No Time To Stamp?

Keyword ssnotime98 - There is no time limit. You can play this challenge and upload your project at Splitcoast and/or your Blog, anytime at all. You (and that means anyone and everyone, blogger or not!) can play as many times as you like!!! The point is to keep it simple, quick and have fun!!! Please link back here.

Lovely Lace - I have always loved lace — nothing is so pretty and delicate and it adds such a charming touch to a card.  Today’s challenge is to incorporate lace into your work.  It can be real lace, punched lace, stamped lace, sticker lace — anything at all - as long as we have lace to grace our creation!  That’s it - have fun!!!

Check out the great samples for the Stamp Simply Challenge today on the blogs of these designers:

• Rose Ann, July Guest Designer
• Janine is taking this week off — have fun, Janine!
• Jennifer 
• Julie 
• AJ
• Tammy
• Deb
• Barbara
• Jenny

Please bear with us as we are all uploading and linking on Thursday night. Everyone should be uploaded by Friday morning.

You can see all Gallery Submissions here. Thanks, girls!

And here is my lacey creation for today:

A super simple creation for the Stamp Simply Challenge!  My stamping was minimal — just the fun and very pretty *What’s New* sentiment from Tiny Words by JustRite, cut and matted using my Petite Circle Nesties by Spellbinders.  My beautiful image is from Birds and Botanicals Journal Notes.  The image was the upper half of the sheet and the BIRDS was the lower half of the sheet.  Here’s a closeup of the lace and other embellishments:

The lace is vintage from my stash, and under it is the 7/8″Gingham Checks by May Arts.  The stick pin is merely a very inexpensive corsage pin with a scrap of Burgundy 1.25″ Silk Ribbon tied on it.  And I’m loving all my new buttons — and I have plenty stocked up in the Stamp Simply Ribbon Store, Page 3.  These are the buttons by Rusty Pickle that come in the adorable little glass jars with latching lids — so fun, and so many buttons in each jar — I’m really loving them!  They are sewn to the black panel with the 100% Jute String in black.  I just used a large eyed needle and it was really quick and easy.

Stamps: Tiny Words Set by JustRite used on the 1 3/16″ Wood Stamper

Paper:  SU Black, PTI Vintage Cream, Prism Papaya Puree Light

Ink:  Versa Fine Onyx Black

Accessories:  Birds and Botanicals Journal Notes; 7/8″ Gingham Ribbon, 1.25″ Silk Ribbon and 100% Jute String, all by May Arts;  Rusty Pickle Button Bottles; Vintage Lace; Corsage Pin, Petite Circle Nestabilities by Spellbinders, Scor-It, a variety of adhesives.

Shopping:

JustRite Stampers for the Tiny Words Set and the full line of JustRite products

Stamp Simply Ribbon Store for Birds and Botanicals Journal Notes by Crafty Secrets, Gingham Ribbon, Silk Ribbon and Jute String by May Arts,  Versa Fine Onyx Black Ink, Button Bottles by Rusty Pickle, and Scor-It

I’m so glad you stopped in today and I hope you have time to play if you can!  I’ve got a busy weekend.  Friday morning I have some out of town blogging friends coming over for lunch.  Then Friday afternoon our Stamping in the UP of Michigan event begins and runs through Saturday early evening.  I can’t wait — it will all be fun.  I’ll be sure to share some pictures of your Blogland friends on Sunday.  Have a wonderful weekend everyone!  Thanks for stopping in!

This week JustRite Stampers is sponsoring the 2Sketches4You Challenge with a fabulous, HUGE prize giveaway.  You can read all about it at the 2Sketches 4You Blog.  I wanted to play along as it was a FUN sketch, and I decided I wanted to make a monogram card, but vary my style a bit.  I LOVE to do monogram projects, and when I do they typically lend themselves to more traditional or elegant styles, as in the project here.  Well, today took a different turn and it’s a fun-loving monogram for the younger set:

As you can see I also made an envelope to match, all using an older set of Crate Paper, Carnival I believe — I better go check on that to be sure.  This was rather easy because I used punchouts from the Crate Paper pack.

