You're To Kind

Hello! Today's card, You're Too Kind, was inspired by 2 different challenges. First challenge is from MoJo Monday's Sketch Challenge. I tweaked the sketch a bit by placing my sentiment in the lower right instead of the upper left. The second challenge comes from this week's ColourQ Challenge. It took me a few tries to decide which colors to use where, but in the end, I'm happy with my final decision.

Thanks for stopping by!

Diane

What's in it?
Stamps: Remarkable You, Too Kind (Stampin' Up!)
Paper:Wisteria Wonder, Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Park Lane DSP, Old Olive DSP, Chocolate Chip DSP, 
          Botanical Gardens  Designer Vellum Stack (Stampin' Up!)
Ink:Tuxedo Black Memento, Chocolate Chip
Accessories: Copic Markers, Nestabilities

You're a Friend - 3 in 1 Challenge

Hello, welcome back to 'My Little Stampin' Spot'! This past weekend I decided to sit down and do a few challenges, so what better way then to combine them into a 3 for 1. The first challenge I came across was Stacey's Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge - Girly, I always love Stacey's Challenges! Next up was the sketch challenge over at Viva La Verve, what a fun sketch. Finally for some color inspiration, I hopped on over to the Colour Q challenge for this great color combination!

Thanks for stopping by!

Diane

What's in it?

Stamps: Great Friend (Stampin' Up!)

Paper: Crumb Cake, Raspberry Ripple, Primrose Petals, So Saffron, DSP, Whisper White (Stampin' Up!)

Ink: Raspberry Ripple

Accessories: Antique brads, Sizzix Little Leaves,  Love Birds (simply scrappin'), Nestabilities.

Love is Kindness

Hello everyone, welcome to My Little Stampin' Spot!

Today's card brings me a little hope that Spring is just around the corner. I hope you enjoy!

Have a Wonderful Day!

Diane


What's in it?
Stamps: Love is Kindness , Occasional Quotes (Stampin' Up!).
Paper: So Saffron, Basic Black, Whisper White, First Edition DSP, (Stampin' Up!).
Ink: Tuxedo Black Memento.
Accessories: Copic Markers, Linen Thread, Punches.

OCC - 3D Easter Project

Hello and welcome to 'My Little Stampin' Spot!
This week over at 'Our Creative Corner' we have a new hostess - Vicki Burdick - It's A Stamp Thing, if you have never stopped by Vicki's Blog you are missing out on an awesome talent! This week Vicki is challenging us to create a 3D Easter project. I found an acrylic paint can that I had purchased a while back and decided to create a Easter basket.

Everyone is welcome to play along, if you upload to SCS use the keyword OCCC. If you would like to be considered for the 'Top Talent' or 'Talented Trio' awards you must have your card/project submitted on the OCC blog post by Friday April 22nd at 11:50 ET. Good Luck! I can't wait to see what you create this week!

Thanks for stopping by!!

Stamps~ A Good Egg, Basket of Kindness (retired)

Paper~ Crumb Cake, Spring Fling DSP, watercolor paper, Concord Crush, So Saffron.

Ink~ Basic Black, Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie, Chocolate Chip

Accessories~ Brads, Hodgepodge Hardware, glitter, Ribbon Originals.

Tools~ Flower Punches

OCC - It's a Tea Party!

Hello and welcome to 'My Little Stampin' Spot!' I am so glad it's the weekend and that we are finally having some beautiful weather! The snow is finally GONE!

This week over at 'Our Creative Corner' our hostess Sharon Wheet - Designs by Sharon, is inviting us to a tea party, well actually she is inviting us to create a project with a 'Tea Party' theme. I had two different stamps sets in mind for this project, both are retired sets from Stampin' Up! that go way back in time! I decided to go with this whimsical, playful set called 'Teacups'.

Everyone is welcome to play along, if you upload to SCS use the keyword OCCC. If you would like to be considered for the 'Top Talent' or 'Talented Trio' awards you must have your card/project submitted on the OCC blog post by Friday April 12th at 11:50 ET. Good Luck! I can't wait to see what you create this week!

Thanks for stopping by!

Stamps~ Teacups (retired), Bold Blossoms.

Paper~ Pear Pizzazz, Regal Rose, Whisper White, Watercolor paper, Greenhouse Gala DSP.

Ink~ Black, Pear Pizzazz, Regal Rose, Melon Mambo, Bashful Blue, Daffodil Delight.

Accessories~ Pearl Jewels, Pear Pizzazz Stitched Ribbon, Paper Doily.

Tools~ Large Oval punch, Nestibilites.

OCC - Girl Power

Hello everyone and welcome to 'My Little Stampin' Spot!' 

