Torendi Challenge

Hi friends! Here's a card I threw together SUPER quick for the Torendi challenge. I saw that they had NO entries and that makes me totally sad. I can't let a challenge go with no entries! The challenge is to CASE one of the cards on their last blog hop.

I decided to CASE my good friend Jenn. Her card is down below. I had to throw this card super fast since BOTH my kids are currently awake. Yikes! And they won't be napping before the challenge is over. I can't currently find my Torendi products because I haven't fully unpacked my stamp room yet. I know, I'm way behind!

I love love love Jenn's card! What a fun idea! I wish I could find my Torendi rub ons because they are SOOOOOO cute!

Card Details:

Card Stock: Kraft

Stickerz: EAD Designs

Misc: Pink Paislee alpha stickers, Pink Paislee Deco Tape

Creative Inspirations Paints Monochromatic

Hello friends! Today is a Creative Inspirations Paints day on my blog. Our challenge this week was to make a monochromatic card with ribbon or lace. (To tell you the truth, I forgot the ribbon and first and had to go back and put it on. Whoops!)

My little guy is a rub-on from Torendi, he had a balloon but there was a mishap with it when Parker came into my scrap room. Oy! So, I trimmed it off. I painted him in Garnet. I distressed the edge of the panel he's on with some Rustic Red paint. The sentiment is MFT. The patterned paper is Cosmo Cricket's Garden Variety. I put the ribbon on with my Tiny Attacher.

Ok, so here's my card before ribbon. Do you like it better? I'm not sure how I feel.

Don't forget to head over to the Creative Inspirations Paints blog to see all the amazing creations by the team!

One More Torendi Challenge Card

Ok, so those darn Torendi girls had to torment me with this YUMMY picture. I mean, seriously?? Who could resist this? I'm from California and we eat a lot of sushi here. :) Now, I'm craving sushi like no one's business. I'll have to see if some of my girls will go out with me since Dustin does not partake in the sushi.

Ok, so I took my inspiration from the yummy picture. I am out of sushi rub-ons and I'm kind of not sure what some of my other rub-ons are from THIS set. Teehee! But I do know that I can't eat sushi without some soy sauce. I mean, I can eat some rolls without it but just plain sashimi and maki rolls, I need soy sauce for.

I colored my little soy sauce bottle with Copics, but I flat colored. :( I was tired, what can I say? The paper is Basic Grey. The ribbon is from May Arts. The punch I used is from Fiskars. The image and sentiment (shoyu means soy sauce in Japanese) come from the Deliciously Kawaii rub-on set by EAD Designs for Torendi.

Have a wonderful Sunday everyone!

Torendi Challenge

My friends over at Torendi are hosting a challenge on THEIR BLOG and I had to play along. Though, it might be a little bit of a stretch. You see, I still needed to make Dustin's birthday card and I just ordered from Torendi not too long along and got some super fun felties. And Dustin wanted a Pac-Man card. So here goes, right?

I found my inspiration from the picture shown here. The screen reminds me of polka dots and they are a super close grid like patterned. Also, I pulled that pretty blue color from the sky.

So, here's my card. The background paper is Jillibean Soup. The feltie is from Torendi, Jenn Coker makes these herself, did you know? The white letters are Thickers from American Crafts. The little alpha stickers are from Cosmo Cricket.

Have a fun Fourth of July everyone!

EtsyInspired #86 ~ Isabell's Umbrella

This week's EtsyInspired shop is Isabell's Umbrella. This shop is so adorable and the artist behind the shop's name is Ashley! Fun, right? This shop has the CUTEST illustrations! And they are used to make the most darling things. The shop offers fun products like magnets, stationery, plushies, bookmarks, prints, car decals, etc.. If I had the money, I would buy everything in this shop! I love the different cultures that are featured in this shop as well! So fabulous! Also our featured Etsy shop this week, Isabell's Umbrella, is generously giving away a stationary set, magnet, and bookmarks!

Our sponsor this week is a new stamp company, Lawn Fawn, owned by one of our previous guest designers, Kelly Marie! Her line of photopolymer clear stamps is adorable, trendy, and fun! And she is getting ready to release a few new sets so keep your eye on her blog for sneak peeks! Kelly will be giving one lucky winner Lawn Fawn's 'critters in the 'burbs' stamp set.

Here's how to play for your chance to win one of these great prizes:
- Visit Isabell's Umbrella and find an item that inspires you
- Create a project of your own (any crafty project you like) based off the inspiration piece you chose
- Link up your project to this post using the new InLinkz on the EtsyInspired #86 post on the EtsyInspired blog by Friday, May 7th at noon PST.

Here's my card for this week. It uses the Get Sketchy challenge for this week. The main image is a rub-on from Torendi. The paper is Basic Grey and the letter stickers are from Making Memories.

Pay a visit to our Design Team for lots of Etsy Inspired Inspiration!

• Ashley
• Clare (May Guest Designer)
• De
• Emily
• Heather
• Jackie
• Joy
• Kelley (May Guest Designer)
• Kerry
• Shannon
• Tiffany (she's BACK!!!)

