Hello friends!   It's another Stamptacular Sunday!  This weeks challenge is Nature-Tacular!

Create a card or other project that reminds you of being outside,
using only natural colors you'd find in the fall.

Sponsor: Cute Stamps and Cards


Prize: These four FABULOUS Magnolia Stamps

Unfortunately, I don't have a card to share with you this week, as I never managed to find any time to spend in my craft room between training at my new job and having a house full of sickies!   Were all feeling better now, and the new job is going well!  I will definitely be getting back to my crafting this week!

The design team have created some wonderful projects for you to enjoy!  So be sure to visit each of them and learn more about their nature inspired creations!

I hope that you all have a wonderful week and I can't wait to see what you create for a chance to win this weeks awesome prize!

Have fun!

SSC #33 - Turkey Time!

This weeks challenge at Stamptacular is to make any card or project that can be given or used at Thanksgiving time.  Aaaaaand... if you put a TURKEY on it, you'll get entered twice to win this fabulous prize!

Sponsor: Simon Says Stamp
http://www.simonsaysstamp.com

The prize is

plus FREE shipping! 

The design team have, of course, created some amazing projects to inspire you!  And remember, if you don't have a turkey stamp, don't worry!  You don't have to use a turkey, you just get an extra entry if you do!

I didn't have a turkey stamp, so I went cruising the internet trying to find a digital stamp that I liked, and I did find quite a few... but then I went to the local Craft Warehouse and found this set by Unity.  I just couldn't pass it up!!  Not only was I looking for an excuse to get my first Unity stamp set,  I needed a turkey, and this set was just too cute!  Not to mention that I thought I could use his wings to make flowers, petals and stuff!  A multi-purpose stamp set is always a good thing, right?  So, here's my Turkey card!  I hope you like it!

 I used the Build-a-Turkey stamp set by Unity, and Coffee ink pad by Brilliance.  I added some ink to the background with a spritzing tool, before sewing the piece to the card.  I layered the wings with popdots to add dimension, and used a bit of Stickles on his beak and waddle for some shine.

SSC #31 - A Sketch For You!

It's sketch time at Stamptacular!   I love sketch time!  Don't forget our amazing Design Team!  Be sure to visit each of the members and leave them some love! 



Our Sponsor this week is.....


... with a wonderful prize of - Any C.C. Designs stamp set or 4 Single Stamps (WoW!)

Here's your Sketch -

and... here's my take -

 

Thanks for stopping by!  Now, take some time for yourself, go to your craft area and make something wonderful with our wonderful sketch!   Have fun!

SSC #30 - For My Friend

Our challenge at Stamptacular this week is to make a card for a friend.

Our sponsors are Our Very Own, Liza!  Who is offering up a Snowflake Cuttlebug folder, just in time to get you ready for your Holiday cards!  

And my dear friend, Cassandra, of Doodle Street Designs!  Who is offering up a digital image of your choice from her shop!

I have used one of Cassandras awesome images on my card.  I love this little birdie!  This is what I think of when I think of a "Sprytebyrd", as this is the style of byrd I would be!

This card is going in the mail tomorrow, since it was made for my very special, bestest friend.... that's you, Kim!  :)  I hope that she loves this card as much as I do!  It's her job to find the rest of the words that I have hidden in my puzzle!  I found a puzzle making website, and created this wordfind just for her!  It's full of words to describe what a wonderful person she is.  After much arguing with my computer/printer over getting the sizing on the puzzle and the image correct, I was able to piece the card together.  I've also created my own background paper using a wheel stamp and shimmery silver ink.

I hope to see you join us at Stamptacular this week!  I just know you have a wonderful, amazing, sweet, kind, creative friend that you can make a card for, too!

The Pink Elephant #38 - Black, Distressing, Hardware

Here's a simple card that I made for The Pink Elephant challenge this week.  I found this ghostie and thought he was so cute, and I wanted him to steal the show on my card, so here he is :)  I hope you like!

SSC #29 - It's Fall Ya'll! And a Bonus Fun Hop!

Good Morning, friends!  Are you ready for an amazing Sunday with the Stamptacular Team?  We have been preparing a wonderful Blog Hop for you and are so excited that you have joined us for our Bonus Fun again!


