'Nother Sneak Peek!

Okay, here's another sneak peek for tomorrow's release at Sassy Studio Designs!

Don't forget to pop by the party blog from 8-11pm (my time zone: EST) to chat with the ladies!! There will also be a little blog hop with the design team members of SSD...check out each of their blogs! You could win some FFFF-RRRR-EEEE-EEEE images!

Sneaky Peek for Sassy Studio Designs

Wanna see the whole thing??? You'll have to wait till Thursday! This is my first official release with Sassy Studio Designs! I'm very excited about it! I'm a part of a great team of TALENTED women! Hope you like what you see and come back on Thursday to see the whole thing!

This one is being released on Sunday, July 4th for Independence Day! She was so much fun to play with! :D Check back on Sunday for the full card!

Come back on Thursday for a fun release party from 5-8pm CST (which is 8-11pm for us EST time zone people!)

Cardabilities June 30th Reveal! (My last one!)

So this is my last reveal for my Cardabilities

My card...this was a baby card that went with a matching album (see below!)

Products Used:
Basic Grey Capella Collection
Shabby Shutters Distress Ink
Peeled Paint Distress Ink
Baby Stamp: Studio G
Buttons & Rub-ons: Basic Grey

Thanks Karan for having me a part of the team this term! I feel honoured to be on the team with these talented ladies! I have enjoyed using your sketches and will continue to use them each reveal!!! Looking forward to what the new teams will create!

Mini Album to match the card!

TSB Sewing hop

Hello everyone-today is another fun hop for The Stamping Boutique!! Today's theme is sewing, and we have three awesome images to share with you --all available at The Stamping Boutique.

I have made my card with Cynthia's Thread.

The first stop on today's hop is KYM

Kym

Ashley

Christy

April

Tink

Heather

Crystal D

Jan

Maria

Melissa

Rhonda

Jana

Lorie

Jennifer

Lisa

Michele

Robyn

Donna

Fink

Amanda <--- YOU ARE HERE

Thanks for stopping by today......I'm your last stop if you started with Kym! Hope you had fun hopping! :D

Blog Hop Time at IASC!

It's blog hop time at In A Scrap Creations!! You can start here and continue down the list....or you can start at the IASC blog and go through the design team's blog! You'll love what you see!

Here's my Father's Day themed card! This is the simpliest card you'll ever make! It takes maybe 10 minutes! It's so simple! I found the idea on the Two Scrapbook Friends blog

I hope my FIL likes his card!! (Good thing he doesn't look at my blog!!!)

If you started at the IASC blog, then this is your last stop! If not, pop over to the blogs and check out the design team's creations!!!!

IASC Blog

Aymee
Melissa W
Vieve
Melissa C
Alecia
Amanda <-- YOU ARE HERE!!

Wow Holy Blog Candy Batman!!

Okay, so I wanna win THIS! It's got my two favorite things! Basic Grey and Copics! WOW!!! Here's what you could win!

Blog candy includes:
Basic Grey Capella line: 12 designer papers, 5 matching cardstock, 2 doilies, chenille flower, felt sticker, epoxy sticker, diecut shapes, and fabric flowers.
Doodlebug chipboard butterfly
Scrapworks vinyl appliques
Jolee's boutique dimensional stickers
acrylic paint dabber
embossing powder
36 Copic Ciao markers

WHAT? Are You SERIOUS?! This is AWESOME!
Okay, so if I say I promise to share, can I win?! :D Pretty please?! :D
This is SAH-WEEEETT!! This is worth $250.00!

Pop over to The Stamping Boutique blog to get your entry in! :D If you become a follower, you get an extra ballot...oh yeah, and if you do pop over there from my blog, tell 'em I sent ya! :D (I get extra ballots for that too! THANKS!) If I win, I promise to share with everyone that comments on this post!!!!!!

Park Ave Stamps....oh, yeah and...

I'm in the process of making a card using a new digital stamp from Park Ave Stamps, designed by my fellow design team member, Larisa at Sassy Studio Designs...but I ran out of adhesive so I have to wait to finish it! :D Here is the stamp though! It's so cute!!

Isn't it cute?! :D I can't wait to use her on something!

Fellow DT member you say?? You saw that?! YES I MADE THE DESIGN TEAM AT SASSY STUDIO DESIGNS!! I'm so excited! (That was my big announcement from my last post!) I'm awaiting my email from Lindsay with further instructions! I was one of the four chosen to join the Sassy Seven as Lindsay has name us!! The official announcement is on the SSD blog!

I can finally tell! Cardabilities Reveal

Here's my sketch for this month's reveal at Cardabilities! This is my second last one! My term is up at the end of June!! Karan's having a design team call for the next term and today is the last day to get your applications in!

