The Scrappy Chick

Double dose of Challenges

Hey guys!  I had a post half typed earlier and tried to save it but my "bleep" internet wouldn't cooperate and deleted it....soooo, here we go again, but a bit less chit-chatty.  I pulled up the Our Creative Cornerchallenge for this week...Christmas in July...ok I can do that!  Then I went to Friday Sketchersblog, but the sketch didn't make any of my stamps just jump out at me (I definitely have to come back to this one though cause it looks like a great challenge!)..so then I was off to SCS and pulled up the weekly sketch..Bingo!  It has a large central panel perfect for my new Christmas Joy set from Unitythat I have been dying to get inky!!

I think this turned out pretty fun!  I truly love the set...it was one of the first that I fell in love with from Unity.  I colored the images in trying some different techniques with my copic markers...hmmm...I still need practice!  The background PP from Heidi Grace Designs is really fun and shimmery and flocked and it went perfect with the holly images on the y...so that was just a no-brainer!  When I added a bow I kept feeling like it needed something so I stamped the little holly and cut part of it out, then glued that onto my ribbon like a charm...it was cute til I addded the stickles then Bam!  I love it!  I have a closeup here for you:

 Aren't the shimmery berries just gorgeous?!!  ANd of course thanks to my HGD paper I got to use my fav Christmas colors together again: Red, Celery and Pink!  So girlie!  (I claim not to be a pink kinda girl but, you know)

Anywho...thats it for tonight.  I will be starting up with peeks from H&M Stampstomorrow...and I just may have a little giveaway involved (but shh, don't tell everyone, hehe).  Have a happy and blessed Friday!   -Cyndi

• Supplies:
• Stamps: Christmas Joy (Unity)
• Paper: Jolly & Bright PP (Heidi Grace Designs); Riding Hood Red, Certainly Celery cs (SU!); White cs (Papertrey)
• Ink: Palette Hybrid Noir
• Accessories: corner rounder (SU!); Limeade Sugar coated brads (Doodlebug); Christmas red & Eucalyptus glitter (STickles); White tafetta ribbon (SU!); markers 00, RV10, R29, R35, YG03, YG11, Y21, Y17, C3 (Copic)

A little bit of Unity

Happy wednesday!  I was scheduled to give you a peeky of one of the new CC Designs stamps today, but Christine has encountered some unexpected problems and is delaying the release for a week, so all of my previews will also be delayed a week,  BUT that means I can start with some H&M peeks on the 1st :)

In the meantime, I have a couple of Unity cards that I haven't shared yet and what better day to do that than on the night of the Unity July mini-release, right?  SInce I am not on the DT I can't do peeks for Unity but I do have samples with brand new rubber released just a couple of weeks ago!

The first card is using one of the gorgeous new stamps in the July Kit of the Month..."Its the Little Things".  But you better hurry, there are only 2 days left to order this baby up!  I absolutely love this tree image.  I colored it in with some copic and SU! markers mixed, then added a bunch of dew drops in the limbs like flower buds...I think it turned out so pretty!

The card layout itself is featured over at SCS this week...the Joy fold card.  Its super easy to make one and they are so cool IRL.  For mine I used the Friend sentiment popped up on a dimensional to hold my mini card/layer down.  Scroll down for closer pics of it as it opens.

I also pulled out my handy dandy sewing machine again...yeah me!  Here's the opening:

   The supplies for this card and the next are listed at the bottom of the post.  The other card I made a while back and posted to SCS but forgot to put it on my blog.  It uses the new Eco Chic... a hot new smash for Unity!

I used the cute little tree as a branch to perch my birdie on...the bird is from Flirty Flowers, the rest from Eco Chic.  I am hopping off now so I can get ready to crash the Unity release party!  Happy wednesday!    -Cyndi

• Friend card:
• Stamps: Its the Little Things (Unity)
• Paper: Frog Prince PP (Piggy Tales), Rockland PP (Scenic Route), Certainly Celery, Chocolate Chip cs (SU!)
• Ink: Palette Noir pad
• Accessories: markers G21, YG11 (Copic), Close to Cocoa marker (SU!), Oval punches (SU!); Cowboy dewdrops (Robin's Nest), Sewing machine

• Eco Chic card:
• Stamps: Eco Chic, Flirty Flowers (Unity)
• Paper: Kraft, Chocolate Chip, Orchid Opulence, Certainly Celery (SU!), WHite cs (Papertrey), Olive DSP (SU!)
• Ink: Palette Hybrid Noir, Orchid Opulence (SU!)
• Accessories: Orchid, Tempting Turquoise, Certainly Celery markers (SU!), key tage punch, ticket corner punch, ribbons (SU!), markers (Copic), bold bright brads (SU!), recylcled brown fiber from Unity tag

Whiff of Joy is open!

Hey...a quick note...I just went to check it out and Whiff of Joy is now officially open!!  You can pre-order the Charlie and Charlotte stamps that I gave you a peek of the other day starting tonight!  Oh my gosh...they are just so adorable!  Head over and check it out, besides the 2 I showed, there are 7 more to choose from.  And remember NO shipping fees if you pre-order...WooHoo!!!

So, I have one last night to enter for the Guest DT call that Katharina put out in -----> this post.  I sent in the one card with Pink Cat Studio stamps the other night, but thought I should maybe send in another a bit more girlie...so I chose one of my beloved Elzybells.  Here is my 2nd entry...cause I really want all those new stamps (and can't afford them all)!   And, I would just love to design with them...who wouldn't, right?? 

I actually had a ton of fun creating this card.  I used Katharina's sketch again, but I took a bit more creative liberty with it this time.  I changed it from a square to a A2 card.  The background paper I am just in love with!  I started with the red/pink polka dot paper in the new SU! Bella Rose paper pack that I picked up as a demo pre-view.  Then I inked up a single flower on the daisy trio Elzybell stamp and placed it in each open dot.  Then those got colored in with a red copic and the center with my white gel pen.  Isn't that neat looking??  I am so proud of myself!!

The main panel is stamped and colored with copic markers and my Spica glitter pens...they are perfect for itsy bitsy spaces like the girls' sparkly shoes!  For the circle "text" spot from the sketch I masked off part of the "friends forever" sentiment so that it would fit in the small circle punch.  Then I placed that on top of the Styled silver hodgepodge piece with a couple of glue dots and attched the whole thing with some ribbon strung through the holes.   My creativity today just astounded me.  I hope my muse sticks around for a while!!

Well, thats definitely it for me for the night.  I will start my ATS previews tomorrow afternoon so stay tuned!  Have a great night!   -Cyndi

• Supplies:
• Stamps: Holding Hands, Daisy Trio, Friends Forever (Elzybells)
• Paper: Bella Rose DSP (SU!); Pink Pirouette, Riding Hood Red, Basic Black (SU!); White (Papertrey)
• Ink: Palette Noir pad
• Accessories: Styled Silver Hodgepodge, Signo white gel pen, 1" circle punch, Black/white gingham ribbon (SU!); Swiss dots embossing folder (Cuttlebug); Spica glitter pens, markers (Copic)

Camping Anyone?

I have 2 posts for you tonight...I wanted to have this one up this afternoon but it didn't happen since we were out of the house like all day.

I made you 2 more cards using the "Cozy On Up" set from H& M Stamps.  Have I told you just how adorably cute this set is?  I just love the little bear in it...I had to try him out with his little head popped up (paper tole technique)...he is so cute!!  His thoughts are that he is liking it, total vacation!  I used some more of the fun paper from Marcella for this card...I just love that these "earthy" colors are so bright and vibrant!

I did finally break down and get some Prisma colored pencils...hehe...I tried what someone said to do... to lay the pencil layer down first then go over it with copics and when you blend it its supposed to look incredible.  Well, humph.   I am doing something wrong.  I need to play some more...

