Sites of the week

Need new stamps? Well, tomorrow is your lucky day then! Verve Visual is releasing two new stamp sets, Great Expectations and Father Figure. Great Expectations is a sentiment set that contains a slew of encouraging and congratulatory sentiments, and it is the set that I have used on all of my samples today. Father Figure is the perfect set for masculine cards, and it’s not just for dads!
More samples can be seen on yesterday’s and today’s posts on the Verve Blog…which is where you want to go if you want to win these sets!! Tomorrow is the release and there might be a deal that you don’t want to miss, too. Hmmm…what could it be?

This card was inspired by an Army bumper sticker…

A very simple and reproducible card using a small Cuttlebug embossing folder…

I love this sentiment!! Perfect for all those grads!…

Detail shot…

I crack myself up… {Using TCP’s Sprinkle Annette and more Nana’s Nursery paper, too!}…

See you manana for ABC Friday! Hugs-Jd

{Well, for this card, it’s Matilda CherryOnTop}

Two things that I am currently infatuated with…

1. The Bella fairies {chichiboulie line}
2. Nana’s Nursery {DCWV} designer paper {this is from the girl pack, but the boy paper is just as cute…and 40% off at Joann’s right now}

Put the two together and TA-DA…

Coloring detail {done with Copic markers}…

Could this fairy be any cuuuuter? Me thinks not! I chose not to add a sentiment to this card because I thought it would just be too much. For a finishing touch, I added some embellAshment flowers to which I added teeny tiny Swarovskis to the center. I’m off to go play with Patricia Birthdaycake from the same line. Have a great day!

It’s TCP Tuesday! Today’s Hipster Hostess with the Mostess is my dear friend, Carole. For all of you that know Carole, or at lease read her blog, know that she has a wicked sense of humor and a personality that tops most. So, when I heard that she was going to host an inspiration challenge, I knew that it wouldn’t a lamp shade that we were trying to replicate. Her challenge to us and YOU… Jimmy Buffett songs. Yes, seriously! Of course when I think Jimmy Buffett, I think beach and ‘ritas. I was kinda in a time bind, but knew that I **had** to do something, so I came up with this lil’ card featuring a strawberry margarita. The paper is from DCVW Nana’s Nursery collection {cute papers in this collection!!} the stamps are, of course, The Cat’s Pajamas.

Here’s a little more about TCP Tuesday that you should know, especially since this challenge is FOR YOU and prizes are involved. Gotta love prizes, right?
1. Each a week one of the The Cat’s Pajamas DT members will host a challenge.
2. The challenges will vary {color, theme, sketch, etc.}
3. You will have until {this} Saturday night to complete the challenge.
4. Link your project on this week’s hostess’ challenge announcement. This week you will link your project HERE.
5. TCP stamps are not required, but of course, highly encouraged. {Unless it is a challenge calling for a specific stamp}
6. There will be one winner each month. They will be deemed that month’s Swankiest Stamper and get $25 in Cat’s Cash {money to spend on the TCP site!}.
7. When uploading to SCS, please use the keyword TCPTUES04 for this challenge.

Happy Monday All! On the 20th of each month, MFT “declares” Celebrating MFT Day. What does that mean? It’s just an excuse to stamp with your MFT stamps, really. It’s something we came up with a few months ago where MFT fans can “get together” and post their MFT creations on one day each month. I’m sure you all are saying, “Um, Jen, it’s not the 20th today.” Yes, I know, it’s the 21st. I take a break from blogging, uploading, etc. on the 20th, so here I am today sharing this with you. This is actually a mini card that I have been saving to share. The design is from a PaperCrafts magazine Joy Of Cardmaking call. This was my first go at it and then I realized that I didn’t read the directions in full and that I was actually supposed to use certain colors as well. So, I went back to my studio, go out the right colors and created another, which was fortunately picked up {YAY!}. We’ll see that one in a few months in PaperCrafts.
This card uses the Think Pink set from My Favorite Things. I used my Copics to color it and for finishing touches I paper pierced, and added a rhinestone brad and taffeta ribbon.

Have a wonderful week!! I have TCP, Bella and Verve stuff all coming up this week.

WOW!! I guess a **few** of you wanted to win this LOOT!! I can say that I was a bit shocked when the entries topped 550 yesterday…WOW! THANK YOU ALL FOR MAKING A 400K GIVEAWAY POSSIBLE!!!!!

Let’s roll out the red carpet and have a drumroll please- The LUCKY winner is…

259 COLLEEN {kroppycat}

My biggest indulgence is Pepsi. I should say Pepsis (plural), because I drink them all day. Not diet Pepsi (bleh!). . . . regular Pepsi.
Congrats on the hits! Amazing, but not surprising. You go girl!
Hugs,
Colleen

Now, I know the real reason that you are here isn’t to see if you won, but rather to see what today’s SKETCH FOR YOU TO TRY is. Right? Well, good news…I have a great Sketch For You To Try this week. It’s very versatile and you can “read” the layers as you wish. When I drew out this sketch, my mind’s eye say the top and bottom layer on top of the middle layer; however, you can layer them as your little heart desires. Also, the heart merely represents some sort of embellishment. Have fun with this…there are endless possibilities!

More SUPER DUPER samples on the blogs of my buds…Amy, Carole, Shannan and Susan {Susan even did TWO!…ambitious, aren’t we, Sus?}.

The sketch…

My sample, using the C.C.Designs set, “It’s My Birthday”. It is available at All That Scraps. The ribbon idea is compliments of Pam Bassett.

Here is the sample from this month’s Guest Designer, Sarah Green…

ETA: I was writing this post late last night and forgot to add that if you if upload to SCS, use the keyword SFYTT and please link your posts here! I wanna be sure not to miss any of them!! Thanks for playing! You gals {and guys} ROCK!!