Emily Rose Hatter

February 23, 2012 ~ sproatmeyer ~ 14 Comments

We have a fantastic challenge for you over at Little Miss Muffet Challenges and this time our theme is “Fancy or Lacy!” I know we all love to dress up our projects with lace and lots of embellishments – at least for me, it’s hard not to! So to celebrate this compulsive habit, I’ve decided to make a challenge of it – so the fancier or the lacier the better!! 😀

For my project I used Emily Rose Hatter from Little Miss Muffet Stamps and placed her in front of Ivy Window Wall the from Make it Crafty. Then I used the coordinating chippies and diecuts to create the sentiment (N3 Swirl Frame chippie from Make it Crafty and N3 Notables Die from Whimsy). I had to chop the frame a little and move around a couple swirls to get it to fit in the corner but it’s still just as fancy and elegant. 😀 The sentiment is also from Whimsy and is from Birthday Letter Seals.

The fancy part comes from the wide lace ribbon and all the pearls scattered around the card. Plus I was able to use two of my pearl brads from Whiff of Joy at the top corner…. and of course, the frame/sentiment helps. The papers are new and something I picked up at the scrapbook store the other day – I’ve noticed that yellow is coming back into season! So many to choose from and they’re all perfect for spring.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you’ve enjoyed my card. Don’t miss out visiting the Little Miss Muffet Challenges for more inspiration and also the current Paris Blog Hop – which only goes until Sunday to be eligible for the prizes!

I’d like to ener this into the following challenges:

Craft Us Crazy Challenge #21 – Favorites (chippies embellishments)
Sarah Hurley Challenge #60 – Diecuts
Willow Sketchie Challenge – Anything Goes

Julia & Taylor

February 20, 2012March 8, 2020 ~ sproatmeyer ~ 41 Comments

To keep up the celebrations – we’re having another blog hop!! Come hop around with us “in Paris” this week with a New Release Blog Hop!! Check out the Little Miss Muffet Challenges Little Miss Muffet Challenge blog for all the details and prizes!!

You should have arrived here from the talented SHIRLEY!
However, if you get lost along the way you can see the complete list HERE.

Have you heard the big news? Whimsy, Make it Crafty and Little Miss Muffet Stamps have come together to give you a little romance in Paris this Valentine season! You can join the festivities and read all about it on the ThreeCompaniesTeamUp blog. But wait… have you heard the really big news?! Little Miss Muffet Stamps has now released images in RUBBER! That’s right – so pop on over HERE to get your rubber fix. 😀

My project uses several images from this release to create this scene. From Little Miss Muffet Stamps, I have used Julia, Taylor, Agent Éclair Dropping and Naw the Gargoyle. Then from Make it Crafty I used a bridge scene that Zoe put together using Paris Elements and Eiffel Tower, plus a whole bunch of chippies, N3 Rustic Frame, Flower Leaf Swirls and Swirly Corners.

The sentiment stamp is Élégance Élémentaire frm Stampin’ Up! and translated would be “Happy Birthday.” I used Whimsy’s cordinating Shapeology Die, Notables 3, which coordinates with the chippie so nicely! The rest of the journal page is deocrated with oddds and ends from my stash – pearls, rhinestones and various ribbons.

Check out all the Paris themed New Releases at:
Whimsy, Make it Crafty and Little Miss Muffet Stamps

Lastly, before you leave to your next hop… don’t forget to check out the Joint Release challenge at ThreeCompaniesTeamUp and submit your enteries using any of the products form any of the three companies. It’s an easy theme too … “LOVE!”

Your next stop on the hop is the fabulous VICKY!

I’d like to enter this into the following challenges:

iCopic Weekly Challenge #70 – coloring animals
Make it Monday Linking Party #77 – Anything goes
Simon Says Stamp and Show Challenge – Paris, London or New York
There She Goes Challenge #144 – Animal theme

Update: I was in the Top 3 at Simon Says Stamp and Show for this challenge!!

Evelyn

February 17, 2012 ~ sproatmeyer ~ 16 Comments

Howdy! We have a gorgeous inspirational post for you over at the Little Miss Muffet Challenges blog with LOTS of projects to drool over!! So be sure to head on over there and check out what the design team has to show off today. ;D We’re have such fun with the Joint Release that we had to play some more – and here’s my project to share…

I used elements from all three companies and if you’re just joining in on the action make sure you head over to the Three Companies Team Up blog for the release details plus a challenge! On my project I used Evelyn from Little Miss Muffet Stamps, Paris Elements from Make it Crafty and I Heart You Tabs 2 from Whimsy. I also used the coordinating Tabs 2 die and N2 Fancy Frame chippie!

For Evelyn‘s dress color I was trying to go for a gold color and ended up using YR23, Y26, Y21, Y23 and YR30. It worked out better than I thought so I also colored her two sisters, Irene and Florence, in the same colors. After all, gold and art deco somehow just seem to go together, don’t they?

The building was colored following Zoe’s example in the store, Fancy Balcony. I put the computer up close to my coloring desk and tried to match the colors as best as possible – I loved how her’s turned out so I was aiming for the same feel. 😀 I think what really makes this scene shine is the blue glass door/window and the added greenery – to me it really says “Paris!”

