Finally Friday Favorites - 08/29/08

Woo hoo!!! It's FINALLY FRIDAY people. :D Here's your weekly dose of weekend inspiration, courtesy of the worldwide community of stampin' bloggers. As always, my Top 10 choices, in no particular order...

• Pocket Envelope Card by Theresa. It's a gorgeous creation, AND she has a tutorial!
• One of a Kind Birthday Card by Rachel Capps. Beautiful! Love all the pearls and the dimension on this one.
• Snoozin' Sunday card by Alex. I love the layout, the colors, the image...it comes together just perfectly.
• A Western Hello by Laurie. Love the colors and all the distressed stuff!
• Halloween Riley by Paula Bloom. Great colors, fun layout, CUTE bats!
• Willow Lake by Michelle Zindorf. Wow! As always, an amazing scene from Michelle. I love her tutorials, she's amazing.
• Monster Squad by Carolyn King. Halloween cards are among my favorite! There are so many great images out there and these are no exception. Great layout and adorable extras on this one.
• Gift Tag by Sharon Johnson. Beautiful fall colors, lovely layers to highlight the main image - a fabulous project!
• Eastern Blooms Card by Pat. Wow - great colors here too and I love what she did with the partial circle and the ribbon!
• Deb Neerman's Tree. OMG! How cool is this, and how LONG must it have taken to punch and then attach those little leaves?! Wow! Love it.

There you go! Happy Labor Day weekend!

Finally Friday Favorites - 08/15/08

You are about to hear the 5:00 whistle!! It's FRIDAY people, the weekend is finally here! I have scoured my Google Reader for some fabulous inspiration to share with you, and here it is - this week's Finally Friday Favorites!

• Sesame Street Scallops Card by Danita. Seriously, this could not be cuter or more creative. LOVE it!
• Happy Birthday Princess from Julia. So sweet! Love the flowers. I need a little girl's birthday party so I can make one like this!
• Halloween Silhouettes by Linsey. Spooky! The shadow is fabulous. You can see more from Linsey on her personal blog.
• Be the Change from Mandy. Beautiful card, such lovely color choices and I am wild for all the bling!
• AVS10 Card by Heather. She made ALL 12 cards in like 1 day. I am in awe. This one is my favorite.
• Dutch Dare #10 from Jennifer. This is SO cute, I love all the colors she used and her coloring is perfect as always.
• Cupcake Card by Susan Liles. Love the color combo and I need those stamps.
• Summer on the Patio by Susan. Gorgeous! Look at all the details! I need these stamps too.
• Neighborly Thank You from Lynn. What an amazing project. I wish she was my neighbor. ;)
• Cupcakes Grow On Trees by Tammy. Too cute! Love the colors and all the embossing. Plus it's just clever & fun.

Have a great weekend! We have the most *precious* of all things happening tonight...a BABYSITTER! So we're steppin' out with some friends - ya-hoo!

Finally Friday Favorites - 08/01/08

The Friday Favorites are back in town now that I've had some time to catch up on my surfin'! Yay! Kick off the weekend in style with some great papercrafting inspiration.

• Inspired Giraffe from Tosh. This is SO STINKIN' cute I can hardly stand it! And all the detail - fabulous.
• Butterfly Card by Laura. Just beautiful - such soft colors, love the layout.
• The Sweetest Thing from Emily. What a great idea!!
• Challenge Card by Libby. A new blog find for me, don't know how I missed her before! Some really fun projects here, and this card is eye-catchingly gorgeous!
• Just Add Water LO from Jeani. I love this LO! Great colors, paper, layout {yeah...the layout of the LO...} and adorable kids!
• A Bushel of Berries by Linsey. How creative is this? I could eat them up!
• Challenge Card from Kisa. Everything Kisa makes is perfect. Go see!
• Garden Collage Card by Heather. Love the graduated pearls, the rich colors, the layout - pretty!
• Hibiscus Card from {a different} Heather. She rocked the coloring, love the layers - this is amazing!
• High Hopes Scene from Michelle. All I can say is WOW. Thanks Allison for pointing this one out, because WOW.

There they are, this week's Top 10 Finally Friday Favorites! Have a stampy weekend!

