Bejeweled Snowflakes

This month, I have the honor of being the

Guest Designer over at

 

 

and all this month, I will be sharing projects

using the beautiful stamp set

Snowflake Flourishes

 

The moment I laid eyes on this set, all I could think

of was the color of 'ice blue', so this is what I came up with.

It's such a lovely flourish and so easy to embellish.

I selected a variety of gem & pearl brads

from American Crafts, Making Memories & The Paper Studio 

for the centers of my snowflakes.

I hope you will plan to join me each Tuesday in

the month of December over on the

Sweet 'n Sassy Blog

for more winter greetings.

I'm so glad you were able to stop by during

such a busy time of the year.

I value each and every comment that you leave

and hope you will have time to say a quick hello

before you go!

  

Project Recipe:

Stamps: Snowflake Flourish from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps

Ink: Ocean & Slate from A Muse Studio

Ocean Depth from VersaMagic 

Embellishments:

Gem/Pearl brads from American Crafts, Making Memories

and The Paper Studio

It's a Sweet 'Steal'!

I'm back today with some pretty darned exciting news!

Scrapbooksteals.com is featuring

for their Friday steal!  How cool is this??!!

For 12 hours only, you can get a great deal

on a variety of stamp sets from Sweet Stamp Shop.

 

I know I've shared this project before, but I have to admit,

'Gnomies' is one of my all-time favorite sets from SSS

and it's a set that is a part of the 'steal' today.

Another favorite is 'The Core of It'.

You know what else??

Sweet Stamp Shop is the sponsor of the
brand new challenge over at...

CAS-ual Fridays


So there's all kinds of *sweetness* going on!

 So if I were you, I would check out the challenge &
check out the steal because

ya know it's going to be a great deal!

Let it Snow...The Craft's Meow Blog Hop

For the Market Street 

Color Challenge

Click Here

The day has arrived!

It is the New Release Blog Hop with the most

talented designers of

If you have arrived here from my friend

Jessica Fick's blog

then you are in the perfect place to continue on

because someone is going to

win all 7 

brand new stamp sets

that are now available for sale.

If you just happened to pop by, if I were you,

I would make some time to head over to 

The Craft's Meow Blog

and start from there and enjoy this very

inspirational hop.

 For today's feature, I chose to play again with the new

set from Maree Truelove 'Let it Snow'

I have really had fun using the 'Twig' collection from

Little Yellow Bicycle and think it's such a perfect match

for this stamp set. The beautiful papers and the fun mittens are from LYB.

The mitten background, hat, scarf

and sentiment were all stamped.

Of course, no winter hat is complete without a little 'puff-ball'

embellishment, and mine is made from bakers twine

in 'Cappuccino' from The Twinery.

If you've joined me each day of the new release previews,

thank you so much.  If not, I would love for you to visit

the past few days here on my blog for more inspiration

using these new images from TCM.

It's now time to visit my friend

Lindsay Amrhein's Blog

She always has something fun to share!

Forecast Project Recipe:

Designer Paper: Twig by Little Yellow Bicycle
Stamps: Let it Snow from The Craft's Meow
Ink: Sky & Slate from A Muse Studio

Embellishments: Bakers Twine in Cappuccino by The Twinery 
Fabric & Label Stickers in Twig by Little Yellow Bicycle
copper mini brads from Recollections

Paint the Town

 Back with you and just a quick post to share this

month's brand new challenge over at 

Market Street Stamps.

I love the photo this color story is based on.

I chose to go rather CAS for this design team offering.

I used the brand new 'Grace' background and stamped it

in 'Slate' ink from A Muse Studio.  It's called tone-on-tone

as I stamped it directly on another shade of grey.

I used the same color for the sentiment and used

organza roses from Bo-Bunny & Maya Road.

The frame is from Sizzix.

For more great inspiration using these colors, make sure

to visit the Market Street Stamps blog!

