Aloe and Oranges

Hello Everyone!  Today I have a brand new digital image from Power Poppy!  This one is called Aloe and Oranges is just the first of several new beautiful images that is being released this week!  Just wait until you see all the amazing work from the Bloom Brigade, you are going to LOVE them believe me!

I've used a base of white card and layered with light green, topped with white card cut with Divine Eloquence Die.  The next panel is X-press It Blending Card that I've printed the Aloe and Oranges on, coloured with Copics and then die cut with Decorative Labels 28.  I've matted this with green die cut with Labels 28 and popped it all up on X-press It Foam Tape.   Next I've stamped the sentiment from Tea in the Garden clear stamp set in Vintage Sepia ink and cut to size and popped up on foam tape.

Stamps - Aloe and Oranges Digital, Tea in the Garden Clear (Power Poppy) 

Ink - Printer, Vintage Sepia

Paper - X-press It Blending Card, White, Green

Accessories - Copics, Spellbinders Divine Eloquence, Decorative Labels 28, Labels 28; X-press It Foam Tape

Want to see even more inspiration using this set??  Check out these links below......

 

Stacy 
Julie
Christine
Leslie 
Kathy 
Ally 
Broni
Barbara C 
Catherine
Nancy 

Barbara W

That's all from me today, thanks for popping by and hope you are inspired to stamp!!

Power Poppy Friday

Hello Everyone!!  It's Power Poppy Friday and I have a Covered Journal to share with you today!  For this project I've used the Strong and Beautiful Stamp Set because I thought this large, amazing image would be perfect on a notebook!

I've used a large Spirax hardcovered notebook and covered with some Fab Scraps paper from my stash.  Across this is some pink punched with a border punch topped with white and the reverse of the patterned paper.  The feature panel is white layered with pink die cut with Elegant Labels Four.  Next I've added a panel of white, die cut with Grand Labels Four (Retired) and airbrushed with green Copic.  I've die cut the Letters K and H and airbrushed them with Copic while still in the die.  Finally I've stamped the image from Strong and Beautiful Stamp Set and coloured with Copics and pencils then carefully fussy cut out and popped up on foam tape!

Stamps - Strong and Beautiful (Power Poppy)
Ink - Memento Rich Cocoa
Paper - X-press It Blending Card, White, Pink, Patterned Paper
Accessories - Copics, Pencils, Spellbinders Dies: Elegant Labels Four, Grand Labels Four (Retired), Divinity Designs Letter K and Letter H Dies, Fiskars Border Punch

You can find more inspiration today and these locations.....

Julie 

Stacy

The Power Poppy Blog

Thanks for popping by and hope you are inspired to stamp!  :)

Happy 10th Birthday!

Hello Everyone! My daughter had a birthday party recently and imagine my shock when I realised I had NO BOY CARDS in my stash!  Seriously, how did I let that happen?  Anyway, thank goodness for these Large Number Dies by ODBD because they make it really easy to make a super quick card. They also make it sooooo easy to create the dreaded Man Card!!  :)

I've used a white base and layered with Marina Mist and topped with some fabby Maja Designs Denim and Friends paper.  I've added a piece of grosgrain ribbon down the middle.  I've added another strip of Marina Mist across the top and then cut a piece of River Rock with a stitched flag die and popped it up on X-press It Foam Tape.  I've then used some Star Spellbinders dies to create the white and yellow stars.  Finally I've used Large Number Dies to cut the '10' and airbrushed it with some B95 Copic while still in the die.

Stamps - None
Ink - None
Paper - White, Marina Mist, River Rock, So Saffron, Maja Designs Denim and Friends DP
Accessories - ODBD Large Number Dies, Just Rite A2 Stitched Banners and Rectangles Die, Spellbinders Stars Dies, River Rock Grosgrain Ribbon, X-press It Foam Tape

That's all from me today, thanks for popping by and hope you are inspired to stamp!  :)

Black and White Wedding

Hello Everyone!  A friend of mine recently asked if I could make her a card for a wedding she was attending using a black and white theme.  This is the finished result using a mixture of products from different companies.  I'm really happy with the final result and she loved it too!  I have another one to make for her soon with a completely different style, so I might have another one for you in a couple of weeks.  :)

The base is white and I've layered with a piece of black cut with Romantic Rectangles.  I've layered this with silver (it's actually quite shiny but didn't photograph well) and some Wedding Wishes paper.  Around these layers I've added some white ribbon topped with ruffled silver ribbon and some silver cord.  I've stamped the peony and leaves from Peony Muse in Grey Flannel ink onto X-press It Blending Card and coloured with Copies - N0, N1, N3, N5 - and then die cut with the matching Peony Muse Co-ordinating Dies.  I've popped these up on X-press It Foam Tape.  To finish I've cut some black card with Leaves and Branches Die and Mr and Mrs Die.

