Row, Row, Row Your Boat

This is another page from the nursery rhyme book. I used an old stamp set from There She Goes. The fish die is from Taylored Expressions. I don't remember where the wave die came from. I added some flags and tied some knots on the twine.
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What's The Buzz?

I finally had some time in my stamp room and decided to see what I could do with the latest Deconstructed Sketch. I love this sketch. I was inspired by Tobi Crawford's take on it and came up with this. I love the hexagons and the yellow and gray is one of my favorite color combos.
I used a Spellbinder die to cut each of the hexagons, the yellow and gray papers are Bazzil cardstock and even though it is difficult to tell by the picture they are actually different shades. Most of the patterned paper is from My Mind's Eye Breeze collection. I used the bow die from Lil Inker and the bee stamp is from There She Goes stamps Bee Happy set.
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Smarty Pants

 I couldn't wait to get my hands on this adorable little girl! I love everything about this stamp set from There She Goes. From her little shoes, to the untucked shirt to the glasses with a piece of tape in the middle to the bow in her hair! She is just so darn cute!!! I colored her with colics and then layered the image onto an oval cut with a Spellbinders scalloped oval die. The delicious papers are from Imaginisce and they are perfect for this stamp set. I added some twine and a button from my stash. The red flags were cut with a MFT fishtail banner die and topped off with some black pearls.

Close up shot of Smarty Pants with a little spica glitter on her bow and tape on her glasses!
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TSG Birthday Celebration Day 3

What is this five posts in less than a week? Yep. I told you I had a lot of stamping time this weekend! Been a long time since I have had this much free stamping time.

Day Three's challenge was an inspiration picture. I pulled out the My Little Friend set and got to work. I colored the little gnome with copics and then cut him out with a Spellbinders circle die. With the die still in place I drew a black circle around him. I used a scallop punch on some My Mind's Eye Nostalgia paper and then added a scalloped border with some pink pearls.
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TSG Birthday Challenge Day 2

This is my day two challenge card for the TSG birthday challenge. The challenge was to make a birthday themed card or project for the man or boy in your life. I pulled out my Oh Crop set and got to work. I colored the images with copics and then fussy cut them out. I love the cow! (Must be the little bit of Nebraska I still have left in me!) And what is a farmer without a cow?
I cut the sky and pasture with a die and then inked the edges to give some dimension. The clouds were cut with a die and then embossed. It is hard to tell from the picture but I popped the farmer, cow, and barn up with pop dots. I used the "Oh crop I almost forgot" sentiment on the inside.
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TSG Birthday Challenge Day 4

Believe it or not I was able to complete all five challenges for There She Goes Birthday Celebration. I have been able to spend quite a bit of time in my stamp room over the weekend, it has been a while since I have been able to do that. Each day a different challenge was posted so I will post all five of the cards I made. If you haven't figured out yet I won't be posting them in the order the challenges were given, just in case you are keeping track!
The challenge for day four was to use banners on a birthday card. Easy peasy right? I pulled out my Scent-sational set and got inky. I colored the sweet little skunk with copics and then layered the image onto a scalloped oval die cut with a Spellbinders die. The banners were cut with a flag die and then folded over some twine. The patterned paper is Echo Park Hello Summer. Love the bright colors!
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TSG Birthday Celebration Day 5

 The challenge for There She Goes Stamps birthday celebration for day five is to use at least three embellishments on a birthday card. I wanted to go a little outside the box, but I think this cute little scientist is perfect to wish someone a birthday. He is from the TSG set Cutie Pi, and happens to be one of my daughter's absolute favorite sets from TSG. I stamped the image and then colored him with colics. I cut the image out and then layered it onto a blue rectangle. I used a die to cut the oval and then stamped What's the matter? before adding some buttons. The green paper bow was cut with a die and layered onto a strip of Basic Grey Oliver patterned paper.

Close up of my little scientist and his birthday potion!
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TSG Birthday Challenge Day 1

There She Goes Stamps is celebrating their fourth birthday this week. Each day this week is a different birthday themed challenge. Monday's challenge was to use numbers. I don't have a TSG stamp set with numbers so I stamped the cake image and then used some Thickers numbers that I have had laying around for ages. I used Jen Del Muro's idea for mounting the pearls on some cardstock circles to make them stand out a little more. The patterned paper is Simple Stories Harvest Lane--love it. Definitely a different color combo for me, but I like it.
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Oh Snap!

The challenge this week on the There She Goes Clear Stamps blog is vacation. I looked through my TSG stamps and as soon as I saw the Oh Snap set it clicked! Can't go on vacation without a camera right? I paper pieced parts of the camera and then added some glossy accents to the lens and flash. I cut the image out with a circle nestabilitie die and then layered it onto a blossom die cut. I cut the fishtail flags using a MFT die and added some texture with the cuttlebug seeing spots embossing folder. The black polka dot paper is Jenni Bowlin Haven--I am already wishing I had bought more than one sheet! I finished off the clean and simple look with a couple of black rhinestones.
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TSG Mother of All Blog Hops

Welcome to the 3rd annual Mother of All Blog Hops sponsored by There She Goes Clears Stamps! Over the next two days, we (customers and trendsetters!) will be featuring some of our favorite There She Goes Clear Stamp sets! Not only that, we’re going to give YOU a chance to win some fabulous prizes! To find out how, please go to the There She Goes’ blog and read the simple instructions.

I am a huge fan of There She Goes clear stamps. It seems like each release gets better and better! The set that I am showing today is the Day or Night set. I love the cute little sentiments and the houses are just darling. I stamped the image and then colored it with copic markers. I layered it onto a circle and a blossom nestabilities die. I machine stitched the layers to the kraft card base and added some patterned paper for some contrast. Then I added some flags for a pop of color. I finished the card off with some blue rhinestones. Please click on the InLinkz below and follow it to the next blog! Thanks for stopping by!

