"Sugar and spice and everything nice"

We are having another blog hop at Clear Dollar Stamps...this month's theme is "Sugar and spice and everything nice, That's what little girls are made of"...I wanted to use this beautiful flower garden set that was just released on Wednesday...It comes with three different coloured flowers...I chose to use the purple flowers because I've been in a purple mood lately...Purple is a colour that doesn't get used a lot in the scrapbooking/cardmaking world! But I was channeling my grandmother I guess...her favorite colour was purple (she passed away almost 4 years ago now)...my daughter and I were having a discussion and she said her favorite colour was purple! So I guess it was in my brain to use purple!

Anyways, this is a sad blog hop for me...because this is my last one for now with CDS...I have stepped down from the team...I didn't want to...I had to think long and hard about it...but in the end, life just takes priority over my creating time and I just wasn't working up to my standards and I didn't want my teammates to have to pick up my slack...it just seems like these next couple months are SO busy...and I just won't have as much creative time as I'd like. So, with a saddened heart, I had to email Lori and Laurie and tell them the not-so-nice news...but don't fret! I will be creating MANY more cards and projects with the WONDERFUL images that I've been given during my time at CDS! I was so happy to work with the crew at CDS....they are a creative and friendly and caring bunch of ladies! And might I add VERY talented! 

Okay, so back to the hop...you wanna know about the PRIZES! Two lucky winners will each receive a $10 gift certificate for the CDS store for purchase of clear or digital stamps ONLY.  The winners will be randomly chosen from comments received on two DT member blogs. Winners will be announced on the CDS blog Wednesday, June 22nd. 

Here is your hopping list:

LORI

JAN

JERUSHA

KATHY

AMANDA (YOU ARE HERE!)

LINDA

CASSIE

LISA

STACY

SARAH

BARB

LAURIE

SHELL

CHRISTI

CIC #28 for Clearly Dollar Stamps

 It's challenge time at Clear Dollar Stamps! This time our challenge is: Critters.  We want to see what you can make using animals.  You can see mine above!

Here are a few guidelines that you need to follow:

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-Challenges are now going to be on the 1st and 3rd Fridays of each month, and you'll have 2 weeks to finish each challenge.

-Challenges can use any stamps or digis from any company

-Only one entry per person per challenge

-Prizes will be given away after both challenges for the month.  The number of prizes is determined by the number of participants for the month.  For every 20 entries there will be a $10 gift certificate for stamps or digis up for grabs.  (For example if over the entire month there were a total of 60 participants in both challenges, there will be 3 $10 gift certificates and 3 of the featured digital images to give away. . .that's a total of 6 winners in that example.)

-We will also be giving away the featured digi image....one for every 20 entries!

In other words, get creating! You won't wanna miss out on this!

REVEAL DAY at CDS and CIC#26 Chalelnge

It's reveal day at Clear Dollar Stamps! 

I just love this set! You have to check out the CDS store later on today once the store has been updated...you need to purchase this set (I will be showcasing more cards this month!). It is SO cute!

For my card, I actually merged 3 images to make this one image for the card. The bubble paper and the blue flowers (behind the image) are two of the matching digital papers!  The sentiment is from an old Hanna Stamps set...it says "A clean house is a sign of a lazy stamper"! :D I thought it was fitting for this image!

Thanks for another SPECTACULAR set Laurie! I LOVE it!

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This is my CIC#26 Challenge card...I decided to try my hand at a digital card...I'm loving my PSE program! My batteries died in my camera so I needed a quick solution and the camera on my cell phone isn't that great (I learned that last week).  

Here is my card...using BLING is the challenge!

I used the Triple Chicks digi set

200 posts and cupcakes!

This marks my 200th post! Anyone want something free?? 

I'll be giving away some goodies to a randomly drawn winner!

Just post a comment here by April 4th 5pm EST and I'll draw a winner that night!

To celebrate my 200th post, I think we should have a cupcake!

This is another Clear Dollar Stamps creation! I LOVE this set! It had 5 different cupcakes/muffins! You should head on over to the CDS store and get your set today! (plus they're pre-coloured so the shading work is done for you!)

Gift Bag Donation for Zeal for Teal Crop - April 30th!

This is one of my donations for our Zeal for Teal crop (we're still looking for donations BTW if you are a business and would like to sponsor us for door prizes/silent auction items - shameless plug there! Or if you are wanting to sign up as a cropper, please let us know soon...we're almost 90% full! That's almost 100 people!)

So this is what I'm donating for a silent auction item. I wanted to represent the 3 INCREDIBLE design teams I'm on! I LOVE designing for each of them! It's so exciting!

The first set is from Clear Dollar Stamps.

