Etsy Inspired White on White

This is my last week with the Etsy Inspired Challenge.  I have had so much fun and really forced myself to work outside my normal box. I love exercising my stamping muscles (especially since those are the only muscles getting any exercise lately ;))


This week the Inspiration Shop is:
IMAGINE STUDIO
http://www.etsy.com/shop/ImagineStudio

Winner Prize
Any 5x7 print of winner's choice

All the layers and patterns on top of pattern just add so much texture and draw your eye into each picture.  I love it. 

Please visit our sponsor for this week:
EAD Designs
http://stencilwords.com/ocart/

Winner prize - $25 Gift Certificate

For more information about the challenge please visit the Etsy Inspired Challenge Blog here: http://etsyinspired.blogspot.com/

Don't forget to leave some love for the entire EIC Design Team.  It has been great working with these talented ladies this month.

Ashley

Angie

De

Emily B.

Jackie

Joy

Kerry

Kimme Leach {April Guest DT} – You are Here :)

Ruby

Savannah

Sherry

Virginia

Have a fabulous week!! 

FFC May Flowers

Hey all. Today's challenge is to make a card using May flowers (last week's challenge was April showers.) This is a simple notecard using the Unity April KOTM and Imaginisce Enchanted Fairy Trails dp and some bling from Want 2 Scrap.

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Etsy Inspired Challenge--Working Around the Clock

Hi friends.  Phew, barely made it here tonight.  My computer literally went up in smoke last weekend and I have been trying to figure out how I can get photos into blogger since then since I either have computers with photo software not on my network or on-line and no photo software.  I finally figured out that I can try it all virtually, so the pics may not be the best, but they came from my phone and have little editing, so I apologize.

Here is my project.  I got a jump start on Father's Day and figured this little coaster album will be something fun for my girls to give to Daddy this year.  I can't get to my photos right now, but I know we have a couple of the girls "helping" Daddy work on his car that he would love to be able to keep at his desk at work.  I'll just have to add those later.

This week's inspiration shop is Bearly Art: http://www.etsy.com/shop/bearlyart  

This is the clock that inspired me:

Isn't that a cool clock?  It is actually painted vinyl record.  The ultimate in cool artistic recycling. 

One winner this week will receive a clock of their choice of those in stock at Bearly Art.  I am seriously going to order a couple of these because they are sooo cool.

This week's sponsor is Sassy Cheryl's http://www.sassycheryls.com/store/

One winner will receive a $5 gift certificate from her store.

Make sure to check out what the rest of the Design Team has done this week.

Ashley

Carole

Angie

De

Emily B.

Jackie

Joy

Kerry

Kimme Leach {April Guest DT} – You are Here :)

Ruby

Savannah

Sherry

Virginia

I hope to get a new lappy soon and be back to regular posting :)  

Have a Wonderfully Blessed Easter.

Etsy Inspired Challenge

I am doing a little catching up and combined the InStyle Stamps Color Challenge with this weeks Etsy Inspired Challenge. 

Shop: Creating is Fun
http://www.etsy.com/shop/Creatingisfun
Winner Prize
any ONE item of winner's choice

There are some really cool vintage items in the shop.  I was inspired by these pear buttons

 

And all the different flowered trim

and the colors in this set are how I was able to combine the two challenges

 

Sponsor:
Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps
http://robynsfetish.com/shop/
About Robyn’s Fetish
Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps And More is proud to sponsor this challenge.
Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps And More, a division of I Did It Creations, was created and is owned by Robyn Weinrib. Robyn offers a wonderful variety of digital stamps and digital papers, designed to meet the needs of all digital paper crafting addicts for every occasion.

Winner prize -
Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps And More will award either 5 digital stamps or 4 digital stamps and 1 paper set of the winner's choice to the winner of this challenge.

Be sure to check out the awesome Etsy Inspired Challenge design team to see what they have created.

Ashley
Carole
Angie
De
Emily B.
Jackie
Joy
Kerry
Kimme Leach {April Guest DT} – You are Here :)
Ruby
Savannah
Sherry
Virginia

Have a great weekend

Sneaking in some Friday Fun

It’s April 15th so Sherry challenged:

It’s Tax Day and since you have to FILE by today I want you to make a FILE Folder Notebook.

Tutorial here: http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/filefoldernotebook/

I made mine super simple and a little masculine.  My husband will actually use these little notebooks and padfolios when we are working on household projects.  The receipts and paint samples etc can go on one side and he can write down all the measurements on the other.  I think he will appreciate using this one more than one with flowers and ribbon on it :)

I know that Christi has hers up as well, but I think the other girls had problems with supplies so they may be filing late ;)

InStyle Stamps April Color Challenge

Ugh!  I am still down and out with this bug and I think the kids are getting it too so I apologize that I have not stamped anything yet for the Color Challenge over at the InStyle Stamps Blog.  I did want to be sure to show you the color inspiration piece though:

Some great colors to pull out of this one.  I hope you are enjoying your day and as soon as I can get back to the craft table I will be showing you what I come up with.

