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Final Friday Challenge for Paper Garden Projects...

 

Happy Friday, woot-woot!  I am looking forward to a weekend of downtime and stamping! This month's Final Friday Challenge from Paper Garden is to use Bright Blue, Brown and Yellow-Green.  When I first read this I thought there is no way! But then I pulled the colors out and it all just came together!  I am loving how Ian and his surfboard came out!!  I used last week's sketch at 2 Sketches 4 You.  I am just loving the way this little dude turned out!  And I am especially impressed with myself that there is NO Patterned Paper on this card!  Who knew that was possible, lol.  On the green panel I used the Summer Note Block and stamped it in black. Make sure you pop on over to the Paper Garden Blog to get the deets for the challenge because not only is it a fun one, but Cathy has a fun goodie you can win too!!

Stamps: Surfer Ian, Summer Note Block  Paper: Suede Brown Med., Baby Blue Dark, Intense Kiwi (Prism)  Ink: Onyx Black (Versafine)  Accessories: Button & ribbon (Paper Garden), Brads (Queen & Co)   Challenges: Copic Creations #26, 2S4Y50, PGP Fourth Friday  
 Copics Used: C3, 5, 7, 9, E000, 00, R20, B000, 05, 06, YG00, YG13, YG23

It's overcast and raining outside...

... but inside it's Spring and Butterflies!

 

  Have you checked out Mercy's sketch for this week?  I just love it (I know, I say that every time, lol).  Well this is Danni and I didn't get to play with her during peeks, so it was high time I get her inky!  I love this SEI paper, the "darker" flowers on the paper is foiled and the brown strips are shimmery (I know, sorry for the bad picture).  I cut out the top butterfly and using a pop-dot placed it on the flower.  I also went over all 3 butterflies with some Smooch Pearlized Top Coat.

Stamps: Danni & "Hello" (Paper Makeup Stamps)  Paper: Claire (SEI), Suede Brown Medium (Prism), Vanilla cs (SU), Stampers Select White (PTI)  Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento), Onyx Black (Versafine), Copics  Accessories: Summer Sunrise Satin ribbon & Button (PTI), Twine, Flower (SEI), Pearlized Top Coat (Smooch)  Challenges: Mercy's Tuesday Sketch #71

It's a Mojo of a day...

 

 Happy Tuesday!  Teresa has an awesome sketch over on the Mojo Monday blog and I had a few minutes to play between playing Taxi to the kiddo's.  I don't think you can see it in the picture but I punched out the sentiment and popped it up from the swirly frame.  Well, sorry again, for the quick post...but need to catch me some Zzzz's

Stamps: Fairy Tales (Verve)  Paper: Claire (SEI), Dark Chocolate (PTI), Prism cs  Ink: Butterscotch (Vivid), Coffee Bean (Vivid)  Accessories: Brads (Making Memories), Dark Chocolate Satin ribbon (PTI), Berry Sorbet buttons (PTI), Rhinestones (ZVA), Circle Nesties  Challenges: Mojo136

Just for fun...

 

It was quite the busy weekend around here, but I really needed a few minutes of coloring time!!   So I grabbed one of my Anya's and whipped this out pretty quick before I had to get back to house stuff and work.  A little stamp time is WAY better than NO stamp time, lol.  Sorry for the quick post, but it is past nighty-night time for me.  See ya soon... hope you have a wonderful week!

Stamps: Frapper Anya (The Greeting Farm), Party Time (Verve)  Paper: Key Ingredients kit (Taylored Expressions), Prism cs, Dark Chocolate cs (PTI)  Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento), Coffee Bean (Vivid), Copics  Accessories: Black Glaze pen (Sakura), Black Glitter pen (Spica), Stardust pen (Sakura), Chocolate Chip ribbon (SU)  Challenges: MTSC70

A Friendly Garden Walk blog hop

Welcome to the Paper Garden Projects Friendly Garden Walk

Grab your Latte and get comfy in your cozy spot.  While you visit, subscribe to each Gardener's blog and take note of each designer's name and their Friendly Word in their blog post. Once you finish your garden tour, send an E-mail to custserv@papergardenprojects.com with the list of designers and their Friendly Word.

