Sparkly Birthday

Hello!

Happy Sunday :)
Did you see Paper Smooches new release (available Jan 31)?  It is all about BIRTHDAY!  I am very excited to guest design for them in February and I can honestly say...birthday cards are ones I always need.

So...here is a sparkly birthday card to get you excited for the month ahead:

I used the Celebrate Balloons and Celebrate Word dies on this one:) (available here at 8 pm PT on Jan 31!!) For two balloons I used the die to create a negative space and added patterned paper scraps behind.  For the sparkly balloon...I die cut the balloon and popped it up to give it dimension.

Be sure to head on over to the Paper Smooches Blog today to check out the dt samples and enter to win a $25 gift certificate to the online store.

Thanks for stopping by!
Cammie

Gasp! More cards...

Hello! Me again---I know....twice in one week:)  I will get more creative with my post titles once I get used to this again.  Right now, I am just having fun delving into all the stamps and dies that I have gotten in the past year but have not had time to use.

First up is a birthday card which uses My Favorite Things Birthday Sentiments and Lucky Stars Dienamics. I also used some star stamp outlines from Out of this World because it was sitting on my desk and I thought a few stars among the die cuts would go well.

For this card, I placed the stars (not pulled apart) on the cardstock front and die cut them.  Then I pieced cardstock scraps behind the cut out stars. I stamped the fun sentiment in Memento Love Letter ink and added some Twinery twine and a few rhinestones:

The next card features one of my favorite sets: Cute Critters from My Favorite Things.  I die cut and stamped the raccoon, colored him with Copic markers and popped him up. I die cut the hearts using Tag Builders #5. The patterned paper is from Echo Park (Sweet Day). I sponged the edges of the card with some Tea Dye Distress ink. Finally, I added a bit of Twinery twine to the bottom of the card:

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Cammie

Cardmaker Magazine Spring Parade Blog Hop

Hello! Happy Wednesday:)  Today, the Cardmaker blog team and the Gina K. team are joining forces to share projects created with the Spring Parade Stamp TV Kit (by Gina K Designs).

You should have landed here from the awesome Beth's blog, if not, you might want to start at the beginning at the Cardmaker blog. (Full hop list below!)

Gina will be giving away a $50.00 gift certificate for one lucky commenter from her blog.  So be sure to hop on through and leave a little love along the way!

Here are my projects using the fabulous stamps from this kit: two cards and a tiny little gift card that could tie onto a gift bag.

Next stop, is my amazing friend, Melanie!

Here is the full blog hop list just in case you get lost along the way:

CardMaker

Sean Fetterman 

Lee Murphy

AJ Otto

Carolina Buchting

Cathy Tidwell

Becky Cowley

Latisha Yoast

Laurie Schmidlin

Michelle Woerner

Christine Okken

Sharon Harnist

Valerie Stangle

Ivanka Lentle

Beth Silaika

Carolyn King

Melanie Muenchinger

Debbie Corbari

Theresa Momber

Gina Krupsky

Thanks for stopping by!

Taylored Expressions Birthday Bash- Day 4!

* At Taylored Expressions we are celebrating our 4th Birthday and you’re invited to our Birthday Bash!
* All of the new products are NOW available for purchase. You'll find it all in the Fresh out of the Oven Department.
* Lots of inspiration from the Baker's Dozen - just follow the link list at the end of this post.
* Check out the Current Specials to find out how you can earn a FREE Belated Birthday A la Carte Stamp or a FREE You Take the Cake Full-size Stamp Set. Birthday Bash Specials will award you FREE stamps with purchases over $50 and over $150.

* It's time to shop!  But first, we have more new stamps and dies to show you. We are featuring Let's Chat, Up a Tree, Mixed Blooms, Dial in Style Dies, Let's Chat Telephone Dies.

I used Let's Chat stamp set, Let's Chat Phones and Curly Border die on my card:

 Inside:

Now...you KNOW I had to use that quote from Carole King on my card!  Funny enough, I about fainted when I saw this set as my older sisters used to sing this classic to me when I was younger.  I grew up with fond memories of this song long before my name was Carol King :)  And even without that memory...I LOVE this set so much.  I have several cards started with this set and this was the first one I finished.  Just so much fun to play with!

Head on over to the blogs below for more inspiring ideas using the new sets and dies:

• Charmaine Ikach
• Jami Sibley (DT Coordinator)
• Jen Shults
• Jodi Collins
• Karen Giron
• Melody Rupple
• Regina Mangum
• Sankari Wegman
• Shannon White
• Shelly Mercado
• Stephanie Kraft
• Taylor VanBruggen
• Wanda Guess
• Carolyn King (Guest Designer)  You are here!

