Exciting news to share

Happy Thursday to you all!!  Hope you are having a great week so far!!  I am excited to share that I will be joining the Jaded Blossom design team this coming January!!




Thanks for stopping by today!!  

Java Great Holiday - Jaded Blossom Guest Designer

Hi there!!  I am so excited to be a guest designer on the Jaded Blossom Blog today!  I have a Christmas project to share with you but the beauty of this project is that it can be used for all sorts of different occasions!  I just happened to use this as a way to give a Christmas gift to my daughter's piano teacher.

This is a "double diagonal pocket card" and you can find the tutorial to make one of these yourself HERE.  There are two different options to this card and I chose the variation that opens up to have room on the inside to write a message.

I used several Jaded Blossom products on my card - 

coffee cup - Coffee Dies 

sentiments - Happy Brew Year

tag - Luggage Tag Dies

In one pocket I stuck a tag and in the back pocket I put a Starbucks gift card.  My daughter was able to write a message to her teacher on the inside.  I embellished with some snowflake ephemera, ribbon, jingle bells and Nuvo drops.  Thanks so much for stopping by today!!

Have a Sweet Christmas - SAT dt

Hey there!!  Today is my turn to post over on the Stamp Anniething Blog and I have a fun Christmas card to share with you.

I used two different stamp images for my card.  I used "Felicity - What's Cooking?" for my girl.  I then used the santa hat from "Paige - Holiday Magic".  My paper is from Doodlebug and I also used a sentiment from the same paper pad and cut it apart.  I finished it up with some snowflake sequins.  

Thanks for stopping by today!  

Stamp Anniething December Release Day 3

Hi and welcome to Day #3 of 

Stamp Anniething's December Release!

Katy is available in the store Today along with the other 2 stamps we showed you  this week!!

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I did a little paper piecing on my girl's outfit and then used my copic markers for the rest of the image.  This fun image could be used for so many occasions!!  I added a pawprint cut out I made using a file from the Silhouette Online Store.  

I hope you enjoyed our Sneek Peek for the release!

 Have a great day!

Stamp Anniething December Release Day 2

Hi and welcome to Day #2 of 

Stamp Anniething's December Release!

Penguin Have a Ball will be available in the store Friday along with the other 2 stamps we show you  this week!!

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I decided to create a winter themed shaker card with this sweet image.  I did a bit of paper piecing for her outfit and used copic markers to color the rest in. 

Copic Markers - 

skin - E04, 11, 21, 00, R20, R22

boots - E53, 35

beak - YR04, 07

shawl/hat - YG17, 67

I used a metallic silver gel pen for the pom poms on her hat.  

I hope you enjoyed our Sneek Peek for the release!

 Have a great day!

Stamp Anniething December Release Day 1

Hi and welcome to Day #1 of 

Stamp Anniething's December Release!

Maggie will be available in the store Friday along with the other 2 stamps we show you  this week!!

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This stamp set is perfect for so many different awareness causes.  I created my card with Thyroid Cancer Awareness in mind.  The colors are pink, purple and turquoise.  We have some family members currently going through this.  Thankfully this kind of cancer does not usually spread and is treatable by removing the thyroid.  

I used my copic markers to color in Maggie -

hair - E21, 23, 37, 18

skin  - E000, 00, 21, 11, 13, R20, R22

dress - R81, 83, 85, 89

ribbon - BG 15, RV23, V15

shoes - C7

I hope you enjoyed our Sneek Peek for the release!

 Have a great day!

A Latte Birthday Wishes - SAT dt

Happy Thanksgiving!!  I hope you are having an enjoyable time with family and friends!  Perhaps even finding some free time to craft too!!  Today is my turn to post on the Stamp Anniething blog and  I want to share with you a birthday card I made using "Felicity  - hello".

I used a fun embossing folder from Tim Holtz along with the perfect sentiment from Jaded Blossom's "Coffee Break" stamp set.

My colors were inspired by the plaid background paper I used which also makes my card fit into this month's challenge theme too :-)!!  Thanks for stopping by today!!

SAT dt - Theme Week "Mad About Plaid"

Hey there!  Today is my turn to post over on the Stamp Anniething blog and I am sharing a card I made for the current Theme Week Challenge.  This challenge is all about plaid!!

It seems like plaid has made a comeback in the paper crafting arena with so many designer paper pads themed around plaid.  I used some papers from the Lawn Fawn Perfectly Plaid Rainbow 6x6 paper pad for my card.  

