Sparkle Creations Final Preview and June Release Day!!!

Good morning, friends! 

Thanks so much for your sweet comments, I'm so happy to be up and running again :) 

Today is Sparkle Creations last preview day AND release day!!! 

All new stamps are available NOW in the Sparkle Creations Store! 

Our last preview is here! 

Meet... Watermelon Rin!!! 

Isn't she adorable! I love everything about her :) 

Please be sure to visit the rest of the DT for more peeks of Rin! 

Oh, and be sure to leave your comments too! 

Sparkle will be giving away a Watermelon Rin rubber stamp to a lucky hopper! 

Giveaway ends tonight, EST... 

Alice Wertz
Amber Hight
Danielle Lounds
Kerri Michaud
Kim Yu
Margie Cortina (You are here!)
Savannah O'Gwynn
Shaela Odd
Simonne Clay
Sparkle Smith
Stephanie Kraft
Yvonne Yam - June Guest Designer
SCRS Blog

Thanks for stopping by today :)

Enjoy!!! 

"Fun in the Sun!" - Sparkle Creations Preview Day One

Hello everyone!!! 

I'm SO thrilled to be back with Sparkle Creations and the DT again :) 

Today is the first day of previews! 

Here's "Beach Chloe"... 

 It's time for some fun in the sun!!!

All new stamps will be available on Saturday, June 9th! 

Please be sure to visit the rest of the team for more sneak peeks :)

And be sure to leave your comments along the way! Sparkle will be giving away a 'Beach Chloe' rubber stamp to one lucky person :) You have until midnight EST to hop around!!!  

Alice Wertz
Amber Hight
Danielle Lounds
Kerri Michaud
Kim Yu
Margie Cortina (You are here!)
Savannah O'Gwynn
Shaela Odd
Simonne Clay
Sparkle Smith
Stephanie Kraft
Yvonne Yam - June Guest Designer
SCRS Blog

Thanks so much for stopping by, enjoy! 

xoxo

Mahalo!

Good morning :) 

I'm so happy to have a card to share with you today! 

Today starts week 2 of the latest Sparkle Creations Challenge... 

And here is the card that I made using... 

Karber "Hawaii" Clear Stamp Set

I really do love coloring her hair! She's such a cutie :) 

Please be sure to stop by the Sparkle Creations Blog for more details! 

and don't forget to say HI to these lovely ladies too :) 

Kerri Michaud 

Savannah O'Gwynn 

Simonne Clay 

Sparkle Smith 

Stephanie Kraft

Thanks for stopping by, Happy Tuesday!!! 

See Ya Later, TGF :)

TGIF to a bittersweet day... 

The day has finally come to see 'see you later' to The Greeting Farm :( 

Not a good-bye, because I plan on visiting a lot and seeing all of my girls often enough! 

But it is my last day as Team Captain, sniff!... 

And of course, I kept putting off my post for today - denial? procrastination? 

All of the above ;) 

SO, as I started out this post this morning, thinking that we were suppose to post our favorite TGF cards, lol, these lovely ladies surprised me with their beautiful cards and I am so deeply touched - 

You must visit their blogs and leave them some love today :) 

A big thank you to Jessica for EVERYTHING! ... to Marie too :) 

And a special thank you to April, Joni, Lisa and Sharette! 

Such sweet girlies, had a great time working with all of you!!!

Here are some of my all time favorites from this awesome team :) 

Jessica 

April 

Joni 

Lisa 

Sharette 

... and here are some of my own favorites from this term :) 

AND thank you to all of you who have supported me, The Greeting Farm, for stopping by and commenting and playing along with our challenges :) 

Have a wonderful weekend! 

See you later ;) 

xoxo 

I Dare You 2 Glimmer!!!

Good morning and happy M-day to you :) 

It's a new week! and we're looking forward to lots of good things!!! 

I'm starting off the week right with The Greeting Farm's 

ANYTHING GOES Fun Day Monday Challenge! 

Even though it's a bittersweet challenge for me, 

this is our last week as DT on the challenge blog :( 

I am going to miss working with these girlies so very much, sniff!!!

So for this challenge, I decided to use another newbie stamp - 

Glimmer Bean 

Here's a close-up... 

I added a bit of sparkle to her :) 

Hope you like my Glimmer Bean! 

Be sure to stop by TGF's Challenge Blog for all the deets! 

and then hop along to see what the DT created for the day too :) 

Jessica Diedrich 

April Davis

Joni Wilson

Lisa Gobea

Sharette Smith 

Thanks for stopping by! 

