SERIOUSLY, thank you.

No. Seriously. For reals, though. I sort of kind of lots of LOVE this Seriously die from Lil' Inker Designs. LOVE. Seriously, though. AND, I also happen to love this wicked fun Beadwork stamp set from Altenew, sooo... I decided to play with them together! YAY! I am playing along with the Cynthia Rowley Runway Inspired Challenge, inspired by this fabulous photograph.

I particularly loved the linear feel of this inspiration photo along with the gold. Because, gold. I wanted to emphasize both of these pieces in my design, so I pulled out my Tsukineko Delicata ink and went to town with the Beadwork stamp set!



I love how this stamp set allows you to create your own pattern. I created a pattern that fit nicely on the white panel (Crafter's Companion Ultra Smooth White) and then trimmed a thin strip of black cardstock to enhance that linear feel. I stamped the 'thank you' portion of the sentiment with Tsukineko VersaFine in Onyx Black. I love the detail you get with sentiments stamped in VersaFine! I then added the die cut 'Seriously' and popped the panel up with foam tape.



I am also linking this up to the CAS challenge over at Virginia's View Challenge! Have an awesome day, my friends!

Have a Happy!

Flamingos Probably Wouldn't Make Great Pets

Probably not. But it still SOUNDS like a great plan, if you ask me!!! Plus, I do believe that one of these would call the other 'pet' in that lovely dovey mushy gooey kind of way. I am playing along with the CAS-ology Challenge and the Curtain Call Challenge with this fun card. I used the brand new, and super adorable, mind you, flirty flamingos from Newton's Nook Designs.



I stamped and embossed the image with white embossing powder on watercolor paper. I then used watercolors to add a whole bunch o' pink to the design. I highlighted some areas and made some darker to create depth. I super duper love watercolor paints. I really and truly do. A Wink of Stella black glitter brush added a touch of sparkle to their beaks. YAY! for sparkle!!!



The sentiment is a perfectly simple font from Lil' Inker Designs, called Mom and Dad Sentiments, and I love how well it worked with these little flamingos! SO much fun!

You can find all of the supplies I used in the links below.

Have a Happy!

Newton's Nook Flirty Flamingos Lil' Inker Designs Mom and Dad Sentiments *Tim Holtz DISTRESS WATERCOLOR CARDSTOCK Ranger Ink TDA39549 *Sakura KOI WATERCOLORS SKETCH BOX 24 Colors with Waterbrush Kuretake Gansai Tambi 24 Color Watercolors Set *Ranger Embossing Powder WHITE EPJ36685 *Ranger EMBOSSING POWDER LIQUID PLATINUM Rubber Stamp Ink *Versamark WATERMARK Rubber Stamp Emboss Chalk Resist INK PAD *Precision Heat Embossing Emboss Tool Gun Hero Arts PW200 Simon Says Stamp Shades of Grey Cardstock *ZIG Wink of Stella ELEGANT Set Glitter Black Silver Clear Brush Tip Markers 025375 *ZIG Wink of Stella GLITTER BLACK Brush Tip Marker 025207

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You're Not My Friend

Today I have the last of my Stamping Royalty cards to share with you. Well, except for the Season's Greetings Category because I can't share that one, but you will see it in the July issue of Paper Crafts & Scrapbooking Magazine! Woot! Woot! This one was for the Friendship category. I pulled out the Highline Chalkboard Background stamp from Hero Arts/Basic Grey for a bit of fun technique play on this one!


I stamped the mint background and then, on a second panel, I stamped and clear embossed the background again. I inked over it with grey ink after embossing to get a reverse look and then used an iron to remove the embossing entirely, giving me the image in reverse. That was SO MUCH FUN!!!! I die cut the word Hello from the reverse panel and lined it up perfectly to sit on top of the same spot to make it seamless. I LOVE how this one turned out and that I ventured into new territory, too!


I hope you have enjoyed this week of my Stamping Royalty cards! I had SUCH a good time creating these and was super excited to share them, as I really put my all into them! I love them. All of them. For reals. I can't even help it.



In other news, I have a giveaway winner to announce! The winner of my Crafter's Companion prize is... Carol L! Congratulations, Carol! Please email me with your full name and mailing address so I can get this out to you!

