Stamping by SAM

PUNCH ART FOR BABIES...

2012-01-29T11:20:00.002-06:00

Baby showers that is!

Two baby showers at work this week.

One for a brand new baby boy.

One for a soon to be baby girl.

Happy for them.

Happy it's not me!

First, Sweet Pea for the girl.

I use the embedded embossing technique. The flowers are cut out of the new DP Everyday Enchantment (Sale-A-Bration catalog) that I used for the first layer on the base of this card. I CASED the punch art from Andrea Walford and added the embossed oval behind it. I suggest you if you want two stamp sets that will last for-ever and never go out of style, purchase Baroque Motifs and Lovely Trees from SU!

My inspirational challenges are:

Critter Challenge - use 3 embellishments

Cute Card Thursday - You're a Gem (pearls)

Winter Wonderland - Swirls and Pearls

(right now, does not need to be a Christmas/Winter card)

Everybody's Art Challenge - swirls

Frosted Designs - Sketch

Moving Along with the Times - blooming marellous

Paper Crafting Journey - floral

Sentimental Sundays - embossing

Simon Says Stamps Challenge - Anything Goes

Stamp, Scrap and Doodle - Anything Goes

Stampin' for the Weekend - Embossing

By the Cute and Girly - New Beginnings

The Crazy Challenge - Vintage

Stamptacular Sunday - Diamond or pearls

Now for the new little baby boy...

Similiar to the other punch art lion card I made.

Different sketch and DP (again, Everyday Enchantment as the above card)

My inspirational challenges are:

Clearly I Stamp - Pastels

Alphabet Challenge - Z for Zoo Animals

Crafty Ann's - "What's New Pussycat?"

(show new stash - It's all new!)

Crafty Calendar - New News

Craft Your Days Away - Distressing

Crazy 4 Challenges - Layer it on-Lots of layes and embellies

Fussy and Fancy Challenge - Polka Dots

Gingersnaps Creations - Use your DP

Pixie Dust Studio - Let's Go to the Zoo

Stamping 411 - Color (SU! products only)

Stamping 411 - Sketch (SU! products only)

Stamps R Us - Just Kidding Around (cards for kids)

Stampin' Up Only Challenge - favorite product from

new Occasions Mini catalog - Blossom Punch!)

Sweet Stampin' Challenge - Let's see those animals!

Do You Stack Up? - Ribbons

The Secret Crafter - Ribbons

Not quite sure where this Mojo came from

Maybe it's trying something new...

now there's a thought...

get out of that box!

Have a great week!

SAM

LOLLIPOP LANE

2012-01-14T08:44:00.002-06:00

Not my favorite card this year.

So that means 50% of the cards I have made are terrific, beyond and above.

The other 50% are destined for unknown territory.

50% ain't bad either way,

considering I've only made 2 cards in 2012!

I was inspired by the following challenges:

365 Cards, Day 317 - Image This, Candy Land
Papertake Weekly - die cut and cute
Pixie Dust Studio - heart
The Pink Elephant - heart
The Alphabet Challenge - Y, you can chose
Anything Goes - Anything Goes
Lexi's Challenge - Anything Goes
Speedy Fox and Friends - Border Punch
Clean and Simple Stamping - Sketch

Stampin' for the Week-end - out with the old
(everything on this card is old, including the designer)

Thanks for stopping by on this very cold sunny day!
SAM

Welcome, BABY!

2012-01-08T21:02:00.002-06:00

I told my students this week that 2012
was the date for science fiction when I was a kid.

Do you remember Twilight Zone?

Oh yeah, scary stuff and now we're there ...

On to my not so scary lion!

I'm starting the year practicing punch art.

Always admire everyone's punch art talent and decided to give it a try.

Based this on Loving Lion by Kim at Paper Punch Addiction.

I didn't have the same punches so I subbed the new punch Blossom

(now available in the New SU! Occasions mini catalog)

for the lion's mane. I also used the 2-step owl punch and the 2-step bird punch.

Now on to the inspiring challenges I am entering this punchy card in...

Critter Challenge - celebration

Kaboodle Doodles - celebration

ABC Challenge - G is for green

Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge - Animal Print or Happy Birthday

Simply Create Too - Layers

Corrosive Challenge - something brand new (blossom punch)

Crafty Calendar - New News (baby)

Craft Your Days Away - new beginnings

Crazy 4 Challenges - New 'toys' (blossom punch)

Cute Card Thursday - new punch and technique!

Simon Says Stamps Challenge - new baby

CES Challenge - Anything goes

Creative Craft Challenge - Anything goes and tell New Year Resolution

"Get bills paid off and retire!"

(IE - not buying stamping stuff!)

Incy Wincy Designs - Anything goes

Paper Take Weekly - Anything goes

Ribbon Carousel - Anything goes

Stamps R Us - Anything goes

TopTip Tuesday - Anything goes

The Pink Elephant - Anything goes

Polly Craft Challenge - Punch it (boy did I!)

Clean and Simple - sketch

Alphabet Challenge - x-tra special occasion

Thanks for stopping by

and here's wishing everyone

a safe and very

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

SAM

ELF~

2011-12-08T04:29:00.001-06:00

Seen this design a lot and decided to make it for

Roosevelt's (the building I work in)

Christmas card

to send to all the other sites in our district.

All punching and computer generated sentiment!

The following challenges asked for

Christmas/Winter theme

with a mix of color, technique and bling!

Chocolate Coffee Cards

Creative Belli Challenge

Crazy 4 Challenges movie - ELF

Creative Card Crew

Kaboodle Doodles

One Crazy Stamper

Paper Crafting Journey

Party Time Tuesday

Pile It On

Pixie Dust Studio

Polly Craft Challenge

Raise the Bar

Simply Create Too

Stamp, Scrap and Doodle

One Stop Craft Challenge

The Pink Elephant

Totally Paper Crafts

Thanks for stopping by and have a great Holiday Season!

SAM

A Spirelli Thanks A Latte

2011-11-26T14:28:00.001-06:00

A new fun technique, Spirelli,

well, not new,

but a new one for me!

So easy too!

I used a metallic gold thread that I have had forever.

Hope somebody still carries it, I may run out now that I see how fun this is.

And note to self, "order some more circle nesties".

The following challenges inspired this card:

365 Cards, Day 267 - fun with a food pun

Anthing Goes Challenge - food related projects

Lollipop Crafts - anything goes

One Crazy Stamper - food and drink challenge

Paper Craft Star - anything goes

Sugar Creek Hollow - fancy folds

Sweet Stampin Challenge - Punches and dies (used both!)

Creative Craft Challenge

Pixie Dust Studio - Thankful

Opus-Gluei - Thanks for being you

Die Cut Dreams - Thank you with circles

If the Shoe Fits -Thankful

Tuesday Throwdown - circles

Happy Belated Thanksgiving to all and to all a Goodnight!

SAM

Do You Hear What I Hear...

