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Good Morning All!

Happy Thursday to you! Hope you're having a great day. I'm looking forward to Friday and the weekend. It's been a good week, but a busy one and I need a break. We did have a fun play date yesterday though, so big thanks to Erin for having us over and getting us out of the house!

Today I have a card to share for my final guest spot at Cute Card Thursday. I'd like to thank everyone for having me, but especially Deb for asking and inviting me to join this amazing team for the last month. I had a great time!

The challenge this week is Text Crazy! The challenge of this challenge is to use text/sentiments as the main focal point of your creation. You can add images, but please be sure the Text is what is really the focus of your creation.

At first I was really sweating this challenge, I never use text and no images on my cards. Yikes! But then I remembered all the fun Letter Seal sentiments we released at Whimsy Stamps and I was on my way. These new sentiment sets are perfect for expressing your thoughts and also a perfect size for a text only card. This is one of the Letter Seals from the Birthday Letter Seals set created by our super talented Ann Vento of Raindrop Echo Designs.

I've gone with a white and red color combo and used some DCWV paper from the Sweet Stack. The base layer of white was embossed with the Swiss Dots CB folder and I used Circle Nesties to frame the image. I've embellished simply with sticky gems on the corners and some white dot doodles on the red layers.

Thanks for dropping by today. I'll be back tomorrow with my project for the Just Magnolia and Stamp Something challenges. Have a great day!

Happy Stamping,

Cute Card Thursday GDT

Hi All!

Happy Thursday to you! Today I have a card to share for one of my last weeks as guest designer for Cute Card Thursday. I have really enjoyed sharing in the challenges and being part of this amazing team and challenge blog all month long. This week we have a sketch challenge for you. Please follow the sketch to enter for the blog candy prize. You can flip it and/or rotate it, but please be sure the original sketch is visible.

For my card I used this sweet new image from Meljen's Designs called Brooke at the Beach, which released this morning at Whimsy Stamps. Melissa has created 5 fun new images for her weekly Thursday release, head on over to Whimsy and check them out.

 I went with a blue color combo and used these fun Magnolia Lazy Summer papers. I thought the clouds and stripes would be perfect on a beach themed card. I followed the sketch from CCT as it was and then embellished with shell themed brads, flowers, and a Ticket Sentiment from Whimsy. The image was printed on Neenah CS and colored with Copics.

This card also fits the challenges at:
Everybody Art: blue and white
Paper Take Weekly: Cutie Patootie

I also wanted to mention the "Sizzling Summer Sentiment Sale" going on at Whimsy right now. For the rest of July you can save 25% off on all of Ann's fabby digital sentiment sets. Please note this sale is for DIGITAL sentiments only! Stop over and check out the beautiful word art!

Thanks so much for stopping over today. I hope you have a great day and if you're up for a challenge head on over to CCT and join in!

Happy Stamping,

One for Christmas

Hi All!

Well it's Thursday and that means another guest design spot over at Cute Card Thursday. It's been so much fun taking part in these challenges and being featured as a guest. I'd like to thank Deb and Caz again for having me! This week the challenge theme is Christmas! And it just so happens that Crissy Armstrong released new holiday themed digital stamps at Whimsy Stamps this month!

I've used this darling image called Trimming the Tree...

I'm not 100% happy with this card I must admit. I think it was rather hard to get in the holiday spirit when it was 90 degrees and humid when I was creating this card. And I need me some new holiday papers I think too! The image was fun to color and I've added some Stickle glitter accents too. The papers are from a stack I got from Erin, I think they are My Minds Eye, but not 100% sure on that. I've stitched the edges on the sewing machine and then embellished with ribbon, sticky gems, and snowflakes.

This card also fits the challenges at:
Everybody Art Challenge - holidays
Winter Wonderland - Twas the Night Before Christmas

Thanks so much for stopping by today. I have to apologize for my lack of blog hopping lately. Things have been so busy lately I haven't had much time for visiting my friends. I'm thinking of you all and hoping you are enjoying your summer. And I'm so grateful to those who have been stopping by and leaving some love. Hugs to you!

Happy Stamping,

Donkey Smiles

Good Morning,

Happy Thursday, can you believe tomorrow is already Friday! This week has been super HOT here so not getting much done because of the heat, but have found some time to craft in the A/C.

Today I'm a guest designer over at Cute Card Thursday and thought I would combine that challenge with a card for Michelle Oatman.

If you've not heard about Michelle and her tragic accident, please visit the Spoon Full of Sugar blog. They are hosting a card drive in honor of Michelle and Whimsy Stamps is taking part by offering a FREEBIE image and sentiment set which can be downloaded from our shop page now. We are also sponsoring the drive with a prize. Be sure to check things out, there are lots of wonderful sponsors taking part and we hope to be able to flood Michelle's mailbox with lots and lots of well wishes from around the world.

This is my card for Michelle using the Meljen's Designs FREEBIE Sweet Donkey with the coordinating sentiments created by Ann Vento of Raindrop Echo Designs.

The challenge at CCT this week is School's Out. I was thinking summer time with this card and went with flowery papers and added lots of flower accents. The image was colored with Copics and then I added some glitter accents. The sketch is from this month's Whimsy Stamps Challenge and the papers are SU!. I've stitched and distressed the edges and framed my image with an Oval Nesties set. I embellished with pearls, flowers and chandelier drops, ribbon, hemp twine and a charm, and a Whimsy ticket sentiment with the Donkey Smiles FREEBIE sentiment.

This card also fits over at:
Crafty Pad: Animal Fun
Stampavie and More: Sparkling
Crafty Catz: Distressing
Quixotic Paperie: Pretty Pearls

Today is also new release day for the Meljen's Designs digital collection at Whimsy Stamps. Every Thursday Melissa will bring you new digital designs! Head on over and check out what she created for this week!

Thanks for visiting today! I hope you're staying cool! Have a great Thursday, see you back here tomorrow for new challenge projects for Just Magnolia and Stamp Something. 

Happy Stamping,

Fruity Bunny

Hell All!

Today is digi release day over at Whimsy Stamps! There will be a release party starting at Noon EST over at the Whimsy Inspirations Blog and all the new digital stamps will be for sale at 10am EST! There are lots of really cute images and brand new sentiment sets as well as some new custom design options. And if that's not enough excitement, Meljen's Designs has moved to Whimsy Stamps! All of the Meljen's Designs digital stamps can now be found exclusively at our shop. Head on over and check it out!

I was asked to be a guest designer on Cute Card Thursday for the month of July, which of course I jumped at! I love that challenge and Deb is a wonderful friend, so it's an honor to help out. Today's challenge is Fruity! I've decided to go with a new Meljen's Desings digi stamp for this card, it's called Garden Bun Bun Fairy and paired it with some fun and bright fruity colors.

I've colored the image with Copics and then framed it with Oval Nesties. I had every intention of glittering up her wings, but I totally forgot! Oops! The papers are BG Green at Heart and have been stitched on the sewing machine. The sketch is from the challenge over at Quixotic Challenges. And I've embellished with ribbon, brads, flowers, and a strawberry charm.

Thanks for stopping by today! Be sure to check out all the beautiful DT samples using the new Whimsy Digital images! There are prizes for the hop and we are posting a new monthly challenge today too, play along if you'd like. We'd love to see your creation with a touch of Whimsy!

Happy Stamping,