Triple Challenge pre-view

So...starting this coming Tuesday we are going to start 4 days of releases with Marks Finest Papers. Three amazing new sets will be released with extra yummy blog candy HERE!!! I have a FREE stamp for you and maybe some accessories...so don't forget to tune in all next week!

Here is my little sneaky peaky...which also happens to be a card that meets the requirements for 3 challenges on Splitcoaststampers for this week!!! YAY me! (LOL) Which challenges does it meet you ask?!

Monday's CAS113 challenge (Blue, yellow and white)

Wednesday's Sketch Challenge 327

Fridays Free For All Challenge 59

Here is my card!

It uses the new elephant stamp fromt he Oh Boy, It's a girl stamp set that will be released this coming week. It has some super adorable images...so check back on Tuesday to see what you can see!

Hope you have a great day and Happy Stampin'!!!

Silvia

Outdoor Kitty!

I love these cat eyes...I also like the illusion it gives when you stamp them next to each other!

Anywho, this card was made for todays CAS 108 Challenge, The Great Outdoors

I have always seen big cats outdoors, so that is what I went with!

This stamp os from a set called Big Cats by Marks Finest Papers. It's an incredible set!

Papers accessories and ink are pretty self explanitory!

Thanks for looking!

Silvia

F4A21: Snowflake and Pearls

Hello ladies and gents, today challenge over on SCS is to make a card using snowflakes and pearls...those are your only requirements, anything else goes! Here is my card!

Supplies:

Stamps: Christmas Wishes

Ink: stazon black, stazon white

Paper: seafoam, Kraft by PTI, eskimo kisses by Basic Grey

Accessories: large felt snowflakes, pretties kit, fancy scallop punch

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs and Happy Stampin'

Silvia

F4A16 Jelly Filled Doughnut!

Odd title I know! LOL but that is the name of todayc challenge on SCS! F4A15 is mine all mine! So I thought it would be a good idea to make a card like a jelly filled doughnut! what wouls that entail you may ask? Well a Jelly filled doughnut usually has a whole (you know where the jelly is inserted) and all the YUMMY stuff is on the inside...that is what I want your cards to be like today! I want a whole on the base of your card and then put all the pretties on the inside! Fun right! I know I'm super excited myself!

And now for some pics!

For the outside of the card I simply embossed it with a CB embossing folder and then cut out the window and added a rhinestone. Done. Easy peasy!

The inside was super easy too. I simply cut a piece of the marrakech DP to size and added my imade on a dimentional that I had colored with watercolor pencils and blender pens.

To jazz up the inside of the card just a tad I simply cut a strip of vanilla cardstock and punched a nice border(this is my fav right now! LOL) and I then added more DP and some gems...too fun! I think the sentiment on the jar speaks for itself and I really did not feel a need for a sentiment. The {Baked with Love} digi stamp by Sweet N Sassy stamps is awesome! This set is available as a digi or an actual stamp set...too cool!

Supplies:

Stamps: Baked with Love by Sweet N Sassy Stamps

Ink: none

Paper: Vanilla by PTI, Marrakech designer paper by basic Grey

Accessories:fancy scallop punch, rhinestones, watercolor pencils

Thanks for stopping by and I do hope you'll play along with us!

Hugs,

Silvia

A trio of father's Day cards

Here is a group of cards I made for todays sketch challenge 283 on SCS and for a class I'm holding tomorrow. Many of the ladies coming have never stamped before, so I wanted to keep the cards simple. And since there will be many ladies I figured I would do the same card with different images and papers.

And here is my trio of cards!

Supplies:

Stamps: Wanted by SU! Sentiment from {Father} by Little Paper Shop
Ink: Really rust, stazon brown

Paper: Kraft, vanilla, brocade blue, various DP

Accessories: big shot, diamond embossing plate, sponge, paper piercing tool

Supplies:

Stamps: All the best by SU!, {Father} by Little Paper Shop

Ink: Old Olive, Stazon Black

Paper: Kraft, brocade blue, vanilla, retired DP
Accessories: Big Shot, diamond embossing plate, spongue, paper piercing tool

Supplies:

Stamps: {Father} and {Classic Car} by Little Paper Shop
Ink: Night Quite Navy, stazon Brown

Paper: Kraft, vanilla, brocade blue, old DP

Accessories: Big Shot, Diamond embossing plate, sponge, paper piercing tool, so saffron marker

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great day!

