Some Bunny New

Hi Everyone,

My friend recently had a baby, and even though I made a card for the shower, (I forgot to show it on the blog) I felt the need to make one for them now that she is here. 

I used this new digi from Amber Ink's Love Bunny line named Bunny Family.  Isn't it sweet?  This card is being popped in the mail, so I kept it flat and embellishment free. (After sending out a bunch of Easter and spring cards this week, which need 2 stamps each for all the doo dads, my wallet needed a break!)  I did create the background paper myself using one of the design elements in the stamp set Mod Kitch Kitsch. (This set is also available as a digi too!) I stamped in Versafine brown and then randomly colored in the little boxes to match.

Those 5 little dots are a stamp too, but the sentiment I computer generated. 

Thanks for visiting today and if you haven't been by Amber Ink lately, you don't know what you are missing!

Challenges:

Kaboodle Doodles-Cute and Cuddly

Make it Monday-Anything Goes

Nettie G's-Favorite Digi

Woodware-Anything Goes

Aly's Sunday Challenge-Bunnies

One Stitch at a Time-Baby

Our Daily Bread-No Ribbon

Shannon's Sentiment-Animal

Details not listed above- Paper: Bazill, The Paper Company, Georgia Pacific White, Copics, Punches: Stampin' Up.

Sketchy Cosmos

Hi Everyone,

I used my favorite flower image from the set Fancy Flowers from Lindsay's Stamp Stuff today.  I love this little sketchy flower for a general feminine type card. This card is for my stash, so I just stamped a small "for you" in the corner, so I can use it for whatever occassion I choose.  Since I can only do super messy stitching with my hand held sewer thingy, this is fake and done by hand.  Not perfectly straight, but you get the idea.

 

Here is the entire set of flowers:

Thanks for visiting me this Thursday and make sure you visit Lindsay's Blog for all kinds of crafty goodness...Hope the flowers are starting to bloom where you live :)

Challenges for this card:

Anita Be Stampin'-Anything Goes

My Grafico-Anything Goes

Sweet Stamps-For the Ladies

Top Tip Tuesday-Spring

DDH-Stitiches

Paper Cupcakes-Fabric and Stitching

Details not listed above: Paper: The Paper Company, Cosmo Cricket, Ribbon: Offray, Punch: Fiskars, Stampin' Up, Copics, Stamp: Stampin' Up, Buttons and lace from my supplies.

Distressed Pig

Hi Everyone!

The theme this week at the Hambo Hoedown is "Distressing".  I really like the texture distressing can give a card and I went a little "hog wild" (ha-ha) with my crumpling of the papers.  I also added some distress ink to the edges of everything too.  It's funny, because of this theme,  I feel like this Balloon Pig (1903) is calling his lawyer to get him out of the mess he made...lol!

The punny Sow Have You Been sentiment (1917) fit neatly (isn't that ironic) in the corner and I added twine and buttons to match the whole messy/rustic look. 

If you want to play along, just use any digi or traditional stamp from Hambo and join in the fun this week!  Messy is good :)

Challenges for this card:

Simon Says Stamp-Distressing

Details not listed above-Paper: The Paper Company, DCWV, Nesties, Copics, Ink: Momento, buttons and twine from my supplies.

F.R.O.G

Hi Everyone,

I'm showing off another one of the new releases from DRS Designs today.  I used that great Polka Dot stamp again on my card.  You will see it a lot.  Each release from DRS Designs will contain a new favorite for me, and I'm pretty sure this is it this time around...lol.  I embossed the background panel with larger dots and the FROG Rely On God greeting is an all in one stamp. 

I took the color inspiration from my ribbon and I heat embossed the the little frog and sentiment.

Thanks for visiting and if you want to see this card in full, pop on by the DRS Designs blog today!

Have a good one!

