Mojo Monday 94

I told you it was a lazy day, so I'm getting some stamping done. My kids have even decided to stamp some cards today as well. I made this card for the Mojo Monday challenge. I'm just really loving my new Charlie Summer Fun set from Clear Dollar Stamps.

Stamps: Charlie Summer Fun, Aloha (CD Stamps)

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper: Sahara Sand, Neenah Solar White, Basic Grey Lime Rickey

Accessories: dew drops, lime green ribbon, Copics, white gel pen, sponge

The Truly Scrumptious Challenge

It's a Sunday, and the kids weren't really feeling themselves, so we've opted to make it a lazy day. I made this card for the Truly Scrumptious challenge. Everytime I look at this image from Doodlefactory I can't help but laugh. This is definitely a 'loud' card with all of the colors, but it makes me smile :)

Stamps: Doodlefactory Creatures (Starving Artistamps)

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper: Tangerine Tango, Neenah Solar White, Basic Grey Lime Rickey

Accessories: Copics, handmade blooms from Paper Blooms, window punch, buttons, pink ribbon, circle cutter, black marker

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Clear Dollar Stamps Weekend Color Challenge

It's the weekend, and it's been a busy one at that. I watched a friend's baby today, and whew. . .I forgot how much work babies can be. Fun and sweet, but a lot of work. I've been itching to make a card, and what better than a color challenge. The talented Alex is hostessing the Clear Dollar Stamps Weekend Color Challenge going on over Papercraft Planet. She chose the colors Dark Brown, Rust or Deep Orange, Blue, Kraft, and a Vanilla Neutral. I broke out my new Charlie Summer Fun set that just released this month.

Stamps: Charlie Summer Fun (CD Stamps)

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper: Kraft, Basic Grey Lime Rickey, Neenah Solar White

Accessories: Copics, window punch, circle cutter, white gel pen, button, linen thread

Go grab your Clear Dollar Stamps and join in the fun! I've got to head to a birthday party, but I'll be back later with another card to post.

A Color Throwdown

I love summer! The kids and I have just been living outside, playing with the neighbors until late every night. They have been loving it! It's almost been hard to look at curriculum, but I know that we'll have to buckle down eventually and get back to the grind at the first of August. All the neighborhood kids will be back to school, and we'll have to get started too. Until then, we'll just continue to live it up outside even if it is 100 degrees outside with 99% humidity {lol}.

Speaking of neighbors, one of the little girls down the street is having a birthday party on Saturday. So, when I came across the colors for the Color Throwdown, I knew they would be perfect for Lily's card! The colors are Real Red, Tempting Turquoise, and Kiwi Kiss. Lily is having a Tinkerbell party, so I thought the new My Little Ballerina set from Clear Dollar Stamps would be perfect!

Stamps: My Little Ballerina (CD Stamps)

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper: Neenah Solar White, Whisper White, Real Red, Tempting Turquoise, Kiwi Kiss dp

Accessories: Copics, Tempting Turquoise brads, circle cutters, Scallop Circle Nestabilities, turquoise & icicle stickles

With my man gone, my days are filled with playing outside and my nights are filled with stamping sneaks for CDS. I hope you all are enjoying your summer as well.

A Sweet Sketch

I found this great sketch challenge blog and decided to use their Sweet Sketch Wednesday sketch to make a baby girl card. I have several friends that will be having baby girls within the next 2 months. I can't believe it!

I decided to use these super cute stamps called Patchpal Skunk and Patchpal Messages, designed by the incredibly talented Shawne, for Clear Dollar Stamps. The Patchpal line is so adorable and has so many stamps!

Stamps: Patchpal Skunk, Patchpal Messages (Clear Dollar Stamps)

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Basic Gray, Regal Rose, So Saffron, Sage Shadow

Paper: So Saffron, Regal Rose, Bravo Burgandy, Sage Shadow, watercolor paer, Basic Grey Lemonade dp

Accessories: aqua painter, Basic Gray ribbon, Scallop Cirlce & Inverted Scallop Circle Nestabilities, circle cutter, Swiss Dot embossing folder, sponge, handmade Paper Blooms, So Saffron buttons

A Special Challenge

I'm a sucker for a good cause and if you throw in a cute stamp, I'm more than sold! I made this card with a digital stamp called Cowgirl Eva. The Pink Elephant is doing a really cool Special Challenge that is not the normal challenge to try and help raise money for the Make-A-Wish Foundation in honor of Ethan Weiman. Go check out the Pink Cat Studio for more information on this cause.

I also went ahead and combined this with the Try a New Technique challenge over at Splitcoaststampers. The challenge was to make a Stand Up Card.

