Stamp Something to Say Goodbye

The time has come to say goodbye. I have had a great time being part of the Stamp Something team and will miss these weekly challenges. I want to thank Erin and Denise for having me as part of the team and wish both of them all the best.

In keeping with our challenge name, our theme this week is

Stamp Something

That's right, pull out the rubber and ink it up.

We have several great sponsors this week and that means multiple prizes to be won.

For my card this week I have used this gorgeous Rin stamp from Sparkle Creations. I have coloured here with copics and then paper pieced her robe with origami paper (a task that was a challenge in itself as it was not easy to see where I stamped on that bold print).

The background of the card is also origami paper I have paired it with both red and black cardstock and then added a gold ribbon band to pick up on the paper. I added flowers from Wild Orchid and a sparkly butterfly to finish it all off.

I hope that you will join us for our last challenge. I look forward to seeing all of your stamped creations.

I will return later to link with the challenges that I plan to enter. Have a great day.

Stamp Something Digi

Just a quick post to share with you my DT contribution for Digi challenge on the Stamp Something  blog this week. 

This image is Gus Golden Years from Bugaboo Stamps one of our wonderful sponsors who were so kind to provide us with images. I must say that I had a lot of fun colouring him and will be looking to get myself some more of these humorous images soon.

I have kept the card really simple this week so as to let the image really shine. The background paper for this card is from Cosmo Cricket, the colours work really well to make the image stand out and are great for a masculine card. I have added a small strip of red cardstock that was embossed and sanded to help reveal the texture. This great sentiment comes with the image and is so perfect that I had to use it as well.

As you may have already read on the Stamp Something blog this will be our last digi day so I hope that you will join us this week.  As with all digi days we have a number of great sponsors who have generously offered up some wonderful prizes for some lucky participants.

I look forward to seeing your digi creations.

Happy Crafting!

This card will be entered into the following challenges:

Card Makin Mamas - Digital

Challenge Up Your Life - For the Men

Sentimental Sunday - Birthday

Charisma Cardz - Anything Goes

Off To School

Have you ever had one of those weeks that fly by but feels like the longest week ever?  That is this week and I am so glad that it is Friday and the weekend is here.

Friday also marks the start of another Stamp Something Challenge, I can't believe that the summer is coming to an end and it is time for this but this week we would like you to

Stamp Something for Back to School

Once again we are sponsored this week by the fabulous Simon Says Stamp who are offering one lucky participant a $20.00 gift certificate. I am sure that you can find something there to keep yourselves amused while the kiddos are in school.

For my card this week I have used a fabby image from Mo's Digital Pencil called To School and I have coloured him up to look like my nephew who will be heading off to Junior Kindergarten next month. All of the papers are from an older Making Memories collection that I cannot remember the name of but I thought that all of the rulers and text included in the patterns fit the back to school theme perfectly. In keeping with the masculine theme of this card I opted to skip the flowers and have added the dimensional star stickers for embellishment and then finished it all off with a sentiment from LOTV which was also popped up for some extra dimension.

I hope that I have inspired you just a little bit to give the challenge a go. Before you head off to start crafting though, be sure to stop by the Stamp Something Challenge Blog and see the beautiful creations from the rest of the team.

Thanks for stopping by.

Have a great weekend and happy crafting.

This card will be entered into the following challenges:

DP2 - Back to School

Penny's Paper Crafty - Back to School

Colour Q - Challenge 99

For Fun Challenges - Back to School

Tip Top Tuesday - Masculine Card

Paper Play - Back to School

Do You Stack Up - Boy or Man

Creative Inspirations - Back to School

2 Sisters - Back to School

Going Grey with Scrap Creations - Back to School
Totally Papercrafts - Back to School

Thank You Somethings

Good morning!

Just one more day to get through and then it is the weekend. Can you tell that I am a happy girl?

Today marks the start of another challenge on the Stamp Something blog and this week we want you to Stamp Something to say Thank You

We are sponsored this week by Funky Kits

who are offering up a

Funky Kits £10 voucher

for one lucky participant.

