Simply Step Away From the Kraft

It's time to Stamp Simply! This challenge is super fun and so Simple. ;) Sorry...couldn't resist. This week we need to create a card with a leaf image but you also have to sponge as well. You can get all of the deets overe at Sharon's fantabulous blog while you are checking out her amazing sample.



Get the kraft out! ;)



Seriously! I realized as I was snapping a shot of this weeks card that I have been OD'ing on the stuff lately! EPLS...CAS (clean & simple)....and kraft. Lately I am just loving it and just can't seem to pull myself away! I think I need a mini challenge for myself. You know, to create something bright and a wee bit wild! ;) I will work on that this weekend. lol.



Ok...back to this FUN challenge! Here's what I came up with.....

LOVE this leaf! This is from Unity Stamp Co. I used a sentiment from PTI. Uh, yeah....just used this one. It was still sitting on my acrylic block and looked perfect for this one. I sponged the leaf first with ink then covered it with a little glossy accents. It needed to shine a bit. Added a few holes and a bit of stitching...easy.

Be sure and check out the rest of the team....

Charlene, September Guest Designer

Janine

Julie

AJ

Tammy

Deb

Barbara

Jenny

Hope you all get the chance to play. Be sure and upload your creations to SCS using the keyword ssnotime106.

Post you all soon! :)

A Paper Posies Challenge...Finally Home

Hey Peeps!

So sorry for the delay. I was fortunate enough to head down to Miami this past weekend for the Colts game. FUN! I had the best time at the game. What a blast! Those Miami fans know how to have a good time! I LOVED all of the music...the game was EXCITING! Super fun stuff! Thankfully, Michele from Paper Posies posted the challenge I am hosting for this week. Phew! Thank you so much, Michele!

Now on to this weeks Paper Posies challenge.....

This weeks challenge will be a 'limited supply' challenge of sorts with one restriction....jewels. You must use jewels. I was so inspired by the beautiful jewel Basic Grey flower from this months kit that I just had to incorporate that somehow!

Soooo.....please create a project using....

1.) ....one, and only one patterned paper. Yup, if you were to get really creative and it was one of this months double sided sheets you could use both sides on your project.

2.) ....two sheets of card stock. You may use two different colored pieces but only two.

3.) ....gems, jewels! ...It's gotta have BLING!

4.) .....NO ribbon! Yikes! You know I LOVE ribbon but not today! Today we are leaving the ribbon on the spool and working without it!

Here is my creation for todays challenge.....

EPLS baby. ;) Now it's your turn. Please be sure and link you beautiful creations here.

Hope you all get a chance to play! I will post you all soon!

Happy Friday! Are you enjoying this fabulous Just Rite blog hop? I absolutely LOVE this product and how versatile it is. This is day two of this fabulous fun time. This hop is dedicated to the fabulous monograms.

I decided to get a jump on my Christmas cards by creating one using my Just Rite fonts. Take a look....

The paper is Making Memories. I used the Special Occassions and Brayton Fonts for this one.

Be sure and check out the rest of the fabulous projects for todays portion of the hop....

Debbie Olson http://debbiedesigns.typepad.com
Jerri Kay Jimenez http://jerrikay.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com
Taylor Van Bruggen http://tayloredexpressions.blogspot.com
Holly Simoni http://www.hollysimoni.typepad.com/
Barb Schram http://barbschram.blogspot.com
Terre Frye http://terresscraptherapy.blogspot.com/
Michelle Kovack http://chelemom.blogspot.com
Kim Moreno www.livingthecircuslife.blogspot.com
Catherine Doucette www.thedancingpear.blogspot.com
Kellie Fortin http://www.murdocks.typepad.com
Kimberly Crawford http://www.kimberly-crawford.blogspot.com/
Kathy Jones http://inspiredtostamp.blogspot.com
Michelle Giraud www.twisted-chick.blogspot.com
Angela Barkhouse http://snippetsofpaper.blogspot.com
Heather Pulvirenti http://heatherpulvirenti.blogspot.com
Tami Mayberry http://tamimayberry.blogspot.com
Jennifer Buck http://thebuckstampshere.blogspot.com {that's me...you are here} ;)
Keri Lee Sereika http://pinklemonade.typepad.com
Jami Bova http://www.sgtstamper.com/blog/
Laura Davis http://resumeofthepaperpoppy.blogspot.com/
Stacey Kingman http://staceykingman.blogspot.com/
Bonnie Sharp http://theluckyclucker.blogspot.com
Stephanie Severin http://ingeniousinkling.typepad.com/
Janine Rich http://2bkrafty.blogspot.com/
Debbie Seyer http://www.debbieseyer.com/
Margie Higuchi http://margieh.blogspot.com/
Lauren Bergold http://llaurenb.blogspot.com/
Anja Curvers http://www.scrappietoo.blogspot.com
AJ Otto http://thewillowgarden.blogspot.com/

