"The Fairy Of The Flowers"

Good Morning Everyone! I am so happy to finally be getting caught up, as things have not been so good for me lately! But that is a whole different story... that I do NOT want to bore you with! Today I have for you an ATC that I created for the challenge over at Paper Creations Ink! We are so honored to have our Miranda (Miranda van den Bosch) as a sponsor for our "Bling It Up Challenge"! Miranda is starting a new adventure...  drawing Digital Images!!! Wooo Hooo Miranda... Way To Go!!! (Ooopps Sorry!) Miranda drew three images for us to create with and these are the images that will be given away as the prize to one lucky winner!!! (See Them Below!!!) Also below you find the wonderful YouTube video that Kate Palmer created while working with one of Miranda's beautiful images!!! Wooo Hooo... Let's hear it for Kate!!! LOL!!! I am so excited to have helped connect these two wonderful people!!! Okay... on with the goodies that you have been waiting for...

Material List

Stamp ~ Flower Dance Fairy - Miranda van den Bosch (NEW DIGI ARTIST)

Patterned Paper ~ Out Of My Stash

Card Stock ~ Wausau Papers & Stampin' Up - Basic Black

Stickles by Ranger ~ Crystal & Black Diamonds

Stampin' Up Crystal Effects

Exacto Knife / Self Healing Cutting Mat by Creative Memories

Distress Ink - Black Soot / Inkssentials Blending Tool with Foam Pad

3M Foam Tape (To Pop Image Up)

Half Pearls ~ Recollections by Michael's Stores Inc.

Prisma Colored Pencil Numbers

939, 997, 1092, 1059, 1063, 1065, 1067, 935, 994, 995, 908, 901, & 902

I will be entering this ATC (Artist Trading Card) into eleven different challenges...

• Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge #112 ~ Anything Goes
• Frosted Designs Fabulous Friday Challenge ~ Glitter
• Inspire Me Friday Link Up Party - Joyful Stamper #36 ~ Anything Goes
• Mami Doodles Challenge #39 ~ Make It Shine (Glitter)
• Totally Papercrafts Challenge #96 ~ Anything But A Card
• Charisma Cards Challenge #48 ~ No Cards
• Cute Card Thursday Challenge #194 ~ Anything Goes
• Samuel Taylor December Challenge ~ Anything Goes
• All That Scraps Weekly Wednesday Challenge ~ Anything Goes
• Cooking It Up With Katie Challenge #86 ~ Anything Goes
• Diva By Design Challenge #16 ~ Anything Goes

As always thanks for stopping by, if you have any questions or comments feel free to leave me a message!

Have a wonderful weekend!

"The Beauty Of May"

Good Morning To All! Are you ready for a May Blog Hop? Well I sure hope so! LOL! That is what we're up to at The Stamping Boutique! We have a little different format to this blog hop, but I guarantee that you will LOVE it! (Hee-Hee) We are having two separate groups! So what this means is, you can hop with either group or both! How cool is that? Rules are still the same as always, you MUST leave a comment at each stop about their beautiful creation! But... the best part is... (wait for it)...

If you hop with both groups, your chances are much greater at winning the prize drawing! So I hope that you will hop with all of us in both groups! Before I give you the line up of each group... I want to let you know that the hop will run from Friday, May 6, 2011 at 11pm CST until Sunday, May 8, 2011 at 5pm CST! So you will have plenty of time to hop along! Now for the line up of each group!

Group One:The Stamping Boutique

Amanda

Andrea

Miranda

Rhonda

Christy D.


Group Two:The Stamping Boutique

Stacie

Christy L.

Sara (You Are Here!)

Colleen

Michelle

Jeannie

As you can see I am in the second group! I have included all of the links for both groups for you convenience, just in case you get lost along the way! You should have just come from the beautifully creative Christy L.! If you have not you MUST start at the beginning; The Stamping Boutique! Now for my creation...

Material List

Stamp ~ The Stamping Boutique - May Pole

Designer Paper ~ Creative Memories

Card Stock ~ Cryogen 89# (Image) & Stampin' Up (Barely Banana, Bashful Blue, & Pink Pirouette)

Nestibilities by Spellbinders ~ Standard Circles Small & Lacey Circles

Sponge Technique ~ Memento Lulu Lavender

Half Pearls ~ Recollections by Michael's Stores Inc.

Needle & White Thread

Stickles by Ranger ~ Star Dust (My Favorite)

Copic Sketch Markers

YG11, YG13, RV32, RV34, Y21, Y23, V91, V93, C0, C2, B000, B21, & B23

Now you will be on your way to the beautifully creative Colleen! I can't wait to see what she has in store for you!

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

• Joyful Stamper #5 ~ Anything Goes ~ Deadline Date: Sunday, May 8, 2011
• Stamp Something ~ Use A Digi ~ Deadline Date & Time: Thursday, May 12, 2011 at 6pm CST
• Stamping With Dragon ~ May Day ~ Deadline Date & Time: Thursday, May 12, 2011 at 2pm CST
• Totally Papercrafts #65 ~ A Recipe (1 Image, 2 Designer Papers, 3 Embellishments) ~ Deadline Date: Thursday, May 12, 2011
• Wags 'n Whiskers #53 ~ Use A Die or Punch ~ Deadline Date & Time: Thursday, May 12, 2011 at 11pm CST
• The Stamping Boutique Monthly Challenge ~ MUST Use A Stamping Boutique Image ~ Deadline Date & Time: Tuesday, May 31, 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 Mother's Day Weekend!

Happy Creating!

Sara