CR84FN35 -- Clearly Sentimental About Sympathy

Hello! It's time for another CR84FN Challenge! Thank you to all who joined us last time.. it was fun viewing all of your fabulous creations! For the next challenge (CR84FN35), our color palette is Lavender, Celery and Gray. For this challenge and for the remainder of the summer, each challenge will last for 2 weeks. The lovely photos in the graphic above are courtesy of Leslie at A Creative Mint.

I stamped one of the sentiments from MFT's Clearly Sentimental About Sympathy, die cut and matted with Labels Four Nestabilities. My base patterned paper is from an older Webster's Pages collection (My butterfly was tatted by my SIL, Mary.

For all the CR84FN challenge details, please be sure to visit the CR84FN blog HERE. I hope you will join us this week.. I can't wait to see what you create! For more inspiration, please visit my fellow design teammates:

Andrea Matthews

Deborah Frings

Heather Jensen

Lisa Somerville
Mona Pendleton
Sue Lelli
Suzanne Czosek

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies ~
Stamps: Clearly Sentimental About Sympathy (My Favorite Things)
Paper: base from Webster's Pages, Frond (Memory Box), Smokey Shadow (Papertrey Ink), Classic Crest Classic Natural White (Neenah)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Versamagic Wheat (Tsukineko)
Accessories: Labels Four Nestabilities - SM and LG (Spellbinders), French Pastry Doily Die (Cheery Lynn Designs), Corner Chomper (We R Memory Keepers), Seam binding, Push pin (Webster's Pages), Sculpted flower (Prima), Tatted butterfly (handmade by Sister Mary), Rhinestone (Kaisercraft), Foam tape, Thread, Sewing machine.

TE July Key Ingredients

Hello! I'm still on my extended vacation, but I thought I'd pop in and show you a simple card that I made with this month's Taylored Expressions July Key Ingredients kit.

If you're not yet a Key Ingredients subscriber, I hope you'll consider joining us! Take a peek around to find all the information you need to know about our kit club! Click here to learn more about subscribing or click here for our FAQ page!

Thanks SO much for stopping by!

Supplies ~
Stamps: Garden Party Blooms (Taylored Expressions)
Paper: Taylored Expressions July Key Ingredients Kit
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Picket Fence Border Die, Take Note 3 Die (Taylored Expressions), Ribbon, Flower chipboard (Taylored Expressions July Key Ingredients Kit), Markers (Copic), Pearls (Taylored Expressions April Key Ingredients), Star Dust Stickles (Ranger), Foam tape, Thread, Sewing machine.

SCRS Challenge #53 -- Happy Anniversary

It's time for an all new Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps Challenge! Each week we will post an all new challenge at this time (9 PM PST on Mondays). For all the details, please visit the SCRS blog. This week's challenge is a color challenge -- to use the SCRS colors of Lime, Turquoise, Black and White.

This is our final challenge of July, so we'd like to say a HUGE thank you to our fabulous guest designer, Kerri Michaud! Thank you for joining us for our 1st anniversary month, Kerri! We appreciate all of your hard work and gorgeous inspiration!

I don't want to deceive you, so I am including a photo of the complete Cocktail Emily stamp that I used (see below). I stamped it entirely and cut out only Emily, leaving out the cocktail glass. I was wanting to try something different here... :) I added a strip of a scalloped die cut included with the Kaisercraft Chapter One collection (which I think is a nice match for the SCRS colors!), some seam binding and black pearls from Pizzazz Aplenty. Since we are celebrating the anniversary of SCRS this month, I thought it appropriate to make an anniversary card for Sparkle's 1st Anniversary.

Sparkle Creations is sponsoring Card Patterns this week, so I am playing along with the sketch. For all the details, please check out the current Card Patterns blog HERE.

