Pocket full of TSB Blog Hop

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Welcome to DAY 1 of The Stamping Boutique's February Blog Hop!!!!
That's right this is just DAY 1 of the hop, I can't wait to see what craftiness
comes up on DAY 2 of the hop.

You should have just visited Rhonda's blog. If not, the entire blog hop is
listed in order below for DAY 1!! And DAY 2 starts tomorrow over at
Jennifer's blog.

Now on to my card and image:



and the surprise:



I converted my pocket patootie image into a pocket card. It took some time
to do in Paint.net but I like the result. I used Doll Pocket Patootie.

If you are interested in purchasing the images you see throughout the blog hop
feel free to stop by The Stamping Boutique. And if you do stop by Tracey is
giving 35% off during the hop, for all you wonderful hoppers, use the coupon
code of "bloghop"-- and it is good until Sunday at midnight!! Yahooo!!

Now you can continue on to Melissa's blog to see another special image.

Thank you for stopping by! Ya'll come back some time you hear.

DAY 1

Rhonda Z.

Mary

Melissa

Lorie

KymKreates

Joy N

Christy

Tracey C

Vicki

Inktegrity's Welcome Spring Hop!!!

Welcome to Inktegrity's Spring Hop!
You probably just visited Jacquie's blog. If not, the entire blog hop is listed
in order below. This is a celebration of the awesome Design Team and all of
you who create with Inktegrity! All of these images that you see on our blogs
were created by request of each member. Along the hop, there is a letter for you
to collect - no need to unscramble as it is spelled out for you.

Simply email the phrase to jonjinko@hotmail.com with the phrase in the
subject line and she will email the freebie image to you.
In addition, be sure to leave a comment on the Inktegrity blog (the last on
this hop) so that you are eligible to win your choice of 5 of these images!!!

Now on to my card and image:



and sentiment picture:



I truly enjoyed being a Guest Designer for Inktegrity. Joni makes such
awesome images they are truly delightful. And the Design Team gals are super
talented. And they truly are some of my favorite chicks.

For this hop, my letter is R
Now you can continue on to Diane's blog to see another special image.

Thank you so much for coming by!


Sheri
Kelly
Tracy
GD Tammy
Laura Jean
Melissa
GD Dawn
Tenia
Jacquie
GD Mary
Diane
Jeanette
Joni
Inktegrity Blog

4-some-1

Hi!

Today TSB is very busy.

And tomorrow I will be too. I've got 2 blog hops posting tomorrow.

But for today I want to let you know about a couple of challenges
that TSB is doing.

Today Stef's got a challenge for you. It's Sketch Challenge# 8. And as
always you've got a chance to win some awesome images.

Also TSB is sponsoring Cute Card Thursday and their challenge is
Ribbon-Tastic. So go check it out here.

Do you think I used enough ribbon?

Well, I'm off to create and prepare posts for tomorrow. If I have time
I'll be able to include more details about this card.

Happy Crafting.
M.E.

Celebrate Her

www.theangelcompany.net

Feel free to contact me about this at cr8iveme_at_gmail.com if
you are interested in learning more about it.

Happy Crafting.
M.E.

No-Stitch Ruching

Hi!

Today the PCP Newsletter comes out and here's the tutorial I wrote.

No Stitch Ruching

Also I created this card for a couple of challenges. Although, one of them
I'm kind of not sure if I qualify for. You see Our Creative Corner has a Try
A New Technique challenge and they said " if you're stumped for a new
technique, check out the Resources on SplitcoastStampers or the
Tutorials on Papercraft Planet."

Well, since I am on the PCP Tutorial Team, that's why I'm not sure if it
qualifies or not.

The other challenges I created this card for are both on the Club Anya &
Friends blog. Although, I didn't include the sentiment. Oops.

One is Sketchy Saturday and the other is Wild Card Wednesday - Paper
Piecing.

Materials Used:

Stamps: The Greeting Farm Dressy Camille digi

Paper: Overton House Designs SCBP12 - Caramel Toffee Vintage Flowers/Linen Mini Dots

Ink: Sharpie, Copic R00 Pinkish White, R11 Pale Cherry Pink, Bic Mark-it Tuxedo Black, Honey Brown, Woodsy Brown

Accessories: Bazzill Basics Ribbon Brown Dashed, Flora Doodles by Petaloo

Happy Crafting.
M.E.

No to Digi Bandits

Hi!

I wanted to bring to your attention a terrible theft that is going on.

A lot of people may not even realize they are committing a theft but
that's precisely what it is.

