My first Anita Be Stampin Blog Hop

It’s Anita Be Stampin Digi Release and Blog Hop day…woot woot!  All of the new digi images are available NOW at Anita Be Stampin, and we are celebrating by having a blog hop filled with inspiration.  Be sure to visit all of the stops on the blog hop today, because one lucky winner who comments on EVERY blog along the way will win the entire digi release.  Gotta love that!

     

Check out my project using the brand new ABS Estella digi image…Isn't she gorgeous!!  I used some Graphic 45 paper and some older Imaginisce paper that I had in my stash.  I found those glittery swirls at Michaels by Recollection.  The Hello Gorgeous stamp is an AmyR sentiment found at All that Scraps. 

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  The next stop on the hop is  Jacquie.  Remember to leave a comment on every blog on the hop by Sunday, Feb. 13th at 12:01 CST for your chance to win all of the ABS digi images released today.  Here is the list of all of the stops on the hop today, just in case you get lost along the way:

ABS Blog

Angela

Anita

Brenda

Jon

Kelli

Lelia

Rachel

Tracy

ABS Blog

Happy hopping! And as always thanks for stopping by my blog. 

Design Team news!

I am so excited to announce to you all that I am one of the newest members of the Anita Be Stampin design team.  It is hard to know something and be so excited, and have to wait to share!!  But the news is now up on the Blog.  So I am going to share it!!  And start playing with my blog and adding members links!!  My first blog hop with the team will be here on Saturday the 12th.  I hope you will all be around to hop with us.  We will be showing a new mini digi release.  Super cute stuff!!  Here is a little peak!

And a new profile pic that has been Anita Be Stampinized!! LOL

How fun is that!!!  Well I guess I had better get busy, I have stuff to make!!!  Make sure you hop on back on Saturday!

Giddy Up Partners......... It's time for a Showdown

Giddy Up Partners..... it's Time for a Showdown!!!

You are invited to The Outlawz Showdown!! We want to show you our appreciation for joining and participating in The Outlawz challenges!! The Showdown starts right here on February 13! Our sponsors have provided us with awesome prizes, and you don't want to miss it!!  Don't forget the party starts on February 13, and you will have 22 ways to win!!

Would you like to get in on the party action early? Put our party flyer in a post on your blog and link it to this page (http://outlawzchallenges.ning.com). Then add a link to your blog post in the linky below for a chance to win a party prize! One of those amazing prizes below is for someone who posts the flyer; you don't even have to make anything for a chance to win!! Link before 11:59 PM EST on Wednesday, February 16, 2011, to be in the drawing!

The Outlawz Tuesday Color Challenge

Can you believe it is Tuesday already?  This past week has gone by fast.  The color challenge this week at the Outlawz is Poppy, Turquoise, and white.  The twist is to include ribbon or lace.  I will tell you what, these colors are indeed a challenge!!!  I found this paper by My Mind's Eye that has the colors in the challenge today.  Here is your inspiration for this weeks challenge.

What do you think about this inspiration?  Lots of fun I think, and not my ordinary pink combo's!!! Here is my inspiration card for you.

I added this adorable stamp by LOTV called Together Forever.  It also comes with the sentiment "Together Forever".  I added some Coordinations glittery paper in turquoise and used one of my EK Success punches.  The twist was to add lace.  I added that in white.  I used my new favorite lacey circles nestabilitie along with some roses from Recollections that I found at Michaels.  Luckily I had some in both poppy and turquoise!!

I had so much fun coloring this image.  I used the R-01,02,05,08 for the poppy color and the BG-10,13,17 for the little guys shirt.  I didn't write down all the copics, if you are wanting to know any of the colors I used just let me know.  

The die cut sentiment on the inside of the card was part of the paper package from My Minds Eye.  I love this set! I hope you will stop over at the Outlawz Color Challenge this week and play along.  While you are there check out the Main Page, we are having a huge party next week beginning on February 13th.  You have a huge chance to win prizes in every challenge, including a huge Grand Prize.  I will have more info later on in the week.  I hope you can join us!