For more SCRS inspiration and details, please visit the SCRS blog to see the design team's wonderful creations and their individual blogs for more details:

Kerri Michaud, July Guest Designer

Alice Wertz

Amber Hight

Elena Joldersma

Kadie Ensley
Kim Yu

Mary Johnson

Piali Biswas

Shaela Odd

Simonne Clay

Sparkle Smith

 

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies ~
Stamps: Cocktail Emily (Sparkle Creations), Mixed Messages (Papertrey Ink)
Paper: Chapter One (Kaisercraft), Classic Crest Solar White (Neenah), True Black (Papertrey Ink)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko)
Accessories: Classic Rectangle Nestabilities - LG (Spellbinders), Markers (Copic), Pearls (Pizzazz Aplenty), Seam binding, Foam tape, Thread, Sewing machine.

Mojo 201 -- Happy Birthday, Julee!

Hello! It's time for a new Mojo Monday sketch (#201).. Happy Birthday to our fearless Mojo leader,
Julee! It's Round or Square week! I hope you will join us this week!

This is the card I made for Julee... it is also my first sketch... ever! I actually made the cards first, then Julee magically transformed them into these sketches... :) I stamped "Wishing You all the Best" from Verve's Kind Words, die cut an oval then matted it onto the Classy Label Die. I added a little tag as well (using the Charming Oval Die Set). "Happy Birthday" is from one of the newly released sets, Small Phrases. The phrases are perfect for making tags or when you want a smaller sized sentiment.

Here are the two sketch options:

I hope you will play along with us this week! Please visit the Mojo Monday blog for all the details and to see the wonderful creations by the Mojo Makers! You can also visit their individual blogs for more details:

Carole Burrage

Debbie Carriere

Julee Tilman

Maria Gurnsey

Mary Fish

Sarah Bigelow

Teresa Kline

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies ~
Stamps: Kind Words, Small Phrases (Verve)
Paper: Madeline (Prima), Light Turquoise (Bazzill), Rustic Cream (Papertrey Ink), Cream vellum
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko)
Accessories: Classy Label Die, Charming Oval Die Set (A Cut Above by Verve); Grand Circle and Grand Scalloped Circle Nestabilities, Classic Oval Nestabilities (Spellbinders); Seam binding, Buttons, Twine (May Arts), Foam tape, Thread, Sewing machine.

Happy Birthday, Uncle Ron!!

Hello! Greetings from southwest Minnesota! We are still out visiting family and today is a very special day as it is my BIL, Ron's birthday! Happy Birthday! Sabrina is thrilled to be here to celebrate Uncle Ron's birthday! I thought I'd pop in and show you the card I made for him.

I used Taylored Expressions Udderly Sweet. I have to admit that I thought of him when I first saw this set
and bought it just to make him birthday cards (in case you haven't guessed, he is a farmer). In fact, I ordered this last year when we were visiting him. With the exception of the button, all of my supplies are from the Taylored Expressions July Key Ingredients Kit (cardstock, patterned paper, ribbon and chipboard boots). I added the fence by die cutting one of the sheets of patterned paper using the Picket Fence Die.

Last year we were out for my niece's (his daughter) wedding and I took this photo of Sabrina with his tractor (she wouldn't climb up into it, so I had to settle for a shot of her standing in front of it):

If you're not yet a Key Ingredients subscriber, I hope you'll consider joining us! Take a peek around to find all the information you need to know about our kit club! Click here to learn more about subscribing or click here for our FAQ page! And, if you are already a subscriber and are looking for ideas for your kit, please take a look at the Key Ingredients blog here.

Thanks SO much for stopping by!

Supplies ~
Stamps: Udderly Sweet (Taylored Expressions)
Paper: July Key Ingredients Kit (Taylored Expressions)
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa, Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko)
Accessories: Picket Fence Die (Taylored Expressions), Classic Square Nestabilities - SM and LG (Spellbinders), Markers (Copic), Ribbon and Chipboard boots from July Key Ingredients Kit, Button, Foam tape, Thread, Sewing machine.

Taylored Expressions July Blast from the Past Blog Hop!!