Have a wonderful day! :)

A CAS Stamp Simply Challenge

Today will be a busy one for me. It's Thursday night which means it's Stamp Simply time and in just a bit marks another Just Rite blog hop. I so love a good challenge so you know it's been a fun week of stamping here!



This week Sharon's challenge is to create not only a Clean and Simple card but to only use black or brown ink. I pulled this one out for this weeks challenge....

Now head on over to the rest of the Stamp Simply team and be sure and check out Sharon's fantabulous sample! :)

Charlene, September Guest Designer
Janine
Julie
AJ
Tammy
Deb
Barbara
Jenny

Post you soon! :)

Who Does That?

...why Unity of course! ;)

I love how Angela is always changing things to make everything 'fresh'. There is always something fun, new, and exciting! This week marks our first new blog hop, 'Who Does That?'. There are so many new stamps. There are so many beautiful samples. So much to do and see! You can find all of the news at the Unity blog.

I'm using one of my favorite new releases for today. I had such a hard time choosing which one to show you today! I opted for a layout that I created using Simple Blessings. Take a look....

That's my youngest from last Halloween. The force was with us that year. We had Anikan, Obi-Won (sp), and Yoda. Obviously Hayden was Yoda. He really wasn't loving the hat. This is one of the few pictures I have of him with a smile while wearing it. He wanted that thing off pronto! We are now trying to choose costumes for this year. Unfortunately for me the Grim Reaper is high on one of my boys lists. Yikes! I'm guessing my next Halloween layouts won't be so much fun! ;)

Hope you all enjoy the rest of your hop! Thanks for stopping by!

Have a great day! :)

Simply Halloween Flair

Happy Day! :)

Today's challenge is a bit of a combo for me. Today is one of my favorite challenges....Stamp Simply....and it's also Unity's Friends With Flair day. You can find all of the Stamp Simply deets at Sharon's blog while you are checking out her fantabulous creation. All of the Friends With Flair over at the Unity blog.

We are making Halloween cards today. I absolutely love making things for Halloween. I used one of my favorite Unity Halloween images for this one. Take a look....

I really love those little spiders.

Now check out the rest of the Stamp Simply team.....

Charlene, September Guest Designer
Janine
Julie - Julie is taking the night off tonight!
AJ
Tammy
Deb
Barbara
Jenny

Enjoy the rest of Friends With Flair and if you get the chance to play with this weeks Stamp Simply challenge be sure to upload your creations to SCS using the keyword ssnotime104.

Have a great day! :)

Paper Posies

Happy Tuesday! Hope you all had a wonderful weekend! Ours was pretty relaxing which is always a good thing. I took the boys to lunch yesterday which was lots of fun and then a little of this and that.


Now on to scrapbooking. :) I really love this layout I created with my Paper Posies kit. It's been such a fun month guesting for this kit club. I LOVE this months kit. I used one of my photos from Florida this summer.



This is one of my favorite photos. I really loved the evenings when we would go shelling. The boys really enjoyed this and had such a great time. This months kit was perfect for this photo.

You can get more information about the Paper Posies kit here.

Hope you all have a great day! I will post you soon!

Over Stamped!

