Corrosive Challenge

It's sunday. We've got a fun challenge for you this week at the Corrosive Challenge blog! It'a all about T. H.!  "Tim Holtz, the man, the myth, the legend" is the challenge. Simply use one or more of Tim Holtz's products on your creation. I've used his tattered florals die, distress stickles in picket fence and a tag sentiment of his.

Hope you will join the challenge this week over at the Corrosive Challenge Blog. Tickled Pink stamps is our wonderful monthly sponsor, they have so great images in the shop. Stop by the challenge blog and check out all the inspiration from the talented DT and hope you will play along to win a prize from Tickled Pink.

I've used the sketch from Stamp with Fun challenge #158.

Card Recipe:

Image: Tickled Pink Lil Pinkette Pippa

Ink: Printer

Paper: PTI ssw, Kraft, SU Regal Rose and Rose Red, MME Hazel patterns

Extras: copics, distress stickles, TH tattered floral die, Recollections pearl brads, WOC pearls, Cherry Lynn border die, MS leaf punch

Sentimental Sundays

Here is my weekly post for Sentimental Sundays. This week our challenge theme is "For the Kids". Simply make a card suitable for a child. Love this challenge, these are probably my favorite cards to make. I got the chance to use of my new Maggie stamps, too! And as always make sure you include a SENTIMENT!

And our sponsor this week is Digital Delights by Louby Lou. Hope you will play along for a chance to win a prize from them.

Thanks so much for dropping by today. Make sure and pop over to the Sentimental Sundays blog and check out all the fun creations from the DT.

For my layout I've use the Sketch Saturday Sketch #205.

Card Recipe:
Image: Magnolia, sentiment from PTI
Ink: Palette Noir and Memento
Paper: PTI ssw, SU Blue Bayou, Baja Breeze, Summer Sun, Echo Park prints
Extras: copixd, nesties, PTI cloud die and button, Doodlebug brads, Twinery twine, dimensonals, Cuttlebug embossing folder

Phindy's Friday Challenge

TGIF! Time for another Phindy's Friday Challenge! The challenge this week at Phindy's Place is CAS. Make a clean and simple creation. Hope you will play along with us.

I went with Sooo Good for my image this week. Such a cute little eating the strawberry shortcake. Phindy has lots of images in the shop that would work out perfectly with this challenge.

Hope you will pop on over to the challenge blog and see what the DT has created this week. Play along with the challenge to win some prizes. It's not necessary to use a Phindy image, but if you do you get entered twice, so that is some pretty good incentive!


Card Recipe: 
Image: Phindy's Place Sooo Good, sentiment from PTI
Paper: PTI ssw, Pure Poppy, SU Garden Green, Cosmo Cricket Garden Party
Ink: Printer, Real Red
Extras: copics, nesties, SU corner rounder, PTI border die, Cuttlebug embossing folder, dimendionals

Dare To Be Sassy Thursday

The challenge for Dare to be Sassy Thursday this week is our monthly holiday challenge. The twist this month is to use a sentiment on your card. The last Thursday of every month is our holiday challenge, Hoping this will keep me caught up, so I can avoid the crunch come December!

I've used the sketch The Perfect Sentiment PSC29 from for my layout. The theme this week is any occasion along with the sketch, and must include a sentiment.

Stop on ove to the SSD blog and check out all the fabulous DT creations. Hope you will play along for the chance to win two images!

Card Recipe:

Image: Sassy Studio Daisy's Dreidel, Verve sentiment

Ink: Printer

Paper: PTI ssw, SU Night of Navy, Gray, Bashful Blue, Bo Bunny print

Extras: copics, nesties snowflake dies, silver brads, Cuttlebue snowflake e/f, Verve dies, dimensionals

Designed2Delight

I've got a sweet little card to share made with one of the recently released images from Designed2Delight called Dottie and Friends. I think I went a bit crazy with colors here, but I pulled them all from the polka dotted background paper. I figure it will be a bright and fun birthday card for a little girl. By the way, if you like all Faith's cute images, there is a DT call going on right now. It's a great group of ladies and Faith is wonderful to work with, so if you are interested, give it a go.

I've used the sketch #54 from Sketches by Carly for my layout. She is one creative girl, always like her sketches!

Thanks for stopping by today. Hope you are having a wonderful week!

