KLSNS36 - Jodi's Sketch Challenge

Hey there, readers!  It's Saturday already again . . .
boy where does the week go?!  I have been so busy it's crazy, so I guess that is why it flew by so fast.  I am glad it's closer to my Sunday off though :) and we are expecting 3 new crias on my parents' farm this weekend, so I am hoping and praying I will get to see a healthy, bouncing cria birth (fingers crossed they are girls).

Well, since it is Saturday, do you know what that means at KL Stampin N Scrappin's DT blog?  Yep, another GREAT challenge!!  :)  Fun, fun with Jodi this week as she challenges us all to take a look at her sketch and give it a try.  Stop by the DT blog to see it.

Here is my card for the sketch . . .

This is a new stamp that is now carried in the KL Stampin N Scrappin store from C. C. Designs SweetNovember Mermaid series called Pearl Tidepool and Seamoor.  It was colored with Copics, accented with white gel pen and sparkled a bit with Stickles. The cardstock is Stampin Up's razzleberry, cameo coral, baja breeze and a touch of yellow/apricot if you will for accents (I had seen this color combo a while back at SCS but had not been able to participate w/o having the cs on hand).  Well, now that I have it, I just had to try it out. I couldn't seem to work in all the colors into this sketch by layer, but I did add them with the yellow flowers and baubles as accents.  The colors aren't usually ones I would reach for, but I truly love these colors together, so I will probably give this color combo a try again soon!!  Now, if only my panels were all the same size. Guess I had them off a little bit when I cut them. : ( Geez.

Well, for more lovely creations, stop on by the KL SNS DT blog for a look!  You will be glad you did.  Participate in our challenge there for some fun and maybe a surprise gift from Kelly *wink*  If you upload your photo at one of the on-line web sites, please use the keyword/tag KLSNS36 so we can find you.

Edited:  I sat here working (cough, cough) and realized that my card really could use something under that circle and off to the side a bit . . . so I was thinking . . . that  new sentiment stamp that I got in the mail this week should be perfect for this image!! :)  Whatcha think?  (ohh, and the lovely flowers are from my parents -- just because -- isn't that sweet?!)  xoxo Mom and Dad

Inky Hugs and Happy Stampin!

Another Saturday . . . another challenge at KL Stampin N Scrappin!  :)

Debbie M has challenged us all to "Get Shabby!!'
And we just cannot wait to see what you all come up with!
I really liked this challenge but wasn't sure I was getting shabby enough.  I wanted to
pile on the goodies like Debbie did after seeing her sweet shabby card.  LOL

But, I kept mine a little bit CAS I guess with a pretty big image on a regular A2 sized card.
Thinking now I should gone bigger, but it has been a busy week with a couple more
Father's Day cards and a birthday card to finish out the day, so . . .
well, this was about a 30 minute card as it was.  :)

The Deets/Blah-Blah:  The papers are really close to the colors

in BasicGrey's Lemonade, but they have butterflies on it

and some vibrant pink, so I thought the sweet Sarah Kay image

would look good in pink and yellow layerd on a piece of the gray from

Stampin Up.  I inked the edges with white to shabby them up a litttle and the paper is roughed

up a bit, but it isn't all that noticeable in the photo.  The image itself was colored with prisma colors and gamsol except for the flowers, skin and shirt, which were colored with Copics.

Most of the items were from my Secret Sister card kit (thank you SS if you are reading)!! :)

And the adorable image is from Sarah Kay

(not available in the store, but there are others like her there).

   Isn't she sweet?!  I may have to find this one.  :)

And . . those lovely crocheted flowers are so very soft and delicate!  These ones aren't from my store,

but I do sell some that are similar.  These are so pretty with the added pearl and pretty pink coloring.

Okay, enough blah-blah . . . get to it, ladies.   Let's see your Shabby Chic creations

and link them up at KL Stampin N Scrappin DT blog to win!  You can comment here too and let me

know that you are playing along.  I would love to see what you create!!

Have a GREAT weekend and Happy Father's Day with the

fellas in your lives!!

Hugs,

My Stampin N Scrappin Week

Today is my turn for a tutorial at KL Stampin N Scrappin's DT blog,

so I decided to show you all the steps to

create a Spring Fold Card.

