Chick Challenge Time

Hi Everyone

Glad you stopped in today. It's Chick Challenge time over at the Chick Challenges blog and I 'm the Hot Chick this week and that means I get to be the hostess (with the mostess I must say, LOL) so if you like challenges and have ippity or Unity stamps then you should get creative, make a card and enter it in the challenge. I have a "fabulous prize" to give away.

To see more info, head on over to my other blog  --- ippitydoda.blogspot.com

I'll be looking for your challenge entry

Have a great day, 

Thomas Kinkade stamps

Hi Everyone,

I don't have a card for you but I just got an email about this and just had to let you all know. I am so excited to let you know that Cornish Heritage Farms has just released 9 Thomas Kinkade stamps. They are in  their store and ready for purchase, now!!!!

I know there are a lot of Thomas Kinkade lovers out there and so the L-O-N-G wait is over.

Please go to the link above and check out the releases. You're gonna love these!!

Have a great day

See you soon,

Stitched with Love

Hi Everyone,
Welcome back. Today I have another card in the sewing theme, this time using stamps from set 461 Sew Fabulous.  I mentioned my mom was a wonderful seamstress and she had a sewing machine just like the one on my card. In fact I still have it. It's a portable one and it has its own case. Back then they weren't plastic, they were wood.

In making this card I actually got my sewing machine out to stitch up the quilt I made from different squares of designer paper/card stock.I used 2 different decorative stitches on the quilt. Again memories of my mom flooded back as I worked on this card. I think she was here with me as I completed it.

Well that is it for today. Thanks so much for taking time from your busy schedule to visit. Have a great day, see you soon.

You're an Original

Hi Everyone
Hope you are staying cool and having a great weekend!!  Have you seen the latest stamps from Sparkle N Sprinkle. I just received mine and they are "sew" great, (pun intended, LOL).The newest set is sewing related and I bet you know a seamstress in your group of friends.

I was so excited when these were previewed to the DT. So here is the card I made using the stampette set, Vintage Boutique, set 460.

I just had a blast making this card. My mother was a great seamstress and would have loved this set. Making this card brought thoughts of my Mom back to me.

I will have another card for you to see on Tuesday, so stop back in for that.

Courage Strength and the Tiger

Hi Everyone,
Sparkle N Sprinkle just recently introduced a new stamp set. It's set 466 Wild Cats. And I particularly love this set because I have always loved cats, wild or domestic. I have 3 tabbies right now, one looks like Morris the Cat.

Anyway, I have had this set on my work table and have just got to it. (I am digging out) I worked this up last night and thought I'd share this with you.

The designer paper I used has that African tree already on it and it just adds to the African flavor of this card, don't you think??!!?

Here are the elements I used in designing this card:

Tiger 3657-466K

Courage Set of 4 3656-466H

Spellbinders Dies- Classic Circles S4-116

¼” Tear-ific Tape   SAT01

Black Detail EP  EP171

Copic Markers – COPICA1 – G21, R81

VersaMark Ink – 99702

Sponge Daubers - 99450

All of the above products are available at the Sparkle N Sprinkle online store, just click here to go there.

Other products used:

Card stock/Paper: Cream CS, Brown CS, Designer Paper

Fresco Dye Ink – Tuscan Earth

Gold Leaf Pen

Well that is it for today, have a great week

Cornish Heritage Farms Challenge

Hi Everyone

It's time for the next CHF challenge. This challenge is being hosted by ubber talented Cindy. The theme she decided on is Pearls and Lace. I personally love pearls, I usually am always wearing a pearl. 

With that theme in mind here is what I decided on:

I used the sweetest digi stamp 450R Fairy Dance

She is so cute.

I used Copic Markers and non smear chalks to color the image and the background.

The swirls are cut from a Sizzix die and I added pearls from Fab Scraps. 

The bling  is from Recollections.

All of the die cuts are from Spellbinders.

The lace is from - unknown

Background is embossed

We'd love for you to play along

If you would like to play along with us of course we would love to have you! AND - if you do, you could win a $10 Gift Certificate and a Winner's Badge to put on your Blog!

To play create a card using CHF images. You can use either CHF digi or rubber stamps to create a card or project.... anything you like as long as the stamps are Cornish Heritage Farms. (Yes, they can be older stamps.) 

Once you have created your card/project go to the CHF blog and place a comment with a link to your card/project to this post so that we can see what you created. If you upload your card/project to SCS don't forget to include the keyword CHF03. We can't wait to see what you create! 

Don't forget to check out the Cornish Heritage Farms Design Team's card on their blogs. 

