Sketch Challenge - SAS

Happy Thursday everyone! Today we have a really super cute sketch challenge at SAS!

For my card, I used my Cricut to cut out a stamp image with a heart and the word LOVE on it from the Sweethearts cart. I used the digi stamp from the last release at Stamps and Smiles, those cute little love birds to put in the center of the heart. I decided to color them up as Cardnials....aren't they sweet! I created my own little embellishment with a clear epoxy dot and adhered it to the same Designer Paper that I used for the base of my card.

Make sure you stop by SAS today and check out the other design team members cards, they are super!

Thanks for looking and have a great day!...the sun is shining here today!!!!

CindyB

Project Tuesday - Wiper Card

Happy Tuesday everyone! Today at Project Tuesday we are making a Wiper Card!





Now, I hadn't heard of this type of card before, so this was a really fun one to make! The directions are very simple and it really turns out cute!!!

For my card, I used the new cupcake image from PTI Baby Buttons Bits.

This card has a little surprise built into it...when you pull it open....
Up pops the "wiper" part of the card! Isn't that cute!

Make sure you stop by over at Project Tuesday and check out the DT members projects, they are super this week!

Thanks for looking and have a wonderul day!

CindyB

Love Birds!

Hi everyone! Haven't we had a fun week!!!!! Thanks for joining

SASthis week for the sneak peeks along with the fun games!!!!!

Today is the last day of the sneak peeks....the Blog Hop is tonight from 8-9 pm CST. Play along and you could win the entire digi release!

Some of the Design Team members will have giveaways during the Blog Hop...the winners will be announced tonight at 9pm CST.

The digi image today is Love Birds!! This digi image has 9 images and 7 sentiments.

Here is my sample for this release!

Be sure to stop by the blog hop tonight!!!!

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

CindyB

Be My Valentine - Carl

Hi everyone! We have a winner from the game yesterday...be sure to stop by SAS to find out who!

Today is day 3 of the SAS Valentine Digi release! The sneak peeks will continue until Saturday, January 23rd. Then later that night we will have our Blog Hop from 8pm CST - 9pm CST.

We have another game to play today!!!!

Carl just left the flower shop, but they are out of flowers! Collect the flowers on the Design Team members blogs and email your answer to stampsanssmilesstore@yahoo.com. Don't forget to sign your name with Mr. Linky on the SAS website and add challenge after your name....the winner will be announced on Saturday, Janaury 23rd....

Here is the third digi set called Be My Valentine - Carl, it has 3 images and 6 sentiments.

Here is my sample for this set....

Don't forget to stop by all the DT members and count up the flowers!

Have a wonderful Day!

CindyB

Life is Like a Box of Chocolates

Life is like a box of Chocolates...Today SAS is releasing the 2nd NEW digi set......How would you like to win? Play along with today's game and you could win!!!!

Carl just left the candy shop and ALL of his chocolate's are missing....Please help Carl find his missing chocolates, visit each of the Design Team's Blogs and collect the missing chocolates. Let us know how many chocolates you find and email your answer to stampsandsmilesstore@yahoo.com. Don't forget to sign your name with Mr. Linky, at SASso we can easily keep track. The winner will be announced tomorrow, January 22nd.

Just in case you get lost, here is a list of the Design Team:

Jennifer Meyer
Jennifer Stricker
Kim Gruetzmacher

Lisa Cook
Lisa Foster
Rose Frydrych

Rose Miller

If you are just joing us, we are on day two of our sneak peeks for Stamps and Smiles Valentine digi releases. We hope you join us for a chance to win the set being previewed or the entire digi release. The new images will be available for purchase right after our Blog Hop - Saturday, January 23rd at 9pm CST.

Here is the second digi set being previewed, Life is Like a Box of Chocolates. This digi set has 4 images and 14 sentiments. Want to win this set? Play the game and the winner will be announced tomorrow.

Here is my sample for this release....

