Dollar Digi Day!

Don't miss it!

Today is Dollar Digi Day over at the Stamping Boutique store!

Everything in the "What's New" section is $1!

Let's Hop with TSB!

It's time for a May Day hop with The Stamping Boutique!

You should have arrived here from Sara's blog.  If not, please head back to TSB's main page to start at the beginning.

I am so thankufor the month of May!  I am not a winter person, and I love all the flowers and the trees that are blooming.  This image from The Stamping Boutique is a perfect piece of spring!

Each of us used this image for our hop cards, and this is what I came up with:

From here, please head over to Michelle's blog, and if you get lost, the hop list is below.  Happy hopping!

The Stamping Boutique

Stacie

Christy L.

Sara

**Colleen**  You are HERE

Michelle

Jeannie

TSB is Sponsoring...

Good morning!  It's so rainy here today but at least everything is green, right?

The Stamping Boutique is sponsoring the Spoon Full of Sugar Challenge this week if you have a chance to play along you might win some great freebies from TSB!

Challenge is white &; one, so white card and one other color.  Also, you were to use something neglected from your stash - I used the aqua ribbon.

I am entering this into the Sketch and Stash Challenge this week also and you could pick any of their sketches to use, so I chose sketch #11.



Supplies:
Image by TSB (Birthday set) colored with Copics.
SU and DCWV cardstock
Martha Stewart border punch
misc ribbon
sanding paper
Cuttlebug embossing folder
Crystal Stickles
Stamping Bella Dots

Thanks for stopping by!
Colleen

Sunshine Saturday!

Happy Saturday!  The boys are out tending to the weed patch....I mean lawn.  Lemon cookies in the oven for a neighbor...baby girl with socks...er "gloves" on her hands bringing all her toys into the kitchen...dishwasher running...thus is our morning:)  I am so thankful for the beautiful sunshine and the cool breeze as well!

This is a little birthday card I made a little while ago.  I love this card!  This paper is so me:)   I was trying to use up some of my stash, hence the image and the paper.  I think the layout was from an SCS sketch, but I can't remember which one now.

Supplies:

Image from Stamping Bella colored with Copics

SU cardstock in Pretty in Pink and Rose Romance, Close to Cocoa

DP is from my scraps

Misc ribbon

Buttons are American Crafts?

Sentiment from PTI Mixed Messages

Oval Nesties

Thanks for stopping by!

Colleen

Sleepy Sweetness

Good morning!  I am happy to share this scrapbook page I made for my daughter's album (aren't they always so sweet especially when they're sleeping?)

TSB is sponsoring The Creative Card Crew challenge this week and the theme is Child's Play.  I thought TSB's Baby Fairy would be perfect for a baby page, so I hope this works!

Supplies:

Image by TSB colored with Copics

PTI cardstock

DCWV cardstock

K & Co flowers

Crystal Stickles

Misc 3D sticker

Thanks for stopping!

Colleen

Critter Challenge #62 and a Good-Bye

 Good morning!  I hope you all had a wonderful Easter weekend!

I am a little sad today, as this is my last post as part of the Critter Sketch Challenge Crew.  I had a wonderful time working with such wonderful, creative gals and will definitely miss everyone.

This month's second sponsor is Dustin Pike - some really adorable images!  Be sure to play along to be entered for some freebie.  It's a sketch this week by our own Crystal!


Supplies:
Dustin Pike image colored with Copics.
Cardstock - SU Going Grey, Garden Green, Pumpkin pie
DCWV DP
Nesties
Sentiment - PTI
Cuttlebug embossing folder
Oval punches
misc ribbon
Dots by Martha Stewart

Thanks for stopping by!
Colleen

Joyful Expectations

Good morning!  I'm here today with another card using a TSB image.  I wanted to make a card for my cousin and his wife who are expecting their second child - so I thought this image would be perfect!  I love how this turned out.

Also, TSB is sponsoring the Creative Inspirations Challenge this week and the theme is to use anything digi.  Easy peasy!  Stop by and play along if you have a chance!

