Serendipity Stamps Challenge #12

Hi there!

It is time once again for a new challenge on the Serendipity Stamps Challenge Blog. The challenge this week was Victory Garden - to create a garden card without using flower images. This isn't difficult to do with Serendipity's plethora of fabulous vegetable and seed packet stamps. I have quite a few favorites, but for this week's challenge I pulled out the Pea Package Cling Set, which has a whimsical seed packet and punny coordinating sentiment.

I colored my image with Copics, this stamp in particular really lends itself to some simple coloring. I paired the image with garden-themed patterned paper (those are little smiling peas :) and was happy with the finished product.

Stop over to the Challenge Blog for all the details and to see the fabulous inspiration from the rest of the Design Team:

Cathy Weber

Jeanne Jachna

Marybeth Lopez

Miriam Napier

Pauline Pollington

Thanks for stopping by, take care!

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Recipe
STAMPS: Pea Package Cling Set - Serendipity Stamps
CARDSTOCK: Blush Blossom - SU!; Oatmeal - Wplus9
PATTERNED PAPER: Garden Variety - Cosmo Cricket
INK: Tuxedo Black Memento - Tsukineko; Antique Linen Distress Ink - Ranger Industries
OTHER: Copic Markers; Sewing Machine

Enough Caffeine

Hi there, long time no see!

I apologize for my absence - my husband and I are in the process of shopping for a new home as well as trying to put some sweat equity into our current house. I have had to cut back a little on my card making for the time being, but it won't be forever. I hope you'll bear with me.

I do have a little something to share with you today using some new-to-me stamps from Verve.

Can you relate to this sentiment as much as I can? Actually, I'm not much of an all-day coffee drinker.. I have my one cup in the morning and move on to water for the rest of the day, but its the idea behind it!

This card uses images from the Better With You set. I love all the different elements in this set.. lots of customization options, and the sentiments are really cute.

For this card, I cut the sentiment up ransom-note-style. After I stamped it, I sliced each line into a strip so that I could orient it horizontally on my card to follow the line up of coffee cups. I dusted off my paper crimper and crimped a strip of kraft cardstock for the background.. you know, like the to-go cup liners.. :)

Thanks for stopping by today, I hope you have a great day!

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Recipe
STAMPS: Better With You - Verve Stamps
CARDSTOCK: Kraft - PTI; Oatmeal - Wplus9
PATTERNED PAPER: Story Teller - Crate Paper
INK: Tuxedo Black Memento - Tsukineko; Crumb Cake - SU!
OTHER: Copic Markers; Paper Crimper

Play Date Cafe Challenge #182

Good morning. I hope your week is going well. I apologize for not being around very much - there is a lot of stuff going on in the Schrier household.

I am here today to bring you this week's Play Date Cafe color challenge.

This week's colors are maroon, poppy, and soft jade. I love teal and red together.

This week's card was created using the Learning to Sail set from Verve Stamps.

I stamped the sailboat image onto a Sweet Scallop Die cut tag. I colored the image with Copic markers and coordinated it with some patterned paper. I love the way the paper feels like netting... kinda brings the whole nautical theme together.

I hope you will join us for this week's challenge! You can link up your creation over at The Play Date Cafe Blog. You have through Tuesday, May 21st to play along. While you're there, you can check out the Cup of the Week prize from our fabulous challenge sponsor, My Creative Classroom!

Thank you for sponsoring us this week, My Creative Classroom!

I can't wait to see what you create!

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Recipe
STAMPS: Learning to Sail - Verve Stamps
CARDSTOCK: Oatmeal - Wplus9
PATTERNED PAPER: pb&j - Basic Grey
INK: Tuxedo Black Memento - Tsukineko
OTHER: Sweet Scallop Die - Verve Stamps; Pure Poppy Twill - PTI; Stardust Stickles - Ranger Industries; Copic Markers; Sewing Machine

May Cloud9 Blog Hop

Hello there! Welcome to the May Cloud9 Blog Hop!

Don't you just love this month's inspiration picture? Can you believe that those are cookies? Here it is again, taken from Dainty Delights Inc. on Etsy.

I would sample them! :)

Here is what I came up with - didn't quite play out on paper as it did in my head, but that's the way it goes sometimes.

There are a ton of fun little flower bits in the Paisley Patterns set, and I used them to fill in the flower areas.