Card Recipe:

Image: Dottie and Friends from Designed2Delight, PTI sentiment

Ink: Printer, Palette Noie

Paper: PTI ssw, Hibiscus Burst, SU Gable Green, Taken with Teal, MME prints

Extras: copics, stickles, nesties, SU ribbon, EK Success border punch, PTI button, Twinery twine

Tuesday Morning Sketches

Happy Tuesday, it's time for another sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketches. This one was created by me. Hope you like it and will give it a try. 


Our sponsor this week is Sassy Studio Designs! So excited to have SSD and TMS together this week!  Hope you will play along for a chance to win a prize from them.

I've used this sweet image Sock Hop Sweetie for my card. Love that poodle skirt! I thought this fun MME retro TV paper was cute with her.

Stop by the Tuesday Morning Sketches Blog and check out the DT creations for some inspiration.


Thanks so much for stopping by today. I hope you are having a wonderful week.

Card Recipe: 
Image: Sassy Studio Designs Sock Hop Sweetie
Ink: printer
Paper: PTI ssw, Lemon Tart, Hawaiian Shores, SU Pretty in Pink, MME print
Extras: copics, stickles, PTI doily die, nesties, cuttlebug embossing folder, SU ribbon and brads

D2D blog hop winner

The winner or the Designed2Delight image from my blog along the hop is #6 Heidi Brawley! Here is her comment:

Heidi Brawley said...

Both your cards are Super Cute!!!!

Heidi, contact Faith with your choice of an image!

Sentimental Sundays

Here is my weekly post for Sentimental Sundays. This week our challenge theme is "Nature". Have something found in nature on your card in honor of Earth Day. And as always make sure you include a SENTIMENT!

And our sponsor this week is Fred She Said. They have so many great images, and very graciously allowed the DT to select an image to work with. I picked this wheelbarrow image. Hope you will play along for a chance to win a prize from them.

Thanks so much for dropping by today. Make sure and pop over to the Sentimental Sundays blog and check out all the fun creations from the DT.

I've used the sketch from my buddy Tracy at Eat Sleep Stamp from Sketchy Thursday #169. I flipped it on it's side here to fit my image better. Another great sketch from Tracy!

Card Recipe:
Image: Fred She Said Wheelbarrow, sentiment from PTI
Ink: printer, Palette Noir
Paper: PYI ssw, Pure Poppy, SU Old Olive, Summer Sun, Prints from October Afternoon and Cosmo Cricket
Extras: copics, nesties, PTI twill, PTI button and twine, dimensionals

Sassy Studio Designs Release Day Blog Hop

Hi, welcome to the Sassy Studio Designs release blog hop. If you've arrived from the sweet and talented  Kate's blog you are in the right spot. If not start at the beginning on the SSD blog to get all of the info. Lindsay has released 4 new images today. They are all based on fan suggestions and named for the fan who suggested the idea.

I've used Wednesday Sara Addams for my card. I've got her peeking out of her cobwebby window here.

Now for some fun, Rebecca, our release party coordinator has asked us to post what our favorite tool is and what tool we've wasted money on that wasn't such a great buy. I guess my favorite would be my Big Shot, I don't ever make a project without it. It's invaluable for diecutting and embossing. LOVE it! Doesn't hurt that is is black and pink with a bit of bling on it either. As for what tool I've had and not been thrilled with, I have to go with paper cutters. I've had 4 that just haven't done the trick. I hate to not get a very straight  and clean edge on my cuts and it seems hard to find a really good trimmer. I'm finally happy with a Dahle one that I bought about 2 years ago, and have thrown out all the less than stellar ones.

Now hop on along to see what fantastic project Kim has created for you today. Leave some love along the way, for a random drawing for some SSD prizes.

Don't forget to drop by the party blog tonight to chat with the DT and customers. Should be a fun time. Follow the link on the SSD blog. Party starts at 10pm EST.

Thanks so much for hopping with us, hope you love the new release!

Here is the full list of participants in case you get lost along the way.

