Happy Earth Day!

**This is my second post today. Please scroll down to see the first.**

Happy Earth Day! Lance's class is celebrating Earth Day today, by cleaning up around their school. I thought it would be cool if he had his own shirt to celebrate this special day, so I stamped the earth image from Starving Artistamps DoodleFactory Final Frontier stamp set. I used Basic Black Craft Ink from SU, and my Copic markers to color it. Lance looks pretty sleepy in the picture, but he was thrilled with how it turned out. What do you think?


Thanks for stopping by today! I hope you have a good one!

Out of This World

Happy Monday, everyone! I have Lance's birthday card to show you today. His favorite stamp line is DoodleFactory from Starving Artistamps, so of course I had to make his card using some. The images are from Final Frontier, and they are so much fun! The land images are all pieced on the globe (lots of cutting there), and glued onto the blue base with Tombo Muliti Glue. My little space creature was raised quite a bit with my Scotch foam tape, as I wanted him to look like he is flying over the Earth. I didn't tuck him inside the spaceship too much, cause he is too cute to "hide" inside. I didn't end up using an envelope, because of the added dimension. Lance loved it, which always makes mom feel good. :)

Stamps: Final Frontier (DoodleFactory @ Starving Artistamps)
Card Stock: Bashful Blue, New Leaf, White
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copic Markers, Red & Clear Spica Glitter pens
Accessories: Tombo Muliti Glues, Scotch Foam Tape

Thanks for stopping by!

A New Gig

I am so honored to be one of the newest additions to the Flower Soft Design Team.

I've made a card using my Lupine stamp from Starving Artistamps, and some Heather Mix Flower Soft. My SU Top Note die was used for the white layer, and my Baja Breeze base was "debossed" with my Floral Screen Cuttlebug folder. I stamped the image twice with Old Olive ink, then added my Flower Soft using the Flower Soft PVA glue to adhere. The edges are lightly sponged with Old Olive and Baja Breeze inks, and the pretty satin ribbon is from the Valet Collection (retired SU).


Thanks so much for stopping by today! Have a good one!

Core'dinations & Impressabilities

Hi everyone! Today I have more projects that I created for my Project Reviews for Splitcoaststampers. The Halloween card is using Core'dinations card stock, and the snowflake card is using Impressabilities. I have included links to the review once again, just in case you want to take a peek.

Stamps: Halloween II (DoodleFactory Collections/Starving Artistamps)
Background created by embossing with Web Cuttlebug folder, and Core'dinations card stock (sanding)
Core'dinations Review

Sentiment from Holiday Script (Lizzie Anne Designs)
The background here was created by using the Letterpress technique and Impressabilities Snowflake die
Impressabilites Review

Thanks for stopping by today!!

Choo....chooo!

Stamps: Things That Go, Welcome Home (Lizzie Anne Designs)
Card Stock: Pacific Point, Kiwi Kiss, Summer Sun, Neenah Solar White, Offbeat (BasicGrey)
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa, Vintage Cream (PTI), Copic markers
Accessories: Small Pinking Circles (Spellbinders), Square punch, Decorative Trimmer (Creative Memories), Glue Dots, Stampin' Dimensionals

Happy Monday, everyone!! Today I have child's train card, and some cards my kids made (pretty much) on their own this weekend.

The adorable train is from the Things That Go set (Lizzie Anne Designs). I stamped the train (the extra car repeatedly) on my Offbeat BasicGrey paper. I needed some rails, so I used my fence from my Welcome Home set. It was a bit tricky to line up, but it didn't turn out too bad.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Brooke's Card

Stamps: Easter, Countryside backdrop, All About Easter
Card Stock: Soft Sky, Neenah Solar White, Mocha Chica (CHF Kim Hughes collection)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copic markers, Spica glitter pens
Accessories: Flower Soft (Ivory, Shamrock Green, Pale Green), Flower Soft Glue, Scotch foam tape

My daughter celebrated her 5th birthday yesterday, and this is the card I made for her. She requested a bunny, so of course I had to use my new "Easter" DoodleFactory (Starving Artistamps). This is Stella, and I've also used my favorite backdrop, "Countryside". To add some nice texture to the trees, I used Flower Soft (I also used it for Stella's tail). There was a whole lot of trimming and gluing on this, but I think it was worth the effort. Brooke was very pleased with it.

