Shoes for EVERY Ocassion!!

Oooohhhhh and my FAVORITE color shoes too!!!  Hee Hee  Aren't these the most wonderful shoes you'd ever own ..... if you were a witch?? Well... I know a place where YOU can get these... InStyle Stamps, of course!!!  "Witchy Shoes" will be available for purchase tomorrow night, Friday, July 16th in the store.  Just what we all need to get us on schedule and keep us on track so we aren't rushed at those hectic times during the year. 

AND... if you have time... InStyle Stamps will be having a release party on Friday over on Paper Craft Planet... be sure to be there and see all the latest holiday images available from ISS. 

My image was colored with my Copic markers.  I used a couple different striped DP's to coordinate with her lovely striped socks. Hee hee

Though I couldn't get a clear picture of my paper, the black DP actually has spider webs printed in a darker black on it. 

I used a few swatches of striped ribbon as well to the corners and then found this wonderful fiber that went with it perfectly. 

I decided my image would be a wonderful "invitation" for a costume party.  *smile*

I hope you stop by Paper Craft Planet and give the ISS design team with your presence.  We would love to have you!!

Have a great day!!

Ohhh Vacation is soooo Near!!!!

I can hardly stand to do the things I HAVE to do before I go!!!!  So... I grabbed my InStyle Stamps, "Beach Bunny" image and put her right where our vacation will start.... by the water's edge!!! 

I colored her in with my Copic markers and sponged on the bright sunshine sky and the sandy beach.  I took my Sea Scape Impressibilities and sponged the top of my card base with white ink to mimic seashell shaped clouds and then used Memento Desert Tan for the bottom. 

I grabbed a Tim Holtz Grungeboard Flourish and sponged on some alcohol ink and Distress Ink pads as well for a "wave" affect.  *smile*  Glued down some tiny sea shells and added a stamped umbrella to the top.

On the inside I just added some DP and a few flourish punches and a small sentiment.

I hope you have a good night and aren't near as restless as I am (waiting for that first vacation day.. hee hee).  *smile*

Bad Dreams???

I had a weird weekend!! I mean REALLY weird!!! Not so much by day... but definitely by night! I think between Friday night and Saturday night, I had about 12 nightmares!!! TWELVE!!!

My card today was inspired by something my grandma told me long ago. She said if you have bad dreams, you should sleep with a Bible under your pillow. Well... I haven't done this, but... just thinking about that made me think about how we are ALWAYS "safe in the arms of Jesus". I LOVE this set from Creative Clear Stamps called, "Arms of Jesus". Just makes me feel all warm and cozy inside. *smile*

I did multiple layers of card stock here but it's kinda hard in the photo to tell the difference between the bright blue color I used and the deep purple. I was inspired by the new ribbon I received on the card and just went "wild" with my card stock colors. I love it!

I colored my image with my Copic markers and mounted it onto the many layers.

My inside is very simple and colorful as well. I just added a few buttons to accents and of course wonderful colorful DP for the background.


Have a super day and if you have bad dreams... know you are safe in His arms. *smile*

Classy Hearts

Today I want to share a "mistake" with you.  Yes, a mistake.  Ok... to be honest... I was confused.  But does that REALLY surprise you??? Hee Hee  About two weeks ago Tami Mayberry asked me to help her promote her stamp set, "Happy Hearts" for the Color Challenge Throwdown.  I was, of course, thrilled she asked! 

I wanted to do something really different with her stamps that I hadn't seen before.  Well.. one thing I hadn't seen a lot of was the hearts used in a mostly black and white and a "classy" design.  I was just so thrilled to think of this and I set down to do it.  Well... duhhh... I had to follow the COLOR challenge. LOL  Ummmm black and white was NOT in the scheme of things. HA!

So... I decided... why not send the card to Tami as a "thank you" for allowing me to help her promote her set!

I stamped the small hearts with flourishes in black on Gina K's Pure Luxury Layering Weight Ivory Card Stock.  I used my scalloped heart Nestabilities and airbrushed some red along the edges before removing the Nestie border.  I also punched a few red hearts and lined them along the edges only of each black flourished stamped heart. 

I took one of those and added button holes to it and attached it to the blow as a "fake" button.

I love how this card turned out and I hope Tami liked receiving it as well.  It was definitely a fun challenge but sometimes I get an idea and get ahead of myself. Hee Hee

Have a great day!! *smile*

ISS Color Challenge Time!!

It's that time of week again!!!  InStyle Stamps is having their Color Challenge on the InStyle Stamps Blog.  It was an easy one to do since I LOVE the greens and pinks together!!!

My image today was cute little Laney.  There's just something so sweet about a little girl with a big ol' lollipop don't you think???  I colored Laney with my Copic markers and cut her out and mounted her with pop dots.  I used  one of my Nestabilitie labels to mount my sentiment and added a few little roses and a double bow to the corner.  A few strips of lace and a pink grosgrain ribbon to layer with my dotted DP and I can't think of anything more that says "girlie" to me. *smile*

I hope you give the challenge a try.  Make sure you stop over at the InStyle Stamps Blog and see all the other wonderful creations that the DT has to inspire you. 

Have a great day!! *smile*

CSS Alumni Blog Hop

Hi everyone!!! Today the Stamp TV Center Stage Alumni are joining together to share a color challenge that Carolina Buchting presented us with. We have decided to get together now and then and just challenge ourselves to our own little hops to continue sharing ideas and designs as we go. If you arrived here by way of Shannon Bracken's blog, you are on the right path.  If not... skip back and start from the beginning.  I'm sure you don't want to miss a single creation from our team! *smile*

Carolina's first challenge to us was to use, Kraft or Tan Leather, Green (Creme de Menthe, Grass Green, Fresh Asparagus, or Green Apple) and White.

For my card I used Gina K's, Pure Luxury Heavy Base Weight, Creme de Menthe for my base.  I next layered on top a piece of Kraft card stock.  I began with Gina's  "Botanicals" wording stamp for my background.  I stamped it in Vivid Ink, "Tuscan Tan" and hen stamped my flower image in Versamark and heat embossed with clear embossing powder.  I then sponged around the image with some Memento, "New Sprout" ink and around the edges with Memento "Desert Sand".

Next I colored the butterfly from the Stamp TV Kit, "Enjoy the Sunshine" and colored it with my Copic markers.  My sentiment came from the same Stamp TV Kit.

I used my oval Nestabilities to put my butterfly on and shaved off the edges to place it on the corner. 

Next... head on over to StampTV to complete your hop.  Thanks for joining us tonight!!

Stay tuned for more Hop Challenges from the Stamp TV Center Stage Alumni!!

*smile*