Hope Stamps Eternal Cupcake challenge

Happy Sunday. I hope you are having a fabulous holiday weekend. I am sad to say that I have worked most of the weekend, but on a happier note, this is my LAST full weekend with Gymboree.......I can't wait to have the whole summer OFF! What will I do with myself.....LOTS!

Today's card was made for Hope Stamps Eternals Cupcake challenge. No, if you are not familar with HSE, this would be the time to check out her store. She is in her last weekend of business, and ALL her merchandise is 50% off. She even has copics and the new cuttlebug folders.....but you have to hurry, these will not last.

Today's challenge was inspired by these gorgeous cupcakes (YUMMY). As always, when I look at an inspiration picture, I pick out things that stand out to me. In this pic, I see Brown, yellow,flowers, and gems. So I picked a image that I wanted to use and incorporated all these things into my card. This card that I made also has a very important purpose. I made this card for Bella Tucker.

Bella Tucker is an 8-year-old girl who attends South School Elementary in Londonderry, New Hampshire and is a member of the Phantom Gymnastics team. Bella came down with a near fatal infection on Easter Sunday. Doctors gave little hope for this third graders’ survival, but after five days in a coma she miraculously survived Streptococcus Pneumonia Sepsis with DIC (disseminated intravascular coagulation).

Unfortunately, her survival from this infection was not without significant cost. The infection caused extensive tissue damage, and on April 27, 2010, Bella underwent quadruple amputation surgery and is currently facing an extremely long and hard recovery at Children’s Hospital in Boston with extensive rehabilitation to follow, as she learns to live life without her limbs.

Fortunately, Bella has the love and support of her three older brothers and younger sister during these trying times. The family is suddenly faced with significant challenges, many of which can be eased with financial help. For example, their home in Londonderry, New Hampshire will need extensive modifications to accommodate a wheelchair. Bella's mother, who is also her primary insurance holder, must be by her side during the extensive rehabilitation process and therefore she will be unable to work, causing the family to lose significant income. Since her mother will be with her during this process, the family needs funds for daycare of their other children. Lastly, she will be faced with medical challenges for the rest of her life. Althogh, I don't personally know Bella, she is in the same Gymnastics circut as my daughter, as well as the same age. I will be having a card drive for her on my blog hopefully next week, and I will be giving away some Fab blog candy.

Well, I must head to work, we would love to have you play along this week! Make sure to add a direct link to your NEW creation on Mr Linky below by Saturday, June5th at 9 pm MT.
This is an Inspiration challenge, but please make sure your creation is truly inspired by this
cupcake and this challenge is linked in your post. If you upload to a public gallery like SCS
or PCP make sure to use keyword CIC61 so we can easily find you. Remember, no cupcake stamps are required! Rachel will post the Top 5 next Sunday.

Want some more inspiration???? Check out the amazing HSE team
Karen ~ Kelli ~ Piali ~ Teresa ~

Going Grey challenge #12 Sketch challenge

Happy Tuesday!!!! You know what Tuesdays mean.....Going Grey with Scrap-Creations challenge. What a challenge we have for you this week! But before we get to that, we need to pick a winner from last weeks GlitterBabe Greetings giveaway. So without further a do, the winner is

Congrats!!!!
Here are your random numbers:

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The winner is Jeanette.....Please contact me..

So, did you get a peek at my card today. YIKES!!!! Way out of my comfort zone, but a lot of fun playing something new, and I used some BG DP which I didn't think I would ever use. Man, what you can do when you try new things....So, I am thrilled to share with you that this weeks challenge is so generously sponsored by Stampotique Originals. They have some amazing rubber stamps, and really great sayings. For my card today I used Gibbi, one of the many unique stamps carried by Stampotique Originals. I do believe that underneath my "normal" appearance, lies a goth rocker somewhere. I probably should have had more trouble creating this card than I did. It was so much fun for me. So, wanna know what the prize that Stampotique is offering??????

A $15.00 Gift certificate to Stampotique Originals.....What a FAB Prize...

So, what is this weeks challenge you ask????? It's a sketch challenge (my favorite).

We are lucky enough to have some cards designed by the stampotique DT as well as the Going Grey team.... Wait till you see these great cards. Pure inspirations!