Challenges for this card:

Card Cupids-Two Colors

Craft You Days Away-Spots and Stripes(Ribbon is striped)

Crazy for Challenges-Green, Brown, Cream

Shannon's Sentiments-Animal

Crafty Catz-Embossing

The Stamp Man-Embossing

Details not listed above: Paper: The Paper Company, Ink: Stampin Up, Embossing Folder: Cuttlebug, Ribbon: Darice, Nesties

Bon Voyage

Hi Everyone,

I made this card for someone who recently vacationed in Hawaii.  I knew I wanted to give them a send off, but I didn't have any stamps in my supplies that fit the travel theme.  I was desperate and cheap, so luckily I remembered that I Brake for Digis had this airplane in their freebie section.  Woo-Hoo! It's free for everyone, so pop by and grab it.  You never know when you made need to make a travel themed something :)

I went with tropical paper, to give it the Hawaiian look, and the sentiment is computer generated.  I wish the chalk that I added to the image panel showed up more in the photo.  The blue stood out well in real life.  Oh well.

Thanks for checking in today...Remember the code SAVE10KARIN and you will save 10% off anything you buy at I Brake For Digis.

Challenges for this card:

For Your Inspiration-Photo (Used the travel theme)

Cute Card Thursday-Totally Tropical

Delightful Challenges-Sun, Sea, Sand

ABC Challenge-R is for Ribbon

Details not listed above-Paper: The Paper Company, DCWV, Punches: Stampin' Up, Martha Stewart, Nesties, Chalk: Stampin' Up, ribbon from my supplies.

Music Saves My Soul Saturday

Hi Everyone,

My choice this week for Music Saves My Soul Saturday is new for me.  Jessica Lea Mayfield is a local musician that had a concert here this past week, so she was all over our local media.  After hearing her interviewed, I decided to check her out and I'm posting her appearance on Letterman from 6 weeks ago.  She has a great plaintive voice, but I'm so not a fan of black tights and light colored shoes...lol.

Enjoy your weekend!

Caught a Bug?

Hi Everyone!

I can tell it's spring time with all the cute bug stamps I've been seeing around lately :)  Bugs are always cute on cards, rarely in real life.  Luckily these cutie pies are on my card made with some newly released  stamps from DRS Designs. 

I have to say that one of my favorites of the new releases is this great design element of Polka Dots.  It was designed with the Swiss Dot embossing folder in mind and I just love the backgrounds you can make with it.  I have something similar from another company, however this one I love more,  because of it's size.  It's a full 6 inches, so it fits across the bottom of my card completely and there is no lining up of anything to make it across.  LOVE that!  The Ladybug with Flower and Sally Snail are from the current catalog, but they were the perfect images to color up to match the new sentiment, "Caught a Bug".

It's pretty straightforward, but this is the type of card that I would make at my little craft table to send to someone to cheer them up.  My husband said, " You want those words hanging off like that"?  It's called a sentiment.  And yes.  Yes I do.  It just adds a little visual interest, right?  Please tell me you card makers out there get it.  lol

You can see all of the new stamps from DRS Designs right here.  As always, your brighten my day with your visits and comments. 

Challenges for this card:

Fresh Brewed Designs-Flowers

Papertake Weekly-Anything Goes

Tuesday Throwdown-Spring

Sparkles Forum-Spring

Have a great weekend!

Funky Flower

Hi Everyone,

Look!  Happy news :)   Sale at My Grafico and  Lindsay's Stamp Stuff for today only!

My card for today's post was made with a free image I got when I visited Lindsay's personal blog, The Frugal Crafter a few weeks back.  She always had something fun to share in the form of ideas, videos and freebies, so be sure to visit her often!

If you like this flower, perhaps you need to check out this set Doodle Flowers from Lindsay's Stamp Stuff.  The entire set is on sale for 30% off!

Challenges this card is linked to-

Craft Your Passion-Anything Goes

Paper Playtime-Anything Goes

Crazy Challenge-Just Add Flowers

Paper Cupcakes-Flowers

Crafty Pad-Flowers

I also got this sweet digi from Cheri Wenger Designs at My Grafico.  It's called Peek a Boo Bug and I combined it with some traditional stamps and papers from the set  Bold Black and White Patterns from Lindsay's Stamp Stuff, to make this fun card.  I added gems to the background for some sparkle.

