All That Scraps Release Sneak Peeks!

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Happy Tuesday everyone!!

It's an awesome day today because it's the first day of the All That Scraps February Release Previews! And why, might you ask, am I sharing this with you?? Well.......because starting in March, I'm going to be designing for this fabulous company!! Wahoooooo!

Until then though, I will be drooling over the February release previews with you all and pouting about how I wished my family were visiting next month so I could have had the time to play along this month with all these adorable stamps! Hehe Not really. I'm not that obsessed with cute stamps....ok, maybe a little teensy, weensy bit. ;)

Lets begin this hop, shall we??

First stop is the All That Scraps blog!

TSG Scooting By Release Blog Hop!!

Thursday, January 26, 2012

Welcome to the final day of the There She Goes February releases! Jess has saved the best for last with not one, but TWO sets! And they coordinate!!

Cruising on a Sunday afternoon, scootin’ by to say hi! Melyssa Connolly has brought Leah back and she’s born to be wild! She already comes with lots of fun, but if this isn’t enough she has a kit to accessorize to her hearts content! Whether she’s moving, heading off to school, or enjoying a ride she’ll surely make tracks into your heart.

Scootin’ By is a 4x8 set that includes a total of 15 stamps and will sell for $18.00.

Scootin’ By – Accessories is a 4x4 set that includes a total of 14 stamps and will sell for $10.00.

I'm soooo happy that Melyssa has brought back little Leah, especially now that I'm back on the team again! I was missing her cute face! :) I was inspired by a couple of things with this card. The layout was inspired by last week's sketch #35 from Deconstructing Jen and I was channeling a bit of Melyssa's style too. I really love her clean and crisp cards, with not a lot of fuss...only, when it came to the stitching, I couldn't leave it alone! A card just never seams finished without it! (Did you get that pun?? lol

Would you like to win the new Scootin’ By and Scootin’ By Accessories stamp sets? Here is what you need to do- visit the Trendsetter’s blogs that are participating in each of the blog hop challenges below and comment on their creations as you go. One of the Trendsetter’s blogs (from each hop day) will be randomly chosen as the ‘it’ blog and a winner will be picked using a random number generator from the comments left on that Trendsetter’s Blog Hop Challenge post. You will not know which blog has been chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning new stamps! The Blog Hop Challenges will be open until 5 PM Eastern Time Saturday January 28th with the winner being announced during the release party chat.

Here's the list of blogs you should hit up for more sneak peeks!

Play along in the Scootin' By and Scootin' By Accessories Blog Hop Challenge for your chance to win these new stamp sets!! Head to the TSG Blog for more details!

1.	Angela Thomas	9.	Karen Giron
2.	Corinna McGregror	10.	Lynn Put
3.	Debby Hughes	11.	Melissa Hubert
4.	Holly McMillen	12.	Melyssa Connolly
5.	Jackie Rockwell	13.	Sandra MacLean
6.	Jessica Knutsen	14.	Theresa Winslow
7.	Jessie Rone	15.	Tobi Crawford
8.	Jenny Peterson	16.	Torico

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Thanks so much for popping in all week! I hope you've enjoyed the sneak peeks as much as we've enjoyed creating them for you! Have a great weekend everyone! And don't forget the release party on Saturday night!!

Supplies
Stamps: There She Goes 'Scootin By' and 'Scootin By Accessories'
Inks: StazOn 'Jet Black', SU's Creamy Caramel, Cool Caribben, Baja Breeze, Distress Inks 'Antique Linen, Tea Dye and Vintage Photo'
Papers: Strathmore Bristol Vellum, Bazzil Basics - White, PTI Sampler Cardstock, PP - K&Company
Acces: Spellbinders Labels Eight Nestie, Machine Stitching, Dimensionals

TSG Perk Up February Release Blog Hop!!

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Welcome back to Day Two of the There She Goes February releases! Did you guys enjoy the sneak peeks yesterday? Well, hold onto your seats girls, because today we have another fantastic set to share with you all!

Friendship and coffee are a good blend to send greetings near and far. Torico has created a darling set to perk up the one ‚mug‛ you’ve been missing. An absolute must for those sweets and treats without all the calories!

Perk Up! is a 4x8 set that includes a total of 36 stamps and will sell for $18.00.

