Wednesday, June 29, 2016

Sending Red, White & Blue Birthday Wishes with Honey Bee Stamps!! =)

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SQUEAL!!
Today I'm up on the Honey Bee Stamps Blog for the First Time!! SO EXCITED!! I've made a REALLY BEAUTIFUL Flower Arrangement using SEVERAL Honey Bee Stamp Sets and the FUN Red, White and Blue Challenge Week Photo as my Inspiration!!
I sure hope you'll Stop by the Honey Bee Stamps Blog to Check out how I Created it and to leave me some LOVE!!
THANKS SO MUCH for stopping by and I hope you have a FABULOUS WEEK!!
COUNTRY HUGS-N-KISSES
LARISSA  =)

Friday, June 24, 2016

Summer Coffee Lovers Bloghop w/ Mint Owl Studio!! =)

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Hello!!
I'm stopping in to share a Card I've made for the FUN Summer Coffee Lovers Bloghop using some FUN Stamps from Mint Own Studios!! I thought it would be FUN to create a Background using the Foliage Border Stamp from the Butterfly Kisses Stamp Set!!  I also Stamped and Embossed the Whipped Topped Image from the Mint Owl Studios Coffee Crazed Stamp Set onto some Distress Watercolor Paper!! I Watercolored the Image using Distress Inks and then I added some Clear Wink of Stella Glitter Marker to make the Whipped Topping look extra Creamy and Yummy!! =) I added a WoW Red Glitter Embossing Powder Heart to the Center of the Drink Image!!
 
I'm also linking up to the
Simon Wednesday Challenge Blog
THANKS SO MUCH for stopping by and I hope you have a FABULOUS WEEKEND!!
COUNTRY HUGS-N-KISSES
LARISSA   =)

Newton's Nook Designs Inky Paws #33 Ombre` Challenge!! =)

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HELLO & HAPPY FRIDAY!!
WOW!! Is it me or did this week just FLY by!!?? I'm here today to share the card I've made for the New Newton's Nook Designs Inky Paws #33 Ombre` Challenge!! I was SO EXCITED when I saw this Challenge!! I decided to use the SWEET Bird Image from the Darling Duos Stamp Set mixed with the Die Cut Feathers and a Layered Arrow from the Points & Plumes Die Set!!
I Stamped and Embossed the Bird Image and used the Coordinating NND Darling Hearts Die Set to Die Cut it out!! I then used my Copic Markers to Color them in using the Colors of Pinks and Blues!! I added some Shimmer Glaze Pen Dot Details to add some Sparkle!! Then I Die Cut SEVERAL of the Feathers and used the same Colors to Color the Feathers in the same Ombre` Colors!! I wanted to added some Gold like in the Challenge Photo so I Dipped the edges of the Feathers in to some WoW Gold Glitter Embossing Powder!! I LOVE the way they look in real Life!! =) I Layered them together underneath the Bird Image and then Die Cut a Flag Banner from the New Garden Window Die Set and Stamped and Embossed my Sentiment from the NND Flitry Flamingo's Stamp Set using the same WoW Gold Glitter Embossing Powder!! I wanted it to POP off the Image so I Die Cut another Flag Banner in Black Cardstock and layered it behind!! I added the same WoW Gold Glitter Embossing Powder to the Arrows that I Glued together and then added some Foam Tape and mounted it above the Sentiment Flag Banner!! A Few Pretty Pink Posh Sequins Finishes off the Design!! I CAN'T WAIT to see what you create!! For more info on how to Play Along Please Visit the Newton's Nook Designs Inky Paws #33 Ombre` Challenge!!
I'm also linking up to the
Simon Wednesday Challenge Blog
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Add some Shimmer!!
THANKS SO MUCH for stopping by and I hope you have a FABULOUS WEEKEND!!
COUNTRY HUGS-N-KISSES
LARISSA   =)

Thursday, June 16, 2016

June Newton's Nook Designs Release ~ Newton's Support!! =)

