Dance in the Rain, The Scrapbooking Queen

Happy Wednesday Everyone!  This is Lynn from Bootsandblingtime.   Today I am the Featured Designer as a member of The Scrapbooking Queen's Royal Stamp Design Team.

Here is my card:

So how many of you have seen purple clouds?  I have!  I have!  I was driving through the state of New Mexico a few years ago and the sun was shining...skies were blue...but off to the right there was a HUGE purplish cloud in the sky.  I stopped the car to get a closer look...and noticed it was rotating in a circular motion!  Uh oh!  I got in my car and took off.....and heard a BANG...and another BANG....and then lots of BANGS as softball size hail hammered my car.  I stopped the car and got in the back seat...the hail was so big it punched holes right through the windshield and windows.  And, yes...it totaled my car.  It was the scariest thing....I mean SCARY!

The sentiment was just perfect for this card....after the storm passed and I received my check for the totaled car....I went straight to the dealer and bought a Cadillac Escalade!  I sure did "dance" when I got home in my new car!

This stamp set is called "Royal Garden".  You can check out all of The Queen's amazing stamps HERE.

Have a great day!

The Scrapbooking Queen's Royal Digi Challenge

Hello everyone!  Happy Monday!  We have an awesome digi challenge today....because ANYTHING GOES!  And.........we have an awesome sponsor who has amazing products....DRS Designs!  You can check out their store HERE.

I am showcasing two of their amazing stamps!  These cards turned out so cute!

Doggie Dilemna w/fence (254H)

Snorkle frog(716G)

These stamps come in digital, rubber or acrylic versions. Isn't that amazing?

I used all kinds of products to make these cards...punches, stickers, 3D stickers, dew drops, white gel pen, twine, buttons, and..my Bic markers! I love my Bic markers!

The dew drops, twine, and awesome foam squares came from the Queen's Royal Shoppe. The sentiments came from two acrylic sentiment stamps sets that The Queen has created. You can check out her amazing stamp line and other products in the Royal Shoppe HERE.

ROYAL GARDEN STAMP SET

THE KING'S BIRTHDAY

Have a wonderful, magical day everyone! Be sure to enter our challenge to win a prize from DRS Designs!

Catch A Wave!

My friends, JANIS and SUSAN and I decided to challenge each other again!  Such a wonderful way to craft with my friends although we all live in separate states.

So the challenge was my idea....well...sort of.  I have been bitten by the summertime bug.  During the summer, I think of lightening bugs, sunshine, green grass, hot summer breezes and watermelon.  I also think of all those people who are deciding where they are going to go on vacation this year before school starts in late August.

So....my suggestion was....Make a card using the colors of the ocean.  If you think about it...that would cover a wide variety of colors to choose from.  There is sand, green seas, blue seas, white frothy waves, seaweed, coral, and all kinds of fish and mammals...sea shells...and jellyfish.

Here is the card I created:

The background paper was the idea for the card.  It has bright, tropical colors with surf boards in bright colors inserted throughout the paper.  The waves were cut from the Creative Memories Traveler cartridge along with the surf board.  The sentiment, "Splash!" is from Mary's Fun in the Sun stamp set.

All of Mary's stamp sets are available HERE.

Why don't you challenge someone?  It is so much fun!  Have a crafty afternoon!

Cardztv Challenge No. 11, Day Three

Today is the last day of Challenge No. 11, so it is not too late to enter our challenge!  You have until midnight, Eastern Time, to enter this challenge to be eligible to win one set of Cardztv's Stamps...winner's choice!  Mary will select a winner via random.org tomorrow and announce the lucky winner!

This challenge is easy.........ANYTHING GOES!!!