2011-11-20T11:56:00.001-06:00

Probably not because my DD says I can't hear anything!

Really K.L. it is just called "Selective Hearing".

Another non-traditional Christmas card this week.

This darling caroler is a freebie called 'Winter Song' by Addicted to Stamps.

I am entering this card in the following inspiring challenges:

By the Cute and Girly - Christmas with a girl image

Winter Wonderland - Awwwwww, What a Cutie (any cute Christmas image)

The Shabby Tea Room -a shabby pastel Christmas

Truly Scrumptious Challenge - Christmas with pearls added or has a vintage look

Crafty Calendar Challenge - Winter Wardrobe

One Stitch At a Time - Anything goes

Creatalicious Challenge - Christmas and make it sparkle

Simon Says Stamp and Show - and show some women

Cooking It Up With Katie - Recipe: Die cut, add a tag, and give it a Christmas theme

Sweet Stop Sketches - sketch below, turned on it's side

CES Challenge - snowflakes

365 Cards. Day 261 - Colors:

Digital Tuesday Challenge - Christmas time

ABC Challenge - D is for dazzle

Challenge Up Your Life - music

CCEE Stampers - 2 die cuts or 2 punches

Crazy Challenge - recipe: 1 image, 2 papers, 3 embellishments (pearls, brad, ribbon0

Top Tip Tuesday - tag

Craft Your Passion Challenge - Let it Snow

Pile It On - Anything with "P" (pink! punch! pretty?)

Thanks for spending some time with me today on this cold, rainy Sunday!

SAM

Merry Christmas Tweety!

2011-11-13T15:46:00.001-06:00

I love 'play on words' and this one especially makes me giggle!

This card is a fun non-traditional Christmas card in pink, white and black.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:
365 Cards, Day 254 - recipe of "P" (pink, pet, and my choice is pearls)

Cr8 4fn Color Challenge - pink, black and white

Mojo Monday Sketch challenge - sketch

Paper Crafting Journey - embossing

Scrap Creations - Sentiment as the focus

Totally Stampalicious - anything goes

Creative Craft Challenge - going minimalistic (CAS)

Paper Take Weekly - first Christmas card of the year

Top Tip Tuesday - Anything Christmas

Stamptacular Sunday - punch it

Craft Your Days Away - Embellishment bingo (pearls, flowers, ribbon)

Saturday Challenge - Spots and stripes

Sugar Creek Hollow - Stripes and spots

Christmas Stampin' - use a 'virgin' stamp

CRAFT Challenge - A 'cute' theme

Crazy Challenge - something with wings (it's tiny but it's a bird in that cage)

Toodles!

SAM

Best of Cluck! Best of Cluck!

2011-11-06T15:55:00.000-06:00

It's been awhile since I've posted but my computer decided it have given all it could and decided to retire. Just wish it had sent me a letter of resignation ahead of time - then I wouldn't have lost of all my pics and documents! A new Dell on my desk and still trying to get use to all the new streamline of Windows 7 and Office 2010. Boy, do I feel old!

The above card is for the following challenges:
365 Cards, Day 247 - Take a part of one image, combine it with another and create a whole new image. Not quite sure this is what Pam had in mind but it sure is a fun card!
Challenge Up Your Life - Friendship
Our Creative Corner - Masculine with non-traditional colors
Raise the Bar - NO embellishments
The Cuttlebug Spot - Anything Goes
Let's Ink It Up - Favorite technique (embedded dry embossing)
Order of the Opus Gluei - What's On Your Head

I seriously tried to add embellishments to this card. Just didn't look right. The textured embossing seem to be just enough. I like the CAS look of it.

Thanks for stopping by after my forced vacation from the blogging world!
SAM

A Dasher of a Bookmark!

2011-10-21T12:14:00.001-05:00

A quick Christmas card using 3 SU! stamps. Lovely As A Tree (such a classic!), Holiday Best sentiments, and the single stamp Dasher. Turning into a bookmark was not in the original plan, but hey, that's what making our own cards is all about!

Inspiring challenges are:
Color Create Challenge - Color challenge, Burgundy, Gold , Green and Cream
Do You Stack Up - Trees
I Did it Creations - "If I could talk to the Animals!"
Crafty Ann's Challenge - Clean and Simple
Totally Paper Crafts - Layer Upon Layer
By the Cute and Girly - anything goes
Stamptacular Sunday Challenge - You choose
Lexi's Creations - Sentiment
365 Cards, Day 233 - Simply Stamped, use 3 stamp images and 1 embellishment

Have a Great Day! SAM

~ Elegant ~ Thanks (So Much) ~

2011-10-16T19:41:00.003-05:00

WOW!

It took me

AND

LOTS

of other people to

put this card together!

AND

we did it while the electric

took a vacation this morning.

So a lot of it was done in the

DARK.

Wait! ~

a new technique?

When you can't

see

what you're doing?

The LOTS of other people you ask?

Well, besides me, Faith at D2D (freebie pumpkin tag digi, progressive challenge), Gina K (freebie background stripes), and SU! (4 stamp sets, [Tiny Tags, Language of Friendship, Day of Gratitude, Delicate Doilies], plus 4 different punches and a lot of fussy cutting (in the dark mind you!).

Thanks guys, couldn't have done it without you...

Inspiring challenges are:

Cardabilities - sketch

Craft Your Days Away - Halloween colors

Designed 2 Delight - Pumpkin tag digi (progressive challenge)

Digital Tuesday Challenge - Fall colors

Fussy and Fancy Challenge - Fall or Halloween

Incy Wincy Designs - Thankful

Paper Crafting Journey - Black, White and Orange
Saturday Challenge - White and one other color
Pals paper Arts - Fall/Thanksgiving
Crop Stop - Falling Leaves
Deep Ocean Challenge - Fall Colors
Kaboodle Doodles - Let's See those Leaves!
Paper Craft Star - Fall leaves
Pile It On - Fall Is Fun
Really Reasonable Ribbons - Fun 4 Fall
365 Cards Day 229 - So Sophisticated!

Thanks for stopping by on this warm fall evening!
SAM

HOPE...

2011-10-13T21:09:00.002-05:00

Quick post - Mentalist is on - Just hope I don't fall asleep!

Entering this Hope for a Cure,

Hope for those that fight like a girl

and

Hope for all to be preventive

and

make an appointment ASAP.

Designed 2 Delight - First of the month free digi, Hope

365 Cards Day 226 - ad inspired

Bee Crafty - digi stamp plus bling
One Stop Craft Challenge - Anything Goes
Tuesday Throwdown - think pink
Speedy the Cat's Friends Challenge - No designer paper
I Did It Creations - Anything Goes
First Annual Link Up for Pink Party - Hurry! Ends today!

Till later ~

SAM

Save the HOOTERS!

2011-10-09T21:28:00.002-05:00

Edited: I've been invited to join the first ever
"LINK UP FOR PINK"
linking party.
Fabulous prizes, 4 days left to enter.
But the best part: It's all about fighting breast cancer!

