It's A Cupcake Kind Of Birthday!

I created this for this past Saturdays Sweet Stop Sketch Challenge, if you luv sketches you gotta check out the Sweet Stop Blog and play along with us girls. Korin has come up with a fabulous sketch to get your creativity juices flowing. I used the Sweet 'N Sassy digi cupcake image. I so luv this dp, it is SU sweet slumber and it has a fabulous texture. I use Tim Holtz distressed stickles for the candy toppings on the cupcake, big red brads for the top panel, and su riding hood red ribbon. I stamped the birthday sentiment onto the dp, I luv doing that. I hope you make time to play with us this week and upload your card to the Sweet Stop Blog using Mr Linky. If you want to load your creations to SCS use the keyword SSS02. Enjoy your creating time!

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Stamps: Sweet 'N Sassy Digi Cupcake Sweet Thang

Paper: SU sahara sand, riding hood red, so safron, and sweet slumber dp

Ink: printer ink and copics

Accessories: SU riding hood red ribbon, red brads, Tim Holtz distressed stickles, nesties, scissors, and glue dots

He's Still The One

WoW, am I ever totally excited today! I have been chosen as one of the five guest DT for Prism Papers, I cannot wait to get my hands on the fabulous Prism paper. You can see all the DT and read all about it on the Prism papers for a lifetime blog. I cannot wait to bring you creations made with the Prism.

Todays card is created for the CAS13 challenge, today it is a sketch. If you haven't played along give it a try. CAS cards are soooo much fun to make, they are always soooo adorable and they take way less time than my normal cards. I used dp from SU called sweet slumber, baja breeze, and black. I used the Verve Feeling Groovy set, I so luv this sweet little set. I luv the sentiments and the sweet flowers. I made this card for dh, I like to have a few cards for him stashed. I like to surprise him on any day of the week with a little love card.......aahhhh....I know I am a little gushy. I hope you enjoy your evening, lots of rain here in VA.

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Stamps: verve Feeling Groovy

Paper: SU baja breeze, black, and sweet slumber dp

Ink: momento black and copics B11, B72, and R29

Accessories: Balck checkered ribbon, circle punches, and scissors

Have Joy

Good morning it's time for the Mojo Monday Sketch, I really like the sketch this week. I believe you will too, it is a contest week for the Mojo Monday Blog......so getcha mojo on and start creating! I used SU dp Walk In The Park, I luv these colors and patterns together. I again use my Janome, which I luv and it is so simple, it literally takes less then two minutes to do. I used one of my older Veve sets Petals and Stems for this one, it is a all time favorite for me. I also made the inside a bit more fancier than usual. I hope you have time to play along this week, remember I mentioned it is a contest week. Julee is giving away one prize for every 50 entries up to seven winners, now that is worth creating for! Don't forget to head over to the Mojo Monday Blog to check out the fabulous creations from the other mojo makers. Enjoy your Monday.

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Stamps: Verve Petals and Stems and Serenity

Paper: SU chocolate chip, regal rose, kiwi kiss, and SU walk in the park dp

Ink: Momento and kiwi kiss

Accessories: Martha Stewart ribbon, Janome sewing machine, circle punch, scissors, and glue dots

Baby Noranda

I created this for todays LSC218, to use a border. I used the Verve set called Filagree Fantasy for the background behind th bunny image. I also used the small flower from the Because Of You set and stamped all over the purple dp and heat embossed it. I colored the bunny with my copics, she is from the set called Practically Perfect. I chose the colors purple and green because this is for a friend whose colors for thier little girls room are purple and green. I added the panel of black to make it pop. I hope you enjoy your day! Sorry for the short post, I am really tired, busy day ahead of me tomorrow.

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Stamps: Verve Because Of You, Filagree Fantasy, and Practically Perfect

Paper: SU almost amethyst, certainly celery, black, and dp

Ink: Momento black and copics

Accessoreies: SU certainly celery ribbon, oval punches, heat embossing, brads, and glue dots

Hey There Sunshine

I created this for todays WT216 to use black and for The Pink Elephant Challenge #12 which is a sketch this week. I used two sets from Verve. I stamped the flower and cut it out and raised it up on a glue dot, I added afancier brad, and sponged the edges of the panel. I used SU dp, tag nesties, and my scalloped punch.

