Pan Slingin’ London

November 30, 2011 ~ sproatmeyer ~ 8 Comments

It’s another preview day for Simply Betty Stamps for the Teen Scene Kitchen Fun series and we’re showing off Pan Slingin’ London today! I went for a bright and cheery look and even had a chance to use some punchinello metallic ribbon. Make sure you check out the other design team creations on the Simply Betty Blog!

This is one adorable girl and as I was coloring her, two movies came to mind… Tangled and Bewitched! LOL So, of course, I *had* to give her blonde hair. 😀 However, the theme song for Bewitched won over so I colored the kitchen in black and white and found a black cat for Darrin to place next to Samantha. (And no, I didn’t remember the names – I had to look it up on Wikipedia! LOL But I do remember watching the show a lot when I was a kid.)

The kitchen is a portion of a digital stamp from Make it Crafty, Kitchen Set, and the cat is from another Simply Betty Stamp, Everyday Emo London. Lastly, I got the idea for the background from Annika and Delphine projects who are both so inspiring! Thanks gals! 😀 Hope you like the card and come back again for two more days before the whole set of six are released on Firday – whohoo!

Cupcake Lola

November 28, 2011 ~ sproatmeyer ~ 6 Comments

Welcome to the second day of previews for Simply Betty Stamps. The Teen Scene Kitchen Fun series are the last release of the year and they are cute! Today we’re showing off Cupcake Lola and make sure you visit the Simply Betty Blog for all the other fabulous creations using this gal!

The stamps I used are Cupcake Lola by Simply Betty Stamps, of course, and two images from Make it Crafty – Butterfly Rose Swing and the gift boxes from Festive Elements collection. Instead of kitchen or Christmas themed, I’ve gone for a birthday theme – and with these elements I was hoping it looked like a backyard party. ;D

The paper is the same from yesterday, DCWV Nana’s Kitchen, and I think I’ll use it for all the releases this week if I can get away with it. ;D I love the list pastel colors and the brads I have are working really well with it. Can you believe how big that cupcake is? Yummy! Thanks for stopping by and hope you enjoyed the card.

Stella Strawberry

November 26, 2011 ~ sproatmeyer ~ 8 Comments

I’m excited to bring you my first project as a Kraftin’ Kimmie Guest and today is the start of a new challenge themed “Thank You/Thankful/Gratitude.” I chose to use Stella Strawberry from Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps and giver her a more chocolate covered strawberry feel. Mmmm, I’m grateful for those delectable delights! LOL

My card was made with no intentional plan and came together with elements that I haven’t used in a while. I was excited the crochet flowers looked like they finally matched as I’ve had those for years! With Valentines coming up I hope to use the rest of them too and get on with the next package… which, by the way, are a gorgeous white and can be customized with any Copic marker!! The rest is pretty standard run of the mill supplies, however, the plastic leaves were from a beaded garland I found at the hobby store.

The hostess for this week’s challenge is Kerry and the prize for the random participant is always the stamp featured on the hostess’ project. This week Kerry has used one of the images from the new Snips and Snails set, so the winner will receive that image and a sentiment.

There is also a HUGE sale at the site right now… almost everything is 25-75% but only until Monday!! Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps was also featured in the Canadian Scrapbooker Magazine and is having a giveaway on the blog so be sure to check it out.

Audrey

November 24, 2011 ~ sproatmeyer ~ 16 Comments

Happy Thanksgiving!! Today I plan on relaxing and coloring and in general taking a day off from my problems. LOL Today is also the start of a new challenge at Little Miss Muffet Challenges and our theme is “Gratitude/Thanks.“

For my project I used Audrey from Little Miss Muffet Stamps and I created a fun card with a Hidden Forest Seat from Make it Crafty in the background. I used the same color scheme that Arabella used on her project from last week as I’ve loved her pastel look. ;D I then used the same color scheme for the rest of the project.

The card was put together with a simple layout with papers from my scraps and a few things I had within reach. I also used a sentiment from Whimsy Stamps, Friendship Ticket Sentiments, and also used the coordinating die to cut it out – nice and simple. ;D

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

iCopic Weekly Challenge #57 – Thanksgiving/Thanks
Crafty Creations Challenge #145 – Thanks/Gratitude
Sassy Cheryl’s Challenge #91 – Anything Goes
Use it Tuesday Challenge #20 – Giving Thanks (I hoard chippies)
Heart Song Inspirations Challenge #25 – Thank You

Hope

November 18, 2011March 8, 2020 ~ sproatmeyer ~ 15 Comments

Here’s the second day of previews for Little Miss Muffet Stamps and today the DT girls are showing off Hope and Audrey – so make sure you check them out HERE! To add a little humor I’m showing off Hope and if you look closely, you’ll see Gilgo in there too. 😀

The background image is A Time to Relax from Make it Crafty which was a perfect fit for this gal. Then the page was created with pastel color to match and a few large sticker flowers I had that were begging to be used! Do you ever have those kinds of embellishment? I think mine take turns getting their attention…. except those chippies – they seem to make it on practically everything! LOL

If I had a penny in my pocket I would start marketing this idea… but, I don’t which means it’s your lucky day. He he he. So what is the idea? It’s this new revolutionary diet plan and it even works faster than having a baby!! It’s amazing and the results are instant!! Just give this a try and see how fast it works…

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

My Mum’s Craft Shop Challenge #32 – Mix and Match DP
Whimsy Stamps Challenge #15 – Flower Power
Sassy Cheryl’s Digi Stamps Challenge #90 – Anything Goes
Karens Doodles Challenge #89 – Anything but a card

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to check out my SBS post below for the other card I had made for today – you’ll shocked to see how those zombies turned out!! Yes, I said zombies! 😀

Gilgo and Echo

November 17, 2011 ~ sproatmeyer ~ 23 Comments

Ya gotta love Thursdays!! And especially today because you get three projects to view! Yea! Make sure you scroll down for the SBS Preview post too. ;D

Today I’m showing off two new images I created for Little Miss Muffet Stamps… Gilgo and Echo! This first one is Echo the snake and I used the Tulip Garden from Make it Crafty plus a few gears and dragonfly chippies.

Since I was out of boy cards I thought Echo would be perfect for the task and even tried to incorporate flowers into the mix! So did it work, a successful boy card? My nephews will at least enjoy it. ;D

The other project I have here uses Gilgo the fish and I made a Christmas tag as you can never have too many of those. The paper is a punch out remnant from Martha Stewart paper and was the perfect size – no since throwing that stuff out, I say. ;D

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

Bearly-Mine Challenge #23 – One for the boyz
Paperminutes Challenge #191 – Child’s birthday
Daisy Doodles Creative Challenge #46 – Anything goes w/digi
iCopic Weekly Challenge #56 – Backgrounds

Update: I was the top pick at iCopic Lovers for this challenge!

The goldfish was colored to look like a koi and I added Snowflakes chippies and baker’s twine with faux stitching around the edges. It should be fun to use on a pressie. Hope you like them and make sure you head on over to the Little Miss Muffet Stamps challenge blog to see the other inspirational projects!