Stamps: Cowgirl Eva (digi stamp from Pink Cat Studios)

Ink: none

Paper: Sweet Slumber, Neenah Solar White, Chocolate Chip

Accessories: circle punches, Copics, silver brad, rhinestone brads

A Paper Blooms & Creative Corner Challenge

It's the 4th of July! I love the 4th of July, so I thought I would make a card to sport that love. In making the card, I used 2 challenges to inspire me. The first challenge is the Paper Blooms challenge to use a shaped card. The other challenge was a red, white, & blue challenge going on over at Our Creative Corner.

I hope eveyone has a fun and safe 4th of July ;D

Stamps: The Free & the Brave (SU)

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Night of Navy, Riding Hood Red, Sahara Sand, Blush Blossom

Paper: Whisper White, watercolor paper

Accessories: Labels 3 Nestabilities, red ribbon, aqua painter, handmade bloom from Paper Blooms, rhinestone brad

Clear Dollar Stamps Weekend Color Challenge #26

Jim left about 2 hours ago, so I got the kids in bed and settled down to make my card. I should have known it wouldn't be that easy. Naturally since Daddy is gone, the kids hear noises and begin to feel unsafe. I have to admit that I have my moments of uncertainty when he's not here too. They were having a really rough time with the idea of him being gone for the entire month. So, their insecurities started to set in. Sometimes I don't realize just how big the blanket of 'provider' is when it comes to my husband. He makes us all feel safer without even realizing it. I took the opportunity to point out that while Daddy is a wonderful provider and we need him, we have an even greater provider in Jesus. It's amazing how even His name is sufficient in making us feel more secure. We prayed for our safety while Jim is away, and we prayed for Jim's safety while he is gone training for this month, and we prayed that we would always be reminded that God is bigger than anything we could ever imagine. He loves us an He wants us to be safe as well.

With that in mind, the idea for this card came to be. God is bigger than anything, even aliens, even strange noises lurking outside. He loves us, He provides for us, and He just wants us to rely on Him for everything.

Because it's the weekend, it's time for the Clear Dollar Stamps Weekend Color Challenge over at Papercraft Planet. It's hard to believe that it is week #26. The very talented Shawne is our hostess this weekend, and she has chosen the colors Baja Breeze, Barely Banana, Real Red, and white. These colors were so fun to work with, and this set is one of the many new releases for this month. It's called Lost in Space. It was designed by Kim Teasdale, and I just love it!

Stamps: Lost in Space (Clear Dollar Stamps)

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Baja Breeze, Barely Banana, Real Red

Paper: Sweet Slumber, Real Red, Barely Banana, watercolor paper

Accessories: aqua painter, Versamark pad with Enamel embossing powder, red ribbon, dimensionals, white gel pen

Grab your Clear Dollar Stamps if you have some time this weekend and play along! I wish you all a very saft and blessed 4th of July weekend.

Color Throwdown #49

I am extremely blessed this morning, as I am every morning, but today I just feel special. Not only did I get to make a card, but my husband is home for the day and my kids are cleaning their rooms! As soon as I am done posting, I plan to get ready to go and spend the day with the family. My husband will leave late this evening for the month, so it is a blessing to get the day with him.

I made this card for the Color Throwdown with some new stamps that arrived yesterday from Clear Dollar Stamps. These are from Shawne's Patchpal Animal line, and they are so adorable! The Elephant is a single stamp, while the words are from a set. A lot of my friends are having babies, so I need to start stocking up on some baby cards. I didn't have the exact colors that the Throwdown was looking for, but I tried to match them as best I could.

Stamps: Patchpal Elephant, Patchpal Messages (CD Stamps)

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Cameo Coral

Paper: Bashful Blue, Cameo Coral, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Neenah Solar White

Accessories: Copics, oval punch, circle cutter, Inverted Scallop Circle Nestabilities, Scallop Circle Nestabilities, Chocolate Chip ribbon, Swiss Dot embossing folder, sponge, corner rounder

Hopefully, I'll have more to post throughout the month since my man will be out of town. That should leave for some very open evenings, which translates to some good crafting time. I always try to look at the positives of him having to be gone ;) Have a very blessed Friday!

A Wedding Gift

I was hired out a little while ago to make a wall hanging as a wedding gift for one of my mother-in-law's friends. She sent me a baggie full of ribbon and her only specifications for this project were to use the Proverbs 16:24 verse and to have the ribbon dangling from it. She had seen a wall hanging that I had made my mother-in-law a while back that was to be used for displaying cards from. Here is the link to the one I had made myself in the past.