This is a standard 5.5 x 4.25″ card, but I cut my base card only 3.75″ wide so that I’d have room to adhere on my scalloped edges that were punchouts from the Crate paper.  They stick out 1/4″ on each side beyond the card edge.  My fun ribbon is from the Stamp Simply Ribbon Store by May Arts (links at end of post).

I used the Curlz Monogram Kit for my monogram, and I’m very pleased to tell you all that I am now carrying the full line of JustRite Monogram Kits in the Stamp Simply Ribbon Store, Page 3.  I love them, use them often and thought they’d be a great addition!  The Curlz font included in the Curlz Kit is so whimsical, I just love it with this Crate Paper — very light hearted and fun!  The Monogram is Nestie cut, the scallop behind it is a SU Scallop Punch, the pink/blue layer behind that is a Crate punchout and the bottom scallop layer is a Nestie cut.  Buttons are attached with the 100% Jute String.

And here’s my coordinating envelope made in a few minutes with the Envelope-It by Scor-It.  Again, for a step-by-step how-to,  read this post. And no, I would not mail this envelope.  It is something I would hand deliver to a birthday party, or some such event.  However, minus the ribbon and popped up monogram, it is most definitely a mailable envelope!

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Stamps:  Curlz Monogram Kit by JustRite

Paper:  White, Crate Carnival DP

Ink:  VersaFine Onyx Black

Accessories:  Gingham Ribbon and Jute String by May Arts, SU Scallop Punch, Petite Circle Nestabilities by Spellbinders, Buttons, Piercer and Mat, Velcro Dot, Envelope-It, Scor-It

Shopping:

JustRite Stampers for the full line of JustRite Products

Stamp Simply Ribbon Store carries these products to make this card:  Curlz Monogram Kit, VersaFine Onyx  Black Ink, 1.5″ MayArts Gingham Ribbon, 100% May Arts Jute String, Envelope-It, Scor-It

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Thanks so much for checking in — hoping your week is going well.  Mine is busy, but that’s a good thing — no worries over what to do next — LOL!!!  Isn’t that just the way it goes!!  See you all real soon!

JustRite Stampers is sponsoring this week’s CPS Sketch #125, with a JustRite prize package of new product being given away to some lucky winner … you can see it here!  To enter, just prepare a project with this week’s CPS sketch, post it online and link your project on the CPS Sketch blog here.  I’m really running behind the clock this week and you only have until later this evening (Saturday) to enter, so if you haven’t yet, you still have a bit of time. Good luck! 

This was a fun sketch and I decided to make a Halloween card using JustRite’s new Witch Way to Treats set, along with an envelope to coordinate.  Fun!

This is such a fun little Halloween Set — just love it.  It works on the smallest of the round wood stampers — the 1 3/16″ Wood Stamper.  That’s a cute little size I’ve really been enjoying of late!  I used Halloween paper from last year by K & Co from Michaels.  I used a strip of 2″ wide web ribbon to cover the lengthwise panel, just for a fun, Halloweeny look — LOL!!!

Here’s the set, Witch Way to Treats by JustRite,  and the 1 3/16″ Wood Stamper– the set has 10 fun centers and borders — something for every possible Halloween theme — fun, fun!

Here’s a little better view of the card.  I used my new buttons from the Button Bottles by Rusty Pickle - these are gold.  The inside of my card is lined with a green sheet from the DP package.

Here’s a close-up of the focal image from Witch Way to Treats.  I really love this particular center - just kind of classy looking I think!  It is cut on my Petite Circle Nesties and matted and framed with my Pinking Circle Nesties, both by Spellbinders.  The little faux ribbon on the side is just paper clipped to a V on the end.  I have black 100% Jute String run through my button holes.

And here’s the envelope I made with my Envelope-It. Gosh, I love that thing!  DP envelopes are SO FUN!!!  What you are seeing is the back of the envelope.  I’ve made a closure to tie the envelope in with my card again using Witch Way to Treats.  Making these envelopes with the Envelope-It literally takes only a few minutes — I kid you not!  If you are interested, you can read this post to see a step-by-step on making the envelopes with the Envelope-It.

