Earth Has No Sorrow

Good morning!  Well, after a few days of not being in the studio (the new sundeck was just too fabulous), I spent most of yesterday in the studio creating and doing some DT catch up :)  I noticed it is almost the end of May (how did THAT happen?) so I had Jen’s Sketch for You to Try on my TO DO FIRST list :)  For some reason, this sketch had sympathy card all over it for me.  Maybe it was because of this lovely Skipping Stones Design sentiment.  I wanted to use their stamps as they are sponsoring this month’s sketch :)  Yikes, it’s Monday!  Hope your week has started out with a bang!  Enjoy!

 

what’s in it?

stamps: skipping stones healing wings (sentiment), waltzingmouse labels 18

ink: versafine onyx, su soft stone

paper: pti soft stone, rustic cream, bo bunny gabrielle

accessories: labels 18 die, pti butterflies, love lives here dies, button, ribbon, twine, stitching

Happy Birthday!

Good morning!  Well, today is my last hurrah over on the Skipping Stones Design blog :)  I struggled a little with this sketch and put lots of thought into it.  I pictured different shapes for the circles, different paper, different embellishments…but then I thought of bright, fun colours against white.  YUM!  And then some fun stitching…double yum!  I want to thank Kandi and all the wonderful ladies over on Skipping Stones for having me hang out this month :)  I have LOVED working with their stamps and LOVE their heartfelt sentiments and images :)  I hope you’ll get a chance to visit the blog and even play along with this sketch for the chance to win a stamp set of your choice!!  Doesn’t get any better than that!!  Have a wonderful Tuesday :)  Hugs!

 

what’s in it?

stamps: skipping stones design grunge

paper: pti kraft, linen vellum, bitty dots and dotty biscottie dps, su espresso, mme dp

ink: stazon jet black

accessories: circle and scalloped circle nestabilities, pti ribbon, stitching, gems

Thank You for All You Do

Greetings, everyone!  Well, slowly but surely I am settling into my new digs…this card only took 1.5 hours to make ;)  I set up my desk area close to the same way I had it at the old house and my body really likes this :)  I went for a soft tone on tone look for this week’s Skipping Stones Design sketch :)  When you do this, I find it’s all about texture…the embossing, the rounded corners, the buttons…you get the idea.  I’m using the newly released Everyday Blessings set.  It is full of beautiful images along with sweet little sentiments.

 

I stamped the swirly border three times along the bottom of my sentiment panel before stamping the sentiment.  I like the way it fills up the bottom of the circle.  Ah, and some bling always makes me smile :)  Want to play along and win a free stamp set?  Head over to the Skipping Stones Design blog for all the details.  Thanks for stopping by today…hugs!

 

 

what’s in it?

stamps: Everyday Blessings (Skipping Stones Design)

paper: pti rustic cream, black, su sahara sand

ink: versafine onyx

accessories: circle and large scallop nestabilities, pti buttons and twine, gems, hero arts art flower

Skipping Stones Design Blog Hop and New Release!!

 

Welcome to the Skipping Stones Design Sketch Challenge 89 and the release of Everyday Blessings! If you just came from Tamera’s blog, you are in the right place. If you just happened along my blog today, start at the beginning of the hop at Skipping Stones Design. The entire hop order is there and you can hop from blog to blog with ease. Today’s beautiful set inspired me to create another one of my favourite stamped backgrounds on kraft.  I used 2 different colours to stamp the leaf image, then went back with brown and stamped the smaller leaf image.  As you all know, I don’t colour (yes, a teacher that doesn’t colour!) so I paper pieced this gorgeous bird using some lovely Sweet Threads dp.  I love this sketch!! It looks like an old Polaroid photo! LOL  All that lovely space at the bottom is the perfect place for any one of the sweet sentiments in this set :)

Be sure to hop along and leave comments on all the fabulous designers’ blogs. This month we are welcoming  Karen Baker, me(!),  Stephanie Mino and Kryssi Ng to our team as Guest Designers!  Teri Anderson will be providing all the fabulous sketch inspiration this month including the sketch we're using in today's hop!

Head over to Amy's blog for some more Skipping Stones Design inspiration!

Thanks for visiting!! Hey, I’ve got a Skipping Stones stamp set in my Blogiversary Blog Candy…see HERE for all the details :)

 

what’s in it?

stamps: Skipping Stones Design Everyday Blessings

paper: pti kraft, cream, su sand, espresso, basicgrey sweet threads and out of print

ink: su real red, pumpkin, choc chip, versafine onyx

accessories: SU  bird punch, SB cup sleeve, twill ribbon, twine, buttons, gems, pti woodgrain impression plate, pearl

Friends ‘Til the End and Blog Candy!!