Stamps: none

Ink: none

Paper: Frosty Days dsp, Whisper White

Accessories: Paper Blooms, dew drops, Pretties kit, Labels 4 Nestabilities, frame, ribbon

I'm going to be honest. While I like this project, it was a hardship getting to the end result. Coming up with the layout and putting all the goodies and bling on it was fun, as always. When I went to assemble it, that is where the challenge came in. This frame is not the highest quality, so I had to reinforce the back with some hodgepodge that you obviously don't see. In doing so, I had to drill some small holes in the back, but I did not have any tacks or tiny nails to fasten it down. I did find some smaller nails in my husband's tool chest, so I thought 'aha, I will clip these babies down and that should do the trick.' I grabbed some needle nose pliers and decided to 'clip' the nails down to the appropriate size.

The first one was a breeze, but the second one not so much. I think it would have worked perfectly had I not gotten the meat of my hand caught in the clippers. Yes, you read that right, I took a chunk out of my hand in between my thumb and my pointer finger. Ok, it's not as bad as it sounds. I can move my hand, but it certainly 'smarts' if you know what I mean. I'm pretty sure I won't be crafting anymore tonight, but hopefully I'll be up for it tomorrow.

Clear Dollar Sneak Peeks Day #4

This is the final day of sneak peeks for Clear Dollar Stamps, which means that everything that has been shown to you over the last 4 days will be available for purchase TOMORROW, July 1st!! Today I'm showing you the Stamp of the Month (SOM) for July. It's called Tag It and can be yours for FREE with any $50 purchase before shipping. After all the wonderful things that have been shown, I'm sure you'll find $50 worth of stamps and other wonderful things to buy.

My first sample was made from a backpack pattern that I found in a very old edition of Paper Crafts magazine. I'm so proud of myself, because I finally figured out how to enlarge a pattern so that it fits the paper perfectly. Don't ask me to explain it, because I'm pretty sure I couldn't. ;P It's a fun card, because the flap opens up for you to be able to write your message. It fits in a standard invitation envelope.

Stamps: Tag It -- July SOM (Clear Dollar Stamps)

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Perfect Plum

Paper: Perfect Plum, Perfect Plum dsp, Whisper White

Accessories: backpack pattern, silver hodgepodge, Tags Trio Nestabilities, silver rivet, silver charm, purple ribbon, black marker, sponge

My next sample is a fun little nugget box. I really like how it turned out, and because it was so easy, I plan to make more to have on hand. You never know when you're going to need a little something for someone special.

Stamps: Tag It -- July SOM (Clear Dollar Stamps)

Ink: Rich Razzleberry, Melon Mambo

Paper: Rich Razzleberry, Melon Mambo, Razzleberry Lemonade, Whisper White

Accessories: Matchbox Bigz XL, Scallop Edge punch, oval cutter, Basic Grey Purple Half Pearls, Hershey Nuggets, glue pen, Dazzling Diamonds glitter

You can see more samples done with this set at these amazing ladies blogs: Angela, Katie, Candy, Laurie

Believe it or not, there are other sets to preview today!

Porch Conversations - Kim, Tori, Linda, Stacy, Candy, Laurie

Patchpal Kitty - Sarah, Shawne, Candy,

Patchpal Skunk - Tori, Candy, Laurie

Patchpal Ducky - Stacy, Candy, Laurie

Patchpal Bunny - Tori, Shawne, Candy, Laurie,

I hope that you've enjoyed the past few days of Sneak Peeks. I had so much fun making them all month and couldn't wait to share them with all of you. Remember, they will be available for purchase from Clear Dollar Stamps tomorrow, July 1st. Get those credit cards ready. . .I know mine is standing by ;D

My Pick for the CDSWCC25 Featured Stamper

Oh my goodness! The two times that I have had the privelege of hostessing the Clear Dollar Stamps Weekend Color Challenge over at Papercraft Planet have been awesome! I do believe that the ladies conspire together to make my choice of featured stamper incredibly difficult though! LOL, I'm just kidding, but the talent is amazing. There were 11 ladies who participated this weekend, and it was so wonderful to see all the talent and inspiration. The colors to be used were Riding Hood Red (or a deep red), Summer Sun (or a dark yellow), Kiwi Kiss (or an olive green), an optional Chocolate Chip (or dark brown), and White. Everyone's take on the colors were so different. I love it!

After a lot of deliberation, Audrey's card is the card I chose to feature. I just love this covered bridge, and how Audrey used the colors. She made it look antiqued, which I never would have thought of for these colors. The simplicity of the layout works perfectly for this image, and the faux ribbon and brads are the perfect accents. Nice job, Audrey!

Like I said before, this was a tough choice, so I want to link you to all the talented ladies and their cards. You'll love what these ladies did with the colors, so go leave them some love!