Peggy Regan

Kim Howard
Mary castonquay
Crystal IrwinSTAMPOTIQUE DT CARDS.......Thank you for playing with us!

Valerie Wilson

Willy Anderson
Jo Capper-Sandon
Kaz Boughton
Weren't those fabulous? Don't be afraid to head to their blogs and leave them a little love. You will have until next Monday @ 6pm to get your card in for the challenge. Also, we have new Blog Badges, please feel free to take one and post on your blog. I will be picking the top 3 next week, and I will award 3 people with the new top 3 badge! When posting to a gallery's, please use the key words GGSC12. PLEASE BE SURE TO USE BASIC GREY PAPER.......Have a great day and happy

HSE Cupcake inspiration Challenge #60

Happy Sunday, I hope you have enjoyed your weekend. I am happy to say that we have had gorgeous weather here in New Hampshire. It has been around 80 degrees and dry. PERFECT!

How cute is this stamp???? Oh my word, I just love this stamp set from The Greeting Farm. This little grandma is just adorable. For my card today, I used Hope Stamps Eternal cupcake inspiration photo as my inspiration piece. I decided I would use the colors in the cupcakes as my inspiration, and of course I had the perfect DP for this card. I used my Kaisercrafts Devonshire paper (which I love). I think it matches the photo, what do you think?

We would love to have you play along this week! Make sure to add a direct link to
your NEW creation on Mr Linky at HSE by Saturday, May 29th at 9 pm MT.
If you upload to a public gallery like SCS or PCP make sure to use keyword CIC60 so we can easily find you. Remember, no cupcake stamps are required! Rachel will post the Top 5 next Sunday.

My card qualifies for the following challenges:

Friday Sketchers

Charisma - 3D: I used the flowers, I believe that makes it 3D.

Crafty Creation - Happy Birthday!

C.R.A.F.T. - Happy Birthday!

Spoonful of Sugar - Cute and Girly

Pixie-Pearls

Practical Scrappers- Pattern Paper

little attitude!!!!

Happy Friday. Can you believe I got a card posted in the middle of the week? Now that it has been a week since school is out, I am starting to settle into my new life as a calm person (hehehe).....Actually, it has been really wierd without all the craziness. If life has settled down enough, I gave my notice at my job, and I will be taking the summer off to spend with my family, before I start nursing school in the fall.

So, moving onto my card today. My friend Peggy, was so sweet to stamp me some Sugar Nellie Images and this has been the first time I have played with them. I think she is just soooo cute. I also just got this new Delovely Cosmo Cricket DP from HSE where everything is on sale for 45% off.........

I don't know if this hppens to you, but I am in a bit of a embellishments rut right now. I feel like all my cards are looking the same, and I comtinue to use the Prima flowers. Any suggestions? Does this happen to you?

Well, my card qualifies for the following challenges:

Friday Sketchers: Follow their sketch

Penny's - Recipe - 2 PP, 1 Ribbon, 3 Embellishments - I really like recipe challenges. I used 2 BG papers, a ribbon on the top and 6 flowers.

Ooh La La - Bright and Cheerful


Crafty Catz Challenge #32-The challenge is petals and pearls


I hope You have a fabulous Friday and Happy Creating

Going Grey Challenge #11 Child Theme

Happy Tuesday....Can you believe the weekend is over and we are onto another week. Did you have a good weekend? Hubby and I celebrated our 11th year anniversary, and went to Foxwoods Casino in Conneticut. We had a fabulous time. So nice to get to spend some alone time with my hubby.

So, what do we have for you today. Well, we have a fabulous sponsor for this weeks challenge. GlitterBabe Greetings is offering few of her Free imges to one random player this week. If you are wondering, GlitterBabe Greetings was so sweet and offered the DT a image of their choice to use for todays challenge.

Today's Challenge being : Child Theme

For my card today I used this little girl image from GlitterBabe, and I used this weeks layout out from Saturday Sketchers. I made my card with the thought that my Daughter will be able to give this card to her teacher at the end of the year. Cute right?????? My card also qualifies for the following challenges:
Cute Card Thursday - Someone Special- This card was made for my daughters teacher

Simple Doodles - You are on my mind-School year is coming to an end, and her teacher is on my mind.

Sweet Stampin Get Personal -This is personal. I want my daughter to realize how special she is to us.