Here is my card:

I used a bunch of scraps to make this card!  This card measures 4 1/4 by 4 1/4 using Recollections Cream cardstock to make the base.  The background mat is from the Lost and Found Paper Pack (180 sheets) and measures 4 1/8 by 4 1/8.  All of the edges were inked with Tim Holtz Antique Linen Distress Ink.  The floral pattern paper is also from the Lost and Found Paper Stack and was cut and hand torn, then inked around the edges.  The flower in the middle of the card and other small flowers are leftovers from various K&Company embellishments.  The lace is leftover as well and the scrap measured perfectly across the card!

The sentiment, "Hello FRIEND" is from the Good Friend stamp set.

I find myself using this stamp set over and over!  You can check out all of Mary's stamp sets HERE.

I hope you have a great day today.  I just love your sweet sunny comments!

Fun Challenges

If you are looking for Cardztv Challenge, Day Two, click HERE.


Hello everyone!  I have two awesome friends, Janis and Susan, who love to craft as much as I do.  We are always "challenging" each other....and it really makes it fun.  Today, Susan and Janis decided to challenge each other to make a card to enter in some challenges currently going on in Blogland and they invited me to join in.

To see Janis' post, look HERE.

To see Susan's post, look HERE.

Here is the card I made:

This card was fun and super easy to make.  The background paper already has the jars with bugs in the jars...so I added a blue dragonfly that is an epoxy sticker.  The sun is from the Cricut Doodlecharms cartridge and is cut at 1 1/2 inches in both shadow and base cut.  The base cut of the sun is embossed with the Cuttlebug Polka Dot embossing folder.  The sentiment, "Great Catch" is from a stamp set I purchased a few years ago.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Challenge No. 97...Anything Goes
   http://2sisterschallengeblog.blogspot.com/2012/06/challenge-97-anything-goes.html
Week No. 160, Any Die Will Do
   http://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/2012/06/week-160-any-die-will-do.html
Challenge No. 137, Something Yellow
   http://www.totallygorjuss.blogspot.com/2012/06/challenge-137-something-yellow.html


I cannot wait to see what Susan and Janis come up with!

CardzTV Challenge No. 11, Day Two

Hi Everyone!

Today is Day Two of the CardzTV's Challenge No. 11....and ANYTHING GOES!  You can make a card, altered item, mini album....anything you would like to show us.....and, Mary will give away, to one lucky winner selected via Random.org, a Cardztv Stamp Set of winner's choice!  How awesome is that!

To celebrate Independence Day, I decided to make a card for my son to thank him for his service to our country.

This card took less than an hour to make from start to finish.  How easy is that?  The sentiment, "You are my Hero!" is from Mary's stamp set called "It's All about YOU".

This set is so versatile!  You can check out all of Mary's stamp sets HERE.  If you get a chance or have not already done so...you can check out all of my Design Team Sisters cards at Mary's Blog HERE.

Have a great weekend!

Cardztv Challenge #11

Hello my bloggy, crafty...super talented friends!  It is time for another CARDZTV Challenge!  Woo Hoo!  The theme for this challenge is....wait for it....Anything Goes!  The challenge will begin today and end at midnight on Sunday.  Mary will select one winner through random.org and announce the winner on Monday.  She is giving away one set of CARDZTV Stamps!

Since the month of June is classified as the first "days" of Summer, I decided to make a card with a beach theme.  I would love to go to the beach!

 I colored the mermaid  with plain BIC markers....what?  No Copic markers?  Well....maybe one.  Just one.  Her face and body is colored with the E00 Copic marker.  The rest is BIC!  I added freckles to her cute cheeks....added Glossy Accents to her eyes so they would shine!

The anchor is a Martha Stewart punch that I found in the clearance bins at Michael's.  The chain is a recycled necklace....and the sentiment is from CARDZTV's Fun in the Sun stamp set.

This is one of my favorite sets because it is so versatile!  Perfect for summer and little notes to send to friends.  You can check out all of Mary's stamp sets HERE.

I hope you get a chance to play along with us!  You might just win one of Mary's awesome stamp sets!

Hello Friend!

Happy Tuesday everyone!  I have been W-A-Y too lazy today!  It must be the Lazy Days of Summer!