Finally Friday Favorites - 07/04/08

Happy 4th of July!! I know I missed the favorites last week, I just didn't have the time to post 'em while buried under all these packing boxes. Sorry about that! I think things are {maybe} under control here packing-wise, so I got it together for your Holiday Weekend Inspiration. :) Enjoy!

• Purple Onion Cards by Jenn Biederman. Jenn's the newest Purple Onion Designs design team member and you can see why. Both cards she's got posted here are fabulous - love the distressed look!
• Brainwave Card by Ashley. OMGosh that giraffe is too cute. I love how she stamped the corner of the paper too.
• Pocket card by Emily Weems. Cool long pocket, great colors.
• Mojo44 card from Monkia. What a great sketch, and I love the colors she has on this one - from the SCS color challenge this week. It's gorgeous!
• Mini cork board from MJ at TechnoStamper. She has a tutorial too, what a GREAT idea!! I picked some of those little cork coaster dealies up last time I was at JoAnn's...now I know what to do with them!
• Mojo43 card from MustangSarah. Beautiful!
• Color Challenge Card by Kisa Peters. Great color challenge and I really like the layout - all her layers and the ticket corners.
• Penny Black card by Paula Williamson. How cute with all the pinks! Love it!
• Love you to the Moon card by Lisa Mathis. That sentiment is the best!
• Snow day LO by Emilee Hathaway. Great colors, so well balanced!
• Sketch cards from Angela McKay. Beautifully done!
• Hatpin Card by Laura Frederickson. Great card - not overly complicated but it looks like a million bucks! A tutorial on the hat pins too.
• Starry Lights from Julee Tilman. I just have to say, Julee is amazing. I really love her weekly sketch challenges, she has such a great sense of layout, coordination & style.
• Pink & Green card by Paula Bloom. What a beautiful job, I love the colors and all the Primas.
• SC182 Card by Heather. LOVE the DP, the colors, that sketch. Everything.

Thanks everyone! Have a great weekend!

Finally Friday Favorites - 06/13/08

Woo hoo! Finally Friday and we closed on our new house today too!! Guess it's a good luck day around here. :) We're not moving for a couple weeks yet - the *previous* owners are renting back until they close on their new place. But at least we're no longer "homeless", LOL. Here's some favorites to check out to kick-start your weekend.

• Birthday Shaker Card by Maureen. I missed this one in last week's favorites list somehow, but it is good enough to eat!
• Tuscan Villa by Elyssa. Oh my, she did an amazing job watercoloring, I feel like I'm back in Italy!
• Happiness Layout by Linsey. Could this even BE cuter!?
• Baby card by HapEMomE. I think it's the glittery diaper that gets me on this one!

ETA - can you tell I started writing this post and scheduled it on Tuesday before I got so sick? I looked at it this morning in my e-mail from the subscription service and it sounds so upbeat. If only! But the house is definitely a huge deal. Now if I could only get rid of whatever buggies are trying to kill me before we move in that would be good.

Finally Friday Favorites - 06/06/08

The end of another week already? Or - a better way to look at it - the start of another weekend already? Wow! Here are my favorites from this past week - enjoy!

• Lil' Scrappers card by Moralia. A new blog for me, but some fabulous stuff to see!
• You Look Good card by Kelli. Funny, FUNNY and a great layout. Love how she did the ribbon and all the dotted borders.
• Forever & Always by Jennifer. I just loved the sweet colors on this card! Jennifer has lots of favorites to chose from, but today I'm thinkin' pink. Really like how she layered the main image too.
• Adore Layout from Karen Day. Amazing!! Karen is such a talented scrapbooker. I too love the girly stuff -- *sigh*.
• Blast from the Past by Natasha. Not from this past week, but not to be missed. I wouldn't have thought I would love this color combo - but I do!
• Make a Big Splash by Amy. Again, a little out of order date-wise, but I don't know how I missed this one last week - CUTE!
• Path of Life by Silke. I see I am going to have to try SC179. Another great card, beautiful coloring!
• Vintage Wood from Allison. I love Allison.
• Baseball Card by JanTink. And you should also read the post about the Sketches. Because frankly, it wouldn't be so funny if it weren't true. HAHAHA.
• Gift Bag from Kim Hughes. Scroll down. Of course everything Kim makes is great, and did you see she has more new stamps out at CHF!
• Cupcake from Monika. It looks good enough to eat!
• Giftbox & Card by Kisa. She's so stinkin' talented I can't stand it. If I didn't love her so much I'd probably have to be jealous!
• Sketch Card from Laurie. Great sketch!
• Pumpkin Flowers by Shannon. Love the layout and the cut out flowers!
• Yo yo yo by Vicki. It's just adorable!
• Get Packing card by Linda. What a great idea! Love the map.

