Hello, is it me you're looking for? I can see it in your eyes...I can see it in your smile...

NOTE: Although The Twinery team is posting their projects today......Please be sure to visit the Clearsnap blog tomorrow, Saturday, May 5, to see what their designers created with our products.

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Fun, huh? Clearsnap Cat's Eyes were my very first ink pads when I started scrapbooking back in 2006, and they are still some of my favorites. I got a chance to play with a few new-to-me tools while creating this card, and I had a blast!

I started with a Colorbox Cat's Eye Queue and a Stylus with circle white foam tips. Immediately I saw polka dots! I smooshed the tips into the ink pad and "stamped" the circle image onto my white card panel, alternating colors between the orange and blue. Super easy and fun!

For the sentiment strip, I stamped the word "hello" from an adorable mini stamp set. I also added a butterfly stamped in light yellow ink, which I love on the Kraft cardstock. A closeup:


To finish off the sentiment panel, I tied three little bows of twine, one Cantaloupe and two Shore, which were perfect matches to the inks I chose. 

Now, you know this wouldn't be a proper party without a prize, right? How about some fabulous twine? The Colorful Bunch Sampler Pack is a $20 value, and oh, so purdy!


You can check out The Twinery Blog for details on how to win!

Thanks so much for stopping by, and have a fabulous weekend!

You can kiss me in the moonlight, on the rooftop under the sky...you can kiss me with the windows open while the rain comes pouring inside...

Happy Tuesday, y'all! It's time for another Skipping Stones Design Sketch Tuesday, and we are welcoming the fabulous Kazan Clark as our guest sketch artist for the month of February, as well as Barb Turpin and Cyndi Bundy as our guest designers. Welcome, ladies! Here's our first sketch of the month:

Which I *ahem* LOOSELY interpreted into this card, using the Garden Kiss set:


See, it works, right? I stamped the circle background in Versamark and embossed it in clear onto olive cardstock. The butterfly was stamped first with the script image, then the image of the butterfly was stamped over the top and clear embossed. I cut out the butterfly, leaving a little border for sponging, and added some twine for antennae. The sentiment is a favorite from Everyday Blessings. Here's a closer look:


Thanks for stopping by today...I hope you like my card! I have one more thing before we go...Heather (the owner of SSD) is having a very cool SALE this month! If you buy any 3 stamp sets, you will get Heartsong 2 FREE. It's a new set...want a peek?

I know....fabulous right?? This set is set to be released in April...but you can have it in your hot little hands early through this awesome "Tweetheart Special!" The sale starts on today and ends Tuesday, February 14th at midnight. For more details and for links to all the fabulous designers showcasing this week's sketch, check out the SSD Blog. Have a fabulous day!

I've been living on the wrong side of the law for so long, I don't know which side I am on...

Happy Tuesday, y'all! It's January Release day at Skipping Stones Design, and time for another sketch! Not that it would matter to me, because I did the completely WRONG SKETCH! GRRRR So please just enjoy my card and ignore the fact that it in no way resembles the sketch for this week. Sigh.

Since I'm also a guest designer for this month's SCS color challenges, I did a two-fer. Or I guess a 1.5-fer. Riding Hood Red, Blushing Bride, Baja Breeze were the colors for today's challenge, so here's my card, with a few substitutions:


I used the new Grunge 2 set being released today...this is such a fabulous set. It has several masculine sentiments, but some wonderful grungy images that are trendy and awesome. The zig-zag pattern was stamped in Baja Breeze onto Soft Sky, and the fleur de lis was stamped in Real Red onto white circles. I added the sentiment and frame from the set in Espresso ink, then tied a strip of dyed seam binding in a bow.

Thanks for stopping by today! Be sure to hop over and take a look at what my teammates (and our special guests) have created with the ACTUAL sketch this week!

