BEE my honey

Where does the time go? The first month of the new year is almost over... and so is my Guest Artist spot at Whimsie Doodles!! I haven't been able to color up the new images as much as I wanted to, but I do have this cutie to share today...

She's part of the new January digis and can be purchased here at the Whimsie Doodles store. There are a ton of new digis perfect for Valentine's Day that's just around the corner. Check out what the team have been creating with them here on the Whimsie Doodles Blog.

card supplies:

digi image and sentiment - Whimsie Doodles Honey Bee; sketch from Deconstructed Sketch #85

Paper: Cosmo Cricket Circa 1934, Recollctions Kraft and red textured cardstock, MMBI color cardstock

Copic markers, Sakura Clear Star and Gold, CC Designs Cutters Mini Banners, flower stamp from TGF Onsie Girl Set, Recollections gems

Thanks for stopping by...

Have a fabulous day! ;D   

Challenges:

Deconstructed Sketch #85
Paper Shelter - #96 Anything Goes

Anything Goes

Happy Wednesday! The theme today at All That Scraps Challenge is Anything Goes...

Used Teddy Beauregard from the ATS January release, and followed the current Deconstructed Sketch #84. Distressed the edges and fussy cut this adorable little Beatrice!

card supplies ~

Image Stamp: CC Designs Teddy Beauregard

Sentiment: TGF Onesie Girl Set

Paper: Basic Grey Kissing Booth; Recollection Kraft cardstock; DCWV color cardstock

Other: Copic Markers, Twine, Recollection Tag Punch, Fiskars flower hand punch

Please visit the ATS Challenge blog to see more from my fellow team mates! You have two weeks to play along for a chance to win 5 CC Designs Digi stamps!

Thanks for stopping by

Have a fabulous day! ;D


Challenges:
Deconstructed Sketch #84
Basic Grey Challenges - #85 Something New (new stamp)

Sparkle Creations Ch#93

Hi all! Today is Sparkle Creations Challenge #93, and this time we have a sketch for you...

designed by the very talented, Kim Yu! For my card today, I used Cherry Blossom Rin...

Inspired by the artist Aki and her beautifully colored sketch of Rin. Used papers from BG Konnichiwa, gorgeous brown ribbon from May Arts, a resin cherry blossom from Recollections, and a flower tag from PTI Tiny Tags stamped with "joy" sentiment from TGF's It's a Girl clear stamps.

Here a few close-ups

This is my last guest designer post for Sparkles Creations. It went by so quickly! It's been amazing to be with an awesome group of ladies. The stamps are just so much fun to color and create with. Hope you all stop by the SCRS blog to see more inspiration from the team! I do have one more quick share with you all later this week, so be sure to come back then!

Thanks for stopping by...

Have a wonderful day! ;D

Challenges:

MarkerPOP - Ch#11 Skin Tones

GDT with Sparkle Creations!

Guess what?? I'm Guest Designer for Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps this month!!! Yay!! I'm thrilled to be working with such an awesome team of talented ladies, and super excited to create and share with you some of the cute stamps available at the SCRS store!!

First off, today starts a brand new color challenge for the next two weeks

I used Shopping Emily for my card

here's a closeup of this sweetie ready for some holiday shopping!!

card supplies:

Stamps: SCRSC Shopping Emily, sentiment TGF Roll Call Kit, Papers: MME Lil' Robots; colored with Copic markers; Memento Tuxedo Black Ink, Colorbox Chalk blues; Spellbinders Wonky Reverse Rectangles and Std Circles Large, Recollections blue cardstock, ribbon, and gems.

Please hop over to the Sparkles Creations blog for details on the challenge

and you can see more inspiration at these blogs... 

Joni Wilson

Kim Yu

Mimi LeePang - you're here!

Shaela Odd

Yvonne Yam

Thanks for stopping by...

Have a wonderful day! ;D

Challenges:

Papertake Weekly - Sketch #73

Birthday Ian

Hi all! My cousin's little boy turned the big ONE this past weekend, and just want to share the card I made for him.

It's been awhile since I played with those adorable cuties from TGF, and this one was from my dear blogging friend Leanne! Found a great sketch from Sweet Sunday, and this fun paper pad is from MME.

card supplies:

Image - TGF Birthday Ian; Amy R. Birthday Sentiments; paper - MME Out of the Blue, Recollections card stock; Copic markers, Memento Ink, Colorbox Chalk, Making Memories buttons

Thanks for stopping by...

Have a fabulous day! ;D  


Challenges:
Sweet Sunday - SSSC169
FFF - Buttons and Bows

Thanks a hoot

Happy Wednesday!! Today is Lollipop Crafts sponsor spotlight on our wonderful sponsor Kitty Bee Designs!