Have a fab day!!! xoxo 

Enjoy This Day :)

HELLO everyone :) 

Long... time... no... see! 

hee, hee!!! 

Hope you are all well!

I have a card to show you today, yippeee! 

There is another Friday Spy Day Challenge on 

The Greeting Farm's Farm Fresh Challenge Blog today! 

This week, we are "case-ing" Lou Mac's card... 

I tried to go with the same layout she used, 

and I also tried to be as decorative as I could with embellishments too - 

but, I am not as bold as she is :) 

Here is my card using the most cutest ckear stamp evaaa... 

"Shimmer Bean" 

I told you she was a cutie!!! 

Hope you'll play along with us this week! 

Be sure to hop along and visit the rest of the DT too :) 

Jessica Diedrich 

April Davis

Joni Wilson

Lisa Gobea

Sharette Smith 

Thanks so much for stopping by :)

Happy TGIF!!! 

Mr. and Mrs.

Hello everyone! 

I am having some tech stuff going on with my camera for the past few hours! 

I'm trying to get a pic of my card for today's latest sneak peek at 

Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps! 

Today's sneak peek is called "Mr. and Mrs."... 

Normally, this is were I would insert my pic :(
Hopefully I can get it all working in the morning... 

In the meantime, I am using Sparkle's release pic! hee hee 

Don't they make a gorgeous couple :)

Be sure to visit all rest of the SCRS designers for more peeks of Mr. and Mrs. Sparkle will be giving away Mr. and Mrs. to one lucky person! For a chance to win, you need to comment on all of the designer's blogs (list below). Then head on over to the SCRS blog and comment on the Mr. and Mrs. post. You have until midnight EST each day to comment. The lucky winner will be announced the following day!

Alice Wertz 

Amber Hight 

Danielle Lounds 

Kerri Michaud 

Kim Yu 

Margie Cortina 

Savannah O'Gwynn 

Shaela Odd 

Simonne Clay 

Sparkle Smith 

Stephanie Kraft 

Thanh Vo - March Guest Designer

Today is also release day!!! 

Be sure to stop by the SCRS Store to get the latest stamps: 

Engaged Lucy 

Karber "Strawberry" Clear Stamp Set 

Mr. and Mrs. 

Happy hopping and shopping :) 

Buzzing By To Say Thanks!

TGIF, friends!!! and a good one it's going to be :) 

I am back with my third and final post for today! 

Wow, shocking, right?! lol 

*Please scroll down to see my latest sneak peek card for Sparkle Creations! 

and my card for TGF's Spy Day Challenge, thanks!!! 

Well, it's time for another awesome sketch from 

Taylored Expressions!!! 

I decided to create a card size notepad for a friend :) 

I used my latest My Mind's Eye Pad from February's Key Ingredients Kit along with my new to me petite stamp set called "Sunflower Wreath".... 

Here is what this week's sketch looks like: 

Can't wait to see who plays along :) 

Be sure to visit the rest of the Sketch Crew to see what they've created for today!

Cassie Trask 

Jami Sibley 

Lisa Hjulberg 

Lori Craig 

Margie Cortina 

Monika Davis 

Rachel Sztonyk 

Tracy Clemente 

Taylor VanBruggen  

Linda Suarez, Featured Top Chef

Thanks for stopping by!
Enjoy your Friday and weekend :) 

xoxo 

Wanna Sit and Chat???

Good morning, and hello again!

*Please scroll down to see my latest sneak peek card for
Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps, thank you :) 

I'm back to share with you the latest Spy Day Challenge
at The Greeting Farm Challenge Blog today!!!
This week, we are casing one of Sugar's Card :)

Here's my take on it... 

I just had to use my newest stamp set from The Greeting Farm's last release,
"Sitting Casual"

Isn't Ian the handsomest boy ever???
I paper pieced his couch and was inspired by Sugar's layout and use of polka dots :)

Please be sure to visit the rest of the DT for more inspiration!

Jessica Diedrich 

April Davis

Joni Wilson

Lisa Gobea

Sharette Smith 

See you later on with my third and final post for today!
xoxo 

Naturally Sweet, Strawberry!

Hi again :) 

Hold on to your seats - I have THREE posts for today! 

Woo hoo!!! 

I'm starting off with another sneak peek from 

Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps! 

And she is SO SWEET!!! 

Here is the latest Karber Clear Stamp Set... 

"Strawberry" 

Isn't she the cutest sweet lil' strawberry you've ever seen???
This stamp set comes with one main image, one sentiment and 5 accessory images! 

