Saturday, November 7, 2009

THREE'S A CHARM blog hop!

Welcome to the Three's a Charm blog hop....sponsored by these three digital stamp companies...
Sunshine Stamps, Ildi Co and The Stamping Boutique!

If you want a chance at the set of 12 Copics & other prizes, please make sure you leave comments on all the blogs along the way!!!!

If you just hopped here from Bumble Bee Creations you're right on track....or start at the beginning!


Stamps: Digital, Santa in the Window,
sentiment-SU! To You & Yours
Paper: K&co-red, gold from scraps
Ink: copics & prisma
Other: ribbon from stash



This adorable image is called Santa in the Window from The Stamping Boutique! I thought it would look cute on a candle....so I created a little hostess gift set!


Please leave a comment to let me know you were here, then continue hopping over to Vicki's blog VLDesigns!

Here are some challenges...
AI Factory chall~alter it.
The Dietrich Dare~sketch.....great sketch!!!
Gingersnap Creations~cozy home.
Lili of the Valley~recipe.
Creative Inspirations (Wed)~colors.
Little Paper Shop~use digi & reg stamps.
Stamp with Fun~scene
Creative Craft Chall~Christmas
Digi Kitty~framed
The Crafty Pad~colors.

I hope you have fun hopping around blogland today! Praying Peace over you! Blessings!!!




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Snowflakes!

Good Morning! The weekend is finally here and that means another Saturday Spotlight with Hidden Potential challenge is up! This week the theme is Repeatedly Useful-use the same image more than once!



Stamps: Doodle Bean Digital, SU! snowflake spot
Papers: SU! red ridinghood, turq, white
Ink: copics & prisma
Other: SU! dazzling diamonds, glitter,
shimmery ribbon from stash.


I used a snowflake stamp repeatedly to make a snowy background! Easy peasy!!!
My DT sistahs offer some fabulous inspiration...

Big Hugs to our lovely guest Diva, Jodi from Inked Inspirations....we're so happy to have her with us, her creations are always so incredibly beautiful!!!

Here are the challenges...
Saturday Spotlight~Repeatedly Useful.
Copic Buzz blog~ to use this image from Doodle Beans Digital Stamps
Penny's Chall~winter, sparkle, ribbon.
By the Cute & Girly~winter wonderland.
Stamp with Us~Christmas
Cute Daisy May~blue Christmas
Cooking it up with Kate~recipe
Papertake Weekly~sketch.

I hope you have a chance to play with our Spotlight challenge this week! Don't forget the Three's a Charm digital Blop Hop starts at 10 am EST (New York time, USA) You won't want to miss it, there are prizes, including Copics up for grabs! So stay tuned!

Blessings!!!!

Friday, November 6, 2009

Freebie & Blog Hop & Copics, Oh My!

Happy Friday! Lots going on in blogland, so let's get right to it!
First, I would like to tell you about a wonderful BLOG HOP going on tomorrow, Saturday, Nov 7th!
The Three's A Charm hop will include these three companies...
Sunshine Stamps
ILDI Co.
The Stamping Boutique
There are a bunch of prizes for grabs, including a set of 12 Copics!



Ok, on to my little card! This image was a FREEbie from Digital Delights! They're having a Cookie Exchange Party with a Challenge for an upcoming Digi Day on SNR Card Universe!! For all the deets, click HERE!


Stamps: digi/Digital Delights
Paper: atd's all year pack, SU red ridinghood
Ink: Copics & Prismas
Other: ribbon, button, twine from stash,
white gel pen (faux stitching)



Here are the challenges!
The Diedrich Dare~sketch
Sassy Designs by Susie~Christmas
Creative Craft chall~Christmas Fun
Stamp Something~recipe
Creative Inspiration (Sun)~doodling
Sophisticat~button/ribbon
The Creative Belli Chall~twine
Diva Coffee Break Des.~colors
Stampin'B's~Christmas

Have a fabulous evening! Blessings!!!!

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Have a Grrrrrrrreat Birthday!

Click HERE if you're looking for the 'Spread the Love for Jaimie' Blog Hop!

Happy Wednesday...we're half way there! Today is release day at Doodle Palace and I'm just lovin' these newest images! Checkout this little lion, isn't he the sweetest?!

Coloring was done with Copics & Prismas. I used molasses Smooch, pearlized ink, on the mane to add depth and shimmer, I love, love, love this stuff!!!! The sentiment is from The Cutting Cafe-all occasion circle words-and I colored gold around it to appear as a second layer! I didn't have the right colored brads so I made my faux brads with a hole punch and shimmered them with some more Smooch!! Pretty clean & simple masculine birthday card!!

Doodle Palace
will be releasing their new images later today, including this sweet Lion!

Here are a few challenges...
Tree House Stamps~colors.
Stamp Something~cute & fuzzy.
Polka Doodles~masculine card & brads.
Cupcake Craft Chall~sketch.
The Pink Elephant~color recipe.

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  • Mark your calendars for Saturday, November 7th for the Three's A Charm blog hop! Three stamp companies coming together for fun, inspiration and prizes! How exciting!!!!

