Yankee Belle Stamper

Hello Friends, I am popping in today to share a card I made for the latest Wee Memories Challenge #82. The theme this week is "Mini Cards". We also have a wonderful sponsor this week, My Favorite Things Stamp Company. You can find their website here. I was lucky enough to get my hands on this cute little umbrella girl. I had so much fun coloring her with prisma pencils. I haven't yet dived into the copics yet but might soon. The size of my mini card is 3" x 3" so little embellishing was needed besides some turquoise rhinestones. On a side note, some of you may have heard already that the Wee Memories Challenges are going to come to a close at the end of this month. Sad? I know I am. Before I was lucky enough to be on this DT, I viewed this site as one of the weekly challenges I had to participate in. If you want to read more about Jenny's hard decision you can see her post here. I would love for you to play along and have some fun. So hop on over...

Hello and Happy New Years Eve! I wanted to pop in and share a card with you that I made for the latest Wee Memories Challenge #81. The theme this week is "New". An example would be a card for a new baby or new home. I chose to focus on the New Year. I got this cute stamp set from the Craft's Meow that I couldn't wait to ink up. I just love stamp sets lately that have a city scene / skyline. Don't you? I hope you are enjoying the holiday weekend and have a great time ringing in the New Year. The hubby and I are going to a get together at our friends house. I can't wait, it should be fun! If you would like to play along in the challenge you can upload your card here. Hop on over for all the details on the prize, sponsor and other DT creations. Take care and have a safe and wonderful New Year! Brandi

Hello and Happy Saturday to you! I am popping in to share a card I made for the latest Wee Memories Challenge #80. The theme this week is "Anything Goes"! What a wonderful theme to have around the holidays, right? You can free your mind and create whatever you like! I chose to make a holiday card but a masculine one. I have alot of avid hunters in my family (although I am totally against it, LOL!) and I thought this would be a perfect card for one of them. I found this cute scene from Martha Stewart's collection and added a sentiment with a line border, easy peasy! I would love to see your creation! You have a whole two weeks to come up with something spectacular and upload your creation here! Pop on over to check out the sponsor, prize information and more amazing DT inspiration! Brandi

Hello, It's Saturday so that means it's time for another Wee Memories Scrappy Saturday Challenge. The theme this week is "Anything Goes" and is sponsored by Artful Delight. Their website can be found  here.   Why don't you come play along? You have until this Friday to upload your card or altered art here for a chance to win a card kit! Thanks for stopping by, Brandi

Hello, It's Saturday so that means it's time for another Wee Memories Scrappy Saturday Challenge. The theme this week is "Woodland Friends" and is sponsored by the Craft's Meow. I inked up one of Jenny's cute owl sets (Owl Be Thinking Of You) that can be purchased at the Craft's Meow store . I just love this set and all of the possibilities that come with it. Since Thanksgiving is right around the corner, we are extending this challenge for two week's. That will give you plenty of time to upload a card or altered art  here  for a chance to win a stamp set of your choice from the Craft's Meow. Thanks for stopping by, Brandi

Hello, Hope you're having a great weekend. It's time for a new Scrappy Saturday Challenge over at Wee Memories! The theme this week is "Birthdays and Parties" and is sponsored by Nikki Sivils Scrapbooker. Birthdays are one of my favorite occasions to make cards for. What's not to love when you can incorporate cupcakes into your card, right? LOL! Why don't you come play along? You have until next Friday to upload your fabulous card or altered art  here for a chance to win a paper prize pack! Thanks for stopping by, Brandi

Hello, I am here with the Wee Memories Scrappy Saturday Blog Hop for the month of November and most importantly it is our 75th challenge! You should have arrived here from  Anita.  If at any time you get lost, you can go to the Wee Memories  blog for a full list of participants! This weeks challenge is sponsored by Oh My Crafts. The theme of the challenge is "Handmade gifts, tags or boxes". I created a fun little gift box that can be used for a baby shower. It can be filled with candy or whatever your heart desires. I found this free and fun template for this birdhouse box from the PTI website. Here is the  link to the birdhouse template if you want to give it a try. Did you also notice the owl stamp on the tag? This is from one of Jenny's fun new stamp sets that she created. You can find the full reveal  here!   I hope that you will join us for this challenge. You have until this Friday to upload your card  he...

