CSAYL #16

Have you started making Christmas cards yet?  Now is the time to start!  This week's CSAYL challenge is to be inspired by a Christmas carol!

Our challenge this week is sponsored by:

Emma Canning

There will be 3 winners from today’s challenge and each one will win 2 digis from our sponsor.

 

Here is my card featuring Snow Race.  I took inspiration from the song Winter Wonderland.

Start singing and play along.  Check out the rest of the DT's creations and all the rules on the CSAYL blog!

 

Smiles,

Julie

 

An Awesome Color Combo from LMMS

Are you looking for a new challenge?  What about a color challenge from LITTLE MISS MUFFET STAMPS?  Red, White and Kraft OR stamp and color on kraft - which will you choose?  

Which did I choose? 

Well, it is pretty obvious now that you saw the picture that I went with the color combo and colored up Sonny Honeycloud Poetry.  Don't tell my boss that I threw in a little yellow and blue too.  If you sneak a little of other colors on your creation I will keep it on the down low! 

My card lo is based on a Blog Named Hero May sketch.
 

Have fun crafting and be sure to check out the rules and the rest of team's creations on the LITTLE MISS MUFFET Blog. Play along and you may just win a prize!

Pssttt...Join us on the FACEBOOK FAN PAGE and keep up to date with everything Little Miss Muffet related. Barbara has promised a FREEBIE when we reach 200 followers, so tell your friends too!!

Smiles,

Julie

Details:  Stamp - LMMS Sonny Honeycloud Poetry, Sentiment - Your Next Stamp Awesome Journal Words, CS - PTI, Your Next Stamp Dies - Banners and Paperclip from Whatnot School set, Copics, Cuttlebug Embossing Folder, DMC floss, button from my stash, and glossy accents on the glasses.

Penguin Party

Today I am sharing a card I made using the sketch from Bugaboo's #137 sketch challenge. 

 

What a great sketch, it really made this a quick card to make!

Smiles,
Julie

Details:  Image - Bugaboo Birthday Penguin-Cake, CS - PTI, Colored CS - Carta Bella, Ink - Momento, Copics, Dies - YNS Star from Whatnot set and Banner, CB embossing Folder and a button from my stash.

YNS' May Tasty Tuesday

It is time to play along with Your Next Stamp's Tasty Tuesday inspiration...why don't you play along too? You could win a YNS Gift Certificate!

Here is May's fun inspiration...

 

I was inspired by the colors and the clouds.

 

 

The pig and sentiments are from the Gordon the Pig set, what a cutie! My card also features the Insta Love Polaroid Die and a Fishtail/Banner Die!

 

Be sure to play along!  There are so many great stamps and dies from YNS to choose from if you win the gift certificate.  Have you noticed I use the banner die on almost EVERYTHING?  It would be a great addition to your crafting supplies - just sayin' :>)  Plus the new clear sentiments are theeee best!

 

Smiles,

Julie

Ice Cream is SUMMER

Fun Friday - wooo hooo!  Fun Friday is Your Next Stamp inspiration time! Each month the design team is given a theme...this month is SUMMER.  Each Friday we share creations related to the theme with you. 

Spring really has not yet fully arrived where I live, but I can still dream of summer.  The beach, the sun and ICE CREAM CONES!  I admit, I already had my first cone of the season this week...that's what happens when you take 2 five year olds grocery shopping.  We ended up with cones and 2 different types of ice cream in our cart.

Stop by the YNS blog for more SUMMER creations and to say hi!

Smiles,

Julie

Details: YNS Stamps - Cool Beach Owl and Happy Day Sentiments, Dies - YNS Banner Die and paper clip from Whatnot Back to School, PP - Basic Grey, Copics, Twine, Ink - Momento and CS and button PTI, plus dimensionals.

Mrs. Claus Inspiration

So much attention is given to Santa Claus, what about the woman who makes it possible for him to do so much?  This week Christmas Stampin' All Year Long is focusing on Mrs. Claus.  The challenge is to take inspiration from her clothing and use lace or fabric on your creation!

We have a new sponsor this week (insert drumroll)...

Eureka Stamps has a wide selection of rubber and digital stamps. 

We were each given our choice of the stamp we wanted to ink up and I chose Caroling Bunnies...you know me lately, I am drawn to the CUTE factor!

The Caroling Bunnies top ribbon, a button, and lace, plus patterned paper which has a lacy look!  There is a bit of embossing behind the bunnies which is perfect for the Outlawz Twisted Thursday challenge - Dry Emboss.

