Julie Makes Cards

Fishing with Gus

2012-01-23T00:00:00.006-05:00

This week's challenge at Totally Stampalicious is to make a Masculine Card. I love this challenge because I never have enough masculine cards. I chose to use the newly released Gus Fishing stamp set for my card. I decided to go with earth tones for this card. The image is matted on hunter green cardstock. Now there's a color that I almost NEVER use, but yet it seems appropriate for GUS.

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my card today! I hope you get a chance to play along in our Masculine card challenge this week!

Julie

Clean and Simple Anniversary Card

2012-01-22T12:00:00.008-05:00

I've been working on making some more Clean & Simple cards. I really enjoyed the online Clean & Simple card making class that I recently took. Today I have a very simple Anniversary card that was inspired by the class.

I LOVE plain white cards so the day 7 class on white cards was one of my favorites from the 10 classes.

Here's my CAS Anniversary card......

Supplies:

Stamps: Cheers to You, Hero Arts Sentiments

Paper: PTI White, Brushed Silver, Basic Black

Ink: Momento Black, Silver Pigment Ink

Accessories: Dazzling Diamonds, Silver Embossing Powder,

Marvy Giga Scallop Square Punch, Scallop Edge Punch

The champagne glasses were stamped with silver pigment ink and then embossed with silver embossing powder. I filled the glasses with Dazzling Diamonds. The card edge was punched with the scallop edge punch and then outlined with the Dazzling Diamonds. It's hard to see in the picture but it looks really pretty IRL.

Clean & Simple Card Making Class

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my Anniversary card! I'll be back tomorrow with a new Totally Stampalicious Challenge!!!

Julie

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Deepest Sympathy, Black and White

2012-01-21T21:52:00.003-05:00

I'm venturing out and joining in on this week's CAS-ual Fridays challenge. The challenge is to make a project that is only black and white. I think this is such an elegant color combination! It would work beautifully for a wedding or anniversary card as well as for this sympathy card I made.

Now that I've worked my way through the online Clean and Simple card making class, I thought I should start challenging myself to participate in some CAS challenges. What better place to start than with this gorgeous color combination challenge.

Here's my black and white sympathy card:

Supplies:

Stamps: Hero Arts Sentiments

Paper: PTI White, Basic Black

Ink: Momento Black

Accessories: Beautiful Wings Embosslit Die, Elegant Bouquet Embossing Folder, Basic Pearls Small

This was really simple to put together. I embossed the base layer with the Elegant Bouquet embossing folder. Stamped the sentiment on the bottom, attached the butterflies and colored in the centers of the embossed flowers.

Just in case you'd like to play along in the Black & White challenge.....Here's the link to the CAS-ual Fridays challenge blog......

CFC36

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my Black and White Clean and Simple card!

Julie

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Valentine Challenge

2012-01-15T23:00:00.002-05:00

If you're looking for the Bugaboo Blog Hop, Click HERE.

I'm here today with this week's Totally Stampalicious Challenge!!! This week we want you to get started on those Valentines Cards and projects!

Supplies:

Stamps: Monkey Love

Paper: SU Pink Passion, PTI White, SU Poppi Parade, Sweet Cakes Lots of Love, SU Red Glimmer Paper

Accessories: Small Heart Punch, Eyelet Border Punch, White Satin Ribbon, Crystal Effects

I used the adorable Monkey Love stamp set which is one of our new releases. ONE LUCKY PARTICIPANT in this week's challenge will WIN our New Monkey Love Stamp Set

All you have to do is make a card or project with a Valentine theme and link your blog or on-line gallery to the Totally Stampalicious Blog Post HERE!

I love using DP with coordinating patterns on each side of the sheet. This Sweet Cakes DP has Glittery Hearts on the front and polka dots on the back. I used the front of the DP for the left panel and the back for the upper right corner. I also punched out a few hearts from the polka dot side and popped them up on the left panel. This layout was really quick and easy to put together!

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my Valentine card! I hope you get a chance to play along in our Valentines challenge this week!

Julie

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Happy 2nd Birthday Bugaboo!!!!

2012-01-14T07:00:00.076-05:00

To celebrate Bugaboo's 2nd Birthday we're having a Blog Hop!!!!

I am so excited to be a part of the Bugaboo 2nd Birthday Blog Hop with Bugaboo Stamps! Hopefully you arrived from Min Kwiatkowsk's Blog.

Min Kwiatkowski

You can find the entire blog hop line up and start the blog hop on the Catch the Bug Blog HERE. Bugaboo has put together a week long celebration you will not want to miss out on!

Supplies:

Stamps: Another Drink Stella

Paper: Basic Black, White Embossed, Kraft Cardstock

Accessories: Scallop Trim Border and Corner Punches, Black Ribbon

I made this card using the Stella Peeker, Another Drink stamp. You can find this digi stamp HERE. Well Stella was so excited that Bugaboo was turning TWO.....that she went out and had One Too Many DRINKS. Stella and I wish BUGABOO a very Happy 2nd Birthday!!!!

The next stop on the HOP is the super talented Amy Ely's Blog! Make sure you leave comments at each stop because EACH DT member will be giving away the image they used for the hop and of course there are many more to be earned along the way!! This HOP is full of prizes!!!!

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my card!

Amy Ely

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Clean & Simple Card Making Class 1

2012-01-12T23:20:00.001-05:00

I always admire Clean and Simple cards but I really have a hard time making any that I like. One of my "goals" for this year is to make more CAS cards. So, I finally decided to sign up for the online card class - Clean & Simple Card Making. The class started on January 9th and I just started it today. This is my card for the Day 1 lesson. The class runs for 2 weeks. It's really nice that you can take the class at your own pace.

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my first card for the CAS class!

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TS Monday Challenge

2012-01-09T00:00:00.062-05:00

Wow, can you believe it's MONDAY already? I can't! This weekend went by way too fast! I'm back today with our Totally Stampalicious Monday Challenge. Before I get to that though, I just want to say a big THANK YOU to everyone who came by and commented on my January new release post! I was blown away by all the super sweet comments that were left!

This week we want you to make someone Laugh with your card or project. I chose to use another one of our new release stamps - GUS Fishing! Here's my sample.......

Supplies:

Stamps: Gus Fishing

Paper: PTI White, Early Espresso, Nautical Expedition DP

Accessories: Cherry Cobbler & Early Espresso Twine, Word Window Punch, Star Brads

Just this cutie picture of Gus fishing is enough to make you laugh. Even without the sentiment - Kiss my Bass!

This is the first post that will go live with my NEW BLOG HEADER. I created the header using My Digital Studio software from Stampin Up. My goal was to create a cleaner fresher look for the blog and I'm very happy with how it turned out!

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my FUNNY card today! Be sure to stop over to the Totally Stampalicious Blog to see what the rest of the design team has created to inspire laughter!

Julie

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January 2012 New Release and Blog Hop

2012-01-05T21:00:00.054-05:00

Happy New Year from Totally Stampalicious!!!

Welcome to the 9th Stop of our FIRST RELEASE of 2012 BLOG HOP!

We have FIVE BRAND NEW STAMP SETS from our fabulous Bugaboo line by artist

Jodie Mackrell!!

AVAILABLE NOW

at
Totally Stampalicious!

As always we'll be giving away PRIZES as well to THREE lucky Hoppers!!!

1st Prize - All 5 New Sets

2nd Prize - $15 Gift Certficate

3rd Prize - $5 Gift Certificate

All you have to do is Hop along with us and leave your comments along the way and maybe

YOU could be a WINNER!!!!

We also have an incredible promotion going on...so even if you don't get a prize you can still be a WINNER! We're we're currently having a special promotion. It's the Stampalicious Dessert Menu

Level 1 - Vanilla Ice Cream - Buy 5 Get 1 Free
Level 2 - Strawberry Shortcake - Buy 8 Get 2 Free
Level 3 - Triple Layer Chocolate Cake - Buy 11 Get 3 Free

I have 3 cards to share with you today. The first card is from the fun JJ Desperate Housewife stamp set. I love the sentiment with this one!

My second card was made using the new Occupation Bears Stamp Set. As you can see I was in a theme of pink and brown. I did some paper piecing on the hat and cross for the little bear. I colored him with prisma color pencils and gamsol and sponged the background with chalk to soften the edges.

My third and final card is from the Another Drink Stella stamp set. I thought it was appropriate to go with black, olive green and cherry cobbler for this one. The black layer has groovy wavy embossing.

Doesn't Stella look like she's having fun? LOL she is just too funny!

Now it's time to hop on over to Jessie's AMAZING Blog to see what Fabulous Creations she has for us!!

Here is the entire line-up in case there are any glitches along the way!!

Totally Stampalicious

Joanne
Stacy
Angel
Jessica
Kendra
Dawn
Lori
Julie (That's Me)
Jessie
Laurie
Lynda
Becky
Joycelyn
Vicki

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my New Releases today!

Happy New Year - January Calendar Page

2011-12-31T08:00:00.046-05:00

Happy New Year 2012!!!

Today I'm sharing my calendar page for January 2012.

I created this calendar page using My Digital Studio (MDS) from Stampin Up. I used Night of Navy for the background and Very Vanilla and Not Quite Navy for my accent colors. The SNOW border is a new digital download. I just learned that there is actually a quick calendar insert you can use in MDS that will let you select the month and year and then format the font for your calendar page. Last month I spent a long time formatting the calendar using a text box. This time it was much easier. If you happen to have MDS the insert for calendar is on the right toolbar under stamps.

A few of my blogging friends are also doing calendar pages. Check out these blogs for more great calendar inspiration.....

Christine http://dolcreations.blogspot.com/

Tangii http://www.tangiink.com/the_inking_spot_of_crain_/

Danni http://dannisdreamscrafts.blogspot.com/

Lisa http://kindcreations.blogspot.com/

I've been using my digital calendars for my desktop wallpaper. That's why there is a large blank space on the left side of the page. I leave that blank for desktop icons. Not to say that there is anything wrong with blank space. I really like the balance of this calendar page.

If you would like to use my January calendar page for your desktop wallpaper here's how:

1. Double click on the picture to open.

2. Right click on the open picture.

3. Select set as desktop background.

If you try to set this picture as desktop wallpaper and have trouble with distortion send me an email and I can reformat the picture to fit your screen size.

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my January calendar page!