Hello! I'm excited to be participating in the July Taylored Expressions Blast from the Past Blog Hop! Each month, Taylor invites her customers to participate in this fun hop and feature Taylored Expressions Stamps! The theme for our hop is Sending You Sunshine.

If you happened here by chance, please check the full list of participants at the bottom of this post!

I chose to use the sweet cupcake house image from Cozy Cottages. Wouldn't you love to live in a cupcake-shaped house?! I added a bit of vellum (to tone down the print) and some Taylor's Tiny Twinkles from my stash. My sentiment is from For the Love of Cupcakes. I painted a chipboard flower white, stamped my sentiment on the pink cardstock, punched a circle and popped it over the chipboard.

All other supplies (patterned paper, cardstock, ribbon and chipboard flower) are from the Taylored Expressions July Key Ingredients kit. If you are unfamiliar with these kits, you can learn all about them on the Key Ingredients blog, HERE.

I used Sankari's fun sketch for my layout:

Thanks for stopping by!



Stamps: Cozy Cottages, For the Love of Cupcakes (Taylored Expressions)
Paper: Taylored Expressions July Key Ingredients
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko)
Accessories: Standard Circle Nestabilities-SM and LG (Spellbinders), 1" Circle punch (EK Success), Ribbon, Flower chipboard (Taylored Expressions July Key Ingredients), Tiny Twinkles (Taylored Expressions), Markers (Copic), Glossy Accents, White craft paint, Foam tape, Thread, Sewing machine.

SCRS Challenge #52 -- Favorite Image

It's time for an all new Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps Challenge! Each week we will post an all new challenge at this time (9 PM PST on Mondays). For all the details, please visit the SCRS blog. This week's challenge is a color challenge -- to use your favorite SCRS image.

I have to admit that I thought this would be an easy challenge, but it ended up being tougher than I thought. The hardest part was choosing my favorite SCRS image! Honestly, I have a lot of favorites, but in the end I chose Scooter Chloe. Not only is she one of the original 8 images, but she is all about fun! She is one of our most popular characters and was featured in the very first SCRS newsletter. I paired her with some new paper from the Authentique Uncommon collection.

For sketch inspiration, I used the July Sketch For You To Try:

For more SCRS inspiration and details, please visit the SCRS blog to see the design team's wonderful creations and their individual blogs for more details:

Kerri Michaud, July Guest Designer

Alice Wertz

Amber Hight

Elena Joldersma

Kadie Ensley
Kim Yu

Mary Johnson

Piali Biswas

Shaela Odd

Simonne Clay

Sparkle Smith

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies ~
Stamps: Scooter Chloe (Sparkle Creations)
Paper: Uncommon (Authentique), Elephant - dark grey cardstock (Bazzill), Classic Crest Classic Natural White (Neenah)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko)
Accessories: Corner Chomper (We R Memory Keepers), Markers (Copic), Ric Rac (May Arts), Satin ribbon, Buttons, Foam tape, Thread, Sewing machine.

Mojo 200 -- Grateful for Your Friendship

Hello! It's time for a new Mojo Monday sketch... Can you believe this is sketch #200?! I hope you will join us this week!

For my card today, I broke out some new goodies! First off, I used Verve's newly released Words Cannot Express. It is a lovely sentiment set that expressed gratitude in a heartfelt manner. I paired it some paper from the Authentique Blissful collection. I stamped my sentiment and cut it out with the Classy Label Die. I used the  Floral Circles Die Set to make my layered felt flower.

Here's a look at Julee's fabulous sketch (check out the new look!):

I hope you will play along with us this week! Please visit the Mojo Monday blog for all the details and to see the wonderful creations by the Mojo Makers! You can also visit their individual blogs for more details:

Carole Burrage

Debbie Carriere

Julee Tilman

Maria Gurnsey

Mary Fish

Sarah Bigelow

Teresa Kline

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies ~
Stamps: Words Cannot Express (Verve)
Paper: Blissful (Authentique), Smokey Shadow (Papertrey Ink), Classic Crest Classic Natural White (Neenah)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Versamagic Wheat (Tsukineko)
Accessories: Classy Label Die, Floral Circles Die Set (A Cut Above Dies by Verve); Fleur De Lis Accents (Spellbinders), Felt, Seam binding, Pearl brad, Foam tape, Thread, Sewing machine.