Skipping Stones Design

Jingle 

Joann Valderama 

Pamela Young 

Karen Baker 

Katie Gehring 

Candice Fields 

Stephanie Mino 

Emily Leiphart 

Taylor Usry 

Wendy Price 

Julie Day

(Copied from Taylor's Blog:) And for some extra fun, Jennifer Ingle (Jingle) is giving away a FREE Skipping Stones Design set to a random commenter along the hop today. The more comments you leave, the better your chances to win! Be sure to stop by everyone's blog and leave them some love!

 

Have a fabulous day!

Try to get yourself a bargain, son...don't be sold on the very first one...

Happy Tuesday, y'all! It's a crazy day around here as we are getting ready for school to start again on Thursday. Is it Thursday yet??!!! *wink*

Anyway, it's time for a new Skipping Stones Design sketch, and since it's a new month, we get to welcome a new Guest Sketch Artist! I'm excited about the sketches that Pamela Young has come up with for January. Here's our first one:


Fun, right? I went with a monochromatic look for this week:


I chose a range of pinks (Pink Pirouette, Pretty in Pink, Hibiscus Burst, Raspberry Fizz, & Rose Red) and stamped this fabulous pattern from Grunge onto each strip in Versamark ink. Then I embossed them with clear detail embossing powder and rounded opposite corners.


After adhering the strips to my Kraft card base, I stamped the sentiment in Fresh Snow ink three times without re-inking the stamp, making it lighter as I went. I added a ink blotch to the bottom corner, and then tied some white crochet thread around the top in a loopy bow. Easy and fabulous!

Thanks for stopping by today! Be sure to head over to the Skipping Stones Design blog for details on how you could win a free set if you play along with the sketch!  And take a look at what my teammates (and our special guests) have created:

Jennifer Ingle 

Joann Valderama

Kandi Phillips

Karen Baker

Katie Gehring

Stephanie Mino

Taylor Usry

Wendy Price

Wendy Jordan

and our guests:
Julie Day
Emily Leiphart
Candice Fields

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Oh, it doesn't show signs of stoppin'...and I brought some corn for poppin'...

Happy Monday, y'all! How was your weekend? Mine was short...too much to do and not enough time...story of my life! I did find some crafty time Sunday night, and I pulled out another Clean and Simple sketch to play with.


I knew I wanted to use my new Let it Snow stamp set from Maya Road that I picked up at The Crafty Scrapper a while back, and I also wanted to play with Crystal Wilkerson's new Funky Christmas collection...I am head over heels for this paper!! I re-sized each one to 5"x5" and printed them out onto double sided brochure paper...so fabulous. Here's what I came up with:


Isn't that so fun? I stamped the snowflake in VersaMark and embossed with white embossing powder. After layering the two coordinating papers on the smaller white square, I punched a circle out to create a window for my snowflake. Then I added the sentiment from Verve's Ornamental Christmas set on a banner from my die-cut stash. Here's a closeup:


I couldn't resist adding a little bit of Diamond Stickles...everything's better with a little bling. *grin* I will be back tomorrow with another Skipping Stones Design sketch card, so try not to miss me too much. Thanks for stopping by...I hope you have a fabulous day!

Funky Christmas Collection by Crystal Wilkerson	Let it Snow Stamp Sheet by Maya Road	Versamark Watermark Ink	Detail Embossing Powder by Ranger	Ornamental Christmas Stamp Set Verve
VersaMagic Jumbo Java Ink	Stickles	1.75" Circle Punch EK Success	Serrated Tracing Wheel by Dritz	Double Ended Banner Die from Papertrey Ink

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They're singing "Deck the Halls"...but it's not like Christmas at all...I remember when you were here...

Hey y'all! Happy Saturday! I just wanted to pop in and say hi really quickly, and show you a clean and simple card I created using last week's Fall-to-Layout #170 from the Clean and Simple Stamping blog. I love these sketches...even when they don't end up so simple.


