This Week's Winner

This week's winner is:

35. Anita Hovey

Please contact us using the link in the siderbar to claim your prize.*

Thanks to My Favorite Things for sponsoring CPS this week!

(*Winners have one week to claim their prize)

READER IDEAS - Week of 11/1/09

Please post a direct link to the page featuring your CPS140 inspired card below by Saturday November 7 at 8pm CST to be entered into this week's prize drawing. Be watching later in the week to see what one lucky reader will win.



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CPS139 - Sponsored By My Favorite Things - Part Three

Live in the Sunshine

Designer Laura Williams

Supplies:

Stamps - My Favorite Things

***Ink, cardstock - Close To My Heart

Colored pencils - Prismacolor

Tea for Two
Designer: Keri Lee Sereika
Supplies:
Stamps: My Favorite Things
***Cardstock: Prism Papers
***Ribbon: Renaissance By Design
***Pearls: Zva Creative
Ink: Clearsnap
Patterned Paper: Eskimo Kisses - Basic Grey
Dies: Classic Scalloped Circle, Scalloped Oval - Spellbinders

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CPS139 - Sponsored By My Favorite Things - Part Two

Under the Mistletoe

Designer: Sherry Wright

My Favorite Things stamps

Basic Grey paper & chipboard

Offray ribbon

McGill punch

Thank You

Designer Jeanne Streiff
Supplies:

Stamps: In the Background - My Favorite Things

***Prism Simply Smooth White
***Prism Prismatics White, Crabapple Medium, Crabapple Dark, Iced Pink
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Angel Pink
Other supplies: Copic Markers, Adhesive from 3L, Nestabilities Spellbinders, pearls




Hugs and Kisses
Designer: Kandis Smith
Supplies:
stamps: My Favorite Things
patterned paper: Diecuts with A View
flower: Maya Road
key: K&Co.
ink: Clearsnap
jute: Darice
frame: Tattered Angels
paint: Delta
other: machine stitching


Thanks for being my friend!
Supplies:
Stamps - My Favorite Things
*** Cardstock - Prism Papers (Simply Smooth Ivory, Kraft)
Patterned Paper - October Afternoon
Ink - Ranger Distress Ink (Old Paper, Brushed Corduroy), CTMH (Sweet Leaf)
Rub-ons - Melissa Frances
Gem - Kaiser
Other - Thread, ribbon

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CPS139 - Sponsored By My Favorite Things

This week's sponsor here at CPS is My Favorite Things. We hope you enjoy the vast array of fun projects the design team has put together for you this week!

CPS139

CPS Designer Ideas


Sweet as Pie
Designer Angie Hagist
Supplies:
stamps - My Favorite Things
cardstock - Core'dinations
Patterned Paper & Die Cut: GCD Studios
ink - Close to My Heart
Markers: Copic


Sweet Little Boy card
designer- Charity Hassel
supplies:
stamps- My Favorite Things
patterned paper- Cosmo Cricket
ink- Stazon
cardstock- Kraft

Girls Night Out

Designer: Kim Moreno
Stamps: My Favorite Things
Cardstock: Core'dinations

Ink: Storage Unit Inks and More

Patterned Paper: Glitz Designs

Scissors: Fiskars

Oval Spellbinders Die

Pencils: Faber Castell watercolor

Other: Glossy Accents (painted on the colored part of the glasses)

Favorite Bookworm

by Betsy Veldman

Supplies:
Stamps: My Favorite Things

Patterned paper: October Afternoon, My Mind's Eye

***Ribbon, button, ink: Papertrey Ink

Label sticker: Making Memories

Punch: Marvy

Book diecut: Graphically Speaking Cricut cartridge

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This Week's Winner

Is....

33. Sue Lelli

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Thanks to Shimmerz for sponsoring CPS this week!

READER IDEAS - Week of 10/25/09

Please post a direct link to the page featuring your CPS139 inspired card below by Saturday October 31 at 8pm CST to be entered into this week's prize drawing. Be watching later in the week to see what one lucky reader will win.



