Scrapbooking for Twins (and a Sale!)

When Becky Fleck announced this challenge on her blog, I decided to jump in and make a couple of pages to enter in to the contest. The first page was for my daughter, Natalie. I used this awesome digistamp from Lindsay's Stamp Stuff "It's A Girl Thing" set, printed twice, colored and layered it with pop dots for dimension. Go grab this adorable set now-Lindsay has her WHOLE STORE on sale for 40% off from tonight at midnight, through midnight on the 12th! It's a great opportunity to pick up some of her fabulous sets for a FABULOUS price! (Sorry to cyber-yell, I am just super excited about this sale!)For both pages, I used papers from The Paper Studio's Fairytale Princess Glitter Stack- I love it for pretty, girly pages!

The second page is for my other twin (or twinkie, as I call them ;-) ), Cecilia. I changed the elements up a bit, but did my best to make the page very similar. My favorite element on this page is the yummy felt ribbon with the tulips sewn on. She wanted the green butterflies, and even punched them out herself!

The challenges that I am entering these pages in are:

Pagemaps- sketch

Aimee's Challenges: something for the girls

Cupcake Crafts: Dazzle Us (Natalie's page has glitter on the trees, and I used a pink Martha Stewart Glitter pen on the butterfly's spots)

Cute Daisy May:ribbons or Bows (I used ribbon on both pages)

Pollycraft Challenges:Ribbons and Bling (Bling-y patterned paper, MS Glitter Pen, and ribbon)

Scrap It With A Song: Girls Just Wanna Have Fun (Both pages are my Girls having fun at the playground!)


Now, head on over to all of my fellow dt members' blogs for lots of inspiration and a freebie!

Lindsay Weirich (Owner and Stamp Designer)

Cheryl Gorka DT Coordinator

Shannon Neparko

Margie Visnick (you are here!)

Lisa Jurecek

Tracey Allen

Rhonda Gale

Leanne Garner

Tamara Bennett

Cindi Hooks

Micki Harper

Rebekah Doak

Karin Martin

Jennifer Bliss

Diane Bove

It's Your Day!

I made this card with my dad in mind. Father's Day is coming up quickly! I used the Funky Forest and All Around Phrases digistamp sets from Lindsay's Stamp Stuff, and a sketch from the Basic Grey challenge blog. I *finally* broke out that pack of Basic Grey Mellow that I have had on my shelf forever!I decided to play along with a few other challenges, as well:

Basic Grey Challenges: sketch+must use Basic Grey

Aud Sentiments: "It's Your Day"

Crafty Catz: "The boyz are back"-make a boy's or man's card

Creative Cottage Challenge: Happy Father's Day

DareU2Digistamp : Father's Day, must use a digital image

DigiDoodle Shop: Anything goes

Simon Says Challenge: Father's Day/male card

Now, take a few minutes to stop by the other designers' blogs for inspiration and a freebie!

Lindsay Weirich (Owner & Stamp Designer)
Cheryl Gorka (DT Coordinator)
Cindi Hooks
Diane Bove
Jennifer Bliss
Karin Martin
Leanne Garner
Lisa Jurecek
Margie Visnick (you are here)
Melissa Craig
Rebekah Doak
Rhonda Walker
Shannon Neparko
Tamara Bennett
Tracey Allen


Sitting out at the moment
Micki Harper

Sometimes guest
Erin Bailey

You're Teariffic!

Today, I was inspired by the Polka Dot Tea Party over at the Shabby Tea Room blog. As soon as I saw that adorable pink polka dot tea set, ideas started turning! I used The Teariffic Digistamp Set from Lindsay's Stamp Stuff- you can get the whole set for only $5.00-and you can use it over and over at different sizes!
I printed the digistamp onto pink paper with white glittered polka dots,twice at the same size, then I shaded it with my Copics, and layered it with pop dots.
I was also inspired by this week's sketch at Tuesday Morning Sketches, and made the card to fit with other challenges this week.
The challenges I am entering are:

Shabby Tea Room: Polka Dot Tea Party
Cards Blog: Punny Sentiments
Tuesday Morning Sketches: sketch
ABC Challenges:V is for Vintage
Alys Sunday Challenge: use ribbons or bows
Basic Grey Challenges: Punch it+must use Basic Grey (the border is a Martha Stewart punch, and the papers are Basic Grey)
Charisma Cardz: 3-d
Your Next Stamp: Use a border punch
Simon Says Challenge:Pink, green, and brown
Creative Card Crew: Pink and green
Quixotic Paperie: Emboss it
Lucy's Cards: use a Digital Element
Daisy Doodles: anything goes +digital image


Thanks for looking, now head over to Lindsay and the other designers' blogs for lots of eye candy and a freebie!

