Saying Goodbye to the Occassions Mini

It's the last of April (not May, as I said in yesterday's post) so that means it's the last day of the Occassions Mini. I'm ashamed to say that I have a few stamp sets from this mini that have not seen ink and more that have not seen enough ink. This weekend's post features one of the not seen enough ink sets, Plane & Simple. The card is a blatant CASE from splitcoast. The colors are Early Expresso, Very Vanilla, and Crumb Cake.

Thanks for stopping by! The next two and a half weeks are when I'm taking my vacation from my blog, to pick up TC from his deployment and then eloping to New Orleans. We will be back on May 16. I do have a few cards to share with you while I'm gone, but not everyday. Thanks for your patience!

Fun with String and SFF 042911

Can you believe it's the last Friday of May?! For me that means my honey is soon to be home from Afghanistan, so I am happy for that. Anyways, it also means that it's Sketch Frenzy Friday. Here is the sketch.

And here is my creation. I used Sunny Fun again with Happy Greetings. As my title indicates, I had from with the new Bakers Twine. The colors are Tempting Turquoise, Old Olive, Melon Mambo, Daffodil Delight, and Whisper White. I used some creative liberty when interpretating the sketch, I hope you can still see it. Hint: Rotate the sketch (or my creation) 45 degrees.

Thanks for stopping by and your next step is the homepage for you to play along too!

On the Green

Here is a share that I CASEd from a swap that I received. I bought the stamp especially to make this, it's On the Green. The sentiment is from Something to Celebrate. The colors are Wild Wasabi, Basic Black, and Whisper White.

Thanks for stopping by. Don't forget tomorrow is Sketch Frenzy Friday.

DCBC Share

It's time for this week's Diva Coffee Break Challenge. This week it's a sketch challenge. First, here is the sketch.

And here is my creation. I used the stamp set Sunny Fun. The colors are Soft Suede, Regal Rose, Old Olive, and Whisper White.

Thanks for stopping by! Don't forget to check out the homepage and add your own creation.

An Oldie but Goodie

Okay, so I'm not swapped in Mother's Day treats for the same store, but I promised you guys new creations this week. And I will be taking a break from blogging next week, the following week and part of the following week as TC will be coming back and we will be going to New Orleans to get married and spend some time there. Anyways, here is a card that I created a while ago, but have not shared with you guys. The stamp sets are Artistic Etchings, Heard from the Heart, and Baroque Motifs. The colors are Pretty in Pink, Basic Black, and Whisper White.

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Whew! I'm Back!

Easter down, all the favors done and passed out (I hope). Now on to Mother's Day favors, all 200 of them. But I digress. I'm back sharing with you this week. Here is today's share. It may look familiar to you as I CASE myself. My original can be seen here. I substituted the retired stamp set with a current one, Bold Blossom, and used the new punches. The colors are Wild Wasabi, Melon Mambo, Pacific Point, and Whisper White.

What a difference a couple changes in colors and stamp set does! Thanks for stopping by!

Late SFF 042211

As promised, here is my creation for this week's Sketch Frenzy Friday. In case you need a refresher on the sketch, here it is again.

And here is my creation. I used Flower Fest and Happy Greetings. The colors are Pear Pizzazz, Poppy Parade, and Whisper White.

Thanks for stopping by and having patience with me. Don't forget to check out the homepage and add your creations.

Missing SFF042211

Sorry guys, but I don't have a share for you today, yet. I hope to have something up this afternoon, but I'm swapped with Easter treats for the boutique that sells my cards. So in the meantime, here is the sketch.

You're next stop is our homepage where you can add your own creation. Stop by later to see what I come u with.

Color Challenge and Flower Fest

Welcome to this week's Diva Coffee Break Challenge. It's a color challenge this week. And here are the colors.

And here is my creation. It's a CASE of the Summer Mini catalog. The stamp sets are Flower Fest and Happy Greetings.

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to check out the homepage to add your own creation.

Fabulous Florets Share

I think this is my favorite stamp set from the new Summer mini. Here is my first card using the set. I wanted to make it bright and cherry because we're supposed to be getting more snow today. The colors are Wild Wasabi, Melon Mambo, Tangerine Tango, and Whisper White. The sentiment is from Teeny Tiny Wishes.

Thanks for stopping by and see what I have for you for tomorrow's Diva's Challenge.

Sail Away

I'm sharing with you today the first card that I've made with my sneak peak order. It uses the DSP, bakers, twine, and Sail Away Stamp set. The sentiment is from Teeny Tiny Wishes. The colors are Not Quite Navy, Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White, and Crumb Cake.

Thanks for stopping by! Stop by tomorrow and see what I have in store for you (still a surprise for me too).

Easter Blossoms - Day 6

Here is day 6 of my East Blossoms. This may be my last share with this set, I don't know what tomorrow will bring me, but as of right now, I don't have anything else done. The sentiment is from Something to Celebrate and the colors are So Saffron, Very Vanilla, and Early Expresso.

As always, thanks for stopping by!

SFF 041511 and Day 5 of Easter Blossoms Share

Welcome to Friday and Sketch Frenzy Friday. First here is the sketch.

And here is my creation, an original using Easter Blossoms. The colors are Old Olive, Very Vanilla, Soft Suede, Basic Black, and Rose Red.

Thanks for stopping by and your next stop is the homepage to add your own creation.

