Color Throwdown #381- Let's Talk.....

Happy, Happy Wednesday!! Glad you stopped by!! It's time for another Color Throwdown Challenge... Wanda picked the colors this week....

Aren't they sweet!!

I'm still working through all those NBUS things I've bought and hadn't had time to play with...

Went yesterday AM to get the passport... what a project... phew!! Family trip early summer and should be fun....BUT, we went to a place at the University (busy, busy) here in Charlotte... there was a Starbucks and of course, me and my youngest had to stop and get a little something for the ride home!! Made me think of MFT's LLD Cool Cup Dies and Stay Cool sentiments. Also played with the Wonky Stitched Retangles!! You can't tell in the pic- added a bit of clear wink of stella to the swirl on the top of the cup. 

Kay Miller - My Joyful Moments - February Guest Designer. Thrilled to have you playing with us!!

AND...

Karren Johnson, Guest Star Stamper - Karren J - Stamping Stuff - Our guest this week!!

Once you’ve finished your card or other paper-crafted project, add a direct link to your creation using the Inlinkz tool at the bottom of the Color Throwdown post. And, don’t forget to use the keyword CTD381if you upload your project to an online gallery, or hashtag on social media with #ctd381 and/or #colorthrowdown.  Challenge guidelines are in the right sidebar on the Color Throwdown Challenge Blog in case you have any questions.

Barbara Anders - Paper Pursuits

Broni Holcombe - Splashes of Watercolor

Joan Ervin - Stamping With Passion

Lori Tecler - Inking Aloud
 Wanda Cullen - Cullen-ary Creations

 Jodi Collins- Stampin a Latte
Lynn Putt- The Queens Scene
Lisa Henke- My Little Creative Escape
Amy Rysavy - Prairie Paper & Ink 

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

Serendipity Stamps Blog Hop and Challenge- Anything Goes!!

Good Morning, we're at the halfway point of this month's Serendipity Stamps Challenge-- Anything Goes and we're having a Blog Hop!! It's a new year and we're switching things up a little - starting in February (this month) the newest challenge will begin on the first of every month. At the half way point we'll be showing another round of samples by the design team as well as celebrating with a monthly blog hop - showing you the latest products and offering another chance for you to win some goodies from Serendipity Stamps.

You should have arrived here from Miriam's blog but, if you got lost along the way I have a full list below.  

My card...

I had fun stamping and coloring this sweet elephant and added the Serendipity Stamps new sentiment.... "I'd never forget you!" Love the font!! Used my MISTI to get the rich color of the sentiment on patterned paper! This card with a personal message will be sent to my neighbor who moved last fall- perfect next door neighboor!!

Maybe you have something new you haven't had a chance to give the proper attention to?  We've got the Queen of Never Before Used Schtuff joining us this month - Darnell Knauss from djkardkreations!

Want to go shopping? The 50% off stamp of the month is the Tandem Bicycle stamp!

Your next stop on the hop is my sweet friend Jeanne Jachna (the full list is below). It's sure to be bright and beautiful!!

Other news... There's a special... this time it's 40% off the highest priced item in your card-- good Wednesday through Sunday (2/17-2/21). Enter "40fromhigh0216" to get 40% off the highest priced item in your cart. 

AND... when we have a Blog Hop there's always a chance to win....To enter to win, you need to leave a comment on the blogs (random pick)- you can leave comments through Sunday, February 21st. The prize is a $20 gift certificate to Serendipity Stamps. The winner will be announce on Mary's blog on Monday, February 22nd. Good Luck and enjoy the hop!!

Mary's Blog

Julie Warner

Karen Amidon

Marybeth Lopez

Miriam Napier

Vickie Zimmer- yep that's me :)

Jeanne Jachna 

Jenny Gropp

We're looking forward to seeing your projects linked up!  You have until Midnight February 28 to linkup your designs for the monthly challenge!!

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

Color Throwdown #380- miss you!!

Good Morning- Happy Wednesday!! I'm here with the new Color Throwdown colors-- picked by your truly!! How about a little cozy, warm, wrapped up in a blanket, reading a book feeling..

