Sweet Stampin Challenge Blog Guest Designer

Can you say excited!!! I have been dancing around my crafting soooooo excited to tell you that for the Month of August I will be the Guest Designer for Sweet Stampin Challenge Blog! How incredible is that and I am soooooooo honored to be working with the fabulous and very talented bunch of DT gals! Thank you so much Emma, I am very honored!

The Challenge this week is #38 and is Pretty in Pink (Pink being the main color).

Our SPONSOR THIS MONTH IS

Heather Ellis, Pure Innocence

She has some amazing images and is a very talented Illustrator. Please hop on over to her blog and check her out.

This card was soooooooooooooo much fun to make. Pink is such a fun color, I put it together with some black. The bella I used is driving a car. I had just finished watching Grease and was thinking of the Pink ladies *giggle*. It is one of my favorite movies.

My friend Leanne called and asked me if I had started crafting yet and I said I was making some hot chocolate and then I was going to get inky. I told her I was using one image when I changed my mind to use this cute thing. This bella was just waiting to get inked and now she is *giggle*.

Recipe: Martha Stewart Punch, SU Buttons, some bling, pearls, black ribbon, SU markers and copic's and D'vine Swirl, paper (SU) and dsp (SU), Ink is Versa Fine and clear embossing powder.

I am looking forward to stopping bye to see your creations for this challenge. Thanks for sharing in my first ever Guest Designer card with me.

A smile is being sent your way and I hope to see you soon.

P.S. Sorry for the late post...I read the clock wrong in for GMT (next week should be better, thanks for your patience).

Love is a Flower and PPC #24

Did everyone have a great long weekend? I hope so. Have we got a great summer color combo for you! Yep you heard it hear, these colors rock. They are bright and they make you smile so come and join us at Picture Perfect Creations to show us your rockin creations!
The sketch that I used this week comes from Our Creative Corner! Every Thursday they have some really cool sketches. I was preparing this card a head of time so I went back and picked one that I liked. Thanks ladies.

Oh, I am so excited for you to see this card. I hope you like the flower as much as I do and the sentiment is just awesome. They are both from the Verve set Love's Flower. The coloring was super fun and using the Martha punch just enhanced the look of the card (thanks Lori for letting me use the punch and stamps).
Summer seems to be flying by can you believe that we are already in August! It won't be long before everyone has to go back to school. I would like it if things would just slow down a bit. Does that ever happen?

Please hop on over to share some love with the other DT girls. Their master peices this week are just awesome (links are on the right hand side of my blog).

Here is smiling at you crafters and thanks for stopping by and sharing some love.

Butterfly Happiness and PPC #23

Good Morning to you! I have a very exciting new Color Combo from Picture Perfect Creations to tell you about! Can you believe we are on #23 already? Time flies when you are having fun and I sure am having fun. Well my crafting pal's these colors might just be my new favorites. I loved them immediately and new which sketch I wanted to use to make my card pop. Lori lent me her Verve stamps called Beautiful Kindness and what can I say but dang that BUTTERFLY IS BEAUTIFUL and wings of Friendship by SU!! Like any of our challenges their are so many things to do with these colors but I kept it simple. These colors will truly be used in some of my future card. I have been asked to make a 60th anniversary card and I think I have found my colors. Thank you Megan *giggle*.

This awesome sketch which helped make these amazing colors pop is by Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge. Thanks Mercy :)

Now for the beautiful butterfly :)

The punch at the bottom is a Martha Stewart, I used pearls, Dots Folder (SU) and SU Basic Gray Satin Ribbon. I just love the ribbon and really how this card just came together. The paper and ink are from SU. Thanks again Lori for letting me use some Daffodil Delight! It is a very pretty color.

Thanks for stopping bye and please check out the other DT's work! Their links are on the right hand side of my blog...share some love with them too!

Sending you smiles and I will see you soon!

Love, Chocolate and PPC #22

Hello to all my crafting Peeps! I am trying to figure out where July is going? I had the pleasure of taking my crafting stuff out to Lori's and worked on a couple of challenges. I must say this one sure did have me confuzzled (is that a word? probably not *giggle*). The night before I had worked and reworked the color layout several times. Then Lori and I worked and reworked the colors a few more times. We finally decided I needed a new sketch idea and to use a little less of one color. Thanks Lori for helping me out of my crafting troubles and THANK YOU MEGAN at Picture Perfect Creations for really making me think outside of my box! It is a super great challenge and sure do hope you join us for PPC Color Combo #22.