My card this week features the Hippie Chick, one of the Simply Sassy stamps from Sugar Nellie that can be found at Funky Kits.I have coloured her in shades of blue and yellow to match these gorgeous papers from MME as I had been longing to use them for a while now. The layout for my card is based on the great sketch from the Sugarbowl Challenge.

To embellish my card I have added a sentiment from Hero Arts to match our thank you challenge. Then I built some little floral arrangements to match my card. The cherry blossoms and the little blue flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts and the yellow roses are hand made using a die from MFT. As I still felt that there was something missing, I punched a few butterflies which I have then sparkled using stickles and some rhinestones for the bodies.

I hope that you will join us for our thank you challenge this week. Before you head off to start crafting please stop by the Stamp Something blog and see the rest of the gorgeous creations from the DT.

Have a great weekend!

This card will be entered into the following challenges:

Sugarbowl Challenge - Sketch

Fancy and Fussy Friday - 3 or More of Your Favorite Embellishment

Do You Stack Up - Thank You

Creative Card Crew - Handmade Flowers

Tip Top Tuesday - Thank You

Keep on the Sunny Side

Sunny days and summer weekends, what better combination is there?

As we head off into another summer weekend over on the Stamp Something blog we are kicking off another challenge today and this time we are celebrating the Dog Days of Summer and we would like to see your creations using dogs or summer images, papers, etc.

We are sponsored this week this week by Bunny Zoe Crafts which carries a wonderful selection of crafting supplies including the stamp that I have used on my card today. 

One lucky participant will win a a Bunny Zoe Crafts voucher.

My card today features Lil Lad Stephan from Tickled Pink Stamps. I have coloured this surf lovin' dude to match these bright, summery papers from Basic Grey and I found the sentiment in a book of rub ons that I had in my stash. A few gems for some sparkle was all this card needed to finish it off.

I thought that with this sentiment it would be a good age related birthday card so the inside reads
"You're still young at heart!"

I hope that you will join us for our challenge this week. Be sure to visit the Stamp Something blog for a peek at the other wonderful creations from the rest of the design team.

Have a great weekend and remember to keep on the sunny side of life!

I will be entering this card in the following challenges:

Crafty Creations - Male Birthday - Sketch

Creative Card Creations - Best Foot Forward

Sweet Stampin - Rainbow Colours

One Stop Crafts Challenge - Sentimental

Crafty Calendar - Hot Colours

Basic Grey Challenges - Sizzling Summer

Stamp Something Digi

Just a quick post today as I am still getting back into the swing of things after my little holiday. I am looking forward to this weekend even though it has been a short week at the office for me, I am ready for another break and some crafting time.

As this is the first Friday of August it is time for our Stamp Something Digi challenge.We are sponsored this week by a number of wonderful sponsors who have kindly provided the DT with images to work with this week.

My card features Pirate Penny from Sassy Studios. I have coloured her with Copics and added all sorts of rhinestone gold treasure.I have stamped up the corners using Distress Inks and a Tim Holtz stamp to add some intrest, I think that it gives it a sort of mossy effect. 

The base of the card was made using papers from Cosmo Cricket. As the image is so large and really stands on its own I have added only a couple of buttons which reminded me of pirate treasure as embellishment.

I want to thank you for stopping by and I do hope that you will join us for the challenge. Before you start crafting be sure to stop by the Stamp Something blog and see the gorgeous creations from the rest of the design team.

Summer Fun Somethings

Good morning, I have scheduled this post so I hope that Blogger is playing nice today. As you are are reading this I will be exploring The Bay of Fundy and stuffing myself full of seafood.

Over on the Stamp Something blog we have another great new challenge for you. It is a nice easy one this week as we have chosen the theme of Summer.

Our sponsor this week is the fabulous Simon Says Stamp who have offered up a $20 voucher for one lucky participant. They have some of the most wonderful selection of supplies around and you are sure to be spoiled for choice.

