Birthday Sweets

Today is Sunday Spotlight on the Little Miss Muffet Stamps blog! Each Sunday a special rubber stamp is spotlighted and you can order it at a discount for one day only. This week, the stamp being featured is Celeste Amberglow - Cooking Up Some Love...

Celeste has been busy baking for a Birthday celebration.  The box is the perfect size to hold brownies or cookies - definitely the right size for something SWEET!

Be sure to check out the Little Miss Muffet Stamps blog for more information on picking up this fun stamp at a reduced price!

Smiles,
Julie

Details:  Stamp - LMMS Cooking Up Some Love, Template - Perfect Presentation Tall Gable Box, Copics, Sentiment - Your Next Stamp, Ink - SU, Cuttlebug EF.

Christmas Cookies

Hello Everyone!  It's time for a new challenge at CSAYL and this week it is a sweet one. A sugary photo to draw inspiration from.

Direct link to the photo

Our sponsor this week is Di's Digi Designs.

Two participants week will win $10.00 gift certificate's to Di's Digi Designs. Be sure to check out the adorable images in the store! You have until midnight EST on Wednesday July 3rd to link up your Christmas creation. The winner will be announced at midnight on Thursday.

 

I was inspired by the layout on the cookies when I created my card. 

 

I couldn't resist adding a little "sugar" to the edges, just like the cookies.

 

Be sure to play along and check out all the sweet creations by my teammates on the CSAYL blog!

 

Smiles,

Julie

 

Details:  Stamps - Your Next Stamp Fhiona's Snowman, copics, stickles, Cuttlebug EF.

A Little Love

Did you see??? Your Next Stamp has the Challenge Blog up and running again. Challenges last the entire month and are now your choice of a sketch or inspiration photo or you might choose to combine both!

I went with a CAS take on this month's sketch using the newly released Barnyard Love.

Here are this month's

sketch and inspiration photo

 

Remember that you don't have to use YNS products on your creation to join in the fun!  Head on over to the Challenege Blog for all the details and more inspiration!

Smiles,

Julie

Star Struck

It's time for a new challenge...are you ready to pull out some stars for the Little Miss Muffet Stamps Challenge - Seeing Stars?  To play along create something with stars on it!

Superstar, a digi designed by Pollycraft, takes center stage on my card.  I added a banner of stars and fishtails to go along with the star on the image.

Be sure to check out the Little Miss Muffet Challenge Blog to see all the wonderful creations from my teammates!!! Plus you can find all the rules and that is where you need to link up!

Smiles,
Julie

Details: Stamps - LMMS Superstar, Sentiment - Lil' Inker Designs, CS - PTI and Carta Bella , Dies - YNS Fishtails and star from the Whatnots set, and copics.

Sunny Recap

Hi Everyone!  I am back and sharing more creations using all the new Your Next Stamp goodies that were released over the weekend.  If you missed it, there is still time to hop for a chance to win a stinkin' cute prize pack!  Check out my post here to join in all the fun!

 

First up is a CAS card featuring the Summer Greetings Scene set.

Next, say hi to Austin!

What a beach cutie!  The image and sentiment are both from the set "Austin".  All the fun summery die cuts are from new additions to the Whatnot line - Island Fun and Summer Fun, and there is even a new Wave die!

Lots of new products!  Be sure to check out the deals being offered in the store and have fun shopping!

Smiles,
Julie

Your Next Stamp June Blog Hop

Snort!

Squeal!

 

Do you hear all that noise?  It's a party and there are farm animals on the loose at Your Next Stamp!  Welcome to the June Your Next Stamp New Release Blog Hop!!!   There are lots of new cuties available in theYour Next Stamp Store right NOW.  Stamps and dies, oh me oh my.  From the farm to the beach and some fun scenery in between. 

 

Today I am sharing with you cards featuring the adorable animals from The Funny Farm Crew set, which I paired up with sentiments from the Funny Farm Sentiments clear set.  Squeal!  These sets make me smile!

