Challenge~CCS13

Winner of CCS12 Creatively Different using random.org was #1 Patti.

Email: creative-vision@hotmail.com to claim your badge and shopping code

Wow did Christmas whizz by! I feel like I have spent 2 month preparing and it flew by way too fast for my taste. I was really worried hubby was going to get held over at work (he had to work Christmas morning) but he was home in enough time for us to celebrate with his family. I was certainly spoiled with gift cards to both Micheal's and Jo-Anne's craft stores. Super exciting for me.....Hope you all had a wonderful weekend and an upcoming new year.

The details: This is my last challenge for you all so I am going to go a tad easy on you. Use your favorite embellishment. (ribbon, brads, eyelets, punches,, bling, etc)

I used friendship. My favorite embellishments are punches.....I love that with very little it adds sooooo much! I also used a paper piercer and pierced the bee's path. This was very hard to photograph cause we have very little natural light and the flash washes out the dark colors.

OK now for the fun stuff! We want you to play along! Get some inspiration and show us your creativity!!! Of course their are rules. You must be a Creative Clear Stamps follower (super easy! In the side bar click follow) And of course you will have a chance to shine. Post your creation using the mr. widget below. You don't have to use Creative Clear Stamps but of course it is always a bonus if you do! You have until Sunday Night 1/03/10 at 8pm cst (9pm eastern, 6pm pacific). The prize each week will be a "CCS Challenge Winner" Badge to display on your blog and a personal discount code of 10% off your next CCS store purchase. Make sure you use CCS13 when you post your creation on splitcoast! Don't forget to display your winning badge so you can be in the running for a guest designer spot!

Creative Technique--Challenge--Tutorial

Winner of CCS11 Creatively Different using random.org was #2 Olga.

Email: creative-vision@hotmail.com to claim your badge and shopping code

Hi everyone! Hope you all had a wonderful week. The holidays are fast approaching. Are you ready? Have you wrapped everything and gotten stocking stuffers? If not I wanted to show you a easy stocking stuffer or gift.

The details: This weeks challenge is for you to use your favorite technique. This could be embossing or coloring medium or like what I did was a 3-D project technique.

I have a tutorial for you all to use to make your very own tea bag holder. I showed some samples I have done at the most recent blog hop.

What you will need:

· One 3 1/2" x 7 3/4" piece of cardstock—Basic Grey used here
· One 6 1/2" x 7" piece of patterned paper or printed vellum—My Minds Eye used here
· Scoring tool—Scor-pal used here
· Strong adhesive—rolled adhesive used here
· Thin cord
· 25" piece of ribbon
· 1/16" hole punch
· 1 1/4" circle punch
· Stamps—Friendship used here
· Additional cardstock and embellishments to decorate the front
*The largest sized was 3 ¼ x 3 ¼ and it goes in by 1/8 down to the stamped whisper white.

Step 1
Place 3 1/2" x 7 3/4" piece of cardstock in your Scoring tool Score at 3 1/2".

Score at 4 1/4".

Step 2
fold both of the score lines.

Step 3
Line the 6 1/2" side of the patterned paper up with the top of the scoring tool Score at 1/2".

Score at 3 1/2".

Step 4
fold your score lines. Apply Adhesive to the 1/2" section of the paper.

Remove tape liner, fold paper over and rub to set adhesive.

Step 5
Align the paper sleeve with the 1/2" score line. Score at 3 5/8".

Turn paper 180 degrees, line other side up with 1/2" score line. Score again at 3 5/8". The 3 5/8" is actually marked on the score pal to make things a bit easier.

Step 6
fold both score lines.

Step 7
Slide one size of the designer paper into the 1 1/4" circle punch. Center and punch.This will make it easier to take the tea bag out of the holder later.

Line up the other end of the paper with the punched side. Line up circle punch again and punch again.

Step 8
Add Adhesive over the back of the patterned paper spine.

Peel off tape liner, center patterned paper over cardstock and tape down.