Ok, I'm done and I think I'm caught up. Enjoy the favorites, I will be back tomorrow with more cards by ME! *grin*

Finally Friday Favorites - 05/30/08

Friday already?! Where did the week go? This is not a "yay, Friday!" day for me this week though. My parents are heading home to Florida first thing in the morning {and I mean FIRST thing - it's a 6 AM flight outta here, they're back in the Sunshine State by 11:30 AM}. I am always so unbelievably sad when our visits come to an end, we are very close and always have been - living so far from them is really hard. DS #1 is older now too, and he *knows* now. He's going to be pretty shattered when he wakes up and his Grammy is gone. Anyway, we can't stop the passage of time {right?} so let's end on the up note of Finally Friday Favorites and hope for some weekend stamping inspiration -- before I start to cry.

• Animal Parade Frame by Chelsey. This is SO CUTE! I need those animal stamps.
• Happy Hour Graduation Card by Nettie. Love that image.
• Tiger on Tour by Katharina. Those people at High Hopes know how to make cute animals. What a great mix of vintage and cutesy {contemporary?} images on this one.
• Dino Pop Up Party by Karen Daley. SHUT UP! What a fabulous idea.
• Dad Beach Card by Lyn. Love the blues, the card fold, all the beach-themed embellishments.
• Birdie Notecard Trio by Tosha. These are adorable! All the scallops, the colors, cute fibers - they are all great, I can't even pick a favorite of the three.
• Train Card by Ana. My DS#1 and my DH are TOTAL train freaks so I am always looking for cute train ideas anyway. But this card ROCKS even if you don't belong to a family of train freaks. heh.
• Ismaki by Monkia Davis. Gorgeous! Love the colors, layout, image choices, ribbon....
• Super Son LO by Delia. Delia is the most super amazing scrapper evah! She doesn't know it yet, but I'm going to be sending her a big box of photos of my family...even if she makes me ONE layout I'll be stylin'!

Finally Friday Favorites - 05/23/08

Here's some inspiration for on this long HOLIDAY weekend! {Sorry it's late}. Hope everyone gets lots of stamping time -- I know I made a "Sheetload" of cards yesterday. :-) This week's Top 10 projects are:

• Twins Card by Sarah.
• Hippy Hippo by Jennifer Love. OMG, too adorable!
• Arrrrggh by Michele Boyer.
• Ducky by Jo. Great shades of yellow, such a cute image.
• Got Mud? by Elyssa. Love the boy stuffs!
• White Wedding by Angie C. So elegant, love the sparkle.
• Tree Tag Card by Deb Neerman. She's so creative!
• Hip Hop by Lauren Meader. Of course...
• Case of the Whale by Wanda. So cute! The waves are just perfect.
• Back with Farley by Holly McMillen.

As always, lots of amazing projects out there. Where were we before blogs?! :-)

Have a great holiday everyone!

Finally Friday Favorites - 05/16/08

More good stuff this week! Here are my Top 10...

• Inspiration Challenge by Susan Roberts. LOVE this, it's so elegant.
• Father's Day from Carole Burrage.
• Mother's Day by Andi Mead.
• Baby Set from Dee Jackson. Too cute you guys!
• Birthday Cowboy from Leigh O'Brien. She had another one on my list too, but I thought one would do for the Top 10, LOL.
• Sprakling Chipboard by JenMarie. Sparkles, yeah!!
• *Heart* You by Christi Thorsen. This is GORGEOUS!!
• Wedding LO from Kim Hughes.
• Butterflies by Mustang Sarah. They're all fabulous by the top one is my favorite.
• Vase of Flowers by Chrissy Dickinson. FUN!