I've had this idea for quite some time

and

finally got it done today!

Made 4 cards for the office ladies.

They'll like their card

but

they won't like that you can't get the

M&Ms

out of it!

Just showed this to my husband.

He didn't get it.

Do you?

Personally, I think it's a HOOT!

Just a few inspiring challenges for this one...
Link up for Pink - We have over $3,000 worth of giveaways from 84 generous sponsors,
that makes 153 prizes to give away!!!

365 Cards, Day 219 - Getting Punchy (3 punch to make one embellishment

Incy, Wincy Designs - think pink

Inkspirations...Color Challenge #90 -

Lexi's Creations - Pink for Boobies

Party Time Tuesdays - Shaped cards and/or Breast Cancer Awareness

Ribbon Carousel Challenge - Anything goes

Stamping 411 - sketch

Anything Goes Challenge - dies cuts, punches or both

Paper Crafting Journey - die cuts and/or punches

Craft Your Passion - Anything goes with a twist of ribbon!

Paper Take Weekly - Open, optional punch

Sentimental Sundays - Anything goes

BTW - if you haven't had a mammogram, be sure to make an appointment today!

Your family will thank you!

SAM

Thank You for Autumn and Halloween!

2011-10-02T20:02:00.001-05:00

2 loads of laundry today.

1 dinner with home grown sweet potatoes.

Lots of dishes!

2 cards for today.

This card is inspired by the following autumn challenges:

Totally Paper Crafts - Autumn

365 Cards, Day 212 - Colorful background (stamp background with 4 colors)

Stamptacular Sunday - Autumn inspiration picture

ABC Challenge - They're back and anything goes!

Lollipop Crafts - Anything goes

Penny's Challenge - Anything goes

Simon's Says Stamp - Anything goes

Simply Create - Stamp older than 6 months (Simple Sketch is almost older than me!)

Crafty Creations - Clean and simple

Oldie But A Goodie - stamp older than 6 months and for a male

A simple Halloween card inspired by the following challenges:

Crafty Calendar Challenge - A Spooky Birthday for their 2nd year

Hand Stamped Sentiment - Halloween with a sentiment

I Did It Creations - Halloween

Moving Along with the Times - Spooky goings on

One Crazy Stamper - Halloween or fall theme

Really Reasonable Ribbon - Halloween and include ribbon

The Saturday Challenge - Halloween

Stampin' Bs - Halloween

Designed 2 Delight - Progressive free image of Patches the Ghost!

Designed 2 Delight Card Ideas - use color pencils

365 Cards, Day 213 - Card on a Card

Thanks for stopping by ~ SAM

Autumn Mums...

2011-09-28T05:50:00.000-05:00

Quick post.