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HELLO!!
I HOPE YOU'RE READY!!?
SQUEAL!! Today we're kicking off the LAST Day of the New June Newton's Nook Designs Release and you are in for a HUGE TREAT again today!! This New Stamp Set is just AMAZING and you're going to just LOVE using these Images!! =)
Let's take a FULL Look at the New
"Newton's Support" Stamp Set!!
So when I first saw this set it REALLY MEANT ALOT to me!! For those of you who don't know my Story I have been Battling a VERY Rare Colon/Rectal Cancer since last Fall!! It has CHANGED my life in ways I NEVER thought possible, but yet it has also brought a HUGE sense of AWARENESS for just how MANY People are going through similar Battles with Cancer too!!
I chose to use the "DARK BLUE" Ribbon which is the Ribbon for Colon/Rectal Cancer!! If you're wondering what the Color Ribbon is for a Specific Type of Cancer/Organization/Event, you can do a Google Search and you'll find the one you are looking for!! This SET is going to be SO VERSATILE and it isn't just a Symbol for Breast Cancer although that's probably the one most of us are Familiar with!!
 
I thought it would be FUN to create a Gift Tag that I could attach to a Treat Bag FULL of GOODIES for the Cancer Treatment Center where I'm currently doing my 2nd Round of Chemo Treatments!! I NEVER KNEW just how MUCH these little Treat Bags would come in handy until I started my Treatments Last Fall!! I try to "SPOIL" someone every time I go and in return I get a FUN Package in return for one of my Next Visits!! I used the SWEET Newton's Support Image and Watercolored him using my Distress Inks!! I added some Clear Wink of Stella Glitter Marker to the "Blue Ribbons" and to Parts of Newton and then added some White Gel Pen Freckles to Newton's Cheeks!! I Die Cut a FUN Hero Arts Tag for my Base and the New NND Garden Window Die Cut to Frame him!! Then added one of the Banner Flags also from the Garden Window Die Set and White Heat Embossed my Sentiment!! I Cut it in Half so I could add the rest of the Sentiment along with one of the "Blue Ribbons" on the Inside of my Tag and I REALLY LOVE the way it came together and I CAN'T WAIT to BRIGHTEN someone's Day of Treatments with this!! =)
I hope you FEEL Inspired and that you'll go and check out what the rest of the AMAZING DT has created with these New Products!!
Would you like to win the Newton's Support Stamp Set?
This set will be given away to ONE lucky winner!
Here's how to win: 
Comment on the NND blog and Design Team blogs (see list below)! The winner will be chosen at random from the collective blog release posts. Make sure to check out each of their blogs and comment for your chance to win. You will not know which blog has been chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning! You have until Thursday, June 16th at 9pm CST to comment  -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, June 17th. 
Check out all the awesome Design Team Blogs below to enter:

I thought I'd leave you with some FUN Summer Pictures from our Adventure Yesterday!! =)
The Boys and I spent ALL Morning creating our "OWN" Water Slide Adventure Park Ride!! LOL!!  =) We added a Plastic Pool to the Bottom of the Slide and attached a Hose at the top with a Pump to reuse the Water!! Then we added Stepping Stones so they could get back and forth without Muddy Feet!! Needless to say they had a BLAST and I'm pretty sure this is going to be their FAVORITE Place to be at our house this Summer!! Hope these Pictures make you SMILE as much as they do ME!!??  =)
THANKS SO MUCH for stopping by and I hope you'll
Have a FABULOUS FATHER'S DAY WEEKEND!! 

COUNTRY HUGS-N-KISSES
LARISSA   =)

Wednesday, June 15, 2016

June Newton's Nook Designs Release ~ Vegetable Garden Stamp Set!! =)

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HELLO!!
I HOPE YOU'RE READY!!?
SQUEAL!! Today we're kicking off Day Three of the New June Newton's Nook Designs Release and you are in for a HUGE TREAT again today!! This New Stamp Set is just AMAZING and you're going to just LOVE using these Images!! =)
Let's take a FULL Look at the New
"Vegetable Garden" Stamp Set!!
 See I told you!! Aren't these Veggie Images AWESOME!!??
Well you know me I couldn't pick just one FAVORITE, so I decided to showcase them ALL on one Card!! SQUEAL!! Besides I don't know about you but once my Garden Starts to Produce I always have TONS of Veggies to give away so this made sense to me anyway!! =) 
I started by Stamping and Embossing my Images onto some Distress Water Color Paper!! I used my Misti Stamping Tool so I could Stamp them ALL at one time!! I just LOVE that!! =) Then I used some WoW Clear Super Fine Detail Embossing Powder to Emboss the Images!! I Water Colored them using my Distress Inks and I really LOVE the way it turned out!! I wanted a Vintage Look and then I added some Clear Wink of Stella Glitter Marker on top of ALL of the Veggies to make them SPARKLE!! YUMMY!! I LOVE that about Vegetables Fresh from the Garden they just SHINE BEGGING for you to EAT them!! =) I then added some Black, White and Gold Acrylic Paint Splatters for some Texture and then added a MFT Stitched Border and some Scalloped Die Cut Edges to make the Panel POP!! I Stamped and Embossed Two Sentiments together and then added a Stamped Heart Image from the NND Happy Little Thoughts Stamp Set!!
I hope you FEEL Inspired and that you'll go and check out what the rest of the AMAZING DT has created with these New Products!!

