A Fun New Challenge ~ CASual Friday’s

Happy Monday!!  I hope you all had a great Mother’s Day weekend!!

I am here to day to show my card for a new challenge that I have been eager to play, CASual Friday Challenge, a clean and simple blog challenge.

I was also inspired by the very summery Play Date Café color challenge…

I  love these colors, but once I finished my card, I was thinking that maybe my dress form looks like it is on fire.  Bawahaha!!

Here are the supplies that I used to make my card…

Card Stock: Coconut Swirl (Bazzill Basics), Poppy Parade, More Mustard (Stampin’ Up)

Stamps: Sew Lovely (Lawn Fawn)

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko), Markers (Copic)

Rhinestones: Craft Supply

Here is one more card I had a few minutes to make…

I have been so eager to share this fabulous Oriental Butterfly Die from Cheery Lynn Designs.  I cut one butterfly with white card stock and one with black and adhered the two together with Glue Dots.  I simply stamped the banner and sentiment and adhered it too the wings of the butterfly with Glue Dots.

Here are the supplies that I used on my card:

Card Stock:  Real Red (Stampin’ Up), Coconut Swirl, Black (Bazzill Basics)

Stamps: Sophie’s Sentiments, Bannerific ( Lawn Fawn)

Die: Oriental Butterfly (Cheery Lynn Designs)

Ink: Versamark, Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko)

Thanks for stopping by!!  I hope you have a super week!!

Skipping Stones Design National Scrapbook Day Blog Hop!!!

Happy National Scrapbooking Day, Skipping Stones Design style!! We have put together a Blog Hop with our past and current FABULOUS designers.

If you just happened to stubble upon my blog today, your smack dab in the middle of this hop, start at the Skipping Stones Design Blog for the entire hop list.

If you just arrived from Maren's blog, Zany Not Crazy, then you are right place!! Hop along and see all the fabulous Scrapbook pages made with Skipping Stones Design stamps!!! I promise you will like what you see!!!!

Here is my page…..I’m pretty much in love with it!!!

Skipping Stones Design stamp sets I used are: Always There, Gray Hares and Chick Chat.

Leave a comment on each blog (some are giving away prizes) and when you have finished, go back to the beginning at Skipping Stones Design and leave a comment, telling us what you thought of the hop. One lucky commenter will be chosen Wednesday, May 11th to win the Skipping Stones Design May release stamp set!!!

This the end of the road, from here leave your comment at Skipping Stones Design for your chance to win the new May stamp release!!!

Thanks for hopping along today!

Ashley Cannon Newell...http://ashleynewell.com/blog/

Julie Masse...http://stampinwithjulie.blogspot.com/

Barb Turpin...http://barbsboys123.blogspot.com/

Laurel Seabrook...http://want2scrap.blogspot.com/

Karin Akesdotter...http://peppermintpattys-papercraft.blogspot.com/

Sarah Martina Parker...http://sarahmartina.com/blog

Angela Thomas...http://sparkleandbling.blogspot.com/

Wendy Price...http://paperinkandsmiles.blogspot.com/

Brenda Weaver..http://sweetpapertreats.wordpress.com/

Sammye Jo Singer...http://62cards.blogspot.com/

Kandi Phillips...http://kraftykandikrafts.blogspot.com/

Nicole Mullen...http://nicoleqmullen.wordpress.com/

Lindsay Amrhein...http://lindsayamrhein.blogspot.com/

Diana Fisher...http://www.designbydiana.blogspot.com/

Jennifer Ingle...http://justjingle.blogspot.com/

Karen Christensen...http://busybusyhoneybee.wordpress.com/

Gladys Chia...http://gladyschia2010.wordpress.com/

Maren Benedict...http://zanynotcrazy.blogspot.com/

Wendy Jordan...www.papertherapy-wendy.blogspot.com

Thanks for taking the time to see all the beauties!!! One lucky commenter on my blog will win a Skipping Stones Design stamp set!! I will announce the winner on our Sketch 75 post on Tuesday!!!

Have a Happy Mother’s Day weekend!!!

Dreamweaver Stencil Color Challenge…

Good morning!!  What a “challenge” we had this week!!  Orange & Blue…yikes, the only thing that would come to mind is the Denver Bronco’s.  If I would have had a helmet stencil, I would have used my horse stencil and made it happen.

For my Orange and Blue card, I started with some inspiration from Brenda Weaver.  She had made a fabulous simple sketch that I wanted to try and I chose Heliconia Butterfly(LM257) and Butterfly(LM121).

I started off by paste embossing both butterfly stencils with Matte Black Embossing Paste.  Once dry, I placed the stencils back in place over the embossed image.  With a stencil brush, using a stippling technique, I placed Palette Glue pad over the embossed images.  I then stippled Navajo Sky Metallic FX over the glue.

