Sites of the week

Nothing says weekend like a margarita {on the rocks} with {lots of} salt! So, let me kick off the weekend with a little {stamped} margarita love featuring the Market Street set TIKI TIME…

Now, that’s what I am calling taking it with a grain of salt {created with Stickles}…

I had fun playing with the bright colors and mix of patterns to create the 4 panels behind the main image panel. The sentiment is colored like the margaritas and, like the main image panel, is mounted on a piece of black cardstock for little bit of POP! I added the vertical strip of green pattern paper behind the margarita glass to break up the white that was driving me a little crazy {LOL!}.

In celebration of my first post as a part of the Market Street team, I am giving away the cutie patootie set COMFORT FOOD. Just leave me a comment telling me your favorite {comfort} food before January 22nd at 12noon CST. I’ll announce the winner on my January 23rd MSS post.

Oh my goodness…more new stamps to kick off the new year in crafty style! It’s been a blast the last few weeks playing with all the new these new goodies! Each company that I work with brings out a different stamping style in me. Sometimes it’s clean and simple, other times it’s a bit on the “more is more” side. Today, you can see that it’s representative of the latter as I played with some of the new VERVE stuff mixed with some previously released stamps and dies…

Sentiment from the new WINGS OF LOVE set…

I absolutely LOVE this new ALL AFLUTTER butterfly die! I cut out 3 butterflies from pattern paper {Crate Paper}, scored them down the middle and then adhered them together to create this dimensional butterfly…

The butterfly is topped with a heart from the FROM THE HEART die set and is flying off toward some die cut ELEGANT LEAVES {stamped from the BLOOM & GROW set}. I thought this card was finished when I had leaves just on the lower left corner, but Ellie pointed out that there should be leaves on the top, too. I think that she might just have an eye for design! Future Dirty Dozen?…a mom can dream, right? LOL!!

All of the new stamps {3 set, 4 Plain Janes} and dies {count ‘em…1,2,3,4!} will be available this evening after the release party. Won’t you join us? Click on graphic below for more info and to be directed to the Verve forum on SCS…

More new stamps to start off the new year!

Today YOUR NEXT STAMP is releasing new images from design team member and illustrator, Jenny Suchin. Jenny kicked off the hop on her blog and you should have come here from Amy’s blog. If you missed a hop stop, take a U turn so you don’t miss out on any of the cuteness along the way!

Thanks for the lift…

Detail shot…

All of the new releases are available now at YOUR NEXT STAMP.

I’m keeping this short and sweet as I go to play nurse to Nicolas who is on the mend, but still coughing up a storm due to pneumonia. My poor lil’ man!

Leave a little love {a comment} on each stop along the way for a chance to win one of these new sets and then, keep on hopping along to…

Diana’s blog

…and new stamps {and CutUps} dies are now available from The Cat’s Pajamas.

Did you make it to the release party on the TCP forum on SCS? I popped in for a little while, but I have to say that I was totally drained after running from Nic’s doctor appt. and then to get a chest x-ray and to the pharmacy a couple times after getting a call that it may be pneumonia. What a Monday! Here’s to a better rest of the week!

As the title of this post suggests, this is a HOP! If you didn’t come here from my friend, Carole’s blog, take minute to rewind to the beginning so you don’t miss a bit of all the new goodies from TCP.

I have had a lot fun with all the new goodies from TCP! I have a couple more projects to show. First, this cutie patootie bunny hanging out in an Easter basket asking for some more SUGAR, SUGAR on a card I made for the new TCP Tuesday Challenge…embossing! Check out all the details with this week’s Hipster Hostess with the Mostess, Julie.

Sugar, Sugar…

I also used the new Eggs in a Basket and Grass Cutups dies {wrapped with Divine Twine}…

I {heart} the new Eggs in a Basket CutUps die! I used it again {along with the new Heart Rosette CutUps} on my ATCs that I did for a TCP swap…

As I said above, I am drained from a {very} long day, which was after a {very} long night filled with Nic coughing {and coughing!} and thunder loud enough to shake the house. Fortunately, it did not wake Ellie who is **not** a fan of thunder. So, I am keeping the chatter to a minimum, heading to bed {can you tell I am pre-posting?} and sending you to the next stop along the hop…

LORI’S BLOG!

Happy Monday! I hope you all had a fun weekend! We had a fun time celebrating Nic’s 2nd birthday…

Unfortunately, he woke up with a fever yesterday and we are going to make his 2 year well check a sick visit today…poor baby!

As for what’s been going on creatively, I have been busy working on a bunch of different things. Your Next Stamp is introducing a new line, illustrated by design team member Jenny Suchin. She has several sets that are being released this week and I have a little peek for you today…

This set comes with a fun lil’ image, too, but I am saving that for a card that I have made for release day, January 11.

As you can see, I used a {ever so trendy} map in this card, too. I have wanted to play in a Moxie Fab challenge for a long time and I am finally taking the plunge in the Map to Your Heart Challenge. You can find all the details for the challenge HERE.

I have a couple more pics from Nic’s Cars ‘n Cupcakes Birthday. I tried not to be too “theme-y,” but had a little fun with the cars that I cut on my Silhouette, along with the colors blue, orange and red.

Cupcakes/Toppers…

Cookie/Flag Favors…