DS105: Bit of Stardust....and a farewell

Thursday, June 13, 2013

Hi everyone!

Sorry I've been so quiet lately. I've been a little swamped with end-of-year things at my daughter's school and we had Spring baseball all month long. It just wiped me out!

But I'm back today with another card for this week's Deconstructed Sketch Challenge #105!

I think you're going to love this sketch! It's got lots of great elements and you know it's got to be good when it was sketched by design team member Sheri Gilson!! Jen's been busy moving house, so some of the girls have stepped in to help her out with the sketches....aren't they a nice bunch?! :)

For my card, I used one of my favorite There She Goes' sets, Bit Of Stardust, because I love this expression! The papers are from MME's Sunshine paper pad, buttons from PTI (kraft) and some yummy bias binding ribbon.

Here's what this week's sketch looks like:

Now for the sad part....unfortunately, I've had to make the hard decision to step down from the Deconstructed Sketch design team AND my beloved There She Goes design team. :( I thought I had a little bit more time than I did, but we found out a few weeks ago that my daughter has to attend summer school to improve on her grammar and comprehension skills. She's only in 2nd grade, but we don't want her falling behind already, so I made a promise to myself to help her as much as I can this summer to get her where she needs to be for 3rd grade.

The other reason is that I have to eventually give up my craft room for....the little baby that we're expecting in December!! Yes, we're finally getting that second child I've been wishing for for years now! We're SO excited to be having another little one in the house that I'm not too cut up about giving up the only spare room in the house (the craft room) to them. The bit I hate is having to say goodbye to the nicest group of girls I've ever had the pleasure working with! I've been designing for TSG for almost 4 years now and I as going to miss them so much! And the Deconstructed Sketch girls are just a fantastic group of ladies....*sigh*

I also want to thank everyone who's followed my little blog and supported me with over the years. The only reason I've kept my blog going this long is because of you all and all the sweet comments you leave me. I plan on leaving my blog up, just in case things aren't as chaotic as I envision them being after the baby is born and I find some extra time somewhere to make a project or two to share with you all. Never say never, right?? :)

All my hugs, Sandra

DS103: Get Set To Get Wet!!

Thursday, May 30, 2013

Good Morning sweet peeps!

Are you ready for another Deconstructed Sketch challenge?? I bet you are! ;) Sketch number 103 is up and ready to roll!

Here's my take on it:

I kept mine pretty true to the sketch since its such a busy one this week. If you hopped along with us for the There She Goes June release sneak peeks last week, you'll recognize this little guy! He's part of the new Aquaholics set that is SO CUTE!! 

Here's the actual sketch so you can see all the different elements:

I hope you can find some time to play along with us this week! 

It's supposed to be a gorgeous weekend here in New England, and, as usual, we've got a lot of things planned. The Little One has a baseball game as well as her school Circesta day. I volunteered at the face painting booth, which should be a lot of fun! I went into my bee hive this past Monday and man are they doing well! I put a second deep super box on it two weeks ago and they've already drawn out comb on 5-6 of the 10 frames!! I had to put a medium super on the hive just to give them room to expand! Hopefully they'll have it completely filled out in a few weeks and be making enough honey to survive the winter!

Have a great weekend whatever it is you're doing!


{Supplies}
{Stamps} There She Goes 'Aquaholics
{Papers} Bazzil Basics - Avalanche White, PTI Kraft Cardstock, PP - MME 'The Sweetest Thing'
{Inks} StazOn 'Jet Black', SU's Creamy Caramel, Really Rust, Dusty Durango and Soft Sky, Distress Inks 'Antique Linen, Tea Dye and Vintage Photo'
{Access} Spellbinders Oval Nesties, Fiskars Decorative Scissors, Hemp Twine, PTI Button, Sponges, Dimensionals, Sewing

TSG June Release Sneak Peeks - You Are Loved!!

Friday, May 24, 2013

Scroll down for my Birthday Blog Hop post for Jessica...or click here!

