I'll miss this set Owl-ways!

Hi there stampers! Glad you stopped by to see me!
Today's card uses the same stamp set and sketch as yesterday. I know so boring, but I had a hard time deciding whether to use the owl or the sundae image so I had to make two cards! Plus Taylor's sketch for this week is a fun one so I had to use it again!

I started out with a Very Vanilla card base, added some To the Nines DSP on the slant and some Candy Lane DSP with a strip of Chocolate Chip across it. My main image is the owl from the Goody Goody Gumdrops Level 3 Hostess stamp set colored in with my SU Markers. The sentiment is from the same stamp set and the final touch is Chocolate Chip cardstock and To the Nines DSP punched with the Photo Corners Punch.

I definitely like yesterday's sundae card better but this one is cute too.

I hope you have a good day!
Hugs,
Elizabeth

Goody Goody Gumdrops...A Taylored Expressions Sketch!

Hi there stampers!

Today's card uses a retiring Level 3 Hostess Set called Goody Goody Gumdrops. It's is sooo cute and has a variety of images and sentiments good for almost any occasion! I had a hard time figuring out what I was going to make so I looked up the challenges I like to play along with an chose to use Taylor's sketch for the week.

I started out with a WW card base, stamped the cherry image from the Goody Goody Gumdrops set randomly in Black Stazon and added the slanted panel of Jackpot DSP. Next I stamped the sundae image (what's better on a SUNDAY than a SUNDAE?)colored it in and added the cherry on top with a Dimensional.
I matted it with some Chocolate Chip cardstock and added it to a panel of Candy Lane DSP also matted with Chocolate Chip and stamped the sentiment from the same set also in Black Stazon.

Looking at it now I probably should have used some of the Rockabilly DSP with the cherries on it but alas it's done so here it is! :)

thanks for visiting and I hope you'll come back soon!
Hugs,
Elizabeth

Purple Petal Pizazz!

Hi there stampers! How's your weekend going? I, for one, am soooo glad we have one more day in this weekend!




So yesterday while I had my Lovely Lilac, Elegant Eggplant, and Old Olive out for this week's Color Throw Down I thought I'd stamp another card and this time use Taylor's Sketch.

I started out with a Lovely Lilac card base and stamped the flowers from the Petal Pizazz stamp set in Lovely Lilac, Elegant Eggplant and Old Olive.

I matted it on a piece of Elegant Eggplant cardstock and die cut Old Olive with the Little Leaves Sizzlit. I stamped the largest flower from Petal Pizazz in Elegant Eggplant, cut it out and adhered it to the corner of my card. I added a Lovely Lilac circle cut with my 1/2" Circle Punch with a white brad in the center popped up on a Dimensional and the sentiment from Birthday Hugs and Wishes punched with the Large Oval Punch layered on Elegant Eggplant punched with the Scallop Oval Punch.

Very purply but pretty I think.

Thanks for checking in with me! I hope you are having a great weekend with your friends and families.
Hugs,
Elizabeth

A Color Challenge and a Sketch!

Happy Monday Stampers! Hope you had a terrific weekend!

Today's card is another combination of challenges. I took Taylor's Cupcake Challenge Sketch and Kristina's Color Inspiration Challenge and put them together to create a card I am not too crazy about but it's Monday and it was still pretty early when I started.


I started with a Sahara Sand Base and added a panel of the Walk in the Park DSP from the Occasions Mini-I love this paper and you can get it FREE when you buy three packs of DSP through the end of May! I added a Whisper White Scallop Circle punched with the Sizzix Bigz Scallop Circles #2 Die, a strip of More Mustard and a piece of So Saffron punched with the Scallop Edge Punch. I used my 1/4" Circle Punch (retired) to punch mini circles in So Saffron, Sahara Sand and Baja Breeze to add to my More Mustard strip and used my White Gel Pen to add doodle dots to them and the scallops.
I used my new Beautiful Butterflies Sizzix Bigz Die to die cut a butterfly in Baja Breeze and another smaller one in the Walk in the Park DSP and layered them together. The flower is from the Daisies #2 Sizzix Bigz Die and is cut with Baja Breeze and So Saffron with a More Mustard center. The sentiment is stamped in Baja Breeze and is from the Great Friend set (love it!!). The final touch was to go around the littler butterfly with my 2-Way Glue Pen and add some Dazzling Diamonds for some shimmer!