Yep-Love these blankets- and the colors too!!

I played with Altenew's Peonies and Painted Greetings!! LOVE both!! Used a couple of reds- lightest for the base layer and darker red on top. 

Don't forget to stop by the blog to see the other DT creations (links below) as well as our special guests!!

Kay Miller - My Joyful Moments - February Guest Designer. Thrilled to have you playing with us!! 

AND...

Peggy Gottschau, Guest Star Stamper - Our guest this week!!

Once you’ve finished your card or other paper-crafted project, add a direct link to your creation using the Inlinkz tool at the bottom of the Color Throwdown post. And, don’t forget to use the keyword CTD380 if you upload your project to an online gallery, or hashtag on social media with #ctd380 and/or #colorthrowdown.  Challenge guidelines are in the right sidebar on the Color Throwdown Challenge Blog in case you have any questions.

Barbara Anders - Paper Pursuits

Broni Holcombe - Splashes of Watercolor

Joan Ervin - Stamping With Passion

Lori Tecler - Inking Aloud
 Wanda Cullen - Cullen-ary Creations

 Jodi Collins- Stampin a Latte
Lynn Putt- The Queens Scene
Lisa Henke- My Little Creative Escape
Amy Rysavy - Prairie Paper & Ink 

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

Tag You're It- LOVE!!

Ha... so I wanted to play again in the Tag You're It Challenge... honestly love making these little works of art!! So... I looked at the inspiration tag... and went to town... totally did something that I couldn't even explain :) 

In between I was working on a couple of other projects and came full circle... (in other words I got back on track with the actual inspiration:)

Here's the inspiration....

Here's my tag...

Tag is a PTI bookmark designed by Dawn McVEY... I used a Simon Says Stamp Heart stencil with modeling paste/ adding some red paint... after that was dry I added some patterned papers, Lil Inkers stitched hearts and Reverse Confetti die cut love. The ribbons are SU. 

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

Verve Diva Challenge and VLV sketch...

Happy Sunday! It's a little cold here in the south today... which gave me the perfect opportunity to play a little!!

I pulled out some favs- Verve's Happy Place- stamped the flower image on PTI's select white and did a little coloring with copics. Love this stuff- it's nice to have a "white" paper that you can color with copics!! The flowers were die cut with Verve's Happy Doodles die and mounted with foam onto stitched circle die cuts from Lil Inkers. The sentiments are from Verve's Inspire Hope stamped with versamark and heat embossed with white. The little flags are from Verve's Flag It Die Set.

Here's the inspriation/colors....

Here's the sketch....

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

love!

Happy Saturday!! I have a "sweet valentine's day" card today. 

I went long and skinny on this one. The hearts were die cut with Simon Says Stamp Heart Parade three times- white, red, and pink. Added some random dots to the background and then layered the hearts on top. On the red hearts I added some random white specks. The sentiment is PTI and it was die cut three times and layered for a little dimension. 

My inspiration came from The Card Concept- I would say this is clean and layered...

And the fusion challenge sketch....

Hope you are having a great weekend!!

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

Color Throwdown # 379- Hugs!!

Happy, Happy Hump Day!! It's time for another set of colors from Color Throwdown!! Lynn picked the colors this week...

We're working with pink, purple, bright pink, and gold this week!! Aren't those cookies fabulous!! It's a whole a buncha hearts.... Happy Valentine's Day (early!!) This is one of the few "heart" cards/tags I was able to make this year.... BUT... can't get by Valentine's Day without at least one and Lynn's picture is perfect!!

I used Lil Inkers stictched hearts and made a shaker card... it's been a while  and who doesn't love a little bling!! The Hugs is a PTI die cut with gold paper- layered several times. I used white for the bottom layers and added the gold die on top (saves a little on the paper). The sequin mix is from Verve. 

Guests...

Kay Miller - My Joyful Moments - February Guest Designer. Thrilled to have you playing with us!!

AND...

