Finally Today I can SHARE!

I'm So excited an honored to join the a2z Scrapbooking Design Team.  a2z Scrapbooking is a premier Hero Arts Retailer. The Etsy store carries an extensive array of Hero Arts  products. The company, is run by volunteers and was founded in 2007 in an effort to raise funds for Celiac and Behcets awareness.   This is an amazing opportunity and I'm so happy to share it with  so many talented ladies here, I'm so awed, to get to know and be inspired by!  I hope you join me in congratulating every single one of these amazing, talented, generous ladies.

Linda (Elizabeth) Campau- Visions of Paper

Michelle Liimatainen -- Page Master Designs Online

Kelly Latevola--You and Your Big Dreams

Steph-- A Stephmade Life

Lisa Haines-- The Purple Place

Char Kochensparger --Glitter in my kitchen

​Barb Ghigliotty--Barb's Studio Creations​

Kymona Tracey--Kreative Kymona

Ria Montefalcon-- Heart for Handmade

Chitra Nair-- My Crafty Corner

Terhi Koskinen -- TelliMaria

Zoey--Scrapasaurus

Ruth--ScrapMachine

Kathy Wade --Wading in Creativity

Donna Idlet--Creative Lady

Marnie(That's Me)--Papertivity

I know this is a tad late but I was teaching Fabulous Folds all day!  Last Christmas Class for Christmas in July Woo HOO!  Back to our regularly scheduled summer!  

Gathered Blooms Thanks

Today I'm over on the Memory Box Blog with a pretty purple card.  I used a favorite new stamp of ours Gathered Blooms G2021 which I stamped and embossed in gold over a watercolor background created with Peerless Watercolors.  Once it was complete I tore around the image and added A Little Thanks 98575 in gold.  I added the finished piece to a violet card base with some turquoise seem binding.   The color scheme makes me Happy I hope it makes you Happy too!
 

Bombshell Stamps Blog Hop - Stars & Stripes

It's time for the Bombshell Blog Hop This month Alison challenged us with Stars & Stripes.

This month the image I used is the Bombshell from Ahoy Sailor and colored her with Copics then distressed her with Old Paper Distress ink.  The greeting is from is from Homeward Bound.   I created my background paper with a couple of stencils Stripes by Studio 490 and Stars by Memory Box.  The stripes are done with Distress Inks and the stars are done with gold embossing past.  I did add a few more gold mirror card stars I punched with a Fiskars heart punch.

Now be sure to head on over to Sharon's blog and check out her amazing work as well as everyone else on the hop.  Here is the full list!

Bombshell Blog

Alison
Marnie(You Are Here)

Sharon

Kim

Alaine

Angie

Kelli

Garden from Sunday

 Lots of Strawberries coming now.

 Can't wait for the big tomatoes to turn red.

 Purples flowers still going strong.

 These little tomatoes only get golden/orangish we eat them in salads.

 Our first musk melon.  It still has a long way to go.

 Lots of yellow squash.

 Our second eight ball zucchini.

We tied up all the tomatoes they were leaning in their cages on to the peppers.  Poor peppers they are struggling.  Hopefully they will now get some breathing room.

Aloha! Aloha! Bombshell Muse Monday!

Happy Monday AGAIN!!!  Today I have this sample on the Bombshell Stamps Blog for Week 4 of the July Bombshell Stamps Muse Monday.  I had a great time with stencils and Distress Ink & Archival Ink then the tree, shells and beach are colored with Copics then cut out and layered on.  The white speckles are Studio Paint by Claudine Hellmuth.  Hope you like it!

This month, we are featuring the beachy Hawaiian Girl set.  Be sure to hop over to the blog to see other samples created every Monday in July with this Stamp Set!  You'll love them!  Thanks for stopping by have a great day!

Say Hello Vienna!

She is so pretty!  Emily took this and she had some liver treats in her hand so V sat still patiently waiting to be rewarded.

Forest Pine in the Snow

Good Morning I'm over at the Memory Box Blog today!  Has everyone recovered a bit from the Blog Blitzing?  To counteract the 90+ temps here for a couple of days I made a snowy card.  Wishful thinking and all.  First I inked my background with Distress Ink then down went the Forest Pine G2016 with Archival Ink.  Next I put white embossing paste throught the Mini Dot Stencil 88533.  For the overlay piece I stenciled the Flurry Frame 88579 with Distress Ink and cut out an oval from the center.  Lastly came greeting stamp Wonderful Time CS2013B.  Hope you like it and the warm fuzzy feeling you get from it isn't just from the Summer heat seeping in!

Have a Wonderful Day and Thank You for stopping by and sharing part of your Day with me!