Everyone who sends the correct list of designers and words will be entered in a random drawing to win the OA Buddies set from The Greeting Farm!! You need to send an e-mail to the address above; please don't leave your list as a comment. You have until midnight (EST) on Tuesday, April 27 to send your list.

So enjoy the garden tour (feel free to bring along a friend!). Here is the garden tour guide list:

Cathy ~ Amber ~ Tangii (you are here) ~ Tricia ~ Linda ~ Erin ~ Andrea ~ Alyssa

 

 This month's theme is "friends", and what do stampers do for their friends?  Why, they get them addicted to stamping, of course!  Several months ago I got one of my friends addicted to stamping, though she swore she was NOT "craftily inclined", lol!  What better gift for a beginning stamper (who also has preteen kids) than a "mobile coloring kit".

There are pockets on both sides to hold some pre-stamped images.  Of course I had to include a few Ian's for her.  This tin is perfect for her to take to the skate park,  while her little "dude" is shredding she can color some images!  I left the back of the tin plain so she'd have a flat, hard surface to color on.  There are images in both pockets, but I also colored a Surfer Ian just to get her started.

This tin is deep enough even, to be able to hold some markers too!  Doesn't get much easier than this!  Have skate lessons, will color!  lol  Happy coloring Rach'!  and Happy Hopping to the rest of you.  Thanks so much for popping by, enjoy the rest of the hop.  I almost forgot, your "friendly word" is CHUM.

Stamps: Surfer Ian and Skater Ian  Paper: La-Di-Da (Kaisercraft), Majestic Purple Medium (Prism)  Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento), Copics  Accessories:  Rhinestones, Ribbon, Brads (Queen & Co)

  

Makeup 4 the Weekend and an Earth Day sale reminder

 

First a reminder that Paper Makeup Stamps is having a sale on some Earth Day themed stamps, but you'd better hurry because the sale ends Sunday (click here for a list of what's on sale)!  Now, HAPPY FRIDAY!!!!!  Woo hoo!  I cannot wait for a weekend of stamping and hanging out with my boy-dorks!  Sheer bliss!!  Today's Makeup 4 the Weekend Challage is "Rainbows".  You must use red, orange, yellow, green, blue & purple (or something close to that).  I sometimes struggle with so many colors, so I kind of procrastinated starting this, but once I started I couldn't stop (clearly).  I think I went a little overboard with some of the embellies, but oh well!  I used one of the Blossom Nesties behind Sprout, and the more I look at it, I think I would have liked the Jumbo Scalloped Circle there better.  I sponged some "sky" around her using Tumbled Glass Distress ink.  I also colored my flower with my Y21 Copic... I love having the "perfect color" flower for whatever I need :).  Now head on over to the PMS Blog to see some more "Rainbow Goodness" and make sure you link up your creation to Mr Linky!  TTFN, hope you all have a wonderful weekend!  Thanks for popping in.

A new look for the Inking Spot!

So... do you LOVE the new look?  I do!!!  The amazingly talented Michelle Laycock did it again! How she comes up with this stuff is beyond me!!  If you are up for a "make-over" or an "up do", I highly suggest and recommend Michelle... she truly is amazing and super sweet!!  So back to the reason you came here, lol... 

 

I have missed playing some of my favorite challenges, like Crazy 4 Challenges.  I am hoping that now that my stamp room is nearly done being "re-org'd" I can get back in to the groove of things.  This weeks challenge was a sketch so I grabbed some of my favorite pp, and Rose and got inky!  You can't really see it, but I sponged some Antique Linen Distress Ink around Rose... love that softened look.  Now that I got me some GREAT sponges (thanks to Katie and Tara!!) I'm gonna go on a sponging spree! Lol.  Well, happy "hump day"... I hope you have a fabulous rest of the week!

