Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps + CardPatterns {post1}

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**Please click HERE  for my Momenta/PSA Essentials blog hop post- GIVEAWAY {ends tonight}!!!

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I'm back with another Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps creation! This week SCRS is sponsoring the CardPatterns challenge. Read more about it HERE!

This sketch was super easy to follow...and I only changed it a little! I rotated it and used pearls and the sentiment instead of buttons at the bottom. I used my SCRS Nurse Lucy image for this card. I also used my new My Mind's Eye papers {available HERE from the RC} with some peach fizz seam binding {also available HERE from the RC}. LOVE LOVE LOVE that pearl cluster! LOVE everything about this card! 

 Close-up of the paper piecing

That's it for me today! Be sure to stop by the SCRS blog and play along with our challenge HERE or stop by HERE for details on the CardPatterns challenge! Hope you will join in the fun!

THANKS for stopping by! Be blessed:}

Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps NEW release

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**Please stop by the Momenta blog today. It's my day to share a project--and I will feature it on my blog TOMORROW!

Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps has another fabulous NEW release today! Be sure to stop by the SCRS blog for more releases and giveaway details! You are going to love this NEW release image of Easter Bunny Ruby! 

And not only is SCRS sharing this NEW release...we are also sponsoring and playing along with the CardPatterns challenge this week! I did move the center panel up and I used papers instead of a ribbon/button...but I stayed really close to this sketch {than I normally do! LOL!}. I also made the scalloped circle inverted, as well as a square shape. Ok...I changed a lot more than I thought I did! :)

I paper pieced Ruby! I had to--look at how cute she is!! I love how she is holding that Easter egg and her furry booties! LOVE LOVE LOVE! I used some of my new My Little Shoebox papers {Audrey} along with some twine from The Ribbon Carousel {Honeydew}. 

Close-up of my paper piecing

That's it for me today. Be sure to visit the rest of the SCRS designers for more peeks of Leprechaun Oliver. GIVEAWAY alert: Sparkle will be giving away Easter Bunny Ruby to one lucky person!!! For a chance to win, you need to comment on all of the designers' blogs (list below). Then head on over to the SCRS blog and comment on the Ruby post. You have until midnight EST each day to comment. The lucky winner will be announced the following day! Good luck:)

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

Thanks so much for stopping by! Be blessed:}

FWF {Christmas Eve style}

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What a special day for FWF over at Unity--Christmas Eve FWF! Fun:} Don't forget to head over to the Unity blog for a complete list of FWF friends and click HERE for some amazing deals going on at Unity! I've already drooled over the sales! Hope that some of these stamp sets are in my stocking this year!!









My first card was created for the FWF56 challenge. Our inspiration was Angie's winter themed card. So I created a holiday themed card too! This card is perfect for the Wee Memories {photo- holiday colors} and the ColorQ # 64. I love how this snowman turned out. He is from my Unity Dec. 2010 KOTM, along with that tag. I actually inked that tag up on the edges to make the center clear for the sentiment [Nov. 2010 KOTM]. LOVE that glitter on the snowman! SO cute! And his hat and heart were made with red flocking! SO SO SO cute!

This next card was created using Mona's color challenge. Love bright pink with gray! Super clever combo! I also love love love this dress form from my Unity Uniquely You set. I also used my spool from Unity's Material Girl set. The tag is from Ippity's A Moment in Time. Sooooooo cute! Simple and gorgeous--check out the glitter on the dress! Love it!!

My last card was created for the CardPatterns 95 challenge. I wanted to be a bit different, so I used my numbers from Unity's Learning {year by year} set. The bigger 4 and the cupcakes are from Unity's 6 pack essentials. The sentiment (one of my FAVS!) is from the July 2010 KOTM. Super fun! I am actually giving this to my little niece, Kadence, next year for her 4th birthday! I think she will LOVE it!

That's it for me today...well...actually, it's not! I have one more project over at All Things Unity! It's super cute! Head over there now--because it's the next stop on this blog hop!


Thanks so much for stopping by and leaving me some love! I appreciate your love and support! I have the best followers:} Merry CHRISTmas!! Be blessed!

3 challenges...one of my fav cards

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I just finished one of my FAVORITE cards....and it is for three challenges!! Love when that happens! I made this card based on Embellish Magazine's color combo and theme [baby], Caardvarks challenge [dry/wet embossing], and CardPatterns sketch. 

I used my cuttlebug embossing tool for the baby carriage {on yellow paper--the second pic has a better view}. I also used my versamark embossing ink and powder for the butterflies {on peach paper}. The stamps are from Molly Stamps, Ippity [A Moment in Time], and Unity [Our Stories]. I love love love this card! Those metal frames are from Ryann--she gave them to me from her blog giveaway! THANKS, Ryann! LOOOOVE those little embroidery threads on the frames with the tiny butterflies. I know that the sketch had three things on each side of the center focal point--this is how I count that:: top left- 2 frames and 1 thread; bottom right- 1 frame with thread and 2 butterflies. I LOOOOOOOOOOOVE it!