I have recently discovered 4 inch by 4 inch cards. They are perfect to jot down a quick note to send to a friend to let them know that you are thinking of them.  I made several of the cards like the one shown above. The other great thing about this size card is that it helps you to use up those "scrap" papers that you have left over from other projects.  All of the papers above including the butterfly image came from the scrap paper drawer.

Recipe

Butterfly cut at 2.75 inches from Create A Critter

Cardstock and background papers from scrap paper drawer

Sentiment "Hello Friend" from Cardztv Stamps

Dew Drops from The Scrapbooking Queen's Royal Jewels are available in 8 colors at the Royal Shoppe

Purple Stickles

Mary at Cardztv has a wide variety of stamp sets for sale.  You can review her stamp sets HERE.

Have a great day!

Just A Royal Note

I belong to a pen pal group for crafters.  We send each other cards periodically and I can't begin to tell you how much these cards have enriched my life.  I made several of the cards listed above to send to my pals.  The teacup is on the Once Upon A Princess cartridge and it was cut at 2 3/4 inches.  Background mat is from Stampin Up.

The sentiment and cute light pink dew drops are from The Scrapbooking Queen's ROYAL SHOPPE.

This stamp set is one of my favorites.  I just love the variety of unusual saying on this set.  Enjoy...and have a great day!

A Bouquet of Thoughts

How is everyone this fine day?  Don't you just love my card shown above?  I wish I had made it under better circumstances.  The is a major fire going on in New Mexico called the Little Bear Fire.  Little Bear is the name of the mountain range where the fire began.  Lightening started the fire and it spread down toward the Alto/Nogal/Ruidoso area.  Right now, it is 40% contained.  To date, more than 38000 acres have burned and approximately 275 homes.

A very dear friend of mine, Ev, unfortunately lost her home in the fire.  She lost everything.  All that is left is ashes.  In her subdivision, over 90 homes and outbuilding were lost.

The Scrapbooking Queen's sentiment from the Royal Garden set, was the perfect sentiment for this card.  I reviewed this amazing stamp set and created the card from the sentiment.  My friend is currently staying with friends in Ruidoso so I am hopeful this card will let her know how much we care.

The bouquet was cut at 3 1/4 inches using the Freshly Picked cartridge.  The green background paper was sent to me by my dear friend, Susan P.  The dew drops and the sentiment are products that are sold in the ROYAL SHOPPE.  Here is a picture of this amazing stamp set.

I urge each and every one of you to count your blessings.  This wildfire made me realize how many things I take for granted.   Have a great weekend everyone!

You Are My Hero

So how is everyone this fine hot day?  One more day and most of you will have the week end to craft!

It seems that everyone has been making masculine cards lately...hmmm...I wonder why?  Could it be that Father's Day is this Sunday?  I had already make my Father's Day card for hubby...but still have masculine/boy cards on my brain!

This adorable...funny....card ...well...I think it is hilarious!  Love that moustache!  Ole' Mr. Magoo is cut from the Cricut Lite Bump in the Night cartridge at 3 3/4 inches...and put on...what?  AN ACTION WOBBLE????  Yes!  You can find Action Wobbles at The Scrapbooking Queen's Royal Shoppe.  They are so much fun to use!

The sentiment "You are my HERO!" is from Mary at CARDZTV stamps.  This stamp set is called "All About You."

The inside of the card is blank right now.  Don't know if I am going to use this for a Father's Day card or a Birthday card.

Have a great day!

The Scrapbooking Queen's Featured Designer Post

Happy Wednesday Everyone!  I have been selected to be the Featured Designer for The Scrapbooking Queen's Royal Stamps.  I chose to make a card featuring the Royal Garden Stamp Set.