They have some adorable images! For my card I followed the sketch from Sweet Stop and some 3D piecing.

here's another view

Head over to the LC blog to find out more about Kitty Bee and my teammate Cyndi's cute card using another sponsor image. Check out our current challenge and hope you can play along... there will be two winners this time!!

card supplies:

Image - Hanging around Owl (Kitty Bee Designs), sentiment - TGF Hoo Loves You (retired); paper- MMBI Autumn Layers, Bo Bunny Kitchen Spice; Copic markers; Memento Ink, Colorbox Chalk, Glossy Accents, Recollections Kraft paper

Thanks for stopping by...

Have a wonderful day! ;D  

Challenges:
Sweet Stop - Sketch SSS180

Dear Hubby...

Happy Monday! Today I'm celebrating a special day with my hubby... it's our anniversary! He surprised me with a dozen red roses this morning... that he put together after I went to sleep last night. But then he had to work today, so we will go out for a nice dinner another night! I baked him some yummy banana bread and made this card...

It was hard to find a image that would fit a guy and for an anniversay, but I came across this retired TGF stamp set and it came with a perfect sentiment, "hoo loves you"? and the inside says "me!" (sorry forgot to take a pic of it) Finally I was willing to use some of the SEI Moonrise paper that I've had for the lonnnngest time!

added alot of dimensions... can you tell?

Well, hope he likes it and the bread!

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY

my dear... I love you!

card supplies:

Image-TGF Hoo Loves You (retired); paper-SEI Moonrise, DCWV cardstock; Spellbinders - circle, tear drop circles; Sizzix-Flourish diecut; Copics; Memento Tuxedo Black; Colorbox Chalk browns; white gel pen; misc flowers

Thanks for stopping by...

Have a fantastic day! ;D   

Challenges:

TGF Retro - Jumping In the Leaves

Loves Rubberstamp - #20 All About Autumn (colors)

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

MarkerPOP- #8 Oldies,but Goodies (E08,E11,Y17)

Mojo Monday - Sketch 626

Happy Birthday...

Happy Birthday dear Sony! Wishing you a very special day!

Today is Lollipop Crafts' girl, Sony's birthday!! Please stop by her blog to wish her a very happy birthday. Then hop over to LC blog to check out more birthday wishes for the special birthday girl!

I picked Surfer Anya because Sony lives in Puerto Rico! Warm, sunny, beautiful beaches everywhere! I found a great sketch from Sweet Sunday Sketch, flipped it up for this sweet image. Colors were inspired by the TGF Retro Challenge, yellow, orange and baby blue. Found some beautiful BG Out of Print  (thanks Alice!) paper pad along with some tropical paper scraps. Amy R Birthday sentiments and CC Design Cutter for the flower, both can be found at All That Scraps store.

Thanks for stopping by...

come back later for details on this week's Lollipop Crafts challenge!

Challenges:

Sweet Sunday Sketch - SSSC#165

TGF - Retro Fresh Goin' for Gold

Sweet Friendship...

Hi everyone! First off, I want to thank all those who joined us on the Lollipop Crafts Blog Hop and all the wonderful comments on the Sister Stamp treat box. Congrats to all the winners! and thank you for all the support throughout the past two years!

Now, today we have My Heart Pieces as our sponsor this week. Check out the LC blog for more details about this wonderful company. Here is my card with a sweet image from them...

Used a simple layout and a few scrap paper pieces for this card. Sentiment is from TGF's Tea-rrific clear stamp set. Tied it off with a red ribbon from Michael's.

Please head over to Lollipop Crafts blog to see more from the team, and to join in on the current challenge of the week...MONOCHROMATIC!

Thanks for stopping by...

Have a great day! ;D        

Up, up and away...

So are you all ready for a nice long weekend? Time for some relaxation and getting caught up with some of my blogging friends! ;D

But first, did you all check out the new ATS Challenge for this week? Create your project based on this inspiration photo...

With this picture and LC's SPLASH challenge, I am really ready for the summer! Here I have Sweet November's Strawberry flitter friend. She's been retired in rubber, but still available in DIGI!

From the inspiration picture, I've used the colors, flags, and a fun balloon ride. The papers are from MME's Lime Twist Out of the Blue set. Just love the gorgeous warm summer colors! Sentiment is a combo from  Hero Arts and TGF sets. Please stop by the ATS challenge blog to see more awesome creations from the team, and hope you can play along with us! Prize for this challenge is 3 C.C. Design rubber stamps of the winners choice!

Thanks for stopping by... 