CR84FN34 -- Happy Birthday, Heather!

Hello! It's time for another CR84FN Challenge! Thank you to all who joined us last time.. it was fun viewing all of your fabulous creations! For the next challenge (CR84FN34), our color palette is Yellow, Pink and Bright Pink. For this challenge and for the remainder of the summer, each challenge will last for 2 weeks. The lovely photos in the graphic above are courtesy of Mona's hubby, Scott. Aren't these flowers gorgeous?!

Today we are celebrating sweet Heather Jensen's birthday (Happy early birthday, Heather!) and this is the card I made for her:

I was obviously inspired by those gorgeous hibiscus' that Scott photographed.. :) I stamped and colored the hibiscus from Verve's Happy Days. My sentiment is from Wishing You. I added some lace, stitching and pink rhinestones (from Pizzazz Aplenty).

I used one of the Viva la Verve sketches for July for my layout:

For all the CR84FN challenge details, please be sure to visit the CR84FN blog HERE. I hope you will join us this week.. I can't wait to see what you create! For more inspiration, please visit my fellow design teammates:

Andrea Matthews

Deborah Frings

Heather Jensen

Lisa Somerville
Mona Pendleton
Sue Lelli
Suzanne Czosek

I am out of town for the rest of July, but I have a few posts scheduled while I'm gone. In the true spirit of a family vacation, I am going to try to stay off the computer as much as I can. I do appreciate your visits and will try to stop by and visit blogs when I can.. Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies ~
Stamps: Happy Days, Wishing You (Verve)
Paper: Beach Babe (Fancy Pants), Classic Crest Solar White (Neenah), Hibiscus Burst (Papertrey Ink)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Versafine Onyx Black (Tsukineko)
Accessories: Standard Circle and Scalloped Circle Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Markers (Copic), Lace, Rhinestones (Pizzazz Aplenty), Foam tape, Thread, Sewing machine.

MFTWSC28 -- Ready, Set, Blow!!

Hello! Happy Friday! I've been busy working ahead on some design team projects, and today I had a chance to play just.for.fun!!

I couldn't wait to play with the new My Favorite Things Die-namics Perfect Pinwheel and Stamp Set! It is SO fun and easy to make these pinwheels... I can't wait to make more! I used some paper from My Mind's Eye Lime Twist Fly a Kite. The pinwheel die comes with 3 centers that you can mix and match. I used a couple in the center of my pinwheel and secured it with a pearl brad. Since I had cut out a few different pinwheels, I had a lot of the centers left over. I scrunched several together and secured with a brad to make my layered flower.

I used WSC28 Getting Sketchy for my layout ... all details are HERE!

 Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies ~
Stamps: Pinwheel Stamp Set (MFT)
Paper: Lime Twist Fly a Kite (My Mind's Eye), Frosted Teal (Prism), Classic Crest Classic Natural White (Neenah)
Accessories: Die-namics Perfect Pinwheel (MFT), File Tab punch (McGill), Ric Rac, Wrinkled Ribbon (May Arts), Lollipop stick (Wilton), Brads, Foam tape, Thread, Sewing machine.

TE July Key Ingredients Peek

If you are looking for my Sparkle Creations card, please scroll down or click HERE.. Thank You!

Hi there! Have you seen the new Taylored Expressions July Key Ingredients? The team has been showing some fabulous projects on The Key Ingredients Blog this week! Today is Day 3 of July projects, and it is my day to show what I've come up with..

Here's a little sneak peek of my project (if you'd like to see more, please click HERE and you will be taken directly to my post on the KI blog!)..

If you're not yet a Key Ingredients subscriber, I hope you'll consider joining us! Take a peek around to find all the information you need to know about our kit club! Click here to learn more about subscribing or click here for our FAQ page!