Silvia

Seeing a spot...Spotlight

I'm hosting the Free 4 All Challenge on SCS today and since I haven't done spotlighting in a while I though that would be something fun for us to do!

I love the spotlighting technique because when you have a large image that needs to be colored it can seem a little overwhelming, but if you choose a little section to color then it's not as daunting!

I love how this card turned out...all the white space looks cool and I think the little colored circle looks pretty awesme too! I got the cool trim downtown at a trim shop (because everything is separated here...there is no one store for all your sewing needs, you have to go to 5 different ones to get everything :) The little jewels I got at on impulse when I bought something else and they were super cheap...so I added it to the cart about a year ago and haven't done anything with them until now! LOL I'm such a hoarder!

Here is a closer view, it doesn't look lined up from this angel but it really is! LOL Ohhh I was pretty excited, I colored the cupcake with my very own Copic markers...I only have 8 but it's a start! LOL

The inside reads "Fun, happy Birthday"

This card is also for a couple of challenges.

First the challenge over at Your Next Stamp Blog to Cut it out and pop it up

and next the sketch challenge over at 2sketches4you Sketch #52 by Kazan

Supplies:

Stamps: Cupcake Cutie by Your Next Stamp, sentiment from the beach Jenna Set By Little Paper Shop

Ink: Stazon black

Paper: tangerine tango, yo yo yellow, PTI white, Lime Rickey DP by Basic Grey

Accessories: trim, flat colored shells, gold thread, glitter, circle punches, copic markers, glitter, scalloped punch, watercolor pencils, blender pens

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Stampin and I hope you play along with us!

Silvia

Where the Heart wants...

I love love love this sentiment! I love that it's sooo versatile and that it can be used for a graduation or a wedding! Today I'm using it for a wedding...made it for a girl that is getting married at the end of the month...she leaves Friday am to get all the final prep stuff done and she had a little shower today!

I used the sketch over at Splitcoaststampers and this card came together easy peasy! The papers we're pre-glittered...I love glittered paper packs! This one is from the Garden party pack from DCWV and it simply devine! For my main leaf image, I simply stamped the image with versamark ink and then used heat and stick powder added glitter...simple!

Supplies:

Stamps: {Moments} by Little Paper Shop

Ink: versamark, stazon black

Paper:shimmery white, DCWV garden party, baja breeze

Accessories:fancy scallop punch, rhinestones, glitter, heat n stick powder, heat gun

Thank you sooo much for stopping by! I pray you have a blessed day!

Hugs and happy stampin'

Silvia

Hold my hand Mommy!

Here is another card for me today! I love the Technique lovers challenge and how could I resist when todays technique 271 was to use vellumn today...I haven't used mine in AGES! So I went ahead and played along! This is also for the CAS 65 challenge May flowers and or Mother's day...boy am I rolling challenges into one card!

This is also for Taylored Expressions Sketch Challenge 111 and for the Curtain Call ACT 28 challenge to use the colors Kraft, rose red, white and now quite navy


Here is a close up of the sentiment...it sits on the inside of the card...I love how this looks!
The sentiment is just incredible! It's by Little Paper Shop from the stamp set {Bound by the Heart}... go check it out...aren't the sentiments just amazing! I lovey this set!

Supplies:

Stamps: {Bound by the Heart by Little Paper Shop

Ink: Stazon black, rose red

Paper: Kraft, white, rose red, not quite navy, vellumn

Accessories: big shot, EB folder, paper piercing tool, lace, fancy scallop border punch, triple heart punch, rich regals brads (do you know how long I've had these? I'm such a pack rat!) Nestabilities, leather cord

Thank you sooo much for stopping by!

Happy Stampin'

Silvia

Two cards & last day with YNS!!!

Hey there friends! can I call you friends? I hope so!

I have two cards to share with you today...they both apply to a few challenges and some even over lap the challenges...but I loved them all so much I have to play twice!!!

Sadly, today is also my last day as a Guest Designer with Your Next Stamp stamp company. They have some amazing stamps and it has been my honor to be a guest designer with them.

Go check out their STORE and their BLOG for cute stamps

and fun challenges!

Supplies:

Stamps: Tulip and Garden Greetings both by Your Next Stamp

Ink:Stazon Black, craft tempting turquoise

Paper: PTI White, Baja Breeze

Accessories:button brads, crystal effects, word window punch, fancy scallop punch, fancy scallop corner punch, fine point pen

Today's challenge on SCS F4A10 was to make a card with flowers...so both my cards fit this challenge.

