The Shabby Tea Room - Week #25

Netter late than never, right?!? This week's challenge over at The Shabby Tea Room is "Old Meets New" - use something old and something new on a card or project.
What's Old: Groovy Guava CS, Live Your Dream Stamp Set, Vintage Seam Binding
What's New: Pear Pizzazz CS and Ink, Peach Parfait Ink, Early Espresso CS

Please welcome this week's Tea Room sponsor ... Deb's Simple Treasures Etsy Shop And I'm excited to announce that we also have a double prize this week for one lucky winner... one of our loyal followers, Pattie Goldman from The Pampered Paper Patch, has graciously donated a beautiful vintage perfume bottle rubber stamp to be included with the six yards of Seam Binding prize this week!

Please take a minute to visit the other Design Team Members' blogs to be inspired by their lovely work:

Audrey Pettit - Audrey Pettit's weblog

Cathy Clark-Santie - Papier Girl

Debbie Marcinkiewicz - Simple Treasures
Lisa Golzbein - Oh So Cute by Lisa

Melissa Hubert - My Paper Obsession

RECIPE:
STAMP: Live Your Dream

INK: Peach Parfait, Pear Pizzazz

PAPER: River Rock, Pear Pizzazz, Groovy Guava, WW, Early Espresso

OTHER: Oval Nesties, Paper Piercer, Oatmeal Cream Vintage Seam Binding

Engagement Party Invites

This is an engagement party invitation for my daughters' babysitter. She chose the color (Rich Razzleberry - Yummm), and asked me to come with a layout. Hope she likes them! :)

RECIPE:
STAMPS: PTI Piece of Cake
INK: Rich Razzleberry
PAPER: Rich Razzleberry, Cryogen White - Irridescents (a thinner version of SU Shimmery White)
OTHER: Scallop Edge Punch, Oval Punches, Rich Razzleberry Satin Ribbon, SU EF, Diamond Stickles

Quilt Challenge

My *favorite* local quilt store, Thimble Pleasures, is hosting a quilting challenge, starting September 1st. "90 blocks in 90 days". You can read more about it HERE. This is the fabric bundle I chose - which consists of 16 fat quarters (Adoring, by Sandy Gervais). You can use scraps, fabric collections, anything you chose. I hope to post my blocks once a week, to help ensure that I stick with the challenge! :)

OWH meets PPC

Here is my card for this week's sketch over at OWH Stars & Stamps, and for the color challenge over at Picture Perfect Creations. Simple card ~ just my style! :)

RECIPE:
STAMPS: Just Believe
INK: Wild Wasabi
PAPER: VV, Wasabi, Blushing Bride, Concord Crush
OTHER: Swirls EF

JUGS meets C&S

Here's to hoping that my stamping mojo has come back to stay for a while!! I've missed participating in challenges!

Here is my card for this week's color challenge over at JUGS and for the layout over at Clean & Simple.

RECIPE:
STAMPS: Short & Sweet, Tropical Party

INK: Melon Mambo, Gable Green

PAPER: WW, Tempting Turquoise

OTHER: Melon Mambo Ribbon

The Shabby Tea Room - Week 24

Welcome to an all new challenge for The Shabby Tea Room. This week's challenge is inspired by a beautiful bracelet. We are also to use a bit of metal on our cards. So I just had to dust off my Hodgepodge Hardware that I hoard. I've had it over over a year and have only used about 10 pieces from it...Hence the metal on this card! :) Time to start using it!!

Our generous sponsor this week, Some Odd Girl, provided the DT with our choice of a digi image. This caterpillar was too cute to pass up!

Please take a minute to visit the other Design Team Members' blogs to be inspired by their lovely work:
Audrey Pettit - Audrey Pettit's weblog
Cathy Clark-Santie - Papier Girl
Debbie Marcinkiewicz - Simple Treasures

Lisa Golzbein - Oh So Cute by Lisa
Melissa Hubert - My Paper Obsession

RECIPE:
STAMPS: Inchie (Some Odd Girl), Fabulous Phrases

INK: Melon Mambo, Copics

PAPER: WW, Mellow Moss, Marina Mist, Pretty in Pink, Melon Mambo

OTHER: Hodgepodge Hardware, Ticket Corner Punch, Numbers CB EF, White Ribbon (PTI)

PPC-CC Guest Design Call

Hey crafty friends out there in blog land...Picture Perfect Creations is holding a Guest Design call. Interested in being a GD for a fab-u-lous-o group of gals!?! Then head on over and see if you have what it takes...Good luck!! :)

The Shabby Tea Room - Week #23

Good Monday to you! This week's challenge over at The Shabby Tea Room is all about Roses, inspired by a beautiful photo. I have soo many flower stamps, but surprisingly only 1 rose stamp! The horror! :) So I just had to ink it up for this card.