• Anne Harmon
• Barb Gmitro-Best
• Barbara Bruder
• Cindy Haffner
• Dawn Bennett
• Debbie Standard
• Deneen Treble
• Dianne Beans
• Frances Byrne
• Holly Brown
• Jacqueline Smith
• Kris Chirhart
• Kristine Reynolds
• Lisa Silver
• Michele L
• Petra Amico
• Silke Kittmann
• Steph Ackerman
• Vicki Davis

Thanks for stopping in today.

Happy Fathers Day

Sorry I haven't posted for a while, I've been getting ready for a class at Stampaway in August. I know, August is a ways off,  but I have almost 40 people in the class and there are 3 projects. Whew that's a lot of cutting. I will be making a total of 50 kits per project just in case someone boo boo's. Plus as I look at my schedule between now and August, I will be out of town for 4-5 days attending CHA, and other things as well. I will be sharing pic's from CHA so you can see what I saw on the floor. It's gonna be fun.

In case you didn't know it, I do have another blog, ippitydoda, and have some new posts over there. So you may want to check those out.

I will be back later this week with some new stamps from Sparkle N Sprinkle, and on Tuesday I have a post for Cornish Heritage Farms. So I've been busy "behind the scenes" as they say. LOL

Hope to see you over at my ippity blog
Have a great Sunday.

Barbara

Cornish Heritage Farms Challenge -CHF02

Welcome to the 2nd Cornish Heritage Farms Challenge. You will find the challenge every other Tuesday over at the Cornish Heritage Farms blog. I am hosting this challenge and the theme I chose is Just For Baby.

I chose the cutest digi stamp to make this card, it's the Baby Basket  and it is the sweetest digi.

Supplies used:
Baby Basket - digi stamp
Copics
Ribbon
Glitter
Embossing Folder
Spellbinder Dies
Dimensional Foam

Want to play along????

If you would like to play along with us of course we would love to have you! AND - if you do, you could win a $10 Gift Certificate and a Winner's Badge to put on your Blog!

To play create a card using CHF images. You can use either CHF digi or rubber stamps to create a card or project.... anything you like as long as the stamps are Cornish Heritage Farms. (Yes, they can be older stamps.) 

Once you have created your card/project come back to the CHF blog and place a comment with a link to your card/project to this post so that we can see what you created. If you upload your card/project to SCS don't forget to include the keyword CHF02. We can't wait to see what you create! 


Check out the rest of the design team to see their creations. 

Anne Harmon

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• Barb Gmitro-Best
• Barbara Bruder    you are here
• Cindy Haffner         
• Dawn Bennett                 
• Debbie Standard
• Deneen Treble       
• Dianne Beans                
• Frances Byrne
• Holly Brown           
• Jacqueline Smith          
• Kris Chirhart
• Kristine Reynolds
• Lisa Silver
• Michele L
• Petra Amico
• Silke Kittmann
• Steph Ackerman
• Vicki Davis

The next CHF challenge will be Tuesday June 19. Hope to see you then.

Baby Shower Invitation

Hi Everyone,
Hope you are having a great weekend so far.

A friend of mine is hosting a baby shower and I made the invitations for her. She said the baby's room is brown and teal and there are owls in the room, so here is what I came up with that fit the bill perfectly.

 The onesie is the perfect card. I cut it out of white CS and then recut the colored CS. I added a cute owl to the front and these are ready. These open up to reveal the invitation inside. The 3 brads hold the card closed.These fit perfectly in a 5X7 envie.

Tomorrow will be the next challenge over at Cornish Heritage Farms. So you may want to stop back Tuesday to check out the next theme to get inspired and prepare to submit your card in the contest.

Thanks for stopping by. See you tomorrow.

The Sparkle N Sprinkle Monthly Sketch Challenge

Hi Everyone,
Happy June 1st. This is the start of a new month and over at Sparkle N Sprinkle, their new monthly sketch challenge starts today.

Have you entered their monthly challenge recently. The winner's prize is a stamp set of their choice, what a great prize that is. Here is the sketch for June.

Please click here to see the 3 cards made by the talented Sparkle N Sprinkle DT members who submit their take on the sketch each month.

In case you aren't familiar with the rules, here are the guidelines for playing:

• Create a NEW project for the challenge. No back links please.
• Please use Sparkle N Sprinkle images only
• Please link to your blog or to your post at the SplitCoastStampers gallery (SCS)
• If posting to the SCS gallery, please be sure to include the code that appears on the sketch to tag your card to the challenge. Please enter that code using the keyword SNSSC08. If posting on your blog please include the code on your blog also. Each monthly sketch will have its own unique code that will appear on the sketch.
• Please link the card or project to the inlinkz icon at the bottom of the current challenge page. Please make sure to link to your challenge card not to your blog address.

Click here  to go over to the sketch page on the Sparkle N Sprinkle blog for the June contest to upload your entry and to check out the design team's inspiration cards. I'll be looking for your card.

Have a great weekend and I will see you soon.