Flourish Friday

~Three Layouts~

This beautiful set is called Poinsettia and Boxwood , it from Flourishes' I love how you can layer the Poinsettia, the set also has a smaller version of the Poinsettia Flower. I did some playing with my layout to see what was more pleasing to the eye. Not sure which one is my favorite, I think I like them all. The gorgeous paper I used is Glittering Christmas paper from Flourishes' I stamped my Poinsettia's on red paper and embossed it with gold embossing powder, them cut them out and layered them, I love stamps that I can layer, gives it a nice effect.

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Hope you enjoy, and please check out the Flourishes blog.

• STAMPS: Poinsettia and Boxwood - {Flourishes'}
• INK: Black, red
• PAPER: Glittering Christmas papers - {Flourishes'}
• Martha Stewart Border Punch Arch Lattice, primas leaves, ribbon, circle punch.

~Poinsettia

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Follow Your BlissThis week my friend Frances is creating the MFT Sketch Challenge. Hope you have time to play, to see the sketch, and find out how you can win a gift certificate, check out the MFT Forums.

I love Frances' sketch, but i did tweak it a bit. I moved the circle and the curly punch layer, as I didn't want to cover up the books.

Kim thought it would be fun to add a free Perfect Palette to all orders over $40, until midnight Friday! Simply mention Perfect Palette in the comments section of your order and she will add one in! If you don't add the text, they might not remember.... so make sure to add it.

STAMPS: MFT , Flopsey
INK: Copic Markers
PAPER: DP. green and peach
Brads, primas, curly punch, scallop punch, Martha Stewart arch lattice border punch, spellbinder die.
Follow Your Bliss!!!!!!!!!!!

Pink Cat Studio ~Sweet Tweet!

Welcome BabyI don't have a new card for you today, as I'm working on some really fun Design Team stuff that I can't show you yet. --in the meantime I thought you might enjoy this card I made a while back for my Dirty Dozen Gallery on Splitcoast.

• STAMP: Pink Cat Studio, Sweet Tweet.
• INK: Copic Markers
• PAPER: Design paper, blue, green
• Hardware, brads, ribbon, gel pen, spellbinder dies.

~Happy Wednesday~

Rock Star

You Rock!!!!!!!!! This is such a fun set from Little Paper Shop, great for those young people you need to make cards for. My background cuttlebug folder is called Gratitude, and you can purchase it at Scrapin' Great Deals.

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• STAMPS: Little Paper Shop Rock Star
• INK: Copic Markers
• PAPER: Red, blue, DP.
• Charm, ribbon, curly punch, cuttlebug Combo With Gratitude, spellbinder dies, gel pen, BigZ Top Note.

~Rock Star~

A Supply CCEE Challenge

Does This Cave Make My Butt Look Big?

Today CCEE Challenge is brought to us by Cindy (MotherMark). Heather the owner of H & M Stamps was kind enough to send Cindy enough of "A Lil' Behind" stamp sets to send to each of the CCEE girls .... and Dawn had us use chip board. My sentiment has chip board under it. You can check out the rest of the cards at CCEE Stampers.

• STAMPS: "A Lil' Behind" H & M Stamps
• INK: Copic Markers
• PAPER: Rust, Blue, brown.
• Cuttlebug, spellbinder dies, primas, brads, Martha Stwart border punches, gel pen.

Happy Stampin'~

OCC Challenge

~You're Still The One~

Today's OCC Challenge is to make a gift box or tag. I made several boxes that just weren't working for me and ended up in the trash. Than I started to panic that i would have nothing to post for our challenge. So I decided to go with a tag and put it on my card. Does my background look familiar? I redid the card I made on Wednesday, I just wasn't happy with it. Guess I'm not happy unless I have a ton of stuff on my card.

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I used Julee Tilman's Awesome MOJO Sketch #57. I did add a extra piece but Julee's sketch was my inspiration.........

