joy

joy!...what is more sweeter, than joy? I can think of nothing, what a sweet Christmas card this is. Have you heard about the Skipping Stones Design Stamp & Share Challenge? This month it is a Christmas challenge, the challenge is only once a month and runs for a week. Get all the details and play along with us here. I am sharing a super simple card using two of the new Skipping Stones Design Stamp sets, Christmas Labels and Merry & Bright. I heat embossed the sweet snowflakes with white embossing powder unto a piece of polka dotted paper, so pretty. I then die cut then section I wanted out, added a zig zag die cut strip of paper. I then used peach colored alpha stickers to created the word “joy”…so adorable and very CAS…a great card to reproduce! Add a little glimmer to your life...sparkle & shine!

cas(e) this sketch: sketch/cts138
pile it on: more than one challenge
skipping stones design: christmas/aug2015
stampin royalty: inspiration photo/sr292

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hi friends, this is going to be short and sweet; I am off this week and my to do list is long and growing..lol. I have used the Verve stamp sets Surely Goodness and Better Together. It is bit of a busy card, but I like it...with the tall & skinny sketch it kinda works. I have used lots of dffernt leaf dies, I luv doing this, just a little twist for fun. Add a little glimmer to your life...sparkle & shine!

just add ink: colors/jai277
mojo monday: sketch/mojo413

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let's celebrate

I have used the Simon Says Stamp card kit for September for this sweet little card. I luv the papers in this kit, they create sweet cards all on there own! I stamped the tiny stars, they are in the stamp set that comes in the kit. Added a few gemstones, the sentiment and a 5 minute card is born! Add a little glimmer to your life....sparkle & shine!

sweet sunday sketch: sketch/sssc284

and the WINNER is....

Diane Jaquay from It's all about the Art

Diane, use the contact button on the right to contact me; I will get your giftie in the mail Monday!

Thank you all for sharing your very first card with me, I enjoyed so very much reading your stories...it brought back lots and lots of memories! THANK YOU. I will be doing lots more giveaways, I have so many things to share...I am a purger and like keeping things neat and organized sooo there will be more to come...check back often! Add a little glimmer to your life....sparkle & shine!

especially for you

I adore this color combo! I played along with this weeks tgif challenge, it's a remixmix....what fun! I used the colors and the sketch, I sponged the yellow circle using a memory box stencil and tim holtz squeezed lemonade ink. I then went back with a simon says stamp circle stencil and added grey metallic circle to the bigger circles....I adore the outcome. I have been pulling out my beloved and forgotten buttons....buttons never go out of style, do they? Add a little glimmer to your life....sparkle & shine!

tgif: remixmix/tgif18
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skipping stones stamp & share NEW challenge

I am so very excited to be sharing my card for our very first Skipping Stones Stamp & Share Challenge, this weeks challenge is a Christmas theme. I have used the new Christmas Labels set, so pretty and so many possibilities! Be sure to play along, you could win a Skipping Stones stamp set of your choice! Go here to see all the DT cards and to play along! Add some glimmer to your life.....sparkle & shine!

color throwdown: ctd/357
retro sketches: sketch/rs178

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simon say stamp/anything goes-a season of giving

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Welcome to the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge.....I luv Wednesdays....teeehehehe. This weeks challenge is a fan favorite anything goes a/g, it is always fun to see what you create...have fun!

Don't forget every week at Simon Says Stamp we give away a $50 voucher...woohoo...definitely worth playing for!

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It is a/g this week, so I went for my favorite season, fall...it is getting cooler here in my area of Virginia some mornings and I luv it! I wish fall would last a lot longer, "a season of giving" I adore this sentiment from the hero arts stamp set leaves autumn. If you have not shopped hero arts before, check them out...they have lots of fun stamp sets, stencils, dies, gems, and inks! i have used one of my all time favorite stencils for this card, tweed pattern....I luv it, could reach for it every time! I hope you have fun with this weeks a/g challenge. Add a little glimmer to your life...sparkle & shine!

cardabilities: sketch/#129

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life

To enter my giveaway and share your very first card, click here. It will end this Saturday, 29 at 8:00PM EST! 

