For the Love of Papertrey!

I have a second post today that just couldn't wait. Papertrey Ink is holding their 2 yr. Anniversary celebration and boy are there some great prizes. Now until Feb.15 there are daily give aways. Today is a chance to win a $100 gift certificate plus the cutest little exclusive PTI bag. To enter you have to make some kind of little bag or purse. I decided to make another little bag-in-a-box. We made these at my stamp camp on Sunday and everyone just adored them. This time, I used some Pink Patterns dp from PTI along with the Beautiful Blooms and Paper Tray stamp sets. For an extra layer to my flower, I layered a Maya Road transparent flower behind my stamped image.
It all comes together beautifully when you have the right products! Thanks for stopping by and good luck if you enter! Hugs, Lisa

It's Six Chicks Sketch Challenge Time

Come on over to the Limelight Paper crafts to play along. This week our sketch is brought to you by the oh-so-talented Lee Murphy and the product focus is on bling baby! Not just any bling, but, pink bling! Pretty In Pink… The Pink Panther... Other than being movies, what else do they have in common? How about the color pink!?! This week at Limelight Papercrafts we are focusing on all things pink… with one exception… it must sparkle, shimmer or shine! We want to see your pink bling!!! Stickles, Shimmerz, Kaisercraft Rhinestones, sparkle fibers… You name it, Limelight carries it and we want you to use it! Don’t have any that we carry? Use the bling you have, just make sure it’s pink! We can’t wait to see what you come up with! Here's what I did. I'll add another picture below so you see my pink bling. When I sat down to work on this card I found out I had no pink bing! Limelight does, so be sure to check it out. I had to get creative. I used shimmerz on all the pink polka dot paper (that dp is by October Afternoon. I'm in love, let me tell ya!) and on the hearts of Nigel's (he's the cute little owl stamp by Odd Bird Planet)belly. I also used my Basic Grey Bittersweet brads and glitzed (I love how we crafters come up with some of the coolest words, lol!) them up with my irridescent ice embossing powder. See, I was being good and used what I had. I pulled out my Janome sew mini and threaded up my white bobbin and got some stitching done on my card. The sentiment is from the beautiful stamp, Love & Meaning by unity (stop by on the 6th to see my project made with that one!). I just inked up the script Love with a marker and stamped it on my oval (actually I always stamp first then punch! it's much easier this way). Wanna play along for a chance to win a prize? Here's what you need to do:

* Sketch and Product Challenge with a focus on using pink bling!

* Uploads to SCS should have the keyword: LLPC014.

* Participants should post a comment and a link to their card to Mandy's blog.

* All entries must be submitted by Sunday, February 8th , at midnight to be eligible win a jar of Shimmerz and package of rhinestones of the winning designer's choice!

See what the rest of the DT did:

Becky, Ryann, Lee, Lorie, Jen Marie, and our two guest designers the month-Jennifer and Kristen.

There is another way to try and win some goodies from Limelight. Today Limelight is hosting the Dutch Dare Card challenge. You are to make a Valentine's Day card without using traditional Valentine colors. So that means NO pinks or reds! Have fun and play along for a chance to win The Delectable Delights stamp set by Unity and a some Raspberry Pixi glitter! Be sure to link these challenge cards to the Dutch Dare Blog!

My Space!

I took these pictures of my craft space the other week after my parents left. I am fortunate to have a craft room, but it also acts as our spare bedroom so I have to clean the room up when we have guests come to visit. I used to have a corner in our dining room, but three years ago when we had our basement finished, I had to have a room. I am not good about cleaning up after myself when I'm done with a project so I needed a door to close so I don't have to look at the mess. LOL! So here is the overview of my room. I work at the desk on the right and I have another desk on the left that holds an old computer (no internet access to this one), my Big Shot, and my Sewing Machine. Everything else is in the closet.
Here is a straight on view of my desk. All my large SU punches are mounted on the wall. I love having them right in front of me. I am going to add some shelves above those one of these days so I can clear off my desk even more. In my attempt to re-organize and add more storage space, I bought a few of those white scrapbook cubes after Christmas . I want three more and then I think my little unit will be complete. The drawers hold all my tools and unmounted non-SU stamps. You can see to the left of that is my ink storage unit. It is all cardboard, it has held up well over the past 6 years. It holds 64 ink pads. It sits on top of a Sterillite drawer unit (can you believe at one time I fit all my stamping and scrapbook supplies in those three drawers, hehehehe!) More punches, re-inkers, wheels, and alterable items are stored in there now. Next is my Cropper Hopper paper trolley. This was one of my first splurges when I became a demo and I really love how all my SU paper is there all together. The top is all 8 1/2 x 11 and the bottom holds all my 12x12 solid and designer paper. As you can see, I'm going to have to come up with more paper storage since these paper holders are filled to the max!Finally, a shot (a not so good one) of all my SU stamps. They fill the wire racks we had put into this closet. The rest of the room is crammed with stuff too, I'm not kidding. I really am busting at the seams. I am slowly weeding out lots of paper and business supplies that are outdated, but I hate to organize so I keep putting it off. Thanks for stopping by and taking a look into my little creative space! Yes, this is where I escape to, and I love it-clutter and all! Hugs, Lisa

Unity Kit of the Month

Want a great deal on stamps? Then you must check out the Kit of the Month by Unity stamps. I have never been a big fan of monthly kit clubs, but once I kept seeing the beautiful images people were using from Unity I was intrigued. When I found out I could only get them by signing up for the monthly kit, I was bummed. It took me a few months of looking and almost hitting the join button before I was sucked in completely. I joined in October and each month gets better and better. You get a ton of stamps for $24.99. The images are a great size and all are unmounted red rubber stamps to use with your acrylic blocks (or the handles Unity sells). I just saw the Feb. KOTM and OMG! I think it might be my favorite so far. Angela has it up on her blog. I made these two cards for last week's hip hop challenges and they both use images from the Jan. KOTM called Love, ect.