SSD http://sassystudiodesigns.blogspot.com/
Abbie http://poweredbyfairydust7.blogspot.com
Angela http://mijnhobbyhonk.blogspot.com/
Ashley http://theglamoroussideofscrapping.blogspot.com
Belle http://beelewis.blogspot.com.au/
Christine http://happyscrapper-sweetpeacards.blogspot.com/
Christy http://mycreativejourneys.blogspot.com/
Debbie www.craftingwhenican.blogspot.com
Jackie http://stampingsister.blogspot.com
Jamie http://thesassyprincess.blogspot.com
Jen http://jencraftsa.blogspot.com/
Jovan http://www.cardsbyjovan.com/
Julie http://juliescraftyspot.blogspot.com/
Karen http://busybusyhoneybee.wordpress.com/
Kate http://www.scrapperscreativecorner.blogspot.com/
Kathy http://willstampforwine.blogspot.com/
Kim http://itsallaboutcrafting.blogspot.com/
Lori http://lorib117.blogspot.com/
Mary www.mystampinhide-away.blogspot.com
Rachelle http://www.imblackmartha.blogspot.com/
Rebecca http://sydneyssentiments.blogspot.com/
Regan http://charmedstamping.blogspot.com/
Ruza http://ruzascraftercorner.blogspot.com
Sara http://luminousinmychaoticdreamslife.blogspot.com/
Shari http://sharispinkpalace.blogspot.ca/
Soma http://craftwithcolours.blogspot.in/
Starla http://YouCouldBeWishingOnAStar.blogspot.com

Designed2Delight New Release Blog Hop

This is my second post of today, scroll down one to see my Phindy's Friday challenge card.


Welcome to the Designed2Delight monthly release blog hop. Faith has created a bunch of wonderful new springy  images!  We are hopping to show all the new images today. If you arrived from the very talented Pat's blog you are in the right place.  If you just happened upon my blog you will want to start at the Designed2Delight blog, so you don't miss anything. You can find all the new releases in the store right here.

For my first card I went with the Meg with Daisies image. This one is so springy and was fun to color! I went with a bright color palette for this card and used up some scraps of BG and October Afternoon pattened papers. She's colored with copics and has some stickles for sparkle. 

For the sketch for this one I used the Cardabilities sketch #53. I flipped it on end to accomodate the image I was using.

For my second card I used the Garden Fence image and a sentiment from SU. Love this image, so quaint and summery. Wish I had a green thumb to grow flowers like this! This Cosmo Cricket Garden Variety paper pack was just perfect with the image. It is colored with copics also and again stickled for a bit of sparkle.

I've used Sketch Saturday #203 for the layout of this one.

Now for some fun stuff! All new release images will be 20% for 3 days! Don't you love a sale?! And Faith has generously allowed us to give away an image to, so leave a comment with your fave new release image and you will have a random chance to win it. I'll announce the winner Monday morning.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. Now hop on over to Katie's blog and she her fabulous creations!

Phindy's Friday Challenge

TGIF! Time for another Phindy's Friday Challenge! The challenge this week at Phindy's Place is stitches and squares. You can use real of faux stitching. Hope you will play along with us.

I went with A Little Tied Up for my image this week. Such a funny little pig all tied up in his kite strings. Phindy has lots of images in the shop that would work out perfectly with this challenge.

Hope you will pop on over to the challenge blog and see what the DT has created this week. Play along with the challenge to win some prizes. It's not necessary to use a Phindy image, but if you do you get entered twice, so that is some pretty good incentive!

My sketch comes from the Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge #60.

A few other challenges I'd like to enter:
Paper Crafting Journey - 2W - (2nd week) 3 or more patterned paper
Paper Play - 2E - Animal antics
Willow Sketchie Challenge - 3E, C10, SIO - Sketch* and/or 3 or more brads/eyeles
Crafters Companion - M, cards only, SIO, P1 -  Four Legged Friends

Card Recipe:
Image: Phindy's Place A Little Tied Up
Ink: printer
Paper: PTI ssw, Pure Poppy, SU Garden Green, Blue Bayou, Cosmo Cricket Togetherness paper pack
Extras: copics, PTI buttons, EK success border punch, Doodlebug brads, crochet twine, dimensionals

Whimsy and Stars Release Day

It's release day at Whimsy and Stars Studio. Mabelle has created some beautiful new digis and is also releasing some previously seen images that used to be available in rubber only from TAC. These new releases will all be available for purchase in the Whimsy and Stars etsy store today.

Make sure you pop over to the Whimsy and Stars blog and see the DT samples. Mabelle is also giving away an image to 5 random commenters on her blog, so go on over and leave a comment for a chance to win. 

Also, if you make a purchase of $6 or more there is a free image as a gift with purchase, cool, right!

Now on to my cards! For my first card I used Flowery Gifty. She's such a sweet little girl with her huge handful of flowers. I think she will become one of my go to images.

I've use the Sketch N Stash challenge #85. My image is new and my stash item is the October Afternoon Modern Homemaker patterned paper.