Miss Torico has done it again! We all have at least one coffee related stamp set, but I bet you don't have one that has a face on the mug?! Coffee with friends evokes warm and fuzzy feelings, so I pulled some patterned paper in warm colors to help conjure up that feeling! Some of the paper is from October Afternoon's Thrift Store collection and the rest is from Cosmo Cricket's Early Bird collection. I paper pieced the mug and stamped the hearts onto the scalloped panel for some depth. This set has some seriously good sentiments in it and it was hard to choose just one....so I used a bunch! :D

Would you like to win the new Perk Up! stamp set? Here is what you need to do- visit the Trendsetter’s blogs that are participating in each of the blog hop challenges below and comment on their creations as you go. One of the Trendsetter’s blogs (from each hop day) will be randomly chosen as the ‘it’ blog and a winner will be picked using a random number generator from the comments left on that Trendsetter’s Blog Hop Challenge post. You will not know which blog has been chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning new stamps! The Blog Hop Challenges will be open until 5 PM Eastern Time Saturday January 28th with the winner being announced during the release party chat.

Here's the list of blogs you should hit for more sneak peeks!

Play along in the Perk Up Blog Hop Challenge for your chance to win this new stamp set!! Head to the TSG Blog for more details!

1.	Angela Thomas	9.	Karen Giron
2.	Corinna McGregror	10.	Lynn Put
3.	Debby Hughes	11.	Melissa Hubert
4.	Holly McMillen	12.	Melyssa Connolly
5.	Jackie Rockwell	13.	Sandra MacLean
6.	Jessica Knutsen	14.	Theresa Winslow
7.	Jessie Rone	15.	Tobi Crawford
8.	Jenny Peterson	16.	Torico

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Thanks for stopping in today! Tomorrow is the last day for sneak peeks so please pop in for the grand finale! I promise you, you'll love this last set...or is it sets?! ;)

Stamps: There She Goes 'Perk Up'
Inks: StazOn 'Jet Black, SU's Chocolate Chip, Distress Inks 'Tea Dye and Vintage Photo'
Papers: Strathmore Bristol Vellum, Bazzil Basics - Bitter Chocolate, PTI Kraft Cardstock, PP - October Afternoon's 'Thrift Store' and Cosmo Cricket's 'Early Bird'
Access: Spellbinders Labels One Nestie, Machine Stitching, Sponges, Dimensionals

TSG Nursebot Release Blog Hop!!

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Welcome back to Day One of the There She Goes February releases! Jess has put together some fabulous sets this month that I just know you guys are going to love!

No ‚bots‛ set would be complete without Nursebot! Torico has done it again. She warmed your heart last month with Lovebots and this month she’s going to make you feel all better with Nursebot. What a great way to send well wishes then a visit from the Nursebot.

Nursebot is a 4x4 set that includes a total of 11 stamps and will sell for $10.00.

I can't get enough of these 'bots! They're so adorable! This set also includes a couple of other images too to match some of the other sentiments included in the set. (If you continue with this blog hop, you just might spot them all!)

I was going to make a gender-neutral card, but I went with a really girly, girl card instead. It would be perfect for a little girl or a sweet Grandmother! (Truth be told - it was really, really hard to pass by this great scrap piece of MME paper in my drawer! lol) For my layout, I borrowed the Mojo Sketch #223 from a few weeks ago and colored up Nursebot with Distress Inks. For a little added dimension, I used Diamond Glaze on her eyes.

Would you like to win the new Nursebot stamp set? Here is what you need to do- visit the Trendsetter’s blogs that are participating in each of the blog hop challenges below and comment on their creations as you go. One of the Trendsetter’s blogs (from each hop day) will be randomly chosen as the ‘it’ blog and a winner will be picked using a random number generator from the comments left on that Trendsetter’s Blog Hop Challenge post. You will not know which blog has been chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning new stamps! The Blog Hop Challenges will be open until 5 PM Eastern Time Saturday January 28th with the winner being announced during the release party chat.

Here's the list of trensetters that are sharing sneakpeeks with you today:

Play along in the Nursebots Blog Hop Challenge for your chance to win this new stamp set!! Head to the TSG Blog for more details!