;) Happy Friday! :) It's Stamp Simply time! :)

This weeks challenge is to stamp a sentiment over your stamped image. You can find all of the deets over at the fabulous Sharon Johnson's blog. This is ssnotime103.

I pulled out some new Unity for this one. This set is actually not available just yet but will be soon.

I stamped the ornament and then overstamped the sentiment. I also added a little Glossy Accents from Ranger. The paper is Papertrey Ink.

Be sure and check out the rest of the Stamp Simply team.....

Charlene, September Guest Designer
Janine
Julie
AJ
Tammy
Deb
Barbara
Jenny

Hope you all have a great day! I will post you soon! :)

Post #5 ... Paper Posies

Ok...final one of the day. Phew! It's been a busy day! ;) Next up....

Paper Posies

I'm really excited to be doing a guest spot with the kit site Paper Posies. I was so excited when my kit arrived. It's full of so many wonderful products! CUTE stuff! My first project is a card that I created using a Lizzie Anne stamp that I picked up at CHA.

(I'm sharing this one 'cause I'm obviously in a 'kraft kind of mood' today. ;) Not sure what is up with me...and it's one of my favs.) ;)

I love the papers and embellis from this months kit. You can find more information at the site.

And if you are looking for some of the other posts from today you can find:

Unity

Flower Soft

The Stamps of Life

Jacksonbelle

I will post more soon! I hope you all have a great day! :)

Post # 4 ... The Stamps of Life

The Stamps of Life!

I'm so excited about this one! Stephanie Barnard has started a new stamp company called The Stamps of Life. Today marks the day of her first release and can I tell you how incredibly CUTE it is! LOVE it! One of the amazing things about her new company is that she is not only offering these super cute stamps in some of the best acrylic I have ever had the pleasure of using but she is also offering digital downloads of these same images. How many ways do I love that! Digital images offer you so many creative options for the stamps. I love being able to color them, resize them, add them to pictures. It's such a fun way to 'stamp'.

I'm so honored to be part of her new design team and I am here to share with you a couple of my digital creations. I have to CAS cards for you today.

First up, I played with the 'thanks' sentiment from the kit. I changed the color of the flower in Photoshop and printed it on white paper. Take a look...

How cute is that font! I LOVE the this!

Next up I took one of the circles and changed the color of the background, resized them, added the same 'thanks' sentiment as above (removing the flower) and printed it on a little kraft card stock....

I truly love how EPLS digital designs are. I love the freedom that they give you and I am so in LOVE with this new stamp company. I look forward to seeing what else Stephanie has in store for us! Be sure and check out her new store here.

...and check out the rest of the design team....

Julie Griffith

Jeanne Streiff

Post you soon....I've got another post on the way....and if you are looking for my other posts from today you can find them here:

Jacksonbelle

Unity Stamp Co.

Flower Soft

Back in a bit. :)

Post #3 ... Flower Soft

Time for another. Here's what I've had so far: Jacksonbelle can be found here. Unity can be found here.

Now on to a little bit of

Flower Soft!

It's time for another Flower Soft challenge and you won't want to miss this one! This months challenge is focusing on the Autumn mix. This is one of my favorite colors. I really love it! I actually used one of Flower Softs stamps for this challenge as well. This one is called Wishing Well.

I really love this image. I colored it with copics and then then added a bit of distressing.

Now be sure to check out the rest of the design team...

Deb Saaranen
Charmaine Ikach
Niki Estes
Carole Burrage
AJ Otto
Sharon Johnson

...and head on over to the Flower Soft blog to check out the give away. You have the chance to win your own Autumn mix! :)

Back in a bit with more for you! :) Post you soon!

Post #2 ... Unity Kit Of the Month Challenge

Time for Post #2!

Unity Stamp Co!

It's the first of the month which means time for another Kit of the Month challenge! In typical Unity style we are ever changing and revamping this challenge.

What are you playing for???

Your very own September Kit of the Month! This is such a CUTE kit!

What do you have to do?

Create a card using the colors green, purple, orange, and black. That's it! EPLS! Any variation of those colors. Could be pastel, bold and bright....your choice!

