Spring Violets

It's the first Friday of the month and that means another Clearly Inspired Challenge over at Clearly I Stamp!  Today we have a sketch challenge, and a free digi, too - if you'd like it!

I combined a couple of the free Spring Violets digis and colored them with Copics, before matting them on a piece of K&Co dp.  The sentiment is from the CDS clear set "Genuine Love".

I hope you'll join us!!

Blessings!

Tricia 

Hog Wild

Hello friends!

It's the first Friday of January, and that means that it's time for another Clear Dollar Stamps Clearly Inspired Challenge!  This month the theme is "Love is Sweet", so I pulled out my Loving Critters set and my new Tabs & Tags Die Set, as well as the remains of my Capella Paper Kit and went to work.  I paper piece the little heart on my pig and then colored him in with copics before matting him with my oval and scalloped oval nesties.  I used my Tabs & Tags Dies for the sentiment.

I hope you'll join in with us this month!  It's a great incentive to pull out your Clear Dollar Stamps and show them some love!!

Blessings!

Tricia

Stamps:  CDS Loving Critters
Ink:  Memento Black, Memento Artichoke
Paper:  Capella Paper Kit, Black, Olive, White, Silk Watercolor
Markers:  Copics & Promarkers  E31, E41, E51, E000, E00, Promarker Grey, YG91, YG95
Accessories:  Oval & Scalloped Oval Nesties, Rhinestones from Paper Kit, Tabs & Tags Dies

CIC Challenge

Morning friends! Here's my card for today's Clearly Inspired Challenge using three shades of blue. I pulled out my very favorite set "Genuine Love" and combined it with the newer Scripture set. Doesn't it look elegant?? The dp is from Clear Dollar's Capella Paper Kit. So pretty! I hope you'll take time to play along with the challenge this month. We'd love to see what you come up with!!

Blessings!

Tricia

Clearly Inspired Challenge Today!

Hi ladies! It's time for another Clearly Inspired Challenge and today our theme is all about food. Speaking of food, I have brownies waiting for me that just came out of the oven, so I'm going to make this quick... :-)

I used the single Birthday Cupcake Tag for my card and some K&Co background paper that I recycled from another card. I have *so* many birthdays in November, so I plan on sending this one out shortly.

Be sure to swing by the Clearly IStamp blog for some more inspiration, and maybe even a digi to help you play along!

Blessings!

Tricia

CIC Color Challenge!!

Yay! It's a color challenge this week on the Clearly I Stamp blog!! :-) I've missed our color challenges! I pulled out an older set, "Charlie Harvest Time" to watercolor, and I used the Papertake Weekly sketch for this week. Have you had a chance to play with the cardstock, ink, ribbon, Tombow markers and Copics in Clear Dollar's Clearly Coordinating Collection? I hope so! I just love the colors! I just got one of the CDS Paper Kits, too. I can't wait to break into it!

So, for this card, I used CDS' Grape Jelly and Tangelo Smoothie cardstock, some (older than the hills) dp from SU, CDS Grape Jelly ribbon, and some Tombows for watercoloring... Grape Jelly, Tangelo Smoothie, Mud Pie, Hot Cocoa, Pineapple Twist, Strawberry Jam, Ripe Olive, and Wild Huckleberry. If you haven't watercolored with Tombows yet, you *have to* try it. It's so much fun! :-)

OK, that's all for me today! Go check out all the fun samples on the Clearly I Stamp Blog and then be sure to link us up to show us your creation!

Blessings!

Tricia

Cute Christmas Kitty

My card for today's Clearly Inspired Challenge uses something "cute and cuddly" - a sweet Christmas kitty from Clear Dollar Stamps' Meowy Christmas set. I colored the kitty with Copics and paper pieced the stocking. I had fun using the Mojo Monday sketch for the layout, pulling out some Graphic 45 paper that I won as blog candy last year, and unearthing my snowflake Cuttlebug folder. I used a mixture of punches and nesties for the circles, and the sentiment (from CDS' Christmas Scriptures) was stamped straight and then clipped to fit around the circle's edge.

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you'll join in our cute and cuddly challenge!!

Blessings!