Step 9
Tie ribbon around the cardstock base.

You can decorate the front of the holder.I used dimensional's so the ribbon is able to be repositioned.

Step 10
Open the tea bag holder and punch two small holes in the spine through both the patterned paper and cardstock. You can use a 1/16" hole punch or your paper piercing tools for that. I like to use a guide for better/even hole placement.

Step 11
Thread some thin cord through the holes so both ends of the cord are on the outside of the holder.

Tie the cord in a knot or bow on the outside of the spine.

Step 12
Add tea bags into your patterned paper sleeves.

Fold tea bag holder and and tie ribbon again. Your tea bag holder is done.Variation:Instead of filling the sleeves with tea bags, try chocolate squares instead.

I used my new sewing machine to sew the front of the tea bag holder.....The lines are a tad bit wiggly but this is my first sewing machine so I have a bit of a learning curve....So far I LOVE it though.

Here is a photo of the inside. Another variation you could try are the ghiradelli or dove square chocolates.....those will fit in here just fine. it looks harder than it is. I think total for this whole tutorial (without the photos and typing it up) took about 30 minutes. Those are fast and wonderful little gifts.

OK now for the fun stuff! We want you to play along! Get some inspiration and show us your creativity!!! Of course their are rules. You must be a Creative Clear Stamps follower (super easy! In the side bar click follow) And of course you will have a chance to shine. Post your creation using the mr. widget below. You don't have to use Creative Clear Stamps but of course it is always a bonus if you do! You have until Sunday Night 12/27/09 at 8pm cst (9pm eastern, 6pm pacific). The prize each week will be a "CCS Challenge Winner" Badge to display on your blog and a personal discount code of 10% off your next CCS store purchase.Make sure you use CCS12 when you post your creation on splitcoast! Don't forget to display your winning badge so you can be in the running for a guest designer spot!

I hope you all have a wonderful holiday week!

Creative Clear Blog Hop!

Are you ready for another Creative Clear Stamps Blog Hop!

Look below for the details....make sure to leave a comment on every one's blog! Here are some things I am making for the women in my family....Tea bag holders. I love the colors of pink and grey together!!! I also love this basic grey designer pudding. It is perfect for the holidays! I did 2 different covers. It is VERY easy to make!

I also used Basic Grey rhinestones to add a little extra something.

Here's what the inside looks like for both. I love how it looks!

I am so excited and this time EVERYONE can join and share their Creative Vision using their favorite Creative Clear Stamps.

Be sure to stop by the Design Team members blogs: Laura, Jennie, Linda, Shelly, Rebecca as well as the very creative and talented Olga, Patti, and Theresa.

Laura will also be giving away a new release to one lucky commenter from one of the blog comments, so be sure leave a comment at each stop. You just never know whose blog will be picked! You can look for the announcement of the winner over on the Creative Clear Stamps Blog: A Fairy Creative Place.

Creative Holiday~Challenge

No one won for challenge 10

Hi everyone! Hope you all had a wonderful week. This week was super busy. I am coming up on the last week of the semester so I already had a final last week and a presentation and a huge paper. Finals week should actually be pretty good to me :) I only have 1 big test. I hope you all will find some fun inspiration this week!



OK so for the details:

Creative Holiday ~Color Challenge. Use navy blue, silver and BLING

I used a few different stamp sets for my project: For the alphabet on the front I used Pattern Alphabets and Numbers for the Tree and the cluster of snowflakes I used Let it Snow for the inside of the invite I used Surprise Party. I love this color combo and it was super fun to create.I used a small square block and aranged my cluster of snowflakes using all 4 sizes. this was super easy and way better then trying to stamp each one individually.

Holiday Tip: I used my score pal mat with the measurements and placed the letters and the words face down so I could make sure they were even and lined up. It was great having the lines there for guides. then once I had them in place I pressed down on them with my clear block and they were lined up perfectly.

