Hello Friend

Happy Sunday Everyone!!!It's time for a new challenge at Paper Smooches Sparks. And it's Designer Draft time.

 I like the sketch :)

Here is my card. I wanted to use some pattern paper and this "friend" word die :) Also, this is my last card as PS Sparks team member. Thank you Kim and Savannah, I really enjoyed  my term :)

So, I hope now you have marked the challenge in your to do list!!

That's it for me today--but be sure to stop by my talented teammates for more inspiration and leave them some love.

Supplies: Pattern Paper: Amy Tangerine; Stamp: (Salutations) Paper Smooches; Dies: (Friends Word and Quotables dies) 

Twine Love

Hello everyone!! Today I am sharing my card over at Timeless twine. 

Here is how it looks. I used the inks and shimmer spritz by Imagine Crafts/ Tsukineko. For the supplies I used, check my post HERE.

Have fun!!!

Imagine Crafts and Stampendous Blog Hop

Welcome to a week of fantastic collaboration between IMAGINE Crafts and Stampendous! We have to admit that our two companies were made for each other and we're proud to have shared a long relationship of working together. After all, what are stamps without ink? The projects created by our artists this week feature IMAGINE Crafts Radiant Neon™ inks paired perfectly with coordinating colors of Fran•táge Color Fragments from Stampendous, along with some of their newest stamp designs and Stack Art kits.

Prizes galore for participating in the Blog Hop this week!

We'll be giving three prize packages of 3 Radiant Neon inks and 3 Fran•táge Color Fragments (we'll choose your colors). There will be a bright crafting future ahead of you! Each day we’ll post that day's participating artists. Visit their blog and leave a comment by midnight PST May 25th. We ‘ll randomly select three different blogs from the five days, then randomly draw one commenter from each blog. You must have a U.S. mailing address to win, but we’d love for everyone to hop and comment! You can check out the Official Rules for all our contests if you have questions.  

 So are you ready for some exciting inspiration? Here's who is hopping today:

Kristine Reynolds

Isha Gupta (You're Here)

Tobi Crawford

Penny Ward

Janelle Stollfus

Linda Lucas

Tina McDonald

Here is what I created for you today along with a short tutorial. I used the stamps and fragments by Stampendous and my favorite NEON inks by Imagine Crafts/ Tsukineko :)

 First, stamp the background using various colors of inks.

Then, adhere some double sided tap on a scrap piece of paper and on top of it, stick some fragments to it. Die cut the balloons.

Die cut a rectangle from the stamped cardstock and assemble everything as above.

***Blog Hop Hint – if you click on a link that takes you to a page saying something like, “Sorry this page cannot be found,” just click on the header at the top of the blog (usually a picture, or the blog’s name), and it will take you to that blog’s most recent post. That post *should* be our hop. If not, you can probably scroll down a short way to find the hop post.

Timeless Twine Photo fun Challenge

Hello and Welcome to the Photo Fun Challenge by Timeless Twine. It's fun for sure :) For my Paper Smooches post check HERE.

For my creation, I used the Photo Fun Clear stamp by Bella Creationz, Black/Kraft twine and some Brilliance inks by Imagine Crafts/ Tsukineko

Now let's take a look at the challenge rules: 

"Linked" post MUST have above "challenge graphic" and linked back to this Challenge Post.  Project MUST be new.

Theme:  "Photo Fun" - Make a project using the theme.  See all the projects the twine-istas created as inspiration!

Colors:  Any

Shapes: Any

Embellishments:  Timeless Twine of course :)  

(If you haven't had a chance to purchase Timeless Twine yet, you may substitute with embroidery floss, hemp, yarn, etc.) Off brand bakers twine will NOT be accepted.

You can purchase Timeless Twine here.

Need just a lil' bit of twine, you can

get 10 yd bundles here.

Or 5 yd bundles here.

Winner will receive:

1 Spool of Timeless Twine

 (in stock colors only, excludes Christmas and Halloween)

 AND one

Photo Fun Clear Stamps

by Bella Creationz

Deadline for challenge entries will be May 31, 2014 11:59pm (EST)

Have a twine-tastic time with this challenge! More details and Link your project HERE

Thanks for stopping by.

Happy Birthday

Hello Everyone!! I know there was no activity on my blog for some time. Just a few more days to go and then I can be back to normal routine. I do have some scheduled posts coming though. Later in the day, we have a challenge at Timeless Twine blog, so don't forget to miss that. It's fun :)

Today we have the new challenge at Paper Smooches SPARKS. It's an Anything goes challenge, that is easy, you can create what your heart desires as long as you use Paper Smooches stamps...lol

Here is what I have for you. I stamped the brushstroke stamp using various pretty colors of inks by Imagine Crafts/ Tsukineko (Memento Luxe, Brilliance and VersaColor) I then stamped and embossed the floral image using ImagineCrafts iridescent clear embossing powder. Love the effect. I then outlined it using the white gel pen. Love this subtle shine and effect.

Be sure to stop by  and check more inspiration by my talented team mates. 

 Clare

Erin

Karin

Savannah

Now pop over to SPARKSchallenge blog for the info you need to take part! You can win a 30 $ gift certificate to the PS store  

Supplies: Cardstock: (Marshmallow, Jawbreaker) Bazzill card shoppe; Stamps:  (Positive Strokes, Salutations and Botanicals 1 ) Paper Smooches; Ink: (VersaMark, Memento Luxe - Morocco, Angel Pink, Rose Bud, Pear Tart: Brilliance - Yellow: VersaColor - Turquoise, Tropical Green) ; Embossing powder: (irridecent clear) Imagine Crafts/ Tsukineko

A New Card and Some Exciting News!!!

Happy Monday Everyone!!! So excited and happy to share with you all that I've joined the Lawnscaping Challenge Facebook Inspiration Team :) YAY!!! I've always loved the cute images by Lawn Fawn.

Thank you Laurel for asking me. I am so honored and excited to be part of Lawnscaping blog.

So it's time for my first Lawnscaping challenge!!

This time it's all about making your own background with stamps.

It's fun to create our own background, so for mine, I first created this beautiful shimmery watercolor background using various colors of Brilliance Pearlescent inks and Memento Luxe inks by Imagine Crafts/ Tsukineko. I then stamped over it and die cut the MOM word using Quinn's alphabet die. Then I colored it using Blue brilliance ink and layered it for added dimension. 

Finally, I embossed the sentiment onto the vellum using my white embossing powder from Tsukineko. Love this stuff :) A bit of stitching, glossy accent and sequins for the final touch.

Check out the Lawnscaping blog and our FAB Facebook page

for more info and  some amazing inspiration from the DT's!! 

This fun challenge is sponsored by

Simon Says Stamp!! yay!!! 

Off to study now! Pls. wish me luck :)