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I'm so excited to announce that I have been asked to be a part of the amazing By LORi Designs design team. I LOVE her digi stamps and I am thrilled to be on the team.
Here is a card that I made for her to celebrate her digi shop's 1st birthday this past week.
So looking forward to sharing more of her characters soon. I am sure that you will fall in love with them just as I have!
One of the many perks of having a new baby is beautiful baby photos to scrapbook!! I love these of him just sleeping away.
This layout was created for Valerie Salmon's Got Sketch Express 2 Class. The sketch is amazing!! There is still time to sign up for the class.
Papers and Embellishments by Authentique-Journey
Yeah, it's Wednesday and there is a new challenge up on the Simon Says Stamp challenge blog!! This week's challenge is as easy as it gets!! Anything Goes. Yes, that's right. Just make a card starting today and enter it into our challenge. The more the merrier!!
As always there will be a $50 gift certificate for Simon Says Stamp online store up for grabs to one lucky participant randomly drawn at the end of the week.
So here is my card. I decided to go a little different this week and leave my Copics in their case. I really love the new Authentique papers so I decided to use the Journey line with some of the coordinating accents. Did you know that Simon Says Stamp has all of the Authentique 6x6 pads and the die cut accents too?
I did some stamping in the center of the decorative die cut. I used a Hero Arts/Basic Grey stamp set from Indie Bloom stamped in Tim Holtz Faded Jeans Distress Ink.
I hope to see your card this week on the Simon Says Stamp Challenge blog!
Supplies: Authentique Journey 6x6 paper pad, Authentique Tabloids Die Cuts, Authentique Journey Notables Dies Cuts, MFT Decorative Doily Duo, Hero Arts Basic Grey Butterflies and Wildflowers stamp set, Basic Grey Indie Bloom brads, Tim Holtz Distress Ink Faded Jeans
Valerie Salmon has started a new Got Sketch Express class and it's not too late to sign up. As part of her Got Sketch design team I create layouts with her sketches. It's a great team to be a part of and it's really helped me get a lot of layouts done as well as getting me back into scrapping following Garrett's birth. So the layout below is based on one of her sketches in the class. All of the sketches have been amazing and very inspirational. If you want to have fun, get lots of layouts done, and be inspired be sure to sign up for the class.
I have so many pictures of Brett playing baseball that I need to scrap. I think that I was waiting for just the right paper and I think that I have found some that is perfect. Bella Blvd had a great sports themed line that just came out and I used it on the layout below.
The cardstock sticker sheets were awesome and the colors were perfect. The white alpha stickers are part of the sports line but the black were from another Bella line. Love that they are the same font so you can mix and match the colors. The stars were punched out from cardstock but then I created little dots of white around the edges with my Ranger White Enamel. It's like Liquid Pearls but easier to use. Unfortunately it only comes in white and black.
I'll be back soon with more Got Sketch layouts. If you would like to see some other sketches by Valerie please visit her Got Sketch blog.
Just wanted to spread the word about a special event coming this weekend. I love Lori's fun characters and I know you will too. Stop back because I've got a special card to share Friday.
There will be a Blog hop on Friday, September 23rd starting at 8am and ending on Sunday at midnight to celebrate
By LORi Designs Digi Shop's 1st Birthday!!
YAY!
There will be prizes, special guests and FUN!
Feel Free to grab the invitation below and help us spread the word!
Everyone is invited!!
Well do we have a fun challenge for you this week on Simon Says Stamp Challenge blog!! I don't know about you but most every card that I create has some sort of die cuts on them and My Favorite Things are some of my most favorite dies!! I've got two of them on this card plus a gorgeous little girl from the My Favorite Things Pure Innocence line. I just couldn't resist this stamp. Such a cute little teddy all bandaged up. A perfect Get Well card!
As you can see in my card I used the Open Scalloped Doily dies as a design element rather than a mat. This die comes in three different sizes and the two that I used are packaged together. The larger on is found here. I also love this sweet little Fancy Flourish Die. It is the perfect size for any card. I love that I can attach it in one place and leave the rest loose to create some movement and dimension.
The stamp that I used is also from My Favorite Things. It is called Pure Innocence Better Get Better. It also comes with two sentiments of which I used one. My little girl is colored with Copics and popped up with foam dots. I also used some My Minds Eye paper called Hazel from the Stella Rose collection.
So this week's challenge is to create a card with punches or die cuts on it. Of course if you have some from My Favorite Things well then please use them!