Can you believe it's April already? I am so glad to see winter leave and spring arrive! April also brings two new hostesses over at 'Our Creative Corner', for the first two week's our hostess will be Sharon Wheet ~ Designs by Sharon.  Sharon has a fun challenge for all of us 'Girls' to try, she's calling it 'Girl Power'! Create a card, 3-D project, scrapbook layout, etc with the following things included: 

You must include a hand-made paper flower, ribbon and some bling (rhinestones, glass glitter, pearls, you get the idea, all those girl things!) When your done with this week's challenge, make sure you stop by Sharon's blog and check out her beautiful designs! 

Here is my card for this week's challenge!

Everyone is welcome to play along, if you upload to SCS use the keyword OCCC. If you would like to be considered for the 'Top Talent' or 'Talented Trio' awards you must have your card/project submitted on the OCC blog post by Friday April 7th at 11:50 ET. Good Luck! I can't wait to see what you create this week!

Thanks for stopping by!

Stamps~ Just Believe.

Paper~ Pear Pizzazz, Regal Rose, So Saffron, Very Vanilla, In-Color DSP (hostess pack).

Ink~ Pear Pizzazz, So Saffron.

Accessories~ Pearl Jewels, Pink brads, Pear Piazza stitched ribbon.

Tools~ Beautiful Butterflies embosslit, Flower punches, Decorative Label punch, Sponge. 

OCC - Let's Make ATC's & a Color Challenge

Hello everyone and welcome to 'My Little Stampin' Spot! This week's Challenge over at 'Our Creative Corner' is to make ATC's. These mini pieces of art measure 2.5" x 3.5"and are fun and quick to make! Show us your ATC as is, or incorporate it into another project. But wait.... here is the TWIST, you have to use the following colors:
Kraft
Cream or White
Black or Chocolate and
ONLY ONE other main color!
Here is my ATC:

Everyone is welcome to play along, if you upload to SCS use the keyword OCCC. If you would like to be considered for the 'Top Talent' or 'Talented Trio' awards you must have your card/project submitted on the OCC blog post by Friday April 1st at 11:50 ET. Good Luck! I can't wait to see what you create this week!

Thanks for stopping by!!

Stamps~ Upsy Daisy, All Holidays.

Paper~ Kraft, Chocolate Chip, So Saffron, Very Vanilla, First Edition dsp.

Ink~ Chocolate Chip, So Saffron, Vanilla Craft pad.

Accessories~ Pearls, embossing powder

Tools~ Butterfly Sizlits, small oval punch, sponge, Nestibilities scallop oval.

OCC - Reuse your packaging Challenge

Hello everyone and welcome to 'My Little Stampin' Spot! This week's challenge over at 'Our Creative Corner' is to reuse your packaging. Our hostess Rebecca Ednie - Eclectic Endeavors is challenging us to reuse your packaging! Use those boxes, cans, tins, bags, plastic clamshells or embellishment bubbles you might usually throw out to create a fabulous project! I gotta confess, it took me awhile to figure out what I was going to reuse. I have been trying to clean house and reduce my crafting supplies and I'm not very good at keeping a lot of extra 'things' around (you know the things I'm talking about, those things you look at and think 'someday I could use this for.....', things) so to come up with something to reuse was going to be tough! Lucky for me I still kept some metal containers and I also came across some of those sewing kits that you can pick up at hotels. This sewing kit just so happened to have a hard case that slid open and close with the name of the company on the front of it (boring!). So I decided to make my own traveling sewing kit, not that I do a lot of sewing, LOL. But you never know when you might need to sew a button or two back on. Here is what I came up with by reusing my leftover packaging! Hop on over to 'Our Creative Corner' to see what the rest of the design came up with!

Everyone is welcome to play along, if you upload to SCS use the keyword OCCC. If you would like to be considered for the 'Top Talent' or 'Talented Trio' awards you must have your card/project submitted on the OCC blog post by Friday March 25th at 11:50 ET. Good Luck! I can't wait to see what you create this week!

Thanks for stopping by!

Stamps~ Sew Suite.

Paper~ Rose Red, Pumpkin Pie, Very Vanilla, Watercolor paper, Sweet & Sour DSP

Ink~ Basic Black, Rose Red, Creamy Caramel, Pumpkin Pie, Wild Wasabi.

Accessories~ Blender Pen, Silver flower brads, Pumpkin Pie buttons, Linen Thread, Nestibilities, Metal Tin, Traveling sewing kit.

Challenge - Get well wishes for Max

This information has been forwarded to me, I thought I would share it with all of you in hopes to help make Max's wish of receiving 1 million cards come true. Please read his story and consider sending him a get well card.