Thanks for stopping by!

A True Friend

Hello! Happy Tuesday!  Since we celebrated labor day here in the states yesterday, this is going to be one of those weeks that I am always a day off!  YES, I had to double check the day before typing that!

Well, today I have a card to share that I have worked on little by little.  I was trying to play along in the Moxie Fab Challenge: The Asymmetry Challenge.  In doing so,  I discovered that when you create a design that happens to turn out asymmetrical, that is one thing....but trying to create something asymmetrical is quite another.   I started off in several different directions but finally went with this design.   I like that the sentiment is in black to draw your eye toward it, with only a few other small details on the card being black to keep your eyes focused on the important part :). Otherwise, every other element was in 12 different positions before they were finally glued in their final place.  

Supplies: stamps- My Favorite Sentiments (My Favorite Things);  cardstock- Ivory (Gina K Designs);  Patterned paper- Escape Collection (Little Yellow Bicycle); baker's twine- Ocean (The Twinery); sewing machine; ink- tea dye distress ink (Ranger), Memento tuxedo black (Tsukineko); ribbon-Offray; flower and pin- Wild Orchid; rhinestones- Recollections (Michael's).

Have a great day! Thanks for stopping by!

 

Taylored Expressions Birthday Bash Day 1

* At Taylored Expressions we are celebrating our 4th Birthday and you’re invited to our Birthday Bash!
* All of the new products will be available for purchase on Thursday, September 6th at 8am PST. You'll find it all in the Fresh out of the Oven Department.
* Sneak peeks Monday through Wednesday and the party continues with spotlights Thursday and Friday - with lots of inspiration!
* Check out the Current Specials on Thursday morning to find out how you can earn a FREE Belated Birthday A la Carte stamp or a FREE You Take the Cake full-size stamp set. Birthday Bash Specials will award you FREE stamps with purchases over $50 and over $150.

* 2 WAYS TO WIN!*

1. You Take the Cake Contest Go to Taylor's blog  to get all the details on how you can win two stamp sets of your choice by guessing which illustrator contributed each image in our You Take the Cake Sampler Set.
2. Join us on Facebook for an early reveal of all the new stamp sets Wednesday night beginning at approximately 6 pm PST. Leave comments during the party for a chance to win one of the gift certificates we’ll be giving away!

This month's release is the biggest release ever with 17 new stamps and stamp sets + 7 new dies and die sets--- so much awesomeness that the Birthday Bash will be 5 full days of inspiration.

Today, my card features a new Belated birthday a la carte set-- Oh carp!  I was immediately drawn to this set because I just love the sentiment "Oh Carp! I forgot your birthday...Hope it went swimmingly!" Too funny (esp to someone who says "Oh Crap" a little too often!)

Here is the front of my card.  The fish are on the inside of the card and I cut the window in the front so that you could see them.  I braided a piece of hemp to staple along the bottom of the card to give it a nautical feel.  I embossed the "Oh Carp!" on the front panel and then used the rest of the sentiment in the inside:

Inside: I stamped the sentiment and fish and I colored the fish with Copic markers.  I used that fantastic die that I used yesterday again---it is called Curly Border:

Here are all the old and new Belated Birthday A La Carte sets:

And the fun part?----customers will be able to get one of these FREE with a $50 purchase through Monday 9/10- details will be posted on the current specials page.

The full sized set being peeked today is You Take the Cake.  It is the first ever sampler set and showcases 
 the designs of all of the TE illustrators. This set will not be available for sale until after the October release- but you can earn it free NOW with any purchase of $150 or more.  It is an adorable set. 

Head on over to Taylor's blog today to get all the contest details!  And when you are finished there--be sure to visit the blogs below for more inspiring ideas using the new sets and dies:

• Charmaine Ikach
• Jami Sibley (DT Coordinator)
• Jen Shults
• Jodi Collins
• Karen Giron
• Melody Rupple
• Regina Mangum
• Sankari Wegman
• Shannon White
• Shelly Mercado
• Stephanie Kraft
• Taylor VanBruggen
• Wanda Guess
• Carolyn King (Guest Designer) 

If you missed yesterday's post, I posted a card using another new set that the team will be peeking tomorrow!   I will be back Thursday with another TE project!

Thanks for stopping by!

Another Gina K Inspiration Hop!

