TCPTUES55

Hey everyone,
I hope you guys are enjoying your week. I've had a pretty hectic few days, therefore I haven't been around to stamping. These next three weeks are going to be very busy for me it's the last three weeks of the semester and then final's so I probably won't be around to much, but summer vacation will come and I hope to be around a whole lot more.

So earlier today I decided to do some stamping. I was inspired by Jen del Muro's TCPTUES card, it's just absolutely darling, so I figured I would try something along those lines using the TCPTUES55 sketch (scroll down for the details to the sketch challenge). But here is the story, I had class at 6 and I started stamping around 4:30. I'm stamping, I'm coloring, I'm gluing, I'm adding finishing touches an I look up and it was 5:47 yikes, I was going to miss my class. It was just perfect timing to grab my backpack and hit the road. So I got lost in card making world, who doesn't lol. I got to class a little after 6 but thank goodness the teacher was latter than I was, lucky me, right lol. So yea that is my story about this card. I hope you guys like, I thought it came out pretty cute.

Oh on another note, I ordered the new Because of You stamp set from Verve Stamps and I just got it in the mail today, I was so excited but when I got the mail I was on my way out of town for the weekend so that made me a little sad, but I hope soon to play with the new set and show you some cards. Stay tuned.

Enjoy and Thanks for stopping by.



Recipe:
Card Size: 4 x 5 1/2
Stamps: Hanna Stamps Riley Tractor, High Hopes Farm Background, SU Sweet Little Sentiments
Ink: Pitch Black (Adirondak), Copic Markers
Paper: My Mind's Eye Tres Belle
Accessories: Nestabilities, Martha Stewart Halloween Fence Edge Punch, K&Company Adhesive Gems

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Head on over to Carole's Blog today.

She is the Hipster Hostess with the Mostess for this week. And she's hosting a fantabulous Sketch challenge. She's using this wonderful sketch to challenge herself and you. It's her first (not last) week as the Hostess with the Mostess. Won't you play along?

Want some even more inspiration? Check out the DT members to the left throughout the day to see their great cards.

Now I want to see yours.

Here are the deets. (Lifted from Ana's page.)
1. Each a week one of The Cat’s Pajamas DT members will host a challenge.
2. The challenges will vary {stamp, color, theme, sketch, etc.}
3. You will have until {this} Saturday night to complete the challenge.
4. Link your project on this week’s hostess’ challenge announcement. This week you will link your project HERE.
5. TCP stamps are not required, but of course, highly encouraged. {Unless it is a challenge calling for a specific stamp}
6. There will be one winner each month. They will be deemed that month’s Swankiest Stamper and get $25 in Cat’s Cash {money to spend on the TCP site!}.
7. When uploading to SCS or PCP, please use the keyword TCPTUES55 for this challenge.
8. Alma (that's me) will post the entries from the week the following Monday on her blog.
9. The newly crowned Swanky Stamper will be announced on the First of the Month and have his/her winning entry posted on The Cat’s Pajamas website where he/she will reign for the entire month.

VSAPR4 AMYRS65 She's all that

Hey everyone,

I just wanted to share with you all Verve Release Challenge 4 (VSAPR4). The last challenge was a color challenge and also if you did all four challenges you were able to enter into the Verve Release Week Champion.

So here is the color challenge swatch. I thought these were great colors and I knew exaclty what paper I was going to use because I had some DP that had all three colors, how perfect was that.

But my next challenge was what design was I going to use and what stamps and everything else. I had the paper but had no idea for the rest. So I started looking for sketch challenges and I came upon the AMRYS65 Sketch Challenge and I was able to creat this card.



Thanks for stopping by, Enjoy!!!!!




Recipe:
Card Size: 4 x 5 1/2
Stamps: SU She's all that, Su Sweet Little Sentiments
Paper: Rhonna Farrer Paper Pad, Summer Ete
Ink: ColorBox Fluid Ice Blue
Accessories: Sheer Blue Ribbon, SU Scallop Punch, Liquid Pearls

VSAPR3 Beautiful Kindness

So I know the Verve Stamp Release Party was last night but I still want to share the cards that I made for the challenges.

This next card I made using the sketch at the left, VSAPR3. Once again another great sketch, just love it!!!! They are all great sketches, thanks Julee!!!!! There were also lots of great ideas on Splitcoaststampers, don't forget to check them out.

I was mostly inspired by a card made by Kristina, her card was simple yet elegant and I just loved her color combo so I decided to do something along those lines.

