Almost Travel Time 30

Hi Everyone! There has been some changes in my crafting corner of the world - you may have noticed I am no longer on The Play Date Cafe DT - I stepped down simply because I am going to do a lot of traveling this summer & I will be exploring other crafty opportunities. I am going to miss creating along side ALL the talented girls at The Play Date Cafe but I will surely visit & play along when I can & I hope you do the same :)

As I previously mentioned, I will be traveling this summer & have some fun trips planned with my hubby - Any guesses where I may be jetting off to? I will give you a clue - it is about a 19hr flight non-stop from Phoenix! My poor toes are going to look like Oscar Meyer Weiners! :0 LOL (if you already know where we are traveling, please don't give it away :)

For the background, I inked up the Judy Kin's, Carmen's Miranda stamp. I bought this stamp several months ago at a rubber stamp show & finally pulled it out! For sketch inspiration, I played along with Kazan's awesome sketch from 2Sketches4You.

For a closer look:

I combined several stamped images with some fun Karen Foster card stock stickers. I am really enjoying stickers these days - it is super easy when you don't have just the right stamp. I love that I can customize them making my own embellishments like the "time to TRAVEL" one. It's original shape was a square, since I needed a circle, I pulled out my Spellbinders™ circle die templates & voila :)

That's it for now - I have to run some last minute errands - Our journey begins this weekend - I will be back with some more details :) Thanks for looking! Be Sweet!

Supplies Used: Spellbinders™ S5-024 Mega Classic Scalloped Ovals LG, S4-172 Pinking Circles SM, S4-114 Standard Circles LG, S4-116 Standard Circles SM, W-001 The Wizard Stamps: Tattered Angels, Judy Kins Ink: Stampin' Up, Memento, Ranger Paper: Stampin' Up, Papertrey Ink Stickers: Karen Foster

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Father's Day Gift Set 43

Hi There! Hope you are all having a great weekend :) I have a Father's Day gift set to share that I made for my dear husband Scott. Not only is he the BEST husband but he has been the BEST step-dad over the past 10 years to my children & of course, the BEST dad to my step-children :) He is the biggest supporter of my papercrafting hobby & would not be satisfied unless he received a homespun creation of sorts :)Scott has an enormous sweet tooth & one of his favorite candy is from See's - Victorian toffee. See's is now only offering the Victorian toffee during the Christmas Holiday season so the toffee-ettes are the next best thing! I made this card to accompany the gift ensemble.For sketch inspiration, I played along with this week's awesome Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge #3, WMSC3. The Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge site is now in full swing in week #3 already! If you are looking for some great inspiration & fun, be sure to check it out for yourself.

I inked up one of the images from the WM Very Vintage Labels No. 4 set, stamped it on a scrap of cork-board left over from one of my step-daughter's school projects, then simply placed a Spellbinders™ Nestabilities S4-190 Labels Four die template over the cork-board, adhered in place then ran it through my Wizard™. Scott will surely get a chuckle out of this recycled cork-board as I am sure it will jog his memory of making Meri's project :)

I used an oldie but goldie Spellbinders™ alphabet set (L2-01 Vintage U/N/P) paired with Spellbinders™ Copper Premium Craft Foil to cut the letters that spell DAD. I adhered those letters on a multi-layered oval frame. I pulled out my Copic airbrush system & sprayed the smaller oval for a soft look then layered that on top of an oval cut from Copper Premium Craft Foil with a S4-138 Petite Ovals LG die template.

If you click & enlarge the above photo, you can get a better look of the embossed & airbrushed decorative top that I made using I2-1009 Flourish Impressabilities™ template & a S4-117 Petite Scalloped Circles SM die template. In case you haven't seen my tutorial on how to do this, please feel free to click HERE.I made this little tag combining a few images from the Waltzingmouse Stamps Oven Fresh Gingerbread Joy & Very Vintage Labels No. 4 stamp sets.

Happy Father's Day to ALL Father's out there :)

That's all for today - Thanks for looking! Be Sweet!