Thanks to the girls at JUST US GIRLS this sketch is just awesome and really helped me design a fantastic card (well I think it is *hee hee*).

Here is my creation! The little butterflies I must say were not my idea, Lori looked at my card and said, I think you should add this and I said okay! She was right and it just helped make my other butterflies pop. Again thanks Lori, for your good crafting eye!

The punch used on the bottom is my mom's. She just got it used it once and then I begged her to let me use it on my card challenge for this week. Isn't she awesome!! It is a super punch and I just might have to get it for my collection. Other punches were Martha Stewarts as well and some spellbinders. The ink and Paper are all SU but the sentiment is from Verve Love's Flowers. Which could possibly be my new favorite.

I have not always had the new colors from SU but Lori is a SU REP and she let me use some (Thank you)!!

Thanks for stopping in and please stop in to see the other DT's. They have rocked this challenging challenge. There links are on the right hand side of my blog! Keep smiling and see you soon.

Thank You and PPC #21

Good Morning! I hope this Monday morning finds you well and that the weekend went great for you! Today, I am getting ready to leave for my holidays with my DH and family. We are heading out to camp. The only downside is that after a week my neck still is not feeling much better *sigh*. It is what it is and the fun just can not wait.

I just love the colors that Megan put together this week. They were very fun to work with.
Color Combo #21 from Picture Perfect Creations please join us!

The sketch I used this week is from Melissa Craig from Tuesday Morning Sketches. It was one that I had wanted to do earlier but did get a chance. I saw these awesome colors from Megan and wola a card was born.
Here is my creation:

As you all know, I just love my Swiss dots, but I couldn't wait to try something new. My friend Lori showed me how to create the layered effect with the ribbon, but I decided to leave the bow off with my scalloped circles being to big. All in all pattern paper was finally used and my Martha Stewart Punch. Only two changes they are Riding Hood Red in place of Cherry Cobbler and Chocolate Chip for Early Espresso.

See you back here soon and have a fantastic Monday! Thanks for sharing my card with me.

P.S. Please don't forget to share your love with the other PPC DT's they have some more awesome work this week. Their links are on the right hand side of my blog.

My Very First Fun Blog Award!!!

What a wonderful surprise tonight!!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH ALLISON. I was reading my comments for my DT card this week and Allison from To Many Projects, too Little Time gave me a Beautiful Blog Award!!! I am sooooo honored and excited. This is way to cool and it sure has made my day! Thanks Lori for the info too! Please stop bye and check out Allison blog she does amazing work and I have been having fun getting to know her!
I must say I love blogger land with all of you wonderful crafters out there. It is so much fun meeting you and seeing your talents.

The rules for this award are:
1. Thank the person who gave this award to you.
2. Copy the award and put it on your blog.
3. List three things which you love about yourself.
4. Post a picture you love.
5. Tag five people you wish to pass this award on to.

Three things I love about myself:
1. Helping others.
2. Meet new people and friends
3. The fact that I love to crafty, it doesn't matter what kind of craft just that I too work with colors.

This picture is my amazing family that I love with my whole heart :)

These are Five People I would love to give this award too, they each have amazing blogs:

1. Sandra Farrell - Stamper' On the Shore

2. Julie Ranae - Julie's Open Window

3. Lacey Stephens - Hand Stamped by Lacey

4. Nuria - Scrap.cat

5. Paula - Scrap Addict's Attic

thanks again Allison for making me smile and brightening my day. Your talents are amazing just like you!

Love Generously, PPC-CC #20

Well, where did our weekend go???? My craft room was feeling very negelected this week. Who knew it was going to be sooooooo busy. We were lucky that we had some nice weather during the day but some huge storms at night. I hope everyone had a great Canada Day and Fourth of July! We were to go swimming at the lake and then have a bbq but I woke up with a neck that wouldn't move and a ton of pain. My family was great and stayed home with me without complaining *heart them*. I am still having trouble but hopefully soon it will disappear. Now onto the good stuff. Justin left yesterday and is now at home with his mom and sister. I will miss him, he sure did make me laugh. I got to meet my nephew Travis's wife and my great neice (7months) yesterday also. It sure was nice to see my nephew and family. They live in South Korea so they don't make it home very often. His wife is beautiful and his little girl is just gorgeous!!!