I wish you and your family a very

Happy, Healthy and Blessed New Year!

Julie

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My 2011 Top 10 Crafty Creations

2011-12-30T12:02:00.000-05:00

Today I'm sharing my top 10 favorite projects from 2011. If you want to create a top 10 ten list for 2011 you can link it to Kellie Winnell's blog HERE.

I hope you're enjoying the last couple days of 2011. Honestly, I'm really looking forward to 2012 and a fresh NEW Year!!! Looking back on my projects from 2011 was fun. Here are my favorites:

First card I ever sewed on

Love the fun colors on this one.

Gift set I made for my Twin Sister

Teacher Gifts, Magnetic Clothes Pins

Love this Easel Card

Totally Adorable Turtle

Advent Calendar Muffin Tin with Chocolates behind each day

The most ribbons I have ever put on one card!


Adorable Halloween card - Love the layout of this one.


Love the colors and layout of this super cool Rockin' Frawg card!

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my favorite projects from 2011! If you want to play along, just link your favorites to Kellie's blog HERE!

Snowflake Christmas

2011-12-25T00:01:00.040-05:00

Merry Christmas!!!!

This is the Christmas card that I sent out to my friends and family this year. I always say I'm going to start making my cards in the summer and then I never do. This year was no exception. I didn't even start making them until this past Tuesday. I made 50 of them in 2 days. That has to be some kind of a record for me. I mailed them out on December 22nd. Hopefully most of them will arrive in time for Christmas. I think next year I will try for a more Clean and Simple design. Even though this card doesn't look too fancy there were a lot of layers. The sentiment is heat embossed in sliver embossing powder. The snowflakes are punched from a Sizzix Snowflake die using a white paper with silver specks. On the inside I printed out Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. I used MS Word to format the sentiment on the inside. I also signed it from Scott, Emily and myself. That saved me from having to hand write our signatures on 50 cards. It's not as personal but I think that the handmade card makes up for the fact that I didn't personally sign it.


Side View

Thank you for stopping by and checking out my 2011 Christmas Card!

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It's a BOY!!! Welcome Baby Dreux!!!

2011-12-23T20:17:00.002-05:00

Today I'm sharing this adorable It's a BOY card! One of my very best friends and her husband just had a little boy before Thanksgiving and this is the card I made for them. I made the boat from scraps of retired SU Designer Paper. For the bottom of the boat I just punched 3/4 of a circle leaving the straight edge. For the sails I made two triangles from a square and then trimmed one shorter than the other. I cut free hand the flag at the top. The boat shape itself was inspired by the boat in the Stampin Up set Nursery Necessities. The It's a boy sentiment was printed from SU My Digital Studio. I love the Chocolate Chip Bakers Twine! It makes a perfect accent to the nautical theme of this card.

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my baby boy card! I'll be back on Sunday with my 2011 Christmas Card!

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SPARKLE Challenge!!

2011-12-19T00:00:00.021-05:00

This week's Totally Stampalicious challenge is to add SPARKLE to your creation! I used red glitter paper and stickles for my sparkle. The red glitter paper is from Stampin Up. I ended up having to use sticky tape to get the green striped layer to stick to the sparkle paper. The image is Deacon and Ava HoHo from the Totally Stampalicious Bugaboo Line.

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my Sparkle card!!!

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Eat, Drink, and Be Merry with GUS

2011-12-12T00:00:00.025-05:00

This week's challenge at Totally Stampalicious is to have some food or drink on your card or project. I chose to use Going to Town Gus from the Totally Stampalicious Bugaboo line for this challenge. I went with a really clean and simple layout for this one. I colored the image with my Sharpie markers - except the skin tone which is SU Blush Blossom. I think this sentiment is perfect for Gus!

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my card!
I hope you get a chance to play along in our Food or Drink challenge this week!

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Blue Winter Bird Snowman Card for VSN

2011-12-10T15:00:00.019-05:00

Happy Saturday Friends! Today I'm sharing a card I made for one of the VSN (virtual stamp night) challenges going on at Splitcoast Stampers. The theme of the challenge is to create a BLUE card and they want you to do it in 45 minutes or less. I used the Winterbird Snowman stamp set from the Totally Stampalicious Bugaboo line for the image. I kept the design really simple. Isn't that DP GORGEOUS!!! I LOVE this paper!!! The scallop edge is the back of the blue background so it's one piece of DP. To create the blue snowflakes I sponged white glittery snowflakes with blue ink. I also sponged blue ink around the image to soften it up a bit.

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my BLUE Winter Bird Snowman card. Now I have to go back to the scrapbook store to see if I can get some more of that gorgeous paper! Have a GREAT weekend!!!!

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Mini Muffin Tin Advent Calendar

2011-12-10T08:26:00.003-05:00

Close up of the calendar

This past week was my Stampin Up card club's Christmas party. Every year we have a gift exchange at the party. This year I made this Advent Calendar. The pictures are not the greatest. I was very last minute putting this calendar together. I made it on Wednesday night and the party was on Thursday night.

The little squares are attached to a mini muffin pan with magnets. Behind each square is a treat (Dove Peppermint Chocolate). After I took this picture, my Husband drilled two holes in the top of the tray and I put some white taffeta ribbon through the holes to make a hanger. Unfortunately I didn't get a picture of the calendar with the ribbon.

I used MS Word to create the numbers. The dp is retired SU designer paper that I had been "saving".

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my Advent Calendar!

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White Christmas Challenge

2011-12-05T00:00:00.023-05:00

This week's challenge at Totally Stampalicious is an easy peasy one - we want you to have some SNOW on your creations! I inked up Scarlette Mistletoe for this challenge! The DP I used is shiny metallic red with white snowflakes. I added a few more snowflakes and ribbon to finish it off.

We're still running our Totally Stampalicious Dessert Menu Sale:

Stampalicious Dessert Menu
Level 1 - Vanilla Ice Cream - Buy 5 Get 1 Free
Level 2 - Strawberry Shortcake - Buy 8 Get 2 Free
Level 3 - Triple Layer Chocolate Cake - Buy 11 Get 3 Free

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my card today! You can see more great samples for this week's SNOW challenge at the Totally Stampalicious Blog.

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December Calendar Page and a Digital Desktop Wallpaper

2011-11-30T23:59:00.016-05:00

WOW....It's December 1st Already! I really have no idea where November went! Today I'm sharing my December calendar pageS. Yep, this month I actually made two calendar pages. The first page is this adorable hanging calendar.......

I used the adorable Deacon Elf stamp from the Totally Stampalicious Bugaboo Line for the image. I printed the calendar and the month and year out on Kraft Cardstock. I colored the image with Stampin Up markers and then masked and sponged the image to soften it up. It was too white against the pretty patterned paper. The layout is very clean and simple.

My second calendar page is DIGITAL!

I made these pages using My Digital Studio from Stampin Up. I'm using the blue and brown version right now as my desktop wallpaper for December. If you right click on either of the pictures you should be able to save it as your desktop wallpaper too! I kept the calendars and the snowflakes to the right of the page so they wouldn't be covered up by my desktop icons. I'd love to hear your feedback on my desktop wallpaper. It's definitely a crafting work in progress and this is my first attempt at it.

Be sure to stop by and check out these other FABULOUS Calendar Pages that my super talented blogging friends created!!

Christine Dol Creations

Kathryn Scrap Happy

Tangii The Inking Spot of Crain Creations

Monique For the Love of Paper

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my December Calendar pages!

Non-Traditional Christmas Colors challenge

2011-11-28T00:00:00.009-05:00

It's time for another FUN challenge at Totally Stampalicious! This week's challenge is to use non-traditional Christmas colors. I chose pink and green. Poppi's hat is even colored to match the paper. I used the Poppi Cocoa stamp set for the image and the sentiment. This was a really fun challenge! I hope you get a chance to play along with us this week!

Check out the Totally Stampalcious Blog to see some more great non-traditional Christmas colors inspiration!

Don't forget about the AWESOME promotion going on NOW at Totally Stampalicious!!!

Stampalicious Dessert Menu

Level 1 - Vanilla Ice Cream - Buy 5 Get 1 Free
Level 2 - Strawberry Shortcake - Buy 8 Get 2 Free
Level 3 - Triple Layer Chocolate Cake - Buy 11 Get 3 Free

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my card today!

Totally Stampalicious Black Friday Sale!!!!!

2011-11-24T23:39:00.000-05:00

Thanksgiving 2011 is almost over. We had a wonderful celebration with our family. I made this quick card with one of my personal favorite stamp sets....Dottie Desserts. Behind my card is the gluten free bumpy cake we had for dessert today. I've been Gluten Free for 2 years now and the holiday's are extra challenging for me because I have to make sure all my food is safe. Today I brought my own turkey, stuffing, and gravy and a salad and bumpy cake to share. It was a lot of work preparing the entire meal but it turned out to be delicious. I have a lot to be thankful for this year!

Speaking of things to be Thankful for.......Totally Stampalicious is having a

Black Friday Sale!

We are having an AWESOME BLACK FRIDAY SALE!!!

You can now SAVE 25% off your ENTIRE purchase at
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This INCREDIBLE SALE is only on for 24 Hours so head on over to
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Thanks for stopping by and checking out my card! I hope you had a Blessed and Happy Thanksgiving if you're reading this from the USA.

Mixing it up with Margaret

2011-11-21T00:01:00.047-05:00

This week's challenge is super easy and FUN. We want you to mix it up and use stamps from two different stamp sets. I combined the image from Margaret December with the sentiment from Scarlette Mistletoe. Margaret is being so sassy!

I used this week's Splitcoast Challenge Sketch SC359 for the layout. I love this sketch! For the snowflakes I used a combination of my Sizzix Snowflake die and some metallic snowflakes. The white background paper is covered in silver specks. I stamped the sentiment with versamark and embossed it with silver embossing powder. I had a hard time getting a good picture of the sentiment. It reads - You'll Find Me Under the Mistletoe!

Check out the Totally Stampalicious Blog for more great inspiration on our Mix it Up challenge!

Totally Stampalicious! is running a great promotion:

Stampalicious Dessert Menu

Level 1 - Vanilla Ice Cream - Buy 5 Get 1 Free

Level 2 - Strawberry Shortcake - Buy 8 Get 2 Free

Level 3 - Triple Layer Chocolate Cake - Buy 11 Get 3 Free

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my Mix it Up card! I hope you get a chance to play along with us this week.

