Betty Queen of Hearts Tea Party

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Let’s have a wonderland type of day with a Blog Hop!!  To day is the start of a huge combined release between Simply B Stamps and Little Miss Muffet Stamps and we’re having a 3-day Tea Party!!

You should have arrived here from RACHEL’S radical blog!!
(For the full Blog Hop list, click HERE or HERE.)

Each day we’ll have something new for you to drool over and to keep up on all the events you can visit the LMM Blog to get started.  I won’t spoil all the details but I will say there will be games, ten hidden prizes, free digi and up to 70% off when you buy one of the combination mega packs!!  It’s big!  Very BIG!  And it all starts today!!

My first project uses Betty Queen of Hearts from Simply B Stamps plus the For Alyce Sentiment which I wrapped around the balloons.  Then I used several Little Miss Muffet stamps and came up with this merged scene.  I even used the LMMS Party Banner Diecut!  All of these images are listed here and were to find them…

The floor was actually an idea from a striped pattern paper in the same paper pack that I had originally planned to use, however, all the patterns combined started to get super busy and it didn’t even make it close to the card.  😦  I was worried that it would look out of place but now that I see it in 2D form, I think it worked out ok.  The table that the desserts are sitting on is actually a table tiered tray!  LOL  But that’s the benefits of working with digital stamps and that tiered dish easily became a fancy dessert table!  Yummy!

In addition to the release today, this blog has actually hit a milestone of 1000 posts!  Can you believe it?  I have 27 of those in draft mode but this one is the official one-thousandth post.  I couldn’t think of a better way to celebrate the release!!

You’re next stop in the hop is TRISH’S terrific blog!
And remember to leave your comments along the way for chances to win prizes!

Lil’ Bunny and Puppy Additions

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Happy Easter!  It’s Easter Sunday and I wanted to share a project that is just perfect for today!  Plus I have some great news about a new image available at Little Miss Muffet Stamps that you don’t want to miss out on – it has been posted today at a fantastic low price of $1.00 and you can take advantage of that special all day!  However, before we get to those details, here’s the card I wanted to share today…

This project uses Swings ‘n Slides Lil’ Bunny, drawn by Pollycraft, and also Puppy Additions, both from Little Miss Muffet Stamps!  I thought they looked adorable together and wanted to create a simple card for then to shine on.  I’ve always had a soft spot for pink gingham patterns and when I found this paper in my stash I had to use it!  So with that, combined with dark chocolate brown, became the inspiration for the colors on this card.

With adorable pink paper like that, I didn’t want to cover it up so I kept the embellishments to a minimum with chipboard from Make it Crafty, twine and a little charm.  I was actually going to make this card with just the little girl but something felt missing… and that’s when I decided to add the little puppy which was just what the card needed.  Now these two friends are ready to head out in the backyard and look for hidden eggs.  😀

I also have a little Easter surprise and another fun image to play around with!  This is the image I mentioned above which will be at the special price today of $1.00 so scoop this one up while you can.  Just in time for Easter this cute image is called Easter Bunny Hiding and is also perfect to use in the current LMM Challenge.  😀 

You can click on the image above to find the Easter bunny in the store or you can click HERE to read about the details of the release on the LMM Challenge Blog.  Thanks for coming by today and I hope you’re having a wonderful Easter day filled with coloring, family and chocolate!  Happy Easter!!

This card was featured in the Scrapbooking.com Magazing!
http://scrapbooking.com/article/81548
 
Scrapbooking.com Magazine April 2014
Basic Techniques Department

Spring and Easter
By: Judi Kauffman w/Guest Designers

Dancer

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It’s the start of a three day weekend for me and I have plans to do nothing!  Yes, I know… I’m not sure how much that will happen but I’m sure going to try, again, tomorrow.  Today I’ve managed a little gardening, cleaning the house, laundry, reading and some craft time.  So much for my resolve to do nothing!  LOL

This is a quick project I’ve put together using an image I had colored before but the project it was previously attached to was accidentally destroyed and I couldn’t toss the whole thing away and decided to save the girl for another day.  So today… this is Dance from Some Odd Girl and she’s featured on a a whole new project!
 

The background paper is Market from My Minds Eye and the chipboard corners are from Make it Crafty.  The paper kinda says it all so I added some lace and the corners but left everything else to shine.  This was one of those fast projects that came together well and I hope you like it for today’s inspiration.  Thanks for coming by and hope ya’ll have fun plans for the weekend!

NEWS – Winners

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Welcome back for some more News!  Unfortunately, my schooling is getting more demanding and my time keeps disappearing, however, the good news is these classes will be over in six more weeks!  I’m getting so excited for that to happen – but for now I need to stay calm and keep grinding on the stone.  LOL  With that said, I’m going to suspend the freebies and blog candy for a little time.  However you’ll want to keep your badges on the sidebar and I’ll update them with inspirational badges until I pick up the prizes again.

