SSCB 26- Chalkboard!!

Happy Wednesday and another Serendipity Stamps Challenge... we're playing with the chalkboard technique!! Talked with my mom earlier {lives in Northeast IN} and they just got 8 inches of snow!! Winter Wonderland!

Me... still in the Christmas/Winter mode and I inked up this adorable Snowman/woman..'kay I'm somewhat of a feminist... not in the Gloria Steinhem way... but, want us girls to get credit, LOL!!

I stamped this adorable snowman with versamark and heat embossed with white. Added a little color with pastel chalk and sponged some white ink around the image. Added some snow with Simon Says Stamp Falling Snow stencil using modeling paste. The sentiment is also from Serendipity and it was stamped in versamark and heat embossed with white.

Such a fun and still trendy technique!! Works with all kinds of images!!

Hope you find time to join us, and...

The rules are simple... play along using at least one Serendipity Stamps image on your submission and link it below. You don't have to have a blog to play along - you can link your designs to any on line gallery.

Click Here for all the details

For extra inspiration there are samples from the design team on the challenge blog or you can visit them directly and get all the details by clicking on their names below.

Jeanne Jachna

Marybeth Lopez
Miriam Napier
Jenny Gropp 
Julie Warner 

Karen Amidon
 Anya Schrier
Pauline Pollington

We have more than 100 stamps on our 50% Off Wood Mounted Sale - http://www.serendipitystamps.com/category/mounted-stamp-sale.html

We also have 3 different grab bags – UM, Sticky cushion, and Cling Cushion. Each has 10 small stamps. Just search for "grab bag"
Here's the link to Serendipity Stamps since you may feel the need to go looking and shopping :-)

Thanks for stopping by!! Love when you do and appreciate all the kind words!!

may your holidays sparkle!!

Geez o pete... the holidays are upon me! Probably doesn't help that I started my shopping just last week! Haven't had much time to stamp. My sweet friend Mona from Cupcakes Creations sent me a surprise in the mail and I started on this card over a week ago and finally had a chance to finish!! Thanks girl!!

Aren't those snowflakes gorgeous!! The detail is fabulous!! They are Mona's- MFT MPD Sophisticated Snowflakes. I stamped them all over with Delicata gold ink. Added a sentiment from MFT, some gold twine, and gold jingle bells.

The sketch was last week's Deconstructed sketch, this week's Curtain Call Inspiration challenge and the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge... snow.

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CTD 272 - thank you- with love!!

Happy Happy Wednesday... WOW this month is flying by... guess that happens when I just started my Christmas shopping last WE!! Only on Saturday but, we began at 3:30p and I was home at 9:30p- long mall trip for me!!

This week Broni picked the colors and inspiration pic... I used both this time... a little spring inspiration... I'm ready!! Honestly, I should be ashamed to say that when I know there are so many parts of the country being blasted with snow and ice... but, I'm a warm weather girl!

My card....

Aren't those painted Ball jars fabulous!! I used a set of images and dies from Clear and Simple stamps that I bought last spring and never inked them up... shame on me! I used Well Preserved Jars Medium, Well Preserved Jars Extras, and the coordinating Well Preserved Jars Medium dies. Stamped the jar outlines in gray and then added the "insides" with another image in the different colors. The images are a little crackled looking just -how perfect is that!! Colored the flowers with copics- cut a slit and inserted.

For more inspiration, you'll want to stop by and visit the other team members' blogs as well as our talented guestie - Cindy Lawrence at  One Happy Stamper!! Thanks Cindy for joining us!!

Barbara Anders - Paper Pursuits

Broni Holcombe - Splashes of Watercolor

Joan Ervin - Stamping With Passion

Lori Tecler - Inking Aloud
Tammy Hershberger - Stamp Happy

 Wanda Cullen - Cullen-ary Creations
Melody Rupple- A Paper Melody

 

Remember, if you don't have the exact colors, use whatever you have that's close...the color police won't come after you--this is all about having fun!  If you upload to a public gallery, please use the key words CTD272.  Also, when linking up your card using the linky tool at the bottom of the post, please link to your specific post, not a generic link to your blog.  

