"Help 4 Katie" Blog Hop

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Hi everyone!

Welcome to our "Help 4 Kate" blog hop!

If you came from Jan's adorable blog, you are in the right place.

If you just happened on to my blog, you will want to go back to the wonderful Lori's blog to start at the beginning.

Our Clear Dollar Stamps design team sister and friend, Katie Renz has been diagnosed with stage for gastric cancer. She is a vibrant young wife and mother and is going through the struggle of her life. Awhile back myself and many other wonderful illustrators got together and created a set of digital images to sell to raise funds for Katie's medical expenses. Well...the expenses are still mounting and the set was so popular that we have done it again! There is a brand new set if digi illustrations for you to download! For those of you who didn't see it, the first set is still available too.

For my hop card, I used the stamp set that I illustrated and donated called "Floral Thought For Katie"

Here is what my set looks like.

This is a picture of the new set that is available for instant download.

It is just $15.00 and all of the money from sales goes to Katie's family. ;)

Your next stop on the hop is the super talented Laurie's blog.

Thanks so much for dropping by!

Hugs,

True :D

3 CDS Sneak Peek Projects!

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Hi Everyone!

I have lots to share with you today so I will keep it as short and sweet as possible!  :)

My first card is done with the "Sentimental Flowers" set that I illustrated for Clear Dollar Stamps.

The flower and leaves were cut using the new downloadable SVG files that we are now creating for use with Cricuts and other cutting machines. They are too cool!

Both will be available on February 1st. 

The beautiful ribbon is Really Reasonable Ribbon's - Green Glitz.

There are lots of flower elements to mix and match and 5 different sentiments that will work for many occasions.

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This fun bookmark was done using the "Hoppy Day" stamp set illustrated by Laurie Wilson.

I also used the Tabs and Tags dies and the Tabs and Tags Additions stamp set.

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 The notebook was decorated with some papers for the Best of K&Company stack and the beautiful new "Bold Butterflies" stamp set illustrated by Lori McCroskey. They were cut with the "Bold Butterflies Die" set also releasing February 1st!

The pretty ribbon is Old Gold Satin from Really Reasonable Ribbon.

The jewels are Gradient Gem Stickers from Creative Charms, that I colored with Copic markers to match.

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Thanks so much for dropping in. I hope you will head over to Lori's blog to see more sneaks and to get the links for all of the amazing artists that have created projects for your inspiration.

You will want to check back tomorrow for even more sneak sets!  ;)

Hugs,

True :D

Card Recipe:
CDS STAMPS USED: "Sentimental Flowers"
CS/PAPERS: TPT Heavenly White and Azalea, My Mind's Eye - "Summer Song"
INK: Staz-On Jet Black
ACCENTS/TOOLS: Sentimental Flowers SVG, Cricut, RRR Green Glitz ribbon sewing machine with orange thread, Score-Tape, foam tape, metal brads, Diamond Glaze, Stickles in Yellow and Lime Green
COLORING: Watercolors

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Bookmark Recipe:
CDS STAMPS USED: Hoppy Frogs
CS/PAPERS: TPT-Heavenly White and Flame, My Mind's Eye-Summer Song
INK: Staz-On Jet Black, CDS-Spring leaf and Pucker Up
ACCENTS/TOOLS: CDS Tabs and Tags Dies, Wizard and square Nestabilities, Stickles in Orange Peel and Lime Green, Diamond Glaze, Fabri-Tac Glue Tassel, green brads
COLORING: Watercolors

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Notebook Recipe:
CDS STAMPS USED: Bold Butterflies
CS/PAPERS: K&Company's Best of K stack, Core'dinations
INK: Staz-On Timber Brown
MARKERS: Copics E35 and B05
ACCENTS/TOOLS:CDS Butterfly Dies, CM corner punch, Creative Charms-Clear Gradient gems, Puffy Paint in Yellow and Light Blue, Printer, sewing machine with teal thread, Notebook, Score-Tape, foam tape, gold ribbon

Clear Dollar Stamps October Sneak Peeks.

