COLORING DOWN THE LINES!

Hello hoppers! Glad you could join us for our weekly 

Coloring Down the Lines Blog Hop!!

You probably hopped here from Helen's blog! Or maybe you're starting here, but either way, keep going to Lizzy's blog & beyond! Great colors this week!

So here's my card:

And the inspiration photo:

And the Stampin' Up! colors:

I so love this one. Now you may or may not know this about me, but I'm a cow person! I have cows all over my kitchen. Not real ones of course, altho I do live in the country! lol  So when I saw this stamp set, Barnyard Babies, I had to have it! That cow is adorable!

Interestingly enough I needed a card for a friend's daughter who is turning 10, so I thought I'd use this  week's challenge to make it happen!

I'm a fan of this color scheme! Now u may be wondering where I found that great striped paper in the background. Well let me tell you! It came from the 

Go Wild DSP Stack.  Now the paper is actually black & white, but I wanted to pull in the Sahara Sand, so I simply sponged the white parts. I love how it looks like this!

I've been using the Bow Builder Punch quite a bit lately. I find it works perfectly for that "ribbon" touch when you don't have that color ribbon! I still need to stock up on ribbons from the new Annual Catalog! I bought so many stamp sets that I ran out of funds for the ribbons! lol

The tag was cut from the Chalk Talk Framelits Dies. And I will cop to a retired clip as an embellishment. I didn't have a current one that worked, but you can add a different on if you want. Or you can really just use a paper clip!

The sentiment is from the Sprinkles of Life stamp set. That's our 

Ronald McDonald House stamp set this year. $3 from each set sold goes to the Ronald McDonald House! It's a great one to get & helps out a bunch of kids as well.

Well you can go hop now!! Be sure to visit them all! It'd be great to leave a comment as well! We love the feedback!!

Happy Stamping'!

"COLORING DOWN THE SPOOKY LINES"!!!

Helllloooooo!!!! And welcome to this week's 

Coloring Down the Lines Blog Hop!!! 

So as you may or may not know, this week we celebrate a fun holiday! It's called Halloween!!! lol

So if you're hopping over from Helen's blog-hope it wasn't too scary over there!-welcome!!! But Beware....!!!!

This week's colors are (NO, not orange & black!!! altho that would be cool, but no!):

                Garden Green, Calypso Coral, Soft Sky                 

 OR

Garden Green, So Saffron, Melon Mambo

I chose the first group & decided to say Happy Halloween to you all in my own way!

Ok, so this card is totally out of my comfort zone! But I just wanted to have fun! I thought it was a cute Halloween card! Not easy using these colors!

So the stamp set is the multi-purpose & well worth the $ Tags 4 You set from the Holiday catalog! I used it with the Label Bracket Punch!  

I colored the words with my markers and stamped on the Soft Sky cardstock! I love doing that! Makes fun 2-tone sentiments! Backed it all on some Calyspso Coral cardstock cut using the Chalk Talk Framelits! Kinda fun!

 I used the Chevron Textured Embossing Folder & just cut the edges! There's the Garden Green!  I did the same on a small piece of the other 2 colors, cut them out, & fit them in the grooves! 

Now the with is stamped with the Garden Green & topped with Crystal Effects to make her "pop"! She's too cute to be spooky tho!  

The tough part for me was the web & spiders! I hand drew those! Not one of my best talents I'm afraid! That's why I stamp! lol

So just wanted to share a fun Halloween Treat! Hope you enjoyed!

Now go hop over to Liz's blog & say BOO!  Don't scare her tho!

Have a save & happy Halloween!

Happy Stampin'!

TAG-YOU'RE IT!!!!

So you may or may not know, but every year, Stampin' Up! gives tons of $ to the Ronald McDonald House Charities! It's a wonderful organization that provides housing for families of children who are receiving treatments in hospitals.  

Well, one of the ways they raise the funds is through an annual stamp set. This year's stamp set is called Tag It!  Here's what the stamp set looks like!

It comes in clear mount or wood mount! $3.00 from every purchase is donated by SU!

Clear mount 130303  $16.95

Wood mount  130300   $22.95

Here's a cute card I made using Tag It!!!

I pulled out my new In-Colors & used Crisp Canteloupe & 

Pistachio Pudding for the base.  

The beautiful paper is from the beautiful Venetian Romance DSP Pack!  This is a great pack of paper!!! Such interesting designs!

I cut out the sentiment using the Chalk Talk Framelits! They work wonderfully with this stamp set! Of course I used my totally awesome 

 Magnetic Platform!!!

 I used some Crystal Effects to make the balloons pop a bit-shiny! 

The whole thing is finished off with the totally awesome  

Baked Brown Sugar Stretch Ruffle Trim!

So if you'd like to donate to the Ronald McDonald House Charities, buying this stamp set is a great way to do that! You can order it HERE!!!  Nice way to help out others!

Happy Stampin'!

COLORING DOWN THE PACIFIC LINES!

Ok, first, this week I want to apologize for the quality of my pictures! My good camera is not behaving, and I had to take pics with my old camera! Ugh! I didn't realize how much difference there was until I saw these pics! Oh well! Just know they're much prettier in person!!!

So welcome back from Helen's blog! I know ya just love her "blue" creation!  I sure do! She's super talented!

This week's colors are 

Pacific Point, Melon Mambo, Pumpkin Pie

    OR

Pacific Point, Daffodil Delight, Rich Razzleberry.

I had a tough time choosing, so I did 1 card with each combo! Simple cards, but cute I think!! See?

On the first, I just had some mosaic fun!! I used Mosaic Madness stamp set & punch & the beautiful Quatrefancy Specialty DSP! 

 I actually like these colors together. They made me think flowers, but I've done lots of flowers this summer & wanted to do something different.  I guess this is kind of a flower! But not THE kind of a flower!!! lol

So on the second one, I wanted to use a product from the new 
Holiday Catalog! But so much of it is holiday stuff (makes sense tho!!!) & I just can't go there yet!!! Still waiting for summer to return! Been waiting since Aug 1!!! Come on!!!

 

So I used my Tag It stamp set that I got at convention! It works great with the Chalk Talk Framelits! Now my new item from the Holiday Catalog is the 

Stylish Sripes Textured Embossing Folder! I love these diagonal stripes!!  

And of course the Candy Dots in Daffodil Delight! I think it's fun!  I wouldn't mind getting this card!

Ok so now hop on over to Miss Liz's beauty of a blog & see what awesomeness she has to share today!!!

Until next time!!!

Happy Stampin'!