Hello Ruby Rock-It!

I'm so excited to announce that I have been asked to join the 2011 Ruby Rock-It Design Team! Congrats to all of these creative gals!



Sandy Ang - Singapore

Sarah Hill - Indiana

Amanda Jones - UK

Rebecca Keppel - Arizona

Gina Lideros - California

Becky Olsen - Utah

Benedicte Raphalen - France

Debbie Sherman - Wyoming

JJ Sobey - Canada

Carrie Walz - Illinois

Jodi Wilton - Canada

Erin Yamabe - California

Keely Yowler - Kentucky

Happy Halloween!!!

Bwwwaaaaa! Happy Halloween! I'm happy to share some of my latest Halloween projects. I created this Halloween treats basket by painting an unfinished wooden basket from Michael's and creating several flags with My Little Shoebox "Trick or Treat" collection. I adhered a piece of clear plastic (from a scrapbook package) inside the basket to prevent the goodies from escaping, then filled with mini M&M's. So yummy!

OOOHH, AAHHH! I do love the Happy Harvest collection from Imaginisce. I created this layout about my boys love of pumpkin carving.

I created these 2 spooky cards with the My Little Shoebox "Trick or Treat" collection and Cottage Cutz diecuts. Popdots, doodle pens, and Stickles add a finishing touch.

Happy Halloween from my family to yours :)

PCP Susanna's Birthday Challenge

Today, October 22nd, we are celebrating our fabulous Paper Craft Planet Leader, Susanna's Boyd's, birthday with a week-long challenge event that every member on the Planet can participate in!

The Super Novas got together and each made a special birthday gift for Susanna's birthday. In honor of this momentous occasion, we invite everyone to post a birthday project or card for a chance to win some fabulous prizes! Yes, there are several chances to win some awesome paper crafting goodies just by posting a birthday themed project!

I created my card with a digi stamp by Bugaboo stamps and colored with Copic markers. This sassy card is just perfect for the fabulous, Susanna.

Further details can be found by clicking on The Planet Blog. Check out where the party is and join us for a week of celebrations!

Happy Birthday, Susanna!!!

Hip Hopping with My Little Shoebox and Unity Stamp Company

Welcome to the My Little Shoebox/Unity Stamp Company Blog Hop! I loved creating this layout with products from these 2 wonderful companies. This MLS collection is "Audrey" and the Unity Stamps are designed to perfectly coordinate with this collection. SO perfect! You can purchase this stamp set HERE.

This collection is just so beautiful and girly...one of my favs! This Uber-fantastic blog hop with take place on Thursday, Oct 20 and Thursday, Oct 27. Be sure to check back on the Unity Stamp Company blog to see the list of hoppers for next week. Today's talented ladies are listed below...

Beckie Dreyer - http://beckiedreyer.blogspot.com/

Eva Dobilas – http://evafromca.blogspot.com/

Becky Williams - http://onescrappinmama.blogspot.com/

Jen Erickson – http://shut-up-its-true.blogspot.com/

Erin Yamabe - http://erinyamabe.com/

Karen Maldonado – http://reallifeinpictures.blogspot.com/

Ilene Tell - http://whatabunchofscrap.blogspot.com/

Lisa Henke – http://www.mylittlecreativeescape.blogspot.com/

Keely Yowler - http://www.keelyy.blogspot.com/

Maria Gurnsey – http://scrapsbym.blogspot.com/

Kristine Berc - http://stashofprettypaper.blogspot.com/

Robyn Weatherspoon –http://herebygrace.typepad.com/here_by_grace/

Linda Kretz - http://cloud9ideas.blogspot.com/

Wendy Chang– http://www.justwen.blogspot.com/

Mandy Starner - http://www.heyheymandykay.com/

Jolande van Oosterhout- http://www.justjolande.blogspot.com/

Melinda Spinks - http://www.thescrapfarm.blogspot.com/

Jessica Diedrich – http://thewhimsicalbutterfly.blogspot.com/

My Little Shoebox Blog - http://www.mylittleshoebox.typepad.com/

The next stop on the hop is the fabulous, Maria Gurnsey. Have a wonderful day!

Imaginisce Shaped Cards

Hello, friends! Join us on the Imaginisce blog to see a collection of shaped cards by the design team. There are so many fabulous ideas for Fall and Winter. I created this card with patterned paper from the Imaginisce collection, "Geek is Chic", diecuts from "Santa's Little Helper", and silver I-rocks.