Late Day 4 Easter Blossoms Share

Here is today's Easter Blossoms share, a little late. This is a CASE of a swap I received at the Minneapolis Regional. The colors are Basic Black, River Rock, and Rose Red.

Thanks for stopping by and stop by tomorrow for Sketch Frenzy and Day 5 of the Easter Blossoms Share.

DCBC and Easter Blossoms - Day 3

It's Wednesday so that means that it's the Diva Coffee Break Challenge. This week it's a sketch challenge and here is the sketch.

And here is my creation. Of course I used Easter Blossoms to make another Easter card. The sentiment again is from Teeny Tiny Wishes. The colors are Pretty in Pink, Whisper White, and Basic Gray.

Don't forget to check out our homepage to add your own creation. Thanks for stopping by!

Easter Blossoms - Day 2

Here is day two of my Easter Blossoms share. Today it is an Easter card. The colors are Baja Breeze and Very Vanilla. The eggs in the basket are Daffodil Delight, Pretty in Pink, and Baja Breeze. The sentiment is from Teeny Tiny Wishes.

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to stop by tomorrow to see what I have for the Diva Coffee Break Challenge.

Easter Blossoms

I'm back from my stamping retreat and what's the first thing I did after I took a nap? Stamp. I had to create new creations to share with you guys! This weekend I only worked on wedding invitations for my future in-laws. Anyways, it's looking like this week may be Easter Blossoms week, and here is the first share. The colors are Pear Pizzazz, Very Vanilla, and Garden Green. The sentiment is from Something to Celebrate.

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Charming Share

Here is my last IBC share for the week. I'm going out of town for the weekend and didn't have time to do any more creating, so I hope you enjoy this. The stamp sets are Charming and Something to Celebrate. The colors are Wild Wasabi, Basic Gray, Basic Black, and Whisper White.

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful weekend!

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Welcome to Sketch Frenzy Friday. First, here is the sketch.

And here is my creation. I totally forgot that I had to make a card so I quickly threw this together and I'm actually pleased with how it turned out. I was pleasantly surprised, I hope you agree. Also, since this is IBC week, I had to come up with something using sets from the IBC. I used Circle Circus and Party Hearty. The colors are Pacific Point, Soft Suede, Concord Crush, and Whisper White.

Thanks for stopping by! Your next stop is the Sketch Frenzy homepage, where you can add your own creation.

Wedding Card Share

Today's card has very little stamping, but the sentiment which is from Teeny Tiny Wishes. It's all white on white. And there isn't very much to say about it, the card says it all.

Thanks for stopping by. Check back tomorrow for Sketch Frenzy!

DCBC Color Challenge

Welcome to Wednesday and the Diva Coffee Break Challenge. This week's is a color challenge, here are the colors.

 And here is my creation. Again, I used a stamp set from the main IBC, I guess that's this week's theme on my blog. They really do need to see more ink. Anyways, the stamp sets are Funky Four and Something to Celebrate. And it is a CASE until I realized that we don't have any Pacific Point buttons, so I had to substitute in a colored rosette. Yes, it really is Pacific Point even though it looks like a black blob.

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to add your own creation on our homepage.

Another "Older" Set

Here is another card that I made from an older set, again older meaning from the main IBC.  It is a CASE and used Baby Bundle and Teeny Tiny Wishes.  The colors are Certainly Celery, So Saffron, Basic Black and Whisper White.

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to stop by tomorrow for the Diva's challenge.

Elements of Style

Elements of what? Yeah, it's been a long time since this set has seen ink. I decided to pull some of my older stamps set out of my drawer and ink them up. Today's share uses Elements of Style and the sentiment is from Baby Bundle. The colors are Rose Red, Old Olive, Bashful Blue, and Very Vanilla.

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Sunny Fun Share

Here is a card that I started a while ago, but didn't really know how to finish. I had the popsicles stamped and colored and left them. Well, yesterday while going through my piles of cards to CASE, I found a card from one of the display boards at the Minneapolis Regional, that I thought would be the key to finishing off this card. I used Sunny Fun and Thank You Kindly. The main colors are Peach Parfait, Early Expresso, Wild Wasabi, Pacific Point, and Whisper White. Several other colors were used to color in image in.

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy your Sunday!

Strength & Hope Meets Wedding

Yesterday, while working on my card for Sketch Frenzy, I was trying to think of other ways I could use the stamp set. I mostly stamp to sell my cards in a little local boutique, and I wasn't sure how well this set would sell. Looking at the words in the script stamp, I noticed most of them would also be suitable for a wedding card, maybe not all. So how would I use the stamp without using the words I didn't feel suitable for a wedding card? Cut them off. That's one of the beauties of having clear mount stamps, you can cut things off or out and then easily piece them back together if you want to use the stamp as it was. Or take them apart to use the stamp to fit your needs. That is what I did here.

I used this stamp to CASE myself. This was the original card. And here is what I did. The sentiment is from Word Play. The colors are the same, Basic Black, Basic Grey, and Whisper White.

Thanks for stopping by and I would love to see what else you can come up with this set!

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It's Friday so that means it's Sketch Frenzy Friday. Here is the sketch.

And here is my creation. I used Strength & Hope from the new Summer Mini. I actually used every stamp in set on this card, and that's no joke. The colors are Pretty in Pink, Melon Mambo, and Whisper White.

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to stop by the homepage and add your own creation.