Peace Child

I just adore the cute images sold at The Greeting Farm. This little girl with flowers in her hair and a peace sign on her shirt is one of my favorites. I was playing with some different color combinations and really liked this one. The peace signs are from a clear stamp set made by Inkadinkadoo.

Stamps: HG Peace (Greeting Farm) & Peace Signs (Inkadinkadoo)

I bought some new stamps at Stampede Rubber Stamp Store in York, PA yesterday and made a few cards.  I'll be back later this week to share them.

Gina K Designs CSS Inspiration Blog Hop

Feelings of Hope 

Gina challenged the CenterStage Spotlight team to make a card with the new Hope is Faith stamp set using  the photo above for inspiration.  Check out Gina's blog for all the details on this special stamp set.

When I first looked at the photograph I was inspired by the butterfly on the flowers.  So I made several cards with floral designer paper and added a floating butterfly.  My first three cards were all based on that inspiration.

Stamps: Hope is Faith

Paper: Pure Luxury Smoky Slate & White, Basic Grey Sugar Rush

Stamps: Hope is Faith

Paper: Basic Grey Wisteria

Stamps: Hope is Faith

Paper: Basic Grey Wisteria

Then I looked at the photograph a few days later and made another card that is a little more literal representation of the inspiration photo.  Here is what I created

Stamps: Hope is Faith & Elegant Flowers

Paper: Pure Luxury Pumpkin Spice, Ocean Mist, & White

Then, stop by these designer's participating in the hop tonight:

Jessica Fick

Diana S. Queen

Tina Gilliland

Pam Imholz

Carla Suto

Cheri Weston

Jennie Harper

Joy Hadden

Shannon Bracken

Karen Knegten

JenMarie Taylor

Brenda Turner

Giovanna Smith

Sue Morris

Melissa Shultz

Peggy Wainman

Sharri Seffens

Carolina Buchting

Geri Utterback

Melissa Cash

Betty Neville

Sue Van deVusse

Janice Melton

Jen Charboneau

DeeMarie Kelemen

Linda Payne

Lori McAree

Kay Simmons

Shelly Wilson

Selma Stevenson

Vicki Dutcher

Sue Walsh

Love Bird Sketch Card

I recieved some new rubber from Gina K Designs yesterday.  I think I found my new favorite set to color. It is called Dream Birds, illustrated by Asela Hopkins for Gina K Designs.  I just adore the images in this set and I love the thick lines. The thick lines make it so much easier for me to color with Copics.  I continue to practice shading, blending and matching the right colors together.  I love coloring.  Always have and always will. :o)

So I made my first project with this adorable new set using a sketch from a 5 year old sweetie.  Yes, I said FIVE!!!  Giovana posted a beautiful butterfly card made by her daughter on her blog.  And her daughter drew a sketch to go with it and is asking everyone to play along.  How could I pass that up?  Well, I just had to play.  I love the simple sketch.  It gave me a chance to make a fairly CAS card with several images from the set.  I love how it turned out.  And I hope you do too.

Stamps: Dream Birds from Gina K Designs
Paper: Pure Luxury White & Ocean Mist from Gina K Designs
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black and Copic markers
Other: Sakura glaze pen, Buttons and DMC embroidery floss

Release Challenge #1 - Gina K Designs

Gina K had her Release Party Thursday night and it was hoppin'.  As usual some of the Design Team girls posted challenges.  Nina posted a challenge to use at least three buttons on our project. I love buttons. So many different shades of colors and shapes.  I used more than three buttons on the card I made for this challenge.  I used the Happy Hearts set from Gina K Designs.  I stamped the hearts with some new ColorBox Chalk Ink pads I purchased yesterday. I like using chalk inks for solid image stamps. I seem to get better coverage. The colors Lipstick Red and Olive Pastel match the Pure Luxury card stock colors Lipstick Red and Fresh Asparagus perfectly.

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Stamps: Happy Hearts

Paper: Fresh Asparagus, Lipstick Red, Innocent Pink, Soft Sand

Ink: ColorBox Fluid Chalk Ink in Lipstick Red, Pastel Olive, and Wisteria

Other: lots of buttons, DMC green embroidery floss, cuttlebug embossing folder, corner rounder punch to create scalloped border and ribbon from my stash

Coffee, Tech and a Notebook

I've had composition books sitting on a shelve for at least a year waiting to be altered.  I was inspired by Gina's latest video over at StampTV.comhttp://stamptv.ning.com/.  She showed how easy it is to alter these cheap notebooks and make a fun personal notebook for whatever you need to write down. I covered mine with Fresh Asparagus card stock from Gina K Designs Pure Luxury line. I love, love this color.  I also used images from my two favorite stamp sets, Tech Talk and My Cuppa' Joe.  I love my coffee and my tech.  Usually together. LOL!

So here is the final result.  You can click the image for a closer view.  Go check out the video over at StampTV.  She has at least one new video showing a stamping technique or project every Wednesday.

Stamps: Tech Talk & My Cuppa' Joe
Paper: Fresh Asparagus, Basic Grey Offbeat, & Recollections Friends Forever
Ink: Colorbox Dark Brown Chalk
Other: copper nail heads, spiral clips, green ribbon, buttons and linen thread