Lindsay Weirich (Owner & Stamp Designer)
Cheryl Gorka (DT Coordinator)
Cindi Hooks
Diane Bove
Jennifer Bliss
Karin Martin
Leanne Garner
Lisa Jurecek
Margie Visnick
Melissa Craig
Rebekah Doak
Rhonda Walker
Shannon Neparko
Tamara Bennett
Tracey Allen

Thanks, Mom!

I made this card for my mom-the sweetest person I know! Truly, she is a wonderful person who always puts others first, and makes me wish I could be so selfless! The card base is Bazzill bling cs, embossed on the front panel with the Cuttlebug textile folder. The patterned paper is Basic Grey Wisteria, and the digistamp I used was the Sketchy Cosmos stamp from Lindsay's Stamp Stuff Pretty Flowers set, cut out and embossed with Nestabilities.
I am entering it into the challenges at
I Love Digi (make a Thank You card)
Dare U 2 Digistamp(use Flowers)
Raise The Bar (Color Me Happy-use your favorite color-blue)


Thanks for stopping by, now head over to Lindsay and the other designers' blogs, for lots of inspiration and eye candy!

How Have You "Bean"?

Do you ever have one of those weeks where you feel like you're spinning your wheels, but not getting ahead?It has definantly been one of those weeks for me! I have parties, school functions and PTO meetings, and my oldest is in a play every day for the rest of the week...and I am trying to prepare for a bridal shower I am throwing for my little sis, which is fun, but, the invitations need to go out by this weekend, so it's crunch time! So today's card is a quickie, using an image that I have had colored for a while. I started with this week's sketch at 2Sketches4You, and I used images from Lindsay's Stamp Stuff Coffee Talk Set. If you hurry over and check her out at MyGraphico before midnight tonight (Thurs, March 18), everything is 30% off! Thanks for stopping by, now head to Lindsay's blog for a freebie, and the other design team member's blogs for more great LSS projects!
Lindsay (owner)
Rebekah Doak
Lisa
Cindi
Erin
Tracey
Micki
Leanne
Shannon
Tracy Vinson (March Guest DT)

Testing, testing, 1,2,3...

When the some of the fabulous designers from MyGraphico asked us to test some svg files, I was more than happy to oblige! This adorable little owl is from the Love is in the Air set (The whole set is too cute for words, check it out!). It made a cute little valentine card! I cut the card and circle topper with SCAL, embossed the topper with the Cuttlebug Textile Embossing folder, added ribbon from my stash, and embossed the owl (the brown part), and dressed the rest of the owl up with chalk inks and puff paint. The other file I tested was this Cute Train Set. I thought it worked perfectly for this picture from my son's 1st birthday party. The papers are Basic Grey Cupcake, I used Doodlebug Frills, accented the diecuts with Copics and a White Uniball Signo (the BEST white pen I've found), and I embossed the present with the Cuttlebug Swiss Dots folder.