Bonnie Sharp, Guest Star Stamper - The Lucky Clucker - Our guest this week!!

Once you’ve finished your card or other paper-crafted project, add a direct link to your creation using the Inlinkz tool at the bottom of the Color Throwdown post. And, don’t forget to use the keyword CTD379 if you upload your project to an online gallery, or hashtag on social media with #ctd379 and/or #colorthrowdown.  Challenge guidelines are in the right sidebar on the Color Throwdown Challenge Blog in case you have any questions.

Barbara Anders - Paper Pursuits

Broni Holcombe - Splashes of Watercolor

Joan Ervin - Stamping With Passion

Lori Tecler - Inking Aloud
 Wanda Cullen - Cullen-ary Creations

 Jodi Collins- Stampin a Latte
Lynn Putt- The Queens Scene
Lisa Henke- My Little Creative Escape
Amy Rysavy - Prairie Paper & Ink 

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

Color Throwdown # 378- CAT-ITUDE!!

Happy, Happy Hump Day!! It's time for another set of colors from Color Throwdown!! Lori picked the colors this week...

 Fun, fun, fun!! Well, I should be in full Valentine mode like the inspiration pic... But, I'm still working on inking up those stamps/dies I bought before Xmas 2015!!

For this card I used the rug from MFT's Merry Christmoose- stamped on PTI select white and colored with copics. Next, I die cut this sweet kitty and fish from MTF's Cat-itude stamps and dies and colored with copics. The sweet kitty was popped up for a little dimension. Added some black "dots/sprinkles" to offset the design a little. The kitty's ears are pink (just in case you wondered if I got that pink in there)

Kay Miller - My Joyful Moments - February Guest Designer. Thrilled to have you playing with us!!

AND...

Samantha Johnson, Guest Star Stamper - Samantha's Cards. Thrilled to have you too!!

Once you’ve finished your card or other paper-crafted project, add a direct link to your creation using the Inlinkz tool at the bottom of the Color Throwdown post. And, don’t forget to use the keyword CTD378 if you upload your project to an online gallery, or hashtag on social media with #ctd378 and/or #colorthrowdown.  Challenge guidelines are in the right sidebar on the Color Throwdown Challenge Blog in case you have any questions.

Barbara Anders - Paper Pursuits

Broni Holcombe - Splashes of Watercolor

Joan Ervin - Stamping With Passion

Lori Tecler - Inking Aloud
 Wanda Cullen - Cullen-ary Creations

 Jodi Collins- Stampin a Latte
Lynn Putt- The Queens Scene
Lisa Henke- My Little Creative Escape
Amy Rysavy - Prairie Paper & Ink (Oh yeah, Amy has joined the group, yippee!!)

For my layout I used this week's CAS(e) this sketch.

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

Serendipity Stamps Blog Challenge... Anything Goes!!

Good Morning and welcome to this month's Serendipity Stamps Challenge-- Anything Goes!! I pulled out these sweet flowers and one of my fav sentiments to make my card today!!

Here's a little close up of these sweet flowers!!

The completed card...

I LOve it!! Sorry, I shouldn't act that way- it's just seems it's been a long time since I made a card that I really liked- the holidays... busy... a bit of health issues... my mind was totally elsewhere!! Had a wonderful time coloring these sweet flowers Butterfly Garden with copics. adding a little patterned paper/twine to offset each other and that fabulous sentiment... Be Happy!!

It's a new year and we're switching things up a little - starting in February the newest challenge will begin on the first of every month. At the half way point we'll be showing another round of samples by the design team as well as celebrating with a monthly blog hop - showing you the latest products and offering another chance for you to win some goodies fromSerendipity Stamps.

Maybe you have something new you haven't had a chance to give the proper attention to?  We've got the Queen of Never Before Used Schtuff joining us this month - Darnell Knauss from djkardkreations!

Want to go shopping? The 50% off stamp of the month is the Tandem Bicycle stamp!

We're looking forward to seeing your projects linked up!  You have until Midnight February 28 to linkup your designs!

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