I'm late to the party! Me bad! I'm here now though!

Hi everyone and welcome to the final day of release sneak peeks of the June release stamps from There She Goes!

It has been awhile since we released a flower set from Torico, so this month, we have a GORGEOUS one from her! I can only imagine the elegant cards you all will make with this gorgeous set.

You Are Loved is a 4x4 set that includes a total of 5 stamps and will sell for $12.00.




Just when I thought I had figured out Torico's style, she surprises me with this floral set! It's soft, natural and not whimsical at all! And I loooooove it! My husband's reaction to this stamp was "Whoa! That's a lot of flowers to color in!" And I'm sure you're all thinking the same thing too, but have no fear! There's a trick to coloring this image in. Stick to 2 or 3 colors max. If you do this, you'll have this baby colored up in no time at all!

Would you like to win the new You Are Loved 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, May 25th with the winner being announced during the release party chat.


Thanks for hanging out with us this week! See you at the release party on Saturday!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JESSICA BLOG HOP!!

Hi everyone!

Can you guess what day it is today?? Besides being Friday, it's Jessica Knutsen's birthday! Yay! Trendsetter's, past and present, have been sneaking behind the her back and are surprising her with a birthday blog hop today!! Wooohooo!! She's a fabulous boss and I'm so proud of how much her little stamp company has grown over the years. You would think she'd be putting her feet up and taking it easy today, but no, she's up to her eyeballs in boxes, packing for her family's cross country move to Texas! So we knew she'd really appreciate some love from her friends on her special day.

Happy Birthday Jess!!

Leaping Lions is right! I couldn't think of a better stamp set to use for a birthday card than the furry crew from the Jungle Out There set. I looooove all the animals on this set! The Leaping Lions sentiment is also from the same set, but the Happy Birthday sentiment is from the My Little Friend set. Love how the sets work so well together!

Does the layout look familiar?? It should! I used this week's Retro Sketches challenge #64 which is based off one of our awesome Trendsetters - Danielle Lounds!

Thanks so much for popping in today!

{Supplies}

{Stamps} There She Goes 'Jungle Out There' and 'My Little Friend'

{Papers} Bazzil Basics - Bitter Chocolate, PTI Kraft Cardstock, PP - Basic Grey's Max and Whiskers

{Inks} StazOn 'Jet Black', SU's Chocolate Chip, Morning Marigold, Curry Crush, Really Rust, Sahara Sand, Close To Cocoa, Chocolate Chip

{Access} Spellbinders Circle Nestie, Sponges, Sewing, Dimensionals

DS102: My Our Castle To Yours!

Thursday, May 23, 2013

Good morning sweet peeps!

If you're looking for today's sneak peek for the June releases from There She Goes, I don't have one for you. :( Sorry! It's my fault because I should have had all the sets printed at the big box store (because our stamps hadn't arrived yet) but I gambled and thought they might have arrive in last night's mail. They didn't, so I wasn't able to make a card for today. Instead, I decided to show you another stamp from the new Aquaholics set that will be released on Saturday!

It's such a great set and the best part is that lots of the images work REALLY WELL with the Enjoy Life: By The Sea set! The castle is from the new Aquaholics set and the sentiment is from the Enjoy life: By The Sea set. It's like they were made for each other, isn't it?! :)

My layout is this week's, brand new, Deconstructed Sketch layout, DS#102.

It's an easy one this week and I followed it to a T! (No point messing with perfection , I say! lol)

I hope you all can play along this week! I've been really busy in the evenings lately (the little one has baseball, swimming and climbing classes all month long!), so I haven't gotten around to checking out all your cards, but I'm really going to try this week!

Please check out what the rest of the design team have come up with this week - I love seeing their takes on the sketches!