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CPS138; Part 3 - Sponsored by Shimmerz Paints

This week's sketch brought to you by:

Happy Birthday!
Designer Stacey Kingman

Supplies:
Paint - Shimmerz (Key Lime)
***Cardstock - Prism Papers (White)
Patterned Paper - K & Co., October Afternoon, Scenic Route
Corner Punch - Fiskars
Ink - Ranger Distress Ink (Old Paper)
Flower - Prima
Other - Thread, brad

Just Because
Designer Kim Moreno

Supplies:

Paint: Shimmerz and Shimmerz Blingz by Shimmerz
Cardstock: Kraft from Jillibean Soup, Core'dinations
Stamp: Cornish Heritage Farms
Patterned Paper: Jenni Bowlin
Journaling Card: Jenni Bowlin
Punch: EK Success (flower)
Stickers: Jenni Bowlin
Twine: Jillibean soup
Flower: craft supply
Brad: American Crafts
Ink: Storage Unit Inks & More

Birthday Wishes
Designer: Kandis Smith

Supplies:
paints: Shimmerz
stamps: HEro Arts
chipboard: Provo Craft
patterned paper: K&Co, BasicGrey
jute: darice
cardstock: Provo Craft
embossing: Cuttlebug
felt: Fancypants Designs
other: ribbon, machine stitching



When you wilt...
Designer: Keri Lee Sereika
Supplies:
Paints: Fire Engine Red Shimmerz & Gold Glimmer Blingz - Shimmerz
***Cardstock: Kraft; Vanilla Cream & Blush Red Dark Prismatics - Prism Papers
Patterned Paper: The Farmer's Wife Mini Papers - Jenni Bowlin
***Stamps: Blossom & Wilt Stamp Set - Renaissance By Design
Ink: Walnut Stain Distress Ink - Ranger
Dies: Blossom - Spellbinders
Brads: Basic Grey
Ribbon: May Arts
Twill & Denim: Prima Marketing Inc.

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Sponsor Spotlight - Shimmerz Paints

(card by Lucy Edson, Shimmerz Design Team member)

"Shimmerz Paints are pre-mixed, highly iridescent water based paints. They are non-toxic, quick drying and will stick to nearly any surface, even on glossy or non-porous surfaces -perfect for use on acetate or metal. They are proudly made in the USA. You can learn more about the products and get information on how to buy Shimmerz at http://www.shimmerzpaints.com/.

Shimmerz will breath life and add deeper dimension to your paper crafts. The only limitation on the versatility of this product is your own imagination! Shimmerz has 70 options available for your crafting needs: 39 spectacular colors of Shimmerz, 11 brilliant shades of Blingz, and 20 fabulous choices of Spritz!
Shimmerz also has an amazing Design Team and a newly formed Education Team. Stop by the Shimmerz blog at http://www.shimmerzpaints.blogspot.com/ to check out what the Teams are creating, and learn some amazing techniques using Shimmerz products."

Thank you, Shimmerz Paints, for sponsoring the CPS blog!!!!

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CPS138 - Sponsored by Shimmerz Paints - Part Two

This week's sketch brought to you by:

Celebrate Today

Designer: Sherry Wright

Shimmerz (Angels Wings) & Blingz (Pointsettia Pink)
Melissa Frances papers
**Zva Creative pearls
Tattered Angels frame
**Paper Trey Ink stamps
Offray ribbon
Mcgill circle punch

*I painted the punched circles, leaves, chipboard frame, and added some blingz to highlight the white ribbon.