Here is my card:

I started with an 8 inch by 4 inch piece of cardstock and folded it in half to make a 4 inch by 4 inch card.  The blue background paper was cut at 3.75 by 3.75 inches and layered on top of the card base.  The super cute butterfly was cut at 2.5 inches from the Cricut Doodlecharms cartridge.  Border on the bottom of the card is paper that was leftover from the butterfly cut.  The sentiment is from the stamp set listed above.

I just love how this card came together so quickly.  This stamp set is going to be one of my favorites.  You can purchase this set and all of The Scrapbooking Queen's stamps and goodies HERE.

Hope you have a great day!

Winner of Small Giveaway

Thank you, my friends, so so much for playing along in my small giveaway...but most importantly, for helping me reach 300 followers.  I never dreamed that my love of paper crafts would lead to such awesome friendships.  I never realized how many people out in the internet world craft and love to share their projects with each other.

The winner of  the giveaway was selected through random.org....and it is:

 KKiefer440 said...

Love your card so much!!!
Hugs! Kathie in FL

Please send me your snail mail address to my email address which is bootsandbling at gmail dot com  and I will get your 8 x 8 scrapbook kit to you!

Cardztv Challenge #10 DAY 2

It is time for another Cardztv Challenge!  This challenge will run June 8, 9, and 10th until midnight Eastern Time and Mary will be giving away one stamp set of the winner's choice and the winner will be selected on Monday and announced on Mary's blog. 

The challenge is to make a card, altered item, or any craft project with a masculine theme such as a man or boy's birthday, or Father's Day.  For my project today, I chose to make a Father's Day card.

My hubby is a retired jockey and horse trainer and I made this card for him for Father's Day.  When he trained race horses, his barn colors were red, white and blue with white stars.  

The sentiment, "Happy Father's Day" is from one of Mary's stamp sets and is shown below.

You can purchase any of Mary's awesome stamp sets here.

I sure hope you get a chance to play along in this challenge!  Mary will be giving away one stamp set of your choice to one winner selected through random.org.

Come play with us!

Cardztv Stamps Challenge #10

Hi Everyone!

It is time for another Cardztv Challenge!  This challenge will run June 8, 9, and 10th until midnight Eastern Time and Mary will be giving away one stamp set of the winner's choice and the winner will be selected on Monday and announced on Mary's blog. 

The challenge is to make a card, altered item, or any craft project with a masculine theme such as a man or boy's birthday, or Father's Day.  For my project, I chose to make a birthday card.

I chose an off white card base, brown background mat, then a blue mat and then the plaid mat.  The sentiment is from the stamp set that is called "It's A Guy Thing"!  This is a great set for masculine cards.  You can check out all of Mary's stamp sets HERE.

 

Mary has some really awesome, versatile stamp sets.  I cannot wait to see what you create. You may use die cuts from any die cutting machine, digis, stamps....let your imagination soar!!! 

Happy Wednesday and small giveaway

Hello!   To celebrate the fact that I ALMOST HAVE 300 FOLLOWERS...WOO HOO!!! , I decided to give away this awesome 8x8 scrapbook kit!  It has 6 8x8 papers, sticker, embellies...the works! to make cards, layouts...whatever and it is birthday themed.  All you have to do is leave a comment here between now tomorrow (Thursday by midnight) and I will select a winner on Friday morning!

Now, let's get down to business.  Do you remember when I said in my post yesterday that you guys were going to HAVE A COW when you saw my post today?  Well here it is!!!

That's no Bull....it's a heifer!!!

HA HA HA!!!

Ok ok, some of you are probably not farmers....but when I saw this sentiment on Mary's stampset "Farmyard Funnies", I just had to make a "scene" card with a cow!!!  I just love this stamp set!  You can check out all of Mary's stamps HERE.  In case you forgot what the set looks like....here it is!

 Don't forget to leave a comment if you want to be entered into my little giveaway!  I love you guys so so much...you really brighten my day!

Chick This Out!!!

Hello my friends!  Happy Tuesday!  Are you ready for a cute, quick, super simple card?  Well, chick this out!!!