His and Hers Valentines

For today's post, I followed a couple of challenges, and put my own "His and Hers" spin on it.I started with this week's sketch from 2Sketches4You, and used the Caardvarks challenge to use Red and Hearts. And of course, it's Thursday, so they're made using digistamps from Lindsay's Stamp Stuff.
On the "Hers" card, I used a white card base, a light green patterned paper from the Sweet Stack by DCWV, a scrap of white cardstock that I ran through my Cuttlebug with the Textile embossing folder, then I wrapped the bottom with a sheer red ribbon, then attached it on top of a red grosgrain ribbon. In Photoshop, I dropped the Heart Cherries digistamp from the Love Grows Here digistamp set inside of the Love You digistamp from All Around Phrases digistamp set, printed it in the size I wanted, colored it with my Copic markers, and edged the cherries with red Stickles. I punched it out with my scalloped circle punch, and attached it to the top of the Cuttlebugged square.
For the "His" card, I used some Basic Grey cardstock and patterned paper (from the Marrakech collection), and inked the edges with a red ink pad, attached red grosgrain ribbon, and printed the Love Bingo Card from the Love Grows Here digistamp set, cut it out and inked the edges. I have to stop myself from getting too fancy with the cards when they're for guys,'cause they seem more masculine when they're simpler(to me anyway).
Now, head over to Lindsay's blog to see what fabulous projects (and freebie) she has for you, then drop by the other designers' blogs for lots more eye candy:
Tamara
Lisa
Shannon
Leanne
Melissa
Cindi
Erin
Tracey
Micki
Janet
Diana

Valentine Banner

Do you ever feel a little let down when you take down your christmas decorations? I know that I
do! I even teased my husband and told him that I was going to take the christmas ornaments off of the Christmas tree and turn it into a Valentine's tree, lol. But instead, I decided to start making some Valentine's decorations. I LOVE the banners that I have seen on 2 Peas and some other blogs. Well, now Lindsay has made it easy to make some FAN-ta-stic ones using the Cricut and SCAL, called Pretty Banners svgs,with several different types of banners-swirls, plain, scalloped,circles,and stars. She also includes printable JPGs for you to cut by hand if you do not have one. And, even better, everything at her My Graphico Shop is on sale, 25% off for today and tomorrow only! Run, don't walk, to get your digistamps and svg files while they're on sale!
I made the whole banner with one sheet of white shimmer cardstock (which I used for the scalloped banners and the lettering), and one sheet of purple cardstock (that I used for the swirl and plain banners), some eyelets, ribbon, and digistamps from Lindsay's Love Grows Here digistamp kit. The challenge at the Digital Tuesday blog this week is to use embossing, and I am using my new Cuttlebug as much as possible, so I embossed the plain banner shapes with the D'vine Swirls Cuttlebug embossing folder, which I think added a nice touch, and went well with the other swirl cut out banners. I added tiny light purple heart shaped eyelets to the corners of the banners and threaded a sheer pink ribbon through. I am really happy with the way it turned out!
Now, hop on over to Lindsay's blog, 'cause she has a freebie and some eye candy for you-and then you can make your way on to the other designers' blogs for a lot more great projects!

It's Thursday!

And that means I am using Lindsay's Stamp Stuff today! For this card, I started with this week's sketch from 2 Sketches4 You, and rotated it on it's side. I cut the card itself with my trusty ol' paper trimmer, from a Christmas stack I picked up at Hobby Lobby. I cut a light green rectangle, inked the edges, and then topped it off with a sleigh I cut with my Cricut, and a sentiment from Lindsay's Christmas Cupcake Wrappers and Toppers digistamp set. I just printed, colored, and punched it out with a scallop circle punch. Don't forget, all her sets are on sale, buy 2 get 1 free through December 23rd-Don't let this one get away! Now head over to Lindsay's blog to see what she's up to-then check out the other DT members awesome work!

"Cherry Kisses" for Friday Sketchers blog

I put together this "girly" Christmas card based on this week's sketch from Friday Sketchers . The card base is from Lindsay's Stamp Stuff winter printables set -so pretty and winter-y! Don't forget, she has an awesome sale at her store right now, buy 2 sets get a 3rd set free! I love the little girl on the snowball, and I couldn't wait to put her on a card! Her name is Cherry Kisses Snowball, and I picked her up as a freebie *somewhere* but I have no idea where! If you know, please tell me so I can link it up! I covered the snowball with Stickles, and it sparkles beautifully in real life! The sentiment was a rub-on from DCWV. The hardest part about this card was tying the bow! I'll tell you, that sucker would NOT cooperate with me! But, I finally beat it!

Brrr.....

I made this little Christmas card to enter into a couple of challenges.Simon Says Stamp Challenge blog says..."Let It Snow". I used the sketch from this week's Sketch and Stash challenge, the ribbon and rhinestone snowflake are both from my stash and the challenge at Dare U 2 Digistamp was to use red, green, and a neutral color (and a digital image, of course!). This digistamp is from Dustin Pike, and the red card background is a digital printable from Lindsay's Stamp Stuff, the Winter Printable Set. And, don't forget, Lindsay is having a buy 2 get one free sale on her sets until December 23rd! Thanks for looking-comments are always appreciated!