In case you haven't heard, Taylor is having a Key Ingredient DT Call... extra, extra... read all about it... HERE!

Thanks SO much for stopping by!

SCRS Challenge #51 -- Christmas in July

It's time for an all new Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps Challenge! Each week we will post an all new challenge at this time (9 PM PST on Mondays). For all the details, please visit the SCRS blog. This week's challenge is Christmas in July! Pull out your favorite SCRS Christmas image and have fun with it!

I used Holiday Emily (on sale this month) to make a Christmas card. I haven't been very good about keeping up with Christmas cards this year, but I'm happy to add this one to my stash. I added a some Divine Twine, a couple of pale pink pearls (from Pizzazz Aplenty) and stitching all around.

I used the colors from the current CR84FN challenge (Red, Pink and Neutral). You still have until this Thursday, July 14, to enter the challenge.

For more SCRS inspiration and details, please visit the SCRS blog to see the design team's wonderful creations and their individual blogs for more details:

Kerri Michaud, July Guest Designer

Alice Wertz

Amber Hight

Elena Joldersma

Kadie Ensley
Kim Yu

Mary Johnson

Piali Biswas

Shaela Odd

Simonne Clay

Sparkle Smith

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies ~
Stamps: Holiday Emily (Sparkle Creations)
Paper: Everybody Loves Christmas (Echo Park), Classic Crest Classic Natural White (Neenah), Pure Poppy (Papertrey Ink), Pink (Prism)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Versamagic Wheat (Tsukineko)
Accessories: Petite Oval Nestabilities-LG (Spellbinders), Edgers #2 Collection (Papertrey Ink), Candy Cane Stripe embossing folder (Provo Craft), Markers, Lipstick Spica Glitter Pen (Copic); Divine Twine, Pearls (Pizzazz Aplenty), Foam tape, Thread, Sewing machine.

Mojo 199 -- Swan Song

Hello! It's time for a new Mojo Monday sketch (#199).. Thanks to everyone who played along last week.. your creations were all wonderful! I hope you will join us this week!

I used this sweet bird sentiment from Verve's Swan Song and paired it with some paper from the Echo Park Country Drive collection. I kept my layout fairly simple since I didn't want to cover up all the birdies.. :)

Here's a look at Teresa's fabulous sketch:

I hope you will play along with us this week! Please visit the Mojo Monday blog for all the details and to see the wonderful creations by the Mojo Makers! You can also visit their individual blogs for more details:

Carole Burrage

Debbie Carriere

Julee Tilman

Maria Gurnsey

Mary Fish

Sarah Bigelow

Teresa Kline

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies ~
Stamps: Swan Song (Verve)
Paper: Country Drive (Echo Park), Classic Crest Classic Natural White (Neenah), Harvest Gold (Papertrey Ink)
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Versamagic Wheat (Tsukineko)
Accessories: Standard Circle and Inverted Circle Nestabilities, Floral Doily Accent (Spellbinders); Wrinkled ribbon (May Arts), Resin flower (Webster's Pages), Paper flower (Kaisercraft), Foam tape, Thread, Sewing machine.

Sparkle Creations 1st Anniversary Release & Hop!!!

Hello and Welcome to the Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps 1st Anniversary Hop! Not only are we here to help Sparkle celebrate a year of SCRS, but we are also officially releasing 4 new SCRS images this month -- Backpack Oliver, Bookworm Ruby, Hula Lucy and Ukelele Josh.. They are ALL available in the store NOW! But wait, there's more.. we are also releasing 2 new Karber Rubber Stamps -- Rainbow Leslie and Reading Millie!

It's hard to believe that it's been over a year since I got a little email from Sparkle telling me that she was opening up her own stamp store and asking me if I would join along in her journey! It's been a lot of fun and I'm so honored to be a part of this celebration! Congrats, Sparkle and Brent, and Happy, Happy 1st Anniversary to SCRS!!

