Sensational Saturday at Sugar Creek Hollow!

Saturdays are always sensational because that's when I have a new card to show you with a gorgeous Sugar Creek Hollow image.  This week's challenge is to create a card using embossing.  I was able to use my new Stampin Up Tulip Embossing folder and this fabulous Sweet Pea image designed by Tracy:

Sweet Pea

I cut my design paper to fit inside the embossed tulip border and paired my stamp with an almost matching Spellbinder's Labels 17 die. I chose pink gingham paper from my stash and  green gingham ribbon to match my pink and green cardstock.  I sponged my DP and image with distress ink and used Copics for coloring.

Thanks for visiting!
Sugar Creek Nugget:
Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate
and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and
many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow
the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.”
Matthew 7:13-14 (NIV)

Thinking of You

As promised, I have another Heartfelt Creations card to share with you today.  This is the Dutch Iris oval stamp:

I am having so much fun using my Heartfelt Creations stamps!  I adore flowers and as soon as I saw this stamp I knew it would look wonderful framed with the Perfect Oval Window Die.  I am really loving being able to use all this PURPLE too!  

Heartfelt Creations Products:

HCPC 3371 Dutch Iris PreCut Oval Stamp

HDC 710 Perfect Oval Window Die

Inks/Coloring: Copics: V0000,V000,V01,V04,V12,YG0000,YG13,YG21,YG23,YG25, G82,Y17, Memento Tuxedo Black Ink, Gold Smooch Accent Ink, Gellyroll  white pen, Stampin Up Lavender Lace ink, Atyou Spica Gold pen

Other: Spellbinders Parisian Accents, Spellbinders Oval,  Martha Stewart Linked Trim Deep Double Edge punch, satin ribbon.

Papers: X-Press It blending card.  My Mind’s Eye 29th Street Market Carefree “Graceful”, Stampin Up Mellow Moss and AC cardstock.

I have instructions posted on the Heartfelt Creations blog if you would like to take a peek!

Thanks for visiting!

Welcome to Heartfelt Creations Wednesday, today I'd like to share a card using one of the newest stamp sets from Heartfelt Creations newest release, "Springtime Cardinal Collection".  This is "Cheery Cardinal" and includes the image and sentiment:

I found this delicious cherry design paper from October Afternoon in my stash and knew this would be the perfect compliment to my cardinal image.  I also layered my posy in the stamped image using the matching posy in the Posy Patch Flowers PreCut set.  How thrilling to have everything I need right at my fingertips!

Heartfelt Creations Stamps:
HCPC 3386 Cheery Cardinal PreCut Set
HCPC 3303 Posy Patch Flowers PreCut Set

Inks/coloring: Prismacolor Pencils, Copic Markers R14 and B41, Crushed Olive Distress ink and Memento Tuxedo Black
Other: Spellbinders Parisian Motifs and Parisian Accents, Petite Ovals Large, Petite  Ovals Small, Sew Easy, Recollections Pearls, Robins Nest Dew Drops
Papers: X-Press It blending card, Webster's Petite Papers - Lullaby Lane and Life's Portrait, October Afternoon Cherry Hill, Recollections and AC cardstock

I have instructions posted on the Heartfelt Creations blog if you would like to take a peek.

Thanks for visiting and please come back tomorrow to see my second Heartfelt Creations card for this week using the Dutch Iris Oval Window stamp!

Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge #101

This weeks sketch...it's "YOUR PICK" Make it fancy, clean and simple, or somewhere in-between. Remember to click on the sneak peek button on the side bar of the Priscilla Styles blog for the following weeks sketch each Friday.  Scroll to the end of the post and you will find the link for the challenge here.
"YOUR CHOICE"

Enter one style or both this week.

Just have fun and come play with us :)
Here's my entry for this week's challenge:
Vintage Floral Bicycle

I chose this yummy vintage stamp from Priscilla's store here.

Card details:

Design paper: Webster's Pages

 Card stock: Stampin up

Other: Spellbinders Parisian Accents 

 Recollections pears, Prima flowers, Martha Stewart rose leaf punch, Copic markers

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Our MMSC101 Gold Star Award goes to...
 18. Loretta lock  

 Our Remarkables Awards this week go to...