Check out the DT blog for all the steps

and details to create one,

and then share your link with me here or there

so I can take a peek at your card, too!! :)

I used the new Liberty stamp from C.C. Designs found now at KL Stampin N Scrappin.

The DP is from Stampin Up, but the red piece is from BasicGrey's

Nook and Pantry paper pack.

Inky Hugs and Happy Stampin'!!

Shape Challenge by Candace (KL SNS33)

There's a new challenge posted at KL Stampin N Scrappin in which Candace has challenged us to use any shape besides a square or rectangle.  I was late getting my card finished in time for last Saturday, but I finished it last evening, so here I am with my apple-y creation.  It isn't a card per se, as I want to use it with a scrapbooking projected for some school photos I have been saving a while.  I see apples, I think of teachers and school and all the fun things that go with it like good times with friends.  :) and of course the whole time I was making this card the song "School's Out for Summer" was running through my head.  lol

Anyway, on to the card/scrapbooking start . . .

I actually remembered I had some of these dye cut apples already in my stash that I think are really cool for school projects or scrapbooking school photos.  I plan on using this one with my old graduation photos from business school.  :)  I used Contented Mudpie again and some 3D graduation stickers from Jolee for a rather quick card. The DP is from Basic Grey Nook and Pantry, which I totally love and cannot get enough of!! : ) I hope you have some time to get creative this week and give your shape challenge a try!

Stop on by the KL SNS Design team blog for more inspiration and a chance to play along in our challenge!! :)  If you post at SCS or PCP, please use the keyword KLSNS33 so we can find your photo there.

Inky Hugs and Happy Stampin!!

Challenge #32 at KL SNS hosted by ME!!

Woohoo, hey there, readers!!

This week has gone by so fast.  I have been busy with work and once in a while get to check out my garden and see if anything is growing out there.  : ) Well, that got me thinking about a "May Flowers challenge" for us to try out this week at KL Stampin N Scrappin.  So part of the challenge is flowers and the other part a sketch I made.  Note:  You can flip the sketch on its side too (I guess I should have made my card first then came up with the sketch because I ended up turning it myself).  lol

As usual,  you don't have to use items from the KL Stampin N Scrappin store, but if you have them, we would love to see what you create with them.  Also, you can combine our challenge with other challenges out there, and the Top Three Blinkies are up for grabs as well as . . . "some surprise items"

from the KL Stampin N Scrappin store!!  (shhhh . . . surprise means I forgot to take a photo) but they will include some Copic markers, High Hopes and C.C. Designs stamps and some embellishment type goodies (all from the store), so I hope you can play along!!!

Challenge:  Use flowers somehow on your card, and follow the sketch below.

(the stars and dots can be any shape embellishment)

Deadline:  You have until next Friday night, June 4th, at midnight to play along. 

Please type your name and link to your card in Mister Linky at the KL SNS DT blog.

If you add your photo to an online gallery, please use the keyword KLSNS32

Here is my card for the challenge . . .

For Memorial Day and to kick off our Memorial Weekend Sale,

I used Honey Sailor (new to the store) from C. C. Designs

and some BasicGrey Junebug paper!

My card also qualifies for Sharon's Flyin High and Proud color challenge this week!!

So, if you want to use red, white and blue and you live

in the USA . . . join us for some more fun HERE!

So . . . grab something floral and try out my sketch!!  You must have an extra day off this weekend, right?!

So, sneak away to your craftroom for a little "me" time and join us for some fun!! :)

I pray everyone of you has a SAFE Memorial Day weekend with family and friends!

Inky Hugs and Happy Stampin!

Glitter Puzzle Tutorial for KL SNS

Hey there, Readers and friends!

I am here to share with you a tutorial

for the glitter puzzle technique that I originally found on SCS.

Mine is made a little bit different from theirs, so I hope it inspires you to give it a try.

First, you choose your shape.  In this case, I chose a large octagon nestabilities die.

Cut two pieces, one out of card stock and one from acetate.  I folded my acetate over a little to make a small tag to put under the glittery piece when I adhere it.

Then add sticky tape to the back of the die cut.  In my case, I used

my Xyron for that, but any sticky adhesive like 3M tape would work.

Then trim the pieces into whatever shapes you want for your different glitter pieces.

Choose at least 2 different colors of glitter and sprinkle on the pieces.