Before that all happens…  I’m sure you’re curious to know who the winner was of the last prize?!  I also have two unclaimed prizes and those winners are listed one more time below before new winners are selected.  Here they are…

The winner of la Jeune Fille à l’Eventail rubber stamps is …
“I absolutely love it that your blog candy badge automatically changes on my blog. I just love that. I love having you in my mail box and face book. Have I missed any place 🙂 This digi is so awesome, She just radiates that she is something special. I love her. Thank you for a chance to win her. And thank you for all the inspiration you are to me. Hugs, Cathy K”

Winner of the Diamond Diecuts is… Penny
 Winner of Nutmeg and Licorice is … KraftyKoolKat
Congratulations Ladies!  You’ve won these items and also have a change to be a Challenge Guest at Little Miss Muffet Stamps!  Send me an email and I’ll get the prizes out to you and work out the details for being a Challenge guest.  Thank you to everyone else for participating! ;D  
If you would like to post the NEWS Badge on your sidebar then it is a great tool to be notified of any updates.  Sounds impossible?  Na, it’s simple and similar to the way I do the Little Miss Muffet NEWS Badge which has worked great!  Here is the code and details on this badge… 

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NOTE: This is important … make sure you use the code above when grabbing the blinkie as it’s the only way it will be will update automatically. Once it’s on your blog, the blinkie will change automatically when I make updates and you’ll get to see the latest news right from your sidebar!  It’s a great way to get alerted and be up to date!!  😀

I think that about sums it up and thank you for stopping by!  *Hugs
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Dylan and Sam Fishing

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Welcome to the Make it Crafty Spring Blog Hop!  Today a bunch of MiC gals are getting together and sharing some spring fever creations for you and you can get the list of everyone HERE!  Plus EACH blog will draw a random winner from their comments on Tuesday and the winner will win a free surprise ‘Spring Themed’ digi stamp not yet released!!  How awesome is that?!  And something you don’t want to miss out on!  So here’s my project…

I’ve used the image Sam and Dylan Fishing from Make it Crafty plus a few chipboard embellishments to help finish this project off, including Fancy Ribbon Sliders and N2 Simple Frame.  The N2 Simple Frame actually coordinates with Whimsy diecuts and labels which all together make quick fancy labels.  I used one of the Fancy Ribbon Slider and cut it in half so I could use it as sort of a tag.

The papers are Shine On from BasicGrey which provided a nice bright color pallet.  Around where I live, things are either brown and dead or green and vibrant – so unfortunately this isn’t any other season.  So spring to me, means lots of flowers, green grass and bright colors!  I was even able to spend an hour outside gardening this even too – it was great!  Anyway, here’s a close up of Dylan and Sam Fishing…

What does spring mean to you?  Or what are your favorite spring colors, activities or whatnot?  Leave a comment below for a chance to win a free surprise ‘Spring Themed’ digi stamp from Make it Crafty which as not yet been released!  Thanks for dropping by today and I hope you have a great Easter weekend.  😀

Celeste Amberglow Farmin’ Apples

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Welcome back for a little inspiration today using a Little Miss Muffet Stamp.  We have such a huge release next week that we’re taking a relaxing break today and showing off anything we want.  😀  So be sure to check out the LMMS Challenge Blog for all the other fabulous creations and mark us down in your calendars for next week, April 4th, as it’s going to be huge!!

For my project today, I’ve used Celeste Amberglow Farmin’ Apples from Little Miss Muffet Stamps and drawn by Pollycraft.  She is such an adorable chickie and I couldn’t resit the farm paper pack I found in my stash.  Most of my papers in that stash are 6×6 pads and include anything from K&Company, My Mind’s Eye, Crate Paper, Echo Park Paper, Jillybean Soup, BasicGrey, Cosmo Cricket and the list goes on… I’m not picky and just grab anything that appeals to me.  He he he

The chipboard embellishments from Make it Crafty were colored with Prismacolor Pencils to match the paper and also to help the butterflies stand out against the busy paper.  I simply grabbed reds, oranges and yellows and blended them together until it wouldn’t take any more!  Here’s a close up of Celeste Amberglow with her lovely green apples… an nope, it’s not poisonous (that would be red and her evil counterpart).

Thanks for dropping by today and I hoe you’ve enjoyed this project.  It’s been a busy week but I’m looking forward to a fun and relaxing weekend – I just need to get through this day and then school will be out for the weekend (my kids included).  Yeah!  I’m soooo looking forward to a 3-day weekend!!  Have a wonderful time coloring and hope you’re weekend is approaching soon too!