Stamps - Peony Muse (Power Poppy)
Ink - Gray Flannel
Paper - X-press It Blending Card, Black, White, Our Daily Bread Designs Wedding Wishes DP
Accessories - Copics, Power Poppy Peony Muse Dies, Our Daily Bread Designs Leaves and Branches, Mr and Mrs Die; X-press It Foam Tape, White Satin Ribbon, Silver Ruffled Ribbon, Silver Cord

That's all from me today, thanks for popping by and hope you are inspired to stamp!  :)

Sixteen!

Hello Everyone!  It's Birthday week in the Jones House with 4 close family birthdays in 5 days!  As you can imagine, there's a lot going on right now!  The first cab off the rank is my son Zac, who turned 16 this week!  16!  I can't believe he's getting so big (in fact he's 6 feet 1 inch now!) and now looking to get his learner driver permit!  EEEEEP!!!!  Of course that means that I was faced with the dreaded MAN CARD so I decided to make the 16 the feature of the card along with some fun sneaker and star paper.

I've used a base of Marina Mist, layered with River Rock and topped with Maja Designs Denim and Friends paper.  I've added another strip of Marina Mist across it and then created another panel of Chocolate Chip, Marina Mist and more Maja Designs paper.  Under this I've tucked a couple of notched tags in So Saffron and River Rock.  I've cut the star of So Saffron using a large star die and made the 16 out of River Rock using Large Number Dies - airbrushing a little Copic E84 while in the die for some shading.  I've cut the name using an old Spellbinders alphabet that would fit the space.

Stamps - NONE!
Ink - NONE
Paper - Maja Designs Denim and Friends, Marina Mist, River Rock, So Saffron, Chocolate Chip
Accessories - ODBD Large Number Dies, Spellbinders Star, Upper Case Font Alphabet

That's all from me today, thanks for popping by and hope you are inspired to stamp.....or die cut!  :)

Yassine

Hello Everyone!!  Today I have another one of those dreaded MAN CARDS!  SIGH!  Men are so very difficult to create for, so thank goodness for stars and browns!!  :)

Last week, one of the loved members of our team at work had his final day.  It was actually very sad as he didn't want to leave.  You see, Yassine is a beautiful young man from Morocco and even though he has worked with the company for years and is a valued member of our team, the government has told him he has to leave and go home to Morocco.  There were tears and not just from me...  :(   Of course I had to make him a special good-bye card from everyone, which is why this is a long tall card - plenty of space for everyone to write something.

I used a base of Baked Brown Sugar and topped with Cherry Cobbler and some random star patterned paper from my stash.  Through the centre is a piece of Chocolate Chip topped with some spotty brown paper also from my stash.  Then came the fun of lots of pennant shaped pieces and star die cuts in browns and reds.  To personalise it, I've die cut the letters of his name with a font set by Spellbinders.  The sentiment is from From All Of Us by Clearly Besotted, stamped in Rich Cocoa and die cut with an oval die.  (I really like this set for a couple of reasons, 1. It has cute flowers in it and 2. It has lots of 'goodbye' type sentiments for all sorts of occasions, such as new job, retirement, sorry you are leaving and so on.)

I also decorated the inside stamping a coffee cup and beans in versamark (the beans go all around the edges) and the sentiment, from From All Of Us by Clearly Besotted, in Rich Cocoa.  (In case you are wondering about the coffee theme inside - I work at a Patisserie and we sell and drink a lot of coffee!)

Stamps - From All Of US (Clearly Besotted)
Ink - Memento Rich Cocoa, Versamark
Paper - Baked Brown Sugar, Cherry Cobbler, Chocolate Chip, Early Espresso, DP
Accessories - Oval Dies, Star Dies, Scissors, X-press It Foam Tape

That's all from me today, thanks for popping by and hope you are inspired to stamp!  :)

Furry Friends

Hello Everyone!  JustRite are continuing their pet themed sets this week, today we are unveiling Furry Friends!  This set covers all the special events for people with much loved cats and dogs!

I've used a base of Baja Breeze and layered with Baked Brown Sugar and Tea Party DP.  Around this I've attached green and white ribbons.  I've used the Painted Lady die to cut a piece of Baked Brown Sugar (make sure you use some waxed paper between the die and card to help get it out!) and then backed it with some green Tea Party DP.  I've stamped the sentiment from Furry Friends in black onto white and cut it out with Majestic Labels Twenty-Five die and popped it up on foam tape.  I've finished by adding green and white bows to the ribbon and topping it with a blue button tied with silver cord.

Stamps - Furry Friends (JustRite)
Paper - Baja Breeze, Baked Brown Sugar, Kaisercraft Tea Party DP
Ink - Black
Accessories - Spellbinders Painted Lady and Majestic Labels Twenty-Five, Green and White Ribbons, Bow Easy, Blue Button, Silver Cord, X-press It Foam Tape

The JR Team have lots of fabulous inspiration for you today, make sure you pop by and take a peek!