I wanted to play with some of the great stamps that I got in my last order that had not been used. This card features Tilda with butterfly dress. I have masked the image with the mushroom from the same collection. I've even had a go at the paper tole or 3-D effect on both the butterfly and Tilda. I've kept it simple for my first go at it but I do like the effect.

To add a little twist I have made a tilted easel card. The gorgeous papers are from The Memory Box I have been saving them as I do not want to run out.

All of the gorgeous flowers in this little bouquet are from Wild Orchid Crafts, I am so happy that my order arrived and I have some colour selection once again.

To finish the inside I have found this great sentiment which I typed and printed from my computer. I have then affected the little verse with some stamping and punches.

I hope that you will stop by the Stamp Something blog and take a look at the gorgeous work of my teams. Then I hope that you will share with us your own lovely summer creations.

Thanks for stopping by, I look forward to visiting your blogs when I return home from my little vacation.

This card will be entered into the following challenges:

Ladybug Crafts - Summer Birthdays
Paper Playtime - Digi Monday (or stamps) Summer
Totally Gorjuss - Punch or Die
Cutie Sundae - Summer
Magnolia Down Under - Paper Tole or 3D
Craft Your Days Away - Summer
Magnolia Stamp Lovers - Summer Colours
Paper Sundaes - Beachy or Summer
Tip Top Tuesday - Make it Girly

Stamp Something Embellished

Good morning, I hope that you are all finding a way to stay cool. For me that means staying indoors and playing with all of my crafty goodies. Our Christmas challenge had so many gorgeous Christmas cards so maybe we are all trying to think our way to cool.

Today is Friday and not only does that mean that it is the start of the weekend but it is also the start of another Stamp Something challenge. Our challenge this week is to Stamp Something Embellished.

Our Sponsor this week is Sugar Nellie Stamps and they have generously offered up 4 Sugar Nellie Stamps to one lucky participant.

I decided that this week I would try a vintage steampunk feel for my card which features Lil Victorian Lilith from Tickled Pink Stamps. The image was coloured with Copics and I have used some distress inks and along with a text stamp and a grunge floral to add so interest to the edges of the image block.

For the background I have used this great paper from the Basic Grey Curio collection which I tore and inked to give a burned  look to reveal the newspaper print below. I have stitched the layers and distressed the edges to add to the timeworn feel. If you look closely in the bottom left corner you will see where I have masked and inked a vintage compass onto my background papers.

There are so many different embellishments layered onto this card. All of the flowers are from my newly replenished supply from Wild Orchid Crafts. Behind the flowers on the left of the image there is part of a Prima rhinestone swirl. For some additional steampunk flair I have also added in some Tim Holtz sprockets and gears. There is also just a touch of ribbon and a birthday sentiment that I picked up in the dollar bins at Michael's.

I hope that you will join us with your own embellished somethings.

Before you begin crafting be sure to stop by the Stamp Something blog and see the great creations from the rest of the Design Team.

This card will be entered into the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp - Use Newspaper

Stamps & Fun = Creativity - Digi Stamp

Sarah Hurley Challenge - Colouring

Craft Your Passion - Text It

Try it on Tuesday - Steampunk
Crafty Catz - No Pink or Blue Allowed

Stamp Something for Christmas

Good morning, it looks like we have an extremely hot and sunny weekend ahead. I think that I will be spending lots of time indoors where it is cool. I see some crafting time for me.

Today is the start of a new challenge on the Stamp Something blog and this week we would like to see your

Christmas Creations

Our generous sponsors this week are DRS Designs and they are offering a $15 voucher to one lucky participant. They were also kind enough to provide  the DT with some lovely images to work with this week.

I chose to work with the adorably sweet Candy Cane Christmas Critter. He coloured up so quick and easy and was wonderful to work with. I had actually made the background for this card using scraps from a previous project. I added some peel off snowflakes to the upper corner for some holiday sparkle and the sentiment is from LOTV.

