April Showers, Bring May Flowers!!!

Happy Wednesday everyone! We're halfway thru the week already, oh my! I have so much work to catch up on--eeekkkkk! We're also planting our veggie garden this weekend & its supposed to be in the 70's thankfully. It's been nothing but rain since we got home--yucko! Messing with my mood for sure---I need the South Carolina sun!! Anywho, I've got some great projects to share with you, a blog-hop & vacation pictures too---so go all the way to the end of the post!


So today, H&M Stamp's DT is having a BLOG HOP for ya! Our challenge was to create a Mother's Day or Wedding 3-D project & card! I decided to make a fun Mother's Day project to share with everyone! I made a wall hanging & matching card using some of that yummy "Sonoma" dp by MME and the wonderful stamp set from H&M Stamps "Petals of Friendship"!

For the wall hanging, I used 2 of my coasters (yes, my box of 800 is going down slowly--you can buy them HERE) and covered them with my dp. I used 2 of my sets of Nestabilities (Labels 4 and Labels 1) to cut out my shapes (the back is covered with a matching stripe dp). I stamped out a few of the flowers from the set and cut them out, glittered 'em up with Stickles & attached them with Scor-Tape. I added a fun button to the center of each flower--lovee buttons!

The ribbon is from PTI, I attached the coasters together with ribbon & also made a looped bow so it could be hung up! Yes, that's my lovely mug on the picture--but I didn't have one of my Mom & I together cuz' she doesn't like to have her picture taken, but I'm gonna change that (hear that mom--I know you're reading this)!!! LOL!

I just love this sentiment--so appropriate for Mother's Day! I distressed the edges after cutting out with my new Labels 4 Nestabilities w/ my Inkssentials Blending Tool.

This is the matching card--I didn't gussy it up too much! I wanted the lovely dp to stand alone with the great sentiment. I just added some pink pearls for an accent! This would be such a great & easy project to make with your kids for a grandma, aunt or other special someone for this coming Mother's Day! Now make sure & hop along the BLOG HOP below, 'kay:

~Carolina
~Dawn
~Heather Rolin
~Julia
~Melissa
~Suzanne (ME)
~Tracy
~Heather Klump

Second card for ya today was made for the Copic Creations Blog! This blog will feature Copic Techniques twice a month (1st & 15th) for you along with fantastic examples/tutorials from members of the DT (including me)! So this time we were to create a project using our favorite technique & colors for coloring blue jeans!

I decided to use one of my favorite Whiff of Joy stamps, "Willow w/ Umbrella"--I just lovee this stamp so much. I paired it up with an MFT sentiment from "Rain or Shine"! All the dp & cs is from SU and the ribbon is from Making Memories & Doodlebug. I use alot of different combos for blue jeans but today I'm showcasing my favorite combo for you. I used B37, B34 & B21 on her jeans & accented them with my Sharpie White Poster Paint (extra fine) marker. I added some diamond stickles to the rain and puddle & some lovely Kaiser rhinestones to finish it up!

Make sure and stop by the Copic Creations Blog to see all the lovely projects by the DT & some great info on coloring blue jeans!

Here is my slideshow pictures of our Spring Break vacation in Hilton Head Island, SC! We had an awesome time, the weather was beautiful & we got to see & do alot of things. We spent time on the beach, swam in the pool, I got to read 2 books (finished them too, amazing) & caught up on my magazines. We did Putt Putt golf, a sunset dolphin cruise, shopping & a day trip to Savannah, GA! It was absolutely wonderful!

Until tomorrow friends---

hugz,

Suzanne

Whiff of Joy Blitz!!

Happy Tuesday Morning to ya!! Hope your week has started off swell so far! I'm still very happy since the Washington Redskins (my home team) beat the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday---Yahoo! If you follow football at all, you know this has always been one of the biggest rivalries (sorry if you love the Cowboys) but we beatcha' fair and square, lol!!! Nothing better than watching a good football game on Sunday in the fall--lovee it!

Ok, onto my cards today. I confess, I fibbed about the new Whiff of Joy stamps---there are 2 girls included in this release, sorry I forgot (gasp) until I got the rest of my images in the mail yesterday! I'm sharing a new image of Willow and another of Charlie with you today. All of these new stamps will be available for purchase on October 4th!





Isn't this image of Willow just adorable? I think she's just precious. My colors were all based on this yummy dp from My Minds Eye called "Laundry Line"--love the colors and the shimmer. The fun sentiment is from MFT's "Rain or Shine" stamp set and I used my Copics to color her too. Simple layout I think, but effective. I used a heavy hand with my diamond glaze on the rain and puddle I made under her, after it dried I applied diamond stickles on top for more watery shimmer. The ribbon and cs color is "Berry Sorbet" from PTI and I added a few dew drops in the corner. Hope you like her!



Doesn't this Charlie image look suave like James Bond--which off on another tangent, hee hee, I can't wait to see the new James Bond movie! My hubby and I love those movies, but whoaaa is Daniel Craig a hottie--definitely makes me a fan, lol!!

Anywhoo, back to my Charlie project,lol! As soon as I saw this image I knew he would look fantastic as a "bottle topper"! I think this would be an awesome hostess/party gift during this holiday season. I used multiple layers of cs to make the topper, colored Charlie w/ Copics and then cut him out. I stamped the black cs with the cute "cheers" sentiment (also by WOJ) in gold ink and layered an oval of gold shimmer cs by PTI on top. TaDa--a perfect gift for a party this season dontcha' think?

Hope you like the sneak peeks so far. Don't forget to visit my DT sistah's blogs (on sidebar) today for their lovely projects using all the new images too! And tomorrow we will all have our "Projects of the Month" to share with you--fun, fun! And make sure and visit Fran's blog today to see her sneak peek of course but also to enter for her yummy blog candy--she's giving away a "Melinda Blowing Kisses" stamp!

Remember to visit the DT blogs today (Mary Jo, Dawn, and Jen) for more peeks of the new Storage Units, Ink and More stamps that will be released tomorrow. I'll have a project (wow, a double post from me tomorrow) to share with the new releases too.

Also, the Clear Dollar Stamps will be released tomorrow so you'll have to see all those cuties too.

Ok--enough from me, I'm outta here!
Suzanne