Our sponsor this week, Squigglefly, was generous enough to provide the DT with a digi image of our choice. Of course I chose I Pledge Allegiance, in honor of my brother. I am a proud sister of a US Air Force firefighter, so this stamp is just perfect for me. :)

Please take a minute to visit the other Design Team Members' blogs to be inspired by their lovely work:

Audrey Pettit - Audrey Pettit's weblog

Cathy Clark-Santie - Papier Girl

Debbie Marcinkiewicz - Simple Treasures
Lisa Golzbein - Oh So Cute by Lisa

Melissa Hubert - My Paper Obsession

RECIPE:
STAMPS: I Pledge Allegiance (Squigglefly); 5th Ave Florals

INK: Rose Red

PAPER: WW, Blushing Bride, Pear Pizzazz, Misc DSP

OTHER: PTI Spring Moss Ribbon, Diamond Stickles, Markers

The Shabby Tea Room ~ Week 22

Well, hello again!! It's time for an all new challenge over at The Shabby Tea Room. This week's challenge is titled, "Reflections". There is a beautiful inspiration photo that includes yummy shades of gray, vanilla, and black. I turned to some of my favorite DSP, Walk in the Park, for my background papers.
This ADORABLE image is from Isabella's Sketchbook, a website offering some of the cutest digi stamps around! This image is called Great Adventure. Love that elephant. Reminds me of, well, me right now! Sad that some of the closest people in my life are so far away - my good friend is in MN, my brother and sister in law are in Germany, our families are in PA, CT, NY, and FL. :( Makes me sad. But I do have a TON of close friends in NC that make me smile everyday!! :)

We're hosting a FOLLOW ME contest in the Tea Room this week and it's sponsored by Blackleaf Studios! Already a follower ... you're entered! Become a new follower for your chance to win a gorgeous, VINTAGE digi set of 12 images!

Please take a minute to visit the other Design Team Members' blogs to be inspired by their lovely work:
Audrey Pettit - Audrey Pettit's weblog
Cathy Clark-Santie - Papier Girl
Debbie Marcinkiewicz - Simple Treasures

Lisa Golzbein - Oh So Cute by Lisa
Melissa Hubert - My Paper Obsession

RECIPE:
STAMPS: Great Adventure by Isabella's Sketchbook

INK: Copics (B32, C1, BG10, E29, RV29)

PAPER: WW, BB, Walk in the Park DSP

OTHER: PTI Ribbon, Corner Rounder Punch

Another Quilt...

I made this quilt for my cousin's daughter, who is turning 2. The fabric is a jelly roll from Moda, called Marbles Pastels (I think). The pattern was easy - just my kind! :) Hope she likes it!

I've been quilting for 3 years, and the other day I decided to try to figure out how many quilts I've made in the past 3 years...19!! Yep, 19 quilts in 3 years. Granted they were all very easy, not too big, and practically all of them were for gifts. Gotta love it! :)

The Shabby Tea Room ~ Week 21

Good Monday morning to you! It's time for an all *new* challenge this week, at The Shabby Tea Room. This week's challenge is to incorporate a house into a card or project, and to use yummy shades of cream, brown, and blue. As you are aware, I am so hooked on Baja Breeze, as well as Parisian Breeze DSP (yep, still hoarding a pack from last year...) So I was super excited to make this card - using my favorite color and papers! :)

Our very generous sponsor this week is Jen Pens. They provided the DT with a sample of pens. I chose atyou Spicas. They are glittery gel pens - so yummy! I used them on the house and trees, as well as to make the polka dots on the scallops. Fun fun!!

Please take a minute to visit the other Design Team Members' blogs to be inspired by their lovely work:

Audrey Pettit - Audrey Pettit's weblog

Cathy Clark-Santie - Papier Girl

Debbie Marcinkiewicz - Simple Treasures
Lisa Golzbein - Oh So Cute by Lisa

Melissa Hubert - My Paper Obsession

RECIPE:
STAMPS: Good Neighbors

INK: Baja Breeze, Close to Cocoa

PAPER: WW, Close to Cocoa, Baja Breeze, Parisian Breeze DSP

OTHER: Scalloped Oval Nesties, Seam Binding, atyou Spicas (06, 12, 11)