I hope that you will join us with your own Christmas creations. I do look forward to seeing them.

Be sure to stop by the Stamp Something blog to see the gorgeous creations from the rest of the team.

I will add the challenges that I will enter this card in this evening.

Stamp Something with Bugs or Butterflies

Wow, it is Friday already. This week sure has gone by fast and it looks like we are in for a wonderful weekend. Today we have another great challenge for you and for me anyway it is an easy one. The theme that has been chosen is to stamp something with Bugs or Butterflies.

I have played around with my Distress inks again. This time I have uses some Tim Holtz stamps. I have stamped and embossed the butterfly and then over stamped with a flourish stamp that I had inked and misted with water for a watercolour effect. I then rubbed on some Tea Dye ink to tone down the white of the paper.

For the background I have embossed the cardstock with clear embossing powder and a background  stamp from Hero Arts to bring out the tone on tone watermark look. The polka dotted paper is from Pink Paislee. to finish off the card I have added a few more butterflies that I punched with a Martha Stewart punch and a simple sentiment that I stamped and embossed.

I hope that you will have a go at it and join us in our challenge. I do look forward to seeing your creations. Be sure to stop by the Stamp Something blog and see the wonderful creations from the rest of the DT.

Thanks for stopping by today. I hope that you will visit again soon.

This card will be entered into the following challenges:

Stamp and Create - Ribbons and Bows

Bling it On - Anything Goes

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Truly Scrumptious - Things with Wings

Alphabet Challenge - Just one Word

Stamp Something Digi - Two Little Piggies

Woohoo, the weekend is here. Happy Canada Day Everyone!

You've gotta love a 3 day weekend.

You've also gotta love a new Stamp Something challenge.

As this is the first Friday of the month, its

Digi Day

I hope that we can tempt you to join us. We have some great sponsors this week who have been kind enough to provide us with some images to play with and they are offering up some great prizes to the winners of this weeks challenge.

For my card this week I was provided with this adorable image called Hog Wild Over You from

Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps. Don't they look like they are so in love.

The image has been coloured with Copics and die cut with Spellbinders to fit the card.

All of the papers are from MME and they have been laid out based on a great sketch from the Sweet Stamps Challenge. I have die cut a little tag and tucked it behind the image and then layered on a few Prima Flowers and die cut leaves to embellish the card.

I hope that you will join us this week. I do look forward to seeing your gorgeous cards.

Before you head off to start crafting be sure to stop by the Stamp Something Blog to see the beautiful creations from the rest of the DT.

I will be entering this card in the following challenges:

Sweet Stamps - Sketch

Fuzzy Wuzzy Challenge - Get Punchy

Colour Throwdown - Challenge #148

Divas By Design - Diecuts and Punches

4th of July or Celebration Somethings

Good Morning and welcome. It is Friday and that means that the weekend is finally here and it is time for another Stamp Something challenge.

Our theme this week is

4th of July or Celebration Somethings 

For my card today I have used Dangling Sea Tilda which you can find from our Sponsor Simon Says Stamp.

This is actually the first time that this image has made it onto a card even though I have had it for a year as I have found her to be a challenge to colour. I have finally achieved results that I am happy with. In keeping with the theme, I have then added a few stars to the background.

The layout was relatively simple and I was able to put this card together using scraps that were left from other projects. I have embellished the card with a cluster of flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts. Lastly I have added the one element that I am not to happy with, a sentiment in the bottom corner. I wish that I had added the sentiment on a tag or something that could be embellished as it does not really stand out enough. If anyone has any suggestions as to how I can cover this up for another go, please share.

I hope that you have been inspired to join us this week. Be sure to pop by the Stamp Something Blog as the rest of the DT have created some gorgeous creations to share with you.

This card will be entered into the following challenges:

Everybody Art Challenge - Anything Goes

Craft us Crazy - Red, White And Blue

Penny's Paper Crafty - Red, White And Blue

Polkadoodles - Colour Challenge

Stamp Something with Pretty Papers

Woohoo, it's Friday! The weekend is finally here.