Yes, I know, this one is a little bright an funky. Isn't that peacock just adorable? The challenge called for Bold and Bright. The next card is a little more tame. We were to use something gritty on our card. I added glitter to a piece of sticky strip. I love the contrast of the bright pink with the natural tones of the chocolate and kraft. Oh, and just so you don't miss out. This is straight from the Limelight home page:

A selection of our Valentine's Day themed projects are 20% off this week only! Here are the items on sale:
Unity Stamp Company Love Is Toxic and Rows of Yummies
All Basic Grey Bittersweet Accessories (6x6 Paper Pads NOT Included)
Odd Bird Planet Hey Handsome, Me & You, and Heart Lolly Tree Stamps
Pink Paislee Sweet Cakes Clear Stamp Set Click on the Weekly Specials button on the left column to view our sale items!

Stop by the store to take advantage of the savings! Hugs, Lisa

Guess What Time It Is?

Yeah!!! It's SAB time!!! I love Sale-a-Bration time with Stampin' Up! New to this promotion by SU!? Well, let me tell you about it-From now until the end of March, with every $50 you spend, you get to choose a FREE product from the SAB mini catalog (you can download it for free or contact me for a copy of it). Over the years SU has started offering some choices other than stamps for your freebies. I LOVE this!!! This year you can pick a ribbon bundle (you know I'm a sucker for ribbon!) or a designer paper pack instead of stamps. There are 4 stamp choices too. Take a look at the catalog on the right in my sidebar. Also, with every order you place through my demo website, you earn a FREE Idea Book & Catalog. Yesterday I kicked off the SAB season with a Birthday Stamp Camp. We had a great time stamping and chatting about the new catty. Here is what my girls made yesterday. This one uses one of the SAB sets, Polka Dot Punches and it was the favorite of the day.

I love this next card because it shows how you can get more milage out of your snowflakes (well at least from the set, Snowburst). I CASED this one from the catty (pg. 40).

This last card is the kid card we did. I just love these little people. All in the Family is such a great set! I also CASED this one from the catty (pg.48). I set out my Pun Fun set and gave the girls the option to change up the image if they wanted to. They actually embraced this idea and made each of their 3 cards of this design a little different. And finally our last project uses the beautiful designer paper and ribbon available as a SAB choices. It matches the Polka Dot Punches stamp set. You get 4 sheets of each of the 4 designs. That's A LOT of paper!!!
Have a great start to the month of Feb. See you all back here tomorrow with some more fun creations by ME! Hugs, Lisa

Snow and a Card

Not so crafty with my title today, but I do have a cute, crafty card to share. I know all you die hard stampers will appreciate this one. I tell you the set, Craft Taglines from There She Goes stamps company is so fun. I did this card for the monthly challenge over at TSG. We had to add dimension to our card. This was an easy on for me since I almost never make a card without my trusty Stampin' Dimensionals. I usually have three packs on hand and if I get down to one, I start to panic a bit. Good thing they are fairly inexpensive! I popped up the top layer of the card, the sentiment, and all three silver embossed scissors. Here's another shot of the dimension. Since I have been talking about all our snow and ice this week I thought I'd share a few pictures with you all that I took yesterday morning. I know to some of you, this is probably nothing, but for us in the southwest corner of Ohio, this is a lot at one time!. Enjoy! I'm finishing up some prep work for my class tomorrow afternoon. I've got a great group joining me for an afternoon of stamping birthday cards. I'll share those projects with you tomorrow!

This is the view out my front door. There are houses on either side of this shot, I just cropped them out.
Here is a shot out my back door and here is one more of the ice on a bush in our back landscaping. Can you tell I'm not much of a photographer? I probably could have gotten some better shots but I didn't have shoes on and took these while leaning out the doors. LOL!

Hugs, Lisa

Stamp Something Summer

We got dumped on this week. Close to 12 inches of snow, lots of ice, and COLD winds. brrrrr! I was quite happy to stamp a little sunshine for this weeks challenge over at Stamp Something. Get out your warm sunny stamps and papers and make something that reminds you of summer. I chose the Washington Apple dsp from SU! (so glad it did not retire) and the cute little truck filled with bright sunny flowers from Loads of Love. Make sure you link your creations for a chance to win a prize. This week our sponsor is Pink Gem! ETA: I almost forgot to tell you that the sketch (isn't it fun!) is from Mercy's Tuesday sketch challenge. She comes up with some great ones, check out her blog, too!
See you later! Hugs, Lisa