Thanks so much for your visit!! Happy Friday!!

Silhouette Flowers

I really love silhouette flowers, and Starving Artistamps has some of the prettiest I've seen! You may check them out here, and here.

For my card I used the Baby's Breath FS-11 image. I used my markers to ink the image, and Flower Soft to give it a beautiful realistic look.

Stamps: Baby's Breath, Faith Sentiments (Starving Artistamps)
Card Stock: Rose Red, Gina K. Pure Luxury 120 lb., Urban Prairie (BasicGrey)
Ink: Rose Red, Old Olive
Accessories: Oval Scallop Frame (SU), Heather Mix Flower Soft, Flower Soft PVA Glue, Layer Ease, Stampin' Dimensionals

Thanks so much for visiting today!! I hope you're having a great week so far, and I will catch up with you soon in blogland.

From Courtney's Closet Celebration!!

My sweet blogging friend, Libby from Libby's Little Addiction is having a fun celebration. Her sweet and adorable daughter, Courtney is turning one today!! Happy Birthday, Courtney!! Anyhow...Libby does a weekly inspiration challenge called "From Courtney's Closet", and today she wanted to do an extra special challenge with a chance to win wonderful prizes for those who play along. Libby has also asked some of her friends including myself (thanks Libby!), to play along and make some samples for the challenge.

Here's my card using the photo for inspiration:

Stamps: Valentines Remix (DoodleFactory at Starving Artistamps), Sweet Celebrations (SASI)
Card Stock: PaperTrey Select White, Pink Passion
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copic Markers
Accessories: Scor-Pal, Circle & Scalloped Circle Nestabilities, Eyelet Border punch (SU), ribbon, Scotch foam tape

And here are the other talented ladies to check out:

Carole Burrage at Mother's Little Helper

Leslie Miller at Running With Scissors

Libby Hickson at Libby's Little Addiction

Maria Gurnsey at Scraps by M

Melissa Sauls at In Stamping Mode

Nancy Riley at iSTAMP

Sue Kment at Sue's Stamping Stuff

Thanks for stopping by today! I'm on my way to hop over to the other girls' blogs to see their amazing artwork. Won't you come along?

*Personal note: We adopted the dog I spoke of yesterday. Thanks for all of your kind and encouraging words! I will see if I can get a picture for tomorrow's post.*

Valentine Trio

Stamps: DoodleFactory Valentine Remix, Valentine Sentiments (Starving Artistamps)
Card Stock: Real Red, Neenah Solar White
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Real Red, Copic markers
Accessories: Heart & Scalloped Heart Nestabilities, Stampin' Dimensionals

Stamps: DoodleFactory Valentine Remix, Valentine Sentiments (Starving Artistamps)
Card Stock: Real Red, Regal Rose, Neenah Solar White
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copic markers, Clear Spica pen
Accessories: Scor-Pal, Heart & Scalloped Heart Nestabilities, Stampin' Dimensionals

Stamps: Valentine's Saying (Simply Single Lizzie Anne Designs)
Card Stock: Regal Rose, Real Red
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copic markers
Accessories: Heart & Scalloped Heart Nestabilities, Swiss Dots Cuttlebug folder, May Arts ribbon, Glue Dot

There's a month until Valentine's Day, so I decided to make a few Valentines using my Heart Nestabilities. These are a lot of fun, and quite quick to put together. The stamps I've used are new releases from Lizzie Anne Designs, and Starving Artistamps (Doodle Factory collection). I have included the recipies below each design for quick reference, but if you have any questions...just let me know.

Thanks for visiting my blog!!