JustRite Inspiration
Becca Feeken
Debbie Olson
Sheri Holt
Angela Barkhouse
Kristi SchurrDarsie Bruno
Marisa Job
Kathy Jones

That's all from me today, thanks for visiting and hope you are inspired to stamp!

Teacher Gift Set

Hello Everyone!  Last Friday, my eldest finished Grade 7 which means next year he is off to High School!  Grade 7 has been the final year of Primary School as long as I can remember in Queensland (although my mother tells me in her day Grade 7 was High School - the Education Dept obviously change the rules every generation or so), however this cohort will be the last to finish in Primary School, with the Grade 6 class finishing this week also heading to High School next year.  Such a strange feeling to have a child heading to High School.

Last Friday, the Grade 7's had their Graduation Ceremony which also included 10 Awards Presentation - these being Art, Mandarin, Music, Academic etc....  Finally the last award was announced, the June Hammer Memorial Award - which is given to one boy and one girl and is decided by no less than 20 staff and the winners kept a closely guarded secret by only 2-3 people.  The winners names will be engraved on the Honour Board at the school.  You can't imagine my surprise and gasp as my son's name was announced (I didn't even hear the girl's name I was so stunned - although I saw her go up on stage - Congratulations Ruth).  Needless to say, I shed a couple of tears.  We are so incredibly proud of you Zac - what an amazing young man you are growing up to be!

Now that I have had my Proud Mum moment - onto today's project!  Every year I make journals for the kids to give to their teachers (I do have others but you won't see those for a while due to the stamps I've used on them) - Zac had a male teacher who liked to torture the class with music from the 80's, so he wanted a journal in this theme.  (Not that Zac hates 80's music, he's been learning guitar to some of the songs of that era.)  You can imagine how this got my brain working - how was I going to do 80's theme?  I found some random bright, circular patterned paper deep in my stash which I thought would work, punched the edge with a spiral punch and glued it down.  I've made a black and orange panel for the front, and cut out the teacher's name in yellow and green using Spellbinders Upper Case Font One.  The guitar was cut using MFT's Rock and Roll Die-namics (I can't find it in their store - perhaps it's retired?) in a variety of colours.  Next came the cassette - I found Retro Cassette shape in the Silhouette Online Store and cut all the pieces and glued them together and attached as shown.

The card was made in matching colours, with the added use of the Music M-Bossabilities folder, the sentiment from MFT's A la Mode Rock Star set (also retired - boohoo - I miss the a la modes) which I've secured with a staple.

Stamps - Rock Star (MFT ret)
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black
Paper - Daffodil Delight, Kiwi Kiss, Black, Tangerine Tango, Cherry Cobbler, White, Unknown DP from stash
Accessories - MFT Rock and Roll Die-namics, Spellbinders Music M-Bossabilities and Upper Case Font One, Silhouette Retro Cassette Cutting File, Silhouette Machine

Sorry this has been a long post today and thanks for hanging in there until the very end!  I hope whatever craziness is happening in your part of the world, that you remember to enjoy it and celebrate every day!

Wedding Day

Hello Everyone!!  Today's card is a special one that I made on behalf of my daughter's Prep class (Prep is the school year before Grade One here in Australia) for our wonderful teacher Liz who was married on Friday!  We presented this to her a few days before the wedding in front of the whole class along with a gift - she was so surprised!  :)

This is a big card measuring 5 inches x 7 inches.....but when you have 24 Prep children aged 5 and 6yrs having to write inside, it's still not big enough!!  So one thing I like to do when I lot of people have to sign a card is slip in several sheets of writing paper cut to size and tied with a piece of gold or silver cord.

I've used a base of Very Vanilla and layered with kraft and then more vanilla.  Next I've taken a piece of Soft Sky card cut with Spellbinders Exquisite Labels Eleven - I've used soft blues and greens since this is the colour palette for the Wedding.  Next is another piece of Vanilla cut with Grand Labels Four and layered with blue cut with 5x7 Elegant Labels Four.  Next is another piece of kraft cut with Labels Four topped with vanilla (sponged with Memento Summer Sky ink) cut with Lacey Oval Nestabilities.  Finally I've stamped the bride and groom image from Flourishes' Wedded Bliss stamp set in Memento Tuxedo Black onto vanilla and cut it with Opulent Ovals Nestabilities.  Whew!  Yep, it's a lot of layers!!  :)  I've attached a blue ribbon, added some pretty ivory pleated trim from the Stamp Simply Ribbon Store and stamped the sentiment (also from Wedded Bliss) onto vanilla card.  It's been cut out with Spellbinders Labels 33 and sponged with Summer Sky ink.  The top corner is embellished with Prima Flowers and leaves, a couple of die cuts made of vanilla and Spellbinders Botanical Swirls and Accents and finally added a couple of  ivory pearls to the top and bottom corners.

