Diva Inspiration Challenge #51

Who is loving this new catalog?!? It's always exciting to get your hands on new toys to play with! This week's bit of inspiration from dryicons has many possibilities. With plenty of stamp sets with swirls or even the Big Shot dies, inspired creations are endless!

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

To view the submissions on SCS click here.

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 DivaIC51 (no spaces) as the keyword. Have fun!!

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

A Family Portrait

Good Wednesday morning! I'd like to introduce you to my family. This is our most recent family photo straight from the pages of Stampin' Up!'s Definitely Decorative catalog.

Have you seen the new Definitely Decorative catalog? It is full of wonderful Decor Elements and stencils to beautify your home, office...even your car! My family is hanging out on the back of my Ford Flex. :) The Decor Elements stand up beautifully to the Florida weather and car washings. My family portrait was just added yesterday, but I have the hostess element from the last catalog, Flower Finesse, on my Flex and it still looks great!

Here is a link to the new Definitely Decorative catalog. Take a peek! I'm sure you'll find something to ooh and aah about in it!

Until next week...

Happy decorating!
Elizabeth

Christmas in July

Christmas!! Well believe it or not it will be here before we know it. Now would be a great time to start working on your Christmas cards. Here is one created by Kristine Memmott of Salt Lake City, UT.

Stamps: Two Cool Dudes

Ink: Night of Navy, White Craft

Card Stock: Read Red, Night of Navy and Whisper White

Accessories: Real Red Grosgrain Ribbon

Enjoy your day

Max

Sketchy Saturday (#37)

Happy Fourth of July! I hope everyone is enjoying their holiday weekend.

Here's the sketch for today. Check out what members of the team created.

Adriana

Carol

Leonie

Michelle

Ruthie

Interested in playing along?? Just leave a comment with a link to your creation.

Have a wonderful and safe weekend.

Finally Friday - Red, White & Blue style!!

Hello all and welcome to the end of the week! The year is now into it's second half and July 4th is tomorrow!! (I know you know that!!)

For this week the card I have to share with you is from me! I know many of you out there are familiar with a group called LateNight Stampers. It is set up pretty much the same way UDI is, but not everyone is a SU! demo. Anywho, every week they issue a challenge and the challenge this week is make a card using any shades of Red, White and Blue! And your card has to be made with all current SU! products!

My card turned out a little differently than I had planned, but I do like the end result of how the daisies look like fireworks! They were stamped with the Sanded BG in Night of Navy and Ruby Red, lightly, so as not to overpower the card. I then lightly stamped the Sanded BG in Ruby Red, onto the white piece, and then shaded directly from the stamp pad. A large Filigree brad in the center and there's my flower!

My sketch is from 2 Sketches for 4, which is filled with awesome sketches. I also used the new Teeny Tiny Wishes set that is now available!! Love this versatile and awesome set!!

I hope everyone has a wonderful July 4th, be safe, and find time to stamp!

Happy Stamping!!

~~~Ann~~~

Diva Inspiration Challenge #50

What an exciting week! Not only did the new Stampin' Up! catalog come out yesterday, but we will be celebrating our country's birth this weekend! In honor of the 4th of July, this week's inspiration picture is something very patriotic.

I hope you all get to relax, enjoy the holiday and watch fireworks!

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

To view the submissions on SCS click here.

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 DivaIC50 (no spaces) as the keyword. Have fun!!

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

Christmas in July!

Happy July 1st! Not only is it the first day of July, it's the first day of the new 2009-2010 Idea Book & Catalog! WooHoo! My order is ready to submit as soon as the new catalog goes live at noon MT! ;)

Today's project will help you to forget about the hot weather. It's Christmas in July, and today's card comes to us from Kristine Memmott. She used A Cardinal Christmas which was in the 2008 Holiday mini catalog and is now available in the 2009-2010 IB&C!

Paper: Kraft, Old Olive, Very Vanilla.
Ink: Stazon Black, Craft Old Olive and Versamark.
Stamps: A Cardinal Christmas.
Accessories: Watercolor Wonder Crayons, Real Red Ribbon, Dimensionals, Clear Embossing Powder, Top Note Die.


Have a fabulous Wednesday!

Until next week...
Happy Stampin'!
Elizabeth