Sunflowers & Butterfly

Oh I am SO HAPPY with how this card turned out! First because I completely love both of these stamps,

Second because I'm really liking how the Smooch is turning out for me, and Third because I've done absolutely nothing all day but put up my feet & play in my craft room!

Sketch - The Sweet Stop: SSS224

Butterfly - Participant challenge over on Crop Chocolate

Sunflowers Stamp - Unity Stamp Co. Sunflower Miss You Friend

Stamped with Memento ink in Tuxedo Black

Colored with various Copic Markers & topped off with Smooch in Sundance

Butterfly Stamp - Unity Stamp Co. KOTM June 2012 Sweet Summer Love

Stamped with Memento ink in Tuxedo Black

Colored with Smooch in Sundance, Carrot, Sassy Pink & Tuxedo

Printed Papers - Farmhouse Sugar Hill 6x6 Pad

Distress Ink - Tim Holtz Gathered Twigs

Life

I love this sentiment on my brandspankin'new Unity Stamp of the Week that came in the mail TODAY!  I couldn't wait to get it so I immediately set in making three cards just alike for Operation Write Home

Sketch from The Sweet Stop: SSS223

Color Combo from Annabelle Stamps ac169

Stamps - Unity Stamp Co. Each Moment is Success

Ink - Tim Holtz Ripe Persimmon & Rusty Hinge, Stampin' Up Rich Razzleberry, CloseToMyHeart Garden Green

Cardstock - CloseToMyHeart &DieCutWithAView

Ribbon - Making Memories Celery

Prima Distress Tool

miss you, friend

my two besties in the whole world are suppose to be coming to my house this weekend to do Freezer Meals together!  Nothing like a huge mess in the kitchen, I have two bottles of wine chilled for the occasion... just to keep things interesting ;-)

For this cutie I used The Sweet Stop: SSS221 sketch

Stamps - Unity Stamp Co. Sunflower Miss You Friend & Face the Sunshine

Ink - Memento plus a few Copics for coloring

Papers - Making Memories Scrapbook Basics Black & White (yep, it's extremely OLD)

Twine - The Twinery

Your Smile

The Sweet Stop: SSS215 is, like usual, a great sketch!  I really do love the sketches from this site, this time there is a twist of "It's a Girl Thing". So I dug out the girliest supplies I could think of & went to work, making four of these for Operation Write Home.








Pink Floral Paper - KI Memories Urban Era

Green Cardstock - Stampin' Up

All other Papers - Making Memories Simply Fabulous Scrapbook Kit

Dress Stamp - Unity Stamp Co. Undeniably You

Sentiment Stamp - Share Your Smile

Stamp Ink - Memento London Fog

Colored with Copic Markers

Twine from The Twinery

Misc Eyelet

Creative Memories Shape Cutter

you're my cuppa joe

I love coffee.... so much coffee!and my friends, well they love coffee too :-) which means I also love this stamp set from Unity Stamp Company called Java Friend



Sketch is from The Sweet Stop: SSS204



All Papers - Fancy Pants Time For Spring

Stamp Ink - CloseToMyHeart Cocoa

Sparkly Brads - American Crafts Elements

To make it shiney I used CloseToMyHeart Liquid Glass (love this stuff)

Spring is in the Air

Yep, we are currently smack dab in the middle of Spring Break here in Northwest Arkansas.  So far we my niece visiting from Missouri, we have celebrated my youngest sons's birthday, my older son is off celebrating one of his best friends birthdays, and we are going to go camping/biking/hiking as well!  We'll have to go back to work just to get some rest ;-)

Well Autumn (my niece, she's 11) and I played around a little last night but we got really silly really quickly so we shut it down before we hurt ourselves or others.  Yes there could have been a giggle fit or two.

