Sunday, January 31, 2010

CDS Sneak Peek - You're my Peep

Hey there Chickies!!! Today is the last day of Sneak Peeks for Clear Dollar Stamps before you can purchase this month's releases tomorrow. Shawne Arnold has come up with this really cute Spring/Easter stamp set that I fell in love with as soon as I saw it. I had so much fun coloring the image with my Tombow Markers - I really want to go for bright! My favorite thing about Spring are all the bright colors especially all the flowers that are starting to bloom. I used an old Mojo Monday Sketch for my layout which I tried to keep relatively simple.

CDS SETS USED: You're My Peep
CARDSTOCK AND PAPERS: Gina K Luxury White, Melon Mambo, MME DP, Watercolor paper
INK: Versafine Onyx Black
MARKERS: Tombow Markers
ACCENTS AND TOOLS: Nestabilities, Tombow Markers, Aquapainter, Ribbon, Clear Detail Embossing Powder, Stickles

Make sure you check out what the team has for you to check out today.



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Saturday, January 30, 2010

CDS Sneak Peek - Hey Diddle Diddle


Who doesn't love the nursery rhyme, Hey Diddle Diddle? I loved it as a child and now that Kim Teasdale has created a to cute stamp set with it for Clear Dollar Stamps I'm in love. This set will be available February 1st so make sure you check out all the new releases. This set comes with some of the cutest images with a sense of whimsy to them. For my first card, I've used the plate and spoon (how creative is that?? Kim rocked this image out) and colored them with my Tombow Markers. I've kept this card clean and simple as possible because I wanted the focus to be on the image and the rhyme.

CDS SETS USED: Hey Diddle Diddle
CARDSTOCK AND PAPERS: Gina K Luxury White, Chocolate Chip, Origins Basic Grey DP,Cosmo Cricket DP, Watercolor paper
INK: Versafine Onyx Black
MARKERS: Tombow Markers
ACCENTS AND TOOLS: Nestabilities, Tombow Markers, Aquapainter, Ribbon, Clear Detail Embossing Powder

For my second card, I've used the Moon as well as a star that comes in the set. I love how Kim made the moon -it just looks so peaceful. Once again I've colored the image with my Tombow Markers and then I've added stickles to the star as well as the dots on the moon's cap. This set is fabulous for any kid's birthday or for a shower gift. Who doesn't want to be transported back to their childhood with this fantastic set?


CDS SETS USED: Hey Diddle Diddle
CARDSTOCK AND PAPERS: Gina K Luxury White, Chocolate Chip, Little Yellow Bicycle DP, Bazzill Swiss Dot Paper, Watercolor paper
INK: Versafine Onyx Black
MARKERS: Tombow Markers
ACCENTS AND TOOLS: Nestabilities, Tombow Markers, Aquapainter, Ribbon, Clear Detail Embossing Powder, Stickles

Make sure you check out what the team has in store for you today. There's a lot of great eye candy!!!


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Friday, January 29, 2010

CDS Sneak Peek - Peace for the Journey


Welcome back to Day 2 of Clear Dollar Stamps Sneak Peeks for our February 1st release. I'm still amazed that this month has gone so quickly. I've had quite a few struggles this month in my life and I believe you are given more than you can handle to test your strength and ability to keep going. I've definitely been seeing more of my spiritual side coming out and it feels great. Lori McCroskey has created this beautiful set called Peace for the Journey - it's great because in each image there are words within. In the flower is "God is Love". Cool eh?

I was inspired by my Designer paper for this card and I love the clean look to it - it all blends together so well. I used a sketch I found online but forgot to write down where it was from and now can't find it. So if it was your sketch or know which blog had it, let me know so I can include it. Thanks everyone!

I've made another sample using this set which I'll show on my blog next week.

