Summer~4th of July Blog Hop!

Hello and Happy Hoppin' Saturday!
Are you gearing up for the celebrations?

My family and I love the 4th, so I was so glad to be able

to participate in this fantastic hop!

Thank you Taylor for getting this assembled!

Did you come from the ever amazing Kathy's Blog?
She is a creative genius, I love all her creations not to mention
her super awesome digis!

 I am currentlty a  DT member for Your Next Stamp

I thought it would be fun to create a card using 
Ellie Loves the Beach

so you can see just how cute this image is!

(click for sharper image)

Does she look like she's celebrating or what?!?

Let me tell you there is plenty to celebrate with this hop,

check out the amazing list of prizes:

Stampendous (3 winners)Cling Jumbo Tulip set 

Tiger Lily set , and one Cling Jumbo Dogwood set  

*Each set will come with a Jumbo Handle.  

Chi Chi Memories  - (digi stamp set of winner's choice)

Pixie Dust Studio - 2 digi images of winner's choice (1 winner)

Dreamweaver's Stencils -  prize pack to 1 winner 

Karber Digital Studio - 2 digi images of winner's choice (1 winner)

Maria Levine  - Ippity Kit (1 winner)

 Skipping Stones Design  - 1 clear stamp set of SSD's choosing (1 winner) 

Cindy Coutts/Christian Paper Crafts -  one SU stamp set - Fast & Fabulous -- US resident only (1 winner)

Sunghee Chon -  1 a muse studio catalog + 1 stamp set of choice (Value equal or less than $12.99) for US resident only. 

Sunghee Chon - $20 gift certificates to Little Potato House template shop for US or non-US resident.

Karen from Your Next Stamp - will be giving away a stamp called Ellie loves The Beach  

Talk about yummy nummy sweetness! 

***Remember,the more you comment, the more chances you have to win!

 You will have until Tuesday, July 5th at 6:00 PM EST

 to get through this amazing list of talent and creativity.

 Taylor will draw comments from random blogs (all using random.org) 

for the 13 prizes from our generous sponsors.

 A full list of winners will be posted here on Friday!

Here is a complete list of hop stops:

Taylor 

Cyndi 

Lynn 

Patricia 

Alison

Berenice 

Erica 

Mary 

Janelle 

Erin 

Maria 

Jennifer D(not posted as of yet) 

Pam

Angelique

Sandie

Wendy P 

Suzi 

Kathy 

Beth (ME)

Wendy J 

Kerry 

Louise 

Liz 

Laura 

Lee 

Jennifer I 

Krissy 

Sunghee

Cindy 

Thank you for stopping by and next stop Wendy J be sure
to give her lots of love!

 

Challenges:

Bloggers Challenge  Red White and Blue

Card Makin' Mamas  Red White and Blue

Totally PaperCrafts  BINGO Die cuts, Embossing Ribbon

Delightful Challenge  Red White and Blue

Craft Us Crazy  Red White and Blue/ Summer

Art Impressions Stamp  Distressing

Tuesday's  Throwdown  Red White and Blue

Die Cut Dreams  Red White and Blue

Stamps R Us  There was a little girl

My Partner In Crafting Crime  Beach Theme

The Srtike Is Over!

The Canadian Mail Strike Is Over!!!!

So Karen From Your Next stamp is

having a sale-a-bration : 

BERRY SWEET STAMP SALE

ALL STAMPS ON SALE FOR 3 DAYS ONLY!!!

No Online Code Required - Sale ends Friday July 1st

Visit http://www.yournextstamp.com/ today and grab a bargain!!!

Limited quantities so shop early to grab the stamps you want!

CAS Fairy Card Set

Good Morning and Happy Sunday!

I have a set of cards to share using some darling fairies:

I used the reverse masking technique again as I am becoming

quite fond of it. On impulse a tin of Prima flowers was purchased

 and I knocked out 8 right here and now!
Well thanks for taking a peek, see ya soon...

