Ribbon Inspiration/Stamp Simply Style--Coffee, Tea, or Me?

We've come up with a passel of coffee/tea card designs for your Saturday perusal from The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store...you can see the entire category of coffee/tea stamps and goodies HERE at Stamp Simply.

Here's my "simply stamped" card for today:

The base of my card is a combination of gingham checked Lily Bee Design "Double Dutch" designer paper, layered up with some cream and black cardstock.

The stamped sentiment panel is Verve's "Delightful and Delicious" clear stamp set, stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with Copic Sketch Markers.

Final simple additions to my design: Prima "Songbird Wood Buttons," one inch May Art's Grosgrain with Satin Edge Ribbon, and May Art's black Burlap String.

Simple and sweet! All linked supplies are from The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store.

As always, this is a Mystery Blog Candy hop (shown above), meaning the winner will be drawn from comments on one of today’s participating blogs, so leaving a comment on each blog will greatly increase your chances of winning, but only one comment per blog, please. The winner will be selected at 6 p.m. Eastern time on Tuesday, April 24 and will be posted on Sharon's blog on Wednesday or thereafter.

You must check back to claim your prize if you are the lucky winner! Best Wishes!

Sharon Johnson - The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store

Holly McMillen

Linda Duke

Deb Saaranen (you're here!)

Barb Schram

Thanks so much for joining us this week...please come back next Saturday for more Ribbon Inspiration/Stamp Simply Style!

Ribbon Inspiration/Stamp Simply Style--Sweet Baby

Welcome to this week's Ribbon Inspiration/Stamp Simply Style--Sweet Baby! Sharon has a "Baby" category found in The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store, seen HERE.

My design is once again super simple, allowing the pretty designer paper to shine. The designer paper is Melissa Frances 6 X 6" "5th Avenue." If you look closely at the pretty printed collage, you can see a sweet little bundle directly in the center of the card.

How to add some gussied up details to a simple card?  With a double bow of luscious May Art's Silk Ribbon tied up with a Bow Easy! I also added a border of May Art's 5/8"Crocheted ribbon, threaded through with May Art's 1/8" Silk Ribbon.

JustRite's "Happy Everything" kit, along with Versafine Sepia ink, were used to create the tiny sentiment tag.

And, since I do not want to crush the lovely bow that I've just added, presentation will be in a "Crystal Clear A2" box.

All supplies available from The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store.

Sweet Baby Sampler:

As always, this is a Mystery Blog Candy hop, meaning the winner will be drawn from comments on one of today’s participating blogs, so leaving a comment on each blog will greatly increase your chances of winning, but only one comment per blog, please. The winner will be selected at 6 p.m. Eastern time on Tuesday, April 17 and will be posted on Sharon's blog on Wednesday or thereafter.

You must check back to claim your prize if you are the lucky winner!

Good luck!

Our list of gals participating today:

Sharon Johnson - The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store

Linda Duke

Barb Schram

Deb Saaranen (you're here!)

I hope that you've enjoyed our hop today--be sure to check back next Saturday to see what we have up our sleeves for Ribbon Inspiration/Stamp Simply Style!

Ribbon Inspiration/Stamp Simply Style--CAS Graduation

Time once again for Ribbon Inspiration/Stamp Simply Style! This week we're focusing on CAS ("Clean and Simple") graduation cards!

My CAS card is truly simple...I've chosen a pretty sheet of designer paper (Bo Bunny Gabrielle) and simply stamped my graduation sentiment (Our Daily Bread Design's As You Graduate) directly to it with Versafine Black Onyx ink.

Although difficult to see in the photo, there is a scalloped border peeking out from the bottom of the designer paper panel. Each scallop is embellished with a Kaisercraft's jet black Rhinestone adding a bit of gleam.

All supplies are available at The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store.

As always, this is a Mystery Blog Candy  (pictured above), meaning the winner will be drawn from comments on one of today’s participating blogs, so leaving a comment on each blog will greatly increase your chances of winning, but only one comment per blog, please. The winner will be selected at 6 p.m. Eastern time on Tuesday, April 10th and will be posted on Sharon's blog Wednesday, or shortly thereafter.


You must check back to see if you are the winner! 


CAS Graduation inspiration can be found at the following blogs:


Sharon Johnson -- The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store
Deb Saaranen (you're here--thanks for stopping by!)
Barb Schram
Linda Duke


Hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Ribbon Inspiration/Stamp Simply Style--Words of Comfort

We're featuring on "Words of Comfort" for this week's Ribbon Inspiration/Stamp Simply Style hop...using sentiments as the primary focal points within our designs.


