CAS at Totally Stampalicious!

Happy Totally Stampalicious Monday PEEPS!

Today brings a challenge that I do not find very easy, but that's why it's called a CHALLENGE, right?!? Today we want to see Clean and Simple projects at the Totally Stampalicious Challenge Blog. You up for it?

For my card, I decided to use a sketch from Clean and Simple Stamping, an awesome source of CAS sketches to use as your starting point:

I wanted to dig through my stash of wonderful TS sets and find one that I haven't used in quite some time. I came across the wonderful Scarlette I'm So Excited image and I knew she was the right choice! You can find Scarlette HERE. I wanted to do some paper piecing with these wonderful papers - let me know what you think of her outfit! :) Love the stylin' bag to go with her shirt?!? *wink*

Stamps: Scarlette I'm So Excited
Paper: Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Dutch Mustard Soup (Jillibean)
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Black Momento
Accessories: Copic markers, edge punch, pearls, pop-up's, scissors, glue

Thanks for stopping in today and be sure to enter your CAS creation at the Challenge Blog HERE! Cheers!

Stampin' With Sami #5 - Rock 'n Roll Technique!

Welcome back my crafty PEEPS!! I hope you are enjoying your Sunday - I know I am! Sure is nice to relax and get back into my craft room today...which brings me to the reason you are - Stamping With Sami Challenge #5: Rock 'n Roll Technique!  

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 find that doing the Rock 'n Roll Technique is a lot easier when you use a solid stamp, so I "knew" right away which stamp set to dig out and get inky - Flourishee! I also incorporated 2 other stamp sets on my card: Musical Background and Just a Note...take a look:

Stamps: Flourishee, Just a Note and Musical Background (Sp & Co.); Paper: Whisper White, Chocolate Chip, Baja Breeze; Ink: Chocolate Chip and Baja Breeze; Accessories: Spellbinders, border punch, word window punch, modern label punch, pearls, baja seam binding, dimensionals

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!

Pokin' a Little Fun at 4 Crafty Chicks!

Good morning!! Welcome back....are you ready for another challenge from 4 Crafty Chicks? I am the "hostess-with-the-mostess" this week and I'm issuing a FABBY challenge for y'all to try :) This week, I want to see PINS on your projects (can be push pins, safety pins, stick pins...etc.) 

This is my card using a gorgeous stick pin made by my wonderful, talented friend, Leanne! She gave me a bag of 4 pins in my Christmas goodie bag! Thanks again girlie! xoxoox

Stamps: CC Designs, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Paper: Bravo Burgundy, Whisper White, Blush DP (MME)
Ink: Tuxedo Black Memento
Accessories: Copic markers, word window punch, modern label punch, Spellbinders, button, ribbon, bakers twine, dimensionals, pearls, push pin


Be sure to hop on over to the challenge blog HERE to link up your card, scrapbook page, 3D altered item, etc..I cannot wait to see the wonderful creations using PINS! For more awesome inspiration, check out the other 3 Chicks cards - links are on my right hand side bar! CHEERS!!!

One For The Boys - Mr. Fix It!!

Hello everyone! I'm not sure about you Alberta folks, but I am sure glad to be out of that WICKED, WICKED deep freeze we were in this past week! Wowza! Old Man Winter came out with a vengeance hey?! The wind chills were -50C and the highs during the day were -35C or so! Brrrrr!!! I sure took full advantage of the "no school" days and hunkered down with my kids, got busy in my craft room and tried to stay warm!!

This week the challenge over at Totally Stampalicious is "MASCULINE" so I decided to get Gus a wee bit inky :) The set I used is called Mr. Fixit and you can find him HERE...

Stamps: Mr. Fixit (Totally Stampalicious
Paper: Basic Black, Whisper White, Old Olive, Times & Seasons DP (Echo Park)
Ink: Tuxedo Black Memento
Accessories: Copic markers, silver brads, Spellbinders, oval punches, baker's twine, dimensionals

Please be sure to hop on over to the Totally Stampalicious challenge blog to see all the "manly" creations whipped up by our uber talented Design Team...happy stamping!!

SWS #4: Coloring Challenge

Welcome back my crafty PEEPS!! I hope you are enjoying your Sunday - I know I am! Kimberly had another swim meet yesterday in Edmonton and once again, she did phenomenally! Sure is nice to relax and get back into my craft room today...which brings me to the reason you are - Stamping With Sami Challenge #4: Coloring Challenge.  

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 Company 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. 

For my card, I decided to ink up the vase/flower stamp from the For Every Woman stamp set available at the SP & Co. Stamps store.  

Stamps: For Every Woman (SP & Co); Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black, Ambrosia DP (Basic Grey); Ink: Black Momento; Accessories: Spellbinders, border punch, pearls, twine, dimensionals, copic markers

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 stamp from Sami! Good luck and happy crafting!