I am so glad that you've stopped by to see me today, I hope you'll play along with this month's Cloud9 Blog Hop with the chance to win a fabulous Wplus9 prize as well as join the Inspiration Team as next month's Guest Designer! You have until 10 am on May 12th to link up with us over on the Cloud9 Blog.

Also be sure to check out the amazing creations from the rest of the inspiration team:

Suzanne Dahlberg
Erin Taylor
Gayatri Murali
Maureen Merritt

as well as this month's special guest designer:

Jeanne Jachna!

Have a great day!

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Recipe
STAMPS: Paisley Patterns, A Special Lady - Wplus9
CARDSTOCK: Oatmeal - Wplus9; Bashful Blue - SU!
INK: Real Red, Regal Rose, Garden Green - SU!
OTHER: Detail White Embossing Powder - Stampendous; Picot Edge Circle, Standard Circle Dies - Spellbinders Paper Arts

Play Date Cafe Challenge #181

Hello there!

Welcome to Thursday, and this week's Play Date Cafe color challenge.

This week's beautiful colors are steel blue, peach, and apricot. What a yummy combination!

Recently I have really been liking these detailed images from Stampin' Up! These are from the Nature Walk set.

I really like the pop of blue in this, a great color combination! I seriously never get tired of these fabulous color combinations - Jax does such a great job!

I hope you will join us for this week's challenge! You can link up your creation over at The Play Date Cafe Blog. You have through Tuesday, May 14th to play along. While you're there, you can check out the Cup of the Week prize from our fabulous challenge sponsor, Simon Says Stamp!

Thank you for sponsoring us this week, Simon Says Stamp!

I can't wait to see what you create!

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Recipe
STAMPS: Nature Walk - SU!; Roses in Bloom - WMS
CARDSTOCK: Buckaroo Blue - SU!; Oatmeal - Wplus9
PATTERNED PAPER: Story Teller - Crate Paper; This & That - Echo Park Paper Co.
INK: Groovy Guava, Blush Blossom, Buckaroo Blue - SU!; Antique Linen Distress Ink - Ranger Industries
OTHER: Label Layers 3 Die - Wplus9; Sewing Machine - Janome

Reverse Confetti Release Day Blog Hop

Hello there!

Can you believe it’s finally here?!! It’s the day you’ve all been waiting for — REVERSE CONFETTI’S VERY FIRST Release Day is today! To get things started, we invite YOU to hop along with the Confetti Crew and a few other talented stampers that are helping us launch this fabulous new stamp company!

The hop started over on the Reverse Confetti blog, and you should have made it here from Amy Sheffer's blog. It would be worth your while to start at the beginning of the hop, so you don’t miss a thing. We have tons of inspiration for you to see using Reverse Confetti’s first 4 brand new stamp sets!

I used the cute Happy Harbor set again for my card today. I love all the whimsy in this set. Isn't this little whale the cutest?

I hope you’ve enjoyed hopping with us today, and I am so glad to have had the chance to join Jen in kicking off her new stamp company. Now it’s time to hop on over to Valerie’s blog. If you get lost along the way, you can find the hop order and list of all the participating designers over on the Reverse Confetti blog. Have a great day!

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Recipe
STAMPS: Happy Harbor - Reverse Confetti
CARDSTOCK: Soft Sky - SU!; Oatmeal - Wplus9
PATTERNED PAPER: Story Teller - Crate Paper; pb&j - Basic Grey
INK: Sahara Sand, Night of Navy, Soft Sky; Going Gray - SU!; Antique Linen Distress Ink - Ranger Industries
OTHER: Pinking Circles - Spellbinders Paper Arts

Serendipity Stamps Challenge #11

Hi there!

It is time once again for a new challenge on the Serendipity Stamps Challenge Blog. The challenge this week was to create a masculine card.

I used the Sail Boat image along with the Rest Relax sentiment. I combined the image and sentiment with some plaid patterned paper, bringing in some oceany colors. I opted to leave the image black and white, and left off and frills except for a little stitching. Keeping in simple always works well for masculine cards.

Stop over to the Challenge Blog for all the details and to see the fabulous inspiration from the rest of the Design Team:

Cathy Weber

Jeanne Jachna

Marybeth Lopez

Miriam Napier

Pauline Pollington

Thanks for stopping by, take care!

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Recipe
STAMPS: Sail Boat, Rest Relax - Serendipity Stamps
CARDSTOCK: Sahara Sand, Soft Sky - SU!; Oatmeal - Wplus9
PATTERNED PAPER: Stampin' Up!
INK: Onyx Black Versafine - Tsukineko; Antique Linen Distress Ink
OTHER: Postage Stamp Die - Spellbinders Paper Arts; Sewing Machine

May Verve Diva Inspirations Hop!