BTW, I used Heather's sketch for this card...sort of!!  It is HMSC9 I believe.

One more card using this same set that I forgot to post last week. I used my new Diamond cuttlebug folder that someone used then I had to have.  Its such a cool look, but I haven't pulled it out very often.

I distressed the edges on all the layers and sponged the grass with Olive and the night sky with Eggplant.  Turned out a bit blah...I think I need a grass stamp or something....the sponging just didn't do it for me, but I never figured out who to fix it.  Oh well.  I still think it turned out kinda neat with the colors and panels and such.

Thats it for camping, I'll have another post in a minute thats due today!  Happy stamping!    -Cyndi

• Supplies:
• Stamps: Cozy on Up (H&M Stamps)
• Paper: Summer Travel PP (Marcella); Kiwi Kiss, Tangerine Tango, Old Olive, Chocolate Chip, Elegant Eggplant (SU!); White cs (Papertrey)
• Ink: Palette Noir
• Accessories: brads (SU! and Basic Grey); Hodgepodge hardware (SU!), Diamond embossing folder (Cuttlebug), lg oval punch & ticket corner punch (SU!), chocolate tafetta ribbon (SU!)

LAD Monday...Le Jardin

Happy Monday!  Hope everyone had a great weekend...ours was pretty lazy, and I like that!  Only 4 weeks of summer til life gets crazy again so I will take all the lazy days that I can get!

I will have lots of peeks starting up in just a few days for CC Designs and H&M Stamps, but in the meantime...a little other stuff.  I pulled up the Lizzie Anne Designs sketch challenge the other day and tried to do a card with the cute new robot set...well that didn't work out so well.  I do have a couple of fun cards made with that set that I'll show you another time...but today I thought about that darn "easy" sketch again, then thought about this gorgeous set, "Le Jardin" that I won during the last LAD release party.  well...it worked this time and I love the result!  Not my cutesy normal, but the colors turned out fun and bold!!   The other part of the challenge was to create you own background paper, which I did for the card base!

I am leaving you with this as I head off to visit the in-laws for dinner.  Ciao chickies!!    -Cyndi

• Supplies:
• Stamps: Le Jardin (Lizzie Anne Designs); Birds of a Feather (Unity Stamp Co)
• Paper: white cs (Papertrey); Pink Pirouette, Riding Hood Red, Basic Black (SU!)
• Ink: Palette Hybrid Noir
• Accessories: Swiss dots embossing folder (Cuttlebug); Ribbon slot punch (SU!); Sweet Blush grosgrain ribbon (Papertrey); Black/white gingham ribbon (SU!); Flame Dew Drops (Robin's Nest); markers RV10, R35, R05, YG03 (Copic); Olive marker (SU!)

Off to Save the World

Oh my gosh!  There is a new stamp company getting ready to open for business and just wait til you see the adorable images!!  It called Whiff of Joy.  (You may notice the blinkie in my sidebar too)  Katharina  of Katharina's Creative Place  is taking pre-orders for the new stamps on July the 30th...and if you do it then...no extra shipping charges!!  (These babies are coming all the way over from Switzerland BTW)  Here is a peek-a-loo of Charlotte and Charlie:

Are they cute or what??  OMG!!  Inge and Kimmie from the ATS team have both been chosen to be on Katharina's DT.  Kimmie had a post linking to a  guest DT spot  and after I saw these little darlings I hopped right over to check out the details!

I am submitting my entry today...who woudn't want to play with these cuties, right?  My entry is below, but I also wanted to point out  real quick that Katharina is giving away some stamps...just add her blinkie to your sidebar!  Head over to her blog to check out what to do...

So, here is my card using Katharina's sketch.  I pulled out my still almost-new Billy stamps from Pink Cat Studio. Well, at least this cutie hadn't gotten inky yet...I think he is the last of the set to feel loved...so sad :(  I added his trusty side-kick poochie...but if you've seen the movie Sky High you know that we are all super!)

I colored the cuties in with my copics to match this fun new paper I bought from Christine at All That Scraps last week.  Its from My Minds Eye...I got like the whole collection and the buttons, thanks to some enabling from Kimmie from an adorable card she made!  I thought the colors in in, along with the star motif were just perfect!  I also got to use my new favorite Stampin' Up! color...Tangerine Tango...available in the new catalog in just 2 more weeks!

Its a pretty straight-forward card.  I did use my rectangle Nesatabilities and then raise that panel on dimensionals though...and you know I had to add some buttons!  Well, wish me luck (you guys have all been pretty quiet again this week)...this sounds like a fabulous opportunity...and I am already itching to make some more Christmas goodies!

Thanks for visiting my little corner of the blog-o-sphere!   -Cyndi

• Supplies:
• Stamps: Billy plate 1 (Pink Cat Studio)
• Paper: Star Bright (My Mind's Eye); Tangerine Tango, Taken with Teal (SU!); White (Papertrey)
• Ink: Palette Hybrid Noir
• Accessories: Rectangle Nestabilities (Spellbinders); buttons (CTMH & MME); Circle punches (SU!); dimensionals, markers YR16, YR07, R29, E00, E33, E37, B00, BG01, B02, YG03, YG06, BG23, 000 (Copic); Orange ribbon (Michael's)

CSS23: One Mission

{I'm sorry I am late.  I have had no internet late night or this morning...urgh...finally back on}

Here is the sketch for the week.  And as usual...even I have veered off from the original, so feel free to interpret it to fit your needs!  I wanted something long and squiggly for the "lightening bolts" but that is all I could find on my shape list...so bonus to anyone who actually can/does use the bolts, LOL.

This is week CSS23 if you upload to a public gallery...also please send me a link as a comment to this post if you play along :)

This is my 2nd attempt at the sketch...I like it way better.  I pulled out some pics from our annual Texas Roadhouse Managing Partner conference and this fun and fresh Scenic Route kit that I had from an online Scrapbbok KOM.  See, I am still trying to use up the stuff hiding in my stash!! 

Here are a couple of closups:

I used the graph pattern paper and the spiral punch from SU! to create a journaling piece.  I also did some bullet-type journaling around the entire page and over the title.

And this is the fun chipboard 'gear' that came with the kit.  I inked it with a red pad using a sponge dauber.  tabs and gear source unknown...sorry.

 

 

 

 

Here is the first page attempt.  I used somne pics of my cat Roxie when she had her claws removed.  She was so pitiful in her little "casts" and everyone babied her.

All items on this page were from the CTMH kit Blue Ribbon.  The swirls stamps are featured with the western paper kit, but I don't remember the name.  The chipboard letters i LOVE...the new monograms...only 3.25 for each letter and you get like 7 or 8 differnet sizes and fonts for each letter.  Way cool.

 

Anywho, thanks for stopping by!  Don't forget to stroll over to See what Lynn and Libby have created for you :)      -Cyndi

A bunch of Layouts

I have a ton of scrapbook pages to share with you, but first...

Christine over at All That Scraps has outgrown her business home and is moving this weekend!  She will now have room for lots more products and wants to know what YOU want her to carry.  Head over to the ATS blog and leave her a comment with your wishlist.  She is picking a random winner on Tuesday to win a $25 gift certificate to the store!!  Just in time for the next new release from CC Designs...August 4th!

Now on to the pages.  I am not going to do a ton of explaining, or I wouldn't be able to share them all.  So email me if you have a question, k?

The first is for the Unity Simple Scrapbook challenge from this week  over at SCS.  This is Christi's  9th sketch already!  (SHe just moved too so send her some love!)  I have loved using these sketches :)  This one I turned into a two-pager so scroll down for the other half.

I used my fav Floral Fantastical for the leaves on the background page...I love that they look like rub-ons!...and for the other small elements.  The {heart} sentiment  (and the jounaling block) are from the new Its the Little Things July Kit of the Month (only available for 1 more week!!).  The sticker letters are American Crafts..the PP and puffy stickers are Fancy Pants "Floral Chic" line.  I used my new Pacific and Baja Breeze pads from SU! for the stamping and sponging.