Etsy Inspired Challenge-Vintage Style

Hey guys.  I have a card for you today and I combined it with yesterday’s FFC, so it’s a two-fer.  But it counts because Sherry is on the Etsy Inspired Design Team too :) 

Shop:
Think Fast Designs (Kim Kesti's Etsy shop) Kim is offering 10% off with the code "THINKFASTPLEASE"

Winner Prize
Winners choice of one of her Vintage Pendant Necklaces

Sponsor:
Nikki Sivils  www.nikkisivils.com

Winner prize:
One Niki Sivils "collection" pack (paper and embellies)!

Now for my card:

 
As I stated earlier I combined this with Sherry’s 37 challenge yesterday.  Three ribbons and 7 embellishments.  I hope that parts of twine and lace count as ribbon, and I used the needle and the pink pearls as my 7 embellishments.  I actually started this card with the pink pearls and built the card around them. 

Here is the piece I was inspired by in Kim’s shop:

Isn’t that gorgeous?  I love it! 

Check out what the design team has done:

Ashley
Carole
Angie
De
Emily B.
Jackie
Joy
Kerry
Kimme Leach {April Guest DT} – You are Here :)
Ruby
Savannah
Sherry
Virginia
And Kim Kesti is joining the team this week as well.

Have a great week :)

Friday Fun says Happy Birthday Sherry!!!

Please bare with me.  I don’t have a card up for today.  I am STILL fighting this ickiness that I have had for 6 weeks now and am starting my second round of antibiotics.  I feel blah and have headaches for a week or so now, so I will get a card up as soon as I can.  I wanted to still put up a post to say Happy Birthday to Sherry who celebrated this week. 
As our hostess sherry writes:
37 is an important number for me this week, so the challenge is to use 3 different Ribbons and 7 embellishments – You can use 7 of the same or mix it up, but you need to use 7.  Stitching and paper-piercing count for one embellishment in each place you use it.
It’s a great challenge and I hope to get to it as soon as I can sit at my desk.
Check out the other Friday Fun Chicks
Sherry ~ Posting late
Christi
Jimmi ~ Posting late
Sara

InStyle Stamps Sneak Peak & a Sketch

It’s Sneak Week over at the InStyle Stamps Blog.  I used this month’s sketch to make a card for you.

 

Here is the sketch so that you can play along:

And with the scraps of the Green at Heart from BasicGrey I made another card.

The stamp set is called Patty’s Appreciation and has several adorable stamps to help you say Thank You.  Be sure to stop by and put it in your basket on Friday. 

Etsy Inspired Challenge

Guess what?  I am the Guest Designer this month over at the Etsy Inspired Challenge.  Pretty cool, right!  

This week’s inspiration store is XS Baggage & Co

They are offering a prize of a gadget keeper to one lucky person this week and a coupon of 10% off for all that visit using the code “inspired”

The sponsor this week is Wax Fruit Company

 

 

 

 

They will be giving away a gift certificate to one lucky winner this week.

Here is the Geek Sleeve that I used for inspiration this week:

I liked the ruffle and the green color.  I was so inspired by the fabric that I didn’t use any designer paper on the card, but used fabric instead. 

Be sure to check out the Design Team's Blogs for more inspiration so you can get your creative juices flowing and win one of those great prizes!

Ashley
Angie
Carole
De
Emily B.
Jackie
Joy
Kerry
Kimme (ME) {April Guest Designer}
Ruby
Savannah
Sherry
Virginia

Faux Friday Fun

Happy April Fools Day!  Are you doing anything tricky today?  I don’t think my kids would enjoy being tricked yet, so I guess I’m out this year…….except for this challenge.  Sherry is our April host and has challenged us to use a faux technique today in honor of April Fools Day.  I got really stumped on this one, so I went with the Faux Tile technique, but just did one big tile rather than break it up, so I guess it’s not really the same thing, haha.  I tried.

I used BasicGrey’s Curio paper with some white and kraft card stock.  I think I did a pretty good job at making the image panel look like a sepia photo.  I colored with my Copic markers and then used the air brush to add a bit of color and aging.  I had a lot of fun pulling out all my vintage accessories and piecing them together on this card.
Now go see what the other Friday Fun Chicks have done.
Jimmi
Sherry
Christi
Sara
Have a great day!