Supplies:

Image by TSB colored with Copics

SU cardstock Certainly Celery, Chocolate Chip, Old Olive

SU designer paper

Nesties

Gold Stickles

misc ribbon

Martha Stewart corner punch

Thanks for stopping by!

Colleen

SNR Digi Weekend - Challenge 1

Good evening!  The Stamping Boutique is having a digi-weekend and the theme is the Royal Wedding.  It runs through tomorrow, so be sure to stop by, pick up some fabulolus freebies, and play along for some really great prizes!

The first challenge is to make your own background, and here is what I came up with.  I love my embossing folders, and this was a great opportunity to use them!  This was a shower card I made for my cousin's fiance.

Cards for the challenge can be entered here.

The second challenge is a recipe challege:

Something old

Something new

Something borrowed

Something blue

I used another TSB image, and it's another freebie this weekend as part of the event.

Cards for this challenge can be entered here.

 

I didn't get to make a card for the third challenge, but the challenge is a color challenge - use the royal colors red, white and blue.  Cards can be entered here for this challenge.  Be sure to stop the SNR page tomorrow for the freebie for this challenge.

Thanks for stopping by!

Colleen

Easter Wishes

Good afternoon and Good Friday!  Here is a little Easter card I made - love this image from The Stamping Boutique! 

I used the sketch from Sketch Saturday this week for the layout.

Supplies:

PTI cardstock

DCWV DP

Image by TSB colored with Copics

Crystal Stickles

misc ribbon

SU scallop border punch

Nesties Circles

Cuttlebug swirls embossing folder

Stamping Bella Donuts

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed Easter - I am so thankful that my Saviour lives!

Colleen



Bouncy Birthday

Good afternoon from a cloudy, rainy, Ohio day (but the grass is really green!)  We've been inside the past few days from the cold and a slightly sick kiddo, so I put the time to good use and made a couple of cards (lol).

Here is another birthday card I put together from a card kit (it's so cheery, isn't it?)  I just added the cardstock.

I used the sketch from Sweet Sketch Wednesday this week (love their sketches!)

Supplies:

All from a card kit, but I added

SU cardstock in Only Orange, Taken with Teal and Tempting Turquoise

Images was colored in with Copics

Sentiment is PTI Mega Mixed Messages

Ovals cute with punches

Thanks for stopping by!

Colleen

Critter Monday and TSB

Good morning!  I'm sorry I'm late today with my Critter Post - crazy weekend and crazy morning! 

This week The Stamping Boutique is sponsoring the challenge - and it's a sketch (designed by me!)  You have all week to play along to be entered in the drawing for some fabulous freebies!

Supplies:

Image - Tulip Fairy by TSB

Copics

Crystal Stickles

Clear Spica glitter pen

Nesties

DP - DCWV

Misc ribbon , roses

Dew Drops

Thanks for stopping by!

Colleen

Rockin' Birthday

Good morning!  I am so glad it's Saturday!  The boys are off at a Lowe's workshop, so it's just me and the girl here right now.  Although I'm thinking a nap is soon in order, lol!  As I was looking through my card stash the other day I realized I am really low on birthday cards, especially girly ones.  So I will be working on replenishing that!  (We have a large family and lots of April birthdays too!)

I used the sketch from Sweet Sketch Wednesday for this card.

Supplies:

Most are from a kit, but I added

SU cs Going Grey, DCWV Onyx

Image colored with Copics

Crystal Stickles

Thanks for stopping by!

Colleen

Do You Stack Up?

Good morning!  This week The Stamping Boutique is sponsoring the Do You Stack Up Challenge Blog, and the theme is yellow.  Please be sure to stop by and play along to win some fabulous digis!

Here is my card I  made for the challenge.  I use SCS sketch 142 for the layout.

The image is from the Pocket Patooties line - so cute!

Supplies:

Image by TSB colored with Copics

Crystal Stickles

Cardstock - SU Certainly Celery, So Saffron

Nesties

Dew Drops

misc DP and ribbon from my stash

Thanks for stopping by!

