LPS Monday...LPSC30

Today for LPS MOnday we have a color challenge for you! YEAHHH I love color challenges!!! And it's a great one...I didn't think I would like it at fisrt...but boy is it cute!!!


Here are the colors...aren't they just gorgeous!!! I love Kiwi kiss...so sad that it's gone! I'm sure SU!'s new colors are awesome too! hmm I think I need to place an order!


This is my card! I decided to make a wiper card...the instructions are here... I used an LPS set called {Beauty of Nature} I really like the birds in this set! They are pretty amazing and funt o color too!

Okay so my wiper card goes in the opposite direction as the instructions...but I think it's cute non the less! LOL For the scalloped circle I used the suede technique where you rub your paper with a bone folder and then peel the layers apart to reveal suede like feel...I then crumpled it and inked it to make more suede like! I also used the SU! scallop punch to make the scumptious looking clouds!

Supplies:

Stamps: {Beauty of Nature} by Little Paper Shop

Ink: Stazon black, kiwi kiss, chocolate chip, bordering blue, pumpkin pie

Paper: kiwi kiss, chocolate chip, bordering blue, natural white, retired designer paper

Accessories: buttons, scallop punch for cloud template, giga scallop punch by marvy urchida, chocolate chip satin ribbon, scallop border punch, top note die, big shot, crafter tool kit, linnen thread, key tag punch, rounded tab punch, aqua painter, spritzer tool, SU! markers

Please checkout what the rest of the Design team has created at the Little Paper Shop Blog!

Also, don't forget about the 15% discount at the Little Paper Shop store...that's 15% off your ENTIRE purchase! Just enter NEWLOOK at checkout to get your discount...valid until August 31!

Thank ytou so much for stopping by!

Happy Stampin'

Silvia

"In everything, therefore, treat people the same way you want to them to treat you, for this is the law and the prophets.” Matthew 7:12

LPS Sneak and DT challenge...

So Tuesday is release day for the Little Paper Shop! There are some super cute cute digi imagecoming out anf you are going to LOVE them!!!!!

Today we have a sneak preview for ou as well as our design team challenge...the challenge this month was issued by non other than the Lovely Bonnie at The Lucky Clucker also known as Eggette on SCS. Anywho, her challenge was to make a card using the spotlight technique...YOu can find the tutorial here!

So Why don't you play along!!! It will be fun! No time to play but you will want to win some FREE images? Head on over to the Little Paper Shop Blog and leave a comment and we will pick 3 winners to win 2 free digi images from this release totally FREE!!!


Here is my card!

As I was making it I really wanted to make a square card...have really been enjoying square cards lately for some reason...The digi image I used is called Jena Fairy and it will be available on the 18th of August...along with another super cute set...which will be previewed tomorrow...trust me you don't want to miss it!!!

Anywho, so my card is 4.25 x 4.25 and I used Kiwi Kiss (trying to get rid of the last of that!!!) and I then made a layer of whisper white that measures 3.75x3.75. I then grabbed my Urban Oasis designer series paper and cut it just 1/8th of an inch smaller than the white layer. Once I had all that picked I printed Jena Fairy twice and cut her out to 2x3 inches in size and matted it 1/8 of an inch bigger with Kiwi kiss again. I then colored the other image and pucnhed it out using my SU punches. Layered it all on and stamped a sentiment...added bling and called it a day! I was super excited about how it turned out! LOVE IT!!!!!

Here is a little close up of the coloring and bling...I love how the color in the wings is slightly darker than the outer edge of th wings and all the bling is just perfect! Don't forget to check out all the other awesome cards from the rest of the LPS design team!!!

Julia Betemps
Jessica Diedrich
Allison Fillo
Bonnie Sharp
Cindy Haffner
Heather Lee-Reppen
Jennifer Greco
Ann Kranitz - Guest Designer
Julie Lacey
Mel McCarthy
Sarah Green
Janna

Supplies:

Stamps: Didi Image Jena Fairy (available 8-18-09) sentiment from {Endless Arrangements} both from LPS

Ink: Stazon black, kiwi kiss

Paper: Kiwi kiss, whisper white, urban oasis DSP

Accessories: SU! circle punches, water color pencils, blender pen, dimentionals, gems, word window punch

Thank you so much for stopping by! I hope you enjoyed my card!

