"4th Of July Celebration"

Good Afternoon Everyone! I hope your week is going well! I am working on getting everything caught up from the long weekend! So, all in all... It is good! This wonderful creation was created for the NEW Challenge at Paper Creations Ink! The challenge started on Monday, July 4, 2011 and will run until Sunday, July 17, 2011 at 7pm CST! The theme is "Red, White, & Blue"! We are being sponsored by JLJ Designs! Jennifer, owner and artist of JLJ Designs gave all our design team members her "Stars & Stripes Digital Paper Pack" to play with! She so graciously is offering a $10.00 gift certificate (limit quantity of one each of the seam binding) to her Artfire Store! She is also having a 25% OFF Store-wide Sale for the month of July! And if that isn't enough she also has a FREE SHIPPING CODE HERE on her store blog! I hope you will have time to join us and take part in her wonderful July Sales! Okay... On to my creation and material list...

Material List

Stamps ~ The Stamping Boutique - Little Girl With A Balloon (Image) & Stampin' Up Retired Cute Converse Set (Sentiment)

Designer Paper ~ JLJ Designs - Stars & Stripes Digital Paper Pack

Card Stock ~ Cryogen 89# (Image), Stampin' Up (Night Of Navy & Real Red), & Malmero Perle Blanc 92# (Shimmery White)

Creative Memories Oval Cutting System

Nestabilities by Spellbinders ~ Fancy Tags

Stampin' Up Ribbon (Navy & White) / Bow Easy by Posi Bendr Co.

Stampin' Up Oval Punch ~ Small

Sponging Technique ~ Stampin' Up Ink (Real Red)

3M Foam Tape (Pop Up Image)

Rhinestones ~ Recollections by Michael's Stores Inc.

Stickles by Ranger ~ Star Dust

Copic Sketch Markers

B000, B32, B34, B37, R20, R43, R46, E000, E00, E21, E23, E25, E31, E40, E42, & E50

I will be entering this creation into eight different challenges...

• The Stamping Boutique Monthly Challenge ~ Use Any TSB Image ~ Deadline Date & Time: Sunday, July 31, 2011 at 11pm CST
• Color Me Creative Challenge #21 ~ Color Fold, Pleats, and / or Ruffles ~ Deadline Date and Time: Friday, July 8, 2011 at 7pm CST
• SAS4KIDS Challenge ~ Red, White, & Blue ~ Deadline Date & Time: Friday, July 15, 2011 at 11pm CST
• Cooking It Up With Katie #68 ~ Colors Of Your Flag Or Something From Your Country ~ Deadline Date & Time:  Tuesday, August 2, 2011 at 11pm CST
• Crafting For All Seasons Challenge #4 ~ Red, White, & Blue ~ Deadline Date & Time: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 at 4pm CST
• Digi Stamps 4 Joy Challenge #22 ~ Red, White, & Blue ~ Deadline Date & Time: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 at 1pm CST
• 7 Kids College Fund Challenge #25 ~ Red, White, & Blue ~ Deadline Date & Time: Tuesday, July 19, 2011 at 6pm CST
• Use It Tuesday Challenge #10 ~ Inspiration Colors - Red, White, & Blue ~ Deadline Date & Time: Friday, July 8, 2011 at 3pm CST

As always thanks for stopping by, if you have any questions or comments feel free to leave me a message with a way to contact you (email or blog address)!

Have a wonderful day!

Happy Creating!

Sara

"The Beauty of Summer"

Good Evening Everyone! It's Monday... Yay! Did I sound convincing? LOL! Today has been a good day, don't get me wrong... it is just the fact that it is Monday! LOL! I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend! We got a lot done, so it was good for us; but really, really short! LOL!

Today I have some awesome NEWS for you! The Latte Lounge just started our NEW June Month Long Challenge! Our new challenge layout, has been lots of fun so we will be keeping it for awhile! If you don't know what I am talking about, then you need to come on over and find out for yourself! (Hee-Hee) Remember you MUST be a member of The Latte Lounge to take part in this challenge!