Amber Hight
Arielle Gordon
Cresta Woodruff
Dawn Easton
Donna Wardle
Jen Shults
Joni Wilson
Judy Rozema
Kadie Ensley
Lori Boyd
Sandra MacLean
Sheri Gilson
Tobi Crawford
Tracey Pickersgill

Hugs,
Sandra


{Supplies}
{Stamps} There She Goes 'Aquaholics' and 'Enjoy Life: By The Sea'
{Papers} Bazzil Basics - Avalanche, PTI Kraft Cardstock, PP - Bo Bunny and Crate Paper
{Inks} StazOn 'Jet Black, Creamy Caramel
{Access} Spellbinders Nesties, Sewing, Dimensionals

TSG June Release - Poppy/Amalia Ballerina Sneak Peeks!!

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Helloooooo peeps!  

It's Day Two of the June releases for There She Goes and we've got TWO sets to share with you today! 

This month we have two new sets from Megan Suarez: Amalia Ballerina and Poppy. I just LOVE Megan’s style, and we hope you do too! Amalia is the sweetest dancer, and Poppy is the newest of our Spice Girls.

Poppy is a 3x4 set that includes a total of 5 stamps and will sell for $9.00.

Amalia Ballerina is a 3x4 set that includes a total of 3 stamps, and will sell for $9.00.

Both sets will be available on Saturday, May 25th at 11pmEST.

Meet Poppy!! In my humble opinion, she's a hippy girl at heart, so I gave her a rockin' '70's outfit! And those buns.....eat your heart out Princess Laya! lol

I didn't have time to make a card with Amalia, but I think you might spot her on one of the other Trendsetter's blogs! ;)

Would you like to win both the new sets from Megan Suarez?
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, May 25th with the winner being announced during the release party chat.

{Supplies}

{Stamps} There She Goes 'Poppy'

{Papers} PTI Kraft Cardstock, Georgia Pacific Cardstock, Corrugated Cardboard, PP - Crate Paper, MME

{Inks} StazOn 'Jet Black', SU's Creamy Caramel, Pretty In Pink, Old Olive, Wasabi, Morning Marigold, Going Gray, Really Rust, Dusty Durango

{Access} Spellbinders Circle Nesties, PTI Button, Hemp Twine, Sewing, Sponges, Dimensionals

TSG June Release Sneak Peek - Aquaholics!!

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Hello peeps! Welcome to Day One of the There She Goes June release sneak peeks!

 
 Melyssa is back from a short break with a new set for us, and we were so excited about it, we had to show it off day one of our peeks!! She is getting us ready for summer with her signature style, and I’m just not sure if it can get ANY cuter than this!! With three adorable character images, and lots of accessories and sentiments, she will have you using this set for everything from party decorations to greeting cards!

Aquaholic is a 6x8 set that includes a total of 26 stamps and will sell for $24.00.

Have you missed Melyssa's stamps as much as I have?? I was SO happy to hear she had designed a new set for this month's release! I can't get enough of her little kidlets! This set is being released just in time for those summer cards or scrapbook pages. You should see all the accessories!! They make me SO HAPPY!

I used this week's sketch challenge (which just so happens to be based on one of Melyssa's cards) TSG202 for my layout and some papers from Crate Paper and MME.

This set will be available for purchase at 11pmEST on Saturday, May 25th.

Would you like to win the new Aquaholic 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, May 25th with the winner being announced during the release party chat.

 Thanks for hopping with us today!


{Supplies} 
{Stamps} There She Goes 'Aquaholics'
{Papers} White Cardstock, Orange Cardstock, Canson Manga Cardstock, PP - MME (Reunion) and Crate Paper
{Inks} StazOn 'Jet Black', SU's Creamy Caramel, Pretty In Pink, Morning Marigold, Pumpkin Pie, Buckaroo Blue, Rich Razzleberry, Cool Caribbean, Distress Inks 'Antique Linen, Tea Dye and Vintage Photo'
{Access} Spellbinders Reverse Wonky Rectangles, Net Ribbon, Baker's Twine, PTI Button, Sewing, Sponges, Dimentionsals