PSC32: Banner Birthday

It's Wednesday and that means it's time for another super fun challenge with The Perfect Sentiment. We have a great one in store for you this week. Your challenge is to create a birthday card (remember the sentiment must be on the front of the card) and the twist is to use a banner somewhere on the card. Now who doesn't need to have an extra birthday card around or maybe you have someone in your life with a birthday coming up...either way this card will come in handy : )

So without further ado here is my card for this week's challenge......

I am lovin the Celebration Stack from DCWV...so many brigh & cheery colors.

I fussy cut the banner from one of the 12x12 sheets of CS...added some Denimn twine from The Twinery to give it that extra pop.

More of the yummy twine...this one's Maraschino : )

It's hard to see from this particular photo but I added some dimensional adhesive dots on the backside of the "Happy Birthday" sentiment to make it pop off the page a bit.

A little peeksie at the inside ; )

It's almost like this twine was made for the Celebration Stack...works so perfectly together.

And one final look.....

Now for some FAB inspiration from my fellow DT members....

Jenn
Cheryl
Jan
Karen
Maggie
Sam
Sassy
Tabitha
Theresa
May Guest Designers:
Connie
Shell

Our sponsor for this week is Stitchy Bear...

Stitch Bear is offering up a $10 gift voucher for this week's winner..be sure to stop by their store and check out what they have : )

Now that you have been inspired by the PSDT...head into your creative space and start working on your card for this week's challenge. Don't forget to check out all of the details at the Perfect Sentiment Challenge Blog.

I wanted to thank you all again for sticking with me while I was in the middle of moving the past couple of weeks. I wasn't able to create a card for the past two challenges and I really missed that. Sitting in my craft room is seriously my therapy and I LOVE IT!!! I am so excited to be back in the game this week and I am even more excited to see what all you creative people make for this week's challenge : )

Be sure to come back for another scrappy post.

Happy Scrappin!!

Products used:

DCWV Celebration Stack

Colorbok white CS

The Twinery-Denim & Maraschino

Tim Holtz Ideaology staple

The Play Date Cafe PDCC131

Hold onto your seats my friends...I am putting up two posts in one day...lol : )

I am entering a tag I just made in the PDCC131 challenge over at The Play Date Cafe. Since my recent move this is my first chance to create & enter a scrappy item for this super fun challenge blog...boy have I missed it. 

I decided to mix it up this week and go with a tag instead of the usual card I create for their challenges. Here it is..........

I have so missed playin with paper since my two week hiatus due to the move. I purchased the Tim Holtz Texture Trades Embossing Folders from Blitsy a few weeks ago...thanks to Miss Julie Ranae posting about their FAB sale on FB : ) and I finally was able to use them today. Love the deep embossing...and sanding it a bit really adds character I think.


So you're probably wondering what the color story was for this week and here it is.....

 Such gorgeous colors to work with : )

Thanks for stopping by my blog for a second time today...I so appreciate all of my followers and for my newest ones as well. 

Have a fantastic rest of your day and be sure to come back tomorrow for another scrappy post.

Happy Craftin!!

Products used:
DCWV The Coral Couture Stack & Coral Couture Cardstock Stack
May Arts Ribbon-388-05-10
Staz On ink-Jet Black
Tim Holtz Alterations Texture Trades Embossing Folders-Seasonal Stuff Set
Stamp-scrappy stash

My Pet Mini Album

Hey everyone...I just got my new scrapbook/craft room put together Sunday nigh and haven't created anything new yet so today I thought I would share a mini album I made a couple of years ago. Well I guess that's not entirely true...I do have a new card I made last night but I can't share that with you yet since it's for the DT I'm on...you will just have to come back tomorrow ; )

So...here's the "My Pet" mini album.....

I can't remember the name of this paper company as I made this awhile back. I thought it was pretty cute...not my usual style of crafting but I have it for sale in my ScrappinAbby nook at Not Too Shabby.

So coming up this week: tomorrow I'll have the new challenge for The Perfect Sentiment, Thursday I want to show you the absolutely lovely & super creative paper box & flowers my daughter Kaley made for me for Mother's Day and Friday I want to show you my new scrapbook/craft room~insert school girl squeal~BUT I need my hubby to hang my purple chandys before that so I am hoping to get that done in the next few days.

Thanks for hanging in with me while I was moving and all that. I am glad to be back in the swing of things again & more importantly...playin with paper & gettin inky : )

See you tomorrow...

Happy Scrappin!!

I'm Still Here : )

Hey Everyone..just checking in real quick to let you know that I am still alive : )

I've been a little MIA due to my recent move. As of last night my scrapbook/craft room is all unpacked and ready for some scrappin action...YAY!!

So be sure to check back in this week as I will be sharing more scrappy projects with you all.

I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend and that all of the moms out there had a FAB Mother's Day!! I know I did...my daughter made me this adorable gift box entirely from paper...I will show you this week...my baby girl is gonna be a crafter just like her momma ; )

Happy Scrappin!!

PSC31:Getting Well Without Get Well

It's Wednesday so that means it time for another FAB weekly challenge with The Perfect Sentiment!

What a fun challenge we have in store for you this week...create a get well card without using the sentiment "Get Well". There are so many cute stamps & phrases of wishing someone a speedy road to recovery so this will be a fun one for sure.