Tricia

Clearly Inspired Birthday Challenge

Hello friends! Today is the Clearly Inspired Challenge over on the Clearly I Stamp blog and the theme is BIRTHDAYS. Now I've wanted to make a card using these two stamps together ever since they first came out. The train is from the "Railroad Memories" set and the sentiment is from "Birthday Celebration" - both by Clear Dollar Stamps. Aren't they the perfect pair?? :-)

To enter the challenge just make a card with a birthday theme and link it up to the challenge post on the Clearly I Stamp blog. Of course, we would LOVE to see what you create with your Clear Dollar Stamps, but if you don't have any yet, feel free to play along anyway!

Have a great day!

Blessings!

Tricia

My Notebook

Today's Clearly Inspired Challenge is to make a card or project with flowers. I really needed to dress up the plain binder that holds my new Bible Reading Schedule and Journal from GraceWorks. So... I stamped some deep green textured cardstock with a plume from the CDS Plumes and Blooms set as my base. Then I made a mat with some older TAC dp, some cardstock, some stitching and some of the Peach Taffy ribbon from Clear Dollar Stamps' Clearly Coordinating Collection. My focal image is the geranium from the set Jesus Paid it All, and the words are from Pretty Little Scriptures. I watercolored the geraniums and I'm not exactly thrilled with how they turned out, but they *do* look better in real life! :-) It is amazing how enjoyable it is to have a pretty binder to write in in the morning!!

Here's the whole front cover...

Thanks for looking! I hope you'll play along with the challenge!

Blessings!

Tricia

Blessings!

Our Clearly Inspired challenge this week is to be "All Tied Up", and use ribbon on your card. How fun! I love ribbon! I used some of the new Clearly Coordinating Tickled Pink grosgrain on the cardfront, and a little snippet of SU Apricot grosgrain to tie up my button. The sets that I used were all by Clear Dollar Stamps - "Pretty Little Scriptures" and April's Stamp of the Month set, "Topped with Class". My papers were all from some Debbie Mumm matpacks and notecards that I got on *huge* clearance at JoAnns. I promised myself that if I bought them I would use them, so I hope you don't get tired of them before they run out!! :-)

For more info on the challenge, or to link up your card, visit Lori's blog here!

Thanks for stopping by and for your sweet comments! Blessings!!

Tricia

Color Challenge Today!

Today's Clearly Inspired color challenge definitely tested my mojo!! The colors to use are Cherry Go Round, Lime Juice and Bee Pollen from Clear Dollar's new Clearly Coordinating Collection, and, as I have a *really* hard time with bright colors, it took two cards before I did one I wasn't embarrassed to show you!! :-)

I used the With Thanksgiving set and the Plumes and Blooms set from Clear Dollar Stamps, and I *really* like how the focal piece turned out. I would definitely try that again. I stamped the plume while the image was still in the nestibilities die, so it left the edges white. So pretty!

Thanks for stopping by! Have a lovely weekend, and I hope you'll join us for the challenge!! :-)

Clearly Inspired Sketch Challenge

Hello friends! It's "every other Friday" - so that means it's time for a new Clearly Inspired Challenge! This week it's a sketch challenge... which I sort of "skewed" by tilting my panels. :-) I used the *adorable* bear from Chuggin Along and the words from Wistful Wishes (which is an absolutely *must have* set and it's only $4.99!!) I colored my bear with copics - and I used my new E41 Copic on his paws and hair. I really like that color... it's the perfect color to make white paper look like Very Vanilla. :-) The little dots on his tummy were just made by dabbing it with the colorless blender after it had been colored. DP is Farm Fresh by October Afternoon.

Remember - you have a week to link up your entry to the challenge post. We always love to see your Clear Dollar Stamp creations, but feel free to join us, even if you don't have any of our stamps yet!

Blessings!

Tricia

Clearly Inspired Goes Green!

Super quick and easy today! This little green monster is for the Going Green challenge over on the Clearly I Stamp blog. To join us, just make a card that is mostly GREEN. :-) I used the Little Monster from Clear Dollar Stamps, and an older SOM set called Harvest Hellos for the sentiment. Can't wait to see your creations!!

Blessings!

Tricia