Here's how it will work.... You will visit each of the Design Team blogs in this order: Paula, Liza, Sarah, Janneke, Line, Simonne, Aud Kirsten, Piali, Jilly, Nikki, Me, Carolyn and Priscilla!  Each of us have hidden somewhere on our blog a picture of our very favorite stamp and why we love it so!  Your job is to find our post and leave a comment on this post in each of our blogs to tell us which stamp is our favorite!  You need to comment on every single team members blog to be eligible for the Grand Prize!  There will also be extra prizes along the way!  From here, you'll want to go find Carolyn's favorite stamp!  So, let's have some fun!  :)

Here's my Fall Ya'll card for this week, as well!  It's a super fun challenge and I hope you get a chance to participate!  Our prize this week is offered up by Funky Fairy Papercrafts!  To enter this weeks challenge you need to create a card or project with a fall theme using traditional fall colors.  So, have some fun!

I used a Happy Hopper image that was in my stash, some "unnamed" cardstock and some Daisy Bucket patterned paper.  I colored the image with my Copics (LOVE my Copics!)  I hope you like it, I sure had a lot of fun making this one!

Have a wonderful week, and I hope to visit your blog to see your Fall card soon!

There's a Blog Hop coming!! Mark your calendars for another fun-filled Sunday on October 25th! Stamptacular is hosting an awesome Bonus Fun Blog Hop and we hope to see you there!

Stay Tuned! :)

Testing a new signature....

Doodle Street Sketch

Hiya!

I had a little free time this afternoon while Boo napped and Em played in the playroom... so I whipped up a little card!
This is for the challenge over at my good friend, Cassandra's blog - Doodle Street! If you haven't visited this challenge blog, you must go take a look! They have wonderful challenges! And the Doodle Street designs are awesome! I don't have any designs yet, but I am hoping to get some real soon!
I know that they allow any image to be used in their challenge and since I needed a birthday card for my Aunt, I chose one of my Beautiful Day Fairies from Paper Make-Up stamps. This is Birthday Lauren, isn't she the sweetest? I always love to add glitter and sparkle to my fairies, and this is no exception. I stamped her with my Brilliance ink pad and colored her in with my Sakura glitter pens and a few of my Copics. The cardstock and patterned paper is from an "unnamed source" in my stash. The sentiment is a rub-on that was floating around.
Hope you like my card... and I hope my Aunt likes it, too! :)

SSC #28 - Spppoooooooktacular!

Just a few more weeks, friends! Do you know what you and/or your kids will be for Halloween this year? We're still undecided here... I know, I know! Every year, I think, we need to start earlier.. and every year, we buy our costumes at the very last minute! Ah well....

This weeks challenge at Stamptacular is Spooktacular! Create something spooky to win a wonderful prize from one of two wonderful sponsors! The prizes up for grabs are: 5 images of your choice from Digital Stamp Oasis or a $25 gift certificate from Simon Says Stamp! WoW! Awesome prizes from Awesome Sponsors! So, get out your spooky papers and stamps and get creating!

My project is from CGW (Crafty Girlz Weekend) 2009! This idea is from my Mom - she taught us how to make this adorable tri-fold pocket card with 3 tags inside. I love the Halloweeny papers and my Gorjuss Girls are so happy to be part of this card!Hope to see some entries from you for this challenge! Let's see what you've got!

CGW 2009 Beach Projects

Hi there! CGW (Crafty Girlz Weekend) 2009 is all done... so sad! It was a blast!

I've got some time this afternoon, so I can finally upload some photos and share with you some of what we did!
Enjoy!

I'll start with my project: This is a Tri-Fold Shutter Card with the Fan Fold Flower. Directions and Tutorials from Splitcoast Stampers. This was my sample.

And this is the one that I made during the weekend. Everyone's cards were different colors, as I took an assortment of patterned paper and cardstock to use. They were all so pretty! We also discovered that the flower could be turned into a fan, which was fun!Charlene taught us how to make these adorable bottlecap magnets! Surprising how pretty a bottlecap can be!Louise shared this cute teabag flowerpot. So easy to do, and so much fun!
Paulette brought some fun felt and felting tools and we each made these adorable purses! I think I've found a new craft - this was so much fun! Here are all of our purses:This is one that I made for Emily:And this is mine:Liz had some wheat sent over from Germany and taught us how to do wheat weaved stars. I pasted mine onto a card front.Kim taught us how to make the Handmade soaps that she had given away at her wedding in August. Her wedding soaps were blue, I chose green and the pink one was one that Mom had made for Emily.Lynda brought some styrofoam ornaments and taught us how to created a faux-quilted christmas ornament. We each got to a small and a large ornament.I know there is one project missing.... I am saving the project that Cauleen (my Mommy) brought, as it is for my Stamptacular Sunday Challenge Blog Design Team post this Sunday. So check back on Sunday to see it!