I went to go visit my friend Joni's Inktegrity blog and saw this post on
her blog. Check it out here.

This is not the first time I've heard of this. Karen's Doodles has also
experienced this and you can read about it here as well as get a FREE
digi that you can post to your blog to help spread awareness of this
crime. Read about it here.

Most of you that read my blog have seen Inktegrity's stamps as I was a
Guest Designer.

And I have and continue to work on Digital Design Teams. You can see the
list of DTs I've been on and am currently on in my sidebar.

Digital stamps are a godsend because they not only are beautiful stamps
but are inexpensive, easy to store (since you store them on your computer),
and are resizable. These are being created by fantastic artists and should
be paid for their work. When you share a digi stamp you are preventing
someone from purchasing the stamp from the artist and that is wrong. So
please do not send digi stamps to your friends via email.

As my friend Joni has stated:
"You may make a few tangible copies for a friend, send a couple wallets sized
ones to your sister, or even print out a sheet for a young crafter to enjoy, but
please no cyber sharing."

If you are interested in trying out digis. There are some digis that are free to
give you a taste of the stamps and if you are interested in finding a place to
find these you can check out the Free Digital Stamps blog.

Sorry to be so serious but I wanted to bring this to your attention.

I promise to have some fun stuff up later today though, as soon as the PCP
Newsletter comes out today.

Happy Crafting.
M.E.

xoxo Audrey xoxo

Hi!

Today's a busy day for TSB.

Yup that's right. We have 2 challenges going on right now over at The
Stamping Boutique.

Today being Thursday is time for Stef's Sketch Challenge #7. Check it out
here for your chance to win prizes.

Also today TSB is sponsoring "I Love Digi" Challenge and plus it's their 1st
challenge. The challenge is to Think Pink. So you'll definitely want to go
check it out here.

So you not only have 1 chance but 2 chances starting today to win an
awesome TSB prize. And don't forget to go check out Tuesday Morning
Sketches as well for a chance to win an awesome prize from TSB.

Materials Used:

Stamps: The Stamping Boutique Audrey's New Dress

Paper: The Angel Company Kraft Paper

Ink: Bic Mark-its, Sharpie, Copic R00 Pinkish White, R11 Pale Cherry Pink, W2 Warm Gray No.2, Uniball Silver Gel Impact pen Accessories: Martha Stewart border die, SU! Sizzix Embossing plate

Happy Crafting.
M.E.

Paw prints and presents

Hi!

I wanted to post this 2 days ago but with work and a sick dh I just haven't
had a chance to sit at my laptop and type.

This adorable little guy comes from The Stamping Boutique of course. I just
love him. And I totally remembered having this great dp in my scrap stash.
I used it when I was making my Einstein's scrapbook.

So of course, I had to use this for my card using this sweet puppy. By the way,
you can find this image here.

The green background paper is also a scrap piece of paper that I just stamped
my puppy paw print stamp on. I actually bought this particular stamp for
when we send cards to family. I usually use it to represent my dogs signature.
Silly I know but they're my kiddos and they don't have the ability to sign for
themselves.

I created this card for the Tuesday Morning Sketches #33. This week TSB is
sponsoring them. And of course there is a fun prize involved so you'll want to
go check it out.

Materials Used:

Stamps: The Stamping Boutique Puppy Surprise

Ink: Bic Mark-it Honey Brown, Woodsy Brown, Palette Ink Black, VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad Accessories: DCWV Dog Adhesive Ribbon

Happy Crafting.
M.E.

Happy Valentine's Day 2010

Hi!

I hope everyone had a Happy Valentine's Day!!!

My dh wanted an original card made specifically for him for Valentine's Day.
So although I did dedicate my Love Letter blog hop card to dh I created him a
new one.

I found inspiration from Clear & Simple stamps. And I just had to
CASE(Copy And Share Everything) their card.

Here's the original.


For my card I used VersaMagic Perfect Plumeria Archival Multi-surface Chalk
Ink Pad which can be found in The Angel Company catalog. If you are interested
in purchasing VersaMagic ink or have any questions about it feel free to email me
at cr8iveme_at_gmail.com It's amazing ink because it looks good on both white
and black cardstock.

I used a Martha Stewart border punch for the second piece of cardstock. Can't recall
the name right now.

Materials Used:

Stamps: CraftSmart lip stamp (Micheal's), Studio G

Paper: Archiver's Black Linen Cardstock 12x12

Ink: VersaMagic Perfect Plumeria

Happy Crafting.
M.E.

Audrey's Card Pattern

Hi!