I’d like to enter this into the following challenges:

Crafty Calender February Challenge – Love and Marriage
Little Claire’s Designs Challenge #18 – Romance
Totally Gorjuss Challenge #118 – “Lurve”
By the Cute and Girly February Challenge – Love is in the Air
Crafter’s Companion Challenge #21 – Anything Goes
I Break for Challenges #18 – I break for Love
Joanna Sheen February Challenge – Love is in the Air
The Pretty Little Ribbon Challenge #7 – Anything Goes

Paris Relase with Whimsy, Make it Crafty and Little Miss Muffet Stamps

February 14, 2012 ~ sproatmeyer ~ 36 Comments

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!!

Have we got some exciting news for you today!! Not only is today a release day, Little Miss Muffet Stamps is joining up with Make it Crafty and Whimsy to bring you a fantastic collection of images, sentiments and even matching embellishments to get your creative minds flowing with ideas! There is inspiration, a blog hop, challenge and HEAPS of prizes!!

And some big news of our own… we’re releasing RUBBER stamps! That’s right, I’ve made the leap from digi and will now bring you select images in rubber stamps for that tactile pleasure! Whoohoo!

PRIZES & SURPRISES & A CHALLENGE!!

The main event today is a release blog hop so to get started in the excitement,
the first stop on the hop is the inspirational ANN!

Make sure you comment along the way for a chance at winning a few extra goodies and once you reach the end, we’ll share all the details on the prizes you can win and we even have a fun challenge you can enter which could win you a feature in the upcoming Whimsy Magazine!

FOLLOWER’S FREEBIE

I did say freebie, right?! … Become a follower of THIS blog and you can get this Bicycle image! I thought this would be perfect with the Paris theme and even leaning up against a building wall. Also, don’t forget to visit the Little Miss Muffet Challenge blog for yet another freebie!

** NOTE: This freebie offer has expired, but you can purchase it HERE. **
Make sure to get your request in before Sunday evening at 8:00pm Central US time – just email me at my email address at…
Thanks for stopping by and have a great Valentine’s Day!

Caroline

February 9, 2012 ~ sproatmeyer ~ 27 Comments

I’ve got some Little Miss Muffet Stamps inspiration for you today and the design team has gone all out with their creativity too so make sure you visit the LMM Blog and check them out. 😀 Also, you’ll want to make sure you come back on Valentines day because there *might* be another freebie! Oops, did I say that out loud? LOL

I’ve made two tags today so if you want to see the other one scroll down a post or click HERE.

For my project I’ve used Caroline from Little Miss Muffet Stamps. I drew up this little cutie which was directly inspired by my own daughter. One day while shopping she spotted this sock monkey hat in the store and wanted to try it on. Apparently someone else didn’t want it because we found it in the electronics section all alone. LOL It was large a large size – probably a one-size-fits-all but to my 4-year-old it seemed like an XL. We also carry things around the store in a similar fashion – hay, anything to keep the kids happy while shopping, right?! Well, little did I know that this particular item would be permanently attached! We ended up getting it – after all, winter was *was* approaching so I could justify it. The funny thing is, she wore it the whole week and even slept with it on! 😀 It wasn’t long before this trendy new idea caught on and we had to go back to find hats for my other two kids. So now we have a dinosaur and panda hat to add to the collection! LOL

Thanks for stopping by… and for those wondering where my elusive camera was yesterday? Well, it’s embarrassing to say, but I had it right behind my laptop screen – only just 5 inches away from where I was typing!! (I’ll hide my head in shame now.) I knew I would have problems finding it so I hid it from my daughter… which, apparently was a too good of a spot for myself. LOL

I’d like to enter this into the following challenges:

Make it Monday Challenge #75 – Anything Goes
The Cutie Pie Challenge #11 – Anything but a card
Crafty Sentiments Designs Challenge – Let’s Get Girly
My Time to Crafty Challenge #172 – ‘A’ is for Adorable
Papertake Weekly Challenge – Anything Goes

Hooch

February 2, 2012 ~ sproatmeyer ~ 18 Comments

It’s that time of year for plenty of smooching and ooglies… Valentines day! This round at Little Miss Muffet Stamps the challenge is to create a Valentine or Love inspired project. (Or if you use a LMM stamp then you can submit anything you’d like!) I chose to make a tag this time around with of the the newer releases from last week… meet Hooch!

If you remember (or go visit the store to see Hooch) you’ll notice that his bow used to be turquoise! The challenge at Make it Colourful is to color reds using other colors and I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to see what that would look like with a turquoise base. So I colored over the bow using R05, R22, R46 and R14 and this is what I came up with… it’s more of a dark burgundy but a good experiment.

One of my favorite color combinations is pink and chocolate browns so I love this time of year. ;D The tag was simple and quick to put together and I added a touch of green to help contrast all that pink. Several of the elements are actually from my older stash so it felt good to use up some of those older supplies. He he he. Hope you’ve enjoyed this and make sure you head on over to the Little Miss Muffet Challenge blog to see all the other great projects from the DT!