CDS Last day of Sneaks

Today is the last day of sneak peeks for Clear Dollar Stamps! Now remember all the stamps you have seen the last few days will be available tomorrow Nov. 1st. And there is a special surprise for you tomorrow, so be sure to check back in tomorrow!
Today the girls will be showing you Gift labels, Dec SOM Mouse Dreams, Acts 20:35 and several single stamps. You can see all the samples on these blogs:
Candy
Cassie
Cathy
Katie
Laurie
Linda
Nancy
Sarah
Tricia
Tori

FF Coloring up the Season

*** Second post today***
This weeks Friday Focus over on the newsletter, Latisha is coloring up the Season. Pull out those beautiful copics and color up your season. I choose Christmas and the wonderful Christmas Wreath for my card. I love all the different ways you can color up this wreath. I used the Copic collections sets called Flesh tones 1 and 2, Violet, Sky, and Spring greens. I have cut this wreath out and popped it up on dimensionals as well. The center was the hardest thing to cut out, but I like how it turned out.

For my second card I went with the smaller wreath in the set and did a long and low card. I used the same copic collections but added also R29 copic and some sparkles to the wreath.


Be sure to check out the girls cards:
Cindy
Julie
Latisha
Laura
Leslie
Check back tomorrow for more Sneak peeks from Clear Dollar Stamps Nov. Release. Check the post below this one for my first post today with the CDS Sneaks in it. I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

CDS Sneaks Day Three

** First post today**This little gift set is using Meowy Christmas. I made this for a friend who loves cats, and I hope she likes this little gift set. I altered a little round journal on the right that I got at Michaels for .22 cents. I slid two hot chocolate packages into a clear box and added the tag on the front on the left. . The card is on top that will go along with the gift set. Check out the wonderful and fun creations from:Candy
Cassie
Laurie
Shawne
Tricia
Trudy

For the bottom card I am using the set Mini Christmas scriptures. I had a scrap piece of paper that I couldn't throw out, and it worked perfect for this card. I have the scripture panel up on dimensionals. The girls came up with some beautiful creations for you to see:Candy
Laurie
Linda
Sarah
Tricia
Also today we are showing you Welcome to parenthood, and Just Chillin here:
Angela
Candy
Katie
Kim
Laurie
Nancy
Tricia
Trudy
Wendy
Tori

Remember all sets available Nov. 1st from at Clear Dollar Stamps. See you back here tomorrow! Have a great day.

CDS Sneaks Day 2

Whohoo... Day two of Clear Dollar Stamps Nov. Sneak Peeks. Like what you see so far? Today I am showing you the darling Charlie Nativity set. Oh isn't this just the more precious thing. I love just about any nativity set, and this one just makes me smile. I went with traditional red and green Christmas colors, added a few pearls and ribbon in the corner. Check out the other girls creations:
Angela
Candy
Cassie
Laurie
Wendy

This bottom card is using the scripture stamp Phil 4:6-7. I added some holly primas, some red white and black colors and a few spellbinders framing. Check out the other creations:
Candy
Cassie
Laurie
Nancy
Tricia

Also today we have Jolly Joy, Baked for you tags, Billy and Maggie Carolers seen here:Angela
Candy
Cassie
Katie
Laurie
Linda
Sarah
Shawne
Trudy
Wendy
Tori
See you back here tomorrow for some more sneaks! Have a great day!

CDS Sneak Day 1

Today is day one of Clear Dollar Stamps November Sneak Peeks. Some great sets are in store for you the next few days. So you won't want to miss a thing! All the stamps you will be seeing are available Nov 1st in the CDS Store.
I am showing you two sets today, a total of 5 are being shown. This first set is called Dinomite. Isn't it just the cutest dino? Oh I so want to hug him and cuddle. lol This set has a few different images and sentiment very fun for the kids. The girls have some fabulous samples for you also:
Candy
Cassie
Laurie
Linda
Nancy
Tricia
This bottom card is using Railroad Memories. Very vintage feeling and for the bigger guys in your life. I went with the *chocola* theme from Polar Express movie, we love that movie in our house. Very simple and clean feeling card. Some other samples from the girls can be seen on:
Candy
Laurie
Linda
Tricia
Tori

The other sets showing today are Dog Day Celebrations, Holiday Patterns, and Reindeer Patchpal. You can find samples from the girls:
Angela
Candy
Cassie
Katie
Kim
Laurie
Linda
Nancy
Sarah
Shawne
Tricia
Trudy
Now be sure to check back tomorrow for more sneaks. Have a wonderful day!