1.	Angela Thomas	9.	Lynn Put
2.	Debby Hughes	10.	Melissa Hubert
3.	Holly McMillen	11.	Melyssa Connolly
4.	Jackie Rockwell	12.	Sandra MacLean
5.	Jessica Knutsen	13.	Theresa Winslow
6.	Jessie Rone	14.	Tobi Crawford
7.	Jenny Peterson	15.	Torico
8.	Karen Giron

(Cannot add links: Registration/trial expired)

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Make sure you come back tomorrow for Day 2 of the releases!

Supplies
Stamps: There She Goes 'Nursebot'
Inks: StazOn 'Jet Black', Distress Inks 'Antique Linen, Tea Dye and Frayed Burlap'
Papers: Strathmore Bristol Vellum, Bazzil Basics - White and Pink, PP - MME
Access: PTI Half and Half Die, Fiskars Decorative Scissors, Ribbon, Machine Stitching, Dimensionals

I Ruff You!

Friday, January 20, 2012

All I can say is....TGIF!

What a week it's been at work! I got pulled into an impromptu meeting with the CEO of the company (keep in mind, this is no small company - we have 20,000 employee's) and the only time I open my mouth to say anything, his first response is "You're not from around here are you?" After I picked my jaw up off the floor, I realised he had detected my accent and wasn't suggesting that I keep my mouth shut! lol After a late night working on his special project and a few stressful work days, I'm ready for the weekend! How about you? Got anything planned?

I just found out that my dad and brother are coming to visit me for most of February and I'm sooooo excited!! I haven't seen my baby brother in almost 10 years and I haven't seen my dad in 8 years, so this is going to be a long awaited reunion for us all! So, whenever we get visitors, we do what we always do in this house....run around like headless chooks, painting, prepping, and cleaning! We repainted my little girl's room last weekend and this weekend, we're installing the missing base trim and adding a fresh coat of paint to the rest of the trim, since that's where my dad and brother will be sleeping. I also worked on a wooden sign this week that turned out fabulous! We're also painting a vanity that my MIL (hi Kay!) bought for her room and I'll be making some curtains next weekend! Nothing like a visit from family to jump start our project list again! lol

Ok, enough about me, after all that, I still managed to find time to make a card for this week's There She Goes (Again!) week. This week is all about revisiting older sets from TSG and giving them another 15 minutes in the limelight. This week's sets are Puppy Love, Buckets of Love and Love....I'm sensing a theme here! ;)

So I pulled out Puppy Love and whipped up this sweet card! To make this card I used Karen's Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge #150 for my inspiration, some left over paper from Basic Grey's Max and Whiskers collection (I have two of these pads!) and my partner in crime - my sewing machine! As always, I colored this cutie patootie puppy in with my reinkers and aquapainter brush.

I really have to figure out a way to take better photos. The only time I can photograph my cards is at night time and my kitchen light just isn't cutting it anymore. I may have to invest in an Ott light I think. Anyone else use one of these to photograph your cards? What do you use? I'd really love to know.

Have a great weekend everyone! Stay warm!

PS. Did you see that my snowflake card won this month's Mojo Sketch Challenge?? I was BEYOND excited when I discovered this! Maybe my mojo is coming back after all?? :)

Supplies

Stamps: There She Goes 'Puppy Love'

Inks: StazOn 'Jet Black', SU's Creamy Caramel, Dusty Durango, Cool Caribbean, Regal Rose, Ruby Red, Sahara Sand, Distress Inks 'Walnut Stain and Burlap'

Papers: Strathmore Bristol Vellum, Bazzil Basics - Bitter Chocolate, PTI Kraft Cardstock, PP - Basic Grey 'Max and Whiskers'

Access: Spellbinders Circle Nesties, Fiskars Corner Punch, PTI Rustic Button Twine and Button, Paper Piercer, Machine Stitching, Dimensionals

From Our House To Yours

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Good Morning!

I hope you all enjoyed your weekend. We had a great one - the little ray of sunshine had a sleepover at a friend's house and The Man and I went to a work function for his job. It was very entertaining to say the least! Some people just can't hold their liquor! (Just in case you're wondering, it was not me! I hold mine very well! lol
Today's card was inspired by this month's Sketch For You To Try. It has a circle element in it and I couldn't resist using the Holly Jolly set and die from There She Goes again!

Remember how my stamps didn't turn up for the previews and release of November's stamp release? Well, I'm now getting my fix with these sets and dies! So you might see a few more 'wintery' cards from me in the weeks to come. Maybe that will encourage the snow to fall around here!