This week The Stamping Boutique is sponsoring Card Patterns.

And the prize is your choice of either 5 digis or 3 rubber stamps!!!

How exciting is that? So you've definitely got to go check this site out, here.

I felt really inspired by the name of the blog. At least the patterns part
and for me that also meant texture and fabrics. Blame it on my major of
Fashion Merchandising.

Also, I've just noticed that I'm really into paper piecing lately. Don't know
why it just seems to speak to me more. And these felt flowers are my fave
embellishment right now. I don't recall what company made them but I do
recall that I purchased them at JoAnn Fabrics in the sewing/notions section.

I tend to drift around the big box craft stores, i.e. Micheal's, JoAnn's, and
Hobby Lobby.

The Stamping Boutique image that I used is Audrey's New Dress. Check her
out here.

Materials Used:

Stamps: The Stamping Boutique Audrey's New Dress

Paper: BasicGrey Nook & Pantry Strawberry Shortcake/Nap-2041

Ink: Sharpie, Copic R00 Pinkish White, R11 Pale Cherry Pink, W2 Warm Gray No.2, Bic Mark-it Moonstone Yellow, Yellow Blaze, Woodsy Brown, Fandango Pink, Pink Uniball Silver Gel Impact pen

Accessories: DCWV All Dressed Up Lipstick Adhesive Ribbon

Happy Crafting.
M.E.

Sweet Sleepy Baby

Hi!

Today is Stef's Sketch Challenge# 6 over at The Stamping Boutique blog.

Check it out here.

This is a TSB digi however, I can't recall where I found it or how I obtained
it. I know it makes you want it more. Doesn't it?

I love the sketch that Stef came up with this week, although I did change it
up a bit.

So you'll definitely want to go check it out and see what the rest of the DT gals
did with it.

The sentiment is from The Angel Company, it's one of the Hostess Level sets.
If you're interested in learning more about how to obtain it feel free to email
me at cr8iveme_at_gmail.com

The star brads are from my scrap stash, although I do think I may have
obtained them at JoAnn Fabrics. The dp for the baby's outfit and blanket
along with some other papers in the card are from my personal scrap pile.

I've got a lot of scraps and I can't just throw it out. So I guess I'll be using
it for a while.

Materials Used:

Stamps: The Stamping Boutique, The Angel Company Label Lingo

Paper: Bazzill Basics Paper Strawberry Splash, Frances Meyer, Inc Sleepy Little Lambs-Girls

Ink: Sharpie, Copic R00 Pinkish White, R11 Pale Cherry Pink, Bic Mark-it Moonstone Yellow, Yellow Blaze, Lemon Bliss, Plumtastic Purple, Polynesian Purple

Accessories: DCWV Missy Adhesive Ribbon

Happy Crafting.
M.E.

Love Letter Blog Hop

Hi!

Welcome to the Love Letter Blog Hop sponsored by Michelle Perkett Studio!

If you've just happened upon my blog you can click HERE to start.

Otherwise you should have just come from the blog of Micki. Didn't she do a
fantastic job!

The card I created today uses the OCC Sketch Blog's OCCSC1 sketch, check it out here.

My Love Letter is to my dear husband. He's such a wonderful guy and even
though we don't always agree with each other we do still love and support one another.

Words aren't always my strong suit. But at least whenever I really want to show
my hubby how much I care I can sing him our song.

Don't worry I won't hurt your ears by singing it. However, I did want to share it here.




Now onto the lovely and talented Sheng. I can't wait to see what she created.

Happy Crafting.
M.E

Puppy Present for you

Hi!

I've got the best present I've seen in a while to show today.

It's Puppy Surprise from The Stamping Boutique. You can find him here.

I used him on TSB's Stef's Sketch Challenge #5.

Plus, there's a prize: one random person will be selected to win an image of their choice.

So if you're interested you should definitely go check out the challenge, here.

I'd love to tell you where all the pieces came from but it's primarily dp from
my scrap stash. I've got a lot of it to use.

Materials Used:

Stamps: The Stamping Boutique Puppy Surprise, Studio G

Ink: Bic Mark-it Honey Brown, Woodsy Brown, Palette Ink Black

Happy Crafting.
M.E.

P.S. Don't forget today is the last day to do challenges on 365 Cards to win some great TSB digis.

Prince Gael and his Sweet Sketch

Hi!

Well, today The Stamping Boutique has there hands in just one more pot.

As you know we are sponsoring 365 Cards challenges this week. But today
we are also sponsoring Sweet Sketch Wednesday's challenge.

It's Sweet Sketch 35, check it out here.