Thanks for stopping by! Have a terrific day!
Hugs,
Elizabeth

Three Challenges in Two!

A second post! Scroll down to see some exciting new promotions from Stampin' Up for the month of May!

Hi again stampers! I hadn't had a chance to play along with Taylor's Cupcake Sketch Challenge and thought I'd better do it quick-there will be a new one posted today! I paired Taylor's sketch with the Color Throw Down of the week, in fact the colors were so fun I made two cards and did two sketches with the same throw down colors. For the card I made for Taylor's sketch I CASED her sample with the cut panel. It was so super cute I thought I'd try it too.

I started out with a Sage Shadow card base (Oh my gosh-it's not whisper white?!?!)and added my Whisper White panel(phew-there's the white!) stamped with the flowers from Fifth Avenue Floral in Pretty in Pink, Chocolate Chip and Sage Shadow. I matted my little piece in Chocolate Chip and stamped one of the flowers in Pretty in Pink and added my sentiment from Birthday Hugs and Wishes in Chocolate Chip. I punched it with my 1 3/8" Circle Punch and added it to my Sage Shadow Scallop Circle.
I added a strip of Chocolate Chip punched with my Scallop Edge Punch, added some Pretty in Pink Grosgrain Ribbon around it and tied on the scallop circle with some Linen Thread. I think it turned out pretty, how about you?

Ingredients:
Stamps: Fifth Avenue Floral Paper: Sage Shadow, Chocolate Chip, WW Ink: Sage Shadow, Chocolate Chip, Pretty in Pink Accessories: Scallop Edge Punch, Scallop Circle Punch, 1 3/8" Cicrle Punch, Pretty in Pink Grosgrain Ribbon, Linen Thread, White Gel Pen

My second card uses the Diva Coffee Break sketch of the week! I started again with a Sage Shadow card base, stamped the leafy image from the Great Friend set in the Occasions Mini Catalog in the same color and added my whisper White panel stamped in Pretty in Pink and Sage Shadow. I trimmed it with some Chocolate Chip cardstock punched with the Scallop Edge Punch and added doodle dots with my White Gel Pen (gotta love those doodle dots!). I stamped the butterfly again, cut it out and popped it up on half a Dimensional after glittering it up with my 2-Way Glue Pen and some Dazzling Diamonds. The sentiment is inked up with my SU Markers and punched with my 1 1/4" Square Punch and matted with some Pretty in Pink punched with the Scallop Square Punch. Simple but cute!

Ingredients:
Stamps: Great Friend Paper: WW, Sage Shadow, Chocolate Chip Ink: Sage Shadow, Pretty in Pink Accessories: Scallop Edge Punch, Scallop Square Punch, 1 1/4" Square Punch, White Gel Pen, Dimensionals, 2-Way Glue Pen, Dazzling Diamonds

Thanks so much for stopping by and be sure to scroll down to check out the specials for this month!!!
hugs,
Elizabeth

A Second Post!

Hi there stampers!
I had a chance to play around with my stamps this morning and wanted to post this one since the cut off for it's submission is today.
I was checking out my usual favorite blogs and saw that Ashley over at Design with Ink was having a color challenge with a prize. I would have played either way but the prize made me post twice today-who can resist Satin Ribbon?!? Not me! I paired it with Taylor's sketch of the week at the Taylored Expressions blog.

I started out with an Old Olive card base and a strip of the Rockabilly DSP. Those shiny cherries are just so fun! I made my cherries with Real Red cardstock punched with my 1" Circle Punch. I sponged the edges in Real Red and added a highlight with my White Gel Pen.
I cut a strip of Old Olive for the stem and used my 5 Petal Flower Punch for the leaves and then trimmed them down. I sponged my WW layer with Pumpkin Pie and layered it on some So Saffron and another mat of Pumpkin Pie Cardstock. The sentiment comes from the One Smart Cookie stamp set and I drew the mini cherries with my SU Markers. Ipunched it using my 1" Circle Punch again and then layered it on a piece of So Saffron punched with the 1 1/4" Circle Punch. So Red Gingham Ribbon and some Old Olive doodle dots finishes it off.