This next one uses Unity stamps also.  I used my new Worn polka dot alphabet that I have been simply drooling over for 2 months!  I also pulled out the KOM from July again...using the owl, mushrooms and a journal stamp from the June KOM.   I had a ton of fun with these pages as I pulled out the trusty sewing machine again!  All those circles are zig-zagged on....yep, all of them!  The paper is from Crate Paper..the Brunch line.  Buttons are CTMH...the red ink is the new RidngHood Red from SU!  I dotted the centers in with a green copic to match the PP.

Now on to some really old layouts.  These are all pages that had been stamped during my classes or crops but had no pics on them.  I matched some up a while back and got around to completeing a few today.

This one might look kind-of familiar.  The left page was CASED from a 6x6 page in the SU! catty a couple of years ago.  I made it bigger and added a 2nd page.  It was the perfect colors for these pics of Taylor from when she went to the Modern Dance program at NCSA last summer.  She "hates" to have her picture taken, but still loves to pose.

This was an original design (with the help of my awesome friend Heather P)  that was created for one of my fundraisers last year.  I loved the page but wasn't sure what to do with it!  I found these photos from the day after Christmas last year with Michael playing his new guitar (sister got Guitar hero from Santa...he got an extra guitar)

OK< thats it for tonight.  I have more, but I'll share those another day!  Have a great weekend.  I hope to be back tomorrow, but if not check in on Sunday for my Scrappy Sketch!  Thanks for visiting!    -Cyndi

SFYTT: Hoot Hoot Hooray!

I did another challenge card....hooray!!  This is for Jen del Muro'sSFYTT challenge from last Saturday (ok, so I am a bit behind...but I did it!).  I got my new Pink Cat Studio Q.T. Hooty Owl stamps inky...aren't they just the cutest??  I think I need to just print out a few challenges this weekend and use this set for all of them ;)  I have been busy scrapping for the last couple of nights...I will try to upload some of the better ones in the next day or 2, and don't forget this Sunday is the next Scrappy sketch!

But, back to the card.  I stuck pretty well to the sketch..using some old Bo Bunny paper that I found in my stash.  I pulled out the colors from there to color in the Q.T. Owl.  His hat is popped up on a dimensional, as is one of his balloons.The rest is pretty simple as the sketch was pretty fun all by itself.  And do you notice the background cardstock...pretty yummy huh?  Its the new Tangerine Tango from stampin' Up!  Being a demo does have its benefits :)

I am off to run a few errands then go to birthday dinner with the family at the Japanese steakhouse...a tradition during "birthday week" at our house.  Later Chickadees...    -Cyndi

• Supplies:
• Stamps: Q.T. Hooty Owl (Pink Cat Studio)
• Paper: Tangerine Tango, Kiwi Kiss, Brilliant Blue cs (SU!), White cs (Papertrey), Starstruck PP (Bo Bunny)
• Ink: Palette Hybrid Noir
• Accessories: buttons (Autumn Leaves); bold bright brads (SU!), markers (Copic), dimensionals, jumbo scallop scissors

ATS Wednesday...anything but a card

This weeks Wednesday ATS DT challenge was to create anything but a card.  Well, thats not so hard seeing as how I have a whole bin full of items TBA (to-be-altered)....and they normally just sit there, waiting, and waiting...

So, I pulled out one of those cute little 5x5 journals from Stampin' Up! that I have a pile of.  I covered it with some fun PP that I ordered from All That Scraps by Daisy Bucket called "Playlist".  I stamped the little square with images from one of my Favorite CC Designs sets...Froogie & friends.  The alphabet is Vintage Pop by Pink Paislee.  I pulled my colors from the stripes on the pattern that I used for the inside cover...used it for the letters, then that gave me lots of fun choices for ribbon!!  I got to pull out lots of yummy scraps from my jar for this one!  The buttons are autumn Leaves and My Minds Eye (also available at ATS)

I plan to use the little journal for addresses of my bloggin' buddies and DT pals so that they are all in one place with my basket of cards for RAKS when I have a minute :)  Hope you enjoy.   Check in over at the ATS blog for all the DT's samples and then go play along with us!!   Happy Wednesday!  -Cyndi

• Supplies:
• Stamps: Froggie & Friends (CC Designs); Vintage Pop Alphabet (Pink Paislee)
• Paper: Playlist PP (Daisy Bucket); Black cs (Bazzill); white cs (Paperytry)
• Ink: Palette Hybrid Noir
• Accessories: markers (Copic); buttons (MME & Autumn Leaves); ribbon (asst); journal (SU!)

HMSC4 & HMCC1...sort of

Heather posted a double challenge for the H&M DT for the weekend and I just now got a chance to get to it thanks to the whirlwind of birthdays!

I stuck to the sketch, but the color challenge was Real Red, Only Orange, Yoyo Yellow, and So Saffron...not quite what I ended up with, but  hey,  a challenge is a starting point for inspiration, right?  I ended up keeping the Real Red, but I pulled out the brand-spankin' new Tangerine Tango...what a gorgeous color!  I also used Summer Sun, Basic Black, and a touch of Green in the marker color.

After I colored in all the starfish I removed a lot of the color with the Copic blender pen so it wasn't quite so bold.  You really needed some shades at first for this baby ;)  The jumbo starfish is from the H&M set Sea Life, and the mini starfish are from the new H&M set Fun in the Sun...they are a perfect match together!!

Thats it for now...I am posting from my moms house and I can't think much less type straight!  Have a great night and thanks for stopping by!  -Cyndi

• Supplies:
• Stamps: Sea Life, Fun in the Sun (H&M Stamps)
• Paper: Tangerine Tango, Real Red, Summer Sun, Basic Black (SU!); White (Papertrey)
• Ink: Palette Hybrid Noir
• Accessories: Spots & Dots embossing folder (Cuttlebug); Circle Nestabilities (Spellbinders); markers W3, R29, R05, Y17, YG06 (Copic); sanding block, black brads, black/white gingham ribbon (SU!)

Blog candy winner & some Pink Cat fun

Hey!  I am still alive...though I barely feel like it after these last few days.  Perry's birthday was Thursday, then Rachael's was Friday...we had 10 girls here Friday night, went to the pool Saturday afternoon, then had 2 more girls over Saturday night.  My house has been a wreck, I have been up way too late for my old bones every night, and I haven't been near the computer to read blogs or update mine :(

So, first I promised to pull a name for the blog candy.  After Friday night I had Rachael do a name from Random.org ...it chose Alyssa #20 who said:

I think I'm actually #20. I listen to metal. Slipknot, Korn, Rammstein, Pantera, Metallica, etc. Although, hubby and I just went to a Poison concert the other night (free tix) and had a blast! So we've been listening to old hair band stuff lately! :) Love the blog! And thanks for the chance! :o)

So, send me an email Alyssa with your snail mail and I'll get this sent off to you!! 

There were actually 3 (maybe 4?) who responded who listened to metal.  so you are not alone!  I had quite the range of responses, I thought I'd print it off and have Perry pull some up on i-tunes so we could check out some of the stuff I've never heard of!  since I didn't answer the question myself: The last cd's I bought were Natasha Beddingfield and Pat Monahan (the lead singer from Train)  Then I download these to my ipod...but I like to have some cd's for the car :)

On to stamping!  First I will share my entry for the Pink Cat Studio contest that ran last week.  The challenge was to create Lily or Billy's "room" using only Pink Cat Studio Stamps.  You could draw anything else.  I chose to create Lily a treehouse.  Both of my daughters helped with ideas and we had a ton of fun doing this:

Little Michael is helping out by holding the clubhouse shut in this shot :)  I used the big carousel notes in Wasabi for the tree top, the bottom was hand cut.  I cut strips of darker brown for the slats, then attached them with brads for the nails.  The slide was the biggest challenge...I'll just say urmph.