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Stamps: Witch Way to Treats by JustRite used on the 1 3/16″ Wood Stamper

Paper: Black, White. Halloween DP by K and Co. from Michaels.

Ink: VersaFine Onyx Black

Accessories: 2″ May Arts Webbed Ribbon, 100% May Arts Jute String, Rusty Pickle Button Bottles, Envelope-It, Scor-It, Petite Circle Nestabilities and Large and Small Pinking Circles by Spellbinders, SU Corner Rounder, Velcro Self-Adhesive Dots.

Shopping:

JustRite Stampers for the full line of JustRite Products

Stamp Simply Ribbon Store carries the following items to make this project:  Witch Way to Treats, 1 3/16″ Wood Stamper, Versa Fine Onyx Black Ink, 2″ Webbed Ribbon and 100% Jute String, Scor-It, Envelope-It.

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So glad to see you all again so soon!  Hope you are all having a great summer weekend.  We have finally gotten some much needed rain, and we are giving thanks for that!!!   Have a wonderful weekend everyone!  See you soon!

Keyword ssnotime97 - There is no time limit. You can play this challenge and upload your project at Splitcoast and/or your Blog, anytime at all. You (and that means anyone and everyone, blogger or not!) can play as many times as you like!!! The point is to keep it simple, quick and have fun!!! Please link back here.

Fruit of the Vine - Fruit, the perfect summer snack, or even meal!  I love it!  Today let us whip up some fruity type of creation during this time of year when fruit is so plentiful everywhere.  I’m sure most everyone has some fruit stamps, or images, and if you don’t, how about trying to create some fruit with punches?  Or, if you really need to stretch it, how about some *orange* ribbon, watermelon paper, etc.  I think you get the idea — just get fruity and have a little fun!

Check out the great samples for the Stamp Simply Challenge today on the blogs of these designers:

• Rose Ann, July Guest Designer
• Janine
• Jennifer 
• Julie 
• AJ
• Tammy
• Deb
• Barbara
• Jenny

Please bear with us as we are all uploading and linking on Thursday night. Everyone should be uploaded by Friday morning.

You can see all Gallery Submissions here. Thanks, girls!

And here is my fruity creation for today:

A simple litte 4.25 x 4.25″ card for today — fun size.  My fun basketful of apples is in a set called Autumn Blessings by JustRite.  It is made to fit the 2 1/4 x 3 1/16″ Harmony Classic Oval Stamper, but I  decided to cut it in the round for today.  SO versatile — that’s what I love!  Gives me many options!

Here’s a visual of the new set, Autumn Blessings.  It has 6 lovely centers and borders, with several of the centers being colorable images — how fun!   You can read more about this new release and see some great samples on the JustRite Blog.

As I’ve shown many times before, I do like to cut out my images to get rid of the excess rubber on the edge — doing so insures clean stamped images every time!

And here’s a close-up of the colored image.  I used my Copics.  Doesn’t this image work well for a circle, even though it is intended for an oval?  It was cut using my Petite Circle Nestabilities by Spellbinders.  My bow is made on the Bow Easy.

These are the Copic colors I used.

And here’s the inside of my card.  I used one of the centers from Autumn Blessings as my sentiment.   Fun and quick for a sentiment!  I know I’m going to love using this set this autumn season — tons of possibilites and options!  Thank you JustRite!

Stamps:  Autumn Blessings by JustRite used on the Harmony Classic Oval Stamper II

Paper:  Neenah White; SU Black, Apricot Appeal, Prints DP

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black for image; VersaFine Onyx Black for sentiment; Copics to color

Accessories:  May Arts 7/8″ Gingham Ribbon, Bow Easy, Petite Circle Nestabilities by Spellbinders, SU Corner Rounder, Aleene’s Fast Grab Tacky Glue, Glue Glider, Scor-It

Shopping:

JustRite Stampers for Autumn Blessings and the Harmony Classic Oval II Stamper

Stamp Simply Ribbon Store for May Arts Ribbon, Bow Easy, Scor-It, VersaFine Onyx Black Ink

I’d like to thank you so much for stopping in today.  It was fun to sit and make a card after my week long dry spell!  Wishing you all a great summer weekend and hope to see you real soon!

