belli challenge day and CPS!

Good morning everyone! It is exciting to announce that Sweet N Sassy Stamps is sponsoring CPS this week! You can click on my link to go check out the sketch and participate in the challenge for a chance to win a stamp set from SNSS.

I made this fun birthday card with the set Purr-fect Day. I know you've seen it before but I think this is such a cute cat and is perfect for the intended receiver! The cardstock, once again, is from the Basic Gray line called Urban Prairie and I just threw in some solid colors, some pearls, and a little paper piercing and voila! I forgot to take a picture of the inside but on the inside left I stamped a pattern of kittie feet as if a kittie had walked up the side of the card and then also put the mouse coming down the same side...kinda in Garfield style...lol! I stamped a sentiment on the center/right side and it looks so cute! Just use your imagination! I hope you take some time to play around with the CPS sketch...it is a great one!

Today is also Belli Challenge day. Today Chris challenged us to use the theme "new" in our stamping and to me that always means a new stamp set! I am in the progress of coloring a brand spankin' new Magnolia image but just haven't had the chance to finish so I can't post it for you as I had hoped. I will try my hardest to get back here to do it today but my day is pretty booked so far! I am going to link you to the other Belli Challenge players so that you can see their wonderful work! If you do play along with this challenge be sure to attach the tag of CBC49 to your uploaded piece and link it to Chris's blog for a chance to win a prize from Chris!

Jennifer
Courtney
Joan
Karen
Ceal
Danita
Shelly
Sarah
Chris

There you have it girls! I hope you have a wonderful Wednesday!

created by courtney challenge

Good morning friends! I hope that your Monday went well and that you are ready for a Created by Courtney Challenge! After a couple of weeks off for the holiday's we are back at it with a "green" theme. The idea is to recycle something into your crafting. Oh, and it also works for the Belli Challenge tomorrow...can you guess what that might be?

Can ya guess what I recycled into my crafting? Yep, a couple of taster spoons from my Tastefully Simple business. I have to be honest with you and tell you I like the idea behind this card but I'm not sure my white, plastic taster spoons necessarily go with the fancy martini glasses but maybe I'm just thinking of how things are after those three glasses of martinis! LOL!

Anyway, the bright blue paper is SU! Pacific Point, the patterned paper is from DCWV, the yellow is Lemon Tart from PTI, and of course I've used the PTI white as well. The ribbon that ties the spoons together is Summer Sunrise from PTI and finally the stamp set is called You Are Invited and is from Flourishes.

So...what can you create with something recycled? The CBCC Chicks have done a wonderful job this week so make sure you hop on over and check out all of their creations too! Excitingly we have two new challenge chicks so make sure to give them some extra love!

Courtney
Maria
Holly
Chris
Dani
Maria
Sarah
Sparkle

So...there you have it! I hope you have a super Tuesday and I'll see you tomorrow for the Belli Challenge and the CPS sketch!

whew!

I just thought if you are anything like me that you would enjoy a fun, bright morning greeting! So...good morning friends!

I think I'm finally wound down from the Sweet N Sassy blog hop and new release party...how about you? I'll have a card on Wednesday with the Purr-fect Day set AND a Belli challenge project for ya! Should be fun!

For today though you will see a couple of more calendar pages that I made. Both of these pages are made with retired SU! designer paper, Sweet N Sassy scripture stamps, and my PTI Simple Alphabet set. I have to say that I am especially happy with these two pages. There is just something about both of them that I love.

Just want you to know that I'm working at the college again for a couple of weeks so when I post it will probably be short and sweet. Also know that I may not post on non-challenge days as I am working the afternoon/evening shift (which I love) but that is also the time that I usually craft. Please be patient with me!

Have a super Monday everyone!

page plans day!

Good morning stampers! If you visit my blog regularly you know that today is Page Plans Card Sketch day. I have truly come to love when I get to sit down and create with my Page Plans sketch and this week was no exception. On to the specifics of this bright card...

So, today, there is very little stamping involved on my card. As a matter of fact the only thing that is stamped is the thank you sentiment (which is from the SU! set Upsy Daisy). The cardstock is PTI's brown and white, the patterned paper is from DCWV, and the stickers and chipboard pieces are from Cloud 9's Chocolate Chalet collection. I'm simply in love with the way this turned out. The bright colors make me happy and I can't wait to send this out to a friend of mine!

Are you planning on clicking over to the Page Plans website? I think that you should...for two reasons. One is because the other design team members did a simply fabulous job at designing this week and two is because if you click over to their sight and participate in their contest then, well, you have a chance to win the new MAKING MEMORIES SLICE!!! Yep, you could win The Slice. How...well, you will have to click HERE to go check it out. You have an entire month to play along with this contest so why not try?

