Serendipity Stamps Blog Challenge- Hidden Gems (take #2)

Good Morning and Happy, Happy Wednesday!! It's time for the Serendipity Stamps DT to provide a little more inspiration for this month's challenge.... Hidden Gems!!

You get the whole 4 weeks to play along! We're at the half way point for this challenge - you still have two weeks left to link up your design!

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 - 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.

Want to go shopping? The sale this week is free shipping on any US order $15 or more. Good through 1/27.

I've been dreaming of spring... sunshine and flowers!! I used the Geranium Large Cling set stamped onto XPress It Blending cardstock and colored with copics. The background was created with Cherry Lynn's French Lattice die. Did you know that Serendipity carries Cherry Lynn dies...  The sentiment is Serendipity's Dream die. Perfect for my spring fantasy :)

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

Jenny Gropp 

 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

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Top Dog Dies Friday Post...Valentine's!!

TGIF!!!! Yes... friday makes this working girl happy... not that I don't love my job but,...

AND... it's my weekly post using Top Dog Dies... Valentine's is on!!

Had a lot of fun making a sweet Heart Mini Album using a bunch of goodies from Top Dog Dies.

Sweet!! I used the Heart Mini Album die, Heart Doily die, and Heart Mini Album Finishers set, along with some Authentique papers and extras. I have several pics...

Front and center cover...

Playing with the Heart Album die and Heart Mini Album Finishers dies from Top Dog Dies. Thinking that I will give it to Darrell for his mom (Grammie) and he can add pics of the little one (my youngest daughter's beau's little girl). She's a sweetie!! She spied the jet ski in the garage the other day- 2 1/2... big jet ski but, asked me is she could go for a ride. My answer... "Yes,.. missy someone will take you for a ride but, it has to get warmer and we need to go to the lake".... totally not intimidated by the size!

Close up....

For each page/s of the mini album... I decorated one side and left the other side to scrap that picture.

 The next pages...

Here's the end..

Isn't the doily die gorgeous... and all the elements in the Finishers die set are perfect for adding a little something!!

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CTD #325- Beautiful Day!

Happy, Happy Wednesday... it's hump day and I'm hoping it goes by fast!!

I want to say YOU ROCKED the colors last week!! I didn't have a chance to get to everyone's blog but, I am working on it!! So much inspiration, I need to be able to retire and just "stamp/blog" 24/7...

OK...those dreams won' be reality for a few years! This week's colors are brought to us by Tammy... IN LOVE!!

How fun is that inspiration photo... thinking of my "cat" peeps...

My card....

Played with some Reverse Confetti stamps and dies along with fun patterned papers!! LOVE those flowers with the patterned paper and angles!!

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: Cassie Trask, A Day in the Life...
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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 CTD325  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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Best Friends!

Happy Tuesday eve'!! Hoping to get back to a little stamping and blogging...

 AND... playing with my NBUS... LOVE this sweet Simon stamp!! When I was little we had a Boston Terrier named Tippy... not sure where the name came from but, loved that pooch!!

Used this week's Retro Sketch...

And the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge to use something "new"

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Oh baby it's a wild world....

it's hard to get by just upon a smile.....

I try some days though, I try!! Showing my age... Cat Stevens!

Had a chance to do a little extra stamping this WE and made this card

 I played with some Glitz papers, whatnots, and puffy sentiments. I love these things and buy them once in a while... get them home and don't know what to do with them... have you ever done that?

Used this week's Freshly Made Sketch for the layout.

Hope you had a great WE... goes too fast!!

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