For these cards we used the current sketch from The Sweet Shop: SSS202 with a spin of "Sping"

mine on left, Autumn's on right)

Autumn's Products Used:
Printed Paper - My Mind's Eye Lime Twist Happy Go Lucky 6x6 pad
Solid Cardstock - Creative Memories (super old)
White RicRak - CloseToMyHeart
Creative Memories Circle Cutter
Stamps - ClostToMyHeart TreeTops & Hello Friend
Inks - CloseToMyHeart Chocolate, Sweet Leaf, Brown Bag plus Tim Holtz Tea Dye

My Products Used:
Printed Paper - My Mind's Eye Lost& Found Rosy 6x6 pad
Wide Green Ribbon (bottom) - Offray
Narrow Green Ribbon - Stampin' Up Certainly Celery
Yellow RicRak - miscellaneous
Stamps - Unity Stamp Co. Let Beauty Surround You
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black
Colored with Copic Markers

I wanna be a Cowboy

this stamp cracks me up!  I received it as a freebie with my Stamper's Best order that came yesterday... of course I loved the stamps that I chose, but this one I didn't pick & never would have but I seriously love it... so much fun!

I used The Sweet Stop Sketch SSS201 for this one but changed it up just a little turning what appears to be ribbon & a button into the bandanna strip and the star.


Stripe & Bandana Paper - Creative Memories

Pepper Paper - miscellaneous

Red & Yellow Cardstock - Creative Memories

Stamp - Stamper's Best Cowboy at Heart

Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black

Colored with Copic Markers

Star Die - QuicKutz Deck the Halls Star

thinking of you

this sketch from The Sweet Stop.... SSS200 is just wonderful!  I love all the layering and I knew exactally what Unity Stamp I wanted to use with it for Unity Stamp Co.'s Friends With Flair!



Printed Paper - AuthentiqueCarefree 6x6 pad

Image Stamp - Unity Stamp Co. Bloom & Simplify

Sentiment - Close To My Heart Card Chatter: Sympathy

All Ink - Tim Holtz Pumice Stone

Brad - American Crafts Elements Pearl

Kaleidoscope Cards 1

I've been trying like crazy to use up thie paper, it's really bright & I have a hard time with it.  But I AM making progress!



The Sweet Stop: SSS 193 is the sketch I chose for these

Paper - My Mind's Eye Kaleidoscope

Stamps - Close To My Heart Card Chatter Sympathy, Close To My Heart It's Your Day & Autumn Leaves Word Flourishes

Ink - Close To My Heart Chocoalte

Bling - My Mind's Eye Fine & Dandy

Home

is where the heart is


I found this super cute Digi over at DearieDollsDigis and combined it with The Sweet Stop Sketch #191 to create FOUR of  this card for our soldiers




Background Paper - Pink Paislee Starlight

Printed Papers & Grey Cardstock - I Do & Abode

Greenish Blue Cardstock - CloseToMyHeart Juniper

Digi colored with Copic Markers

Ribbon - CloseToMyHeart Juniper

Hung by the Chimney

The Sweet Stop Sketch 188 is helping me get my Christmas card making kicked into high gear, this is the latest I have ever really gotten going, kinda stinks that I'm such a slacker this year on it & I hope I can get enough to at least cover the family... eek




Printed Papes - Crate Paper 12x12 Peppermint Collection Kit

Red Cardstock - CloseToMyHeart Cranberry








Stamps - Unity Stamp Co Hung by the Chimney

Stamp Ink - Memento Black & Grey

Colored with Copic Markers & Bic MarkIt Markers

Sentiment Stamp Ink - CloseToMyHeart Cranberry

Gold Brads - Making Memories

Distress Ink - Tim Holtz Vintage Photo

Strength

The Sweet Stop has another sweet sketch... #183



 I also cut down some 12x12 papers to create these cards... My Mind's Eye

Ribbon is also from MME

Sentiment Stamp - Unity Stamp Co Empowered Words

Ink - CTMH Outdoor Denim



Journal Box - ditto

Brads - Basic Grey

"follow your dreams" sentiment - Pebbles

For these two cards, I didn't use the Sketch, but just winged it myself.

Printed Paper - My Mind's Eye Indie Chic Citron 6x6 pad

Stamped Image - Unity Stamp Co.

colored with Copic Markers

Distress Ink - Tim Holtz Tea Dye

Buttons - Misc



These will all be sent to a solider via From Our Hearts!

