Diva Inspiration Challenge #25

It's still wintertime and this snow covered forest brings out the beauty of the cold and snow. Snow is something you really miss when you don't have it anymore.
This year for Christmas, my family headed up to Denver to see family, but also to play in the snow. We came prepared with snow suits and snow boots ready to get some serious snow play in. Wouldn't you know that we didn't get to roll in the snow like the kids looked forward to?!? Go figure. My in-law's front yard had some snow, but not enough to do the serious play we had in mind. We even ventured up to Estes Park, but the park where we were going to go sled riding didn't have much snow. We tried! The kids did enjoy their visit even though the snow play was a no go. :)

To see what my creative team came up with, just click on their name:
Maria
Elizabeth

To view the submissions on SCS click here.

Now it's your turn! Post a link in the comments section with your blog entry or SCS gallery showing us what creation you were inspired to come up with!! If you upload to SCS be sure to put DivaIC25 (no spaces) as the keyword. Have fun!!

Inspire Stampin' happiness wherever you go!! :)
~~Maria~~

It's the 1st Wednesday of 2009!

Happy 2009 from Florida!

I am so excited! Stampin' Up!'s Leadership Conference starts today in Orlando! I hope my UDI sisters who are attending have a ball! I know they will enjoy the weather. Aside from some rain today, it's supposed to be sunny and in the 70s every day! I will be joining them on Saturday for Regionals! Yay! (I hope one of them will let me drool over the new catalog! LOL)

Today's projects are from another UDI sister in Florida, Adriana Benitez.

Take it away, Adriana!




















The layout is from splitcoast's weekly layout challenge (SC206). The first card is very basic making it a good choice for a stamp-a-stack or beginner stamper. The second one is good for a SAS also, but has a couple more steps with the additional use of the ticket corner punch and some grosgrain ribbon.

For both cards, the card base is creamy caramel cs. I've rubbed barely banana ink (direct to paper) on the edges - it doesn't really show in the photo but adds some interest to the card IRL. Other paper used is our Autumn Vine DSP (gonna miss this paper!), Chocolate Chip, More Mustard, Baja Breeze, and Naturals White. Creamy Caramel ink was used for mr. monkey and the heart, chocolate chip for the main images and sentiment. I love the coffee cups on the 2nd card (this is one hostess set I will not be giving up!) so I'll be making up a bunch of these cards for my private use. I always look forward to a good cup of coffee with a friend so this card is very "me". lol.

Hope you enjoy these cards :)

Thanks for sharing with us, Adriana!

Until next week,
Happy Stampin'!
Elizabeth

Always Card

Oohhh - how cute is this??

This card is from Kristine Memmott and I just love the color combo (brown is one of my current favorite colors). Isn't it great how the Filigree Brads coordinate so well with the stamp? And I just have to comment on how much I love the Chocolate Chip Double stitched ribbon. The wider ribbon is so darn cute I have a hard time going back to the skinny ribbons!

Here's the recipe:

Stamps: Always

Paper: Sage Shadow, Creamy Caramel, Very Vanilla

Ink: Chocolate Chip, Sage Shadow

Accessories: Silver Brads, 1/2" Circle Punch, Chocolate Chip Double Stitched Ribbon, Filigree Brad

Kristine - you did a beautiful job, thank you!

Stampingly,

Amber

Scrapbooking Christmas

Hello Everyone,

Tomorrow many demonstrators will be going to Florida for our annual Leadership Conference. For me I am just way excited for the warm weather. I dread the Utah winters.

Speaking of the cold, I am sure you have plenty of Christmas pictures to scrapbook. Here is a cute idea created by one of our design team members, Stephanie Gittins.

Stamps: Happy Everything

Paper: Riding Hood Red, Basic Black, and Whisper White cardstock

Ink: Riding Hood Red Classic Pad, Basic Black Stampin' Write Journaler

Accessories: Sizzix Big Shot, Scribble Sizzlit, Snowflakes Sizzlits, UniBall Signo White Gel Pen, Dazzling Diamonds Glitter

With three little boys, I don't have a lot of time to scrapbook! So while some of my pages are intricate and detailed, most of them are pretty quick and simple. This page is a good example. I took the colors for this page from the toy power tools in the bottom photo. I triple matted the photos to add some subtle color and impact. The title was stamped on scraps, and it didn't stand out enough so I doodled a border around each piece. I masked the "s" on holiday because this page is just about one Christmas and I thought it was kind of a fun play on a common phrase.

The journaling is just handwritten with a white gel pen. (Although I know many of us hate our own handwriting, I think in years to come our children and grandchildren will really enjoy seeing it on our pages.)

Finally, I used my Big Shot to cut out some snowflakes and a swirl. I doodled around the swirl with my gel pen, and then added a little glitter to the die cuts for some shimmer. The whole page took less than half an hour!

Thank you Stephanie for sharing your creativity with us

Happy Stampin'

Max

Sketchy Saturday (#11)

Another Saturday, another Sketch Challenge. The sketches for the next couple of weeks were ones that I drew up by looking at cards I liked. Can't wait to see what everyone comes up with.

Here's what members of the team have created:

Adriana

Carol

Ruthie

Tammy

Show us what you create using this fantastic sketch. Leave a comment with a link to your blog or upload to your SCS gallery using DivaSC11 as your keyword.

Have fun creating!

Perfect Plum Moments!

Hello all!!! Ann back again for another Fantastic Friday posting from Adriana Benitez. Adriana has made an awesome tray for added home decor!!

Here's what she has to say about her project:

This tray is something I made for our coffee table. Whenever I get a chance to sit down and relax with my afternoon coffee I'm usually looking for a coaster or something to protect the table. Seems like they are always laying around 'til I need one. Then there's the tv remote - does the thing have legs? (Think this is all a conspiracy of the males in my household...lol) My hope is that this tray will provide a place for our stuff so we can find it.

(Well, it's a thought...) If you already have this dilemma figured out at home, I think this project would work well as a gift. It was not expensive to put together or difficult and also makes a great kid friendly project.

The tray itself is a plain wooden tray from Michael's. My son helped me to prime and paint it a deep plum color. Once the paint dried, I decopauged Perfect Plum DSP onto it. In the first photo, you can see where I've just gotten started adding the glue. It's important to take your time and get those bubbles out. Just add a little glue to your fingers or sponge brush and slowly press them toward the edges. Takes patience, but it'll work! After the glue dried I used swirls from a Decor Elements kit ("Flourishes") and rub-ons from our "Greatest Moment" set. I sealed the whole thing with a matte acrylic sealer.

At this point the tray is on the table, but has yet to get used. I think the kids and the hubby are afraid to hurt it. LOL. But I have notice the remote tends to stay near it.....;-)

Wonderful project and ideas Adriana!!! Thanks for sharing!!

Happy Stamping!!!

Ann

Happy New Year!! Diva Inspiration Challenge #24

I want to wish everyone a very Happy New Year! Let's hope this new year will bring lots of peace, love, and happiness to all!!

This week's picture was found online at Macy's. This picture looked so cozy and relaxing - what a great way to start the new year! I do like the pastel colors - seems to bring out the softness of the robes.

To see what my creative team came up with, just click on their name:
Bev
Elizabeth

To view the submissions on SCS click here.

Now it's your turn! Post a link in the comments section with your blog entry or SCS gallery showing us what creation you were inspired to come up with!! If you upload to SCS be sure to put DivaIC24 (no spaces) as the keyword. Have fun!!

Inspire Stampin' happiness wherever you go!! :)
~~Maria~~