I luv this stamp from Verve, it is so versatile. I used the Plain Jane stamp Hey There Sunshine, would you have thought I really like this sentiment....hehehehe. I hope you can make time to play and are getting ready for the weekend. I think we should have a two day work week nad a five day weekend, are you up for that? Enjoy your evening!

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Stamps: Verve Because Of You and Plain Jane Sunshine

Paper: SU kiwi kiss, black, white, and SU dp urban oasis

Ink: Momento Black, kiwi kiss, and copics YG63, YG91

Accessories: SU kiwi ribbon, nestie tags, crop-a-dile, black eyelet, fancy brads, glitter pen, scalloped punch, sponging, and glue dots

Sweet 'N Sassy Summer Fun Blog hop

Welcome to the Sweet 'N Sassy Summer Blog Hop, I created this for the hop. Yes, Korin is gearing up for summer and she is offering a sale. All Spring & Summer stamp sets are 15% off May 1st-May31st! You can't go wrong and the set I have used today is called Bee Happy and you can get it for 15% off.....wow! I colored the flower with my copics and then sponged the main panel. I used several different dp's for this one, added ribbon, brads, and some distressing around the main panel. I hope you can join the blog hop today, the next stop is Faith. I hope you enjoy the hop and you can always go back and see all the creations!

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Stamps: SNSS Bee Happy

Paper: SU chocolate chip, old olive, riding hood red, crate paper dp, and SU dp

Ink: momento and copics

Accessories: ribbon, circle punches, brads, sponging, distressing, and glue dots

A Big Thank You

I cannot tell you how thankful I am for each and every person who visits and comments on my blog. I am thrilled to know that I can inspire you to visit and continue to visit......thank you really from the bottom of my heart! I am also amazed at how I can become attached to people that I have never met. It makes me want to through a big party and have everyone over, ever been to VA? I have recieved several blog awards in the last week, thank you! I want to thank Stephanie for this award, she visits and comments on my blog almost daily. Visit her blog and show some love! As soon as I read the award I knew exactly who I wanted to give this one to, it is Cre8tive Teen. Everytime I visit her blog it makes me smile, she seems like a very fun young lady, please visit her and show some love.

The next award was given to me by a very dear lady, she also visits and comments almost daily....what a wonderful person she is, most of you know her Barb Gault. Please visit her and return the love. If you visit my blog daily and you know who you are please take this award, you are all friends! Thank you again for making each day of blogging so much fun and rewarding! I will have my first blog candy soon, so be on the look out and tell all your friends.

Praise The Lord

I created this for the first Sweet Stop Sketch, I hope you can find time to play along with the Sweet N Sassy gals. I used the SNSS Dream Silhouette stamp set for this one. I stamped it and cut it out with circle nesties and layerded it. I stamped the tiny butterflies on the image and then punched a butterfly with the Martha Stewart punch and added it to the outside circle. I used this yummy ribbon I purchased while in PA, sorry I don't know the name of it. I used the oval punches to layer the sentiment and added a few brads to the bottom panel. I hope you can make time to play along , enjoy!

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Stamps: Sweet 'N Sassy Dream Silhouettes and Elegant Blessings

Paper: Bazzil

Ink: Momento chocolate and SU baja breeze

Accessoreis: Ribbon, Circle nesties, oval punch, scalloped oval punch, butterfly punch, brads, and glue dots

Thinking Of You

I created this for todays CAS12, to use little bits of ribbon. I used pink and brown polka dotted ribbon. I used Nusery Tales Got Flowers with American Craft chocolate brads in the center and placed them in the top corner. I layered the bottom with SU pink piroutte, Bazzil mud pie cardstock, and SU striped dp. I used Sweet 'N Sassy Stamps for the sentiment, I luv how this turned out. I stamped the cone flower from the Dream Silhouette set and then stamped the sentiemnt from I'd Pick You set, I think they look perfect together. I then used my new tag die cuts from Nestie to cut out the tag, the tag set has some cute sized tags. I hope you enjoy your day and can find time to play this challenge or another one of your choice.

