Happy Wednesday

Hi guys,

Happy Wednesday!  Still sitting at Starbucks...sigh...  I'm waiting for my hubby to fly back home and fix the wifi.  He will be gone all this week so I guess I will be coming here many times.  My little Gigi is sitting watching Caillou and being good.  Fingers crossed she lasts a little bit longer.

Today starts the new Crafter's Companion USA Challenge Blog's "Friendship" challenge. You just have to use a Crafter's Companion Stamp and the theme "friendship".  I made this card as my example.



I used the Humphreys collection stamp set - Girl Talk.  I used the packaging as inspiration on what colors to color the image.  Sometimes that just makes things go so much quicker!! LOL   And with a 4 year old wanting my attention 24/7, quicker can be a lifesaver!! ha



I saw a card in a magazine that had a handwritten to do list on it that I wanted to scraplift so I wrote up this list for my card. 

Today is also the start of a sketch challenge over at Sketches4all.  I really love the sketch and I immediately got to work on it when I received it.  I used a photo from our recent camping trip to Arbuckle Lake.





What do you think?  I don't think it photographed well but I personally LOVE it!!  It is so pretty in person.  I made the banner from some stickers and patterned paper.  I was dying to use these little clothes pins.  I used my tiny attacher to staple on the bakers twine and then threaded it through the clothes pins



I made a little hidden journaling card.  And I had fun using several different alpha stickers to make my title. 

This  challenge will be going on until August 31st at midnight and you have to use a summery or vacation theme.  You should go check out all the fun examples from the DT and then join in yourself.  It's a fun sketch and you could win the Echo Park paper pad that is the prize for the winner.

Gigi is getting bored so I'm about to end this and talk to you more tomorrow.  How about I end with a couple of photos from our trip to the GW Exotic Animal park.

 

Jesse feeding the camel a cracker.

Gigi with an albino skunk..

Some hot and tired tigers.

Riley touching the Albino Python.

Olivia, Riley and Jesse holding the python.  Olivia was the lucky one who got to hold the head!!!

Quinn with a baby raccoon.

Until next time....happy scrapping!!!



Crafter's Companion May 1st Giveaway

Crafter's Companion is giving away a ton of goodies this month!!

We will be giving away wonderful stuff on each of the blogs of our Design Team members each week. (you can find the links of the other Design Team members on the  sidebar of Crafter's Companion Informational blog and on the sidebar of the Crafter's Companion Challenge blog. 

There will also be giveaways on the Crafter's Companion Informational blog and on the Crafter's Companion Challenge blog each week.

AND they will be giving away an Ultimate Tool EVERY DAY THIS MONTH to a random person who purchases something in the Crafter's Companion online store!!! Can you tell they are feeling generous this month??!  

This week on my blog I am giving away a Crafter's Companion Ultimate Tool.  WOO HOO!!! 

The all-in-one, compact carry-case which allows you to score, measure, trim, emboss and embellish; create boxes, shaped card blanks, envelopes and so much more… The Ultimate Crafter's Companion is everything you will ever need for your card making projects, in one handy and portable carry case. Includes a 24 full page instruction booklet and a 2 1/2 Hour Project & Instructional DVD which takes you step by step through 12 different projects and detailed instructions.

In order to win you must:

1.  Be a follower of Crafter's Companion Informational blog.
2.  Be a follower of Crafter's Companion USA blog.
3.  Be a follower of my blog.
4.  Leave a comment here on this post.
(you must be a US resident to enter)

And if you would like to get an extra chance to win you can:

5.  Send a friend to join in the giveaway. (just have them say that you sent them in their comment)

and you can:

6.  Like Crafter's Companion on Facebook.  (If you do this you will need to leave an additional comment here on this post letting me know that you did it.)

That's it!  This giveaway ends on Tuesday May 8th, 8pm PST and I will post the winner's name on May 9th.  (You must be a US Resident to Win.)  The winner will have until May 15th to email me at scrapwithstacy(at)gmail(dot)com with their full name and mailing address.  If you do not, you will forfeit your prize.  Good luck to everyone!!

Now I want to show you a project I made using a stamp from the super sweet new collection from the Humphrey's Corner stamp line.

I LOVE Humphrey and his siblings!! These stamps just call to my heart. I was so excited when I heard there was a new collection coming out. This collection is called A Year With Humphrey. There are 12 gorgeous new stamps for us to enjoy!!! WOO HOO!! lol

I decided to start with Girl Talk. This is really just the cutest stamp ever!! I love how girlie it is. I stamped out the image onto Ultra Smooth Premium White Card stock for Alcohol Markers. This really is the best paper to use with our Spectrum Noir markers. And of course I colored my image with my Spectrum Noir markers!! And why wouldn't I? They are the best alcohol ink markers for the price!! And they color beautifully!!!

I also wanted to paper piece the dresses. I just love the added bit of texture and dimension it gives to my project. So I stamped out the image twice more onto two different pieces of patterned paper. And then I fussy cut out the the dresses. I glued them down onto my colored image and then cut out the image with some dies on my Cuttlebug. I layered matching patterned paper and card stock to make up my card.

I found the perfect bit of ribbon in that Mystery box of goodies I bought from Maya Road a while back. I think the colors were perfect for this project. I love how the pinks and browns go together so nicely. I stamped my sentiment directly onto the patterned paper and added it to the front.

I used some of my matching papers to simply decorate the inside of the card too. I love the flowers on the ribbon and in the patterned paper I used. This card would be perfect to enter in the May Flower Challenge on the Crafter's Companion USA Challenge Blog this month.     I hope to see your flower projects over there this month!!  (Shameless begging!! LOL )

Thanks for stopping by today!!