Hi everyone!  Home again!!!  I’m late, as usual, and you may have read on other blogs, but several of the Stamp Simply Challenge girls met for a weekend in Shipshewana, Indiana.  What FUN to get to meet these lovely ladies in real life — and I have several photos to share but first a bit about Shipshewana — a small town in northern Indiana filled with  horses, buggies, people of the Amish faith, little gift shops and great restaurants! 

On our way down (we came via Milwaukee, Chicago) we stopped in at Joan’s Garden.  Well, what a treat that was!!! And I’m just kicking myself I don’t have photos, but as soon as I get to blog hopping and find some, I’ll put links here. (OK, here are Darlene’s great photos from Joan’s Garden.) Joan’s Garden is the name of Joan’s little shop and her blog; however, her home could be aptly named.  Her gardens are absolutely beautiful with THE most inviting pond and waterfall.  We got the grand tour and relaxed by the pond with delish!!! homemade fresh blueberry pie!!!!  There we met Tammy and Darlene who had spent the previous night on their journey to Shipshewana.  And I am SURE those ladies will be telling you all about their lovely bedrooms at Joans!

On Friday night we all just got acquainted and played a silly game I love to play (you know me and games) and I think we colored for a bit as well.  Then we enjoyed dinner together at one of the local eateries!  Then Saturday morning after breakfast we all headed out to shop!  What fun!!!

I thought this table setting was so pretty and wanted to photo these girls with it.  Left to right are Tammy Hershberger, Darlene Pavlick and Joan Fricker.  I didn’t purchase much on this trip (other than clothes in Milwaukee on the way down), only a few things for photo props.  At this store I bought a pretty doily for under a card, I got another doily from another store and some wire photo hanger display things at a gas station of all places, in Wisconsin. I hope they work for what I intend!

Here’s our entire group at another store in Shipshewana.  The clerk was kind enough to take the picture for us.   Back left to right:  Tammy Hershberger, Janine Orchard, Sharon Johnson (me), Joan Fricker. Front:  Pat Adam (Julie’s Mom), Julie Koerber, Darlene Pavlick.

Just another fun shopping photo of Julie and Janine, and it looks like Janine is buying something!  After shopping for a good part of the day we returned to our motel to relax a bit and to find out Julie had done a little shopping for all of us!  She had purchased odds and ends of papers and embellishments at the scrapbook store, divided them up between all of us, and told us we had to make a card with what she gave us.  So that we did!  Here’s what we made with our given items –

It was then time to head out to eat again where we enjoyed lots of good laughs over dinner.  Afterwards we all congregated in Julie and Pat’s suite to have some heartfelt conversation and to write in the adorable  journals Janine had made for us all.  Our time together was nearing an end, and it was sad.

This was at Sunday morning breakfast where we pretty much had to say our goodbyes.  Notice the *I Got Stamped in Shipshewana* t-shirts that Darlene and Joan are wearing!  Too funny!!!  A gift from Janine to all of us.

Another Sunday morning shot shortly before leaving the hotel.   And are we planning to do this again — absolutely!  Same time next year, new place!  Time will tell!!

I just can’t express how fun it was to actually meet all of these women face to face!  We, of course, all KNEW each other, and you know, we TRULY DID!  It’s such a unique experience to meet someone you’ve known online for several years and actually see them IRL, hear their voices and watch them smile and laugh!  Most definitely worth all those hours of travel and something I very much look forward to doing again!  Thank you ladies, for this experience.  I truly enjoyed each second of it!!!

Now, what’s on my agenda next?  Well, lots!  I came home to many boxes in our front porch filled with new things I had ordered for the Stamp Simply Ribbon Store — Page 3, Supplies and Fun Stuff.  No card making for me until I get all those items loaded in for you all to see, which I hope I can complete sometime on Wednesday.  Not ribbon, not tools, but just *fun stuff* to use in cardmaking!!!  Hope you can check in sometime to see!