Our sponsor for this week's challenge is Shelly's Images 

Shelly is offering up 1 free digi to this weeks winner...pretty cool right?


Now get ready for some amazing inspiration from my fellow DT members....


Jenn
Cheryl
Jan
Karen
Maggie
Sam
Sassy
Tabitha
Theresa
May Guest Designers:
Connie
Shell

Now you may be wondering where in the world is Abby's card??? Well we just finished moving & all of my scrappy stuff is still in boxes & totes in my new craft room...so I am sitting out one more week until I get everything unpacked this week.  I haven't played with paper for a whole 5 days..a whole FIVE days...and I am going through serious withdrawals : )

Don't worry though...I will be back in the game for next week's challenge : )

Remember...make sure your sentiment is on the front of your card & be sure to check out all of the guidelines for the challenge HERE at The Perfect Sentiment Challenge Blog. 

Thanks again to all of the amazing ladies who participated in our National Scrapbook Day Blog Hop this past weekend...we had a lot of fun putting this on and we loved seeing all of the great cards that were created. 

Be sure to come back for another scrappy post and thanks for hanging in there with me while I am finishing up my move. 

Happy Scrappin!! 

Perfect Sentiment NSD Blog Hop Winner!!!

Hey everyone...I hope you all had a fantastic NSD weekend!! We had an exciting Blog Hop over at The Perfect Sentiment. There were a total of 10 different challenges for all of you to enter and the cards that came in were just amazing!!

I was excited to see that I had 5 awesome entries from some very creative ladies for my Black/White card challenge. I was going to do the random generator for my winner but my daughter Kaley asked if she could randomly choose the number from the 5 entries I had...so I here is the winner for my blog challenge...drum roll please......

PamL at psiloveyou

Congrats Pam!! Be sure to email me your address so I can mail all of this scrappy goodness to you.....

I want to thank ALL of the ladies who created a card for my challenge. I enjoyed looking at your creative entries : )

I also want to thank everyone for the kind comments on my B/W card I posted for this challenge.

We just moved this weekend & I am still in the process of unpacking...my new craft room is a MESS!!! I won't be working on that until later this week...gotta get the rest of the house situated first so I will continue posting some of my projects I've created in the past...so be sure to come back for another scrappy post tomorrow.

Happy Scrappin!!

Perfect Sentiment National Scrapbooking Day Blog Hop 2012

Hey everyone...we have a really exciting & FAB blog hop going on here at The Perfect Sentiment. If you came here from Jenn's blog then you are in the right place for the blog hop!!!

Each Perfect Sentiment design team member is hosting a card challenge with a twist - 10 card challenges to choose from.  Do one, some or all!

Those participants that complete four or more of our challenges will have a chance to be the random winner of our Grand Prize (photo posted on the Perfect Sentiment home page)!

Visit each Perfect Sentiment design team member's blog and choose the card challenges that appeal to you and sound like fun to create.
Upload a photo of your completed card by doing the following:
Leave a comment on this post that you completed this challenge/twist.

Want an opportunity to win the Grand Prize? 
Complete four (4) or more of the ten (10) individual challenges. 
Comment on the Blog Hop post on the Perfect Sentiment home page indicating the challenges you completed. 
Winner is via a random drawing.

We have lots of fun planned for you!
Here are our individual challenges:
Blog Hop Line-Up
Challenge/Twist

Jenn
Scripture/Sentiment Focus
Abby-You are here : )All Occasion/Color
Cheryl
Friendship/Vintage
Jan
Friendship/Sketch
Karen
Happy Birthday/Vellum
Maggie
Thinking of You/Color
Sam
Invitation/Buttons
Sassy
Happy Whatever/Supply List
Tabitha
Just A Note/Sketch
Theresa
Anything Goes/Die Cut

So my challenge is an all occasion using only black & white as your colors & the twist is to use ribbon, twine etc but you must stick with the B&W color theme. Here's my card for this challenge to give you an idea of what I'm looking for............

Feel free to use any type of sentiment you want..just make sure it's on the front of the card and that you only use B&W colors with some sort of twine, ribbon, seam binding etc.

Here's the blog candy I am offering up for the winner of my blog card challenge....

Making Memories Epoxy metal frames, vintage seam binding & bias tape, Ting A Ling number brads, Studio 112 adhesive gems, Close To My Heart inks-Garden Green & Hollyhock and 12 pieces of 6x4.5 sheets of cardstock.

I will be picking a winner from the submissions on my blog on Sunday May 6th after 6:00 PM Pacific Standard time. Be sure to add your submission by using the linky tool below. Now I have to confess that this is the first time I have used this on my blog so if you have any trouble adding your submission, you can leave a direct link to your blog post with your submission or you can email me at scrappinabby@gmail.com with your submission...but I'm keeping my fingers & toes crossed I set the linky tool up right : )

So head on into your creative space and start working on your card for my blog challenge & don't forget to check out the other Perfect Sentiment DT members blogs..make sure you comment on each blog and you will be entered into a random drawing to win the grand prize...which is posted HERE.

Your next stop for another fun challenge/twist is with Cheryl and if you get lost along the way..click HERE and you will go back to the Perfect Sentiment homepage where all of the blog links are as well.

Good luck to all that enter and I can't wait to see the FAB creations you are gonna come up with : )

Happy Scrappin!!!