3D Challenge Gift Tag

2011-11-13T22:02:00.002-05:00

This week's challenge at Totally Stampalicious is to create a 3D item. I made this quick and easy gift tag using the new Deacon & Ava HoHo stamp. I colored the image with my sharpie markers and a white souflee puffy pen. The snowflakes are foam sparkly stickers. I used the round tab punch and an eyelet for the tab. I attached the tab and then threaded the ribbon through the tab. I highly recommend you thread the ribbon before you secure the tab if you use this layout. It wasn't easy to get the ribbon through the tab once it was secured on the gift tag.

This is the perfect time to start working on those holiday gift items. I always come up with some great idea on December 22nd and have to rush to put together my crafty gift at the last minute. That is not going to happen this year! I already have this wine tag so I have one down! I hope you get a chance to play along with our 3D challenge this week!

Want some more great 3D inspiration? Check out the Totally Stampalcious Blog to see what our design team has put together to inspire you today!

Totally Stampalicious! is running a great promotion:

Stampalicious Dessert Menu

Level 1 - Vanilla Ice Cream - Buy 5 Get 1 Free

Level 2 - Strawberry Shortcake - Buy 8 Get 2 Free

Level 3 - Triple Layer Chocolate Cake - Buy 11 Get 3 Free

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my Gift Tag today! I hope you get a chance to play along with our 3D challenge this week!

Anything Goes with Gus

2011-11-07T00:01:00.042-05:00

It's time for this week's Totally Stampalicious Challenge! This one is super easy....Anything Goes!!!! I chose to use the new Going to Town Gus! He is so funny! I know a few people that will absolutely LOVE this card! For the layout I used this week's Sketch Saturday Sketch #180. I rotated the sketch to work with Gus!

Be sure to check out the Totally Stampalicious Blog for more great inspiration from our Awesome Design Team!

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my card today! I hope you get a chance to play along with us this week!

Sketch Saturday Sketch #180

November Calendar Page & a Free Template

2011-10-31T22:57:00.001-04:00

Wow - it's November 1st already! These months are just flying by! It's already time for my November calendar page. I created the actual calendar in Excel and resized it and printed it out in Word. The entire calendar page is 6.5 x 6.5 inches.

I'm trying something new....if you'd like to make a November calendar page using the template I created click HERE to download the PDF file. Hopefully this link will work....fingers crossed!!!! Be sure to let me know if you are able to create a page with my template!

The designer paper is from We R Memory Keepers (Autumn Splendor). My base is Chocolate Chip cardstock. I added a little More Mustard CS for the photo corners and the top border. The flowers are also from We R Memory Keepers. I figured it will be getting cold here soon so it's my last chance to use flowers on a calendar page for a while.

Every month a group of bloggers, including myself, post new calendar pages. Be sure to check out these blogs for some awesome November calendar page inspiration.

Christine

Kathryn
Tangii
Monique
Danni

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my calendar page!

Halloween with Ava Fairy

2011-10-31T00:01:00.086-04:00

Happy Halloween!!!!!!

This week's Totally Stampalicious challenge is to make a Halloween card or project! I found this great Halloween designer paper from doodlebug design inc and knew it would be perfect with the adorable Ava Fairy. Ava was stamped on Papertrey Inc white card stock and colored with Sharpies, except the skin tone which is blush blossom marker from Stampin Up. Ava's hair is really brown but she's wearing a black wig to go with the rest of her costume he he. I cut the image and clouds out freehand with my small fiskars scissors. The spider webs and the BOO are heat embossed with white embossing powder. I used this week's Sketch Saturday Sketch #179 for the layout. I really like this sketch!!!

The Totally Stampalicious Store is running a new PROMOTION called.........Let Us 'Treat' You Right!
It's designed to reward you for your AWESOME taste in stamps!

Stamp sets are ALL $8.95 each now!

Stampalicious Dessert Menu
Level 1 - Vanilla Ice Cream - Buy 5 sets Get 1 Free
Level 2 - Strawberry Shortcake - Buy 8 sets Get 2 Free
Level 3 - Triple Layer Chocolate Cake - Buy 11 sets Get 3 Free

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my card today! I hope you get a chance to play along with us in our Halloween challenge!!!! Check out the Totally Stampalicious Blog for more Halloween Inspiration!

Take Notes Challenge

2011-10-24T00:01:00.031-04:00

I'd like to start off by THANKING everyone that stopped by my blog for the New Release and Blog Hop last week! The stamps being release this month are AWESOME and so much fun to work with! I enjoyed reading all the comments and hopping through the blog hop!

It's Monday and that means we have a new Challenge at Totally Stampalicious! This challenge is an EASY one. We want you to make at least 3 note cards. I like even numbers so I made 4. These cards are 4 x 4. I used Night of Navy card stock stamped with white snowflakes for the base. The frames were made with Cranberry Crisp paper and the SU Scallop Trim Border and Corner punches. The image is one of our new releases Winter Bird Snowman. I colored the images with a combination of Sharpie markers and Coloring Pencils. I got a new snowflake die - Sizzix Snowflakes #15. I cut the snowflakes out of some glittery white CS and added a rhinestone to the center for my embellishment. Finally, I added some dazzling diamonds to make the snow sparkle.

Be sure to stop on over to the Totally Stampalicious Blog to see what other awesome Note Cards the Design Team has created! I hope you get a chance to play along in our challenge this week! These little cards are going to come in handy for the holidays!

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my card set today!

Totally Stampalicious Christmas Release and Blog Hop

2011-10-20T21:00:00.077-04:00

WELCOME!!

You have reached the 7th Stop of the Totally Stampalicious

Christmas Release and Blog Hop!!!

We are so excited to share SEVEN NEW SETS with you all tonight and they are

AVAILABLE NOW at TOTALLY STAMPALICIOUS!!

As always we have some FABULOUS PRIZES to give away including:

1st Prize - All 7 New Sets

2nd Prize - $15 Gift Certficate

3rd Prize - $5 Gift Certificate

All you have to do is Hop along with us and leave your comments along the way

and maybe YOU could be a WINNER!!!!

I have 4 cards to share with you today!

HERE ARE MY SAMPLES FOR THE CHRISTMAS RELEASE!!!!!

Scarlette Mistletoe

Margaret December

Deacon Elf

Poppi Cocoa

All of these releases are from the Totally Stampalicious Bugaboo Line by amazing artist Jodie Mackerell!

They are ALL must-haves for this year's Holiday Cards!!!

Now it's time to hop on over to Jessie's Blog to see what Awesome Christmas Inspiration she has for us!

And here is the entire Blog Hop Line Up in case there are any glitches along the way!

Totally Stampalicious

Witchy Stella for Color Challenge

2011-10-17T08:00:00.002-04:00

Supplies:
Stamps: Road Trip Stella, Michaels Halloween Stamp Set
Paper: Basic Black, Peach Parfait, Concord Crush, PTI White
Ink: Momento Black, Sharpie Markers, Blush Blossom SU Marker
Accessories: Black Sheer Ribbon, Scalloped Circle Punch, 1 1/4 & 1 3/8 Circle Punches, White Gel Pen, Scalloped Edge Punch

This week's challenge at Totally Stampalicious is a color challenge. We want you to use Orange, Purple, and Black. I decided to get Road Trip Stella ready for Halloween! I used Sharpies to color the image, with the exception of the skin tone, for that I used the Blush Blossom Marker from Stampin' Up. The Hat and Sentiment are from an old Haloween stamp set. The witch hat is just the right size for Stella - LOL. I masked the image and sponged the background with momento black ink. I also sponged some black on the sentiment.

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my card today! Check out the Totally Stampalicious BLOG for more great color inspiration!

I hope you get a chance to play along in our color challenge this week! We're having a New Release and Blog Hop on Thursday!!!! Can't wait to show you some of our awesome new releases!!!!

Thankful for You, Mom

2011-10-10T00:00:00.090-04:00

Supplies:

Stamps: Chester Platypus, Digital Sentiment

Paper: Cajun Craze CS, We R Memory Keepers Autumn Splendor DP, PTI White CS

Ink: Prisma Color Pencils, Versa Magic Wheat Chalk

Accessories: Paper Flower Kit (We R Memory Keepers), SU Scallop Oval Punch, SU Oval Punch, SU Scallop Trim Corner Punch, SU Scallop Trim Border Punch

Happy Thanksgiving to all my Canadian friends and bloggers! This week's challenge at Totally Stampalicious is to create a Thanksgiving or Thank You card. I used the adorable Chester Platypus stamp from the Sylvia Zet line at Totally Stampalicious for my image. The sentiment is a digital stamp. Isn't that DP gorgeous? I fell in love with it and just had to have it. It goes perfectly with the Cajun Craze SU cardstock too!

I made the scalloped square frame using my Stampin Up punches. It took me a good while (and some math) to figure out the right measurements to make that frame. In case you have those punches and would like the measurements...I cut a square at 3 and 6/16 on my Fisker's Trimmer. I punched all 4 corners with the corner punch and then went back with my edge punch and lined up the scallops from the corner with the scallops on the punch. The brown scallop edge was part of the DP I used. It came with four scalloped edges. I just trimmed it to fit the DP square.

What am I Thankful for? I am Thankful for my Mom. She's recovering from surgery in Arizona while I'm at home in Michigan - missing her tremendously. I'm thankful that her surgery went well and that I was able to be there with her for a few days last week. This recovery is not easy or quick but she's determined to work hard and get better. She's been constantly on my mind and in my prayers.

Thanks for checking out my Thanksgiving card today! I hope you get a chance to play along in our challenge this week!

Sweet Elizabeth Embossed

2011-10-03T00:01:00.014-04:00

This week's challenge at Totally Stampalicious is EMBOSSING. We want you to use either Heat or Dry embossing on your card or project. I used dry embossing and made my background from Blushing Bride cardstock with the swiss dots embossing folder. I used the adorable Storybook Elizabeth stamp set for the image and sentiment. The sentiment reads: "So many dreams in such a little package".

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my card! I hope you get a chance to play along in our embossing challenge this week.

For more great inspiration - check out the Totally Stampalicious Blog!