Yapples

Happy weekend, everyone!! Today I have a card to show you, which I meant for New Years. Obviously that didn't happen, so here it is today. I used my Starving Artistamps Dandelion Clock flower for my "fireworks", and Yapples (I love that huge grin).

Stamps: Yapples, Dandelion Clock (FS-1), Karen Foster Mini Formal Snap Stamps
Card Stock: Brilliant Blue, Pure Luxury (Gina K. Designs), Offbeat (BasicGrey)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Real Red/Yo Yo Yellow/Brilliant Blue Stampin' Write markers, Copic Markers, Spica Glitter pens
Accessories: Creative Memories 12-inch Decorative Trimmer, Square punch, Scotch Foam Tape

I have made a tough decision, and decided to step down from the Starving Artistamps team. I don't have as much time to stamp as I have in the past, and I think Tracey deserves more. I will continue to use my stamps though...and will use Donna's dicount code for my future purchases (for any of you who have used my code in the past, it's found in her sidebar).

Thanks for stopping by today...and be sure to come back tomorrow to see what I've made in celebration of Melanie's Blogoversary Celebration! Have a great day!!

It's a SA/DF Challenge!

Starving Artistamps is sponsoring a new clear card challenge, and a chance to win some awesome free rubber!! Go and check out the details at the Starving Artistamps Blog or Gallery, to see the requirements for the challenge. Here's my sample:

Stamps: Zot, Small Dots Background
Card Stock: Crystal Clear Card Stock, Cool Caribbean, White
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, StazOn Opaque Cotton White, Copic Sketch markers, Clear Spica
Accessories: White Swirl sheer ribbon, Felt Snowflakes (Hero Arts), Bitty Brads (CTMH), ¼ inch Circle punch

Zot is freezing on this snowy card, but hopefully he will be feeling toasty soon...now that he has his nice hot cuppa!!

Thanks for stopping by! I'm off to shovel the driveway.

Decorate the Tree

Stamps: Small Dots background, Santa's Sweet Shoppe, Casual Holiday Greetings,
Card Stock: Kiwi Kiss, Real Red, Pure Luxury White (Gina K. Designs)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Close to Cocoa, VersaMark, Copic markers, Gold Spica glitter pen
Accessories: Stickles, Alpine Ribbon Originals (SU)

Hi everyone! This is the other card that I had mentioned yesterday. Do you have your tree up yet? We do not, but will probably attempt it this coming weekend. It's sooo much work, but really makes the home festive, doesn't it?

I used my DoodleFactory Santa's Sweet Shoppe stamps once again for my card. The colors are not correct in the photo. Kiwi is the base, and the accent color is red (almost looks pink here). I will try to play around with it, if I get a chance.

I was laying in bed pondering this idea of a card, and I'm glad it ended up working out pretty well. I omitted the star from the tree, and stamped it on a small scrap so that I could help Butterscot place the star himself (with Marmalade's help...of course). The tree has red Stickles all over it, and is popped with foam tape. The star is popped as well, and colored with my Gold Spica glitter pen. Marmalade's crown is also colored with Spica pens. The ribbon is stitched felt from SU. Chalk up another Christmas card. *wink*

Thanks so much for stopping by today!!

Sweet Gio

Stamps: Santa's Sweet Shoppe
Card Stock: Riding Hood Red, Always Artichoke, Pure Luxury White (Gina K. Designs), Figgy (BasicGrey)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Always Artichoke, Copic markers, Clear Spica pen
Accessories: Spellbinders Labels Trio, A Muse Twinkle Stickers, googlie eyes, Corner Rounder punch, Riding Hood Red Taffeta ribbon, Tombo Multi glue, Scotch foam tape

I don't know about you all, but I sure am tired after the long holiday weekend! I spent a lot of time with the family, which didn't include much stamping at all. We had a nice Thanksgiving, tho...and now the kids are back in school (they were hoping for a snow day today, but no luck for them). I managed to get a couple of cards stamped, and I'm showing you Gio with his yummy treat. Yep...it's a simple card, but aren't these images just too cute? They are from my DoodleFactory Sweet Shoppe set from Starving Artistamps. I decided to use some googlie eyes and bling buttons. I am so happy to add another Christmas card to my pile!