 

Up first, a couple cards featuring the adorable pig from the set and a combination of sentiments. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The speech bubbles were all created using the Talk Bubble Die Set.  I recommend cutting out all bubbles and then using the cardstock as a template to stamp the sentiments on the card base.

 

Now onto a card with the whole crew

 

 

The hop begins on Kerri’s blog, and if you’ve been hopping along, you should have arrived from Thanh’s blog. Now what kind of party would this be without prizes?  You have until Monday, June 24th at 12am (EST) to leave comments on all of the DT Blogs for your chance to win this fabulous prize pack!  Check it out...do you recognize the pig???!!!

 

 As always, Karen has some amazing Hop Specials that you should definitely take advantage of!

 

 

Now it’s time to hop on over to the Your Next Stamp blog, but make sure you leave a comment before you go! Thank you so much for stopping by, I will send you on with some smiles and squeals!

 

Julie

 

 

 

CSAYL - Gift Card Holder

Are you starting to think about Christmas crafting?  Friday = CSAYL on my blog.  This week, the challenge is to create a gift card holder...you know, that last minute gift that could use a little dressing up!

Our sponsor this week is Bugaboo and one lucky winner will receive 7 digis of their choice!!

 

 

Have fun stamping and link up your creation on the CSAYL Blog!

 

Carnival

The carnival is in town!  

Today is the day, new stamps with a carnival theme are available in the Little Miss Muffet Stamps Store.  If you are looking for cute, fun, fun and fun well then you best head to the store right now!

I colored up Bump! 

My card is based on Sweet Sunday Sketch #186.

I don't want to waste your time with chatter - you will definitely need time to shop in the LMMS store!

Smiles,
Julie

Another Flying Pig

I still can't get enough of the Hambo Flying Pig, so today I am sharing one last card (at least toward the 50) using it!

This week's Hambo Hoedown is to CASE a card from the Hambo Pinterest boards.  I choose this card by Jane Elizabeth France.  I switched out the colors and moved the sentiment down, but kept the clouds, animal with balloons using floss, and the layout.  I didn't have any cloud paper, so I cut mine out using Your Next Stamp Puffy Cloud Dies.  The banner is also from YNS and the sentiment is from Verve.

Smiles,
Julie

Supah-Star

Super Pig from Bugaboo takes center stage!  Still working away on a few pig cards!  My card lo is based on Stella Says Sketch Challenge 138.  I switched it up with a vertical card and added a few extra stars - when you are working with Super Pig lots of stars are required. 

A quick post today as my weekend is going to be full of pigs (at least paper and fondant ones!).

Smiles,
Julie

M-E-R-R-Y C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S!

This week's CSAYL challenge is to include 3 of the following elements on your creation:

M - Metal
E - Embossing Folder
R - Ribbon
R - Rub on
Y - Yellow

C - Chipboard
H - Heat Embossing
R - Rhinestone
I -distressing Ink
S - Sticker
T - Twine
M - Markers
A - Acrylic
S - Stickles

Our sponsor is Beccy's Place! One participant will win 3 images of their choice. For a chance to win link up your creation by June 19th at midnight EST on the CSAYL blog.

 

Now on to my card for the challenge...I used E, M, D, R...

 

Embossing Folder, Markers, Distress Ink (around the edges of the pig) and Rhinestones.

 

My card features Christmas Pig!  I am still working away on helping a friend make 50 pig cards...I only have a couple days left and I am hoping to get to 25!

The layout on my card is based off of Sketch #7 from Atlantic Hearts.

 

Smiles,

Julie

YNS Strawberry and a Sketch

Did you see???  Your Next Stamp has the Challenge Blog up and running again.  Challenges last the entire month and are now your choice of a sketch or inspiration photo or you might choose to combine both!   

 

I decided to combine the 2!

 

Lots of YNS goodies on this one!

The stamp is Hoot's Up Owl and I paired it with a trio of dies; Puffy Cloud Set, Whatnot Seasons Set, and the Fishtail/Banner Die Set.