This card has been completed and ready to post for 2 days now

~~~

just too darn tired in the evening to do it, so let's try an early morning post!

Challenges entered in...

Allsorts Challenge - Keep it simple

Crazy 4 Challenges - fall theme

Designed 2 Delight - freebie "Autumn Mums" Progressive Challenge

Designed 2 Delight Designers Saturday Challenge - Die cut divas (at least 2)

Fussy and Fancy - new technique - lacquer finish on vase

Paper Play Challenge - fall leaves

Really Reasonable Ribbons - autumn theme

Truly Scrumptious Challenge - Clean and Simple

Thanks for stopping by - HI-HO it's off to work I go!

SAM

Summer Vacation - Christmas Countdown!

2011-09-25T10:08:00.007-05:00

Awesome group, Straight, No Chaser to get you in the Christmas spirit!

I don't make many masculine cards, but 365 Cards Challenge to make a
masculine card with the theme of summer vacation,

just spurred my imagination to highlight the hardest male worker of all -

SANTA!

Can't imagine how tired he is after flying around the world with

a bunch of reindeer in front of him after who knows what they ate!

This is my card/scrapbook page of Santa's Hawaiian vacation!

"91 days, 17 hours, 28 minutes, But Who's Counting?"
OK, I typed that yesterday so Christmas is really closer than you think!

Challenges Santa is entered in:
365 Cards, Day 205 - Summer Vacation, Masculine Sytle
Anything Goes Challenge - where...anything goes!
Corrosive Challenge - Punches and/or dies
Crafty Ann's Challenge - Around the World I went to Hawaii!
Crazy Challenge - Men Only (Santa is THE MAN!)
Digital Tuesday Challenge - People images
I Did It Creations - At the Beach
Kaboodle Doodles - Lots of layers
One Stop Craft Challenge - Easel Card
Our Creative Corner - Numbers (mine are small but they're on there!)
Simon Says Stamps Challenge - dies or punches
Stamp, Scrap and Doodle Saturday - favorite color - BLUE
Pile it On - Fancy folds
Tuesday Morning Sketch - sketch below

I certainly hope he enjoys his Hawaiian vacation.
Just wonder where Mrs. Claus is - at home working???
SAM

Just a "Spoonful of Love" Note...

2011-09-18T11:23:00.002-05:00

Quick CAS card

A Love note!

Awe, how sweet it is!

Challenges entered in...

Creative Craft Challenge - Buttons and bling

CropStop - Button Up Ladies

Alphabet Challenge - Quick and Simple

Totally Paper Crafts - Clean and Simple

Designed 2 Delight - Free image "Happiness Blooms"

CES Challenge - at least 4 different embellishments

(Buttons, Charm, Ribbon, Flower)

Case Study Challenge - 2nd entry - Really love the Kraft/black combo

Craft Your Passion - Scrappy "F" words mine is FLOWERS

Everybody Art Challenge - Flowers

Creatalicious Challenge - Everything goes

City Crafter - I "Heart" You

365 Cards, Day 198 - Standout Sentiment

Note: I printed the digi and sentiment on a piece of transparency

and layered it over the sheet music DP.

Thanks for coming by ~

SAM

Gratitude that I can Read!

2011-09-15T22:23:00.001-05:00

As an educator/counselor, I see miracles happen everyday.

I can't even begin to explain how I elated I am

when

I see that 'light bulb' turn on over a child's head.

The excitement they have when they

suddenly realize ~

"I am a Reader!"

Challenges:

Bee-Crafty - Beautiful Borders

Clean and Simple - sketch

Craft Us Crazy - Back to School

Cupcake Craft - Back to School

Desert Island Crafts - Pick 3 of 10 items [books, pencils, apple for the teacher]

Fussy and Fancy Challenge - Back to School

I Did It Creations - anything goes and the image is a freebie I picked this week!

If the Shoe Fits, Scrap It! - Back to School

Lollipop Crafts - eyelets or brads; I used both

Paper Issues - Learning Curve

Party Time Tuesdays - Ribbon, Trim & Fiber...Oh My!

Creative Belli Challenge - string

Little Red Wagon - String

Cute Card Thursday - anything goes

Designed 2 Delight Designers Challenge - Back to School

That is what gets me up in the mornings.

The Gratitude I feel for being a small part of their learning process.

Challenges:

Case Study - be inspired by September Muse Julie Lacey

Crazy 4 Challenges - colors: orange, Olive Green, Yellow, Brown

Designed 2 Delight - progressive challenge - free digi

Digital Tuesday - celebrate any season "Fall"

Hand Stamped Sentiments - Fall theme

Lexi's Creations - Autumn theme

Really Reasonable Ribbons - Autumn theme

Sentimental Sundays - Autumn theme
The Kraft Journal - use a sketch

Take time to read to a child...

SAM

Le Romantique!

2011-09-11T20:42:00.003-05:00

Finally used the Graphics 45 paper I won almost a year ago! Never could figure out what to do with it and today I decided it was the day to put my fears aside, grab the paper by the tail (or ribbon) and conquer all!

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

365 Cards, Day 191 - So Not Me - or - do something different than usual.

StampinBs Design Challenge - anniversary

Ribbon Carousel - anything goes with ribbons

Card Positioning System sketch

Anything Goes Challenge -Vintage Shabby-Chic

The Shabby Tearoom - wedding and color scheme

Do You Stack Up - Texture (ribbon, embossed butterflies, crochet flower)
Color Create Challenge - pink, brown, cream, white
Speedy the Cat's Friends Challenge - punch
Pile It On! - Layer It!

Thanks for stopping by - till next time...

SAM

What's New Pussycat? Whoa-Whoa...

2011-09-05T19:41:00.001-05:00

OK, love Tom Jones and now I can't get this song out of my head!!!

Found a You Tube video with him singing it and it is sooooo funny!

He is so young (saw a picture of him the other day, sure looks old)

What's New Pussy Cat by Tom Jones

OK, now on to my little Pussy Cat which I'm sure is the one Tom Jones was singing about...

Sure had trouble getting this card where I wanted it to be, but I'm pretty pleased with the end result. I layered the free image from Faith at Designed 2 Delight (hurry, you have until Thursday to grab it too!) over the gate image from Inktegrity. Not too happy with my copic coloring but did try a technique that my mentor Shirley showed me a couple weeks ago to add texture. Using a swatch of blue jean fabric I inked it with the black marker and dabbed it on the stonework. Then I added glitz with yellow stickles on the moon and a big orange bow for the cat!

[Now I'm listening to it's Not Unusual by Tom Jones, now a duet with Stevie Wonder]

How about a few challenges?

Craft Us Crazy - fall colors and favorite embellishments [stickles and bling]

Saturday Challenge - Colors of autumn

Stamp Something - September digi challenge

[now it's Tom Jones and Marie Osmond, uhhhh?]

Designed 2 Delight - free Falloween image

If you'll excuse me, I need to do some dancing around the room now!

SAM

Hello Doily!

2011-09-04T21:43:00.002-05:00

New gear from the new Stampin' Up! catalog!

Love the huge doily stamp and the new border punch.

Oh yeah, sentiment is from a new hostess set

"Happiest Birthday Wishes"!

It's late, way past my bed time or at least the time that I pass out on the couch.

Awe, somebody in this family has to hold it down so it doesn't float away!

So on the the challenges:

365 Cards, Day 184 - Sketch, white space challenge

4 Craft Chicks - Helping the Chicks to celebrate!

Fussy and Fancy Friday - month long celebration and optional color challenge

Top Chef at Catered Crop - recipe challenge, I used the following ingredients:

Soft pastel colors technique of embossing, and Shabby Chic style

Crafty Creations - use 3 or more dies/punches

(2-border punches, scallop punch, flower punch)

Craft Your Days Away - make your own flowers

Creative Card Crew- anything goes

Cute Card Thursday - at least one punch

