Happy Sunday all! While I was hoping to get some crafting done here today I am lacking that creative spark that make this craft so fun. I'm feeling pretty tired this week and today it seems a little more stressful for me ;(  So instead of sharing something brand spankin' new I'm going to share a few cards I made last weekend when I had my game on.

My first card is made with my Sweet Stamp Shop stamps which you know if you follow me I'm addicted to. I just love Nicole and her company. Not to mention how absolutely sweet and inspiring her DT is! I love the quality of these stamps not to mention the cuteness factor :) Did you know that they have a challenge every month so you can show off what you have created with the newest releases? The prize you ask? Its a HAUL, the entire next release to one lucky winner! Make sure you stop by the blog for all the details and link up I know they love to see what everyone creates. (http://www.sweetstampshop.blogspot.com/2012/04/sweet-april-challenge.html)

Now I know that my card does not qualify for this months challenge but it still has some sweet on it :) I used one of Nicole's older sets called Sweet Tooth on this card.

My second card uses a lot of the same supplies just a different stamp set.  I love the coloring technique I used on this card. I used a water brush to transfer color to my cards to give a watercolor effect.

Well I'm off to start dinner and watch the skies we are supposed to be in for some good spring storms here tonight. Yeah! I love a good storm. I hope everyone has a good week :)

A Little Sweet Shop Challenge

I finally got my craft on for the first time since I started my new job at the end of February. Boy did my craft room miss me! I needed a little jump start to get me going so I pulled out my new Sweet Stamp Shop stamps for the challenge they have going on until the end of the month. How could I resist, the prize is the ENTIRE April release and from the sneaks I have seen its one I will "have" to have, lol. Make sure you hop over to the Sweet Stamp Shop blog for all the details on how to enter and get your creation linked up. I know Nicole and the Sweet Tooth gals will love anything you make. They are after all some of the sweetest gals on the block :)

I used one of the newest releases called Sweet Spring to make this fun and colorful Easter card.

Sweet Stamp Shop March Challenge

 I had a ton of fun making this card. I paper pieced all the tulips and clear embossed the cross background and then used Tim Holtz distress ink over the top for color. All of my colored card stock is from Stampin' up. The music patterned paper is from American Crafts Dear Lizzy line and sun is stamped on Pink Paisley paper.

Look on the Bright Side

Happy day all :) Just a quickie this morning as I start my new job today, Yeah! I will be a receptionist at a chiropractics office, I'm a little stoked about this since it is what I did before my husband and I were married. It will be like riding a bicycle!

Now this card just makes me giggle and smile a little bit! I used a Stampin' Up embossing folder that I borrowed from my mom and fussy cut the jar from the new Dear Lizzy line of paper. My stamp is from Unity Stamp Co and I hand drew all those adorable little lightning buts in it :) I made their tooshie's (hehe, my son would say) using some yellow stickles. Makes me think of summer and since we are under a winter storm warning here in Wisconsin today I'm good with that! A little shimmer mist, want to scrap pearls and pink paisley twine fininshed this beauty up.

Look on the bright side

I'd love to hear what you think. Your comments always make me smile and brighten my day.

Birthday Bash

Welcome back my crafty friends! I have a few cards for you today that I have been holding back hoping they would be published. But alas, not this time... Oh well there is always next time :) All of my cards are made with Simple Stories Happy Day collection. Did you see that they have a DT call out right now? I love this collection there is just sooooo much to do with it.  I actually made a trio of cards take a peek at all this Birthday love.

Happy Birthday to you.

Eat Ice cream too.

I just love the paper pieced ice cream cone stamp on this card. Its from Unity Stamp Company. And last but certainly not least...

live happy

Now most of these cards were paper pieced with the paper from the 6x6 paper pad from this collection with just a few embellishments added. All of the stamps on these cards are from Unity Stamp Company. Speaking of Unity Stamp Co. did you see that they have a DT call too? I'm especially excited about this one :D

That's all for today. I am excited to go get ready for date night with my hubby :)

Swap it out and Change it up

Hi there crafty lovin' peeps :) I'm in an extra good and cheery mood today. I can't say its the weather because it is snowy and pretty yucky here today so maybe its the new hair cut I got this weekend :) Either way I'm pretty spunky today. I hope you are all in just as good a mood as me :)

I didn't get much time to craft this weekend as we were away at the in laws but I do have one that I have been holding back for just an occasion like this. You know, oh crude, I haven't posted on my blog in way to long occasion, lol. I made this card for the card swap that I am part of. The objective is to recreate following the layout or color scheme and send one back to the person that you got it from. I really enjoy the way this group is set up.