In The Summertime.....at 4 Crafty Chicks!

Welcome back everyone! Our hostess-with-the-mostess this week over at 4 Crafty Chicks is our wonderful Tamie! She has been down-and-out with this nasty cold/flu bug that has been going around - here's hoping you are back to your healthy, normal, perky self, Tamie!

Tamie has issued a "SUMMER IN JANUARY" challenge this week...I know that I am dreaming of summer with the deep freeze we are sitting in right now in central Alberta! BRRRRRR!!! What I like most about summertime is the bright, cheery flowers and the sunshine - and to my surprise, a card kit I've been "hoarding" has both of these elements on a card :) Here it is:

Materials: "Lemonade" Greeting Card Kit from Basic Grey; brown ink pad, sponge dauber, black marker

There are some bright, cheery cards in this kit - I am off to finish creating the rest of them - maybe summer will come early?!? Wishful thinking hey? Oh well, for now - how about you CLICK on over to the 4 Crafty Chicks Blog for more "summery" inspiration for ya....CHEERS!!

Sharin' the Love at Totally Stampalicious....

Happy Monday! The challenge this week over at Totally Stampalicious will help us get a head start on our Valentine's Day cards :) Yep, you guessed it - the challenge is "Valentine's Day/Love." 

For my card, I used the cutie patootie and newly released, Monkey Love.  

Stamps: Monkey Love; Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black, Yours Truly (EP); Ink: Momento Black; Accessories: border punch, heart brads, baker's twine, copic markers

Thanks for stopping in today and be sure to check out the Totally Stampalicious Blog for more love-inspired creations! Cheers!!

Stamping With Sami Challenge #3 - Blue and White

Happy Sunday! Welcome to the 3rd "Stamping with Sami" Challenge from SP & Co. Stamps! This week's challenge is a color challenge: "BLUE & WHITE."

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 Company 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. 

 Here's the card I created for this week's SWS Challenge:

Stamps: Bold Sentiments I; Paper: Whisper White, Night of Navy; Ink: Night of Navy; Accessories: embossing folder, nestabilities, butterflies die, dimensionals, pearls


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 stamp from Sami! Good luck and happy crafting!

Recipe Challenge at 4 Crafty Chicks!

Welcome back everyone! Thanks to everyone who participated in our Blog Hop last week! To check and see who the winners were from our Hop, please go to the 4 Crafty Chicks Challenge Blog - they are all listed there!! 

This week's challenge is brought to you by our Hostess-With-The-Mostess, Melissa. She has given us a 3-2-1 Recipe Challenge. So that is: 3 layers, 2 buttons and 1 ribbon. Easy peesy, right?! Right! For my card, I started with a sketch from Stampin' Royalty and a color combo from Phindy's Friday Challenge Blog:

Now, for my card, I didn't follow the sketch EXACTLY, but it was my starting point. I also do not have Teal paper, so I substituted for Tempting Turquoise.....I kept it very CAS!!

Stamps: Teeny Tiny Wishes; Paper: Whisper White, Chocolate Chip, Tempting Turquoise DP; Ink: Chocolate Chip; Accessories: celery ribbon, celery buttons, bakers twine, word window punch, chocolate pearls, glue dots

Thanks for stopping in today - please be sure to hop on over to the other 3 Chicks' blogs for more inspirational recipe goodness! Links are on my right-hand sidebar! Cheers!

SP & Co. January Release and Blog Hop!

Happy Tuesday crafty PEEPS!! Welcome to the 2nd stop of the SP & Co. January Release and Blog Hop! You should have arrived here from Chrissie's blog - if not, please click HERE and start at the beginning...

This month's blog hop color is WHITE (or Cream)! After you're done hopping around today, make sure you play along with this month's White challenge (click here for details) for a chance to win some awesome SP and Company prizes!

For my card, I am showcasing the oh-so-purdy new background stamp called Little Floral Background that will be released today over at the SP & Co. Stamps Blog....

Stamps: Little Floral Background, Bold Sentiments I (both SP & Co.); Paper: Whisper White, Note Quite Navy; Ink: Not Quite Navy; Accessories: olive pearls, Martha Stewart Border punch.

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!!

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:

Chrissie
Lori (you are here)
Britt
Jen
Kelli
Patchi
Patty
Stephanie
Susan
Tella

Thanks for stopping in today and happy crafting!!! :)

Get Your Laugh on With Totally Stampalicious!

Happy Monday folks! Welcome back to the first challenge of 2012 for Totally Stampalicious! I hope you all are ready to laugh - because that is what we have in store for you this week...."MAKE SOMEONE LAUGH" is the challenge. You up for it? There are so many sets that Totally Stampalicious has put out that seriously do, make me laugh :) This one is no exception:

My card is made with the newly released "Gus Fishing" and he comes complete with 4 sentiments! You can purchase Gus HERE.