October Calendar Page

2011-10-01T00:00:00.026-04:00

Today I'm sharing my October calendar page. My husband and I will celebrate our Wedding Anniversary this month. I used the little cut out heart to mark the date. I created the calendar itself in MS Excel. I chose Eggplant and Black as my colors because those were the colors of our bridal party.

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my October calendar page!

Check out these other AWESOME calendar pages for some inspiration....

Monique For The Love of Paper

Christine Dol Creations

Danni Danni's Dreams

Tangii The Inking Spot

Lisa Kind Creations

I'll be back on Monday with a new challenge from Totally Stampalicious!

Musical Dexter Winging It

2011-09-26T00:00:00.036-04:00

Before I get to my challenge card today - I want to thank everyone that participated in our blog hop!

This week's challenge at Totally Stampalicious is to use something with WINGS on your card or project. I used the Musical Dexter stamp set for my image and sentiment. I decided to go with a square card this time. I wanted to keep the colors bright and cheerful too - mission accomplished with bright green and yellow!

I'm also including this in the following challenges-

Stamp Fairy - Glitter Challenge
Paper Sundaes - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my card! I hope you get a chance to play along in our WING IT challenge this week!

September New Release and Blog Hop

2011-09-22T21:00:00.050-04:00

Welcome to the 8th Stop of our September New Release and Blog Hop!!

We have FIVE NEW STAMP SETS to share with you tonight and they are available NOW at

Totally Stampalicious!!!

As always we want to give some stuff away and all YOU need to do to be eligible to WIN is comment on all of the Design Team's AWESOME creations!!!

Check out these awesome prizes:

1st Prize - All 5 New Stamp Sets

2nd Prize - $15 Gift Certificate

3rd Prize - $5 Gift Certificate

So are you READY?!!!

Today I have two new cards to share with you. The first card I have is the Fabulous Road Trip Stella. She's from the Bugaboo Line by Jodie Mackerell! I just Love this Stella cruisin' in her convertible!

My second card is the adorable Chester Platypus from the Sylvia Zet collection! Isn't he the cutest?

In case you missed my sneak peeks from earlier this week here are two more of the sets being released today:

Fairy Ava from the Bugaboo Stamps Line......

Storybook Elizabeth from the Sylvia Zet Line......

Now it's time to hop on over to Jessie's Blog to see what awesome creations she has made for the blog hop!!!

And here is the entire Blog Hop Line Up in case there are any glitches along the way!

Totally Stampalicious

Angel

Jessica

Cindy

Kendra

Dawn

Lori

Julie

Jessie

Laurie

Lynda

Becky

Joycelyn

Joanne

Stacy

Sue

Thanks for joining hopping along with us today!!

Storybook Elizabeth Sneak Peek

2011-09-20T08:00:00.015-04:00

It's our release week over at Totally Stampalicious so I get to show you a sneak peak of one of the sets we will be releasing at our New Release and Blog Hop on Thursday, September 22! This adorable image is from the Storybook Elizabeth Stamp set. It's from the Sylvia Zet line at Totally Stampalicious! Elizabeth and her bunny are separate stamps. I kept the layout simple on this one. I colored the image with my coloring pencils and mineral spirits.

Thanks for stopping by today and checking out my Storybook Elizabeth card! I'll be back on Thursday night with my post for the the new release and blog hop!

Child's Birthday Card and a Sneak Peek

2011-09-19T00:00:00.022-04:00

This week's challenge at Totally Stampalicious is to make a birthday card for a child. It's also our release week and today I get to show you a sneak peek of our adorable Fairy Ava stamp set. She's from the Totally Stampalicious Bugaboo line. Hopefully you'll get a chance to play along in our child's birthday card challenge this week! I know I can always use some extra kids cards!

Our new Release and Blog Hop will take place this Thursday, September 22 at 9:00 PM EST. You don't want to miss all the fabulous creations and a chance to win some PRIZES!

Our design team has created some fabulous cards for the child's birthday challenge. You can find them on the Totally Stampalicious Blog!

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my card!

Franklin Bear - Anything Goes Challenge

2011-09-12T00:01:00.060-04:00

Happy Monday my Crafty Friends! I want to start this post by WELCOMING the 5 New Design Team Members at Totally Stampalicious! We are so excited to have such talented designers on our team!

Today I'm sharing my card for this week's Anything Goes Challenge at Totally Stampalicious. I used the newly released Franklin Bear Stamp set for the image and sentiment. Something about Franklin Bear makes me want to use Blue and Brown. I colored the image with my prismacolor pencils and mineral spirits using my blending stumps. I also sponged chalk around the image to soften the picture. I added a touch of pink with the flower. Franklin's tie is paper pieced to match the marina mist background and scalloped edge. The layout for this card is from the Freshly Made Sketches Sketch #1.

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my card today! I hope you get a chance to play along with us this week! We love to come by and see all your awesome creations!

Get Well and a Color Challenge Card

2011-09-04T23:00:00.034-04:00

This week we have a color challenge at Totally Stampalicious. The colors are Pink, Yellow and Orange. I used Melon Mambo, Crushed Curry, and a Pumpkin Orange for my shades. The base of this card is Soft Suede. The image is the super fun Nurse Margaret. She's from the Totally Stampalicious Bugaboo Line.

Check out the Totally Stampalicious Blog to see some more great Pink, Yellow and Orange inspiration!

I'm also including this card in the following challenges:

Bugaboo Stamps: Anything Goes

Stampin with the Dragon: Occupations

Cute Card Thursday: Use at Least One Punch

Sweet Stampin' Challenge: Anything but Birthday

Jellypark Friends: Get Punchy

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my card today!

September Calendar Page

2011-09-01T08:00:00.060-04:00

It's SEPTEMBER 1st already! Where did this summer go? My daughter will be starting 4th grade next week. It's time to get back to the routine of school and homework. We are going to be super busy this fall.

As much as I LOVE summer I also love the beautiful fall colors and weather. I'm ready to break out some comfort food recipes and make some soups and stews (gluten free of course).

Today I'm sharing my September calendar page. I used this adorable (and somewhat neglected) Hero Arts Flower Branch with Owl stamp for my inspiration. I created the calendar itself in MS Excel. The butterflies just seemed to fill in the empty space on the page. I kept it clean and simple. The colors on my monitor look more like burgundy and blue but the background is actually more brown IRL.

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my September calendar page!

Check out these other AWESOME calendar pages for some September inspiration....

Monique For The Love of Paper

Christine Dol Creations

Danni Danni's Dreams

Tangii The Inking Spot

Lisa Kind Creations

Supplies

Stamps: Hero Arts Flower Branch with Owl

Ink: Chocolate Chip

Paper: Life's Little Occasions DP, Very Vanilla

Accessories: MS Excel, Butterfly Embosslet, Hole Punch, Taylored Expressions Calendar Stand

My Groovy Bookmark Card and Tutorial

2011-08-28T23:00:00.106-04:00

Supplies
Stamps:
Paper: Stampers Select White CS (Papertrey Ink), Peach Parfait, Pear Pizzazz, Beach Babe DP, Vellum
Ink: Memento Black
Accessories: Prismacolor Pencils, Mineral Spirits, Blending Stump, Three For You flower punch, scallop edge punch, ticket corner punch, small hole punch, gold ribbon, SU Pearls.

This week's Challenge at Totally Stampalicious is to make a BOOKMARK! For my bookmark I used the super cool Hippie Dottie Stamp set from the Totally Stampalcious Bugaboo Line.

I used Papertrey Ink Stampers Select White Cardstock for the base and image on this. I LOVE this paper! It's a great weight (110 lb) for a card base and it works perfectly for stamping and coloring images! This is the first time I've tried this paper and I'm so happy with the results!

I struggled a bit with how to attach the bookmark to the card. I wanted something that would hold the bookmark in place and not cover it up at the same time. I came up with this idea to create a pocket out of vellum. It's super easy to do.

Here's a quick tutorial on the pocket.

Step 1: Make a Square that measures roughly the same as the width of your bookmark. My bookmark is just under 2 inches so I used a 2 inch square.

Step 2: Cut the square in half on the diagonal. I just lined up two points from the square on my paper trimmer and cut. (Be sure to hold the paper down on both sides of the paper or else it will move and you won't get a straight cut)


Here's what your square will look like

Step 3: Tape your two triangles together to make a pocket. For this step I checked the width of the pocket against the width of my bookmark to be sure there was a wide enough opening. My finished pocket measures 2 7//8 inches wide by 2 inches tall.

Step 3: Run Tape along all the outside edges and position on your card.

Step 4: Decorate.

I'm also including this card in the following challenges:

Tiddly Inks Challenge: Bookmarks
Pixie Dust Studio Challenge: Tag Time

I had a lot of fun making this bookmark card set! We have more great bookmark inspiration on the Totally Stampalicious Blog. I hope you get a chance to play along in our bookmark challenge this week!

Thanks for checking out my card and tutorial!

TKO with Deacon!!!

2011-08-21T23:00:00.052-04:00

Supplies:

Stamps: Deacon Swing

Ink: Momento Black

Paper: Marina Mist, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, and Poppi Parade, Bazzill Coconut White for image

Accessories: Prismacolor Pencils, Mineral Spirits, Blending Stump

Punches: Scallop Edge, Scallop Circle, 1 1/4 inch Circle, 1 inch Circle, Small Heart, Tag Corner

This week we have another FUN challenge at Totally Stampalicious. We want you to use at least three different punches. Easy Peasy right? RIGHT!!!! I actually used a total of 6 different punches for this card. The adorable image and sentiment are from the newly released Deacon Swing stamp set. This set is part of the Bugaboo line.

The color combo for this card came right out of the Stampin Up catalog. Sometimes when I need a color combo I look through the catalog and pick colors from their designer papers. This color combo is on page 189 of the 2011-2012 catalog. The DP is Party Animal. The colors are Marina Mist, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, and Poppi Parade. The first thing my husband said when he saw this card was - Great Colors. LOL

Want to see some AMAZING samples for this week's challenge? Check out the Totally Stampalicious Blog to see what the DT has created to inspire you!

There's still time to apply to be on the AWESOME Totally Stampalicious Design Team! The deadline to apply is August 28th at 11:59 PM. For more details on the DT Call - Click HERE .

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my 3 or more punch challenge card. I hope you get a chance to play along with us this week!

Totally Stampalicious August Blog Hop

2011-08-18T21:00:00.033-04:00

Welcome to the 6th stop of the August New Release and Blog Hop!