Flat rate mailers

I hope you had a wonderful and relaxing weekend. I enjoyed mine and now its the start of a new week. A reminder that Clear Dollar Stamps Sneak Peeks start on Wed. so be sure to check back with me then.
Today I am showing you some flat rate mailers for Christmas cards. I spend a little too much in postage every year with my cards and I am really trying to cut it down a little. I don't want to cut anyone off my list. Now I did cut my list last year and I still spend a lot. So this year my goal is to have the ones mailed less bulky so they are one postage stamp.
Here are two variations that are not bulky but stiill are classy looking. I used my Holly and Doves set from Flourishes. I added a little scoring to them both, some swiss dots to the other and a few brads. Both panels are up on dimensionals. Very simple yet a classy look I think. Hope you have a wonderful day, see you back here Wednesday!

Fancy Fold Friday

Happy Friday! Oh boy am I ready for the weekend. Not a thing planned and ready for the Colts game Sunday. Whohoo... :0) Today's friday focus on Flourishes newsletter is brought to you from Christine and her Fancy Folds. Its kinda fun to have a different fold every now and then. I did a wallet fold or tri-fold depending on what you call it. I call it a wallet fold since it opens just like a trifold wallet. This is for Jan and Mike and I wanted to try and keep it a little more on the masculine side for Mike. I went with the Cottage home set for the front.

Here is the center where I stamped the sentiment and framed the sentiment with a spellbinders label cut out I had. Stamped a few clouds and added some birds to the top.

Then here is what it looks like all open. I have a scripture stamped on the bottom, and the middle panel is where I wrote my message.
Nothing fancy here, but it is a different and fun fold. Be sure to check out the gorgeous creations the girls made:
Christine
Cindy
Julie
Latisha
Laura
Leslie
Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful weekend!

Two quick requests

A friend called late last night and needed two really quick cards for today. Talk about short notice, lol So these are very quick and simple cards. I pulled out two sets that I haven't used in awhile. This first one is using Make it Count from CTMH. I distressed the one panel behind the clock, sponged around the clock but not the center and made a background with the other images. Easy Peasy..
For this one I used my trusty ole set Lovely as a Tree from SU. I love these trees, they are perfect for any occasion. I stamped them in Old olive, then with my markers colored in some of the leaves. I have the tree panel up on dimensionals. Again Easy Peasy.

I took these pictures late last night on my stamping table so the picture is not great, but she came and got them last night. Maybe I need to make a planner for her. hee hee Kidding... Hope you have a wonderful day!

Seafoam Santa

Happy Monday! I had a relaxing weekend I sure hope you all had a great weekend. I have to say Football was rather interesting... Drew was on FIRE for the Saints. They won and they deserved to win, they played awesome. Angel is excited she is 5-0. :0)
On to my card... I used the Santa, I believe set from Flourishes with some of my basic grey eskimo kissed dp. I used the pastel copics for his hat, hair and face. I like the softness of the seafoam green color. With a little sheer ribbon for a bow its all done, very simple.
Hope you all have a great day!

Hike up your skirt Drew

This is for the Rivera household... It is a rough crowd over there today. Because we have Angel who is a Saints fan and her DH who is a Giants fan. And yes someone has to lose today people.... And Drew better hike that skirt if he is going up against a Manning boy... Bawhahaha... Good luck to both teams.... But I have to say I am cheering for Eli... Hugs Angel... hee hee

Holly and the ivy

Flourishes new releases are now available! So get to shopping! :0) This is the new set Holly and the Ivy and I so LOVE LOVE LOVE this set. This card is way out of my normal box, but I do love how it turned out. I cutout the image after I colored it, popped it up on dimensionals and voila some ribbon and pearls all done. Thanks for looking! Have a great weekend!

A Wreath and a Release party

Important deets:
** Our Power Hour Release party is Tonight at 9pm Central time in the SCS Forums.
**Check the newsletter for your chance to win the set of the day.
**You still have time to play and win the WHOLE release here.
**All sets available TONIGHT 10 pm Central time.
Now for the goodies.... This is called Christmas Wreath. Oh isn't is just fabulous... I went with a rich and warm feeling of colors on this one. I took one of the sentiments in this set and added it to a spellbinders label and popped it up on a dimensional. Added a few pearls and some felt ribbon with the swiss dots bottom panel and all done.

This card has more of the fresh feeling of oranges and teals. I pulled out the swiss dots once again, added some sparkle (don't even say it lol) to the leaves and added the sentiment. Check out the DT cards: Christine Cindy Julie Latisha Laura Leslie and Sharon.

Hope to see you tonight for the fun and games! I told you this release was going to rock your stamping collection. hee hee Have a fabulous weekend if I don't see you tonight!

