{TSG} Immeasurable Love

It that time of month again when we revisit some of our favorite classic There She Goes stamps. This month we have three cute love-themed sets to feature:

Love Birds

Love Bots

Special Delivery

Today I am working with Love Bots, which was released back when I was a trendsetter the first time ;)

Torico has illustrated this adorable stamp set that will have your heart bursting with joy!! This set is perfect for valentines for men/boys - they're always so hard to create for! 

I've used my favourite Valentine's colour combo...that little pop of aqua just does it for me ;)

I've used an old MME paper pad from least year (loved it so much that I have two!). The Open scallop Doily, CirclesSTAX, Rustic Hearts and Fishtail flag dies are all MFT dies. The button, Top Note die (in ivory) and CS are Stampin' Up! and the black jute is from the Ribbon Carousel.

My lil robot scale guy is coloured up with copics, and I added some glaze pen to parts. The sentiment is stamped in MFT's Black Licorice (this is THE best black ink I've ever worked with! I swear!)

This card has a lot of dimension with pop dots used all over :)

Go over to the TSG blog and you'll find loads of inspiration from the other gals!!

Sketch: Cardabilities

{KKS Preview} Friends on the Web

***If you are looking for my The Cat's Pajamas Sneaky Peek, scroll down!!***

Hi there! Today the Krafty Girls are showing off the creepy crawly collection of cute bugs by Kraftin' Kimmie artist Emilie Goulet.....there are two sets available: Bug Buddies 1 and 2 (my card features stamp and sentiment from Bug Buddies 1)

Is she not just the cutest thing (I know we're talking spiders here ppl, but she could give a kitten a run for the money;) I love the spider-dolly!! lol! And the sentiment?? Yep- I LOVE! And it's so true, as I have made so many great friends on the web...some of you all included;)

I cut the flower from some pink felt using MFT's rolled rose dienamic, and threaded a antique button with some brown rustic twine from the Ribbon Carousel. The paper (and sentiment label paper cutout) are from Simple Stories and the vanilla ribbon and CS are SU!

Want  to win this one of these sweet sets? Just leave comments along the way and two winners will be randomly chosen! The more you comment, the more chances you have at winning!

Sketch: Cardabilities #52

{TCPTUES166} Wish Big!

Hey folks! I am in such a stellar mood lately! We have been enjoying the summer sun- playing in the sprinkler, kiddie pool, trampoline, going to swimming lessons, eating BBQ goodness, hanging with friends and family and just having an all round great time this past week! My auntie has been here visiting from Victoria, BC  and my bff, who recently moved from Alberta to Saskatchewan, is coming back with her family to camp with us on Sunday! Alot of things to be grateful for happening here lately:)

So on to the stamping! This weeks TCP challenge was an inspiration challenge, and it just so happens to be brought to us by a stamper that is a huge inspiration to me, Jen del Muro (THE SFYTT Jen!)

This delish picture from Jen had my mojo flying! I could seriously do six projects with this photo!
I was inspired by the colours, the texture of the cupcake wafer, the chocolate icing, the candles and of course, the birthday theme!

Oh where to start? Colours- pretty obvious (Echo Park 'Summer Days' collection), inked up edges with SU's creamy caramel, embossed turquoise dp panel with cuttlebug numbers folder and inked over texture to add more definition, used corugated cardboard scrap for wafer texture, and added brown felt 'icing' with Icing Cutup die. The candles were cut from white CS (1/2 x 3 1/2 ") and I wrapped Divine Twine  around the CS diagonally for the stripey candle look. The 'flames' were cut using the leaf from the Flower Buttons Cutup die, and then yellow stickles and a sprinkle of dazzling diamonds glitter (SU!) were added. I cut felt and cork from the Flower Button and Heart Trio Cutup die and hotglued them to the candles. The banner was cut from the Pennant Cutup (the small size), inked and machine stitched around the edges. The buttons along the banner were threaded with beige linen thread from TCP. And now for the most shocking part of all: The ONLY stamp used in the creation of this card is Nightie Alphabet!!! Crazy, I know! But I am loving the focus that is put on our Cutup dies in this card! Just goes to show you that you need not be the worlds best stamper or copic coloring master, to make a really fun and detailed card!