Okay... I will give you the details of WEEK 1, the theme this month is "Nature and The Great Outdoors"! So for WEEK 1, we are asking everyone to create any type of Paper Creation that has to do with Nature or The Great Outdoors! In a minute or three, you will see what my inspiration is! The wonderful image that I used is by The Stamping Boutique called "Watering Girl"! I also used some Digital Paper by JLJ Designs... the marbled yellow-orange paper is from the Back To Nature Paper Pack Collection!

Material List

Stamp ~ The Stamping Boutique - Watering Girl (Image)

Designer Paper ~ JLJ Designs - Back To Nature Digital Paper Pack (Marbled Yellow-Orange) & Daisy Paper - Out Of My Stash

Card Stock ~ Cryogen 89# (Image) & Stampin' Up (Basic Black, Garden Green, & Summer Sun)

Nestibilities by Spellbinders ~ Labels Four

Daisy Punch Outs ~ Celebrate It Spring Party

Edging Sponging Technique ~ Stampin' Up Ink (Garden Green)

Faux Stitching ~ Micron Black Pen

Ribbon ~ Heidi Grace Designs (Green) & White Rick Rack (Out Of My Stash)

Inkssentials Opaque White Pen

Rhinestones ~ Clusters by Mark Richards (Cut Apart)

Punch ~ Martha Stewart (Fronds)

Stickles by Ranger ~ Star Dust

Copic Sketch Markers

E00, E11, R20, Y32, Y35, Y38, C00, C1, C2, C3, C5, C7, C8, & B0000

I will be entering this creation into six different challenges...

• Card Cupids Challenge ~ More Than 3 Layers ~ Deadline Date & Time: Sunday, June 12, 2011 at 11pm CST
• The Corrosive Blog Challenge ~ Summer Colors ~ Deadline Date: Saturday, June 11, 2011
• Crafty Hos' Challenge ~ Summer Colors ~ Deadline Date & Time: Saturday, June 11, 2011 at 10pm CST
• Creative Cowgirls Challenge ~ Summertime Fun ~ Deadline Date: Saturday, June 18, 2011
• Catch The Bug Challenge ~ Anything Goes ~ Deadline Date & Time: Saturday, June 11, 2011 at 5am CST
• The Stamping Boutique Monthly Challenge ~ Use Any TSB Image ~ Deadline Date & Time: Thursday, June 30, 2011 at 11pm CST

As always thanks for stopping by, if you have any questions or

 comments feel free to leave me a message with a way to contact you (email or blog address)!

Have a wonderful week!

Happy Creating!

Sara

"Surprise For You, Just Because"

Good Morning To All! For it being a short week, it sure seems long! LOL! But, on the bright side, today is FRIDAY! I am working on getting the last of my stuff for May finished so I can go ahead and get working on June! (Yep... still behind! One day I will get caught up! LOL!)

Today I have an adorable creation to share with you! It is serving multiple purposes! (I love it when I can do that! Hee-Hee) This adorable image is by Freshly Brewed Designs called "Daisy with Flowers" (can be found under the "New Hot out of the Press Tab")! Isn't she just the cutest? I created it for inspiration over at The Latte Lounge in the Freshly Brewed Designs Group! Heather had a sketch challenge going for last month and I just made the deadline! Today, her new challenge is up and it is awesome! The theme is summer and you must use the colors teal and pink! How cool is that? (FYI ~ You MUST be a member of The Latte Lounge & The Freshly Brewed Designs Group to take part in the challenge!)

Next the Designer Paper that I used is by JLJ Designs! It is Digital Paper, isn't it awesome? I used the gradient one from the Summer Paper Pack & the marbled red is from the Stars & Stripes Paper Pack! No more running out of DP in the middle of a project because you can just print another sheet and you are good to go! Jen just opened a NEW Store on Artfire! Be sure to go and check it out... She has Digital Images, Paper, Scrapbook Elements, Embellishments, and oh my goodness... so many more things! You MUST check out her new store, I bet you will find something that you MUST have! (I always do!)