Two new cards to share...

I am frantically trying to finish making Christmas cards to send out, so I sought out some challenges to help me with a little inspiration. The first challenge I took was with Sketch Saturday. I made the navy blue card topper out of Wasau shimmer paper, then, using my Winter Woodland cart, cut the bird (#3) out of a scrap of white cardstock, a snowflake (#4) out of clear acetate, and the "Peace tag" out of silver glitter cardstock by DCWV, and out of white cardstock using the shift function. I accented it with some sheer white ribbon with silver snowflakes from my stash.The second card I did, I used Card Patterns sketch 44, and flipped it on its side. The penguin is a cute digistamp from Pollycraft, and I used up some paper scraps for this card. I also added some gemstones that I colored with my red Bic Mark-it pens. Thanks for looking!

Thursday with Lindsay's Stamp Stuff *And a Christmasy Freebie!

Well, I must admit I panicked a little bit when I got ready to do my post for today and realized that I had left my camera at my father-in-law's house yesterday! Then I remembered...duh, I HAVE a scanner! (insert smack to the forehead here!) So I scanned my cards for today...you miss some of the dimension, but you get the general idea! Here goes...

For this week's Lindsay's Stamp Stuff post, I decided that I wanted to meet a few challenges and make a few Christmas cards. The firstcard that I made was based on sketch #142 from http://cardpositioningsystems.blogspot.com/ . I used a couple of brand new digistamps from Lindsay's Stamp Stuff, one of the Christmas Potpourri Bingo Cards (These are soooo awesome!), and the ornament is also from the new Christmas Potpourri Set. The other Christmas card for today is based on this week's Mojo Monday Sketch. I used the Holly Wreath, which is also from the Christmas Potpourri Set. I added Glossy accents to the berries and allowed them to dry overnight for a dimensional look. The gingerbread girl was a Dustin Pike freebie, which I combined with the "Happy Holidays" clear stamp sentiment that I picked up at WalMart after Christmas last year. I put them together on one of Lindsay's Embossed Scalloped mat digis, and put it all together with pop dots.

Now, Last, but not least, here are some pretty Christmas Bells that I converted to svg for you! Download them HERE.

That's it for me, now head on over to the other designers' blogs, there is lots of eye candy for you!

Lindsay (owner) +she will have a freebie for you!

Cheryl Gorka

Melissa

Janet

Lisa

Tamara

Shannon

Erin

Tracey

Diana

Cindi

A "Spooky" Cute Witch

Today's LSS post is a fun layout using the Cute Witch digistamp from the Cute Halloween Stamp Set at Lindsay's Stamp Stuff, and some Halloween cuts from the Paper Doll Dress Up Cricut cartridge.
For the photo mat, I crumpled purple cardstock and rubbed my black and white chalk inks over it for a cool look, smoothed it out, gave it a little time to dry, then flattened it with an iron. For the page background, I took dark gray cardstock and dabbed white chalk ink over it for a textured, sort of smoky look. I tore black cardstock and layered it for the ground, again inking the edges with white chalk ink.I added some spooky black trees and a black cat from the Paper Doll Dress Up cart, and added a rhinestone spider web over the corner of the photo. I added a title block cut out of some green patterned paper from GCD Studios that reminded me of reptile skin, using a cut from the Storybook Cricut Cartridge, and inked the edges with a charcoal chalk ink pad. I added the title, "Spooky Witch", accented it with a little metal witches hat that I have had leftover in my stash FOREVER, then on the other side, topped it of with a vinyl black Thickers flourish, and some black and gray primas, with two tiny green bat shaped brads by Making Memories.
Thanks for looking, Now hop on over to Lindsay's blog-she has a freebie for you ;) and you can head on to the other designers' blogs from there.