Okay- if you're still here, thanks bunches! You are a loyal reader and I was especially long winded today! If you are inspired by this gorgeous picture and would like to make a project of your very own, we'd love to see it! Simply link your card up to Miss Meowy's blog for your chance to win some weekly cat nip cash and the coveted Swanky Stamper of the Month title! And head over to our forum at SCS for more fun and inspiration:)

Sketch- Cardabilities #34

Charlotte

This is gonna be a fast one, so buckle your seatbelts! I have to get out the door soon, and I have yet to even have a shower, but I really want to get this one in for the Kraftin Kimmie challenge (use flowers)....
The sketch is this weeks from Cardabilities.

I used Kimmie's 'Charlotte' and coloured her with copics. I wanted the dollies to look like the old fashioned kind that were made with muslin scraps..i like how they turned out! I inked the edges of the oval die cut panel with creamy brown chalk ink. I layered it on a scalloped oval die. There is a bit of straight stitch sewing on the panels. I made the flowers with various circle punches and scraps I had laying around. I spritzed them with water and crumpled them up, added brads and a twiney button, and used another twiney button to anchor the sentiment, which is an MFT PI sentiment.....The DP is a little October Afternoon as well as The Girls Paperie. No time to do the inside of this one!! LOL! Thanks for popping in! Jenny

Putting up the star {TCP Tuesday}

Tuesday- that means another TCP challenge:) And although today another lucky lady was crowned Swanky Stamper, I am down, but not out!! lol....who could resist these great challenges?? Today is Sony's turn to be the hostess and she has thrown out a colour challenge (my fav!!!)..ice blue, aqua and lavender.

I used a new release that was a lovely gift from Alma over at TCP...he's really reaching for the top of that tree....looks like me a few days ago trying to get the star on my tree. Thought that I was going to fall and take the whole thing out!! I paper peiced the tree and coloured the bunny and stars with copics. I covered the stars and the bunny tail with a clear spica pen. The tree star has dazzling diamonds on it as well. I applied rows of 'garland' with the 3 colours from the challenge with SU glitter. I used my favorite white organza ribbon, some new cutup dies. I stuck pearls on the opening of the apron lace die to give it a more elegant touch. The snowflake die has some pearls and a lavender rhinestone.

I kept the inside pretty simple. Just used the same die with the sentiment stamped and a few stars in the corners. A smidge of ribbon accross the middle. That's it!!!

Thanks for looking!

Recipe:

Stamp: TCP

Ink: Memento

DP: Toil & Trouble (MME?), Kioshi (BG)

CS: SU (white, baja breeze, marina mist)

Dies: Spellbinders, TCP

Other: ribbon (SU), rhienstones (unknown), pearls (stash), glitter (SU), copics, spica,

Sketch: Cardabilities #16

Is Red Riding Hood A Superhero or Something?

That's what Jake asked me when he saw that she wears a cape....I said "no, it's not a superhero cape...it's just a cloak to keep her warm in the crisp fall air when she's wandering the woods". After that he wasn't nearly as interested. Oh well! lol
I made this card using a cardabilities sketch and am submitting it for this weeks Kraftin Kimmie Challenge (Distressing).

I stamped little Red in memento ink onto choice snowhite and cut the image out using a nestie die. I then stamped her a few more times onto different dp's and paper-pieced her clothes. I stamped her again onto CS and coloured her with copics and spicas. I didn't want her face and hands to seem sunken, so thats why I added those parts again to the very top. All the layers are exremely distressed, lol!! I love distrssing, so I was happy to do it again on this challenge. I get so carried away that I generally tear my dp almost right in half (but i don't even worry about it- just cover it with another panel and it;s fixed!! No problem if there is a rip mark- just adds to the distressed effect. Crooked panel- No worries!! Uneven, crooked stitching- Again, NO worries!! Maybe thats why I love distressing soooo much. Leaves alot of room for error;) I also sewed around the edges of all the panels with a straight stitch. The sentiment is stamped and punched with SU oval punches. I added a rolled rose die from MFT, distressed the edges and jammed some crochet ribbon in the center. I'm never happy with the way my rolled flowers turn out, so I think I am going to have to find a video on you tube or something that show's me how to do it properly. The sketch didn't call for a ribbon, but I thought that it needed something in the middle. I am totally in love with SU's crochet ribbon!! I have never used these little hat pins before, but I thought that with the distressing, sewing, crochet ribbon and colour scheme that this card had a vintage feel and pins would suit it. I'm really happy with the way they added the finishing touch to the card.