The clubhouse was made from the chocolate envelopes that came with the carousel notes.  You can see Lily peeking through the window :)  The grass is a strip of Celery cardstock cut in notches and curled down.  I also added a bunch of flowers, a kitty in the tree and some baloons for her birthday party.  Lily's friend is hanging out in the tire swing.

Here is the inside of the clubhouse:

It is all decorated for Lily's birthday party...complete with party hats, her presents, and some dress up fun for party guests.  The curtains were made from the fairy wings in the set (Dress Up Lily)  Some images are from the Dress Up Billy set.  Melissa is also releasing an accessory set in August to go with these two...

Here is also a card that I made while in the midst of this project last week.  I just couldn't get the idea out of my head!

The outside was done with the SU! Weathered background stamp.  When you open the chest it will be another bday card for my stash for little boys.  This Billy stamp is actually from the Billy Plate one.

Thats it for now mateys!  I need to catch up on some stamping and read a bunch of blog posts :0

Thanks for stopping by, happy Monday!

-Cyndi

Going Coastal!

I have a number of cards stacked up on my desk that I haven't had a chance to uload yet...so today it is Lizzie Anne Designs Thursday in honor of the 2nd birthday of LAD!!  Happy Birthday Tricia & Meredith :)

I made this card last week for the sketch challenge at SCS, I uploaded it there, but it never made it here somehow.  I love the sketch...very fun and different and it was a bit of a challenge too.  The papers are from a scrap pad by Me & My Big Ideas.  The stamps are a fun set that I borrowed from my friend Heather called By the Sea...it was one of LAD's last releases that I didn;t get.  They have a ton more coming this week BTW...head over to check out their Anniversary Celebration...there is a sketch contest, and tons of peeks!!  I am off now to go birthday shopping with my DD for her party tomorrow!   

 -Cyndi

• Supplies:
• Stamps: By the Sea (Lizzie Anne Designs)
• Paper: Modern Milan PP (Me & My Big Ideas; Black, Cool Carribean, White (SU!)
• Ink: Palette Hybrid Noir
• Accessories: black brads , black/white gingham ribbon (SU!); copic markers, spica glitter pens, corner punch

All That Scraps Wednesday

Jen has been hosting some fun challenges every week for the All That Scraps DT!!   This week was no different, we were given a fun Amy R sketch to work on :)  I have that card for you, but also I made a really fun borthday party invite for my daughter Rachael's bday that I want to share first.

This was so much fun to make!!  Rachael and her sister Taylor helped out a lot with the ideas of making the pocket card into a bucket (my idea), adding a shovel as the insert (Rachael's idea), etc, etc.  I designed most of it then Rachael said yes or no...then she had to make all the dozen copies of it!  I did a lot of cutting and some coloring but she did most of the work :)

The lining of the bucket is Basic Grey Cupcake PP, I got the 6x6 pad from Christine (All That Scraps)...the small pads are fun cause you get a lot of different patterns for not a lot of bucks!!  I used to only buy 12x12, but no more!  Only the stuff I really like :)  The little monkey is out of one of the new realeses by CC Designs, Summertime Fun.  I absolutely adore this set!  He is holding balloons and wearing  a party hat from Froggie & Friends...and the sentiment is from a Lizzie Anne Designs set that Christine also carries called Its a Party.

The shovel inside is cut at a bit of a slant so that it would stay tilted over to the side (pic below).  The bucket is only attached with the brads, then I added a ribbon handle with some glue dots.

• Supplies:
• Stamps: Summertime Fun, Froggie & Friends (CC Designs), Its a Party (Lizzie Anne Designs)
• Paper: Real Red, Summer Sun Green Galore, White (SU!);, Cupcake PP (Basic Grey)
• Ink: Palette Noir, Turquoise & red (SU!)
• Accessories: Word window Punch (SU!), Brads (Basic Grey), Red grosgrain ribbon (SU!); copic markers

Here is my card for the sketch challenge.  I needed a card for my nephew's birthday so I pulled out Lucky this time :)  He is from the CC Designs set  its My Birthday.  The sentiment is from Froggie & Friends.  How perfect is that saying...I so need that in my world of never on time!

I stuck pretty well to the sketch, but I did divide up the one panel with strips of my PP because I had some scraps that I wanted to use...I think it turned out pretty cool :)  and, back onto the subject of scraps again...I used a piece that I had previously "scrapped"...the banana embossed piece is a reject from a different project (as well as the bow) so I recycled it!!  Yeah me!!  Pretty much it for this card...but I did add a bunch of sparkle to the bows on the presents and I tried to paper-piece one...and one was enough!!

Thanks for hopping over to my corner of the web...don't forget to scroll down to the next post for a chance at Blog candy:)    Happy hump day!    -Cyndi

• Supplies:
• Stamps: Its My Birthday, Froggie & Friends (CC Designs)
• Paper: Blue Bayou, Real Red, Barely Banana (SU!), WHite (Papertrey), Cupcake PP (Basic Grey)
• Ink: Palette Noir
• Accessories: Swiss Dots embossing folder (Cuttlebug); Cupcake brads (Basic Grey), markers (copic); Blue Bayou & red ribbon (SU!); Oval nestabilities (Spellbinders)

Fishing, Scraps, & Blog Candy

So what do fishing and scraps and blog candy have to do with each other??  Nothing!  But today they are all part of this post!  Here's a peek of the fishing page and then on to BLOG CANDY!!

I'll tell you more about it below ;)  It is time for some goodies for one of my readers...I haven't done any in a while.  Please leave a comment on this post (including your posting number) by Friday at 11pm  EST.  So what do you have to do?  Tell me whats on your ipod right now...or   what cd have you bought recently?  I need some new tunes to download so just give me some suggestions!

Thats it and I'll let you know on Saturday:)  Oh, you want to know what you win??  here's a peek at that: 

There is a new unmounted stamp set from Stampin' Up! (Sidekick sayings hostess set) , some 6x6 Fall Flowers DSP, a pad of PP from K & Co, a bunch of ribbon and 2 COPIC markers so that you can give them a try!! 

Now...I am back to the topic of scraps.  I know you are sick of hearing this this week...but I am on a mission!  I am trying to make cards with pieces from the scrap basket, and I am trying to force myself to use scrappin kits that I ordered way back when that have just sat there.  For this page I picked a kit.

Actually I picked the kit and told myself that I WOULD use it no matter what.  I wasn't really fond of the copper sticker letters or the chipboard pieces or even the patterns on the PP...too blah for me.  so I had to head off to my pics to see what might work. 

What I found was a pile of pics from Rachael's camping trip last summer with the Greene family.  These 2  pics were the right color for this page so I went from there.  The large circle was PP already in that shape which made that easy-peasy!!  did you notice that I actually pulled out the trusty old sewing machine for this one??  <<Gasp>>  I think it may live on the table for a while so that it gets used more often.  Its not that I don't like to sew on my pages or cards...the monster just takes up too much space in an already cluttered room.

Then all I did was use the pieces  that came in the kit and add a bit of jornaling.  Then I remembered the fishing rod in the new  "Cozy on Up" set from H & M Stamps.  Tada!!  Just what it needed :)  Thats it for now.  I will have some CC Designs cards for you tomorrow and I may sneak in a bit of Unity tonight...my last order just arrived!