Would you like to win the Vegetable GardenStamp Set?
This set will be given away to ONE lucky winner
Here's how to win: 
Comment on the NND blog and Design Team blogs (see list below)! The winner will be chosen at random from the collective blog release posts. Make sure to check out each of their blogs and comment for your chance to win. You will not know which blog has been chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning! You have until Thursday, June 16th at 9pm CST to comment  -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, June 17th. 
Check out all the awesome Design Team Blogs below to enter:
THANKS SO MUCH for stopping by and I hope you'll come back tomorrow for the showcase of the New "Newton's Support" Stamp Set and another chance to WIN!! I CAN'T WAIT to share what I have Created!! 
Have a FABULOUS WEEK!! 
COUNTRY HUGS-N-KISSES
LARISSA   =)

Tuesday, June 14, 2016

Paper Sweeties June Release Party!! =)

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Paper Sweeties Design Team 
HELLO!!
I'm here to share the New Paper Sweeties June Release with you!! SQUEAL!! These New Products are just TOO SWEET!! Not only can they be used on there own, but they an also be used with several of the Older Paper Sweeties Sets to create even more AMAZING Creations!! I just LOVE LOVE LOVE when I can mix and match my Products!! =) Yippee!! Today is certainly worth celebrating -- it's Paper Sweeties June Release Day!! All of the NEW Products are in the Paper Sweeties Store Now and Available to Purchase for ALL of your Crafting Needs!!  =)
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I thought it would be FUN to make some Gift Tags!! I just LOVE LOVE LOVE the 4th of July and we can usually be found at the Neighborhood Party where I like to Bring little Gifts for the Kids and some of the Adults too!! =) So I thought these Gift Tags would be PERFECT for that!! I Started by Die Cutting the Paper Sweeties Stitched Tags #1 Sweet Cut Die Set to create a Double Die Cut Tag!! I then Stamped and Embossed the Images and Die Cut them out!! Then I attached them to the Tag Front and Stamped and Embossed my Sentiments!! Some Clear Wink of Stella Glitter Marker just Finishes them all off!! 
I added some of the Paper Sweeties Baker Twine and my Tags are ready for their Gifts (Snappers for the Kids and Wine for the Adults)!! =)  
  
 
   
Don't forget to check out what the rest of the AMAZING DT has created too!!
Debbie Marcinkiewicz - Paper Sweeties
Jeri Thomas
Jinny Newlin - *June Guest Designer* (You're here!)
I hope you FEEL INSPIRED!!?? I've still got LOTS More to Share, So I hope you'll come back tomorrow, to see a little more of what I Love Summer has to offer!!  =)
THANKS SO MUCH for stopping by and have a FABULOUS WEEK!!
COUNTRY HUGS-N-KISSES
LARISSA   =)

Newton's Nook Designs June Release ~ "Flower Garden" Stamp Set!! =)