Hello! This is my second post of the day. For my REVERSE CONFETTI Sneak Peek Post, please scroll down or click here!

Hello!

Welcome to the May Verve Diva Inspirations Hop!

This is a regular feature on the 5th of the month and is a chance to breathe some new life into some much-loved Verve stamps and dies. Leaving a comment enters you into a drawing to win a $30 gift certificate to Verve Stamps! You are on the right track if you've arrived here from Amy's blog. The hop is kicking off on the Verve blog, so be sure to head there to get all the details!

I started today's card by inking up my cardstock with Distress Inks in a rainbow of colors. Then I stamped the two butterflies from the Blue Skies stamp set all over the background with white ink. The sentiment is from the same set. Then I added the same ink treatment to a smaller piece of cardstock and then stamped with the All Aflutter Plain Jane before cutting it out and adding it to my card with dimensional foam tape. What a happy little card!

That will do it for me today.. sweetie Betty Wright is your next stop along the hop!

Take care!

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Recipe
STAMPS: Blue Skies, All Aflutter Plain Jane - Verve Stamps
CARDSTOCK: Rustic Cream, Lemon Tart - PTI; White - Wplus9
INK: Spun Sugar, Worn Lipstick, Wild Honey, Shabby Shutters, Antique Linen Distress Ink - Ranger Industries; Onyx Black Versafine - Tsukineko; White - Wplus9

Reverse Confetti Sneak Peek

Good morning!

Today I am so excited to have the chance to share something new and fun with you! Jen del Muro is kicking off the start of her new stamp company, Reverse Confetti, and she has asked me to help peek one of her new sets! There are so many fabulous ladies also joining in, you'll want to head to the Reverse Confetti Blog to check it all out!

The set I am sharing with you today is called Happy Harbor. It is cute and so on trend with a nautical theme!

This set has adorable sentiments in a perfect font combination, along with background building elements and other fabulous images. I used the row of anchors to make some patterned paper. Then I layered the lighthouse (love the heart on top!) with a sand dollar and an anchor. Love these motifs! I love the colors on this card, too - so much fun to make!

Now, we have a little something for YOU! Leave a comment on my post today for your chance to win a $25 Gift Certificate to REVERSE CONFETTI! You have until 1 pm EST on May 7th to leave a comment. (Only one comment per blog per day, please!). The winner will be randomly chosen from all the DT blogs and Sneak Peeks for May 5-7th and announced on the Reverse Confetti blog at 5 pm EST on May 7th. Good Luck!!

Please be sure to make a stop over at the Reverse Confetti Blog to get all the details about who else is sharing sneak peeks today. I will be back with more Reverse Confetti for their first release on Wednesday - yay!

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Recipe
STAMPS: Happy Harbor (available May 8) - Reverse Confetti
CARDSTOCK: Night of Navy, Groovy Guava - SU!; Oatmeal - Wplus9
INK: Going Gray, Night of Navy, Groovy Guava - SU!; Antique Linen Distress Ink - Ranger Industries
OTHER: Washi Tape - My Mind's Eye; Circle Nestabilities - Spellbinders Paper Arts

Play Date Cafe Challenge #180

Good morning! This is my second post of the day. To see my Serendipity Stamps Blog Hop post, please scroll down or click here :)

Hello there!


Welcome to this week's Play Date Cafe color challenge. It is time once again for color splash week! This time around: a splash of magenta!

What fun! This is what I have created for this week.

I used two of my favorite sets from Verve Stamps, Brighter Days and Words of Wisdom. I love how this turned out with the black and white arrows and little peek of magenta cardstock.

I am looking forward to seeing your color splash, so I hope you will join us! You can link up your creation over at The Play Date Cafe Blog. You have through Tuesday, May 7th to play along. While you're there, you can check out the Cup of the Week prize from our fabulous challenge sponsor, Freckled Fawn! Thank you for sponsoring us this week!

Looking forward to seeing what you create for this week's challenge!

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Recipe
STAMPS: Brighter Days, Words of Wisdom - Verve Stamps
CARDSTOCK: White - Wplus9; Melon Mambo - SU!
INK: Onyx Black Versafine - Tsukineko
OTHER: Adhesive rhinestones - Recollections