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Hello All!

I have 2 Clear Dollar Stamps sneaks to share with you today!

The first is done with my illustration "Autumn Blessings" It will be available for sale as a stamp set Oct. 1st.

It is also available as an instant download digital set now!

The pretty ribbon is Sheer Iridescent Copper from Really Reasonable Ribbon.

My second peek is from my "Something to Crow About" illustration.

He comes with sunflowers, a straw hat, and several sentiments!

Also available on Oct.1st.

I used the fun Yellow Gingham ribbon from Really Reasonable Ribbon.

Please visit Lori's blog to check out the other girls wonderful sneak peeks. You can see slide shows of these sets and if you click on the links that Lori has posted, you can visit their blogs too! I am sure you will be inspired!

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Card #1~Card Recipe:
CDS STAMPS USED: "Autumn Blessings"
CS/PAPERS: Paper Trey - Kraft, DCWV - Fall cardstock stack, K&Co - Fall Harvest stack
INK: Staz-On Jet Black, Colorbox - Cream Brown
ACCENTS/TOOLS: Glitter brads, sewing machine with orange thread, Rect. and frames Nestabilities, Wizard, Ranger Stickles - Stardust, Really Reasonable Ribbon's - Rust Organza ribbon
COLORING: watercolors

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Card #2~ Card Recipe:
CDS STAMPS USED: Something to Crow About
CS/PAPERS: The Paper Temptress - Heavenly white, black crepe, black Basis, gold Stardream
INK: Staz-On, ColorBox _ Dark Moss and Olive Pastel
ACCENTS/TOOLS: sewing machine with green thread, Wizard, Square Nestabilities, green brads, Diamond Glaze, Ranger Stickles in Lime Green and Gold, Really Reasonable Ribbon's - Yellow Gingham
COLORING: watercolors, Prismacolor black pencil,

Thanks for dropping by!

Hugs,

True :D

Another card made with my "A Cup Full of Happiness" stamp

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Hello again!

I thought I would share another card with you that I did using the stamp set that I illustrated for Clear Dollar Stamp's July releases. It is called "A Cup Full of Happiness" and it comes with the image and lots of sentiments.

The one I showed you on Wednesday looked like my cat Nother (I know.... weird name). LOL! 

Today's card, I painted to look like my P-Diddy Kitty. Gotta show love evenly! ;)

This gorgeous ribbon is Really Reasonable Ribbon's  "Peach Organza".

The Green Ice half pearls are also from RRR.

Card Recipe:

STAMPS USED: Clear Dollar Stamps ~ "A Cup Full of Happiness"
CS/PAPERS: Paper Trey's~ Rustic Cream CS and DCWV's ~ Rustic stack
INK: Staz-On Jet Black
ACCENTS/TOOL: Peach Organza Ribbon and Kaiser "Ice Green" half pearls from Really Reasonable Ribbon, rose and leaf  from Wild Orchid crafts, sewing machine with green thread, UTEP, VersaMark refill, old paintbrush, heat gun,  water pen, Scor-tape, glue, double sided foam tape.
COLORING: Prismacolor watercolor pencils #'s WC2945, WC2929, WC2947.
TECHNIQUES: stamping, water coloring, sewing, embossing

Thanks again fro taking the time to come and visit my blog! Please take another second or two and leave a comment so I will know you were here!
 Hugs to you my friends,
True :D

RRR Patriotic Challenge Card "God Bless America"

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Hello Everyone!

Wow July 1st already! That means it is time for another fun Really Reasonable Ribbon challenge!

Hope you will come join us @ Really Reasonable Ribbon's Ramblings for our "Patriotic" challenge.
Be creative, have some fun, and enter for a chance to win an awesome prize!

My sample card was done using this beautiful "Let Freedom Ring" digital stamp from Clear Dollar Stamps.