BombDiggity

Even though my youngest daughter is in high school, I still like to take the opportunity to thank a few of her teachers for all the hard work and to remind them how important they are. This year I used the new BombDiggity set from There She Goes to put together a quick little basket.

I got the cute little plastic basket from Target and filled each with some candy. Then I made a tag for each one. I colored each with bright copic markers and added some spica glitter and rhinestones.

I finished each one off with a sentiment flag and a colorful ribbon. The teachers were surprised when my daughter delivered them this morning. Can't wait to play some more with this set!

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Bless Our Home With Lots of Love

My oldest daughter and her family moved into a new apartment the first week of March. Gracie has a back yard that she loves and it is really close to my daughter's work. It is still way too far from Mimi and Poppy, but they are very happy.
I knew as soon as I saw the Home Sweet Home stamp set from Market Street Stamps that it would perfect for a housewarming gift. I used a Nestabilities die to cut the opening in the frame, love the corners.
I colored the house and tree (complete with tire swing) with copics and then cut them out. I found the sentiment and sun in the Day or Night stamp set from There She Goes Clear Stamps. Love it when it all comes together. I cut some cloud patterned paper from My Mind's Eye Lime Twist Fly a Kite pad and then tore strips of green card stock. I layered the strips to give a little dimension.
I stamped the sentiment (little angels up above; bless our home with lots of love) and cut it out with a MFT first place award die-namic. I finished it off with a couple of green rhinestones.
Can't wait to get it in the mail!
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Special Delivery

The mailbox filled with love is from There She Goes Stamps. I love the simplicity of the image.
I colored the image with copics and then layered it onto a pink square. The patterned paper is from We R Memory Keepers--think it is love struck. I cut the postage stamp squares with a die and then added the hearts cut with a die from The Cat's Pajamas.
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Float My Boat

I have admired this little cutie from There She Goes stamps for a while. I finally broke down and bought it last week--and a couple of others I have eyeing.
I colored the image with copics and then cut it out with a Nestabilities oval die. I used a postage stamp edge dynamic from My Favorite Things for my waves. I cut the little flags out and then colored with copies to match. The patterned paper is from My Mind's Eye Miss Caroline Dilly Dally.
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You Dig Me?

This little gardner is from There She Goes clear stamps My Little Friend set. Isn't he cute? Looks as if he is ready to get right to work! The thing I love about this set of stamps is the sentiments--You Dig Me??? Funny stuff! Anyhoo...on to the deets.
I colored my little friend with copic markers and then sponged the edges of the stamp, the card stock layer and the pennants with Memento brown ink. The fabulous paper is another MME beaut, Blink of an Eye from a 6x6 stack.

I added the pennants in the corner and then cut the sentiment into three pieces. I am loving these challenges lately, gives me a good reason to spend some time stamping and it takes me a little bit out of my comfort zone. Kind of a think outside my usual box.
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Best thing since sprinkles

This little cutie patootie is from the June release at There She Goes Stamps. I colored the image with copics and then cut it out with a Nestabilities circle die. I left the image in the die and drew a frame around it, leaving a space for some sparkle. The patterned paper is from My Mind's Eye Lime Twist Happy Go Lucky. The sketch is an old one from Taylored Expressions, love the punched circles!

I stamped the sentiment on the inside and then added more of the punched circles for a pop of color.
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My Little Friend Thank You

This is one of the gnomes included in the My Little Friend stamp set from There She Goes! He looks so darn cute holding that big flower! I wanted to keep this pretty clean and simple so I colored him with copics and then simply added some embossed cardstock and just one patterned paper.

For the inside I stamped the sentiment and then cut it with a Nestabilities die. Added some more of the embossed cardstock and the patterned paper from the card front and called it done!

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Hello My Friend

I love this stamp set from There She Goes! I colored it with copics added just a little sparkle to the flowers with my spica glitter pens. The red scallops were cut with a Sizzix die. I added some patterned paper and ribbon. The sentiment is included in the stamp set and I simply flagged the ends by hand.
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My Little Friend

I absolutely love this new stamp set from There She Goes! Cute little houses and gnomes and some of the funniest sayings! I am relatively new to TSG but I have definitely added them to my list of favs!

I decided to try out the TSG challenge, this week it is round and round. The card base has to be round or oval. I was a little concerned at first, but after my first successful attempt I will definitely be making more round shaped cards! I colored the adorable little mushroom house with copics and then added some patterned paper as well as pieces of colored cardstock to the front. The yellow I ran through my cuttlebug with a polka dot folder and the brown is actually the negative space from the picket fence die! I added different colors and textures to add depth to an otherwise small space. I Love how the picket fence finishes it off; I used some pop dots to add dimension (hard to tell in the photo). I stamped the welcome gnome in brown ink and then added a green rhinestone to finish it off!
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Get well

This is my get well card for my monthly card club. The stamp set is from the new release at There She Goes.

I had never heard of There She Goes until recently I saw these super cute images on other blogs.

I love the image of this dog looking out over the fence. Gives the idea he is waiting for his loving friend to get well soon and come play.

I used kraft paper for the base and then layered three rectangles from my new My Mind's Eye Stella Rose Hattie pad. You will be seeing a lot of the Stella Rose collection in upcoming posts! I added some crisscrossed twine and then layered the colored image on top! Although it is very difficult to see I also used some chalk for the sky, just didn't show up very well in the photo, sorry.

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