When you are finished with your creation, head over to the Color Throwdown blog to add your entry to the Inlinkz tool.   
 

Thanks for stopping by!! Love when you do and appreciate all the kind words!!

CTD271- merry christmas!!

Another Happy Wednesday to you!! Barbara picked some fabulous colors and I love the inspiration pic!! Loved all the cards from last week... hope you play again!!

My card....

Still playing at making my own backgrounds... lots of fun!! Here I used WPlus9's Merry and Bright along with the Christmas Words dies from Paper Smooches... LOVE them both!! There are so many more images in the Bright and Merry set- I only used 3 and the Paper Smooches die set has 7 dies that can be mixed- the Christmas on my card is the largest.

For more inspiration, you'll want to stop by and visit the other team members' blogs as well as our talented guestie - Cindy Lawrence at  One Happy Stamper!! Thanks Cindy for joining us!!

Barbara Anders - Paper Pursuits

Broni Holcombe - Splashes of Watercolor

Joan Ervin - Stamping With Passion

Lori Tecler - Inking Aloud
Tammy Hershberger - Stamp Happy

 Wanda Cullen - Cullen-ary Creations
Melody Rupple- A Paper Melody

 

Remember, if you don't have the exact colors, use whatever you have that's close...the color police won't come after you--this is all about having fun!  If you upload to a public gallery, please use the key words CTD268.  Also, when linking up your card using the linky tool at the bottom of the post, please link to your specific post, not a generic link to your blog.  

When you are finished with your creation, head over to the Color Throwdown blog to add your entry to the Inlinkz tool.   

This is also for the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge to make your own background.
 

Thanks for stopping by!! Love when you do and appreciate all the kind words!!

SSCB #25 - Happy Holidays!!

Here we are again for the new Serendipity Stamps challenge- this week the challenge is to make a "shaped" card!!!

Now, I will say mine is not a very creative shape, AND I had other ideas originally- but, I really wanted to color up this  Poinsettia Basket image and didn't think ahead! After they were colored and it was time to add the shape...this is the only shape that I had to accommodate! BUT- Aren't they gorgeous!! All the fine detail in the image is fabulous!! I stamped mine with Memento Tuxedo black onto XPress It blending CS and colored with copics. Added some gold pearls in the centers for a little bling. Tried adding bows {at the top, on the side.... didn't work...} This poinsettia basket just wanted to SHINE on its' own :-)

Did stamp the inside with a another Serendipity image... Holly with Frame and Happy Holidays sentiment!!

Hope you find time to join us, and...

The rules are simple... play along using at least one Serendipity Stamps image on your submission and link it below. You don't have to have a blog to play along - you can link your designs to any on line gallery.

Click Here for all the details

For extra inspiration there are samples from the design team on the challenge blog or you can visit them directly and get all the details by clicking on their names below.

Jeanne Jachna

Marybeth Lopez
Miriam Napier
Jenny Gropp 
Julie Warner 

Karen Amidon
 Anya Schrier
Pauline Pollington

This go round the special is Buy 3, Get a 4th free.   Good 12/4 through 12/11.  

 

Here's the link to Serendipity Stamps since you may feel the need to go looking and shopping :-)



Thanks for stopping by!! Love when you do and appreciate all the kind words!!

 

Stamps: Poinsettia 409L, Happy Holidays 665C, Holly with Frame 1050QCL {Serendipity}
Ink: Tuxedo Black {Memento}, Copics
Paper: Basic Black, Whisper White {SU}, XPress It Blending CS
Accessories: Gold Pearls {Pizzazzaplenty}, Ribbon {SU}, Seam Binding {stash}, Stitched Circle Dies {Lil Inker Designs}