I used the deep red glass glitter  (btw, although made from glass its fine and not sharp at all)

from KL SNS and a white glitter I have had for quite a long time.

You may have to touch it up a little bit after you piece it back together.

I had a few spots from where I had touched it, so I used some monoadhesive

glue to add to it.  Then I layered it onto a scalloped octagon shape.

Then match up the acetate sheet so you knew where to stamp the

sentiment or image you want to place over top.

Then put the acetate piece off to the side and stamp it.

You can slip the tag part under the shape and adhere it down or

use brads to fasten it down over top of the glitter puzzle piece.

Then decorate the rest as you desire.  You can see others at SCS found here.

Note you can also use this to create a scenery behind an image, too.

Card Details:  Cupcake Kiki, Studio G sentiment and tiny cupcake, Octagon nesties, 3M tape double sticky tape, deep glass glitter , Nook and Pantry paper, white cs, barely banana cs, white gel pen, prismacolor pencils and Gamsol, acetate and organdy ribbon

Hope I inspired you to give it a try, come on . . . grab the glitter and give it a go!  : )

Note:  Cleaning up the extra glitter is a real breeze using an old (or new) dryer sheet.

Inky Hugs and Happy Stampin!

National Quilting Day -- KL SNS Challenge

Jodi came up with a terrific challenge for KL Stampin N Scrappin this week! She wants us to combine it with National Quilt Day, so what a better way to celebrate than to combine stitching and flowers with our challenge, too?!

I used the Puppy Love stamp, Sugared BG paper, white gel pen and Nestabilities all from KL Stampin N Scrappin store! I zig-zag stitched the DP to the other layers at the bottom with my Janome Mini and used faux stitching around the Labels One layer behind the image, paper pieced the bonnet and dress from the same Sugared floral piece, colored some with prismacolor pencils and gamsol, then added the ribbon, a half pearl, some liquid pearls and the ribbon rose accent to finish it off. The key in the puppies mouth is colored with a metallic yellow although not so noticeable in the photo :(

Hope you are able to join us this week at KL Stampin N Scrappin blog for Jodi's Fun National Quilting Day Challenge. Be sure to link your card to Mr. Linky there and use KLSNS in your tag if you use an online gallery so we can find your creation easier as well.
The Top 3 creations will be awarded a Top 3 blinky for your blog and recognition on the KL SNS DT blog as well. Hope you get a chance to play along this week!

Inky Hugs and Happy Stampin!

KL SNS Challenge 15

We are up to Challenge #15 at KL Stampin N Scrappin, and this time it is hosted by Jodi Stanisch!! She came up with a terrific sketch for us all to try.

Above is Jodi's terrific sketch!

And . . . here is the card I created for it. I used the yummy BasicGrey Sugar Rush papers and a scrap from the Two Scoops pack along with the sweet Cuddling image from Rachelle Anne Miller/Stampavie to create a Valentine for my hubby. Even though it has a little glitter and a flower, I don' t think he will mind. :) The image was colored with prismacolor pencils and blended with gamsol then accented a little with some liquid applique (heated to be puffy). Tools used were Stampin Up Oval punches and MS doily punch.

For a chance to win some wonderful goodies from the KL Stampin N Scrappin Store, you have to check out the post on our DT blog HERE though. Make your creation and add your link to Mr. Linky to win! We can't wait to see what you create!! :)

Happy Stampin N Scrappin!

Stampavie is showcasing their new Gillian Roberts, Sarah Kay and Penny Johnson stamps at CHA, and they are now up for preorder to retailers like myself. I will be ordering some of these very soon, and if you are interested, please check out the images at KL Stampin N Scrappin. Click on Stampavie preorders and then options under the different artist's sections to see the different stamps I will have available approximately mid March, and please order yours early if you want to be sure that you will receive them (priced 15% off for preorders, but this sale won't last long).

Please scroll down to see our fun Dragon Day Challenge! You won't want to miss out.

Happy Stampin N Scrappin,

RAKs and Challenges!