A Season for Santa and Holly

Ho ho ho.... Merry Christmas...... to Santa, I believe and Holly background! I have to tell you that my hubby said this is a *classy* Christmas card and I have to make these for our cards this year. How cool is he!!!! I simply embossed with gold embossing powder and added some poinsettia flowers to the hat and some gold cord with some scoring around the border. I have to agree with hubby though, I love how this turned out. Some exciting news behind this set also... Flourishes has a new designer, Becky Fleck who in turn designed this Santa, I believe set. She is a superstar in the scrapbooking world and you might know her from her site Pagemaps.com.
Here is a side view for you to see the gold embossing a little better. These pictures really don't do this card justice honestly....

For my Holly background I went with the rich velvety ribbon and a gold slider for this Christmas card. I stamped the holly in old olive and used a marker to color in the berries. Very simple.

Check out the girls creations: Christine Cindy Julie Latisha Laura Leslie, and Sharon.
Important deets:
*** Our Power Hour Release party is FRIDAY at 9pm Central time.
***Check the newsletter for your chance to win the set of the day.
***You still have time to play and win the WHOLE release here.
***All sets available Friday 10 pm Central time.

A Season of Holly and Ivy today

Welcome to my favorite day, well maybe top three favorite days for this release. bawhahaha This new set is called The Holly and the Ivy! I am just taken with these doves, they are just beautiful. Marcella is such a talented and fantastic artist and I STILL am amazed at each set she designs.
So I went with a warm and cozy feeling for this first card. With the chocolates, blues and some Dewfrost MB paper for the background you can't go wrong with this card. I lightly sponged the frame with the Spellbinders label still attatched to the panel for a soft glow behind the doves. I added a few rows of double sided ribbon and voila. I actually made this card for one of the girls at hubbies work for her sets of Christmas cards. So now I have to make me one. hee hee

For my sweet and pretty doves below I went with the girly side and some creamy colors with the satin ribbon, pinks and celery color. I sponged this frame also in the pinks, I added some pearls and flowers as well. Another one for the girls at hubbies work.

Now don't miss what the girls have created with this set or you will be sorry. Seriously this release ROCKS your stamping selection!Christine Cindy Julie Latisha Laura Leslie, and Sharon.
See you back here tomorrow!
Important deets:
***Our Power Hour Release party is FRIDAY at 9pm Central time.
***Check the newsletter for your chance to win the set of the day.
***You still have time to play and win the WHOLE release here.
***All sets available Friday 10 pm Central time.

Sneaks Begin: A Season that sparkles

Today starts Flourishes Oct Sneak peeks! I am so excited for this release so you might hear me stay this a lot... :0) Today our Friends of Flourishes blog team is starting us off with a sketch using the new sets called Christmas Drummers and Musical score. This first card is using the sketch which you can find over on the Newsletter. Be sure to check the newsletter on how you can win these sets today.
I stamped the Musical score in the background, and used a sentiment and one of the Christmas Drummers for the main panel.

My beautiful Angel from the Rejoice set now has some musical notes behind her. I am so excited to have some music notes with her now. yea... I masked the angel and stamped the Musical Score over the top of her. Added some crochet ribbon,satin ribbon, some sparkle to the wings and the dress. Again me trying to capture the sparkle in pictures is impossible. LOL But if you click on it you can see the sparkle.

Be sure to check out the Blog Teams creations and the DT. Becca, Betty, Cindy, Dee, Kimberly, Makiko, Silke, Laura, Julie , Christine, Leslie, Cindy and Latisha and Jan Marie.
Important deets:
***Our Power Hour Release party is FRIDAY at 9pm Central time.
***Check the newsletter for your chance to win the set of the day.
***You still have time to play and win the WHOLE release here.
See you back here tomorrow! Don't miss any day this week REALLY!!!!

MMM Sleepless in Seattle

Happy Monday! Today's House Mouse and Friends Blog challenge is ***Movies*** Make a card based off a Title of a movie, Theme of a movie, or something in a movie. My family and I are movie NUTS. So this challenge yes was my idea. LOL I had so many ideas running through my head and I finally choose one of my favorites Sleepless in Seattle. :0) These bunnies sure aren't sleeping when they probably should be. hee hee So play along with us, leave a link over on the HMF blog and check out what the DT came up with! And now for my news.....

I have stepped down from the House Mouse and Friends DT last week. So this is my last card on the design team. I have enjoyed my time and I will continue to play in the challenges but from the other side. lol So don't fret... I will still be stamping with these little guys, they are some of my favorite stamps.
Don't forget that Flourishes sneak peeks begin TOMORROW for the Oct. release.... You will not want to miss them!!!! You have a chance at winning the whole release by playing along here. Hope you all have a fabulous day!

