Choose Happiness for What Will You Stamp?

Welcome to my blog and to week 6 of the What Will You Stamp? Challenge.  The Design Team was given the task of using the Choose Happiness stamp set from Stampin' Up! this week.  I've got to confess that I purchased this set when it was released in June 2014 and it had never seen ink until now.  I'm ashamed to admit that, but there are so many wonderful Stampin' Up! stamp sets to choose from that sometimes a few of them get pushed to the back of the shelf.  The What Will You Stamp? Challenge Blog has forced me to use these forgotten sets and I've been so happy with the results.

Come on...admit it...you know you have the same problem.  LOL  I hope the Challenge Blog has given you some inspiration to get out your forgotten stamp sets and play along with us. 
  

My card uses one of my favorite color combos...
Basic Black, Real Red and Whisper White...

How can you go wrong with that!!! 

Add a little watercoloring and lots of bling...

and Ta Da...you've got a card ready to go.

 

Now it's your turn to pull out your Choose Happiness stamp set and play along with us on the What Will You Stamp? Challenge Blog.  I can't wait to see what you create!!! 

If you would like to recreate my card I used the following products:

 

Product List

• Choose Happiness Clear-Mount Stamp Set [134198]
• Remembering Your Birthday Clear Stamp Set [131350]
• Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [121045]
• Real Red 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [102482]
• Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730]
• Back To Black Designer Series Paper [133700]
• Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad [126949]
• Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708]
• Rhinestone Basic Jewels Embellishments [119246]
• Flower Frenzy Bigz L Die [133728]
• Ovals Collection Framelits Die [129381]
• Aqua Painters [103954]
• Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]

If I can help you with any of your stamping needs please don't hesitate to contact me.

Thanks so much for spending a little time with me today.  I hope you'll take one more minute and leave me a comment...I love hearing from you.

See you again next week.

Indescribable Gift for JAX Starz Blog Hop

It's the first Saturday of the month so you know what that means.....Time for the April JAX Starz Blog Hop.  We challenged ourselves to make paper crafts that have flowers and that really made me very happy!!!  I love, love, love coloring flowers.
 You may just be starting the blog hop or you may have come from Rose Ann Marr's blog.  You can follow the full blog hop lineup below to move along from blog to blog so you can see all of the new projects.

With the discontinuation of the Stampin' Up! Blendabilities I was forced to go back and use an old technique to color the blossoms from Indescribable Gift.  I love how my card turned out and hope you do too!!!

I embossed the blossoms in white onto watercolor paper and then used an Aqua Painter and Strawberry Slush ink to flood the blossoms with color.  Gotta say I'm really going to miss Strawberry Slush when it retires on June 2nd as it is part of the In Color 2013-2015 collection. 

I started out by spritzing the watercolor paper to get it wet and then picked up some ink with the Aqua Painter and dabbed it into the center of the blossom and allowed it to spread.  The embossed edges do a pretty good job of keeping the ink inside each petal (provided you don't use too much water).  I colored each petal individually.  I admit it takes a little extra time to do this, but I think it's oh so worth it.

Your next stop on the JAX Starz blog hop is Amanda Sevall.

Full JAX Starz blog hop lineup....

Amanda Sevall

Cari Verschueren 

Rose Ann Marr

Susan Best (you are here)

If you would like to recreate my card following are the products I used.
Product List

• Indescribable Gift Clear Stamp Set [138575]
• Pink Pirouette 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [111351]
• Watercolor Paper [122959]
• Strawberry Slush Classic Stampin' Pad [131178]
• Wild Wasabi Classic Stampin' Pad [126959]
• Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad [126978]
• Aqua Painters [103954]
• Pink Pirouette 1/2" Seam Binding Ribbon [134574]
• Pearl Basic Jewels Embellishments [119247]
• Ovals Collection Framelits Die [129381]
• Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]
• Glue Dots [103683] 

Please let me know if I can help you with any of your stamping needs.

I hope you enjoy the blog hop and I appreciate you visiting with me today.  If you have time, please leave me a comment....I love hearing from you!!

Come back again soon.  

For Peeps Sake for What Will You Stamp?

Welcome Back Everyone!!!  I can't believe it's Week 5 already for the What Will You Stamp? Challenge Blog.  Time really does fly when you're having fun and being on this Design Team is fun.  I hope you all are having fun too by playing along with the challenges. 

