Hello Birdy

Happy mid-week to you! Thank you for the sweet comments on my sketch card over the weekend. I had fun making it and think I will use that sketch again for sure! How was everyone's weekend? Ours was great, a little BBQ with friends, time with my sweet pregnant sister and just relaxing! I really haven't been stamping too much lately, but I did make some cute Stampendous cards the other day. I used the Feather Points and Frilly Bird Cage stamps for this one, embossing the birdcage in Sapphire. For the sentiment I used Happy Messages Perfectly Clear set and curved the sentiment around the edge of my circular frame. I love that you can do that with clear stamps! Anhow, I hope you all have a great rest of the week, maybe I will find some time to stamp:)!

Stampendous Sketch Challenge

Good Morning! I hope you are all enjoying a nice long weekend (if you're in the US) or just a nice weekend! Stampendous is so excited to be starting Saturday Challenges and I am so excited to join in the fun. The first challenge is a sketch by Wendy Price and I just love it! This month Stampendous is giving away a Cling Jumbo Romantic Border to one lucky participant. This fun challenge goes on all month long, all you have to do it create a card using this sketch and upload it to your blog or another online gallery, then go to the Stampendous blog and add a link to this post. You have until Thursday, September 29th at 11pm PST to play along. I hope you all get a chance to play, it's such a great sketch and a wonderful prize! So without further ado, here is my card:

I used the Foliate Quad Cube (which you just might be able to find at Michael's ;)) to create those pretty circles. Using the emboss resist technique, I stamped the images I wanted to use with Versamark, then embossed them with Pearl White embossing powder before punching out the circles (they are 1") and adding Distress inks. I used the Dream Text Background and a fun sentiment from the Happy Messages Perfectly Clear set to finish off the card - oh ya and some twine! Here's a little closer look at those circles, I matted each on with a coordinating color of cardstock:

There are a bunch of other talented DT ladies from Stampendous playing along today, so be sure to stop by and see all the inspiration and leave them some blog love!!

Wendy Price
Suzanne Czosek
Pam Hornschu
Kristine Reynolds
Lynn Mercurio
Taylor Usry
Piali Biswas
Wendy Jordan
Laura Davis
Cyndi Bundy
Krissy Fossmeyer

Thank you so much for stopping by, now go stamp something pretty:)!

Stampendous Princess Crown

Hi there, Happy Sunday! I thought I would pop in and share some fun news and a pretty card! First the fun news...after my "Blog Star" gig was up for Stampendous, those wonderful folks asked me (and all the other "original" Blog Stars) to stay on and become their Michael's design team. That basically means that we use all the Stampendous product you will find at Michael's to make samples for the Michael's website. Super fun!! The card is one I just made with some recently released Stampendous images, I love them! Especially the postale background stamp, it will work with so many things! And look at that beautiful Princess Crown, perfect!!! Make sure to check out the What's New section on the Stampendous website for all of their newest released products. Have a wonderful day and be sure to come back this week for another fun announcement and project!!