Sunny Studio Stamps Blog Hop

If you are looking for the Lori Whitlock September Creative Team Blog Hop, you can find it here!

 

Hi Everyone!  Today I'm excited to be part of the debut blog hop for Sunny Studio Stamps, a new stamp company created by my friend Mendi Yoshikawa.  You should have arrived here from Jo Williams blog.   Mendi sent me the new Furever Friends Set to play with because, well I am a crazy cat lady!  Here is the whole set...

and here are the cards I created...

For my first card, I used some Cardstock and Patterned papers from Doodlebug Design, and the sweet sitting kitty!

 

I put one of the cute sentiments from the set on the inside of my card...

 

My second card uses some bright & cheery papers from MFT's Dots & Stripes Sorbet and Plaid Patterns Paper Packs.  I love the little sleeping kitty and the punny sentiment!

 

 

 

The images on both cards were water-colored using my new ZIG Clean Color Real Brush Pens. They are so fun to color with!!  And now for the really fun part!  Mendi is giving away stamp sets to three lucky winners, offering a free digital stamp download on the Sunny Studio blog and offering free shipping for all orders over $35 in the Sunny Studio Online Store!!  Check out the store here...

http://www.sunnystudiostamps.com/

 

 

You have up to 5 chances to win!!  Enter below... you have until Midnight EST Friday, September 11th to enter.

 

a Rafflecopter giveaway 

Make sure to check out all of the fabulous creations from the girls on the hop... your next stop is

Sandy Allnock .  If you'd like to start from the beginning...here is the entire hop line-up! 

 

Sunny Studio

Kay Miller

Melissa Bowden

Laura Bassen

Heidi Criswell

Francine Vuilleme

Nina-Marie Trapani

Audrey Tokach

Teri Anderson

Elise Constable

Marion Vagg

Jo Williams

Kathy Skou {you are here}

Sandy Allnock

 

Want to keep up to date with all of Sunny Studio Releases?  Check them out on

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That's it for me today, thanks for stopping by!

Doodlebug Design: Design by Color

Hi Everyone!  Today I have my color challenge project for Doodlebug Design!  I was lucky enough to get my all time favorite Doodlebug color.... Swimming Pool!!  Seriously, it's my most favorite color in the history of ever!  It makes me so happy!  Here's my layout, it's a throwback picture to 2006 of my daughter digging in the sand down on Cape Cod!
 

I used papers from a few collections including Happy Campers, SunKissed, Sugar Shoppe and some Sprinkles Vellum for my background. 

 

The clouds are made using the Sizzix Doodlebug Cloud, Flower, Rain and Umbrella Die Set and some Lily White Sprinkles Vellum.

I LOVE the Fishy Doodlepop from the Happy Campers Collection!!

 

I also used a Swimming Pool Doily to back my photo and Swimming Pool Gingham Treat Bag as a holder for my journaling tag.  The stickers are from a few different collections including SunKissed, and some Swimming Pool Fancy Frills.  I love how it all turned out!  That's it for me today, make sure to stop by the Doodlebug Design blog this week for more Design by Color inspiration!
 

Doodlebug Design: Doodlebug & Pagemaps Team-up!

Hi Everyone!  Today I have  a fun layout based on a fabulous sketch by Becky Fleck over at PageMaps!  The members of the Doodlebug Design Team were asked to be guest designers for the July PageMaps Newsletter... this was right up my alley, Becky's sketches are a favorite!  Here's the sketch she sent...

 

And here's my take... I used papers from the new SunKissed Collection and some Petite Prints as well...

 

In place of the tag on the left, I used a Doodlebug Tangerine Doily.

Otherwise I kept pretty much to the sketch with title and embellishment placement.  I love how it all came together!

 

 Be sure to check the Doodlebug Design Blog to see more Doodlebug & PageMaps inspiration from the Design Team!  That's it for me today, thanks for stopping by!