I used "Katy - without the rain" for my focal point.  The sentiment is from a discontinued stamp set I had in my stash.  

I paper pieced the umbrella and the rain jacket and colored everything with copic markers.  I did a little inking with distress inks and embellished with some sequins in my collection.  I hope you will join us in this month's challenge.  You have until December 8th to link up a project in the Facebook group HERE.  

Stamp Anniething November Release Day 3

Hi and welcome to Day #3 of 

Stamp Anniething's November Release!

This release is ALL ABOUT Travel!!!

Rae is available in the store Today along with the other 2 stamps we showed you  this week!!

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I used some paper from Doodlebug Designs' "Flea Market" for the inspiration for my card.  I paper pieced the suitcase using more paper from the same paper pad.  I used a sentiment from an older Cardz TV Stamps set.  All my coloring was done with my copic markers.  

I hope you enjoyed our Sneek Peek for the release!

 Have a great day!

Stamp Anniething November Stamp Release Day 2

Hi and welcome to Day #2 of 

Stamp Anniething's November Release!

This release is ALL ABOUT Travel!!!

Brooke will be available in the store Friday along with the other 2 stamps we show you  this week!!

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I created a polaroid style frame using some dies from Craftin Desert Divas to showcase the sweet image "Brooke".  My background paper is from a Doodlebug Designs 6x6 pad and was the inspiration for my card design.  I finished up by adhering a few sequins that matched the color scheme.  All my coloring was done with my copic markers.

I hope you enjoyed our Sneek Peek for the release!

 Have a great day!

Stamp Anniethings November Stamp Release Day 1

Hi and welcome to Day #1 of 

Stamp Anniething's November Release!

This release is ALL ABOUT Travel!!!

Felicity will be available in the store Friday along with the other 2 stamps we show you  this week!!

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I found the perfect "travel" paper in my stash to back up this image.  I added a postage stamp frame from Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons behind her.  I also used some glossy accents on her luggage ;)

I hope you enjoyed our Sneek Peek for the release!

 Have a great day!

Sunflower Hello - SAT dt

Hi there!! It's my day to post over on the Stamp Anniething blog and  I am sharing a card I created using "Molly - Sunflower".  

We just went to the pumpkin patch this weekend and there were still tons of sunflowers in the fields there.  They were a little weather worn from some of the rain we have been receiving but still glorious and standing tall.  I left my card without a sentiment so that I can use it for a variety of occasions.  I chose to create visual interest with layers and some sequins and twine.

Happy Halloween - SAT dt

Hi there!!  It's my turn over on the Stamp Anniething Blog and I have a Halloween themed card to share with you for this month's theme challenge.  I used the "Sofia - Viva la Vida" stamp set from the most recent stamp release for my card.   I let the background papers I chose help inspire the colors for my image and then colored with my copic markers.

I love adding purples to my Halloween schemes!  I have 3 grown daughters now and they were never into the scary side of Halloween so I tend to gravitate toward the cutesie side ;  I pulled out a forgotten border punch - the Martha Stewart "drippy goo" punch, remember that one?!  My sentiment is from a retired Craftin Desert Divas stamp set and is meant to look a bit creepy! 

Thanks for stopping by today!  I hope you will join in the fun with this months challenge -

You can link up your projects HERE.

Stamp Anniething October Release Day 3

Hi and welcome to Day #3 of 

Stamp Anniething's October Release!

Sofia is available in the store Today along with the other 2 stamps we showed you  this week!!

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I thought it would be fun to turn this image into a tag to go with a face mask.  I colored the face in a green similar to your standard face mask ;)  All my coloring was done with my copic markers.  

Thank you for joining us, we hope you enjoyed our projects for this release!

 Have a great day!

Stamp Anniething October Release - Day 2

Hi and welcome to Day #2 of 

Stamp Anniething's October Release!

Eloise will be available in the store Friday along with the other 2 stamps we showed you  this week!!

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I colored this sweet image in with my copic markers.  To be honest this is the first time I have tried black hair and I was a bit nervous ;) I definitely need to get a couple more darker markers to add in to the hair color mix but overall I was pretty satisfied with my first attempt!

  I added a die cut fan out of gold cardstock.  The fan is a file from the Silhouette store - #7838.

Thank you for joining us, we hope you enjoyed our projects for this release!

 Have a great day!