I am trying to get rid of all that scrap paper in my craft room!  I think is grows bigger and bigger everyday!  This card was made using all scraps with the exception of the card base.  Isn't it cute?

The adorable digital image is from PINK CAT STUDIOS.  A friend's daughter colored it digitally on the computer.  Isn't that amazing?  The sentiment, "Chick This Out!" is from Mary at CARDZTV.  The stamp set is called Farmyard Funnies.

Mary's stamps are so versatile!  You guys are going to just HAVE A COW when you see the next card I have made with this awesome stamp set.  Check back tomorrow to see what it is!  I just might have a little giveaway to go with it too!

Paper Playtime Challenge #76

Hello my friends!  Where has the time gone!  Already June....and guess what?  It is time to start planning.....

OUR VACATIONS!

  It's the first Monday of the month, so that means it's time for the PAPER PLAYTIME  DIE CUT challenge! For Challenge  #76 you may create a card and use any type of DIE CUT and/or DIE CUTTING machine for your project  to make a VACATION CARD!

So, who is going on a cruise?  To the beach?  Hiking in the cool mountains?  Disneyland or Disney World?  A Water Park?  Sea World?  Six Flags?  or....camping in your back yard (ok...I am a cheap skate)

Here is my card:

I used the Cricut Campin Critters cartridge for the card, image and layered background mat.  The card is cut at 3.5 inches, background mat is cut at 3.25 inches.  Duck in canoe is cut at 2.75 inches.  The sun is from the Cricut Doodlecharms cartridge and is cut at 1.5 inches.

The sentiment, "Are we there yet?" is from CARDZTV stamps.  The set is called FAQ's.  I can already tell it is going to be one of my "go to" stamps!

BLOG CANDY:

We have 2 sponsors this challenge!

Our very own Design Team member, Sharon - MeeMee's Creations is sponsoring with a .... wait for it....the prize is.... it's a SURPRISE!!

And......our second prize is...........

Our second sponsor is The Scrapbooking Queen's Royal Castle Shoppe with a pack of 4 Action Wobbles!

Hope you get a chance to play along with us!

The Scrapbooking Queen's Royal Stamp Release!

It is time to announce a NEW release of  The Scrapbooking Queen's Royal Stamp Line!  If you arrived here from Caleb's blog,which is HERE you are on the right track.  If you would like to start at the beginning, click HERE.

 We have a wonderful line up of talented ladies and gentlemen here at the Castle, so if you get lost going through the halls you can click on any of them to help you with directions.  

Theresa ~ www.thescrapbookingqueen.com

Kathy ~ http://pixieduststudio.blogspot.com/

Michele ~ http://www.magicalcreativeinspiration.blogspot.com

Janis ~ http://www.pausedreamenjoy.blogspot.com/

Jillian ~ http://www.paperalamode.com

Schell ~ http://schellscraftcorner.blogspot.com/

Caleb ~ http://kidsforcards.blogspot.com/

Lynn ~ http://bootsandblingtime.blogspot.com/

Vicky ~ http://luvmygypsy.blogspot.com

Madge ~ http://www.thescrappinlounge.com

Julie ~ http://cricutchick.com

Linsey ~ http://linseyrickett.blogspot.com

Barbara ~ http://www.susiecrafthappy.com/

Melissa ~ http://melissa-moecreations.blogspot.com/

Cindy ~ http://cindycoutts.com

Sherri ~ http://squeakyscrapper.blogspot.com

The stamp sets are so much FUN FUN FUN!  Here is a picture of the new stamps!  It is called "Royal Garden" and I just love it!  It is such a versatile stamp set and I am going to use this many times over.

ROYAL GARDEN

For my project, I made an easel card post it note holder for a friend who came to see me for Memorial Day weekend.  She loved it!  I purchased the post it notes at Target in the $1 bins.  They had four different cool, summer post-it notes....and I cannot wait to make easel cards for all of them.

Close up view of this adorable stamp!

