It's a GRAND OPENING!!

You'll want to grab a cup of coffee and get comfy this morning! It's the "grand opening" of the Paper Craft Crew Blog. While we HAVE been posting to it for sometime, this is the week we launch all the fun stuff!

So...down the right hand side of my blog, you'll want to check out all the other crew members blogs because EVERYONE is giving away blog candy! However, before you do, check out today's card:

I started off with a square base for this one, so the card is just 4" x 4". Tiny and cute! The polka dot Designer Series Paper is from the Festival of Prints Pack. I just LOVE how versatile this pack is. It's in the Holiday Catalogue, but you can use it for just about anything! It's only available till January 2nd, 2013, so get yours soon!

I added a piece of Very Vanilla to the bottom of the card front and then hid the seam using a length of Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding.

The main image from Apothecary Art was stamped in Basic Grey and coloured in using a Blender Pen with Cherry Cobbler and Always Artichoke Ink. "Dare to Dream" (from Loving Thoughts) was stamped in Cherry Cobbler and then end was flagged before it was adhered to the main image.

The whole image panel was then attached to the card using Stampin' Dimensionals.

Here's the sketch on which the card was based:

And now, for the BLOG CANDY. Today, just by commenting below, you could win a full pack of the Festival of Prints Designer Series Paper:

There will also be a GRAND PRIZE DRAW over the the Paper Craft Crew Blog, so don't forget to check it out!! Submit a card based on the sketch to be entered into the GRAND PRIZE draw! The draw will take place NEXT Wednesday after our sketch posts.

What do you think?

STAMPS: Apothecary Art, Loving Thoughts
INK: Basic Grey, Cherry Cobbler, Always Artichoke
PAPERS: Very Vanilla and Cherry Cobbler Cardstock; Festival of Prints DSP
ACCESSOIRES: Big Shot, Framelits, Seam Binding, Blender Pen, Stampin' Dimensionals

Happy Stampin'!

Lots of Love for the Stampin' Queens!

Last week, my honey and I celebrated our 26th date-o-versary.

Your what? Date-o-versary.

You're nuts. Maybe...but it means I'm guaranteed a fancy dinner out every six months - LOL! You see, our wedding anniversary is on August 31st. And we still celebrate the day we started dating 26 years ago, on February 28th, 1986. See? Fancy dinner every six months! This year, we saw the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and had dinner at Big Daddy's Crab Shack - YUM!!!

I used today's sketch as a jumping off point and then added - LOTS! Here's the sketch:

And here's my take on it:

As you can see, I went a little nuts with the hearts. I kind of had to since it's our 26th date-o-versary and all. When we celebrated our 15th date-o-versary, I was working part time at that big craft store and brought home 15 helium filled heart shaped balloons. He was floored.

I started off stamping with stamping the sentiment from Loving Thoughts (a FREE set I received when I attended Leadership in January) and added heart #26 to the left of it. Then I had to draw lines because I'm not QUITE that awesome to line up the rest of the 25 hearts. I remembered to erase the lines before I gave it to him - LOL!

You'll want to join us this week! We have a SPONSOR for this week's sketch and winners will receive:

What do you think?

STAMPS: Loving Thoughts
INK: Cherry Cobbler
PAPERS: Very Vanilla and Cherry Cobbler Cardstock
ACCESSORIES: Punch, Tweezers, Glue Dots

Happy Stampin'!

Thoughts of You - Twitterpated

It's no surprise that I just love, love, LOVE the Twitterpated Collection from the new Occasions Mini, so when I saw this card on the Stampin' UP! site, I just knew I had to share it with you!

It uses both the Bordering on Romance and Thoughts of You stamp sets. Of course, it also uses Twitterpated Designer Series Paper.

Here are all the details:

Stamps
• Bordering on Romance
• Loving Thoughts

Paper
• Blushing Bride Card Stock
• Riding Hood Red Card Stock
• Sahara Sand Card Stock
• Whisper White Card Stock
• Twitterpated Designer Series Paper

Ink
• Riding Hood Red Classic Stampin’ Pad®
• VersaMark® Pad

Accessories
• Baja Breeze 3/8" Pleated Satin Ribbon
• Linen Thread
• Twitterpated Designer Buttons
• White Stampin’ Emboss® Powder
• Stampin’ Dimensionals®
• 3/16" Corner Punch
• Mat Pack
• Paper-Piercing Tool
• Big Shot™
• Heart Collection Framelits Die

Hope you like it too!!

Happy Stampin'!