I used two stamps from TSB (The Stamping Boutique)...and put them together. This will probably be a Father's Day card for my dad or Grandpa from the kids!

Thanks for checking out my blog today! OH, and I have some other news but I need to wait for the okay to say what it is!!! ;0) I'm very excited about it though!

Digital Stamping on Candles??

Can this be done??

I'm here to say yes it can!!

So I decided to try out for the Sassy Studio Design Team Call...(I'm trying not to bite my nails waiting for the results!!)...so I thought I'd step out of the box and create something "different"!

We were given a freebie to create something for the call (I believe it's still posted there if you're interested in grabbing it!)...

1. I printed off the image and then traced it onto the tissue paper
2. I then took my Copics and coloured the tissue paper.
3. I made sure to have some cardstock underneath...it does "leak" through!!!
4. So, next you need to cut it as close to the image as you can
5. Using your embossing gun, slowly melt the wax a little to adhere the tissue paper to it
6. It will obviously melt the wax on the candle so just smooth it out as you go or roll it on the table...make sure it won't stick to your surface!

And VOILA! Here is my candle:

I'll keep you posted on the results!

Dare to Be Thursday Challenge at Sassy Studio Designs

Here's my entry for this week's Dare to Be Thursday at Sassy Studio Designs

The challenge was to use ribbon for the card. I wove the ribbons for the background.

Products List:
Buttons: Thrift Store
Ribbons: Miscellaneous
Plaid Paper: Basic Grey
Label: Colorbok
Digi Stamp: Sassy Studio Designs

Thanks for checking it out!

Duff Goldman is in the building!!

Okay, so I'm a Foodnetwork Junkie and of course, "Ace of Cakes" is top on my list of must-watch programs...I WISH I could make cakes like the staff at Charm City Cakes does...My cakes don't even shine a light at them...my cakes look like Duff's cakes probably did when he was 10 years old! I haven't made cakes for awhile! I really need to take another course...it's just finding the time and money to do that!! :D

Anyways, getting off topic here...so, today we're watching the Food Network and "Ace of Cakes" comes on...and my beloved son says he wants to be "the cake guy"...I asked him if he wanted a little beard and everything and he said YES! So I grabbed some cardstock from my stash and cut him a little "beard" and grabbed him a hat and sunglasses!

You tell me if he looks like Duff the cake guy {as Dear Son calls him!}

{Pictures of Duff taken from the internet}

Dear Son as "Mr. Duff Goldman AKA The Cake Guy"!

THIS one is my favorite!!!!

Should I tell Mr. Goldman we're big Boston Bruins fans too! I should have put DS in his Boston Jersey for the pictures!!!!!!! {Thanks for reading this Mary Alice if you get my email!!!!}

The Latte Lounge DT Call

The Latte Lounge, a division of The Stamping Boutique, is currently looking for DT members.

The team will be instrumental in creating a community that shares the love of crafting while supporting one another. Please realize that the expectations go beyond participation in challenges and creative projects. It is our goal to make an active community for sharing our thoughts, ideas, emotions and creative spirit.

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DT Expectations

1. Post several times daily in the forum and various groups at The Latte Lounge
2. DT members will need to keep the conversations going as well as getting them started
3. Comment daily on the photos shared by members
4. Welcome new members with comments on their profile
5. Host at least one challenge per month
6. Participate in other team member challenges at least twice a month
7. Promote The Latte Lounge and our happenings on your blog 1 day/week
8. Take the responsibility for posting Question of the Day one day a week
9. Post at least one new project, card, layout in the gallery at least once a week

What You Get in Return

1. 3 exclusive TLL images
2. 4 free digital images from The Stamping Boutique store per month
3. 40% off in The Stamping Boutique store

Please send a link to your blog along with a short paragraph explaining how you can benefit The Latte Lounge and The Stamping Boutique.The term is for 3 months. July 1- Sept. 30, 2010. Applications will be accepted until June 25, 2010.

Please apply to Tracey Malnofski at traceydawnn@msn.com

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Give it a try!! Tracey and Melissa are great to work with!! And "The Latte Lounge" is a great place to hang out!! :D Come join the fun!

Sneaky!

Sorry! Can't tell till the 15th!!!!

Happy Graduation!

It's grad season again! And Mom has some graduation ceremonies to go to this year for three of her students! So of course I offered to create some cards for her! Here is card #1! I made this for Rhonda's challenge at The Latte Lounge..the community for TSB! :D

The image I used is from InStyle Stamps! I think it's SO cute!!

Featured!!

