Hello Tag Card

I have one more card to share with you today. This one is also made from my August Counterfeit Kit (with the exception of the "hello" stamp.)

I was inspired by the colors and the "hello" sentiment over on the Tag, You're It challenge blog:

I really liked this color combo: white, green, light coral and medium coral. I added black, too, and used the medium coral as my dominant color. I played with my new Stampin' Up inks for the first time, which was fun!  I used Crisp Cantaloupe, Calypso Coral, and Wild Wasabi on this card.  I used these three colors to create the triangle background on my tag.  The triangles are actually sun rays from Paper Smooches' "Sunny Side Up" stamp set. 

The cloud and kite stamps are also from Paper Smooches, so I am entering this is this week's "Anything Goes" challenge over on the Paper Smooches Sparks blog. See The hello sentiment is from Lawn Fawn. I thought I had a great selection of Paper Smooches stamps, but in my 9 sets, I didn't have a single "hello" stamp. I'll have to remedy that. ;)

Thanks for visiting my blog. I'm off to school now to finish getting my classroom ready. Can't believe school starts in just 5 days!  Exciting and a bit overwhelming when I look at my "to do" list! :)

Cheer ^Up^

                               

I love the Paper Smooches "Anything  Goes" challenges!  They give me a reason to look through all of the fun inspiration on my Pinterest boards. :)

I loved the cute clouds on this card by Elena: http://justmeprints.blogspot.com/2014/03/bling-it.html.

Elena used ink and glitter on die-cut clouds, but I wanted to use up some paper bits from my August  Counterfeit Kit. I started with a small piece of white scrap cardstock.  I then cut random widths of triangles from patterned paper, gluing them in a sunburst design to my scrap of white cardstock with a glue stick.  Next, I stamped a Paper Smooches cloud on my new starburst paper and cut it out. A similar look that I'm very happy with!

I added this cute cloud to a pink Maggie Holmes tag die-cut, stamped a sentiment, and added some smaller clouds stamped on wood grain paper. A sentiment, punched border threaded with twine, and tag loop at the top made for a clean and simple card with a fun twist. 

I'm linking this up to both the Paper Smooches "Anything Goes" Challenge and the August Mr. Linky on the CKCB. Thanks for popping by today!

An early Christmas card share :)

I know it's only August-

much too early to be posting Christmas cards-

but I have a cute little gift card holder that I wanted to share. :)

 

This is a card I made for a recent card that didn't get picked up.

 

 

Love this stamp set from Paper Smooches! 

I paired it with papers from Crate Paper

and a Maya Road kraft snowflake.

 

I like this design for the coffee cup-

I think I will try it with other shapes in place of the snowflake

(maybe a circle or heart?)

 

Thanks for visiting today! :)



Need to Venti?

A fun share today, again using some cute

Paper Smooches stamps

and their current

Cool Shades Sparks challenge.

 

 

Here are the current Cool Shades for this week's challenge:

 

 

Thanks for popping by today!

 



Woohooo! It's Summer!

Celebrating the 1st day of summer!

A fun little card I made based on this week's Cool Shades color challenge on the Paper Smooches Sparks challenge blog:

Here are the Cool Shades we worked with this week:

Perfect for summer!  Play along with us HERE.

Warm Wishes

I was inspired by the FRIGID temperatures today to create this little CAS card.  It's a great day to stay inside, do some stamping, and have a hot cuppa. :)

I love this cute little mug from Paper Smooches' "Hot Concoctions" stamp set.  I also love this new snowflake embossing folder that I just picked up from Darice.  What a bargain-only $2.99 at A.C. Moore!  I can see myself using this on lots of winter cards.

I am also entering this card in the current Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge: Anything Goes.  Just click on the image below to go right to the current challenge!  Thanks for visiting my blog!