Stamps - Wedded Bliss (Flourishes)
Paper - Very Vanilla, Soft Sky, Kraft
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black, Memento Summer Sky
Accessories - Spellbinders Exquisite Labels 11, Grand Labels 4, 5x7 Elegant Labels 4, Labels 4, Lacey Oval Nestabilities, Opulent Ovals Nestabilities, Labels 33, Botanical Swirls and Accents Shapeabilities, Ivory Pleated Trim, Blue Ribbon, Bow Easy, Prima Flowers and Leaves, Ivory Pearls.

That's all from me today, thanks for visiting and hope you are inspired to stamp!

20% Off Spellbinders

Do you love Spellbinders as much as I do???  Now you can get them 20% Off at the JustRite Stampers website!! YAY!!!  Don't forget, if you live in the USA and order over $50 worth of products (any products), shipping is FREE!!  Don't live in the USA?  Internationals who order over $100 worth of products shipping is only $10!!!!!  How awesome is that!!!  :)

Get in now, only available until 10 June (which for most Aussies, is the Queen's Birthday Public Holiday week-end!) and you don't want to miss out!!  CLICK HERE!!!  :)

Happy Shopping!!!

Elegant Wedding Card

Hello Everyone and welcome to Day Three of the JustRite Papercraft release!!  Today we are showcasing a beautiful new set called Mr & Mrs Vintage Labels Four that is perfect for Weddings with a stunning, elegant frame and plenty of mix and match sentiments and ampersands!!!

I've used a base of Very Vanilla and layered with Fawn Bazzill and another piece of vanilla.  I've used Romantic Rectangle Nestabilities to cut some soft pink Bazzill and then topped it with more vanilla that has been stamped with JustRite's Floral Flourishes Background in Memento Desert Sand ink.  Down the side I've added a strip of pink cut with Spellbinders A2 Bracket Borders One (not that you can see it very clearly), a wide piece of ivory satin ribbon and a piece of beautiful Pink Pleated Trim (that I found at the Stamp Simply Ribbon Store).  I've made the flowers using Spellbinders Bitty Blossoms and pink bazzill and vanilla, adding a little airbrushing with Copics (E43 on the pink and RV32 on the ivory).  The flourishes are from Spellbinders Foliage Two, cut using Vanilla and airbrushed with a little YG93 Copic.  I've then cut out a piece of vanilla card using Spellbinders Fancy Tags Two and airbrushed it with RV32.  Then I've stamped the 'Mr' and 'Mrs' sentiments from Mr & Mrs Vintage Labels Four in Memento Rich Cocoa and then overstamped the ampersand in Memento Desert Sand and popped it up on foam tape.

Stamps - Mr & Mrs Vintage Labels Four, Floral Flourishes Background (JustRite)
Paper - Very Vanilla, Fawn and Petalsoft Bazzill
Ink - Memento Desert Sand, Rich Cocoa
Accessories - Spellbinders: Romantic Rectangles, A2 Bracket Borders One, Bitty Blossoms, Foliage Two, Fancy Tags Two; Ivory Satin Ribbon, Pink Pleated Trim, Copics and Airbrush System, Foam Tape.

Don't miss the beautiful creations the team has for you today......

JustRite Papercraft
Kathy Jones
Michele Kovack
Heidi Blankenship
Margie Higuchi
Angela Barkhouse
Eva Dobilas
Darsie Bruno
Barb Schram
Kazan Clark
Sheri Holt

That's all from me today, thanks for visiting and hope you are inspired to stamp!!  :)

The Path of Life

Hello Everyone!  Today I've had one of those wonderful days when I actually had time to play in my craft room.....in peace and quiet!!!  Hubby took the kids out and I had a couple of hours of crafty bliss!!!  :)  To celebrate this occasion I got out some JustRite Stampers toys and made a friendship card.

I've used white card and Spellbinders Labels 29 to create the base and then used the same die to cut a piece of Old Olive for the card front.  I've then cut a piece of Prima Sun Kiss paper with the same die and trimmed it to size.  Next I've cut another piece of Sun Kiss with Spellbinders Labels 4 and matted it with Old Olive.  Around these layers I've used a piece of yellow ribbon.  I've stamped the frame and sentiment from JustRite's Special Gifts Labels Twenty-Nine stamp set and coloured with Copics (Y21, Y35, Y38, E53, G40, G43, G46).  I've trimmed this closely and then matted it with Old Olive cut with Labels 29.  To finish I've added a yellow bow and pearls to the corners.