 

Here are this month's

sketch

and inspiration photo...

Do you see the inspiration for my card?  I decided to use the sketch and flip it vertically, plus I pulled in the colors from the inspiration photo.

How are you inspired?

Be sure to stop by the challenge blog for all the details and to play along!!!

 

Smiles,

Julie

LMM - Families

Families come in all shapes and sizes and errr species. At least that is what I reasoned as I worked on my card for the latest Little Miss Muffet Stamps Challenge - Family.

I created a scene using several animals from the Forest Friends collection found here. My card is based on a layout by Techno Stamper - Monday Lunchtime Sketch Challenge 263. Of course I am late for the challenge, but that is what happens when I am crafting a couple week's in advance. Yep, nothing last minute about me this week, but I wanted to give credit where credit is due!

Actually, the Last Minute Crafter title came about because I have a tendency to get grand ideas of making gifts for everyone. I constantly find myself crafting in the car on the way to an event. It still happens! I decided to make card sets for Mother's Day. Well, I made plenty of cards in advance of the day, but then 1 hour before we were to leave to deliver the gift I thought I need to make a bag to put these all in. Sigh, I was finishing that bag right before we were to leave. Double sigh, even though I really only needed one bag, I thought why don't I cut out 6 of them so have some on hand. LOL this is what makes me the Last Minute Crafter - gifts!

Be sure to check out the Little Miss Muffet Challenge Blog to see all the wonderful creations from my teammates!!! Plus you can find all the rules and that is where you need to link up!

Smiles,
Julie

Details:   Stamps - LMMS Forest Friends, CS - PTI, PP - Simple Stories, Dies - YNS Fishtails, PTI button, and copics.

Crafting with the Kids!

Today I am over on the YNS blog sharing a fun craft to make with the kids. PINS!!!  Pop on over to the blog and check out all the details!  

A special thanks to my helpers!

Smiles,
Julie

Over the Hill

It's Sunday which on my blog means time to share a pig card! I still have lots of pig cards to make so I don't think this will be ending any time soon.

Here is another take on the Hambo Flying Pig.  No matter how many times I color it up this image makes me smile!

 

My card is for the Hambo Hoedown #118 - Pennants or Banners challenge and the Outlawz Twisted Thursdays - Animals Challenge.

Smiles,
Julie

Details: Image - Hambo, Sentiment - Lil' Inker Designs, Dies - YNS Banners, CS - PTI, Carta Bella, and SU, Embossing Folder - Darice, and copics.

Christmas CASE

Have you started making Christmas cards yet this year? Now is the time to start with a new challenge from Christmas Stampin' All Year Long.

This week we are looking for you to CASE one of the design team'screations. What does that mean? Pick one of the cards from the CSAYL Design Team and base your creation off of it. It could be the colors, the layout, the image. Let your imagination go and have fun! When you post on your blog or in a gallery be sure to let us know which designer you CASED.

Our sponsor this week is Fred She Said with a $10.00 gift certificate to the store for one participant!

Link up your creation by Wednesday June 12th at midnight EST for your chance to win!

My card features Winter Chickadee from Fred She Said.  Don't tell the receipient of this card, but I took a short cut and used a precolored digi.  What a time saver and it looks great!

 

Be sure to join in the fun and CASE one of the design team's cards. 

 

Smiles,

Julie

Hats and Pals Have Arrived!!!

It's new release day at LITTLE MISS MUFFET STAMPS and there are plenty of new stamps celebrating the warm weather on the way!  Today we are welcoming Polka Dot Pals and Junior Hatters to the LMMS family. 

I can't get enough of the Hatters, so of course I had to color one of those up to share with you today.  Meet Lilith...

she is earthy and oh so cute surrounded by birds.  *If that was me I would be freaking out ;>)!  My card is for the Outlawz CAS Pillow Fight Challenge - yes, these "feathers" are still in use!
 

Be sure to head over to the Little Miss Muffet blog to check out all the creations from my teammates.

Smiles,

Julie