Here we all are! In the back: Cauleen, Charlene, Lynda, Paulette, Louise, Liz & In the front: Me and my Bestest Friend, Kim!
It was a wonderful weekend! And I can't wait for CGW 2010, we already have the beach house reserved!

Mojo Monday #107 - Mom's Entry

Hello again from the beach! Mom loved this weeks Mojo sketch as well and wanted to make a card of her own. Since she doesn't have a blog or online gallery, I will post it here for her and hope that the Mojo Royalty will allow her to enter the contest.

I hope you enjoy her card this week as well!

Stamptacular OCTOBER Bonus Fun!
I have gone through my collection... although it grows and grows, almost daily!... and want to tell you which stamp is my favorite. Usually my favorite stamp is the one I just got, even if I haven't used it yet... but I thought I should look for the stamp that I use most often... the one that I think is most "me", if you know what I mean..

So, I have decided that my favorite stamp is this one...:

This is Valentini, by Stamping Bella... I've used this stamp alot and here's why...

1. I love anything Martini... from the drink to the image. The shape of a martini glass is just cool, and you can put so much awesome stuff in it! And a good martini, mixed well and enjoyed with friends is the best!
2. This image is so much fun to color! I've done it in red and pink and purple.. it just lends itself to so many fun colors!
3. I love glitter, and this image just screams "glitter me!!!"
Here's just one card that I've made with this image
It's just an awesome image and if I had to choose a favorite, this would be it... although I did eye all of my cupcake stamps, too... but that's another post! LOL!
Thanks for joining us at Stamptacular for another Bonus Fun Day! Hope you're having a great time!
Have a wonderful day!

SSC - Character Counts

My Design Team card is on top for the day- scroll down to see my Mojo Monday entry for this week - Thanks!

Happy Sunday, everyone! I'm checking in from the beach this weekend! It's our "Crafty Girls Weekend" and we are having a BLAST!! Be sure to check back later this week to see photos of all our projects! So far we have done card-making (by Me), teabag flower pots (by Louise), Soap making (by Kim) and Needle Felting (by Paulette) More fun to come!

It's another fun week at Stamptacular! This week's challenge is to use any character on your project!

Our Design Team has come up with some beautiful ideas! Our prize for this week is from YourNextStamp.com - this is an adorable set, I really wish I could enter to win it!! :)



I have chosen to use Horton, from Dr. Suess on my project, as he is one of the few character stamps that I own. I love the background paper and the sentiment... they both seemed very "Dr. Suessy" to me!

I hope that my card and the rest of the Design Team projects inspire you to create something full of character this week!
Thanks for stopping by and have a WONDERFUL week!

Mojo Monday #107

I saw this weeks sketch on Saturday and knew I had to bust out a card for the challenge! This is a wonderful sketch and I was excited to ink up my Gorjuss Girls! So, here's my creation - direct to you from Pacific Beach, WA!

Have a wonderful day!

SSC #26 - Pull-Out!

Happy Sunday, everyone!

This weeks challenge at Stamptacular is to create a card or project using a pull-out! Tags, recipe cards, photos, whatever your little heart desires!

Our wonderful sponsor this week is Emma, from Stampin' Up! (Thanks, Emma!)

I would like to welcome our new Design Team members on their debut week: Georgia, Carolyn, Aud Kirsten, Piali, Sarah and Simonne! Be sure to check out their amazing blogs and welcome them to the team! Staying with you for another 6 months are Priscilla, Nikki, Liza, Line, Janneke, Jilly, Paula and myself! Carly, Joanne and Kristin - you will be missed!!!

Here's my card for this weeks challenge:
This is a double diagonal pocket card that is super easy and oh so cute! I love this card! I used double sided paper, and I used the suggested alteration on Splitcoast to make it a card that opens as well.

I do hope you get a chance to join us at Stamptacular this week! Happy Stamping!