SSBC # 12 Victory Garden

Serendipity Stamps Challenge Blog

Challenge #12  Victory Garden!  Use your favorite Serendipity Stamp image to create a garden inspired project! 

We were asked not to use flowers !

Hope you find time to play along , you only need to use at least one Serendipity Stamp, could be a sentiment stamp if you have one. 

 This was an easy card to make and color! I have a lime tree that I love so I knew I would use this stamp . Its very clean and simple.  I added the smile tag because like the saying says.. rearrange the letters and spell “smile”.

Design Team

• Anya Schrier
• Cathy Weber
• Jeanne Jachna
• Jenny Gropp
• Marybeth Lopez (me)
• Miriam Napier
• Pauline Pollington

Want to go shopping?  Serendipity currently has a 50% off sale on select wood mounted stamps.  Get them while they last here.

If Life Gives You Limes Cling Set

Papertrey Ink Cardstock and Tiny Tags die. 

Spellbinders Die

Make it Monday Paper Piecing

Make It Monday #117: Paper Piecing

Melissa Phillips has a great video on Paper Piecing today, and a beautiful card that she made!

 Hi ,another quick post for Make it Monday... Paper Piecing.  Most of you know how much I love paper piecing, and that I find it very relaxing. So why not give it a try and check out the MIM video. I used an older set from Papertrey Ink for this one…. Delightful Dahlia, and some old PTI patterned paper and a bit of new from a craft store. I had the glitter hearts leftover from another MIM challenge. I hope you have a wonderful week ! 

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Waltzingmouse Blog Party , Schools Out

WMS May Blog Party–Teacher Appreciation

 Welcome to the Waltzingmouse Blog Party.  I know my last card was stars as well, but this just worked. The theme is Schools out. I made this thank you card for one of my daughters. The school colors are navy and red, they even have stars on their schools shirts. I thought this would be a perfect teacher thank you card! I die cut the Starry Die  twice on the white cardstock  then adhered a layer of red and navy under the white. The stars are not on top of the white. 

Hope you enjoy the hop!

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Starry Die

CAS(E) this sketch!

CAS(E) this Sketch #28

Here is this week's sketch by N@ Ali:

Quick post for today!  Thought this was a good time to use my new Verve die” Starry" . Its fast and easy. I know this looks like white but its Vintage Cream from Papertrey Ink.  The stamp is from Uptown Rubber Stamps I have had it for a while and just love the font. I could have used this for the 10 min. dash it was so fast but I never timed myself , and wrong colors. 

Take care and God Bless! 

Make it Monday Texture

Make It Monday #116: Adding Texture to Stamps

 Hey there! Quick post, for Make it Monday by Heather! Click on the link above if you want to see the video . I used a comb on the stamp. It's so hot here today almost 100. Maybe that’s why I made a Christmas card, using Tree Trimming Trio Stamp Set.  Love this older set. Everything is from Papertrey Ink but the embellishments.

 I am hoping everyone had a wonderful Mother's Day! All the kids and grandkids came over, they brought everything( food) All the husbands were great in making us moms feel like queens. 

We swam all day! We have great guys!

Take Care! 

Happy Mother's Day!

 Just wanted to wish everyone a Happy Mothers Day

I did not edit this photo the flower is just that bright!

These are a  few pictures from my walk the other day. Our home is  above the line of trees. It was so nice to just get out and take a long walk with Major ( Our German Shepard)

Some cacti blooms I saw on my way home. All pictures taken with the iphone  using the HDR option on the camera! Not bad !  

Blessings to you!

CASE study

Case Study Challenge Blog

Maile Belles is the guest designer again this week

If you look closely, you can see that I  stamped the white

 paper with Versa Mark, Its hard to see in this photo, but

 its just enough, in person.

The flower stamp is from Hero Arts, the sentiment from PTI, the leaves are from Verve Stamps and the card stock from Papertrey Ink. I colored my white sequin with my Copic markers again, 

using two greens .

Thanks for stopping by!

ColourQ / Sugar Kissed Cottage

colourQ challenge #188…

Hi, Hope you are all having wonderful day! A sweet friend of mine shared this sweet little stamp with me. Sugar Kissed Cottage - Stirring in Lots of Love  I have a few of the Sugar Kissed Cottage stamps from Lil Inkers but not this one. Thanks Jeanne ! I am not one to color in an image especially for a color challenge, but I did!  I used my Copics all but the green so I had a hard time blending it. 

Have to run! Hope you enjoy your week!

Thanks for stopping by!

 

SSCB # 11 Masculine

Serendipity Stamps Challenge Blog

The challenge is to make a masculine card ,

 could be Father's Day, but does not have to be!