I colored it with Tombows, added some sparkly embossing on the stars, metallic watercolor on the pole and chalked in some clouds.

The papers I used are all from The Paper Temptress.

They are: Heavenly White, Red Pepper Thick Columns, and Lapis Lazuli Mica Metallic. 

I chose to only use one embellishment on this card so it would show off that gorgeous Royal Blue Swirls ribbon from Really Reasonable Ribbon. It is one of my all time favorites!

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

One Stitch at a Time - Stars and Stripes

Quirky Crafts - Ribbons

Stamptacular Sunday - Stars and Stripes

Cuttlebug Spot - Independence Day

All Sorts - Embossing

Please head over to our design team blog and see the other beautiful samples the rest of the team have prepared for you. I am sure they will get your creative mojo juices flowing! ;)

As always, I appreciate any comments you would like to send my way!

Hope you all have a safe, happy and healthy holiday weekend!

Hugs,

True :D

CDS Sneak Peek ~'A Cuppa Kitty" ~ Another one of my Illustrations

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Hello All!

Today, I have an exciting post! I get to show you another one of my stamp illustrations that will be available for purchase at Clear Dollar Stamps on July 1st. The set is called "A Cup Full of Happiness" and comes with the image plus several different sentiments. 

This is such a fun stamp to color. I have done it in several colors to look like all of the kitties in my life. This one looks like my cat Nother, who was the model for the stamp. I will show you another version on Saturday.

I colored the kitty with Prismacolor pencils and watercolor pencils, then paper pieced the cup and saucer. I then added some UTEE to add some shine.

Remember...you can click on any picture to enlarge!  ;)

The beautiful ribbon and bow are from Really Reasonable Ribbon.

It is their Olive Wrinkled Ribbon.

Please check out the other girls who are sneak peeking this image today.

(If their posts aren't up yet, please check back later)

 Laurie

Tricia

 Lisa

 Gloria

 Rebecca

 Sarah G

Katie

Also, go to Lori's blog to check out all of the other sneaks and new July stamps.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Papertake Weekly ~ "In Stitches"

Zig-zag stitching inside and out!

Creative Inspirations ~ "Paper Piecing"

The cup and saucer are paper pieced.

Stamp With Fun ~ "Birthday"

Sentiment says..."Wishing You a Cup Full of Birthday Fun!"

Crafty Angels ~ "My Favorite Stamp"

Right now, this is my favorite stamp because I designed it! ;)

My Time to craft ~ "Zig-Zag"

Zig-zag stitching inside and out!

Everybody Art ~ "Birthday"

Sentiment says..."Wishing You a Cup Full of Birthday Fun!"

Pile it On ~ Do Something Creative With Cardstock

I paper pieced my cup and saucer then glazed it. Does that count as creative?  ;)

Practical Scrapper  ~ Use Flowers

I used flowered cardstock...one of the options listed. ;)

Fresh Brewed ~ Anything Goes

I Did It Creations ~ Use Dimension

ABC ~ X-tra Dimension

Digi Doodle ~ Anything Goes

Corrosive ~ Flowers

I have flowers on my DP...does that count? ;)

Crafty Ann's ~ Embossing

Sew Many Cards ~ 

Caardvarks ~ Embossing

Speedy The Cat ~ Flowers

Floral DP. Hope that counts. ;)

Card Recipe:
STAMPS USED: Clear Dollar Stamps ~ "A Cup Full of Happiness"
CS/PAPERS: Bazzill Clover Swiss Dots and K&Company's "Life's Journey"
INK: Staz-On Jet Black, Colorbox cat's eyes in Olive and Chestnut
ACCENTS/TOOLS: Olive Wrinkled Ribbon from Really Reasonable Ribbon. Wizard and round and scalloped round, and rectangle and scalloped rectangle Nestabilities. Sewing machine with tan thread, UTEP, VersaMark refill, old paintbrush, heat gun, water pen, Scor-tape, glue, double sided foam tape.
COLORING: Prismacolor watercolor pencils #'s WC2944, WC2929, WC2947. Prismacolor colored pencils #'s 747 and 7451/2
TECHNIQUES: stamping, watercoloring, sewing, embossing

Thanks so much for stopping by and leaving comments! I would love to hear what you think about my newest stamp image! ;)

Hugs,

True :D

True's "Tweets" and Two Tutorials! Tombow Coloring and Winkled Ribbon Videos

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Hi Everyone!