[hello]

super cute sketch from The Sweet Stop.... No. 182

I dug deep for some really old My Mind's Eye paper called Bloom & Grow... Grown

Distress Ink - Tim Holtz Rusty Hinge

Stamp - Unity Stamp Co. Stamp of the Week Let Beauty Surround You

Stamp Ink - Memento Timber Brown

Colored with Copic Markers

Sentiment Stamp - CTMH A Huge Thanks

Sentiment Ink - Tim Holtz Vintage Photo

Ribbon - Misc Stash

Main Squeeze

I snagged this sketch from The Sweet Stop to use with my new Unity Stamp Co stamp called You are my Main Squeeze (isn't she adorable?!?!)


Heart Printed Paper - CTMH

Dot Paper - Making Memories

Waves Paper - Luxe Sugar Cookie

Image Stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black

Imaged colored with Copic Markers

Heart Punch - Creative Memories

Sentiment Ink - CTMH Cranberry

Cardstock Mat - CTMH Tulip

Distress Ink - Tim Holtz Vintage Photo


This card will be donated to go to a soldier :-)

blessed

The Sweet Stop has a sweet little sketch up!  Go check it out, make ya something & get it linkied up :-)

Printed Paper - Fancy Pants 6x6 Summer's End

Stamp Set - Autumn Leaves word flourishes

Ink - Tim Holtz Walnut Stain

Tree Bling - My Mind's Eye fine and dandy

Flourish Bling - e. Pearls and Crystals

Ribbon - American Crafts

Cowboy Love

I decided to give a Father's Day card a whirl.  Nope neither of my dads or my fil are or were cowboys but I love this image.



Sketch is provided by The Sweet Stop SSS-153 with three recycled sketches to select from, I went with the first.  Maybe I'll have time tomorrow to hit the other two, we'll see.

Printed Paper - My Mind's Eye Portobello Road

Distressing Ink - Tim Holtz Old Paper

Spray - Tim Holtz Color Wash Espresso

Twine Ribbon - SEI

Buttons - Making Memories Paper Reverie

Love Sentiment, Leather Lasso & thread - misc

Inside:

Stamp - CTMH World's Best Dad

Ink - CTMH Cocoa

you're one of my

nicest thoughts



Sketch from The Sweet Stop and I love this quarter circles!

Printed Paper - Fancy Pants Love

Flowers - imaginisce Bitty Blossoms

Stamp Set - Unity Sending My Love

Copic Markers

Brad - Basic Grey

Inside:

Ribbon - Misc

Stamp Set - Unity Sending My Love

Ink - CloseToMyHeart

Sisters - Forever (2)

I had a request for another Sisters - Forever card and I fell in love with this sketch from The Sweet Stop, so I combined the two and look at this!  Hope my requester (and her sister) love it as much as I do

Printed Papers - My Mind's Eye So Sophie plus some Stella & Rose

Ribbon - My Mind's Eye Lush

Flower Cartridge - CloseToMyHeart Art Philosophy

Ink on Flowers & Distressing - Tim Holtz Festive Berries & Worn Lipstick

Butterfly Cartridge - Indie Art

Stickles - Crystal

Copper Brads - Misc in my stash

Inside ----->

Stamps - CloseToMyHeart

Ink - CloseToMyHeart Sorbet

Distressing - Tim Holtz Shabby Shutters

Love at the Copacabana

Simon Says Stamp & Show say Red Letter

The Stamp Man Challenges says RED

The Sweet Stop provided a sweet sketch

Printed Paper - Echo Park Yours Truly

Distressing Ink - CloseToMyHeart Tulip

Stamp Set - CloseToMyHeart Soul Mates

Stamp Ink - CloseToMyHeart Cranberry

Deck the Halls

 I tried my hardest to keep this one clean & simple but I'm just not sure I know how, but it does have a little bit of white on it

Sketch - The Sweet Stop Sketch Challenge Blog

Printed Paper - Making Memories Tinsel

White Cardstock - CTMH

Green Paper - Making Memories  (I don't know the name of this pack)

Green Ink - Tim Holtz Peeled Paint

Red Ink - Tim Holtz Festive Berries

Stickles - Christmas Red

Ribbon - Fancy Pants

Stamp Set - CTMH Art Philosophy

Bling - Misc