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HELLO!!
I HOPE YOU'RE READY!!?
SQUEAL!! Today we're kicking off Day Two of the New June Newton's Nook Designs Release and you are in for a HUGE TREAT again today!! This New Stamp Set is just AMAZING and you're going to just LOVE using these Images!! =)
Let's take a FULL Look at the New "Flower Garden" Stamp Set!!
So I don't know about you, but I'm a HUGE LOVER of Flower Images!! Infact I just CAN'T RESIST them!! LOL!! =) I'm Pretty sure I'm NOT alone though!!??  =)  So when I saw this set I just had to use ALL of these BEAUTIFUL Images together for my Card!!
I started by using my Misti Stamping Tool to Line up my Flower Images letting parts hang off the Edge of the Distress Watercolor Paper Card Base I was used!! I KNEW I was going to have the Frame in the Center of my Card so I tried to leave the Center empty!! Less Watercoloring I had to do that was just going to get covered up in the end anyway!! I used my Distress Inks and looked up the Flower Images on Pinterest to get a Realistic Look for the Flowers!! My Mother just LOVES LOVES LOVES Pansies and I already (HAVE) create a Set of Gift Cards for her using them!! Infact it would be FUN to create Several Different Sets just using each of the Flowers and then you could also do as I did and stamp ALL of them together!!! I added the Garden Window Die Cut and the Banner Flag that also is included in the Set!! I just LOVE the way it turned out!! You could have also used the Window Frame for a Shaker Element, but I felt my background was SO Busy and BEAUTIFUL and BRIGT, that having a Sequin Shaker Center would just OVER Power it!!?? Next time though!! LOL!! =)  I hope you FEEL Inspired and that you'll go and check out what the rest of the AMAZING DT has created with these New Products!!
Would you like to win the Flower GardenStamp Set?
This set will be given away to ONE lucky winner
Here's how to win: 
Comment on the NND blog and Design Team blogs (see list below)! The winner will be chosen at random from the collective blog release posts. Make sure to check out each of their blogs and comment for your chance to win. You will not know which blog has been chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning! You have until Thursday, June 16th at 9pm CST to comment  -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, June 17th. 
Check out all the awesome Design Team Blogs below to enter:
THANKS SO MUCH for stopping by and I hope you'll come back tomorrow for the showcase of the New "Vegetable Garden" Stamp Set and another chance to WIN!! I CAN'T WAIT to share what I have Created!! 
Have a FABULOUS WEEK!! 
COUNTRY UGS-N-KISSES
LARISSA   =)

Paper Sweeties June Release ~ I Love Summer Stamp Set & I Love Summer Sweet Cuts Die Set!! =)

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Paper Sweeties Design Team 
HELLO!!
I'm here to share the New Paper Sweeties June Release with you!! SQUEAL!! These New Products are just TOO SWEET!! Not only can they be used on there own, but they an also be used with several of the Older Paper Sweeties Sets to create even more AMAZING Creations!! I just LOVE LOVE LOVE when I can mix and match my Products!! =) Today I'm using the New
I CAN'T WAIT to share what I've made!! For today I've made a SWEET Window Shaker Card!! If your a Regular to my Blog you ALREADY KNOW that!!?? LOL!!  =)
I wanted to make a SWEET Scene using SEVERAL of the Images in the I Love Summer Stamp Set and then I Die Cut them out using the Coordinating I Love Summer Sweet Cuts Die Set!!
 I used Tumbled Glass Distress Ink to Watercolor the Background to my Window after I took the (Sparkler Wand Image) to Stamp and Emboss it in order to create a FUN Tree!!?? I used my Misti Stamping Tool so I could Double Stamp them for a Deeper Color!! I used Gathered Twigs, Mowed Lawn and Crush Olive Distress Markers to color right onto the Image and Stamped!! With the Misti it just makes this Technique so EASY!! LOVE IT!!  =) I wanted to fill in the Image alittle so I Double Stamped the Image for more depth and texture and Embossed everything using WoW Clear Super Fine Detailed Embossing Powder!!YIPPEE!! There's SO MANY things you can do with just this one AWESOME Image!! =)  I used my Distress Markers to Color onto the Stamped Images!! I Stamped and Embossed the Nest using Chestnut Embossing Powder!! I Layered it altogether and used a MFT Stitched Arch Die Set to create the Window Opening!! Some Pretty Pink Posh Sequins, Mini Heart Confetti and Seed Beads make the Shaker Filling and I even Sprinkled some on the outside of my Card too!! =) Some Licorice Bakers Twine from Paper Sweeties Finishes off my Card!!
Don't forget to check out what the rest of the AMAZING DT has created too!!
Beth Luetschwager - WELCOME TO THE TEAM! Debbie Marcinkiewicz - Paper SweetiesJeri Thomas
Jinny Newlin - *June Guest Designer* (You're here!)
I hope you FEEL INSPIRED!!?? I've still got LOTS More to Share, So I hope you'll come back tomorrow, to see a little more of what I Love Summer has to offer!!  =)THANKS SO MUCH for stopping by and have a FABULOUS WEEK!!
COUNTRY HUGS-N-KISSES
LARISSA   =)