Stamps - Special Gifts Labels Twenty-Nine
Paper - X-press It Blending Card, White, Old Olive, Prima Sun Kiss DP
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories - Copics, Spellbinders Labels 29 and Labels 4, Yellow Satin Ribbon, Bow Easy, Kaisercraft Snow Pearls.

That's all from me today, thanks for visiting and hope you are inspired to stamp!!  :)

Autumn Labels 22 Release

Hello Everyone and welcome to the JustRite release of Autumn Labels Twenty Two!!  I was inspired to create this card by this month's Fan Club Inspiration Challenge.  If you are a Fan Club member you can find it HERE.

I've used a base of Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Kraft (pierced) and Basic Grey Pyrus DP.  The next panel is more Kraft and Pyrus and over the top I've added a piece of May Arts Mesh.  I've stamped the largest of the Autumn Labels 22 images in Memento Tuxedo Black onto X-press It Blending Card and coloured with Copic Markers (YR12, YR16, YR18, E23, E25, E40, E41, E43, YG91, YG93, YG95, YG97, G99, B000).  As you can see it's a perfect match for Spellbinders Labels 22 and don't you just loooooove this shape!!!!???  I know I do!!  :)  I've cut it out with the second largest Spellbinder die and then popped it up on foam tape.  To finish I've scattered a few tiny buttons in the corners.

Also - a little enabling for you all - JR is also having a Square Sale!!!  All Square products are now $10 or Less!!  So if there is something you've had your eye on, now's the time to get it!!  :)


Stamps - Autumn Labels Twenty Two (JustRite)
Paper - X-press It Blending Card, Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Kraft, Basic Grey Pyrus DP
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories - Labels 22 Nestabilities, Copics, May Arts Mesh, Paper Piercer, Mat Pack, Buttons, Foam Tape.

Blog Candy Alert - Today's Blog Candy on the JustRite Blog is a $ 50.00 shopping Spree.  To enter to win go to the JustRite Blog and answer the blog candy question.  The Blog Candy is open for comments until Friday Night at 12 pm EST. The winner will be announced on the JustRite Blog on Monday October 3rd during the release post.  Good luck to everyone!

Don't miss the other totally fabulous creations today made by the team!!!
JustRite Inspiration
Becca Feeken
Angela Barkhouse
Debbie Olson
Sankari Wegman
Michele Kovack
Stephanie Kraft
Mona Pendleton
Kathy Jones
Sharon Harnist
Heidi Blankenship

That's all from me today, thanks for visiting and hope you are inspired to stamp!!!  :)

Want to make it Fabulous! Day Four

Hello Everyone!!  Want2Scrap™, Spellbinders™ Paper Arts and JustRite® Stampers Designers have teamed up to bring you an amazing four day Blog Hop Event Sept 6th - 9th filled with fabulous designs that are sure to inspire all!! Each day we will be sharing a link list with you for the featured designers and we will have a master link list just in case you happen to miss one of the days.

What would a blog hop be without prizes? Yes, we will also be giving away prizes!!

Want2Scrap will be giving away 2 $25.00 Gift Certificates. 
Spellbinders Paper Arts will be giving away 2 Die Template sets with a value of $24.99 each.
 JustRite Stampers will be giving away 2 Stamp Sets of the winners choice.

The prizes will be hidden the blogs so be sure to visit all of the blogs and leave a comment to increase your chances of winning. The contest for the prizes will be open until midnight Saturday, September 10th.  Winners will be announced on Monday September 12th on the company blogs.

If you are new to Want2Scrap, Spellbinders Paper Arts or JustRite Stampers here is a little information about all three of these amazing companies. Each company offeres a unique line of products that work wonderfully together to make some fabulous designs.

Want2Scrap™ manufacturers rhinestones lines including the specialty Nestabling™ line along with the newly released Nestaboard™ chipboard line that coordinates perfectly with the Spellbinders™ Nestabilities™ die templates. Want2Scrap™ also manufacturers their own line chipboard albums and accents, acrylic albums, and multi-layered laser designs and other fine scrapbooking products. Want2Scrap™ brings ease of use and flexibility in their product lines by offering products uniquely tailored to its customers’ needs. Follow Want2Scrap on Facebook and the Want2Scrap Blog!

Sophistication, value and maximum versatility make Spellbinders™ die templates #1. Beautiful Details Inspiring Creativity…Spellbinders unique triple function die templates allow you to cut, emboss, and then stencil through the die template for unlimited possibilities. The Spellbinders Grand
Calibur® and Spellbinders Grand Nestabilities™ cut and emboss up to 11¾”, taking die cutting to grand proportions. Follow Spellbinders on Facebook, Twitter and the Spellbinders Blog!

