A new challenge!!!!!

Welcome to another fabulous Challenge at Claudia & Co. Stamps! This month, our challenge for you is to create a 'SPOTLIGHT' somewhere on your card! This a fun technique that I have never tried before. I can't wait to see what you all come up with!

For my card I used my favorite winter PJ Winter Landon, he's available now on sale at DCRU! I stamped him twice onto neenah cardstock and cut a circle out on the part of the stamp I wanted to 'spotlight'. (On his cute little face of course!) I coloured in the image within the circle and then glued it right over top of the whole stamped image making sure to match up the lines. The dp I used was a gift from a little krafty get together I attended last weekend...I'm not sure who makes it but I looove it! Thanks to my secret santa!!! wink wink! Finally I added some snowflake embellies and a big blue bow to finish it off!

Make sure you swing by the rest of the wonderful design team to see how they've used the 'spotlight' technique on their creations! And also visit our guest designer for this challenge, my friend LISA! Congrats on winning our Challenge #5, so glad you are playing along with us!

Hope you are all enjoying your day! Thanks for stopping by!

A new Challenge at C&Co!!!

This is my 2nd post for today. For my KKS post please scroll down!

Welcome to another fabulous challenge at Claudia & Company Stamps!

We'd like to thank everyone who played along with us for our last challenge! We saw some amazing cards!

This month's challenge is a colour challenge!

CREAM, BROWN & A COLOUR OF YOUR CHOICE!

I chose to use Winter Landon for my card and decided on the colour AQUA for my 3rd colour! I think he's one of my favorite Puddle Jumpers by Lori Boyd from the November release! I coloured him up with my copics, cut him out and popped him onto some My Minds Eye dp that I got from DCRU! I added the gorgeous pearl swirl embellishment from Basic Grey and a big brown satin ribbon to finish it off!

We'd love to see you play along with us, the only rule is to use any Claudia & Co Stamp! Lets see what you've got!!!

Thanks for playing along!

Winter Party Blog Hop!!!...it's finally here!!

Yay! Its finally here! The big Winter Release Party Blog Hop at Claudia & Co. Stamps!!! We've been showing you some previews this past week and now we're ready for the big reveal!!! Today we have a big Blog Hop going on including our fabulous digi team and a very talented guest designer!

Here is the order of the hop!

Claudia & Company Blog

Sandra

Tori

Pam

Risa

Shelby

Krista :)

Nicole

Margie

Tracy

Jacquie

Kim

Sheri

Lysa

Lori

Kadie

Our wonderful guest designer:

Mercy Kerin

Claudia

So here goes......

Meet 'Party Time Noah'

'Winter Hannah'

'Winter Landon'

'Party the Penguin'

'Party Time Piper'

'Winter Ella'

These stamps are all available now at Die Cuts r Us and come pre-mounted on deep etched red rubber. Each image comes with it's very own sentiment and accessory stamp!!!

Make sure you leave a comment on every stop along the way, a few people will be lucky enough to win a sweet little prize package from Die Cuts r US!!!

Your next stop along the hop is the super talented NICOLE!!! Have fun!!!

Winter Party Preview Day 2!!!

Hi there! Welcome to day 2 of the Winter Preview at Claudia & Co. Stamps! I hope you enjoyed what you saw on Friday, cause there's lots more to come! Today we're featuring another adorable Puddle Jumper by Lori boyd and a cute little penguin by Jane Beljo!

This is 'Winter Landon'

Oh my goodness, how cute is this little duo????? Love them!!! I coloured them up with my copic markers and cut them out with my trusty cutter bee scissors! I dug through my left over Christmas paper from last year and found some that matched his coat. I added some Perfect Puff to the pom pom on his hat and some white flowersoft for snow on the ground. I got my inspiration for the layout on this fantastic blog here! Winter Landon comes with the little teddy bear and the sentiment 'happy winter'!

Now please meet:

Party the Penguin! What a cutie patootie!!! I used my copics again to colour him up and added some orange stickles to his beak and pom pom. I used my nestabilities (ovals, & labels 10) for the backdrop. I added some rhinestones and finally got around to using the 'pleated ribbon' look that I've been dying to try. I got my inspiration for this card from my sweet friend here! 'Party the Penguin' comes with the hat as an accessory and two sentiments 'Brrr' & 'U R Cool!'

