Simon Says Stamp Challenge...Card for a Child...All Girl!

Good morning stampin' friends!  Hope you are enjoying some sunny and spring like weather where you are. It is starting to look and feel like spring here and I hope this means winter is finally over.

Well, it is time for another fun challenge at Simon Says Stamp Challenge. We had a fabulous turn out for out spring colours/Easter challenge last week and I saw soooooo many beautiful entries. Thank you for joining us! This week the challenge is to make a card for a child. 

Remember if you join us you could be the lucky random winner of the generous $50 voucher to the Simon Says Stamp Super store that Heidi has so kindly offered up. The Superstore is just chalked full of the latest and greatest crafting and stamping goodies worth checking out!

So, for my card today I used the great sketch that they have at Sketch Saturday challenge this week and I thought I would use this Sweet Kiki Lu Rue stamp from C.C. Designs....I love Kiki and I was so glad to finally ink her up. I coloured her with my Copics and cut the image out with my Oval Nesties and inked with Antique Linen and Scattered Straw Distress ink. I also added Glossy Accents to her ice cream cone. I added some lace trim and crinkled seam binding and a BG button. The paper is my new Jillibean Soup Blossom Soup 6x6 paper pad and then I added a few half pearls here and there. The sentiment is from the Melissa Frances Little Girl rub-on sheet.

Well, thanks so much for popping by and having a wee peek at my Simon Says Stamp challenge card this week! I hope you can swing by and take a peek at the gorgeous cards the other Simon Says DT have made this week too...they are all so gorgeous...sure to inspire you to join us!

Have a stampin' great day!

My Favorite Things...WSC Challenge # 14...Go Team CHS!

I have a quick post this morning to share a card I made for the MFTWSC14 sketch Challenge. I thought I would ink up this sweet A La Mode All Star girlie and I thought I would make this card to cheer on the CHS Durham Quest team that will be involved in our fundraising and awareness event called CHS Quest on May 29th. I work for The Canadian Hearing Society as an American Sign Language/English interpreter. We are having a really cool event that is a smart phone based scavenger hunt. All the info for CHS Quest can be found here. 

For my card I coloured up this sweet All Star A La Mode Girl with my Copics and added some shading with my Prismacolor Pencils. I cut the image out with my circle Nesties and inked with Scattered Straw Distress ink. I added the letters CHS with small alphabet stamp set that I have had forever. I used my new Lily Bee This and That 6x6 paper pad that I picked up on the weekend at ScrapFest. I stamped the sentiment on kraft cardstock cut with the die that comes in the Die-namics Framed Greetings Stamp and Die set. I also added some cork butterflies with my Butterfly Die-namics and MS butterfly punch! The butterfly is a significant symbol at CHS as most butterflies are deaf! "CHS has adopted the butterfly to symbolize the work that we do. The miracle of transformation that every butterfly goes through parallels the experience of many culturally Deaf, oral deaf, deafened and hard of hearing people, who with the help of our programs and services, emerge ready to spread their wings."  

Here is the inside...pretty simple...I love stamping the shadow images on the inside and I used another one of the sentiments that comes in the All Star stamp set.

Well, thanks so much for stopping by today and having a wee peek at my MFTWSC # 14 sketch card! 

Have a stampin' great day!

Hugs,

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Challenge # 73...Michele's Fab Sketch...Happy BIRTH Day!

Hey Krafty friends! I am so excited that it is the weekend!!! Today Hannah and I are heading to Kitchener for ScrapFest to help out with the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps booth! I hope to see many of the local Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps fans there!!! If you are going to ScrapFest Please stop by booth # 220 and say hi!

It's also time for another fun Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Challenge! This week Michele has designed a beautiful sketch and she used the super sweet Lucy from the Moonlight Whispers collection on her gorgeous card! So, if you join us for this week's challenge and you use a Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp on you creation then you will be entered into the random draw to win your very own Lucy stamp! So what are you waiting for....get krafty!!!!

So, for my card I used this darling image called Diana from the Everyday Girls March release. I coloured her with my Copics and cut the image out leaving a small white border around the edge.  I used, what few scraps, I have left of the scrumptious Echo Park, Life is Good paper....I am so sad that this pretty paper is all gone! I added some Prima Flowers and American Crafts ribbon. The sentiment is a Melissa Frances rub-on. I also cut a few hearts using QuicKutz dies and added a wee button. 