JustRite's® entire collection of stamps are designed to be compatible with Spellbinders™ die templates.  JustRite Original's interlocking stamp system allows you to mix and match borders and centers to create dozens of design possibilites. Since the Spring of 2008,  JustRite Original stamps have been designed to coordinate with the Spellbinders Paper Arts Nestabilities®-Decorative Elements and Basic Shapes.  In January of 2011 JustRite began introducing Cling Stamps Sets designed to coordinate with Spellbinders Paper Arts Nestabilities Labels.  JustRite Cling stamps are deeply etched pre-cut red rubber mounted on Static Cling Foam made in the USA . Cling sets come on a colored 8 1/2" x 61/2" Storage Panel for easy storage in JustRite's  Cling Mini Binder Box.

For thousands of ideas on projects using JustRite and Spellbinders™ die templates die templates visit the JustRite Design Gallery and the JustRite Blog. You can also follow our blog by following us on Facebook and Twitter.

Today I've used Labels 11 Nestaboard for my feature panel and decided to leave it raw.  I seriously thought about painting it, covering it with paper, even glimmermisting it....but in the end decided that it looked fabulous on it's own.  Then I decided that it looked even better with the Black Nestabling around it!!!  LOL!!!  There's just something about black, white and pink!!  I really like how I could cut a piece of paper with the next size down of the Labels 11 and that the Nestabling fits perfectly around it.  *Happy Sigh*  I love a perfect fit!!!

I've used JustRite's Strength and Courage set from the August Release for my feature panel and coloured it with JustRite's Rose Quad Collection.  It was cut out with Spellbinder's Large Oval Nestabilities and popped up on foam tape.  Love the way the Nestaboard and Nestabling frame this image!!!  I can see I'll be wanting them in all the different shapes!!!  :)

Don't miss the other Fabulous Creations today and you can find all the links for each days event this week on the following manufacturer's blogs:

Want2Scrap™ Blog
Spellbinders Paper Arts Blog
JustRite Stampers Blog

Designers for Day 4 are....
Mona Pendleton
Heidi Blankenship
Windy Robinson
Michele Kovack
Tina McDonald
Gloria Stengel
Kathy Jones

Stamps - Strength and Courage (JustRite)
Paper - X-press It Blending Card, Pink Bazzill, Black, White, Bella Pink Fusion DP
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories - Labels 11 and Large Oval Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Labels 11 Black Nestabling and Labels 111 Nestaboard (Want2Scrap), Copics, MS Iron Gate Punch, Foam Tape.

~Master Link List~

Sept 6th

Becca Feeken
Holly Simoni
Julie Overby
Kazan Clark
Terre Fry
Karen Taylor
Barb Schram

Sept 7th

Sharon Harnist
Sherry Cheever
Tonya Dirk
Linda Duke
Kellie Fortin
Christine Emberson
Elise Durenberger
Beth Pingry
Stephanie Kraft
Latisha Yoast

Sept 8th

Debbie Olson
Shanna Vineyard
Michelle Woerner
Mimi Leinbach
Kimberly Crawford
Judy Hayes
Sankari Wegman
Dana Gustafson
Angela Barkhouse

Sept 9th

Mona Pendleton
Heidi Blankenship
Windy Robinson
Michele Kovack
Tina McDonald
Gloria Stengel

Kathy Jones - that's me!

I'm the very last stop, so thanks for joining us today and we hope you enjoyed the Blog Hop!!

Sisters Are Flowers

Hello Everyone!! I hope all the Mothers out there had a wonderful Mother's Day yesterday and were spoilt by their families!! Today the JR Girls are showcasing not one, but two fabulous sets!! Just Because is this AWESOME mini sentiment set that I will be using over and over!!! I had a sneak peek of it on Friday and used it on a post on Saturday too!! This set ribbed and works with the rectangle stampers.

If you thought that was FAB, the other set we are introducing today is Because I Care - a beautiful Cling set of sentiments (a lot of sister ones for those who've been asking for them!) and frames that are designed to work with the Spellbinders Fancy Tags 2 and JustRite Happy Everything dies!!!

My card is made of a base of Baja Breeze and layered with white, Pink Pirouette and two pieces of Papermania Rose Garden DP. Across the join is a piece of white punched with the Woodland Branch punch and topped with a piece of pink satin ribbon. Next I cut a piece of white and a piece of pink in two sizes of Label 20 Nestabilities. On the white one I stamped the sentiment from Because I Care in Memento Tuxedo Black and added a little paper piercing underneath. To the side of this panel, I added a ZVA pearl flourish and then created a flower out of white tissue paper using the smallest two sizes of the Blossom 3 Nestabilities. I joined the flower layers together with a brad and glued it on top of the pearl flourish. Next I added a couple of pink ZVA flowers and some greenery using the MS Branch punch. To finish I added a couple of Kaisercraft Snow Pearls to the corner.