Hello!  Today is another Gina K Designs inspiration hop!  The team is back for another day with projects  using the newest release from Gina K Designs.  Be sure to  to leave a comment on each of the blogs today because we will choose a few random comments and those stampers will each win a grab bag of deeply etched, pre-cut Gina K. Designs stamps! To see the full list of winners check the Big News forum at Stamp TV a couple of days after the hops!!

Today the design team is using the new Stamp TV kit--Sun Kissed Autumn and  Fall Foliage (One free with 3! set) on our projects.   Here is my card using Sun Kissed Autumn:

I kid you not---there are a bazillion stamps in this Stamp TV kit. (Ok, that might be a slight exaggeration!)  I totally was losing my mind just trying to pick a few of them to use on my card for today.  I ended up using 6--- the row of trees, the owl, the sentiment and three line art leaves that I stamped randomly in the background.  And...there are so many more stamps.

Wanna see more?  Head on over to these fabulous blogs:

• Gina K
• AJ Otto
• Beth Silaika
• Carolyn King
• Cathy Tidwell
• Deb Felts
• Giovana Smith
• Jimmi Mayo
• Lee Murphy
• Lori McAree
• Melanie Muenchinger
• Sharon Harnist
• Suzanne Dean
• Tami Mayberry
• Theresa Momber
• Tina Gilliland
• Vicki Dutcher

 Thanks for stopping by!

Gina K Inspiration Blog Hop

Welcome to another fabulous Gina K Designs Inspiration Blog Hop!!! We hope you will be inspired by all of the projects you see along the hop.   Remember to leave a comment on all of the blogs because we will choose a few random comments and those stampers will each win a grab bag of deeply etched, pre-cut Gina K. Designs stamps! To see the full list of winners check the Big News forum at Stamp TV a couple of days after the hops!!

Today the team is showing some designs using the new sets: American Made, Lighthearted Wishes and Stippled Nature.

Here are my cards for today:

American Made-

I love the awesome labels in this set.  I used my distress inks to stamp the label and sentiments for this masculine father's day card.

Sorry!  IMAGE REMOVED - WILL RETURN SOON!

Lighthearted Wishes-

I know I will be using this adorable light bulb and sentiment from this set often.  Extra fun---pairing the light bulb from this set with the fun background design (from the American Made set).  LOVE!

 Stippled Nature:

This set is adorable and I have lots of ideas for it.  For today's card, I used my Scor-Pal to score the base of the card and then stamped the sweet bird in each square. leaving the last square for the sentiment.

Head on over to these blogs to check out all their amazing designs:

• Gina K
• Beth Silaika – Illustrator Stippled Nature
• Becky Oehlers – Illustrator American Made
• Tami Mayberry – Illustrator Lighthearted Wishes
• AJ Otto
• Carolyn King
• Cathy Tidwell
• Deb Felts
• Giovana Smith
• Jimmi Mayo
• Lee Murphy
• Lori McAree
• Melanie Muenchinger
• Theresa Momber
• Tina Gilliland
• Vicki Dutcher

 Thanks for stopping by!

Follow Your Dreams

Well, I don't know about you but a LOT of our time lately is being spent watching the Olympic coverage.  My kids love it!  We pretty much leave the television on all the time so that at any time we can peek over and see how the U.S.A. is doing.  These athletes are so inspiring.

The other day when I was on a run, I thought of the idea to make the Olympic rings using some of The Twinery baker's twine.  Here is the resulting card:

I used two Spellbinders Nestability circle dies and ran them through the Cuttlebug together to form the ring shapes.  Then, I added some adhesive on one side and wound the twine around each ring to replicate the colors in the Olympic rings.  Here are The Twinery colors I used:  Denim, Charcoal, Marachino, Marigold, Peapod. 
I used some Helmar 450 Quick Dry to add the rings to the card and then finished the card with a sentiment by SRM stickers (Express Yourself: Graduation).

The result is an Olympic inspired card to remind you to "Follow Your Dreams."

Thanks for all the wonderful comments on my running post.  I will be touching base with any of you who asked specific questions on that post or through email!

Have a great day! Thanks for stopping by!

Twine-tastic News and a CARD!

Did you hear?  The Twinery just added four new colors to its collection.  The new colors include Midnight Blue, Ocean, Strawberry and Seaweed and they are fabulous!

Head on over to The Twinery blog today to see them and to get the details on some special pricing that is available for today!