 

Be sure to join in the fun at CSAYL - get a head start on your Christmas cards!!!

 

Smiles,

Julie

Details:  Image - Eureka Stamps Caroling Bunnies, Musical Note Dies - Your Next Stamp Whatnot Celebrate Die Set (It is actually one die that I cut out twice and then cut the second apart to get the single notes), PTI Button, Stash Ribbon and Lace, PP - Basic Grey, CS - PTI, copics, and Sizzix Embossing Folder.

Forest Friends

It's new release day at LITTLE MISS MUFFET STAMPS and I know there will be stamps that make you SMILE!  This release is full of critters from the forest - the line is appropriately named Forest Friends.

To start off I am sharing a card featuring Stewart - a sweet squirrel.

I created that card and then couldn't help but create a second with the same layout, except floral paper makes it perfect for a girl...meet Sabina.

There is more sweetness to be found on the Little Miss Muffet blog with all the creations from my teammates.

Smiles,

Julie

 

Details:  Stamps - Images LMMS, sentiments - YNS Happy Day and Celebration Circles, Colored CS and PP - Carta Bella True Friends, Banner Dies - YNS, Momento Tuxedo Black ink, Buttons - PTI, copics and dimensionals.

CSAYL in Purple

The Christmas Stampin' All Year Long challenge this week is an inspiration photo. 

click for the link to the photo

What will inspire you?  The colors, textures, layout? 

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

I received Turtles - Winter to play with and this turtle loves purple...

Besides the purple I liked the idea of creating a menu of sorts on my card to match the inspiration.

Be sure to head over to the CSAYL blog to check out all the creations by the design team and play along!

Smiles,
Julie

Details: Image - Bugaboo, CS - PTI, Corner Rounder Punch, twine, copics, SU Ink, Sentiments - Your Next Stamp Happy Day Sentiments.

Clearly Your Next Stamp

Your Next Stamp has added some new stamps to the line up and we are having a special new release blog hop!!!  Today we are introducing you to something that is Clearly awesome and so much fun which is Clearly what YNS is all about! So have you figured it out yet??? Yes, Your Next Stamp is introducing a new collection called 'Clearly Your Next Stamp'. These crystal clear stamp sets are made with High Quality Photopolymer! They are non yellowing and provide a clean and crisp stamped image just like the current YNS purple rubber! It's so easy to get a perfect sentiment and image placement with these fabulous new sets!  Today the design team is sharing creations using 6 new Clear Sentiment Stamp Sets that are available in the store right NOW!

The hop starts on Wendy M’s blog, and if you’ve been hopping along, then you should have arrived from Jen R's blog. The hop runs until Sunday, May 5th at 12 midnight (EST).

 

The "Happy Birthday" on my card is from the new set Happy Day Sentiments, I combined it with Hoot's Up Owl.  I originally started making this card for the new rubber stamp release last week, but then decided I wanted to use a different sentiment in the banner.  The new stamps fit the banner perfectly!  The "Happy" is a separate stamp in the set and Happy Day Sentiments is full of sentiments for every occassion, including the word "Everything" which I know will get alot of use.  My card is for the Paper Crafting Journey Anything Goes challenge and the Outlawz Twisted Thursday Button Challenge.

As always we have a fabulous prize hidden along the hop! Just leave comments on all of the DT blogs for your chance to win this awesome prize pack:

 

Winners will be announced on the Your Next Stamp Blog on Monday, May 6th.
 

Karen is also offering an amazing hop special! All Clearly Your Next Stamp Sets are 20% Off as a special intro price!!! No Online Coupon Code Required.  
 

Now it’s time to hop to the blog of one the sweetest gals out there and visit Kelli, but don’t forget to leave a comment before you go for your chance to win! Thank you for stopping by - have fun hoppping and shopping!!!

 

Smiles,
Julie

Piece of My Heart

It's time for a new LITTLE MISS MUFFET STAMPS challenge.  This time around we are looking for Paper Piecing!  Are you ready to go wild and crazy paper piecing???

 

Cora Agnes Hatter is gracing today's card. 

Have fun crafting and be sure to check out the rules and the rest of team's creations on the LITTLE MISS MUFFET Blog. Play along and you may just win a prize!

Pssttt...Join us on the FACEBOOK FAN PAGE and keep up to date with everything Little Miss Muffet related. Barbara has promised a FREEBIE when we reach 200 followers, so tell your friends too!!  

Smiles,

Julie

Details: Image -Cora Agnes Hatter, CS - PTI, Your Next Stamp Dies - Banners, Copics and PP - Simple Stories.