Stamps: Rose & sentiment (Paper Makeup Stamps)  Paper: Wisteria pp (Basic Gray), Bazzill cs, Stampers Select (PTI)  Ink: Tuxedo (Memento), Copics  Accessories:  Misc ribbon, misc flowers, Labels Nestie

Finally, some stamp time!

 

I got my box of goodies from Paper Garden Projects the other day and was dieing to play!  I am fairly new to the Greeting Farm images, so I was super excited to play with these Ian's!!  I used the Farm Fresh Friday sketch (I've never played along with them either)...such a fun sketch!  It's a simple card but I realized, I don't have very many masculine embellies or papers even... I'll have to work on that I guess.  For the "vacation" word on here, I used one of these Note Blocks, and then just cut out the word I wanted.  These blocks are so cool for creating your own dsp, or picking out a word or two!   Well, I hope you are having a wonderful Sunday... I need to get back to the "inky board", so much stamping so little time, lol!  Thanks for popping in!  Leave me a comment about your favorite embellishments to use on masculine cards... I'd love to hear some ideas!

Stamps: Skater Ian, Summer Note Block  Paper: Devonshire pp (Kaisercraft), Prism cs  Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento)  Acessories:  Twine, Brads, Button (PTI), Deckled Rectangle nesties

PMS Review week

 

Katie thought it'd be fun to do a review week of the sneak peeks/April Release.  This is one of the new word art images for the month.  

Stamps: Deuteronomy 31:6 (Paper Makeup Stamps)  Paper: Kioshi (Basic Gray), Black & Ivory cs (Gina K)  Ink: Onyx Black (VersaFine), Milled Lavender (Ranger Distress)  Accessories: Black Candy Dots (Pebbles Inc.), Labels 1 Nestie, Aqua Mist ribbon (PTI) 

Crazy for Miss Anya

 

 Happy Monday!  I am so sad that the boys are back in school today :(... ah well, maybe some stamping will cheer me up, lol.  Well I have finally colored my very first Miss Anya.  One of my stamping friends stamped a couple of images for me to play with... I'm addicted!  I gave her the paper to stamp them on, and I don't like the paper for my copics!  Have you ever played any of the Crazy 4 Challenges?  This is an amazingly talented group with some AWESOME challenges!  I haven't played with them in a bit and I've really missed it, so this weekend I was determined to play!  The challenge was a 1, 2, 3.. 1 ribbon, 2 buttons or brads and 3 punches.  Easy peasy?  NOT for me!!!  This was truely a challenge (which is JUST what I needed!!).  Oh yeah, The Greeting Farm is also sponsoring this weeks Crazy 4 Challenges.

Stamps: Dressy Miss Anya (Greeting Farm)  Paper: Claire pp (SEI), Melon Berry cs (PTI), White (Gina K)  Ink: Tuxedo (Memento), Copics  Accessories: Claire & Juliette flowers (SEI), Pearl Brads (American Crafts), Scallop Lace punch (SU), Rectangle nesties & Labels nesties, White Satin ribbon (PTI)

We all need some butterflies...

 

Sorry for the late post, DS had his first Lacrosse game yesterday and when we got home I just couldn't resist snuggling with the boys for some reading time.  Before I knew it we'd all crashed!  Anyway, this is for this past week's sketch challenge on SCS.  I've been dieing to ink up the new Flutterbies, and this layout just seemed like a perfect fit. The sentiment is from the Buggy Sayings set.  The sentiment panel is popped up and the butterflies wings are bent up as well for some dimension (clearly I need to re-do this picture!).  Hope you all are having a fabulous weekend!

Stamps: Buggy Sayings & Danni's Flutterbies (Paper Makeup Stamps)  Paper: Juliette pp (SEI), Basic Gray cs (SU), White (Gina K)  Ink: Onyx Black (VersaFine), Copic  Accessories: Black Brads (Queen & Co), Black Glaze pen (Sakura), gray ribbon (SEI)

Paper Garden is Sponsoring a challenge!