OK now for the fun stuff! We want you to play along! Get some inspiration and show us your creativity!!! Of course their are rules. You must be a Creative Clear Stamps follower (super easy! In the side bar click follow) And of course you will have a chance to shine. Post your creation using the mr. widget below. You don't have to use Creative Clear Stamps but of course it is always a bonus if you do! You have until Sunday Night 12/20/09 at 8pm cst (9pm eastern, 6pm pacific). The prize each week will be a "CCS Challenge Winner" Badge to display on your blog and a personal discount code of 10% off your next CCS store purchase.Make sure you use CCS10 when you post your creation on splitcoast! Don't forget to display your winning badge so you can be in the running for a guest designer spot!

Crafty Sentiments Challenge

I hope everyone had a wonderful week! It's getting cold here and that is pretty unusual. We even had snow up in our hills and that NEVER happens! Have you seen the new images over in the crafty sentiments store (it's open!!!! Yea!)

Your challenge this week is to use glitter.....It can be mixed in something like shimmerz or can be ribbon that is shiny just like glitter.....Think creatively for this one!

She has the most adorable snowmen EVER....I am not exaggerating! With the freezing temperature here (OK I'm exaggerating a little there) I had to use one of these snowmen. I used Snowman Frost.

I used the snowflake from Holiday Happiness. The sentiment is from that set as well. I had these felt snowflakes and I used iced lavender shimmerz on the snowflakes. I used angel wings snowflake on the snowman and I used stickles for the snow. I also used some fun flock for the puff ball on the hat and for the snowballs on the side. I love that it has different textures when you touch it! I also used 2 different ribbon and layered them.

Don't forget to visit us over on Paper Craft Planet here

Creative ABC's~Challenge

Winner of CCS9 Creatively Different using random.org was #2 Patti. (2 weeks in a row winner)

Email: creative-vision@hotmail.com to claim your badge and shopping code

Hi everyone! Hope you all had a wonderful week. This week is hectic. We put up our tree and the house is decorated and now finals and school stuff are the priority.....I need some stamp days..... I want to say thank you to all who played in our last challenge. Hopefully you all will find inspiration this week. It was so much fun to see every one's creations. OK so for the details:

This challenge is about Anything But a Card--Anything but a card.....I think mine works cause it is a pull out slide.....

I used two different stamp sets for my project: Officially Single and Friendship. I saw this tutorial on a blog a couple weeks ago and thought it would be cute for this stamp set. This would be great for single girl drink recipes....Appletini anyone?

When you pull out the tab this is what it shows.....Sorry for the horrible picture.....But it is so dark out I wont have natural lighting till spring. Can you believe we actually have snow in the forecast? I live near San Francisco! I plan for rain not snow......It's not like it will stick or anything but 27 degrees for us is FREEZING!

OK now for the fun stuff! We want you to play along! Get some inspiration and show us your creativity!!! Of course their are rules. You must be a Creative Clear Stamps follower (super easy! In the side bar click follow) And of course you will have a chance to shine. Post your creation using the mr. widget below. You don't have to use Creative Clear Stamps but of course it is always a bonus if you do! You have until Sunday Night 12/13/09 at 8pm cst (9pm eastern, 6pm pacific). The prize each week will be a "CCS Challenge Winner" Badge to display on your blog and a personal discount code of 10% off your next CCS store purchase.Make sure you use CCS10 when you post your creation on splitcoast! Don't forget to display your winning badge so you can be in the running for a guest designer spot!

Free Creative Clear Stamps!!!

This post will remain at the top for 2 days so please scroll down for new posts.....I have new posts for both creative clear stamps and crafty sentiments.

Creative Clear Stamps is having another Blog Hop that can feature YOU and your Creative Vision! Our current Design Team Jennie, Linda, Shelly, Lisa and Rebecca will be sharing with you a project created using their favorite CCS set.