Desert Island Crafts Challenge - pick at least 3

(flowers,sentiment, wet embossing)

Little Red Wagon - border punches

Moving Along with the Times - Handmade flowers

Paper Play Challenge - Make your own flowers

Party Time Tuesdays - anything goes

Pile It On Challenge - B is for Brads (or anything that starts with B)

Stamptacular Sunday - the sky's the limit!

Top Tip Tuesday - What is Shabby Chic?
Alphabet Challenge - Pretty pastels

Happy Labor Day and don't work too hard!

SAM

School Girl...

2011-08-28T14:20:00.002-05:00

Memories of starting school.

I was the kid who liked going to school.

In my 50s before I stopped going to school.

And now...

I work at a school!

So many school challenges and so little time...
Raise the Bar Challenge - Primary colors of red, blue, green
Designed 2 Delight - Progressive free image challenge "Maisie Belle"
StampinB Design team challenge - easel card

Belli Challenge - gingham

Digital Tuesday - Cute and Girly

Craft us Crazy - anything goes

Crop Stop - anything goes

Totally Gorjuss - As you like it

All Sorts Challenge - Back to school

Crazy Challenge - Back to school

Paper Craft Star - Back to school

Paper Play Challenge - Back to school

Party Time Tuesdays - Back to school

Ribbon Carousel Challenge - Back to school

Totally Paper Crafts - Back to school

Just Add Ink - something from your stash

[flower soft, had to have it and this is the first time I've used it!]
365 Cards, Day 177 - album inspired

I'm a TOP SPOOL winner!

Well, best get off the computer and get ready to get "BACK TO SCHOOL" tomorrow!

SAM

EVERY FLOWER...

2011-08-25T21:16:00.006-05:00

IS TO BLOOM...

Digital art by Faith at Designed 2 Delight.

I took it up another step and finally figured out what to do with a PNG digi.

I layered it on top of a free digital background paper.

Placed a brown frame around it.

Printed it.

Cut it out with just a little white edge and viola! - a matted image!

Placed on top of embossed Bermuda Bay, brads, bling, punched flower,

dotted ribbon, a card base of soft suede and again - viola! - a card!
all done in WORD

Life can be so simple at times.

Challenges:

Designed 2 Delight - Every Flower is to Bloom free digi

D2D Designer's Challenge - anything goes

Everybody Art Challenge - brown and blue

Paper Pretties - brown, blue + choice (pink)

Card Positioning System - sketch

Top Chef - I picked 3 of the 4 ingredients

Here's your FTR19 recipe.

Colors – jewel tones of pink, violet and blue, gold/yellow and brown

Stamps and Stickers – gears or clock works, wizards and magic, butterflies, text/script, sentiment

Color Mediums – stamping/distress ink, markers (ProMarker, Copics), and acrylic paint

Embellishments – ribbon, brads, tags, polymer clay, glitter/Stickles

Techniques – mix-media, collage, use and/or layer digital stamps, edge the card with paint

Kaboodle Doodles - ribbons

Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge - use a lot (at least 3) of your favorite embellishments

[ribbon, brads, punched flowers and pearls]

CELEBRATE - tomorrow is TGIF!

SAM

School Daze

2011-08-20T08:16:00.002-05:00

Quick post, off to my first Copics class!

365 Cards, Day 170 - vintage plus blue

Color Lab Color challenge - pool party, pear pizzazz, soft suede

Creative Inspirations - back to school

Cupcake Craft challenge - sketch

Desert Island Crafts - I picked: dry embossing, real machine stitching and vintage

Speedy the Cat's Friends -emboss
Paper Craft Star Challenge - inspiration photo
Papertake Weekly - bingo: free, ribbon, lace
Pile It On - blue
Polly Craft Challenge -distressing
Simply Create Challenge - time to distress
Stamping Bs Challenge - distressing
Sugar Creek Hollow - vintage/buttons/bows
Pink Elephant - stitching
Truly Scrumptious - lace
Tuesday Taggers - anything goes
Simply Create Challenge - time to distress
Color Create Challenge - blue, green, white, red and brown
Deep Ocean Challenge - light blue
Challenge Up Your Life - no patterned paper
Craft Us Crazy - anything goes
Paper Crafting Journey - anything goes
Little Red Wagon - Back to School
Paper Pretties - Back to School
Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge - Back to School

Till next time - SAM

STITCHED PUMPKIN

2011-08-14T15:27:00.001-05:00

You're never too old to learn and learn I did this week-end! When Faith at Designed 2 Delight sent me my free digi - Stitched Pumpkin - I knew I wanted to paper piece it but boy oh boy I hate fussy cutting! So I looked on the internet and found GIMP which I had downloaded some time ago and never used.

So I used it.

The pumpkin and border is 'paper pieced' and I didn't have to pick up a pair of scissors! Don't ask me how I did it. I'm not one to read directions. I am one that will keep clicking till something happens. The only problem I had was trying to change it after I had filled each section. . .

Not good for someone who changes their mind a lot,
but maybe the structure I need to learn to read directions...?

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Crafty Ann's Challenge - Scallops and/or Fancy Borders
Hot Spot Challenge - Fall color trend, I used the brown, teal, and bamboo
The Play Date Cafe - Fudge, Goldenrod, Teal

Designed 2 Delight - Stitched Pumpkin digi
Sketch Saturday -

Challenge Up Your Life - No Designer Paper

Well the weather is super duper here in the Midwest.

One could close their eyes and pretend it is fall!

SAM

Happy Birthday Fishes!

2011-08-12T16:17:00.000-05:00

An Under the Sea scene using a technique in which

you cut out sections of the dry embossing.

I matted the whisper white C S with a 'water' patterned paper

to show through the cut-out sections.

Hard to see, but the little tag says "Best Fishes"

365 Cards, Day 163 - Setting the Scene - Under the Sea

Our Creative Corner - no flowers

Incy Wincy Designs - something new (copics) something old (stamp set-Sushi Bowl party)

Craft Your Passion - Under the Sea
Paper Playtime - projects with water
Craft Us Crazy - anything goes
Crafts and Me - anything goes

Party Time Tuesday - Inspiration Picture

Thanks for stopping by and have a great week-end!

SAM

Happy Birthday Little Mouse!

2011-08-11T21:59:00.000-05:00

White on White Birthday card with a free digi from Designed 2 Delight.

A Spoonful of Sugar - Happy Birthday

Birthday Sundaes - Happy Birthday

Craft Your Days Away - Happy Birthday

Crazy Challenge - emboss

Designed 2 Delight - free cupcake mouse image

Designed 2 Delight Designers Challenge - bling

Do You Stack Up? - emboss

Inspirational Card Challenge sketch

One Stitch At a Time - Use a digi

Paper Pretties Blog - die cut

Simon Says Stamps Challenge - WOW, White on White

Tuesday Throwdown - Birthday

Anything Goes - Happy Birthday
Cute Card Thursday - CAS
Freshly Brewed Designs - CAS with no more than 3 embellishments (pearls, ribbon, flower)
Raise the Bar Challenge - open

Thanks for stopping by and TGIF!

SAM

CHRISTMAS STAMPIN' ALL YEAR LONG...

2011-08-05T07:09:00.001-05:00

and I have been invited to be their
guest designer

this week for an terrific challenge of

"Gimme the Bird"!

So much fun and wonderful to be a part of such an great team and challenge. This is the first year of my entire life (and I'm not telling exactly which decade that would be!)

that I have had any kind of Christmas card completed.

Thank goodness for challenges like this that light a fire and get me movin'!

I used the image "Kissing Penguins" from Pink Cat Studio. Such a fun image and combined with the current Mojo sketch I couldn't help but make such a cute Christmas card.

If you participate this week with
Christmas Stampin All Year Long
you will have a chance to win