Don't forget to head on over to the LPS blog to win some FREE digis...you have 3 chances to win!!!!

Happy Stampin'

Silvia

“Our Father who art in heaven, hollowed be thy name. Thy Kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory forever and ever. Amen” Matthew 6: 9-13

Hosting the LSC...don't Break My Heart

What is the LSC...Limited Supplies challenge of course! I love this challenge...although lately I haven't had time to participate in many challenges at all! But hopefully that will change soon....probably once I'm all settled in our new place (sigh which wont be for a couple of months still...boo hoo!) I need reassurance people that this time will fly by!!! LOL

Anywho, back to my story! LOL the Limited supplies challenge is one that I am going to limit you to certain things and you have to stick to those guidelines when makeing your cars...check it out here on Splitcoaststampers!

*Don't Break My heart* is the name of my challenge!

-Stamps: Any!

-if you use a punch or die...it must be heart shaped

-if you use an embossing folder...it must have hearts

-if you use an accessory...it must be heart shaped or red

-Colors: any but you MUST have red in there somewhere

Easy peasy right? That's what I thought too! Here is my card to get you going!

The challenge over at the Little Paper SHop blog was to make a tent topper card...so I got a little carried away and made 2! This one is actually a mini tent topper, it only stands about 4 inches high and is 3 inches wide...Cute huh? I lvoe this paper, I love this dog! I lvoe this punch...Okay I think I'm giddy! This set is called {Puppy Love} and will be released by Little Paper Shop on this coming wednesday the 15th of January...isn't it just darling? The paper is an old christmas paper I had and the hearts...well they are just one of my FAVORITE new punches that Stampin' Up! is coming out with! You can actually pre-order this punch as part of the Love you much bundle that comes with the punch, paper, and a stamp set it's a great deal at 20% off intil the 31st of January...trust me you will want this stamp set and the punch...lovin the paper too!

Isn't the butterfly just too cute? I made a imple butterfly from just one little heart folded in halfand I cut some paper and used them as antena...love it!!!

Last but not least is my one and only accessory...red romance glitter a half punce jar for only $4.95, I have had my jar forever! Love it and it's just sooo sparkly! I used it on his colar and a little bit on the hearts too!

Supplies:

Stamps: Puppy Love by Little Paper Shop avail. January 15th

Ink: Stazon brown

Paper: Chocolate chip, real red, very vanilla, retired designer series paper

Accessories: water color pencils, red romance litter, heart punch!

So there you have it I hope to see many of you playing along!

Happy Stampin'

May God Bless you today and Always

Thanks for stoppin' by,

Silvia

Pacific Point and Glitter...

...Never looked so good!

Yes, that's my littlest baby...Isabella and she thinks those little bottles of reinkers are just too fun to hold...who knew whe could get them open! Not only did she get it open...she tried to drink it...I hope classic re-inkers aren't toxic! She also decided that she needed more sparkle in her life...so she dumped a little jar of Dazzling diamonds on herself! Agin...who knew she could open that tiny little jar! Can you see the glitter on her face and jammies?

I think this could be classified as a new techniwue...don't you?

No stamping for me yet today..I went to SU! Regionals yesterday and I have some fun photos to share with you all...but that will have to wait until tonight!

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Stampin'

May God Bless you today and always!

Silvia

Christmas Wishes

This card was made for Angel's "The 18 Rainbow days of Angelosity"
sketch challenge. It is actually a gate card and I love hjow it turned out! This Dove is a set from Little Paper Shop and it's called Christmas Wishes...Love the Dove and the sentiment font is just right up my alley! The cardstock is real red and the designer paper is a glitter matstack that I bought eyons ago for a bulk project...I believe it's from Die Cuts With a View but I could be worng! The center real red suare measures 3x3 and the inside layer is just a 1/8 inch shorter. I stamped the Dove in Kiwi Kiss ink and then sponged the edges, matter it on the red and adhered it to the card...now don't make the same mistake I did, I added glue to the WHOLE back side...DUHHHH good thing I had more real red carstock! LOL

To finish the card Off I added some ribbon and a white sheet of paper to the inside and stamped a sentiment on the onside as well...cute huh!