 

Challenges:

Sweet Stampin' Challenges  Something Old (the sentiment stamps and ribbon) and something new(the flowers and fairy stamps)

2 Sisters  Fairies 

4 Crafty Chicks  Clean and simple

Dutch Dare Challenge  Clean and Simple

Moving Along With the Times  Clean and Simple

Ruby's Rainbow Challenge  Flowers

Bunny Zoe's Craft  Fairies

There She Goes  Use 3 different stamp sets (the Pixie Fairies, From Me to You, Doodle Tabs)

This will be one for the history books!

As you know Lily Chilvers is an amazingly uber 

talented illustrational artist!

She is starting up a challenge cant wait!!!

Here Kitty Kitty...

Hello there and Happy Thursday!

Melissa from the Pink Cat Studio has converted 16 

rubber images into digi's!

We are talking about a feline festival!

This is such a fun release due to the grand array of occasions these cover.

 I immediately was drawn to the Cat Geisha and the black kitties. 

(Cat Geisha)

 Gosh isn't she beautiful?

 I must think so because that is my sentiment!

Here kimono is paper pieced using the 

Samantha Collection from Crate Paper.

This is a wonderful double sided dp with that lovely watercolor

paper texture and that gorgeous turquoise panel is the back side.

(Black Cat Looking Up, Black Cat Lying Down, Black Cat Facing Forward)

Aren't these black kitty kitties the bestest ever!

One of the greatest things about digis is you can re-size them. 

I thought it would be fun to create a background 

paper with the three images and I love the look!

Now remember with your purchase today you'll receive this

fun frolicking feline for free:

Thanks for stopping by and have a fabulous day!

 

Challenges:

Card 1:

Going Grey  Animal or jungle theme

Everybody Art Challenge  Anything Goes

Craft Your Passion  Paper Piecing

Simon Says Stamp and Show  Metal

Gingerloft  Asian Inspiration

Pile It On  Metal

Card 2:

Creative Craft Challenges  Make your own back ground papers

Delightful Inspiration  Orange and Pink + neutrals if desired

Totally Papercrafts  Die Cuts and Punches

Black and White + 1 more...

Happy Wednesday to you all!

Today at the Your Next Stamp Challenge we'd like to 

see creations using Black, white + 1 more...you chose!

I chose a lime green as my third to create a 

bookmark for my husband:

(Geek But Unique)

Check out what one random winner will receive:

This is definitely something to celebrate and of course,

 there is a $5 YNS Bucks prize for the top pick.

So what's ya waitin' for?  Pick a color!

 

Challenges:

Pixie Dust Studio  School or Bookmarks

Aly's Sunday Challenges  All About Kids

Stamp N Doodle  Masculine No Flowers

2 Sisters  For A Guy

Happy Sunday and  Fathers Day to all!

Ladies, I have no idea what today may be bringing you but

 good luck and you can do it! LOL!

My husband has pulled out all the stops for

himself expressing this was a 

Father's Day Weekend and

he's has a pretty good run of it so far!

Here is a card that is not a 

Father's Day Card... shame on me, I know.

(Calliope Ketto)

This is another attempt at reverse masking.  Now
that I think about at I wouldn't have had to gone
through all the trouble.
Sometimes we do things just for the sake
of doing them I suppose.

I hope you have a great rest of the day with all the Father's!
See you later!

 

Challenges:

Sweet Stampin'  Things With Wings
Delicious Doodles  Things that Flutter
Polka Doodles  Pretty things with Wings
Simply Create  Things With wings
Charisma Cards  Pink And Green

C.A.S. Quirky Card

Good Evening I have a quick posting to share a 

very clean and simple card:

(Mimo , Doodle Tabbed_)

Can you believe all that white space? Wow!

I used a technique called "reverse masking",

to accomplish this I stamped the label 

and cut out the inside to create a frame. I laid out this 

masking over the card stamped with the tab image

and then stamped Mimo several times

within the tab stamp.

I hope you have a great night if your still awake!

 

Challenges:

Stamp Insanity  CAS
Some Odd Girl  All white or kraft with pops of color
Less Is More  One layer in a frame
Stampotique  Clean and Simple

Your Next Stamp new release!

Hello there! Karen thought it would be fun to toss

out a surprise new release to keep everyone on their toes.

Fun right!?!

I was able to play around with two new sets that are

two things I am very passionate about :

(Fhiona Riding Her Bike)

I love riding my bike it's great to get out on the highway 

and pedal away my stress and worries.

