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

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

YNS is going DOTTY!!!

With their challenge that is! It's time for Your Next Stamp's next byweekly challenge...todays challenge 15 is...yup, you guessed it...dots! I deceided to use severals kinds of dots. Dotted paper, white gel pen dots and big giant yellow dots...there are more, but they're hiding :)

I really love how this card turned out! I had origionally stamped the image and was going to leave the background white, but then I got a bee in my bonnet and decided that I wanted to bust out my craft ink pads and a sponge and go to town! So I made some masks (in honor of the Post-it Notes 30th Birthday) and made some masks for Fhionna and the clouds and then sponged using my craft ink...I love the way this looks, so bright and line free! Since I had already adhered it to the orange CS I went ahead and just pulled the sponge just to the edge and then let it be...SOOO cool I think!

I don't ususally use these bright colors, but i think they look FABBY...so bright and cheery! Love it!

Supplies:

Stamps: Flying high Fhionna by Your Next Stamp

Ink: stazon black, craft tempting turquoise

Paper: PTI white, Karen Frost DP, only orange by SU!

Accessories: Marvy scallop punch, white gel pen, sponge, 1 inch circle punch, watercolor

pencils and blender pens

Thank you sooo much for stopping by and I hope you play along with the

YNS 15 Dotty Challenge!

This is aslo for the Friday Sketchers 99 challenge!

Happy Stampin'

Silvia

Top Crop and a card

I got a FABBBBB e-mail this morning...one that Taylor from Taylored Expressions left me a comment that told me I made top 5 of Top Crops from sketch TESC109...I was freaking out...really!!! You can see the post here

Today's card is for two challenges...today's color 268 challenge from Splitcoaststampers and Sweet Sunday Sketches #66

The stamps I used are from a few different stamp sets but all sets are from Your Next Stamp
The Tulip can be found here and the clouds come from a set called Flying High Fhiona and the sentiment is from the Garden Greetings set which includes 4 gorgeous flowers and 18 sentiments

Supplies:
Stamps: Tulip, Garden Greetings, and flying high fhionna from YNS
Ink: Stazon black
Paper: old olive, ballet blue, barely bananna, DP from Basic Grey
Acecssories: watercolor pencils, blender pencils, manhattan embossing folder, big shot, jelly roll pen

Thank you soo much for stopping by!
Happy Stampin'

Silvia

Birthday beading...

I LOVED today's sketch challenge so much that I just had to make a card!

I'm in a bit of a hurry, so I will come back tomorrow and add more pics and give more details...but it's nighty night time for me!

Supplies:

Stamps: Birthday Princess by Your Next Stamp

Ink: Stazon black

Paper: kiwi kiss, vanilla by PTI, wonston DP

Accessories: thread, seed beads, organdy ribbon, embossing folder (Hard to see, but it's there), fancy scallop border punch, scallop border punch, dimentionals

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Stampin'

Silvia

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

New Ellies!!!

YOu need to check out Fhionas best friend Ellie...and her many hobbies!

And here is my super fun project!

I got this giant paper clip at AC Moore while we were back in the states for a dollar! A dollar peeps!...I loved it and knew I would be altering it...hmmm maybe I should of gotten another one!

I made this for a friend who will be leaving the island on Friday...I need to hurry over to her before I;m too late and have to mail it! Time flies when you're having fun!

And here is a closeup of little Ellie with Pressies...cute isn't she! I love her little bundle of presents and her cute little ourfit and matching headband! The paper is deom a glitter mat stack from DCWV. I love those paper packs...sooo pretty and shimmery without the mess!

I got the monthly blanks from Lisa Johnsons Blog on this post She has the calanders in two different PDF's and they are super easy to save and print, or you can just print them out and be good to go!

Supplies:

Stamps: Ellie with Pressies from Your Next Stamp

Ink: Stazon black

Paper: DCWV matstack, barely banana, whisper white

Accessories: border punch, ribbon, dimentionals

Also, don't forget about the awesine prise pack over at the Your Next Stamp Blog and the rest of the DT's awesome creations!

April 5 - 15 2010 sale info...
20% off all stamps - fill your cart with stamps only and enter the code YNSAPRIL during the checkout process
OR
10% off your entire order - want more than just stamps today??? Fill your cart with anything from the store and enter the code APRIL2010 during the checkout process

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Stampin'

Silvia

Mini Fhionas

They are here, they are here...but they aren't "here" with me! The mini Fhionas are being released today, but unfortunately they are not in my hot little hands today...so you will have to head on over to the Your Next Stamp Blog and check out what the rest of the DT came up with...but you WILL want to check them out and then head to the YNS Store because these little chicks are HOT! You will *NEED* them in your hot little hands asap!

Also, don't forget about their big sale!

April 5 - 15 2010 sale info...
20% off all stamps - fill your cart with stamps only and enter the code YNSAPRIL during the checkout process
OR
10% off your entire order - want more than just stamps today??? Fill your cart with anything from the store and enter the code APRIL2010 during the checkout process

Thanks for stopping by! Happy Stampin'

Silvia

Mom's Flowers

Hello there...today is preview day one for YNS...Your Next Stamp...and my very first post with them as guest designer! I know...I'm pretty excited myself!

First off, they are having a bog sale so be sure to check out their website HERE!

April 5 - 15 2010 sale info...
20% off all stamps - fill your cart with stamps only and enter the code YNSAPRIL during the checkout process
OR
10% off your entire order - want more than just stamps today??? Fill your cart with anything from the store and enter the code APRIL2010 during the checkout process

Now for my first card!!!

