New Digi Releases From THS Today!

Supplies: THS Digi images, Copics, Sparkly Fluff, jewels

Hi All, This card uses two of the MANY new Spring digi images being released today at the Treehouse Store! The images here are from the "Spring Bouquet" set: "Bunny" and "Box 4". The Thursday Treehouse Challenge is "Bling". So I used more of the Sugar SparklyFluff from Our Craft Lounge on the bunny's belly, ears and tail!! Its so sparkly IRL - where you see gray specs here in the photo, that's all the sparkle!! I also added some pink jewels to the corners for some added bling for the challenge. Each week we feature one of our DT members, and this week it's Gloria! Gloria is an amazing, talented and a lovely person. Please stop by her blog (aka CrafterGM) and see what she's up to!! Join in the Treehouse Challenge this week anb grab the THS Thursday Challenge Badge for your blog when you do! TFL, I'm so glad you stopped by!

AC Sketch Challenge Card

A fast and fun card for the American Crafts Sketch Week Challenge. I chose this sketch from the week's offerings. The two American Crafts supplies I used were Thickers Patterned Chipboard Letter Stickers and "I'm Like a Bird" Blues Skies DP. TFL, I'm so glad you stopped by!

Good Luck Friend

Supplies: Prima and Basic Grey flowers, Recollection Gemstone Brad, Thickers Flocked Alpha Chipboard, Cosmo Cricket Earth Love DP, PTI Aqua Mist CS, SU Chocolate Chip and Kraft CS. SU Scalloped Border punch.

This is a DDC card that my friend Joanne (aka Sleepy in Seattle) dared us to do. She wanted to see a St. Patricks Day or Good Luck Card with some green. I've never sent out a St. P's day card, so I chose to go with a Good Luck theme. I used these neat tab clips that I got as a sample from a vendor that stopped by my office at work last year. They got thrown in my drawer and for some reason surfaced last week. I, of course, immediately thought of card-making with them and brought them home!! They are so cool, and they come in this fun little acrylic storage box -- kind of over-the-top storage for just some disposable tabs, dontcha think?? Anyways, I love 'em!! I layered some Prima and Basic Grey Flowers with a Recollections green (ta dah!) brad along with some fun Flocked Alpha Thickers from CHA. (Still using new CHA stuff I got!) There's 3 Robins Nest Dew Drops there on the DP too, hard to see. Anyhow, you are invited to join in and play in the DDC Challenges!! Post to your blog or SCS using keyword DDC. Let me know if you do so the DDC gals can come see your work! TFL, I'm so glad you stopped by!

Happy News, New Product, New Card!

Supplies: ODBD "Refuse and Strength", SU "Inspired by Nature", SU River Rock and White CS, Nestibilities, Copics, silver half-back pearls

Hi All, So much blogging to do, so little time!! This card is for a few challenges I've been stalking plus the Featured Stamper challenge over on SCS. This week the gorgeous gallery of JovialJudi is being featured! I chose to case her "Winter Chickadee" card because it was lovely, simple and was focused on a bird! I have been anxious to ink up the cute little bird from my new "You Will Find Refuge" set from ODBD! The scripture in this set is one of my favorites, I have a banner hanging in my bedroom that has the same scripture so I'm happy to be able to share it in cards to friends now! It also seemed to be a good image to use more of my new "SparklyFluff" product from Our Craft Lounge that I got at CHA. I used the white "Sugar" color. It's sprinkled on the little bird's breast. This is such pretty stuff, a great texture for cards. I only used it sparingly, but it still has a wonderful effect IRL. It's so soft and touchable!! Like velvet or fur, and it doesn't crumble off when you rub it! It also has a wonderful sparkle to it, not overwhelming but definitely visible at first glance and draws your eye to it. Not sure if you can see it here, click on the image for a closer look. Finally, the card needed to have some distressing somewhere on it to qualify for Paper Sundaes "Distress" Challenge. So I used the Rock and Roll technique on the sentiment to make it appear like it was fading. The challenges I combined using this card are: 1.) Featured Stamper #159 - Jovial Judy "Winter Chickadee" case 2.) Hope Stamps Eternal Cupcake Challenge #47 -- soft blues, beige cupcakes 3.) Quirky Crafts Challenge #22 -- Theme is "Cute" 4.) Paper Sundae #6 -- Theme is "Distress" And!! My happy news...!! I will be creating designs for The Frantic Stamper! I applied for this DT way back in April of last year!! Fran was busy building her new store warehouse so she could fill it with wonderful goodies!! (Check out the FranticStamper Blog to see photos of it and the DT announcement!!) So now that the new warehouse is ready, the DT has been put in place!! I was thrilled to get the email!! I am looking forward to working with my fellow DT members and all the loads of fun product!! The fun begins on March 7! TFL, I'm so glad you stopped by!