Once I was done with my Metallic FX, I sprayed Copper Shimmer Memory Mist over the images and the paper.  This was not that good if a plan.  With a paper towel, I daubed off the excess shimmer spray from the butterfly’s and some of the pretty FX came off.  I then placed my stencils back in place and started over again with my Palette Glue Pad and my Metallic FX.  This is a pretty card in person with a fabulous shimmer.  I finished all off by stamping the cute little butterflies from Garden Beauty and the sentiment from Daisy Stem Trio sets both from Stampendous.

My next card is one I made to send as a greeting.  I am so in love with this new Royalty Couture Creations Embossing Folder, I had to pair it up with Happy Mother’s Day(LM227).

Easy enough….I embossed the cardstock and stenciled Happy Mother’s Day on acetate with Glossy Black Embossing Paste.

Thank you so much for stopping by today and taking a look.

Please take the time to play along and post your creation on Dream It Up.

Be sure to check out what the other members of the Design Team have created today.  All of their fabulous blogs are listed to the right of this post.

Have a great day!!

Stampendous Summer Fun…I wish!!

Making a “scene” usually isn’t my bag with it comes to making cards, but today when I went looking for a Stampendous set, I realized that I hadn’t had a chance to use Instant Summer Tree Fun by Stampendous yet, and I am always looking to use my Copics. 

This set really hits home with what I want my weather to be like!!  I am looking forward to days like this REAL soon!!!

I am hoping one of my friends or maybe a family member will be happy to receive this in the mail.

Here is a list of supplies that I used:

Cardstock:  Papertrey Ink

Stamps: Summer Tree Fun SSC1089-R(Stampendous)

Ink: Copic Markers (E00,E31,E33,E35,E37,T2,T5,T7,B26,G02)Tsukeneko Memento (Rose Buds, Dandelion, New Sprout, Summer Sky, Pear Tart, Cottage Ivy)

What a change from the norm with this one.  It felt good to just color!! 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Check out my sidebar to see what the other Stampendous Design Team has been up too!!

Designer's Choice Week at Skipping Stones Design

Good morning!!!

A fun little twist this week! We designed our own sketch!!

I followed along with CR84FN Color Challenge this week!!! This is a FAB color combination by the way!! I encourage you to try it!!

Have you always had a sketch idea in your head? Now is the time to get out your Skipping Stones Design stamps and sketch, stamp away...

Don't forget to post on InLinkz at Skipping Stones Design and our Facebook Page for another chance to win FREE SSD Stamps!!!

Designer

Dream Scheme Thursday!!! *~*FREE THEME*~*

Good morning Blogging Beauties!!!  Today I am sharing a card that I made using some FABULOUS new stencils from Dreamweaver's!!  Some of you may recognize Rain (LJ905), well I teamed it up with Rain Words (LG738) and Umbrella (LG737).  This card seems fitting for the kind of morning we are having here in Western Montana…RAINY!!  I guess my hike up Mount Sentinel will have to be postponed!! 

Here is my card….

On the Umbrella Stencil, I used MercArt USA’s fabulous turquoise aluminum and embossed with a paper stump and stylus.  I then filled in the back side of the stencil with Embossed Metal Backing Paste, so the puffy umbrella wouldn’t cave in. 

The rain stencil was done with a Double Glitter Technique of turquoise glitter and Multi Crystal Ultra Fine Glitter.

Please take the time to visit the other member’s of the Dreamweaver Dream Team’s blogs today and see what fabulous creations they have been working on!!  You can find the links to all of their blogs on the right of this post!!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!!  Have a great day!!

April's Viva La Verve Challenges....

Hey there....

I was super excited to receive my Verve April Release in the mail!!! What was even more exciting, was when I actually had time to use them and play along with the weekly Viva La Verve Challenges.

To make this a bit less painful for you all, I am going to fit all four creations into one post!!!!

Here is Week One's sketch and my creation...

I used the new Hope Blooms and Blooms and Grow sets.

Week Two Sketch

I used Hope Blooms (again) and Love Deepens sets!!!

Week Three Sketch

This card was made with Love Deepens and Bloom & Grow.

Check out Week Four's sketch!!

My son is enlisting in the Military on his 18th birthday in a few weeks, so I have looking for any way to show him how proud I am of him!!

I used American Hero on this card.

Skipping Stones Designs Sketch 74 Challenge

Good morning!!! This sketch challenge is bitter sweet. We get a fabulous sketch from Laurie Schmidlin, but unfortunately, its her last this month. Thank you so much Laurie for providing such fabulous inspiration this month!! I hope you will join us again soon!!!

Here is my card this week, using Skipping Stones Design Cupcake Cutie, Frills, Sentiment Frames and Laurie's great sketch!!

