Moments That Made Us Laugh

First thing...I want to wish my super duper fabulous friend, Denise and her husband a very happy 12th Anniversary! Congrats girl!
I don't know why but I'm always drawn to use bright colours with the JustRite Sentiment stamps from Stampers Dream. Maybe it's because most people use muted colours? I love when I see romantic, rustic, shabby or elegant cards using the JR stamps but I don't do those very well. Not my style I guess :) I'll just admire those that can pull it off!
When I saw Debbie's card here for the Featured Stamper Challenge I knew I'd be able to make another fun, bright, happy card with a new JustRite set called Cherish The Memories Nested Centers & Verse. I pulled out some fun new designer paper I picked up by Echo Park. It's so summery!

Stamps: Cherish The Memories; Cardstock: White, Real Red and Echo Park DP; Inks: Real Red, Summer Sun, Temp. Turq.; Accessories: Nesties, Ribbon, Martha Border Punch, Rhinestones, Dimensionals
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Sending Birthday Wishes

I've got another card to share!
It started out using a sketch from somewhere but then my flower turned out to be a little big and I couldn't add other layers that the sketch called for....lol
The SU! daisy die was a fave and a must have of mine but it sadly was forgotten :(
It's such a fun die!
Last week at one of my LSS I found some of this pretty paper by Echo Park. At least I think that is who makes it. Anyway, I've never heard of them before but I liked what I saw! So I bought 10 sheets! ha!
For the flower center sentiment I used a JustRite set called Birthday Centers Round and you can find it and many more JR stamps at Stampers Dream.

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Mud Buddies CAS72

Good Evening!
I love it when I have Monday's off work! I had hoped to sit out and enjoy the weather but just as I was about to do that....in rolled a thunderstorm....lol
Soooooo I decided to stamp some more!
Here is a card I just made for the CAS72 challenge on SCS using a cute new Pure Innocence Girl called Mud Buddies. You can find her at Stampers Dream along with many other PI girls! Be sure to check them out! I stamped the image and coloured her with Copics. The background was sponged with Tim Holtz distress inks. Here I used Tumbled Glass and Peeled Paint.

Thanks for stopping by today! Have a GREAT week!

Follow Your Dreams

Last Sunday I played along with the Feature Stamper on SCS. LeAnne had a wonderful card here that had a GREAT layout for using up scraps and a pretty sentiment layer. I decided to use another new JustRite set called All Occasions Nested Centers & Verse which you can find at Stampers Dream. When I first saw the Cosmo Cricket DeLovely DP I had to get it...but I haven't used it much even though it has bright happy colours! I found that Bermuda Bay, Summer Sun and Melon Mambo inks go really well with it ;)

Stamps: JustRite; Cardstock: White, Prism Yellow, Cosmo Cricket DeLovely DP; Inks: Bermuda Bay, Summer Sun, Melon Mambo; Accessories: Nesties, Rhinestones, Bermuda Bay Ribbon, Dimensionals
Thanks for stopping by today! Have a wonderful Wednesday!

Stampers Dream JustRite Goodies

Good Morning and welcome to the Stampers Dream JustRite Blog Hop!
Today we are sharing projects made with some of the newest JustRite stamps.
Here I have used the Birthday Centers Round. This set includes nine sentiment stamps that are perfect for anyone. Although this set is called Birthday Centers Round many sentiments can be used for other occasions. For instance this card is one I'm giving to my husband for our wedding anniversary in a couple of weeks :)
There is something about the JustRite stamps that makes me want to go clean and simple.

Well I am the end of the hop and if you made it through all the other blogs I THANK YOU for sticking it out to see my card :)
If you haven't visited everyone yet please do!

Cindy
Tosha
Karen
Cammie
Leslie
Amy
Denise
Laurie
Michelle

Choose Hope

Yesterday I made this card for the Featured Stamper Challenge on SCS. I chose to case Nikki's card HERE.
Loved her pretty layout and butterflies :)
My sentiment image comes from the JustRite stamps set called Hope 2" Square Borders & Frames. I love that you can mix and match the sentiments and borders or use just one or the other. You'll need the 2" Square Wood Stamper if you are using the borders. The centers should work with your other wood stampers. All of those are available from Stampers Dream.
The pretty paper is from American Crafts Botanique Collection.

Thanks for stopping by today! Hope you have a WONDERFUL week!

Count the Waves

Yesterday the Colour Challenge on Splitcoast threw me a bit....but after digging through the pretty JustRite Stamps that I got from Stampers Dream, I found By The Sea would work wonderfully!
The colours were Barely Banana, Close to Cocoa and Garden Green(ack!) I can't recall the last time I used Garden Green and in fact only have scraps of that colour...lol
I stamped the image in Versafine black ink onto watercolour paper and embossed with clear ep. Various SU! inks were used to colour the image.
I wanted to showcase this beautiful image so I went with a CAS card.