Here are a couple more Christmas cards/RAKS from friends. This first card is from my friend, Chris Salyers, and of course the glitter and CE aren't nearly as sparkly in the picture as in real life. Thanks, Chris! This is one cute card, and I LOVE teddy bears! :)

This sweet kitty cat card is from Jessica George, one of my best friends in the bloggin'/scrappin' world! :) She was also a DT member at KL Stampin N Scrappin last year, and I will truly miss working with her every week. You check out her lovely blog by clicking on the link on her name. She is also giving away some scrumptious blog candy. Check out the photo to the right for more on that too.

Now these were SO much fun to create, and ya know . . . I just can't stop using this sketch from the January challenge at KL StampinNScrappin DT blog. It is pretty versatile, if I do say so myself, and I really LOVE this MS doily punch too. Using buttons was the challenge over at Sparkle's blog for this week, and I just had to play along. I am working on my Christmas card stash for 2010 so I don't have to fret over them this December -- besides I still had this one out on my craft table to use. :)

Card details for the 2 photos above:

Santa stamp from TAC stamped in Memento tuxedo black ink and colored with Copics, MS doily punch, oval scalloped nesties, Eskimo kisses paper, sakura glitter pen (in his beard but not so easily visible in the photo), misc ribbon, MS snowflake punch, Rhonna Christmas buttons, white gel pen and liquid applique. The bashful blue CS piece was ran through the divine swirls cuttlebug folder.

Thanks for stopping by, and I hope you get a chance to be creative this week, too! Check out the fun challenges mentioned above for chances to win!! :)

Hugs and Happy Stampin'!!

KL SNS Challenge posted . . .

There's a sketch challenge going on over at KL Stampin N Scrappin's DT blog!! For all the prize info and details on how to win, click on the link above!! My card above was created using Shy Kiki and the new Sugar Rush paper from BasicGrey, but . . . there is a LOT of inspiration going on from our New Design Team for 2010 at the DT blog as well!

We would be SO pleased if you would join us for some fun!! The more that play, the more prizes are added to the package, too! Woohoo, doesn't get any better than that, does it?!

Hugs,

New Challenges for 2010 at KL Stampin N Scrappin blog

Just in case you missed the post today at KL Stampin N Scrappin . . .

I wanted to let you know we will be having new challenges for 2010 with our new design team. We are kicking off January with not just one challenge and prize package, but TWO!!

The new challenges at KL Stampin N Scrappin DT blog for 2010 will be taking place on Saturdays (with prizes normally the last Saturday of the month). But . . . this month is a special Kick Off though, so . . . we will have 2 prizes, so stay tuned on January 2nd to see what we have "drawn up."

A small sneak peek is shown above. Hope you are all able to join in and

play along for a chance to win the blog goodies shown on the right.

Happy Stampin N Scrappin!

Do You See What I See?!

I have been wanting to play along in the sketch challenge ever since Wednesday. I had my pieces all started and an idea in my head, but . . . not enough time to sit down and get it done UNTIL today. :) I was very inspired by Roxie's card and had to try out the technique using the cuttlebug folder. So I gave it a go. I used a Great Impressions snowman, my d'vine swirls cb folder, Archival pearlescent sky blue ink, coluzzle for some of the circles and circle punch for others, my new MS snowflake punch that I just HAD to buy after seeing all the terrific creations my DT is coming up with for our November challenge at KL SNS blog, and rhinestones, glitter and different shades of blue CS to create my card. Let me know what you think?! :)

Hugs,

Are your Christmas cards done yet?!

Well, mine aren't either . . . but, with cute little images like this . . . who can NOT create just a few more even if your cards are complete?! This sweet pup is just one of the stamps from the Christmastime set by C.C. Designs being sold at KL SNS. He makes me chuckle when I see him all tangled up in the lights -- this happens almost every year at the Little household. I swear it would be a LOT less stressful if we had "disposable" Christmas lights -- ya know use them one year and then recycle them, and then turn around and buy new disposable ones next year. LOL

I colored this little guy with my prismacolor pencils, blended with Gamsol to give him a watercolor effect, and then layered the image on ruby red and chocolate chip. The holly berry dp is from the Eskimo Kiss pad from BasicGrey, and light teal piece from Two Scoops. That panel was ran through the Snow Dots cuttlebug folder for some extra texture. The snowflakes (to play along in our challenge) were dusted with faux snow for added texture and sparkle.

