Blog Candy

Let's face it...I have more designer paper and other crafting stuff than I know what to do with...so...I'm going to offer some blog candy surprise packages for three random people who comment on today's post and answer the following question: What is your favorite type of candy? Is it chocolate, something with nugget, or caramel? Me? I'm partial to anything that contains a chocolate/caramel combo. Anyone have a candy bar to spare? And right after I start cleaning up my craft room and packaging up three surprise packages (packages will come with mostly designer papers, some full sheets, some smaller, and a few other goodies thrown in), I'll get back to blogging but right now I can't even find my room!! :-) You have until tomorrow night at midnight (EST) to enter!!

Sweet 'n Sassy Customer Blog Hop

Welcome to March's Sweet 'n Sassy Customer Blog Hop! This is such a fun event and a great opportunity to see not only the design team's work but also creations made by our customers! And the best part? You have a chance to win free product!! You can read the full details on the hop here. So...this month's theme is "Think Spring" and we are definitely ready for some warmer weather here in New England! And as much as I adore all things flowery and springy, I got very distracted by this brand new, super cute digi image, Chugging Along. I mean isn't it just adorable! And since my sweet boy's birthday was yesterday...well....I just had to go with a card that would give a little nob to him. But I did use a few bright colors in my card, does that count?? :-) For my card, I printed the digi out on Prism Smooth cardstock and colored the image with Copics. I then created my card layout, based upon an old Mojo Monday sketch. The paper I used is from My Minds Eye. I created a cloud covered background for the train (I used a hand cut template and sponge to create the clouds) and then cut out the train and attached it with foam tape. I used the sentiment to make a cloud of smoke coming out of the train's smoke stack (is it called a smoke stack??) And then I loaded up the train cart with a bundle of hearts...which, as my son would say, means I love you. Enjoy today's card and stop by the Sweet 'n Sassy digi blog to sign up for the blog or to just hop along and view the artwork!

Altered Clipboard & Clothespin

Welcome back bloggers! It's been a busy few weeks (this one continues to be busy as we prep for our son's 7th birthday! Someone tell me where the heck seven years just went??) but I wanted to take a quick break to share a Wholly Scrap! class project with you. Last month, we started an "Anything but a Card" class, which is held once a month and allows us to use rubber stamps on projects other than cards or scrapbook pages. Last month we created these fun altered clipboards and clothespins. (And I confess that I added a bit to this project after this photo, such as ribbons on the clip portion of the clipboard.) The paper I used on this project is from Cosmo Cricket and is all things love so I opted to use my clipboard to hold a picture of my sweet hubby and two smoochie boys. The hearts and 'always & forever' sentiment are stickers that came with this paper line.

Here's a close up shot of the clothespin. I painted the sides of the clothespin with white crackle paint and then added the designer paper. The flower was created with a SU! flower punch. I crumpled up the flower until the paper layers separate and then attached one of the flowers, with a wordy center, to the clothespin. Because the cardstock had some texture to it, the crinkling gave it a bit of a leather look. It's way cool in person, man. And see that green viney thing (that's a technical term) behind the flower? It's actually a tree punch! The tree trunk is hidden under the flower so you can only see the branches. Looks like leaves or vines, right? Sometimes my small brain comes up with something interesting...LOL! Enjoy today's project and be sure to check back on 3/11 for the Sweet 'n Sassy customer blog hop!!

Tiffany Doodles Challenge - TD09

Happy Monday bloggers and welcome to this month's Tiffany Doodles challenge! This is your opportunity to participate in a fun challenge and be entered in to a drawing for wonderful prizes! Our challenges last for two weeks so you have plenty of time to create and post! In March, our challenge was to create a card based on a photo inspiration, which you can see here. For my card I used the Daphne Flower image. A wonderful digi image, available now for download for only $3.75...fabulous! I colored my image with Copic markers and then added a few white gel pen marks on the flower centers. The image has been paired with brand new paper from Little Yellow Bicycle called Twig. I kept this card fairly simple so the main focus would be that lovely floral image; I only added a sentiment (from SU!) and three silver brads. So...how about the rules for the challenge! The dates! Start date: Today, March 7 End date: March 21, Midnight EST Winners Announced: March 21 The challenge! Create a love-themed card or project. Don't forget to add your card to the Tiffany Doodles Flickr Gallery! Tagged with: TD09 The Prizes! You have two chances to win Tiffany Doodles gift certificates! 1st place - $10.00 gift certificate (Note that you must use a Tiffany Doodles digi image in order to qualify for this prize) 2nd place - $5.00 gift certificate (This prize will go participants who do not use a Tiffany Doodles digi image) Want to see what the rest of the team came up with? You're in for a treat, their designs are amazing! For details on any of the team cards just click on their name to visit their blog! Tiffany Doodles Tiffany Richards Cammy Wall Collette Landwer Donna Mikasa Jeannie DeGruccio Jill Foster Jodi Ann Lee Joy Taylor Karen Baker Lindsay Amrhein Lisa Summerhays Pattie Goldman Peet Roeven Shannon Neparko Simone Naoum Sue McRae Willemien Katerberg Oh, and I also want to announce the winner of the Tiffany Doodles duck image, which was used on Friday's blog post.....Keely Yowler! Congratulations Keely, I'll be emailing you the duck image this week!

