Kinda Eclectic...Take 3

Hello Stampers!  Happy Wednesday!  Welcome back and thank you for visiting today! I have a new creation to share with you!

I loved the color combo from Create with Connie and Mary as well as the sketch from The Sweetest Thing that I combined both for my card today. Lots of inspiration from both blogs! Hope you like it!

I once again used the new stamp set, Kinda Eclectic. I am seriously loving this stamp set!  As I peruse different blog challenges to play along with, this is the first stamp set that comes to mind that I want to create with! The funny thing is that I have several NEW stamp sets that I have yet to ink up! Good thing I have all year to use them, lol. What's the rush, right!

Thanks for stopping by today, until next time! 

Kinda Eclectic...Take 2

Happy Tuesday Stampers! Hope your week is going well!  We have a new sketch for you at Nacho Average Challenges starting today! Hope you create with us as we can't wait to see how the sketch inspires you!

Here is how the sketch inspired me:

This my second creation with the Kinda Eclectic stamp set! I think I may be using it all week to create! And the other new InColor, Lost Lagoon, I like it! What about you, any new stamps set you are having fun creating with?

Thanks for stopping by today! Until next time. 

Retro...Kinda Eclectic

Hello Stampers! Hope you had a wonderful weekend! Happy Monday to you all.

I haven't played along with the designers at Retro Sketches in awhile and this week they have an awesome sketch that really inspired me. Check them out if you have a chance!

I inked up a new stamp for my creation today, Kinda Eclectic. This stamp set is going to be one of my new favorites from the new catalog. Already thinking of ways I can use it. And I'm loving the new InColors! Especially Blackberry Bliss! What about you, have you used any of the new InColors? If so, which one is your favorite?

Thanks for stopping by today. Come back tomorrow for another fun Nacho Average Challenge and a new creation featuring this stamp set! Until next time.

Hey there friend...

Hi Stampers...I'm back...rare occasion to have two blog posts in one day...but I couldn't resist once I saw this cool sketch from the Paper Craft Crew. I was inspired by the creations from the Design Team (hi Heather!!) but obviously I can't CASE their creations and submit it again, lol, so I put my creative cap on and the light bulb came on!

This is what I came up with, a colorful rainbow banner! I love the way it came out. Thanks for the inspiration Paper Craft Crew, I'll be using this sketch again. 

Thanks for stopping by again, until next time. 

More Sunday Stamps Gold!

Hello Stampers!  Happy Sunday.  Hope your day is going well. I'll be watching TV later tonight as the season finale of Breaking Bad is tonight!! But I made some time to stamp earlier today.

Our current Sunday Stamps color challenge continues to inspire me and I'm back today with a little more inspiration.  There is still time for you to join us, you have until this Friday, October 4th, 6 pm EST to play along. Thanks to all of you who have played along, great cards ladies!

I made 3x3 cards using the Magical Masking Tape technique from Splitcoast Stampers using Calypso Coral and Pistachio Pudding.  The tutorial states to use glossy card stock but I used Whisper White and it worked fine for me. I had so much fun with this technique and I also used our Gold Embossing Powder. I kept the cards simple to highlight the technique and the butterflies. I know I'll be using this technique again. 

Tomorrow is also the last day to take advantage of the bundle to save 15% when purchasing the Papillon Stamp Set with the Bitty Butterfly Punch. Remember you can shop my online store anytime.  Click here to purchase this great bundle. 

Thanks so much for stopping by today. Until next time friends!  

Thanks much.

Hello Stampers! Hope your Labor Day weekend is going well.  If you are off work today, hope you are enjoying it.  I'm back today with another creation for the Freshly Made Sketches blog.  It's a sketch with banners!  So much inspiration from this one sketch.  Make sure to check out their blog here.

I was inspired to ink up my Papillion Potpourri stamp set for this sketch.  I chose a color combo from our Color Coach; Pumpkin Pie, Crushed Curry and Coastal Cabana. The DSP is Eastern Elegance.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Until next time. 

Stampin' Up! Butterfly Bundle Special!

Hi Stampers!  Hope your week is going well.

Great special starting today and going on until September 30, 2013! Save 15% when you purchase the Papillion Potpurri Stamp set and the Bitty Butterfly Punch. This is one of my favorite stamp sets and I love the coordinating punch! Remember you can shop through my online store 24/7 by going here. Let me know if you have any questions.

Bundle Item	Page in Catalog	Description	Retail Price	15% Savings Price	Amount Saved!
135311	90 183	Butterfly Bundle (Clear-Mount) Papillion Potpourri Clear-Mount Stamp Set Bitty Butterfly Punch	$30.90	$26.27	$4.63
135312	90 183	Butterfly Bundle (Wood-Mount)  Papillion Potpourri Wood-Mount Stamp Set Bitty Butterfly Punch	$34.90	$29.67	$5.23

Check out the PDF here. 

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  Until next time.

Fab Friday!