Have a wonderful and safe     

holiday weekend!! ;D

Challenges:

Mojo Monday - Sketch 242

Girl Princess...

Hi all! Are you surprised to hear from me again so soon? heheeee! I sure am!  Lately, my mojo's been either really detailed cards, like the one here, or CAS cards like the one today...

Got a fun sketch from Raise The Bar, and they're celebrating their 100th challenge! It's a pretty fun one too, see how it resembles the number 100? The stamp image is from TGF Build A Onsies Girl set, and I have the boy set too! Finally got a chance to ink it up and thought it would be fun to make a few small gift cards (4x4 size).  So far I only made this one... LOL! The Farm Fresh Friday Challenge is to use classic patterns paper, so I chose "argyle" with fun colors! I'll be inking up my boy Onsies set soon, but there's some birthday cards I need to finish for this weekend! I'll be sharing those with you soon!

Card Supplies:
Image - TGF Build A Onsies Girl set (TGF clear stamps)
Paper - MME (Life of the Party), DCWV (colored cardstock), Recollections (kraft base)
Copic - RV10 RV69 R83 R85
Other - Memento Ink (Rich Cocoa), Colorbox Chalk (brown), VersaMagic (Pixie Dust), Sakura Clear Star pen, Stickles (cotton candy), Glossy Accents, EK Success border punch, Spellbinders (yelet circles, standard large/scallop circles)


Thanks for stopping by

Have a wonderful day! ;D   



Challenges:
Raise the Bar - #100 Sketch
Farm Fresh Friday - FFC Classic Patterns

BIG Achievement...

Happy Monday everyone!  Was your weekend filled with happy memories? On Saturday, our family certainly had two big events to celebrate... my son passed his karate test for his Jr. Black Belt! and my wonderful hubby's big 50th birthday! We had a big celebration at home with family and friends, and just ate all night! I always forget to take pictures of the food, but we had prime rib, cioppino, bun rieu (a vietnamese noodle soup), with plenty of sides and desserts! A mini buffet right at home!

So this week's challenge at Lollipop Crafts is an easy one... ANYTHING GOES! Head on over to the blog to see some awesome eye candy! A traditional custom is to present your Sensei with a thank you gift at the belt award ceremony. This is the card my son wanted me to make for his Sensei...

Very simple layout. Karate Ian colored in his Sensei gi's colors, red cardstock stamped with "thanks" as the background, and "Arigato" cutout is from Jenny!

Cameron started this journey when he was in kindergarten, and throughout all these years (he's only 11), he continued to climb each step and grow along the way, to finally reach this amazing achievement! His Sensei says he is the youngest of the dojo to obtain a Jr. Black Belt. We are so very proud of him! I decorated a couple of chipboards with the same image, colored it to represent his gi and new belt, and a congrats sign for his favorite cake... OREOS!!!

Let me just say that this past month, he trained so hard in order to pass this test, I was so stressed out just watching him train. When Saturday morning came, I think I was more nervous than he was! The testing didn't start until 2pm, so the wait was just agonizing! I'm so glad that he performed so well, and I can see the determination in his face during the whole TWO HOURS!

Okay... that's enough for me today. I will share the other celebration we had on Saturday night on another post! Head over to Lollipop Crafts to see more of the DT wonderful inspiration, and hope you can join the fun!

Supplies:

Image - TGF Karate Ian;  Stamp- Amy R Stamps Big Words

Copics - C3 C5 C7 100 W3 W5 W7 E40 E50 E51 E53 E11 R20

Other - Distress Ink (fired brick), VersaMark (watermark), Sakura Gelly Roll (white), Spellbinders circle, chipboard, ribbon from stash, washi paper, Recollections cardstock, "arigato" cutout from Jenny

Thanks for stopping by today...

Have a fantastic day! ;D

Challenges:

TGF Retro Challenge - Spring Cleaning (chipboard from years ago)

TGF Monday FunDay - Anything Goes

Let's Celebrate...

March is always a busy month of birthdays... there's a few wonderful friends, four family members, plus my dear husband, and ME (today)! I don't see it as a day to celebrate me, but rather a day to spend with family & friends and have a good time together! and it gives me a reason to eat more dessert than I should! LOL!

Anyways, it was a blast to celebrate Kris' birthday blog hop.  Hope you all had a chance to see all the beautiful cards made! So today, I will have a little surprise for one random commenter on this post. Tell me what's your favorite way to celebrate your birthday! The lucky winner will be picked on Sunday March 18th!

Thanks for stopping by...  ;D

Have a wonderful weekend!




Image: TGF Fancy Anya

Happy Birthday KRIS ! ! ! !