The challenge this week was to use For Peeps' Sake which is in the Stampin' Up! Occasions Catalog.  I really enjoyed coloring these adorable little peeps.  I stamped the peeps in Daffodil Delight ink and then colored everything else with Stampin' Write Markers.  I then chose the Lullaby Designer Series Paper for one of my card layers because this particular sheet looks like fancy chicken coop wire to me.  I hope you noticed that my little peeps are outside the coop...they're making a dash for safety in their Easter finery.  LOL

 

I hope you enjoyed my card.  I also hope you can find the time to play along with us.  So head back over to the What Will You Stamp?  Challenge Blog and check out the other Design Team member creations and then join in the fun by designing your own project using For Peeps' Sake.  The photo below shows all the stamp choices you have to create with when you purchase this set.

 

If you would like to recreate my card, following are the products I used:

Product List

• For Peeps' Sake Clear Stamp Set [138557]
• Coastal Cabana 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [131297]
• Baked Brown Sugar 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [131296]
• Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730]
• Lullaby Designer Series Paper [133695]
• Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad [126944]
• 2013-2015 In Color Stampin' Write Markers [131260]
• Many Marvelous Markers [131264]
• Whisper White 1/2" Seam Binding Ribbon [134573]
• Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]

Please contact me if there is anything I can do to help you with your stamping needs. 

Please leave me a comment because I love hearing from you. 

See you next week!!!

Big Day for What Will You Stamp?

Hello Everyone!!!  I'm so happy you came back for Week 4 of the What Will You Stamp? Challenge. 

Our challenge this week was to use the fabulous Big Day stamp set which you can get for FREE as a Sale-A-Bration item.  Including today, there are only 9 more days left to get your Big Day stamp set before it disappears forever.

I loved making this colorful card.  Don't you just love those little sprinkles on the background paper?  Some of the sprinkles are gold foil which really adds to the celebratory look.  I love adding dimension to my cards so I popped up both the cake and "Celebrate" to add a little extra sumthin' sumthin'.

 

Don't forget to check back with the What Will You Stamp? Challenge Blog to get the links for the rest of the Design Team.  I just know they are going to have some fabulous projects to share this week.  I hope you will also play along with us by posting your own project using the Big Day stamp set by Stampin' Up!

If you would like to recreate my card, following are the supplies I used:

Product List

• Big Day Clear Stamp Set [139112]
• Bermuda Bay 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [131197]
• Calypso Coral 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [122925]
• Night Of Navy 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100867]
• Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730]
• Birthday Bash Specialty Designer Series Paper [137783]
• Party Pennants Bigz L Die [133732]
• Rhinestone Basic Jewels Embellishments [119246]
• Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]

I also used the discontinued Blendabilities to color the stamped images.  Although I'm going to miss these markers, I'm looking forward to Stampin' Up! bringing us something much better in the future (hopefully soon). 

Don't hesitate to contact me if there is anything I can do to help you with your stamping needs. 

Thank you so much for dropping by today.  I look forward to seeing you again soon.

By The Tide for What Will You Stamp?

Welcome back for a new week of the What Will You Stamp? Challenge.  I've got to say when I saw that Stampin' Up! By the Tide was our challenge for the week I was super happy.  By the Tide is one of my favorite sets from the Annual Catalog and I find that I don't use it nearly enough.  I love, love, love my card this week and hope you do too!!!

I used the seahorse and coral from By the Tide and combined those with the little school of fish from Sea Street.  My seahorse was stamped in Memento black ink and then covered in Crystal Effects.  The detail photo shows the wonderful shine achieved with Crystal Effects, but it really looks so much better in person.  Outstanding photography is not one of my skills.  LOL

 Make sure you head on over to the What Will You Stamp? Challenge Blog to see what the rest of the Design Team has to share with you this week.  I hope you will play along and post your project using By the Tide.

Here are the supplies I used this week, but please don't hesitate to contact me if I can help you with your stamping needs.

By The Tide Clear Stamp Set

$19.95

Sea Street Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$16.95

And Many More Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$26.95

Crystal Effects

$6.25

Typeset Specialty Designer Series Paper

$12.95

Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

$8.50

Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

$6.95

Marina Mist Classic Stampin' Pad

$5.95

Pearl Basic Jewels Embellishments

$4.95

Ovals Collection Framelits Die

$26.95

Table by StampinBuddy. Try it FREE.

