Inspire Me Monday: A Litle Gift Set

Howdy!  Happy Monday!  I’ve over on the Power Poppy Blog today sharing my monthly post for Inspire Me Monday.

Today I’m sharing a fun and simple gift idea using shrink plastic and stamps.  Click HERE for a direct link to that post.

Here’s a little sneaky peeky for you…

I used one of my all time favourite stamp sets for today’s idea; “Wild Mushrooms”.

Have a great week!  I hope you get crafty!

~ Ally ~

Let's Celebrate!

Hello and welcome to another fun Saturday Challenge over at Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps!!  Are you ready for some krafty fun?  We can't wait for you to play along and share your amazing krafty kreations!

This week our hostess is Krafty Girl, Therese and your challenge is....CELEBRATION!

As soon as our challenge topic this week, I thought Birthday!  So I grabbed the adorable “Sweet as Can Bee” stamp set and coloured up a few cute little bees.

I used KKS “Wicked Black” ink for all my images plus I used Yummy Yellow and Purple Petunia ink to ink up my back ground and tag.

Each and every Saturday we post a brand new challenge for the week and you are welcome to enter as many times as you like! These must be new creations and you are welcome to use any stamp, however using a Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp will earn you double entries! Each submission will enter you into the monthly draw of a $40 gift voucher to the krafty shop!

We've also got a brand new sketch to inspire you for the month of April! You don't have to use it but it's there for you to use if you need a little kick start....feel free to use it any time!

There are two ways to enter our challenges! 1) you can link up your entries at the bottom of this post and 2) share your KKS creations in our Krafty Friends facebook group! We can't wait to see what you create!

Also don't miss this weekend's FRUGAL FRIDAY SPECIALS!  We've got a selection of stamp sets on SALE 40% OFF this weekend only and while supplies last!

Happy creating!

~ Ally ~


stamps: KKS (Sweet as Can Bee)
cardstock: Recollections (110# White), MFT (Grout Grey)
dies: MFT (Stitched Rectangles, Heart Balloons), Pretty Pink Posh (unknown)
inks: KKS (Wicked Black, Yummy Yellow, Purple Petunia), Copic Markers, Spectrum Noir (Sparkle Pen)
stencils: KKS (Krafty Scenery Stencil), Tim Holtz (Mini Hexagon Layering Stencil)
bakers Twine: Stampin’ Up! (Basic Black)

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

A Rosy Hello!

Happy Friday!  Just a quick card to brighten the beginning of your weekend!

I just loved my black, white and pink card earlier this week so I made another one featuring all Catherine Pooler Designs products!

What do you think?  I’m sending it out this weekend to a special someone!  Maybe it’ll be you!

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a wonderful weekend!

~ Ally ~


stamps: CPD (Medallion Mix-Up, Rose Garden, Kind of Wonderful, Wild Garden)
dies: CPD (Hello Die), Spellbinders (Architectural Accents)
inks: CPD (Midnight, It's a Girl, Be Mine, Party Dress, Peppermint Scrub)
cardstock:  Recollections (110# White & Black), Tim Holtz (Metallic Black), DCWV (Silver Cardstock)
sequins: CraftMedley (B&W Classic)

Hello Lovely!

Howdy everyone!  Happy Hump Day!

Today I’m sharing the card I created for this week’s card sketch for Splitcoaststampers! Here’s a link to this week’s sketch: SC743.

Since I just received some new CP Designs goodies so I chose some of those to design with including: “Isn’t She Lovely” stamp set and the “Lovely Word Die”, the “Toucan Do It” stamp set and the gorgeous “Deco Fan Stencil” (a StampNation members only stencil!).

I also used the CPD inks as well… It’s a Girl, Be Mine, Party Dress and Midnight.

PLUS… did you hear??? Catherine has just launched a fun new monthly collection subscription called Club Sursee.  With Club Sursee there are two different kinds of subscriptions:

• BASIC – you are mailed 2 stamp sets every month.
• DELUXE – you are mailed 2 stamp sets plus 2 other additional products that coordinate every month

I hope you’ll at least check it out!  Check out Catherine’s recent LIVE video HERE for some clues as to what’s in the very first subscriptions.

Have a great rest of the week everyone!

~ Ally ~


stamps: CPD (Toucan Do It, Isn’t She Lovely)
cardstock: Recollections (110# White & Black)
inks: CPD (Midnight, It’s a Girl, Be Mine, Party Dress), Stickles (Star Dust), Blender Pen
stencil: CPD (Deco Fan Stencil)