WOYWW #256 - leftover bits and starting bits

Good Wednesday to you!  If it's Wednesday it must be "What's on your workdesk? Wednesday".  Julie is going to celebrate her 5th anniversary of  W0YWW in just a few weeks.  To check out all the Wednesday fun, see Julie's blog HERE.

So what do we spy on my desk today?

Starting from top left:
1) Bits of images that I have been working on that didn't make the cut for PPRS Monday Inspiration Posts.
2) PPRS stamps I used to create a card on Monday.  It turned out so pretty!  I sent it for publication so I am keeping fingers crossed!  :)
3) Laser level!!!  My new aligning tool!  I picked this fun little tip up from Lydia at Understandblue.
4) 50% off wood pieces from Hobby Lobby,  purchased just as I received an urgent phone call to come pick up daughter from ballet due to a tornado sighted!!!
5) Portions of my acrylic blocks
6) PPRS dies used on projects this week.
7) A teasing peek at the stamp I am going to use in a few minutes to create a card for Saturday's Speedy challenge.
8) My daughter's school pics, placed on the stamp desk last night because it was the only place I could think of that would be safe from getting bent.

That's a look at my workdesk early this Wednesday morning!  I hope you have a wonderful and productive day.  I can't wait to see what's on everyone's desk this morning!!!

PPRS Monday Inspiration

Howdy Partner!  It's Monday and you know what that means...Prickley Pear Rubber Stamps Monday Inspiration!  For today's card I used:  HH0160 Bobby Bronco and DD0214 Howdy Partner Stacked.

I thought it would be fun to give this little cowboy a real lasso to hold.  I paper pieced his gloves, cutting a slit in the hand so he could hold the upper part of the lasso then wound the remaining rope,  placing it under his other paper pieced hand so that he could "hold" the coil of rope.

That's it for me friends!  I hope you  will stop by PPRS blog for more Monday Inspiration from the talented Design Team!

My List:

Stamps: PPRS HH0160 Bobby Bronco and DD0214 Howdy Partner Stacked.

Accessories: corner punch, Marvy label punch, twine.

Speedy Fox & Friends 209 - Rain

Hello Friends!  I hope you are enjoying a lovely Saturday.  This week's Speedy Challenge is RAIN.  I love the rain.  I think I live in the wrong state, actually.  We have too many sunshiny days for my liking.  I just love a gray day with lots of rain.  I am not a thunderstorm lover, and please let the sun shine if I am out camping but otherwise, bring on the rain!  Sadly there isn't any rain in the next few days so paper rain has to be good enough!

I used this weeks SCS sketch challenge SC485 for the card design.  The stamp set is one of my favorite MFP sets, Rain Clouds... huh, imagine that!

On the inside I finished off the thought "Rainy Day?" with "Let me be your UMBRELLA".

I hope you will pop on by Speedy Fox & Friends blog and enter your project for a chance to win a prize.  While you are there you can check out all the fab creations from the Design Team!

TFL

I am entering this card in the following challenge:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - CAS.

My List:

Stamps: Mark's Finest Papers & Stamps a HC - Rain Clouds.

Paper: DCWV Sky's the Limit, MFP a HC 140lb Premium White paper.

Die-namics Fishtail Flag

WOYWW #255 - gift from South Africa!

I am participating in Julie's "What's on your workdesk Wednesday" with a shot of a gift from my friend Petra in South Africa!  Stop by Julie's blog to join in WOYWW fun! 

So let's check out what's on my desk today.

I met Petra Swart at Splitcoaststampers.com when we visited one another's gallery and before we knew it we were emailing regularly.  Petra asked me if I could send her something that she couldn't get in South Africa and I was happy to do it, in return she sent me this incredible goodie box.  Check out the cool corrugated box decorated with beautiful layered flags.  (I love banners and tags!)  I have opened the tape and  already used some plus there is something missing in this photo and that's the chocolate bar that we couldn't wait to eat!  :)  The Cappuccino is quite yummy too!

I think it's so fun to see the postage from another country so I included that in this photo as well as the fun stamping Petra added to the packaging!

Peeping just at the right hand corner is a sneaky little peek at the card I just finished for PPRS and will show up on my blog next Monday!

I was absolutely THRILLED to receive one of Petra's gorgeous cards.  I love her clean layers and look, more fabulous flags and tags!!!!  

Please head over to Petra's Blog to see more of her gorgeous creations!  

Thanks For Looking!

PPRS Monday Inspiration

Good Monday to you!  I hope you enjoyed a restful weekend.  Check out the end of this post to see who won the PPRS blog hop prizes!!!