Tiffany Doodles Spring Blog Hop

Welcome to this month's Tiffany Doodles blog hop! Aren't these hops so much fun? You get to see oodles of lovely cards, designed by the wonderful TD design team and it's an opportunity to see the amazing digi images offered by Tiffany Doodles! This is a three day blog hop so you have three full days to participate (March 4-6). You must sign up to follow every blog and comment on every post in order to be eligible for the prizes! And boy do we have prizes!! Every Design Team member is giving away a Tiffany Doodles Digital Stamp at their blog! Plus, there will be a Grand Prize at Tiffany Doodles Blog! I'll be giving away the darling image used on my card, Ducky Umbrella and all you have to do is leave a comment, with your email, and sign up to follow this blog! Along with my so sweet image, I used paper, paper button, and letter stickers from Jillibean Soup and ribbon from Papertreyink. The image was colored with Copic markers. And don't forget that the Tiffany Doodles card challenge starts on March 7th and last for two weeks! It's another opportunity to win great prizes!! Last but not least, Tiffany Doodles will be hosting two great sales in March; see the badge on the right for details. Be sure to stop by the TD store and take time to wander around, you never know what you might find! Tiffany Doodles is now close to 50 stamp sets in inventory! Enjoy and be sure to stop by the other design team member blogs, listed below! Here is our Blog Hop Map! To qualify for prizes you must do two things: 1) Follow every blog 2) Comment on every Blog Hop post! Thank you and enjoy your journey through some inspirational cards and spring creativity!!

• Official Site Tiffany Doodles
• Tiffany Richards Tiffany's Garden
• Cammy Wall Pink Room Therapy
• Collette Landwer Heaven Sent For You
• Donna Mikasa 3 Umbrellas
• Jillian Foster Inspired By
• Jodi Ann Lee Inked Inspirations
• Joy Taylor Less is More
• Karen Baker The Bald Dragonfly
• Kim Schofield Paperie Petals You're here!
• Lindsay Amrhein Note to Self
• Lisa Summerhays Lisa's Handmade Cards
• Pattie Goldman The Pampered Paper Patch
• Shannon Neparko Desert Design Studios
• Simone Naoum Designs by Simone
• Sue McRae Inky Fingers
• Willemien Katerberg Styles in Paper

Envelope Flap Card

If any of you were ever Stampin' Up! demonstrators, I suspect that you've created one of these pocket cards from a standard card envelope. This is a project that I'll be demonstrating at a Wholly Scrap! class next week. The fun flower at the top of the pocket is from Petaloo and comes as a white flower that you can color - how cool is that? I simply colored the petals with my Copic markers but you can use paint or chalks as well. The outside of the envelope was decorated with a sweet butterfly image, and swirl, from Unity Stamp Co. and Anna Griffin designer paper. The ribbon on the top of the card is soft, fuzzy ribbon from American Crafts. The inside card is a one layer card that includes a sentiment, also from Unity. I will admit that on this card I was having some fun with my Nestibilities, mixing up the shapes. Oh, I'm so trendy. ;-) In just a few days I'll be attending our Stamping Around event, so excited, and on Friday I'll be posting a Spring-inspired card for this month's Tiffany Doodles blog hop so stop by over the weekend for more crafty goodness! Enjoy!

Sweet 'n Sassy Release Day

Welcome to March 1st and the release of a whole lotta lovely Sweet 'n Sassy stamp sets! WooHoo!! I love release day! :-) Please be sure to hop to the SNSS web site to view all of the new sets and to the other design team blogs to see all of their crafty goodness! My card features the brand new Holding Flower Bethany, isn't she precious? And I should mention that my card is only showing the top portion of this image. You can see the entire image on the card I made here. (The 'sending you hugs' sentiment is from the new Sending Hugs Bethany set.) I paired my image with paper from My Mind's Eye and pearl/stick pin embellishments from SU! My image is colored with Copics and I stamped the butterfly twice, cut one out and popped him up with foam tape. You just need dimension on a card! Be sure to stop by the other DT blogs, links on the left, and show them some love!!