Get in the Spotlight!

This week's challenge theme at SweetStamps.com is Spotlighting. I wanted to create a reverse spotlight and use a bottle cap to put my reverse spotlight in, but since we are traveling cross country this week I only had a an hour or so to put this together and I didn't have time to hunt for my bottlecaps!

So here is my spotlighted card:

I used these products:

466G Embroidery Basket image by SweetStamps.com

White Dye Ink

36# Vellum

Fantasy White EP

tan and patterned paper from my stash

FRM135 Swedish Spring Oval Frame die by Cheery Lynn Designs

B162 Lace Corner Deco B dies by Cheery Lynn Designs

Foam Dots

Dove Blender Pen

Lime and Rose Stardust Gelly Roll Pens 
V2 Vellum Adhesive Spray

Large Corner Rounder

Here's a look at an angle, the white EP really sparkles IRL! And you can see the dimension of the rose in the center of the basket.

Join in the fun and have your creation in the spotlight at the SweetStamps blog this week...you could win $20 of rubber stamps!

Don't forget to stop by the challenge blog and check out all the awesome cards from the design team!


See you next week when we'll have a Blog Hop showcasing SweetStamps NEW RELEASE!


I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Creative Card Crew - #7 Spring
Paper & Such Design Blog - Spring or Easter 
Shopping Our Stash - #45 Circles or Dots
Paper Pretties - Paper Piecing or Piercing
Paper Cupcakes - Less is More
One Stop Craft Challenge - #175 Clean & Simple

Happy stamping,

Corner Die Medallion with Cheery Lynn Dies

Corners are COOL! And they don't just belong in a corner...they make beautiful decorative medallions that can be the centerpiece for any papercrafting project.
Take this card for instance, I cut four of one corner die design from Cheery Lynn Designs B165 Lace Corner Deco E out of black CS, sprayed with Krylon All Purpose Adhesive and mounted onto Vellum (I etched the hearts from the diecut on the vellum using stylus tools and the blue embossing pad) that I cut with L12 French Flair Silver Stacker French Flair Nesting Dies (Cheery Lynn Designs) and mounted onto DP that was cut with XL13 French Scalloped Flair XL Stackers Nesting Dies (Cheery Lynn Designs) using V2 Vellum Adhesive Spray. I cut the Anastasia Border (Cheery Lynn Designs) from green patterned DP and placed them at the top and bottom edge of the stripy DP, then adhered to Echo Stardream CS.

Isn't it gorgeous? Now I've gotta play with all the other Cheery Lynn corner dies to see what great medallions they make!
I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Crazy 4 Challenges - C4C124 Stripes AND Polka Dots

Fab 'n' Funky - #109 Colourful Recipe: Green, White & Blue

Paper Pretties - PWC194 Use Punches or Die Cuts

Simon Says Stamp - 3 Different Papers

Sassy Cheryl's - #103 No Embossing

Creative Inspirations Paints - Inspired by Polka Dots 

Penny Black & More - Colour Bingo (brown, black, blue OR cream, white, green)

Card Crafter's Circle - #10 To Die For (Die Cuts)

Sarah Hurley Challenges - #60 Die Cuts 

Happy stamping,

I Heart Valentines

Hello. I thought I'd share a Valentine card I made while in Texas last week, guess you could call this one my "Houston Heart"!

I stamped 465 Scrollwork Corner with Distress Embossing Ink onto a 6x6 panel of Core'dinations CS and filled in the outlined areas with a White Gel Pen. For the heart, I stamped 434 Scalloped Heart Frame with White Dye Ink onto 36# parchment and heat embossed using a new powder called Valentine Sparkle, which is a fine detail deep red with red glitter...pretty! I then used my blue embossing mat and stylus tools to etch the white around the lacy part of the heart image, the straight grid was used to add embossed dots to the open area of the heart, and finally I used the 4-split perforating tool and black perforating pad to cut around the design.
This would make a pretty box topper or the front page of a mini album too!

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

• Allsorts - Free & Easy February
• Creative Inspirations Paints - Hearts
• 2 Sisters - Challenge #78 I Heart You
• Sweet Stampin - Clean and Simple
• Card Makin' Mamas - Valentine
• Fussy and Fancy - #56 With All My Heart 
• Simply Create Too - #6 Red Hot
• 4 Crafty Chicks - Love Is In The Air
• Creative Belli - #136 Hearts/Valentine
• Catered Crop - Recipe Swap Quickfire with Hearts

See ya next card!
Happy stamping,
:) stacey