Here is the inside....I stamped a shadow image with Memento Rich Coca ink and used one of the sentiments that comes with the Diana stamp as well as an accessory stamp. I used one of the dies from the My Favorite Things Sweet Stack Die-namics set and the Die from the Polka Dots Greeting Stamp and die set. 

Well, thanks for stopping by and having a wee peek at my card! I hope you get a chance to try Michele's fabulous sketch! Please swing by the Krafty Girls' and Krafty Guests' blogs and check out the gorgeous creations they have made to inspire you!

Hope to see you at Scrapfest!

Have a scrappy Day!!!

Hugs,

Simon Says Stamp Challenge...Spring Colours/Easter...You are my Sunshine!

 

Happy hump day, Stampin' friends! It's that time again...time for another fun challenge at Simon Says Stamp Challenge blog! This week the DT is featuring Magnolia Stamps and the challenge is Spring Colours/Easter. We would love to see your Magnolia creations but it is not a requirement of the challenge! Thanks to all that joined us for our challenge last week with Domi's gorgeous sketch! Once again we had absolutely fabulous entries.

And as always, Heidi has generously offered up a $50 gift voucher to the Simon Says Stamp Superstore...there are so many fabulous and gorgeous craft and stampin' supplies in the superstore!!! I know you will have no trouble spending the $50 in the superstore...so why not join us and see if you are the lucky random winner of the prize this week!

So for my card this week, I used this adorable stamp called Tilda with stuffed Animal she is my fave I think, from the Butterfly Dreams collection! I coloured her with my Copics and cut her out and I also stamped and coloured the Magnolia Floral background stamp, cut it out and matted it on AC cardstock and then I adhered Tilda to the image. I added lots of Stickles to really make it sparkle. I made my easel card from Kraft cardstock and used this gorgeous new Echo Park Co. Springtime paper that I got at Simon Says Stamp Superstore. I cut the scalloped borders with my MFT Simply Scalloped Die-namics Die. The ribbon is from my stash and I added some Pink Prima Painterly and Blue Prima Painterly flowers with BasicGrey Painted brads. To finish it off I added some pink gems here and there. The sentiment on the top of the card is from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps from Kimmie's Beachy Sentiment set. The bottom sentiment is from Magnolia and I used my new MFT Die-namics Sweet Stack set.... oh, I love,love, love the sweet stack die set. I added an extra circle by cutting some patterned paper with a circle punch.

Well, thanks so much for stopping by and having a wee peek at my Simon says Stamp Challenge card. The Simon Says DT have really out done themselves this week and have made absolutely stunning Maggie creations!!! Please pay them a visit and leave them some love and then I hope you can join the challenge this week!!!

Happy Stampin'!!!

Hugs,

Magnolia Down Under Challenge #90 - Metal Mania...Sweet Wonderful You!

Hey stampin' friends! I am back this afternoon to share the card I made for this week's Magnolia Down Under Challenge! The challenge is Metal Mania!!! I hope you can join us this week! The MDUC DT have gorgeous creations to inspire you this week so please stop by the MDU Challenge blog and have a peek and leave them some love!!!

I used more Hello Luscious paper and I coloured up this absolutely adorable Tilda with Flower Pot, from the Butterfly Dreams collection, with my Copics! I just love her to bits....sooooo cute!!!! I stamped a Magnolia sentiment on a tag cut with a QuicKutz die and I also used one of my CatsLife Press seal stamps, Officially Spring. I used two Making Memories metal butterflies to comply with this week's challenge to use some metal....I thought they were the perfect little embellishment too and I even bent up the wings a bit to add some dimension. To finish it off I add some gorgeous satin ribbon, green half pearls and some Stickles.  

Here is the inside...pretty simple, as always. I used a sentiment from the My Favorite Things More Essential Sentiments set and I used a MFT die-namics die. 

Well, thanks for stopping by again today to have a wee peek at my Magnolia Down Under Challenges card! Hope you can join the challenge!

