Flourishes Stamps and PageMaps 49

Hi there! Several designers from Flourishes Stamps teams have joined along with Becky Fleck of PageMaps today! In case you are not familiar with Becky, she has an amazing site (click HERE) with loads of various sketches along with wonderful inspiring samples!
Shown below, is the fun sketch that I was given to create with:

and here's my interpretation:

To create this card, I stamped one of the beautiful label images from Flourishes Country Charm Labels with VersaMark ink, heat embossed using white embossing powder then cut using a Spellbinders Grommet Tags die then stamped a sweet sentiment from Flourishes Hydrangea on the tag. I finished off the card with 3 beautiful blossoms made using Spellbinders Bitty Blossoms dies. The pretty patterned paper used is from the Pink Paislee London Market collection.

Thanks so much for visiting! Please be sure to visit the Flourishes blog for the complete list of designers who created cards as well. Be Sweet :)

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So Sweet...Guest Designing 36

Hello! Here today to share the last two layouts of four that I made as the May Guest Designer for My Creative Scrapbook Kit Club using items from the Main Kit. First I would like to thank Pam Rangel, Owner of the My Creative Scrapbook Kit Club for the wonderful opportunity! The May Main Kit contains many pretty products from the Pink Paislee Spring Jubilee collection.


First up, is a layout featuring a pretty photo of sweet Meredith

surrounded by many flowers. The yellows ones shown below are included with the kit and the others were homemade by me using various punches. 

My fourth and final layout shown below features a photo of my dear Great Niece, Madison and my four legged furry buddy, Griffin :) The decorative header and colorful bouquet on the tag are from the Spring Jubilee press on pack and all the butterflies are Spring Jubilee Chipboard Stickers  ~I  just love all the detail and color in those items which are all included in the Main Kit!

Thanks so much for looking! I hope you enjoyed my layouts. For complete details, please be sure to visit the My Creative Scrapbook Kit site and for inspiration, the My Creative Scrapbook Kit gallery. Be Sweet :)

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birthday wishes... 51

Hi there! I have several friends who will be celebrating their birthday's this month so here I am with another Birthday card to share. I played along for the first time with the PTI Make It Monday inspiration which is to create a Pocket Card. I dusted off the PTI Sending You stamp set and had lots of stamping fun!

Shown below is what the card looks like when inside the pocket. I didn't even use a single piece of patterned paper! I stamped both the pocket and tag with the beautiful blooms and leaves images 

and used a Sizzix embossing folder for the card background:

For color inspiration, I played along with the current ColourQ challenge:

and for sketch inspiration, I played along with the current retro sketches challenge:

Thanks so much for visiting! Be Sweet :)

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thank you...FTTC171 52

Hi there! Hope you all had a great Memorial Day weekend if you celebrated! I'm here with an all new Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge. This week, I am the hostess and would like to challenge all of you to create a Thank You card card or tag.

I made a rather clean and simple Thank You card. I stamped the beautiful sentiment from Flourishes Hydrangea stamp set on a piece of pretty patterned paper from the Pink Paislee Butterfly Garden collection added a decorative die cut border using a combination of Spellbinders  Classic Decorative Inserts Four and Classic Edges Two die templates.

I finished off the card with some glittery rolled roses made using Spellbinders Bitty Blossoms die templates.

Thanks so much for visiting! Please be sure to visit the Flourishes blog for complete details and for some fabulous inspiration visit our May Guest Designer: Marie Oberg and the entire DT: Heather, Silke, Makiko, Cindy, Beate, Amanda

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Happy Birthday... 36

Hi there! Hope you are having a great Memorial Day to all those celebrating! Scott and I have returned home from San Diego late Sunday evening. After unpacking and getting settled, I made a rather clean and simple Birthday card for a dear friend who's birthday is right around the corner.

 I combined pretty patterned paper from Webster's Pages In Love and Sunday Picnic collections along with a Sizzix cupcake die and MFT stamps and dies. For sketch inspiration, I played along with the current My Favorite Things Wednesday Stamp Club Sketch Challenge:

Thanks so much for visiting! Hope you have a great day/evening depending on what part of the world you are from. Be Sweet :)

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forever friendship...CR84FN55 54

Hi there! I'm here today with an all new CR84FN Color Challenge! Thanks to all who played along with CR84FN54 ~ so many pretty projects in the gallery! For the next two weeks, we will be playing with the pretty color combination shown below. The beautiful photos are courtesy of Leslie at acreativemint.