Then on July 31/August 1 our local ladies have planned our annual stamping event right here at home in Baraga, MI — Stamping in the UP of Michigan.  I just checked the thread at SCS and it appears to me there are still 2 openings if anyone is interested.  Just click the link above to read more about it.  All pertinent info is at the top of the thread. 

So, lots on the agenda — add in some company and the usual daily routine — and away go the days!  And if all goes well, I HOPE to get a card done really, really soon!!! Fingers crossed.  Thanks for stopping in and hope to see you again real soon!

I will be away for a few days, so if anyone is emailing with orders or questions, I won’t be able to respond until Monday evening, but rest assured I’ll get in touch with you as soon as I can!  Have a great weekend everyone!  I’ll tell you all about my trip when I get back — I’m actually meeting IRL many of the Stamp Simply DT crew — CAN’T WAIT!!!

Keyword ssnotime96 - There is no time limit. You can play this challenge and upload your project at Splitcoast and/or your Blog, anytime at all. You (and that means anyone and everyone, blogger or not!) can play as many times as you like!!! The point is to keep it simple, quick and have fun!!! Please link back here.

Little Black Dress - The staple of every women’s wardrobe — or so they say.  How many of you actually HAVE a little black dress?  Not me!  Anyway, today’s challenge is to make a project of understated elegance using black and white.  If you need to add in a little pop of another color, that’s fine, as long as the project is primarily black and white and its overall feel is that of understated elegance.  I think this one will produce some real beauties!  Can’t wait to see!!!

Check out the great samples for the Stamp Simply Challenge today on the blogs of these designers:

• Rose Ann, July Guest Designer
• Janine
• Jennifer 
• Julie 
• AJ
• Tammy
• Deb
• Barbara
• Jenny

Please bear with us as we are all uploading and linking on Thursday night. Everyone should be uploaded by Friday morning.

You can see all Gallery Submissions here. Thanks, girls!

And here is my mostly black and white card of understated elegance — LOL!

Well, maybe I messed up on the understated elegance part — LOL!  But it’s a fun card and it’s mostly black and white.

The black layer under my Prima flowers is the Peony Nestability by Spellbinders. The corners are Cuttlebug dies.  Silk Ribbon is from the Stamp Simply Ribbon Store.

And as you read this I am off vacationing!!!  A fun girl time trip!!!  I am actually going to meet, IRL, many of the Stamp Simply DT girls linked above — can’t WAIT!  I’ll tell you all about it when I get back!!!  Thanks much for stopping in!

This Blog Hop officially begins at 11 a.m. Thursday (today).  I had to post early, so though you can see my creations, the links won’t go to live posts for the other DT members until 11 a.m., so please check back in then and start hopping along!

Today I am offering a sneak peek at one of the many new Christmas sets JustRite will soon have available for this Christmas season.  This set is called Christmas Treasures, available for purchase August 22,  and though it has 4 centers and 4 borders, I’m only using 2 centers on my projects today.  This set fits the large 3 1/4″ Wood Stamper. (All links will be at the end of this post).  I loved that large round stamper last Christmas season and I can see I’m going to get even more use out of it this year!!!

Well, I had new Christmas stamps to play with, but no new holiday paper, so in going through my supply of older Christmas papers, I was amazed at how much I had.  I feel I really do need to use up some older papers to make room for the new, so I’ve made envelopes to match each card for today, a great use of DP’s if you’re looking to reduce your stash!  Additionally in planning for my cards today, I wanted to show you some cards that would be relatively quick and easy to reproduce.  We all make so many cards at Christmas, we need the quick and simple, right?  Well, I do anyway!  Here’s my first:

What a beautiful image portraying the true meaning of Christmas.  My background is Cuttlebug embossed and to create this rich, aged look, I ran a Versa Mark pad across the embossing, then I brushed on some Perfect Pearls, removing the excess with a Swiffer cloth, and I then sprayed it with Krylon Workable Fixatif to set the powder and keep it from rubbing off. It creates the look of an expensive embossed paper, and it only took minutes!  The envelope was made with the coordinating SU Prints DP using the Envelope-It Template.