My second card uses Beautiful Bouquet. This flowery bouquet is the free with purchase image! It's so pretty and could be used for a million different occasions.

Here I've used the Card Positioning Systems sketch #261.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. Hope you like the newly released images as much as I do!

Sassy Sneak Peek

Sassy Studio Designs is having a release this weekend. Lindsay has drawn some more images based on fan requests. This image was suggested by a fan, Kim, and is named after her! She's called Kim Kutie Roller Girl, and she will be available on Saturday. This image is really cute, reminds me of my younger years, hanging out at the roller rink (eyeing all the cute boys). 

Our Dare to be Sassy Thursday challenge this week over at Sassy Studio is flowers and flourishes, so I used both here.

My sketch comes from Midnight Madness, there April sketch (MMSC137), another great sketch from them. I went with the fancier version this month.

Card Recipe:

Image: SSD Kim Kutie Roller Girl, sentiment from TSG

Ink: Printer, Palette Noir

Paper: PTI ssw, Spring Moss, Simply Chartreuse, SU Pale Plum, MME Penny Lane patterns

Extras: copics, cuttlebug embossing folder, Magnolia flourish die, MS border punch, SU ticket corner punch, PTI ribbon, WOC flowers, stickles, dimensionals, MM brads

Whimsy and Stars Release Tomorrow!

No card today, but tomorrow is release day for Whimsy and Stars! Mabelle will be offering up some blog candy as well. And this little cute piggy will be available, too! You will love the variety of new springy images Mabelle has created. 

Tuesday Morning Sketches #142

Happy Tuesday, it's time for another sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketches. This one was created by Melissa. Hope you like it and will give it a try. 

We have a new sponsor joining us this week, Raisin Boat. Here is a bit about them: Raisin Boat is a stamp rental company with lots and lots of exclusive stamps available.  Plans start as low as $5.99 per month and the possibilities are so flexible and budget friendly.  And if there's a set that you just can't part with, there's opportunity to purchase at discounted member price. They very generously provided the DT with stamp sets, wow! The set I've used is called Undies in a Bunch, is full of super fun sentiments to pair up with the undies in the set. Super versatile and fun, and it's being offered in the prize package from them!

Stop by the Tuesday Morning Sketches Blog and check out the DT creations for some inspiration.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. I hope you are having a wonderful week.

Card Recipe: 

Stamps: Raisin Boat Undies in a Bunch
Ink: Palette Noir

Paper: PTI Orange Zest, Aqua Mist Dark Chocolate, MME prints

Extras: nesties, PTI buttons and twine, MM brads

Spring Bouquet

I have a fun little springy card today using one of the March releases from Designed2Delight. This is called Spring Bouquet. I love the watering can, for some reason I really like coloring using the copic C's. They seem to blend so easily. 

For my sketch I've used the MTMEPPS56. 

Thanks for stopping by today. Make sure and stop back on Friday to see the new April Designed2Delight images. Faith has created some wonderful images again this month!

Challenges I'd like to enter:

2 Sisters - #87 Flowers

Little Claire's  -#19 Spring

Crafty Catz - 1E - Animals

Delicious Doodles - Loads of Layers

Lily Pad - Flower Challenge 

Card Recipe:

Image: Spring Bouquet from Designed2Delight

Ink: Printer

Paper: PTI, SU, October Afternoon, MME

Extras: copics, stickles, Recollections white brads, PTI ribbon, Cuttlebug embossing folder, corner rounder

Corrosive Challenge #147

It's sunday. We've got a fun challenge for you this week at the Corrosive Challenge blog! The challenge is "Hitting the Bottle", I was disappointed to realize that this didn't involve my bottle of wine, lol! Simply use something that comes out of a bottle on your creation. I've used stickles and liquid pearls on my card.

Hope you will join the challenge this week over at the Corrosive Challenge Blog. Dilly Beans is our wonderful monthly sponsor, they have so many really cool and different images in the shop. Stop by the challenge blog and check out all the inspiration from the talented DT and hope you will play along to win a prize from Dilly Beans!

I've used the the Mojo Monday sketch #236 for my layout. It was a great one for using up some scraps!