Here are peeks at these products which are 30% off as well.

Thanks for visiting today!  Remember to visit Lindsay's blog for for ideas and freebies all week long and her shop at Lindsay's Stamp Stuff for lots of great products.

Have a great day!

Challenges this card is linked to:

Dream Valley-Things with Wings

Paper Sundaes-Spring Blossoms

Details not listed above-Paper: The Paper Company,  K & Company, Ink: Momento, Copics, Nesties, Cuttlebug, gems and ribbon from my supplies.

You're Sty-lish

Hi Everyone!

It's time for another challenge at the Hambo Hoedown Blog and the theme this week is an Easel Card.  Isn't that fun?  I'm always happy when the theme is easy to play along with no matter what type of Hambo Stamps you are using.  If you didn't get the digi for this week by playing along in the challenge last week, just use any Hambo Stamp and join in the fun!

With a company name like Hambo, you know they have to have some cute pig stamps, and this week I'm proud to use this great "Cool Pig" (1909) stamp along with the funny "Sty-lish"(1922) sentiment.  This pig is totally "swave and deeboner"...lol. I know he would make a great image on a masculine card too...Don't you love his Risky Busineess shades?  I totally think of that movie whenever I see sunglasses like that!

Do you like the puffy Satin Ivory Heart embellishments?  Those are from Hambo Stamps as well.  They are actually some May Arts Ribbon which I cut apart and used separately.  They have all sorts of ribbon, so definitely give it a look see.  You will not be disappointed.

Hope you can join in the dancing this week at the Hambo Hoedown!

Challenges for this card are as follows:

One Stop Craft-Spots and Dots

Catch the Bug-Anything Goes

Card Ideas-Spotty Dotty

Critter Sketch-Fancy Folds

Craft Your Passion-Anything Goes

Cupcake Craft-Comedy Rocks

Details not listed above-Paper: The Paper Company, Colorbok, Markers: Copic, Ribbon: Darice, Embossing folder: Cuttlebug, Stickles, Punches: EK Success, gem from my supplies.

Blog Hop Winner!

Hi Everyone,

I'm a little late in posting my winner from the Hambo Blog hop.  Thanks for waiting...  Anyway, here is the result:

Here are your random numbers:

21

Timestamp: 2011-04-05 11:51:55 UTC

And number 21 belongs to:

Donna Ells said...


An invitingly darling card - yummy! Tho the ribbons are burgundy, the photo makes them look a little chocolatey, too - almost like ribbon'ed chocolate! The colors in your card are perfect with the sentiment. So when do we get started testing out how much chocolate?

Congrats Donna! Just email Judy at hambodesignteam@gmail.com to claim the digi of your choice.

To everyone else, if you played along with the hop and left comments for all the blogs,  be sure to visit Talk to the Ham to see if you were the winner of the $15.00 gift certificate.

Have a great day!



Sneak Peek

Hi Everyone,

To make a long story short, I had a couple of technical glitches, so I don't have a card for you today.  I'm sure you bloggers out there have been in my shoes at one time or another. 

ANYWAY...It's my day to post over at the DRS Designs blog, so here is a peek at the card that I'm posting over there.  Pop on by, it's made using newly released stamps, and the design team is showing all them off right now.

I will have another card made with the new releases from DRS Designs on Friday, so stop back then :)

Have a great day!

Spring Time Bunny

Hi Everyone,

Did you have a nice weekend?  I'm so thrilled to have left the month of March behind, that I'm celebrating by showing off my latest card made with a digi from I Brake for Digis.  I used the sweet Bunny and Flower Pots image for this spring themed card. 

 I wish I was British, because then I could use the word "chuffed" and not come off as lame...Isn't that the greatest word?  I really am chuffed over my coloring of the bunny and flowers.  I know it's not much, since there are so many experts out there, but this is one of my better attempts :) :) :) 

 

If you want to grab this digi for yourself, remember to use the code SAVE10KARIN and you will save 10% off your purchase at I Brake For Digis.