Here’s a better look at the image. So perfect for Christmas!  I colored the earth with Copics (E31 and YG95) and there is glitter sparkling on all the stars.  The ribbon treatment was easy on this card as well.  A strip of ribbon is just around the panel and then a separate length was run under the ribbon and tied into a bow, shirring the ribbon underneath – I like that look of shirred ribbon.

This next version is even quicker to mass produce, using DP rather than an embossed background sheet.

Sticking with my theme of cards that are easy to mass produce, and using the same simple layout,  I made my ornament hanging on a ribbon by simply stamping my sentiment from Christmas Treasures by JustRite and then cutting with  the Labels One Nestability by Spellbinders on the diagonal. The ornament topper is made with the SU Round Tab Punch.  Once folded, I just cut off those curled up ends to straighten the sides.  The edges of the ornament are done with a gold pen and the topper is covered with glitter.  The envelope, made with the Envelope-It template, is done with the same DP and I added the simple glittery stripes to give it some pizzazz.  I just adhered down 2 strips of red sticky tape, peeled off  the  protective covering and sprinkled with glitter — perfect stripes!!!

Today’s cards used the same layout, with slight variation, giving 2 totally different looks. Christmas Treasures will be a fun set for sure!  Next time I’ll add some borders!  Watch for it on the JustRite Blog in August.  It will be available to order on August 22.  I love this set because it offers a nice variety of images — something to suit any type of Christmas card you may need.  And remember, Christmas Treasures fits the 3 1/4″ Circle Stamper — a size I LOVE!!! 

As I said, I am posting a bit early.  The JustRite Blog Hop officially begins at 11:00 a.m. Thursday (today), and that’s when all these links will take you to some GREAT JustRite projects to inspire you!!!!  Be sure to stop back in and check out all the projects!

Editing:  I must apologize — I see the links are rather messed up — some work properly and some will bring you to the blog on the person below where you are clicking.  I am so sorry.  I am out the door in minutes for a little vacation with no time to correct this.  I’m so sorry.  But at least one click will get you started!

Barb Schram
Becca Feeken
Debbie Olson
Heidi Blankenship
Kathy Jones
Kellie Fortin
Lauren Meader
Lisa Somerville
Michele Kovack
Michelle Wooderson
Sharon Harnist
Sharon Johnson - that’s me
Taylor Van Bruggen
JustRite Blog

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Stamps:  Christmas Treasures by JustRite, used on the 3 1/4″ Round Wood Stamper

Paper:  PTI White, SU Black, River Rock, River Rock DP, Ski Slope DP

Ink:  VersaFine Onyx Black, Memento Tuxedo Black, Versa Mark, Sandford Gold Pen, SU River Rock, Copics in E31, YG95

Accessories:  Black Silk Ribbon, Petite Circle and Labels One Nestabilities by Spellbinders, SU Round Tab Punch, Envelope-It, Cuttlebug and Textile Embossing Folder, Glue Glider, SU Dimensionals, Carpet Tape, Red Sticky Tape, Glue Pen, SU Dazzling Diamonds, unknown Gold Glitter, Perfect Pearls, Swiffer Cloth, Krylon Workable Fixatif

Shopping:

JustRite Stampers for the 3 1/4″ Round Wood Stamper and Christmas Treasures available on August 22, as well as all the JustRite products 

Stamp Simply Ribbon Store for 100% Silk May Arts Ribbon, Envelope-It by Scor-It, VersaFine Onyx Black Ink, Scor-It Score Boards, Perfect Pearls by Ranger

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And don’t miss the NEXT Just Rite Blog Hop coming on August 17, showcasing ALL the new JustRite Christmas products!  It’ll be a fun one!!!

Thank you so much everyone for stopping in today!  Make sure you check back at 11:00 to check out all the fabulous projects on the JustRite DT links above!  I’m leaving now for a bit of a vacation, but our Stamp Simply Challenge will pop up tonight as usual!

I can just hear my Dad singing that old song!  And that’s exactly what I thought of and heard in my head the entire time I was making this cheerful and sunny yellow card.  I wanted to make this card tonight because I just got some new colors of silk ribbon and I loved this soft and buttery golden yellow color.  I immediately thought of this sunflower image on my Cotton Scraps, and away I went:

Isn’t it just so sunny and cheerful?  I love it!  The image is intentionally off to the left a bit to provide more room for the generous bow done in the 100% Silk Ribbon.  A very simply done card, so similar to many I do.