Snowfall Card Set

Today I'm over at the Memory Box Blog.  I'm so excited for the Stamp Blitz this week, I hope you all are as well!  I'm doubley excited since this is my first release since I have been on the team!  I so love Memory Box stamps they are beyond versitile and modern so this is a real treat to be able to participate.  Today I have for you a set of 4 cards, similar but not the same.  All of them have Snowfall Stamp - G1999 with Gold or Clear Embossing Powder.  Other Memory Box Products Used:  Stamps Heaven Sings - B1385 and Merry Little Christmas - B1943 Dies Script Lowercase Alpha - 98896, Joy - 98641 and Star of Wonder - 98167  Stencil Winter Snowflake Lace - 88576

Good Morning.  I'm so excited for the Stamp Blitz this week I hope you all are as well!  I'm doubley excited since this is my first release since I have been on the team!  I so love Memory Box stamps they are beyond versitile and modern so this is a real treat to be able to participate.  Today I have for you a set of 4 cards, similar but not the same.  All of them have Snowfall Stamp - G1999 with Gold or Clear Embossing Powder.  Other Memory Box Products Used:  Stamps Heaven Sings - B1385 and Merry Little Christmas - B1943 Dies Script Lowercase Alpha - 98896, Joy - 98641 and Star of Wonder - 98167  Stencil Winter Snowflake Lace - 88576 
Paper Water, White, Kraft & Gold Mirror Card.  Distress Ink, Versamark Ink & Gold Pigment Ink.

I know you will all want to enter to win the Snowfal Stamp.  Just leave a comment on the Memory Box Blog Post by deadline is 11:59 PM EST on July  20^th.  The winner will be announced on July 21^st.  Have a Wonderful Day and be sure to check out all of the other amazing Blitz Cards this week.

Zucchini Garden Harvest

 My first 8 Ball Zucchini some Cucumbers and more Beans

Zucchini and Carrot Parmesan crisps YUM these we had with our pork chops tonight.

The beans and more zucchini will go into pasta tomorrow and I'll do a quick pickle on the cucumbers.

Mid July Garden Update

 Cucumbers are getting big.

 My first 8 ball zucchini.

 More summer squash coming.

 Carrots still tiny.

 Lettuce can't wait.

 Peppers finally.

 Tomatoes are turning red.

 More and more tomatoes.

 Lots of little strawberries.

 Love these basil plants.

My Flowers are doing great in the backyard don't ask me about the ones in the front.

Muse Monday - Hawaiian Girl

 

  Happy Monday!!!  Today I have this sample on the Bombshell Stamps Blog for Week 2 of the July Bombshell Stamps Muse Monday.  I had a great time with layering stencils with Distress Ink love how it looks like water moving.  The sea turtles are colored with Copics and the shells are glazed with clear a Sakura Glaze pen.  Hope you like it!

This month, we are featuring the beachy Hawaiian Girl set.  Be sure to hop over to the blog to see other samples created every Monday in July with this Stamp Set!  You'll love them!  Thanks for stopping by have a great day!

Memory Box Blog Blitz - Shining Candles

Shining Candles

Good Morning!  I'm over at the Memory Box Blog Today!   Happy Blitz Thursday!  Aren't all of the projects amazing?  I can't wait to see more!

Today I am sharing with you the Shining Candles Die 98937. I just love how gorgeous and traditional it is.  Definately the perfect focal point for any project.  Today I have embeded the die cut into my card and then filled in the candles with Glossy Accents.  Everything else was colored with Copic Markers and the Gold bits got some stickles.

I hope you can see some of the details in this up close image.  I was trying to get an angle that shows how the candles look like real wax.

You can have a chance to win the Shining Candles Die by just leaving a comment on my post at the Memory Box Blog by Sunday July 13th @ 11:59pm EST.  A winner will be chosen and announced on Monday the 14th.  Be sure to also check out all of the other posts for chances to win! 

Bombshell's July Sketch Challenge

Here's the Bombshell Stamps July's Sketch!

Feel free to take the sketch, flip it, flop it, and make it your own. The only rules are to use the sketch in some recognizable way and to have fun. Enter your project below for the chance to win a fabulous prize.

You don't have to use Bombshell's stamps, but if you do, you'll get an additional chance to win!Use the Inlinkz on the Bombshell Stamps Blog!

Here is my take on the sketch!

 

I used Love & Luck a new stamp set for me.  Adore how it turned out I adore the sparrows. 

Hope you get a chance to play along with us!  Be sure to head to the Bombshell Blog to see what some other talented team members have done with this sketch!

 

Copic Coloring Class This Saturday

This is what we will be creating this Saturday the 12th in the Copic Coloring Class.

Well these plus one more.  There are still a couple of spots left you can contact CraftFancy to sign up.

 The colors to bring to class are 0 Blender
W00 or W0, W1, W3, W5
W7   For the grays you can bring any combination of the lower numbers I only have odds in this set.
R43, R46, R59,Y02, YG11, YG13, YG17, G43, G46, BG01, BG53, BG57, B02, E53, E55, E57, E59

Don't forget your basic tool kit.