I have to go out and shovel the driveway now, so I had better get going. I will catch you later, when I'm "hoppin" (blog that is). Thanks for stopping by, and I hope you have a wonderful week!!

Ho³

Stamps: Santa's Sweet Shoppe, Casual Holiday Greetings, Rectangle Grout Mosaic p22.03

Card Stock: River Rock, Basic Gray, Neenah Solar White, Acetate
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, VersaMark, Copic markers
Accessories: Snow Blossom punch (SU), Marth Stewart Goo punch, Scotch Foam tape

I love my DoodleFactory Santa's Sweet Shoppe, and couldn't wait to get it out and "play" again. Santa is delivering gifts on this card, and I've labeled each tag with my kids' initials. Everything is stamped, colored with Copic markers, trimmed, and popped with Scotch Foam tape.

Are you a DoodleFactory Fan? Irene (The Doodle Genius) is having a fun blog giveaway at her blog: tales from the doodlefactory. Awesome!!

Thanks for stopping by today!!

Coco's Warm Thoughts

Stamps: Santa's Sweet Shoppe (DoodleFactory @ Starving Artistamps)
Card Stock: Riding Hood Red, Baja Breeze, Neenah Solar White, Ski Slope (All from SU)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Versamark Dazzle Frost, Copic Markers, SU Black Stampin' Write marker
Accessories: Riding Hood Red striped grosgrain ribbon, Little Felt Flurries, Large Oval punch, Nestabilities Labels Small, Glue Dots, Scotch Foam tape

My new Santa's Sweet Shoppe stamps arrived, and I couldn't wait to ink up Coco. I really need to get going on my Christmas cards, so I am glad to add another to my stock.

Happy Sunday everyone, and thanks for stopping by!

CPS Sketch

Stamps: P14.11 (tree), Simple and Sweet sentiments
Card Stock: textured blue (Archivers), Cream Pearlized paper (Accent Design), Granola (BasicGrey)
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa, Walnut Distress , Creamy Carmel marker, Close to Cocoa marker, Old Olive marker
Accessories: Crystal Effects, 1 1/4 & 1 3/8 inch Circle punches, 7/8 inch Ivory organdy ribbon, Rain Dots, Scotch foam tape

Today the CPS Sketch #89 is being sponsored by Starving Artistamps. Here's the sketch:

I decided to turn the sketch, since it worked better with this tree (P14.11) that I wanted to use. The sentiment is from the Simple and Sweet sentiment set. Patterned paper is Granola from BasicGrey.

Save 20% on all new website orders for Starving Artistamps and DoodleFactory rubber stamps. Enter this code in the discount box in the shopping cart, and click recalculate.

CPSROCKS

You should see the discount applied immediately. If not, contact Tracey at strvingartistmp@aol.com

**The discount applies to all Starving Artistamps and DoodleFactory stamps (mounted, unmounted, sets, sheets, and individual images. Offer is good from now until November 7, 2008.

Thanks for stopping by today, and have a wonderful Sunday!!

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween, everyone! I bet you're not too surprised that I have a couple of Halloween cards for you today. The stamps are from Starving Artistamps, and I have highlighted the links in the recipes.

Stamps: Witch's Brew, DoodleFactory FairyTale
Card Stock: Not Quite Navy, Basic Black, Neenah Solar White
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copic Markers, Clear Spica glitter pen
Accessories: Word Window punch, Back Pearls (Kaiser), Tombo Multi glue, Scotch foam tape

Stamps: Witch Trio
Card Stock: Lavendar Lace, Neenah Solar White, Chocolate Chip
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Lavendar Lace, Copic markers
Accessories: Curved Rectangle Mega Nestabilites, Curly Label punch (SU), Flower Fusion flower (SU), Pretties Kit rhinestone brad

The girls at Lizzie Anne Designs are having a 40% off sale today on all of their Halloween stamps!! Wow...what a great deal!! Also be sure to check out each their blogs (Tricia & Meridith) for a chance at some Blog CANDY!! Who doesn't LOVE candy on Halloween???