Greetings Stampers!  We made it to Friday!  Yay!  It's been a great week but I'm looking forward to the weekend.  So today I have another entry to a blog challenge, this time the Fab Friday blog and they have a color challenge. I dusted off my Papaya Collage stamp set for this card, I think this is the first time I inked up the frame. The base of the card is whisper white and I layered it with perfect plum.  Using my paper snips I cut the frame out and colored in the filigree with perfect plum too.  The butterfly from the SAB set Bloomin' Marvelous is inked in baja breeze, but it's hard to see.  I also punched out one butterfly with bitty butterfly punch-love it! And look, didn't even know (ok, I forgot) I had wild wasabi ribbon!   I tell 'ya, still lots of new stuff for me to play with! Even the designer builder brad is new!

I also have to share this photo with you, we had irrigation yesterday and my two merles got really muddy. Azul (Blue) on the left is the dad, he is my oldest at 10 years old and a blue merle Australian Shepherd and Mija (my little girl) on the right is his daughter and she is a red merle. She is six years old and my baby girl. Just like her daddy! Oh they got so dirty but they had fun. I didn't care, they still came inside the house, well they always do. I'll show you photos of my other two doggies in another post. 

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Hope you've enjoyed my ramblings this week. Have a fantastic Friday!  Until next time!

Sunday Stamps

Hello Stampers!  Happy Sunday to you!  We have another great challenge for you at Sunday Stamps this week!  Hayley is our host and she has a fun sketch for us!  So what are you waiting for, come play with us!

I really like the Sycamore Street DSP from Sale-a-Bration (SAB) this year.  Such wonderful colors.  This is a z-fold card and the base of the card is island indigo, layered with whisper white.  I used several items from the SAB catalog.  The ribbon and button pack includes three spools of island indigo, pool party and tangerine tango and it has a beautiful satin feel to it.  The colors of the buttons are pool party, tangerine tango and rich razzelberry. The summer starfruit butterflies are from the Bloomin' Marvelous stamp set.

From the Spring Catalog I used our new Ovals Collection framelits.  I love that there is a new paper-piercing pack, the Occasions set.  You've probably noticed I like to do a lot of paper-piercing on my projects.  The bitty butterfly punch coordinates with the butterfly from the SAB Bloomin' Marvelous stamp set.  Gotta love product coordination.

From our Annual Catalog I used the sentiment from Teeny Tiny Wishes set, a must have for various sentiments. The little girl is from the Lean on Me stamp set, which I received at the SU! Convention is 2011 while attending Hispanic Night. While my set is in Spanish and I ink the part of the stamp set I want to use.  I paper-pieced her dress with a small strip of the SAB Sycamore Street dsp.  I also used the Modern Label and Word Window punches and pearl basic jewels, on the butterflies. In case you didn't know, using the Blush Blossom Stampin' Write Marker is perfect for coloring in flesh tones on stamped images.

Well friends, that's all I have for now.  Thanks again for stopping by.  Hope you have a wonderful Sunday!  Until next time!

SAB Shoebox Swap

Hello Stampers!  Happy Tuesday!

Hope you created something this weekend!  Last night we have our downline/upline Shoe Box Swap meeting using stamp sets and items from the SAB catalog.  I got so many wonderful ideas on how to use some of the stamp sets, especially the ones that I didn't initially like.  Good thing SAB goes on until March 22!

So I used the Bloomin' Marvelous stamp set.  Love that the new bitty butterfly from the Spring Catalog coordinates with the butterfly in this stamp set.  I'm loving our new cloudy day embossing folder.  I cut it out with our label framelits in pool party and then sponged pacific point to give it more detail.  The butterflies are stamped off several times in tangerine tango and summer starfruit and then I punched out two of them.  The Sycamore Street dsp is full of awesome designs but right now I'm really liking this pattern.

Well that's all for now friends.  Gotta finish putting together several stamp sets I ordered and received so I can play with them. Thanks so much for stopping by.  Until next time!

Fab Friday Challenge...on a Saturday

Hello stampers!  Hope your weekend is going well.  It was a busy and fun Saturday for me.  I have been wanting to participate in the wonderful blog challenges from the Fab Friday blog.  I came across their blog challenge for the new year here and I knew I wanted to try it out.  The challenge for the new year is a sketch and the idea for my card came to me last night as I was getting ready to go to sleep, does that ever happen to you?  Anyhow, here is the sketch:

And since I have been liking the faux tearing technique, this is what I came up with:

I have a confession though, this is the FIRST time I inked up the Papillion Potpourri stamp set! I know, crazy.  But it worked out better because of the NEW Bitty Butterfly punch that coordinates with this stamp set.  Love items that coordinate.  The other NEW item on my card is the Needlepoint Border textured impressions embossing folder.  OMG, it is so cute and it comes with two folders!  Both the punch and the embossing are available in the Spring Catalog.   The sentiment is from the Loving Thoughts stamp set, available in the annual catalog.  I love the shimmer on the card!

Sorry this is a short post my friends.  It's getting late and my comfy bed is calling me so I can dream of more card creations.  Thanks again for stopping by.

Until next time.