Christi

Carol

Grace

Tricia

Sarah

Sue

Pamela

Dawn

Lisa

Karen

Thanks for playing ladies! Be sure to check out the color challenge next weekend ;D

Clear Dollar Sneak Peeks Day #3

Here it is, day 3 of the Clear Dollar Stamps Sneak Peeks and there are still so many great sets to see. It's hard to believe, but CDS just keeps coming up with amazing stamps to debut! I only have one set to show you today, but it is a super fun masculine set that you will have so much fun playing with. This set is called Yard Yabber and has 21 stamps for the small price of $14.99. I loved this set from the moment I saw it!

My first sample is one of my favorites because it has some retiring colors used on it. Laurie blows me away with her artistic talent in designing so many of the CD Stamps. I chose to watercolor both of these samples, and I really like how they turned out.

Stamps: Yard Yabber (Clear Dollar Stamps)

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Pacific Point, Kiwi Kiss, Tangerine Tango, Basic Gray, Basic Black

Paper: Basic Gray, watercolor paper, Good Morning Sunshine DSP, Whisper White

Accessories: aqua painter, Peony Nestabilities, SU dimensionals, oval punch, sponge, Tangerine Tango ribbon, white gel pen

My next sample makes me laugh out loud. The sentiment that I put on the inside just makes me invision this gigantic cake that needs to be cut. I can imagine some big guy grabbing his chainsaw and making a huge frosting mess all over everyone cutting into the cake {lol}. I found this corkboard in my stash of goodies and knew it would be perfect for this card.

Stamps: Yard Yabber (Clear Dollar Stamps)

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Real Red, Basic Gray, Going Gray, Soft Suede

Paper: Soft Suede, DCWV All About Boys, cork board, watercolor paper, Whisper White

Accessories: aqua painter, sponge, oval cutter, Top Note Bigz Die, red ribbon, window punch, white gel pen

If you'd like to see more samples done with this set check out these wonderful ladies blogs: Katie, Sarah, Candy, & Laurie

But that's not all! There are still more stamps to show off today. All of the stamps that have been shown over the past couple of days will be available on July 1st, so you don't have to wait much longer. Here are a list of the other sets you can get a peek at:

Charlie Summer Fun - Kim, Angela, Katie, Stacy, Candy, Laurie

July Larkspur - Angela, Tori, Candy, Stacy,

August Gladiolia - Katie, Sarah, Candy, Laurie

Rosebud Castle - Kim, Nancy, Sarah, Candy,

If you'd like to see the full stamp sets, head on over to Lori's blog. Be sure to come back tomorrow, because, yes, I will have some more to show you!

Clear Dollar Sneak Peeks Day #2

My next set of samples is from a really fun set called Veggie Stew! This is a set of 19 for only $9.99. Wow, that is such a great value, as are all of Clear Dollar's Stamps. I had some fun with these samples, because this set comes with some great phrases. This first sample was a sketch challenge given to the DT. I love the layout ;D

Stamps: Veggie Stew (Clear Dollar Stamps)

Ink: Soft Suede, Real Red, Old Olive, Rich Razzleberry, Crushed Curry, Dusty Durango, Bermuda Bay, White Craft

Paper: Real Red, Soft Suede, Whisper White

Accessories: sponge, Glossy Glaze, Kiwi Kiss courdoroy buttons, Argyle embossing folder, white embossing powder, SU dimensionals, white gel pen

My last sample just makes me giggle. How hilarious would that be to receive a card like this in the mail. I think it would make me feel a bit better about any 'pickle' I might be in {hehe}. I made this one monochromatic to go along with one of the challenges given to the DT. I'm still giggling to myself about this one {hehe}.

Stamps: Veggie Stew (Clear Dollar Stamps)

Ink: Kiwi Kiss, Garden Green, Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper: Kiwi Kiss, Garden Green, Whisper White

Accessories: Garden Green marker, air art tool, Kiwi Kiss ribbon, Versamarker, clear embossing powder, heat tool, SU dimensionals, window punch, circle punch, green dew drops, Large Pinking Circle Nestabilities

That is all I have to share with you today, but I will have more tomorrow. Be sure to check back in to see what other goodies Clear Dollar will be releasing on the 1st of July.

For more samples done with this fun set check out these talented ladies blogs: Linda, Nancy, Candy, Laurie

There are also two other sets to get a peek at, so go check them out here.

Summer Dahlia - Kim, Tori, Sarah, & Candy,

Tangy Trio - Katie, Nancy, Sarah, Candy, & Laurie

Go show these talented ladies some love, and don't forget to stop here again tomorrow to see what else I've been working on all month ;D