These are two more cupcakes from the newest release!

This one is from Sassy Studio Designs - 

Tinkerbell is from the March release. (March 12th)

This one is from The Stamping Boutique. 

These are two separate images. 

I just love that he's wearing a pink shirt 

and not complaining about it! (wink wink!)

And lastly, this is created using my Cricut.

The sentiment on it is cut from the Sweet Treats cartridge.

Of course, the button blossoms are from In A Scrap Creations (my store!)

Thanks for taking the time to look at my creations. I put my heart and soul in my work and I hope it pays off in the end.  I hope this brings in a good amount of money for Ovarian Cancer Canada.

Welcome to the CDS March Zoo Blog Hop!

Happy Sunday everyone! Glad you're out "hopping" today!

So, I have a funny story about my card I made for today...this card is actually based on the CIC#24 sketch that I posted on Friday! Oopsy me! I did this card with the sketch thinking it was for the CIC Challenge...then remembered as I was putting the Stickles on that the Hippo was for today's ZOO theme! DUH! So, I made my real CIC Challenge card! AND I already had this one done for the hop! 

I rotated the sketch 45 degrees so everything fit...it was a great sketch to use! That's why I wanted to use it twice!

Here's the rest of the blog roll...check out what the rest of the design team has created! Thanks for stopping by today!

If you are starting here at my blog, go back to the beginning and start at Lori's blog!

Lori

Cassie

Barb

Sarah

Shell

Linda

Amanda <-- You are here!

Lisa

Jasmin

Christi

Laurie

Stacy

Jerusha

Trudy

Nancy

Jan

This is what you can win!

 2 lucky winners will each receive a $10 gift certificate for the CDS store!!!  The winners will be randomly chosen from comments received on two DT member blogs.  Winners will be announced on the CDS blog Wednesday, March 23rd.

Reveal Day at CDS!

It's reveal day at Clear Dollar Stamps! YAY! I was SO excited when I saw this collection..these are just 2 of the cupcakes that are in the set! I have more printed off that I'm going to create with this month! You will LOVE them! They even come with matching digital papers!  Some I used in my attempt at digital scrapbooking (see the layout underneath the card!)

This is my attempt at digital scrapbooking on my PSE! It turned out not too much of a train wreck! I just LOVE the cupcakes! I cannot get enough of them! I'm thinking I might print them off large and turn them into stickers for my daughter's bedroom walls! I just LOVE them! The possibilities are endless!  You can see the digital papers on my layout...the stripes and you can sort of see the sprinkles underneath the cupcakes! 

Check out the website for more examples! 

And there are many more stamps out today...you will have to see what the rest of the design team has created! 

Some great stamps out just in time for Easter!

CIC #23 @ CDS & Digi Day Sponsor - SSD

This is a double duty post today! 

I've got two design team projects to post!

First up is for Clear Dollar Stamps - it was a CIC#23 - a colour challenge this time around...we had to use the colours above to create our cards...I used the Bunny Slippers set because, well, they were the right colours! And because I loved this adorable set! 

All the papers minus the black cardstock are from the set. That's what I love about these sets Laurie creates. She usually has some designer papers to go along with the digital images.  This set is no exception! 

You don't have to use these exact colors if you don't have them, just come close! You've got 2 weeks to strut your stuff using these colors.

Here are the details of the CIC challenges:

-Challenges are now going to be on the 1st and 3rd Fridays of each month, and you'll have 2 weeks to finish each challenge.

-Challenges can use any stamps or digis from any company

-Only one entry per person per challenge

-Prizes will be given away after both challenges for the month.  The number of prizes is determined by the number of participants for the month.  For every 20 entries there will be a $10 gift certificate for stamps or digis up for grabs.  (For example if over the entire month there were a total of 60 participants in both challenges, there will be 3 $10 gift certificates and 3 of the featured digital images to give away.)

-We will also be giving away the featured digi image....one for every 20 entries!

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And this one is for Sassy Studio Designs. We're sponsoring Stamp Something, a challenge blog...you'll have to check it out once they've got the new challenge posted to see what you can win from SSD!

Our challenge was to use a digital image! Not too hard, eh! I chose to use the Wicked Witch from the West. The inside of it says "Hope things get better soon".  I didn't know what else to use this image for except something UGLY! I didn't want it looking too Halloween-y! 

I tried to "ugly" up the papers by distressing them with my distress tool and inks and faux stitching. The sentiment I came up with! I used the "hello my pretty" phrase from the Wizard of Oz movie..I had to tie it in somehow and thought this would be a perfect way to do it.  

Thanks for stopping by today to check out my cards! I need to get off the computer now and get ready for a workshop/show tomorrow! YIKES!