Thanks for looking and have a wonderful day!
CindyB

Be My Valentine - Cuppy new image release

Happy Wednesday everyone! Today starts the new release week at Stamps and Smiles, just in time for Valentines Day! The Design Team will have samples for you each day through January 23rd followed by our Blog Hop 8CST. All images will be available for purchase after the Blog Hop at 9pm CST.

During the next few days you will see samples of all sets being released along with some fun games! Please stop back by each day for a chance to win!

FREE Digi image please stop by the Stamps and Smiles Store to pick up your free image through January 23rd.

Blog Hop - please join us on Saturday, January 23rd 8 CST -9 CST. Grab the banner on the side bar of the Stamps and Smiles home page and place it on your blog for a chance to win the full digi release!

The first set being release is Be my Valentine - Cuppy, this digi set contains 10 images

Here is my sample for this set....

Be sure to stop by Stamps and Smiles and check out the other design team members samples.

Thanks for looking and have a wonderful day!

CindyB

Project Tuesday - Pizza Box

Hi everyone! Its Project Tuesday time!!!! This week we are making a Pizza Box....
Fo my project I used a cute little stamp from Hero Arts....She reminds me of my little granddaughter..Brooklyn. I colored her with my Copics and used PTI cardstock and Designer Paper for my box. I also used PTI ribbon and the sentiment is from PTI.

Please stop by Project Tuesday and join us. While you are there, check out the DT members projects, they are super this week!

Be sure to stop by a little later this week, we are having a really fun Valentine digi image release at Stamps and Smiles! You won't want to miss these really cute images!

Thanks for looking and have a wonderful day!

CindyB

Sketch Challenge - SAS

Happy Thursday everyone! Today we have a new sketch challenge at Stamps and Smiles!


This was a real hard one for me...I just couldn't get my mojo working!

I used my Cricut to cut out the card base, I used A Child's Life, the card feature. The paper is all SU, Certainly Celery and designer paper from last year, I think. The cute little flowers are from an older SAS set released last spring. I also cut the little tag from the same cart on my Cricut using the Tag feature.

Please join us this week, stop by Stamps and Smiles and check out the other DT members samples....and play along!

Thanks for looking and have a wonderful day!

CindyB

Project Tuesday - One sheet box

Happy Tuesday!!! Today's project at Project Tuesday is the One Sheet Box! This is a very simple little treat box to make, I just love how it turned out!

I used MS's new Valentine paper for my box and that cute little stamp image is from a new set I just purchased from Stampendous called "Love Buds"! This set also has a super cute little girl! I stamped the image and colored with my Copics. I also added a little glitter around the edges...You really can't see it very well on the picture...it kinda of looks like a glob around the edges..but it really does look good.

I added a couple of punched hearts and the scallop border across the top of the box, and tied it all up with a ribbon.

You can find the directions to this cute little box over at Project Tuesday, and while you are there, be sure to link up your project to Mr. Linky so we can all take a look.

Thanks for looking and have a wonderful day!

CindyB

Tutorial for Songbird card

Well, here it is....my first tutorial! I hope you can follow along......

I cut my card base from the cart "A Childs Year" I used the "card" feature on page 48.

I cut the card base at 5 1/4 on SU Barley Banana cardstock.

I cut the Scallop square that layers on top of the card at 4 3/4 from SU designer paper. I wanted the scallop square to be a bit smaller than the top of the card.

Now, change to the Songbird cart and cut the "Perch" feature on page 45.

I cut the bird on the branch 3 times, once on green cardstock, once on blue and once on brown. Then I cut the shadow feature, which is shift/Perch on grey cardstock. I made all the cuts at 1 3/4

Thats it for the cutting part....now lets assemble!

Score and fold the card base on the score marks.

I then ran the front (scallop edge) of the card the the cuttlebug using the dots folder.

I took by little ink pad from PTI, and inked up the edges of the card base and the scalloped square. I even took the top of the small pad and rubbed it across the embossed dots and across the designer paper to give it an aged look.

