SFYTT + Just Us Girls

Hello everyone-

Well I thought I had posted this card already early this week, but it seemed to have just been sitting there.

Sometimes, I have question the reliability of Blogger and its settings….HMMMMM!!

Anyways…. I have a really quick card to share with you today.

I used all dies for this creation!!  It was a really easy and effortless process.  I say that only because I did not include any patterned paper.  If I would have thrown that into the mix…oh, believe me this card would have just been sitting on my desk waiting for some type of l-o-v-e.

Here is a close up of the butterfly die creation:

All the dies used in this creation are from: Memory Box, PTI, Spellbinders and C.C. Designs

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

SFYTT July

Just Us Girls #147

(I used the butterfly sitting on the flowers as my inspiration)

The Paper Players 106

(Circle, dry embossing, punches, floral, favorite color)

Our Creative Corner 

City Crafter Challenge #120

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs, 

Calypso

SweetStamps #76: Ornaments

 For CropStop Creative Team Call please click HERE

Morning bloggers-

Sorry, I have no card to share with you! 

My week has not been completely been on track and soon I will be taking some much necessary time off. 

However, I still want to tell you about this weeks challenge over at SweetStamps.

This is the last week for Christmas challenges in the month of July and we want to see:

Christmas Ornaments

Now you can take the challenge into literal terms or you can show us your card creations with ornaments on it.  So please excuse my absence this week but, I please visit the SweetStamps and check out the amazing creations that the sweet ladies created this week. 

Hugs until next time, 

CropStop #82: Color Combination

Good morning bloggers-

Are you all excited about the products that will be coming in from CHA??  I know I am…CropStop is already taken pre-orders on the new items, that will be arriving soon.

Also, CropStop is having a Design Team Calll!!!  Check out all the details HERE!!

This is a great team to be a part of… Haylie Jo and Vicki are amazing team leaders.  The rest of the DT are amazing and I think that you will love being a part of this amazing team.

So with all that said…Lets get back to today’s challenge. 

Use at at least 3 of the 4 colors shown.

Here is my card sample…I’m still in the Christmas spirit.

I used red, blue and silver for my card creation.

I love the way this looks and I think that it be this years Christmas cards.

Well even if you aren't in the Christmas spirit like I am, I still hope that you join us this week. 

I would love to see what you come up with using 3 or all of this weeks color combination challenge.

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Timeless Tuesday #179

Party Time Tuesdays #78

The Cutie Pie Challenge #23

Addicted To Stamps #35

ABC #80

Raise the Bar #108

Hugs,
Calypso 

SweetStamps #75: X-Mas Flap Card

Hi everyone-

I’m running a little behind today, I do apologize.

However, I am here to share with you the cutest non-traditional color X-mas card I have made yet.  I know I do sound pretty proud of myself!!!  LOL

Today at SweetStamps, we are challenge you to create a

FLAP CARD

This is my weeks sample:

Isn’t that Snowman the cutest??  When I saw him and I knew had to have him.  That is part of the reason I’m running late.  I ordered him last week and I was just waiting for my order to come in, because my heart was set on putting him on a card when I got him.  I love the way it turned out too!!!  Yeah!!!

Here is a link to a tutorial for a flap card. We'd like to see what you create, so come join in the fun! Remember to use a SweetStamps image on your creation to get an extra chance at winning $20 of rubber stamps from SweetStamps.com.

Don't forget to stop by SweetStamps.com's online store and shop for some Christmas goodies now, while they are on sale! Use coupon code JULY25 to get the 25% off discount on all things Christmas. 

We also have a SAVE THE BUS sale going on now...get 20% off everything in stock at our warehouse when you use coupon code BUMMER(we're liquidating some inventory to help pay for a new engine for the bus so we can continue to travel to trade shows to bring the latest products and techniques to a city near you!) See where we're headed next, we'd love to see YOU at a show!

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Join our weekly challenge

You can use any stamp on your challenge entry, but if you use a SweetStamps image, you will get two entries into the giveaway! To enter the challenge, please add the URL to your actual blog post or online gallery to the InLink at the end of the post. Please do not link to your main blog, we want to be able to find your post to leave you comments. Also, please link back to the SweetStamps blog.

