Stampendous Blog Star Sketch Challenge

This is my second post for today…..Click here to view Skipping Stones Design Sketch 78.

There is a lot of great things happening at Stampendous!!  Gene Cassidy of the Stampendous Blog Stars has a sketch challenge happening right now!!!

Here is the fabulous sketch….

Here is  my rendition….

It felt so good to be digging around in my Stampendous goodies again!!!  I have been traveling and had family priorities that have been keeping me busy for about the last month.

Here are the supplies that I used:

Card Stock: Coconut Swirl (Bazzill Basics Paper)

Stamps: Jumbo Cling Butterfly Pair (CRS5008), Jumbo Cling Dahlia Set (CRS5007), Sincere Sentiment (SSC1117, on the inside of card), Happy Messages (SSC109) (all Stampendous)

Ink: Veramark & Memento Rich Cocoa (Tsukineko)

Embossing Powders: Sunny Yellow, Olive, Periwinkle, PearLustre Champange (all Stampendous)

I hope you all take the time to play along for your change to win the Friendship Assortment Perfectly Clear Stamp Set…

Also, Stampendous is having a Stampendous Blog Stars Design Team call right now.  View here for all the details.  I love designing for Stampendous and you will too!!!

I hope you have  a fabulous day!!

Skipping Stones Design Sketch 78

Good morning !!!!

I am soooo happy to be back blogging again!! It has been a while!!

Today is bittersweet because we have to say goodbye to our wonderful May Guests, Danielle Flanders and Wendy Price!!!!

This is our final sketch by Danielle Flanders and here it is…..

Here is my card…

I used Cancer Schmancer (which is on sale right now for $12.49) and Dandelion Dreams.

Sunday was my Sister-In-Law’s birthday and this sketch came in perfect for her birthday card!!!

I hope you will have time to play along with our sketch challenge this week!!!

Take the time to give the other members of the Skipping Stones Design Team some love….

Amy

Ann

Barb

Brenda

Gladys

Jingle

Kandi

Tammie

and our Guests…

Danielle Flanders

Wendy Price

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Good morning!! Welcome to Dreamweaver Stencils Dream Scheme Thursday!!

Today we have a sketch for your from our DT leader Deborah March!!!

I used my slightly neglected yellow matte embossing paste and the re-released large (LJ808) and small (LJ909)Cathedral Windows!!!

Following Deborah's sketch, I pasted twice. The stencil is 4x6 and didn't completely cover the front of the card base. I let the first paste dry and then placed the stencil slightly to the right, but still covering some of the already pasted area, to get and even image (clear as mud right?). Next I placed the small Cathedral Windows on the inside of the card and spritzed Bright Gold Memory Mist over it (LOVE THIS SHIMMER!) I pasted Happy Anniversary with Glossy Black embossing paste on acetate and sprinkled Navajo Sky Metallic FX over the top. Once dry, I adhered it to the front of the card.

Finished her off with a fabulous Organdy Dotted ribbon by Creative Impressions!!!!

Here is this weeks sketch...

Please take the time to see what the other Dreamweaver Design Team members came up with this week. You can find links to all of their blogs on the right side of this post!!

Have a super week!!!!

Skipping Stones Design *BLOG HOP*!! New Release!!

Welcome to Sketch Challenge 75 and the much anticipated release of Shoes!! How darling is this set paired up with Birthday Purses??

If you just came from Gladys blog, you are in the right place. If you just happened along my blog today, start at the beginning of the Hop at Skipping Stones Design. The entire hop order is there and you can hop from blog to blog with ease.

Here is my card….

Be sure to hop along and leave comments on all the fabulous designers blogs. This month we are welcoming the wildly talented Danielle Flounders and Wendy Price to our team as Guest Designers!!! Danielle will be providing all the fabulous sketch inspiration this month!!

Please participate in our sketch challenge this week. The winner of this week's sketch challenge will win a shiny new SSD Stamp set!!

Danielle Flounders.....http://danielleflanders.blogspot.com/

Amy Tsuruta...http://tsurutadesigns.blogspot.com/

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ann Kranitz....http://stampwithme-ann.blogspot.com/

Head over to Kandi’s blog for some more Skipping Stones Design inspiration!!!!

Skipping Stones Design is having an awesome SALE right now!!! Buy THREE sets, get One FREE!!! Buy SIX sets, get two FREE!! Oh….and if you buy three sets….SHIPPING IS FREE!!!! Use the coupon code…ONE FREE, it will give you FREE SHIPPING too!!! If you have trouble ordering you can always email Heather your order (madebyme33@hotmail.com).

Thanks for stopping by today. I hope you have a good day!!!

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Dreamweaver Stencils Dream Scheme Thursday

Good morning!!!

Welcome to Dream Scheme Thursday!!  Today I am sharing a card made with one of Dreamweaver Stencils *NEW* designs!! 

 

This card was simply paste embossed with the Apron stencil (LG736) and  Pearlescent Embossing Paste and sprinkled with multiple shades of Metallic FX.  I finished off the edge with Liquid Pearls.

I know I promised a Zentangle design this week, but time got away from me.  I did finish the Zentangle, but I haven’t been able to work it into a card just yet.

I hope you will take the time to visit the other Dream Team members.  You can find the links to all their blogs on the right side of this post.

Have  a great day!!

Sketch 75 ~ Skipping Stones Design!!!!

Good morning and welcome to Skipping Stones Design Sketch 75!! We are also welcoming a new sketch artist, Danielle Flanders and a FABULOUS returning Guest, Wendy Price!! Danielle has come up with a beauty for you this week!!!

This week I chose Skipping Stones Designs Garden Kisses and Healing Wings....it was fun with all the tags!!

Skipping Stones Design had a blog hop on Saturday for National Scrapbook Day and have a winner from the blog comments from Saturday.....

SUZANNE...Your comment: Very Beautiful Layout. Love the Butterflies.

Thank you so much Suzanne for the kind comment. Email me (wendyjo72@gmail.com) your mailing address and I will get a set of SSD stamps off to you today!!

I was inspired by the unique color combination for CR84FN this week....

Please take the time to stop by the other Design Team's blogs and see what they had up their sleeves today!!

Amy

Ann

Barb

Brenda

Gladys

Jennifer

Kandi

Tamra

and our Guests....

Danielle

Wendy P.

Have a super day!!

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!!!

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