We've got FIVE NEW STAMP SETS to share with you from

Jodie Mackerell's Awesome Bugaboo Line and our new Fabulous Sylvia Zet Line!

All FIVE STAMP SETS are available NOW at Totally Stampalicious!

As usual we have some FANTASTIC PRIZES to give away and all you have to do is comment on all of the Design Team's Blogs for your chance to win one of the following:

1st Prize - ALL 5 New Stamp Sets

2nd Prize - $15 Gift Certificate

3rd Prize - $5 Gift Certificate

Next up are the four cards that I made for this month's new release!

My first card for today's HOP is from the Bugaboo Line. I used the Deacon Swing stamp set for the image and the sentiment. I colored the image with my Prismacolor Pencils and Mineral Spirits. These are not my normal go to colors but I think they worked really well with this adorable image!

My second card is also from the Bugaboo Line. This one is the Fairy Stella stamp set. I thought Stella would look magical against this squiggly background paper. The squiggles are actually fuzzy in real life. I used a sketch from the Cupcake Craft Challenge for the layout on this card.

In case you missed my sneak peeks earlier this week. Here are my two cards from the Sylvia Zet Line.

First is Franklin Bear. This bear is so adorable and so much fun to create with!

Last but not least is the Musical Dexter card.

Please note that due to an error in the file we sent to our manufacturer, there are spelling mistakes on a sentiment on both the Fairytale Charlotte and Musical Dexter sets and so both sets are selling for a discounted price of $7.95. The images/sentiments still stamp perfectly!

Now it's time to hop on over to Lynda's Blog to see what awesome inspiration she has come up with!

Here is the entire line-up just in case there are any glitches along the way!

Totally Stampalicious

Joanne

Laurie

Stacy

Becky

Julie

Lynda

Cindy

Joycelyn

Sue (SCS Gallery)

Thanks for stopping by and commenting on my Blog Hop post! Good Luck!!!!!

Franklin Bear - Sneak Peek

2011-08-16T07:00:00.000-04:00

Supplies

Stamps: Franklin Bear

Paper: Baja Breeze, Close to Cocoa Textured, Houndstooth DP, Bazzill Coconut

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Prismacolor Pencils, Versa Magic Chalk Ink

Accessories: Chocolate Chip Grossgrain Ribbon, Circle Punches, Paper Flower, Button

Today I'm sharing a card I made for this week's Totally Stampalicious release. The New Release and Blog Hop will be this Thursday, August 18th at 9:00 PM EST. I used the new Franklin Bear Stamp set for the image and sentiment. I colored Franklin with Prismacolor Pencils and masked and sponged the image with chalk ink. The tie was stamped on Baja Breeze paper and paper pieced to the bear.

I'm also including this card in the following challenges:

Addicted to Stamps Challenge: Anything Goes
Catch the Bug Challenge: Distressed/Shabby Chic
Frosted Designs: Animals
Cute Card Thursday: Clean and Simple

Thanks for checking out my sneak peek!

A Shape Challenge and a Sneak Peek...

2011-08-14T23:00:00.110-04:00

This Thursday Totally Stampalicious is having a New Release and Blog Hop! Today I'm sharing a sneak peak of a new stamp set that will be released on Thursday. The set is called Musical Dexter. Our challenge this week is a shape challenge. We want you to use at least 1 circle, 1 square, and 1 rectangle on your creation. I hope my rectangle still counts even though I made a little slit at the bottom. I've been seeing these ribbon cuts (if that's what they're called) and wanted to try one out. I used my Photo Corner Punch to make the slit! I decided to keep the layout clean and simple on this one.

Supplies

Stamps: Musical Dexter

Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, Prismacolor Pencils

Paper: Old Olive Textured CS, Elegant Eggplant, Bazzill Coconut Swirl, SU In colors DP

Accessories: Scalloped Edge Punch, Circle Punches, Chalk, Mineral Spirits, Blending Stump

I colored Dexter with my NEW coloring pencils (Prismacolor). I love how the image turned out. I used mineral spirits and a stump to blend the color. I sponged chalk in the background of the image and the sentiment to give it a distressed look.

Here's a close up of Dexter:

I'm also including this card in the following challenges:

Addicted to Stamps Challenge: Anything Goes

Catch the Bug Challenge: Distressed/Shabby Chic
Frosted Designs: Animals
Cute Card Thursday: Clean and Simple

Stampin' Sisters in Christ: Music

We're looking for 4 New Design Team Members at Totally Stampalicious. Click HERE for the announcement on the Totally Stampalicious blog! The deadline to apply is August 28 at 11:59 pm.

I hope you get a chance to play along in our shapes challenge this week! For more great inspiration on this challenge check out the samples our FABULOUS Design Team has put together HERE.

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my card!

Totally Stampalicious Design Team Call

2011-08-10T18:21:00.001-04:00

There is a Design Team Call going on over at Totally Stampalicious!!!!

Here are the details:

Totally Stampalicious wants YOU!

We are currently looking for FOUR NEW ARTISTS to join our

AWESOME DESIGN TEAM!!

Interested applicants will please send us THREE SAMPLES including at least ONE BRAND NEW SAMPLE!

As all of our stamps are line drawn images, we do recommend that you feature your coloring skills in card samples as well!

Totally Stampalicious is a fun and relaxed company to design for and there are some really great benefits to go along with a few expectations!

~ DT Members choose only the stamps they WANT to design with.

~ We ask that at least TWO cards or projects are made with each stamp set selected

(so if you chose every set from a 4 set release you would have to create 8 samples within a 2 month period)

~ Digis will also be provided if DT members prefer to work with that format (only ONE card or project is expected if you only choose the digi)

~ DT Members are expected to participate in ALL Release Blog Hops and most TS Monday Challenges

Sound Good?

So let's see your finest work and maybe you could become a part of this fantastic team!

Please e-mail your samples and a link to your blog and on-line gallery(s) to

totallystampalicious@gmail.com

Thank you so much for applying and we can't wait to see your work!

Please note that only entries chosen will be contacted.

It's Musical Monday

2011-08-07T23:00:00.012-04:00

Supplies

Stamps: Violin Charolette

Paper: Pool Party, Very Vanilla, Orchestra DP

Ink: Black, Pool Party, Blush Blossom, Barely Banana

Accessories: Beautiful Wings Embosslit, SU Scalloped Oval Punch, SU Large Oval Punch, Swirls Embossing Folder, Marvy Giga Scalloped Square Punch, Black Ribbon

This week's Challenge at Totally Stampalicious is MUSIC! We want you to use MUSIC on your card or project. I used the adorable Violin Charolette stamp from the newly released Sylvia Zet line for my sample.

The background DP I used is from 7gypsies and it's called Orchestra. It's one of my very favorite designer papers. I also got to use some NEW cardstock! The base of the card is Pool Party from Stampin Up's 2011 - 2012 In Colors! This color goes fabulously with Vanilla and Black don't you think? The design team has put together some gorgeous samples for this week's challenge. You can find them HERE.

I'm also including this card in the following challenges:

Bugaboo Stamps: Anything Goes
Frosted Designs: Color your image
AI Factory: Anything Goes
Scrap-Creations: Buttons or Bows
Addicted to Stamps: Anything Goes
The Pink Elephant: Butterfly

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my MUSICALLY Inspired card! Hope you get a chance to play along with us this week!

Frozen Treats / August 2011 Calendar Page

2011-07-31T23:00:00.072-04:00

HAPPY AUGUST!!!!! August is by far my FAVORITE month of the year. I'm all about summer and I just love the warm August weather here in Michigan!

Today I'm sharing my August calendar page! Since the 1st of August also falls on a Monday I decided to combine my calendar page with the Totally Stampalicious Challenge this week. This week's challenge is to use some sort of Frozen Treat on your creation. Keeping with the theme of my favorite things I chose ICE CREAM for my frozen treat. I used the newly released Poppi Penguin stamp set for my image. The calendar was created Microsoft Excel. The ice cream cones were made using the Stampin' Up scallop circle punch and a triangle that I cut free hand on my paper trimmer. The calendar stand is from Taylored Expressions.

I also created a tutorial for making calendar pages. You can find the tutorial just below this post.

Here's a link to the Totally Stampalicious Blog where you can find some more fabulous frozen treat inspiration!

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my frozen treats calendar page!

Here are a few more calendar pages to inspire you:

Christine Dol Creations

Danni Danni's Dreams

Kathryn Scrap Happy

Before I go I have a couple blog awards to pass along. Thanks to Pam at CraftyCards4u2 for selecting me for the blog awards!

I've selected 3 Blogs and my readers to pass this on to:

1. Min at Kaymin Kreations

2. Tammy at My Craft Central

3. Elizabeth Allan at Elizabeth Allan's Art Studio

4. My Blog Readers (if you haven't received either one of these awards please feel free to pick them up and pass them on!)

Calendar Page Tutorial

2011-07-31T22:59:00.111-04:00

Last month the ladies at Crafting for all Seasons Challenge Blog honored me with their I Inspire Award for my July Calendar Page. They also asked me if I would put together a tutorial on how to make the calendar page. I've never done a tutorial before. I figured this would be the perfect opportunity to try something NEW.

Here's my tutorial on how to make a calendar page....

Part 1 Making the Calendar:

The first thing I do when making my calendar page is to make the actual calendar. There are several different ways you can do this and several places online that you can download already created calendar templates. Being the complete Microsoft Excel GEEK that I am I chose to make a simple calendar in Excel and then just copy and past it into MSWord. You can make a calendar directly in Word as well. I like the functionality of Excel for adjusting my widths. There are calendar templates already built into Word and Works so if you just do a quick internet search on calendar templates you will find plenty of options. Here's a link to 2011 Calendar Templates at MicrosoftOffice.Com. Once I have the calendar made I change the font color to match the colors I plan to use for my project and then I print it out in a few different sizes. (I like to have options when I'm designing the page and having more than one size calendar does come in handy).

While I was searching for more calendar templates online for this tutorial I came across Cat's Creations website. She has free downloadable calendars HERE.

Part 2 Making the Calendar Page:

Step 1: Measure out your cardstock to fit in your calendar display opening. My calendar display stand opening is 7 inches wide by 8 inches tall. My calendar base layer is 6 1/2 inches by 6 1/2 inches.

Step 2: Design your calendar page. Just like making a card or scrapbook page.