5 images of your choice from Pink Cat Studio

Now, let me introduce you to my interpretation of "Kissing Penguins"!

So get out your stored away Christmas paper crafting supplies, rev up your mojo,

find a bird image and make a Christmas card and get that stash a growin'!

I am entering this in the following challenges:

Top Chef - Catered Crop - my recipe is a mixture of
Copic coloring, glitter and die cut shapes.

Craft Us Crazy - is anything goes

Do It with Digis - Christmas in August

Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge

Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge - Christmas

Paper Play Challenge - Christmas in August

The Shabby Tea Room - mix and match 3 designer papers

Totally Gorjuss - Christmas

Thanks for stopping by

and

Merry Kissmas to All!

SAM

Beachy Summer Dreams...

2011-08-03T09:47:00.000-05:00

An impromptu visit to St. Louis netted me a couple new stamp sets

- one being tropical -

that inspired me to take up all the summer challenges posted now

and see what I could do with it.

Now for my list of challenges!

By the Cute and Girly - by the sea
Cooking It Up with Katie - recipe: old [flourish die cut, buttons, ribbon],
new [stamps, Pattern paper], favorite techniques [embossing on PP and sanding]
CES Challenge - feeling the blues
Crafty Calendar - water theme
Craft Your Passion - open
Deep Ocean Challenge - sea
Incy Wincy Designs - monochromatic
Lil' Red Wagon - heat embossing (the sentiment)
Paper Issues - make a splash
Paper Take Weekly - Anything goes
Pixie Dust Studio - Monochromatic with favorite color - BLUE!
Saturday Challenge - Monochromatic
Tuesday Morning Sketch -

Moxie Fab Tuesday Trigger -

Your Next Stamp Challenge - beautiful borders, use border punches
CCEE Stampers - seasonal either 'summer' or winter
Crafty Anns Challenge - Summertime...and the living is easy
Craft Your Days Away - summer time
Crazy Challenge - Sun is Out
Creative Craft Challenge - Summertime
Creative Inspirations - Summer
Critter Challenge - summer fun
If the Shoe Fits Scrap It! - summer
One Crazy Stamper - fun in the sun
Paper Pretties - Lazy days of summer
Pile It On - Fun in the sun
Really Reasonable Ribbons - Sizzlin' Summer
Stamp Something - summer fun
Try It On Tuesday - from the beach
Tuesday Throwdown - summertime
Frosted Designs - circles
365 Cards, Day 156 - cheer someone up "When Life Gives You Lemons"

Whew! That should be enough for one day!

SAM

Happy Birthday times 5!

2011-07-31T10:24:00.001-05:00

5 Challenge cards are posted here, please scroll down.

Going back to work in another week and have accomplished most of the goals I set for myself this summer. Except for two. I set a goal to complete a whole week of 365 Cards. So with that being my beginning point I decided that I could accomplish another goal by adding to my Birthday card collection. Check mark, two goals accomplished! Now for the cards and challenges entered.

365 Cards, Tuesday, Day 148 - repeat stamp the background. Did that and added red glitter paper hearts at the end of the scroll.

4 Crafty Chicks - Get your bling on

Cardabilities - sketch

Totally Papercrafts - bling it up

365 Cards, Wednesday, Day 149 - Divided background into 4 parts, 2 parts solid, 2 parts PP

Crazy Challenge - ribbons

Stampin' Bs Design Challenge - ribbon

Deep Ocean Challenge - ribbon

This card is totally made from scraps. I used a die cut for the flowers and leaves with PP, highlighted with copic markers, stamped the brocade swirls, then 'embedded' it all with an embossing folder. Technique of Faux pressed flowers.

365 Cards, Thursday, Day 150 - wet or dry background

Anything Challenge - pick a bunch of flowers

Hand Stamped Sentiments - Flourish forever theme

Paper Play Challenge - in the garden

Stamps R Us - Birthday Challenge

Sugar Creek Hallow - make your designer paper

365 Cards, Friday, Day 151 - minimum of 3 layers

Alphabet Challenge - metal

ColorQ Challenge - Early Espresso, Calypso Coral, Pool Party, Island Indigo + White

Sketch Frenzy - sketch I used

Stamptacular Sunday - Friends are Heaven Sent, this is for my DD coz she is always up for a challenge!

365 Cards, Saturday, Day 152 - paint the background, I used white acrylic and glaze

Cute Card Thursday - sketch

Just Us Girls - use fabric and ribbon does not count

Speedy the Cat Friends Challenge - use anything such as twine, etc. but not ribbon

One Stop Craft Challenge - vintage
Paper Craft Star - open
The Play Date Cafe - color: Coral, Petal pink (in the fabric flower) and Antique Gold (pearls)
Friday Mashup - handmade flower and colors of turquoise, red and black. I picked the flower!

Thanks for stopping by!

SAM

Snowman and A Flower

2011-07-27T14:37:00.000-05:00

Talk about being oppositional! Two cards to post, one for winter and one for summer.

No doubt in my mind though that in REAL TIME, we are definitely experiencing summer.

So maybe a winter card will help bring on a cool down...

I was inspired by the Sketch Sunday on 365 Cards, Day 146, Super Sketchy Sunday

The following challenges worked their magic in inspiring too!
Paper Pretties - no markers - I used colored pencils and OMS
Picture Perfect Creations - color challenge (night of navy, crumb cake, whisper white)
Christmas Stampin' All Year Long - favorite color, I like vintage looks,
so crumb cake is used a lot!
Craft Your Passion - Christmas in July
Designed 2 Delight - free snowman digi for participating in monthly progressive challenge
Designed 2 Delight Designers Challenge - Christmas in July
Paper Cutz Challenge - Anything goes
Polly Craft Challenge - Ho-Ho-Ho Christmas
Totally Gorjuss - Punch or die (the oval cutout with a nestie)
Cupcake Craft Challenge - Vintage Glitter
Party Time Tuesdays - Anything goes

And I was motivated by Pam's challenges this week at 365 cards with the focus on backgrounds.

This is my first attempt at making a rolled fabric flower. Probably need to practice more. But I think I'll wait till the blister on my ring finger heals from using hot glue to keep it together... :(
Challenges entered in:
365 Cards, Day 147, Monday Background Challenge - 1/2 polka dots, 1/2 solid
Paper Craft Star - Anything goes
Crafty Ann's Challenge - Emboss
Stamp Something - embellish, oh yeah, that blistering fabric flower!
Simon Says Stamp and Show - Anything goes
Totally Stampalicious - Anything Goes
Sentimental Sundays - Focus on Sentiment
Sugar Creek Hollow - Let's play tag

Keep your cool! SAM

Nutty Coconuts!

2011-07-22T16:05:00.004-05:00

Not quite sure what I would use this card for but it is a cute image/sentiment

with a sense of humor which is what I like best about it!

The image is a surprise digi from the Hot Spot Challenge so

I decided to use it on several challenges with a summer/beach theme.

365 Cards, Day 144 - So Random, well, this card really fits that challenge!

Charisma Cardz - challenged to make a bright, colorful summer card

City Crafter - "It's a Shore Thing!"

Crafty Calendar - under the sea or a water theme

Do It with Digis - summer fun

Fussy and Fancy - summer theme
The Hot Spot - Time for Vacation

Lexi's Creations - At the beach

Off the Wall Craftiness - Beach theme, any colors

Polly Craft Challenge - summer fun

Designed 2 Delight Designers Challenge - Let's go to the Beach

Clean and Simple - sketch

Please note: No embellishments were harmed in the making of this card...

G'Day!

SAM

PEACOCK BEAUTY...

2011-07-21T19:25:00.002-05:00

I have not step foot out of my house today.

I do not believe a 103 temp outside

deserves my attention.

So I chose to ignore it.

I made a card instead and enjoyed my dwindling vacation.

(2.5 weeks and back to school/work!)