To make this card, I stamped one of the snowflakes and a sentiment onto Kraft using Versamark ink. Then I sprinkled white embossing powder on it and heat set it. Next, I stamped out the solid house image from the set, added embossing powder, heat set that, then cut it out with my precision scissors. Then I cut out the snowball snowflake with the Holly Jolly die - that comes with the set (I never tire of saying that!). Then I adhered them to each other with a dimensional.
To make the base, I used some left over paper from Basic Grey's old Eskimo Kisses collection. First, I cut out the vertical shape with PTI's Half and Half die and matted it to some Scarlet Jewel cardstock by PTI. Then I cut the base and the smaller rectangle and matted them with the same cardstock. The scalloped strip across the middle was made with some decorative scissors and machine stitched to some scrap green cardstock. Next, I adhered all the layers together and added the rustic button twine for some added detail. Last, but not least, I added some American Crafts Candy Dots in white glitter to the bottom of the card just to balance it out!

Have you checked out this week's There She Goes challenge? It's a paper piecing one! I chickened out this week, but you shouldn't!

Thanks so much for stopping in today!

Supplies
Stamps: There She Goes 'Holly Jolly'
Inks: Versamark
Papers: PTI Kraft Cardstock, PTI Perfect Match Sampler - Scarlet Jewel, PP - Basic Grey 'Eskimo Kisses' Collection
Access: TSG HollyJolly Die, PTI Half and Half Die, American Crafts Candy Dots, PTI Rustic Button Twine, Machine Stitching, Dimensionals

Snowflakes Stick Together

Friday, January 6, 2012

Happy Friday everyone!

It was very, very hard going back to work after having 10 days off for Christmas. I stayed home with my little girl the week after Christmas, which was so nice to do after the hectic days leading up to the holiday! We went got to sleep in every morning, went ice skating a few times (which she has taken to like a duck to water!) and played with her new toys. We had a blast! Which left no time for any crafting, but what's new?! Now it's back to work as usual, but at least things are back to normal again for a while and you know what? I'm really enjoying that.

On Monday, I spied this week's Mojo Monday Sketch #222 and it inspired me to use the TSG's Holly Jolly set and die. That circle element was begging to be made into a snowflake...just begging, I tell you! :)

I absolutely love the look of white on a natural background! There's something really clean and fresh about it, don't you think?! So I had to white emboss one of the snowflake stamps from the set onto some kraft cardstock and I used the snowflake die....that comes with the set!! Did you know that?! Then I used some of Cosmo Cricket's (appropriately named) Holly by Golly paper (sponged with Distress Ink and machine stitched to Bitter Chocolate Bazzil paper) to construct the card. The quote panel was created with PTI's Fillable Frames #10 die and sponged around the edges with Antique Linen and Tea Dye Distress Ink. Then I inked up the sentiment, which is from TSG's Stick Together mini set, with Versamark first, then SU's Chocolate Chip ink, then stamped out. I then applied clear embossing powder over it and heat set it. It's really shiny and crisp looking in real life!

Next I stamped a couple of the snowflakes from the Stick Together set onto the edges of the panel with Vintage Photo Distress Ink to make the panel blend in better. Then, I stamped a few more snowflakes from both sets onto some scrap kraft cardstock with Versamark ink, applied white embossing powder, heat set them, then cut them out using my precision scissors. Lots of cutting out, but it's always worth it! I stacked them up on the card using dimensionals and last, but not least, I added a few adhesive rhinestones to the centers of them and the three elements in the Mojo sketch. Done!

I really like how this one turned out! Hey! Maybe my mojo is returning?! Here's hoping!

Have a fabulous weekend everyone!

Supplies

Stamps: TSG 'Holly Jolly' and 'Stick Together'

Inks: Chocolate Chip, Versamark and Distress Inks 'Antique Linen, Tea Dye and Vintage Photo'

Papers: Strathmore Bristol Vellum, PTI Kraft Cardstock, Bazzil Basics - Bitter Chocolate, PP - Cosmo Cricket's Holly By Golly Collection

Access: TSG's Holly Jolly Die, PTI-Fillable Frames #10, Adhesive Rhinestones, Clear and White Embossing Powder, Precision scissors, Sponges, Dimensionals, Machine Stitching