Halloween with Lindsay's Stamp Stuff (and the Cricut)

It's a Halloween "Spooktacular" with us at Lindsay's Stamp Stuff this week! I made this cool Halloween centerpiece- out of an old ice cream tub! I saved it, washed it out, and stuffed it full of crumpled newspaper, then spray painted it black with some extremely cheap (less than a dollar) black spray paint, and streaked a little white through the newspaper for a more spooky, dimensional look. I colored and hand cut The Haunted House digistamp and a Cute Witch digistamp, both from Lindsay's Stamp Stuff,the Cute Halloween Set ,and then I used my Cricut and the Paper Doll Dress Up cart to cut the Spooky Trees, Black Cat, Spiderweb, and the Adorable ghost that is peeking out from behind the Haunted House. I layered a couple of ribbons, and added some Harry the Spider digistamps(also in this set) that I colored and flocked the legs, and also some silver glitter Lightning Bolt cuts from the Indie Art cartridge.
Here's a peek at the super cool stuff Lindsay has added to the shop this week:

Spooky Crows Halloween Set (sooo cool)-these would look so great on those Halloween/Twilight pages and cards):

And this cute set of Cupcake Wrappers (you could even let the kids color these!):Now hop over to Lindsay's blog, she has a freebie for you there-then head on to the other designers' blogs from there!
Be sure to check out the latest Cricut Promotion, The Great Gypsy Escape! Purchase one of 4 new Cricut catridges for a chance to win a new Gyspy (handheld design studio for Cricut), $2,000 travel vouchers and even a $30,000 trip to one of 5 fabulous locations!

Oriental Poppy on a Scalloped Card

This week at Cupcake Crafts, the challenge was to make a shaped card. I cut this scalloped shaped card on my Cricut, with an svg file that I have been wanting to use for a while. But, why just do one challenge if I can do two, right?! So, I combined it with the challenge at Dare U 2 Digistamp, which was to use Blue, Green, and Cream. I used this beautiful Oriental Poppy Digistamp (one of my favorites) from Lindsay's Stamp Stuff. I colored it with my Copic markers, and cut it out with my Cutterbee scissors. I accented the card with blue chalk, edged it with royal blue ink, added a light blue satin ribbon, and used pop dots to attach the poppy image to the card. Thanks for stopping by to take a peek!
Now, be sure to check out the other DT members' blogs, this is the last week for our summer of "Find The Digistamp Freebie", and the girls have some amazing projects to share with you. If you get lost, just drop back by here, and you can use these links to get to all of their blogs!

Lindsay (owner)

Diana (August Guest DT)

Janet

Olena

Row

Melissa B

Melissa C

Tracey

Tamara

Kim

Katt

Lisa

Leanne

Cupcakes forever!

*Scroll down for free svg!



The challenge at Cupcake Crafts this week was to make a sweet birthday card, with the option of including a cupcake on it somewhere. So, I used this week's awesome sketch from 2 Sketches For You (above). For this card, I used these fun new Swirly Cupcake and the 2 Cherries digistamps from Lindsay's Stamp Stuff. And now, she is running a special-spend $5.00, get a free digistamp. Be sure to check it out, she has lots of adorable new stamps!

I cut the card base out of white gold Wasau shimmer cardstock, and the pale green is from the DCWV Metallic cardstock.The green/brown patterned paper is from the Chocolate Cherry collab digi kit, I just printed on some Georgia Pacific white cardstock, and cut the bracket shape using my Cricut and SCAL. I added some cream colored trim (I think I got it from Walmart). Then, I cut the scalloped ovals from my Storybook Cricut cart, then inked the edges with Tim Holtz Distress Ink Walnut Stain, and Martha Stewart Brownstone ink. I glued the 2 scalloped ovals together, then attached to the card with pop-dots above and below the trim. I then attached the cupcake digistamp, which I had already colored with Copics, and accented with Stickles. After that, I attached the 2 Cherries digistamp, which I had also colored with Copics and Stickles, and to finish it off, I added a little bow-shaped button from Dress-It-Up, and the sentiment, "Cupcakes Forever", an acrylic stamp from Studio G that I stamped on a scrap of the white gold cardstock with MS Brownstone, and inked the edges.

Thanks for looking, now head on over to the rest of the design team member's blogs, someone has a free digistamp for you! ;)

Lindsay (owner)

Olena

Melissa B

Melissa C

Kim

Tamara

Row

Janet

Leanne

Tracey

Katt

Lisa

Diana (August Guest DT)

Lindsay's Stamp Stuff...And Freebies For you!