Thanks for stopping in!  Happy Tuesday :)     -Cyndi

• Supplies:
• Stamps: Cozy on Up (H&M Stamps)
• Paper: Leather (Bazzill), White (Papertrey), PP (We R Memory Keepers)
• Ink: Palette Burnt Umber
• Accessories: sticker letters (Scenic Route), Chipboard shapes (We R Memoary Keepers), copper brads (SU!), markers, sewing machine

CSS22: Michael

 OK, here we go!!  The 2 pager first :)  From the minute I drew the sketch I knew that I wanted to use this fun paper from Kaleidoscope that I have had for like 2 years!!  I had no idea what pics I was going to use, but started laying it out anyway.  The page started on Soft Sky..then I pulled out these pics of Michael and decided to change the background to white.  (See, I never adhere anything until the whole thing is basically done...I change my mind a LOT!!)

The other thing that I knew I wanted to use was the fun little "Remember when" stamp over in the corner.  Its a Unitystamp from the kit "Bliss & a Birdie", the June Kit of the Month.  It has been begging me to get it inky all month!

Its such a fun little stamp.  It was kind of getting lost in the pale but oh-so-funky green, so I sponged the edges with some blue to help it pop a bit.  (thanks to Faithfor reminding me that I have a whole drawer full of sponge daubers that I have been neglecting).  I also stamped the image again on a scrap of the pattern paper and pieced the arrow back onto the image for a little extra somun-somun.  The circle stamp is again from the fun "Crcle of Thanks" kit from Unity...I stamped it on the orange PP, then randomly colored in a few of the dots with a white gel pen.

The hugely fun "M" is from a pack of chipboard that I picked up 2 years ago at CK Convention...it is from Rusty Pickle.  I have the whole alphabet and I have been seriously hoarding it!!  Shame on me, it is too fun to hide away!!  I covered the M with some of the same PP and then did some major sponging on the edges so it would pop out!!  The rest is pretty self-explanatory...I added a bunch of buttons, some clips, and ribbon then spelled out the rest of his name with CTMH letters that I just love!!

Thanks for stopping by today!  Check back for some serious BLOG candy this week...it is finally that time!!   Have a great Sunday and happy Scrapping!!     -Cyndi

• Supplies:
• Stamps: Bliss& a Birdie, Circle of Thanks, Amazing Me (Unity); Boutique alphabet (CTMH)
• Paper: WHisper White (SU!), Kaleidascope PP (MME)
• Ink: Pumpkin Pie, Taken with Teal (SU!); Kiwi, Breeze (CTMH)
• Accessories: chipboard M (Rusty Pickle); buttons (CTMH & Doodlebug); Autumn Terracotta clips (CTMH); Pumpkin Pie striped grosgrain (SU!); white gel pen (SU!); glue dots; Curvy Cutter; Xacto (Cutter Bee)

the Scrappy Sketch is back!

I am back with a new Scrappy sketch!!   I meant to take off just one week, which turned into 2...sorry.  I will do every other week for the next couple of weeks...it is much easier on me and my cohorts til the kids go back to school!

The basics...please play along with us!  No need to follow the sketch to a tee...none of us ever do...it is just a springboard for your creativity!  You can use one page or both or even turn it into a card if you want!!  Just come back and link up what you created as a comment to this post so we can all see it!  If you upload to a public gallery like Splitcoast use keyword CSS or CSS22.

Heather is still chasing the kids in the waves at her summer cottage, so check back in at her blog in a week or so when she goes home.  But for today you can blurf on over to Lynn's corner of the web to see what she cooked up...AND I would like to give a big shout out to Libby, who will be joining us in our scrapping!!  Libby is a long-time bloggin' bud and I am thrilled to welcome her to our little "sketch team"!!

My page is ready to go, but of course my post isn't!  I am busy typing it now and it will be up shortly!  Hop back over in just a few!!

A "Cool" Mini Challenge

Just looking at all that ice cream kinda cools you right off, yeah?  Ha, I wish!!!  Still blazing hot down in NC, although we have finally had a lot of rain this week.

I have wanted to play along with this Ways to Use It Challenge for a couple of days now  and it finally came together.  I found this sketch from Card Positioning Systems (CPS71)  through a link from Amy R's blog...it had mini-panels...that works right??  I also used mini brads :)

The stamps are again from the must-have go-get-it-now Fun in the Sun set from H & M Stamps.   I had fun making the background for this (but I wouldn't necessarily advise it)...I used the SU! Polka dot background stamp and inked it up with all 4 colors in markers...the counting of dots was not so fun.  But the result made me very giddy!!  I wanted a multi-coloredd dot paper and it worked!!

I also like the way the ribbon is tied through the button...i have been meaning to try this, but you have to have a really narrow and thin ribbon!  Overall I just LOVE the way it turned out!!

I amy have more for you tonight, but I will be here with my sketch and pages in the morning!  Thanks for visiting!!  -Cyndi

• Supplies:
• Stamps: Fun in the SUn (H & M Stamps), Polka dot background (SU!)
• Paper: Only Orange, Temting Turquoise, Green Galore, Lavendar Lace, Basic Black, whisper White (SU!)
• Ink: Palette Noir
• Accessories: Orange, Galore, Turquoise, Lavendar, Black markers (SU!), green shimmery button (Doodlebug), Black/white gingham ribbon (SU!), Spots & Dots embossing folder (Cuttlebug) markers G14, B02, V04, BV02, YR04, E33 (Copic)

Storing my Unity Wooden Cassettes & a Layout

  Does anyone remember Patterr'spost last week that linked HERE...and showed you how to make your own Clip-it-Up??  (You haven't been???  well you just need to boogie on over and check it out!)  Pretty cool and great directions!!  Well, I kinda made the idea waaaaay easier.  I bought this Baker's rack a while back and had intentions of hooking stuff to it.  Well, guess what?  The side of the unit is the PERFECT place to hange all of my Unity stamps that are mounted on the thin wooden cassettes!!  I'll show you another day what I've done with all of my un-mounted ones.  (What I will do as the collection grows, which it IS doing...no idea!!)

But anywho, Is this cool or what?  Cost >>>less than $5!!  All I bought was a box of jumbo paperclips.  I split them open right above the loop with the wire cutter on my needle nose pliers that came in my SU! tool kit (did anyone know it had a wire cutter??  It took my 12 year old daughter to show me that...DUH!!)  Then they hang right on the loop!!  Here is the closeup:  

 Kinda cool, huh??  I am so stinkin proud of myself for figuring this out!! The space was already there and it is perfect...they are still almost in reach and better yet...in VIEW!!  Thanks Patter for leading me to that blog!! 

The original reason I got this rack is I was running out of room...yes, on the huge wall of built ins!!  still not enough storage!  The punch situation has driven me bonkers!!  BUT I finally have a solution I like :)  They are stored on this unit, right near my island (you can view my stamp island in THIS POST) and right beside my Wall Units (you can see those HERE).  Its just the extra room I needed!!  Here is one shelf of the large punches:

The rack is actually 6 feet tall so it gives me lots more shelves and storage!!  I'll share some more storage ideas this week and/or next :)

BUT, on to the page for the day!!  This page came together pretty quick.  I was looking at piles of pattern paper that I had sorted out from kits...wanting to just USE them and not re-file them to be lost again forever.  so I decided to make a pile that I would MAKE myself use this month!!  <<I'll let you know how that goes, bwaaahaha>>.  The paper for this one is a couple of fun sheets from Scenic Route that Ive had around forever.

The fun stamps are from Unity (am I in love with this company or what???)...Brooke just posted a fun page over at the Unity blogthis week using the same stamp from the same set (Best Friends).  Its a really fun set that I got from one of Angela's wild Random specials...they are so awesome!!   The pics are some of Perry...he is really hard to get a shot of anymore.  He would way rather be on the other end of the camera.  In fact he takes incredible shots...but I want just one or two of him once in a while!  But this is how you will normally find him at any point during the day...tucked behind his laptop :)

Thats it for today!  I have some more H&M for you tomorrow and my Scrappy sketch will be back on Sunday!  I have a new scrapper designing with us...can you guess who she is?  I'll let you know in 2 more days!