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Stamps: Sweet 'N Sassy I'd Pick You and Dream Silhouettes

Paper: Bazzil mud pie, SU pink pirouette, and SU striped dp

Ink: Momento chocolate

Accessories: Nestie tag die cuts, pink and brown polka dotted ribbon, nursery tales got flowers, Ameerican Craft chocolate brads, paper piercing, and glue dots

Purple Flowers For You

I created this for several challenges Stacey's Jewlery challenge #34 and for the Dirty Dozen Challenges for April. The theme for the Dirty Dozen challenges is going green, there is a picture of an open field to be inspired by and I usually think flowers when I think of the great outdoors. This card is the smaller note cards that are sold on pg208 in the SU cattie. They measure 2 3/4 x 3 7/8, great size to include in a gift. I only stamped the sentiment, the flower and the leaves are SU dies ran through the CB. The flowers are layered five times to give them depth and fullness. I used the basic grey courduroy brads for the center. Very simple, but yet very cute.....I hope you enjoy your evening!

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Stamps: SU great friend

Paper: SU note cards, certainly celery, and perfect plum

Ink: SU perfect plum

Accessories: SU dies, CB, SU corduroy brads, and glue dots

Pure Heart

Good mojo Monday morning everyone, I hope you are sportin your mojo today. This was the tuffest mojo sketch for me so far. I decided to go heavy on the left side with copic colored flowers. I am really having fun coloring with my copics, I hope I get better as I go. I added chocolate pearls from Kaiser to the center of each flower. I used chocolate and baja breeze, two colors you can't go wrong using. I wanted to use the dp on the top panel, I bought it while in PA with the Sweet 'N Sassy DT. It matches the baja breeze perfectly. I sponged the main panel with chocolate and used one of the Plain Janes from Verve. I also used the wide baja ribbon for the middle section. I used my Janome to sew both the top and bottom panels, I decided to use a wiggly stiching design. I wanted it to have the "out of the box look". I can't wait to see what you come up with this week. Be sure to check out the other mojo makers creations on the Mojo Monday Blog. Enjoy your day!

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Stamps: Verve Plain Jnae Psalm 51:10

Paper: Bazzil mud slide, baja breeze, baja dp, and my minds eye wild asparagus

Ink: Momento chocolate, copics BG10, BG72, and E44

Accessories: SU wide baja breeze ribbon, Kaiser chocolate pearls, Janome sewing, and glue dots

FS116 Congratulations Kathy

I created this card for the weeks FS116, Kathy; her work is soooo amazing, soooo elegant, and soooo beautiful! You must check out her style, I chose a combo of two cards to work with today. I liked the colors and elegance of her card Just Rite Elegnace and the stamps she used in the circle nestie of her card Prayers and Pearls.

My card is 4 1/4 x 4 1/4 square, I have been making lots of cards lately this size, it is such an adorable size and perfect for someone to display on thier desk, dresser, or kitchen windowsill. I am having a hard to finding 4 1/2 x 4 1/2 square envies, I could use your help. If you know where or see where I can get them I would luv to know. You can PM me at SCS under va.sunshine, I would be thrilled to find them, thanks for your help.

I used two different stamp sets from SU, added sponging to the main circle, and this fancy dp is from Boo Bunny. I added ultra mini pearls to the flowers and a row of pearls at the top right. It is always fun to play the FS challenge, I hope you can make time to play and make Kathy's day. Enjoy your evening!

One more thing, yesterday Korin from Sweet 'N Sassy stamps added a new sketch blog to all the sweet stuff us girls have for you. Check out the Sweet Stop Blog, Korin has a great sketch for you to try, I hope you can play along and be apart of the sweet stuff! Load your card to Mr Linky on the Sweet Stop Blog and if you load it to SCS use the keywords SSS01. You can check my blog Tuesday morning to see my card.

