Happy Birthday Taylor!

Happy, Happy Birthday Taylor!!! Welcome Friends! Today we are honoring Taylor with a special Birthday Blog Hop. She is such a sweet gal, so I just had to make her a birthday card using the Taylored Expressions Sweet Celebration stamp set. You know it also had to be a cupcake card for Taylor. The cupcake wrappers are all paper pieced using Delovely Patterned Paper by Cosmo Cricket. I also added some more Delovely Patterned Paper for the background. Perfect paper for a summer birthday card. Be sure to hop along to view all of Taylor's birthday cards. Hope your day is fabulous, Taylor!!!!

Alice Wertz http://aliceslittlewonderland.blogspot.com/

Carolina Buchting www.creativepad.typepad.com

Charmaine Ikach http://oodabugalley.blogspot.com/

Donna Baker http://www.serenityinstamping.com/

Jackie Pedro http://www.thescallopededge.blogspot.com/

Jami Sibley http://jami.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/

Jenn Balcer http://jbalcer.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/

Jodi Collins www.stampingalatte.blogspot.com

Karen Giron http://kgiron.blogspot.com/

Karen Motz http://paperplayhouse.blogspot.com/

Lisa Hjulberg http://lisahjulberg.blogspot.com

Lori Craig http://loricraig.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/

Melissa Sauls Http://www.instampingmode.com

Monika Davis www.stampnmad.typepad.com

Nancy McKinney http://www.cardworthy.blogspot.com/

Sandra MacLean http://www.paperfuntastics.blogspot.com/

Sankari Wegman http://sunnysankari.blogspot.com/

Sharon Harnist www.PaperFections.com

Sherrie Siemens http://sherrie-cardcreme.blogspot.com/

Thanks for visiting and Have a fantastic day!

TESC117 = Happy Birthday!

Hi Friends! Happy Friday! Can't wait for the weekend to start! This week's Taylored Expressions Sketch Challenge gave me the opportunity to use one of my favorite new A Muse stamps. The Bursting Blooms stamp is so pretty and I got to do some stamping without any coloring. It seems like forever since I have done that. The sketch was perfect for this stamp and I am going to using a lot more to mass create a bunch of these birthday cards. The Happy Birthday sentiment is also from A Muse. Hope you have some time to play along with us this week.


Wanna see more? Be sure to visit my Sketch Crew friends for their delightful creations:
Alice Wertz
Jami Sibley
Lisa Hjulberg
Melissa Sauls
Monika Davis
Sherrie Siemens
Lori Craig
and Taylor!!!!

Thanks for visiting and Have a Fantastic Friday!!!

Elzybells Birthday Celebration

Happy Birthday Elzybells! In honor of the birthday celebration I created 2 birthday creations using the cute Say it with flowers set. The card and tag are both made using MME - Quite Contrary patterned paper. Does this paper ever run out? I think I bought 100 sheets because I still have more. LOL! Both projects are clean and simple and were lots of fun to make. Elzybells has so many wonderful images to choose from and lots of your favorites are currently on sale to celebrate 2 years of Elzybells. You just have to stop on by and visit the Elzybells Blog for all the fabulous celebration sale details.


Keep the celebration going by visiting the rest of the Elzybells Design Team:
Inge Groot
Jeni Allen
Jessica Flynn-Shaffer
Moon Hulsman
and of course Elizabeth!!!

Thanks for visiting and Have a Fabulous Friday!!!

STMC9 - Hello Friend!

Hello Friends! Happy Saturday! It's been a beautiful week here in Sunny Southern California. Today I am bringing you my sketch for the Stampendous Saturday Sketch Challenge. I used the adorable set Flutterby Friends. I stamped the butterfly in Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and colored with Copic Markers. I added some Multi Ultra Fine Crystal Glitter to add some sparkle to the butterfly. I paired the image with some pretty MME - Quite Contrary patterned paper. I also added a little American Crafts Ribbon to embellish. Hope you like this week's sketch! Stop by the Stampendous Blog to play along with us and you also have a chance to win a great Stampendous prize. We would also love to see all your Stampendous creations. Did you know there is a Stampendous Fan Flickr Group? Well come on by and join the group!


Have a great weekend and Thanks for visiting!!!

CCM - I Love Dad!

Happy Sunday! I hope you are all having a fantastic weekend! I am back with another great Chi Chi Memories stamp called Happy Daddy's Day. This little boy is so adorable. I started off by coloring the image with Copic Markers. I paired the image with some My Mind's Eye patterned paper. I love all the different colors. I then matted it all onto Kraft cardstock. I loved Friday's sketch, so I played with it a little again. I added some Bo Buuny double dot ribbon for the finishing touch. I hope you enjoyed the Chi Chi Memories creations I shared with you this month. Be sure to visit the Chi Chi Memories store to see all their wonderful products. Hope you have a fantastic day!!!

TESC115 - Have a beautiful day!

Hi Friends! It's Friday and the long weekend begins!!!! Woo Hoo!!! You got any plans this weekend? Well I hope it includes a little time to participate in this week's Taylored Expressions Sketch Challenge. Taylor has come up with another fabulous sketch for us. I started off my card by inking up the cute A Muse - Flutterby Flock stamp in Gingerbread VM Chalk ink. I then used a Deckled Rectangle Nesties die to cut and emboss around the image. I paired up the image with some lovely October Afternoon - Farm Fresh papers that I haven't used yet. I added some pearl colored brads at the top and bottom and finished it off with a fluffy bow. I added the sentiment Have a Beautiful day inside the card. I just love clean and simple cards. They are easy and fun to make. Hope you enjoyed today's card and thanks for visiting. Have a fabulous holiday weekend!!!

