Diva Inspiration Challenge #90

I love the Spring!! One thing you cannot deny when you think of Spring are Tulips. I love the colors in this picture and the simplicity of it. I hope you are enjoying the Spring as much as I am!! :)

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

Maria
Elizabeth
Carol
Katy
Robin

Post a link in the comments section with your blog entry or public gallery showing us what creation you were inspired to come up with!! If you upload to a public gallery, be sure to put DivaIC90 (no spaces) as the keyword. Have fun!!

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

Stampin' Up! Colors that are going away....new ones coming!

Hello Friends,
Stampin' Up! has let us know that they will be introducing new colors.  In order to make room for the new, we have to say goodbye to some of them.  If you are a fan of the ones going away, be sure to contact your Demonstrator to stock up.  Here are the ones that will no longer be available once the new ones become available in the new Idea Book and Catalog in July.

glorious green
green galore
gable green
yoyo yellow
only orange
pink passion
pixie pink
orchid opulence
lovely lilac
brilliant blue
close to cocoa
creamy caramel
really rust
ruby red
cameo coral
summer sun
bordering blue
brocade blue
ballet blue
taken with teal
handsome hunter
pale plum
blush blossom
apricot appeal
barely banana
mellow moss
sage shadow
almost amethyst
lavender lace
basic brown
going gray

Here are the new ones.

Enjoy and have a great day!

Easter may officially be over, but I couldn't resist sharing this with you.  I CASE'd the idea from Becky Roberts for Christmas and had so much fun with it that I just had to make them again - this time I changed it up a little for spring.

I cut out flowers with my Big Shot, added those to a scallop punch and then adhered the whole thing to a piece of chocolate.  (I used some Willy Wonka chocolates that I found; they were small, square and foil wrapped)  Then I slipped the chocolates into a clear pretzel bag and finished it off with a great big bow.  Fast.  Easy. Fun!

(Of course, you can change the greeting to work for anything)

Supplies:

Teeny Tiny Wishes

Old Olive CS

Pawsitively Prints DSP

Flower Layers w/Leaf bigz die

Old Olive striped grosgrain ribbon

Beautiful Dimensional Roses

Happy Monday Friends,

Hope you have had a fabulous Easter.  Next month is Mother's Day.  Being that my Mom lives in England, she gets to celebrate Mother's Day twice a year.  In March, she gets to celebrate with my brother and sister and in May she will be here in the US, so she will get to celebrate with us here. I have been wondering what kind of card I should create for her - I need look no further.

Today's creation was made by the fabulous Gretchen Barron.  Just look at the details ..........

"I've been so anxious to try these beautiful dimensional roses that I saw on Julie William's blog. They are created using the new Extra Large Fancy Flower punch. Julie a fabulous tutorial and although these flowers take a little time and patience, her step-by-step directions will lead you through the whole process. Thanks, Julie, for such a great resource! So, here's my finished card ...

I decided to do yellow roses, with tints of Regal Rose and Pumpkin Pie. I followed Julie's tutorial exactly and I'm pretty pleased with how these first roses turned out. I'm sure that the more of these you make, the better and easier they will get. I used Apricot Appeal cardstock and Regal Rose ink for the pink-toned rose and Barely Banana cardstock and Pumpkin Pie Ink for the two that are more yellow!

I sponged Apricot Appeal and Regal Rose ink onto the Swirly Bride Paper for the gorgeous resist background. The sentiment is from Well Scripted and the ribbon is 5/8" Regal Rose Grosgrain. I used Tombo Adhesive to make the roses and Pop Up glue Dots to adhere them to the card. I created the leaves using the Large Oval Punch."

More pictures and complete instructions, including dimensions, are included on my blog at http://gretchenbarron.typepad.com/my_weblog/2010/02/beautiful-dimensional-roses.html

Thanks as always Gretchen for sharing your wonderful creativity with us. 

Have a great day!

diva sketch surprise challenge

Happy Easter. What a wonderful time of year.


For today's sketch there was an added surprise ~ iris folding. Hope you like what the team did today.
Adriana
Alisa
Jeannette
Leonie
Lorie
Max
Ruthie
Tammy
Tiffany
Carol.

Finally Friday with Peter Cottontail!!!

Hello all!!! Better late than never, huh? This has been one weird week for me.

Do you realize that Easter is only 2 days away??? Do you have your Easter cards or projects done? Well, if not, here's a quick project to the rescue.

How's this for a cute, and quick, goodie bag? I found this idea on SCS in the gallery of Diana Seitz, AKA paperball.

Her goodie bag is made from a 3 x 3 mini envelope, and while this is very cute, I decided to change the size just a tad. I used 4 x 6 envelopes and only put the dsp on the front of the envelope.

It's a little difficult to see in the photo, but the dsp I used is Bella Rose, now retired, and it's the Pink Pirouette damask print. The same print as the Kiwi Kiss dsp, but my camera washed the Pink Pirouette out. Another thing I did different on this bag is the ribbon. On Diana's she punched holes in the sides and tied the ribbon through. Because I used a larger envelope, I used sticky tape on both sides of the ribbon, Kiwi Kiss, and adhered it to the inside of the envelope. A piece of Pink Pirouette gg finishes it off.

The bunny was stamped in Chocolate Chip and Versamark and then clear embossed. Doesn't he look good enough to eat??? The flowers are from the stitched Sweet Pea felt flowers in the current Occasions mini. Not sure if I like the pom-pom on his tail or not.

Happy Stamping!!!

~~~Ann~~~

Diva Inspiration Challenge #89

Happy April Fool's Day! Hopefully nobody falls for a prank today. This week's inspriation is no prank! With Spring in the air and Easter right around the corner, this soft image is perfect!

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

Maria
Elizabeth
Carol
Katy
Robin
Karen

Post a link in the comments section with your blog entry or public gallery showing us what creation you were inspired to come up with!! If you upload to a public gallery, be sure to put DivaIC89 (no spaces) as the keyword. Have fun!!

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