This week Clear Dollar Stamps released my first ever digi illustration that is available for purchase. The set is called "Love Tweet Love" and comes with 3 different scenes and 4 sentiments for only $3.00! Instant download...instant gratification! LOL!
Don't forget the "Resting Bird" freebie that you can get with any purchase!

The cool thing about digis is their versatility. You can resize them to fit a card, enlarge for scrapbook pages, or print them out for your kids to color like a color-book page.  These images are so easy to color. You can do it on the computer with a paint program, use watercolors, colored pencils, Tombo or Copic markers, etc.  It is so fun to color that I did a quick video to show you just how easy it is.

The image is printed and colored on watercolor paper which is on sale right now for 25% off @ The Paper Temptress!
Use discount code "blog".

Click on the 4 arrows in the bottom right hand corner of the viewer to watch it in full scree. Hit your "esc" key to go back to normal size.

The beautiful ribbon I used is "1/2" Lavender wrinkled ribbon" from Really Reasonable Ribbon.
I have added another short video to show you how I did the ribbon treatment.

Right now, Bonnie has a Father;s Day weekend special going on and you can get 15% off ribbons and other embellishments!!!! Use coupon code "JUNESALE".

I am entering this card in the following challenges:
Kaboodle - "Anything goes with a dash of purple"
My Time To Craft - "Make a card for someone special"
ABC - "W" is for Weather
Charisma Cards - "All about BLING"
Lots To Do - "Birds and Wings"

Sweet Stampin Challenge - Clean and simple

Make sure and join us at "Really Reasonable Ramblings" for our challenges on the 1st and 15th of every month! The current challenge is to create a boarder with ribbon and it runs through the 30th of June. Click HERE to see the details.
Card Recipe:

STAMPS USED: Clear Dollar Stamp's - "Love Tweet Love" digi
CS/PAPERS: The Paper Temptress's Amethyst and Azalea mica metallic's, , Basic Grey - "Sugar Rush", watercolor paper
INK: ink jet printer
MARKERS: Tombows #'s 452, 603, 173, 725, 528, 946

ACCENTS/TOOLS: Really Reasonable Ribbon's - 1/2"  lavender wrinkled ribbon, sewing machine and purple thread, water brush,  glue pen, clear embossing powder, heat gun, Ranger Stickles in Cotton Candy, The Paper Studio's glittered mini brads, Score Tape,

TECHNIQUES: Water coloring with Tombows, Sewing, Ribbon art.


Thanks so much for dropping by! I hope you will take a second to let me know you were here and if you would like to see more video tutorials.


Hugs,
True :D

I have a new digi illustration releasing today @ Clear Dollar Stamps!!!

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Hi Everyone!

Just a quick post to let you know that today is "New Digi Release Day" at Clear Dollar Stamps. The really cool part is.....one of them is mine!  :) Woo hooo!

Introducing my "Love Tweet Love" set which is available today.

It is just $3.00 for 3 images and four sentiments that download instantly to your computer! Plus..you get this month's beautiful freebie image "Resting Bird" illustrated by: Laurie Wilson, with your purchase too!

I chose to paint mine on the computer for these CAS cards because I am making lots of them!!!!

Painting digitally is so fun! If you have not tried it you should. There are lots of paint programs out there, many of which you can download free!

Digis are great for markers and watercolors too!

Check out the awesome cards my friends Lisa, Linda and Laurie did with this set!

You can also see more cards with my set plus all of the creations with the rest of this month's wonderful digi releases on our June 2010 Digi Sample Gallery. Also...check out today's post on Cleary iStamp  and see slide shows of all of this month's digi creations.