Stamps - Because I Care (JustRite)
Paper - Baja Breeze, Pink Pirouette, White, Papermania Rose Garden DP
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories - Label 20 and Blossom 3 Nestabilities, Martha Stewart Woodland Branch and Branch Punches, ZVA Flowers and Pearl Flourish, Kaisercraft Snow Pearls, Paper Piercer, Mat Pack.

Don't miss all the gorgeous creations made by the team today!!!!

JustRite Inspiration Blog

Barb Schram

Sharon Harnist

Kellie Fortin

Michele Kovack

Mona Pendleton

Debbie Olson

Kazan Clark

Kathy Jones

Heidi Blankenship

Sankari Wegman

Angela Barkhouse

That's all for today, thanks for visiting and hope you are Inspired to Stamp!! :)

Kindness is a Blessing

Hello Everyone!!  Today the JustRite team are showing the latest JustRite Stampers stamp set in their January release called Kindness!  This set is CLING has been designed to match the brand new Labels 20 Nestabilities by Spellbinders – and seriously, how cool is that!?!!  You can see Ashley Newell releasing it in the Spellbinders Blog Frenzy HERE!!!

I’ve stamped the frame from Kindness in Memento Bamboo Leaves and cut it by hand (can’t WAIT to get this die set!!).  The sentiment is from the same set and has been stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black and cut with the smallest die in the Petite Ovals Large Nestabilities set.  Do you like these beautiful corner accents?  I’ve made them using the new Nested Sentiment Dies, made by Spellbinders and exclusive to JustRite!!  Add a little paper from DCWV’s Nana’s Nursery Boy collection, some Old Olive, White and Aqua bazzill, the Martha Stewart Deco Fan Border Punch and a couple of pearls and you’re done!  :)

Stamps – Kindness (JustRite)

Paper – Old Olive, White, Aqua Bazzill, DCWV Nana’s Nursery Boy DP

Ink – Memento Bamboo Leaves, Memento Tuxedo Black

Accessories – Grand Calibur, Large Petite Oval Nestabilities, Nested Sentiment Dies (JR), Martha Stewart Deco Fan Punch, Kaisercraft Snow Pearls, Foam Tape.

Pop by and see what the other girls have been creating with this set today….

JustRite Inspiration

Becca Feeken

Debbie Olson

Kathy Jones

Sharon Harnist

Kellie Fortin

Sankari Wegman

Michele Kovack

Angela Barkhouse
Stephanie Kraft
Barb Shram

That’s all for today, thanks for visiting!!!

Best Friends

Hello Everyone!  Today I’ve been playing with some new sets by JustRite Stampers called Friendship Blooms and created a card for today's Featured Stamper Challenge!!!  I've chosen Tracy's Celebrate card, made it more purple than white, altered the layout, added a few layers and changed the frame image.

If you have been following the Spellbinders Blog Frenzy, you may recognise the shapes of the brand new dies that a being released for the Winter CHA!  The sentiment panel is designed to match the new Labels 18 set and the flower is designed to match the Blooms 3 set!

The base is Rich Razzleberry and layered with white and some Cottage Wall DSP that I’ve used my sewing machine to sew around the edges.  The middle panel is made of Orchid Opulence and layered with more Cottage Wall DSP and then I’ve added an embossed strip of white down one side.  Across the bottom I’ve added two pieces of white satin ribbon and knotted the lower one.  I’ve stamped the frame from Friendship Blooms in Rich Razzleberry and cut it by hand (because I don’t have the new Labels 18 set) and then stamped the sentiment from the same set in Memento Tuxedo Black and cut it out with Large Circle Nestabilities and popped it up on foam tape.  I’ve made the flower by stamping the large Blooms 3 shape from the set twice in Rich Razzleberry.  Then I scored them using my Scor-Pal and snipped one part from edge to centre on each and valley folded them and joined them together.  The centre accent is from another of the new JustRite sets called Fancy Labels.  To finish I added some die cut leaves underneath and a tiny white pearl to the centre of the flower.

Stamps – Friendship Blooms, Fancy Labels (JustRite)

Paper – Rich Razzleberry, White, Orchid Opulence, Cottage Wall DSP

Ink – Memento Tuxedo Black, Rich Razzleberry

Accessories – Large Circle Nestabilities, Scor-Pal, Swiss Dots EF, White Satin Ribbon, Little Leaves Sizzlets, Scissors, Foam Tape, Kaisercraft Snow Pearl.

That’s all from me today, thanks for visiting!