20. Sue Drees   

  22. Alex  

 39. Jackie Scott  

Our MMSC100 Weekly Bonus Winner is...
 38. Made By Mandy   

Here are your random numbers:38

Timestamp: 2011-04-26 03:14:19 UTC

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Our MMSC101 Weekly Bonus Sponsor is...

 http://patstamps.com/

The Technique Junkie Newsletter was started in 2002 as a resource for Rubber Stamping Techniques. The Newsletter is published every-other month, featuring 15 or more stamping techniques in step-by-step format. Each technique has a corresponding pictorial online, and a full page of inspirational artwork by the talented Technique Junkie Newsletter Designers. To date, over 600 Techniques have been published, by far the largest and most extensive library of rubber stamping tutorials available.

Our newest CD has over 79 cutting and embossing machine tutorials with over 850 techniques.  The prize would be an Emboss or Die CD (Value $17.95) and one year free on-line subscription to the Technique Junkie Newsletter.

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**Our April Monthly sponsor is....

Studio 313 Exclusive Creations

Month End Prize is a $100 Gift Certificate Wow!!
Thank you Shawne

Thanks for visiting and I'd love to read your comment!  My design team sisters would love to hear from you too!

Critter Sketch Challenge #62

Welcome to this week's Critter Sketch Challenge!  This month's challenges have been sponsored by Dustin Pike from Doodle Dragon Studios.  Our challenge this week was to create a card using the following sketch:

my entry for this week's challenge from Doodle Dragon:

What a fun image!  I paired this up with Basic Grey Olivia design paper and a cute sentiment from Create With TLC.  

This is my last post as a DT member and I have had a wonderful time working with so many talented ladies!   I want to thank Melanie for such a great experience being on her team from day one, all the fabulous sponsors and I wish you and April the best of luck!

Thanks for visiting!

Sugar Creek Hollow Sensational Saturday

Today is a Sensational Saturday at Sugar Creek Hollow!  We have a fun challenge this week using circles with this sketch:

I used Tracey's newest digital image, "Just Pour You" which was the mystery image just a few weeks ago:

Card details:

Design paper: Basic Grey Olivia

 Card stock: Canson and Recollections

Other:

 Magnolia DooHickey die, Spellbinders 

Parisian Motifs, Circles, Tim Holtz Distressed Ink,

   Copic markers, pearl dew drops,

Viva Decor Pearl Pen, silk ribbon

Thanks for visiting and I hope you will join us for this week's sketch challenge!
Sugar Creek Nugget:
“For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and self-discipline.” 2 Timothy 1:7 (NIV)

Cardinal Rose

I'm sharing my second Heartfelt Creations project with you today made with the new Magnificent Cardinal Rose stamp.  I made a recessed window card to showcase my cardinal:

You Mean So Much To Me

Card details:

Heartfelt Creations Products used: HCPC 3382 Magnificent Cardinal Rose PreCut Set

HCPC 3303 Posy Patch Flowers PreCut Set

Spellbinders Products used: Labels 10 Nestabilities

Other Products used: Martha Stewart Garden Gate punch, Sizzix Damask embossing folder, 

Memento Tuxedo black ink, Gelly Roll white pen, Atyou Spica gold pen, X-Press It blending card, Basic Grey Oliver design paper, Bazzill Basic Guacamole cardstock, Michael's ribbon, Robin's Nest dew drops

Copics: R0000,R14,R24,R29,R39,R59,R89,N5,N7,C00,Y21,Y26,YG0000,YG97,YG95,E35,E37

Stamp cardinal image and posies on blending card and color with Copic markers. Cut out and set aside. Cut a piece of guacamole cardstock 6"x12", scoring in the center of the longest side. I used a technique found at Splitcoast Stampers for a "Recessed Window Card" but enlarged the dimensions of my "window" to correlate with the size of my cardinal stamp. Trace a square in the middle of the front panel of cardstock, 4 3/8" x 4 3/4". You will have a margin of 7/8" on either side and 5/8" on the top and bottom of your cardstock. Measure in 1/4" and trace another square within the first square. Cut an "X" from corner to corner and using a bone folder, score the outside and inside squares. Fold these to create a window and then glue a 4 3/8" x 4 3/4" panel of design paper inside the window.  Next I glued the embossed garden gate to the bottom of my frame and attached my sentiment. 