Be sure to check out the rest of the Design teams previews! They are all just amazing! Don't forget to come back this Friday the 5th of November at 10:00 a.m. for the big Blog Hop Party! We'll have the digi team joining us along with a new guest designer. So much fun! You'll see the last 2 releases and if you leave a comment you'll have a chance to win a sweet little prize package from our sister company DIE CUTS RUS! Woo hoo!!!

See you Friday! Thanks for stopping by!

Back to School!

Well sadly summer is winding down and it almost time for the kids to go back to school!
But this new little Puddle Jumper 'School Time Lucy' from Claudia & Co. just makes me smile so much that it gets me in the mood for back to school! One of my favourite things is doing the back to school shopping!

I coloured Lucy up with my copics and decided I wanted to make a girlie back to school card so I pulled out some of my Girl's Paperie dp and some pink glitter candy dots I got from DCRU. I adhered the candy dots to the flourishes I cut from my never before used nesties die (love them). I framed her in a scalloped nestie and popped it on the card!

This cutie along with her friend Landon are on sale right now at DCRU, swing by and check out the adorable stamps available!

Speaking of stamps....Claudia & Company is having a brand new release for September! They are ADORABLE. So if you wanna see them, check back on Wednesday at 10:00 a.m. for the big Release Hop! There will be lots of fun prizes and gorgeous cards to view! Not to mention a new line up of designers!!!

I'll be back tomorrow with a teeny weeny sneek peek! Thanks for stopping by!

Challenge #3!!!

*This is my 2nd post today, for my Kraftin Kimmie Peek, scroll down or click HERE*

Welcome to another fun filled challenge with Claudia & Co. Stamps! Today we have a fantastic sketch for you by Lori!!! Check it out!

Today I decided to use Back to School Landon AND Lucy for my card! These little cuties are the new August release for Claudia & Co. Stamps and can be found HERE. I stamped them side by side, like twins or two best buddies going back to school. I paper pieced their outfits to match with matching dp which I got from DCRU. I love their 6x6 paper packs!

So we'd love to see what you've got to show us, remember you have a whole month to play along for your chance to win some great C&C rubber! Check out the blog for all the details!

Have a great day, thanks for stopping by!

Endless Summer...

Don't you wish the summer would never end? I'm lovin spending lots of time with my kids and they are appreciating the time too! Just praying that my allergies will be under control soon, so I can start feeling better!

I wanted to post this cute little card today to show you one of the new releases for July at Claudia & Co. Stamps!

This is Puddle Jumper Christian! I think he is soo sweet, I love colouring him! I used my copics and cut him out and popped him on a BoBunny panel. I added lots of fun bright buttons and dew drops and voila, it was done in a flash!!!

I hope you're enjoying your summer so far! I wish it would never end....

Baby Lollipops!

So yesterday I showed you what you can do with some of the cute new

Digi Lollipops available HERE!

Today I've got a few more to show you!

Check out these adorable little Baby Lollipops designed by Lori Boyd!

Lollipop Baby Jussie

Lollipop Baby McCoy

(I coloured this one up as a bald little baby girl!)

How cute are these little pops? I must say I do enjoy using digital images, they can be resized to any size you need to suit your project, and you can fill up a whole page without getting your hands all inky! And the best part is they're very economical! That means more to spend on all that pretty paper...or markers or buttons?...lol!

So be sure to check out all the new Lollipop digis available HERE!

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great day!

Lollipops x2!

Today...I'm giving you a sample of some of my very good friends' Lori Boyd's sweet Lollipops, x2! I just love them to bits! These sweet little images are now available to purchase as digi's exclusively by Claudia & Co Stamps!!! Check them all out HERE!

For my card I used Gracie and Dylan!

'Sigh' young love...

For this card, I was inspired by the wonderfully talented Linda Heavens and her card HERE! I remembered she had made that beautiful card with her magical colouring and all, and thought I'd try to find my inner Linda...I've got some work to do...lol. She's been MIA lately and wanted to let her know everyone is missing her at the Pickle!!! (our lss). Please get that wrist all healed up, as you can see I need some help with my grass...LOL!

I also tried the do-it-yourself cloud background for the first time. I cut out a little scalloped template and sponged away. I was trying to figure out why it didn't look right to me until I noticed that my clouds are upside down! Oops! Ah well, now I know for next time!

So if you just can't resist these sweet little Lollipops (like me), head over to DCRU! and check them all out!

Have a great day, thanks for stopping by!

HUP HOLLAND HUP.....AND A HUGE SALE...

DIE CUTS R US
is having a huge sale

in fact its a

"Getting Ready for CHA" Sale!
July 6th-12th

Discount codes not applicable on these sale items.