Max Low is a 12 yr old from Neola, IA. He has been battling cancer for half of his life. His doctors recently told his parents to enjoy the time they have left with him. His wish is to get 1 million cards. If you would like to help Max get his wish, please send a get well card to the following address: 

Mighty Max Low, 
C/O Greg and Bambi Low
PO Box 111 
Neola, IA 51559

This update on Max was posted on Facebook 3/9/11:

I wanted to update everyone on the most current update on Max Low - as of yesterday, he is still @ Childrens Hospital and will remain there until Max can get his white blood cell count up. Some time down the road will they proceed with the bone marrow transplant as long as his tests come back zero cancer cells - until then Max will remain in Childrens Hospital.In the last couple of weeks - Max has received over 600 cards from all over - It sure makes Max smile and gives him something to do and looks forward to opening his "FAN" Mail - Just to name one card Max received today is a card from President Bush Sr with a really nice note and well wishes !!!! How exciting that was for him - I thought how cool is that ... the President took time out of his day to read the story about Max and a little boy's wish to receive a Million cards and he wrote a note and mailed it to him - THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU and please keep them coming !!!! I know he enjoys reading all the well wishes, stories and everyday happenings instead of doing homework !!!! GOD BLESS you ALL and please keep the prayers coming and feel free to pass this info to your family & friends.

OCC - Fabulous Fabrics Challenge

Hello everyone welcome to 'My Little Stampin' Spot' and another challenge from 'Our Creative Corner'. This week our hostess Kristin Tierney~ LilyBeth Boutique is challenging us to put aside our usual fabric embellishment - ribbon: and use fabric instead! Create a project using fabric as a background, an embellishment or your focal point. I decided to use 'Corduroy' and 'Fabric' covered brads on my card this week. Hop on over to the OCC and check out what the rest of the design team has created with fabric this week!

Everyone is welcome to play along, if you upload to SCS use the keyword OCCC. If you would like to be considered for the 'Top Talent' or 'Talented Trio' awards you must have your card/project submitted on the OCC blog post by Friday March 18th at 11:50 ET. Good Luck! I can't wait to see what you create this week!




Thanks for stopping by!


Stamps~ Sew Suite
Paper~ Melon Mambo, Whisper White, Bashful Blue, Wild Wasabi, Watercolor paper, Sweet Stitches DSP. 
Ink~ Basic Black, Wild Wasabi, Creamy Caramel.
Accessories~ Pretty in Pink Corduroy brad, Designer Fabric Sweet Stitches brad, Fleurettes, Melon Mambo dotted ribbon.
Tools~ Nestibilities

OCC - 1234 Challenge

Hello everyone and welcome to My Little Stampin' Spot! This week 'Our Creative Corner' has a new hostess - Kristin Tierney from LilyBeth Boutique and Kristin has a fun 1,2,3,4, challenge for us to try. What is a 1,2,3,4 challenge you ask? Kristin wants us to create a card/project using the following guidelines:

*One patterned paper - pre-printed paper, but feel free to stamp directly onto it.

*Two layers - the card base does NOT count as a layer, it is a base.

*Three stamps - 3 separate images

*Four non-paper embellishments (can be the same type. ex: 4 buttons; or combine several, ex: 2 buttons, 1 ribbon, 1 brad).

Hop on over to 'Our Creative Corner' and give this fun challenge a try! Here is my 1,2,3,4 challenge card:

Everyone is welcome to play along, if you upload to SCS use the keyword OCCC. If you would like to be considered for the 'Top Talent' or 'Talented Trio' awards you must have your card/project submitted on the OCC blog post by Friday March 11th at 11:50 ET. Good Luck! I can't wait to see what you create this week!

Thanks for stopping by!!

Stamps~ Butterfly Prints, Inspired by Nature.

Paper~ Poppy Parade, Kiwi Kiss, Whisper White, Good Morning Sunshine DSP.

Ink~ Poppy Parade, Kiwi Kiss, Early Espresso.

Accessories~ Poppy Parade ribbon, White Fleurette, Summer Sun Corduroy brad

Tools~ Dotted Scallop Ribbon border punch, Decorative Label punch.

OCC Distress to De-stress sketch challenge

Hello everyone and welcome to 'My Little Stampin' Spot! I hope everyone had a fabulous week. This week over at 'Our Creative Corner' our hostess Sarah Gough - Thinking Stamps, is challenging us to a sketch challenge with a twist. Stamping is a great way to release some of our everyday stress and distressing your card/project is a fun way to work out a little frustration. This week we want you to crumple flowers, distress edges or sponge your stress away while you work with this week's sketch! Hop on over to 'Our Creative Corner' to see what the rest of the design team has created

Everyone is welcome to play along, if you upload to SCS use the keyword OCCC. If you would like to be considered for the 'Top Talent' or 'Talented Trio' awards you must have your card/project submitted on the OCC blog post by Friday March 4th at 11:50 ET. Good Luck! I can't wait to see what you create this week!

Thanks for stopping by!

Stamps~ Occasional Quotes (hostess), Bronc Buster (retired)

Paper~ Crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla, Outlaw DSP (retired).

Ink~ Chocolate Chip.