Can you see the Flower Soft I used on the center of the Sunflower?  I used Nut Brown and it adds so much texture IRL - wish you could see it!  Also a closer look at my ribbon/bow.  It’s a double looped bow made on the Bow Easy.

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Stamps:  Bird on a Branch by SU

Paper:  SU So Saffron, Night of Navy, So Saffron Prints DP

Ink:  Versa Fine Onyx Black

Accessories:  Flower Soft, Flower Soft Glue,  Cotton Scraps, Silk Ribbon, Bow Easy, Pinking Shears, Aleene’s Fast Grab Tacky Glue, Glue Glider, Foam Mounting Tape

Shopping:

Flower Soft for the Nut Brown and Flower Soft Glue I’ve used today and all other Flower Soft Products

Stamp Simply Ribbon Store for the Silk Ribbon (I added 6 new colors), the Cotton Scraps (this one is from Flowers),  the Bow Easy and the Versa Fine Onyx Black Ink

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Editing to Add, with Authors Permission:  To read a heartfelt and touching story of the Sonshine of God’s Love, please read Comment #3 below in the Comment section.

I’m so glad you stopped in today — I truly appreciate it when you do!  I’ll be busy the next couple days getting a few posts ready for this week and adding some fun new things to the Stamp Simply Ribbon Store.  I’ve added a Page 3 (above my blog header) where I’ll include a few of my most favorite stamping supplies and some other fun things!  I  also have plans to put kits there and other fun seasonal items.  So though I  am just working on it now, plan to check there from time to time to see what is new and what is changing.  Items on Page 3 will change much more frequently than on the other pages.  Anyway, thanks so much for stopping in!  Truly appreciate it!

Keyword ssnotime95 - There is no time limit. You can play this challenge and upload your project at Splitcoast and/or your Blog, anytime at all. You (and that means anyone and everyone, blogger or not!) can play as many times as you like!!! The point is to keep it simple, quick and have fun!!! Please link back here.

Let the Sparks Fly!- I know the 4th is over, but fireworks are a big deal around here and the sparks are still flying!  So let’s make some sparks of our own today — or at least *sparkles* — today let us use glitter, generous amounts of glitter (if you like) so our creations sparkle away and catch the eye.  Let’s create our own fireworks here in blogland!  Have fun getting sparkly!!!  (If you are not a glitter user, then just make sure you add some sparkly feature to your project!)

Check out the great samples for the Stamp Simply Challenge today on the blogs of these designers:

• Rose Ann, July Guest Designer
• Janine
• Jennifer - is taking the night off!
• Julie - is taking the night off!
• AJ
• Tammy
• Deb
• Barbara
• Jenny

Please bear with us as we are all uploading and linking on Thursday night. Everyone should be uploaded by Friday morning.

You can see all Gallery Submissions here. Thanks, girls!

And here is my sparkly creation for this week (all product links will be at the very bottom of  this post):

For today’s challenge I kept it simple by using glittered paper, Blue Awning by K & Co,  glittered chipboard to match, and I *stamped simply* by creating a monogram.  This paper and chipboard are both highly sparkly IRL, but it is lost in the photo — so sorry!

This is a wedding card I’ll need for August with the monogram of the newly married couple.  When monogramming for a couple, the woman’s initial is first, or on the left (Anna), the man’s (Eric) initial is on the right, and their last name is large and in the center.  How FUN for a newly married couple to receive what might be their very FIRST monogram!  I also made an envelope to match, which is seen beneath the card, which I’ll show you how to do in a bit.