Paper Piecing

Supplies: THS "Spring is in the Air" digi and "Spring Blessing", SU Afternoon Tea DP and Soft Sky CS, SU Well Scripted sentiment, Sizzix Bigz Die, Signo White Gel Pen, marker

Hi All!

Today the Treehouse Thursday Challenge (#037) is Paper Piecing.

For my card, I used "Flower #3" from the new THS digi set "Spring is in the Air". I printed it out in 3 sizes (the magic of Digi!) on two different sheets of DP. I cut them out, pieced the flower centers to the petals and created a variety of different flowers just by layering and texturizing some of them.

The filigree border on the side is made with the Sizzix Bigz XL Card Die - Floral Flourish die that I used to cut the base card. I ran the die through the Big Shot with 3 layered strips of DP over just the filigree part so I would have some perfectly sized pieces that I could paper piece onto the border as well.

This is a fun technique to use with Digi images! Hope you'll give it a try! When you upload your card to SCS, PCP, or your blog, use the keyword THT037. Link your card to the Treehouse and upload the Treehouse badge for your blog to show that you follow the Treehouse Thursday Challenge!

TFL, I'm so glad you stopped by!

HVD and Weekend Cards!

Happy Valentines Day Everyone! Are these roses gorgeous or what?? I married a saint! I'm so lucky!! So here's the card I made for DH, Carl, along with a little 3x3 clear acetate box that I decorated (box is another find from CHA this year). You can find them Here at Denami Design! Really great gift-giving size! Fun and easy to decorate too! The card is a case of SparkleGirls card that I found on SCS last week! I love the soft blue and red together. Got to host the Inspiration Challenge this weekend on SCS! The website I chose to go to for inspiration was Geninne's Art Store. I chose this Flower Party collage print as my inspiration. I used several colors of scraps of Bazill textured CS and over-layed them on my base of Chocolate Chip CS. Used white rub-ons to create the flowers and sentiment. Filled in some of the white space with 3 coordinating brads and that was it! Super easy and versatile technique! Lastly for the weekend, I made this card for the Featured Stamper Challenge. This week's gallery belongs to Laurie (aka HamiltonGal on SCS). Lots of great work in her gallery, I wished I had time to make more!! I ended up choosing her Pink and Green Stripes card. Loved the layout and the fun stripes and dimension. I cased the layout and butterflies but changed out everything else to use supplies I had. Congratulations Laurie! TFL, I'm so glad you stopped by!

Dolley Madison Card

Supplies: SU Razzleberry Lemondade DP, Chocolate Chip, Pink Passion, white CS, Copics, PTI Holiday Mix buttons, SU DS ribbon, Fiskars border punch, Image by Treehouse Stamps

What a fun Limited Supplies challenge today over on Splitcoast! We were to make a card inspired by a US President! Interesting, right? A couple of different ideas came to mind right away, neither of which is this card!! I ended up going with President James Madison, who's wife Dolley inspired the name of a famous bakery in 1937! See this link! I've been obsessed with buttons lately, and it's been really hard not to buy all the different ones for sale these days! They're so cheap and you get so many, I'm going to have buttons for years and years to come!! The ones I used on this card are PTI's Holiday Vintage collection. The image is from the "Chocoholic" digi set by Treehouse Stamps! Go by and check out all of new releases that Ashley just added to the store!! TFL, I'm so glad you stopped by!

More New THS Digi Releases!

Here's a couple of cards for this week's Treehouse Thursday Challenge #036. This week the challenge is "Say it With Love"...use a "love" sentiment on your card. Join in the challenge and grab the Treehouse Badge for your own Blog! When you upload your card to an on-line gallery or your blog make sure to use keyword THT036! My first card uses the new plaid and floral "Spring is in the Air" Digi Paper Pack #2. The second card uses the butterfly from the new digi set called "Hello Friend". Both the digi paper and image are being released today so be sure to head over to the Treehouse Stamps Store to see the full line of all the new goodies!! We feature a Design Team member each week and this week it is the amazing and talented Katie Tate! Be sure to visit her blog and check out her amazing work!! TFL, I'm so glad you stopped by!