Thanks for stopping by today! I have the day off and I plan to stamp stamp stamp!! Oh and mow my lawn now that the snow is gone and the rain has stopped ;)

Happy Birthday Mojo Style

Happy Wednesday!
Chloe and I are off to the Pediatric Surgery Unit at the U of A today to see if her wrist is going to need surgery or not. Keeping my fingers crossed that all is good and the cast that is on will be good enough to heal her up. I haven't mentioned to her exactly WHY we are going to the specialist because it might be a fight to get her there otherwise...lol
On Monday evening I was able to play along with Julee's Mojo140 sketch. She always comes up with wonderful layouts!
I chose to use this cute PI girl called Birthday Princess that you can find in the Stampers Dream store. She was stamped in Memento Black ink and coloured with copics. I then cut her out with some Nestabilities and sponged some So Saffron around the edges before removing the die. A little bit of yellow stickles were added to the flames on the candles.

Stamps: Birthday Princess; Cardstock: White, Intense Teal Prism, Cosmo Cricket DeLovely DP; Inks: Memento Black, So Saffron; Accessories: Sponges, Copics, Nesties, Paper Piercer, Stickles, Dimensionals, Ribbon, Thread, Button
Thanks for stopping by today! Have a wonderful Wednesday!

Spa Turtle

Good Morning!

Yesterday I sat down to play with this new stamp set from Stampers Dream called Spa Turtle by Inky Antics. It's a FUN set that you can piece together a little scene.
My idea came from the Featured Stamper on SCS. I chose to case this card of Nikki's.
She had an adorable image and clean layout.
I stamped the image in Memento Black and coloured with Copics. I used some new designer paper from Cosmo Cricket called DeLovely.

Thanks for stopping by today! Hope you have a wonderful start to your week!

Kaleidoscope Borders & Centers

Well it's Monday and I'm dreading heading back to work after a wonderful weekend off!
It was a productive weekend around the Easton house. Between cleaning, yard work and shopping I managed to squeeze in quite a bit of stamping....yeah!
I played along with the Featured Stamper challenge while watching the Nascar race yesterday afternoon. This was the card I created by casing this card here.
It uses a new JustRite stamp called Kaleidoscope Borders & Centers that you can find at Stampers Dream. I stamped the image in Versafine Black onto Vanilla cardstock and used some Spellbinders dies to cut it out. A few silver pearls, pretty bow and Martha punched border finish the card off.

Thanks for stopping by today! Have a great start to your week!

Happy Monday :)

Good Morning!
I hope you had a wonderful weekend!
I worked most of it but still managed to squeeze some stamping in ;)
This first card uses Jen's SFYTT on her blog iheart2stamp.
I used the super cute Pure Innocence Book In Hand along with some October Afternoon Fly a Kite designer paper. Both of which you can find at Stamper's Dream. The little stack of books is from an older MFT set called Teacher Teacher Labels.

Stamps: PI Book in Hand, Teacher Teacher Labels; Cardstock: Kraft, Choc Chip, Cream, OA Fly a Kite DP; Inks: Memento Black; Accessories: Copics, Circle Punches, Choc Brads, Dimensionals
My next card was made for the Featured Stamper Lori on SCS. I used the Fairy Sweet Jolinne from Stampers Dream. My colors were based on a scrap of designer paper sitting on my table. This is the card here that I CASED.

Stamps: Fairy Sweet Jolinne; Cardstock: Cream. Prism, DP; Inks: Memento Black; Accessories: Copics, Scalloped Edge Punch, Buttons, Thread, Flower Gem
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JustRite Week Day 4

Good Morning!

Whew do I wish I was sitting in this beach chair.right.now.
We got a dump of snow...yes snow...a couple of days ago and it's May! That's just plain old wrong!
Anyway, enough of my belly achin'

I made another JustRite card using By The Sea Borders & Centers which is available at Stampers Dream.
I stamped the image on watercolour paper and watercoloured using some Stampin' Up inks. The image was cut out using Oval Nestabilities. A little bit of lace and brown twill finish off this fairly masculine card.

Here is the schedule for the rest of the week:
Thursday - Leslie , Tosh , Laurie and Dawn

Friday - Amy , Tosh , Laurie and Michelle
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JustRite Week Day 3

Please scroll down for my MFT post too ;)

Good Wednesday Morning!~
All week long the girls at Stampers Dream are showing some fabulous new stamps from JustRite and today I'm sharing a card.
Here is the sketch for this week's JustRite Challenge.

To play along in the challenge, you will need to make a card using the above sketch and JustRite Stamps. Then you must post your entry to your blog or an online gallery, and link using the new linking system on the JustRite Inspiration blog challenge post. All the details can be found there as well. The winner will receive a $50 Gift Certificate to Stamper's Dream. There will also be three honorable mention winners who will win a JustRite stamp set of their choice. What a sweet prize that is!
You have until Thursday at 9am Central time to link your project up on the JustRite blog.
My card uses the Kaleidoscope Borders & Centers. I stamped the image in Baja Breeze onto vanilla cardstock and cut it out with a nestabilities shape. The designer papers are by Lush as well as the pearl embellishment in the middle. Just a little bit of ribbon and lace to finish it off :)

Stamps: Kaleidoscope; Cardstock: Vanilla, Light Teal Prism, Lush DP; Inks: Baja Breeze; Accessories: Nesties, Ribbon, Lace, Lush Embellishment, Dimensionals
Be sure to visit the others this week:
Wednesday - Dawn , Cindy , Denise and Michelle

Thursday - Leslie , Tosh , Laurie and Dawn

Friday - Amy , Tosh , Laurie and Michelle

Thanks for stopping by!