The inside is distressed as well, and I used the same nestie set, only a smaller ones turned horizontal. I sponged the inner one as well using River Rock and Toffee ink. The little candy dots were originally intended for the card front before I remembered the stick pins and decided to go with them. I think that they are cute and not too flashy..nice for the soft look of the card. And a little strip of crochet to finish it off:)
Thanks for looking:)

Recipe:
Stamps: Kraftin Kimmie
Ink: Memento tuxedo black, SU River Rock, Colourbox Chalk Ink- Toffee
CS: SU (river rock), TE (choice snow white)
DP: My Minds Eye (Holly Jolly collection)
Other: Spellbinders, Rolled Rose Dienamic (MFT), punches (SU), stick pins (making memories), copics, spica glitter pen- clear, crochet ribbon (SU), candy dots (Your Next Stamp), sponges, sewing machine, thread, bigshot, distressing tool

Think Pink #4~ Penguins & Popcorn

So much for my mechanical knowledge. Appartantly you can have running lights but not enough juice to run the starter. So hopefully its just the battery:)
This is my last entry for TCP's Blog hop....I know what you must be thinking, but trust me, they said you could enter as many times as you wanted to! lol! And I am finally really happy with a card..the other pinks just weren't doing it for me:( I don't know if its because I'm not a huge pink fan, or if its that pink seems to be really hard to get a good photograph of- seems like there is never a good representation of the true colour??, or if it was just because they weren't coming together easy for me? Either way, I am DONE with pink for a little while;)
This layout was from a cardabilities sketch, and I thought that it would go perfect with the stamp that I was planning to use. These little penguins pull at my heart strings...aren't they just adorable all snugged up on the chair-and-a-half (?) with the bucket of popcorn, remote and a tissue:) They must be watching P.S. I Love You...(one of the only movies I've actually cried at) lol

There is a ton of paper peicing on this card....since I didn't want the penguins to appear 'sunken' I had to peice in the correct order so they would be on top of the chair rather than the chair looking more in the forefront. I drew floorboards on white CS and coloured with copics. I wanted the scene to have a 'grandmas living room' kind of feel, so I thought the DP from October Afternoon looked like wallpaper, so thats what it is in my room:) The television has a really retro look to its shape, so I coloured it dark to look like walnut veneer and coated it in CE. The remote, popcorn, tissue, and penguins feet and beaks are all coloured with spicas over top of the copics. CE and a rhinestone are on the remote as well. I stuck rhinestones on the TV antenna as well. The scallop circle panel is popped up on dimensionals. The rectangle/square panels are stitched and the cream flowered paper is sponged with chalk ink. The sentiment is stamped and curled to look like a banner. I didn't have any black flowers, so I coloured a mini white paper daisy with my black copic. Pink brads are set in the corners, and rhinestone flourishes are added in the bottom corners.

The inside has stiched layers of DP, more rhinestone flourishes, a paper flower and I used my 1/2" circle punch to punch out a piece of black dp and covered it in CE. The sentiment is punched with various SU punches and the edges of all the lighter papers are sponged.

Recipe
Stamps: TCP
Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Colorbox Chalk ink in toffee
CS: TE, SU
DP: October afternoon, SU
flowers: Prima, SU
Brads: SU
Ribbon & twine: SU
Others: flourishes (unkown), buttons (MFT), copics, multiliner, nesties, sponge, dimensionals (SU), Crystal effects (SU), bigshot, sewing machine, thread

Thanks for stopping by!
Jenny