette...I'm So Excited - Totally Stampalicious
Ink: Tuxedo Black, Momento, Chocolate Chip
Paper: Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Tempting Turquoise
Accessories: Spellbinders, Copic Markers, flowers, polka dot embossing folder, butterflies, pearls, dimensionals 

Please be sure to click HERE to see the rest of the Design Team's wonderful creations this week - and be sure to link up YOUR creation! Happy crafting!

SP & Co. March Release and GREEN Blog Hop!

Welcome to the 1st stop of the SP & Co's March Release and Blog Hop! This month's color is GREEN in honor of St. Patrick's Day! After you're done hopping around today, make sure you play along with this month's Green challenge (click here for details) for a chance to win some awesome SP and Company prizes!

Join us for our Release Celebration that is happening today and tomorrow on the SP Forum HERE.  You can talk to all of the designers, discuss projects and chit chat with other stampers!

Don't forget that the random prize patrol is watching so leave a comment on every blog to be eligible for the prizes!! The more blogs you comment on, the better your chances are of winning something fun!

I made my card using a wonderful set that will be perfect for masculine cards and projects .... Mustache Madness! It comes complete with 11 sentiments for many different occasions!


Now, off you go to the uber talented Chrissie's BLOG to see what yummy "GREEN" goodness she has in store for you! 


Make sure you check out the SP Blog to see what Samantha did with the new stamps! We also have the Stamp Team and the Challenge Team teaming up today to show you lots of amazing projects with the newest stamp sets!

Here is the list of designers that will inspire you today:

Lori
Chrissie
Susan
Tella
Kelli
Jen
Michelle
Patchi
Stephanie
Patty
Amber
Britt
Bonnie
Tamie

4 Crafty Chicks #80 - Sketch Challenge

Welcome back to 4 Crafty Chicks Thursday!

This week, Melissa has a wonderful sketch for us all to play along with:

I also found this color combo from The Color Throwdown and incorporated my new papers from Echo Park:

And here is the card I created using this week's sketch:

Stamps: Birthday Phrases (Verve)
Paper: Chocolate Chip, Real Red, Whisper White, Lucky Limeade, Splash DP (Echo Park)
Ink: Chocolate Chip
Accessories: Stacking Stars Die-Namics (MFT), Modern Label Punch, Word Window Punch, Dimensionals, pearls, scallop edge punch

I am entering my card into the following challenges:

Pile it On - Seeing Spots or Stripes!
Divas by Design - Favorite Things (I used my favorite scallop border punch from SU!)
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
Crafty Creations - Stripes
Polka Doodles - Polka Dots, Stripes or both
Lollipop Crafts - Clean and Simple

Thanks for the awesome CAS sketch, Melissa! I really enjoyed this one - I usually have difficulty making this type of card, but this one came together in less than 15 minutes! Love that!

Be sure to check out the rest of the DT's work over at the 4 Crafty Chicks Challenge Blog and link up your creation so that we can leave you some lovin' too! Happy crafting!

Spring Has Sprung at Totally Stampalicious!

Happy Totally Stampalicious Monday!

Are you ready for another awesome challenge from the gals over at TS? This week, the theme is SPRING! I knew *exactly* which stamp set I was diggin' out for this challenge:

 Doesn't AVA FLOWERS just *scream* spring?!?! I think so....here she is in color:

Stamps: Ava Flowers (TS)
Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black
Paper: Melon Mambo, Whisper White, Country Drive DP (Echo Park)
Accessories: Copic Markers, Spellbinders, gems, bakers twine, dimensionals

I am entering my card into the following challenges:

Delightful Challenges - Spring Colors
DYSU Challenge Blog - Things With Wings
Ladybug Crafts - Pink and Girly
Flutter by Wednesday - Anything Goes
Ribbon Carousel - Anything Goes
Clearly iStamp - Anything Goes
Cute Card Thursday - Signs of Spring
Catch The Bug - Anything Goes
Cupcake Craftroom - Spring Bouquet

Please hop on over to the Totally Stampalicious Challenge Blog to see all the gorgeous SPRING creations made by the rest of the Design Team. I hope you get some time to sit and get crafty with us this week - I don't know about you, but I'm sure looking forward to spring so I would LOVE to see some creations to help it come sooner *wink!* Happy crafting!

Stampin' With Sami #10 - St. Patrick's Day/Lucky

Welcome back to another Stamping With Sami challenge from SP & Co. Stamps! 

This week's challenge is St. Patrick's Day or Lucky 

OFFICIAL STAMPING WITH SAMI CHALLENGE RULES: 

Our Stamping With Sami (SWS) challenges are designed to inspire beginner and advanced stampers. We focus on SP and Company Stamps and supplies found in the SP Store because we know our products are fantastic and I am sure you would agree! 

We want our challenges to be super fun for everyone, keeping the following rules in mind: 

 1. Entries must clearly identify SWS Challenge in their blog post or gallery entry so that we KNOW you are playing along with the SWS Challenge. Link back to us, list us as part of your description, etc. Make it clear that you are participating in our challenge or else your entry will be deleted from the linky widget. We don't want our challenge to be the last thing you list in tiny print, we want to be the inspiration for your creation. 

2. Entries to our challenges must use at least ONE SP and Co. Stamp. 

3. Your creation must be newly created, specifically for our challenge. 

4. We love other challenges, just like the rest of you, but there comes a time when the challenge madness gets out of hand. So to curb excessive challenge pile-ups: Entries that enter more than 2 other challenges will be removed. 

 5. Of course, entries must follow the guidelines given for the actual challenge also. 

I had a bit of difficulty with this challenge this week as I didn't have ANY stamps from SP & Co. that were related to the holiday....I went through a lot of different sets and I figured that the Irish always give BLESSINGS so, I added the "Blessings" sentiment from Mix 'N Match Sentiments - Occassions stamp set and I made a shamrock out of a heart punch - hope you enjoy it! :) 

Stamps: Mix 'n Match Sentiments - Occasions (Sp & Co.); Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black, Dots 'n Stripes (Echo Park); Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black; Accessories: black satin ribbon, button, baker's twine, pearls, oval punch, Spellbinders, heart punch


I am entering my card into the following challenge:

Pixie Dust Studio Challenges : Buttons
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes
Ribbon Carousel - Anything Goes
Party Time Tuesdays - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by today - please take some time to hop on over to SP & Co. Stamps Blog and participate in our challenge for your chance at a prize from Sami! Good luck and happy crafting!

4 CCC#79 - Anything BUT a Card!

Happy Thursday PEEPS! Are you ready for another amazing challenge from 4 Crafty Chicks? Leanne is our "hostess-with-the-mostess" this week and she has challenged us all to ANYTHING BUT A CARD! I knew right away what I wanted to do for this challenge - I have a "stash drawer" that holds different scrapbooking projects that need completed (nobody else does this, right?!?) and so I decided to take out my FRIENDS album and get 'er done.....here ya go:

Leanne was here visiting for the weekend, and it was so nice to brew some coffee, light some candles and get inky in my craft room with her! It's been a while since I've done any sort of scrapbooking - I sure  miss it! Time to make a point of doing it more often...this kit was a Bo Bunny Friends Album.

Please be sure to check out what Leanne, Melissa, Tamie and Kasey all have created for you over at the 4 Crafty Chicks Challenge Blog. We would sure love it if you would link up your ANYTHING BUT A CARD project so that we can leave you some love too! Happy crafting!