Hello everyone! I want to share some exciting news with you! I will be on the Cardabilities Design Team starting with the April 15th reveal! I am SO honored to be chosen for this team, and very excited to start making my cards for it too! If you aren't familiar with Cardabilities, check out the challenge blog HERE! The 1st and 15th of every month a new sketch challenge is revealed. The sketches are just GREAT! I hope to see some of you participate in the challenges ;)

Paper Therapy Challenge #24 - Color

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Good morning! It's the start of a new week and that means another Paper Therapy Challenge! These colors are really great together, don't you think?! I decided to create a Quilted Card using THIS SCS Tutorial. I wanted to change up the quilt pattern, so I found one HERE and used the one called Blocks and Stars. It took a little time for me to figure out which color cardstock I was going to use in which part of the quilt, and then where the patterned paper pieces would fit in. I think it worked out pretty good though! This was a fun card to make, and it reminded me so much of my Grandma while I was making it because she has made BEAUTIFUL quilts for years and years.

Supplies:

Stamps: Stampin' Up! - Warmest Regards

Cardstock: Stampin' Up - Chocolate Chip, Bashful Blue, Certainly Celery, Naturals Ivory
Patterned Paper: My Mind's Eye
Ink: Tsukineko - Jumbo Java

Other: SU 1 3/8" Square Punch, Embossing Folder - CB Victoria, DeNami-Button, Twine-May Arts

DeNami Floral Frenzy Blog Hop

Hi there! If you came from Libby's Blog for the DeNami Blog Hop, you are on the right track! If you want to start from the beginning, check out the DeNami Blog for the complete list of hop participants!

I colored the flower images with PrismaColor Pencils (which I dug out from my OLD college art supplies!), and had such a great time! I love the look of it :)
I made two small scallop windows on the front of the card, and stamped the flowers on the inside. The ribbon was pulled through both windows and tied into a pretty bow. That rich purple just gives it that extra pop! I hope I've inspired you today! Get out those DeNami stamps and start stamping and coloring! Thanks for hop hop hoppin' by! :P

Don't forget to leave me a comment and to comment on every blog in the hop to increase your chance of winning a DeNami Design gift certificate!! More details are on the DeNami Blog!! Have fun!!
NEXT STOP: JULIE MURRAY

Supplies:

Stamps: DeNami - Elegant Floral Wreath, Elegant Floral Blossom

Cardstock: PTI-White; Stampin' Up - Bashful Blue
Ink: Staz-On Black
Colored Pencils: Prisma Color

Other: Nesties Scallops, Nesties Circles, Ribbon-unknown, Rhinestones-K&Company, Colorbok

Paper Therapy Challenge #23- Monochromatic Card

Hello! This week's Paper Therapy Challenge is to make a Monochromatic project! You can choose any color to work with. I went with browns for this one...I was going for a Chocolate feel. This was such a fun card to make. For the top, to create the look of an ice cream shop awning, I used a solid circle stamp and stamped repeatedly to get the scalloped look. I added Liquid Pearls on the Nesties die-cut, and finished it off with red Stickles for the cherry! Hope you enjoyed seeing my card today!
Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: DeNami - Ice Cream Cone, Heartfelt Greetings Stamp Set; Stampin' Up! - Riveting (circle), Polka Dots & Paisley (dots)

Cardstock: Stampin' Up - Chocolate Chip, Close to Cocoa, Kraft
Ink: SU Whisper White; Tsukineko - Jumbo Java

Other: Nesties Labels Four and Ovals, Ribbon-SU, Liquid Pearls-Platinum Pearl, Stickles -Xmas Red, Dimensionals

Reject Blog Hop

You might be confused by the title of this post, but it actually makes me laugh a little bit! Yesterday could have potentially been an extremely exciting day for me, but I didn't get a "Happy Email". What is a "Happy Email" you ask? Well, it's an acceptance email from Paper Crafts Magazine informing you that one of your cards/projects has been chosen to be published in their magazine!! It is one of my goals to be published, and I've submitted 7 cards throughout the past several months, and for this particular Go-to-Sketches Call, I submitted 6. The sketches were just absolutely awesome, and I had such a great time creating for this call! I made a few things I would have NEVER come up with on my own. Well, I sure am not the only one who has cards that were rejected. With 2,760 submissions, and only 288 spots, that leaves A LOT of leftover rejects! So, Amber has been so sweet and kind enough to start a Reject Blog Hop on her blog HERE! I think it's such a GREAT idea! I'm so excited to see what other people created, and see if any are the same sketches that I did! How fun!