I Love You...Like a Love Song, Baby

Oh, how I have missed scrapping and blogging!  I've made a few projects over my little Christmas break.  Some of them I can share now-others I can't share until later. :)

My first card today is a CAS card that I made for the recent Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge.  I missed the deadline to post, however, and was a bit grumpy about that. :(  This morning, though, I saw that the latest Sparks Challenge was "Anything Goes."  Woo-hoo!  Now I can still enter this card!

This super-cute jukebox is from the "Perpetual Bliss" stamp set.  I paper-pieced it using some new papers from Basic Grey's "Fiction" paper pad.  It's hard to see the embossed sentiment on the left of the card in this photo, so here's a detail photo:

See the "love you" sentiment?  The top two are more subtle, but the bottom "love You" is a deeper emboss.  

This is one of my entries for the current Paper Smooches Sparks challenge: Anything Goes.  Just click on the image below to go right to this challenge!

Thanks for popping by-come back later-I have more projects to share! :)

Thanks for the Lift

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One more quick share tonight-using more cute Paper Smooches stamps.  This is my second card for the Paper Smooches SPARKS challenge:

Super CAS! :)

Thanks for looking!

Hey Chickie!

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I think I have a new favorite stamp company-Paper Smooches!  My scrappy BFF, Lesa, and I had the opportunity to go to a card class last week taught by Kim Hughes and Karolyn Loncon.  They were both SO sweet in real life!  We made some really cute cards (I will share later), and I bought my first 3 sets of PS stamps.  Here is a card I made for the SPARKS Challenge on the PS blog:

I was inspired to use some of the colors and textures from the inspiration photo (tiny white bunnies stitched from felt.)  I used a mix of papers from Bo Bunny, Imaginisce, and Pebbles, along with a die-cut felt border from Queen & Co.  I made some faux-stitching on the sentiment tag using a Spellbinders Pierceabilities die.

I'm so glad that you came to visit my blog today!  Don't forget to check out THIS post for the Lily Pad Cards blog hop!  Lots of great prizes and cards along the way!

Lily Pad Cards' First Birthday Blog Hop

Welcome to the Lily Pad Cards’ First Birthday blog hop! You should be joining us from Pia’s blog. There are three prize packages with a total retail value of over $300! These prizes will be awarded by random draw. To be eligible, you need to “like” us on Facebook HERE. For even more chances to win, comment on the blogs participating in this hop (including the Lily Pad). For each comment, you get your name entered again (just one comment per blog, please!) Many of our blogs have some blog candy of their own to give away, too! Start hopping at the Lily Pad Cards blog so that you won't miss any of the fabulous birthday cards or blog candy!

This hop features birthday cards, but I chose to make a 1st birthday card, since it's Lily Pad Cards' 1st birthday. You could easily change this for any birthday by just changing the number, or leaving it off altogether. Get ready for some Paper Smooches cuteness:

Isn't that pup just too cute? He is from Paper Smooches' Chubby Chums. I just got this set and couldn't wait to ink it up! I love to mix and match my stamp sets, so I added a party hat from {ippity}, a number 1 from Unity, and a sentiment from Studio Calico. Spreading the love, lol! Paper is from a mix of companies, too: Cosmo Cricket, DCWV, Heidi Grace, Bo Bunny, and Basic Grey.

Ready for some blog candy? I have some brand-spanking new {ippity} to give away! It's so new that I can't even share a sneak with you yet, but I have it right here on my desk, ready to send to one lucky winner! Unity designer Angie Blom has created our April release sets for us, and I am giving away a set called "Let Your Heart Take Flight." To be entered to win, you must leave me a comment on this post AND be a follower of my blog. All comments for the Lily Pad prize package and my blog candy must be received by midnight (EST) on Sunday, April 8th. Check back on Monday, April 9th to see if you are a winner!

I am so glad that you hopped by today! The next stop on the hop is the amazing

Vanessa Menhorn:

http://www.wingsofabutterfly-vanessa.blogspot.com/

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