• STAMPS: MFT Chives. Sentiment: Verve Stamps, Feeling Groovy
• INK: Copic markers
• PAPER: Blue, plum, white
• Spellbinder dies, Big Shot Bigz Top Note, ribbon, Martha Stewart fern punch, brad, Martha Stewart border punch, glitter, cuttlebug.

~Chives~

Flourish Friday

Rejoice~Created by Courney has a challenge every
Tuesday, this past Tuesday was to make a pocket card. I decided to make a crisscross card after seeing Lorie's fabulous card. The directions to make a crisscross card can be found HERE. --As soon as I saw Lorie's challenge I knew i wanted to use Flourishes beautiful Reindeer.

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Hope you enjoy, and please check out the Flourishes blog.

• STAMPS: Flourishes Flourished Christmas .
• INK: Burgundy
• PAPER: Burgundy, DP.
• Ribbon, Martha Stewart border punch, SU border punch, gel pen, Black EP. Big Shot Bigz Top Note.

~Flouish Friday~

A Snow Challenge for Hanna Stamps

Snowflakes and Snow

This week is my turn to give everyone our Hanna Stamps Friday Challenge. I decided to go with snow. Have some kind of snow on your card. Snowflakes, snow on your primas, punched snowflakes, embossed snowflakes, Liquid Applique snow.............. whatever takes your fancy. When uploading to the SCS Gallery please use the keyword HSC40. Have fun!!!!!!

• STAMPS: Hanna Stamps Sking Riley
• INK: Copic Markers
• PAPER: Caramel, burgundy, turquoise
• Primas, brads, cuttlebug, spellbinder dies, ribbon, Martha Stewart punch, liquid applique.

~SKING RILEY~

Vintage Value

Feeling Groovy

It's time for another Our Creative Corner mid-week challenge! This challenge is hosted by Julee Tilman, who wanted us to get a little inky with our Verve stamps. The challenge is to give your Verve projects a vintage glow with a technique called Vintage Values. To play along, upload your creation to your blog or gallery. If you upload to SCS, remember to use keyword: OCCC.

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Here are Julee's directions: Vintage Values How-To: Requires 2-3 shades of the same color of ink and a craft sponge. Starting with your lightest shade of ink, use a craft sponge to sweep ink from the outer edges of your cardstock inward as far as you want your glow to touch. Repeat with your next shade of ink, but only sweep about 2/3 as far in (so some of the lighter color still shows in the inner sections). Repeat with the darkest shade of ink (if desired), sweeping with short strokes, only about 1/3 of the way in.

• Stamps: Verve Feeling Groovy
• Ink: Black and blues
• PAPER: Blues, DP, White
• Brad, primas, Spellbinder dies, Big Shot Bigz Top Note, ribbon.

~Feeling Groovy~

Pink Cat Studio ~Sweet Tweet!

Sweet Tweet

I don't have a new card for you today, I'm trying to get some cleaning and organizing done around here so........... no stamping for me. I will have a new card tomorrow. --in the meantime I thought you might enjoy this card I made a while back for my Dirty Dozen Gallery on Splitcoast.

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I love this bird set from Pink Cat Studio, I love all their set, but this is the only one I have, they are so much fun to color.

• STAMP: Pink Cat Studio, Sweet Tweet.
• INK: Copics Markers
• PAPER: Peach and Yellow
• Spellbinder dies, hardware, brads, ribbon, flowers, gel pen.

~Sweet Tweet~

Dreaming of Prince Charming.~

Taylored Expressions Cupcake Challenge #38

What fun I had doing Taylor's Sketch. I thought is was just perfect for this Little Princess, thinking of her prince charming. After I was done, I wish I had put Prince Charming in the Curly punch instead of the sentiment. --maybe next time.........

• STAMPS: Little Paper Shop, Fairytale Adventures.
• INK: Copic Markers.
• PAPER: Green, Blue, DP.
• Ribbon, curly punch, Martha Stewart border punch, SU Border Punch, brads, bling, gel pen, spellbinder dies.