Step 3: Punching the holes. Flip the calendar page over. Line the page up with a straight edge. I use my lined mat to make sure my measurements will be equal distance from the top of the calendar. You can also measure a spot from the top of the calendar on each end of the page and draw a line connecting the dots to make sure you're on a straight line. Next you want to measure the halfway point of the page. With a 6 1/2 inch wide base the halfway point is 3 1/4 inches. Divide that by 2. Mark your page at the point which is halfway from the center to each end. Use a hole punch and punch out a small hole at each mark.

If you want to skip the step for measuring out the holes for your calendar page, you can purchase a 6 x 6 page protector and insert your calendar page into the clear sleeve. The page protectors already have two holes punched at the top!

All that's left to do is hang your calendar on the stand. My calendar stand came with rings to attach the calendar to the stand. You can also use ribbon or twine.

Here's my finished Calendar Page:

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my calendar page tutorial!

Totally Stampalicious New Release and Blog Hop - JULY 2011

2011-07-28T21:00:00.083-04:00

WELCOME!!

You've reached the 8th STOP of the July Release BLOG HOP!
It's time for another FUN and FABULOUS release from Totally Stampalicious and we are so excited to share the latest selections from our Bugaboo Line by the ever-impressive artist, Jodie Mackerell of Bugaboo Digi Stamps!

This month we are shaking things up and we have also added a new artist to our Totally Stampalicious family! Please give a warm welcome to Sylvia Zet of Wee Stamps!

ALL SIX NEW STAMP SETS
are available NOW at
Totally Stampalicious!

As always we have some PRIZES that we want to give away to a few of our lucky Hoppers so be sure to comment on ALL of the DT's blogs for your chance to WIN one of these AWESOME treats!!
1st Prize - ALL SIX New Stamp Sets!
2nd Prize - $15 Gift Certificate
3rd Prize - $5 Gift Certificate

Now in case you get lost along the way here is the complete blog hop line up!

Totally Stampalicious

Lynda - Stamp Act

Stacy - Twinshappy

Joanne - The Inky Ocean Gazer

Joycelyn - Stamps 'n' Coffee

Becky - Stampin' For Fun

Laurie - On the Bright Side

Julie - Julie Makes Cards

Lori - Inkingly Yours

Cindy - Cindy Haffner's Corner

Sue - Coffeestamper on SCS

I made cards for 4 of the sets being released today. Up first is my Poppi Penguin Card:

The mesh tape at the bottom of my Penguin card is drywall tape!

My Second card today is using the fabulous Hippie Dottie Stamp Set!

Doesn't Hippie Dottie look Fabulous surrounded by Flowers!

Next up is Nurse Margaret:

The inside of the card reads: They Found Your Head - LOL

I'm entering Nurse Margaret in the following challenges:

Catch the Bug: Heavy Metal with Brads or Eyelets

Sweet Sunday Sketch: SSSC127

In case you missed my sneak peek earlier this week - here's my Friendly Dexter card:

Remember to leave a comment on this post and then head on over to the next stop on the Blog Hop - My talented friend Lori at Inkingly Yours

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my cards!

Anything Goes Dexter Sneak Peek

2011-07-24T23:00:00.037-04:00

Mark your calendars.....this Thursday (July 28) Totally Stampalicious is having a New Release and Blog Hop at 9:00 PM EST! You do not want to miss this amazing release - not to mention the cool PRIZES! Just to give you a little sneak peek today I used our soon to be released Friendly Dexter stamp set. We are releasing 6 new stamp sets this week! Our design team has been hard at work creating some awesome cards for the release! We'll be having sneak peeks tomorrow and Wednesday too so be sure to check back!

This month we would like to introduce to you a new artist to the Totally Stampalicious family! Some of you may have seen some of her work before as she owns her own digi stamp company called Wee Stamps. Please welcome SYLVIA ZET!

Our challenge theme this week is Anything Goes so be sure to post your projects to the challenge on the Totally Stampalicious Blog!

This card is 5 inches square. The base is white. It's a little hard to see in the picture because the base blends in with the background. My daughter Emily picked out the designer paper for this card. She has good taste in designer paper doesn't she? It's a beautiful bright green with glittery polka dots. It goes perfectly with the Friendly Dexter image - fun and whimsical! The base cardstock behind the green is actually a dark purple. It looks more navy in the picture but it's purple in real life (IRL).

Be sure to check out the other great samples from the Design Team over at the Totally Stampalicious Blog. There might just be some other sneak peeks there too!

Don't forget to come back on Thursday for the New Release and Blog Hop!

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my card today!

Christmas in July Anything Goes

2011-07-22T07:00:00.011-04:00

Today's challenge at Bugaboo Stamps Catch the Bug Challenge Blog is Anything Goes. I decided to end the week with the same color combo that I started the week with - certainly celery, chocolate chip, and whisper white. The image I used is one of my all time favorites - Christmas JJ. She's looking fabulous and festive in her reindeer costume isn't she?

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my card! I'll be back on Monday with a new challenge for Totally Stampalicious! Have a FAB*U*LOUS Weekend!

Christmas in July Snow

2011-07-21T21:32:00.000-04:00

I made this adorable card for today's Challenge at Bugaboo Stamps Christmas in July Challenge. Today's challenge theme is snow. I knew Eggbert Winter would be perfect for this "snow" theme. For the layout I used this week's Sweet Sketch Wednesday Sketch 111. I love the Navy, White and Silver color combo for Christmas and I think it went perfectly with the snow theme! The sentiment stamp is from Amuse Art Stamps.

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my card! I'll be back tomorrow with my card for the Anything Goes challenge at Bugaboo.

Sketch Challenge at Bugaboo

2011-07-20T21:46:00.001-04:00

Just a quick post today to share the card I made for today's challenge at Catch the Bug Challenge Blog. Each day this week is a new Christmas challenge and today's challenge is a sketch challenge. Here's the sketch:

I used the Bugaboo Winter Birds - Snowman digi stamp for the image. Isn't it just adorable?
Thanks for stopping by and checking out my card!

Bugaboo Christmas in July - Free Digi Day!

2011-07-19T21:29:00.003-04:00

Supplies:

Stamps: Ruby Free Digi, Unknown Christmas Sentiment Stamp

Paper: Real Red, Certainly Celery, Whisper White, Heidi Grace Designs DP

Ink: Barely Banana, Blush Blossom, Real Red, Certainly Celery, Garden Green, Basic Black

Accessories: Scallop Edge Punch, Modern Label Punch, Snowflakes, Gel Pen

Today I'm sharing a card I made for today's challenge at Catch the Bug Challenge Blog. Each day this week is a new Christmas challenge and today's challenge is to use the Ruby FREE digital image they provided on your project.

This is the first time I've used a Fixatif on my digital image. I bought some Krylon Workable Fixatif and followed the directions on the bottle to set the image. I let it dry for an hour and then colored it using my Stampin Up markers. I'm really happy with how this turned out. The only down side is the dry time. My other option is to buy some Copic Markers (or other non-water based markers) but then what would I do with all my Stampin' Up markers?

This card measures 6.5" x 3.25". I was inspired to try this size when I read Emily Leiphart's Blog post today (HERE). I don't know if I've ever done a 6.5" x 3.25" card but I really like it! I also think this is the perfect size card to use if you're giving a gift of money or a check. Now I just need to find an envelope that this will fit into.

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my card! I'd love to know what kind of markers you use and how they work with digi stamps!

I'm also entering this card in the following challenges:

Craft us Crazy - Christmas in July

Digistamps 4 Joy ~ Christmas

Fairy Knoll ~ Christmas in July

Simon Says Stamp ~ Anything Goes

Simply Create ~ Christmas Time

Stamp Something ~ Christmas in July

Stampin With The Dragon ~ Christmas in July

Buttons and Bows Scarlette

2011-07-17T23:00:00.004-04:00

Supplies

Stamps: Present Scarlette, So Many Scallops

Paper: Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla, Certainly Celery, Chocolate Chip & Certainly Celery DP

Ink: Chocolate Chip, Certainly Celery, Pretty in Pink, Blush Blossom, Crumb Cake

Accessories: Paper Piercing Tool, Scallop Circle Punch, 1 1/4 inch Circle Punch, Scallop Trim Border Punch, Close to Cocoa Ribbon, SU Twine, Buttons

It's Monday and time for this week's Totally Stampalicious Challenge. This is a super easy one - we just want you to use Buttons and Bows on your project (at least one of each). Being the overachiever that I am - LOL, I have 4 buttons (those are clear buttons under Scarlette) and two bows on my card. I used the Present Scarlette rubber stamp from Totally Stampalicious for the image.

I'm also including this card in the following challenges:

Catch the Bug Challenge Blog - Non - Traditional Christmas Colors

Craft us Crazy - Christmas in July

Fairy Knoll ~ Christmas in July

Meljens - Buttons and Bows

Simply Create ~ Christmas Time

Stamp Something ~ Christmas in July

Stampin With The Dragon ~ Christmas in July

Digistamps 4 Joy ~ Christmas

Want some more Buttons and Bows inspiration? Head on over to the Totally Stampalicious Blog to see what the rest of the design team has created!

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my card! I hope you can join us for this week's Buttons and Bows Challenge!

Last but not least I want to thank everyone that stopped by and left comments on my Bugaboo Christmas in July Blog Hop post! I will be selecting a winner for the turtles winter digi - on Saturday, July 23 from all the comments. If you haven't commented and want a chance to win the free digi from Bugaboo - you can find the blog hop post HERE. To find out all the challenges and prizes for the Bugaboo Christmas in July click HERE.

Bugaboo Stamps Christmas in July Blog Hop

2011-07-16T07:00:00.106-04:00

I am so excited to be a part of the Christmas in July Blog Hop with Bugaboo Stamps! Hopefully you arrived from Lola Cordova's Blog. You can find the entire blog hop line up on the Catch the Bug Blog HERE. Bugaboo has put together a week long celebration you will not want to miss out on!

I made this card using the Bugaboo Turtles Winter stamp. You can find this digi stamp HERE. It's impossible to make this turtle look anything but adorable! The sequins silver snowflake embelishments really pop out IRL. I added some stickles to the image to give it a little bling!