We have assembled an all-star lineup consisting of our Current Design Team, DT Alumni and Guest Designers. If you happened here by chance and would like to start from the beginning, the hop will begin at the SCRS blog -- please see the complete list below.

What's a hop without prizes? We've hidden TEN single stamp prizes along the way and one lucky winner will win the ENTIRE July release! All you need to do is leave some love at every stop along the hop.. You have until 11:59 PM EST on Sunday to leave comments for a chance to win! Winners will be announced on the SCRS blog on Monday. Good luck to all and Happy Hopping!

Thanks SO much for joining us!

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I used Bookworm Ruby and made a layout today. The page is 12x12. The photo is of Sabrina with her 2nd grade teacher, Mrs. Aley. Here are a few detail shots:

Title area (used an Ali Edwards by Technique Tuesday stamp, Moments & Memories):

Ruby (stamped, colored with Copics, fussy cut and popped on to page):

Journaling (used Ali Edwards by Technique Tuesday stamps, Today You Journaling Frames):

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies ~
Stamps: Bookworm Ruby (Sparkle Creations), Moments & Memories, Today You Journaling Frames (Ali Edwards for Technique Tuesday)
Paper: Teacher's Pet (Imaginisce), Cream and Black cardstock
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Memento Rhubarb Stalk (Tsukineko)
Accessories: Labels Seventeen Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Markers (Copic), Ribbon (Imaginisce), Foam tape, Thread, Sewing machine.

Sparkle Creations July Preview -- Ukulele Josh

If you are looking for my JustRite preview, please scroll down or click HERE.. Thank You!

Hello and Welcome to the Day 6 (the final day) of previews for the July One Year Anniversary release for Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps! Sparkle is releasing 4 new SCRS images and 2 new Karber images tomorrow! Today we are previewing the final SCRS image, Ukulele Josh and sentiment, "you make my heart sing"!

I paired this sweet image of Josh with some paper from Fancy Pants Beach Bum. I tried to keep my embellishments somewhat masculine -- adding natural twill, a button and twine.

Be sure to visit all rest of the SCRS designers for more peeks of Ukulele Josh.  will be giving away a Ukulele Josh to one lucky person! For a chance to win, you need to comment on all of the designer's blogs (list below). Then head on over to the  and comment on the Josh post. You have until midnight EST each day to comment. The lucky winner will be announced the following day!

Alice Wertz

Kerri Michaud, July Guest Designer

Kim Yu

Shaela Odd

Simonne Clay

Sparkle Smith

Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps Blog

Please be sure to come back tomorrow as we are having a special anniversary release hop with some special guests and LOTS of prizes.. Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies ~
Stamps: Ukulele Josh (Sparkle Creations)
Paper: Beach Bum (Fancy Pants), Classic Crest Classic Natural White (Neenah), Kraft (Papertrey Ink)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Versamagic Wheat (Tsukineko)
Accessories: Labels Eight Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Natural Twill, Button, Twine (May Arts), Foam tape, Thread, Sewing machine.

JustRite Cling July Release -- Spread Your Wings

If you are looking for my Sparkle Creations preview, please scroll down or click HERE.. Thank You!

Edited to add direct links.

Hello! Welcome to Day 7 of JustRite Stampers July stamp previews! Today we are introducing a new cling set for all of you bird and nature lovers.. CL-02170 Spread Your Wings - Cling.

I first embossed one of the bird cages onto Kraft cardstock, then I die cut with Labels Eighteen. I added the bird outside the cage and the butterfly inside the cage with the thought that the sweet butterfly went in to check out the bird's home while the bird was out hunting. The bird returned home and not wanting to disturb the butterfly, patiently waits atop the cage. When I showed this to Dan, he said, "the butterfly is locked up in the cage.. I feel sorry for it".. That is definitely NOT what I was trying to portray here! I also used JB-08950 Nested Frame Dies (co-branded with Spellbinders) to die cut my tag and used one of the sentiments included in the set, "Have a great day".