I'd love to see any cards you have made with the new Heartfelt Creations releases - just leave a comment with the name of your blog.  Thanks for visiting!  

Spring Cardinals

Last week I announced that I had been selected to be on the Heartfelt Creations design team.  This week I have two cards to show you created from their newest Spring Cardinal Collection.

A Mother's Day Card

inside

Card details:

Heartfelt Creations Products used: HCPC3388 Spring Cardinals PreCut set, HCPC3389 Sentiments for Mom set, HCD706 Cardinal Family Dies set

Spellbinders Products used: Grand Labels Eleven, Lacey Ovals, Ovals, Labels Four Small, Parisian Motifs

Other Products used: Websters Pages Post Cards from Paris, X-Press It Blending card, Bazzill cardstock, Recollections Pearl brads, silk ribbon, Viva Decor Cream Pen, Papertrey Ink Chamomile, Memento Tuxedo Black

Copics: B93,B41,R29,R24,R14,N5,N3,Y21,Y17,YG97,YG95,YG0000,
E81

I cut my cardstock with the largest Grand Labels Eleven die and scored in the center.  I used the same Websters Pages design paper for the outside and inside of my card.  I colored and cut a second cardinal from the set and glued this to my first for added dimension.  The tiny pearls around my Parisian Motif die were made with the Viva Decor cream pen.

Tomorrow I will post my second card.  Thanks for visiting!

Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge #100

Wow, can you believe the Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge is on Sketch number 100?  This is such a great milestone and Priscilla's challenges are still going strong!  Next month will be the 2 year sketch challenge anniversary and some very special things have been planned. Stay tuned for all those details and be sure to come celebrate with us!! Now on to this weeks sketch!

 "YOUR CHOICE"

  Enter one style or both this week.

Just have fun and come play with us :)

For my entry, I flipped the sketch and used this adorable image from Studio 313, "Vertie's Bath"

Card details:

Design paper: Basic Grey Green at Heart

 Card stock: Stampin up

Other: Magnolia DooHickey die, Marianne's Creatables dies

 Cuttlebug embossing folder, buttons, baker's twine, ruffled ribbon, Copic markers,

Nellie Snellen flowers

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Our MMSC99 Gold Star Award goes to...
#53 Wendy

 Our Remarkables Awards this week go to...
#7 Gro Tjeltveit
#21 Suzi
#32 Kimberly S.
Our MMSC99 Weekly Bonus Winner is...

 45. Noreen M 

Here are your random numbers:45

Timestamp: 2011-04-19 03:37:41 UTC

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Our MMSC100 Weekly Bonus Sponsor is...

http://www.sugarcreekhollow.com/

Sugar Creek Hollow  a Christian-Owned company featuring Vintage and Primitive Style Digi Stamps. When you purchase items from them, you are helping put food in hungry children's mouths. All of their proceeds are donated to charity. an exclusive online business located in the heart of Central Virginia, tight on the James River. They specialize in Vintage, Shabby, & Primitive Digi Stamps, digital watermarks, as well as carry a full selection of colors in their exclusive “Country Crinkle Ribbon”.  Tracy is offering one lucky winner a $20 Gift Certificate to her store and four bundles of her fabulous Ribbon!! Thank you so much Tracy what a great prize.
Anyone would love a shopping spree in your fabulous store :)

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**Our April Monthly sponsor is....

Studio 313 Exclusive Creations

Month End Prize is a $100 Gift Certificate Wow!!
Thank you Shawne

Thanks for visiting and I'd love to read your comment!  My design team sisters would love to hear from you too!

It's time for another sensational Saturday at Sugar Creek Hollow!  This week's challenge is to make a monochrome colored card.  I chose the Framed Cross Egg  from the Sugar Creek Hollow store.

card details:

Graphics 45 design paper

Tim Holtz distress ink, Copic markers

Cuttlebug embossing folder and die cuts

Sugarcreek Hollow Framed Cross Egg and He Is Risen digital stamps

I just love this elegant framed cross for Easter and the sentiment is just perfect!  Please visit my design team member's blogs to see their creations for this week's challenge.

Thanks for visiting and I love to read your comments!