In other news...I though I had another card to show you today but that has been delayed until Wednesday so on Wednesday you will have two projects to see, k?

Oh, and guess what Todd and I watched yesterday afternoon. Mama Mia...it was SO much fun! It is no Broadway production but I truly loved it for the ABBA songs, the fun dancing, and the location shots were beautiful! What took us so long to see it...sheesh! And, today, I'll be taking Kyler to see Despereaux. A very trusted friend of mine says it is fantastic! And, finally today, I will be crafting a gift for a friend. I'm not sure what it will be yet but I'm excited to get started! That makes no sense but it is okay!

Have a super day everyone!

new release party

Good morning friends! So...where you there? Did you enjoy the release party last night? I wasn't even up late and I was still tired when it was all over...lol!

As you may know three of the design team members gave us some challenges for the party and I thought I'd show you my favorite today. Sarah gave us a color challenge of Real Red, Pretty In Pink, White, and Black/Gray. Well, I almost got it correct, right?

I know this is so simple but in real life it is quite lovely with its 3-D effect. The holder is a Lucite picture frame that I've had for AGES. I grabbed it out of storage added some of SU!'s new Raspberry Tart paper, a SU! rub-on and a beautiful sentiment from Love of a Friend to make this "picture." The two Lucite pieces are held together by a pretty flimsy magnet so I was not able to go too fancy inside of it. I think the sentiment behind this is all that is needed though.

You can still play in all the challenges from the party. Just have them uploaded to SCS by next Friday and you are all set. Go to the SNSS forum for all the information you need! And at the bottom of THIS post you will find the winner of the Dino-Mite set that was up for give away on my blog!

As you know tomorrow is Page Plans sketch day so I hope you will be back for that. I must say I'm pleased with my card. Oh, and there will be another fun stamping challenge for ya too so make sure you come back and check it out!

Have a fantastic Saturday everyone!

dino-mite!

Good morning stamping friends! If you are following along with the Sweet N Sassy Stamps Blog Hop then you have arrived here from Sandy's blog. Hasn't all the artwork you've seen on this hop wonderful?! I'm privileged to be on a DT of this caliber!

Today I get to share with you the new set called Dino-Mite. Oh, yeah...Dino-Mite is the set you can win from my blog! To make this card was very fun and easy. The patterned paper is from Basic Gray and is called Archaic. I just added some black and white paper with the Archaic paper. I have paper pieced the palm tree to match the background then popped up just the ends of the leaves. That is a super easy way to make something fun and special.

So, whatcha doing tonight? I'm hoping that you'll be joining the design team in the Sweet N Sassy Stamps forum HERE for the New Release Party! We will be chatting, laughing, and will even have some fun challenges! I hope that you will take the time to join us at 9 p.m. EST (6 p.m. on the west coast...woohoo!).

So...you wanna win this super cute and fun stamp set? Just leave a comment on this post. I'll be announcing the winner at the Release Party tonight so leave that comment quick!

Alright...so go on over to the Sweet N Sassy Stamps blog for your last stop on the hop and have a super day!

THE WINNER IS ANNOUNCED HERE!!!

day one of blog hop

Good morning friends. I'm so sorry that I'm posting late. It seems that Todd has caught a stomach flu (no...not the bottle flu) that started at about 2 a.m. last night so the couch and I were friends and I tried to get some extra sleep this morning.

Today is the first day of the Sweet N Sassy Stamps blog hop! Yay! While my blog is not a featured blog until tomorrow I wanted to make sure that those stopping here would get to see something made with one of the new sets. So...I'd like to introduce you to the Purr-fect Day. This is such a fun and cute set for many different occasions!

Along with the cute stamp set I used some patterned paper from Basic Gray called Urban Prairie. The colors are So Saffron, Regal Rose, Taken with Teal, and of course, White. I used my Nestabilities to cut the scalloped circle, added some Summer Sunset twill as a compliment, and used a super cute yarn ball button (that Todd found for me) to complete the card.

So, if you haven't started the blog hop yet go to the Sweet N Sassy Stamp Blog first. Korin will give you the link for the next blog in the hop where you will get a chance to win one of the new release stamp sets. Have a good time and be sure to stop at all the blogs! Make sure you do the hop early tomorrow as the winners of the new release give aways will be announced at the New Release Party tomorrow night! I will pre-post tonight for tomorrow so stop back early!