SP Blog Hop for August 2011

Hi there! I am submitting the card below for the blog hop happening right now on SP & Company's blog and the theme is PURPLE. Not a color I use a ton, so this was really fun for me to do something out of the ordinary :) I just got this new Hero Arts stamp yesterday at Archiver's during their fantastic, one-day-only sale and I knew when I bought it I was going to use it for this project.

I really wish the camera could pick up the Glimmer Mist I used all over the flower. It adds a really simple but elegant shimmer to the whole flower just making it pop! And of course, I got to use my purple Copics. And the sentiment at the bottom is from a Technique Tuesday set by Ali Edwards. I just love her handwriting and thought it went so well with this simple but elegant card.

I hope you love it :) Thanks for stopping by!! Remember you can view this larger by clicking on each image!

SP Color Combo #111 & CFC 13

I wanted to kill two birds with one stone with these two great challenges! I'm hoping it was okay that I combo'd the two! I don't get a ton of crafty time available to me, but I wanted to participate in both.

Here is the color combo challenge that SP & Company had on her blog:

And for the CAS-ual Fridays challenge, it was to use a 4x9 card utilizing the "white"/negative space on the card! LOVE me some white space. As a graphic designer, I don't always get to use it, so I embrace it when I'm allowed to!!

AND NOW FOR THE CARD!! I hope you love it, and I know I love getting comments ;) Thanks for stopping by. Sign up to follow my blog, please!

Boyish Baptism Card

Religious cards are always a tough one for me. For one, I don't have a lot of religious stamps. Okay, I have ONE cross. That's all! I was checking out a few cute sets from Stampin' Up! but hadn't ordered them. I really need a good go-to set for these types of celebrations.

Here's a card I made for my husband's cousin's other child, who celebrated his baptism the same day as his sister's 3rd birthday party! I really love how this came out and I had NO idea in my mind about what I had wanted to do, which as my one friend laughs and calls me the glue-and-go girl. :) This is one of those cards where I did just that! Enjoy!

As you can see, I used the emboss resist technique and I loooooove the way it turned out. I'll be doing this more often.

Pennant Birthday Card

Here's a card I recently made for my husband's cousin's daughter for her 3rd birthday. I had some fun using scraps I thought would be cute with the pennant stamps from SP & Company! And a big ol' 3 I stamped with a small heart from one of my Stampin' Up! sets and colored with Copics to match :)

And what's a birthday card without sparkle?! I had to add a couple strips of pretty Martha Stewart glitter to give it a little punch of glam.

Project Life Update

Remember a while back when I had posted that I entered my design concept for Project Life? Well, I found out that I did NOT win, so I thought I'd share with you my submission and see what your thoughts were. I adored it, so I may use it for my own scrapbooking :) 

LOVE to hear comments, so tell me what you think!

Remember, you can click on the above image to view larger!

Summer Card: 4th of July

I chose to go with a color combo I adore, and it just speaks summer to me–4th of July!

One year I had sent out photos of my son in a very red, white and blue outfit for the 4th and everyone loved getting cards like this with an updated photo of him when it wasn't your traditional holiday to receive a card. This card would be easily duplicated for mass production for that purpose. :) 

If I had more time this year, I would definitely do that for our family and friends. 

I hope you enjoy the card and would LOVE to read your comments.

Remember, you can click on this image to view it larger!

CAS-ual Fridays Challenge CFC7

I've been following this blog for awhile now and I've been wanting to badly participate and I'm finally diving in!! This was a lot of fun to do. Take a look at see my take on color blocking below! 

Here's a link to the actual challenge so you can read up on it and check out all the other amazing designs!

http://cas-ualfridays.blogspot.com/2011/06/cas-ual-fridays-challenge-cfc7.html

And now for the card...remember, you can click on it to view it larger. I also provided a close up shot of my little own stamped strip (I've been on a kick lately trying to stamp my own background papers!) and the cute little bear image!! Thanks for looking and I would love to read your comments.

SP Color Combo #105

Hi everyone! I am participating in Scrapmaster's Paradise's Color Combo this week. I love this color combo, especially Crumb Cake...anything kraft-looking, I'm alllll over. It's my go-to color. Here's the link for the challenge so you can read all about it and check out the other great inspiration:

http://www.thescrapmaster.com/2011/06/sp-color-combo-105.html

Now on to my take on the challenge! I would LOVE comments, so let me know what you think :) and as always, thanks for visiting! Remember, you can click on the card to view it larger! I went for a distressed look with stamping and everything. 

DING, DING, DING...I won the Lime-A-Licious Blog Hop Challenge!

I can't tell you how excited I am to announce that I won the Lime-A-Licious Blog Hop Challenge over at SP&Company! My second submission won so I'm really glad I chose to enter both cards instead of just one. This was the one I really wanted to enter and I guess I'm not the only one who loved it.

Here is the actual post where my card is shown!

Friday, June 17, 2011

On a Roll Card + Blog Hop Winners

Hey everyone!

Happy Friday! I hope that you have had a wonderful week. I am about to make some lucky readers super happy because I have winners to announce!! If your name is below, please email me at scrapmasterparadise@yahoo.com with your mailing info so I can get your prizes mailed out. Winners have TWO WEEKS to claim their prizes.

The winner of the Blog Hop Challenge, stamp set of winner's choice is. . . 8. Roxanne O'Brien  
Roxanne made this beautiful project for the hop challenge:

And here is the full link to the entry: http://www.thescrapmaster.com/2011/06/on-roll-card-blog-hop-winners.html

I cannot wait to get my hands on the free stamp set I won. I even got to chose which one, which was a hard decision, but I chose the Pretty Pendants set. Once I get to play with it, I'll be sure to post what I do with the set!

Thanks again, Sami, for having this great hop and choosing me! I'll be participating over at Scrapmaster's Paradise a lot more often. Visit her site at: http://www.thescrapmaster.com/ where you can participate and shop for her stamps as well!

SP&Company Lime-a-licious Blog Hop...TAKE 2!

 

I told you, I love green!! I wanted to submit another card for the SP&Company Lime-a-licious Blog Hop so I chose this card I recently made. I just love the way it came out! I was thrilled to create my own pattern on the ticket diecuts. You can see it better in the detail. I struggled with what to place over the green dotted background on the base and my BFF pulled these out and man, perfect fit, don't you think?! Love her :) Hope you love my card I came up with. Comments are appreciated!!!

 

 

 Here's a link to the post for the blog hop:
http://www.thescrapmaster.com/2011/06/lime-licious-blog-hop-day-1.html

SP&Company Lime-a-licious Blog Hop

This is my first submission for the SP&Company blog hop!! This months' theme is to use lime green. I love green and was excited to be able to use the color on a card I had fun creating. Here is my take on the lime green (actually, you can use any shade of green; how awesome, right?!)

 Below is the detail up close showing the embossed butterfly and the pearl accents and that awesome black paper (which is actually the cover of a paper swatch book that I tore off and put to great use!! Hey, I work at a printing company and when the books get updated, these just get thrown away...GASP. I take them home and use the paper for cards and such!).

Here is the the link for hop:
http://www.thescrapmaster.com/2011/06/lime-licious-blog-hop-day-1.html

Thank you for stopping by to check out my take on the awesome challenge of lime green :) I hope you enjoyed the card I made and would love comments!!

_Roxanne