WISHING YOU A DAY FULL OF HAPPINESS AS YOU CELEBRATE

YOUR SPECIAL DAY... HAPPY BIRTHDAY KRIS !

It's Krista Palakiko's birthday today and a few of us are throwing her a surprise birthday blog hop.  If you've come here from Christy's blog then you are on the right path, but if you just popped in you might want to hop on over to the beginning at the Lollipop Crafts blog.  Why?  Well one lucky hopper will win a SURPRISE PRIZE!  All you need to do is hop along to each friend’s blog, leave some love, then head back to the Lollipop Crafts blog and let them know you completed the hop.  Who knows maybe along the way some of Kris' friends might be giving away RAKS of their own, so make sure you stop and give some love to everyone.  The winner will be announced on Sunday, March 18th. 

**If you get lost along the way the MASTER LIST is on the Lollipop Crafts Blog.

For Kris' card, the image is TGF's HG Sing (retired stamp). I know how much Kris love the TGF cuties, and can't you just imagine our wonderful friend holding a ukelele and singing some fun songs! Kris, you always bring so much happiness and love to others, so today you deserve to be treated like a princess! Big HUGS to you!!

Ok... continue along the hop and be sure to stop by Kris' blog to leave her some birthday wishes!

Thanks for stopping by...

Have a wonderful day! ;D    



Challenges:
TGF Saturday Sketch - TGFSC7
Birthday Sundaes - #47 Use green
Simon Says Stamp - A bit of Green

White with a SPLASH...

Good morning and happy Monday! Hope you all had a fantastic weekend. Are you ready for a brand new challenge at Lollipop Crafts? This week we want you to use ALL WHITE with a SPLASH of color! and we have a new sponsor this week... The Greeting Farm!! 

This is one of their adorable digi set, Wonderland, that has five images to play with! I picked to work the RED as my splash of color, great for the mushrooms and the heart of Alice's dress. Added some very light shadow colors on the images too. There are a few layers too, but forgot to take a picture to show that - maybe if you click on the image to enlarge, you can see a little bit of it.

Okay... now get on the LC blog to see  more gorgeous cards from the team, and link up to play for your chance to win a fabulous prize from our sponsor!

Supplies:
Image - The Greeting Farm (Wonderland digi set)
Copics- R32 R35 R37 R000 E50 E40 C1
Spellbinders Labels Two, Cuttlebug swirls embossing folder, MS fence and flower punches, Stickles (red)

Thanks for stopping by...

Have a fantastic day! ;D    

Anything Goes...

Happy LATE Monday! It's a brand new challenge at Lollipop Crafts today, and the theme this week is... ANYTHING GOES!! I'm a bit late in posting this, but I have a fun card to share with you...

This is one of The Greeting Farm's gorgeous stamps, Beanie Anya, and she's been colored up for awhile now... just waiting for me to put her together with some pretty papers! This coloring technique was done with Copics, more about it here on this post. The awesome sketch is from the brand new TGF Farm Fresh SCS Saturday Sketch Challenge, you can find out all the details here! Sentiment is also from TGF Clear Stamp sets... actually from three of them - "HUGS" is from Build a Onsies Boy, "KISSES" from Build a Onsies Girl, and "&" from Furever set. All three are  part of an awesome candy win from Margie! The tag punch is from Recollections, and trimmed it smaller to what I needed. Layered the doily atop of a Spellbinder circle nestie, and popped-on Beanie Anya!

Take a hop over to LC blog to see more yummy eye candy from the team! We don't have a sponsor this week, but you'll still be entered to win our Top 3 badge! Come on and join the fun!

Supplies:
Stamp - The Greeting Farm: Beanie Anya, Build A Onsies Boy and Girl sets, Furever
Paper - Basic Grey (Olivia), Deja Views (Timeless Collection), DCVW cardstock, textured tan cardstock
Copics - skin: E50 E51 R20  hair: W1 W3 W5 W7  clothes: BG10 BG13 B21 G94 0Blender
Others - Spellbinders Eyelet Circle; BG Olivia Brads; Flowers from E-line and Recollections; Recollection Tag punch and ribbon; Embroidery Floss; Memento Ink, ColorBox Chalk Cat's Eye

Thanks for stopping by....               




Challenges:
TGF SCS- Saturday Sketch  TGFSC1
Basic Grey Challenges - #61 Favorite Things (TGF stamps!)

No Embellies???

Is it Monday already? The weekend sure went by quick, lucky for me, we have an extra day before going back to school/work, to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. birthday. So come join me on Lollipop Crafts and  play along our new challenge: NO EMBELLIES! Create a card/project without any sparkle, flowers, buttons, ribbons, bling, etc.  If I can do it, you can too... just give it a try! Our fabulous sponsor this week is

Here's what I came up with...