On to our Rockin' Color Combo #20 over at Picture Perfect Creations but I must say I found it hard to layer (in my head it worked so much better...LOL). I worked this card a few times and the end result is a card that my DD just loves. My difficulty might have come from not having the rich cherry cobbler, the closest paper was Riding Hood Red in my paper stash. The little flowers on the side are from Memories Such As These where I sell my cards and the corner scallop punch is from SU. The stampset is from Close to My Heart (it is one of my fav's), back ground stamp is from SU. Megan you rock and thanks for the super great color combo again this week.
Creating a design from my head just seemed impossible last night so I hopped on over to Card Patterns and boys they didn't let me down (one more layer was added). Thanks ladies for being an inspiration to me.

The open space on each layer bothered me and I soooo wanted to put something there but Kaitlyn said to me "MOM just leave it alone, it looks nice the way it is." So I listened to her and hope you like the end result too.

Please don't forget to stop by Megan, Nicole, Sandy, Jackie, Paula, Lori, Melissa, Debbie, Allison and Trish. They all have made amazing creations again this week. Their links are on my right hand side so please hop on over and share some love.


Wishing you a very happy Monday. Today is the first Monday out of school can you see my happy dance :) Happy crafting to you!!!

MY BLOG CANDY WINNER along with the PPC BLOG HOP!!

Good Morning to all of my crafting buddies out here in blogger land. Have you been excited to learn who is the winner of my extra candy for the Picture Perfect Creations BLOG HOP???

I won't keep you waiting any longer because I am ready too bust!! My nephew Justin from Victoria, B.C. helped me write the names and pick the winner out of a hat (LOL)!!! It was so much fun since this is my first blog candy I have ever offered.

The Winner is: Leanne Elliott from http://bankingoncrafts.blogspot.com/

Please contact me at craftychic73@gmail.com and send me your address, so I can mail you your goodies ASAP!!! Thank you so much to everyone who chose to comment and played along and for those of you who chose to follow my blog that is so awesome.

Let me tell you I was excited too. Megan has also posted the Winners over at Picture Perfect Creations for our Blog Hop so please check it out and see if you are on the List. You have until July 7 to contact her if you have won!! Congratulations to all of the winners.

Once again thank you so much for supporting Picture Perfect Creations, I can't wait to see more of you playing along with our color combo challenges. Join us it is a great place to be!! Along with all of the Design Team members I would like to thank everyone who joined us in our First ever BLOG HOP, it was so much fun and I can't wait to do it again. We really enjoyed seeing everyones creations. You all ROCK!!!

Summer-y Fun continues with PPC Color Combo #19

Wow the weeks are just flying bye! Today, is the second last day of school for my kids. I have been lucky enough to have my nephew Justin staying with me for a few days before he is off to my mom's ( he is from Victoria, B.C.). On Saturday it was awesome because I also had Cassidy and Cody (my other nephew's) here for a visit too. Yesterday, was my last stamp class for the summer! I will miss my peeps but I am looking forward to a summer of fun and crafting in my very cool (cold) craft room *wink*. Thanks ladies for a wonderful day!! This morning I had a shock when my alarm didn't go off and Ty and Taylor were ringing my door bell waiting for me to come let them in (LOL). My heart was just a beating...LOL. I really need a new alarm clock..LOL! What a surprising start to the morning.

Our first blog hop has now come to an offical end! Not to worry the fun is not over we are now onto Color Combo #19 at PPC ! Thanks for all of my new followers and to the others who commented during the blog hop on my card. Megan has out done herself once again. The colors she picked are again summer-y kind. I didn't have Daffodil Delight so I used Summer Sun instead (the yellow is very bright). I also would like to let you know that our sponsor this week is PRETTY PIN EMBELLISHMENT by Lisa G., http://prettypinembellishment.blogspot.com/, her pin's are just awesome so please hop on over to her website and check them out.
The sketch I chose is from Jen del Muro at i*heart* 2 stamp, thanks Jen for doing such a terrific sketch this week. Now I did turn it on it's side because I the image I used this week, I hope that is okay.