We also want YOU to participate by creating a project using YOUR favorite Creative Clear Stamp set. We are all going to link them together over on the Creative Clear Stamps Blog and that is not all..... Each customer that participates using CCS stamps will receive ONE of the brand new releases coming out in January. It is just Creative Clear Stamp's way of saying THANK YOU for helping us grow!

Here's what you should do:

1. Create a brand new project FEATURING ANY stamp from our line of Creative Clear Stamps. This project should not include stamps from any other stamp company.

2. Email Laura creative-vision@hotmail.com and let her know you will be joining the hop. Include a link to your main blog. Also include your full name and mailing address - so Laura can send you your FREE new Release in January. All links must be given to Laura no later than December 16th.

3. On the 17th, make sure your CCS Blog Hop project remains in the top position for the day on your blog.

Doing these three things will qualify you to receive ONE Free New Release. Laura, owner of CCS, reserves the right to disqualify any project or blog hop link that does not follow the guidelines of this special offer.

Our customers are the best and we appreciate you. So mark your calendar's for December 17th and hope you can hop along to a free stamp set soon!

Creative Duo--Challenge

Hi everyone! Hope you all had a wonderful holiday week. Mine was super busy and I still haven't recuperated all the way. I need a vacation from my vacation. I want to say thank you to all who played in our last challenge. Hopefully you all will find inspiration this week. It was so much fun to see every one's creations. OK so for the details:

This challenge is about using two different designer papers on your project. I wanted to go a little easier on you guys if your week was as crazy as mine.

I used two different stamp sets for my project: Let it Snow and Holiday Sentiments. This is my take on the easel card that have been out there. I used a 12x12 size of Kraft paper. This is the front of the card when it is all folded together. I used 2 different glittery design papers that I have been hoarding from my minds eye.

This is the card completely open. I used one of the design papers to paper piece the tree. I thought it looked like ornaments.

This is my version of the easel fold. here it just sits open. This was really easy to make.

OK now for the fun stuff! We want you to play along! Get some inspiration and show us your creativity!!! Of course their are rules. You must be a Creative Clear Stamps follower (super easy! In the side bar click follow) And of course you will have a chance to shine. Post your creation using the mr. widget below. You don't have to use Creative Clear Stamps but of course it is always a bonus if you do! You have until Sunday Night 12/06/09 at 8pm cst (9pm eastern, 6pm pacific). The prize each week will be a "CCS Challenge Winner" Badge to display on your blog and a personal discount code of 10% off your next CCS store purchase.Make sure you use CCS9 when you post your creation on splitcoast! Don't forget to display your winning badge so you can be in the running for a guest designer spot!

Crafty Sentiments Challenge

Hi all! hope you had a fabulous week. Here in America we celebrated Thanksgiving and oh my has it been busy. So for my post I am telling you what the challenge is but my sample will be added on tomorrow.....hopefully my craft room will fix itself cause right now it is in shambles!!!!

This weeks challenge is to use 2 different design papers on your project. Hope you enjoy playing along. you have until 12/5/09 to submit your project to the papercraft group here

ETA: Ok so I was actually able to get in my stamp room and stamp...WOO HOO! I used some new design paper that I have been hoarding cause it is way too pretty to use! The first thing I wanted to do was use flocking the minute I saw this image. Can't wait to see what you do with the challenge!

Creative Thanks~Challenge

Hi everyone! Hope you all had a wonderful week. I want to say thank you to all who played in our last challenge. Hopefully you all will find inspiration this week. It was so much fun to see every one's creations. OK so for the details:

This challenge is about being thankful. With Thanksgiving here in the US this Thursday I thought it would be appropriate to be thankful for our crafting stuff. So the challenge is: What tool or embellishment are you MOST thankful for and that will be the predominant focus of your card. (Paper cutter, any type of adhesive, and any type of paper do not count) If you elect to be thankful to ribbon you may only use ribbon (no brads, baubles, glitter, etc.) but you may use any and all tools you would like. If you elect to be thankful to your cuttlebug you may ONLY use your cuttle bug (No big bite, no punches, no other accessories that can be used with any other tools) but you may use all the embellishments you would like. Make sure to put down what tool/embellishment you are using and why you are most thankful for it! Whew hope that wasn't too confusing :)

