TOP DOG Dies!!

Well, life has been a little crazy with the holidays and then, getting back in to the swing of work so.....

I have a bit of exciting news!!! I am on the DT for Top Dog Dies spring term. And today is my first official post!!

We are showcasing Valentine's this month and I had the pleasure to play with some fabulous dies!! For my Valentine's card I created a traditional girly/frilly one. Pretty much "true to form" for me.

 A close up of the the sweet Heart border die (save those little hearts to use as confetti with a shaker card- just sayin') along with the detail on the Heart doily die, and Heart Mini Album Finishers die set. 

 Another close up to see the detail of the Heart Doily die. I used it for a Valentines card but, it could be used for so much more..... wedding, birthday, anniversary...

Full view.

Click on the highlighted words for quick links to the dies I used and click here to check out the Top Dog Dies store. There are some sales going on as well as a chance to win a prize from Little B's.

I'll be posting a little sumthin' every Friday so, remember to stop back by.

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Happy Birthday!!

Happy Friday eve'!! Finally hoping things have settled down here in my neck of the woods and will be able to spend a little more time creating!!

I did get a chance to stamp this weekend and this is one of the cards I created.

 I used Altenew's Painted Butterflies. Stamped the images onto watercolor cardstock, heat embossed with silver, and watercolored with SU's crumbcake. Repeated the process for two of the images and "fussy" cut to pop on top for a little dimension. The sentiment is from Altenew's Label Love. Misted and flicked a little with Heidi Swapp's Tinsel Color Shine.

Played with the colors for the Curtain Call challenge... no winter scene.. this southern girl is dreaming of sun and flip flops :)

I also played in Darnell's NBUS challenge (never been used schtuff)- golly I could probably do this for weeks with everything I have bought in the last few months and no time to play!!

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Color Throwdown #324 --- Warm Wishes!!

Happy, Happy Wednesday!! We're back starting the New Year at the Color Throwdown Challenge. Monika is starting us off with a fabulous color palette!

Looks cold (to me) but, love those colors!! Ha... they say our low temp tonight will be 11 or 12 degrees (dang, that's cold for a southern girl!!)

As soon as I saw these colors, I knew I wanted to use Avery Elle's Let It Snow. Added some snow with modeling paste and Simon Says Stamps Falling Snow stencil. The hills were created with a Mama Elephant Borders die.

Before you head off to create, here’s some inspiration from our talented team to get you started. We’re also joined by January’s guest designer: Bonnie Sharp and this week’s Guest Star Stamper: Jenny Engelke. 

Barbara Anders - Paper Pursuits

Broni Holcombe - Splashes of Watercolor

Joan Ervin - Stamping With Passion

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

Monika Davis- MAD Stamper

Tammy Hershberger - Stamp Happy

 Jodi Collins- Stampin a Latte

Remember, if you don't have the exact colors, use whatever you have that's close...this is all about having fun!  AND... remember "neutrals" are free! If you upload to a public gallery, please use the key words CTD324  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.

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Serendipity Stamps Blog Challenge- Hidden Gems!!

Welcome to the Serendipity Stamps Challenge! Once a month (on the first Wednesday) we post a new challenge with a central theme. The design team provides samples for inspiration at the beginning, and then again at the half way point of the challenge (on the third Wednesday), but you get the whole month to join us!

Ready for our latest challenge?

SSCB#39 Hidden Gems! Dust off your supplies! Let's see what you've been ignoring and put it to good use!! Use an item from your stash that's been under used on your design - just make sure you include at least one Serendipity Stamps image (Stamp or Die) on your project! Our favorite design will receive our winner blog badge and one random winner of this challenge will receive a $20 discount off their next order from Serendipity Stamps.You have until midnight US Eastern Standard Time on February 2 to link your project. The winner and our next challenge will be posted on February 4.

I used Serendipity's Dandelion Background. I stamped the image onto watercolor cardstock with versamark ink and heat embossed with white. Then I sponged the background using various Distress Inks. Added some sparkle with Heidi Swapp gold Color Shine. The sentiment is Serendipity's Thinking of You (small) stamped with delicata gold ink onto a linen paper. 

We have a special guest joining us this month!! Please welcome Kimberly Wiener from Wienerhoneymooners Blog!

For more 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.

Karen Amidon
Jeanne Jachna

Marybeth Lopez

Julie Warner 

 Miriam Napier

The rules are simple... play along using at least one Serendipity Stamps image on your submission and the theme of Thankful/Grateful. 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

Want to go shopping? This week’s sale is buy 3 get 1 free. Good through Jan 14th.

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Serendipity Stamps Blog Hop!!

Good Morning and welcome to the Serendipity Stamps Blog Hop!! We are featuring some new dies available now at Serendipity Stamps! Whoo Hoo!

You should have arrived here from Miriam's blog, (gorgeous, right!) if you got lost along the way, just pop along to the Serendipity Stamp's blog and start from the beginning.

I have three cards for you today!

It's the next celebration of the year.. Time for sweethearts... for this card I used Serendipity's Mini Scroll Heart and Scallop die  LOVE- and the Sweet sentiment die. I used the current Retro Sketches layout for this card. 

This card uses the Mini Scroll Heart and Scallop die-yep, love it!! Added the sentiment using the Valentines die.. don't you love that curve!!

  

For my last card- the border was created with the Heart Scroll Valance and border die  for a sweet wedding card. Stamped the cake- Serendipity's Wedding Cake onto XPress It blending cardstock and colored lightly with copics. Sentiment is Serendipity's Celebrate die.

Prizes!!! One random commenter will receive a $20 gift code.  You have until Jan 4 to leave a comment, winner will be announced on Serendipity's blog (see link above) on Jan 5. . 

Thrilled to welcome Kimberly Weiner as our guest this month. You can find her blog here. 

Next stop on the hop is my sweet friend Jeanne, sure to be something bright and beautiful!!

Here's the blog hop list, for just in cases...

Mary's Blog

Karen Amidon
Marybeth Lopez
Miriam Napier
Vickie Zimmer
Jeanne Jachna
Jenny Gropp
Julie Warner

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