Stylish Blogger Award!!

Wow! I am so honored! I have recieved the Stylish Blogger Award from two fantastic people! The first was from the wonderful Sandra Farrell of Stamper on the Shore, who is also the awesome overseer of Stampin' Royalty, and then again from the super sweet Jenn Cieslinski of The Crafty Yooper!

Ok, so when you recieve the award, you are to:

1. Thank the person who gave you the award and link back to their blog

2. Share 8 things about yourself

3. pass the award on to other individuals who you think are stylish!

4. leave them a comment so they can pass along the recognition!

Allright. so 8 things about me....

1. puppies are my most favorite thing in the whole wide world. puppies can make anything better.

2. I have lived in Las Vegas.

3. I am part of the music team at my church

4. one place i would love to visit in my lifetime would be the Great Pyramids

5. I have a patterned paper obsession! I cannot have enough of it!

6. I have no middle name

7. i'm not typically very picky, but i am super picky about my macaroni and cheese. it has to be a certain way.

8. if i had enough money to do it, i would build a sanctuary for dogs.

and now I would like to pass the award along to the following superstars!

1. Carrie Rhoades

2. Julie Alberda

3. Stasia Sloma

Check out their blogs! they rock!!

Thank you so much, Sandra & Jenn!

Hello, Again, Hello...

This weeks Stampin' Royalty challenge is a sketch challenge! For this one, i used the Chic Boutique stamp set, and Pear Pizzaz, Peach Parfait, and Poppy Parade patterned papers. The cardbase is Poppy Parade, and I have to tell you, i think i love this color! It is so bright and fun! I used coordinating markers to color the image, and finished it off with a bow!

Break Out Those Markers!

Ok, if you haven't used your markers in a while, get 'em out!

This weeks Stampin' Royalty Challenge is to use Markers!!

As you can see here, i used them not only to color the main image, but also used them directly on my sentiment stamp for get two colors on one stamp!

I used the Birthday Bakery and Sincere Salutations stamp sets, Crumb Cake, Baja Breeze and Chocolate Chip cardstock. White taffeta ribbon in a ruffle, and some buttons!

You can't see it in the photo, but there is crystal effects on the image

Celebrate Good Times

Here is one that i made during a birthday card making session several weeks ago. haven't had a lot of time lately to post much, but i am hoping that won't be the case for long!

This card is fairly simple to create, I used a lot of punches, which makes for a quick card! Just stamp the image 3 times, leaving enough room on each to punch it out, then color them, punch them with the smaller of the two square punches, then punch a mat for each in the color of your choice, then stamp the sentiment, punch it with the oval punch, then the scallop oval, then do your white (or whatever color you like) border, add a strip of patterned paper, and ribbon if you like, then assemble your card!

i know this seems like a lot of instruction, but if you break it down, it is really easy!

You Have My Heart

Another great opportunity to be creative! This weeks challenge over at Stampin' Royalty is all about Hearts!!!

This is such a fun little card, and actually pretty easy to put together! I used Pretty in Pink, Pink Pirouhette, Real Red, and Basic Black cardstock,

Heart To Heart, Owl, Decorative Label, Full Heart, punches, Scalloped Heart of Hearts Embosslits Die,

Seasonal Sentiments Stamp Set, and rhinestones!

Get Whale!

This weeks challenge over at Stampin' Royalty, is a color challenge! Not Quite Navy, Soft Suede, and Baja Breeze. These colors say "guy" to me, even though i have seen some projects made with these colors for women!
So i went about making this card with a more masculine feel, and wanted to make a get well card. So I pulled out the Pun Fun set, stamped, colored, then cut out the whale, then used the small oval to punch out the words, then sponged that, used the scallop edge punch to make several strips for the water, cut out the circles, then glued the strips on and trimmed the edges, then i sponged the circle with Not Quite Navy. stamped the circles from the Apple Blossoms hostess set in Not Quite Navy, added a strip of Soft Suede with a smaller strip of Not Quite Navy, and added a bunch of silver brads.