So without further ado, here is the card that I got. 

Card by Dar Meshke

Didn't Dar do a lovely job! I love it Dar :) Now here is what I did for my return card!

Thinking of you

I think the  unseasonably warm weather was making me think spring when I recreated this one :)

I hope you all enjoyed today's shares :)

product used:
Stamps: Unity Stamp Company
Papers: TPC, Hanko and American Crafts
Inks: Momento and Ranger
Tools: Spellbinders and Ek Success
Other: Tsukeniko Frost spray and Kiaser rhinestones

Furry Friends Forever

I'm back again with another Sweet Stamp Shop creation. I truly do love these stamps and how versatile they are! I'm still on my Valentine's kick here which is odd for me because I'm usually a bah-hum-bug about this holiday but I'm kind of getting into it this year. Maybe its because Ian is finally in school and I can make his V-day cards. Who knows.... Anyway here is what I made today. Not what I had envisioned in my mind when I started but still pretty cute if you ask me.

Furry Friends forever

The idea all started with that little stump with the hearts on it from the Silhouette store. I sketched it first and then used the auto trace feature to cut it out. I love how much I can do with my Silhouette!  Next I pained a brown wash on both stumps with my twinkling H2O's and painted the hearts.

Supplies:
Stamps: Sweet Stamp Shop and Hampton Arts
coloring mediums: Twinkling H2O's, Ranger Stickles, Sakura Suffle pens.
Ink pads: Momento and Color Box
Pearls: Kiaser
Embossing folder: Sizzix
Paper: We R Memory keepers, Bazzill and Dear Lizzy by American Crafts
Cutting Machine: Silhouette Cameo
Other: Amy Chomas gel pen holder.


Lots more later this week!

I'm in the mood for Valentine's

I'm in the mood for Valentine's Day! So while I had the whole day to myself for my birthday yesterday I cranked out about 15 Valentine's cards to send out. Today I'm sharing my favorite in this lightning fast post while my son is at preschool. I am in LOVE with this card! Eeeek! (might be hard for me to send this one off.)

A 'Sweet' Valentine

Here are the products I used....

Stamps: Sweet Stamp Shop Against the Grain 
Kraft Cardstock: The Paper Company
Tea 
Aqua Cardstock: Bazzill
Inks: Ranger Distress (weathered wood and milled lavender), Momento
Ribbon: Hobby Lobby 
Heart cuts: Silhouette Store
Gem: Jolee's Jewels Swarvski Hotfix Crystals
embossing folder: Darice

I'll have lots more to come here in the next day or two :) Soooo stay tuned!

A 'Sweet' makeover and some scrapbooking

I'm back again with a couple projects for you. I was a *busy* girl yesterday. My hubby even called me a domestic diva, wowza! Along with all my SAHM duties I managed to clean the entire house, make a fabulous dinner for my family and make not one but TWO layouts and a card. Whew, I'm amazed just saying it all. I don't think I have done a scrapbook layout in a whole year but I was in the mood yesterday. So I seized the moment at nap-time and made this first one.

Little Man

 I decided to pull out my unopened pack of Echo Park Little Boy collection (because I'm a paper hoarder, lol). I also used two different Unity Stamp Co. kits of the month. I just love how this layout turned out. I got my ispiration from Becky Fleck's PageMaps. I find the jpeg archive very helpful when ever I need some scrapbook inspiration.

Now after my little people were in bed I was still just full of energy so I went down to my room and created this second layout with some more papers from the same Echo park collection.

Fair Fun

I didn't use any stamps on this layout but I just love how easy Echo Park makes it to put a layout together with all their coordinating stickers!

For my last project of the evening I needed to make remake a card for a local swap I'm in. Here is how we work it. You get a new card once a week from a different person in the group each time and you have two weeks to remake the card you recieved and send it back to the person you got it from. I decided to use the new Against the Grain stamp set I WON (I never win anything) from Sweet Stamp Shop.

Challenge Remake

Now to show you all the fabulousness of this 'Sweet' remake here is a close up.

My 'Sweet' remake

I used different colors of my Momento inks, a Silhouette Store cut, Swovarski crystals, a little ribbon from my stash and because of my need to use all my paper wisely I used a scrap left over from my Echo Park layouts above. This may be one of my favorite of the Sweet Stamp Shop Stamps.

I hope you enjoyed today's projects, remember I love to hear from you so I'd love it if you would leave me a comment on your favorite project :)