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I'm still working on the details, but I think I'll have it up and running by the middle of next week. Stay tuned!

Cracking up. May you have moments in your day that move you as much as this guy.

By the way, I saw a full rainbow the other day and it was pretty magical. I did take a picture -- even a video, but I'm afraid I didn't have quite this reaction...

Going 'round and round!

Mark's Finest Papers gave us a challenge -- create a project, any project, but it must feature circles.  We were up for the task.

The Supernovas are all using stamps from Mark's Finest Papers.

The stamp set I'm using is Speedy the Cat's Friends.  I have 3 cats (this qualifies me as a crazy cat lady) and I couldn't resist using one of them in my card...

 

Here's a closer look that shows you how you might couple this card with a gift.

 

I used one stamp with several different inks to create a cat themed background paper.  I used Staz-on to stamp the sentiment directly on the photo.  This is a trick I love to use for scrapbooking too. 

The circles are cut in half and used as a border here to function instead of ribbon.  I stitched them on and curled the bottoms to give the card a little dimension and texture.  

OK, now it's your turn! Make a card with a circle on it and you could win the Apples and Camellia Stamp Set from Mark's Finest Papers.   All you need to do is tag your card "mfp01" and upload it to the Planet. We'll be keeping an album for everyone that shows off all the entries so far!

 

Looking for some inspiration? Check out what the other Supernovas made!

• Adela Rossol
• Lynn Mercurio
• Wendy Price
• Tammy Hershberger
• Erika Martin
• Lori Tecler
• Jessica Fick
• Sankari Wegman
• Susanna Boyd
• Amy Park

Bling me up, baby!

Today we have a really special blog hop and challenge going on all around the Planet! It's all about BLING!

You can call it paper make-up, jewelry, bling, whatever -- it's that little bit of glaze, glitter and dazzle that you ad to your cards to give them that "finishing touch". The Supernovas are using the new Petal Press stamps, Summer Garden, for our projects from i{heart}papers and we'll show you just how versatile one stamp set can be!

Here's my card -

This card is all gussied up! I used glassy glaze on the vase, Copic Spica glitter pen on the petals and Viva Pearl Pens around the circle die. The flowers themselves are colored with Copics . When you hold the card in your hand, it's all sparkle.

OK, now it's your turn! Make a card with a lot of dazzle and you could win the new Petal Press stamps, Summer Garden, from i{heart}papers. All you need to do is tag your card "iheartbling" and upload it to the Planet. We'll be keeping an album for everyone that shows off all the entries so far! Looking for some inspiration? Check out what the other Supernovas made!

• Adela Rossol
• Lynn Mercurio
• Wendy Price
• Tammy Hershberger
• Lori Tecler
• Sankari Wegman
• Susanna Boyd  <= YOU ARE HERE!
  

Paper Craft Planet Color Challenge #74

 I had SO much fun working up today's color challenge. I was stuck on colors since Millie used red, white and blue for last week. I decided that the best place to find a color inspiration piece would be to flip through my magazines, so I grabbed Southern Living and started flipping. (Side note, my husband rolled his eyes when I said I was working.)

I came across this beautiful photo all about hydrangeas. I have a beautiful bush right outside my window and it started the wheels turning. My bush happens to be blue.... my new Creative Imaginations papers are pink, blue and green, my new Elizabeth Bell stamp has flowers on it, AND I have Summertime Flower Soft sitting on my desk! Destiny. I love it when a plan comes together.

Here's a close up look at the Flower Soft -- I love how it makes the image leap off the page.

Did you know that there is a new episode of Flower Soft TV every Friday? These shows are a free class on your computer. Each week Noreen demonstrates a new technique. To register for updates, announcements, contests and specials at Flower Soft TV go to http://www.flower-soft.tv/#information.html and then click green “REGISTER” button.

So guess what?! Flower Soft has GENEROUSLY offered to sponsor our challenge this week!!!! Comment in our Color Challenge group (here's the direct link) and you will be entered to win this FABULOUS prize! ** The link does require that you join Paper Craft Planet, a FREE site that won't sell your information or spam you. Prize: Drawing by random.org on Wednesday, July 7th.

Moments in Time Boy's Sports Toppers, Sage and Sand Ultra Fine Flower Soft, Flower Soft Glue

For those of you that would like to play along, create a card or project using this week's color combo of pink, green and light blue. Upload your project's picture to Paper Craft Planet using the tag "pcpcolor74" so that I can pull it into this week's gallery. You will be entered into our contest TWICE :) Plus, one lucky challenge player will be selected as our Shooting Star and featured on the main page of the site and in our weekly newsletter. Bonus idea: As I was working on today's color challenge, it occurred to me that I could store Flower Soft in those Parmesan cheese/crushed red pepper shakers that they have in restaurants. It would always be handy and cute on my desk -- and ready for me to use in a pinch!