This CC Design Fairy is just sooooooooo adorable...I know I did a fairy for PPC #18, but I do love them and well this little cutie was just begging to be used...LOL. I didn't have inks in Riding Hood Red so I used a different Red and then used my blender pen to make the middle part of the dress lighter; of course I just had to use dazzling diamonds some flowers, butterflies and pearls, oh and not to mention D'Vine Swirl and Swiss Dots Cuttlebug folders and scalloped trim border to make my card complete.

Are you excited, here is the full card :) *wink*. I just *heart* her :)

Thanks for stopping in and enjoying my card with me. Stay tuned for the announcing of the winner. I will be announcing it along with Megan's announcement of the winners from the PPC Challenge blog. So stop on back...to see who the lucky crafter is. Please come by and join us for a new challenge each week. The people are fun and so are the color combo's. Share some love with the other DT's, their cards and scrapbook layouts are just awesome (they are great inspirations)! Have a day fun of sunshine and smiles.

PPC Summer-Kick Off Blog Hop Is HERE!

**Please Note** This post will remain on top for newer posts please scroll down!

Today is the day so WELCOME to the first Picture Perfect Creations BLOG HOP! I am dancing around with excitement today because this is the first blog hop we are hosting and the first one I get to be part of (yahoo!). Our Summer Kick-Off Blog Hop has an amazing color combo which will be sure to inspire some summer creations. If you have come from Sandy's Blog you are in the right place. If at anytime, you get lost along the way hop on back to the PPC Challenge Blog and start from the beginning! Be sure to stop by all of our PPC Creator DT blog hop posts (links are listed below)and leave a comment as some DT members are offering up their own prizes as well as the wonderful sponsored prizes we have for you over at PPC! Their are MANY, MANY ways to win :)

Okay I can barely sit down with all of my excitment. My creation is below and I used the completely summer-y color combo that Megan put together and a very cute sketch from Cute Card Thursday! Wola inspiration with the colors and sketch....

here is Miss Anya Love from the Greeting Farm (1 out of 3). She is sooooooooo cute!!! I was looking for something summer-y and well the flowers she was holding just stole my heart and said use me.

Stamps: Miss Anya Love (the Greeting Farms), Blooming with Happiness (SU) and Whimsical Words, Itty Bitty backgrounds; Ink: Versa Fine Black; Paper, Basic Black: Tangerine Tango, Baja Breeze, Wild Wasab, Whisper White, Rich Razzleberry; Accessories: clear embossing powder, SU and Copic markers, Swiss Dots embossing folder; scalloped edge punch (both from SU), dimensionals and paper piercer, blender pen.

*Blog Hop Rules

• Become a follower on PPC


• Create a card, scrapbook page, altered art, etc using our featured Blog Hop Color Combo.


• Directly post your link to inlinkz over at PPC Blog


• Hop on over to the Design Team Members blogs and leave a post on each DT members Blog Hop post.


• Head back to PPC and leave a final comment on our Blog Hop post telling us what you like about "summer".


• All winners from each blog will be chosen at random


• There will be 4 winners from PPC-Crafty Challenges Blog!
  

Here is the order of the hop:

Allison

Debbie
Jackie
Lori
Megan
Melissa
Nicole
Paula
Sandy
Tamie (you are here!)
Trish
PPC Challenge Blog

Our wonderful sponsors for this blog hop are:

• GlitterBabe's Art by Stef H. is offering 2 Digi-Images of your choice!
  
• Pretty Pin Embellishments by Lisa G. is offering a 4 pack of beautiful Pin Embellishments!


• 2 Cute Rubber Stamps by Heidi is offering 1 Cling Cushion Rubber Stamp!


• Sprinkles by Renee is offering a $15 Gift Voucher for her store!

The picture of my prize for the Blog Hop:

Please leave a comment on what your "favorite drink" is during the summer. If you would like to become a follower that would be awesome but it is optional. Be sure to come back to see who the winner is.