Thanks for stopping by!    -Cyndi

• Supplies:
• Stamps: Best Friends, Amazing Me (Unity)
• Paper: Not Quite Navy (SU!), White (Papertrey), Metropolis PP (Scenic Route)
• Ink: Not Quite Navy, Old Olive (SU!)
• Accessories: Not Quite Navy & Old Olive markers, black journaling marker (SU!), buttons (Basic Gray),

OCC Challenge

I have been wanting to do a challenge from the new blog,  Our Creative Corner...and I finally played along at the very last minute with the sketch challenge this week.

I am stuck back again on Floral Fantastical, the awesome new set that I won from Unitylast week!  This set is just too much fun to play with :)  I masked off the bottom of the flower stamp with tape and stamped that, then masked off the top of the watering can with tape and stamped it under the stems so it looks like the flowers are in the can (they are actually in a vase on the rubber).  That is all colored in with my copics and some spica glitter pens to add some shimmer and  shine! 

I added one of the floral borders to  the bottom of the 2nd layer (IRL this stamp is way longer...I just used part of it!!)  All of my 3 layers are multi-layered...funny how this gets a bit out of hand.  The hope sentiment is just one of many words in this set.   I punched it out with the small oval punch and popped it up on multi-dimensionals.  The flower can layer is also raised on dimensionals.  Finally I pulled out the last of my red Flame brads that I have been hoarding for just that extra touch.

I did some cool organizing this week but haven't snapped a pic yet so stay tuned for that.  Thanks for stopping by and have a happy Friday!  I will have a new sketch for you this Sunday!!  -Cyndi

• Supplies:
• Stamps: Floral Fantastical (Unity)
• Paper: Real Red, Taken with Teal, Certainly Celery (SU!), White (Papertrey), Spring Fling PP (Pink Paislee)
• Ink: Noir (Palette)
• Accessories: Circle Fire Rhinestone brads, Small oval punch, 1/16" punch (SU!); markers 00, R05, R29, Y17, Y21, B02, BG23, YG03, spica glitter pens (Copic); Red ribbon (Michael's)

H & M Stamps New Release is today!!

  Today H & M Stamps is releasing 2 adorable new sets, Fun in the Sun which I gave you some peeks of already, and Cozy On Up....which I have 2 cards with today!   I haven't done any camping since my girls quit scouts last year (insert sigh)...but I do have many fun memories of camping, campfires, and smores!!

This set has a ton of fun images and will coordinate great with the set that Heather released a couple of months back: Dad's Outdoors.  for the first card I used a skecth from SCS from a couple of weeks back.  I stamped the campfire and 2 sets of marshmallows.  I later thought...wouldn't it be fun to add some white liquid applique to the marshmallows and then heat it until it looks burnt??  I may have to try that!

This was a really easy card once you figure out the size of the little squares...but I thnk the color turned out fun!!

• Supplies:
• Stamps: Cozy on Up (H & M Stamps)
• Paper: Taken with Teal, Old Olive, Chocolate Chip (SU!); Summer Travel PP (Marcella), White (Papertrey)
• Ink: Burnt Umber (Palette)
• Accessories: copper brads (American Crafts), 1/16" hole punch, copic markers

For my next card I wanted to try a baby card with the cute bear.  He turned out pretty cute, but I think its the sentiment thats just not right.  Maybe for a grandma to send to a little boy??

I even tried doing 2 of him, but it didn't work with the colors I chose...I'll try that again!!  He is simply adorable though!!  I think he will be lots of fun to play with again and again!!

Supplies are listed below...don't forget to head over to H & M Stamps  today to pick up this adorable set and the super-fun Fun in the Sun!!  Have a great day :)     -Cyndi

 

Supplies:

• Stamps: Cozy On Up (H & M Stamps)
• Paper: White (Papertrey), Orchid Opulence, Basic Black, Bashful Blue (SU!), A Little Birds Tale PP (Heidi Grace Designs)
• Ink: Noir (Palette Hybrid)
• Accessories: White gel pen (signo), Circle Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Black/white gingham ribbon, Black journaling marker, Word window punch (SU!), blue brads (Bazzill), markers V01, V04, B00, B32, B24 (Copic)

USS07: Cool Crutches

I am back in scrapbooking mode again!  I have gutted and cleaned and purged all week!  I ahve also decided that I am GOING to USE some of my old pattern paper if it kills me!!  I pulled out 2 large sized scraps for this one...yeah!!

I started with Christi's sketch over on the SCS Unity forumthis week...USS07.  It was a terrific sketch but I have to admit that I cheated again a little...I left an element out...kindof a swirly thing, but I did add a few things, so that evens out, right??

I have been trying to figure out what to do with these pics of Michael for like forever...and I love the way it turned out!!  IRl its way better...I get such a glare when I take photos of my photos...any suggestions??

The star and the cirlcle are both the same stamp...one of the circle images from the Circle of Thanks Unityset...it actually has a border around it, but I cut that off for the circle, then just punched out the middle with my star punch for the star!! 

Unity stamps are so AWESOME for making scrapbook pages..the images are HUGE!!  The bottom journaling piece is from the Kit of the Month last month...Bliss and a Birdie...LOVE that kit and can't wait for this months!  such a fun and eclectic mix of images by different stamp artists within Unity!  

Here's one more closeup and then the supplies:

• Supplies:
• Stamps: Circle of Thanks, Bliss & a birdie (Unity), Vintage Pop alpha (Pink Paislee)
• Paper: Orange, Yellow cs from stash (Bazzill), About a Boy PP (Fancy Pants), Brocade Blue (SU!)
• Ink: Basic Brown, Close to Cocoa (SU!)
• Accessories: sponge dauber, Jumbo star punch, c chipboard, Brocade Blue jumbo grosgrain (SU!); Gin-x brown coaster letters (Imagination Project); buttons (Basic Gray & autumn Leaves); glue dots

Thanks for blurfing by!   -Cyndi

Back to the Previews...

I am back on previews for a couple of days!!  Here are 2 more cards done with "Fun in the Sun", coming to you from H & M Stamps on the 10th!!  I just love all the fun little images that Heather has packed into one set!!  There are 19 of them :0  She has outdone herself with adorable sentiments as well in this fun set!

For the first card I used Julee's Mojo Monday sketch from last week.  I used the cute little shells for the trio of embellishments at the bottom...I think that turned out kinda fun!  I also exacto'd out the centers of the shovel and pail so that I could hang the shovel on the handle...what was I thinking??  But it turned out cool so it was worth it.

• Supplies:
• Stamps:Fun in the Sun (H & M stamps)
• Paper: pattern (Creative Imaginations), white (Papertrey), Orange (Bazzill), Olive (SU!)
• Ink: noir (Palette)
• Accessories: jumbo brads from stash, white gel pen (signo), exacto

For this card I used Heather'ssketch for the week HMSC2...but I cheated...I flipped it on the side so that the circle was at the bottom.  I have been dying to use this fun Imaginesce paper that I got from ATS last week, and I think it was just perfect for this set!  I used the fun little sand castle for the first time on this card...I love this image!  I just wish our castles looked anything like that when we build one!!

Again, a pretty easy card, not a ton of embellies...the wild paper was plenty :)  I cut the circles with my curvy cutter, which obviously needs a new blade, so I had to distress it a bit so it looked intentional, KWIM? 

So, I will have more peeks for you tomorrow from the other fun set for the month!  Happy Tuesday...  -Cyndi

• Supplies:
• Stamps: Fun in the Sun (H & M Stamps)
• Paper: White (Papertrey), Coral (SU!), Peach& brown scraps from my stash (Bazzill), A Shore Thing PP (Imaginesce)
• Ink: Burnt Umber (Palette), Creamy Caramel (SU!)
• Accessories: Curvy Cutter, Word window Punch, corner rounder (SU!), copic marker, brass brads (Spare Parts)

Lovin' my Unity blog candy!!!