P.S. I don't what's up with all the different shades of brown on my card. I think I was playing way too much Pac-Man on Google and lost some of my sight. LOL!


Be sure to stop on by and visit my TESC Sketch Crew buddies and see all their terrific creations:
Alice Wertz
Jami Sibley
Lisa Hjulberg
Melissa Sauls
Monika Davis
and Taylor!!!!

CCM - I heart Freddie

Hi!!! I'm back with another sweet Chi Chi Memories image to share with you. This week I get to work with one of my favorite CCM stamps - Elephant Love. I love this adorable elephant named Freddie. He is just too cute and I had to pair him up with some fun Doodlebug Designs patterned paper. He is so festive and I knew he would be perfect for a birthday card. I colored the image with Copic markers using lots of the different colors from the patterned paper. I love working with the CCM digital images. The images are all so cute and fun to color. I am also a big fan of their sketches. Today's card uses the latest sketch - CCM .SC #6. So do you love Freddie or what? Well he's back with a brand new image called Freddie Loves Daddy. So sweet! Be sure to visit me again on Sunday for more fun with Chi Chi Memories.

Thanks for visiting and Have a Great Day!!!

Elzybells Challenge 44

Hello Friends! Are you looking forward to the long weekend? I am starting my stamping weekend off early with this fun Elzybells Challenge. The challenge is to create a get well card. I am using the adorable Lovesick stamp set for my card. My favorite image in this set is that cute band-aid with the heart, so I used it to create my background on the kraft cardstock. I added a prescription to get well soon along with the cute nurse image. I added a some red ribbon to finish off my card. Easy and fun! I hope you will play along with this challenge. We love to see your creations. If you would like to play along - join us in the forum.

Hop on over and visit the rest of the Elzybells DT for their Get Well creations:
Inge Groot
Jeni Allen
Jessica Flynn-Shaffer
Moon Hulsman
and of course Elizabeth!!!

Thanks for visiting and Have a Fabulous Thursday!!!

Elzybells Release Day!

Yippee!!! Today is the day! ELZYBELLS RELEASE DAY!!! To celebrate Release Day and to go with all the wonderful sets that I have given you Sneak Peeks on this week I have one more for you. Today I bring you DIY Dad! This set is close to my heart. My dad is wonderful at fixing things. I have seen him build a garage, repair our plumbing, fix our cars and well just about anything. He is truly a DIY Dad. I made these 2 cards with him in mind. I used the 2 different tool images from the set for my cards. I think I know quite a bit about tools growing up with a handyman such as my dad. Plus how many dad's can say their daughter can drive a forklift? LOL! That's a whole other story. Well my daddy loves tools as I am sure most of your dad's do too and I can't wait for him to see these cards. He likes my cards and well that just makes he so happy. The second card is poking a little fun at him. It's hard to see on the black background, but I stamped the "Work in Progress" stamp all over it. You see even though he can fix anything it doesn't mean it's always gonna get done right away. It may require several trips to Home Depot. LOL! I am so happy I got to share this set with you today and be sure to hop on over to the Elzybells store to see the full stamp release.


Be sure to visit the rest of the Design Team as we celebrate RELEASE DAY!!!
Inge Groot
Jeni Allen
Jessica Flynn-Shaffer
Moon Hulsman
and of course Elizabeth!!!
Thanks for visiting and Have a fabulous day!

Elzybells Sneak Peeks - Day 3

Hello! Are you loving these Elzybells Sneak Peeks? I really hope so because I LOVE this release! Tomorrow is the big day! Today I bring you the delightful new Say it with flowers set. The floral images are so sweet and the everyday sentiments are great. I will be using this set often. My first card has one of my all time fav sentiments ... If friends were flowers I'd pick you. I stayed with my trusty My Mind's Eye - Quite Contrary patterned paper. I love the floral print and it is perfect with this set. I stitched around all the layers and colored in the flower with Copic Markers. I added some ribbon and a flower button to complete the card. My second card features a few of the sweet flower images and another great sentiment. I stamped each image and colored them in with Copic Markers. I punched them out with a 3/4" circle punch and matted them with pink patterned paper punched out with a 7/8" circle punch. Very fun and easy to make. This set is so cute and fun. I hope you enjoyed today's Sneak Peeks! Come visit me tomorrow for Release Day!


Be sure to visit the rest of the Design Team for more Sneak Peek creations:
Inge Groot
Jeni Allen
Jessica Flynn-Shaffer
Moon Hulsman
and of course Elizabeth!!!
Thanks for visiting and Have a fabulous day!


Rachie's Recipe:
Card# 1
Stamps: Say it with flowers (Elzybells)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black and Copic Markers
Paper: White & Kraft CS (PTI) and Patterned Paper (My Mind's Eye - Quite Contrary)
Accessories: Ribbon (A Muse), Button (PTI), 3D foam tape (Best Creation) and Stardust Stickles

Card# 2
Stamps: Say it with flowers (Elzybells)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black and Copic Markers
Paper: White & Kraft CS (PTI) and Patterned Paper (My Mind's Eye - Quite Contrary)
Accessories: 3D foam tape (Best Creation), 3/4" & 7/8" circle punches (EK Success), Square & Scallop Square Nesties and Stardust Stickles