Wish you could see this IRL. I shimmered the peacock with a gelly roll pen Clear Star.

My inspirations for this card include the following challenges:

Allsorts Challenge - Free and Easy July

By the Cute and Girly - Things with wings

Card Positioning Systems - sketch below

CCEE Stampers - Hug Week, card of encouragement

Creative Card Crew - animal antics

Craft Us Crazy - anything goes with digi

Designed 2 Delight - free Peacock digi for participating in progressive challenge

Do You Stack Up - Wings

Freshly Brewed Designs - get wild with animals

Robyn's Fetish Challenge - animals

Incy Wincy Designs- colors: black, white + one

The Play Date Cafe - one color of choice, just a splash

Tuesday Throwdown - something metallic

Stay cool all -

SAM

PEACE ON EARTH or...

2011-07-20T21:30:00.002-05:00

CHRISTMAS IN JULY!

Several challenges this week with a Christmas theme, I think everyone is trying to get a jump on getting their Christmas cards. Probably not a bad idea. I'm always at the last minute getting them done, mostly because I can't make up my feeble mind on the design I want to do. [heavy sigh]

This card is all SU! materials except for gold thread holding the earth 'ornament'. I used crystal lacquer on the earth. Now I probably shouldn't be sharing this with you - but - the lacquer made a perfect dome on the little earth, until...I touch it with my thumb! You see, I really thought it was dry. So I turned it over and 'smoothed' it on my craft mat. Ahhh, it looks OK, but probably wouldn't work well in snail mail!

I am entering this in some Christmas challenges and some, well, not so Christmas challenges!

365 Cards, Day 142 -Imagine this Earth, I took this pretty literal!

Creative Belli Challenge - Christmas in July, My old and forgotten embellishment is

the crystal lacquer, I had to take the top off to get it to work!

CES Challenge - Christmas

Christmas Blog Challenge, Winter Wonderland - wet or dry embossing

Christmas Stampin' All Year Long - the sketch I used and I turned it on it's side

Craft Us Crazy - Christmas in July and/or distressed/vintage

Craft Your Passion - "Text It"

Crazy Challenge - Christmas in July

Creative Inspirations - Christmas in July

Deep Ocean Challenge - Ribbons

Kaboodle Doodles - embossing

Saturday Challenge - holiday fun, Christmas in July

Simon Says Stamp and Show - embossing

Simply Create - Christmas time

Stamp Something - Christmas in July

Friday Mashup - I chose the color challenge portion, Riding Hood Red, Pink Pirouette (the rhinestone), Early Espresso (the earth), Old Olive, and Whisper White

HO, HO, HO! Merry Christmas!

SAM

Strawberry Fringed!

2011-07-14T20:02:00.004-05:00

I have posted 2 cards today. The Strawberry card is first and the pink fringed card is second.

This card represents how I know that summer is here and it is time for school to be out!

Strawberries! I love Strawberries!

My birthday is in June and every year I asked for strawberries and angel food cake.

My mom actually made the angel food cake from scratch. Yummm!

This year our garden produced a 'lot' of strawberries.

I could have ate more. Did I say I love strawberries?

My inspirational challenges for this card are...

Do It with Digis - use spots or stripes or both

City Crafter Blogspot - See the Sun or the word Sun -
The yellow left side represents the sun

Craft Your Passion Challenge - "Just for You"

Crazy 4 Challenges - summer theme

Crazy Challenge - summer theme

Hand Stamped Sentiments - Good Day Sunshine

Just Us Girls Challenge - Ho-made Buttons

One Stitch At A Time - anything goes

One Stop Craft Challenge - Summer Time

Paper Issues - Live is Sweet

Paper Take Weekly - Hot Hot Hot - hot colors, I used red and yellow

Party Time Tuesdays - Blue skies and sunny days, I sponged the sky/clouds and
the yellow half circle represents the sun.
I love how it looks like the strawberries are floating in the sky, after all,
they are my heaven!

Pile It On - favorite technique - I love sponging sky scenes

Polly Craft Challenge - the great outdoors (my strawberry bed!)

Sentimental Sundays - anything goes

Totally Gorjuss - Summertime

Totally Scrumptious - sketch time

Tuesday Throwdown - Fun in the Sun

Moving Along with the Times - favorites things: strawberries!!!

Designed 2 Delight - free image for playing along in the progressive challenge

My second card is a birthday card and is not at all what I imagined. I needed fringe for Pam's challenge at 365 cards. Didn't have any, so I decided to make my own my using a hole punch and weaving the ribbon like the fringe on a rug ( I did a lot of this many years ago on many of the afghans I crocheted) I finally thought about a Martha Stewart border punch, much easier!

BTW - the color in real life is pink, not so red like the picture.

Inspirational challenges:

A Spoonful of Sugar - Color challenge, pink (it really is!)

Stamp, Scrap and Doodle Saturday - color challenge, cream, brown + one other color

Simon Says Stamp's Challenge - Anything goes

Sugar Creek Hallow - Paper Piercing

Freshly Brewed Designs - July-long Challenge: 2 pattern papers, 2 shapes, 2 embellishments

Cute Card Thursday - Going round in circles

Stamptacular Sunday Challenge - sketch

365 Cards, Day 135 Collage Card - chipboard, patterned paper, and fringe

Thanks for stopping by!

SAM

A Happy Summery Birthday!

2011-07-06T20:26:00.004-05:00

A very summery Birthday card made easy with bright sparkly pattern paper! The flower is a circle scallop punch and fan folded.. The blue layer is made from 2 scallop punches and the green is from one. Then I stickled the edges which ended up making the flower stiff, which means it will keep it's form better!

I am entering this in the following inspirational challenges:

Oldie but a Goodie - anything goes (everything in this card is old LOL!)

Hand Stamped Sentiments - button it up,

the flower are covered with clear sparkly buttons

Try It On Tuesday Taggers - Flower Power

Papertake Weekly - anything goes with option of buttons

Everbody Art Challenge - use shapes, I used layers of circles!

ABC Challenge- Y is for yesterday, and all of my

supplies are from many moons ago...uhm, so am I!

Scrappy Frogs Challenge - summer flowers

Birthday Sundaes - anything goes with a birthday sentiment

365 Cards, Day 128 - ad inspired,

I picked out the stripes and blue/green flower

Deep Ocean Challenge - Flowers!!!

Party Time Tuesday - Square Card

Do You Stack Up - Square Card

Tuesday Morning Sketches - sketch I used

Polly Craft Challenge - Celebrations

Incy Wincy Designs - sugar/sweets

(I put a small cupcake, I'm on a diet! choke, choke cough!)

Freshly Brewed Designs - Birthday or Party theme cards

Penny's Challenges - Happy Birthday

Your Next Stamp - Button Up

Moving Along with the Times - Here Comes Summer

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge - gardening theme

Getting Cricky - Summer time fun

Creative Craft Challenge - Pretty Blossoms

Unstampabelles - Celebration

Thanks for stopping by!

SAM

Just Beachy!

2011-07-05T12:11:00.003-05:00

A CAS card using Faith's new beginning of the month Designed 2 Delight Digital image Flip Flops. Hurry over and you can participate in this month's progressive challenge and pick up free digis all month!

I printed the digi image and sentiment at the same time then cut my CS in half and had an instant card! Even though it is a one-layer CAS card, I took the liberty to layer up the inside and make it a gift card holder.

You can find the gift card holder toot at: Paper Garden Projects

I am entering this in the following challenges:

The Crazy Challenge - On the Beach