Ingredients:
Stamps: One Smart Cookie Paper: Rockabilly, WW, So Saffron, Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive Ink: Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive Marker Accessories: 1" and 1 1/4" Circle Punches, 5 Petal Flower Punch, White Gel Pen, Ticket Corner Punch, Sponges, Red Gingham Ribbon, Dimensionals

Hope you like my card!
Hugs,
Elizabeth

Two Challenges in One!

Good Morning Stampers! Hope you are enjoying your Easter weekend! Thanks for stopping by!


So yesterday after stamping my card using the colors from Kristina Werner's Color Challenge of the week I decided that they were a fun and challenging combo that really stretched me! Guess that's why they call it a "challenge" duh?! ;) So anyway I thought I'd have a go at that color combo again this time with a sketch challenge from Taylored Expressions Cupcake Challenge. I usually am a total CASE-r, that is my creations are almost always copied with slight changes from other creations I've seen out there in blogland and on my beloved Splitcoast Stampers and the Stamper's Showcase on the Stampin' Up website. The terrific thing I have found with doing these sketch challenges is that the creations are all my own! Whoo hoo I CAN actually come up with something original!
So today's card started out with a WW card base. I added a strip of Pacific Point cardstock with a little Kiwi Kiss Striped Ribbon running down it and then stamped my main image using Black, Kiwi Kiss, Rose Red and Pacific Point and the Eastern Blooms stamp set. The corners of it and the Rose Red mat are punched using the Ticket Corner Punch and then added to another mat of Basic Black. The large flower is from the Sizzix Bigz Die called Daisies #2 and the leaves are from the Sizzix Sizzlits Little Leaves. I layered those all together and then added a Rose Red flower from my Boho Blossoms Punch and added a little shine with a Metal Sticker from Colorbok (in the $1 section of our local Joann's). The sentiment is from the Great Friend set from the new Occasions Mini.

Ingredients:
Stamps: Eastern Blooms, Great Friend Paper: Pacific Point, Basic Black, WW, Rose Red Ink: Pacific Point, Basic Black, Rose Red, Kiwi Kiss Accessories: Sizzix Bigz Daisies #2, Sizzix Sizzlits Little Leaves, Kiwi Kiss Striped Ribbon, Metal Sticker, Dimensionals, Ticket Corner Punch, Boho Blossoms Punch

I have to say I really like this card. Judging by my total lack of comments on my Swap or Not to Swap post (click HERE to see it)I'm thinking you guys hate them but are too nice to tell me! ;)

Hope you all have a great Easter tomorrow and that the Easter Bunny brings you lots of goodies (all fat and calorie free of course!)
hugs,
Elizabeth

Two Challenges, One Card

Hi there Stampers! Thanks for joining me today!
I stamped this card yesterday after checking out some of my favorite blogs and decided to combine two challenges in one. The first challenge is Kristina Werner's Color Inspiration Challenge and the second is Taylor's Cupcake Challenge sketch. Both are such fun to play along with!

I started by making my card 5 1/4" x 5 1/4", small enough to use one of my zillions of CD envelopes as an envelope if I ever send this baby out! I knew I kept these for a reason! ;)
The card base is Baja Breeze stamped in the same color using my new Fifth Avenue Floral stamps. I tried and tried to resist this set and finally just caved in *sigh* Now that I have it I love it! I stamped my two square panels in Baja Breeze and Kiwi Kiss and matted them with Chocolate Chip. The center flower was stamped in Chocolate Chip then colored in with a blender pen in Baja Breeze. I popped it up on dimensionals in the center and added some Dazzling Diamonds with my 2 way glue pen. The sentiment comes form the new Great Friend set in the Occasions Mini.
The final touch is adding two of my Filagree Brads in the corner, positioning them just so with my Mat Pack. I've been hiding these brads away and almost forgot I had them! They are super cute!

