InStyle Stamps April Blog Hop - Mother's Day

Hi there!!!,

Welcome to this months InStyle Stamps Blog Hop!! This months blog hop theme is Mother's Day. If you've arrived here from Genevieve blog then you are on the right track - continue on!! If you've accidentally stumbled here on your own, take a moment go to the InStyle Stamps Blog to start the hop off right. Trust me, you really don't want to miss any of the fabulous projects the design team has in store for you! Be sure to visit each stop on the hop and leave a comment so we'll know you stopped by.

Take a look and Enjoy!!!

Don't forget to pick your favorite project and vote for that DT member - once you go visit everyone's blog (leaving a comment at each stop, of course!),  go to the InStyle Stamps blog and vote for the designer who's project inspired you the most. Then, in order to be entered into the drawing to win those Spica Glitter Pens, leave us a comment on that post. And as a bonus, the Design Team Member who gets the most votes will also win a prize! Voting closes tomorrow night, Saturday, May 1st, at 11:59 PM PST.

Thanks for playing along with us today! Next you will head to Angelique's blog to see what she has in store for you!

Recipe:
Card Size: 5 1/4 x 5 1/4
Stamps: Vickie by InStyle Stamps, SU Well Scripted Sentiment
Paper: S.E.I Bridgeport Paper Slab, White & Purple Cardstock
Ink: Copic Markers
Accessories: Sheer Ribbon, Pearls, SU Scallop Trim Border Punch

Thanks so much for stopping by!! Enjoy the rest of the hop and have a wonderful day!!!

TECC66

Hey everyone,

One last Mother's Day sample card to share with you guys. This was the 4th card that I made before I was able to come up with the perfect Mother's Day card, check this postfor the perfect Mother's Day card.

I pick up this card from Jackie Pedro's blog, she made some great card for the Verve sneak peak and I so happend to want to CASE this card of hers. She does such amazing work!!! So for my card I changed up the colors a bit to be more springy but otherwise its the same layout. I thought it came out nicely but it just wasn't the one.

So this is the last Mother's Day card I will be sharing with you since I had to make 6 to get the perfect one and I've showed you all of them. Now it's back to school. I have this week, which is almost over, except for a test of Thursday night and one early Friday Morning, and then next week which is finals, so this week is the last week of instruction and then I just have one final on Thursday and I'm done and on my way (hopefully) to a summer of card making and getting to my scrapbooks. Lucky me, we will see how well I keep to being creative all summer long. So if I'm not around the rest of this week and next Im studying my you know what off to get straight A's like last semester, so I won't be creating tell later.

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




Recipe:
Card Size: 5 x 4 1/2
Stamps: Verve Because of You
Paper: Baja Breeze, Kraft, Whisper White
Ink: Pitch black (Adirondack),SU Baja Breeze,
Accessories: Provo Craft Cuttlebug, Cuttlebug Swiss Dots Embossing folder, Nestibilities, hemp, button, Gross grain ribbon, pearls

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Now it's your turn to try the sketch.

Taylor will choose the most clever, creative and cute creation from the submissions this weekend to be the Featured Cupcake Sampler next week. Your design and blog will be featured on her blog during Cupcake Friday. You're welcome to create something other than a card, but just stick to the sketch as closely as possible and you'll be eligible for the Featured Cupcake Sampler honors. If you upload your sketch to Splitcoast, use keyword TECC66 (for Taylored Expressions Cupcake Challenge 66). Leave a comment on Taylor's blog with a link to your blog or gallery upload so Taylor can check it out.

Mojo83 Because of you

So here is the second and third card that I made for Mother's Day. They are a set, as you scroll down one is pink and the other is blue, but they are the same exact card. They are just super cute!!! The original idea for this card was made by Charmaine over at Oodabug Alley and you can see the original card at this link. She uses the Mojo83 sketch and the just released Verve set, Because of you. I just loved the card and I had everything to create it so I gave it a shot and did the blue one at the same time.

I hope you guys enjoy and stay tuned for one more Mother's Day card.






Recipe:
Card Size: 5 1/4 x 5 1/4 (Charmaine's card was 4.25 but I just noticed that now, so my card is a little bigger than hers)
Stamps: Verve Because of You
Paper: Nana's Nursery Baby Girl Stack (DCWV), Nana's Nursery Baby Boy Stack (DCWV)
Ink: Pitch black (Adirondack), SU Kiwi Kiss, SU Baja Breeze, Rose Coral ColorBox Chalk
Accessories: Stickles, Gross Grain Ribbon, Martha Stewart butterfly punch, Martha Stewart Scalloped Dot Edge Punch, Paper piercer

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Mojo Monday Week 83

To play along, just make a project using the provided sketch. Upload it to your blog or online gallery and leave a comment 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. If you upload to online galleries, please use keyword/tag MOJO83.

Check out some more Mojo83 creations here.


Thanks for stopping by have a great day!!

Verve - Mother

So I believe that I saw this card on Splitcoaststampers but I managed to track it down to Heather Pulvirenti blog at {Witty Title Here}, but either way, I fell in love with it and I thought I would give it a try. I switched up the colors and I made it into a square, and then when I was done I looked at it and didn't like it as much as Heathers, but as it sat on my desk for a few day in front of me I grew on me but it just wasn't for my mom.

So here it is. I hope you enjoy and Thanks for stopping by!!




Recipe:
Card Size: 5 1/4 x 5 1/4
Stamps: Verve Because of You
Paper: Michaels Paper Slab
Ink: Pitch black (Adirondack), SU Kiwi Kiss
Accessories: Gross Grain Ribbon, Stampendous Black Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Nestibilities, Provo Craft Cuttlebug, Cuttlebug Embossing Folder Stylized Flowers, SU Large Oval

What I call, a little sneak peak

So I figured I would give you guys a little sneak peak of some cards that I've been working on. I've been creating like a mad woman trying to get the perfect mothers day card using the Verve Because of you set. There were some great ideas out there using the set so I decided to CASE a few until I got the perfect one for my mom. I had to make 5 before I made the perfect one. It was perfect in its layout and colors but I needed to shrink it down a bit because there was to much extra space, so I made 6 cards to make the perfect mothers day card.

So stay tuned to check out those cards. I will be posting one each day, plus some other cards that I've made in between.

Thanks for stopping by.

More Mother's Day Cards

Friendship Blossom SU Stamp Set:




SU Embrace Life Stamps Set:




The perfect Mother's Day Card (below) and the one that I will be mailing off soon.

Mother's Day Cards

Some Mother's Day cards that I also made this past weekend. I have yet to make one that I will send to my mother. So far the last one has my vote for being mailed off, but I plan to make some more samples to see if I can make a prettier one. All of these cards used the SU Embrace Life stamp set. In my opinion cards made with this set should use watercolor which I still have yet to purchase. For the card below, I tried to make the watercolor effect with copics but in my opinion it didn't come out very well.