Designed 2 Delight - Freebie flip flop image

Designed 2 Delight - DT challenge of "It's My Party!"

Fresh Brewed Designs - Birthday or Party Themed cards

Kaboodle Doodles - Any Celebration

One Stitch At A Time - use a Digi

Pile It On - Time to Relax theme

Saturday Challenge at The Secret Crafter - Here Comes Summer

Stamp Something Challenge - July Digi Day

Hot Spot Challenge - Time for Vacation

Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes

Sentimental Sundays - Anything Goes

Crafty Calendar - Under the Sea

Cupcake Craft Challenge - Single Layer card

2 Sisters Blog - Birthdays

Crafts and Me - Birthdays

Daisy Doodles Creative Challenges - summer doodles

My Partner in Crafting Crime - Let's Hit the Beach!

Wags 'n Whiskers - Summertime

Whoopsi Daisy Challenge - Hot, Hot, Hot!

Thanks for Stopping By! SAM

Owl Wish U a Happy 4th!

2011-07-02T22:17:00.003-05:00

My one and only Independence Day card for this year!

It is a spinner card and the star rolls (kind-a-sort-of) from one side to the other.

This card is made of Stampin' Up only materials and supplies except for the star.

A die cut I bought years ago and this is the first time I have used it.

Sound familiar?

This card gave me a couple of new challenges. First time to make a spinner card similar to what my DD did for her DT card at 365 Cards.

Top Tip Tuesday Tip -Make you own Pattern Paper - The stripes on the card? Wanted to use ribbon but it didn't work so I made a table on Word and changed the lines to Cherry Cobbler (by using the RGB code) and making the lines heavier. Kinda looks like ribbon - just glad I didn't make a bow out of it!

On the the challenges I am entering this in and we have a lot of patriotic themes this week...

365 Cards, Day 121 - Spinner card, check out the link Pam gave us that uses a brad and eyelet!
CCEE Stampers - die cuts
CES Challenges - woodland creatures
Cooking It Up With Katie - Colors of your Flag or something your country is known for.
Craft Us Crazy - Red, White and Blue and/or summer
Craft Your Pasiion Challenge - Seeing Red
Crop Stop - Show us Your National Colors
Little Red Wagon - Patriotic
Lollipop Crafts - Anything goes
Oldie But a Goodie - Anything goes using a stamp over 6 months old
Our Creative Corner - a seasonal celebration
Paper-crafting Journey - Anything goes
Party Time Tuesdays - 4th of July
Penny's Challenges - red, white and blue
Pixie Dust Studio Challenge - red, white and blue with option of stars
Scrappy Frogs Challenge - use red
Sentimental Sundays - use colors of your national flag
Stamp, Scrap and Doodle Saturday Challenge - Stars and Stripes
Stamptacular Sundays Challenge - Stars and Stripes
Tuesday Throwdown - Red, White, and Blue
Friday Mashup - Let's Hear It for the Red, White and Blue and or Patriotic theme
Pals Paper Arts - favorite technique - I love to mix embossing and die cuts.
Allsorts Challenge - free and easy
Challenge Up Your Life - 1 die, 1 lace (mine is paper) and 1 brad
Crafty Creations - Thank You
Speedy the Cat's Friends Challenge - Patriotic
Top Tip Tuesday - starts with T - thank you
Paper Issues - red, white and blue
Color Lab Color Challenge - night of navy, cherry cobbler, not quite navy
JUGS challenge - the sketch I used...

Off the Wall Craftiness - inspiration picture

Well, it's late and I hear an owl hooting that it's time to go to bed.

Have a great, happy and safe Holiday week-end!

SAM

sew suite!

2011-06-25T19:57:00.004-05:00

Some things to note about this card.

*It is fabric pieced

*The fabric swatch under the sewing machine needle - I cut a slit in the CS and slid the fabric through the slit

*The lace flower is layered with Cherry Cobbler ribbon seam binding

*The DP and fabric is from 2010 SU! Holiday Mini catalog

This is an all Stampin' Up card using the Sew Suite stamp set.

Love this set.

Being a seamstress in my past life

(i.e. Before I grew up and became a school counselor!)

I still enjoy any project that incorporates fabric.

I am entering this into the following challenges...

Card Positioning System - the sketch I used

365 Cards, Day 114 - Fun with Fabric

A Spoonful of Sugar - Ribbon and bows

Corrosive Challenge - Ribbon and bows

Craft Your Passion Challenge - Paper piecing (I hope it's OK that I used fabric instead :)

The Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge - Embossing

Stampin' for the Weekend - My favorite Things:

I love to do vintage with lace/ribbon/bows and earth tone colors

Sweet Stampin' Challenge - my something new would be the buttons

and everything else is 'old' as in since Christmas.

Totally Gorjuss - ribbons and lace

Sugar Creek Hollow - Tic Tac Toe Challenge

my 3 - diecut (the green frames), flowers, embossing

Our Creative Corner - My Style: Vintage

Belli Challenge - Embellishment the starts with G: My is a Gathered flower!

Totally Stampalicious - my something new would be the buttons

and everything else is 'old' as in since Christmas

Craft Your Days Away - Vintage

Thanks for stopping by on another Stormy evening in the Midwest!

SAM

Fresh Cut Flowers...

2011-06-21T09:40:00.004-05:00

This time of year I love to walk around my flower beds and cut fresh flowers to bring inside. Now Faith's D2D image this week brings the same happy feeling to my ho-made card...

The scallop black frame around the image was an creative accident!

I wanted to mat the image but the scallop nestie I used just looked toooooo big. So being the cheapo I am, I decided to die cut a simple square out of the middle of the scallop die cut. Well, it caught my attention and when I placed it around the image with the pink background showing through, well, it just didn't look so big and made a perfect frame!

Love it when that happens!

Now for some inspirational challenges...

Digital Tuesday - favorite ice cream combo. I've been on a strictly vanilla ice cream kick with added ingredients. With the fresh strawberries in our garden (well, were in our garden) it has been vanilla with loads of fresh cut-up strawberries!

Craft Your Days Away - Chose a monochrome color theme

Crazy 4 Challenges - add twine, floss or string

Designed 2 Delight Card Ideas - use color combo of orange/pink. sigh ;) I love pink but not so much orange so my combo is very heavy on pink and a few orange flowers.

Designed 2 Delight - the Fresh Cut digi by Faith (I obtained this digi free by participating in the progressive challenge she has every month!)

Lexi's Creations - no sentiment.

Penny's Challenges - Best Friends - represented by the 2 hearts in the bouquet

Truly Scrumptious - the sketch I used. Love this sketch!

Everybody Art Challenge - is an anything goes challenge this week.

Thanks for stopping by! SAM

Oh Mary, Mary...

2011-06-16T15:19:00.004-05:00

how does your garden grow?

Well, from Faith's new freebie digi for this week

it's lookin' pretty good!

Must be a butterfly garden with lots of butterfly bushes and butterfly weed.

And that cute little toad looks almost like the guys hopping around my flower beds

- except -

they're a ugly brownish, gray color and

I've never seen a smile on their faces!

Challenge inspirations for this charming card are...

Inspirational Card Sketches -

Just Add Ink - add some color, I used a combination of Prisma Markers and Copics
One Crazy Stamper - colors of the rainbow
Top Tip Tuesday - open
Moxie Fab World - Tuesday Trigger, Rainbow Bright
Anything Goes Challenge - Here comes summer
Bee Crafty - Summer is here!
Designed 2 Delight - Mary, Mary free digi (be sure to check Faith's blog for deets)
Stampin' B's Challenge - Use a border punch
Designers Challenge Designed 2 Delight - Going buggy

Thanks for stopping by! SAM