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Stamps: SU Thoughts & Prayers and Great Friend

Paper: Bazzil, Black, and Bo Bunny dp

Ink: Momento Black

Accessoreis: Pearls, circle nesties, scalloped nesties, satin ribbon, sponging, and glue dots

Kleenex Inspired

I created this for todays IC177, over at SCS. Todays inspirations was Kleenex boxes, they really have some pretty boxes, don't they? I chose this mutli colored blue one, using pacific point, bashful blue, and a tiny hint of green. I used two different Verve sets for this one. My card seems a bit busy, but so does the tissue box. I think they are both pretty. I also tried to use shading with my copics on the center flower, I do not have alot of the "B" colors, so it is barely noticeable, I am working on it though. I hope you have time today to get outside and enjoy the weather, it is suppose to be almost 90 degrees here in VA. Sounds like a motorcycle ride, dh and I are planning a few hours of riding. We will get something to eat and grab ice cream at one of favorite ice cream trailers. I luv the Strawberry Shortcake, what about you? Enjoy your day.

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Stamps: Verve Artful Elegance and Because Of You

Paper: SU bashful blue, pacific point, and SU Delicate Dots and Good Morning Sunshine Dp's

Ink: Momento black, copics B06, B34, B97, BG11, and BG15

Accessories: SU pacific point ribbon, circle punches, gittery brads, black bling, Janome sewing machine, and glue dots

Welcome To Our Family Room

This is for todays LSC217 over at SCS. Todays limited supply challenge was to use colors from a room in your house. I chose our family room/my stampin space, the colors are chocolate, mustard/cream, and moss green/sage. I used the Thanks A Bunch digi image from Sweet 'N Sassy and colored it with my copics. Korin and Janette from SNSS try to help me with my copic coloring on our retreat last weekend. I have come to the conclusion that it takes lots of practice, at least for me it will takes lots of practice. I hope you have time to play along.

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Stamps: Thanks A Bunch digi Sweet 'N Sassy Stamps

Paper: SU chcoalte cgip, sage shadow, more mustard ,and SU dp

Ink: Momento brown and copics

Accessories: SU oval punch, scalloped oval punch, ribbon, distressing, amber bling, and glue dots

Have Faith

I created this card for todays CAS11 over at SCS. Today we are to use a picture from JCPenny kids bedding for our inspiration. I chose this fun frog pillow with lots of pink and green. This is rather simple keeping with the CAS guidelines. I used SU regal rose, wild wasabi, and white. I colored the little froggie with my copics. The adorable frog image and sentiment are from Sweet 'N Sassy Stamps. As soon as I saw the pillow I knew I wanted to use the frog from SNSS. I also paper pierced the bottom. This card goes out to the SNSS girls that I spent the weekend with, we had lots of time to talk and get to know one another.......so to all of us Have Faith! Enjoy your evening.

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Stamps: SNSS Pond Pals and SNSS Trust In The Lord

Paper: SU regal rose, wild wasabi, white, and SU dp

Ink: Momento Black and Copics RV11, RV13, YG03, and YG63

Accessories: Twill white ribbon, punches, paper piercer, and glue dots

Friend

Good mojo Monday morning everyone, I do hope you had a great time at the Verve release party this past Friday! Aren't the new stamps awesome, if you have not seen them, you can here Verve New Release. I used the new sets for this one, the flowers are from the Wishful Elegance set and the sentiemnt is from the Because Of You set. I colored the flowers with my copics, added black stickles to the centers, and popped them up with glue dots. I also used my Janome to sew with black thread around the outside of the large layer. The butterfly is punched with the Martha Stewart punch. The cardstack and dp are SU. I hope you have time to play along and enjoy your Monday!
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Stamps: Verve Wishful Elegance and Because Of You
Paper: SU baja breeze, cameo coral, and Walk In the Park dp
Ink: copics, stazon, and SU cameo coral
Accessories: Gun Metal stickles, scalloped punch, Janome sewing machine, butterfly punch, and glue dots

I'm Back from PA!