Be sure to visit all rest of the SCRS designers for more peeks of Karber Strawberry Set. Sparkle will be giving away Karber Strawberry Set to one lucky person! For a chance to win, you need to comment on all of the designer's blogs (list below). Then head on over to the SCRS blog and comment on the Karber post. You have until midnight EST each day to comment. The lucky winner will be announced the following day! 

Amber Hight 

Danielle Lounds 

Kerri Michaud 

Margie Cortina 

Savannah O'Gwynn

Happy Hopping!!! 

See you in a few with post #2!!! 

Congrats, you're engaged!

Hello there!!! It's March, and 'oh my', don't even get me started, lol! 

Just poppin' on to share a quick sneak peek with you! 

Yup, it's that time again! Sneak peeks from
Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps
and she's a beauty!!!

Here's "Engaged Lucy"... 

Be sure to visit all rest of the SCRS designers for more peeks of Engaged Lucy. Sparkle will be giving away Engaged Lucy  to one lucky person! For a chance to win, you need to comment on all of the designer's blogs (listed below). Then head on over to the SCRS blog and comment on the Lucy post. You have until midnight EST each day to comment. The lucky winner will be announced the following day!

Alice Wertz 

Amber Hight 

Danielle Lounds 

Kerri Michaud 

  Kim Yu 

Margie Cortina 

Savannah O'Gwynn 

Shaela Odd 

Simonne Clay 

Sparkle Smith 

Stephanie Kraft 

Thanh Vo - March Guest Designer

Happy Hopping :)
xoxo 

Miss. Love

Good morning!!! and Happy M-Day to you all :) 

It's been a while since I've been able to post anything here - 

I just haven't had much time to create anything :( 

But I managed to squeeze in a bit of time late last night, yay! 

Just in time for a super fun Monday Fun Day Challenge at 

The Greeting Farm today!!! 

It's an "ANYTHING GOES" challenge, 

the best kind of challenge to play around with, right?! hee, hee 

and I also decided to use the current TGF SCS Sketch Challenge too!!! 

Here's my card using one of the Miss Anya's from the 

Miss Anya Garland Stamp Set... 

... and I also used my latest Key Ingredients Kit from Taylored Expressions! 

I just looove these My Mind's Eye 6x6 pads!!! 

This one is called "Rosey" - and I did some fun paper piecing with it :) 

Oh! and here's what the sketch looks like:

Please be sure to check out what the rest of the DT has been up to too! 

Jessica Diedrich 

April Davis

Joni Wilson

Lisa Gobea

Sharette Smith 

AND!!! Don't forget - it's sneak peek time at The Greeting Farm!!! 

You don't want to miss seeing what little "beans" are sprouting up at the farm on March 1st ;)

Thanks for stopping by! 

and enjoy your M-Day!!! xo

Tea-rrific!

Good morning friends :) 

Did this week feel like the longest one ever to exist? lol, it really did to me! 

I am so happy to be able to post something today!!! 

Real life has been keep me so very busy, doesn't it understand that this girl need's to get her bumble-y going on as much as possible! lol! 

The Greeting Farm - Farm Fresh Challenges 

has another Spy Day to play along with today!

It's all about 'case-ing' Lori Craig's beautiful Kraft-y card! 

I just had to use the same stamp set that she used, Tea-rrific! 

I also tried to stay true to the layout and elements she used too; 

krafty cardstock, scalloped circle, button/twine :) 

All good happy stuff to play with!!! 

Please be sure to check out what the rest of my teammates came up with too! 

Jessica Diedrich 

April Davis

Joni Wilson

Lisa Gobea

Sharette Smith 

Have a fab TGIF!!! 

xoxo 

Mr. Bunny says you are wonderful :)

Happy Valentine's Day Eve!!! 

It's M-day {yea, me and M-day still don't get along, lol!} and I have now declared M-day to be an extension of the weekend! M-day used to be my 'cleaning/organizing' day for the week - I have now switched it to Sundays and M-days are now my days to just get the kiddos to/from school and relax with a good book or crafty-time :) hee hee!!! 

To start the week right! Let's play along with The Greeting Farm's 

Farm Fresh "Monday Fun Day" Challenge!!!

This week, I challenge you to use Red and Pink on your cards/projects :) 

Here's my card using my Lucky Bunnies Clear Stamp Set... 

Oh! and I'm entering my card into The Spotted Chick's 

That's Krafty Thursday Challenge #58 too :) 

These bunnies are just so darn cute!!! 

and this sentiment is truly a favorite! 