Be sure to check out this month's Imaginisce Guest Designer, Susanne Sergi. Her projects are amazing! There is a fabulous giveaway HERE. Good Luck!

Baby, You're a Firework

I created this fun layout for this week's sketch challenge at Creative Scrappers (one of my fav sites for inspiration). This collection by Ruby Rock-It was just perfect for this layout about my fun loving step-daughter, Jennah.

I created the kooky owl with one of my fav Cricut cartridges, "Hoot 'N Holler". Isn't he the cutest?

The alpha letters are Jenni Bowlin (large) and Cosmo Cricket (small). I love the jeweled swirl is by Imaginisce.

You have until Oct 31 to enter for this month's giveaway at Creative Scrappers. Have a great week :)

Outlines "Halloween/Fall2" Challenge

Join me at Outlines Rubber Stamp Co. blog this week for the "Halloween/Fall2" Challenge. Their beautiful rubber stamps are so versatile. I used the Spotted Blossom stamp to create my Fall card. Yes! That is one big beautiful stamp! The stamp is colored with Copic markers. I used patterned paper by Cosmo Cricket and Echo Park. Stickers are also by Echo Park. I just love mixing lots of fun patterned papers.

What Fall projects are you creating?

Swim for Katie Blog Hop & Fundraiser

From October 10-12, some of the best stampers are joining together to support and encourage our friend and fellow stamper, Katie Renz, who is currently battling inoperable gastric cancer. If you're not familiar with her, Katie’s cancer story started just before Christmas last year. This young, beautiful, healthy, vibrant mother of 3 with her infectious smile was suddenly diagnosed with an inoperable cancer, virtually overnight. A few tummy aches and then stage 4 gastric cancer. Her first post about it is here. The idea of “Swimming for Katie” came from her recent post here.

This exclusive stamp used in my sample, designed by Becky Oehlers, is available as a clear stamp, as well as a digis or a digi and SVG cut file. 100% of the profits go to Katie's fund to help her and her young family. Her husband Kevin and her three young children need our help and support. In addition to the Keep Swimming Octopus, Marianne Walker and True =D Doodle Designs both also donated digis that are for sale. Direct donations are also being accepted. Information central is HERE. This is a permanent page that will stay active at i {heart} papers with current information and the full 3 day blog hop listing, as well as the donation button. Here are all the items available for sale.



I hope you will join me in supporting Katie through a purchase or donation. The following is a list of everyone who has projects posted today. I hope you will be inspired by them and moved to purchase or donate. If you would like to send Katie a card, her mailing address is:

Katie Renz
PO Box 5913
Bellingham, WA 98227-5913

Thank you!

Ashley Harris


Clare Buswell


Jessica Diedrich


Lisa Somerville


Charlene Merrick


Eva Dobilas


Judy Rozema


Sharon Doolittle


Tifany DeGough


Windy Robinson


Ashley Cannon Newell


Connie McCotter


Heidi Van Laar


Karen Maldonado


Lori Craig


Melissa Phillips


Tosha Leyendekker


Amy Kolling


Angela Thomas


Angelica Suarez


Angie Blom


Betty Wright


Bev Gerard


Brenda Weaver


Carolyn King


Chari Moss


Charlene Driggs


Claire Brennan


Corinna McGregor


Craft Critique


Karen Hunsaker (Rubbernecker Stamps Designer)


Keely Yowler (You are here)


Kelly Schirmer


Keri Lee Sereika


Kim Hughes


Kimber McGray


Kittie Caracciolo


Kristin Eberline


Wendy Price

I created my card with the digi octopus designed by Becky Oehlers and colored with Copic markers. I also used beautiful patterned papers by Prima, ink by Colorbox, sentiment stickers by Echo Park, flower and button by Jeni Bowlin, border punch from Martha Stewart and lace/ribbon/fiber from my own stash.

PLEASE consider a donation for this VERY worthy cause! And if you can't donate at this time, remember prayers are free and Katie can use all the prayers we can offer! Thank you!

Imaginisce October Sketch Challenge

Come join us at the Imaginisce blog for this month's sketch challenge.

Simply create a layout or card using our sketch created by design team member Melinda Spinks and using at least 75% of Imaginisce products. Upload your sketch to the Imaginisce blog before October 25 and you will be in the running to win two full current collections of your choice!

I created my layout with our latest collection, "Bon Voyage". I love this cool vintage collection.

Imaginisce will be searching for a new group of designers to join the design team. The search begins next month, so start creating those Imaginisce projects.