Speaking of stress I decided to fussy cut the wheels on this

image ay vey! 

I love the outcome but I am certain there will not

be a repeat performance if this....EVER!

I love the little butterfly and flowers that come in this set

and it was fun creating a background with them. 

The sentiment is from last months release

Scene Sentiments which has been my 

go to ever since I received them.

wink wink hint hint

(Geek But Unique)

I love reading as of late which is a great thing being

a librarian and all.  I swear when I applied for the job

I had to confessed to rarely reading at all beyond 

children's literature to my kids!

This creation is for my daughter 

(I know it looks masculine but she'll like it none-the-less!)

who lives with her nose in a book.

At her school, they utilize a reading

incentive program called Accelerated Reader.

She came in 5th place over this year in her school but didn't win 

the coveted placard. ( A very sad moment in the history of Isabelle) 

This summer she is on a full mission to have 15-20 books read

by August earning her over 200 points.

This reading journal will help her keep track

of the books she's read along with other information

for testing purposes. 

Good Luck Iskers, you can do it!

If you want to see more new releases be sure to stop be the 

Your Next Stamp blog!

Thanks for stopping bye!

 

Challenges for

Card One:

Creative Cowgirls  Summertime Fun

Wee Memories  Open Theme

Totally PaperCrafts  Summer

Challenges for

Card Two:

Incy Wincy  Masculine

StampFairy  Masculine

Sentimental Sundays  Masculine

Crazy4Challenges  Masculine

Moving Along With The Times  No cards

Some Odd Girl  Masculine

Let's get into shape!

Good morning and happy Wednesday!

  It's time for a new Your Next Stamp Challenge! 

Maureen loves shaped cards so that's your challenge

  no plain square or rectangle cards allowed!

Would you like to see what you could win by playing along? 

How about this fun set: Rock Star Fhinn 

To honor Fhinn I had to bust out Rock Star Fhiona:

I came across a fun freebie tag and decided to print it off large

for the base of my card, I am quite smitten

with the idea! I am sorry for not remembering where

I found the tag so if anyone knows by all means

let me know so I can give credit!

Well now it's up to you we love to see you creations so be sure play along!

 

Challenges:
Craft Room Challenge   Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly  Anything Goes
Craft You Passion  Anything Goes
Critter Sketch  Let's get Crafty
Simon Says Stamp and Show  Tag
Card Cupids  More than 3 layers
Corrosive Challenge  Summer Colors
Little Claire's  Shaped Card
Frosted Designs  Celebrate Friends

Pink Cat Studio Release!

Hello there I hope you are doing terrifically!

Today is a show stopping release!  I absolutely

love Melissa's creations for the Pink Cat Studio

this week, they are amazing!

Check out the fantastic freebie with today's purchase!!!

Here is my card:

(Clown Owl Suit)

I love that owl's costume and
 it's elongated legs are a real hoot!
Well off to swimming lessons!

 

Challenges:

Digital Tuesday  Animal Friends

Party Time Tuesday  Anything Goes

Allsorts  Things with Wings

Lillipop Crafts   Inspired by A Song  Send in the Clowns

Wacky Wednesday...

Today feels really off due to the Monday holiday!

Summer is definitly in full swing now with swim lessons and 

ball games/practice nearly every day and hastily

getting those last minute plants in the ground.

Bill built me a sturdy trellis to grow  cucumbers

and cantaloupe vertically....

I hope it works!

I have a card to share today:

Click for better image
(Ivy Ketto)

I love the Kettos I want them all! Ivy is my favorite... for today anyhow!
Well I must be off to get the YMCA work out done for the day.
See Ya Soon!

 

Challenges:

Oldie But A Goodie   use old stamp at least 6 mos old and lots of layers 

Tuesday Throwdown  DYI Embellishments I cut thr prongs off the white brads affixed the to a button and layer a die cut under them

HLSC  Lots of Embellishments

Simon Says Stamp and Show  Use favorite stamp(I have a million favorites!)

StampWith Fun  In The Garden

ABC Challenge  V is for Variety  at least 3 embellishment

Cooking it Up with Kate  Romantic, Embossed, ribbon

Fab'N'Funky  Whatever