Safari T-Shirt 6 pack!

Here's a fun one! A 6 pack of 3x3" cards, safari style! I used every one of Melanie Muenchinger's stamp sets, except her 2 Tin sets and had a blast every step of the way! I had such fun inter-mingling the sets, seeing all the wonderful possibilities...and let me say, they are virtually endless! I created a box the houses this 6 pack, which I'll post tomorrow with the template on how it's made. Thanks for visiting!

Hop Around The Clock

I decided to post my hoppy clock since I made it for my sweet, angelic nephew, Anthony--he's 6 years old and such a big boy so he needs his own clock for his bedroom. I entered this into Melanie Muenchinger's Just So Hoppy contest...can you believe that someone else made a clock using the frog too?! Yes, we may have been separated a birth, but Terri definitely got more creative with hers! Check it out at her blog, it's absolutely fabulous! There were so many amazing entries, I am in awe of the extraordinary talent you all possess! I was overjoyed when Melanie announced my awesome pal DONNA the first place winner of the Hoppy contest! She created a chronicle of Hoppy cards, every single one of them being tremendous! I love that girl! She's so modest about her talent, yet she is always complimenting others on their work and she's super generous as well! She is most deserving of this honor and I just want to say how proud and happy I am to know Donna--she's the BOMB!

Deets on my clock:

• 10 x 10" wood clock from Oriental Trading Co.
• background is paper adhered to the base with a strong spray adhesive "Duro" is the brand
• 1 piece of 8 1/2x11" green foam; I cut out lilypads after looking online for some images of real ones--before that and the flowers, it totally looked like a bird eye's view of a golf course green!
• layered silk flowers and placed on edges of lilypads and 1 big one floating in the *water*
• placed Gina K. clear rain dots sporadically on the lilypads (added glitter too, but I wouldn't do it again--it took away from the realistic look of dew drops being on them.)
• Stamped my frogs and 1 of them was stamped onto acetate, then transferred to white cardstock to reverse him. It didn't come out clear, so I carefully traced frog's lines with a black Sakura gelly roll pen and that helped a lot! colored and adhered to base with dimensionals.
• Stamped umbrella, water puddle and butterfly, 3 accessories that come with Melanie's Hoppy set, and went over them with silver Sakura gelly roll pen, placing them accordingly
• Numbers are rub-ons as are the 3 black flowers near the bottom left lilypad (I had to cover up a mistake there, hehe!)

I also want to give shout-outs to some of the other honorable hoppy mentions, which were all outstanding! Check out Lee-Jessie-Carolina-just a few of the ladies who made such memorable creations and inspire me everyday! You all ROCK! Thanks for visiting!

Superstar!

It's Tuesday and that means it's American Idol night, yay!--actually, I haven't watched it since the tryouts, but work with me--Bunnies have dreams too and this girl can belt out a tune! She has even impressed Simon and we all know that doesn't come easy! Maybe this is the year for a bunny to win the coveted title!

If you visit my blog or love Gina K. Designs as much as I do, you already know that this adorable bunny is by artist Melanie Muenchinger. She is a major source of inspiration and a tremendous talent and her blog recently became a top 100 best blog, so it's not just me--this lady ROCKS! She having a super duper blog candy giveaway this week, visit her BLOG for the deets!

I used this super cool black and silver glittery paper from the RAK package Donna sent me. I cut stars out of yet more glitter paper and created my "stage" from my coluzzle oval template and the stage floor from my Flourishes Cake 101 Decorating set (normally used for the cake plate, ha!) The microphone was supposed to turn out way cuter than this, but I guess you can sort of tell what it's meant to be.

Well, thanks for indulging me! This was fun! ~Hugs and Happy Stamping~

Uptown Girl

Hey ladies-- I want to thank you all for your comments on my last post--you are so amazing and I am blessed beyond measure to know you!!!

This is my card for the color challenge this week over at SCS. It was lots of fun making this card! My bunny (from Just So Hoppy) is just so chic with her fancy purse and hair flower! She's off to meet Paris for lunch, then hop into her limo and off for a busy day of shopping...couture only, of course! LOL! I cuttlbugged the white card base with "stylized flowers" embossing folder, then made a multi-layered frame to pose bunny on. The black grosgrain ribbon was knotted and I stapled a scrap of sheer white dotted ribbon to the side for some added interest. The bit of color I used are the 3 circles punched in river rock cardstock (by SU!) to back up the white glitter dots (from Gina K), the rest is black and white. Thanks so much for visiting today, my fabulous blogging sisters! ~hugs and happy stamping~

Potted Spring Sweets

Happy Sunday, friends! I finished this project in the wee hours of the morning...I just couldn't stop till they were done...psycho!

These are 3" terra cotta pots (.69 cents each at JoAnn's) painted with FolkArt acrylic paints in lilac, pink blossom, light foliage green and jamaican sea. After letting them dry, I glazed each one with Glossies high gloss acrylic enamel. The wonderful baskets full of eggs are Gina K.'s *Baskets of Happiness* set and the adorable bunny and chick are Melanie Muenchinger's *Just So Hoppy* set. Both of these sets are perfect for Spring, the upcoming holidays and year round fun! You can get a closer look at them at Gina K. Designs. I colored all my images with a variety of inks and blender pen, glitter pens, colored pencils finished with baby oil and stickles for sparkle. I glued different ribbons to around the rim of the pots and even stamped around the green one using the little flower from Melanie's other set *Just So Hippy*. I added a dot of aqua stickles to the center of each flower and let it dry overnight (it didn't smear after that). I then painted kabob sticks the same for colors as the pots and attached them to the framed images using tape. Finally, I filled each pot with crimped paper shreds and candy.

Thank you for visiting! Hugs and Happy Stamping!

***Bulletin*** Visit again on Monday morning to see my Big Announcement!!

Hoppy Snack Pack

Hello, sorry for the lack of posts, I've been in a bit of a creative rut. Everything I've made this week seems to be missing the *wow* factor, which I feel you deserve no less than. I made this hanging treat holder using the SCS tutorial by Christina Fischer, who is absolutely amazing and so very talented...you should visit her blog, if you don't already. I used Melanie's kangaroo and balloon from her new Just So Hoppy set and Stampin' Up! designer series paper Ginger Blossom. I thought this would be cute for a gymnastic meet snack gift (cuz of the hoppy kangaroo, get it?) only I don't know any gymnasts...I guess I'll have to channel that 12 year old gymnast on the *Flyaways* in myself and gobble these treats down, hehe! Thanks so much for visiting--I hope to have a burst of awesome inspiration this weekend and share more stuff! Have a great one, my friends!

Oh, Hoppy Day!

Now I'm just showing off a bit--in the mailbox today I recieved my wonderful Just So Hoppy stamp set and this most beautiful card handmade by Melanie Muenchinger herself! OMGosh, how very exciting! If you were at Gina K.'s last release party over at her SCS forum, you maybe saw this card, which Melanie showed us as a sneak peek for her newest set, Just So Hoppy. Well, I honestly can't believe it's now in my home! I am so thankful and honored that I would recieve such a amazing gift from Melanie...she is one of my artistic heroes and a great mentor (whether she wants it or not, haha!) I'll give you 3 guesses what stamp set my next card is going to have on it...but you'll only need 1!

PS- Want free stamps from Melanie too? She is having another contest for her newest debut set, Just So Hoppy! Hop on over to her bodacious BLOG and check out the deets!