Boo!
Designer Laura Williams

Supplies:
Paint - Shimmerz (on chippboard letters and black cardstock)
chipboard letters - Bazzill
patterned cardstock - SEI
solid cardstock - WorldWin
ribbon - May Arts
jewels - Daisy D's

Wishes

by Betsy Veldman

Supplies: Color medium: Shimmerz (used to paint chipboard, flower and patterned paper)

Patterned paper: Basic Grey, My Mind's Eye

Chipboard: Tattered Angels

Flowers: Maya Road (small crocheted), craft supply (large lavender)

***Stamps, ink, buttons, cardstock: Papertrey Ink

Border punch: Fiskars

Here's the Dirt

Designer Jeanne Streiff

Supplies:

Shimmerz: Poinsettia Pink Blingz, Coffee Shimmerz
Stamps: Tidy Up Tillie, Here's the Dirt - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

***Prism Simply Smooth White
***Prism Prismatics Black, White, Crabapple Medium
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Other supplies: Copic Markers, Adhesive from 3L, paint brush

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CPS138 - Sponsored By Shimmerz Paints

This week's sketch brought to you by:

CPS 138



CPS Designer Ideas:

Fall card
designer- Charity Hassel
supplies:
paints- Shimmerz
patterned paper- Bo Bunny, Little Yellow Bicycle
chipboard- Tattered Angels
ink- Close to my Heart
letters, rubons- Dream Street

Birdie Thank You Card

Designer Angie Hagist

Supplies:

Paint: Shimmerz

Cardstock: Bazzill Basics

Patterned Paper: My Mind's Eye

Chipboard: Chatterbox

Die Cut: My Mind's Eye

Ribbon: May Arts

Rub-on: American Crafts

Ink: Close to My Heart

Maker: Sharpie

Staples: Making Memories

Summer Flowers
Designer: Linda Beeson
Materials:
Shimmerz paint – Courtesy of Shimmerz
Cardstock –Vintage and Core Essentials/Core’dinations
Patterned papers – Scenic Route and Me & My Big Ideas
Flower punches – Papershapers/EK Success
Glitter brads – Doodlebug
Corner rounder punch – Fiskars
Rub-on greeting – Making Memories
Fluid chalk stamp pads – Clearsnap
Sandpaper


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READER IDEAS - Week of 10/18/09

Please post a direct link to the page featuring your CPS138 inspired card below by Saturday October 24 at 8pm CST to be entered into this week's prize drawing. Be watching later in the week to see what one lucky reader will win.



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This Week's Winner

Is....

61. SueB of Blondin Blogs

Please send you contact info using the link in the sidebar. Winners have 1 week to claim their prize.

Thanks to Clear and Simple Stamps for sponsoring this week!!

CPS137 - Sponsored By Clear & Simple Stamps - Part Three

This week's sketch sponsored by:

Baby's 1st Christmas

Designer Kim Moreno
Stamp: Clear and Simple Stamps

Coredinations cardstock

Patterned Paper: Jillibean Soup Grandmas Christmas Soup collection
Ink: Storage Unit Inks & More
Pencils: Faber-Castell watercolor pencils
Ribbon: craft stupply
Stick Pins: Maya Road
Pearls: Glitz Designs

Little Pumpkins
Designer: Kandis Smith
Supplies:
Stamps: Clear and Simple Stamps
ink: Memories
patterned paper: Daisy D's
cardstock: Coredinations
corner rounder: EK Success
chipboard: Maya Road
glitter: Doodlebug Designs
flower: We are Memory Keepers
other: button, dictionary page, ribbon, machine stitching

Bee Well Soon
Designer Jeanne Streiff

Supplies:
Stamps: Flight of the Bee - Clear and Simple Stamps
***Prism Simply Smooth White
***Prism Prismatics Sunflowers Light, Suede Brown Medium, Black
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Ranger Distress Brushed Corduroy
Other supplies: Copic Markers and Multiliner, Adhesive from 3L, sponge, buttons, ribbon from Creative Impressions, Black Flower Soft

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Sponsor Spotlight - Clear and Simple Stamps

"We discovered the art of stamping over 20 years ago and have loved the craft ever since...
Clear and Simple Stamps is a clear polymer stamp company based out of Maryland. Our stamps are designed to produce fun and inspiring stamp images that give you the creative freedom to be a true stamping diva!