Today I am sharing two cards with you. The first, I used this week's sketch from Inspirational Card Sketches, and made an anniversary card for my parents. Thirty-one years! We should all be so blessed/lucky! The background of the card is Basic Grey Wisteria, then I used a scrap of light blue distressed graph-style paper for the triangle, and attached a border underneath the edge that I made from a shimmery white gold cardstock from Wasau paper, with my Martha Stewart doily edge punch. I attached a pale yellow scalloped oval that I cut from the Storybook Cartridge. To finish the card-I printed the Filled Butterfly digistamp from Lindsay's Stamp Stuff on a transparency, then used Broken China and Silver Stickles for the body and antenae of the butterfly. Added 3 small pearls, and I think I came up with a pretty anniversary card for my parents!

The second card was just for fun. I wanted to fulfill the Dare You To Digistamp Friday Challenge, and this week's was "distressing". So, I made this shopper silhouette from some clip art, to be cut on my Cricut with SCAL. If you would like a copy of this svg, click here. I used the Shopping Bags digistamp from Lindsay's Stamp Stuff, and printed it out on different paper scraps, which I shaded with Copics, and decorated with various gemstones/glitter pens/Jolee's. The chipboard sentiment and ribbon are from Die Cuts With A View, and the background for the card is shimmery Wasau cardstock. I distressed it by inking the edges of the card and chipboard with Tuxedo Black Momento ink. Thanks for dropping by, now hop on over to the other design team members' blogs to see what they have in store for you! One of these girls has a free digistamp for you, but you have to find it!

Lindsay(owner)

Tamara

Kim

Katt

Tracey

Row

Olena

Janet

Leanne

Melissa B

Melissa C

Lisa

Diana (August Guest DT)

Celebrate A Sweet Birthday!

For this birthday card, I used the sweet Ice Cream #1 digistamp from Lindsay's Stamp Stuff, and this week's Mojo Monday Sketch and the Digital Tuesday Challenge. The patterned papers are some yummy Basic Grey papers, then I attached a ribbon, sewed on a button, colored the ice cream cone with Copic markers, covered the "ice cream" part with Crystal Stickles, and let it dry over night before I attached it to my card with Pop Dots.
Thanks for dropping by my blog, now head on over to the rest of the Design Team, someone has a free digistamp for you!

Lindsay (owner)

Janet

Kim

Leanne

Katt

Melissa B

Melissa C

Olena

Tamara

Tracey

Lisa

Row

Diana (August Guest Dt)

Lindsay's Stamp Stuff Thursday (and I got more scrapping done!)

For this week's LSS post, I did another layout, since my goal was to complete 20 layouts in July. For the "Magic" LO, I used a photo of one of my twin girls at the carnival this past spring on the Merry-Go-Round. To me, there is nothing more "magical" than a carousel to a child- I still love them! Anyway, I embellished it with the Carousel digistamp from Lindsay's Stamp Stuff that I colored with colored pencils first, and then blended with baby oil and went back over the edges with some Copics for shading and blending. I then heat embossed the edges of the page with gold embossing powder, and inked the edges of the pink photo mat and chipboard letters with a couple of Copics.

For my "Playin in The Rain" pages, I cut the Rain Frog from MyScrapchick.com and the splat with my Cricut and SCAL, and the spotted blue paper is from GCD Studios.

The layout with our wedding photo is also on GCD Studios, and the edges of the photo mat are inked and the the edges are embellished with black vinyl Thickers.

The last layout is a quick one of my big girl, and I used one of the shopping bags digistamps from Lindsay's Stamp Stuff, cut one out, and colored and embellished it with a gel flower from Heidi Swapp, some Twistel type stuff for the handles, and cut out some flip flops with my Cricut which I embellished with beads and flower shaped rhinestones.The beach ball is a rub-on , that I colored also.

Now, head on over to the other designers' blogs to "Find the Freebie"!

Lindsay (owner)

Melissa B.

Melissa C.

Olena

Janet

Leanne

Row

Tracey

Tamara

Katt

Lisa

Kim

Erin Bailey (July Guest DT)