Prairie Fairy Fridays - Flowers I almost always use flowers in mt cards

Something Completely Different - Flowers - Yes it is the time of year for flowers!!! Can't wait to plant mine.

I also wanted to share a little something I received in the mail the other day:

A whole bunch of my Japanese friends came. I was so excited to get them. I have been pretty desperate for refills, and I had got a GC for Dick Blick for my b-day, so this would be my purchase. LOVE THEM!!!!!!!!

Wanna see what the amazing DT came up with for this weeks Child theme challenge using Glitter Babe images??? Feast your eyes on the beautys.

Mary Castonguay

Kim Howard:
Crystal Irwin:
Peggy Regan:
Weren't those fabulous? Don't be afraid to head to their blogs and leave them a little love. You will have until next Monday @ 6pm to get your card in for the challenge. When posting to a gallery's, please use the key words GGSC11. PLEASE BE SURE TO USE BASIC GREY PAPER.......Have a great day and happy creating!

Kristen

Going Grey Challenge #10 Animal theme

Happy Tuesday.....Tuesdays = Going Grey with Scrap-creations. I am excited to say that we had a great turn out in last weeks challenge. Thank you all for playing along. Let's not forget that last weeks challenge was a prize challenge......are you ready for the winner?????

and the winner of the 3 FREE Wink*Wink* Ink digi images is:
Here are your random numbers:

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TamiDolphin

E-mail me your e-mail address, so I can contact wink wink for you. Congrats on your win!

This weeks challenge is to use an animal. I went with another stampavie stamp and used the bear. I just love all Stampavie stamps. They are just so much fun to color. Wanna see what the amazing DT came up with for the animal challenge:

Mary Castonquay

crystal IrwinPeggy ReganWeren't those fabulous? Don't be afraid to head to their blogs and leave them a little love. You will have until Monday 17th @ 6pm to get your card in for the challenge. When posting to a gallery's, please use the key words GGSC8. Have a great day and happy creating!











Other challenges my card qualifies for:

Crafty cardmakers challenge #20-The challenge is to distress. This works for me, as I distressed all the cardstock on my card

Crafty Ann's Challenge #14-This week is a fun challenge because it's "Anything Goes"!

Lexi's Creations Challenge 13-This challenge is to use an animal on your card. I just love to color animals so I use them a lot on my cards.

The Crazy Challenge-This challenge this week is cute and cuddly, what a fun theme to use!

Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge #82-This is a recipe challenge this week also. You are to use 3 embellishment, 2 papers,and 1 image. I love to do recipes!

Pile It On Challenge #18-This week the challenge is cute and cuddly.

Critter Sketch Challenge: Critter related. I think my bear passes for a critter.

Hope Stamps Eternal Challenge #58

Happy Mothers Day!!!! What a great day I had with my family. The kids and my hubby let me sleep in this morning (till 9am), and when I was coming down the stairs, I could hear the kids whispering, "here she comes, here she comes", and when I got down stairs, they handed me homemade cards, gave me BIG hugs and a new Vera bag. Oh, the sweet things they write in their cards. They are just the most amazing kids (I guess we all think that, but to me, mine are the best LOL), and my hubby is also fantastic, he is my BF and my ROCK, and I am so blessed to have him by my side everyday. After, spending the morning in our pjs hanging around, we went and visited my and my husbands parents. I love when there is a day when I have NO commitments (which rarely happens). I hope you all got a chance to enjoy some family time today also....

Did you a chance to stamp today??? I DID!!! Today was actually the first day I have stamped in almost a week. With finals last week, I didn't have a chance to get my fingers inky, but today, I sat down with my new digi image from The Greeting Farm, and made a card for this weeks cupcake challenge at Hope Stamps Eternal. This weeks cupcake challenge is right up my ally, bright colors and stripes...yipeeee... I had visited my LSS last week and picked up this new DP from My Favorite Things, and I found it perfect for this weeks challenge. I am also taking a leap and entering this card in The Greeting Farm's cas'ing the Critter Crew contest. The contest rules are to case a one of the Critter crews cards. I chose to case this card created by Sandra. This pony card was such a fun card to make. It's always nice to play with images that you love, and to go a little crazy with color....... Do you love these colors??? Wanna play with us over at HSE???