One lucky winner, will recieve a Whiff of Joy Stamp; 2 packages of pearls; 3 packages of gems; 3D Dots (pop up's); and 2 packages of chipboard buttons. Good luck to everyone who is playing along this week! I can't WAIT to see all of your fantabulous summer creations! The blog hop is almost done next is Trish...hop on by to see her work of art she is very talented!

The BLOG HOP starts today at 10 a.m. EST and ends Sunday, June 28, 2010 at 10 a.m. EST.

Small Wonder!

Good Monday Morning! The sun is shining it is going to be a perfect day!

How was your weekend? My weekend was a little crazy. I went to Didsbury to visit my Aunt and Uncle they had some stuff for me and then we carried on to Red Deer to surprise my other Auntie and Uncle. Thank goodness they were home because we shared so much laughter, it really was good for the soul. On Sunday the kids and I took my DH to see Karate Kid for Father's Day! All in all it was a super weekend. The weather was super nice too, gotta love that when you actually get nice weather on the weekend.

Today is such an exciting day, it is hard to believe that we are already on Challenge #18 at Picture Perfect Creations and I am loving every minute of being able to visit you all and comment on your cards. The colors that Megan put together for this challenge are great, you can use them for so different styles of cards. Masculine, Birthday, Anniversary and just about anything else you can think of. I sure hope you will join us this week and show us your amazing creations I can't wait to check them out.

Here is my card. I have been wanting to ink up this pretty Kraftin' Kimmie Fairy for a while now. I love the colors and while I didn't have all of the pens or ink pads I improvised with some earthy colors. Hope you like it, oh and I just couldn't resist putting on the dazzling diamonds. Gotta love bling *wink*.

This week is a busy week over at PPC, we are having our normal color challenge and then we are doing a blog hop too (starting today). Come check it out and have some fun. Remember each week you can win a badge. A Grand Winner and Runner Up.

I will see you later today! Please come and join us for our first Blog Hop!

A Blog Hop Coming to PPC-CC on June 21, 2010

This post will stay at the TOP until June 17, 2010, for newer posts please scroll down!!!

Did you hear the news???? Our first ever BLOG HOP for Picture Perfect Creations will be happening on June 21st!! Wahoooooooooo!!! Do you like to create, love a challenge and the chance to win a prizes...then this hop is for you!!

This is such exciting news, I just couldn't wait to let you all know some details:

Who: All of our crafty creators who enjoy sharing inspiration & creations with their peers through their personal blogs.

When: The actual Blog Hop will take place on Monday, June 21st beginning at 10 am EST to 10 pm EST.

Where: You will hop around and explore our PPC Creators individual blogs through the list provided at the PPC on June 21st.

What:

*A day dedicated to seeking inspiration through projects using the featured Summer Kick- Off Color Combo Challenge.

*Participants have until June 28 (Monday) to prepare their entries.

*Each participant will post a directlink to their creation.

*Lots of prizes will be issued and awarded on June 28 by all PPC Creators (Design Team members) and of course at PPC!

*Fun will be had by all who participate!

Stay tuned to Paper Infusions and More and Picture Perfect Creations Crafty Challenges for all of the latest info...on our Blog Hop!!

Have a super day and tons of laughter and smiles!

Happy Father's Day!

It is Thursday already...what has happened to the rest of the week? I thought I would be in my craft room earlier this week to make a dent into some of the amazing challenges out there but alas it was not ment to be. We are having computer difficulties so it has hindered a FAVORITE past time of mine.

I called my girlfriend Lori this morning to see if she could come and craft but sadly she had other things to do (maybe next week). A couple of weekends ago we got together and stamped and colored a few images and it really is something to consider doing. Today, I needed some Father's Day cards and we had already colored them I just needed to design it and find what colors I wanted to use. Thanks Lori for the great idea, laughter and coloring it helps when you are in a pinch.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Sweet Stampin Challenge Blog - Doodling
Cupcake Craft Challenge- One for the Boys
Totally Stampalicious- Father's Day Card
Stampin' Royalty - Masculine Themed Project
Creative Inspirations - One for the Boys

This card is for my hubby. Lori told me she had the perfect stamp for my husband and boy did she ever...LOL. He loves his new T.V. and using the remote for channel flicking...(love him to bits and pieces).

I don't know if you remeber a couple of months ago my DH was into helping me and he was always telling me less is more...LOL. So for this card I sure did less, hope he likes it.