For Prickley Pear Rubber Stamps Monday Inspiration I chose this fun trike image from our new Spring/Summer 2014 collection and paired it up with flowers and sentiment from the new clear set "Mini Vases".

 HH0161 Victorian Trike , CLR047 Mini Vases.

I usually don't have a fully formed plan when I begin creating but I knew I wanted to add the flowers for the basket.  I stamped the flowers on the basket and then onto CS and cut them out.  Yay, for my brand new mini scissors or I might not have been able to cut out those tiny blooms!  It was after the basket blooms were stamped and cut that I decided the wheels must also get some fancy treatment.  

The sentiment was not the one I had planned to use but then I realized it would be perfect with the cheery yellow of this card.  To make my tab panel for the sentiment I used a ticket punch on the corners!

I hope you will stop by PPRS blog for more Monday Inspiration from the talented Design Team!

Blog Hop Day 1 Winner from Heidi's Blog:

KT Fit Kitty said...

This is gorgeous - love your colour choice. That hummingbird is precious - the daisies are very pretty too!

April 16, 2014 at 7:26 PM

Blog Hop Day 2 Winner from Michelle's Blog:

Sharla's Web said...

Very nicely done! Very comforting and warm, the way it should be!

April 16, 2014 at 3:41 PM

Blog Hop Day 3 Winner from Angela's Blog:

Jean BullockApril 17, 2014 at 12:10 PM .

Great color scheme. Love the die cuts and the glossy accents really added that special touch.

Congrats ladies!  I know you will have a blast with your new PPRS products!

Happy Easter

Just a quick post to wish everyone a Happy Easter.  

I let Easter sneak up on me this year and didn't make a single card.  I wanted to give my family a little something on Good Friday but these bookmarks just didn't come together for me in time, so I am giving them today.  I made a fourth one but sadly it met with a gesso accident and ended up in the trash.

Friday night we sat around the table and talked about what Good Friday meant to each of us.  We read the scriptures but stopped our reading when they placed Jesus in the tomb.  

Today we get to read the REST of the Story!

Happy Easter!

I am entering my tags at Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes

Speedy Fox & Friends #208 - Kraft

Yay for Saturday!  I am so glad you stopped by today!  This week at  Speedy Fox & Friends  we are using Kraft on our cards.  I know it's Easter weekend and I should have something Springy and Easter to share but a Christmas Card is what popped out of my creative workshop this week!  Yes, if you didn't know it by now, I am just a tiny bit odd or we could blame it on all the SNOW pics posted on FB  this week from friends and family that reside in the North!  Whatever the reason when I looked at this sweet kitty from the"Fabulous Pet" set (NOT a Christmas set at all) and thought of KRAFT this is what came to mind!

I used three stamp sets to create my card for this week's KRAFT challenge:  Mark's Finest Papers & Stamps a HC - Fabulous Pets, Winter Scenes, and You are an Angel.  

Pop on by Speedy Fox & Friends blog and enter your project for a chance to win a prize.  While you are there you can check out all the fab creations from the Design Team!

:)  TFL and I hope you have a Happy Easter!!!

Prickley Pear Rubber Stamps Blog Hop Day 3!

It has finally come....the moment we can reveal the Prickley Pear Spring/Summer 2014 collection!  We are celebrating with a 3 day blog hop event!  Join us each day as our new Design Team showcases the new product!  As always, leave comments on each and every blog post along the way since there will be one winner selected for each day's comments!  We will select our winners on April 20 and they will be announced on April 21 in our Monday inspiration post!

If you have arrived from Heidi's blog you are right on track, if not, you can find the beginning of the hop HERE.

I created this card with our great new clear set: CLR047 Mini Vases Clear Set.  I used PPRS-D042 Scallop Oval Nesting Die and PPRS-D027 Scalloped Oval Die to frame the vase.  I added the finishing touches to the card with a little flower/button embellishment using: PPRS-D012 Flowers Die Set, peach colored button and twine.

I used a coat of Glossy Accents for the paper dots, vase and flower centers.  

Your next stop is Tracy's blog.

Thanks for stopping by today!  Don't forget to leave a comment so that you will be entered for a chance to win a great PPRS prize pkg!  

TFL!

My List:

Stamps: Prickley Pear Rubber Stamps -  CLR047 Mini Vases Clear Set

Papers: Lawn Fawn

Accessories: PPRS-D042 Scallop Oval Nesting Die, and PPRS-D027 Scalloped Oval Die,  PPRS-D012 Flowers Die Set,  button, twine, 5/16th punch