Accessories~ Antique Brass brads.

Tools~ Window punch, Modern Label punch, Cutting tool, Nestibilities.

OCC ~ Getting Wordy

Hello everyone and welcome to 'My Little Stampin' Spot! I am so ready for spring, how about you? I have been fighting a very bad case of bronchitis but I have still found some time to stamp!

This week our hostess over at 'Our Creative Corner' is Sarah Gough ~ Thinking Stamps. I love Sarah's work, she always has so many cute and fresh ideas! This week Sarah is challenging us to 'Get Wordy' - Use a sentiment stamp to create a background or layer for your card/project by stamping it repeatedly. I chose to use my 'Happy Birthday' sentiment from the 'Bring on the Cake' SU! stamp set. I stamped it repeatedly on Whisper White cs using Real Red ink.

Everyone is welcome to play along, if you upload to SCS use the keyword OCCC. If you would like to be considered for the 'Top Talent' or 'Talented Trio' awards you must have your card/project submitted on the OCC blog post by Friday February 25th at 11:50 ET. Good Luck! I can't wait to see what you create this week!

Thanks for stopping by!

Stamps~ Bring on the Cake, Something to Celebrate, Crazy for Cupcakes.

Paper~ Real Red, Bashful Blue, Whisper White, Celebrations DSP, Pacific Blue DSP.

Ink~ Basic Black, Real Red, Markers: Real Red, Pacific Blue, Daffodil Delight.

Accessories~ Jumbo White Brads, Real Red brads, Silver Tinsel, Glitter.

Tools~ Modern Label punch.

OCC ~ Cut it Out Challenge

Hello everyone and welcome to 'My Little Stampin' Spot! This week's challenge over at 'Our Creative Corner' is to 'Cut It Out'! Lori Rider - The Diva Stamper, is challenging us to use a technique that requires cutting (fussy cutting, Paper piecing, out of the box, etc.). My techniques include fussy cutting and paper piecing. Stop on over to the OCC and check out what the rest of the design has created this week!

Everyone is welcome to play along, if you upload to SCS use the keyword OCCC. If you would like to be considered for the 'Top Talent' or 'Talented Trio' awards you must have your card/project submitted on the OCC blog post by Friday February 18th at 11:50 ET. Good Luck! I can't wait to see what you create this week!

Thanks for stopping by!!

Stamps~ Loads of Love

Paper~ Real Red, Crumb Cake, Bashful BlueWhisper White, Watercolor paper, Love Impressions DSP.

Ink~ Basic Black, Bashful Blue, Real Red, Going Gray, More Mustard.

Accessories~ Real Red brads.

Tools~ Lattice Square embossing folder, Pinking Hearts border punch, circle punches, blender pen.

OCC ~ Branch Out Challenge

Hello everyone and welcome to 'My Little Stampin' Spot! I have been on a whirl wind road trip this past week and apparently I forgot to post this week's OCC Challenge before we hit the road!! I can't believe I did that! So here we go~

This week our hostess over at the OCC is Lori Rider ~ The Diva Stamper. Lori is challenging us to 'Branch Out' and create a clean & simple (CAS) card/project incorporating a tree. Here is my creation:




Everyone is welcome to play along, if you upload to SCS use the keyword OCCC. Also if you would like a chance to earn one of our two new badges the 'Top Talent Award' or 'Talented Trio Award' make sure you have your card/project linked to the OCC by Friday, February 11th by 11:50 pm eastern time. I can't wait to see what you create this week!


Thanks for stopping by!!


Stamps~ Valentine Defined.
Paper~ Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Wild Wasabi, Certainly Celery DSP, Welcome Neighbor DSP (retired).
Ink~ Early Espresso, Riding Hood Red, Wild Wasabi.
Accessories~ On Board Mix n Match, Silver brads, white brads & Certainly Celery.
Tools~ Oval Punches.

OCC ~ 3-D Valentine Project

Hello and welcome to 'My Little Stampin' Spot!. This week brings us to the last challenge of the month of January over at 'Our Creative Corner', and our hostess Wendy Janson ~ It's All About Stamping has a fun Valentine 3-D challenge for us! My 3-D project is this cute metal tin I found over at the Specialty Bottle Shop. After I finished creating the cover, I filled the tin with my favorite Dove Chocolates!




Everyone is welcome to play along, if you upload to SCS, use the keyword OCCC so we can all see your creation! I can't wait to see what you create this week!



Thanks for stopping by!!


Stamps~ You & Moi,
Paper~ Chocolate Chip, Regal Rose, Shimmery White, Simply Scrappin' Love Sparkles & Love Birds.
Ink~ Basic Black, Crumb Cake.
Accessories~ Pretty in Pink Taffeta ribbon, Linen Thread.
Tools~ Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder, Nestibilities scallop circle, Cuttle bug tag die.