My cupcake is heat embossed with Ruby Red embossing powder by Stampendous, and my "frosting" is colored with Copic (B00, B02, B05) and then Stickled.

Here is Laurie's sketch...

Link your creation us at Skipping Stones Design for your chance to win a FREE SSD set!!!

I got some fabulous color inspiration from one of our Guest's CR84FN Color Challenge this week!! Thanks Mona!!!

Please take a few moments and give all of the Stamp Tramps and the Guest's a visit on their blogs and see how they interpreted Laurie's Sketch...

Amy

Ann

Barb

Brenda

Gladys

Jennifer

Kandi

Tammie

and our guests...

Laurie

Mona

Diana

I hope you have a fabulous day!! Thanks for stopping by!!!

Dreamweaver Stencils Sketch Challenge.....

A few weeks ago, hopefully you saw a beautiful card on Lynell Harlow's blog, Dream It Up, by Elaine Benedict. Elaine had used the new Damask stencil (LJ907) teamed up with this fabulous Thank You stencil (LG691). I was so inspired, I used the same stencils and designed it around Lee's sketch challenge this week!! I had so much fun. I used white and black glossy embossing paste and velvet paper to add to the elegance of this!!

Here is Lee's sketch....

On the right hand side of this post, there is list of Dreamweaver Design Team members, please take the time to visit their blogs today and see how they answered Lee's sketch!!!

Have a great day!!!

Thinking of You~Stampendous!!!

Good morning blog buddies!!

I don't know about the weather in your parts, but REALLY Montana, can't we get some Spring? The last few days, we have had intermittent snow and sunshine. It is the weirdest thing. I am really anxious to get out in the yard and clean it up ( I know these feelings won't last), which inspired me to make something with flowers on it!!

Stampendous! Poppy Bottles (SSC1092) fit the bill perfectly...

I was inspired by a fabulous CASE study challenge, which right before I wrote this, I realized had ended. Woops...

Here is what I used to make my card:

Stamps: Poppy Bottles (Stampendous)

Card Stock: Basic Black, Very Vanilla (Stampin' Up)

Patterned Paper: Stampin' Up

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko), Pro Markers (Letraset), pearls (CTMH), ribbon (Stampin' Up), charm (stash), stitching (me)

Thanks for taking a quick peek!! I hope you have a super day!!

A new Sketch with Skipping Stones Design!!!!

Hey there sketch fans....We have a FUN one for you this week!!!! Skipping Stones Designs is lucky enough to have Laurie Schmidlin creating sketches for YOU this month!!! This week, she does not disappoint...Here is what I came up with.... I love this soft vellum and the sentiment from Heartsong was just perfect. The bottom of the card was made with AWESOME micro fine Glitter Ritz from Elizabeth Crafts and I used a Burnished Velvet technique. The awesome butterfly is made of wire and tulle.

Here is Laurie's sketch....

My color inspiration came from CR84FN this week....love these colors...

Please check out what the other Stamp Tramps are up too today...

Amy

Ann

Barb

Brenda

Gladys

Jingle

Kandi

Tammie

and our Guests...

Laurie Schmidlin

Mona Pendleton

Diana Fisher

Thanks so much for stopping by today!! I hope you have a great time seeing all the fabulous Skipping Stones Design eye candy!!

Dream Scheme Thursday....A theme of our choice today!!

I had so much fun making my Dreamweaver Stencil card this week. I used a fun new metallic foil technique that myself and the other Design Team member learned at CHA in January.

First I dry embossed my Teacup Stencil (LG683). I applied pigment ink to the embossed area of the teacup. After inking well, I sprinkled Stuck On You bonding powder to my image and melted it with a heat tool. Once the powder was melted, I cut a piece of metallic foil to fit over the image. I placed the stenciled image and piece of foil in the middle of a folded piece of printer paper and ran it through a hot laminator. After coming out of the laminator, I peeled off the metallic foil and the beautiful foil was covering my stenciled image. I repeated the same process for the other teacup.

Once all of my foiling was complete, I paste embossed the Eyelet Border (LM175) and Blowing Leaf Border Stencil (LM282) onto the edges of the teacup with Pearlescent Paste.

I wrapped the beautiful Creative Impressions ribbon around my creation, stuck a beautiful Dreamweaver decorative pin, stamped my sentiment with a fabulous stamp set from Skipping Stones Design.

Thanks for taking a look today. You will see on the sidebar all of the other Dreamweaver Design Team members....See where there creative muse took them today....

Have a great day!!

Stampendous! Make a Wish!!

I am in Stampendous heaven right now! Creating and creating a whole slew of goodies that I can show you all later this summer!!! Hold onto your britches!! There are some fabulous new products!!