Coincidentally Sharon over at No Time To Stamp also has her stamp

Simply Challenge #147 to make a card with flowers

And this top card is also for the Faux Anything challenge #47 over at

the Tree House Stamps Blog I went with faux stitching

Last challenge for this top card is a sketch challenge #44

over at the Moving Along With Time Blog

Supplies:

Stamps: A Dream by Little Paper Shop

Ink: Stazon black, craft Green Galore

Paper: Kraft and vanilla from PTI, DP from Basic Grey

Accessories: Primas, chipboard heart, half pearls, marvy scallop punch,

1/8 inch circle punch, fancy scallop border punch, sponge

This last card also fits the above challenges, but it's also for the Sketch challenge over at the Waltzing Mouse Blog...check it out!

This card is also for yesterday Ways To Challenge on SCS to use Chipboard...I havr the tinies little chipboard heart in the top flower with a pearl on top!

Thank you sooo much for stopping by!

Happy Stampin'

Hugs,

Silvia

LPSC65 Lovely bananas

Hey hey hey! We have a lovely color challenge for you today at the Little Paper Shop blog! It's nice and springy!

Here is my card! I started by making a straight line on a piece of computer paper and then punching out 3 circles with the 1 inch circle punch...equally spaced. I then sponged the yellow using my craft inks and a sponge moving my template down and repeating 3 times.

Once the ink was dry I placed the sponge on top of the first row and then stamped the small rose from the {Rose} stamp set in different directions. did it on all except the last two circles where I stamped the sentiment...what do you think?

Supplies:

Stamps: {Rose} by Little Paper Shop

Ink: stazon black

Paper: PTI white, orchid opulance by SU!

Accessories: gross grain ribbon, charm, glitter, small corner rounder punch

Don't forget to go to the LPS Blog and check out the rest of the Dt's challenge cards and play along with us for a chance to win your very own FREE {Lucy Horse} digi image

This is also for a few other challenges:

Stamp Something challenge to use a charm

Taylored Expressions Sketch 110

Sunday's Featured Stamper 168 Challenge

Thank you sooo much for stopping by!

Happy Stampin'

Silvia

Anniversary and Inspiration!

It's our 11 year anniversary today and after 11 wonderful years, this is the family we have created! With God's provisions, love and mercy we have grown together. I am not the same person I was then at 19, I would hope I have grown and matured a lot since then and really do cherish this family God has given me! Thank you Lord Jesus for loving me enough to give me such a wonderful, loving husband! For this I am truly thankful!

This is one of my FAV wedding pics! It was taken at the church grounds where we got married, Cala Lillies are my FAV flowers!!


We met at Ruby Tuesday's, I was his waitress, so we thought it fitting to go have pics taken there, and I am sooo glad we did!

And now onto some crafting!

This is the card I made him, because after 11 years, his love still lifts me up! He is an amazing husband, incredible father and a great friend! I really couldn't ask for much more!

Supplies:

Stamps: {I Heart} By Little Paper Shop

Ink: Stazon black

Paper: Kraft and white from PTI, DP from Basic Grey

Accessories: Clip, linnen thread, scallop border punch, big shot, CB embossing folder, clip

This card was made for many challenges...but the main challenge was the inspiration challenge 229 at Splitcoaststampers: Bellow is a picture of what inspirred me.

It is also for a few other challenges

2 Sketches for you #50

Stamp Simply 136 challenge to make a Joy Fold card

and Stampin' when I can to use a clip challenge

LPSC64...a color challenge

Today is monday and Little Paper Shop has a color challenge today...but PLEASE SCROLL DOWN OR CLICK HERE TO SEE THE BLOG HOP!!!! Lots of FREE goodies you don't want to miss!!!

I saw the challenges on SCS this am and decided that I needed to make another card...plus I love this stamp set sooo much I needed to use it another time...you will be sick of it by the time I get done using it! LOL The set is called {ROSE} and it will be released tomorrow by Little Paper Shop (Don't worry, I have another card to share with you tomorrow using the rose set! LOL)

The CAS 63challenge today on SCS was to use a given sketch...this is my take on it...it really was clean and simple, just looks complicated!