CLICK HERE
for all DETAILS!!

I already placed an order last night...there are definately some AMAZING deals!!!

Die Cuts R Us also sells:

There are a bunch of Claudia & Co. stamps on sale right now as well. So swing by and check it out! OOOH and there's a sweet prize up for grabs if you spread the word...check it out!

ON ANOTHER NOTE....something you probably didn't know about me...I'm a HUGE World Cup Soccer Fan...I've been glued to the television for pretty much every game! Actually just watching the Netherlands vs Uruguay right now....I'm sooo excited cause my team is gonna be in the finals!!!!

HUP HOLLAND HUP!

lol, k, thanks for humouring me!

Birthday Princess set...

Just a quick post today...just wanted to show you this very easy and fun card I put together. I used the purse accessory stamp from the new Birthday Princess Stamp Set from Claudia & Co. Stamps! This set is so versatile, you can create just about any kind of card with it!

This set is on sale right now at DieCutsRUs...so be sure to swing by and pick yours up today!

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Hugs for Fathers Day!

Happy Fathers Day to all those special Dads out there!

My kiddo's were up early today so we've already started the celebrating!

Claudia & Company had a brand new Digital Release on Friday and this little cutie was among them! His name is Jaime, he can be purchased on his own or there's a bigger set that comes with some toy accessories as well. There was also an adorable flower set that is great for any occasion. These super cute new Digi Sets can be purchased at DieCutsRUs!

Swing by the Claudia & Co Stamps blog to check out the wonderful samples that some of the design team created!

For my card I couldn't resist to add a little sign behind his back saying HUGS! This little guy looks alot like my son, so I coloured him up to resemble him down to the brown shoes and all!

Card Details:
Stamps: Digi Stamps Jaime and Hugs sentiment by Claudia & Co Stamps. Paper: Beckett Expression, DP by Basic Grey - Wags N' Whiskers. Supplies: Copic markers, mini blue brads, button, SU linen thread, 3D pop dots.

I hope you have a wonderful day! Thanks so much for stopping by!

A brand new Challenge at Claudia & Co. Stamps!!!!!

Please scroll down for my post for The Town Scrapper!

Today marks the day for our very first challenge at Claudia & Co. Stamps!!!

Woot Woot!!

Check out this fabulous SKETCH!!!Here's my card:

I decided to use Sammy (Ella's lil blue brother) for my card today. One, because he's so stinkin' cute and two, because I've been dying to use some my new Max & Whiskers paper by Basic Grey! I also used the brand new So Random Sentiments (up&down edition). I repeated the 'miss you' to create a little pattern! Did you know that an Elephant will never forget someone it loves and will do anything for them? It's true!.....so I thought this sentiment was fitting for the image! (If you like Elephants you HAVE to read Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen - one of my fav books).

Anyway, we'd love to see what you got, If you'd like to play along with us please check out the Claudia & Co. Stamps blog for ALL THE DETAILS!! There's a prize up for grabs and you have a WHOLE MONTH to play along...awesome!! Have fun!

Have a great day!

Card Details: Stamps: Sammy the Blue Elephant, & Miss you sentiment by Claudia & Co. Stamps. Paper: Beckett Expressions, Max & Whiskers by Basic Grey. Supplies: Copic markers, 3d pop dots, black & white ribbon.

A very exciting Blog Hop!!!

BLOG HOP!!!!

Welcome to the Claudia & Co. Blog Hop! Today as you 'hop' along with us, you will be seeing for the first time, the brand new June Release of Claudia & Co. Stamps! These new stamps are made of high quality deep etched red rubber and come premounted ready to cut and ink up! You will love them, not to mention the GORGEOUS creations from the talented Claudia & Co DT!!!! So here is the order of the hop if you don't want to miss anybody:

Claudia & Co.

Lori

Tracy

Mary

Lisa

Krista

Sheri

Claudia

Meet Ella the Elephant:

And her little Brother Sammy:

This Princess set comes with 2 sentiments and 4 accessories:

The sentiments on Ella's & Sammy's cards are also part of the new release! They are vertical sentiments and are perfect for any card! All of these new stamps are available through Die Cuts R Us!

Be sure to leave a comment on each stop along the way and you will be entered to win a gift certificate from DieCutsRUs!!!! WOOHOO, how awesome!!!

Your next stop along the way is the super talented Sheri, you'll love what she has to show you!!!!

Have a great day, thanks for stopping by!