Hope you have gotten a chance to play along in KL SNS's November challenge for a chance to WIN! About a week and a half left to play . . . you won't want to miss it!! Have a GREAT week, and I hope you are getting excited about Thanksgiving and spending time with your families. I know I am. :)

Hugs,

Glowbug Inspired Scoops

. . . Two Scoops that is. :)

I was looking through Glowbug (aka Chris Olsen's) gallery yesterday, as she was SCS's featured stamper this past Saturday, and I fell in love with this beautiful card, so I CASED it . . . well, kinda. *wink* Then I went to post to the featured stampers challenge page, I realized that I cased a sketch challenge. Well . . .you can imagine my disappointment . . . but hey, it's still a cute card, and . . . I need to get moving on some Christmas cards, so I just might CASE this one again. :) Thanks, Chris, for the inspiration!!

I didn't cut my front layer rectangle quite as long as Chris did, and then when I went to center it, my ribbons were in the way . . . so I attached it a little more to the right. I used a snowman from Great Impressions, used faux stitching because I am still fighting the tension settings on my sewing machine to get it to sew paper properly (its as old as me and kinda stubborn too -- ohh, that part is not at all like me! *wink*) But I used that lovely Two Scoops, which we still have a KL Stampin N Scrappin (see the quilt-like pattern? Pretty huh?! I think so) and some cuttlebug folders, D'vine Swirls and Snowflakes, punched the SU sentiment from All Year Cheer out with my small and then large oval and adhered them with pop dots on top of pop dots under the image. The image was stamped with Momento ink and colored with prismacolor pencils, gamsol and some stickles for the fuzzy parts of his mittens and earmuffs.

It was dreary and cold here yesterday, so . . . I sure hope your days are Merry and Bright where ever you may be!

By the way, before I go . . . if you are waiting on an order, the following are on the way:
1. The 2008 Halloween stamps and the Yummy collection of Magnolia stamps should be here any day, as they shipped the end of September.
2. BasicGrey papers shipped out today (all the papers will be in stock very soon)
3. High Hopes stamps are shipping out on Wednesday, and Bethany tells me it should only take a couple of days shipping!

Woohoo, I am so excited to get them all -- of course they will probably come the same day ;) which makes for a busy day, but that's okay. I love to get them right back in the mail to you all either that afternoon or the next morning if it is late in the day. That way I know you aren't waiting on me.

Hugs,

Lots Happenin' at KL Stampin' N Scrappin'

Oh my gosh, there has been so much going on behind the scenes at KL Stampin N Scrappin that I am dizzy and a bit giddy with excitement! The newest Magnolia order is on its way. The BasicGrey is on its way. I am excited about adding High Hopes stamps, too, but have only had about 5 items ordered for them so far. So . . if you are interested in something from High Hopes that isn't shown in our store inventory, please let me know, and I can add it. I would like to send Bethany a big ole first time order from KL Stampin N Scrappin, but I don't want to hold onto a lot of the older stamps if you already have them too. (watch for a new release coming between November or January from HH too).
This page was created for a circle journal in which a group of good friends from over at SCS and myself have been participating for a while now. This year we are to decorate the folder pages to show our stampin' style and a little bit about ourselves. Well, my son is a very big part of my life, so this page was about him. All the time growing up Cody would stick salamanders or tiny toads/frogs in his pocket and everyone said he was "all boy," so although we have never had a lizard this Edwin reminds me of him. Also the Lime Rickey paper is perfect for boys and bright colors, right?!

This page was created with the Clarabelle and Riley stamp, but I just had to cut out Clarabelle (sorry girl) and add an alpaca since they are another big part of our lives (although we don't care for them on a daily basis as the farm is at my parent's home), we do LOVE to visit and take part when we can in shearing and showing, and watching a birth (when we can). I also used the Spots and Dots folder and rectangular nesties on this page. I kept the pages mostly flat so that they closed nicely in the book with all of our other goodies in there, so not too many embellishments here.

Also . . . we have surpassed the 15K mark according to our counter over at KL Stampin N Scrappin DT blog, and I am very proud to share a few goodies I got at Target the other day with 2 LUCKY WINNERS, so . . . head on over there by Monday night 12 ET for a chance to win this collection plus your choice of one of the Rachelle Anne Miller stamps that are in stock at the store.

Thank you for stopping by, and stay tuned for the details about the Design Team Tryouts coming soon, too! :)

Hugs,