I used An Extra Little Blessing for my project. I thought it would be appropriate for the holiday this week. I used the pillow box die to make a place card for the place setting for Thanksgiving. I have this pretty fall colored ribbon wrapped around the pillow box. I am most thankful for my cuttlebug cause it allows me to do and try so many things and it is so easy to use. It is also the "first" major tool purchase I made for myself when I first started stamping so I have a very big soft spot for my lil bug.

Here are the little slips of paper I made for everyone to write down the things they are most grateful for. I thought as a family this would be nice to have everyone write them down and put them in the pillow box. We will pass the box around and randomly draw one to read and share as a family.

OK now for the fun stuff! We want you to play along! Get some inspiration and show us your creativity!!! Of course their are rules. You must be a Creative Clear Stamps follower (super easy! In the side bar click follow) And of course you will have a chance to shine. Post your creation using the mr. widget below. You don't have to use Creative Clear Stamps but of course it is always a bonus if you do! You have until Sunday Night 11/29/09 at 8pm cst (9pm eastern, 6pm pacific). The prize each week will be a "CCS Challenge Winner" Badge to display on your blog and a personal discount code of 10% off your next CCS store purchase.Make sure you use CCS8 when you post your creation on splitcoast! Don't forget to display your winning badge so you can be in the running for a guest designer spot!

Creatively Different~Challenge

Hi everyone! Hope you all had a wonderful week. I want to say thank you to all who played in our last challenge. Hopefully you all will find inspiration this week. It was so much fun to see every one's creations. OK so for the details:

This challenge is about thinking outside of the box. Your challenge is to make any size card but an A2 (4.25x5.5). This can be square, long rectangle, circle, or any other size card :)

I used two different sets for this card. I think this snowman is my favorite Christmas image EVER.....yes I said EVER :) I have used him on sooooo many thing so far and I just keep reaching for this set! It is from the Let it Snow Set. The sentiment is from Holiday Sentiments. I was trying to make an elegant Christmas card and it was really hard to get a good photograph.

OK now for the fun stuff! We want you to play along! Get some inspiration and show us your creativity!!! Of course their are rules. You must be a Creative Clear Stamps follower (super easy! In the side bar click follow) And of course you will have a chance to shine. Post your creation using the mr. widget below. You don't have to use Creative Clear Stamps but of course it is always a bonus if you do! You have until Sunday Night 11/22/09 at 8pm cst (9pm eastern, 6pm pacific). The prize each week will be a "CCS Challenge Winner" Badge to display on your blog and a personal discount code of 10% off your next CCS store purchase.Make sure you use CCS7 when you post your creation on splitcoast! Don't forget to display your winning badge so you can be in the running for a guest designer spot!

Crafty Sentiments Blog Hop!

Crafty Sentiments Presents....

New stamps.

Here are the November release images:

Yasmin:

Lulu:

Daisy:

These are absolutely adorable stamps!
For my card I really wanted to do something different and it has been a long time since I had done a gate fold card so I had to challenge myself a little :) I also wanted to use some new stamps for my sample of on SCS virtual stamp night (I was one of the hostesses!)

I used my scorpal and some glitter designer cardstock that I have had since last Christmas and used some ribbon to close it instead of adhesive or Velcro. I used Winter Wonderland. This set is fabulous! It has a sentiment for JUST about ANYTHING which is something I really need. Plus the quality of these stamps are excellent and really work well with my stampin up ink which some other clear stamps don't (at least in my experience).

Here is the outside of the card:


Here is the inside:

I love the little gems I used....I needed another color other than blue/Teal.....