 

Paper Garden Projects is sponsoring the current challenge over at Copic Creations!  The challenge... flowers.  This was a fun challenge and Copic gals have some great tutorial links for ya, just in case.  Up for grabs is a $25 gift cert to Paper Garden!!!  Woo hoo!  Around my flowers, I wanted to do some sponging... but of course I didn't have any sponges, my air can for my Airbrush is empty, as is my air tank (hubby fills it from his compressor, though he wasn't home).  I went digging through my drawers and found some stippling brushes... that worked fabulously!  I used some Antique Linen Distress Ink (thanks Katie!)...wowzers, I LOVE that stuff!!

Stamps: A Year in Flowers 2, A World without flowers wordart (Paper Makeup Stamps)  Paper: Origins (Basic Gray), Black, Spring Willow Dark & Buttercream cs (Prism), White Neenah cs  Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento), Copics  Accessories: Pearls, Black Ribbon, Stipple brushes,  

Happy Hop day!!

 

Welcome to the Paper Makeup Stamps April release Hop!!  I am so excited about this release.  Well, you should have come here from Christi Snow's blog, but if you didn't you're going to want to start at the PMS Blog (where you can find out how to save on this month's release or even how to get it for free!!).  This is Duncan (yup, as in Duncan Hines, lol) and he is just baking up a storm!  The best part about Duncan's cookies is that they are calorie-free!!!  When I was little I remember making goodies with my Gramma... this could be a fun card for her!  I probably "resembled" Duncan at some point in my childhood (though I cannot imagine someone calling me a monster!) hahaha!  Before I send you along your Merry, latte-sipping way... let me remind you about the Release Party tonight in the PMS Forum.  Party starts at 8pm central (which is also when the release goes live).  Last one there is a milk-dud!

Now hop yourself on over to Miss Katie's blog, but not before you take with you this morsel...

 

Stamps: Duncan & sentiment (Paper Makeup Stamps)  Paper: Home in Blue pp (MME), Not Quite Navy cs (SU), White (PTI)  Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento), Copics  Accessories: Green Candy drops (Pebbles Inc), Clear Glaze pen (Sakura), Nesties

PMS April Sneak Peek Day #3 - Let's Rock Out!!

 

Good morning!  Happy Tuesday.  Today the PMS DT are peeking some "Rockin" images (lol).  This is "EYE-Pod", isn't he just too cute?  If you look closer, you can see where I used some clear glaze pen on the iPod, part of the headphones and on his eye... just do add a little dimension.  Make sure you head over to the PMS Blog to see a few more Rockin' images being release tomorrow :).  Tomorrow morning the April Release Blog hop stars at the PMS Blog, make sure you hop along with us and see how you can get April Release images for less.  See you tomorrow :)

Stamps: EYE-Pod & sentiment (Paper Makeup Stamps)  Paper: Camping Plaid pp (Karen Foster), Papaya Puree Dark cs (Prism), Dark Chocolate cs (PTI), Kraft cs (Gina K)  Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento), Onyx Black (VersaFine)  Accessories: Brads (SU), Nesites (labels & ovals), Chocolate ribbon (SU)

PMS April Sneak Peek Day #2 - Oo La La

 

Welcome to Peek Day #2!  Today the PMS team is showcasing the "Oo La La" Corset set.  So many possibilities for this set.  Make sure you pop over to the PMS Blog to see the other Corsets and sentiments in this fun set.  I hope you all had a wonderful Easter.  I had a fabulous day full of cooking, family time (missed you Sissy) and good food...such a great day!!  Have a great Monday and I'll see you back here tomorrow for another peek from the April release and then on the 7th for the Blog Hop and Release Party!!

Stamps: Oo La La set (Paper Makeup Stamps)  Paper: Dancing Jewel pp (KaiserCraft), Vintage Ivory & True Black cs (PTI)  Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento), Onyx Black (VersaFine), Copics  Accessories: Chino Pearls (KaiserCraft), Fancy Tags (Spellbinders), ScorPal (for the "frame" scorelines on both panels), Deckled Rectangles Nesties, Black Satin ribbon (PTI)