Happy Spring!

Challenges for this card:

Crafty Creations-Bunnies

Creative Craft-Easter

Craft Us Crazy-Easter/Spring

Delightful Challenges-Flowers

Rubber Cafe-Spring Flowers

Paper Issues-Spring creations

Aly's Sunday Challenge-Bunnies

Creative Cowgirls-Spring or Easter

Paper Sundaes-Spring Blossoms

Scrappy Frogs-Flowers and Lace

Sparkles Forum-Springtime

AllSorts Challenge-Blooming Blossoms

Catch the Bug-Anything Goes

Marks Finest Paper-Animal

Cardmadfairy Digi-Easter

Digis w/Attitude-Anything Goes

Floweret-Easter

Details not listed above-Paper: The Paper Company, Heidi Grace, Markers: Copic, Nesties, Punch: Martha Stewart, Pearls: Recollections, Lace from my supplies

Music Saves My Soul Saturday

*For a chance at winning a free digi from Hambo Stamps, see my blog post HERE.*

Happy Saturday!

My offering this week for Music Saves My Soul Saturday on Marcea's blog is the new song from Two Door Cinema Club.  I think they sound a little too much like Vampire Weekend, but I think that's why I like this song.  The video is goofy, which makes me like it for this reason too.

Have a great weekend!

Hambo April Fools Day Blog Hop

Hi Everyone,

Welcome to the “Go Ahead, Laugh at Us!” Hambo Stamps Blog Hop! The Bacon Bits are here to help you start your month off right with a little April Fools laughter and fun.

Before we get to the cards, here is a little piggy joke to get laughing right from the start.  Ready?

Why did the little pig hide the soap?

Because he heard the farmer yell, "Hogwash"!

Yeah yeah, my hubby just rolled is eyes and said, "That's the joke you're gonna use"?  Whatever, I liked it.

Now, if you arrived here from  Silke's blog, you are in the right place. If not, you will want to start back at the beginning at the Hambo blog – TALK TO THE HAM. We don’t want you to miss anything!

A little surprise is hiding on one of the blogs today, so be sure to leave some comment love as you “hoof it” around the hop. One lucky commenter on the mystery hop spot will be in hog heaven and win a $15.00 gift certificate to Hambo Stamps!

Not only that, each design team member will be giving away a digi image to one random commenter on their blog.  As for my give away, I will let you choose the image you want, so make sure you leave a comment before midnight April 3rd CST.  I will announce the winner here on my blog Monday morning April 4th.  You will then have one week to email your name and digi choice to designteam@hambostamps.  We love comments anytime, but remember the deadline for prize entries is midnight April 3rd CST.

My card today is made with one of the stamps in the Fractured Funnies line of stamps named How Much Chocolate (#3113).  These stamps come in pairs; one for the outside and one to finish off the inside.  I was thrilled to get this stamp, along with the cute little chocolate chip(#1723),  because I LOVE chocolate!  The inspiration for my card came from one of those fancy chocolate shops that has their goodies displayed so well that you want to eat them all!  Here is the front of my card...

And this is the inside all decorated to match :)

Do you like my ruffled ribbon? Well, it came from Hambo Stamps too!  Yes, Hambo Stamps has a whole line of May Arts ribbon and this is a 3/8" grosgrain ribbon in a yummy burgundy color (#SX25).    I just used super sticky tape and ruffled it up.

Next up on the hop is Hannah. You will love what she has to show you today!

Thanks for visiting!

Challenges for this card:
Everybody Art-Brown and Pink
KB Cute Monday-Food and Beverage
Lexi Creations-Ribbon (no bow or knot)
Card Cupids-Funny Cards

Details not listed above-Ink: Stampin' Up!, Paper: The Paper Company, K & Company, Nesties, Doily: Darice, Chalk: Pebbles,  Gems from my supplies