OK so for the details:

This is a circular blog hop and there is two chances at candy somewhere along the way. You may start on the blog you are on and just continue by clicking on the next name on the blog. The end of the blog hop is when you land back on the blog you started on. You don’t have to hunt for the blog candy! We want you to enjoy the hop so to be eligible for the blog candy you MUST do 2 things. 1) You MUST be a follower of the Crafty Sentiments Blog and 2) You MUST leave a comment on every blog (6 comments total).

Blog Hop ends: Wednesday, November 18th @ 12 noon my time :) (Pacific Standar Time)

The next blog on the hop is: Suzette

Also, have you had a chance to join our Paper Craft Planet group? If not click here. Starting November 22nd we will have challenges and that will be THE place to be for Crafty Sentiments info.

Thanks for hopping with us! Don't forget to leave your comment!

My Crafty Resume......

Well I designed my resume in the craft world cause in the past year it has grown by a lot! I am so excited to work with the companies I am currently working on and all of the companies I have been affiliated with in the past. I am proud of all I have accomplished and plan on accomplishing way more this next year.

Creative Color~Challenge

Winner of CCS5 Creative Buttons using random.org was #1 Patti.

Email: creative-vision@hotmail.com to claim your badge and shopping code

Hi everyone! Hope you all had a wonderful week. I want to say thank you to all who played in our last challenge. Hopefully you all will find inspiration this week. It was so much fun to see every one's creations. OK so for the details:

This challenge is a COLOR Challenge. The colors to use are Ruby Red, Kraft and Creamy Caramel. Use colors that match as close as possible if you do not have the exact colors.

I used two different sets for this card. For the LOVE on the background I used Pattern Alphabet and Numbers. I have been seeing so many other ladies on the DT use the stamps to create backgrounds and I have never done this so since this is supposed to be a challenge I challenged myself with trying this. It was so much fun to try! I used The Fairytale for the main focus on the card. Hope you can find some fun inspiration with this!

OK now for the fun stuff! We want you to play along! Get some inspiration and show us your creativity!!! Of course their are rules. You must be a Creative Clear Stamps follower (super easy! In the side bar click follow) And of course you will have a chance to shine. Post your creation using the mr. widget below. You don't have to use Creative Clear Stamps but of course it is always a bonus if you do! You have until Sunday Night 11/15/09 at 8pm cst (9pm eastern, 6pm pacific). The prize each week will be a "CCS Challenge Winner" Badge to display on your blog and a personal discount code of 10% off your next CCS store purchase.Make sure you use CCS6 when you post your creation on splitcoast! Don't forget to display your winning badge so you can be in the running for a guest designer spot!

the grinch is sleeping.....

hmmmm I wonder what that means? You might want to check out Creative Clear Blog details found here

CCS Challenge and a Tutorial

Hi everyone! Hope you all had a wonderful week. I want to say thank you to all who played in our last challenge. We had a few more players! Yea that makes me sooooo happy! Hopefully you all will find inspiration this week. It was so much fun to see every one's creations. OK so for the details:

This challenge is ALL about Something clear.
This could be acetate, clear buttons, clear baubles......maybe even clear embossing powder. Just keep it clear! Let your creativity flow! For my sample I am also going to show a tutorial for a quick and easy shaker card.

• Gather your materials. For this project I used:
  Sage Shadow Card Base
  5 1/8 x 3 7/8 Bashful Blue Base
  5 x 3 3/4 Design Paper
  Glitter (I used Martha Stewart glitter flakes)
  3M Mounting tape on a roll
  Acetate or other clear sheet.

Let it Snow Stamp Set was used

• Use adhesive to put your design paper to your 2nd base.
  

• Use 1 3/8 Punch to cut through your main base.
  
• Adhere acetate sheet to back so the clear sheet will now create a window.
  
• Stamp your image and color if needed.
  
• Put 3M tape all around image.
  
• Pour glitter into the middle of all the mounting tape (on top of your image)
  
• Lay the base with the clear window sheet over your image and push down so there will be no cracks for the glitter to escape.
  