Hugs,

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Challenge # 72...It's a Stripey Kind of Day...!!

Hey Krafty friends!!!! So We have some exciting things happening this month at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps....firstly, we have 5 fabulously Krafty, Guest Krafty Girls, joining us for the month of April, Amanda, Deborah, Jenny, Krista, and Tangii. If you pop over to the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps blog you can read their bios and get to know them....please visit their blogs and leave 'em some warm welcomes and some Krafty love!!!!!

Also, Kimmie wants all the local Krafty FANS out there to know that Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps will be at Scrapfest in Kitchener on April 8th and 9th! Are YOU going to Scrapfest? Make sure to visit us at booth # 220 and meet Kimmie and many of the Krafty Girls....for more info got to the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps website!!!!!

So are you ready for another fun Kraftin' Kimmie stamps challenge!? Well, the super sweet and super talented Krafty Girl, Donna from Down Under, is our hostess this week and she would like to Stripes on your card! Donna has made the cutest card this week with Tubing Miles and if you join the challenge and use a Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp on your creation then you will be entered into a random draw to win a Tubing Miles stamp of your very own!!! I hope you can join the challenge!!!

So, for my card this week I used some new BG Paper called Life of the Party and I teamed it up with this sweet Agnes, one of the Moonlight Whispers, Everyday Girls stamps from the March Release. I love Agnes...she is sooooo cute!!! I coloured her with my Copics, of course, and cut the image out with my rectangle Nesties, left the image in the die and inked with Old Paper Distress ink. I used some gorgeous Calcutta Prima Flowers from the Simon Says Stamp Superstore and I used a BG Hello Luscious Fabric Brad in the centre. I had this stripey brown and pink ribbon in my stash...perfect for this challenge! I stamped the sentiment that is from Kimmie's Fun Sentiments set. I also used an Autumn Leaves ticket stamp and cut it out with my ticket punch and inked it with Vintage Photo Distress ink. 

Here is the inside...pretty simple. The sentiment is from Kimmie's Everyday sentiments set.

Well, Thanks so much for stopping by and having a wee peek at my card! I hope you can join us this week at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Challenge! Make sure to swing my the KKSC blog and take a look at all the gorgeous creations by the Krafty Girls and Krafty Guests!

Happy Stampin'

Hugs,

BasicGrey Challenges # 41...More than one FOLD...Celebration!

Well, I am so glad it is the weekend, aren't you!? The weekend means crafty time for me...well, I should squeeze some house work in there too, I guess, smile, but mostly stampin' and colouring, lol!!!  It is also time for another great challenge over at BasicGrey Challenges! This week the challenge is More than one FOLD!!!! Remember that you also must use at least one item of BasicGrey product on you card and please state in your post what BasicGrey product you have used.

As always, our wonderful and generous sponsor Simon Says Stamp Superstore has offered up a $25 dollar gift voucher for the Simon Says Stamp Superstore! The superstore is just chalked full of gorgeous crafty goodies! 

So for my card I made an easel card and I used my new fave BG Hello Luscious 6x6 paper pad.....I love this paper it is just so gorgeous!!! Sorry, but I think you will be seeing a lot of it over the next while, smile. I made this card for my friend and co-worker, Julie, it was her b-day this week and I wanted to make her a special card. I was so happy she liked it and I know her daughter Olivia will love it too as she is a big fan of Tilda. 

 I used this sweet Balloon Tilda from the You're So Special Collection. I coloured her with my Copics and I added Glossy Accents to the balloon. I also used a Melissa Frances rub-on and a Magnolia sentiment from the Butterfly Dreams collection. There is lots of bling on this card and I also added some crinkled seam binding and a BG button. Flowers are mix of Prima and Wild Orchid Crafts flowers. The sentiment on the bottom of the easel is from My Favorite Things, Die-namics Polka Dots Greetings die and stamp set. 

Here is a pic that shows how glossy the balloon looks. 

Well, thanks so much for stopping by and having a wee peek at my card! I hope you can join the BasicGrey Challenge over the next 2 weeks! Please stop by the BasicGrey Challenge blog and check out the gorgeous and inspirational creations from our talented DT!

Hugs,