TSG Sneak Peek - Freeze the Moment

Wow -this month has flown by and the sun has finally arrived here on the West Coast of BC.  I hope it sticks around for a few months.  And what better way to start off the hot months of the year but with a nice cool release from There She Goes.  I'm the first official stop on the blog hop today so grab  a nice cold drink aka Frappucino... and enjoy the eye candy we have for you today. If there is a break along the way, head back to the TSG blog for the master list. 

Wishing for a hot summer day? This gorgeous stamp set designed by Melyssa Connolly will get you in the mood with it’s deliciously delightful summery sentiments and images!

Isn't she a cutie pie? And that double scoop of icecream looks delicious... (of course this is coming from the lactose intolerant girl....).  I've watercolored her with my Tombow Markers and the DP is from Cosmo Cricket's Upcycle line.  Love it!!!

Freeze the Moment is a 4x8 stamp set that includes a total of 29 stamps and will sell for $18.

Would you like to win your own Freeze the Moment set? 
Here’s what you need to do- go to each of the Trendsetter’s Blogs and leave a comment on their Freeze the Moment Blog Hop Challenge post. After you have finished checking out the eye candy and have left some love, return to the TSG Blog and add your name to the Mr. Linky at the bottom of this Blog Hop Challenge post. A winner will be chosen randomly using a random number generator to receive their very own Freeze the Moment stamp set. The winner will be announced Saturday (May 28) during the Release Party Chat.

Now head on over to the amazing Ann's blog for your next set of eye candy!!

RCC4 Cupcake Diva

We love cupcakes... but ribbon cupcakes?  Why not?  As soon as we saw this pic on Pinterest, it just had to be an inspiration for one of our challenges at the Ribbon Carousel Challenge.  The colours scream Spring with their intensity.  Love it!!

I've had this fab Addy'tude is a Cupcake Diva from Stamping Bella for quite some time but she hadn't seen any ink... and what could I do?  Of course she had to be used when our inspiration is ribbon cupcakes. I tried to use as many colours from the inspiration photo when looking for my DP (ended up using My Mind's Eye and 3 Bugs in a Rug DP).  I've watercolored the image with my Tombow Markers and then added a little bit of Diamond Stickles to Addy's earrings for a little bit of bling.  My layout is May's SFYTT that I absolutely love and decided I had to use it again.

As you might know, Sparkle is one of our DT members at the Ribbon Carousel challenge  and she has graciously offered Cupcake Ruby to one of the participants this week.  Sparkle's stamps are some of the cutest stamps out there and Sparkle is a sweetheart as well. I had the opportunity to meet Sparkle back in February and we all had a blast together.  Make sure you check out her online store at Sparkle Creations to see what other fabulous stamps she has available.

We'd love for you to participate in this week's Ribbon Carousel challenge.  Please remember that your creation must have ribbon, twine, lace (basically anything that comes on a spool).  If uploading to an online gallery,use the keyword RCC4 so that we can find it.  Each week, we select our "Top Spools" - can't wait to see what you create!!!

Happy Birthday Jessica!!

Hey there!!!  I'm so excited about today's blog hop in honour of our fearless leader at There She Goes, Jessica!!! It's her birthday (well actually it's on the 24th but with the TSG sneak peeks starting tomorrow), so we wanted her to have a day all to herself with past and present Trendsetters as well as some of our fabulous customers.  I'm the first stop on the hop today so grab your coffee and maybe a bit of birthday cake or how about a cupcake and enjoy the eye candy for Jessica!!! 

I had an absolute blast making my card today using the set called "Make A Wish.  The fabulous cupcake was watercolored with Tombow Markers, paper pieced the liner and then added Mini Micro beads to the icing and a bit of Fruit Punch Stickles.  I've used this week's Fall to Layout and considering I'm becoming hooked with CAS cards, I decided to use this week's CAS-ual Friday challenge of using Bling. 

I've had the honour of getting to know Jessica through TSG and we've gotten together a couple of times with some of the other Trendsetters.  Jessica is one of the nicest and funniest people I know and I'm thrilled that I can call her my friend.  Love ya Jessica!!!! Happy Birthday!!!!  Your card will be in the mail as soon as Canada Post decides whether to go on strike or not. 

Your next stop on the hop today is Anita, one of our fab customers at There She Goes.

