TSG Larry New Release Sneak Peek with a DS Sketch!!

Thursday, April 25, 2013

Happy Thursday everyone!

It's day three of the There She Goes new release blog hops! (If you've missed the last two days, you can check out day one and day two if you follow the links.) It's also time for another Deconstructed Sketch so I've combined the two today!

Our newest sock goblin from Wendy Leach…be still my heart. Larry is ready for a day at the office; can’t you tell?

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

I think everyone on the design team loves Larry...I know I do! He's so cute, you just want to squeeze him! To make this card I used a variety of patterned papers an pretty much followed the Deconstructed Sketch #99 to a tee!

Would you like to win the new Larry 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, April 27th with the winner being announced during the release party chat.  

Thanks so much for popping in today! I really appreciate it!

{Supplies}

{Stamps} There She Goes 'Larry'

{Papers} Bazzil Basics - Bitter Chocolate, Canson Manga Cardstock, PP - Recollections, October Afternoon, Cosmo Cricket and Scenic Route

{Inks} SU's Going Gray, Regal Rose, Ruby Red, Cranberry Crisp

{Access} Fiskars Decorative Scissors, Dimensionals, Sewing

TSG Dream In Color and Ginger Sneak Peeks!!

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

It's day 2 of the There She Goes May sneak peeks and we've got TWO fabulous sets to share with you all!

Our first set from Megan Suarez this month is the gorgeous new Dream in Color. We love the gorgeous style of this flower, and we think you will, too.

Dream in Color is a 3x4 set that includes a total of 2 stamps and will sell for $9.00.

Isn't it beautiful?! It looks right at home on a card AND a scrapbook page! For this card I wanted the flower to stand out, so I colored it in bold colors and kept the background monochrome.

 

The newest addition to Megan’s Spice Girls line is the GORGEOUS new Ginger set. Isn’t she lovely?

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

 

Ginger is special isn't she?! She comes with some accessories too...see those hearts?? Yep. Accessories! :)
 
Would you like to win the new Dream In Color and Ginger 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, April 27th with the winner being announced during the release party chat.

The new stamps will be available on Saturday, April 27^th at 11pm.

Thanks for popping in today! Hope to see you back tomorrow for another fabulous sneak peek!

TSG Shiver Me Timbers Sneak Peek!!

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Hi everyone!

Are you ready for another week of UNBELIEVABLE There She Goes sneak peeks??! We've got 6...count em, six fabulous sets to share, so pull up a chair and get comfy!

It took a little begging, but we finally got Torico to illustrate a pirate set for us!! If you “need a little ‘aye’ candy”, well then “X marks the spot”.

Shiver Me Timbers is a 6x8 set that includes a total of 24 stamps and will sell for $24.00.

 I’m sure it comes as NO surprise to all you loyal There She Goes fans, but we couldn’t go without creating a companion set to go along with this SUPER fun set!! Leave it to the Trendsetters to come up with so many FUNNY and AWESOME sentiments that one set just couldn’t hold them all.

Ship Happens is a 3x4 set that includes a total of 9 stamps and will sell for $9.00.

Arrgh! Who doesn't love a swash-buckling pirate?! This set is going to be great for birthday invitations, National Pirate Day cards....any excuse to make a card, right?! Hehe I love that this set has a ton of great sentiments and accessory images - like the barrel - and then the MUST-HAVE Ship Happens set for those of you who like those tongue-in-cheek sentiments....like Holy ship! These sets have got it all covered!

Would you like to win the Shiver Me Timbers and Ship Happens 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, April 27th with the winner being announced during the release party chat.

The new stamps will be available on Saturday, April 27th at 11pm.

I hope you come back tomorrow for a sneak peek at another 2 sets! 

{Supplies}

{Stamps} There She Goes 'Shiver Me Timbers' and 'Ship Happens'

{Papers} Bazzil Basics - Bitter Chocolate, PTI Kraft Cardstock, PP - Basic Grey, Imaginance, K&Company, Canson Manga Cardstock

{Inks} SU's Creamy Caramel, Going Gray, Regal Rose, Ruby Red, Cranberry Crisp, Morning Marigold, Sahara Sand, Distress Inks 'Vintage Photo, Walnut Stain and Black Soot'

{Access} Jute Twine, Hole Punch, PTI Button, Net Ribbon, Sponges, Dimensionals

There She Goes (Again!) With A Deconstructed Sketch

Friday, April 19, 2013

Well, this week sure didn't turn out as I had planned! 

I apologize for my lack of posts this week, but I wasn't able to sit at my craft desk until last night. You see, I ended up in the ER on Saturday afternoon with a possible torn meniscus! I was in sooooo much pain! My knee was locked in a bent position and they had to straighten it for the x-rays - OUCH! But strangely enough, the pain subsided almost immediately. So there I was, walking around like a gimp all week in this brace waiting until I could see the Orthopedic doctor. He pulled and prodded and manipulated my knee trying to find the weak point...and it was no where to be found! If I had done something to my meniscus or ACL, I would have had major swelling, but I had nothing! Nothing after all that pain and cracking! He thinks I either pinched a nerve between my muscles or I may have had a cyst that popped (TMI?!) and pinched a nerve when it did. Either way, my knee isn't in a brace anymore and I feel a heck of a lot better than I did Saturday afternoon! TGIF!