WOOHOO  for me...did I tell you guess what I won last week??  I won the blog candy for a Unity new release over at Patter'sblog!!  It was this awesome new set called Floral Fantastical...and fantastic it truly is!!  I have had so much fun playing around with it over the weekend :)

I created 2 cards so far...the first is this fun and bright little number.  I stamped the floral vase on Papertrey white, colored it in with copics, then pieced the vase with some fun Polka dot paper.  All that I had left was a little tiny piece...but just enough for the vase and the small strip on the left (Yes, that means I am using my SCRAPS!)  The bottom piece is NOT patterned paper...it is one of the images in the set...a paisley with floral....I stamped it repeatedly then colored that in with copics.  It is such a fun pattern and turned out really cool I think!! 

The You rock is actually one long word, that was masked, it is from the Bliss and a Birdie Kit of the Month at Unity....last months kit, but still available for like another week...then it is gone forever!  This is one set you do not want to miss!!  This months kit is already posted, but I won't get it for almost 2 more weeks...can't wait!! It is as adorable as the first month's.  Anywho, back to the card.  I then placed the scalloped frame around the re-configured sentiment, colored it in, then added a few dots :)  There is also some Eucalyptus and Fruit Punch stickles in the centers of the flowers, but as usual, hard to see online.  This has got to be one of my favorite cards that I have made in forever...do you like it?? 

Here's the other one:

I love this one too, but not as much as the first.  But this butterfly is simply gorgeous and really fun to color!!  It has some little Stickles on the wings too!!

I started with a Kraft cs base and added a couple of strips of PP and a bow.  Then my main image is all one stamp.  I pulled the colors from the PP...turned out to be bright and fun too, even though it is a get well card...but hey...shouldn't it be cheery too??!  I wrangled a few more of my Flame dew drops for this one...no more hoarding the fun stuff!!  I also recycled the cute little Safety pin from a Unity tag on a set :)  Pretty thrifty and smart, huh?

Thats it for now...but don't forget...the All That Scraps release party is tonight at 10pm EST in the ATS forum... please come out to play!!  Tomorrow I will be back to previews for H & M Stampsrelease on the 10th!  Happy Monday!      -Cyndi

• Supplies (You Rock):
• Stamps: Floral Fantastical, Bliss & a Birdie (Unity)
• Paper: White (Papertrey), Green, Black, Orange (Bazzill), PP (MME)
• Ink: Noir (Palette)
• Accessories: word window punch (SU!), Beetle Black brads (Doodlebug), markers (copic), black journaling pen (SU!), Eucalyptus & Fruit Punch glitter (Stickles), Black gingham, Pumkin grosgrain, Carribean hand-dyed grosgrain (SU!)

• Supplies (Get well):
• Stamps: Floral fantastical (Unity)
• Paper: Dill blossom PP (SEI), Summer SUnrise, white (Papertrey), Chocolate Chip, Kraft (SU!)
• Ink: Noir (Palette)
• Accessories: Flame Dewdrops (Robin's Nest), Eucalyptus gliiet (Stickles), circle punch (SU!), Safety pin (Unity), Distressing kit (SU!), scallop scissor ($1 bin), markers YG03, YG95, BG23, BG09, Y21, Y17, R02, R05 , 0 (Copic)

A little more Ice Cream!

Monkey is back today with some more ice cream :)  These cute little guys from Sweet Treats go live tonight at 10pm EST at All That Scraps.  Christine has 4 fabulous sets this month...the Sweet Treats card kit, Summertime Fun, Pretty kitties, and one I haven't previewed for you...a set of the months of the year in an adorable font!!

I used Jen's SFYTTthis week for  this layout and used some brand new paper that I just ordered from ATS by Piggy Tales.  The acrdstock is some unkown Bazzill color from my stash.  I have been doing some spring cleaning this week, and finding all kinds of cool stuff that I forgot that I had, as well as a whole pile of misc. Bazzill colors!  Lucky me!!

Be sure to join us at the ATS forumtonight for the party and some girl-time chit-chat :)  Its always lots of fun!  Thanks for visiting today...just a quick post...I am behind on some stuff :(    -Cyndi

• Supplies:
• stamps: Sweet Treats (CC Designs)
• Paper: green cs (Bazzill), Chocolate Chip (SU!), White (Papertrey), Cinderella Collection PP (Piggy Tales)
• Ink: Burnt Umber (Palette )
• Accessories: word window punch, square punches (SU!), Chocolate Twill, Brown journaling marker (SU!), asst copic markers

We all Scream for Ice Cream!!

Today is Preview day #3...Sweet Treats card Kit!!  Christine explained a bit about it and whats in it over at the ATS blog.  Here's what she said:

I mentioned before that this month would be our first ever card kit. I drew the stamps specifically for the card kit. Since everyone loves Monkey, he is back with a new friend, a bear. And what is better in the summer months than ice cream?

The kit will contain:

10 pieces of cardstock

6 pieces of pattern paper

7 yards of ribbon

36 brads

16 gems

1 Stardust Glitter Pen

1 Sweet Treats Stamp Set

1 Instruction sheet to make 5 cards

There is enough in this kit to make the 5 cards plus plenty more. This will be an every other month kit.

The design team each got a mini kit to play with.  I made 2 cards using the contents (and of course I had some bits and pieces left over to use for other projects :) )  I just love both of the mischevous main images in this set...I was already in love with the monkey, but his bear friend is pretty adorable too!  The set also comes with an ice cream cone, and lots of cute sayings and is packaged in a tin :)  It will be available at All That Scraps on Monday.  Don't forget to join us for the party Monday night in the forum!

For my first card I used Taylor's cupcake challenge sketch last Friday (TECC22) ...it had a cute awning on top!  I colored in the ice Cream with my Clear glaze pen over the copic colors, but its so hard to see in a pic!  Supplies are listed for both cards below.

Also head over to the blog today to see what the rest of the team cooked up and to enter to win this set FREE!!

For the 2nd card I used Julee's Mojo Monday sketch from last week, Mojo43.  I added some white to the mix here that hasn't seen the light of day in a while...Shimmery White by Stampin' Up!  I also added some glitter with my Gelly Roll glitter pen which comes in the kit!!  The ovals are cut with nestabilities (available at ATS), the small oval is a punch.

Supplies: (for both)
Stamps: Sweet Treats (CC Designs)
Paper: Leather, Bubblegum, Pajama (Bazzill), white (Papertrey), Shimmery white (SU!), Cherry chocolate Paisley DP (Doodlebug)
Ink: Burnt Umber (Palette)
Accessories: Oval Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Oval punch, circle punches (SU!), Clear glaze pen (Sakura), Stardust glitter pen (Gelly roll), Pink glitter pen (Copic), markers E37,E33, RV02,RV10, E21, E29, YG11, blender (Copic), Pixie Pink , brown journaling marker (SU!)

Thanks for stopping by today!  -Cyndi

Lucky and Lulu hit the Beach

Previews day 2!!  These cute little guys are just 2 of the 3 adorable images in one of the new sets Christine is releasing on the 7th over at All That Scraps!  Are they not just the sweetest??  Scroll down for a closeup of Lulu...I paper pieced her swimsuit and fins to match the background PP in the page (I did the same for Lucky too :) )  I stamped the letters for the title in black and then traced just inside of each with a marker to add just a touch of color.

• Supplies:
• Stamps: Summertime Fun (CC Designs), Pupcat Alphabet (Lizzie Anne Designs), Quirky Alphabet (Cornish Heritage Farms)
• Paper: Summer Travel PP (Marcella by K), White (Papertrey)
• Ink: Palette Hybrid Noir
• Supplies: buttons (CTMH, Autumn Leaves), markers (Copic)

Doesn't she just make you want to go snorkeling?  hehe.  I had a great time on our daytrip to Discovery Cove, but we never did get a chance to snorkel.  I will have to share my dolphin pics another day though...that was like the coolest thing ever!!