 

I hope you enjoyed my card share today!  

Please leave a comment and let me know how you are enjoying the WWYS challenges (and my card).

I love hearing from everyone!!!

 

Thanks so much for coming back to visit with me today.  I'll see you again next week.

Best Day Ever for What Will You Stamp?

Welcome back to my blog everyone!!!   As you all know, last week was the kickoff for the What Will You Stamp? Challenge Blog and all Design Team members were offering Blog Candy.  My Blog Candy is Fun Frames Embossing Folders and a package of Neutral Candy Dots.  I used Random.org to draw the winner and that winner is Tricia who left me the lovely comment shown below:

Congratulations Tricia!!  Please provide me with your mailing address by Friday, March 13 so I can get your Blog Candy in the mail.

Our What Will You Stamp? challenge this week was to use Best Day Ever which is a set you can earn for FREE during the Stampin' Up! Sale-a-Bration which runs until March 31st. 

I combined Best Day Ever with Best Year Ever Designer Series Paper (another FREE Sale-a-Bration item) and the Mini Treat Bag Thinlits Die available in the 2015 Occasions Catalog to create this fun pocket card. 





  I just love how easy it is to create fabulous projects with the wide array of beautiful Stampin' Up! product. 

 

Now it's time to hop on over to the What Will You Stamp? Challenge Blog to see what the other talented members of the Design Team have posted for you this week.  After you have checked out everyone's post for this week I hope you will use the Best Day Ever stamp set and play along with us. 

If you would like to recreate my project, following are the supplies I used: 

Product List

• Best Day Ever Clear Stamp Set [139094]
• Best Year Ever Designer Series Paper [138633]
• Mini Treat Bag Thinlits Dies [137547]
• Chalk Talk Framelits Die [129983]
• Coastal Cabana Classic Stampin' Pad [131175]
• Coastal Cabana 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [131297]
• Whisper White 1/2" Seam Binding Ribbon [134573]
• Rhinestone Basic Jewels Embellishments [119246]
• Calypso Coral 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [122925]
• Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730]

If you don't have a Stampin' Up! demonstrator please get in touch with me.  I would love to help you with your stamping needs. 

Please leave me a comment...I love hearing from you...I'd like to know how you are enjoying the What Will You Stamp? Challenges. 

Thank you so much for visiting today and I hope to see you back again soon.

Balloon Bash Bokeh for What Will You Stamp?

I'm so excited to announce that I have been asked to join the What Will You Stamp? Challenge Blog Design Team and today is the beginning of this new adventure.  All What Will You Stamp? Design Team members will be using the same Stampin' Up! stamp set but putting their own unique spin on it. 

The Bokeh technique is so popular right now and I decided to see if I could use that technique combined with the Stampin' Up! Balloon Bash stamp set.  I sponged my background using Lost Lagoon and Pear Pizzazz ink and then I changed things up a little by using the balloon stamps to replace the white circles normally seen on the Bokeh technique.  I love the way this turned out...let me know what you think!



Balloon Bash is a fun stamp set from the 2015 Occasions Catalog and I can't wait to see what the other members of the Design Team do with it.  If you want to see everyone's creative vision for Balloon Bash check out the What Will You Stamp? Challenge Blog and then join in on the fun by making your own creation and posting it to the blog.



 

To add a little more fun this week, all Design Team members will be giving away some Blog Candy so make sure you check them all out and, for your chance to win, leave us some love with your comments before 9 PM PST/Midnight EST on Saturday, March 7.  I'll be choosing my winner using Random.org and announcing here on Monday, March 9.  Here's what you can win.....

 

Thanks so much for visiting with me today and be sure to come back every Monday to see What I Will Stamp!!

 

If you would like to recreate my card following are the products I used:

Balloon Bash Photopolymer Stamp Set

$25.95

Lost Lagoon 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

$6.95

Pear Pizzaz 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

$6.95

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

$8.50

Lost Lagoon Classic Stampin' Pad

$5.95

Pear Pizzaz Classic Stampin' Pad

$5.95

Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

$6.95

Whisper White Craft Stampin' Pad

$7.50

Rhinestone Basic Jewels Embellishments

$4.95

Table by StampinBuddy. Try it FREE.

If I can help you with any of your stamping needs please click on the "Contact Me" button above to let me know.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Please leave a comment and be sure to come back again next Monday for more fun with What Will You Stamp?