Our signature line - Simple Darlings™ is dedicated to represent all types of fabulous women doing those everyday things we all love to do. Whether it is traveling, shopping, gardening or just spending time with friends, each Simple Darling is truly a masterpiece and you will want to stamp with them all. We provide high-quality, repositionable, clear polymer stamps. Our concept, pardon the pun, is clear and simple stamping.

We have a growing collection of fun stamps that we hope you will find unique and inspiring to work with. We design all of our stamps in-house, and cannot wait to see your fabulous creations – or what we like to call your “divalicious style” shine through when creating with Clear and Simple Stamps!

We have our Autumn Collection Release this week - October 15th. (We release a Stamp of the Month and a free template every first day of the month and release our full collection on the 15th of every month)."

Also our design team members will be playing along to provide samples created with the sketch:
Lori Tecler http://inkingaloud.blogspot.com/
Robyn Weatherspoon http://herebygrace.typepad.com/here_by_grace/
Kim Howard http://basementstamper.blogspot.com/
Beth Matson http://nevertoooldtocolor.blogspot.com/
Sue Berker http://berkerblog.blogspot.com/
Jen Tapler http://jentapler.blogspot.com/
Maria Levine http://riacreations.blogspot.com/
Neva McMullen http://scrappinbelle.blogspot.com/

Clear and Simple Stamps is offering a $25 gift certificate to their store, to one lucky cardmaker this week!!! So get stamping, and link up your card for your chance to win!!! And be sure to stop by and visit Clear and Simple Stamps!
www.clearandsimplestamps.com
www.clearandsimplestamps.blogspot.com

THANK YOU CLEAR AND SIMPLE STAMPS

for sponsoring this week at CPS!!!!

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CPS137 - Sponsored By Clear & Simple Stamps - Part Two

This week's sketch sponsored by:

A Good Teacher
Designer Keri Lee Sereika
Supplies:
Stamps: Teacher - Clear & Simple Stamps
Inks: Tuxedo Black & Summer Sky Memento - Tsukineko
***Cardstock: Nautical Blue Light, Twilight Dark & Black Prismatics; Simply Smooth White - Prism Papers
Patterned Paper: Let's Go Let's Go - Imaginisce
Ribbon: May Arts
Picture Hanger: Daisy D's
Dies: Scalloped Rectangle & Mega Curved Rectangle Nestabilities - Spellbinders
Colored Pencils, Gamsol & Blending Stumps

The Perfect Pear
Designer: Sherry Wright

Clear & Simple stamps (Together)
Dream Street papers
Martha Stewart punch
stick pins
Clearsnap fluid chalk inks
Tattered Angels frame
Offray ribbon

Give Me a Buzz

Designer Jeanne Streiff

Supplies:
Stamps: Flight of the Bee - Clear and Simple Stamps
***Prism Simply Smooth White
***Prism Prismatics White, Tawny Dark, Sunflowers Dark
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Ranger Distress Brushed Corduroy
Other supplies: Copic Markers, Adhesive from 3L, sponge, buttons

Give Thanks

by Betsy Veldman

Supplies:

Stamps: Clear n' Simple

Patterned paper, Diecut paper: Basic Grey

Label: K&Company

Button, Jute, Ink: Papertrey Ink

Other: ribbon, vintage text paper, markers

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CPS137 - Sponsored By Clear & Simple Stamps

This week's sketch sponsored by:

CPS 137

CPS Designer Ideas:


No place like home card.
designer- Charity Hassel
supplies:
stamps- Clear and Simple
ink- Stazon
markers- Copic
patterned paper- October Afternoon
cardstock- Bazzill



Football
Designer: Linda Beeson
Materials:
Clear stamp set – Football courtesy of Clear and Simple stamps
Cardstock – Cryogen Curious Iridescent/CutCardStock.com, Vintage and Black Magic/Core’dinations
Versafine black stamp pad
Clear embossing powder
ColorBox stamp pad - Clearsnap
Corner rounder punch – Fiskars
Copic markers
Embossing plate - Cuttlebug
Sandpaper