Have a Happy!!!

*Lil' Inker Designs THE FINE PRINT Clear Stamp Set LIL114 *Hero Arts Cling Stamp HIGHLINE CHALKBOARD BACKGROUND BACKGROUND Rubber Unmounted BasicGrey CG635 *Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember�® BIG HELLO Craft DIE s203 *Simon Says Stamp SMALL HELLO Craft Dies SSSD111327 *Hero Arts Shadow Ink Pad SOFT GRANITE Mid-Tone 2012 AF226 *Hero Arts Shadow Ink Pad CHARCOAL Black Mid-Tone 2013 af236 *Simon Says Stamp Premium Dye Ink Pad MINT ink017 *Simon Says Stamp Card Stock 100# BLACK BL8 *Crafter's Companion 50 PACK ULTRA SMOOTH PREMIUM WHITE CARDSTOCK 752252 *Tsukineko Embossing Powder CLEAR Emboss *Precision Heat Embossing Emboss Tool Gun Hero Arts PW200 *Fiskars Easy LARGE STAMPING PRESS Stamp Entire Project at Once! 08849

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TAG! You're it!

Howdy, folks!  Yeah.  I say howdy now.  Howdy is cool.  Anyway, about that challenge....  HA!  Yup!  That's right, friends, it is time for a brand new challenge over at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge blog and this week we are playing TAG!  No.  I'm not going to chase you around the playground.  I promise.  BUT, we DO want to see you either create a tag or use a tag or tags on your project!!!  The design team is using RANGER products this week.  Yup.  That's easy enough!  I pulled out my March Card Kit for this one!  Ummm.... LOVE IT!



Umm, HELLO to bright, beautiful colors that make me think happy thoughts of spring and ignore the snowflakes falling outside!  YAY!  I love these Lawn Fawn papers.  for reals.  SO cute!



I used the new Mini Distress inks, which I may marry next week because I love them so much, for the sunshine and the sentiment as well as to ink the edges of that cute Lil' Inker tag goodness!  YAY!

And now it's YOUR TURN!  Create something NEW inspired by the Tag It! Challenge and link it up over on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge blog for your chance to win a $50 Voucher to the Simon Says Stamp store.  Helloooooo SHOPPING SPREE!!!!  Yayness!  Be sure to mention the challenge and link back in your post to be eligible for the prize.  K?  K.  Glad we got that covered.

Go make something fabulous!  Have a Happy!

*Simon Says Stamp Card Kit of the Month MARCH 2014 RAINBOW OF COLOR CKMar14 *Simon Says Stamp Card Kit of the Month 2012 SUBSCRIPTION *Simon Says Clear Stamps COLOR AND SUNSHINE sss101399 *PRE-ORDER Lawn Fawn HELLO SUNSHINE Petite 6 x 6 Paper Pack *PRE-ORDER Lawn Fawn HELLO SUNSHINE COLLECTION KIT 12 x 12 Paper Pack *Lil' Inker Designs LOVE TAGS DIE Set LILD100 *PRE-ORDER Lawn Fawn CORAL Single Cord Trimmings *Darice 8MM CRYSTAL Sequins 10044-8 *Uni-ball Pen Signo Gel Pen WHITE Smooth Broad *Crafter's Companion 50 PACK ULTRA SMOOTH PREMIUM WHITE CARDSTOCK 752252 *PRE-ORDER Tim Holtz MINI DISTRESS INK PADS SETS 1, 2, & 3 Ranger DMIPSX3 *PRE-ORDER Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad MINI KIT #1 TDPK40316 *PRE-ORDER Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad MINI KIT #2 TDPK40323 *PRE-ORDER Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad MINI KIT #3 TDPK40330 *Fiskars Compact STAMPING PRESS Stamp Entire Project at Once! 02958 *3M Scotch GENERAL PURPOSE 1/4"" x 36 yd REFILL Advance Tape Glider Rolls *3M Scotch ATG GUN 714 Use GOLD 1/4"" TAPE ROLL Adhesive Applicator Glue Stamp *Sizzix BIG SHOT MACHINE Powder Blue & Teal 657900

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