Thoughts & Prayers Project Recipe:

Stamps: Grace from Market Street Stamps
Ink: Slate from A Muse Studio

Tools: Label die from Sizzix

Embellishments: Large Organza Rose from Bo-Bunny

Small Organza Rose from Maya Road

mini brads from Recollections

So Cool.....

Brrrrrrrr.....can you feel the chill in the air already?!

These colors are so 'cool' and yet have a 'warmth' about

them, don't you think?!

It is Day #4 of New Release Previews from

 

and today we are sharing two more stamp sets,

this time designed by Maree Truelove.

I just adore her designs and these are no exception!

 What I LOVE about these sets is the open design of

the images.  They allow you to have fun with paper-piecing

and it you enjoy coloring well, you will love these images.

This set is called 'Warm Winter Wishes'

On both of these projects, I played around a bit more

with the designer papers from Little Yellow Bicycle

from their 'Twig' Collection.

The second set is called 'Let it Snow' and I used stamps

from both sets for this quick and easy card.

We've now revealed 
all SEVEN sets!!!

Make sure you stop over at the

The Craft's Meow Blog

because there's a great giveaway going on

for both of these sets.

Tomorrow is the New Release Blog Hop

and I know the design team have been

busy creating a pretty incredible

inspiration parade, so make plans

to stop by for sure!

So happy you came by and I hope you enjoy your day!

All Bundled Up Project Recipe:

Designer Paper: Twig by Little Yellow Bicycle
Stamps: Warm Winter Wishes from The Craft's Meow

Embellishments: Bakers Twine in Stone by The Twinery, buttons

Friendship Project Recipe:

Designer Paper: Twig by Little Yellow Bicycle
Stamps: Warm Winter Wishes & Let it Snow from The Craft's Meow
Ink: Sky & French Roast from A Muse Studio
Old Paper Tim Holtz Distress Ink by Ranger 

Embellishments: Mini brads from Recollections

 

Friends Like You...

I am so glad you stopped by today!

It is Day #3 of the New Release Previews for

 

 

It has been so much fun playing with all the new images

from the sets that are being released in just a couple

of days...SEVEN in all!!!

 The very talented Kaitlyn Ord designed the set I've

used for today's project...'Love is All You Need'

 

 

 There are so many fun images in this set!

It's hard to believe that we are thinking about Valentine's Day

already, but we are!

I stamped 4 different images in each of the 4 stylized squares,

which themselves were made using a corner round punch

on two opposite sides from one another.  It's a great way

to add interest in your design work.

Under each stamped 'square' there is a layer of

Onyx polka dot cardstock from A Muse Studio.

All images were stamped using my favorite

A Muse Studio inks in 

Cranberry...Slate...Shell...Bubblegum

 You really must see the amazing color palettes from

A Muse.  You can get all of their inks from my web store.

We are also previewing another fun set by

Jenny Suchin called 'Happy Owlentine's Day'.

So two really creative sets for Happy 'Hearts' Day!

We've now revealed five sets...there are a total of

 SEVEN

brand new sets coming your way!

Make sure you stop over at the

The Craft's Meow Blog

because there's a great giveaway going on

for both of these sets.

Leave a comment here and

let me know

which of these 'sneak peek' sets is your 

favorite so far!

So happy you came by and I hope you enjoy your day!

Loving Thoughts Project Recipe:

Designer Paper: Onyx Polka Dots by A Muse Studio
Stamps: Love is All You Need from The Craft's Meow
Ink: Slate, Bubblegum, Shell & Cranberry from A Muse Studio

Embellishments: Rhinestones in Taffy from American Crafts

Tools: Label die from Sizzix, Corner Rounder punch from Fiskars

The Countdown Begins!

 

Hello again...yep, it's a busy weekend here at

The Open Window with all kinds of new release goodness!

 

It's Day Two of previews for the new releases at

The Craft's Meow.

Today's set was designed by the very talented

Michelle Bertuzzi and is just in time for the new year ahead.

 

 

Silhouettes are so trendy...skylines are too...

and this set is fab!