Don't forget that you get a free digi with any purchase. This months freebie is "Resting Bird" by: Laurie Wilson.

Card Recipe:
STAMPS USED: Clear Dollar Stamps:  "Love Tweet Love" digi
CS/PAPERS: Clear Dollar Stamps - Clearly Coordinating: Lime Juice, Tickled Pink, Powder Puff, Budding Lilac
INK: ink-jet printer and accented edges with Martha Stewart Pigment Ink tear drops stack
ACCENTS/TOOLS: Clearly coordinating Ribbons: Lime Juice, Tickled Pink, Budding Lilac, Tangelo Smoothie, Cuttlebug and embossing folders, Color Printer, glue
TECHNIQUES: dry embossing, digital

Thanks so much for dropping by!

Please leave a quick comment so I can feel the love! tehehehe!

Hugs,

True :D

Sneak Peeking a CDS Card Done w/ My Illustration! ;)

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Hello Everyone!

This is a pre-scheduled post because I am in the hospital.

I wouldn't let a little thing like surgery keep me from doing my sneak! LOL!

This cute little "Pansy Bunny" stamp is due to hit the Clear Dollar Stamps store on June 1st.

YOURS TRULY is the illustrator! I am having so much fun doing illustrations. It is so cool seeing other people playing with my images! Tehehehe!

Makes me giddy!  ;)

That beautiful ribbon is from Really Reasonable Ribbons.The ones I used on this card are Lavender and Olive wrinkled ribbon in the 1/2" width.

I used both ribbons and 2 loops in my Bow-Easy to create the bow.

Other DT's who are showing this stamp off are:

Kim Teasdale

Laurie Wilson

Katie Renz

Sarah Gilreath

Rebecca Ednie

Candy Fosta

Please visit Lori's blog: Clearly iStamp to see a list of all of the other sneaks the awesome DT girls have for you this month!

If you have not signed up for my Mega Multi Company Blog Candy....What are you waiting for? LOL!

Card Recipe:
CDS STAMPS USED: Pansy Bunny

CS/PAPERS: Bazzill Swiss Dots: Irish Eyes, Clover, and Berry Pretty. Bo Bunny: Sun Wash Calico

INK: Staz-On: Jet Black, Color Box cat's Eyes in: Amber Clay and Warm Violet

MARKERS: Tombos: 676, 606, 725, 746, 947, 055, 098, 879

ACCENTS/TOOLS: Green and lt. purple ribbons, Bow-easy, purple, half gems, Wizard w/ rectangle and scalloped oval Nesties, VersaMark refill, clear embossing powder, heat gun, old paintbrush, Stampin' Up's scalloped boarder punch, tiny hole punch, water brush, glue

COLORING: Water coloring with Tombos

TECHNIQUES: Dry embossing, heat embossing, water coloring, stamping

I appreciate you dropping by. Please keep me in your prayers for a speedy recovery.

A comment would be sweet too!  ;)

Hugs,

True :D

"Buttons and Bows Flowers" ~ A 3 design team card and a SCS challenge

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Happy Friday!

Today I wanted to play along with the girls over at Splitcoast Stampers.

Today's Friday Free 4 All challenge #F4A13 is to use buttons and or bows.

I had these wonderful flower buttons in my stash for years and thought they would look great with my Lime Green Leaves trim from Really Reasonable Ribbons. That pretty purple bow is from their Purple Organza.

The sentiment is from Clear Dollar Stamps "Heartfelt Sentiments" set.

Lastly but not leastly...LOL!

That fabulous paper is from the "True's Favorites" package that is on sale at The Paper Temptress this month. It is made up of my pick of the cardstocks I use the most!

The colors used on this card are :

Fairway mica/metallic

Amethyst mica/ metallic

Heavenly White

Thanks again for dropping by!

Please take a second to let me know you were here by leaving a comment.

Hugs,

True :D