I created a layout featuring my sweet four legged fur baby, Gretchen surrounded by an assortment of flowers. 

Many homemade using Spellbinders Rose Creations, Grand Peony Creations and Bitty Blossoms dies:

along with a variety of manufactured ones. 

and for those of you who scrappin' is not your cup of tea, I also have a card to share that I made for my sweet sister Tina, thanking her for taking care of both Gretchen and Griffin while I am out of town on vacation :)

For layout sketch inspiration, I played along with the current Sketchabilities sketch challenge:

Thanks so much for visiting! Please be sure to visit the CR84FN site for complete information and the entire CR84FN DT for some amazing inspiration: Suzanne Czosek, Lisa Somerville, Heather Jensen, Sue Lelli, Andrea Mathews, Pauline Pollington, Shannon White, and Deborah Frings.

Other supplies used:
Stamps: Waltzingmouse Very Vintage Labels No. 25, Compact Sentiments
Dies: Spellbinders Labels Twenty-Five, Grand Labels Four, Grand Calibur, PTI foliage
Patterned Paper: My Mind's Eye, Donna Salazar, Authentique
Other: Want2Scrap bling

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Stars & Stripes... 39

Happy Memorial Day weekend to all who celebrate! Many thanks to all the men and women who have sacrificed their lives both past and present to protect the U.S.A. Do you have any fun plans? Scott and I are currently in San Diego for the long weekend. I taught my first card making class at Paper Tales today and met five lovely ladies who seemed to have as fun as I did :) I'm looking forward to meeting a few more ladies during tomorrow's class.


I made this card in celebration of Memorial Day using the newly released fun patterned paper from the Pink Paislee Declaration collection along with stamps from PTI that have never kissed an ink pad until now! 

The Pink Paislee Declaration collection is a versatile collection full of a variety of patterns that may easily be used to create all sorts of themed projects! 

For sketch inspiration, I played along with the current MOJO Monday sketch challenge:

and for color inspiration, I played along with the current Play Date Cafe Color Challenge:

Thanks so much for visiting ~ I hope you have a fun and safe weekend! Be Sweet :)


Other supplies used:
Dies: Spellbinders Nested Pennants, Ric Rac Diamond Borderabilities Petite, Grand Calibur

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Thank you sew much...WMS May Blog Party 58

Hi there! Welcome to the May Waltzingmouse Stamps Blog Party! This month's theme is to create a project using felt and cozy fabrics.

I made a heart shaped pillow using cozy, flannel fabric, (which by the way is slim pickins this time of year in the desert with temperatures soaring above 100 degrees), along with a few felt rolled roses.

The tag was made using a combination of stamps. The label is from Very Vintage Labels No. 4 that was cut using a Spellbinders Labels Fourhttp://spellbinderspaperarts.com/products/p-143-labels-four.aspx die and the sentiment is from Sewing Box - Hugs.

Thanks so much for visiting! Hope you enjoyed my project as much as I enjoyed creating it! Off to be inspired with all the other cozy fabric and felt projects! Be Sweet :)


Other products used:
Dies: Spellbinders Bitty Blossoms, Sizzix rolled rose die, MFT rolled rose die, Vagabond

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beauty...guest designing 32

Hello! Popping in to share one of the four layouts I made for my May Guest Designer position with My Creative Scrapbook Kit Club. This layout features sweet Meredith and pretty Pink Paislee paper from the Spring Jubilee collection which is from the Main May kit.

 I combined manufactured flowers that are included in the May Main kit along with various homemade flowers made with cardstock and punches. One of the requirements for creating the projects for My Creative Scrapbook, was to only use punches ~ dies were not permitted. So I hauled in a box of punches from the garage and went to town punching away!

Thanks so much for visiting! Please be sure to check out My Creative Scrapbook for complete information. Be Sweet :)

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