Just Saying Hello :)

It's a new week....and a day off! Whew!
This afternoon I'm meeting a couple of girlfriends for lunch and I'm really looking forward to it. It's been too long since we've been able to get together.
Sunday morning I stamped a bit before heading to work and played along with Jen's SFYTT. I inked up a cute little tree from the Mi Casa Set by Hero Arts which is available at Stampers Dream. I thought the image went really well with the Cosmo Cricket Early Bird papers.

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Arrgghh... You ready for some fun?

Stampers Dream is now carrying a new stamp line called My Cute Stamps. This one is called Pirate Girl. Isn't her little eye patch cute??!! There is even an adorable Pirate Boy set!

Thanks for stopping by today! I hope you have a great work week!

Happy Birthday

Sorry I've been MIA this weekend but I've had a lot going on and have not been in the mood to stamp. I'm exhausted....
I made a quick card for a friend using Taylor's Sketch #110 and a Stampendous set from Stampers Dream called Cupcake Numbers. The pattern paper is from My Mind's Eye Jack and Jill.

Thanks for stopping by today! I hope you've had a relaxing weekend!
Come back tomorrow for another Stamper's Dream card.

Hedgie Mail

Good Morning!
I couldn't wait to get home and colour something using a bit of knowledge I gained from Sherrie! I understand the basics of Copics a little better now.
Here I used Y20, Y21, Y23 and a bit of Y24 to colour the flower. Using colours in the same family helps blend everything nicely. I used to only use two(or three if I was feeling brave) but Sherrie explained how to get shading down ;)
I have a way to go on the colouring but I think it's a learning process....practice practice practice!
This image comes from Stampers Dream and is from the Penny Black Clear Stamp line. Wonderful Day has so many adorable images in the set!

Thanks for stopping by today! Have a GREAT Monday!

We all grow better...

in sunshine and love♥...
Here is another card I made using a sketch from Sketches to Go! This time I got Chloe to bring the magazine upstairs so I could let you know which one. Well it's on page 50. I started by CASING the card by Maile...loved her row of buttons!
I decided to use this cute Jack and Jill DP from MME again ;) I had some yellow and brown(never used yet) buttons on my shelf and really wanted to use those. That's where the colour scheme came from. When I decided to use this JustRite sentiment from Joyful Hearts and Borders I knew I REALLY wanted to try making a sun like one of my stamping idols, Jody, had done here. Funny thing was when I went to link up, I realized that I had used brown and yellow like her ;) Love that! I only wish I could sew like she does :)

Stamps: Joyful Hearts & Borders; Cardstock: Yellow, Brown, White and MME dp; Inks: Memento Black; Accessories: Copics, Nesties, Border punch, Buttons, Thread, Dimensionals
Thanks for stopping by today! I hope you have a FANTASTIC week!

It'll Be Okay SC275

Last night after dinner I sat down to create something for the Sketch Challenge 275. I didn't have much time so I grabbed this cute Umbrella Girl that I got at Stampers Dream. She was already stamped and coloured. That made making this card super easy!
I used some fun My Mind's Eye DP too!

Stamps: Umbrella Girl; Cardstock: Real Red, So Saffron, Kraft, Cream, MME dp; Inks: Memento Black; Accessories: Copics, Nesties, Mat pack and Paper piercer, Dimensionals
Thanks for stopping by today! Have a GREAT Thursday!

Wonderful Day - Penny Black

***this is my second post today...please scroll down to see my ATS sneak peek
Oh I was so excited to get these cute and adorable Penny Black Hedgehogs from Stampers Dream!! Aren't they the cutest?!
Seriously you need to look at the entire set called Wonderful Day.
I stamped the images and coloured with my copics. The pattern paper is called Jack and Jill by My Mind's Eye. The Prism paper comes from the Blush Red Trio Pack.
I used Mercy's MTSC68 for my layout this week.
Something else I've been meaning to mention is this Zip Dry glue. I first saw it, used it and picked it up at CHA in Anaheim a couple of months ago and I love it! I was excited to see that Michelle sells it at the Stampers Dream store. It lasts a long time, you don't need much and it's cheap compared to a lot of adhesives. If you haven't tried it...you should!

Stamps: Wonderful Day; Cardstock: Medium Red Blush prism, MME Jack and Jill dp; Inks: Memento Black; Accessories: Copics, Nesties, Mat pack and Paper Piercer, Stickles, Dimensionals
Thanks for stopping by today!