Colleen

Love a Latte!

And so does TSB's Princess Jennifer Latte!  Hee hee - I couldn't help myself:)  I LOVE this image (well, mostly anything to do with coffee too) but I really like it of it's own accord.  Sorry I am rambling a little!  Off to the good stuff.

I made this card using the Crazy 4 Challenges Challenge this week, which was a sketch challenge.

Supplies:

TSB Image colored in with Copics

SU cardstock - Rose Romance, Creamy Caramel, Chocolate Chip

SU Top Note Die

Nesties (circles)

misc ribbon and DP

Prima flowers

Crystal Stickles

Thanks for stopping by!

Colleen

Bright and Cheery Eggs

Hello!  I had a chance to do some crafting this afternoon while my son played and my daughter actually took a nap (yay!)  and I thought I'd check out some challenges.  I found this sketch from Papertake Weekly, and thought it went perfectly with this adorable image from The Stamping Boutique - Easter Bunny Laundry Line.

Supplies:

Image from TSB colored with Copics

Cardstock - SU Bliss Blue, PTI yellow

DP - DCWV

Cindy Lou Cricut cartridge (swirls)

Crystal Stickles

Misc flower brads

Misc ribbon from my stash

Thanks for stopping by!

Colleen

Competing Princesses - March Kit

Hello and I hope you are all having a nice weekend!  This is my card I put together for this month's round of competing Paper Princesses.  Our blog group is having a 3-month "competition" where we take turns hostessing a round and send each member of our group the same card supplies to make a card and see what we each come up with.  It's really fun to see what we can all make using the same supplies and they are all so unique and different.  This round was my turn to hostess, and I put together a spring kit.  Melanie was the other hostess for this round, and we decided to use a sketch as the common theme.

Supplies:

PTI cardstock

DP - DCWV

misc brads

PTI felt and flower die

Image - Elyzabells colored with Copics

Gold Stickles

PTI buttons

Oval punches

misc ribbon

PTI sentiment - Mega Mixed Messages

Thanks for stopping by!

Colleen

It's a Birthday Hop!

It's time to hop again with The Stamping Boutique!  The theme is birthday and we are celebrating our fabulous manager Christy's birthday as well!  TSB has some lovely birthday images, one of which I used on my card below.

Please leave a comment before continuing on, and leave a comment on each member's blog along the way.  If you get lost, please start at the Stamping Boutique blog.  From here, head over to Collette's blog.

Thanks for visiting!

The Stamping Boutique Blog

Melissa

Amanda

Aletha

Christy

**You Are Here**Colleen **

Collette

Crystal

Dardi

Dawn

Heide

Jeanne

Jennifer

Kecia

Marie

Michelle

Miranda

Rhonda

Sara

Suzi



Critter Monday - Sketch and Buttons

Good morning!  It's Monday (again).  That keeps happening somehow!  That's ok - no school for us.  The boy is on spring break.  So we get to sleep in and hopefully get to do a few fun things as well.

First things first, it's Monday, so that means another challenge over at Critter Sketch Challenges!  It's a great sketch by our own April, and the twist is to also use buttons.  Be sure to play along if you can - this is the last chance to enter to win some freebies from Softpencil, and there are some really cute images as well as other cute stuff in her shop.

Supplies:

Image by Softpencil colored with Copics

SU cardstock in Certainly Celery, Cameo Coral

DP from scrap pile

Ric rac - Bazzil

Sentiment - PTI

Buttons - PTI

SU Crystal Effects

Black Stickles

Cuttlebug embossing folder

Oval punches

Thanks for stopping by!

Colleen

No Monkey Business!

Good morning!  The Stamping Boutique is at it again!  This week we are sponsoring Dutch Dare Card Challenges.  The theme is celebrations of any kind - birthday, new house, new baby, just about anything you can celebrate!

Do you like this little monkey?  He's from TSB's Pocket Patooties line.  I thought he would be perfect for my counsin's 2 year birthday. 