Here's a complete look at CL-02170 Spread Your Wings - Cling:

For more details, please visit the JustRite Inspiration blog for the official introduction of this set. Also, here is a complete list of links with projects using Spread Your Wings - Cling that you will not want to miss:

JustRite Inspiration
Mona Pendleton
Kazan Clark
Kellie Fortin
Stephanie Kraft (you are here)
Barb Schram
Angela Barkhouse

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies ~
JustRite Stampers: CL-02170 Spread Your Wings - Cling
Dies & Punches: JB-08950 Nested Frame Dies (co-branded with Spellbinders), Labels Eighteen Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Woodland Branch border punch (Martha Stewart), Corner Chomper (We R Memory Keepers)
Paper: Vintage Whimsy (The Girls' Paperie), Classic Crest Classic Natural White (Neenah), Kraft (Papertrey Ink)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Versamark Watermark, Versamagic Wheat (Tsukineko)
Accessories: Birds and Swirls embossing folder (Provo Craft), White embossing folder, Seam binding, Button, Twine (May Arts), Foam tape, Thread, Sewing machine.

Sparkle Creations July Preview -- Hula Lucy

If you are looking for my JustRite preview, please scroll down or click HERE.. Thank You!

Hello and Welcome to the Day 5 of previews for the July One Year Anniversary release for Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps! Sparkle is releasing 4 new SCRS images and 2 new Karber images this Saturday! Today we are previewing Hula Lucy and sentiments, "aloha" and "mahalo"! I just love this sweet and fun image of Lucy and I hope you will too.. :)

When I saw this sweet image of Lucy, I knew that I wanted to pair her with some fun paper from Fancy Pants' Beach Babe collection. I cut out a portion of the pink lined paper and added it to the bright orange grungy paper. I also added a strip of tatted lace (made by my cousin, Jessica of Snapdragon Lace) and some seam binding. I used the Aloha sentiment on my little tag and tied it onto the ribbon with twine.

Be sure to visit all rest of the SCRS designers for more peeks of Hula Lucy.  will be giving away a Hula Lucy to one lucky person! For a chance to win, you need to comment on all of the designer's blogs (list below). Then head on over to the  and comment on the Lucy post. You have until midnight EST each day to comment. The lucky winner will be announced the following day!

Alice Wertz

Kerri Michaud, July Guest Designer

Kim Yu

Shaela Odd

Simonne Clay

Sparkle Smith

Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps Blog

I will be back tomorrow with the final SCRS preview.. Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies ~

Stamps: Hula Lucy (Sparkle Creations)

Paper: Beach Babe (Fancy Pants), Classic Crest Solar White (Neenah)

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko)

Accessories: Tags Trio (Spellbinders), Markers (Copic), Tattted Lace (Snapdragon Lace), Seam binding, Pearl brad, Foam tape, Thread, Sewing machine.

JustRite Cling July Release -- Elegant Charms

Edited to add direct links.

Hello! Welcome to Day 6 of JustRite Stampers July stamp previews! Today we are introducing a new cling set that coordinates with our custom charm dies.. CL-02175 Elegant Charms - Cling.

I started with a couple of sheets of coordinating patterned papers from the Kaisercraft Chapter One collection. On the black patterned paper, I stamped one of the flowers repeatedly and added a tiny dark green rhinestone (from Pizzazz Aplenty) in the center of each flower. For my tag, I stamped the flower charm which cuts perfectly with the largest star die from JB-08960 Charm Dies. I stamped "Hello" on a scrap of the same patterned paper used in the center of my main panel, punched it out and popped it on top of the tag. I also added some color and sparkle to the flower with my Melon Spica Glitter pen. Here's a detail shot:

Here's a complete look at CL-02175 Elegant Charms - Cling:

For more details, please visit the JustRite Inspiration blog for the official introduction of this set. Also, here is a complete list of links with projects using Elegant Charms - Cling that you will not want to miss:

JustRite Inspiration

Becca Feeken

Mona Pendleton

Michele Kovack

Stephanie Kraft (you are here)