Supplies:
Stamps: Turtles Winter, Sentiment from unknown Christmas Stamp Set.
Paper: Bashful Blue, Real Red, Certainly Celery, Whisper White, Me & My Bright Ideas DP
Ink: Certainly Celery, Real Red, Wild Wasabi
Accessories: Modern Label, Word Window, and Eyelet Border Punches; Colluzzle, Sequins Silver Snowflakes, Swiss Dots Embossing Folder, Stickles, Large Rhinestones, Rhinestone Brads.

Here's a close up of the image:

Now you need to head on over to Lori Padeberg's Blog! Make sure you leave comments at each stop because EACH DT member will be giving away the image they used for the hop and of course there are many more to be earned along the way!! This HOP is full of prizes!!!!

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my card!

Triangle Star Shaped Card with JJ

2011-07-10T23:00:00.020-04:00

Supplies
Stamps: Cupcake JJ
Paper: Chocolate Chip Textured Paper, Heidi Grace Sweetest Bug, Whisper White
Accessories: Three for You Punch, Marvy Giga Scalloped Circle Punch, Marvy Giga Circle Punch, SU Modern Label Punch, Pearls

It's MONDAY and that means it's time for this week's Totally Stampalicious Challenge. This week we want you to use SHAPES - Anything but a rectangle or square shaped card! I decided to try something new and I made this Triangle Star shaped card. I found the step by step instructions for this card on Stamp Owl's Blog HERE. I made the base with Chocolate Chip 12 x 12 textured paper and then again with 12 x 12 designer paper for the top layer. I just trimed the DP paper on the score lines and then trimed again on each edge to make it smaller.

I used the Totally Stampalicious Cupcake JJ stamp set for the image and sentiments on this fun card.

Here's a not great picture of the card opened:

I used double sided velcro to hold the card closed. You can see the velcro on the lower left panel. The sentiment on the inside reads Party Like a Rock Star!

Check out the Totally Stampalicious Blog for more great SHAPED CARDS!

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my card! I hope you get a chance to join us for this week's SHAPED Card Challenge!

Stars, and Stripes and GUS

2011-07-03T23:00:00.060-04:00

Happy 4th of July!

Supplies

Stamps: Birthday Gus

Paper: Night of Navy, Real Red, Yankee Doodle DP, Red Sparkle DP

Accessories: Large Star Punch, Small Star Punch, Scallop Edge Punch, Night of Navy Ribbon, White Star Brad

Today, in America, we celebrate Independence Day. God Bless the USA!

This month is going to be a busy one! I've been working ahead on my July projects because I'm leaving for vacation on Thursday. I'm so excited for vacation! I'm also super excited to share all my projects.

This adorable Gus card is for this week's Totally Stampalicious - Stars & Stripes Challenge. I used the Totally Stampalicious Birthday Gus stamp set for the image and sentiment. The designer paper is from We R Memory Keepers (Yankee Doodle designer paper). I love, love, love this paper! I also got to use my Stampin' Up Red Glitter paper. Of course Gus is looking fabulous in Red, White, and Blue - he always makes me laugh.

The Totally Stampalicious Design Team has put together some fabulous samples for this week's challenge! You can check out all the samples over at the Totally Stampalicious Blog!

I'm also including this card in this week's Catch the Bug Anything Goes Challenge. Saturday - July 16th Bugaboo Stamps is having a Christmas in July Blog Hop followed by a week full of Events, Prizes and lots of Surprises! Click the link on my sidebar for all the details!

I'm entering this card in the following Challenges:
Splitcoast Stampers: Ways to Use it: Something Old / Something New
Bugaboo Stamps: Anything Goes
Craft us Crazy: Red, White & Blue and/or Summer
I Did it Creations: Patriotic
Sentimental Sundays: Anything Goes
Crafting for all Seasons: Red, White, and Blue

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my card! I hope you can play along with this week's Stars & Stripes challenge!

July Calendar Page

2011-07-01T00:00:00.032-04:00

Supplies

Stamps: NONE

Paper: SU Night of Navy, Yankee Doodles DP, Real Red, Whisper White.

Ink: Accessories: SU Eyelet Border Punch, SU Large and Small Star Punches, SU Night of Navy Grosgrain Ribbon

Happy JULY!

Today I’m sharing my July calendar page. I’m so glad my friend Monique invited me to join this calendar page blog hop! I’m having so much fun making these pages!

Huge thanks to my Husband Scott for sanding and staining my calendar stand. It looks so much prettier now!!!!

This page measures 6.5 inches square. The designer paper is from the Yankee Doodles 6 x 6 paper (We R Memory Keepers). I created the calendar in Microsoft Excel and printed it out on Whisper White Cardstock. Then I just added the red scalloped mat, stars and ribbon. I love how quick and easy this page was!

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my calendar page. Be sure to stop by and see all the other great calendar pages that my friends have put together! Here are the links to their blogs!

Christine

Kathryn

Tangii

Monique

I’m also including this calendar page in the following challenges:

Bugaboo Stamps – Recipe Challenge – Red, White & Blue with Ribbon

Squigglefly – Red, White, and Blue
Crafting for All Seasons Challenge Blog - Red, White, and Blue
Craft us Crazy - Red, White, and Blue

PaperCrafting Journey - Anything Goes
Kenny K - Hooray For The Red White And Blue

Happy Canada Day!

2011-06-26T23:00:00.040-04:00

Supplies:

Stamps: Daisy Scarlette

Paper: Real Red, Whisper White

Ink: Real Red, Blush Blossom, Close to Cocoa

Accessories: Scallop Border Punch, Three for You Punch, Small Pearls, Large Circle Punch, Large Scalloped Circle Punch, White Gel Pen

I’m here today with a super FUN Totally Stampalicious challenge. This week’s challenge is a color combo. We want you to use Red and White in honor of July 1st - Canada Day! I couldn’t resist using the newly released Daisy Scarlette stamp set from the Totally Stampalicious Bugaboo line. Doesn’t she look just fabulous in RED? Scarlette in Red….well it’s just perfect!

This card measures 5 x 5. The scalloped square base of this card was made using the Stampin Up Scallop Edge Punch. I used the tutorial on Splitcoast Stampers (SCS) to create the scalloped square. You can find the tutorial HERE. Getting the corners right was a little tricky. It took me a few tries to get a square I liked. It's still not perfect but it's good! HINT: The little flowers in the corners do a great job of covering up the less than perfect corner scallops!

Once I made the base I needed to make it stand on it’s own. I’ve never made an easel card before so this seemed like a good opportunity to try it. I found the Easel Card Tutorial on SCS as well. The easel was really easy to make. You can find that tutorial HERE.

Here's a side view of my card:

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my Red & White easel card! The Totally Stampalicious Design Team has created some fabulous samples for this week’s challenge. Click HERE to check them out!

Happy Canada Day to all my Canadian Friends and Bloggers! I hope you can play along with our Red & White challenge this week!

Graduation 2011

2011-06-24T22:30:00.001-04:00

Supplies

Stamps: Grad Girl (MFT)

Paper: Basic Black, Real Red, White Swirled DP

Ink: Basic Black, Real Red, Blush Blossom

Accessories: Modern Label Punch, Small Star Punch

Today I'm sharing a graduation card. I used the Center Step Layout from Splitcoast Stampers for this card. The stamp set Grad Girl is from My Favorite Things. I love the image and the great sentiments that came with this set. The white embossed cardstock is one of my favorites. I just love the embossed swirl pattern. It's elegant and subtle and adds a nice dimension to this card.

Here's a side view of my card:

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my graduation card!

Something Old Something New

2011-06-19T23:00:00.020-04:00

Huge THANKS to everyone that played along with us for last week's Anything Goes Challenge at Totally Stampalicious! We had over 100 participants...Woo Hoo!!!!

This week's Totally Stamalicious challenge theme is Here Comes the Bride. We want you to use something Old and something New on your card or project! I made this adorable Ava Flowers card using old cardstock (retired Barely Banana from Stampin Up....one of my favorite colors) and a NEW Punch for my sentiment and new White Twine. I used the layout from this week's sketch challenge at Splitcoast Stampers. That's it for me today. Stop over to the Totally Stampalicious Blog to see all the great inspiration the Design Team has for you!

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my card!

Teachers Gifts

2011-06-19T08:32:00.001-04:00

It's been a super busy week! My daughter Emily finished 3rd grade on Thursday and we left Thursday night for Cedar Point (an amusement park in Ohio about 2 1/2 hours by car from our home in Michigan). We spend the entire day at the amusement park on Friday. We had perfect weather and short lines for all the rides. To accommodate my gluten free diet I had a list of foods from the amusement park that were safe to eat and whenever I wanted a meal or snack I had to hunt down the GF foods. I was very impressed with the information the park provided for me and I was able to enjoy my trip without getting sick! Overall it was a fabulous end of the school year celebration! That brings me to the reason I started this post. Today I'm sharing the teachers gifts I made for Emily's teachers. I made these clothes pin magnets.

I found directions on several websites and blogs and figured they wouldn't be too hard to make. They did go together pretty easily. I decorated both sides of the clothes pins with designer paper. I'm not sure it was necessary to do that but I do think it looks nice.

Here's how I did it:

Supplies:

Clothes Pins (Dollar Store)
Designer Paper
Mog Podge
Paint Brush or Sponge Brush
Crystal Effects
Neodymium Disc Earth Magnets 1/4 inch x 1/16 inch (bought on Ebay)
E-6000 Glue

Instructions:

Trim Designer paper to fit your clothes pin
Apply Modge Podge to one side of Clothes Pin
Lay paper over Modge Podge
Press smooth (Allow to dry)
Apply Modge Podge over paper (Allow to dry)
Appy Crystal Effects over paper (Allow to dry)

Apply Magnets to back of clothes pin using E-6000 Glue (Allow to dry)

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my Clothes Pin Magnet Project!

Better Days are Coming.....

2011-06-12T23:00:00.027-04:00

It's MONDAY and that means it's time for another Totally Stampalicious Challenge! This week's challenge is sooooo easy......ANYTHING GOES! You can do that right? I'd love for you to play along with us this week!

I used the new release WTF GUS stamp set for this fun card. The sentiment continues on the inside of the card. On the front "Bettter Days are Coming....

On the INSIDE:

Head on over to the Totally Stampalicious Blog to see more great inspiration for the ANYTHING GOES challenge!

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my card!