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It's really been busy in the Matter household and I'm falling behind in blogland...but I will be around to visit all of you when I can! Gosh, I thought when all the kids were old enough to feed themselves life would get easier! lol Apparently, that is not the case! Creating my own homeschool transcripts for the kids is all new to me....so I'm still on the computer but researching and reading.....not creating and commenting! lol It's all good though and I'll get it all sorted soon!! :)
Praying Peace over you and your house! Many Blessings!!!

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Flowers, Flowers, Flowers

For the Spreading the Love for Jaimie Blog Hop click HERE!


Hey Ho, it's Tuesday, let the trumpets sound and the pigeons fly.....it's Digital Tuesday Challenge day!!! This week our sweet Suzie challenged us to use flowers on our projects!!! And who better to sponsor our flower challenge than Fred, She Said!!! Woohoo, that's just good all around!


I used these lovely Fred, She Said Dahlias to flower my card! I used both sides of this double sided DP, found at a local Big Lots discount store! The CG verse is the focal scripture this week at the Stampin' Sisters in Christ challenge and thought is was perfect for this encouraging card!!

I hope you have a chance to play along with us this week at Digital Tuesday! Just use a digital image and dress up your project with flowers!!!! Checkout the beautiful inspiration from the rest of the team...


Here are some challenges...
Digital Tuesday Challenge~use digi and flowers
Stampin Sisters in Christ~scripture
Theme Thursday~fav color...blue & brown.
My Time to Craft~scallops.
Sunflowers & Dragonflies~flower power.
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Tracey over @ Fred, She Said has just released some new images and they are gorgeous! Checkout the new Emmas, flowers and papers and see how buying from Fred, She Said can help bless others too! Read about it HERE!

Tracey is also celebrating 150,000 hits with a FREEbie! woohoo Tracey!!!

Didn't I tell ya this was a good day! lol

Enjoy & Be Blessed!!!!

Monday, November 2, 2009

Blog Hop & Card Drive

Good Morning and Welcome to the SPREAD THE LOVE blog hop!
If you hopped to my blog from Tangii's, then you're right on track!!

Please leave me a comment so I know you were here!

You may click on the above banner to go directly to the special blog with Jaimie's story and information on sponsors of this SPREAD THE LOVE hop & card drive!
Won't you join us by simply making a card and sending it to the above address!



Stamps: Squigglefly Digital, sentiment-CG, flowers-SU! Heart & Home
Papers: SU!-black, white, green galore.
Sketch: Unscripted Sketches



To continue hopping...
please hop over to Kim Howard, I know she has something lovely to show you!

Thank you so much for stopping by today...
Praying peace, joy and much love over you!
Blessings!!!

Sunday, November 1, 2009

Squigglefly Challenge #26

Hope your weekend was fabulous!!! There is a lot going on today so I hope you'll stay tuned....
First, we're starting with The Squigglefly Monday Challenge over on the store blog! This week our lovely hostess Rhonda has challenged us to use blue & gray along with a hanging embellishment!

This was a real challenge for me until I found this fun DP from ATD all thru the year pack! I used this cute digi from Squigglefly called sledding Sara! I adorned her with some "Holly Soft"! (faux flower soft! tutorial HERE) The SU! cs colors are bordering blue & really rust! Copics & SU! markers were used to color. I can't believe I found this two tone ribbon to match! ...never seem to have the right ribbon! lol So there ya go blue and gray! Hope you play along!

Squigglefly just released some fabulous new images yesterday...check them out HERE!

Here are the challenges...
Squigglefly Mon chall~blut/gray and a hanging embellie.
Creative Friday~sketch.
Creative Card Crew~snowflake.
Three Clovers~card for a teen.
Alphabet chall~C for circles.
Crafty Angels~use charm.
La-la Weekly Wed chall~ribbon.

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Today is the Blog Hop "Spread the Love for Jaimie"....Posts will go up at 10 am EST (New York, USA timezone) There are more 60+ bloggers participating, you won't want to miss this!

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Blessings!!!

Saturday, October 31, 2009

Spread Your Wings!

Good Saturday Morning! Welcome to another Saturday Spotlight with Hidden Potential challenge! Today we are creating, "In So Many Words"! Make a project focusing on WORDS! You can make your sentiment 'stand alone', use words/letters for a background or make a wonderful word collage!
Our fabulous sponsor this week is Prickley Pear! I've used three PP stamps on my card today;
the stamped butterfly, the verse and the flower group, stamped twice!
The digital background is from The Cutting Cafe, called Spread your Wings! I've added bling on the flower centers and MS punched butterflies! Love red/black & white together, don't you?

I hope you'll play along with us this week and USE Your WORDS!
Checkout my uber creative DT sistahs...

Here are the challenges...

SATURDAY SPOTLIGHT~In So Many Words.
Flutterby Wed~use a flutter.
Tanda Teaser~kind thoughts.
Charizsma Card~no DP.
Hand Full of Stamps~in 4s....my 4 little flutters, 4 gems.

Thank you for stopping by for a visit! Praying Peace, Joy and much Love over you today! Blessings!!!