I also have a card for you today, still using this cute Lulu image.  I used the sketch and color challenges for the week over at At Splitcoast  Stampers...aren't you proud of me??  The color combo just called out to me and  I couldn't resist... Purely Pomegranate, Certainly Celery, and Wild Wasabi.  what fun summer colors for a swimsuit and gear for this cute kitty, right??  I also wanted to have just the right color of brads, so I made my own with white brads and a copic marker!  Kinda cool, but they didn;t stay very shiny...any tips??

A couple more quick things about Lulu....I used my Sakura clear glaze pen to make her mask shiny and wet looking (and her nose!)...and added some stardust glitter to the fishies and starfish!  The pink background was made with one of the Big Ol Backgrounds stamps by CC Designs ... Polka Dots.

• Supplies:
• Stamps: Summertime Fun , Big Ol Backgrounds Polka dot (CC Designs)
• Paper: Wild Wasabi, Pretty in Pink, Purely Pomegranate (SU!), Certainly Celery DSP (SU!), white cs (Papertrey)
• Ink: Palette Hybrid Noir, Pomegranate (SU!)
• Accessories: Glaze pen (Sakura), Stardust glitter pen (Gelly Roll), White brads from stash, markers (Copic), Purely Pomegranate Double stitched ribbon (SU!), circle punches (SU!)

Thats it for the day... Happy 4th to my American readers...happy Friday to my international buds!  Don't forget to stop in over at the ATS blogfor a chance to win this set for FREE and to see what all the rest of the DT created...they blew me away on todays post!!

-Cyndi

Happy Independence Day!

Happy early 4th!  I hope to have a fun afternoon of stamping with my friend Heather...maybe some pool time, and definately some fireworks.  The hubby is working, so probably no grilling out.  I will have more peeks for you tomorrow, but wanted to do a little something in honor of our country.  This is a thank you I made a few days ago while I was in the Red/white/blue mood.  I didn't want to use stars...but kept thinking about a vase of flowers for some reason.  I pulled out one of my favorite Verve sets...Floral Whimsy.  I also used Julee's Mojo Monday sketch #44.  The sentiment is from one of the all new Verve sets this month...All About You.

I stamped the background layer with the little flowers from Floral Whimsy in Black, then colored them all in with red and blue, then went back and dotted or colored in the centers of each with a white gel pen.  The rest is pretty straight forward stamping & embossing!  Check back in tomorrow afternoon for more new CC Designs!   -Cyndi

Supplies:

• Stamps: Floral whimsy, All About You (Verve Stamps)
• Paper: Ballet Blue, Brilliant Blue, Real Red, Basic Black (SU!), White (Papertrey)
• Ink: Palette Hybrid Noir
• Accessories: markers (Copic), Swiss dots embossing folder (Cuttlebug), Circle punches, Brocade Blue jumbo Grosgrain & Black/white gingham ribbon, Black brads (SU!), dimensionals, white gel pen

Queen of Everything

My cat Roxie definately thinks she is the queen of everything...she is the ruler of the household.  So I just love this cute new set that Christine designed this month!!  There are actually 3 new sets that will be available this month from CC Designs, including the kick off of a brand new card-kit of the month!

You can view samples of this set, "Pretty Kitties", as well as the others for the next few days over at the ATS blog.  While you are there enter every day for a chance to win one of these new sets!  On Monday July 7th we will be having our release party over at the forum...10pm EST!!

Supplies are listed below, but a few notes: I wanted a flower to match pretty ribbon that Christine sent me, so I used my white gel pen to add polka dots to a plain pink Prima flower...kinda cool!  I also used some bling on the card thats hard to see...Kitty's crown, collar, and eyelashes are all colored with my atyou Spica glitter pens...why have I been ignoring these lately?  They used to be one of my favorite things but have been ignored lately...but no more!  I used them all this week on projects :)  I wanted a sentiment to fit in a small circle tag so I pulled out this saying from The Cat's Pajamas (also available at All That Scraps) which just happens to be a long sentiment, but I masked it off a couple pof times with some tape so that it fit  just right!

Thanks for stopping by today!  Keep checking back in, remember I have peeks for you all week and I will have blog candy soon!!  -Cyndi

• Supplies:
• stamps: Pretty Kitties (CC Designs), Loving Mew (The Cat's Pajamas)
• Paper: basic Gray, Pink Passion (SU!), White (Papertrey)
• Ink: Palette Hybrid Noir
• Accessories: Calypso flower (Prima), white gel pen (Signo), Glitter pens & markers (Copic), Fuschia polka dot ribbon (May Arts), circle punch (SU!), crystals (Doodlebug)

Double Challenge

I have a double challenge for you today!!  This weeks Wednesday DT challenge at All That Scraps was a color challenge... Blue Bayou, Chocolate Chip, and Groovy Guava.  I love these colors together, but as I kept hunting through my kazillion CC Designs sets, nothing was jumping out for this combo.  BUT I remembered these new Pink Cat Studio stamps that Christine is now carrying at All That Scraps.  Perfect!

So then I headed over to the Pink Cat Studio blog because I also remembered a sketch challenge there this week :)  My layout isn't quite like the sketch (nothing new there), but I didn't stray too much either!

These Billy stamps are so fun!  I have had them for a couple of weeks and haven't gotten them inky yet...isn't that shameful?  I just ordered the new Billys too...hehehe...He is just so fun to color.

The supplies are listed below.  You can play along with the sketch challenge over at  the Pink Cat studio blog, and you can also play along with the All That Scraps challenge over at the ATS blog .  and don't forget, sneak peeks start tomorrow, and there will be chances to win FREE stamps by CC Designs!  Check back for more info :)  Thanks for blurfing by my corner of the web!    -Cyndi

Supplies:

• Stamps: Billy plate 1, Background plate 4 (Pink Cat Studio)
• Paper: Groovy Guava, Blue BAyou, Chocolate Chip (SU!), White (Papertrey)
• Ink: Noir, Burnt Umber (Palette Hybrid)
• Accessories: asst. markers (Copic & SU!); Oval Punch, Pewter Hodgepodge, Pewter Jumbo Eyelets, Blue ribbon (SU!); Jumbo scallop scissors; Crop-a-Dile

Bright Sunshiny Days

Some notes first:  Have you seen the new Verve forum over at Splitcoast stampers?? If not, go check it out!  Julee is offering FREE shipping though July 15th and there is a great contest as well...you could win Free VERVE bucks!!  Woo hoo!!

I will be starting the week of peeks from All That Scraps in a couple of days...so stay tuned for that!

 But, today I have a sneak peek for you from a fun (and pretty new) company called H and M Stamps.  All of Heather's sets are clear acrylic.  These images are both from a new set coming out on the 10th of July called Fun in the Sun.  I used just 2 of the 19 (yes I said 19!!) images in the set :)  Talk about a great value!

I had a hard time choosing what to ink up first, but ended up with my favorite shoes of all time...flip-flops!  I colored them in to match the DP, and even glittered the straps with my atyou Spica glitter pens, which haven't been seeing much love lately.  I used Jumbo scallop scissors for the border, and also for the scalloped edge on the sentiment panel...I think that turned out pretty cool!!   But, I kept the layout pretty simple on this one :)  I will have more peeks for you in the next week or so from H and M!  Thanks for stopping in!  -Cyndi

• Supplies:
• Stamps: Fun in the Sun (HandM Stamps)
• Paper: Ocean (CTMH), Black (SU!), white (Papertrey), Summer Travel PP (Marcella)
• Ink: Palette Noir pad
• Accessories: YG03,B00,G00, RV02 markers (Copic); Pink, Melon, Turquoise glitter pens (Spica); button (SEI);Wave scissors; Turquoise grosgrain & Black/white gingham ribbon (SU!); square punches