Sugar Creek Nugget:  

“And we know that in all things God works for the good
of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.”
Romans 8:28 (NIV)

Heartfelt Creations Springtime Cardinal Collection

The Springtime Cardinal Collection features 8 new PreCut Sets. These new sets coordinate with existing exclusive Heartfelt Creations dies manufactured by Spellbinders.The images in this collection are very classic and elegant, perfect for your copic markers, and you will love the fact that they coordinate with some of the existing Heartfelt Creation dies, so this is an added value for some of the dies you might already own. Leave a comment on my blog or the Heartfelt Creations blog by April 19 and one lucky person will win the entire release valued at $119.92. The winner will be announced on the HC blog on April 20.

Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge #99

This weeks sketch...it's "YOUR PICK" Make it fancy, clean and simple, or somewhere in-between. Remember to click on the sneak peek button on the side bar of the Priscilla Styles blog for the following weeks sketch each Friday.  Scroll to the end of the post and you will find the link for the challenge here.
 "YOUR CHOICE"

  Enter one style or both this week.

Just have fun and come play with us :)
Here is my card for this week's challenge:

Card details:

My image is from Doodle Pantry's Holy Land Flowers 3 collection - Almond

Design paper: Basic Grey Capella, Card stock: Stampin up

Other: Spellbinder's dies, Cuttlebug die, Viva Decor pearl pen, Copic markers,

flowers from Michael's,ruffled ribbon, Maya Road stick pin

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Our MMSC98 Gold Star Award goes to...
 23. Amy White 

 Our Remarkables Awards this week go to...
 1. An  

 22. Gro Tjeltveit 

 25. Sue Drees 

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Our MMSC98 Weekly Bonus Winner is...
 36. Julia  

 Here are your random numbers: 36

Timestamp: 2011-04-12 02:53:19 UTC

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Our MMSC99 Weekly Bonus Sponsor is...

https://doodlepantry.com/

I am simply thrilled and so thankful to be able to sponsor The Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge!  Doodle Pantry has a wide variety of whimsical characters as well as realistic scenery, floral images, scriptures and a small selection of digitally pre-colored images.  My digital doodles have a special place in my life, and I enjoy the opportunity to share them with everyone at affordable prices.

Laurie

list of prize total $34 retail worth:

1 pkg of Say it with Studs

1 pkg of Say it with pearls

1 pkg of mini pearls

1 pkg bright basic grey buttons

1 pkg neutrals basic grey buttons

1 pkg Stampin Up dimensionals

1 pkg mini glue dots

3 rolls of 15 yd each ribbons (colors: kiwi, caribbean, navy)

Wow..thank you for this amazing prize!!

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**Our April Monthly sponsor is....

Studio 313 Exclusive Creations

Month End Prize is a $100 Gift Certificate Wow!!
Thank you Shawne

Thanks for visiting and I'd love to read your comment!  My design team sisters would love to hear from you too!  Also, please check out the info below:

New Digi Drawing Challenges have been posted on Crafter's Digital Art Center.
If you have not signed up for the CDAC Digi Club,
what are you waiting for!!! Check it out Here!

Critter Sketch Challenge #60

Monday's are always a delight because that's when we have a new challenge at the Critter Sketch Challenge blog!

Here is the sketch for this week:

and here is my entry:

My image is "Pocket Patootie Easter Bunny" from The Stamping Boutique.   

Card details:

design paper: Basic Grey Kioshi

cardstock: Stampin Up

assorted Spellbinder's dies

Tim Holtz tattered flowers die

Copic markers

Thanks for visiting and I love to see your comments!  

Sugar Creek Hollow Sensational Saturday

It's time for another sensational Saturday at Sugar Creek Hollow!  This week's challenge is to make a vintage Easter card.  I chose the petal cross and cherry blossoms from the Sugar Creek Hollow store.

close up

card details:

Webster's Pages design paper

Tim Holtz distress ink

vintage images: Royce Blair, TSS Photos, The Graphics Fairy

lace, beaded stick pin

I just adore vintage so this was such a rewarding card to create.  Please visit my design team member's blogs to see their creations for this week's challenge.

Thanks for visiting and I love to read your comments!

Sugar Creek Nugget:

Matthew 6:33, “But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.” (NIV)