*** I just wanted to add that making this card was super easy using the Scor-Pal...simply cut your cardstock in half as normal and at the 2 inch mark there is a line to the right (between the 2 & 2.5 mark) score there and flip the cardstock and do it again...easy as pie!

Supplies:

Stamps: Christmas Wishes by Little Paper Shop

Ink: Kiwi Kiss, Stazon Black

Paper: Real red, Whisper White, DCWC designer paper

Accessories: Real Red stripped ribbon, rectangle hand held punch, sponge

Now I have had a few questions about what the folder I used for yesterdays project look like So I thought I would take a couple pics and show you what they look like!

Here is a pic of the inside...on the right there is a pocket for the CD's

And on the left there is a little pocket for some liturature or those picture indexes...whatever you want to put in there!

This last picture is of the back...it has a small spine. These CD folders are made of fiber board and can be stamped on or covered with designer paper. I am selling them for $5.00 for 10 of them plus shipping to you. Please e-mail me if you would like some, Subject: CD folders. Mabieme1999@yahoo.com

Thanks for Stopping by!

Happy Stampin'

May God Bless you Today and Always,

Silvia

Paper Napkin Trasnfer

Play so I had never done this technique before, I have always wanted to try it but have never gotten around to it! So todays Technique Lovers Challenge 192 on SCS was to create a card using the napkin transfer technique, so I thought Hey what a perfect oppertunity to try it out!

I was looking through the cabinets and would you believe that the only paper napkins I have are these Lightning Macqueen napkins! So a kids card it is! I have a newphew with a birthday next month so this is perfect!

On the technique lovers challenge thread is calls for parchments paper...but alas I am not a fancy cook and didn't have any of that in my drawer, but I had heard of doing this technique using saran or plastic wrap so that's what I did!

Here is the "Sandwich" that you need to make this card

-copy paper

-cardstock

-saran wrap

-napkin pretty side face up

-copy paper

-iron

***Be sure to separate your napkin if it's a 2 ply so that you are only using one layer on your card...won't stick too well if you have more than one layer!***

I also made this card to play in Sharons (notimetostamp) challenge on her blog here...her challenge was to make a flat card...no raised embelishments...I think I accomplished the task, but boy did I want to add eyelets or brads somewhere!

Supplies:

Stamps:Beauty of Nature by Little Paper Shop

Ink:Stazon black

Paper:real red, pacific point, whisper white

Accessories: copy paper, circle punches, key tag punch, napkin, saran wrap, iron, corner punch

***All Supplies from Stampin' Up Unless otherwise stated***

And Now for some personal pics!

We had such a wonderful and busy weekend, but I wanted to share some pics from a costume party we went to. My friend Nikki (NCSUNikki on SCS) has thrown a very nice and so much fun Halloween party for the past few years and we always have the privelidge to be invited. Our kids just love it. They have all sorts of games with prizes for the kids and a rockin swing set! So here are some pics from the party.

David Went as Batman, he looks on seriously as he waits his turn at the octopus toss game...for every ring they toss on the octopus they get prizes from the goody basket! Serious stuff!
Emelia was a Princess, her crown is hidden by her flying hair, she loved her costume so much that she wanted to sleep in it! LOL No I didn't let her, but I did let her wear it to the evening service at church though! LOL

And here is a twofer, a picture of Bella as a Baby Jaguar and Andrew...not sure what he went as, but at least he had a costume! (I love you baby!!!, and your awesome costume!!!LOL)

Doesn't Bella look too cute with her little wiskers? I didn't even try to put a headband with little ears on her because I knew they wouldn't last more than 2 seconds! I was glad she let me color her nose and add wiskers!

That's all I have for you today!

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Stampin'

May God Bless you Today and Always,

Silvia

I'm a challenge hostess!!!

So today is my turn to host the challenge on SCS and I have choosen to do Orange Roasters...make a card using the color orange and a coffee image! Any shade of orange is just right!

So here is my card ... Did I do okay on the challenge? Who doesn't love a good cup of coffee?