Remember, you can only enter the challenge one time, use a SweetStamps image to get an extra entry in the challenge. Please limit the amount of challenges to 10 (including SweetStamps). You must link back to SweetStamps to your blog post.

Next week's challenge #76 is:

Christmas Ornament

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:
Timeless Tuesdays #179
Holly Jolly Christmas Challenge

Lollipop Crafts #84

My Crafty Spot #63

Merry Monday

ABC #80

Paper Play #29
Winter Wonderland

Hugs, 

Calypso

You're an Amazing Chick

Sentimental Sundays post can be found HERE.

Yes...Can you believe it...two posts in one day!!!

I'm telling you...as of late...all I have had time to do is color!!

Here is an image that I have colored for quiet some time now, it was just time that I put her together.  This is Fairy Fae from Tiddly Inks and she is so pretty!!  Love her lovely wings and  big hair, which makes for a fun coloring session. 

 I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Tiddly Inks

LoveRubber Stamps #9

Crafts and Me $#93

Cute Card Thursday #226

Unitl next time...Never know it might be today!!! LOL

Hugs, 

Calypso 

My Friend

Good morning friends-

It's Sunday and it's time for another Sentimental Sundays Challenge. 

This week we want to see 

"Things with Wings"

Now seriously, how easy is that?

If you love butterflies, we want to see them.

If you love fairies, we want to see them.

If you love dragons, lady bugs, dragonflies....etc.

We want to see anything that has wings!!

Here is my card sample for this weeks challenge:

This week we are being sponsored by two wonderful companies.

Crafty City

and 

Meljen's Designs

So I hope that you will join us this week with your "WiNG" creations.

Make sure you swing by the Sentimental Sundays blog and see what the rest of the lovely DT have created for you this week. 

I would like to enter this in the following challenge:
Waste Not Wednesday #27 (Old paper stash)
CI Paints: Favorite Color (Antique Silver)

Have a great Sunday and I'll see you soon.

Hugs, 

SweetStamps# 75- Parchment Christmas

 Hi my sweet bloggers-

Are you getting a jump start on those Christmas cards? 

This will have to be my second Christmas card, that I have made this year!!

So today at SweetStamps we are helping you get motivated to get started.

ETA:
Don't forget to stop by SweetStamps.com's online storeand shop for some Christmas goodies now, while they are on sale! Use coupon code JULY25 to get the 25% off discount on all things Christmas.
We also have a SAVE THE BUS sale going on now...get 20% off everything in stock at our warehouse when you use coupon code BUMMER(we're liquidating some inventory to help pay for a new engine for the bus so we can continue to travel to trade shows to bring the latest products and techniques to a city near you!) See where we're headed next, we'd love to see YOU at a show!

This weeks challenge is:

Christmas Parchment

This is my sample:

 I stamped the image on parchment paper and embossed the image with fine detailed gold embossing powder.  Colored the back of the parchment paper with my Copic Markers.  The colors were not bold enough for me, so I flipped it around and colored the front with my distress inks and I loved the look.
You can still see the gold embossing come through with the distress ink.

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Join our weekly challenge

You can use any stamp on your challenge entry, but if you use a SweetStamps image, you will get two entries into the giveaway! To enter the challenge, please add the URL to your actual blog post or online gallery to the InLink at the end of the post. Please do not link to your main blog, we want to be able to find your post to leave you comments. Also, please link back to the SweetStamps blog.

Remember, you can only enter the challenge one time, use a SweetStamps image to get an extra entry in the challenge. Please limit the amount of challenges to 10 (including SweetStamps). You must link back to SweetStamps to your blog post.

Next week's challenge #76 is:

Christmas Flap Card

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Always Playing with Paper

Hooked on Crafts #22
The Crazy Challenge #124
There She Goes #165

Hugs, 

Calypso 

Sweet sweet Strawberries

Hello and good morning friends!!

Today, I have a really cute creation to share with you!!

Have you seen, the images that are arriving at All That Scraps?!

OMG....if you haven't...you need to swing by there and check it out!!