Loving You

todays card is a Sketch challenge over at Stampin' Royalty!

I went with a valentines theme for this one. i just love those little flamingos!

I used the sets Language of Love and Seasonal Sentiments.

The cardstock is actually Poppy Parade, Pretty in Pink, and the ink is Real Red. The patterned paper is from the hostess In Color Designer Sieries Paper Pack . added a rhinestone here and there and rounded the corners!

If You Love Something, Set It Free...

This card is actually easier than it looks...what you see on the background is actually the way the patterned paper came. A nice little note card, fairly easy to put together.

Hopefully, you can get a little inspiration for your own project!

"Owl" Always Adore You

This weeks challenge over at Stampin' Royalty is Things with Wings! Owls have wings, right? Aren't they cute? they are so in love!

This card is actually a hybrid card. I made the sentiment using My Digital Studio! I then printed it onto Crumb Cake cardstock. I then stamped the heart strands in Cherry Cobbler, Cut out the panel and put it on a Chocolate Chip cardbase, then used my owl punch to create the owls and hearts. I used the leaf die cut for their little nest.

Super Simple Monday

Sorry for my absence lately, there has been a lot going on in my little world latey!

So here is today's card, pretty easy to put together. You just need a cardbase, a couple panels, one stamped with the same image as on the main panel, and a main image block, stamped with a flower and shaded with a coordinating color using the sponge doubers, and then a sentiment, bordered with black (or whatever color you like) then all put together to make a lovely card! Really quick, really easy!

Oh, and I added a bling in the center of the flower!

All a-Flutter

This weeks color challenge over at Stampin' Royalty was one that at first i thought i was going to have a little trouble with, but it didn't take me long to figure out that i actually LOVE this color conbo, and I could have made dozens of cards using them!

The colors are Concord Crush, Marina Mist, & Old Olive. When i make cards using specific colors, I will usually just pull out those colors of cardstock, and play around with them a bit while thinking of what theme i would like to use. then I decide on a main image, then how I will do the matting, the embellishments, then the sentiments. That is my usual process. That's what i did here, and this is the final result!

You Say It's Your Birthday!

Happy Birthday, Stampin' Royalty! this weeks challenge is birthdays! it has been one year since Stampin' Royalty was born, and I for one, am celebrating!

This card was made using Pretty in Pink, basic Black, and the white/Grey DSP. I added some white taffeta ribbon and rhinesones.

Now it's time for you to celebrate, get out your stamps and paper, and create a birthday card of your own! be sure to upload it so we can all see it too!

A Scrappin' We Will Go

This week's Stampin' Royalty Challenge is scrapbook pages! hooray! It is where i began 15 years ago! I still love scrapbooking, I just do it digitally now on My Digital Studio! It really makes it easy and fast. I made this page in about 20 minutes start to finish. the best part is, i can move things around, resize them, or adjust the colors to exactly what i need. I still love making things by hand, but digital scrapbooking is awesome!

A Couple of Love Birds

Hello everyone! Here is this weeks sample for Stampin' Royalty's sketch challenge!

I used the Love You Much set, and the large circle punch and large Scallop Circle punch for the main image, used a marker to color only the portion i wanted to use for the word "Love", stamped it and cut it out, then stamped the hearts, colored them with my watercolor brush and punched them out with the Heart to Heart extra large punch. I used a black marker to create the border around the birdies, colored them with my watercolor brush, added another punched out heart above the birds, used the tiny hole puncher to create the holes in the scallops, and used some retired patterned paper for the background panels. Oh, and i used a Real Red marker on the "Love"
Colors used:
Staz On Black, Real Red

Super Simple Monday

This card is actually easier than it looks. I stamped the image and sentiment, colored the image, punched out the images, and then the mat and scallop circle, and put it on a cardbase that has patterned paper and a border punched with the scallop edge trim border punch. Pretty easy! Might take about 15 minutes for everything including the coloring.