...the stamp sets I used is Garden Greetings and I think the flowers in this set are absolutely stunning! I used some Lemonde DP by Basic Grey and a very simple layout to showcase the sheer beauty of this stamp! I paper pieced it...and did some watercoloring using colored pencils and my blender pens.

Here is a close-up so you can see the dimention...I love love love how this card came out and my Mom is goignt o absolutely LOVE it...her birthday is coming up at the end of the month and I think she will thuroughly enjoy this card...she a major flower person and tulips just happen to be one of her FAV flowers...YEAHHH!!! So can you see it? Do you see the dimention? I stamped thr tupil on DP and then I stamped it again and only cut out certain sections and then proped them up on dimentions...for the stem I actually colored the stem and one leaf...then paper pieced one flat and one on dimentionals as well...I loveeeee it!

Supplies:

Stamps: Garden Greetings from Your Next Stamp

Ink: Stazon Black

Paper: Baja Breeze, white by PTI, lemonde designer paper by Basic Grey

Accessories:Top note die, big shot, designer scallop edge, pearls

Don't forget to stop on over to the "Your Next Stamp" blog to see what the rest of the DT came up with and leave a comment for the next 3 days to be entered for a chance to win a YUMMY prize pack!!

Happy Stampin'

Silvia

It's April!!!

I can NOT beliebe it's already April...Where has this year gone? Pretty soon it will be may and the first of our visitors will start arriving...we are packed this year with visitors almost back to back until Mid July...after that it will be a nice trip for me...I hope anywho!

With April being here...it marks my month as a guest designer with "Your Next Stamp" Stamp company...they have the sweetest images and I am honored to be a guest designer for them! Go, Check them out! Here is a link to their blog...and this is a link to their store! Enjoy...and tell them Silvia sent you!

Please stop back by on Tuesday for the beginning of their release previews...you won't want to miss their awesome stamps!

Your Next Stamp is Hoppin..

Blog hoppin that is!

I will be a guest designer for this FAB stamp company in the month of March, I am sooo excited you don't even know!

Right now though, they have some super cute and amazing new stamps and an amazing sale! So start HERE to hop along with them and enter for your chance to win some awesome stamps! You know you want to! Thery wanted to know what our Fav vacation spot was...I'm livin in it right now, the gorgeous Island of Crete!!

Happy Stampin'!!

Silvia

Your Next Taylored Sketch Inspiration

Hello stamping friends...sorry for my absence this week...I was a bit busy with my mom and sister sisiting me on the Island...and they only stayed for one short week so we had to take advantage of every minute!

But I am back today and I have a card that meets several fun challenges in blog land. I used the sketch from last weeks Taylored Expressions SC86 post and I used the IC challenge 202 for todays challenge as well as the Pink and Yellow challenge from Your Next Stamp challenge blog...lot's of fun and a super cute card!

This stamp set set is called {Birthday Princess} and it's by Your Next Stamp...they have some super fun stamps and you should go check them out...they just lowered their shipping costs too, so now they are even more of a bargain! I did some paper piecing on these gorgeous girls...I love paper piecing...it turns out so super cute and it's soooo easy! I then colored the rest of the girls, the hair and skin. Added some glitter and gems and called it a day...I did use a cuttlebug alphabed {Olivia} for the Thanks...I haven't used that think in a while...I really like how it turned out! Although, I think that I really need more ribbon...can a girl have too much ribbon, buttons, pretty papers, stamps, accessories, hmmm what else does a girl need! LOL

This is the tile that I was inspired by over at Xenia Taler . I was inspired by the pretty colors and the dots are just awesome! I used gems instead of gems and I think it looks super cute! The saffron on the tile is just gorgeous!

Supplies:
Stamps: Birthday Princess by Your Next Stamp
Ink: Stazon black
Paper: retired designer paper, so saffron, regal rose
Accessories: gems, cuttlebug Olivia font, water color pencils, glitter

Thank you sooo much for stopping by! I hope you like my card today! Happy Stampin!!!

Hugs,

Silvia

Your Next Stamp 1st Design Team Call

"Your Next Stamp" is having a DT call and I thought I would go ahead and apply...what's it going to hurt, they either pick me or they don't! LOL They wanted to see a couple of cards that I have colored so there are the two I choose...I have done them both a while back, but they are just too cute...so here they are!

Even though I am acting all non-challant about this application, I do hope to get picked...they have some of the cutest stamps...Their little Fhiona stamp line is just too adorable and I can totally see myself creating some FAB projects with their stamps! Plus Since I help host the Limited Supplies challenge on SCS (wink wink...shameless plug here!!! LOL) I thought it might be a good way to expose themt o many more stampers!


This card is actually one that I made a while back, the image is by The Digi Shack and I think it's super FAB!!! Love that little birdy strugling for the worm...you can do it little buddy!!!


This stamp set is from MFT and it's in the Bubble Bin right now...which means when it's gone, it's gone forever...so hurry on over there and get yours while supplies last! I love this little bunny and his crop of carrots...don't you? I love how simple this card is, but it's still stunning and I LOVE IT! So that's reason enough to re-post it for the DT call!

Thank you so much for stopping by! Say a little prayer for me...I hope they like me...really like me! LOL

HUgs and happy Stampin'

Silvia

"In everything, therefore, treat people the way you wan tto be treated for that is the law and the prophets." Matthew 7:12