Thanks so much for stopping by today! I will be back tomorrow with some crafty goodness! Be sure to leave some love for your chance to win my June blog candy pack:} Thanks again for EVERYTHING!! I love sharing with you! Be blessed:}

wow--6 challenges in one card!

Hello, friends! 

Super excited to share this card with you. I made it using 6 challenges::: Stampin' Royalty [masculine/father's day]; EtsyInspired Challenge [owl pic above from My ZoeTrope]; CardPatterns [sketch above]; CARDS [masculine/father's day]; Stampin' Sisters in Christ [masculine/father's day]; and Stamp Away With Me [color combo--ps...so sorry Dawn- I don't have any Wplus9 stamps...but hopefully soon!]. I didn't plan to have this many challenges together...I just love how it came together that way:}

This card was created using my Basic Grey Basic Kraft and Cosmo Cricket Joy Ride paper pads {available at Limelight}. I love that green textured paper--got that at Marshalls! The aqua/blue paper on the bottom is from American Crafts (only 14 cents at Michael's!). It is also pre-scored [not sure if you can see that]. Other supplies I used were EK Success punch, Lizzie Anne Design stamp from June KOTM, and a Cuttlebug die cut, along with distress inks. I made the owl by hand after seeing a baby onesie with a sewn owl with ribbon feathers. TOOO cute! I really like this card! Actually--I love love love it!

That's all for today...however, you should head over to my friend's blog--Julie's Open Window. It is Julie's first year blogaversary! HOOORAY! And she has an AMAZING giveaway going on! Tell her I sent you:}


Thanks so much for stopping by today! Love visiting with you! I'll be back tomorrow to share more! Be blessed!!

Nina Brackett's image for five challenges:)

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I have one card for FIVE challenges! Can you believe it??? And I used Nina Brackett's new Squigglefly images! LOOOOVE them! I just love everything Nina does--she is super creative!

This card was created for Squigglefly [Get Well], Card Patterns [sketch], Stampin' Sisters in Christ [distressing], Lucy's Cards [digital], and Tim Holtz [How do you distress?] challenges. I love this card--I used Nina's new Squigglefly images-Stitched with Love. I just printed off the sentiment. I used Cosmo Cricket papers and a digital paper by Mel Stampz. I distressed all the edges and the digital paper (to make it look worn). I really like how this turned out. The pins in the corners were too long...so I used pliers to cut them, and I really like that because now they are not sharp! 

**NOTE:: I know--the sentiment and sewing machine are off center....well, I was going to tie a bow on the side...but it was too big-so I didn't know what to do....I still love this card:}

Thanks so much for stopping by! Love when I get to share some Nina goodness with you:} Be sure to stop by tomorrow for another BEAUTIFUL Play Date Cafe challenge! The colors are goregous--and I am the Challenge Host, so I will be sharing with you a video and pics:}


Thanks again for stopping by! Be blessed:}

Card Patterns challenge using Nina Brackett Squigglefly images

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I'm super excited about this card that I made today! I LOOOOOOOOOOOVE Nina Brackett--her style, her images, everything about her! I used her new Squigglefly images on this card today. It is for the Card Patterns #64 challenge. Super fun! I stitched each button with burlap [available at Limelight for cheap cheap cheap!]. I also paper pieced the pin cushion. I love how this card turned out! LOVE it:}

**NOTE:: Not sure if you can see it--but the top of the ruler has a gold line like the real metal/wood rulers! LOVE it:)

That's it for today--I'm going to be playing with Nina's images later tonight...I have another card/design that I would like to use them on! Love these images! I will be back tomorrow to share a fun Play Date Cafe challenge card! 


Thanks so much for stopping by! Love when we visit! Now go check out Nina's images:} Be blessed!

Limelight and Card Patterns challenge {post 3}

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**If you are looking for the EIC or Growing with Unity posts...scroll down! But be sure to leave some love on all posts for this week (you could WIN!).

This week's Card Pattern sketch [#61] is sponsored by LIMELIGHT! Hoooray! This sketch is super AWESOME and easy to work with! Limelight is offering up a fantastic prize to one lucky winner of this sketch--a package of Basic Grey 12x12 Designer Cardstock in Optimistic and a Basic Grey Pretty Bird Stamp set! WOW--I wish I could win! 

Like I said earlier--this sketch was so much fun! I knew exactly what stamps and design I wanted to use!! I used my new Webster's Pages and Unity April store kit [Super Sweet and Stuck on You] both of which I got from Limelight! I love the thread that I actually used on the stamp--I sat there for 45 minutes gluing those threads down to the spool image! Loved every bit of it! I love the colors of the papers....and this stamp set...super fun! This has got to be one of my TOP 5 cards! LOVE LOVE LOVE it! 