And the Technique lovers challenge 269 today was to use paper piercing on your project...so I incorporated both challenges into one card...hope the challenge police doesn't come after me! LOL

Supplies:

Stamps: {Rose} by Litttle Paper Shop

Ink: Stazon black

Paper: Kiwi kiss, chocolate chip, rose red DP from SU!

Accessories: pearls, ribbon, scallop border punch, glitter, 2-way glue pen

Thank you so much for stopping by and please play along with the challenge for your chance to win a FREE digi image...check out the LPS Blog Here for all the deets!

Happy Stampin'

Silvia

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Your Next Stamp and ways to use it

Today's card is for two challenges...the first is for the challenge over at Your Next Stamp Challenge Blog to use stitching, and the second is for today's challenge over at Splitcoaststampers...to use time...I made a birthday card so i think it fit the bill...with every birthday, time passes!

I love this Cupcake Cutie Fhiona stamp...and it now comes in a mini version of itself! I did some stitching with my new Janome Sew mini machine and I also used a fun fun punch and DP along the bottom edge...this card was stamped on shimmery white cardstock and it's SOOO pretty in real life! ohhh Booo you can't see it!

Supplies:

Stamps: Cupcake cutie Fhiona by Your Next Stamp

Ink: Stazon black

Paper: shimmery white cs, scrap of unknown DP

Accessories: glitter, janome sew mini machine, scallop border punch, glitter, button, linnen thread, water color pencil, aqua painters.

Thank you sooo much for stopping by!

Happy Stampin'

Silvia

LPSC63 Make a 3-D project!

It's Monday once again...how does the weekend go by so fast! With Monday marks a new challenge over at the Little Paper Shop Blog...and this Mondays challenge is a 3-D challenge! I love making 3-D projects! There is a fun prize this week too...a free digi image of {Ice Cream Tyson} So come and play along with us! You can use any images you want...but if you have LPS images we would love to see them!

Here is my project! I made a shadowbox frame for a little baby girl...her first birthday really, but I think one year olds are still babies! I got a Janome sew mini sewing maching a few days ago and I have been itching to use it...so when the Friday's challenge over at SCS came along to make a quilt I knew just what I was going to make!

The stamp set I used is called {Everyday}.

It's a phenominal sentiments set and I love ALL the sentiments!!! This one reads "The best and most beautiful things can not be seen or heard. They must be felt with the heart." Hellen Keller.

Ahhh that sentiment is just lovely! Perfect for a baby gift!

Anywho, I do hope you will play along with us over at LPS!

I also made this for a couple of challenges...

-SCS F4A challenge 7 on Friday make a quilt

-LPSC63 challenge to make a 3-D project

-Stamp something stitching challenge

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Stampin'

Silvia

Hosting The Free For all on SCS

Hey hey hey! It's time for the Free for all Challenge 4 on SCS and guess who your hostess is? Yum...it's me! So here is a fun challenge for you... It's called Colorful baskets...and your challenge is to either make a basket or a card with a basket image, but you must also use the colors Perfect Plum, Barely Banana and Certainly Celery in your project!

Here is my sample!

And here is another view of the basket, it's made from one sheet of cardstock that I cut to 8x10 and then score on the 2 inch mark on all sides...cute huh!

I love how the handles make is look like a picnic basket!

Anywho, thanks for stopping by and I really do hope you'll play along!

Happy Stampin'

Silvia

Hosting LSC...and an announcement

Hello my friends! Today is my turn to host the LSC...and I have a pretty simple challenge for you...what are you challenged with you might ask? To make a card using Ribbon and Trim...Trim? Huh? What! Yup, all those fancy border punches...get one out...I'd love to see you use it! I have a new one, so that's what I used, but dig one out of the drawer or run to the nearest craft store and purchase a new one...you have an excuse! YOu *NEED* it for this challenge!



This is my card...pretty straight foward, but cute none the less...I love these colors and I think the red really pops! I simply stamped the flurishes from the {Floral Frenzy} Set by Little Paper Shop in stazon black in a straigh ine, I then placed black pearls in-between each flourish and some black gems on top...I then simply punched out my new trimp punch on real red cardstock and added a dash of gingham ribbon...sentiment and voila...card is made! Easy as pie!

Now I know you want to give it a try! I so hope you plat along and please please tune in next week for a super fun and awesome thing going on at the Limited Supplies Challenge on Splitcoaststampers!

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Stampin' and I can't wait to see what you come up with!

Hugs,

Silvia

Birthday Princess...