I did take a little liberty and went a little differently with the sketch.

I find that I never seem to have enough boy/guy cards. So I'm going to do
my best to create some more this year and share them with you.

The image is from The Stamping Boutique and it's Prince Gael, you'll find him
here in the Medieval collection.

Materials Used:

Stamps: The Stamping Boutique Prince Gael

Paper: CM Bountiful Designer Paper pack

Ink: Sharpies, Copic E00 Skin White, Bic Mark-it Blue Skies Blue, Honey Brown, Oceanview Blue, Moonstone Yellow, Yellow Blaze, Key Lime, Stone Grey, Cloud Nine Grey, Lemon Bliss, Uniball Gel Impact pen Silver

Accessories: Pickle Trims by Rusty Pickle Rustic, Sizzix Bow w/ Arrow

Happy Crafting.
M.E.

Cherry Love for TSB

Hi!

I know it's like deja vu. Yes, I did use the same image from yesterday to create my card today.

This is my first gatefold card using my new Scor-pal. This is a great item that we carry in The Angel Company catalog.

If you're interested in getting one or have questions about it you can send them my way at cr8iveme_at_gmail.com

This is a picture with just one of the flaps down.


Just wanted to remind you know that 365 Cards and The Stamping Boutique are teaming up this week.

If you're interested in a chance to win some awesome digis from The Stamping Boutique.

Here are the rules:
1) Each challenge you participate in gives you a chance to win the prize at the end of the week (with up to 7 challenges to win).
2) You have until Sunday, February 7th, at 11:59 PM EST to complete any of the challenges and have them linked up.
3) Each card must be a new creation for the challenge under which it is submitted.

Today's challenge over at 365 Cards is to include the word "LOVE" in your sentiment, check it out here.

The card that I created today was inspired by Digital Tuesday Challenge, the challenge this week is Challenge# 44 - Try a Different Fold. Check it out here.

The stamp that I used is Audrey the Chef. You can check her out here.

Happy Crafting.
M.E.

Loving from the Oven

Hi!

Just wanted to be sure to let you know that 365 Cards and The Stamping Boutique are teaming up this week.

If you're lucky enough to win some awesome digis from The Stamping Boutique.

Here are the rules:
1) Each challenge you participate in gives you a chance to win the prize at the end of the week (with up to 7 challenges to win).
2) You have until Sunday, February 7th, at 11:59 PM EST to complete any of the challenges and have them linked up.
3) Each card must be a new creation for the challenge under which it is submitted.

Today's challenge over at 365 Cards is a Color Challenge, check it out here.

The sketch that I used today is from CPS, it's CPS152.

The stamp that I used is Audrey the Chef. You can check her out here.

Happy Crafting.
M.E.

Did you know ...

that February is National Embroidery Month?

National Embroidery Month

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Learning to sew is a centuries old tradition passed from family to family. February marks the observance of National Embroidery Month.

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From children to senior adults, the art of embroidery is a age old tradition often passed from grandmother to grandchild. With simple hand stitches to complex computerized stitching, embroidery is a skill many people will practice during the month of February. Considered the National Embroidery Month, towns across America will honor and recognize the fundamental American values and the traditional art of sewing which dates back many centuries.

Embroidery, an needlework craft, involves a range of stitching from simple hand stitching to high tech factory styled stitching. With so much embroidery around us, most American consumers do not realize the magnitude of the art, and skill involved, with embroidery. As an art, embroidery is not an easy task to achieve. With complex hand stitchings, embroidery stitching is layered to create design and texture. As a result, fine hand embroidered pieces of fabric are often considered of high monetary value. So, as a beginner, how do you celebrate this February holiday celebration?

Visit a local fabric store or shop online and purchase a basic embroidery kit. With most needlework specialty shops providing a full kit to the beginner, the basic outline process for embroidery hand stitching is easily achieved in the convenience of your own home. With a variety of stitches to be learned, beginner embroidery kits often will teach the basic outine stitch to achieve a wonderful beginners piece of art work.

As a beginner in the embroidery needlework art, with an interest in more advanced technology, embroidery can also be learned through the use of sewing machines and digital art work. Using sewing machines with advanced digital design, the consumer can create beautiful pieces of embroidered artwork during the National Embroidery Month observations. For information on digital art embroidery, visiting a local fabric or needlework store will, most likely, provide more useful information than that of an online needlework specialty shop.

Did you know that you could add embroidery or stitching to your crafts. There are some great templates that I personally use for adding stitching onto my cards.

Happy Crafting.
M.E.