Supplies:

TSB image colored with Copics

SU cardstock Only Orange, Garden Green, Night of Navy, Brocade Blue

DCWV DP - Animal Crackers Stack

Nesties

Fiskars vine punch

PTI sentiment - Mega Mixed Messages

Misc jumbo eyelets

Crystal Stickles

Thanks for stopping by!

Colleen

Spring!

Sorry to go MIA here - it's been a long, tiring week.  And it's only Wednesday!  Baby girl had tubes put in her ears today, and thankfully it went really well and seemed fairly painless.

I did get to finish this page I had been working on for the Stamp with Fun challenge - SPRING!  (TSB is sponsoring this week's challenge.)  We did have a couple of really nice spring days too this week, and that was wonderful.  Unfortunately we have a high of 32 tomorrow, so I'll have to remember the warm while we're freezing again:)

I used this pretty spring image from The Stamping Boutique for this layout - using digis is something pretty new to me with my scrapbooking, but I think it's definitely a nice addition! 

Supplies:

Image from TSB colored with Copics

Fruit Punch Stickles

Nesties

SU cardstock - ballet blue, barely banana

DCWV yellow cardstock, DP

Flowers - Prima

Kaier pearls

title - Cricut Once Upon a Princess

Thanks for stopping by!

Colleen

Pretty Daisies

Good morning!  The Stamping Boutique hosted a digi day on Saturday.  It was lots of fun, chatting, and challenges.  One of the challenges was a sketch challenge, and this is the card I made from the sketch (thanks for the great sketch, April!)

I have to say I am partial to daisies.  I had a beautiful bouquet for my wedding flowers of white roses, white daisies and wildflowers.  This image just makes me happy.

Supplies are:

Image is Stamping Boutique colored with Copics

Cardstock - SU Barely Banana, Rose Romance, and Pretty in Pink

Martha Stewart photo corner punch

PTI felt and flower die

Spica clear glitter pen

Cuttlebug embossing folder

Silver ink

Thanks for stopping by!

Colleen

Critter Monday - Shades of Green

Good morning!  It's Monday (again) and you know what that means - it's a Critter kind of day!  Ok, sorry, that was a little silly:)  I'm a little tired. 

The theme this week is monochromatic - green to be exact.  Ok, you can use some white too...I have to say, I love all things Irish.  My great-great grandparents on my dad's side came over from Ireland, and my grandpa had a love for all things Irish too.  A couple of years before he passed away he did get to visit there, and I loved hearing his stories from over there when he would share them with us.  Someday I would love to visit there.

Our sponsor this month is Softpencil.  There are so many adorable images in her store!

So here is my card for the challenge.  I used The Stamping Boutique's Irish Audrey - isn't she cute?

Supplies:

Image by Stamping Boutique colored with Copics

Gold Stickles

Clear Spica Glitter Pen

Dew Drops

SU cardstock: Garden Green, Old Olive, Certainly Celery

Nesties

Cuttlebug embossing folder

DP is from my stash (I've been hoarding the last of this)

Thanks for stopping by today!

Colleen

Hidden - an Easel Card

Good evening!

I love this image from the Stamping Boutique.  I think it might be my favorite so far.  I can relate to her at times. 

TSB is sponsoring this week's Charisma Cardz challenge.  The challenge is to make an easel card.  Which is great, because I love making easel cards:)  Here is the link to a tutorial on how to make an easel card - they're pretty easy to make!

Be sure to play along for a chance to win some free images from TSB!

Supplies:

Image: TSB colored in with Copics

Spica clear glitter pen

Cardstock - SU

DP - DCWV

Rhinestones - Kaiser

Circles - Nestibilities

SU scallop border punch

Thanks for stopping by!

Colleen

Saturday Is Digi Day

Are you Feeling Lucky?


Either way, come and join us at Paper Craft Planet for our March Digi Day!