Next I took each of the bird on the branch cuts and trimmed them up to layer together. I cut the leaves and the bird off the brown cut, the bird and legs off the green cut and cut the entire bird off the blue cut.I then glued them down on the grey shadow cut.

I used some chalk to add some dimension to the branch, leaves and bird and added a little highlight with my white gel pen. For the little birds eye, I just adhered a very small black pearl from a pack of different sized pearl accents.

I used PTI Leaf Green satin ribbon and threaded it thru one of the scallop holes on the top and bottom of the layer.

I tied a bow with the ribbon....

I then added a button with twine tied thru and adhered to the bow with a glue dot. I then used dimensionals to adhere the scallop layer to the front the card, and also used dimensionals to add the bird on the branch to the scallop layer. I then stamped a sentiment from PTI's stamps.

I hope you enjoyed my first tutorial, please let me know so I can improve where needed.

Thanks for looking and have a wonderful day!

CindyB

Birthday Card using Cricut

Happy Monday! Today I am showing a card that I made using my Cricut and the cartridges..A Childs Year and Songbird.

I will be back a little later with a tutorial on making this card!

Thanks for looking and have a wonderful day!

CindyB

New Sketch Challenge - Stamps and Smiles

Happy Thursday everyone!!! Today we have a new sketch over at Stamps and Smiles!

For my card this week, I am using SU Really Rust cardstock and SU designer paper. I don't have the name of the paperpack, sorry. I am using "Joys of the Season" digi stamp from Stamps and Smiles released last month. Isn't she just the cutest little girl!!!! I used my MS border punch to punch the loopy border and my Nesties to cut the circles.

Please stop by the Stamps and Smiles blog and check out the other DT members cards, they are awesome this week!

Thanks for looking and I hope you all are keeping warm!

CindyB

Project Tuesday - 3x3 Gift Card box

Happy Tuesday everyone! First, let me say "What a difference the right light can make"!!! I purchased a halogen light for my craftroom this weekend and I can really see what I am doing now!!! I don't really know how I did anything before...the room looks so dark when the new light is turned off....so I decided to try it out for some pictures....all I can say is WoW! The pictures are so much more clearer! Hope you can tell also!!

Now for the project this week....we have a really cute little 3x3 box to make that holds cute little gift cards! I decided to do my cards as a Valentine gift....

For my box I used some of my new MS Valentine Paper I just picked up this weekend! I love her new paper!!! I also used my new MS double loop border punch around the edge of the lid...I love how delicate this is...I also wanted this to be a quick and simple project, as I didn't have a lot of time to put this together...so it can be made quick for a last minute gift!

I punched a large scallop circle out of white cardstock, wrinkled it up a bit and then layered a smaller scallop circle out of the same paper I created the lid with. Then I stamped the heart from PTI Heart Prints, a set released last year and added some MS fine glitter to some of the circles on the heart (I don't think you can see that on the picture) I then tied the whole thing together with a button. I love how simple this is but so nice.
Here is the side view, I also added a small strip of paper to the side to match the lid.Now for the cute little cards inside! These were super simple to make and I think I will make a few more to send out to my friends for Valentines Day! I basically punched hearts and scallops out of more MS Valentine paper and added some buttons or other accents. I then stamped the sentiment from the PTI Heart Prints set and drew the lines around the card with a black gel pen.

Please make sure you stop by the Project Tuesday and check out the other Design Teams samples...they are super this week.

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!
CindyB

New Challenge at OCC - Keep it Simple!!!

Happy Saturday everyone...This week's challenge at the OCC is to keep it Simple!!!!

For my card this week, I decided to pull out a stamp I purchased sometime ago...I have been meaning to use it...I just haven't gotten around to it. I just LOVE this image! Those little creatures marching to a birthday party is just so fun!

I colored the image with my Copics and added some fine glitter around some of the images. I used SU Cardstock for the base and the designer paper is also from SU, an older pack I think.

Please join us this week at the OCC!

Thanks for looking!

CindyB