Card Recipe:

Image: Verve Plain Jane Little Star

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper: PTI ssw, Harvest Gold, Simply Chartreuse, SU Almost Amethyst, scraps of prints

Extras: copics, stickles, Viva pearl pen, nesties, PTI ribbon, Recollections pearls

Sentimental Sundays #98

Here is my weekly post for Sentimental Sundays. This week our challenge theme is Frame It. You need to use a frame of some sort on your creation. My frame is the orange layer around the sentiment. It looks like a layer in the photo, but is is a frame that I've glued over the top and then stitched for decoration. And as always make sure you include a SENTIMENT!

And is the sponsor Pink Cat Studios. They have lots of really cute images. Hope you will play along for a chance to win a prize from them.

Thanks so much for dropping by today. Make sure and pop over to the Sentimental Sundays blog and check out all the fun creations from the DT.

My sketch comes from SCS, it is the Verve VLV first sketch for the month of April.

Card Recipe:

Image: Verve Just For You and World's Best
Ink: Palette Umber 

Paper: PTI ssw, Dk. Choc., Aqua Mist, Orange Zest, MME prints
Extras: nesties, sewing machine, Queen and Co. rhinestones, Verve Dies, dimensionals  

Phindy's Friday Challenge

TGIF! Time for another Phindy's Friday Challenge! The challenge this week at Phindy's Place is Hope you will play along with us.

I went with Hot Dog Dinner for my image this week. Such a cute little guy with his dinner in hand. Phindy has lots of images in the shop that would work out perfectly with this challenge.

Hope you will pop on over to the challenge blog and see what the DT has created this week. Play along with the challenge to win some prizes. It's not necessary to use a Phindy image, but if you do you get entered twice, so that is some pretty good incentive!


And, now the winner of my blog candy from the hop last week, picked by my 8 year old Cal is #10 Mary G.! 

Mary G. said...
Kathy, this is SO adorable!! I love all the colors and that image is just too cute!!! Now I need to start the hop at the beginning to see what I've missed!!!


Congratulations, please contact me before next Friday with your address and I'll get the candy right out to you.


I've used the April SFYTT from Jen del Muro. She has such great sketches each month.

Some other challenges I would like to enter:


Paper Crafting Journey - 2W - (1st week) 3 or more patterned papers
S J Papercrafts - 3E, M - (ends Apr-18) "1, 2, 3" plus include 3 of something (used 1 image, 2 brads, 3 patterned papers)
Creative Belli - 2W - #139 children
Paper Pretties - SIO -PPC201 two or more DP
Waste Not Wednesday - JFF - always "use your forgotten stuff" (my large brads that I've never used)
Creative Card Crew - 2W - #8 Kraft Week 1
Use It Tuesdays - 2W, must use hoarded supply's & say what you used -  Anything Goes Week1 (large basic grey brads that I've never used, still new in package from years ago)


Card Recipe:
Image: Phindy's Place Hot Dog Dinner
Ink: Printer
Paper: PTI ssw, Kraft, Simply Chartreuse, DCWV patterns
Extras: copics, nesties, BG brads, dimensionals, corner rounder, 

Dare to be Sassy Thursday

Today our challenge at DTBST over at Sassy Studio Designs is a sketch. Hope you will check it out and play along. The prize is your choice of two Sassy Studio Designs images!

My take on it uses the Ballroom Babe image, with some long hoarded MME Home papers.

Thanks so much for dropping by today. Hope you are having a great week.

Card Recipe:
Image: SSD Ballroom Babe, Verve sentiment
Ink: Printer, Palette Noie
Paper: PTI ssw, New Leaf, Hawaiian Shores, MME Home patterns
Extras: copics, stickles, Verve dies, CHerry Lynn border die, Doodlebug green brads, pink Candi, dimensionals

Whimsy and Stars Freebie

What's better than cute? How about cute and free! Mabelle RO at Whimsy and Stars studio is offering this adorable image Rosie free (but just till tomorrow). All the details are on the Whimsy and Stars blog.

She's so cute and fun to color. I popped up the daisy for some dimension. I went with a very different color palette for me, I rarely use blue, but when I saw this MME paper with daisies, I knew it would be a great combination.

I've used the Deconstructed Sketch #46 from Deconstructed Jen's blog for the layout of this card.

Thanks for dropping by today. Hope you are having a fabulous week. Don't forget to act fast if you want to snap up this cute digi image for free!

Card Recipe:
Image: Rosie from Whimsy and Stars
Ink: printer
Paper: PTI ssw, Harvest Gold, SU Blue Bayou, MME prints
Extras: copics, stickles, corner rounder, Recollections rhinestones, dimensionals, MS border punch