A Season that Sparkles Challenge

And yes this has a lot of sparkle on it, but can I get a silly picture of it in the normal light... NO... I had to take the card and set it in the grass for you to see all the sparkle. I so need a new camera. LOL You can see on the FLLC Blog the picture with all the extra sparkle. Moving on....
Flourishes October releases are going to ROCK your stamping world.... Here is your chance to win our entire release:
Glitzy packages, the new fallen snow, a Christmas ornament shimmering from the lights on the tree - all of these things equal magic during the holiday season! Capture that sparkle on a card and share your creativity for our A Season That Sparkles Challenge! If you upload to SCS use KEYWORD: FLLCOCT. This contest will close Friday, Oct. 16th at 4PM CST. Winner gets our entire release for October!
I used the set Sweet Peas for my card, I have sparkle added to all the green leafy parts, a border around the entire panel as well of glitter. I am going to show you the picture that I took in the grass so you can see the sparkle. You can always click on the picture to make it closer also. Julie did a fabulous card with the Sweet peas and this color combo a few weeks back and I wanted to give it a try. I do like how this turned out.
I hope you play along in our challenge. Our Sneak peeks are going to start on Tuesday next week also... yes Tuesday rather than Wednesday! Check out the glitz and glam the other DT came up with for you today:
Christine
Cindy
Julie
Latisha
Laura
Leslie
Have a great weekend.

Buttering you up

I am saving this card for DH when I need a favor. hee hee I think this sentiment is too cute. I used Charliene from the set Baking with Charliene. I added some faux stitching to the border and a little ribbon. Very simple.
Be sure to check back on Friday for Flourishes Pre-Release challenge and your chance to win all of the new sets... And there are a few this month. You won't be dissapointed. Sneaks start on Tuesday next week. Yep Tuesday the 13th.
Have a great day.
ALL CDSTAMPS LLC STAMP SETS USED:Baking with charliene
CARDSTOCK AND PAPERS:classic white, dp su,lovely lilac
INKPADS:black noir palette
MARKERS:copics
ACCESSORIES AND EMBELLISHMENTS:spellbinders lable, ribbon, brads, dimensionals
COLORING MEDIUM (if any):none
SPECIAL TECHNIQUES (if any):faux stitching, piercing

Are you a Favre Fan???

Yes I am afraid it has come down to this.... Are you a fan of your TEAM or a fan of a PLAYER? That will be much debated question again tonight I am sure... Green bay VS Vikings tonight.... I am sending this to my friend Billie (myboys on SCS) She is yes a Vikings fan true to the season tickets they have each year. So no she doesn't get caught up in Who is Brett Playing for this year... Or does she now??? Hhhhmmm... That is the question of the day. Bwahahaha... Now my DS is a Favre fan. He grew attatched to him with GB for some reason, then followed him to the Jets and now VIkings. He said what if he played for the Colts mom, would you still like the Colts. I just laughed and assured my son that, that would NEVER happen. lol
Just having some inky fun. Hope you all enjoy your day and the big game tonight!

Talk about a DEAL!!!

Totally Stampalicious is having a huge 40 Percent off sale. Yes 40 Percent... This would also include the 2 new sets just released last week. Talk about a DEAL! Head on over to the Totally Stampalicious store now and start filling your cart. You only have about 24 hours for this sale ends Oct 6th ad 7pm EST. So hurry!!!

Happy World Card making day...

Did you know the first Saturday of October is a time when card makers worldwide kick the holiday card making season into high gear. It's World Card Making Day! And this year, Flourishes is teaming up with other Splitcoast Member Companies to help inspire YOU! Better yet? If you get in on the action, you might just win some goodies courtesy of Flourishes. Click here for WCMD details from SCS.
Join us in our sketch challenge that kicked off tonight at 7 PM Eastern. You have until Midnight EST on Sunday to upload your cards. All of those that played will have their names thrown into a hat and three lucky people will win a goody bag courtesy of Flourishes with paper, a ribbon grab bag and a stamp set inside!
Here's an added bonus! We're partnering with Operation Write Home (formerly Cards for Heroes)to help spead the love around. If you'd like to send your challenge cards on to this fine cause that sends cards to our troops serving overseas, all you need to do is click on this link for details on how to send some cards their way! Now I would say that is a FABULOUS BONUS!
I used the set Rejoice for my card, added a little sparkle to the leaves (you can click the picture to see the sparkle) and some piercing to the swiss dots panel. Very simple and a cheap mailer come Christmas. hee hee Be sure to use the code WCMD09H on SCS so we can find your creations. The girls made some creations for you to check out:
Christine
Cindy
Julie
Latisha
Laura
Leslie
Have a wonderful day.

Kiss the cook

Isn't she just the cutest thing... hee hee This is from the new set available NOW from Clear Dollar Stamps called Baking with Charliene. Perfect set for me since I love to bake. I already made me the cooking journal and now a cute little card to boot.
I scored the side panels, used a scrap of dp, popped up her oven mitt and done. Very simple but oh so cute I think.
I hope you all have a wonderful weekend! Thanks for stopping by today.