I've included the list of participants today so if there is a break in the hop, you'll know where to head next. 

Angela <--- You are here!!
Anita
Ann
Corinna
Crafty Math Chick 
Danielle
Heather
Holly
Iwona
Jackie R.
Jessie
Jodi
Joy & Polo
Judy
Julie
Katie
Laurel
Lisa
Makiko
Michele
Piali
Sandra
Tammy
Theresa,
and last, but certainly not least, TSG's master of Whimsy: Torico

Thank you all for helping us celebrate Jessica's Birthday!  Make sure you give the birthday girl a little love on her blog too.

CAS Twine meets Inspiration...

Wow!! Its three weeks already! Last week at the Ribbon Carousel Challenge, we asked you to add on the layers with your shabby chic creations and this week, you’re going simple, Clean and Simple that is. Clean and Simple is all about the design – having white space but that doesn’t mean you can’t fancy it up with ribbon!

For my card today, I've decided to use this week's Fall to Layout sketch which perfectly with the TSG set "Bug Me Anytime" that I've watercolored with Tombow Markers and then added Diamond Stickles to the edge of the dragonfly's wings. Because I've had so little time this last week I decided to combine the TSG challenge with the Ribbon Carousel Challenge.(I'm normally done my DT cards a few days early and today, I'm writing up this post just a couple of hours before the post goes live) - can you tell I've been busy?    This week's TSG challenge is an inspiration piece (see pic below).  I loved the colors in the inspiration pic so I tried to find some DP that had the same colours and decided to use the My Mind's Eye DP from the Happy go Lucky line.  Love it!!!  With the new "CAS-ual Friday" challenge blog, I knew I wanted to participate and use their challenge this week which is using Buttons and Twine. Easy peasy considering one of our requirements of the Ribbon Carousel Challenge is to use anything that comes on a spool... And I love my Baker's Twine... A little birdie has told me that tons of ribbon will be added to the Ribbon Carousel website any day now.  WAHOO!!!

 

*** Please remember that your creation must have ribbon, bakers twine, jute twine, lace (basically anything that comes on a spool) to qualify to become a "TOP SPOOL" at The Ribbon Carousel Challenge.  If you are uploading to any online gallery, use the keyword RCC3 so that we can find your project. 

Ready for School?

Hey there everyone... wow!!! Blogger has been a pain this week so I haven't had a chance to post my card that I made using the new School Time Landon from Lori Boyd Designs.  This month we are doing things a little differently at LBD.  Each week we will highlight one of the digis from the most recent release.  I've watercolored Landon with my Tombow Markers (imagine that right? LOL) and was able to use the School Spirit Crate Paper DP that I've had for quite some time. Landon seemed just right for it.  The layout for my card came from this week's Card Patterns sketch - love it!!

It's been a busy week this week so hopefully I'll get into my craft cave to make some more eye candy.  I have a fab idea for next week's Ribbon Carousel Challenge...

See you soon.  

Are you Shabby Chic?

Wow! What an amazing group of entries in the Ribbon Carousel Challenge last week!!  We were blown away by all the eye candy. 

For this week's challenge,  we’re talking shabby... vintage... shabby chic!!!  How are you going to get shabby?  With lace of course!!!   Pull out those pretties that we all have (and I’m sure hoard) and use them on your card.  Add some texture to your card, perhaps with distressing, using your embossing folders,  sponging.  Make that lace pop!!

I had fun making this card, keeping it relatively clean and simple...  (as simple as I sometimes get) - the layout for my card is inspired by this week's Fall to Layout.  For my card, I was inspired by this K & Company that I've had for quite sometime. It just screamed shabby and vintage to me with its' texture and colours. I decided to use the TSG set called "Sentimental Thank You" that I stamped in Chocolate Chip ink. I pulled out some of my crocheted lace trim, a few crocheted flowers, a button, a bit of linen thread and of course those blue pearls.  Cuteness.... 

We’d love for you to participate!!!  Please remember that your creation MUST have ribbon, bakers twine, jute twine, lace (basically anything that comes on a spool).   Make sure you link up with us using InLinkz at the Ribbon Carousel Challenge Blog.  If you are uploading to an only gallery make sure you use the keyword RCC2.  Remember – that you don’t need a blog to participate in our challenge.  Each week we will have a “Top Spool” !!

Thanks for popping by today :-)