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*Wee Memories* Blog Hop – Guest Designer

Posted by Sarah Martina on May 7, 2011 in Prima, The Craft's Meow, Wee Memories | 22 comments

**This is Post #2 for the day… Scroll down for the Skipping Stones NSD Blog Hop**

Pretty neat, huh?

Well, I needed a bit of a nudge, so I solicited the help of the almighty Pinterest for some eye candy… (lol…)

I found an earlier pin of mine, and knew that I wanted to use it…

*Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge* No. 23 + Fun with Tiff!

Posted by Sarah Martina on Nov 15, 2010 in Crate Paper, Prima, Waltzingmouse, Waltzingmouse Sketch | 22 comments

Hey y’all! How’s it going?

It feels like so long since I’ve been here to chat with y’all, so please accept my apologies. I’m here today to share this week’s Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge with you… I *love* this sketch! Now, I have to be honest and say that the asymmetry of this sketch definitely posed a challenge in my book – I’m all about balance, lol. But I think that after playing around with this for a little bit, I really began to love how it turned out… Especially with the yummy Crate Paper chipboard that I worked with… isnt’ it just *perfect*? It’s from the Restoration line, and I think we all know how utterly amazing that collection is.

I used the beautiful background text stamp from the ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas set which is from the latest release of stamps at WM. I stamped it in my favorite distressed fashion over some patterned paper from the Brook Collection by Crate Paper. Then I layered lots of my favorite embellies to create the corner focal point, followed by a sweet, banner sentiment from the

Here’s the sketch:

 I do hope you choose to play along this week with us. You will have the chance to win some fab stamps by Waltzingmouse, which is always a good thing. Check out the link to the challenge below.

THE LINKS:

• Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge #23
• Waltzingmouse Shop <— Check out the new stamps!!!

THE DEETS:

• Card Stock: Soft Stone (PTI)
• Patterned Paper: (Brook collection) Crate Paper
• Stamps: ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas, Teeny Trees , Seasons of Love (Waltzingmouse Stamps)
• Ink: Old Paper (Ranger), Pink Petunia (VersaMagic)
• Embellishments: Restoration chipboard (Crate Paper), Antique Mistletoe (Prima), Berry spray (Michael’s), Twine (May Arts), Glittered Star (Etsy.com – MemrieMare), Restoration Label sticker (Crate Paper)
• Tools: Sand paper

THE CLOSE-UPS:

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Before I run, I have to share some fun stuff with ya… This weekend I got to meet one of my best crafty friends Tiffany as she and her family were passing through the bayou state on their cross-country treck to Washington. They only stayed in town for a few hours, but that was just long enough for us to meet up and get some hugs and laughs in. It was just like meeting up with a childhood friend… Total happiness, I couldn’t stop smiling, lol! Here we are with my Syd who accompanied us… (Supey did too, but he wasn’t cooperating for the photo-session, lol!)

I also baked some of these muffins for Tiff and her family… I thought they’d like a sweet snack for the road, something that would stick to their bellies a bit. So I made some mini muffins for the boys, and some big ones for Tiff (I’m not sure if she shared w/her hubby, but that’s between them, LOL!… they were *good!*). Then…. I made a batch for ME my family! Tee hee… 

White chocolate, cranberry & walnut… Oh man… Yep… I had three two for breakfast.

Be good lovelies… I’ll be back soon!

OH!!! Before I go…. Ash has been in the giving mood lately, and it’s rubbing off on me! I’ll have some fun giveaways coming up soon on the ol’ blog. I have a lot of new subscribers since the last time I did a giveaway, so I thought I’d give everyone a fresh chance at some goodies. See ya then!…

*Thanks again!*

*Thank You* – Fun New Challenge!

Posted by Sarah Martina on Nov 3, 2010 in Crate Paper, Cupcake Creations Color Challenge, Hero Arts, Prima | 13 comments

Hey y’all!

How are you??? I feel like I haven’t blogged in such a long time, lol! I have a to-do list out the wazoo right now, but I wanted to share a card I made right before bed last night. I had been working on DT stuff all evening and wanted to close out the night with a card just for fun…

I used a beautiful color challenge that miss Mona has just started on her blog. You should definitely check it out – her blog is overflowing with inspiration! (And she’s one of the sweetest persons you’ll ever get to know!)

One thing I’ll mention before I run… that pretty flower actually came with a rust & brown pearl center piece. It was just stuck on with some form of a glue dot, but it didn’t match what I wanted, so I plucked it off (and saved it! lol!) and created my own centerpiece with a GCD Studios brad and some KaiserCraft pearls. I love how it turned out!

Well, I can’t stay long today sweets, but I wish you all a fabulous week! See ya soon!

*Embellish Color Challenge* – Background Stamping

Posted by Sarah Martina on Sep 24, 2010 in Embellish Magazine, Prima, Skipping Stones Design | 7 comments

Hey y’all!