CDS SETS USED: Peace for the Journey
CARDSTOCK AND PAPERS: Gina K White, Old Olive, Soft Sky, Making Memories DP, Watercolor paper
INK: Old Olive, Soft Sky
ACCENTS AND TOOLS: Nestabilities, Clear Detail Embossing Powder, Sponge, Ribbon, Embroidery Thread, Button, MS Loopy Border Punch

The CDS girls have come up with amazing samples for you to check out today so without further adieu, here are links to everyone's blogs:


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Thursday, January 28, 2010

CDS Sneak Peek - Once upon a wall

WOW!! I can't believe how fast this month has gone! This is my second post of the day for the Clear Dollar Stamps Sneak Peeks available February 1st. Isn't this set just too cute? It's called Once upon a Wall and has been illustrated by the amazing Kim Teasdale (she has another great set that I'll be showing in a couple of days). This set comes with Humpty Dumpty on the wall and I've used the image after he's fallen. I love the look on his face - it has that "What just happened" look to it and the sentiment is just too fun.

CDS SETS USED: Once Upon A Wall
CARDSTOCK AND PAPERS: Gina K Luxury White, Dusty Durango, Little Yellow Bicycle DP, Basic Grey DP, Watercolor paper
INK: Versafine Onyx Black
MARKERS: Tombow Markers
ACCENTS AND TOOLS: Nestabilities, Tombow Markers, Aquapainter, Ribbon, Embroidery Thread, Button, Clear Detail Embossing Powder

Check out what the team has in store for you today:


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CDS Sneak Peek - Bitty Botanicals

It's that time again.... wow... this month has just flown by. I can't believe we are at Day 1 of sneak peeks for Clear Dollar Stamps February 1st release. Laurie Wilson has created this beautiful set called Bitty Botanicals that has gorgeous flowers in it and will definitely be one of my go to sets for quick simple cards. I made some candles over the Christmas holidays for my mom so I thought that it would be a great idea for this set. I've combined it with a previously released set called Peony (used the sentiment from it). Hope you like it!!! Stay tuned for another sneak peek that I will have for you in a few hours.


CDS SETS USED: Bitty Botanicals, Peony
CARDSTOCK AND PAPERS: White Tissue Paper
INK: Rose Red, Pink Piroutte
ACCENTS AND TOOLS: Nestabilities, Tissue Paper, Candle, Sponge

The Sneak Peek team has a lot of eye candy for you to check out.


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Tuesday, January 26, 2010

SSD09 Live the Life

Hey everyone! Sorry I haven't posted in the last week (it's been a long time since I have done that) but I was trying to get my sneak peeks for Clear Dollar Stamps done by deadline so I was creating a lot of goodies behind the scenes. So without further adieu.... Guess what day it is!!! Skipping Stones Sketch Tuesday! Wow I can't believe this month has gone by so fast and that it is Amy Sheffer's last week with us. :-( Amy has been one of my stamping idols for a long time so I've loved working with her sketches this month.

Check out this week's sketch - it's fabulous!!!

I ended up making my card to be 4 1/2 x 8. Why? Well....I had this fantastic idea to use this really cool wooden flower that I bought at Pier 1 Imports over the weekend and it was rather big so I had to adjust the size of the card to fit the flower. I was going to have the butterfly from Healing Wings popped up off the flower. Well... Things didn't go exactly as planned. In other words, the flower looked ridiculous! I like how my card turned out in the end though - I matted the layers a few times behind the main image and then used my Blossom Nestabilities to finish it off. Can I just tell you how in love with Distress Inks I now am in? I am loving them! See the cool looking border I have on the edge of the card. Can you believe I bought that punch at Michael's before Christmas and didn't realize I even owned it until I opened up one of the my punch drawers and saw it sitting there.

Sparkle and Bling List:
Stamps: Healing Wings by Skipping Stones Design
Paper: Gina K Luxury White, Kiwi Kiss, Rose Red, Basic Grey DP
Ink: Old Olive, Pink Pirouette, Worn Lipstick Distress Ink
Accessories: Nestabilities, Versamark, Clear Detail Embossing Powder, Swiss Dots Embossing Folder, Curved Lattice MS Punch
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