As always, I'm grateful to have you spend a couple minutes with me today!

Oh---and yesterday may not have been my Happy Email day, but today is!!
Stay tuned next week for an announcement I can't wait to share with you!! :)

Cardstock: (Very Vanilla) Stampin' Up!; Clear stamp: (Delightful Doilies, sentiment from Mat Stack 2 Collection) Papertrey Ink; Dye Ink (Elegant Eggplant, So Saffron) Stampin' Up!; Accents: (cream button) Papertrey Ink; (natural twine) May Arts; (Doily) Hobby Lobby; Die: (circle) Spellbinders

Paper Crafts Color Inspiration Challenge #2

It's Friday! Woo hoo! Let the weekend begin! This simple, one layer card is for the Paper Crafts Color Inspiration Challenge #2. All stamps are PTI...I ordered a bunch of stuff that came on Monday and I've been in heaven playing with my new goodies! ;-) Thanks for taking a peek!

Supplies:

Stamps: Papertrey Ink - Background Basics: Diamonds, Simply Stationery, Banner Builder

Cardstock: Stampin' Up - Kraft, Mellow Moss

Other: Prima Flower, PTI Button, Twinery Twine

Wedding Card

Happy Thursday y'all! I have some cards I made several months ago for some publication calls (that were not chosen), and I'm finally remembering to start sharing them here on my blog! I made this one for a friend's wedding. I really like the layout and the colors! Hope you enjoy it too!

Supplies:

Stamps: Stampin' Up! - Ever After

Cardstock: Stampin' Up - Bashful Blue, Very Vanilla, Basic Black, Dark Blue is unknown
Ink: SU Bashful Blue, Versamark

Other: Nesties Circles and Scallops, Ribbon-Michaels, Pearls-Recollections, Sparkle 'n Sprinkle, Embossing Powder, Paper Piercer, SU Round Corner Punch

Paper Therapy Challenge #22 - Sketch

Hi! Happy Monday to all of you! I hope you had a great weekend. I sure am ready for spring, how about you?! I can't believe tomorrow is March 1st....doesn't that mean Spring is a little bit closer?!?!?! Ah well...at least the sun is shining here today.

I have a cute little card to share for Paper Therapy's Sketch challenge. Paper Therapy is an online forum and gallery for paper crafters. It's a great group of women and a fun place to hang out to discuss stamping and scrapbooking! So, my friend Jen was kind enough to lend me her DeNami Design stamps for a couple weeks! She has such a great stash, so I've had fun looking through and picking out ones I want to use. These little turtles are just TOO CUTE, dontcha think?! They just make me smile :-) I paired the Mini Turtle and the Mine Side-view Turtle with the Medium Dot Circle Frame, made a striped background with the Three Line Border, and finished it off with a couple sentiments from Heartfelt Greetings Stamp Set, a rhinestone, and some striped ribbon. I hope I have inspired you today to either play along with the challenge, or make a cute 'kid' card! As always, I appreciate you visiting me today, and would love to hear your thoughts about my card! Be sure to visit again on Thursday -- I will have another card to show you!

Supplies:

Stamps: DeNami - Mini Turtle, Mine Side-view Turtle, Medium Dot Circle Frame, Three Line Border, Heartfelt Greetings Stamp Set

Cardstock: Stampin' Up - Tempting Turquoise, Rose Red, Certainly Celery, Whisper White
Ink: SU Basic Black, Certainly Celery, Versamark

Other: Nesties Circles, Ribbon-American Crafts, Rhinestone-Colorbok