Adding some Sparkle!

I've recently gotten to work with some fabulous glitter from PK Glitz and I have had so much fun! This glitter is super-fine and really wonderful to work with. I'm always amazed at how just a little sparkle on a card or other project gives it that extra WOW! factor.

I made this little gift box using papers and elements from the >Kind of a Big Deal digital scrapbook collaboration kit by Geek Chic Scraps and Sir Scrapalot. It's really bright and great for masculine projects. I added blueberry glitter to the star and it just makes the whole project!



I used the "You Rock!" digital brushes from the Love2Hug set. I just LOVE the versatility of the digital brushes! The stamp itself is much smaller, but with the digital brush I just made it the size I wanted to fit the square.

Great Sale on Digital Scrapbook Kits!

One of the great designers for whom I do creative work is celebrating her anniversary as a digital scrapbook designer and right now she has a great sale going on in her store! Check it out!




She has a great new kit releasing tomorrow - check out my little sneak peek project.



I also used some stamps from my ever-growing stash of stamps by The {Stamps} of Life. The dotted circle stamp is from the Back2Basics set and the smile and smiley face stamps are from Banners4All set. I used my Nestabilities circle and scalloped circle dies to cut the top, and a die from the Labels 4 set to cut the smile tag. The flowers are from Prima Marketing, except the small maroon flower on the center of the card, and the green flower on the jar - those both came from Nikki's new release!

I lifted this project from Two Peas


I'll be back tomorrow with a great little project using more stamps from The {Stamps} of Life AND some really rockin' glitter from PK Glitz!

TSOL Challenge: Seeing Red

This week's challenge is to make red the main color of your card.

Please feel free to play along with us!

If you are playing along with The {Stamps} of Life stamps or digital images please upload to the gallery on the site –>HERE <— with the keyword TSOLD16. Please link to one of our blogs so we can see your stuff! Our challenge this week is “Seeing Red!” (TSOLD16) - Make red the main color of your card.

Our players this week:

Beverly Sizemore

Emily Niehaus
Jeanne Streiff
Stephanie Barnard
Tami Mayberry





My card!



Paper: Paper Studio darks cardstock
Stamps: Sweet4Babies
Ink: CTMH, cat's eye
Flower: paper from Libby Weifenbach's Class of 2010 digital scrapbook kit. That damask is positively gorgeous!
Other: Nestabilities, brad, 3D Foam adhesive, black EP

CPS Sketch # 179

The {Stamps} of Life is sponsoring this week's Card Positioning Systems sketch # 179! Use the sketch to create a card using The {Stamps} of Life stamps or digital brushes, then go to the CPS website and link up your card! Don't have any stamps from The {Stamps} of Life? Well, why not?? You can still play, just go here , click on Digital, then download the two freebie brushes, print them and and use them like you would any stamped, cut out image! Easy peasy! And while you're there, order a stamp set or two - these stamps seriously ROCK. I've been stamping since 1995 and these are some of the best quality stamps in existence. AND, they're made IN THE USA!!! I just think that's so cool.

So here's my little card using the CPS sketch for this week - it also uses the one of newest releases, Sweet4Babies. I rotated the sketch 90°. I used a 3x5 blank index card for the base. It's the perfect size for a gift enclosure (and with the stage of life I'm in right now, you can never have too many baby gift enclosure cards!).

Word Challenge!

Time again for another card challenge from The {Stamps} of Life design team.

This week's challenge is to make your phrase the focus of your card

Please feel free to play along with us!

If you are playing along with The {Stamps} of Life stamps or digital images please upload to the gallery on the site –>HERE <— with the keyword TSOLD15. Please link to one of our blogs so we can see your stuff! Our challenge this week is “Use Your Words!” (TSOLD15) - Make your phrase the focus of your card. Our players this week (CHA, summer vacations, and Stephanie's prep for attending the Santa Clara scrapbooking convention have us light on players for this challenge):

Beverly Sizemore


My card!




Paper: Digital paper from the Forever and Always, digital Kit by Geek Chic Scraps
Stamps: Youare2Kind, Swirls2Build digital brush (you can't really see it, but the pink rectangle is digitally stamped with those brushes
Ink: CTMH blush
Other: pink polka dot ribbon, pink tiles by The Paper Studio, Nestabilities labels die, 3D Foam adhesive

Polka Dot Challenge!

This week's challenge is to use polka dots somewhere on your card.

Please feel free to play along with us!

If you are playing along with The {Stamps} of Life stamps or digital images please upload to the gallery on the site –>HERE <— with the keyword TSOLD14. Please link to one of our blogs so we can see your stuff! Our challenge this week is “Polka Dots!” (TSOLD14) - Use polka dots somewhere on your card. Our players this week:

Beverly Sizemore
Deb Felts
Emily Niehaus
Jeanne Streiff
Vicki Garrett





My card!



Paper: Digital paper Kit "It's a Wrap" by Melissa Bennett (yes, it's a Christmas kit! This card also fits a challenge to use a Christmas kit for a non-Christmas project.)
Stamps: Youare2Kind ("sweet"), basic4abc ("baby"), Back2Basics (polka dots!)
Ink: CTMH
Other: blue polka dot ribbon (Dollar Spot at Target a few weeks back), buttons, Nestabilities, 3D Foam adhesive

Flower Soft and The {Stamps} of Life Blog Hop!

Are you ready for some fun?

The {Stamps} of Life and Flower Soft Design Teams are playing together for this hop!

As you make your way through the hop make sure you comment on each and every post. There will be 6 prize winners chosen randomly from the comments left on the blogs!

What can you win? 3 prize packages from Flower Soft and 3 stamps sets from The {Stamps} of Life!!!

The prize winners will be announced on the Flower Soft blog and The {Stamps} of Life blog on Wednesday July 14th. Good luck!

Ok, on with my project! So you may remember this card from February's special release of the TinyAnd2Cute stamps.



It's a standard 4.25 x 5.5 card. I've had that DP lying around since forever (remember, I've been paper crafting since 1995!) so I'm not terribly sure where it came from. The rest is just cardstock and ribbon and stamps. I mounted the cupcake and sentiment using 3-D foam adhesive to give the card some dimension. It was quick and easy, which is what I need with two small children running around this place!

I decided to take my Baby Pink Flower Soft and add some texture to the stamped cupcake sprinkles. It was fast, easy, and added so much to the card! I must advise you, however, NOT to put your FlowerSoft into a styrofoam bowl. Paper plates work much better, as they aren't rife with static! I had a good laugh at myself over that error this morning. I will blame it on the fact that I hadn't had my caffeine-laden tea latte yet.




Want even more inspiration? Do you like video tutorials? Make sure and check out both The {Stamps} of Life and Flower Soft TV for weekly videos, specials and product news!!!

If you've ended up here without having started at the Flower Soft blog, go here so you can see all of the other fun projects using this really cool product!

****Next on the hop is

Rose Ann Reynolds

Don't forget to leave me a comment for another chance to win some fabulous goodies! Thanks for stopping by!