I have played along with a new challenge called Pinterest Inspired, it is a monthly challenge so you have lots of time to play along. I have used the gorgeous two step butterfly from Skipping Stones Design, called breathtaking butterflies. I hope you will stop by there blog and check out all that is going on! We are starting a monthly challenge this Friday, it will run for a week and a Skipping Stones Design stamp set is up for grabs...sure hope you will play along! Add a little glimmer to your life....sparkle & shine!

pinterest inspired challenge: aug/2015

scs challenge: sketch/sc530

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mojo monday/mojo412-take joy

Be sure to enter my giveaway here, I luv sharing! I have had such fun reading everyones first car stories...luv! I will draw a winner this weekend, so pass along the giveaway to your friends...I can't wait to read your first card stories!

I have used the Verve stamp set, Petals & Wings...one of my favorite sets! i have used ink directly on the card stock for an sharp look. Kept the rest of the card super simple, using a doily and some ink splatter to finish! Add a little glimmer to your life....sparkle & shine!

mojo monday: sketch/mojo412

thanks and a giveaway!

I am having another giveaway....my cup runneth over and I want to share with YOU! Leave me a comment and tell me your first car, yep you heard me right I want to know what your very first car was. My father was a car salesman and we drove lots of different vehicles. he gave me my first car and it was a classic...a grey '66 Mustang...a real beauty! No, it is no longer in the family. You will receive everything in the photo below and more!

Now, onto my card, I have used paper smooches flowers and dies for this sweet card. I adore the colors, they are from today's color throwdown! The sketch is rom the freshly made sketches, they are celebrating in royal fashion with a 200th sketch and a giveaway. 

color throwdown: colors/ctd356

freshly made sketches: sketch/fm200

paper smooches: anything goes

word art wednesday: anything uplifting goes

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simon says stamp/back to school-hello monday

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It's Wednesday and that means it is time for the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge. This week we are challenging you to a back to school theme, I know most kiddos have started back are going back soon. My area actually starts today, go get'em and grow!

The design team is using products from My Mind's Eye, they have some super fun embellies and card stock shapes...I luv My Mind's Eye!

Don't forget every week at Simon Says Stamp we give away a $50 voucher...woohoo...definitely worth playing for!

What fun! I wanted to share how you can use all the amazing embellies on a card, I adore the freestyle collage look....so retro with all the patterns and colors! Most of what I used is from the Jubilee collection, the hello is the journaling cards...luv these! the monday tab is sticky notes, the date/location tab and the grow sentiment are card stock die cuts, the heart button(totally luv) is from the flair buttons, and I finished with jubilee enamel dots. Lot's of great stuff you can use on cards and not just scrapbooking or mini albums. I can't wait to see what you create for this weeks back to school challenge. Add a little glimmer to your life....sparkle & shine!

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just a note

WOW, what fun colors, I had a blast; but of course they are all in the color family I LUV...YIPPIE! I used the can you case it sketch, super duper fun, luv the simple CAS look of the sketch but it also has so many options. The butterfly and sentiment are from the simon says stamp set bitty butterflies. I added an embossed background and ink splatter. Add a little glimmer to your life...sparkle & shine!

can you case it: sketch/cyci82
scs challenge: colors/cc543
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mojo monday/mojo411-the courage

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hello and good morning, good monday morning...you gotta luv monday's! It's time for another mojo monday sketch and Julee has created a gem...what fun! I have used the verve stamp set sparkly dreams and a cut above butterfly dreams die set. The colors from the color throwdown where tricky for me, but I am really pleased with the outcome. Be sure to stop by the mojo monday blog and see what the other mojo makers have created. Add a little glimmer to your life....sparkle & shine!

color throwdown: colors/ctd355
mojo monday: sketch.mojo411

simon says stamp/food and/or drink-happy birthday

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It is Wednesday and you know what that means, one of the best challenges...evah..... the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge. This weeks challenge is food and/or drink. The design team are using products from Simon Says Stamp.

Don't forget every week at Simon Says Stamp we give away a $50 voucher...woohoo...definitely worth playing for!

I had such fun with this card, I wanted a fun cupcake; so I created one using two different stamp sets from Simon Says Stamp. I used the ice cream cone from the set scream for ice cream and turned it upside down to stamp only the end for a cupcake holder...cute, huh? I then took the ice cream dream set and turned the ice cream from the cone upside down and placed it on top to create a cupcake...so much fun! What a fun week to create and it is calorie FREE, stamp away! Add a little glimmer to your life...sparkle & shine!

as you see it: colors/#099
cas(e)this sketch: sketch/cts135

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