Here's my little take on this challenge....and shockingly, it's NOT a Halloween card! Now, how the heck did that happen? ;)

Be sure and check out the rest of the designers that are playing along...

AJ Otto

Jeanne Streiff

Jimmi Mayo

Christi Snow

Maren Benedict

Can't wait to see what you all come up with! Be sure and upload your creations to SCS using the keyword USK01 so that you can be entered to win.

Back in a bit with more! :) Post you soon!

Post #1 .... Jacksonbelle

It's going to be a whirl-wind day of posting for me today. I have so many things to share with you! Fun, fun, FUN! :) Lot's of new stuff....lot's of fun stuff....lot's of kraft....kraft? Well, yeah, I got a wee bit crazy with it last night. You'll see. Anyhoo, let's get this party started!

Jacksonbelle!

Woohoo! It's time for another fun challenge. Well, this month in fact will be filled with so many fun challenges! :) You can get all the fun deets over at the Jacksonbelle blog.


Todays challenge is a one layer card. I so love making these! Of course, like everything, I sometimes interpret the rules a bit 'loosely'. ;) Here's what I came up with....



I pulled out a little Cosmo Cricket for this one by applying a little rub-on to the card front. EPLS! Love that!


Be sure and check out what the rest of the designers have in store for you....


AJ Otto
Bethany Paull
Carly Robertson
Dawn Easton
Heather Lee-Reppen
Jennifer Buck
Jill Dunn
Jimmi Mayo
Kristine Breach
Loretta Lock
Lynda Benden
Melissa Bove
Michelle Philippi
Mitzi Koons
Shemaine Smith
Stephanie Hargis
Tobi Crawford


I will be back in a bit with more for you! :)

CPS

Happy Sunday! :)

I'm so excited about today! I'm sponsoring CPS! How fun is that! CPS is such a wonderful site with so many amazing sketches from the talented Tami Mayberry and she has a team of super talented designers. This week they are all using a bit of Stampin' Up! for the cards they are creating with this weeks sketch. Head over to the CPS site to view this weeks sketch and to check out the blog candy I am offering for this one.

I'm playing with this weeks sketch as well. I used some of my favorite SU products for this sort of rustic Christmas card....

The stamp is from A Holly Jolly Christmas. The paper is Soft Suede DSP patterns prints. The ribbon is Sleigh Bells. You can find all the supplies through my SU website.

Hope you get a chance to play and good luck to each of you in the drawing! :)

Post you all soon!

Step On Out!

Taking a step out of my comfort zone. I love this type of challenge! Every now and again you can find yourself in a bit of a rut. You get in your 'safe' spot and just sort of coast through it. Thanks to Sharon this week we are all going to take a little detour. Are you ready? We are at ssnotime102 for this one if you are uploading to SCS.

Where do I begin? First I pulled out some of my favorite Crate Paper. Ok....not quite out of my comfort zone. I've really never met a piece of Crate that I didn't LOVE! Next up, Papertrey....? Yeah, yeah, I know....more that I LOVE! So far I'm sure your scratching your head wondering when I'm going to actually follow this weeks challenge. Well, take a peek.....

Masculine. That's a place I don't often go. I'm really not sure why I don't do that very often. One reason pops to mind....no ribbon! As in no big whoppin' bows! I live in a house full of boys so I will take any opportunity to slap a bit of ribbon on something and usually the only one is a card!

Take a closer look at the stars.....

I used Stampin Up's new silver paint. Being as impatient as I am I decided to dry it with my heat gun. I really love the way it sort of bubbles up. It was perfect for this. Don't you love it when something works out that way. ;)

Ok....now check out the rest of the team.....

Pat Adam, August Guest Designer
Janine
Julie
AJ
Tammy
Deb
Barbara
Jenny

I will post you all soon. Hope you have a good one! :)

Hip HOP... A New Kit!

Happy Thursday! :) I'm really excited about our next Kit of the Month! I am so in love with all of the images! I know, I know....I say that every month....but they just get better and better!

This week I am using one of my favorite images from the next kit. I sooooooo love this one! Something about the little doll just screamed Halloween to me. Take a peek.....