So here is my card for VSAPR3 and tomorrow I will have the last challenge card.

Enjoy and thanks for stopping by!!!



Recipe:
Card Size: 5 1/4 x 5 1/4
Stamps: Verve Beautiful Kindness
Paper: Me&My Big Ideas Fashion District Paper Pad
Ink: Pitch black (adirondack)
Accessories: White Gross Grain Ribbon, Button, Shimmerz, EK Success Dotted Wave Edge Punch

VSAPR2 Everlasting Life

Alright here is Verves Release Week Challenge 2 (VSAPR2). The Release Party is tonight 9pm Eastern Time so don't forget to get your challenges done and get them posted so that you too can be entered to win some great prizes.

Julee had another great sketch. Just love her sketch ideas they are always so beautiful and creative!! Thanks Julee for the great ideas!!!!!

Again I wanted to ink up some more of my new Verve Stamps so I again used Everlasting Life. I thought that the Cross would look good using this sketch, so here is what I came up with.

I just love this new paper by My Mind's Eye, such great colors and they are also great colors for a masculine card. Just love it!!! I'm starting to think that I should go by some more at my local Michaels.

So here is what I came up with. Enjoy and Thanks for stopping by!!!!!!



Recipe:
Card Size: 4 x 5 1/2
Stamps: Verve Everlasting Life
Paper: My Mind's Eye Tres Belle "Family Tree" Floral and Plaid
Ink: ColorBox Fluid Chalk Chestnut Roan
Accessories: Brads, Shimmerz

VSAPR1 Everlasting Life

The Verve Stamps is having a new release this Friday. I am so excited.

First I want to start off with the fact that I just got my first set of Verve stamps. I won scrapnextras 200,000 hit blog candy where her prize was the Fun with Floral Bundle. I was so excited, I wasn't even expecting it I just stopped by her site to see what the results were and there my name was. Wooohhhuuu!!! Lucky me, so I got in contact with her and the next thing I know the stamps were in my mail box, quicker than ever. I wasn't even thinking that the package was for me when I saw it in our box. I was so excited.

So I figured what a better opportunity to use my stamps than for Verves new release party challenges.


There are four challenges, the details to the projects are below. Here is the Sketch for the first project. Super cute layout, I had so many idea's for it, I might play with this layout later too.

To see more projects with this layout checkout this link: VSAPR1

Here is what I came up with. As I said I wanted to ink up my new stamps so I used the Everlasting Life set. Such a pretty set, I wish I could have used it for Easter, guess I'll have to save it for next year.

Enjoy and Thanks for stopping by!!!!



Recipe:
Card Size: 4 x 5 1/2
Stamps: Verve Everlasting Life
Paper: My Mind's Eye Tres Belle "Family Tree" Floral
Ink: ColorBox Fluid Chalk Chestnut Roan, Copic Markers
Accessories: Shimmerz, Brads, Brown Gross Grain Ribbon, EK Success Dotted Wave Edge Punch

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April 2009 Release Week Challenges!

How to enter: Upload your project with the challenge keyword to your SCS gallery. Verve Stamps are not required.

Deadline: The deadline for prize drawings will be 8:00 PM Eastern time on Friday, April 17.

Prizes: One participant from each challenge will win a $30 gift certificate to Verve Stamps. Two Grand Prize winners (who participate in each challenge and post their links to the Verve Release Week Champion Thread) will receive our new release bundle {$54 value}

To be eligible for the grand prize, you must make four new cards (please make a separate card for the color challenge). If you don't have a certain shape or color feel free to substitute. The important thing is that you have fun stamping!

Julee made a printable pdf of all four challenges. Just right click the link below and save the PDF to your hard drive. I'll also add it as an attachment in case that works better for you.

Mojo82

Hey everyone,

I hope you all enjoyed your Easter weekend. I know I did except when it came to Easter Dinner at my parents house I became very sick and laid on the couch between running to the bathroom. I and some 20 other people who all attended the same 1st bday party and Easter festivities all came down with a nasty nasty flu bug. It was bad and it hit us all at different time. I've never seen anything like that but it was one nasty but and I hope none of you out there get it, it wasn't fun.

Enough about that, I decided today instead of doing some homework I would make a lil mojo so here is what I came up with. I think it is quite beautiful and exactly what I was thinking in my head, I hope you guys enjoy it as much as do.

The cala lily is popped up with pop dots in three layers to give it a little 3D look.