Ribbon Throw Down

2011-06-05T23:00:00.096-04:00

Supplies:
Stamps: Dottie Desserts
Paper: Night of Navy, White Swirl Embossed DP, Real Red CS, Brushed Silver, Whisper White
Ink: Real Red, Blush Blossom, So Saffron, Brocade Blue
Accessories: Night of Navy, Whisper White, Red, and Silver Ribbons; Small Star Punch, Scallop Edge Punch, Word Window Punch, Modern Label Punch, Stickles

This week's Challenge at Totally Stampalicious is to use at least 3 different ribbons on your card. Okay so it's not actually a throw down but for me it was a chance to try something new. I wanted to find a creative way to put three ribbons on my card so I went to the Splitcoast Stampers resources and found this Ribbon Blossom tutorial. In the tutorial Pam uses 50 strips of ribbon. For my ribbon I used a total of 12 strips. This ribbon blossom reminds me of fireworks. I knew Dottie Desserts would be a perfect image for this fun card! She looks like she's taking her pie to the State Fair for the bake contest doesn't she? I just love Dottie.

I'm also including this card in the following Challenges:

ABC Challenge: Three Different Embelishments (Ribbon, Stars, Stickles)
Bugaboo Stamps: Anything Goes
Crafts and Me: Punch it Out - Stars & Sentiment Punched out
Crafty Hos Challenge: Summer Let the Fun Begin
Cute Card Thursday: Challenge 167 - Embelish it - Embelish your Image - Stickles
Fab 'n' Funky Challenge: What'eva
I Did it Creations Challenge: Hats (Chef's Hat)
Paper Sundaes Challenge: Let's Get Sentimental
Totally Paper Crafts Challenge #69: Get Fruity (Cherry Pie)
Truly Scrumptious: Summer Sparkle (Stickles and Sparkly Ribbon)

I'm glad I tried something new and I hope you'll join us this week for the 3 or more ribbon challenge at Totally Stampalicious

June 2011 Calendar Page

2011-06-01T00:01:00.056-04:00

Today I'm sharing the calendar page I made for June. I made the letters for June and the calendar on my computer. The calendar was made in Microsoft Excel and the letters were just typed in to MS Word. I printed the calendar and the letters out on Stampin Up whisper white paper. I used the adorable Violet Scarlette stamp set for the image. I thought her flowers went well with this floral dp. I got the calendar stand from Taylored Expressions. I still need to get it stained or painted. Maybe before my July calendar ;0

This week's challenge at Totally Stampalicious is to make a 3-D project. They're offering a prize to one lucky player so be sure to check out the challenge this week!

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my June calendar page.

Be sure to check out these other FABULOUS June calendar pages!!!

3-D Project

2011-05-29T23:00:00.051-04:00

Supplies
Stamps: Daisy Scarlette
Paper: Pebbles DP, So Saffron
Ink: Regal Rose, So Saffron, Creamy Caramel, Blush Blossom
Accessories: SU Top Note Die, Three for You Punch, Modern Label Punch, Pearls, So Saffron Ribbon

We have a super FUN challenge this week at Totally Stampalicious. We're making a box or some kind of 3-D project. I found this Top Note Box Tutorial on Splitcoast Stampers and decided to give it a try. It was super easy to put this adorable little box together! I used the Daisy Scarlette stamp set from the Totally Stampalicious Bugaboo Line to decorate the front of this box.

Here's the inside.....

That's it for me today. Be sure to stop by the Totally Stampalicious Blog to see what other great 3-D projects the design team has made to inspire you! I hope you play along with this fun challenge this week! Remember we pick our guest designers from the challenge participants so play along and you could be one of our guest designers!

Save a Horse....Ride a Cowboy!!!

2011-05-22T23:00:00.057-04:00

Before I get to today's challenge I want to thank everyone that participated in the Totally Stampalicious Blog Hop for our new release! I had so much fun working with these new stamps and I really appreciated all the kind comments everyone left! Thank You so much!

Supplies:
Stamps: Cowgirl Dottie (Totally Stampalicious)
Paper: Whisper White, Close to Cocoa, Baja Breezes CS & DP, So Saffron
Ink: Close to Cocoa, Baja Breezes, So Saffron, Blush Blossom, Real Red
Accessories: Coluzzle Oval Template, Coluzzle Knife to cut out Dottie, Self Healing Mat, Small Star Punch, Swiss Dots Embossing Folder, Modern Label Punch, Scallop Edge Punch, Baja Breeze BRADS, Twine

This week's challenge at Totally Stampalicious is to use your very FAVORITE Bugaboo! It was not easy to pick just ONE favorite. I picked Cowgirl Dottie because she is so much fun to create with. I'm a country music fan and I think in real life she and I could be friends.

I used the layout from this week's Sketch Saturday challenge SS-156 and the color combo from this week's Play Date Cafe challenge PDCC-82. I'm also entering this in this week's Crafting for all Seasons - Anything Goes Challenge and 4 Crafty Chicks Challenge 4CCC-38 to use Brads.

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my card! I hope you get a chance to play along in this week's Favorite Bugaboo Challenge at Totally Stampalicious!

PDCC-82

Sketch Saturday SS-156

Totally Stampalicious New Release & Blog Hop

2011-05-19T21:00:00.085-04:00

WELCOME!!

You've reached the 7th STOP of the May Release BLOG HOP! You should have come here from Laurie's Blog: On the Bright Side.

It's time for another FUN and FABULOUS release from Totally Stampalicious and we are so excited to share the latest selections from our Bugaboo Line by the ever-impressive artist,

Jodie Mackerell of Bugaboo Digi Stamps!

ALL FOUR NEW STAMP SETS are available NOW at

Totally Stampalicious!

As always we have some PRIZES that we want to give away to a few of our lucky Hoppers so be sure to comment on ALL of the DT's blogs for your chance to WIN one of these AWESOME treats!!
1st Prize - ALL FOUR New Stamp Sets!
2nd Prize - $15 Gift Certificate
3rd Prize - $5 Gift Certificate

For my first card I have used this super spunky Cowgirl Dottie stamp set. I was inspired to use stripes and polka dots based on this week's challenge at Bugaboo. I would not normally mix stripes and polka dots but I really like the way this came out. I guess that's why they call it a challenge.

My second card features the new Violet Scarlette stamp set. It is so nice to be making cards with more of a spring/summer theme. Now that wedding season is upon us I am sure this set will come in handy!

My third card was made using our adorable new WTF GUS stamp set. I just love this sentiment: "After Monday and Tuesday even the calendar says WTF?" Don't you just LOVE GUS? I do!

This last card was made using the Daisy Scarlette stamp set. I love this sentiment "Friends are flowers that never fade!" I am so blessed to have some wonderful friends that I treasure and this sentiment says it perfectly!

Okay now make sure you comment here and continue the HOP for your chance to win those AWESOME prizes!!!

The next stop on the Blog Hop is Lori - Inkingly Yours

And here is the entire Blog Hop Line Up just in case you get lost along the way!

Totally Stampalicious

Lynda - Stamp Act

Stacy - Twinshappy

Joanne - The Inky Ocean Gazer

Joycelyn - Stamps 'n' Coffee

Becky - Stampin' For Fun

Laurie - On the Bright Side

Julie - Julie Makes Cards (ME)

Lori - Inkingly Yours

Monique - For The Love of Paper

Cindy - Cindy Haffner's Corner

Sue - Coffeestamper on SCS

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my Blog Hop post!

A Color Challenge

2011-05-15T23:00:00.023-04:00

This week's Challenge at Totally Stampalicious to use this Color Combo – Black, white and WOW! (the wow being any one color of your choice!) You just cannot go wrong with this color challenge. I decided to add Brushed Silver to my B&W card.

The set I used is the Stella Tires stamp that was released last month. I had to use the sentiment "What do you mean that sound didn't come with the car" because it just fits me perfectly. I am the girl that will turn up the radio to drown out the "sound" my car is making. Frustrates my husband when he asks - "How long has your car been making that sound" and I reply --- "What sound?"

Mark your calendars - we're having a New Release and Blog Hop at Totally Stampalicious on Thursday - May 19th!

Stop on over to the Totally Stampalicious Blog to see more great Color Combo inspiration from the design team! I hope you get a chance to play along with us this week!

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my card!

BUGS!!!

2011-05-08T23:00:00.053-04:00

Supplies:

Stamps: Deacon Bugs (Totally Stampalicious)

Paper: Cherry Cobbler, Baja Breeze, Coredinations French Roast textured paper, K & Company Life's Little Occasions DP

Accessories: Cherry Cobbler TWINE. Butterfly Embosslet, Scallop Border Punch, 1" Circle Punch, 1.25" Circle Punch, Mat Pack Paper Piercing Tool.

I hope all the Mom's out there had a FABULOUS Mother's Day Weekend! I got to spend some time crafting this weekend and watching my daughter play soccer. The weather is finally warming up so it was pretty much a perfect weekend!

This week's challenge at Totally Stampalicious is to have a BUG on your card or project. Well this adorable Deacon Bugs card is just crawling and fluttering with bugs. I love this adorable little guy! I added a few butterflies to the image and glittered up the flowers.

Be sure to play along for your chance to be a Guest Designer and make sure you check out all the great design team creations this week on the Totally Stampalicious Blog.

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my card!

Toadally Cool Rockin' Frawg

2011-05-01T23:00:00.061-04:00

Stamps: Rockin Frawg (Totally Stampalicious)

Paper: Whisper White, Baja Breeze, Pear Pazzazz CS & DP, Peach Parfait CS & DP, Always Artichoke CS

Ink: Black Printer ink for Digi, Pear Pizzazz, Baja Breeze, Peach Parfait

Accessories: SU Large & Small Star Punches, Scalloped Edge Punch, Paper Piercing Tool, Colluzzle, Certainly Celery Ribbon.

We have a new Guest Designer for May at Totally Stampalicious - Welcome Lynda Benden!!!

This week's challenge at Totally Stampalicious is to use a stamp that you haven't used in at least 6 months. I chose this super FUN Rockin' Frawg Digi Set. I used my swivel knife to cut out the frog and popped him up on dimensionals.

I TOADALLY love this card! It is so super duper cute! I hope you love it too!

The layout for this card is from the Sweet Stop Sketch Blog SSS106:

That's it for me today! Click HERE to see the awesome samples the Design Team has put together to inspire you!

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my card!