Here is a color chart with all the of The Twinery's colors:

So fun!  And finally, I have a card to share with you.   I love this silhouette image---> 

Supplies:  Silhouette file- Couple on Tandem Bike (Jamie Koay: Silhouette); Patterned paper- Happy Go Lucky: Love Notes, Lovely Day: New Story (My Little Shoebox); white cardstock (Gina K Designs); baker's twine- charcoal (The Twinery); metal heart (Colorbok); SRM sticker- Fancy Sticker Sentiments-Birthday.

Hope you have a Marvelous Monday!

Summer Dreams Cardmaker Blog Hop

Hello! Welcome to the Cardmaker Blog team hop.  This month's theme is Summer Dreams: cards featuring ice cream treats reminiscent of the ice cream truck.
I totally loved this theme and totally went crazy trying to reproduce an ice cream truck just like the ones I remember from my youth.

I designed this card approaching the theme quite literally:

I used a truck Silhouette design by Hero arts to design the ice cream truck.  I played around with the file a bit and was able to make a flip over card design so I didn't have to mount the ice cream truck on a base.  (Yes, I was patting myself on the back for that one!)

I used some Echo Park: Sweet Day stickers and cardstock to cut the truck and to embellish.  I found one ice cream sticker to use from this collection but then the other two I added are Silhouette files (Silhouette Store: Ice Cream Treats by Sweet Afton) that I shrunk down to fit.  (Definitely needed an ice cream sandwich!)  I added a little touch of blossom baker's twine (The Twinery) to the sticker ice cream to finish off the truck.

This was so much fun to make -- I just cannot wait to see what the other gals came up with.  Here is the full list:

Cardmaker blog
Kimberly Crawford
Carolyn King (you are here!)
Colleen Schaan
Anya Schrier
Trudy Sjolander
Michelle Woerner

Why do I suddenly feel the urge to eat some ice cream?   Thanks for stopping by today! 
 

The Twinery and My Little Shoebox Blog Hop

Hello! Welcome to The Twinery and My Little Shoebox blog hop event.  All week, designers from both teams will be showcasing these products together.  I just know you will be inspired by all the wonderful things everyone came up with to share with you.

You should have come here from My Little Shoebox blog.  If not, and you want to start at the beginning, head on over to The Twinery blog!

Here are a few cards I made to share today.   LOVE:  The first card was created by folding the round scalloped Lovely Day-Flower Ring Circle paper in half and then cutting it in half the other way and trimming the side.  I used several flower stickers from Lovely Day to add along the top of the card and then I added the large flower (that I made by stacking two Happy Go Lucky 3D Roll Up flowers).  Each of the smaller flowers has a small twine circle layer in the center (Pink Sorbet, Buttercreme).   I added some Buttercreme yellow inside the larger flower.  The labels (Lovely Day Sticker sheet, and Lovely Day New Story) are stacked up to create the background for the sentiment.  I inked all the edges of the card with Distress ink.

 

HI:  The next card uses more stickers from Lovely Day. I layered the stickers over the patterned paper (Lovely Day: Let the Sun Shine) and ran some Charcoal and Pink Sorbet baker's twine up and over the layer to "hang" the birdcages.   I also used some Honeydew baker's twine to add a bow under the sentiment stickers (Lovely Day Cardstock sticker). I cut some Happy Go Lucky: All A Bloom paper to add some fun to the bottom of the card.  To complete the card, I  rounded the top corner and added some colorful rhinestones to the centers of the little flowers.

ALL You NEED IS LOVE:  Finally the last card I made uses some Happy Go Lucky: Ride Along paper.   I cut the adorable little couple from Happy Go Lucky: Out and About paper.  I punched the heart form the coordinating red paper (Lovely Day: Raspberry).  I popped up the cloud stickers (Lovely Day Stickers) and then created grass by wrapping the Honeydew baker's twine over the green coordinating paper (Happy Go Lucky:Cricket).  I stapled a few of the edges to keep them all in line:

 

Hope you enjoyed these cards. I LOVED playing with My Little Shoebox paper this week.  I especially love that they include coordinating solid sheets of paper for their collections!  What fun designs and what a great match for The Twinery baker's twine!

Blog Candy:  Be sure to comment on all the blogs for your chance to

win a set of FOUR SPOOLS OF THE WINNER CHOICE ($48) value from The Twinery.  The deadline to comment is 11:59pm EDT, June 24th.  The Twinery will post the winner on their blog.

 

The next stop on today's hop is the talented Robyn!  

  

Here is today's hop order:
The Twinery
My Little Shoebox
Carolyn King (You are here!)

Robyn Schaub
Lauren Brewer

Liz Chidester
Monika Wright

Monique Liedtke
Tifany DeGough

Thanks for stopping by!