~Wicked Sweet~

Keeping You in Suspense!

Rosemary

Hi again everyone. Are you ready for another of our CCEE Stamper challenges. You are ... OK so I won't keep you in suspense any longer!

This week Dawn has given us another fun challenge. We were to use Beate's Suspension Card Tutorial to create a suspension project (it could be a card or an ornament). Our card had to have a Christmas or Winter theme. (Man i forgot about that part...... you know what that means, I could be getting the buzzer.)

Do you want to play along too ... I know we would all love you to. If you upload your card to SCS please use the keyword CCEEC.

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I totally copied and pasted this from our CCEE Blog that Frances writes for us all the time. Thank-you Frances for all the work you do for us, you are the best!

• STAMPS: MFT , Rosemary.
• INK: Copic Markers.
• PAPER: Peach, DP.
• Ribbon, gel pen, Spellbinder dies, primas, brad.

~Rosemary~

An OCC Sketch Challenge

FOREVER FREINDS~

Today's OCC is a sketch, to view the sketch check the Our Creative Corner Blog. This is one of my all time favorite stamps from My Favorite Things. It is so fun to dress up with design paper. I popped this baby into the mail for a very good friends Birthday. --Hope she likes it.

• STAMPS: MFT , Rain or Shine
• INK: Copic Markers
• PAPER: Grey, pink, DP.
• Spellbinder dies, Big Shot Bigz Top Note, Martha Stewart Border Punches, gel pen, Primas, ribbon, brads.

~Forever Friends~

Hanna Stamps Challenge ATC

Fun ATC cards Hanna Stamps Challenge this week is to make a ATC. I love these little cards, they are so much fun. I just had to make two!!!!!!!

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I used my Big Shot Bigz" Top Note Die to make my Reading Riley card. I scored the die down the middle and use it as a card front. I love this die and want to thank Dawn for ordering it for me. I was on the fence about it, but I must say I'm thrilled with it. Come back on Saturday to see how I used it on my OCC Challenge Card. What is OCC you ask, it's a Challenge Blog I do with 7 friends. Our Creative Corner~ We will have new cards for you to look at Saturday morning.

STAMPS: Hanna Stamps. Riley. PAPER: Pink, brown, blue, DP. Ribbon, brads, scallop punch, cord, eyelets, spellbinder dies, Big Shot Bigz Top Note

~Sweet Riley~

Flourish Friday

~Fly Away With Me~

I decided to do a spotlight with this Flourishes set. I popped my birds up to give them a bit of a 3-D effect.

Have a look see of the other Friends of Flourishes Blog Team Members.

Becca Feeken
Cindy Lawrence
Joan Bardee
Laura Fredrickson

• STAMPS: Flourishes Birds in Vines.
• INK: Black
• PAPER: DP. Coral
• Primas, ribbon, brads, spellbinder dies, Martha Stewart border punch, gel pen.

~FLY AWAY~

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Good Gossip

• This week my friend Frances is creating the MFT Sketch Challenge. Hope you have time to play, to see the sketch, and find out how you can win a gift certificate, check out the MFT Forums.
• I always enjoy doing the sketch every week, but it sure is a treat to relax, sit back and let Frances wow us with her sketches every other week, it's a win, win situation. --Thanks Frances, i just love your sketch this week.

STAMPS: MFT , Window Shopping.

INK: Copic Markers

PAPER: Pink, green, DP.

Ribbon, spellbinder dies, primas, brads, Martha Stewart Border Punch.

~Good Gossip~

A Dream

Enjoy the Little Things~

This is for Little Paper Shop Challenge. Make a Shabby Chic card. This paper reminds me of Shabby Chic. Want to see the other member's card.......... check out our LITTLE PAPER SHOP BLOG.

• STAMPS: Little Paper Shop, ~A Dream~
• INK Black
• PAPER: DP. River Rock
• Charm, brad, eyelets, ribbon, Martha Stewart Border punch.