What's Cooking Card

Designer Angie Hagist

Supplies:

Stamps: Clear & Simple Stamps

Cardstock: Bazzill Basics

Patterned Paper: October Afternoon

Markers: Copic, Sharpie

Inks: Close to My Heart



Halloween
Designer Laura Williams
Supplies:
stamps - Clear and Simple Stamps
cardstock, patterned paper - SEI
ink - Close To My Heart
jewels - K&Company

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READER IDEAS - Week of 10/11/09

Please post a direct link to the page featuring your CPS137 inspired card below by Saturday October 17 at 8pm CST to be entered into this week's prize drawing. Be watching later in the week to see what one lucky reader will win.



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(Please note: CPS reserves the right to remove any links not linking directly to a CPS inspired card)

This Week's Winner

Is....

31. Ceal

Please send you contact info using the link in the sidebar. Winners have 1 week to claim their prize.

Thanks to Gina K Designs for sponsoring this week!!

CPS136 - Sponsored By Gina K Designs - Part Three

Celebrate In Style
Designer Laura Williams

Supplies:
stamps - Gina K Designs
patterned cardstock - SEI
jewels - Prima
ink - StazOn
solid cardstock - WorldWin

Happy Halloween

by Betsy Veldman

Supplies:

Stamps: Gina K

Patterned paper: Cosmo Cricket, Pink Paislee

Chipboard: Fancy Pants, Making Memories

***Buttons, ink, cardstock, ribbon: Papertrey Ink

Wishing you...

Designer: Sherry Wright
Supplies:

Gina K stamps (Comfort & Peace)

Making Memories papers

tag

Clearsnap fluid chalk ink

Offray ribbon

Thinking of You

Designer Tami Mayberry

Supplies:

Stamps: Gina K Designs- Special Delivery

Card stock: Prism Papers

Patterned Papers: My Little Shoebox

Ink: Clearsnap Vivid

Pearls: Kaiser Craft

Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L™

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CPS136 - Sponsored By Gina K Designs - Part Two

This week's sketch brought to you by:

Happy Holidays Postage
Designer Keri Lee Sereika
Supplies:
Stamps: Special Delivery by Tami Mayberry - Gina K Designs
***Cardstock: Crabapple Dark, Baby Blue Light, Spring Willow Medium Prismatics; Simply Smooth White - Prism Papers
Ink: Rhubarb Stalk & Tuxedo Black Memento Inks, Vintage Sepia & Spanish Moss Versafine - Tsukineko
Patterned Paper: Exkimo Kisses - Basic Grey
Dies: Classic & Classic Scalloped Circles, Mega Long and Scalloped Mega Long Rectangles - Spellbinders
Ribbon: May Arts
Pearls: Prima



Never-Ending Kindness
Designer Stacey Kingman
Supplies:
Stamps - Gina K. Designs
***Cardstock - Prism Papers (Suede Brown Dark, Vanilla Cream)
Patterned Paper - Cosmo Cricket
Tickets - Jenni Bowlin Studio
Punches - Fiskars
Ink - Ranger Distress Ink (Old Paper, Brushed Corduroy), Clearsnap (Chestnut Roan)
Ribbon - May Arts
Other - Thread, vintage dictionary paper, button




Happy Halloween
Designer: Kandis Smith
Supplies:
stamps: Gina K
ink: Memories
patterned paper: Cosmo Cricket
cardstock: Coredinations
buttons: Hero Arts, Dress it up!
pins: Heidi Grace
other: felt, machine stitching, linen string


Life's a Rodeo
Designer Jeanne Streiff
Supplies:
Stamps: Out West - Gina K Designs
***Prism Simply Smooth White
***Prism Prismatics Tawny Light, Tawny Dark, Blush Red Dark
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Ranger Distress Brushed Corduroy
Other supplies: Copic Markers, Adhesive from 3L, sponge, hemp


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