• Place mounting tape or pop up dots around the rest of the base and adhere to your card base.
  
• Ta Da You're done! Now decorate as you please
  
  Tip: If you are planning on stamping your sentiment directly onto the base with the window….Stamp that before you place mounting tape on it. Also, if your like me and horrible at having neat mounting tape application, use a paper glue like zip dry and fill the cracks. It really works and it dries super fast.

OK now for the fun stuff! We want you to play along! Get some inspiration and show us your creativity!!! Of course their are rules. You must be a Creative Clear Stamps follower (super easy! In the side bar on the CCS blog click follow) And of course you will have a chance to shine. Post your creation using the mr. widget below. You don't have to use Creative Clear Stamps but of course it is always a bonus if you do! You have until Sunday Night 11/08/09 at 8pm cst (9pm eastern, 6pm pacific). The prize each week will be a "CCS Challenge Winner" Badge to display on your blog and a personal discount code of 10% off your next CCS store purchase.Make sure you use CCS5 when you post your creation on splitcoast! Don't forget to display your winning badge so you can be in the running for a guest designer spot!

Creative Clear Winner from my blog is....

drum roll please....

Patricia St. Martin

Please e-mail: creative-vision@hotmail.com to claim your precious one sentiment single!!!!

Creative Blog Hop

Well today is the day that the Creative Clear Stamps Design Team is going to wow you with some extra inspiration and 5 chances (that's right, 5) at blog candy......

For my card I am wanted to show the stamp that you will receive as the winner of my blog candy. I love this sentiment single! You can use it as a birthday sentiment (that's what this card will be used for) or a baby shower or a baby card or a million other things. I love baubles....they are my new favorite embellishment and I have been trying to find new ways to use them.

I wanted something simple and I love these colors together!!!


Details for the blog candy:

You HAVE to be a follower of the creative Clear Stamps blog found HERE. You also HAVE to leave a comment on this post.....A bonus if you also decide to follow my blog as well!

Each member of the CCS Design Team is giving away a brand new Sentiment Single that is used on their post today!!! There will be ONE winner, per blog so there are 5 chances to WIN!!!!

Shelly
Linda
Rebecca
Jennie

The winners will be announced Friday!

Heads up for some blog candy....

Located on this site: Twinkles Glow With Stamps

Creative Buttons~Challenge~

Hi everyone! Hope you all had a wonderful week. I want to say thank you to all who played in our last challenge. I think I scared you away with the black and white. Hopefully you all will find inspiration this week. It was so much fun to see every one's creations. OK so for the details:

This challenge is ALL about Buttons.

Use them anywhere. You could even have pretty paper with buttons on it! I used Precious One .

I figured this is one of my last chances to use some bright paper since it is starting to rain here in "sunny" California.....And I needed something to brighten my day. I love this color! I used some buttons without thread. I like this look cause you can use them just like you would a brad or an eyelet.

OK now for the fun stuff! We want you to play along! Get some inspiration and show us your creativity!!! Of course their are rules. You must be a Creative Clear Stamps follower (super easy! In the side bar click follow) And of course you will have a chance to shine. Post your creation using the mr. widget below. You don't have to use Creative Clear Stamps but of course it is always a bonus if you do! You have until Sunday Night 11/01/09 at 8pm cst (9pm eastern, 6pm pacific). Don't forget 11/1 daylight savings time ends! The prize each week will be a "CCS Challenge Winner" Badge to display on your blog and a personal discount code of 10% off your next CCS store purchase.Make sure you use CCS4 when you post your creation splitcoast! Don't forget to display your winning badge so you can be in the running for a guest designer spot!

Don't forget to drop in on the blog hop for some more inspiration!

Bella Anniversery card

I made this for my mother and father in laws recent anniversary. I really wanted a very pretty shimmery card. I colored the image with copics and shimmerz. the tuxedo, dress, and veil is all shimmerz. The design paper already has glitter all over it and it is very pretty.