The sweet image, sentiment, hearts, and paw print are all from The Greeting Farm's Furever stamp set (blog candy from Margie), and followed last week's sketch (SSS140) from The Sweet Stop. The blue border is outlined with a white gel pen, and traced the paw prints and hearts with a sakura pen. That's it!

So let's see what you come up with! and be sure to check the LC blog for all the deets and some sweet treats from the team!

Supplies:
(will be back later today to add!)
Stamp - Furever (TGF Clear Stamp)
Paper - Bo Bunny (Kitchen Spice), Kraft (Recollections), cardstock (DCWV)
Copics - skin/hair: E50, E51, E53, R20, C3, C5, C7, 100
clothes: BG000, BG01, BG05   cat: YR23, YR24, Y31, Y28, R000, R20  ground: YG91
Other- Sakura (Clear Star, White), Memento Ink, ColorBox Chalk, Tim Holtz Distress Ink

Thanks for stopping by...

and have a wonderful day! ;)            

Happy Monday..

Hope everyone had a great weekend... the first week of 2012 has come and gone! I'm so glad you can join me today to welcome back Lollipop Crafts from our winter break! We're ready for a new and exciting year, and our first challenge of the year is the ANYTHING GOES with a NEW twist! Just use a new stamp, technique, supply, etc, or create a card/project for New Baby, or New House, or Happy New Year! etc... Be sure to check out the LC blog for all the details and some gorgeous projects from both teams!
Here's my card to share with you...

The "NEW" features are paper from Jillibean Soup, and a new clear sentiments stamps set I got from my friend, Leanne, who happens to also be on the LC team! Picked a few of the sentiments and stamped it randomly on the yellow cardstock for the background. I also tried a "new" skin color combo... my friend, Amy, has a bunch of GREAT tutorials on this blog... where I visit very often!! Followed the Friday Spy Day #14 challenge on FFC... cased the layout of the featured card. Cheeky Chat is colored in copics... isn't she just the cutest... with her pink phone!!
For another "new" thing for my blog this year, I'm going to list out all the supplies I used for the posted project, including a list copic colors! so here goes for the first post of the year...

Supplies:
Stamp - Cheeky Chat (TGF), clear sentiments (from Leanne)
Paper - Kraft (Recollections from Michael's), Jillibean Soup (Homemade 6 Bean Soup), cardstock (DCWV)
Spellbinders - Standard Circles Large, Classic Scalloped Circles Large
Copics - skin/hair: E00, E21, E13, R20, G94, E34, E35, E37, E57
clothes: YG03, YG23, YG25, G14, YR16, YR31, Y23 phone: R32, R35, R37, R000, RV10
Others - e. line crystals, Memento Ink, ColorBox Chalk Cat's Eye

Thanks for stopping by...

and have a wonderful day! ;D              

Challenges:
FFC - Friday Spy Day #14 (case Wilfreda)
Simon Says Stamp - NEW Something
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes (new theme)

Happy Halloween!!

It's Monday..and that brings us a brand new challenge at Lollipop Crafts...

Anything Goes!

The sweetest witch ever is from TGF's halloween collection... and I made a slide out treat holder that can hold a single candy bar or what I did was made a little sleeve for inside and put four mini candy bars...

This sweet treat went out to my October Secret Sister (click here if you want to sign up) along with my other halloween card here. I hope she enjoys them! The sentiment is a freebie from The Twinery, MS spider punch, and the gorgeous paper is from my August SS and fellow DT member, Leanne! She is the sweetest and look at the gorgeous card she made...

Now...pop on over to LC blog to see more from the DT... although we don't have a sponsor this week, we hope you can join the FUN!! and a big THANK YOU to Linda for guest designing during the month of October. It was such an inspiration to us all!

Have a safe a Happy Halloween!!!   

Challenges:

FFC - Monday FunDay #5

TGF Royalty Week #2

Can you believe it??? Two posts in one day? Think that's a first for me... but can't help it. Today is the final day to enter the TGF Royalty Contest for week two. I already missed the first week, so I made this card at the last minute ...literally!

Inspired by the Royalty photo, kept this black and white, but chose purple instead of the hint of green. You would think my wedding color is purple but nope... it was blue! The minute my hubby saw this, he said it reminded him of us...awwww! He got a big kiss for that! LOL!

Thanks for stopping by...

twice!! :D           



Challenges:

TGF Royalty - Week 2

Stamp Something - Something Punched

Lawnscaping Challenge - #11 CAS