To make that even better, they are calling for a gorgeous, sunny weekend and I have nowhere that I have to be so I can kick back with a book in the sun and do some crafting. Yay!

The fact that it is Friday also means that we have another great Stamp Something Challenge for you.

The challenge this week is to

Stamp something with Pretty Papers.

You know, the ones that we all  hide away because we might run out and then what will we do?

We want see you to dig them out and actually use them.

We are sponsored this week by FunkyKits and they have offered up a great prize to one of you who is brave enough to join us this week.

 I have used this adorable Hanglar girl that I have had for about a year now and she was still uninked. I figured that it was about time that I finally got around to using her. I have coloured her with Copics and then sponged around the edges of the image with Distress inks. 

For the card, I have used some of some of these richly coloured papers from the Stella and Rose line from MME. I really love the way that the gorgeous bright colours of the papers seem to pop the images.

I have embellished the card using 3 different flowers from Prima and Wild Orchid crafts that really picked up on the flowers from the paper. Then I finished it off with a little tag sentiments from an old

K and Company line.

Be sure to stop by the Stamp Something Challenge Blog and check out the gorgeous creations that the rest of the DT have created to inspire you. Thanks so much for stopping by for a visit today and for all of your lovely comments.

I will be entering this card in the following challenges:

Totally Stampalicious - Anything Goes
Tip Top Tuesday - Open Challenge
Southern Girls Challenge - Anything Goes

Punch It Up

As promised, I wanted to stop by and share my Stamp Something card with you.  It is a little late, I had been working on this card Wednesday evening when my old pup started collapsing and had to be rushed to the emergency clinic. He was diagnosed with Geriatric Vestibular Disorder which basically presents with all of the same symptoms that one would have with a stroke, the most severe being that he would fall down when he tried to walk. Scared me I tell you. I am happy to say that today he is much better and while it will still be a bit before he has all his strength back he was able to manage a walk around the park today.

Anyway, back to my card. the theme this week at Stamp Something is

Something Punched

As I had recently purchased a new around the page punch I was happy to have a reason to put it to use.

Our sponsor this week is Whiff of Joy and with so many summer and male card challenges out there this week I have opted to use my favorite mouse Henry. As he is dressed in a great Hawaiian shirt I just had to pair him with some of the new Basic Grey Lauderdale papers and coloured him with Copics to match.

The layout is based on this weeks sketch from Create4Fun.

I have used an additional punch to mat the vertical strip and I have also used some Magnolia Doohickey dies for the leaves of my flowers which are from Prima. With the addition of a couple of ticket stamps from Whimsy, this card is now perfect for the next male Birthday.

I hope that you will join us on with your own punched creations for our challenge this week. Be sure to stop by the Stamp Something challenge blog and see the gorgeous cards that my new teamies have created to inspire you.

I will be entering this card in the following challenges:

Create4Fun - Sketch

Stamp and Create - Summer

Pile it On - Summer Heaven

A Spoonful of Sugar - Here Comes Summer

Deep Ocean Challenge - Anything Goes

7 Kids College Fund - Feeling Hot, Hot, Hot

Ladybug Crafts - Its All About Males

Cupcake Craft - Things with Tails

Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes

Totally Papercrafts - Summer

Punch It, Cut It, Shape It

I have some exciting news to share, I have been asked to join the Stamp Something DT for the summer.

I had planned to have a card to share with you today for my first challenge as part of the team but life literally turned topsy turvy on Wednesday night and I did not get a chance to finish my card in time. I will post it later this weekend.

I do still want to tell you about the challenge. This week, the theme is

Punch It, Cut It, Shape It

and we are asking you to pull out your punches and dies and use them in your wonderful creations.

One lucky participant will win a prize from our wonderful sponsor

I hope that you will pop over to the Stamp Something blog and see the gorgeous creations that the DT have shared to inspire you. I will be back again in a week's time with a card to share for our next challenge.