Last reason behind this creation is the May Color Challenge Week 1 over at Simply Scrapping Crafts! The challenge was to use... Red, Blue, Yellow, Gray, Black, And White! What a challenge that was! You still have a little time to enter this challenge... it ends June 6, 2011 at midnight! So hurry over and check out all the challenges! (FYI ~ You Must be a member of Simply Scrapping Crafts in order to take part in the challenges!) Okay, now on with the show!

Material List

Stamps ~ Freshly Brewed Designs - Daisy with Flowers (Image) & Stampin' Up Mini Mates Retired Set (Sentiment)

Designer Paper ~ JLJ Designs - Summer & Stars and Strips Paper Packs

Card Stock ~ Cryogen 89# (Image), Stampin' Up (Basic Black, Daffodil Delight, Riding Hood Red, & Tempting Turquoise), & Malmero Perle Blanc 92#

Creative Memories Corner Rounder

Edging Sponge Technique ~ Stampin' Up Ink (Tempting Turquoise)

Half Pearls ~ Recollections by Michael's Stores Inc.

Dew Drops ~ Out Of My Stash

Stickles by Ranger ~ Star Dust

Little Bows ~ Stylish Accents by Offray

Copic Sketch Markers

C1, C3, C5, R20, R21, R43, R46, YG11, YG13, YG17, BG01, BG02, BG05, BG10, Y04, & Y08

I will be entering this creation into two different challenges...

• Paper Crafting Journey ~ Anything Goes ~ Deadline Date & Time: Wednesday, June 8, 2011 at 11am CST
• Stamp Insanity ~ Anything Goes ~ Deadline Date & Time: Wednesday, June 15, 2011 at 11pm CST 

As always thanks for stopping by, if you have any questions or comments feel free to leave me a message with a way to contact you (email or blog address)!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Happy Creating!

Sara

"Surprise"

Good Evening Everyone! It's FRIDAY! I must say it sure have been a whirl wind week! LOL! I hope you all are ready for the weekend, I sure am! (By the way it is now sleeting here in Wisconsin, YUCK!)

I have a super cute creation to share with you tonight! This adorable image is by The Stamping Boutique called "Puppy Surprise"! I think he is just darling! (Psst... Tracey has a SALE going on right now! I have no idea how long it will last, so hurry on over and get some new digi's to play with for the weekend!) I created this adorable card for The Latte Lounge's Color Challenge! You were to use the colors Turquoise and Black! The two designer papers are by JLJ Designs, which she is also sponsoring this challenge! Jen of JLJ Designs has some wonderful Digi Papers, be sure to stop in and check out all of her goodies!

Material List

Stamp ~ The Stamping Boutique - "Puppy Surprise"

Designer Paper ~ JLJ Designs Digi Paper (Turquoise & Black Collection)

Card Stock ~ Cryogen 89# (Image) & Stampin' Up (Basic Black & Tempting Turquoise)

Cuttlebug Embossing Folder ~ Not Sure The Exact Name

Ribbon ~ Stampin' Up (Tempting Turquoise)

Stampin' Up Ink ~ Bashful Blue / Inkssentials Blending Tool with Foam Pad

Half Pearls ~ Recollections by Michael's Stores Inc.

Stickles by Ranger ~ Star Dust (My Favorite)

Copic Sketch Markers

C1, C3, C5, C7, C8, C9, W1, RV21, B000, B00, B02, & B04

I will be submitting this creation into four different challenges...

• Cardmadfairy's Digi Day Challenge ~ Recipe - 1 digi image, 2 designer papers, 3 embellishments (all different or all the same) ~ Deadline Date & Time: Thursday, April 28, 2011 at 7pm CST
• Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge #78 ~ Furry Friends ~ Deadline Date & Time: Thursday, April 21, 2011 at 12pm CST
• Fussy And Fancy Friday Challenge ~ A Card For A Child ~ Deadline Date & Time: Thursday, April 21, 2001 at 10pm CST
• Joyful Stampers ~ Anything Goes ~ Deadline Date: Sunday, April 17, 2011

As always thanks for stopping by, if you have any questions or comments feel free to leave me a message with a way to contact you (email or blog address)!

Have a wonderfully creative weekend!

Happy Creating!

Sara