So last night I was able to get into my craft room and make a twoffer-card - a card that satisfies two challenges!

I had planned on making a couple of cards this week for the TSG (Again!) week. All week on the TSG's blog, Tobi has been sharing cards made with some of our older sets. Those sets are Blossom By Blossom, Beautiful Day and Lighten Up, I went with the Lighten Up set today!

And because I missed out on yesterday's Deconstructing Sketch challenge, I used this week's sketch DS98 for my layout! Please check out the TSG blog to see all the new and fabulous cards the Trendsetters have whipped up using these sets!

I hope this inspires you to get out some of your older There She Goes sets and make a card with them!

Don't forget: next week is the start of a whole week of sneak peeks from TSG! So mark your calendars!

Have a great weekend everyone!


{Supplies}
{Stamps} There She Goes 'Lighten Up'
{Papers} PTI Kraft Cardstock, Georgia Pacific Cardstock, Canson Manga Cardstock, PP - Recollections
{Inks} StazOn' Jet Black', SU's Pretty In Pink,
{Access} Spellbinders Labels 10 Nesties, Adhesive Pearls, Bakers Twine, PTI Button, Dimensionals, Sponges, Sewing

DS97: Here For You!

Thursday, April 11, 2013

Happy Thursday everyone!

I hope you're having a wonderful week so far. I managed to haul my butt to the gym yesterday morning at 5am! Sounds crazy right? The hard part is getting out of bed and getting going. Once I'm there, I'm fine. Thankfully, this morning, the weather was very mild (50deg F) so it wasn't too bitter cold. In fact, I could hear the frogs and birds chirping at that time, so it certainly felt like a Spring morning!

Well, it's finally Thursday again and you know what that means....it's time for another Deconstructed Sketch!

It's a fun sketch that requires just a small stamp or sentiment. I thought I'd use a silhouette stamp for my card. The Here For You stamp set from There She Goes has some great silhouettes in it, like this one, and some beautiful sentiments. To make this card I pulled papers from MME's Lost and Found 3 collection and some Bazzil Basics cardstock in Bitter Chocolate. I thought it would have a softer feel to the card if I used dark brown cardstock instead of black. I switched out the rectangle focal panel with the oval one and inked it up with various Distress Inks. Then I stamped the image in black StazOn ink over the top of the sponged background. The flower was cut using PTI Beautiful Blooms #1 dies and I added one of their buttons to the center of it. The sentiment was stamped onto some transparent paper so it would allow the silhouette to show through. The scalloped border was cut using a punch from EK Success. Then I just added some matching ribbon and some little pearl adhesives.

Here's the actual sketch, DS97, for this week.

And you should definitely check out what the girls did with this sketch too...I LOVE seeing their take on it each week!

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

I hope you can play along with us this week! Can't wait to see what you do with it! 

Have a great weekend everyone!

 {Supplies}

{Stamps} There She Goes 'Here For You'

{Papers} Bazzil Basics - Bitter Chocolate, PTI Kraft Cardstock, Canson Manga Cardstock, PP - MME's Lost and Found 3 collection

{Inks} StazOn 'Jet Black', Distress Inks 'Tea Dye, Vintage Photo and Walnut Stain'

{Access} Spellbinders Oval Nesties, PTI Beautiful Bloom, PTI Button, Jute Twine, EK Success Edge Punch, Ribbon, Adhesive Pearls, Sponges, Sewing, Dimensionals

TSG202: Color Challenge!

Monday, April 8, 2013

Happy Monday to you all! I hope you had a good one.

The weather here was cold and windy, so we couldn't do any of the yard work we had planned to do. Which was ok, because my bees don't come for another week, so I have next weekend to clean up their area and get it ready for them. Hopefully the weather cooperates and warms up because all this freezing wind we had this past weekend will put those poor Georgia bees into a state of shock, I'm sure!

Because of all that yucky weather, I found some time to make a couple of cards for this week and one of them is for today's There She Goes challenge, TSG202. We're being challenged by the fabulous Trendsetter, Tracy MacDonald, to create a card using a color combo....BLUE, YELLOW and a NEUTRAL!

And here's what I came up with!

I can't get enough of those cute little ducks from the recently released Lucky Duck set! They're soooo cute! If you've followed my blog for a while, you know that I have a bit of an aversion to the color blue. So I kept it to a minimum and played up the yellow and neutral instead. Grey's always been a favorite neutral of mine. And when it's paired with yellow, it makes a fantastic color combo!

To make this card, I colored in the little ducky with my SU reinkers (Morning Marigold-retired for the duck, Cool Caribbean-retired for the sky, Creamy Caramel for the sand, and a few Distress Inks for the water) on Canson Manga Cardstock. Then I matted it to some white cardstock. The base MME designer paper was sewed to some PTI Kraft cardstock and the edges of the yellow banner was sponged with Tea Dye Distress Ink. Added a little hemp twine and a PTI button in Stone, and we're done! A clean and simple card, but I love making these every now and then. The layout was inspired by this week's Retro Sketches RS#58.