Monday Guest Spot at All That Scraps

Happy Monday!!  Normally, I am not a Monday kinda gal, but the last 2 months I have been excited to see Monday.  Monday mornings I head over to All That Scraps Blog to see which of my projects that I sent are spotlighted for the Monday Guest Design Team spot.  For February I got to play with the new AmyR Get Well Sentiments along with the new Swiss Pixie Bouquet Birgitta and the new Spring Kiki La Rue.  You all know how much I LOVE both the Swiss Pixies and the Kiki La Rues!!  So it was so much fun to play with these!  I love the sentiment stamps.

Guess what?  I made my own umbrella!!!  I had one from a layered sticker set that did not match what I needed so I took a circle punch and an oval scalloped nestie and made my own!!  I had this fabulous paper from My Minds Eye.  I thought it was perfect for this sentiment.  I used some stickles on the flowers and her necklace.  I had some raindrops that I also added.

Now, the next card is with Swiss Pixie Brigitta.  I just love coloring this image. She is so much fun to color!!

Do you see those flowers?  They are part of a new CC Designs Tags it Rubber Stamp and Die Set.  How fun are these?  You get not only the die but also stamps to give dimension.  I inked mine with a white ink and added pearls to the center. 

I also added glitter to her little wings and highlighted her flowers.  On these I wanted to make them look like yellow daisies.  So springy, I hope the sun starts shining soon for all of us!!  And the center of this card. 

I love this Martha Stewart around the edge punch for a simple inside to your cards.

As always, thanks for stopping by today.  Need to finish my cup of coffee and then get a move on it today!!!

I Heart You!!!

Did you know that February is Heart Month?  Makes perfect sense to me!!  Everywhere I look this month I see hearts!!  In honor of Heart Month our challenge over at Guylou's Inimitability will be "hearts". There has to be at least 1 heart on your project for this challenge.  Guylou recently added a new free digi image over at CDAC when she hit 500 members to her group.  There is a free image at her store when you become a follower.  She has added several new Heart themed images that would be perfect for this challenge, including the featured image that we are playing with today!  This image is so versatile!  I used a stamp from All That Scraps to sit on this awesome Love Seat image.  That is where my hearts are.  On that  Love seat!   And that sentiment from AmyR has some hearts.

Don't you just love this paper?  It is from My Minds Eye.  It is actually a Valentine line.  I have to say I love this lamp next to the Love Seat, it was fun adding some "light" shining out.

I hope you will hop on over and enter our challenge.

The winner will be awarded a digi image of your choice as well as be invited to be a guest designer on a future challenge and receive the feature image free for that challenge.  You will have until February 17th at  10:00 PM Est.  There is also some fabulous inspiration over there from Guylou's Design Team.  And Guylou has added some information for you over there for Heart month.
As always, thanks for stopping by today.  I have some fun stuff to share with you in the next few days so I hope you will stop back on by again!!

Tuesday Color Challenge

It's Tuesday again ladies!!!  What does that mean? It is the Tuesday Color Challenge over at the Outlawz!!!
What great color scheme did we come up with this week you ask??  Celadon, lavendar, and white.  But wait, there is a twist.  February is February Frolics so every Tuesday this month there will be a twist.  This week the twist is to add dots.  Here is our inspiration:

And here is my card!!  Can I tell you, this one was a challenge to me.  Often I start with some yummy paper then pick my image.  Of course with a color challenge the colors are picked then I hope I can find the perfect paper, then the image.  Or I know what image I want to use, then pick the paper, color and put it all together.  My problem was I couldn't find paper I liked for these colors.  Here is what I came up with.

I can not tell you who makes this stamp set.  It is in my stash and I don't know what I did with the packaging.  Do you all do that?  Take stuff out and lose it on your desk? LOL.  I am afraid of what is under this magnificent pile of Valentine papers and Stamps and inks that are on my desk right now.  I did get to use my new nestie Lacy Circles though.  I may even call this card a CAS card!!  

As always thank you so much for stopping in.  I hope that you will join us over at the Color Challenge this week.  Or sometime this month.  I do believe there will be a RAK offered up this month.  And I might even have a Copic marker to add to it.  Whatta ya say?