Have a safe and fun Halloween, and thanks for stopping by today!!

Night for Haunting

I have more Halloween cards to share today. Both are made with stamps from Starving Artistamps. The links to the stamps are included in the recipe sections of each card. I hope you enjoy them!

Stamps: GraveYard Shift, Lil' Squares Background
Card Stock: Close to Cocoa, Chocolate Chip, Neenah Solar White
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Close to Cocoa, Antique Linen Distress Ink, Copic Markers
Accessories: Bump in the Night Brads (Imaginisce), Scotch foam tape

Stamps: GraveYard Shift, The Great Outdoors, Stripes Background
Card Stock: Chocolate Chip, Basic Gray, Always Artichoke, Neenah Solar White
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Memento Rich Cocoa, Basic Gray, VersaMark Dazzle Frost, Copic markers
Accessories: Scotch Foam Tape, 12-inch Decorative Trimmer (Creative Memories)
Have a great weekend, and thanks for visiting!!

Halloween Shadowbox

Stamps: Witch's Brew, GraveYard Shift, DoodleFactory Halloween (Starving Artistamps)
Card Stock: Spooky Collection (Memory Box), Neenah Solar White
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Basic Black Stampin' Write marker, Copic markers
Accessories: Scor-Pal, Scor Tape, Coluzzle with Oval template, Basic Black eyelets & setting kit, Ribbon Tags Trio (Spellbinders), Rain Dots, May Arts ribbon, Tombo Mono Multi glue, Glue Dots, Scotch foam tape

Hi everyone! I hope you all had a nice weekend! They just fly by, don't they?

I am still working on finishing up my Halloween cards, and I thought a Shadowbox card might be fun (Dawn's tutorial here). I have included the October DD/DDA challenge into this as well. We were to make a Halloween card without any pumpkins, but had to include google eyes. The DoodleFactory line of stamps from Starving Artistamps are perfect for google eyes (IMHO).

I have used stamps from my DoodleFactory Halloween, and Halloween II sets to made this. I haven't used eyelets in soooo long, and I think I got my workout here (I used the older method to place them all). My Coluzzle with the Oval template was used for the cut out window, and my Scor-Pal for the perfect scores. The candy has Dew Drops for added sparkle and dimension, and the tag is from the Spellbinders Ribbon Tag Trio.

Thanks for stopping by today!!

Happy Fright Night!

 Stamps: GraveYard Shift, Mummy (from DoodleFactory Halloween)
Card Stock: Black, Neenah Solar White, Gable Green, Memory Box Spooky Collection
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copic Sketch markers, Spica Glitter pens, Black Stampin' Write marker, Black Micron pen
Accessories: Ticket Corner punch, My Way punch, Dew Drops, Crystal Effects, paper piercer & template, Scotch foam tape

Hi everyone! I need to finish up a few Halloween cards, so I grabbed my GraveYard Shift, and Mummy from DoodleFactory Halloween. I thought they all looked cute together. Originally I was going to place them all in a line as if they were trick-or-treating together. I decided to change it up for something different. These little guys were stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black onto Neenah Solar White card stock, and colored with my Copic markers. I trimmed them all, and mounted them to my card with Scotch foam tape. I used a marker to ink each word of the sentiment to stamp on each arrow (punched with my My Way SU punch). The corners of the Spooky paper were punched with my Ticket Corner punch, and Dew Drops were added. I also added a few faux stitches in opposite corners.

My daughter has been sick for the last couple of days. I hope she starts feeling better soon, so I can get caught up on my stamping. She seems to be improving, but I'm sure the boys will probably end up sick as well. We'll see.
Have you all checked out the October Dirty Dozen Gallery yet? I am a music lover, so I really enjoyed this month's theme, and all of the awesome creations that the girls came up with! Here's the link to the gallery: October Gallery (you have to be a member to view)

Thanks for stopping by today!!