One lucky participant will win a $50 gift certificate to the Simon Says Stamp Online store. It is filled to the brim with MFT and just about every other scrapbook and stamp company's product out there. Even if you don't see what you are looking for on the quick list be sure to search for it because you are sure to find it. please link your challenge card to the Simon Says Stamp Challenge blog to qualify for a chance to win!
I will admit that this week's challenge on the Simon Says Stamp Challenge blog had me sort of stumped at first but then one of my favorite songs popped into my head and I knew that I had the answer.
Rain Drops Keep Fallin On My Head by Burt Bacharach
My mom was a huge fan of Burt's when I was growing up so we always had one of his records playing in the house. If you scroll down you will see a link to a YouTube video of the song. Play it for old times sake. :)
So for my card I chose Tilda in Spring Rain. I colored her with Copics and then used Glossy Accents on the umbrella and boots so that they looked like rain gear. It doesn't really show in the picture but it is really cool in real life. I also added some Stickles to the lace on the umbrella and the rain drops. It's that extra bit of sparkle that really dresses it up. The paper is the 6x6 paper pad from My Mind's Eye called Happy Go Lucky. I don't usually use paper with purples in it but I actually like how it turned out. The pearls are from Kaiser and are the perfect color blue.
Supplies: Stamp- Magnolia Tilda in Spring Rain, Paper- Happy Go Lucky, Glossy Accents, Stickles, Markers- Copics, Ink- Memento Tuxedo Black, Ribbon- Stampin Up!, Pearls
Please join us this week with your own card. There is this amazing $50 gift certificate for one lucky participant from the Simon Says Stamp Online store, so let's get started. Please link your creation here.
Before I get started with the information for this week's Simon Says Stamp Challenge I want to say
THANK YOU
to all of you that took the time to comment on my blog hop post. I received so many wonderful comments that made me smile. I appreciate you all so much!!
Are you ready for another fantastic challenge from the Simon Says Stamp Challenge blog? Well I hope so because we have a great one for you. Let's break out of our simple folded card blues and create something with a little more pizzaz!! This week we want to see what kind of multi fold cards you can make. I can't wait to see if someone makes one that I haven't seen yet. The designers are also featuring My Mind's Eye or Jillibean Soup papers so if you have them be sure to use them. I used the 6x6 paper pad from My Mind's Eye called Everyday Flair.
This multi fold is called Criss Cross and I got the directions to make it off of Splitcoast Stampers. The tutorial is created by Beate Johns who is a amazing stamper and has also created many other multi fold tutorials. Click here for the Criss Cross card tutorial.
Here is the closeup of the image that I colored with Copics. I have been trying some new coloring techniques and really love how it is turning out. I still have a lot more practice to go though. The Tilda that I used is called Tilda with Cute Skirt. Fun name I think. I love her sweet skirt too. The flowers on the card are new ones called Mini Canterbury Teal from Petaloo. They come in about 10 different colors and are the perfect size for cards.
I hope to see your card in our link list. As always there is a fantastic prize for one random poster.
A $50 Credit Voucher from Simon Says Stamp!! That is a lot of stamps!! Just create a multi fold card and link it to the Simon Says Stamp Challenge blog under the multi fold card post.
I would also like to enter my card into the following challenges.
Papertake Weekly Challenges- Anything Goes, the DT has all made cards with the new LOTV stamps. They are gorgeous and you should definitely check them out.
Creative Card Crew- Anything Goes- Fun digital stamp sponsors.
Oh, I just love this little guy. What a blessing he has been on my life and my family's life. This picture is actually about 4 weeks old but he looks very much the same now. Maybe a little less hair. :)
This sweet little baby was born on July 6, 2011 in North Carolina. He made his arrival a few days early while we were away from home at a family reunion. What could have been a very strained situation was made into a wonderful experience thanks to the wonderful nurses and doctors at Murphy Medical Center. They took very good care of me, Garrett, and even the rest of my family.
For this layout I used some Petaloo flowers and new Authentique papers. It was the perfect soft background for my pictures. I used a filter on my picture that I got from The Pioneer Woman that made the colors soft and muted. The Petaloo flowers were all distressed with a little brown ink and then accessorized with metal accents from Tim Holtz. The tag was stamped with a stamp from Glitz and the canvas tag was cut from a Tim Holtz die and then colored with a yellow Copic marker.
This hidden journaling tag fits in behind the picture. I plan on writing a few details about how I felt when he was born on it. I am so looking forward to all of the new milestones that are ahead of us and having the pleasure of scrapping them once again.