You can purchase this amazing set HERE.  The Royal Shoppe is also selling dew drops in eight colors, foam tape, twine and other goodies so be sure to check it out!

How about some BLOG CANDY?  Here are the guidelines:

1) There will be 1 winner for Saturday who visits all our blogs, is a follower, and leaves comments. This winner will win the ROYAL WEDDING stamp set!

2) There will be 1 winner for Sunday who visits all our blogs, is a follower, and leaves comments. This winner will win the ROYAL GARDEN stamp set!

3) One lucky winner will win BOTH new release stamp sets who visits all our blogs, is a follower, and leaves comments!

4) AND everyone who places an order during this June Stamp Release will also receive a set of 12 ACTION WOBBLES in their order! Woo-Hoo! I love me some Action Wobbles. Who else wants to get their wobble on?.

I hope everyone has a super fun day and I hope we gave you some inspiration!  Your next stop is VICKY.

The Scrapbooking Queen's Stamp Release

It is time to announce a NEW release of  The Scrapbooking Queen's Royal Stamp Line!

 We have a wonderful line up of talented ladies and gentlemen here at the Castle, so if you get lost going through the halls you can click on any of them to help you with directions.  

Theresa ~ www.thescrapbookingqueen.com

Kathy ~ http://pixieduststudio.blogspot.com/

Michele ~ http://www.magicalcreativeinspiration.blogspot.com

Janis ~ http://www.pausedreamenjoy.blogspot.com/

Jillian ~ http://www.paperalamode.com

Schell ~ http://schellscraftcorner.blogspot.com/

Caleb ~ http://kidsforcards.blogspot.com/

Lynn ~ http://bootsandblingtime.blogspot.com/

Vicky ~ http://luvmygypsy.blogspot.com

Madge ~ http://www.thescrappinlounge.com

Julie ~ http://cricutchick.com

Linsey ~ http://linseyrickett.blogspot.com

Barbara ~ http://www.susiecrafthappy.com/

Melissa ~ http://melissa-moecreations.blogspot.com/

Cindy ~ http://cindycoutts.com

Sherri ~ http://squeakyscrapper.blogspot.com

If you arrived here from Caleb's  blog then you are on the right track!  If you need to start at the beginning of the hop, click HERE!   Woo Hoo!  The stamp sets are so much FUN FUN FUN!  Here is a picture of the new stamp set that is now available in the ROYAL SHOPPE!

Here is my adorable card that I chose to make with this amazing stamp set.

The cute little bears are a digital stamp that is available from Di's Digi Downloads and her stamps are available HERE.

I had so much fun making this card!

And...how about some Blog Candy?  Here we go!

1) There will be 1 winner for Saturday who visits all our blogs, is a follower, and leaves comments. This winner will win the ROYAL WEDDING stamp set!

2) There will be 1 winner for Sunday who visits all our blogs, is a follower, and leaves comments. This winner will win the ROYAL GARDEN stamp set!

3) One lucky winner will win BOTH new release stamp sets who visits all our blogs, is a follower, and leaves comments!

4) AND everyone who places an order during this June Stamp Release will also receive a set of 12 ACTION WOBBLES in their order! Woo-Hoo! I love me some Action Wobbles. Who else wants to get their wobble on?

  Please be sure to visit everyone's blog and leave a comment to be eligible to win!

The next person on the hop is VICKY.

Have a great day!

CAT-titude

Happy Friday everyone!  Do any of you have a cat with an attitude?  I love this Cricut image that is in the Cricut Lite Meow cartridge....looks like the bird put the cat right where he wanted him to be!  I cut this shape out at 3 inches....I just love the Lite cartridges because the layering is so easy and quick!

The sentiment "CAT-titude" is from Mary at CARDZTV's "Here Kitty" stamp set.  It is a great set to have in your craft room for your cat lover friends!

Hope you have a great day today!  Don't forget to come back tomorrow to see The Scrapbooking Queen's new stamp release!