Now go be Etsy Inspired!

Some Torendi Goodness

Do you ever find inspiration in totally weird places? I was talking to my friend Jenn Coker the other day and inspiration hit. Jenn owns a store called Torendi. And I had some UN-INKED stamps from the store! Crazy, so I figured I should use them. It's not like Jenn told me to use them, talking to her just reminded me that I should use them.

Ok, so I made a bright cheery card because quite frankly I am done with winter. :) I need some sunshine! Not that I want it to be summer here, just spring. I'm not ready for the 100 degree weather yet. My card uses Bam Pop Cloudies stamps. I love me some Bam Pop! It makes me happy. The rainbow is from Sassafrass Snack Attack Felties. The paper is DCWV Citrus Stack, the ribbon is American Crafts, and the letter stickers are from My Little Shoebox.

On an unrelated note, I have a BIG ANNOUNCEMENT coming this week! Stay tuned!!!

EtsyInspired #63 ~ Sleepless Imagination

This week's EtsyInspired shop is Sleepless Imagination. The store owner, Laura, is actually a really good friend of mine. We met on Etsy and she's one of the sweetest people you will ever meet. I love her fun and funky sense of color! Personally, I'm afraid to step out of the box. I always color the sky blue and the grass green. I really admire people who can think differently. Laura is one of those people. She is not afraid of color or combining different combinations. She uses all different sorts of shapes on her artwork too. In her shop, you can get birdhouses, jewelry boxes, magnets, gift tags, prints, ACEOs, and greeting cards.

This week, Sleepless Imagination is offering up a $15 gift certificate good for cards or prints ONLY in her shop as a prize. All you have to do to win is go to the Sleepless Imagination shop and find any item to be inspired by. Make any creation that your little heart desires and post it to the EtsyInspired #63 post on the EtsyInspired blog. Please post your link by Friday, November 27th noon Pacific time. A random winner will be drawn and posted to the EtsyInspired blog on that day. If you upload to SCS or PCP, please use keyword EIC63.

In addition to this, we have an awesome sponsor this week. It's TORENDI! The hottest new paper crafting store around! They offer the trendiest items. There are awesome imported crafting items from Japan. In addition to that, there are some very cool offerings from some of the US's trendy companies like Bam Pop, Cosmo Cricket, Thickers, etc... This week, Torendi is giving away this ADORABLE Japanese cupcake stamp to one lucky winner.

Now, go be EtsyInspired!!

My card is inspired by the overall brightness of the shop. We got to use some awesome Torendi elements this week and I love them! The stamp is Bam Pop's Hellobot. Super cute. And the frame is Bam Pop as well, listed HERE. Please forgive the awful picture! It was rainy and yucky here and I just didn't get a chance to retake it.

Please check out the DT:
Ashley (that's me)
De
Emily
Heather
Jackie
Joy
Kerry
Lee
Shannon
Shemaine (November Guest DT)
Tiffany

My Torendi Order Came!!

Ok, so it came a couple days ago but I finally got to ink up my Hellobot. Eeeeek! Isn't it cute? I love this little guy (I don't KNOW it's a guy but I'm guessing.) I think the versatility of this robot will be perfect for me since I have the kids and robots are well loved by boys, little and big actually.

My card is super simple. It's a smaller card, 3.75 inches by 4.25 inches. The designer paper is Sassafrass, Sunshine Lollipops. The sentiment is from Unity's Tiny Trinity.

Check out Torendi for cute stamps like this and lots more! Shipping was super quick and of course the customer service is the BEST. :)

A WCMD Card and a TORENDI GIVEAWAY!!

****Second post for today, please scroll down if you are looking for AiFactory post****

This is my FAVORITE card I made for WCMD. I love Sugar Nellie's Gorjuss Girls! I really really wanted to win this one but I didn't. Oh well, one day I'll be able to afford these stamps. The challenge was a sketch and it has LOTS of layers. If I didn't want to win the Sugar Nellie stamps so bad, I would have skipped it. It's so not me!

I used this image of Gorjuss and Foxy that was RAKed to me. I love her! And all the paper comes from my Sassafrass mini pad. I just finished with some Primas, dew drops, and some bling.

My girls (they really are a couple of my besties) over at Torendi are doing a HUGE giveaway right now! You can win the ENTIRE October kit and it is FABULOUS! There's some yummy yummy Cosmo Cricket in there so you better hop on over to THIS post and enter!

Celebrate with TORENDI

Today's the big day! Torendi is now open! You all should check out all the awesome stuff that Jenn has available! I am in love with BamPop! The images are perfect for Brady AND Dustin. ;)

I made a little celebration card in honor of my sweet friends and the shop opening. This pretty girl is Katy and her Balloons from Rubber Romance. The sentiment is from Unity's Birthday Chic. I'm not sure what the paper is. I used three different kinds of Stickles. It's a one layer card. I know, I'm shocked too.

Happy Wednesday people! Go check out Torendi and SYTYCD season 6 starts tonight, it's a good day!