 

 

 Many thanks go to my husband Paul for his design idea.

When we owned a stamp store, Paul and I worked together a lot

on project ideas for our workshops and demos, but it's been

quite awhile.  So I was surprised when he took a look at this

stamp set and said "if it were me, I would use the numbers

for a New Year's countdown"

So that's what I did!

I already knew I wanted to make little banners, so it was

a perfect fit.  I love hanging banners using bakers twine

from The Twinery and the 'Maraschino' was a great color

to match the ink used on the sentiment, which is

cranberry by A Muse Studio.

I used the beautiful designer papers from Authentique

from their 'Journey' collection.

We've now revealed three sets...there are a total of

 SEVEN

brand new sets coming your way!

Make sure you stop over at the

The Craft's Meow Blog

because there's a great giveaway going on

for both of these sets.

Leave a comment here and

let me know

which of these 'sneak peek' sets is your 

favorite so far!

So happy you came by and I hope you enjoy your day!

Loving Thoughts Project Recipe:

Designer Paper: Journey from Authentique
Stamps: Happy New Year from The Craft's Meow
Ink: Tuxedo Black Memento & Cranberry both from A Muse Studio

Embellishments: Bakers Twine in Maraschino from The Twinery

gem stars from Berry Sweet by K&Company, brads from Recollections

Snow Flurry Greetings

Hope you are having a relaxing Saturday evening.

We have had nothing but rain and gray skies today,

but I assure you, it has been sunny at my work table

today as I have been preparing a couple of

projects for a tutorial I'll be sharing over at 

Market Street Stamps.

Until then....

I wanted to share with you a couple of projects I recently

completed.  One for the MSS Block Party and another for

the New Release Designer Showcase.

I am also entering these two cards over on the
CARDS blog for the Christmas card call.

This fun card features one of the newest backgrounds from MSS

called 'Flurries'.  I stamped it in 'Sky' ink from A Muse Studio

and simply used it as a background.

The sentiment is also from the new set 

'Essential Holiday Elegance'

and is a must have for the holiday season.

The fonts and sentiments are all so gorgeous.

The additional snowflake accent stamp is from 'Cool Cats'.

I love my newest set of die cuts from Spellbinders...Labels 18.

I used that as my frame and topped everything off with the

sweet fabric die cut from Little Yellow Bicycle's 'Twig' Collection.

If you are not familiar with the MSS Block Party, make sure you

pop on by and check out the details.

YOU could win a guest spot over on the MSS Blog!

 The card I shared as part of MSS's Designer Showcase...

 Staying with the same color scheme as the card above, as I

adore the designer papers from the Twig Collection by LYB.

I used the 2011 Heirloom Ornaments die from Spellbinders

and stamped the 'Flurries' background once again.

The sentiments, once again are from the Essential Holiday Elegance

set.  I really like the way the ornament shapes and

the snowflakes are 'mirrored' in the background paper.

I really hope you enjoyed this quick peek at a couple of fun

projects for the holidays.  I think it's always good to be able

to do cards that can be quick (once the design is there) and

these both fall under that category.

It would be wonderful if you would pop on over to the

Market Street Stamps Blog and check out the rest of

my teammates projects in the Designer Showcase.

So much inspiration indeed!

Happy Holidays Project Recipe:

Designer Paper: Twig from Little Yellow Bicycle
Stamps: Flurries, Essential Holiday Elegance
and Cool Cats all from Market Street Stamps
Ink: Sky & Slate from A Muse Studio
Tools:  Labels 18 die from Spellbinders, Big Shot

Embellishments: Fabric Favorites from Little Yellow Bicycle

Ornaments Project Recipe:

Designer Paper: Twig from Little Yellow Bicycle
Stamps: Flurries & Essential Holiday Elegance from Market Street Stamps

Ink: Sky & Slate from A Muse Studio

Tools:  2011 Heirloom Ornament die from Spellbinders, Big Shot

Embellishments: Silver cord from Making Memories

Snowflake Brads from The Paper Studio