~ENJOY~

Mojo 56

Does This Diaper Make My Butt Look big?

Made my card for Julee's Mojo Madness Contest - Week # 56 . I love Julee's sketches they are so much fun.

This sweet little Baby girl is a stamp by INKADINKADO. I found it at Micheal's. I was so excited to see it, and a whole line of INKADINKADO stamps, I will have to go back soon and get another set. These sets are so fun.

• STAMPS: INKADINKADO, Little Cupcake.
• INK: Copic Markers
• PAPER: Aqua, brown, DP.
• Star punch, Martha Stewart Border Punch, gel pen, spellbinder dies, brads, ribbon.

~BABY GIRL~

Best Of Cluck

HELLO

Wanted to share a card I make a million years ago before I had spellbinders and border punches. And back when I hoarded my Designer paper and my Primas. This was also before I had Copic Markers. Makes you wonder what new awesome supplies are in our future..........

Best of Cluck is my all time favorite stamp set from SU.

• STAMPS: SU Best of Cluck
• INK: SU Markers
• PAPER: brown, blue, green
• Cuttlebug, ribbon, flower brads, gel pen
  

Thanks for dropping by!

SFYTT Sketch

Shake That Booty...

My card started out beening for Jen's Sketch For You To Try. I got the circles, but I forgot to put the layer Jen had under the circles. This sweet little Baby girl is a stamp by INKADINKADO. I found it at Micheal's. How cool is that. The set is called Little Cupcake. There is a little cupcake t-shirt in the set.

• STAMPS: INKADINKADO, Little Cupcake.
• PAPER: DP. Pink, white.
• INK: Copic Markers
• Primas, ribbon, button brads, Martha Stewart border punch, scallop border punch, spellbinder circles.
  

SHAKE YOUR BOOTY....

Beauty of Nature ~Little Paper Shop~

Wishing You WellLittle Paper Shop is releasing this set, Beauty of Nature on Oct 14th. Want to see some more from the Design Team Members.... visit our blog. Little Paper Shop blog.

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This is also A CCEE Challenge. Use pattern paper, a bird, a star and brads. There is other stuff to but that's what I remember. Check out the rest of the gals here. CCEE Stampers.

• STAMPS: Little Paper Shop, Beauty of Nature.
• INK: Copic Markers.
• PAPER DP, blues.
• Ribbon, primas, charm, brads, spellbinder dies, scallop punch, glitter.

Beauty of Nature!

Make A Wish ~Little paper Shop ~

Hope your day is Wonderful!

Little Paper Shop is releasing this set, Make a Wish on Oct. 14th. Want to see some more from the Design Team Members.... visit our blog. Little Paper Shop blog

• STAMPS: Little Paper Shop, Make A Wish
• INK: Black
• PAPER: DP, Pink, Teal
• Martha Stewart butterfly punch, brads, slider, ribbon, spellbinder dies, gel pen.

Make A Wish!

Flourished Dove ~Little Paper Shop~

Flourished Dove

Little Paper Shop is releasing this set, Flourished Dove on Oct 14th. Want to see some more from the Design Team Members.... visit our blog. Little Paper Shop blog.

• STAMPS: Little Paper Shop, Flourished Dove
• INK: Black
• PAPER: DP, blue, black
• Scallop border punch, oval hardware, brads, primas.

Flourished Dove~

BABY RILEY Well It's time for Our Creative Corner Challenge. This week is to make a card that isn't square or rectangle. I decided to go with a heart. Baby Riley wants to give everyone a big hug. Want to see more........ check out the other awesome talented gals.

Jennifer Meyer

Amy Sheffer

Dawn Easton

Denise Marzec

Julee Tilman

Laurie Schmidlin

Lynda Benden

~and our Guest Designer~

Laura Fredrickson

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STAMPS: Hanna Stamps. Riley. INK: Copic Markers. PAPER: Pink. Spellbinder Heart Dies, ribbon, jumbo eyelet, brad.

~BABY RILEY~