Happy Days from Elizabeth Bell

 

It's that time again!  Today is the day when the new "Happy Days Are Here Again” Sampler Edition #5 by the amazing Elisabeth Bell for SCACD are available for purchase at the SCACD store.  These images are beautiful (like always *grin*, but also, really versatile.)

Join the SCACD DT who will be doing a Blog Hop today along with the amazing talents of Elaine Hughes’ DT from Quixotic Paperie to truly make this an awesome Blog Hop of Inspiration!!! I'm so lucky to be guest designing with these lovely ladies! 

You should have hopped over here from Anki Bargman from Kortfralst but... If you're only just joining us, you may want to start at the beginning over on Suzanne Dean's Blog, as you definitely don't want to miss any of the gorgeous creations! If you get lost at any point, or just want a recap on all the info, pop on over to the SCACD Store Blog!

I just love Elizabeth's images.  They are so beautifully drawn and they are really fun to color.  This image is called "Go Green".  I colored her with Copic markers and sponged a background of blue sky behind her.  The sentiment is an old SU stamp that I had in the cabinet.  The cute little purse is from a K&Company collection I've had for awhile.  I matched all the colors on the card to go with the flowers on the bag.  I think this would be perfect for a small gift, like earrings. 

All the images in the collection are GORGEOUS -- just wait til you see what the other girls created.  

OK, now, on with the HOP!    

• Suzanne J Dean from Scrap Bitz
• Marti Wills from Pez-a-Doodle
• Rowena Barnard from Crafty Pagan 
• Dianne Prewitt from Paper Hugs
• Carolyn Bounds from Paper, Markers, Stamps
• Kim Costello from Paper Babe 
• Lori Aragon from My Comfort Cottage
• Aud Nordheim from My Little Corner
• Danni Bindel from Danni's Dreams
• Simonne Clay from SemSee's Sparkly Scribblings
• Alex Lundrgen from Paper and String
• Anki Bargman from Kortfralst
• Susanna Boyd <==== You are HERE!
• Elaine Hughes from Quixotic Paperie
• Kim Dellow  from Crafty Makes
• Jacquie Heffner from After Hours Stamper
• Judy Laing from Judy's Crafty Moments 
• Kim Gruetzmacher from Crafts by Kim

Next stop is:  

Elaine Hughes from Quixotic Paperie

Not dead yet.

Thank you to all my readers who emailed me or commented in worry over my longer than planned absence.  We had end of the year, baseball tournament, vacation and other chaos all at once. I did what I never do -- closed the computer and enjoyed.  I highly recommend it. 

Here's the problem:

I came home to more blog posts than I could read, so I "marked them all as read" and started fresh.  The next day, I was already back up to 700 new blog posts -- and MOST of them include fantastic projects.  I can't keep up.  Well, I can't keep up AND have a life.  I've discovered I like having a life.  I'm even sometimes pretty fun.

I'm working on a solution.  It will probably be a complete dump of the way I currently tag blogs and go back to a short list (less than 10) of my favorite projects each week.    I'd love solutions if you have them.  

Feel free to comment here :)

Card of the Week and Best of the Blogosphere: May 7, 2010

Best of the Blogosphere lists. 

Remember these lovely little boxes don't show up in Google Reader, so if you can't see them, click on over to my site and they will magically appear. (When you see the boxes, there is a small "read more" in the bottom, right hand corner... click it and you can see the list with pictures as a web page!)

The Shout Out List (my favorite CARDS OF THE WEEK): The cards and projects that earned some extra love and attention this week. The best of the best. You people ROCK MY WORLD :D

Shout (all categories, just awesome):

Mother's Day: Father's Day: Graduation:
Spring:
Flowers:
Teacher:

Card Sets:

Wedding:

Invitations:

Friendship:

Wrap it Up:

Favors (Party favors...):

Thank You:

Birthday:

Gift Ideas:

Baby:

Boxes:

Sympathy:

Sympathy cards are always hard to write.  Here's a link to a website that will help you with wording and then some cards for inspiration. 

The Best of the Blogosphere:

In my travels through Blogland, I discover a lot of projects, cards, scrapbook pages, tips, templates and tutorials that are all worth sharing. I want my friends to see the things out there that are special, inspirational, worth some extra notice. This list is everything I think is worth sharing... better read it... you could be on the list!