The Corrie Ten Boom quote used is from Our Daily Bread Design's stamp set called "As You Graduate," available from The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store.

The quote was stamped onto creamy cardstock using Versafine Black Sepia ink, then die cut with Spellbinder's "Beaded Oval" dies.


Designer paper used today is Kaisercraft "Blae and Ivy," accented with a Prima blossom and May Art's Wrinkled Ribbon.


All supplies used today are from The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store.








As always, this is a Mystery Blog Candy hop (candy pictured below), meaning that the winner will be chosen from the comments from one of the participating blogs. Leaving a comment on each blog will greatly increase your chances of winning, only one comment per blog, please. The winner will be chosen Tuesday, April 3 at 6 p.m., and will be announced at Sharon's blog Wednesday, April 4th or thereafter. You must check back to see if you have won the blog candy.

Hop list is as follows:

Sharon Johnson - The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store

Deb Saaranen (you're here!)

Barb Schram

Holly McMillen

Thanks so much for joining us this week!

For the Love of Our Daily Bread Designs Easter Sets!

Welcome to Our Daily Bread Design's Alumni Team's bi-monthly For the Love Blog Hop.  This week the Alumni team along with some of the ODBD designers are featuring a hop for the For the Love of ODBD Easter Sets! Check out each link and leave a comment. If you get lost along the way, go to the ODBD blog for the full link list.  One of the post is a hop hot spot and a name will be drawn from that list of comments to win a $15 ODBD store gift certificate.  So, all you have to do is hop along and see all the creations and leave a little love!  You have until Wednesday, April 11th at 6 pm.  The winner will be announced April 12th!  So, get hopping and enjoy all the Easter inspiration using For the Love of ODBD Easter Sets!

My design for today features Our Daily Bread Designs "Easter Blessings." I've always loved this fresh and pretty floral image, as well as the lovely fonts used for the Bible verse and sentiments:

Basic creamy cardstock was used throughout, with added texture and layers for interest. This is the first time that I used the 

Cheery Lynn die, "English Tea Party." What fabulous detail! 

Creamy pearls and ribbon add a final touch.

IF YOU'VE ARRIVED HERE FROM BETTY's BLOG, you're hopping just fine:

Head over to FRAN's BLOG NEXT!

Thanks so much for stopping by today, and please enjoy the inspiration from the rest of the hop!

Our Daily Bread Designs 4th Anniversary--Scripture Collection 8

I just wanted to pop in and show you a design featuring another design around the verse that I chose for Our Daily Bread Designs Scripture Collection 8...

Products available from Our Daily Bread Designs used for this design:


Spellbinders Cross Collection and Spellbinders Labels Seven


And of course 1 Timothy 1:14 from the new Scripture 8 Collection:

Thanks so much for stopping by, and be sure to check back Thursday for another Our Daily Bread Designs Alumni Hop!

Ribbon Inspiration/Stamp Simply Style--Mother's Day!

We're creating Mother's Day designs at Ribbon Inspiration/Stamp Simply Style this week! Hope we can inspire you!

I've used Our Daily Bread Design's "Happy Mother's Day" available from The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store. You can see all of Stamp Simply ODBD stamps HERE.

I stamped the wreath with Memento Tuxedo Black ink, then colored it with Copic Sketch markers. After hand trimming it, I mounted it on top of the green background sentiment panel with 3D Foam Squares.


All linked products are available at The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store.


Decorator paper used today: Kaisercraft's "Lilac Avenue," along with accents of May Art's Silk ribbon, fashioned into a bow with a Bow Easy, and Kaisercraft Lilac rhinestones.

As always, this is a Mystery Blog Candy hop, meaning the winner will be drawn from comments on one of today’s participating blogs, so leaving a comment on each blog will greatly increase your chances of winning, but only one comment per blog, please. The winner will be selected at 6 p.m. Eastern time on Tuesday, March 27th and will be posted on Sharon's blog on Wednesday or thereafter. 


The line up for today's hop:

Sharon Johnson - The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store
Holly McMillen
Linda Duke
Deb Saaranen (you're here!)

Glad you were able to stop by--be sure to leave comments on each of the blogs to up your chances of winning the blog candy! Have a great weekend!