 I used a variety of Serendipity Stamps.  I love any quote from Abraham Lincoln and this one went well with the variety of sport stamps that I fussy cut. I think this turned out very masculine but I can see it as a  feminine card using pretty colors, and different paper. If you play along you have a chance to win 20$ off your order. Please see what the rest of the team has made.

 Design Team 

• Anya Schrier
• Cathy Weber
• Jeanne Jachna
• Jenny Gropp
• Marybeth Lopez (me)
• Miriam Napier
• Pauline Pollington

Stamps used 

                                                                  Whatever You Are

for the sentiment 

Rowboat and Dock

Golf Bag

Baseball

Patterned paper is from Tim Holtz 

The other card stock is from

Papertrey Ink

Muse Challenge # 16

Muse Challenge #16

Laurie Willison

I love this card !

Muse Card Club blog

I had to use flash ,so not a great picture. I hope to add a better one in the morning.

Hi, I  have never played in this challenge before so I hope 

I am not breaking any rules . When I saw Laurie Willison’s 

card I knew I wanted to play along. I chose some of her design , texture and color.  I used my Stamps by Judith pencil that I just love,  it is one of the few stamps I love to color. Laurie had some pencils stamped along the bottom of her card. She also used woodgrain on her ruler but I chose to use it on the main body of the card instead. The sentiment is from Stampin Up , the ruler is from Hero Arts, notepaper Papertrey Ink.

Thanks for stoping by ! 

I know I have not been very good on commenting,

 I am going to try and catch up.

Make it Move Challenge Waltzingmouse Stamps

... Make-it-Move Challenge

Claire at Waltzingmouse stamp has a little challenge to make a card that moves, if you click on the link above she will show you how easy it is to make!

She can move all the way around!

I knew right away that I would be using my Earth Angel  so that she could fly around! If you look very closely at the very top picture you will see the acetate. I also used Folk Art Medallion I heat embossed everything . I was running errands with one of my girls today so I need to get busy and clean up a bit. 

Hope you enjoy your week!

Happy Birthday Joyce!

Happy Birthday Joyce!

Hope you have a wonderful day!

This little birthday blog hop was put on by Kim 

a dear friend of Joyce’s 

Thanks Kim!

Joyce is a sweetheart and I have been very blessed to call her friend! So, of corse I wanted to participate in this birthday blog hop for her! Yes, I bought this stamp with Joyce in mind. How can you not think of Joyce when you see an owl! As you know Joyce is a very talented card maker as well, not sure where she finds the time to make all the beautiful cards she makes but she does. Joyce always finds time to leave a nice comment as well. 

 I see her(owl) everywhere.

 I almost never color anything in , but this was fun!  The image is embossed .  As you can see I colored some of the white sequins in with the same Copic pen I used on the hat. 

Check out what the others on the hop have made for Joyce!

Cathy Weber

Darnell

Jeanne

Kara

Kelly S

Kim

Marybeth(me)

Renee 

Tracey

Sharron

Joyce: Cards-by-the-Sea

Stamps: Art Impressions Whoots UMM4120

and Papertrey Ink Stylish Birthday Sentiments 

Dynamic dous Debut

DD#51 {The Debut of the Dynamos!}

Congrats to the new and returning Design Team!

I woke up early this morning and saw these colors before they even posted to the DD blog. I love my new Baja Breeze Stampin Up Ink! Thanks for the recommendation Jeanne !

 I used one of my new flower stamps Butterfly Garden From Serendipity Stamps. You have until Sunday to win this one and a few others, Here . I stamped the image then watercolored in a few of the flowers then re-stamped it, added a bit of Liquid Pearls.

I am looking forward to having game night at our house tonight.

No little ones tonight just 8 adults! 

Hope you enjoy your weekend too!

Butterfly Garden

and 

Do Not Go

Sun Garden Serendipity Stamps Blog Hop

This one is heat embossed and then water painted

 with a water pen.  I love this new stamp!

Serendipity Stamps …New Summer Stamps Blog Hop!

This one is all fussy cut and paper pieced! So relaxing!

Mary set us some really fun, flower stamps .  I love these and they are even beautiful not colored too!

Please check out what the rest of the Design Team made.

You have a chance to win  the new flower stamps and one sentimetn, just by leaving a comment on each of the DT blogs.
You have until midnight May 5 to leave a comment.  

Prize winners for both blog hops, will be announced on 5-6 on Mary's blog.

Miriam Napier

Jenny Gropp

Anya Schrier

Cathy Weber

Marybeth Lopez (me)

Pauline Pollington

Jeanne Jachna

Sun Garden