Ruby Rock-It and The Twinery

Doesn't that sound like a band or something?  ;)

Well how are you?  Sorry I've disappeared.  Just been busy with life, and summer activities.

So if you are a regular visitor or a newbie...you've come on a very special day.  Today is day two of the Ruby Rock-It and The Twinery blog hop.  If you've just stopped in, I encourage you to begin today's hop here.  If you've come from Jessica's blog, then you are in the right place.

So..hello and welcome to the Ruby Rock-it & The Twinery blog hop!  We are so excited to be partnering with this amazing company this month!  

Blog Hop Dates July 8th & 9th

Prize from The Twinery:  Solid Baker's Twine Sampler 

Prize from Ruby Rock-it: Carnival King kit

To be eligible for prizes, folks need to visit each blog on the hop and leave a comment.  Deadline for commenting to be eligible for prizes 11:59 EST, Friday July 12th.
Winners will be announced on The Twinery & Ruby Rock-It blogs Monday, July 15th

So today I am just sharing a quick card I made.  I don't know about you, but the cards I love receiving the most are the ones that are totally out of the blue...non-birthday, non-anniversary, non-get well, just because cards.  :)  Maybe you have someone that would appreciate a card for no reason.  Maybe even make an unexpected card for your husband, like this one:

For this card, I used bits and pieces from Ruby Rock-It's Cook collection, Embossed Cardstock (Mother Nature) from Ruby Rock-It,  a flower brad and a couple pearls from Ruby Rock-It, and then the Gunmetal Shimmer twine from The Twinery.
 

Ok, your next stop on the hop is Stacy!!!
Don't forget to leave your comments along the way.  :)


And to my regular readers:
I'll try to get a new sketch up soon, but in the meantime, I do have a new sketch posted for Ruby Rock-It:

You can participate here.

And, I have a new sketch for Fancy Pants coming soon too.  ;)

I'll also announce a winner soon for the last sketch.


Well thanks so much for stopping in!
Have a wonderful day!!

SSD + The Twinery Blog Hop!

Hello everyone!  Welcome to the first day of the fabulous blog hop with Skipping Stones Design and The Twinery!  If you came from Teri, than you are in the right spot.  If not, why don't you join in the fun and start at The Twinery's blog.  You can win some twine and some stamps today by leaving comments along the way!  So, why not join in the fun!  :)    The deadline for leaving comments is 11:59pm EDT, Friday May 25th.  Winner will be announced on The Twinery Blog
Sunday, May 27th.

So today I am sharing a fun card that I made using the new Grapeful stamp set from Skipping Stones Design.  

I also used a bit of the Pumpkin Seed Sentiments stamp set.  The papers and stickers are from the  What's Up? collection from BasicGrey.   And of course, the twine is from The Twinery.

I attempted to create a grapefruit for my background, complete with sugar (aka glitter).  Not entirely sure how well that turned out.

And then I made sure to stamp my fruit image in a pinkish/salmon color to look like a grapefruit piece, rather than a lemon or lime (which many people are using the image for).

It was one of those cards where I just kept trying new things and ended up with a bunch of layers.  What do you think?

The card is based on sketch #129 at Skipping Stones Design.  To play along, just upload your card here.  You do not even have to use SSD stamps.  :)  I do hope you play along with us.

And don't miss out on the awesome PMS sale going on now...all details can be found here.

Well thanks so much for stopping by today!  Your next stop on the blog hop is Dorangela.

Have a fantastic day!!!

In 5 Minutes...

You can heat soup or make a sandwich.
You can change a load of laundry (most days).
You can read a book to a 3 year old.
You can play with your dog.
You can do a quick browse on facebook.

You can make a mini card:

Life is so busy!  For us all.  And 5 minutes is sometimes all you have, so easy and simple projects can be a lifesaver.

My mini card is done for sketch 128 over at Skipping Stones Design.  I used the beautiful Uplifting stamp set.

This card also uses papers from The ScrapCake, from their My Private Happiness collection, and twine from The Twinery.     

I really enjoy making mini cards.  for one, I LOVE large images for cards, so smaller cards make the images more front and center.  And they are so easy to add to gifts.  

Here's the sketch:

The sketch was created by the fabulous Heidi Van Laar.  I hope you take the challenge and play along with us!  *You do NOT have to have Skipping Stones Design stamps to play along!*  Play along here. 

And you don't want to miss out on what the rest of the team did with this sketch, check those out here:

* Jennifer Ingle

* JoAnn Valderama

* Karen Baker

* Katie Gehring

* Lindsay Amrhein

* Stephanie Mino

* Wendy Jordan

* Wendy Price

And our guests for the month, along with Dina:

* Jen Rzasa

* Taylor Usry

So, like I said, I hope you play along with us!  :)

THANKS FOR STOPPING BY EVERYONE!!!! 

Have a fantastic day!!!

Texture Texture Texture

I love texture!

Today I am sharing a layout that has a whole bunch of it.

The papers are all from the wonderful My Private Happiness collection from The ScrapCake.

This layout is actually full of "mistakes".  I had cut that white background with my Cameo the other day, and it was supposed to be a full 12 x 12 background.  But then I ripped it.  So I cut it down and used it on this one.  There was some stuff on the back of it...like markings and slight tears, but it was on the back, so it didn't matter.  So I sprayed it with my Helmar v2 Adhesive spray to adhere it to my layout.  Then I discovered I sprayed the up side!  So I poured some glitter over the top.  See what I mean?  Then I messed up my journaling and had to cut that part off and add a new strip of white behind it.  I tell you....it was just one error after another.

But I am very happy with how it turned out.  Funny how that happens.  :)

Those awesome fancy white leaves are from Prima and the twine is from The Twinery.

Here are some close up's:

Funny thing is...I showed Eryn this layout and she didn't think anything of her facial expressions or anything, she just said "look, I'm a princess!"  LOL...when she gets older she may not like this layout as much.  :)

Well thanks so much for stopping by!  Don't forget about my giveaway here.  I will draw a winner for it tomorrow.  

Have a wonderful day!!!