Hello, everyone, wow has it been a fabulous weekend. I am honored to have met Courtney, Janette, and Korin from SNSS. We had a wonderful time and I praise God for bringing us together. I am very tired, so I am keeping this one short. Us girls where up very late and up very early stamping, shopping and laughing the days away!
I am so very honored to share this next subject with you, this is the honor above all honors to me. I am thrilled to tell you that Diane from Women To Women: Sharing Christ has blessed me with this fabulous blog award. This is the first time they have given the award, so I am honored to be in this group. I am going to list my choices in the next day or two. The Exalting Christ Blog Award states the following:

The Exalting Christ blog award is given to bloggers who consistently exalt the name of Christ on their blogs. What a joy to see crafters blend their passion for Christ and papercrafting. This award is given to bloggers who share Christ through their posts or through the design of their artwork. We are commanded in Scripture to be "salt and light" sharing the Good News of Jesus no matter where we are (Matthew 5:13-16). This award is just a way members of Women to Women: Sharing Jesus can say thanks for exalting Christ with us!

I thank Diane for this award and I give praise to God that I am able to share Jesus through my creations with others! Enjoy your day and be a blessing to others!

Red Flower Bloom

Hello and good morning to everyone! I am in PA enjoying my time with some of the SNSS DT. I can't wait to share the deets when I return. This card is for the Jazzy Inspiration Challenge, JAZZ10, you can learn all the details at the Jazzy Blog. I used the flower blom that was released last night at the Verve release party. It is from the set called Wishful Elegance. I colored the bloom with copic R39, cut it out, and popped it up on glue dots. I also used the small emboosing die from SU called sweetest stem to stem this pretty flower bloom. I used the new scalloped oval from SU and older dps from SU. This is also one of the sketches Julee created for the release party challenges you can see this one and the others here. I hope you have time to play along this week, if your card is chosen as the jazziest card of the week you will win the honor of being Jazz Cat of the week!

Stamps: Verve Wishful Elegance

Paper: SU chocoalte chip, riding hood red, white, and older SU dp's

Ink: SU chocolate chip, stazon, and copics

Accessoreies: SU embossing die, chocolate ribbon, punches, jumdo chcolate brad, and glue dots

Verve Sneak Peak-Wishful Elegance

I am totally thrilled to bring you this card that is highlighting the new Verve release that will be available Friday, the 17 at 9:00pm here. You can catch my card and the Verve diva's sneak peaks on the Verve Blog. This set is from the set called Wishful Elegance, I must say these sets are some of my favorite maybe being the guest diva for Verve might have something to do with it, ya think? I used the stems for the flowers from an older Verve set called Thankful Blossoms. The flower blooms I stamped and cut out and lifted them up with glue dots.

I luv sewing on my cards since I got my Janome mini sewing machine. It only takes a snap to sew on the card layers. I got mine from Hancocok Fabrics for only $49.99 with free shipping if you spend $50.00 or more. I added glittering brads to the center of my flowers and black ribbon to give it a pop! I hope you can make the Verve release and check out the new stamp sets. Enjoy your day.

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Stamps: Verve Wishful Elegance (Won't be available until April 17 at the release party)

Paper: SU blush blossom, white, black, and SEI sweetie dp

Ink: Stazon, SU kiwi kiss, and copics YR02 and YR07

Accessories: Janome sewing machine, black twill ribbon, glittery brads, paper piercer and glue dots

New Digi Image---Flower Vase

I created this for todays CAS10 over at SCS, this challenge is sooo fun, I luv it! Today we are to use monochromatic colors, I chose browns. I am also sooo excited about this new digi flower vase image from Sweet 'N Sassy, it is called Thanks A Bunch, you can see this one and all the digis here. I colored it with copics and added the extra dots to the vase. I luv the circle sentiment that comes with it, soooo adorable. I am also very excited to tell you that I we be traveling to PA this Thursday to meet Korin and a couple of the other DT from SNSS. We are going to have sooo much fun and I will be sure to take plenty of photos to share when I return. I will not be home until Sunday. Enjoy your day!

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Stamps: Sweet 'n Sassy Thanks A Bunch Digi

Paper: SU kraft, chocolate chip, and white

Inks: Copics E47, E31, and printer ink

Accessories: SU ribbon, punches, and glue dots