First I just want to take a minute to talk about JustRite product — monograms specifically.  I LOVE monograms.  Monograms are what first drew me to JustRite and as much new and fun product as JustRite has come out with of recent, the simple monograms still lay near and dear to my heart as being an all time favorite.  I made today’s monogram using the  Special Occasions Monogram Kit.  That kit contains the 1 5/8″ Wood Stamper, 3 borders, 3 centers, and 3 sets of Special Occaisons Font in 2 sizes.  However, what I really love about the JustRite product is that it is all so interchangeable.  Take a look at the closeup of my monogram:

Today I chose not to use the borders on my stamper as I wanted to use the chipboard border that coordinated with my paper.   So I very easily stamped out my initials and built my monogram layers with paper and chipboard.  As long as you have ANY Font Set by JustRite and a Wooden Stamper to snap the letters into, you could do the same thing.  I love the complete Monogram Kits in the boxes, an all-in-one-package, but just because you may not have a kit, don’t feel you can’t make pretty monograms!  Personally, my favorite font is the elegant and pretty Special Occasions, especially for monograms, but it’s so fun to have a variety and choice to allow us to do masculine monograms, mongrams for children, whimsical monograms, etc.  Just wanted to point out that with JustRite, once you starting collecting product, it is SO interchangeable that your options are limitless.

OK, now on to how I made the envelope.  The front is shown above in the first photo.  And the back of the envie has a monogram to seal it closed — take a look:

Good gracious, but I’m having fun making these envelopes. Truly, they just take a minute or two, and I KNOW that is hard to believe, but it’s TRUE!  I’m using the Envelope-It template by Scor-It and all you need is a sheet of paper that is at least 9.25″ x 7.25″ and you can create an envie — how fun!  That’s smaller than a standard 8.5 x 11″ sheet of cardstock.  Here’s the template:

The template is made of aluminum, so it’s going to last!  The instructions are printed right on it, so they won’t get lost.  It even shows you were to put the glue — a foolproof template, for sure!  It has tiny legs you can adhere if you like, and I did.  I do like it raised up just a bit.  You can do this in either of two ways.  Working on a cutting mat, you could cut around the template with a hobby blade and be done!  I’m not real great with knives, so I prefer to trace around it with a pencil and then cut on my pencil line with scissors.  It just takes a minute.  The large hole in the center is a GREAT idea.  It is so you can SEE the design on your paper and you can place the template so that the design you want gets properly centered on the envelope front — BRILLIANT THINKING!!!

Photo 1:  Once your envelope is cut, lay it on your 12″ (full-sized) Scor-It board UPSIDE DOWN, and score all 4 lines from point to point, as shown on the template.  Very easy and quick.  It all lines up very quickly.

Photo 2:  Once scored I have turned my envelope to the right side for you to see.  You can see the pattern on the paper is nicely placed on the envelope front and the tabs and flaps are ready to be folded and glue applied.  VERY SIMPLE.

Once again, here’s the envelope back with the monogram used as a seal.  You will also note I DTP’d all the envie edges to give them a more finished look.

And again the completed project and the envelope front — you can see how I’ve used another piece of coordinating chipboard on the envie front. ALL super easy and quick to do — from monogram to envelope — but making a GREAT presentation!

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Stamps:  Special Occasions Monogram Kit by JustRite

Paper:  PTI Vintage Cream, Blue Awning by K & Co. (Michaels)

Ink:  ColorBox Chalk Inks in Creamy Brown and Blue Iris

Accessories:  1.25″ Silk Ribbon, K & Co. Adhesive Chipboard (Michaels), Petite Circle Nestabilities by Spellbinders, SU Corner Rounder and Dimensionals, Glue Glider, Scor-It 12″ Score Board, Envelope-It Template

Shopping:

JustRite Stampers for the Special Occasions Monogram Kit and other JustRite Font and Wood Stampers

Stamp Simply Ribbon Store for the May Arts Silk Ribbon, Envelope-It Template and Scor-It Score Boards.

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Check out these MASCULINE MONOGRAM projects uploaded tonight by Kellie — I think you’ll like them — and they surely show the versatility of the JustRite product!

So glad you stopped in again to see what we’re up to!  Please be sure to click all the DT links above to see their great takes on this fun challenge.  And hoping you can play with us this week if you’re inclined and able!!!  Wishing you all a wonderful, fun and safe summer weekend!!!  I’ll be back soon - thanks much for stopping!