He's All That - Cardmaker Blog Hop

Hello! Welcome to another Cardmaker Blog Hop.  This month the team's blog hop theme is He's All That---masculine cards that can be for father's day, birthday, thank you, etc.

We all know what a challenge it can be to create a striking masculine design so I am especially excited to see what my awesome teammates came up with today.

Here is my father's day card:

I used some of my favorite supplies for this card and really like how they all complimented each other.  I used the Silhouette file Father and Son (Snapdragon Snippets LLC ) for the main image. (Love it!) The paper/sticker is by Echo Park: This & That: Charming collection.  I used a SRM sticker from Express Yourself-Father's Day along the bottom of the card.  The fun background paper was highlighed with some SU! Magic Mesh (remember that stuff?  I still have some!)  Finally, I added some Cappuccino baker's twine (The Twinery) that I wrapped around the card and then used my Tiny Attacher (Tim Holtz) stapler to secure in place.  All of the elements were sponged with some Tea Dye Distress ink (Ranger.)

Hope you like it!

If you want to see some really inspiring ideas---head on over to these blogs:
Cardmaker Blog
Kimberly Crawford
Carolyn King--- you are here!
Colleen Schaan
Anya Schrier
Trudy Sjolander
Michelle Woerner

Thanks for stopping by today!

You are My Sunshine

Hello! Happy Tuesday! My kids are finishing up their last week of school---summer vacation is now in sight :)  Woohoo!
Today I am sharing a project I had featured on the SRM Stickers blog yesterday.  A cute summer card and coordinating tube.

For the treat part, I used a skinny tube and altered it by using a chipboard shape I had lying around (Little Yellow Bicycle) and adding the sentiment up the trunk. I added a heart shaped button to mimic the cinnamon hearts I filled the tube with.

For the card, I altered a silhouette shape I found for the sun beams then framed the sentiment in a sun shape and stitched around it. I used SRM Sticker Sentiments- Summer (#51011).

Thanks for stopping by today! 

Gina K Designs Inspiration Hop Day 3

*This is my second post of the day.  If you are looking for The Twinery/Rubbernecker Hop, look below this post!

The Design Team for Gina K. Designs welcomes you to another fabulous Inspiration Blog Hop!!! As you hop through the blogs, make sure to leave a comment on each of them because we will choose a few random comments and those stampers will each win a grab bag of deeply etched, pre-cut Gina K. Designs stamps! To see the full list of winners check the Big News forum at Stamp TV a couple of days after the hops!!

Today the Gina K Design team are sharing projects created with these new releases:  Hello Sunshine StampTV kit, Birthday Greetings and the New One Free with 3- Life's a Beach. 
I used the pre-cut Rubber sets for my samples but Gina K IS NOW OFFERING you a choice of Deeply Etched Rubber or Clear for the stamp sets!

Just like most of you---I am positively swamped this time of the year.  My card making time is literally an hour or two a week.  We are running from one sport to another, to ballet, to graduations, birthday parties, etc.  But....I have a real NEED for cards during this time of year.  So, when I saw the new Stamp TV kit- Hello Sunshine- I had an idea.

I thought that if I could make a clean and simple card that lent itself to many different occasions, I might be able to mass produce it so that I can use it for birthdays, sympathy cards, thank you notes.  And that is just what I did!  Here is the card I created:

I started with Pure Luxury white cardstock.  I  stamped the large flower with Rose Bud Memento dew drop ink and then stamped off the image on a post it note.  I layered the post it over the flower to stamp the stem in Cottage Ivy dew drop ink on an angle, as shown.  Then, I took a black artist pen and drew a line across the bottom.  Finally, I stamped the sentiment above the line. 
I rounded the bottom two corners and added a black pearl to the center of the flower.  Truly...simple. 
To make this card a simple-to-make and easy-to-mail card---you can add a flat black metal dot to the center of the flower.

Here is a set of cards. Note: I left the sentiment off the ones lying down so I can add the appropriate one before mailing:

 Now head on over to these blog's to see some beautiful creations made with these sets:

• Gina K
• AJ Otto
• Carolina Buchting
• Carolyn King (You are here!)
• Cathy Tidwell
• Deb Felts
• Emily Giovanni
• Giovana Smith
• Jimmi Mayo
• Lee Murphy
• Lori McAree
• Melanie Muenchinger
• Michelle Woerner
• Sharon Harnist
• Suzanne Dean
• Tami Mayberry
• Theresa Momber
• Tina Gilliland
• Vicki Dutcher

 Thanks for stopping by!