Pretty in Peach

Hello Everyone!!  Today is Featured Stamper challenge day and the honour this week goes to my sweet friend MARISA!!!!  Congratulations Marisa - I am so totally excited for you!!!!  :)  I chose her Curtain Call Act 25 card, changing the colours (sorry Marisa, I so cannot do those bright colours!), different image, but still floral and added a sentiment.  I omitted the ribbon and added a couple of pearls instead!!  :)

I started with some peach bazzill, layered with white, Chocolate Chip and some Kaisercraft English Rose DP.  The horizontal panel is more Chocolate Chip punched on both sides with the EK Success Dotted Wave punch and layered with white and some more English Rose DP.  The poppies are from JustRite's Plant a Little Love stamp set and have been stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black onto X-press It Blending Card and coloured with Copics (R20, R22, R24, YG93, YG95, YG97, E25).  I've cut it out with Large Circle Nestabilities with my Grand Calibur (can you see how crisp that embossing is!!!!  :)  ), and matted it with more peach cut with the Lacey Circles Nestabilities and popped up on foam tape.  Next I stamped the sentiment from JustRite's All Occasions Nested Sentiments set in Memento Rich Cocoa and created a notched tag and finished with a couple of Kaisercraft Snow Pearls in the top corner.

Stamps - Plant a Little Love, All Occasions Nested Sentiments (JustRite)
Paper - X-press It Blending Card, Peach and White Bazzill, Chocolate Chip, Kaisercraft English Rose DP
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black, Memento Rich Cocoa
Accessories - Copics, Large Circle and Lacey Circle Nestabilities, Grand Calibur, EK Success Dotted Wave Border Punch, Kaisercraft Snow Pearls, Foam Tape.

That's all for today, thanks for visiting!!  :)

Summer Shells

Hello Everyone!!  I hope you are all enjoying your Christmas Break!  Here in Australia it's Summer time, so I was feeling in a warm, beachy mood when I made this card!  For those of you in the Northern Hemisphere, I hope this makes you feel a little warmer through your winter!!  Every Christmas I make my Grandmother a pack of cards for various occasions and this is one that went into her pack.  I thought it would be good to have a no sentiment card and one that could be used for a male or female.  (OK - admittedly, perhaps I shouldn't have added the pearls if it goes to a male, but it's too late now!)

I started with a base of aqua bazzill and layered with So Saffron and some Very Vanilla that has been embossed with the Floral and Stone Impressabilities that I put through my Grand Calibur!!  I sponged a little Antique Linen ink over it to make the embossing pop a bit more.  Next I cut a piece of Windsor Knot DP (retired) with the Label 17 Nestabilities (and boy does the Grand Calibur cut like BUTTAH!!!!  Love it!!!!)  Across this I added some Natural Mesh (May Arts).  The shells are from JustRite's By The Sea set and have been stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black onto X-press It Blending Card and coloured with Copics.  It was cut out with Small Oval Nestabilities and matted with aqua bazzill cut with Large Oval Nestabilities and matted again with So Saffron cut with Large Scallop Oval Nestabilities.  To finish I added a couple of Kaisercraft Chino Pearls to the top and bottom corner.

Stamps - By The Sea (JustRite)
Paper - X-press It Blending Card, Aqua Bazzill, So Saffron, Very Vanilla, Windsor Knot DSP
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black, Antique Linen
Accessories - Copics, Nestabilities: Small Oval, Large Oval, Large Scallop Oval, Label 17; Floral and Stone Impressabilities, May Arts Natural Mesh, Kasiercraft Blush Pearls.

That's all for today, thanks for visiting!!!  :)

Happy Holidays!

Hello Everyone!!  I've been doing so many red Christmas cards lately, that I've decided to boycott red for this card!!  :)  Instead I'm going with monochromatic green!  I really like the crisp, fresh look of white and one other colour and was happy with the way this turned out!

I've started with a base of green bazzill and layered with light green bazzill and some white that was embossed with the Jemara EF.  Across this I've added two pieces of green satin ribbon.  For my feature panel, I've stamped the outer border and the inner border from JustRite's Christmas Nested Frames in Memento Bamboo Leaves onto X-press It Blending Card and coloured them with Copics (YG93, YG95).  The outer border was cut out with the new Nested Frames Die by JustRite!  These dies are made by Spellbinders and JustRite is a Preferred Stamp Company - so you know they are going to be good!  :)  The inner border was cut out using the Nested Sentiment Dies and I used the Grand Calibur to die cut it, beautiful crisp cutting, first time, every time!!  :)  I actually cut a little green mat to go around it just to make it pop!  The sentiment comes from the Christmas Nested Sentiments and Verse set and has been stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black, I've cut it with my trimmed and matted it with more green.  I then cut a 5" x 3.25" of green card and used the MS Deco Fan punch around the page set to create a beautiful frame for my sentiment and popped it all up on foam tape.

Stamps - Christmas Nested Frames, Christmas Nested Sentiments and Verse (JustRite)
Paper - X-press It Blending Card, Green and Light Green Bazzill
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black, Memento Bamboo Leaves
Accessories - Nested Frames Dies, Nested Sentiment Dies (JustRite), MS Deco Fan Punches, Jemara EF, Green Satin Ribbon, Foam Tape.

That's all for today, thanks for visiting!!!  :)