Thanks for stopping by to share my card. I am sending a smile your way :) hope it makes someones day!

Recipe: All the papers are SU (really rust, always artichoke, chocolate chip and whisper white); Ink: versa fine black and clear embossing powder; Accessories: Copic Markers, SU markers, photo corner punch (SU) and Swiss Dots folder.

Love and Cherish

Good Morning! The sun is hiding behind some clouds this morning thank goodness. I am sooooo hot and well cold because I am like a lobster with a bright gleam...LOL and oh some blisters on my arms. This weekend it was amazing, I celebrated my best friends 40th birthday (LORI) with the girls (her son came to stay with my boys), had my cousin family come and stay the weekend where their son and my boys played in a soccer tounrament. Who could ask for more with tons of laughter between good friends and family!

Megan over at PPC this week has another fantastic color combo for us. She is highlighting some of the new colors that Stampin UP is bringing in. I *sadly* do not have any so I used Chocolate Chip and Riding Hood Red. To go with this amazing challenge I hopped on over to Friday Sketchers and the sketch cried use me, use me and I think the layout is just perfect for these colors. Thanks ladies for the inspiration.

Here are my two who are so much in love. Aren't they just adorable? I love Sarah Kay's amazing stamps. Last night I said to myself "Tamie you are going to use some designer paper this week and as you can see I actually used two....a shock I know.
Recipe: Sarah Kay stamp; Paper: Chocolate Chip, Riding Hood Red, So Saffron, Elegant Eggplant, DSP and Whisper White; Ink: Versa Fine Black; Accessories: SU Markers, clear embossing powder, Copic Marker, pearls, SU Punches (corner and scallop), Rub-ons, Swiss Dots and Dots & Spots folders, white pen.

My busy week is over and the boys are done soccer now (and...what to do with some spare time hmmmmm????). I only have gymnastics for two more weeks and then I am singing freedom. I am finding it hard to believe that my kids only have 2 weeks and two days left of school. Who is counting *wink*. My little man Ethan just came in and guess what we had an early morning sprinkle and I didn't even know it...LOL. I am really goin to enjoy this cool day.

Be sure to pop in and give the PPC Creator DT's some love, they have some awesome inspiration this week (their links are up on the right hand side). Don't forget to join us on June 21 for our first Blog Hop over at PPC.

Maybe if I am lucky and the crafting fairy is with me I just might be able to get back in my craft room and make another card card today. Thanks for stopping bye, I appreciate the comments that are left. Sorry, that I have also been so absent on my blog we had so many things thrown at us the last few weeks. A smile is being sent your way, so please pass one on to make someone elses day!

Victory is Always Possible!

Hi dee Ho! How was your weekend? My weekend was completely fantabulous *wink*. My super fab girlfriend Lori came over to visit with her kids ( her kids + my kids = occupied kids = playtime for us :0). What was going to be a day visit ended up being a sleep over. On Saturday night we stamped and colored images ahead of time so we can pull them out and just make a card (cool idea huh?). I just love to color and so does she so we were like little girls all grown up and something to color...*wink, giggle*. Then yesterday Lori and her daughter Kim joined my DH, DD and I for a trip to Edmonton to watch the Canadian Rythmic Gymnastic's Championship Finals. It was AWESOME!! We sat their just amazed at what those girls can do! Congrat's to our new Canadian National Team.

Can't believe the first week of June is gone...but you know what it means, when it is Monday!!! A New Color Combo #16 from PPC. Yahoooooooo! Now these colors are neat to play with. I did the best I could since I didn't have ink in the Pacific Blue. I got out my dazzling diamonds again (heart them). I also used Verves stamp set Believe. Come join us this week and show us what you got, that way I can come and comment on what you create. Now on to the color banner and what I made.


Here is my Monday morning card:
Thanks so much for stopping in. I am off to make my kids their lunches and breakfast, then off to school they go. Don't forget to come and join us at PPC this week. Also on June 21, we will be having our first ever Blog Hop, so please come join the fun! Also my DT memebers have created some amazing cards make sure to stop bye and share some love....we like it too! (names and links are on the right hand side of my blog) Have a great day and remember to smile you just might make someones day!!!