Hello! Hope you're having a great weekend. It's time for a new Scrappy Saturday Challenge over at Wee Memories! The theme this week is "Buttons, Bows and Brads" and is sponsored by Jay Gee's Nook. I have been a fan of Judith's (Jay Gee's Nook) for months. She is a talented designer and holds a fun monthly inspirational challenge. She even has her own internet based store that you can find here , and her personal blog can be found here! Go check it out because you will be amazed at her work and the products in her store. This week I decided to make a fall themed card. I just adore the fall but it seems that in upstate NY, winter is here. We had our first snowfall on Thursday. Yikes! I can't recall the last time it snowed this early. Why don't you come play along? You have until next Friday to upload your fabulous card or altered art  here  for a chance to win a great prize! Thanks for stopping by, Brandi

   Hello! Hope you're having a great weekend. It's time for a new Scrappy Saturday Challenge over at Wee Memories! The theme this week is "Free For All" and is sponsored by Annabelle Stamps. You can find their website here . I pulled out my Annabelle stamp set titled Swirl Tree. I just love this set! You can see the full reveal of it here , and it is actually on sale. There are so many possibilities with it. I used the heart ornaments to decorate the tree for a wedding theme but there are so many more embellishments that can be added. The set has Easter eggs, ornaments and presents that can be hung from the tree to create various card themes. Cute huh? Why don't you come play along? You have until next Friday to upload your fabulous card or altered art  here for a chance to win a great prize! Thanks for stopping by, Brandi

Hello! Hope you're having a great weekend. It's time for a new Scrappy Saturday Challenge over at Wee Memories! The theme this week is "Holiday Madness" and is sponsored by Lawn Fawn. You can find their website  here . I have been a fan of their cute stamps for awhile now. They are just so fun!!! This week I decided to do some altered art in lieu of a card. My cute little nieces are coming to visit for Halloween and I wanted to make them something special. I bought a package of Hershey's nuggets and covered them with some patterned paper. I bought this silver case a while back and it fits 12 of the little candy pieces perfectly. I decorated the outside of the case by wrapping it with patterned paper and topping it off with a bow, button, homemade tag and a few rhinestones. I hope they will like it. Why don't you come play along? You have until next Friday to upload your fabulous card or altered art  here for a chance to win a $25 gift certificate to Law...

Hello! Hope you're having a great weekend. It's time for a new Scrappy Saturday Challenge over at Wee Memories! The theme this week is "Halloween" and is sponsored by Paper Smooches. You can find their website here . I have been a fan of their cute stamps for awhile now. They are just so fun!!! Isn't this mummy stamp so cute? I actually got it in the $1 bin at AC Moore. I just love finding deals like this. Being a mummy, he didn't need to much coloring. LOL! I just need a few little embellishments, patterned paper and voila! Why don't you come play along? You have until next Friday to upload your fabulous card here for a chance to win a fun Paper Smooches prize! Thanks for stopping by, Brandi

Hello and Happy World Card Making Day!!! I am here with the Wee Memories Scrappy Saturday Blog Hop for the month of October! You should have arrived here from  Anita ! If at any time you get lost, you can go to the Wee Memories blog  here  for a full list of participants! This weeks challenge is sponsored by Unity Stamp Company. The theme of the challenge is "Favorite Technique". I hope that you will join us for this challenge. You have until this Friday to upload your card for a chance to win a stamp set from Unity! Fun right?  The next stop along the way is  Cathy . Thanks for stopping by and I hope you are able to take some time to get crafty for World Card Making Day!

Hello! Hope you're having a great weekend. It's time for a new Scrappy Saturday Challenge over at Wee Memories! The theme this week is "Patterned Paper" and is sponsored by Echo Park Paper. You can find their website here, to see their fabulous lines and collections! Patterned paper is definitely a hard theme for me.  I rarely use pp and opt to make my own patterns out of background stamps. I am guilty of buying and hoarding cute paper, that's for sure, thinking one day I will use it. LOL! I had this little doll stamp that I bought in the dollar bin at Michaels and thought that the dress pattern matched this cute paper by Cosmo Cricket. Maybe I should jump out of my clean and simple box I'm in and dive more into my stash for future cards! What do you think? Why don't you come play along? You have until next Friday to upload your fabulous card  here for a chance to win a fun Echo Park Paper Collection! Thanks for stopping by, Brandi