They are all incredibly adorable and I know you will find something to love.

I fell in love with Strawberry Beatrice! 

She is just so cute and so sweet, with here strawberry hat!!

So with it all the summer fruit and flowers, I had an idea that had to be executed. 

Here is what I came up with.

Is this not the cutest thing?

I had this weaved basket sitting on my desk since Easter, when I thought I was going to make an Easter basket for another challenge...but that never happened. 

So in any case...I had to put it to use and here it is!!  All spruced up and filled with Strawberry 3D boxes, which were cut out using my Silhouette!!  I love my machine!!

Super cute and super sweet huh??

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

My Sheri Crafts Challenge #98

ABC #79

C.R.A.F.T #163

Simon Says Stamps: Let's Get Fruity

Loves Rubberstamps Challenge #8

Hugs,

Calypso

CropStop #80: Hexagon

Good morning bloggers!

Well I have been on a roll coasters for the last few months and in a few weeks I will share why.

In the meantime, I want to share with you today’s challenge theme over at CropStop.

This weeks theme is:

HEXAGON

Now this shape is no longer just for the bees! It has migrated it’s way into mean beautiful cards and layouts.

Here is my card sample:

I used my Silhouette to cut out the hexagon shaped box and the background on the card.  I had a really hard time placing those small pieces into place.  I had to you a small tweezers and lots of patience!!!

Here is a close up of the card by itself.
ETA:
 The "thank you" sentiment is from Lil Inkers Designs, Rainbow and Clouds Sentiments, but they no longer carry it in their store. 

And the 3D Hexagon shaped box.

It’s a perfect match if you ask me.

So there you have it…HEXAGON!

As long as we can see the shape you can enter to win a Gift Certificate to the CropStop store.

Thanks for stopping by today and I will see you back here Friday and Sunday!!

Hugs,

Calypso

CropStop #79: LOVE

 Good morning CropStop-ers!!!

How was your 4th of July??

Mine was pretty mellow, which is what i need to be doing right now anyways, so it was good!

Today's challenge at CropStop is:

LOVE

You can interpret this anyway you want to! 

Hearts, couples, anniversary....The sky is the limit!!!

Here is my card for this weeks challenge:

Here's a close up of my Rock Candy covered heart!! Yummy

So I hope that you will join us....Can't wait to see what you put together. 

 I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Papercraft Star

Dynamic Duos #9

Retro Sketches #18

Hugs, 

Calypso

SweetStamps #72: Resist

Good morning everyone-

I am back today with a card that I made for this weeks challenge at SweetStamps.

This weeks theme is:

Christmas Resist

(heat emboss or wax paper technique)

I chose to go with heat emboss and resist using my distress inks.

Even though my Christmas stamps had not arrived in time, when I started working on my card I still managed to pull off a Christmas card using the Tree #1 stamp that I had.

Here is my card sample:

I had to search high and low for my Liquid Applique, which I seem to only bring out during Christmas time.

I stamped the image using SweetStamps French Toast Ink, then dabbed with a cloth to remove some of the color before stamping again with Versamark Ink. I wanted a faint image of the tree, as to show that it’s fully covered in snow.  Then I rubbed Tumble Glass around the image, then around just the outside edge with Stormy Sky.  Applied the applique, let it sit for about an hour then heated it with my heat gun.  I added a big red bow to accent the blue gray tones of the card.

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Join our weekly challenge

You can use any stamp on your challenge entry, but if you use a SweetStamps image, you will get two entries into the giveaway! To enter the challenge, please add the URL to your actual blog post or online gallery to the InLink at the end of the post. Please do not link to your main blog, we want to be able to find your post to leave you comments. Also, please link back to the SweetStamps blog.

Remember, you can only enter the challenge one time, use a SweetStamps image to get an extra entry in the challenge. Please limit the amount of challenges to 10 (including SweetStamps). You must link back to SweetStamps to your blog post.

Next week's challenge #73 is:

Victorain Christmas

(Use Victorian colors)

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Totally Stampalicious: Bow and Ribbon

Card Patterns #172

Stamptacular Sunday Challenge #170

Hugs,

Calypso