I paper pieced Mr. Bunny with Kraft CS and WeRMemory Keepers DP... 

total sweetness!!! 

Be sure to stop by and see what the rest of the DT has been up to! 

Jessica Diedrich 

April Davis

Joni Wilson

Lisa Gobea

Sharette Smith 

Enjoy your week! 

See you later on this week ;)
xoxo 

Easter Bunny Ruby

It's SATURDAY!!! 

What are you doing this weekend??? 

We're expecting some snow today and I'm wondering if I'm going to be able to keep my scrappy plans or if I will be spending the weekend locked up with my boys, snug on the couch with our favorite movies... either way, they're both my favorite things to do, so it will be a win/win situation ;) hee hee!!! 

Also, to start the weekend right - today is release day at 

Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps!!! 

 And we have a sweet Easter stamp to share with you... 

"Easter Bunny Ruby" 

I colored sweet Ruby with my Copics and then had some fun with some matchy scraps that I found in my bin, all from My Mind's Eye... and I went a bit overboard with my pearls again! I just love this liquid pen thingy so much! Fun :) 

Sparkle is also sponsoring this week's Card Patterns Sketch Challenge!!! 

Be sure to visit our fabulous SCRS designers for more peeks of Easter Bunny Ruby. 

Sparkle will be giving away an Easter Bunny Ruby stamp to one lucky person! 

For a chance to WIN, you need to visit and comment on all of the designers' Easter Bunny Ruby blog posts (listed below) and then leave a comment on the SCRS blog. 

You have until midnight EST tonight to comment.

Alice Wertz
Amber Hight
Danielle Lounds
Kerri Michaud
Kim Yu
Margie Cortina (you are here!)
Pam Varnell {February Guest Designer}
Savannah O'Gwynn
Shaela Odd
Simonne Clay
Sparkle Smith
Stephanie Kraft

Happy "hopping"!!! 

and enjoy your weekend!!! 

xoxo 

Leprechaun Oliver

Good day!!! 

Today is day ONE of Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps February previews! 

Sparkle will be releasing 2 new SCRS stamps with matching sentiments 

and 1 new Karber Clear Stamp Set on 

Saturday, February 11th :)

I'm so happy to finally show you "Leprechaun Oliver"...  

Oliver looks so jolly :) 

I colored Oliver with my Copics and used some more of my new Crate Paper DP... 

I found these old Doodlebug Design brads at the bottom of my jar, lol, thought that they would make a cute match with the theme of the card! 

Be sure to visit the awesome SCRS DT for more Oliver peeks today! 

Sparkle will be giving away one Leprechaun Oliver rubber stamp, so be sure to visit everyone and leave your comments on their blogs! 

You have until midnight EST tonight to hop along :)  to one lucky commenter! 

Alice Wertz

Amber Hight
Danielle Lounds
Kerri Michaud
Kim Yu
Margie Cortina
Pam Varnell {February Guest Designer}
Savannah O'Gwynn
Shaela Odd
Simonne Clay
Sparkle Smith
Stephanie Kraft

Enjoy the new release :) 

xoxo 

TOUCHDOWN!!! {SCRSC72}

Good afternoon crafty friends :) 

Is it really Tuesday?! It feels like a Thursday already, lol ;) 

One can hope, right?! 

Not that I want time to fly by, 

but I really do look forward to our weekends that are schedule free and full of family time fun! 

Don't we all :) 

I have a really fun card to share with you today! 

I am, by no means, a sports fanatic at all! So, if the colors I used by any chance support any team out there, my bad, lmao! I wasn't going for that ;) hee, hee! 

However, I was boo-ed by all the boys in my family that I should have gone with the Giants colors... I'm thinking that if I would have, they wouldn't have won ;) So there! ha! 

Any-hoo! Here is the second half of 

Sparkle Creations Challenge {SCRSC72}:

Create a card using any of your team colors, or anything football related! 

I, of course, used "Football Josh" for my card :)  

Please forgive any smudges you may see, it seems that a certain lil guy around here was quite interested in the sparkly stuff on today's card ;) 

I colored Josh with my Copics and then found some scraps of My Mind's Eye to put the card together, easy-peasy! Love how it turned out!!! 

Please be sure to check out what the rest of the DT came up with for today too!

Kerri Michaud

Margie Cortina 

Savannah O'Gwynn 

Simonne Clay 

Sparkle Smith

Thanks! and enjoy the rest of you day :) 

xoxo