Today I want to share a set called Dandelion Wishes...

I love how dramatic the stamps are embossed in white!!!

I hope you have a super day!! Thanks for stopping by!!!

Skipping Stones Design Release Day Blog Hop!!! It's an "Uplifting" Experience

Welcome to the Skipping Stones Design Blog Hop to celebrate the release of Uplifting! If you've just happened upon my blog today, make sure to start from the beginning at Skipping Stones Design. You should have arrived here from Barb's blog.

Here is our Uplifting.....I ♥ this set and the cute font of all the sentiments!!!!

Combined with the blog hop today, it's also Skipping Stones Sketch Tuesday which means we're showcasing another great creation from our Guest Sketch Artist this month, Laurie Schmidlin. We'd love for you to play along with the sketch and link your card at the Skipping Stones Blog. A free stamp set is up for grabs to a lucky winner that joins our sketch challenge!

Here is my rendition...

Laurie Schmidlin http://www.justgivemestamps.typepad.com/

Jennifer Ingle http://justjingle.blogspot.com/

Tammie Beaton http://alwaysinking.blogspot.com/

Gladys Chia http://gladyschia2010.wordpress.com/

Mona Pendleton http://cupcakescreations.blogspot.com/

Amy Tsuruta http://tsurutadesigns.blogspot.com/
Ann Kranitz http://stampwithme-ann.blogspot.com/

Diana Fisher http://designbydiana.blogspot.com/
Barb Turpin http://barbsboys123.blogspot.com/

Wendy Jordan http://papertherapy-wendy.blogspot.com/

Brenda Weaver http://sweetpapertreats.wordpress.com/

Kandi Phillips http://kraftykandikrafts.blogspot.com/

Thanks so much for hopping along with us!!! Now rush off to your craft room and make something amazing with Laurie's sketch and get it linked up to Skipping Stones Designs!!! There is a fabulous prize awaiting you!!!!!

Dreamweaver Colorway Challenge ~*~Teal & Yellow~*~

Welcome to Dreamweaver Dream Scheme Thursday!!!

This week our FABULOUS Design Team sister Kristi has thrown us a Teal & Yellow challenge.

I have known about this challenge for quite a while and have been contemplating it!!! Finally it came to me....

Mix Dreamweaver Glossy Green and Glossy Blue pastes together.....TEAL!!! The picture really doesn't do the color of the tree justice.

This is a simple pasting technique. I mixed the two colors of paste and pasted. It was pretty darn easy!!

Please take the time to see how the other Design Team sister answered the challenge. There is a list to all of their links to the right of this post!!

Skipping Stones Design NEW Sketch Artist for Tuesday Sketch #71

Welcome to Skipping Stones Design Sketch Tuesday!!!

I want to welcome Laurie Schmidlin, Mona Pendleton and Diana Fisher to Skipping Stones Designs for the month of April. Be sure to stop by their blogs and see their FABULOUS creations!!

Here is my creation...

I used Laurie's FABULOUS sketch...

and The Play Date Cafe's wonderful Color Challenge....

I used Garden Kisses from Skipping Stones Design!

Please check out what the other Design Team members did with Laurie's sketch...

Amy

Ann

Barb

Brenda

Gladys

Jennifer

Tammie

and our Guests

Laurie

Mona

Diana

Thanks for stopping by today!! I hope you enjoy the sketch and I look forward to seeing your creations linked to the Skipping Stones Design site and our Facebook page!!

Have a great day!

Skipping Stones Design Featured Friday Stamps!!!

Hey all!!! Welcome to Skipping Stones Design Featured Friday set. Today I chose to feature Rustic Tiles. Which I can happily pass on that Skipping Stones Design is having an "overstock" sale on Rustic Tiles.

I chose to use this week's Skipping Stones Design sketch by Heidi Blankenship. You have until Tuesday to play along at Skipping Stones Design!

Here is my card....

Here is this fabulous set (psst...you can buy it right now on SALE)!!! As you can see, this set has six very versatile stamps that can be used probably in EVERY card you make.

Here is Heidi's fabulous sketch....which you still have time to play along with at Skipping Stones Design!!!

Here are the supplies that I used:

Cards Stock: Whisper White, Basic Black (Stampin' Up)

Stamps: Rustic Tiles, Healing Wings (Skipping Stones Design)

Ink: Platinum Brilliance Ink, Black Shimmer Brilliance Ink (Tsukineko)

Embossing Powder: Clear detail (Stampendous)

Border Punch: Iron Gate (MS Crafts)

Blooms: Felt Flowers (Creative Impressions)

Trinket Pins: Maya Road

Thank you so much for joining us today for the inaugural Skipping Stones Design Featured Set Friday! See you next week with a post by Tammie!!!