Here's my card, using some new Verve stamps and dies:


When I saw this week's Color Challenge over on Splitcoast, I knew that the 25 Days of Christmas Collection from Simple Stories would be perfect to use. I knew I wanted to use the Snowflake Tidings die set, so I cut three small snowflakes out of Kraft cardstock, then stamped and embossed the small snowflake from Glad Tidings in white. I sponged the edges with Soft Suede ink and added Swarovski crystals to the center of each snowflake. Here's a closeup:


The main panel was cut from my 25 Days of Christmas 6x6 paper pad and matted with Early Espresso. I wrapped a piece of Always Artichoke seam binding around the top part before adhering the three snowflakes on foam dimensionals. Finally, I stamped the gorgeous sentiment from Bright Spirits in Early Espresso and then secured the panel to my white card base with foam dimensionals. Very simple, but I love how it turned out!

Thanks for stopping by so say hello...I hope you have a wonderful weekend and a fabulous day!

Shine a light through an open door...love and life I will divide...

Happy Friday, sistahs! It's Bellariffic Friday! This week our challenge was to create an all white card. I took this a little more literally than the other sistahs...I was afraid I'd get in trouble if I colored, but I guess not! *grin*

So my literal mind decided to create a card with some dimension and sparkle:


I used Isabelle Norris's Eclectic Butterfly on Print, and embossed in white on watercolor paper. I added a very pale blue wash to the butterfly so you could see the details, then I cut it out and covered it with crystal glitter. I added a row of glass pearl flatback embellishments (from Stamping Bella, but can't find them in the store right now) on my Fabriano notecard, which was brushed with a mixture of glue and coarse glitter. A closeup:


So sparkly...I love it. Don't forget to check out Bloggabella for more fabulous WHITE creations from the Babes and the Sistahood. Next week our challenge is a sketch! We would love for you to play along!


Thanks for stopping by, and have a fabulous day!!

Say oh, got this feeling that you can't fight...like this city is on fire tonight...this could really be a good life...

Happy Sunday, y'all! How are ya? Sorry it has been a while since I've posted...I was super wicked sick this past week. Yuck! But I am back, and have lots of goodies to show you. First up, a card I created using last week's Fall-to Layout #166.


Here's my card using some yummy new Verve stamps:


Isn't that little reindeer adorable? He's from the new Santa's Helper set, and I colored him with Copic Markers before I cut him out and tied some tiny jingle bells to his neck. I stamped and embossed two sizes of snowflakes from Glad Tidings on the white base layer, then sponged Memento London Fog ink around the images to make them pop. Behind Santa's Helper is the Notebook Paper Plain Jane embossed in white on kraft, then a heart cut from patterned book print with the Jotted Heart Die and a small red glittery one from the From the Heart Die Set. A red patterned frame from the Rounded Scallop Frame Die frames the whole thing. Here's a closer look:


I can't get enough of that sparkle...I added Diamond Stickles to each of the hearts and then sprinkled them with Coarse Crystal glitter. The little banner was stamped with a sentiment from Santa's Helper...I LOVE that font Julee chose! Before I adhered the banner I added some faux stitching with my tracing wheel. I added some distressing with my scissors around the base layer before layering onto my kraft card base. Maybe not so Clean and Simple...but I'm ok with that. *wink* I hope you like it!

Make sure you check out Verve's latest release if you haven't already...you can see all the new goodies HERE, and all the great stuff on sale HERE. One great thing about Julee is that it's still not too late to order now for your Holiday cards and items...they will be in your hands in no time!

Thanks for stopping by...stay tuned for lots of updates this week, I have a lot to share! Have a fabulous night!

Santa's Helper Stamp Set by Verve	Memento Tuxedo Black Ink	Copic Markers	Glad Tidings by Verve Stamps	From the Heart Die Set by Verve
Jotted Heart Die by Verve	Rounded Scallop Frame Die from Verve	Pretty Pattern Paper Pack by Crystal Wilkerson	For the Record Paper/Element Pack from Echo Park Digital	Detail Embossing Powder by Ranger
Versamark Watermark Ink	Stickles	Coarse Crystal Glitter by Martha Stewart Crafts	Serrated Tracing Wheel by Dritz

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