Supplies Used:

Stamps: Waltzingmouse Stamps: Faux Fun, Oven Fresh Gingerbread Joy, Very Vintage Labels No. 4

Paper: pinkpaislee DP, PTI

Ink: Copic BG93 Green Gray, Clearsnap Black Ink, Ranger

Other: Spellbinders™ Nestabilities S4-190 Labels Four, S5-023 Mega Ovals LG, S4-140 Petite Ovals SM, S4-138 Petite Ovals LG, S4-114 Standard Circles LG, S4-116 Standard Circles SM, S4-117 Petite Scalloped Circles SM, W-001 The Wizard™, I2-1009 Flourish Impressabilities™, F-004 Copper Premium Craft Foil, cork board, ribbon, brads, button & twine from stash

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sweetie pie...WM June Waltz 56

I have 2 posts today - if you are looking for my Play Date Cafe post, please continue to scroll down :) Thanks

Good Morning! Today I am waltzing along with Claire, Owner/Designer of Waltzingmouse Stamps, her DT & friends in the June Friends of Waltzingmouse Stamps Waltz.
This month, the theme is to make a masculine card.
I made a card for a coworker who recently welcomed a beautiful baby boy :)

For sketch inspiration, I played along with this week's fun Waltzingmouse Stamps Sketch Challenge.

I inked up few of my favorite Waltzingmouse Stamps to create my card. To create the pretty pattern you see on the light blue background piece, using VersaMark, I inked up one of the darling background images from the Pic-Nic Patterns set then embossed with white embossing powder.

After stamping & embossing the Pic-Nic Patterns background, I stamped the sweetie-pie image from Sweet Hearts set.

That's all I have today! Can't wait to Waltz but off to work first :( That silly job gets in the way of my hobby!!! Thanks for looking! Be Sweet :)

Ingredients Used:

Stamps: Waltzingmouse Stamps Pic-Nic Patterns, Sweet Hearts

Paper: Melissa Frances DP, Gina K. Pure Luxury cs, Stampin' Up

Ink: Memento, Ranger

Other: Spellbinders™ Nestabilities S4-113 Classic Scalloped Ovals SM, S4-138 Petite Ovals LG, W-001 The Wizard™, K&Company stickers, Sizzix embossing folder, Filigree embossing powder, Husqvarna sewing machine, buttons & ribbon from stash

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hello...PDCC34 48

I have 2 posts today - if you are looking for my June Waltzingmouse Stamps Waltz post, please scroll up :) Thanks!
Hi Everyone! I have been a lil' busy these days & can't believe it is time again for a new color challenge at The Play Date Cafe. This week, Limelight Paper Crafts will be sponsoring the challenge & has an awesome gift for one lucky participant!Julie chose this week's fun 'Color Splash' for the PDCC34 challenge.
From a bird's eye view:

If you love using tags on your papercrafting projects as much as I do, then you should check out the Spellbinders™ Shapeabilities™ Tags Five die template - With just one die template, you can cut 5 various tags & all at the same time! Quite the time saver :) After cutting the tag, I inked up the hello sentiment from the fun Waltzingmouse Stamps Asian Garden set, stamped then dressed up it up a bit by stamping a "swirly" image from the same stamp set.

I hope you can join along with this week's creativity challenge. After you have made your project, please head on over to The Play Date Cafe & link your post.If you post your creations in an on-line gallery, please label it PDCC34 so we won't miss them! Be sure to see what all The Play Date Cafe DT girls have created, (listed on my side bar) & as well as our Guest Designer, Mandy Chesire, Owner of Limelight. Thanks for looking!

Remember - I will be back later today waltzing along with the monthly Friends of Waltzingmouse Stamps Blog Waltz. Hope to see you then - Be Sweet :)

Supplies Used:

Stamps: Waltzingmouse Stamps Asian Gardens

Paper: My Mind's Eye DP, Gina K. Designs Pure Luxury cs

Ink: Memento, Ranger

Other: Spellbinders™ Nestabilities S4-249 Big Scalloped Circles LG, Big Scalloped Circles SM, S4-250 Big Scalloped Circles SM, S5-006 Curved Rectangles, Shapeabilities™ S4-081 Tags Five, S4-242 Big Scalloped Borderabilities™ Petite, W-001 The Wizard™, ribbon, button, brad & twine from stash

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