How stinkin cute is she! Love her! I used a sentiment from the Hauntingly Sweet set. I added a bit of Flower Soft to her hair and Crystal Effects for her little button eyes.

Now head on over to my sweet friend

***Kimber McGray***

Enjoy the rest of your hop! :) Post you soon! :)

It's Stamp Simply time! This one is ssnotime101 :) This weeks challenge to create with polka dots. I just happened to have this cute little polka dot paper from the Little Yellow Bicycle with these cute little polka dots that I thought would be perfect.


The sentiment is one of the rub ons that coordinates with the paper. EPLS!

Now head on over and check out the rest of the team....

Pat Adam, August Guest Designer
Janine
Julie
AJ
Tammy
Deb
Barbara
Jenny


Have a wonderful day! :)

Hip HOP!

Happy Hip HOP Thursday Peeps! :) Sorry for the quickie post, we have a crazy day of appointments today.

First up for me is a quickie little notecard perfect for teacher notes....

I really love this little stamp from this months Kit of the Month. It's such a cute one!

Next up a little blast from the past. This is one of my favorite layouts and it seemed fitting to share it today since school has started here and little Hayden has my undivided attention these days. I think he's truly enjoying this!

Soon enough he will be heading off to school. Time really flies doesn't it? You really do have to savor every moment.

Now head on over to......

***Maren Benedict***

Enjoy the rest of the hop! :)

And The Winner Is....

.........Lucky number 44.............

As chosen by random.org......

(Here are your random numbers:44
Timestamp: 2009-08-19 12:02:15 UTC)

Here's Teri's comment.....

Teri said...
What a nice set! Love everything. THanks for the chance to win.

Congrats, Teri! Please email me with your addy so that I can get the set out to you.

Thanks for all of your kind words and for helping to celebrate Sharon's milestone! :)

Be back in a bit with the Brownie Pop tutorial. ....of course, that will come after a trip to the store since the boys have eaten all of the peppermint paddies. ;) Am I surprised. Not at all!

A Just Rite Blog Hop

I am so excited to be taking in part in the latest JustRite blog hop and so excited to start working on my Christmas projects for this year! You can never get started to early with these! I am working with A Merry Little Christmas Borders & Centers. This is such a great set and there is a little something for all of your Christmas needs.

I chose to use the secret Santa stamp for my project for these little 'Brownie Pops'. Yup...you heard me right....a Brownie Pop. A tutorial will follow in the next few days as I'm guessing we will all be on sensory overload after this AMAZING hop! I'm so excited to be working with all of this incredible talent!

So how about a few pictures? I made my favorite chocolate mint brownies, covered them in wax paper, popped them on a popsicle stick and then created some little covers.....

Each little box opens up when you untie the ribbon to reveal the little brownie inside. Who wouldn't love a 'brownie bouquet'.

Here's the little gift card that goes with the set...

Each set is stamped in memento black ink and then colored in with Copic markers. I also used a bit of Flower Soft for the Santa hat and then liquid pearls for the holly berries.

The ribbon is one of my favorite. You can find this over at Sharon Johnson's blog. Click here for Flower Soft.

There's still so much in store for you. Here's a list of the complete blog hop roll.....

JustRite Stampers-Blog
Becca Feeken
Sankari Wegman
Sharon Johnson
Kazan Clark
Sharon Harnist
Laura Davis
Debbie Olson
Michelle Woerner
Taylor Van Bruggen
Jenn Balcer
Michelle Wooderson
Lori Craig
Lauren Meader
Beate Johns
Barb Schram
Kimberly Crawford
Michele Kovack
Jami Bova
Kellie Fortin
Jennifer Buck .....(that's me) ;)
Heidi Blankenship
Angela Barkhouse
Lisa Somerville
Gerrie Johnnic
Kathy Jones
Debbie Seyer
Kim Sonksen
Terre Frye
Sheryl Dickinson
Bonnie Sharp
Mary Pfaff
Holly Simoni
Angela Robledo

Enjoy the rest of the hop and have a great day! :)