Skipping Stones Blog Hop - Postponed

Hey there everyone,

If you've come to see the Skipping Stones Blog Hop, we had to delay it until Wednesday May 19th so check back tomorrow for some amazing eye candy!!!

Have a great day.

She's Frisky

Isn't she just so cute??? I love this frisky little kitty from Kim Teasdale's newest release, Frisky Kitty from Clear Dollar Stamps. I made this card a couple of weeks ago but haven't had a chance to show it yet. I've stamped the image with Versafine Onyx Black and then colored with my Tombow Markers. If you know me at all, I'm not much of a cat person so after I colored it, I realized, I haven't got all the markings correctly but I think it works anyway. Can you believe it??? No sparkle and bling on the card? Just clean and simple for this girlie on this card. Hope you like it!!!

MTSC73 Faith at the Top

Ahhh... Life has finally slowed down a little so I decided I wanted to play along with Mercy and her Muses this week. I bought this stamp called "The First Step" by Stampabilities from Hobby Lobby when I was in North Carolina recently. If I did any shopping, I wanted to do some crafty shopping and that I did. I fell in love with what the stamp said. Faith is taking the first step even when you can't see the whole staircase" - this is a quote by Martin Luther King. Beautiful isn't it?? It just makes you think about life and about making changes. This has become my mantra somewhat lately. I've been waiting for just the right sketch and Mercy must have known that I needed some stamping therapy this week. Thanks Mercy - you ROCK!!!!

Stamps: The First Step by Stampabilities
Paper: Kraft, Chocolate Chip, My Mind's Eye DP, Watercolor paper
Ink: Old Olive, Versamark, Old Paper Distress Ink
Accessories: Nestabilities, Sponges, Clear Detail Embossing Powder, Ribbon, Button, Linen Thread

SSD024 Loving Spring

It's that time of the week again - Skipping Stones Sketch Tuesday - yeah!!! Jen del Muro is at it again with another wonderful sketch!!! Loving them!!! Jen's sketches are always so inspiring and this one is no exception (I'll definitely be using this one again - over and over). I've been busy lately and rushing to get cards done but I decided that I wanted to take the time and make something I absolutely love! And I am loving this one!!!! I've used DP from the Basic Grey Kioshi line and from Making Memories. I brought out my Cuttlebug and cuttlebugged this card to the hilt!!! ( I don't do this very often but looking at this card I really need to - I love the look of so many textures and patterns). For the image, I used one from the Dandelion Dreams set and used both Versamark and Dusty Concord Distress Ink and then embossed the image. I then sponged the background with Certainly Celery to complete the overall purple and green look to the card.

Make sure to check out the Skipping Stones website to see all the eye candy that the girls have created using this week's sketch. Don't forget to check out the wonderful guest designers blogs as well. Jen del Muro, Deb Felts and Jennifer Ingle all rocked it last week!!! So excited to have you ladies on board with us this month.

Sparkle and Bling List:
Stamps: Dandelion Dreams by Skipping Stones Design
Paper: Gina K White, Elegant Eggplant, Basic Grey - Kioshi Line, Making Memories DP, Watercolor paper
Ink: Dusty Concord Distress Ink, Certainly Celery, Versamark
Accessories: Cuttlebug Embossing Folders, Half Back pearls, Sponges, Cuttlebug, Nestabilities, Clear Detail Embossing Powder

Hey There Cupcake

I really like how this cupcake from May's SOM Yummy Cupcake (Stamp of the Month) from Clear Dollar Stamps turned out. It's so elegant yet so fun! This set is free with a $50 order and for me was a must have. I love my cupcakes. I was inspired by my DP for this card and wanted to keep it nice and simple (these days with how busy life has been - I need simple...) I've colored the image with my Tombow Markers (you all know how much I love my Tombows - someday they'll conquer the world!!! Hehehe..... I added the half back pearls to add a bit of dimension to the card. Hope you like it.

SSD023 Celebrate!!!

Care to have a margarita?? After all, it's 5:00 somewhere right? Hehehe...After a couple weeks away from Skipping Stones Sketch Tuesday I'm back!!! Life has been hectic but things are slowly settling down a bit again. Can I just say OMG OMG OMG!!!! With it now being May, guess what that means... A new sketch artist and this month - OMG!!!! It's Jen del Muro!!! WOW!!!! How exciting!! I love Jen's blog, I heart 2 stamp. It's amazing and Jen always has the most amazing eye candy to feast your eyes upon!!! Can you tell how excited I am? Jen is with us the entire month along with our fabulous Guest Designers, Deb Felts (gotta love her too!!!!) and Jennifer Ingle. This month is like having stamping royalty!!

Jen created an absolutely amazing sketch for us this week... and then I picked an image that was a little too big (you gotta love when you don't realize this until you are about to put the card together... oops!). SO needless to say, me being me... I altered the sketch a little. I moved the 3 buttons onto the vertical section (rather than being beside it) because it wasn't fitting quite right for me and then I omitted part of the sketch - can you tell what it was? I found that with the lime hanging out of the glass that having a circle (or any small shape) didn't make sense and crowded the image.... I promise you Jen that next week I'll follow your sketch to the letter!!!

I used one of the images from the set called Margarita Birthday that I colored with my Tombow Markers and then used Diamond Stickles around the rim of the glass to look like sugar. Hope you like it!!!

For those of you that missed the PMS Sale... It's been extended until May 7th at Midnight. You can save up to 25% on stamps and who doesn't love a sale? Check out the Skipping Stones Website for details.

Sparkle and Bling List:
Stamps: Margarita Birthday by Skipping Stones Design
Paper: Gina K White, Chocolate Chip, Crate Paper DP, Bo Bunny DP, Watercolor paper
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black
Accessories: Tombow Markers, Water brush, Buttons, Embroidery Thread, Nestabilities, Stickles, Clear Detail Embossing Powder