We would love to have you play along this week! Make sure to add a direct link to your NEW creation on Mr Linky below by Saturday, May 15th at 9 pm MT. If you upload to a public gallery like SCS
or PCP make sure to use keyword CIC58 so we can easily find you. Remember, no cupcake stamps are required!Rachel will post the Top 5 next Sunday.

Want even more inspiration? Check out what the amazing DT came up with this week!

Karen ~ Kelli (up late) ~ Michelle ~ Piali ~ Teresa ~

Hope you come back and join me on Tuesday for Going Grey with Scrap-Creations challenge!

Happy Creating!

Going Grey Challenge #9 Anything Goes

Happy Tuesday! I hope you are having a great beginning of the week. Just think a couple more days it will be Friday:), but for me, I am waiting Wednesday. What's Wednesday you ask? My last day of my microbiology class, my final, and to follow a celebration with the girls on Cinco De mayo!!! Wahoo, I can't wait, and if you come back to visit my blog on Thursday you may be in for something "SWEET" as well.

THIS WEEKS CHALLENGE:::: ANYTHING GOES...just be sure to use Basic Grey!

So, I don't often "love" many of my cards, but I really like how this one turned out, and how cute is this image??? It is a digi image created by Wink*Wink* Ink, and I combined this weeks anything goes challenge with this weeks Saturday Sketchers challenge.

More big news....This weeks challenge is a SPONSORED challenge....by whom you ask???? Who else, WINK*WINK*INK digital Stamps. Melanie the owner of WInk*WINK*INK stamps has so generously offered 3 FREE digi stamps to the winner of this weeks challenge. Thank you Melanie!

I would like to take a moment and say a BIG thank you to Lisa Somerville for being our guest designer for the month of April. You are super talented and we are honored that you played with us!

Not only has WINK*WINK*INK sponsored us this week, but they have very generously provided the DT with images for this weeks challenge, and wait till you see their amazing card. Here they are!

Mary Castonquay

Crystal Irwin

Peggy ReganKim HowardLisa SomervilleWeren't those fabulous? Don't be afraid to head to their blogs and leave them a little love. You will have until Monday 10th @ 6pm to get your card in for the challenge. When posting to a gallery's, please use the key words GGSC8. Have a great day and happy creating!

Cupcake Inspiration Challenge #57

Happy Sunday! Wow, this past week flew by. The kids were on April vacation and it seemed as the days got away from me. The kids a great week, on Monday we hung around the house, Tuesday we went to Chuck E Cheese, on Wed my husbands job had bring your kids to work day, so they went there and had a great time, on Thursday and Friday we took the to Coco Keys resort yesterday they went to a movie night at my sons karate, and today, I am off to work, but my daughter is headed to the Good Loafe Bakery to bake for a fundraiser for her Gymnastics team, and my son is headed to a B-day party. So, as you see, they have had a great week.

They are headed back to school tomorrow, and that works for me, as I have to study for my microbiology final for Wednesday. After Wed, I am FREEEEE for the summer Wahoooo....

Ok, onto my card for todays HSE Cupcake challenge.
My card was inspired by the picture to the left. Once again here is my interpretation of todays card: When I first look at the card, I see Pink, Green, Flowers, Leaves, and swirls. I also see "pretty". Well, i turned that into Bright pink, green, flowers silver gems, and some texture. Works for me..... hehehe.....
Last Sunday some friends and I (mary, peggy, Kerry, Pia, Tricia, Katie), got together and stamped for the day. Well, Peggy had this Greeting Farm stamp, and I was dying to play with it, so I worked this stamp into my challenge for today. Thanks Peggy

We would love to have you play along this week! Make sure to add a direct link to
your NEW creation on Mr Linky below by Saturday, May 8th at 9 pm MT.
If you upload to a public gallery like SCS or PCP make sure to use keyword CIC57 so we can easily find you. Remember, no cupcake stamps are required! Rachel will post the Top 5next Sunday.

If you want to be truly inspired, check out the cards by the amazing DT:
Karen ~ Kelli ~ Kristen (me) ~ Piali ~ Teresa ~

Well, I need to cut this rather short, as I have to be to work in 45 minutes and I am not even dressed yet. I am good one for waiting to the last minute for everything. I think i function best under pressure (well, that is what I like to tell myself heheh). So, Have a wonderful day and happy creating.