I’m here today to share my card for the newest Embellish Color Challenge which calls for the use of background stamping. Our fabulous sponsor is Skipping Stones Design. I have been playing with their stamps as one of their Guest Designers this month, and have had such a great time! I encourage you to check out their store below to see some of their pretty stamps.

Ashley has put together a wonderful inspiration board for the challenge:

Aren’t those colors the best?! I love gray paired with just about anything these days, so I’m definitely diggin’ this challenge.

If you want to join the team and me for this challenge, submit your card by Thursday, October 7th at 11:59p.m. EST on the Embellish blog (linked below). Once you’ve done that, you can upload your project to the Embellish Flickr Gallery, too.

*Thanks again!*

THE LINKS:

• Embellish Magazine Color Challenge – Background stamping
  

THE DEETS:

• Card Stock: White & Harvest Gold (PTI)
  
• Stamps: Timeless Textures & Always Here (Skipping Stones Design)
  
• Ink: Pumice Stone (Ranger), Perfect Little Black Dress (CSS)
  
• Embellies: Ribbon (Etsy.com – MemrieMare), Pearls (Primar), Trim (Craft supply), Jewels (Kaisercraft)
  
• Tools: Sewing machine (Singer Advance), Adhesive (Love My Tapes), Tiny Attacher (Ranger), Paper distresser (Making Memories)
  

THE CLOSE-UPS:

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*UPDATE ON “BLOG BOUNCE FOR BOOBIES”*

Thanks so much to each and every one of you who helped support the drive to raise money in support of the fight to end breast cancer and in support of the Susan G. Komen foundation. Skipping Stones Design appreciates each of you, as do I.

I’m leaving the comments open for one more day (until the end of today) at this post for those of you who are still interested in bidding on my card (above) , to assist in supporting such an awesome cause.

Please refer back to this post to read more about how you can help! I’ll contact the highest bidder tomorrow, so get those bids in soon if you want to be considered!

Enjoy your weekend y’all!

*Missing You* + A Tutorial

Posted by Sarah Martina on Aug 16, 2010 in Clear & Simple Stamps, Love My Tapes, Prima | 5 comments

Hey y’all!

Today I’m sharing a fun card that I made using the gorgeous fabric tapes from Love My Tapes. I really wanted to share a quick tutorial on how I made this card, so be sure and pop on over to the Love My Tapes Blog (linked below) some time to check it out.

Sorry to be so short, but I gotta run! Oh! Don’t forget to check out the DeNami Designs blog hop, here, and leave a comment! You may win some goodies!

The LINKS:

• Love My Tapes blog (and my tut!)
  
• Love My Tapes store
  

The DEETS:

• Card Stock:
• Stamps: Summer Sentiments (CSS)
  
• Ink: Chestnut Roan (Lawn Fawn)
  
• Embellies: Vintage flower (Prima), Pearls (Prima), Twine (May Arts), Ribbon (Etsy.com – Memrie Mare)
  
• Tools: Labels #9 die (Spellbinders), Scalloped Rotary Trimmer (Martha Stewart), Adhesive (Love My Tapes)
  

The CLOSE-UPS:

*Thanks again!*

*Waltzingmouse Sketch #10*

Posted by Sarah Martina on Aug 14, 2010 in Prima, Waltzingmouse | 13 comments

Hey y’all!

Today is the 10th sketch challenge with Waltzingmouse Stamps! This week’s sketch is super simple, and as always, up for your interpretation. I went with a slightly more asymmetrical look in comparison to the sketch. Not on purpose or anything, it’s just the way my card ended up. I used 2 very popular WM stamp sets on my card: the background stars from Midnight Feast behind the sentiment & Season of Love, for the sentiment and the border. Claire always includes the most gorgeous little flourishes in her sets… such a great way to add a little something extra to your design.

If you want to play along, upload your card to the WMSC blog (linked below) by Thursday, August 19 at midnight EST. And here’s the sketch:

Hope you all are having a fab weekend so far! I’m spending my Saturday with some scrappy folks in Baton Rouge at a huge Garage Sale! If you’re in the area, you be sure and stop by… then you can buy all my stuff! LOL! Thanks for swingin’ by y’all!

The LINKS:

• Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge #10
  
• Waltzingmouse blog
• Waltzingmouse shop
  

The DEETS:

• Card Stock: Ocean Tides & Rustic Cream (PTI)
  
• Patterned Paper: (Prima)
• Stamps: Midnight Feast, Seasons of Love (Waltzingmouse Stamps)
  
• Ink: Pixie Dust, Oasis Green & Sahara Sand (VersaMagic),Vintage Cream (PTI)
  
• Embellies: Chipboard winged frame (Tattered Angels), Twine (Hobby Lobby), Pearls (Recollections), (Craft supply), Vintage book paper, Glitter (Doodlebug)
  
• Tools: Adhesive (Love My Tapes), Tombow Mono liquid adhesive
  

The CLOSE-UPS:

*Thanks again!*