Ingredients:
Stamps: Great Friend, Fifth Avenue Floral Paper: Baja Breeze, Chocolate Chip, WW Ink: Baja Breeze, Chocolate Chip, Kiwi Kiss Accessories: Dimensionals, Filagree Brads, Mat Pack, 2 Way Glue Pen, Dazzling Diamonds

So glad you stopped by! Have a great rest of your weekend!
Hugs,
Elizabeth

Taylored Expressions Cupcake Challenge

Good Morning Stampers! Thanks for visiting!
Today's card is my submission to the Taylored Expressions Cupcake Sketch Challenge. I know I say this with every sketch challenge but they are so much fun to work with!
I started with a Tempting Turquoise base, added some Good Morning Sunshine DSP and stamped my sentiment in Tempting Turquoise on Whisper White. The sentiment comes from the Celebrate Everything set. I added a black scalloped border using my Scallop Edge Punch and made my oval frame using my Coluzzle. The cupcake is a Sizzix Originals Doodle Dies Cupcake and Ice Cream that I have had FOREVER! It was nice to pull it out and use it. The final touches are the doodle dots I added to the frame with my White Gel Pen and the Metal Dots from the dollar section at Joann's.

Ingredients:
Stamps: Celebrate Everything Paper: Good Morning Sunshine DSP, Tempting Turquoise, WW, Basic Black Ink: Tempting Turquoise, White Gel Pen Accessories: Coluzzle, Dimensionals, Sizzix Originals Doodle Dies Cupcake and Ice Cream, Colorbok Metal Stickers (Joann's)

Hope you have a terrific day!
Hugs,
Elizabeth

Taylored Expression Cupcake Challenge

Good Morning Stampers! How's your day going so far?
Yesterday I got quite a bit of time to myself in my stamp room so I prepped for upcoming workshops and did the Taylored Expressions Cupcake Challenge for the week. I was well into stamping my cupcakes onto some scrap whisper white cardstock when I realized that most of the ladies participating in this challenge were making "inchies" or 1"x1" squares. I punched mine out with my 1 1/4" square punch so I didn't have room to mat each cupcake square. Oh well, I still like what I ended up with. :)
I started with a Close to Cocoa card base, added a Happy Birthday Cuttlebugged piece of So Saffron and then added my cupcakes. I used the Darling Dots Hostess stamp set and my SU markers in So Saffron, Bashful Blue, and Rose Red with Real Red and Old Olive cherries. The finishing touch was a little Crystal Effects on the cherries for a little shine!
Ingredients:
Stamps: Darling Dots, Time to Party (sentiment) Paper: Close to Cocoa, So Saffron, WW, Creamy Caramel, Rose Red Ink: SU markers Accessories: 1 1/4" Square Punch, Word Window Punch, 3/4" Circle Punch, 1" Circle Punch, Designer Label Punch, Chocolate Chip Grosgrain Ribbon, Happy Birthday Cuttlebug Embossing Folder, Crystal Effects

Taylored Expressions Cupcake Challenge

Good Morning! Thanks for stopping by! I've been on a roll participating in challenges these last few days! This is one I haven't tried before called Taylored Expressions Cupcake Challenge. It was challenging with some many parts to it but fun to use up some of my scraps of DSP! I used the new Cheep Talk stamp set I got on Friday (another one scratched off of my very long wish list!) :) I also got to use my Sizzix Scallop Circles Die and my Coluzzle. The Coluzzle is no longer available through Stampin' Up but they have a new and fancy schmancy product called the Circle Scissor Plus. I haven't gotten one yet but have heard it's wonderful and easy to use- I know it won't be long before I can't live without one! ;)

Ingredients:
Stamps: Cheep Talk Paper: WW, Certainly Celery, Bashful Blue, Petals and Paisleys DSP, Summer Picnic DSP Ink: SU Markers Accessories: Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, Coluzzle, Sizzix Scallop Circle Die

Glad you popped in to check out my latest creation. Hope you enjoyed it and have a great day!
hugs,
Elizabeth