Barber style! Today on SCS is Featured Stamper155 challenge, and today's featured stamper is Karen B Barber. Check out her awesome gallery here! I loved it sooo and since I have to go to a birthday party in about an hour, I thought to myself...self, you really should have a birthday card to go with the present! So I checked out SCS and got inspiration from Karen's card here!

Isn't this a cute layout? I changed the whole theme of the card...Karen's was elegant and sophisticated while mine is...well cute and childish...perfect for a 5 year olds birthday! The stamp set is a retired set from My Favorite Things called Princess Birthday and I do love the set! Has a great sentiment too for the inside that I used a portion of! My card measures 5.5 inches wide and 2.75 inches wide...I love long cards!

Supplies:

Stamps: Princess birthday by MFT

Ink: Stazon black

Paper: Kraft, PTI white, pixie pink, DCWV designer paper

Accessories: Watercolor pencils, aqua painter (cuz I can't find my blender pens!), sheer ribbon, rhinestones, word window punch, curly label punch, dimentionals, designer scallop punch

Thank you sooo much for stopping by! We are off to the party!

Hugs and happy Stampin'

May you be blessed and a blessing!

Silvia

Hard as bricks!

So todays card is to fit many challenges! First is the Saturday Spotlight challenge to make a card with a snowflake...love this challenge as it's freezing right now (Okay so maybe it's 53 degrees, but thats freezing to me!!!) I used some snowflake flurries from SU! that I had...I love these things but I need to not hoard them!

The next challenge is the Little Paper Shop Button challenge hosted by little ol me! I used a button brad...thanks for the reminder Cindy!

The next challenges both come from SCS. The first is the TLC 256 challenge to create a brick wall and the next is from the CAS 50 challenge to use the color teal on your card.

I used the new Little Paper shop set called {Lily and Lucy messages} that will be available tomorrow. There is also a 15% discount on your total purchase...just enter WINTER as your coupon code at check out!!!

Supplies:

Stamps; {Lily and Lucy messages} by Little Paper Shop

Ink: Stazon black, taken with teak

Paper: PTI white, taken with teal

Accessories: felt flurries by SU, button brads, copic marker, dimentionals

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Stampin and may you be a blessing and be blessed!

Silvia

Another Lily and Lucy...

This one is for todays Featured Stamper 154 Challenge on SCS. They are Featuring JDMommy and she loves red...but alas I did not use red in my card...I'm such a dork! ohh well! I do like my card though...we I guess I did use a TINY bit of red on the heart, but very hard to see!

And here is my card! I cased from her card seen here...I didn't do the ribbona ll the way down like she did, but I think it's pretty close huh! I'm supposed to change some things up anywho right!

I hope you like my card! It uses the new set by Little Paper Shop called {Lily and Lucy Messages} that will be available on Tuesday.

Supplies:

Stamps: Lily and Lucy Moments by Little Paper Shop

Ink: Stazon black

Paper: Kraft, so saffron, basic black, SU! designer paper

Accessories: sewing machine, glue dots, ribbon, SU markers

Thanks for stopping by! Happy Stampin and may you be blessed today!

Silvia

LSC255: Tiny Treats

Hello ladies and gents! It's my turn again to host the LSC today on Splitcoaststampers...and I have choosen to go with small treats and cards! My cards measure 2 and 3 quarters square and I used just about the same supplies on both my card...although I added buttons to one and crystal effects to the other...and I made two different treats! So cute! yeahhhh!!!


Here is a group shop of my little creations! I love the little candy...it's actualy white chocolate with oreos mixed in...YUMMMM. And in the tiny little box is a hershey kiss!

Just a close up...I love this set by Paper Trey Ink...it's called Tiny Treats by Paper Trey Ink

I put just a dab of cyrstal effects on my heart...cute huh!

And here is a close up of my little box....I love it!

Now if you would like to make the tiny little box just simply click on the image above and then print it out, after that just score on the back lines and cut on the red and assemble. Please let me know if you need any help with the assembly! I got this awesome idea from Sharon on SCS. Thanks Sharon!

Supplies:

Stamps: Tiny Treats by Paper Trey Ink

Ink: cranberry crisp, stazonblack

Paper: kraft and white by PTI

Accessories: ribbon, buttons by basic grey, crystal effects, mini glue dots, dimentionals

Thanks for stopping by and please play along with us!

Hugs and may you be blessed today and always!

Silvia