Hello! Hope you're having a great weekend. It's time for a new Scrappy Saturday Challenge over at Wee Memories! The theme this week is "No Patterned Paper" and is sponsored by Ippity Chick (Jen).  I decided this week to go with a "fall" theme. I bought these cute little acorn stamps from Paper Smooches and just love what they look like inked up. I also broke out my new houndstooth background stamp from PTI. What do you think? Why don't you come play along? You have until next Friday to upload your fabulous card  here for a chance to win some fun stamps! Thanks for stopping by, Brandi

Hope you are having a great weekend. It's time for a new Scrappy Saturday Challenge over at Wee Memories! The theme this week is "One Layer Creations" and is sponsored by Wilson Designs. Wilson Designs is a clear stamp company owned and operated by Kim Wilson. She has the cutest creations. You can view her stamps and work  here! Do you like this Christmas scene stamp? One day my boss came into the office with a shoebox full of stamps that she picked up for me in a little shop out of town. I was so excited when I found this little gem inside. I let the stamp speak for itself. I added very minimal coloring in the trees and a cute sentiment with pearls. If you look closely, there is a hint of glitter throughout for the snow. Why don't you come play along? You have until next Friday to upload your fabulous card  here  for a chance to win a fun stamp set! Thanks for stopping by, Brandi

Hello! I am here with the Wee Memories Scrappy Saturday Blog Hop for the month of September! You should have arrived here from Anita ! If at any time you get lost or if you would like to start at the beginning you can go to Jenny's Wee Memories blog here ! We also have a special guest designer this week Laurie . This weeks challenge is sponsored by I Love It All! For cute sentiment art prints, go check them out at their etsy shop  here! The theme of the challenge this week is Simply Sentiments. I threw together multiple sentiments from various stamping companies to create a CAS birthday card.   I hope that you will join us for this challenge. You have until this Friday to upload your card for a chance to win a $20 gift certificate from I Love It All!   The next stop along the way is Cathy . Thanks for stopping by! Brandi

Happy Saturday! It's time for a new Scrappy Saturday Challenge over at Wee Memories! The theme this week is "Back to School" and is sponsored by "Your Next Stamp".  When I think of back to school, I think of apples and rulers. So I dug through my stamps and bingo, there they were waiting to be inked up. LOL! Why don't you come play along? You have until next Friday to upload your fabulous card for a chance to win a fun stamp set! Thanks for stopping by, Brandi

Hello!  I am here with the Wee Memories Scrappy Saturday Blog Hop for the month of August! You should have arrived here from  Anita!  If at any time you get lost or if you would like to start at the beginning you can go to Jenny's Wee Memories blog here. This two week challenge is sponsored by Graphic 45! The theme of the challenge this week is masculine. I threw together some masculine paper, stars and a manly sentiment and voila! There is one item on the card that I had to add, although not masculine, rhinestones! What can I say, it needed some sparkle! LOL! I hope that you will join us for this challenge! The winner will take home paper and stamps from Graphic 45! How cool is that? The next stop along the hop is  Cathy!     Thanks for hopping by! Brandi

...and I just can't hide it...da...da! Why? Because the sweet and oh so talented   Jenny  over at Wee Memories asked me to join her Design Team. I am over the moon excited because I have been participating in the weekly Saturday challenges for awhile now and just love her website. It is so full of fabulous inspiration! If you have a moment, please hop over and see the design team post here! A big thank you to Jenny and her DT for this opportunity! Brandi

Neither! LOL! I'm just really enjoying the summer and finding it hard to keep myself in my craft cave (as  Jen )  would call it. Do any of you feel the same way? It amazes me how many of you are on DT and have all of these deadlines. I wonder how you do it. I find it so hard to be creative if I'm not feeling it, you know? Anywho, I have had alot going on in the past two weeks. If I sound a slight more mature, well that's because I turned 31 this week. Or as I tell everyone else, I am 30 and holding. LOL! I am here to share a card I made for the latest Wee Memories Challenge  #59 , where anything goes and you are supposed to free your creativity. Simple enough, I say! I decided to use this as an opportunity to make a card for my pops! He is so wonderful. I am very blessed to have such a fabulous Dad. Just recently we started going on father/daughter trips. Since he lives in Arkansas and I in NY, we find a destination to meet. We spend a few days shopping, seeing the ...