Teeny Chick

Supplies Used: Nestibility Large Scallop Squares. Cosmo Cricket Earth Love DP, Very Vanilla and Brushed Gold CS, Copics, Clear Magic Stamps "Janes Script", Denami Designs imaage, Memento Tuxedo Black In.

All day I was thinking about what "teeny tiny" card design to make so I could participate in this week's Saturday Spotlight Challenge. Meanwhile, I checked in on the CAS challenge over on SCS for today and it is an inspiration challenge. The website is Candy Crates Retro Candy Store. I headed to the Holiday Candies Section looking at the Easter candies and found this Happy Hen Pooper! Egads!! Couldn't pass that up, right?? My "teeny tiny" design was born! I used one of the "teeny tiny" chicks by Denami Design - their stamps are practically synonymous with "teeny tiny"!! Colored the little chick with Copics to match my Cosmo Cricket Earth Love DP. Used Basic Grey LillyKate mini velvet rick rac and Basic Grey mini brads for embellishments. All this went onto a small 3x3 card base! And finally, Joan Irvin (aka Stamping with a Passion), our Doubledog Host for this week wanted us to make a Get Well Card, and viola! This became a "Get Well Soon" card! Can't remember the last time I got a DDC done on the same day it was posted!! TFL, I'm so glad you stopped by!

Doubledog Dare Rose

Supplies: SU Scallop Punch, SU Print Pattens Pack, SU 5/8" satin ribbon, SU Gold Glory EP, SU Kraft CS, EK Success Large Scallop Border punch, SEI Lovebirds DP, Our Daily Bread Fishers of Men, misc. mini heart charm

Our Doubledog Dare Host this week is Julia (aka Create With Me) and she dared us to make a card using the rose tutorial found on Mercy's (aka Lord Have Mercy) blog. Wow!! I love this rose!! Couldn't be simpler to make and it comes out beautifully. I'm so glad Julia pointed us to that tutorial and grateful that Mercy shared it with all of us!! You should give it a try!! I added a tiny heart charm to the layout so I could participate in the brand new weekly challenge over on the Our Daily Bread Designs Blog to use hearts on your card. Please feel free to join in on the Doubledog Dare Challenges found here on SCS every Tuesday!! Upload to your blog or any of the on-line galleries using DDC as your keyword, and leave me a comment so the DDC gals can stop in and see your work!! There's no time limit and we'd love to have you join us! TFL, I'm so glad you stopped by!

Many Friends

Today's Featured Stamper over on SCS is Barbara Anders (aka Bar) . Wow, what a gallery!! I think this is going to be my new home!! I chose to Case her Meet Me Under the Mistletoe card. I love the buttons and ribbon treatment she used so I kept those and of course the layout. Image and sentiment are from the Mary and Friends set of Clear Magic Stamps by http://www.woodwareusa.com/Woodward USA. Congratulations Barbara, a very worthy Featured Stamper this week!! TFL, I'm so glad you stopped by!

Treehouse Thursday Challenge #035

Supplies Used: THS Life's a Picnic stamp set. SU Ink in Rose Red and Real Red. White, Red and Rose Red CS. Fiscars Border punch, Sparkly Fluff

I made this for the Treehouse Thursday Challenge #035. This week the challenge is the "Colors of Love"...use Red, Pink and White on your card. Join in the challenge and grab the Treehouse Badge for your own Blog! When you upload your card to SCS, PCP, and your blog make sure and use the keyword THT035. We feature a Design Team member each week and this week it is none other than the lovely Ms. Anne Harmon, a dear friend, and long-time design team croney of mine!! Please stop by and visit her blog and check out her amazing work!! The card features the stampset "Lifes a Picnic" I stamped the apple from the set 4 times, one of which I used to pop up for dimension. I added this really fun "Sparkly Fluff" in Rockstar Red that I got at the Our Craft Lounge booth at CHA to the popped apple. Can you see how sparkly and fluffy it is?? It's just so cool, it feels like velvet when you touch it!! I had to get several colors!! TFL, I'm so glad you stopped by!