What: Digi Day

When: March 12th 2-4pm EST

Where: The Stamping Boutiqe Digi Day forum (of course ;-) )

What to bring: The same as always, I think we are all getting the hang of these digi days....bring your coloring tools, typing fingers, snacks, drinks, LUCK...some of us may need some, and cheerfulness!

Whats in it for you: Games, free TSB images, fellow crafters, lots of chatting, and some awesome challenges (yes...I'm tooting my own horn).

And the Winner is....

Not me, but that's ok!  The Stamping Boutique had a blog hop over the weekend - everyone had a chance to vote for their favorite card, and boy was it a tough decision!  They were all great!  Heide won - check out her fab project!

Here is my card.  I love this little circus elephant - he's adorable!

Supplies:

Image: Stamping Boutique colored with Copics

SU cardstock Barely Banana, Bliss Blue, Pumpkin Pie, Brilliant Blue

DP: DCWV

Cuttlebug embossing folder

SU silver cording

Bella dots

Sentiment by Papertrey

Thanks for stopping by!

Colleen

I Did It Creation with The Stamping Boutique

Good morning!  It was a long weekend here for us, but so thankful today is a new day!  I'm excited to share this card with you - I love this image and it was fun to color.  (Can you tell I'm thinking spring?)

The Stamping Boutique is sponsoring this week's I Did It Creations Challenge - it's a sketch. 



Image is from The Stamping Boutique colored with Copics and Spica glitter pen.  Paper is PTI and K & Co.  Circles are cut with Nesties, sentiment is PTI, pearls are Kaiser, ribbon is from my stash, flower is Darice and I also used Fruit Punch Stickles.

Thanks for stopping by!

Colleen

The Stamping Boutique and Card Cupids

Good morning!  This week, The Stamping Boutique is sponsoring Card Cupids Challenge.  The theme is anything goes!  Card Cupids collects cards for kids going through hard times, and they focus on happy, uplifting messages (not get well cards), so cards with that in mind would be great.

It's a fabulous cause, so please check out their site, and be sure to play along for the chance to win some fabulous digis!

Supplies are image by the Stamping Boutique, colored with Copics and highlighted with a clear Spica glitter pen.  Paper is SU Lavendar Lace and Lovely Lilac.  Other cardstock is DCWV along with the DP.  Flowers are from the Eyelet Outlet, and the ovals were cut with Nesties.  Embossing folder is from Cuttlebug.

Thanks for stopping by!

Colleen

One Stop Hop!

This month at The Stamping Boutique we are doing things a little different for our monthly blog hop - it's a one-stop hop!  That's right!  Pop on over to the Stamping Boutique and vote for you favorite card by the design team.  It's going to be hard though, because there are so many fabulous creations to choose from:)  There will be some giveaways, so please check it out and vote if you can!

Thanks for stopping!

Colleen

Robots!

Good evening!  I have another boy card to share with you - I'm still working on building up my birthday card stash because I seem to go through those cards like water some months (hey, it's a big family, lol!)  Here is a boy card I put together using a card kit from a swap (thanks, Melanie - love it!)

This image is so adorable, and I couldn't wait to start coloring him!  (That paper is really too neat as well!)  I added SU Crystal Effects to his sign, so it's nice and shiny.  Everything except the card base was from a swap (SU Bashful Blue) and I colored him in with my favorite - Copics.

Thanks for stopping by!

Colleen

Cupcakes and Presents Galore!

Good evening!  I was able to get some pretty good crafty time in yesterday with a friend, and this is one of the products of my time.  It was great - kids even played well so we could craft!

In going through my card kit stash, I found this little guy and couldn't wait to color him!  I think he's just adorable, and I adore this cupcake paper too.  Keeping the layout pretty simple, this will work well for a birthday boy card.

Most of the supplies are from a kit, so I'm not sure who they are by, but I did add SU cardstock in Green Galore and Brilliant Blue.  The image is colored with Copics.  Other supplies are Star Dust Stickles, Cuttlebug embossing folder, circle and oval nesties.

Thanks for stopping by!

Colleen