Do you want to play along and possibly win a gift certificate?

To be eligible for the giveaway, create a NEW card or project using the inspiration photo and then come back to the TSG Blog to add your name and a link to your project in the InLinkz that is located at the bottom of this challenge post. This challenge is open until the winner has been announced on the following Monday (April 15th). The winner will get a $5 gift certificate to use in the TSG Web store!

By participating in this challenge, you may also find yourself in the Trendsetting Spotlight that shines on the TSG Blog every Thursday. We will be on the lookout to find challenge cards that stand out and show Trendsetting qualities. TSG stamps are not required to participate in the challenges but are appreciated :)

You do not need to have a blog to be able to participate in the TSG Challenges! You can simply add the URL link from your project after it has been uploaded to your online craft gallery. If you upload your card to an online craft gallery, please use the keyword TSG201 so we can check out your beautiful work!

 Thanks so much for stopping by today! Be sure to pop back in on Thursday for a peek at a completely different style of card! :)

{Supplies}

{Stamps} There She Goes 'Lucky Duck'

{Papers} Bazzil Basics Avalanche White, PTI Kraft Cardstock, Canson Manga Cardstock, PP - MME, Crate Paper

{Inks} StazOn 'Jet Black', SU's Morning Marigold, Really Rust, Cool Caribbean, Creamy Caramel, Old Olive, Going Gray, Distress Inks 'Broken China, Weathered Wood and Tea Dye'

{Access} Spellbinders Circle Nestibilities, Hemp Twine, PTI Button - Stone, Sponges, Dimensionals

DS96: What's New?!

Thursday, April 4, 2013

Hi sweet peeps!

How'd it get to be Thursday already?! I swear it was just Monday and I was wishing for it to be Friday...and it almost is! But before we get there, it's time for another Deconstructed Sketch, right?! I mean, what would a weekend be without a sketch to play with?! ;) 

I think you're going to love this week's sketch, DS96. It's got lots of great elements and enough room to use a nice sized stamp! I chose this stamp of Gossipy Stella from Stamping Bella because it's been lying in my drawer - unstamped - for at least a few years now. I just hate that thought! So I showed her lots of love by completely blinging out her dress! Every girl deserves something sparkly in their lives, right?! And because I'm on a purple hair bend, Stella's hair HAD to be purple too! The sentiment is from a Kraftin Kimmie Stamps sentiment set....I can't remember which one, sorry!

Please take a minute to check out what the rest of the Deconstructed Sketch girls did with the sketch:

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

I hope you can play along with us this week!
Have a great weekend!

PS. A question was asked yesterday about the Cool Caribbean color I use on my sky backgrounds. Unfortunately, it is a retired SU In Color from a few years ago. I'm not familiar with the current SU colors, so I can not recommend a similar color - sorry!

TSG201: A Card For The Boys!

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Hi all! 

I hope your weekend/Easter was a good one. Ours was pretty uneventful. We went to the Y on Saturday, then spent Easter with The Man's family. My little ray of sunshine had been looking forward to the Easter egg hunt all week...and it didn't disappoint! She got a whole lot more than just eggs and candy....she's one spoiled kid, I tell ya!

This week's There She Goes challenge (TSG201) is one for the boys! We want to see all your masculine cards out in force this week!

A guy card to me, means no frills; no ribbons, no flowers, no extras. They're just not into that stuff! So for my card I only included buttons and a little, itty, bit of baker's twine. 

Those cute little rhinoceroses are from the Zoopendous stamp set. I stamped it with StazOn in Jet Black, then colored them in with my Stampin Up! reinkers. The background clouds were made using Rosies Roadshow Cloud template and SU's Cool Caribbean. The popped out clouds were stamped, then colored with SU's Going Gray, cut out and adhered to the base with dimensionals. The grass was done using a wash of SU's Old Olive on the base. Once that dried, I reapplied the Old Olive in short, quick strokes to represent grass. The sentiment was stamped onto transparent paper and topped with PTI buttons in Stone and some grey baker's twine. Because the card is so basic, I stamped some trees and clouds onto the kraft cardstock base with Versamark Ink. That's pretty much it! And not a lick of patterned paper anywhere! lol

I hope you are inspired to make a card for the man in your life!

Thanks for popping in today! I'll be back tomorrow with another Deconstructed Sketch!

{Supplies}

{Stamps} There She Goes ' Zoopendous'

{Papers} PTI Kraft Cardstock, Bazzil Basics - Bitter Chocolate, Canson Manga Cardstock

{Inks} StazOn 'Jet Black', SU's Going Gray, Cool Caribbean, Old Olive, Versamark Ink

{Access} Rosies Roadshow Cloud Template, PTI Button - Stone, Bakers Twine - Grey, Sewing, Sponges, Dimensionals