Recipe:
Card Size: 4 x 5 1/2
Paper: Me&My Big Ideas Fashion District Paper Pad
Stamps: SU Fifth Avenue Floral, Inkadinkado Sentiment
Ink: Pitch Black (Adirondak),
Accessories: Fun Flock yellow & white, American Craft Checkered Ribbon, EK Success Fleur de lis edger, Martha Stewart Crafts™ Simple Scallop Edge Punch, button, pop dots


Thanks for stopping by, have a great day and don't forget to play along.

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To play along, just make a project using the provided sketch.

Upload it to your blog or online gallery and leave a link using the Mr. Linky form at the bottom of this post, so we can come check out your creation. There is no time limit - you can always play any week at any time, but Mr. Linky will be closed on Sunday night at 8:00pm. That way there's no confusion which Mr. Linky is the current one. If you upload to online galleries, please use keyword/tag MOJO82.

Grazing Cow

Hey everyone,

I bought this stamp a few weeks ago at the Pleasanton Scrapbook Fair here in California from Stamps by Judith and I thought I would give it a try.The other night I was just playing with the image and I stamped and colored it and did the fun flock and liquid appliqué so today I just put something together. Wasn't to sure what I wanted to do but this is what I came up with. I've also been meaning to use the crochet flowers my mom made for me so here is my first attempt at adding them to a card.

I hope you guys enjoy, have a great day!!!



Recipe:
Card Size: 5 x 6 1/2
Stamps: Stamps by Judith
Ink: Pitch Black (Adirondak), Copic Markers
Accessories: Curved Rectangele Nestability, Shimmerz, Martha Stewart Halloween Fence Edge Punch, Marvy Uchid Flower punch (3 different sizes,)Pearls, Fun Flock, Marvy Uchida Liquid Appliqué, American Craft Checkered Ribbon

Herd it's your 1st Birthday

Hey everyone,

My boyfriends nephew is turning one this Saturday and he is having a Barn Yard themed Birthday Party so what better than a Barn Yard themed Birthday Card. High Hopes has some great farm images so I had to play with them. I saw this card idea on the high hopes web page and thought I would give it a try. This first image is a pic of my mountains, I thought they turned out so good I didn't want to add the rest of the images. I didn't want to cover up my pretty work, so I took a pic lol. But anyways I hope you guys enjoy my card, I think it came out very nicely.








Thanks for stopping by, have a great day!!!!!!!!!


Recipe:
Card: 5 1/2 by 5 1/2
Stamps: High Hopes Clarabelle And Riley, High Hopes Farm Background, High Hopes Bail O' Hay, and High Hopes Everywhere A Moo
Paper: colored cardstock
Ink: Pitch Black (Adirondack), Markers (Copics)
Accessories: Martha Stewart Halloween Fence Edge Punch, K&Company Rough & Tumble Metal Art-Hardware Brads, SU Scalloped Punch, Shimmerz, Fun Flock

TCPTUES53

Hey everyone,

I just wanted to share with you a quick card. I used the SCS Sketch Challenge 223 and the TCPTUES53 Color Challenge and a Shirly's 2 Girls digital image. Sorry I have to be short and sweet but I have to get to my school work before class.

Enjoy!! Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!!!



Recipe:
Card Size: 4 x 5 1/2
Stamps: Shirley's 2 Girls Mouse Flowers (Digital Image), SU Sweet Little Sentiments
Paper: Amanda Blu paper pad, Pumpkin Orange, Rasberry Pink, Sunny Yellow
Ink: Copic Markers
Accessories: Brads, Martha Stewart Crafts™ Simple Scallop Edge Punch



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We hope you get to play with us. Here's the details on how you can be a part of the action:

1. Each a week one of The Cat’s Pajamas DT members will host a challenge.
2. The challenges will vary {stamp, color, theme, sketch, etc.}
3. You will have until {this} Saturday night to complete the challenge.
4. Link your project on this week’s hostess’ challenge announcement. This week you will link your project that you have posted on your blog or in the SCS gallery by adding a comment and link on this post, making sure your link is correct and posting it by midnight Saturday, April 11th.
5. TCP stamps are not required, but of course, highly encouraged. {Unless it is a challenge calling for a specific stamp}
6. There will be one winner each month. They will be deemed that month’s Swankiest Stamper and get $25 in Cat’s Cash {money to spend on the TCP site!}.
7. When uploading to SCS, please use the keyword TCPTUES53 for this challenge.
8. Alma will post the entries from the week the following Monday on her blog.
9. The newly crowned Swanky Stamper will be announced on the First of the Month and have his/her winning entry posted on The Cat’s Pajamas website where he/she will reign for the entire month!
10. HAVE FUN!!!