Be sure to head on over to the Card Pattern blog for more deets on this challenge! Thanks to Card Pattern and Limelight for allowing me to play along:} I had a blast!


I can't wait to see what you make this week! Good luck!! 


Thanks for stopping by--love our visits! Be blessed:}
Until next time~
Love, Sav

FWF and lots of PSs

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Happy Friday--and happy Friends with Flair day!! I love UNITY! Super company with cute cute cute stamps! 


The first card I would like to share with you today is for the Color Challenge with a twist. We were to use tangerine tango, pomegranate, and caramel...I do not have any of those colors...so I had to use what I had on-hand! The twist is to use ruched ribbon. I think this card turned out super cute! I used Unity's Jan. KOTM owl stamps. The ruched ribbon was easier than I thought it would be. I found a tutorial HERE. 

My second card is CAS!! Love it--I entered it in the Embellishment Mag. challenge. I was inspired to make this card because the little girl that I tutor, Olivia, keeps telling me that her birthday is April 25. A little story:: when growing up, my dad would joke about our birthdays. He would say something like, "This year April 3 (my brother's bday) doesn't exist. We are going from April 2nd to the 4th." We knew he was kidding...and it was fun to hear him say that. So every year I would teach, I would tell the kids the only birthday we celebrated was mine....after a short pause, I would tell them that we would celebrate their bdays. Then as the kids' bdays would come closer...they would constantly tell me, "My birthday is tomorrow!" "My birthday is in five days!". I would look at them and say, "We are skipping that day." HA! Love joking with kids. Ok--now back to Olivia. For the past two weeks she has reminded me of her bday, but the other day, she said, "Don't forget!". I knew I had to use that finger stamp from UNITY with a thread around it! DON'T FORGET! I hope she likes this as much as I do--and I got her lots of paper and stamps and embellishments! She likes to craft as well:}

It's kind of hard to see--but the finger is pointing to April 25 (all split stamps from Our Stories set). The "remember" is from Unity's Remember Happiness set.

This card was created for the FWF challenge. I was inspired by all the colors on this inspiration card made by Joslyn. I used Unity's Confession calendar stamp, along with March's KOTM sentiment (happy) and Our Stories (birthday). The zigzag stamp is from Unity's Favorite Things kit. The polka dot stamp is from Ippity's Love in Return set. LOVE this card-and it's mini! Love it!

The last card is for the CardPatterns sketch #58. I love the circles on the bottom...and I thought  together it looked like the candy dispenser from Unity's March KOTM. The sentiments are also from the same kit. I love how this card turned out--I wanted to put a ribbon on there...but thought it might clutter it...I love it! I know exactly what friend I'm going to give this to!! 

I just wanted to share a couple of things that I will be giving my friend, Court, at her shower tomorrow. We are playing a game called "Guess the Baby". They have decided to not find out the sex of the baby. Now combine that with a challenge my family plays when someone is pregnant and you get "Guess the Baby". This family challenge is to write down a date, time of day, the sex, inches, weight, natural or C-section....any information about the birth of a child. The one who is closest to each category wins. The person with the most categories right wins overall! This is super fun--love guessing games. The hardest part is to wait- for Court's baby, we have to wait until mid-June. All the guesses will be on those pages in the spiral--I made library card tags. You can find them HERE by Pine Is Here. **NOTE:: I changed the library card info to fit the shower. Super easy!! On the front of the card, I used Unity's Love Ewe sheep. Super cute!! 

I also made this prayer journal/book. I was reading a book by Stormie Omartian called, The Power of a Praying Wife. She has written more books like this--and one was for praying parents. I typed up 31 powerful prayers for Court and Jarred to pray over their children. You can do one a day or one a week...whatever. Love all these prayers! So powerful:} If you would like a copy of these prayers--just email me, and I will send you a copy! I wanted a simple cover for the journal/book. I printed the sentiment on my computer. **NOTE:: I know--it is crooked-- and I know why. The back of the yellow has lots of glitter from a project that I messed up. Me--not wanting to waste anything....used it through the printer. EH--def. not doing that again! I also used Unity's elephant stamp from Could I Be Any Cuter set! Super cute elephant! 

Well...that is it for my FWF! Please finish reading my post...and then head on over to UNITY for more FWF goodness--lots of creative projects today!! Love it!! Oh--and don't forget to leave some love--you could win 25 free stamps from UNITY! Hope it is my lucky day!! 


Thanks for making it this far--love when I get to visit with you! This week has been rough...so I am glad that I get to hang with you today:} Thanks for everything!! 
Until next time~
Love, Sav


ps...Don't forget about the Play Date Cafe challenge going on right now!! 


ps2...Come back tomorrow for another EtsyInspired challenge!!


ps3...Limelight has some AWESOME deals going on!! Check them out!!


ps4...I just wanted to make another number...hope you have a great day:) LOVE when we visit!