Good morning!! Well, here I am  with a bit of a hang over from all that crazy fun on the Verve Forum last night as we celebrated 4 years of fabulous Verve Stamps :)  Julee is number one in throwing parties and this was no exception!! But I digress because I have 2 important things to share with you today.  First up is this super fun card with the fabulous ColourQ colours this week. I had a few ideas floating around in my head, but this is what came out :)  I hadn’t used my beloved button card for awhile, so it was time to dig it out :)  The sentiment is hot off the press, coming from one of the newest Verve sets, Making a Statement.  It fits perfectly at the bottom of my button card!  I have been on a “white” kick lately…I just love the clean, crisp look of it :)  Okay, now onto the second item…with most of my Diva duties winding down for now I thought it would be a great time to post my belated Blogiversary Blog Candy.  I thought for this year, I would make it a stamp set giveaway. I have 2 Papertrey Ink sets, Forest Friends and Forest Friends Sentiments, one Skipping Stones Design set, Heartsong, and one $25.00 Verve gift certificate, just in time for all the amazing sets released last night!!

So how can you win?  Leave a comment here on this post giving me your best moving tip!! That’s right! I’ve sold my townhouse and we are moving in with my dad for 3 months until the new house is ready (Heaven help us!! LOL).  The studio will be the last to be moved and I’m hoping hooking up to the internet at my dad’s will be smooth sailing…final date here is the 20th :)  I’ll randomly pick a number next Sunday, August 21 around 12:00 noon and hopefully post the winner’s name later that day, so check back.  The winner will have 3 days to contact me with their mailing address (for the stamp sets) as well as their email (for the Verve gc). Good luck and thanks for stopping by!!
  

what’s in it?

stamps: verve making a statement, pti button boutique, hello, friend

ink: versafine onyx, pti raspberry fizz

paper: pti white, black , dotty biscotti and autumn abundance dps

accessories: pti scallop border, button boutique, friendly flower dies, ribbon, button, twine

On the Wings of Time

Good morning!!  Today’s card is for the second August sketch over on the Skipping Stones Design blog.  I am helping out some fabulous and talented card makers there, so go on over to take a look at some more eye candy and play along this week to win a stamp set of your choice!  After last week’s masculine card, I wanted to get back to some girlie girlie things :)  LOL  I’m using one of the butterfly images and sentiments from Healing Wings.  This set is getting quite the workout from me :)  Thanks so much for stopping by…have a great day :)

 

what’s in it?

stamps: healing wings (Skipping Stones Design)

paper: cream, aquamist (PTI), sahara (SU), Trendsetter (Websters Pages)

ink: onyx (Versafine), ruby red (SU)

accessories: circle punch (SU), seam binding (Memriemare), butterfly and banner dies, button, twine (PTI), gems (Kaisercraft), stitching

Happy Birthday

Good morning friends!  Today is Tuesday, which means there’s a new sketch over on the Skipping Stones Design blog :)  I kept this card pretty simple as I wanted to do some old fashioned stamping on most of the card.  My sister asked me if I make masculine cards and I do, but not many.  So this was the perfect opportunity to showcase this fun set, Grunge, and work on my masculine card stash. I stamped the background with Sahara Sand and the sentiment in Chocolate Chip.  Heavy metal eyelets, twine and a button round out the masculine elements :)  See, it’s not always a girlie girl card! LOL  Thanks for stopping by and have a fabulous day :)

 

 

what’s in it?

stamps: skipping stones design Grunge

paper: pti kraft, cream, su espresso, My Mind’s Eye Stella and Rose dp

ink: su sahara sand, choc chip

accessories: su eyelets, pti twine, buttons, banner die, corner chomper

Skipping Stones August Guest Designer

Good morning!! I have some fun news this morning :)  Kandi over on the Skipping Stones Design blog asked if I would like to be one of their guest designers this month!! So today’s card uses the beautiful Healing Wings set.  I fell in love with this butterfly and knew I wanted to use it with some of my new Authentique paper I got at Archivers in Ohio (yes, it was on my “need” list!) Each Tuesday this month, I’ll be showcasing some of their lovely stamps sets :)  So come back tomorrow!! Have a lovely day :)

 

what’s in it?

stamps: skipping stones designs healing wings

ink: versafine onyx, su choc chip, authentique and basicgrey dps

paper: pti berry sorbet, rustic cream, kraft, su early espresso, mft doily die, pti banner die, circle nestabilities, cuttlebug ef, gems, pearls, pti buttons, thread