For this card I wanted to do the emboss resist technique...SomI fisrt stamped the coffee cup with Craft Chocolate Chip ink and covered it in clear embossing powder and heat set...then I stamped the steam in Versamark and topped that with clear embossing powder and heat set. The final step to this process is to use a brayer and ink it well then go over the whole sheet of paper...be sure to wipe the excess ink off the embossed images with a tissue! (doesn't the steam look just perfect?

I mounted the now Tangerine Tango (I say now because it used to be vanilla when we fisrt started!) cardstock and mounted it onto chocolate chip cardstock. Added a piece of hardware from my new pack of clips assortment and some chocolate chip tafetta ribbon to the main image.

For the base of the card I wheel the Swirly stars (retired) wheel across the top using tangerine tango classic ink and then added a portion of the top note die that I made using the exclusive SU! die's. Once I cut out the die using my die cut machine, I inked the edges with chocolate chip ink and a sponge. Added ribbon all the way around the card, adhered the main image and added the sentiment with chocolate chip craft ink and the card is done! What do you think?

What You'll Need!

All supplies by Stampin' Up! Unless otherwise stated.
Stamps: Like it a latte, star swirls wheel (both retired)
Paper: Chocolate chip, tangerine Tango, very vanilla
Ink: Tangerine Tango (classic), Chocolate Chip (craft), Versamark
Accessories: Clear embossing powder, brayer, taffeta ribbon, Big shot die Top Note, Clips assortment, sponge, wheel handle

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you get to play the challenges today!

Don't forget about my ribbon share in this post here

Happy Stampin'

Polished stone resist

Hey ya’ll,

Just thought I would share a quick card with you all this morning...waiting for the towels and bathing suits to dry so we can take off and go to the pool with my sister...the kids are all still asleep and so I thought I would make a quick card!

I used the polished stone technique, as well as the versa mark resist. I first stamped the glossy cardstock with versamark ink and then embossed it with clear embossing powder, then I did the polished stone technique...for this card I used purely pomegranate, chocolate ship, silver and even though you can’t really see it, soft sky ink refills.

Thanks for stopping by!

Have a great weekend, we have a busy day tomorrow, so I will see you all on Monday!

Happy Stampin’

Tuesday's Teacher...ON A TUESDAY

So I have been trying to post this for quite some time now...either it's my computer or netzero is having some issues...either way it's driving me bananas!!

Crazy enough I actually had a plan and am doing what I said I would do all along! I'm posting Tuesday's Teacher on a Tuesday...crazy as that might seem! Here is today's Bible verse

I am the way, the truth and the life. No one come to the Father except through Me. John 14:6

Do you know who Jesus is? he is the son of God in the image of man. We must first acknowledge Him and believe that he is our Saviour befoe we can enter into the Kingdom of heaven. Knowing who God is and who we are helps us to grasp our situations clearly as we seek a deeper relationship with Him. Jesus not only shows us the way, He IS the way. He not only speaks the truth...He IS the truth. He not only bring the life...He is the life. He Himself suffered for us, so that we can one day be in heaven for eternity with the creator of the universe. Let Jesus be your way, your truth, your life. Let him guide your foot steps, your movements, your every breath.

Todays Tutorial... Paper tole

This is a very easy technique...just not the fastest technique.

Here are the supplies you will need, I used water color paper, but definately NOT a requirement!

Water color paper

Water based markers(I used cameo coral, apricot appeal, mellow moss, creamy carmel)

Aqua painter

stamp set of choice (I used Time with you)

Stazon Timber brown ink

cardstcok and accessories of your choice

The fisrt step is to stamp your images on water color paper and then color them with your makers... I then went through and used my aqua painter to lift away some of the ink to give it a more water colored effect.

In this step I have actually just finished cutting up all the parts that I want to be raised from the various stamped and colored images...this is where your patience can be tested a bit!

Once you have them all cut up...you just have to layer. On the top layers I like to flair the ends some to give it more detail...with such small pieces it's a little harder though!

A closeup...don't you just love all the layers? There are 2 hats, 2 shirts, one pair of shorts, 3 flowers in baskets and one pair of sunglasses...man those were small!!!

This is another close up at a different angel so you an see all the layering details.

Here is the finished product! I hope you like it...a whole lot of work, but I definately think it turned out great! I love the paper tole technique...gives sooo much dimention to a card!

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you enjoyed the paper tole technique!

Happy Stampin'