MOJO81

Hey everyone,

I hope you guys all had a great yesterday. Mine was alright other than the fact that the weather yesterday looked great except for a little breeze so I put on a cute sleeveless top, some jeans and a pair of ankle boots and I headed out the door, and to my surprise during class it began to pour and it pretty much hasn't stopped, so I got a little wet but I guess I didn't mind to much others at school were wearing shorts and flip flops so I think I was better off.

So to my card. I should have really been writing a paper, I did brainstorm a bit, but instead I decided to make a card and leave the paper for writing today since my class was canceled and I have all day to write it. So here it is, I gave Mojo Monday a try and I used Hippity Hop Sophia again. Enjoy and I hope you guys all have a great day!!




Recipe:
Card Size: 4 x 5 1/2
Paper: Me&My BIG Ideas Fashion District Paper Pad
Stamps: Paper Pretties Hippity Hop Sophia
Ink: Pitch Black (Adirondak), Copic Markers
Accessories: Nestabilities, Shimmerz, Marvy Uchid Flower punch (3 different sizes), K&Company Adhesive Gems, Green Gross Grain Ribbon, Fun Flock

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MOJO81

It's a new month, and that means it's CONTEST time!

How to play: Just upload a project using this week's sketch to your online blog or gallery. Then leave a link to your project in the Mr. Linky form at the bottom of this post. If you're linking to a blog, please be sure to link directly to the specific post where we can view your project, and not just to your blog. That way if it takes a few days for us to get to your card, we don't have to hunt around to find your card. If you upload to online galleries, please also use tag/keyword MOJO81.

Deadline: The Mr. Linky form will close at 8PM MT on Sunday, April 12 so all entries need to be in before then. Winners will be announced on Wednesday April 15.

The Prizes: We'll have one winner for every 50 entries, up to a max of SEVEN winners!!!

And what might you win? Well, that would be one Verve Stamps set of your choice (up to a $24 value). We've got a couple new releases slated to debut on April 17, so there will be even more Verve goodness to pick from.

Hippity Hop here comes Easter

Hey everyone,

I hope you all had a great Monday. I know I just wish I was still in San Luis Obispo enjoying the beach but I had to be at school to do a group project and then I should have been writing a paper so that it's not done last minute but instead I was playing with Sophia. Easters around the corner and I had yet to make a card so here is the first. Enjoy!!!



Recipe:
Card Size: 4 x 5 1/2
Paper: Me&My BIG Ideas Fashion District Paper Pad
Stamps: Paper Pretties Hippity Hop Sophia
Ink: Pitch Black (Adirondak), Copic Markers
Accessories: Brads, Nestabilities, Cuttlebug Embossing Border with Love, Shimmerz, Martha Stewart Lace Doily Border Punch

Thanks for stopping by, have a great week!!!!!!!

Spring break

Hey everyone,

I had an amazing weekend, it was absolutely wonderful!!!!! My boyfriend and I went down south to San Luis Obispo for the weekend. He went to school down there so he knew all the cool places to check out. We visited his school and some of his old friends, hit up the local shops and beaches, and then went on two tours at Hearts Castle, which was absolutely gorgeous!!! Yesterday the weather was awesome, it was warm and everyone was playing in the ocean and on the beaches, but sadly for us we had to go home, but before we left we were able to snap a million pictures and take advantage of the great weather. It was so much fun, we didn't want to leave. Here are some pictures from our weekend, and some time later this week I hope to share some Easter cards with you all. Enjoy!!!!


View of Hearst Castle






Hearst Castle






Hearst Castle










Hearst Castle another view










Hearst Castle Garden







Hearst Castle Outdoor pool







California Polytechnic State University Garden, isn't it beautiful.







Avila Beach







Avila Beach Peir







Pismo Beach







Pismo Beach








Pismo Beach Pier







Pismo Beach and Pier








Sunset at Pismo Beach

Hi there

Hey everyone,

Sorry no card today but I want to share with you some pictures of beautiful Monterey, California. And later this week I might share with you guys some more picture of the rest of my spring break. Enjoy!!!




The shore by the wading pools, see the starfish at the bottom of the picture, the little orange thing is a starfish. There were a lot of mussels, and sea urchins and little crabs too.


A white peacock at a fruit stand on the way back home from Monterey. Isn't it beautiful and unique.

Thanks for stopping by. Check in early next week for card pics and later this week for more vacation pics.