Thanks for stopping in this morning - be sure to check out all the rest of the HILARIOUS creations the Design Team has concocted for your crafting pleasure - click HERE! Cheers!

SWS #2 - Masking

Happy Sunday! Welcome to the 2nd "Stamping with Sami" Challenge from Sp & Co. Stamps! This week's challenge is "MASKING."

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 Company 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. 

 Here's the card I created for this week's SWS Challenge:

Stamps: Artsy Heartsy; Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black, Real Red, Yours Truly (Echo Park - sold at the Sp & Co. store); Ink: Basic Black, Real Red, Basic Grey, Blushing Bride; Accessories: black ribbon, oval punches, scallop oval punch, dimensionals, scissors, temporary adhesive tape (for masking technique), black pearls

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 stamp from Sami! Good luck and happy crafting!

First Release of 2012 Blog Hop at Totally Stampalicious!

Happy New Year from Totally Stampalicious!!! 

Welcome to the 8th stop of our FIRST RELEASE of 2012 BLOG HOP! You should have arrived here from Dawn's blog :) We have FIVE BRAND NEW STAMP SETS from our fabulous Bugaboo line by artist Jodie Mackrell and they are available now at Totally Stampalicious!

 As always, we'll be giving away PRIZES as well to three lucky hoppers!!!

 1st Prize - All 5 New Sets
 2nd Prize - $15 Gift Certficate
 3rd Prize - $5 Gift Certificate

All you have to do is hop along with us and leave your comments along the way and maybe YOU could be a WINNER!!!! We also have an incredible promotion going on...so even if you don't get a prize you can still be a WINNER!! It's the Stampalicious Dessert Menu:

Level 1 - Vanilla Ice Cream - Buy 5 Get 1 Free
Level 2 - Strawberry Shortcake - Buy 8 Get 2 Free
Level 3 - Triple Layer Chocolate Cake - Buy 11 Get 3 Free

Here are the cards I made for our hop:

This card is made with the new set, "Another Drink" and she comes complete with 3 hilarious sentiments!!

This card showcases the new "JJ Desperate Housewife" stamp set....complete with 4 funny sentiments :)

This cutie-patootie is one part of the 2-part set "Occupation Bears" - they are adorable!!

Thanks for stopping in today and now it's time to hop on over to the incredibly talented Julie's blog to see what AWESOME-NESS she has for us!! Here is the entire line-up in case there are any glitches along the way!!

Totally Stampalicious

Joanne

Stacy

Angel

Jessica

Kendra

Dawn

Lori

Julie

Jessie

Laurie

Lynda

Becky

Joycelyn

Vicki

Blog Hoppin' at 4 Crafty Chicks - Guest Designer Opportunity!!!

Happy New Year everyone!  We are so excited to be starting 2012 with another Blog Hop and search for our Guest Designers for February, March and April.  We absolutely loved having Victoria, Christy and Dee join us this fall and cannot WAIT to see who will join us next!

You should have arrived here from Tamie's blog - if not, please click HERE to start at the beginning of the hop!
This week’s challenge is a fun sketch created by our own Leanne (the first is a scrapbook layout or you can choose to use the 2nd which is a card sketch - or both!!!):

This is my card using Leanne's card sketch this week:

Here’s the low-down on the Blog Hop:

• Each Chick has graciously donated a prize to be given to one lucky Blog Hopper who leaves a comment on the Chick’s blog. The winners will be chosen by each Chick using Random.org.

• To be eligible to win Blog Hop prizes, participants must: (a) become a follower of the 4 Crafty Chicks blog; (b) leave a comment on each of the Chicks’ blogs; AND (c) leave a comment on the 4CC blog.

Here is my prize that I am offering one lucky blog-hopper:

Would you like to join the 4 Crafty Chicks as a Guest Designer? If you participate in this week’s Sketch Challenge and would like to be considered for February, March or April's Guest Designer positions, please put (GDT) after your name when submitting to inlinkz – please remember that you will be committing to a month of challenges (which you will receive immediately after being chosen as Guest Designer.)

Now, off you go to the last stop of the hop - back to the 4 Crafty Chicks' Blog and enter your project for this week! Don't forget to comment there also! Happy crafting and good luck!!

Stamping With Sami #1 - Stamp Something!

Happy New Year everyone!

With this new year comes a new "blog lift and revamp" for SP & Company Stamps! Every Sunday, we will be having a new challenge called ‘Stamping with Sami’. I’m pretty excited about it and I hope you will be too! We will showcase a winner when we post our next challenge, and that crafter is going to win some SP Goodness!! 

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 Company 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 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.

This week the challenge is simple and straightforward: Stamp Something!


Here's the card I created for this week's SWS Challenge:

Stamps: I Love Love, Artsy Heartsy; Paper: Whisper White, Baker's Twine, Ribbon, button, dimensionals

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 stamp from Sami! Good luck and happy crafting!