Heidi Blankenship

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies ~
JustRite Stampers: CL-02175 Elegant Charms - Cling
Dies & Punches: JB-08960 Charm Dies (co-branded with Spellbinder), 7/8" circle punch (EK Success), Corner Chomper (We R Memory Keepers)
Paper: Chapter One (Kaisercraft), Classic Crest Solar White (Neenah), New Leaf (Papertrey Ink)
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black (Tsukineko)
Accessories: Sheer Ribbon, Twine (May Arts); Resin flower (Webster's Pages), Melon Spica Glitter pen, Foam tape, Thread, Sewing machine.

Sparkle Creations July Preview -- Backpack Oliver and Challenge #50

Hello and Welcome to the Day 3 of previews for the July One Year Anniversary release for Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps! Sparkle is releasing 4 new SCRS images and 2 new Karber images this Saturday! Today we are previewing the second SCRS image, Backpack Oliver and sentiment, "for a special teacher"! I love this image just as much as Bookworm Ruby (previewed yesterday)!

It's also time for an all new Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps Challenge! Each week we will post an all new challenge at this time (9 PM PST on Mondays). For all the details, please visit the SCRS blog. This week's challenge is a sketch challenge (sketch designed by Kim)!

I went with primary colors and used Kaisercraft's Class of '87 collection again. I used my SU! notebook punch on the lined patterned paper and swapped out the report card die cut (part of the collection) for the circular panel.

Here's a larger view of the sketch:

Be sure to visit all rest of the SCRS designers for more peeks of Backpack Oliver. Sparkle will be giving away a Backpack Oliver to one lucky person! For a chance to win, you need to comment on all of the designer's blogs (list below). Then head on over to the SCRS blog and comment on the Oliver post. You have until midnight EST each day to comment. The lucky winner will be announced the following day!

Alice Wertz
Kerri Michaud, July Guest Designer

Kim Yu

Shaela Odd

Simonne Clay

Sparkle Smith

Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps Blog

You will also want to pop on over to the SCRS blog to see the rest of the SCRS team's interpretation of the sketch.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies ~
Stamps: Backpack Oliver and sentiment (Sparkle Creations)
Paper: Class of '87 (Kaisercraft), Classic Crest Classic Natural White (Neenah), Pure Poppy (Papertrey Ink)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko)
Accessories: Notebook punch (SU!), Markers (Copic), Ric Rac, Strawberry Red Baker's Luster Twine (Pizzazz Aplenty), A+ brad (Imaginisce), Glossy Accents, Foam tape, Thread, Sewing machine.

Mojo 198 -- Seize the Cupcake!

If you are looking for my Sparkle Creations preview, please scroll down or click HERE..

Thank You!

Hello! It's time for a new Mojo Monday sketch (#198).. It's also July contest week.. I hope you will join us for a chance to win some Verve stamps!

I used Carpe Cupcake on my card today (this happens to be the July stamp of the month and is 40% off right now).. I stamped and both colored and pieced the yummy cupcake, then I added some distressing and stitching around. Verve is also having a birthday sale this month, so you may want to head over to the store and do some shopping.. :)

Here's a look at Julee's fabulous sketch:

I hope you will play along with us this week! Please visit the Mojo Monday blog for all the details and to see the wonderful creations by the Mojo Makers! You can also visit their individual blogs for more details:

Carole Burrage

Debbie Carriere

Julee Tilman

Maria Gurnsey

Mary Fish

Sarah Bigelow

Teresa Kline

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies ~
Stamps: Carpe Cupcake (Verve)
Paper: Fine and Dandy Tickled Pink (My Mind's Eye), Classic Crest Classic Natural White (Neenah), Spring Moss (Papertrey Ink)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Versamagic Wheat (Tsukineko)
Accessories: Classic Square Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Double-ended Banner Die (Papertrey Ink), Ribbon, Twine (May Arts); Button, Edge distresser, Foam tape, Thread, Sewing machine.