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So Vintage - Shabby Chic

Hi There! Here today for the Friends of Waltzingmouse Stamps August Blog Waltz. This month Claire challenged us all to create a project based on a Vintage-Shabby Chic theme (as you probably have guessed this happens to be my fave :) For complete Waltz details please visit the The Play Room. Here is myVintage-Shabby Chic card full of FRUIT...

Glittered Kindness

Hi Friends! Happy Labor Day if you are celebrating here in the US :) Hope you don't have to work! I feel fortunate to have had most of the weekend off besides an 8 hr shift on Saturday. Just a quick lil' card here to share. This week, Sharon is challenging us all to pull out our JustRite Stamps & make some Glitter Magic for this week's JustRite Friday Challenge...

with Love...WMSC11

Hi There! Thanks so much to all who played along with last week's Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge! So many fabulous projects! Here today with an all new sketch. Rather than making a card, I made a lil' home decoration wall hanging for my dear sister, Tina who takes care of my fur babies while I am out of town using the new Spellbinders™ Grand Nestabilities®...

Happy Birthday Mother...WMSC13

Hi Friends! Time for another Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge! Thanks to all who played along last week, there were once again so many gorgeous projects!I made this card for my Mother-In-Law, Barbara, who will be celebrating her 79th Birthday on September 10th. I pulled out both the LF-127 Grand Scalloped Squares & the LF-126 Grand Squares die templates to create the 1st mat of the card then using the S4-127 Classic Scalloped Squares LG....

WMSC15

Hi Friends! Thanks so much for the sweet comment on my Halloween banner that I made for the Friends of Waltzingmouse Stamps September Blog Waltz. Here today to share this card I made for this week's Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge. This card is rather Clean And Simple for me. I inked up Musical Backgrounds to create the background for the top layer & paired it with some pretty My Mind's Eye DP.....

With Joy

Hello Girls! I am overjoyed with your excitement & comments for my lil ' celebration give away :) I have been reading all of your responses regarding "favorite products" & we stampin' scrappin' girls sure have a lot in common :) We can't get enough embellishments, paper or cute creatures such as a Cricut or a Cuttlebug :) I really liked last week's color challenge from the Splitcoast's Color Challenge 227, CC227 using SU Lavendar Lace, Barely Banana, Basic Black, Going Grey & Whisper White. My sketch inspiration came from last week's Mojo Monday #95 sketch challenge. This card was too late for the entry at Mojo but I loove all their sketches & inspiration anyhow! Be sure to visit either website for endless creations of inspiration! Hope you like it! Be Sweet!

Ingredients Used:

Paper: SU Lavendar Lace, Barely Banana, Basic Grey, Basic Black, Whisper White

Ink: SU Lavendar Lace, Barely Banana, Basic Grey, Basic Black, VersaMark

Stamps: PTI Beautiful Blooms

Sprinkles: Filigree white Embossing powder, Jo-Ann hardware & brads, Cuttlebug Swiss Dots EF, Offray ribbon

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Heartfelt Thanks!

Hi Cyber Girlfriends! I am really happy to have been able to share all of my excitement with you girls. I can't thank you enough for the continual support! To show my appreciation for ALL of your warm words, thoughtful comments & support, I put together a lil' gift give away. It is sooo rewarding for me to see the smile on a family member, a friend or a co-worker's face when I give them a Cupcake Creation such as a handstamped card, custom gift bag accompanied with a special tag or something as simple as an altered tin with Tic-Tac's inside! :) The support & comments from you girls is the ICING & SPRINKLES on my Cupcake's :) Here are the details if you would like to win what you see: (1 pack Making Memories crystal brads, 1 Studio G Cupcake rubber stamp, 1 Cuttlebug Swiss Dots EF, 1 Hero Arts Cupcake Stamp set & the Heartfelt Thanks tag & unsigned card:) ) Just leave a comment on THIS post telling me what favorite papercrafting products you couldn't live without & why you enjoy creating?

Only one entry per person please.

Contest will close Wednesday, July 22 at 9 pm MST. Winner will be chosen using a random # generator.

Winner will be announced no later than Thursday, July 23 at 9 pm MST. Good Luck! :)

For this tag & card my color inspiration came from Dawn McVey's Raspberry Suite Color Challenge 12 & the sketch inspiration came from this week's Splitcoast's Sketch Cha llenge 237, SC237. If you haven't already been to either of these sites, you should take time to visit & see all the amazing creations! You can find the instructions for the hand crocheted flower, as well as many other creative clicks, on Nichole Heady's blog. Be Sweet!

Ingredients Used:

Paper: SU Certainly Celery, Pixie Pink, Bravo Burgandy, Very Vanilla

Ink: Certainly Celery, Pixie Pink, Bravo Burgandy

Stamps: PTI Beautiful Blooms, Everday Classics,Flourishes

Sprinkles: Spellbinders Scalloped Circles & Rectangles & Circle Nesties, PTI twine, Basic Grey buttons, EK Success flower punches, SU distressing, paper piercing tool & ribbon, Cuttlebug Swiss Dots EF, Offray dot ribbon

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