So my Cinderella Princess Party ideas were spotted by Kathy, owner and artist from Pixie Dust Studio {where I purchased Miss Cinderella!} and she asked if she could post them on her blog! I'm so honoured to be featured there!! You can see all the details on her store blog PLUS she's having a sale on ALL the princesses in the Pixie Dust Studio Store! How cool is that!? I'm heading over to grab a few more princesses for my creations!! Maybe DD will have another princess party! Just for the fun of it!! DS said he thinks there should be "Kids' Day"...cuz there's Mother's Day and Father's Day so why not Kid's Day? {He's only 4 and he's figured that out!} I gave him the same answer my mom and dad gave to me when I asked that question...EVERY DAY IS KID'S DAY!!!! So maybe we'll have a Kid's Day Princess party!!

Happy "Kid's Day" Everyone!! Don't forget to make it a Pixie Dust Day and grab your Princess images on SALE!!!

Image Flipping Tutorial

I created a card for The Stamping Boutique with a flipped image and I've had a few people ask about how I did it. Here is the tutorial...for anyone that's interested! I'm using the Circus Carousel from The Stamping Boutique for the explanation. This is using Microsoft WORD for printing and flipping digital stamps.

Step One:

Pull up your Microsoft Word program. Insert your chosen image. Once you've got your image inserted, click on it to make sure it's selected and right click on it...you want to chose the Text Wrapping option and click on TIGHT. {This allows you to place the image wherever you'd like}.

Step Two:

Click on the image and copy it. Then you'll want to paste it so you have two images {It may paste it on top of the other one}.

STEP THREE:

Click on the top image and "grab" the square {the one that is circled in the picture below}. Pull this straight across until the image is flipped or mirrored. {Make sure they match cuz it might look a little funny if they don't match!}

Last Step:

Again, don't forget to text wrap the image to TIGHT and then you can move it around...you don't have to use them together...but if it suits for your card to be the other way around, then I would flip the image...

Hope this helps everyone!

This is the card I created using this technique with the Cynthia in the "shrooms" image!

Please don't hesitate to post a comment if you need more explanation and I'll do my best to explain it! Thanks for letting me share!!

My introduction @ TSB!

I'm being introduced on The Stamping Boutique blog today! Here are a few of my newest TSB creations...

The lovely Cynthia and her mushroom wagon is available for FREE if you join the Paper Craft Planet group! I just copied her and flipped the image to create this card. I thought it would make a fun image doing a mirror image...I even coloured them to mirror each other!

This is my fun "Canuck" card! This fun moose with the maple leaf was sorta created with me in mind! Tracey thought she'd create a fun Canada Day image and "Maurice the Moose" fits the bill. {I just named him Maurice....that was actually my grandfather's name! I think Maurice suits him too!}

Thanks for letting me share! :D Pop over to the blog today and see the other girls on the team! They are all SUPER to work with!!! And they are VERY talented!!!

Cinderella Party Pixie Style!

Last weekend was my lovely little girl's birthday party and we had a Cinderella themed party! My mom even made a beautiful ice cream cake {it's SO yummy! We're still enjoying it!!}

Here are the elements for the decorations! The digital stamp is from Pixie Dust Stamps [in the Princess Parade collection].

Cinderella and her pumpkin coach {or Mom's tea pot!}

The goody bag tags {the image was coloured and paper pieced}.

Chocolate bar wrapper {for Grandpa's "goody bag"...he wouldn't like bubble gum and rocket candy!!}

The "Princess" banner {I blow this up to an 8-1/2"x11" sheet!}

Thanks for letting me share! :D I had fun with this and I hope we can do a few more "Princess" parties! I LOVE the images from Pixie Dust Studios

And here's the YUMM-MM-MM-MM-YY-YY-YY-YY ice cream cake!! {Like the "Glass Slippers"? That's where the theme came from!!}

Thanks for letting me share! :D

Last leg of the relay! Here is Card #4

Here is my last card for the Sassy Studio Designs relay! This has been SO much fun! I think this card was my favorite of them all! I cannot take credit for the idea! I found this video on Paper Craft Planet by Vicky...you will find the original video below!

But here is my card first!

Here is the inside! {See the teabag!}

Thanks Lindsay for a great relay! Off to post my link on the blog! {Thanks goodness for the 3 hour time difference!!!}

Here is Wendy's video where I got the idea for this card!

JUST under the wire! Card #3

Here's my #3 entry for the relay at Sassy Studio Designs!


My 2-year old DD said "Mom, das cute"! Okay, I've got her approval! :D She makes me smile!!! Thanks for a great relay Lindsay and SSD crew!!! :D