Finally {Friday} Favorites - 05/09/08

Better late than never!! There was SO MUCH great stuff last week I don't know where to begin. Because there are more than usual and I am so late I'm not posting many details or my commentary/opinions {I know you are crying about this -- I'll be back to it for this week I hope!}. So you'll have to go check 'em out and see for yourself why they make the list!

• Hybrid project by Cathy at The Paper Garden. I actually found this one through Susanna Boyd's blog.
• Masculine Verve by Jackie Pedro.
• Lucky Lady by Linda McClain.
• Triple Challenge Card by Broni Holcombe.
• Brotherly Hugs LO by Rebecca. {LOVE everything on this - title, layout, colors, etc. And those boys are too cute!}
• Rub Ons Card by Rachel Hope. Classic and pretty.
• Here Come the Bride by Paula Williamson. SO gorgeous.
• Shades of Green & Blue by Kristin Soboloski. Have you SEEN her Artful Inkables stamp line? I have some and they are fabulous.
• Fans by CarrollAnn.
• Mug Inspiration by JanTink.
• Dragon Cards by Maxene Choi.
• Watermelon by Alicia. What a GREAT take on the sketch!
• Poetic Artistry Sketch by Renee.
• Life's a Breeze by Laurie Schmidlin.
• Layouts from Pattern Paper Princess. LOVE the first one especially!
• Color Challenge #8 by Melissa Kulesa.
• Father's Day with Verve by Susie Liles
• Western Sky Ensamble by Erin Blair
• Gorillas Just Wanna Have Fun by Kraftin' Kimmie.
• Howdy by Sherry Cheever.
• DIVA by Joanne Wardle. SO fun!
• Princess Card by Jill.

Quite a list, I know. There were some busy stampers out there!

Finally Friday Favorites - 05/02/08

Did you all hear that WEEKEND WHISTLE?! We have another fairly busy one but I feel like I got some creativity back this week -- so fingers crossed for a little stampin' time for me! But I digress...it's Finally Friday - time for some favorites! I know I missed a couple weeks so there may be a few older projects in this post. We're back on track now though.

As always, in no particular order:

• Margarita card from Cathy Indelicato. What a great image, I'm digging the tall card, and Cathy is the master of the doodle border. I am absolutely green with envy over that last point.
• Cowboy In The Jungle from Leigh O'Brien. SHUT UP! This is so freakin' adorable I can't stand it. And who doesn't love leopard print?
• Appletini, Anyone? by Jen del Muro. Yes. Appletini ME.
• Black Tie Wedding by Mustang Sara. There's a bunch of cards in the post but my Favorite is the second one down, the wedding card. That Verve sketch was fabby, wasn't it? And I love B&W for weddings!
• Billy the Pirate by Frances Byrne. Billy NEEDS to live at my house. He's so cute!
• Oval Sketch Card by Jessica. Gorgeous!
• Cupcake Gift Set by Jody Morrow. Umm, Jody is SO getting an invite to the next party I have!
• Froggy Card from Ashley Bowen. Those frogs need to live at my house too. Love the simple layout and the pearls in the scallops look very cool.
• Baby Card by Heather Reppen. Love this layout, plus she picked perfect colors for a new baby card. AND, she used glitter - the way to my heart.
• Haute Couture by Danyelle Kessler. Gorgeous! Love everything about it - fabulous color combo and the way she did the dress and the main image BG - looks amazing!

There you have it! Amazing work and a King's Ransom is diamonds for your viewing pleasure. And look forward to ten new favorites next week!

Finally Friday Favorites - 04/04/08

TGIF!!! Today was a good day here, 50+ degrees, happy children {for the most part}, I got to get my hair cut and highlighted for the first time since early December {I know!!! I usually go every 6 weeks!}, we got to play outside with the kids and had takeout for dinner. Does it even get any better than that? So for us at least, the week definitely ended on a high note.

On to the Top 10 Favorites of the week....

• We're Lucky layout from Irene. Just LOOK at the details on this! It's absolutely amazing. Take the time to read the post, she talks about the different elements and what she did in creating this.
• Dream Dress by Becca Feeken. A new find for me, but what a great card. I really like all the depth to the focal image.
• Blush Blush Sketch Card from Becky Givans. I like the layout, the sentiment overlay and the way the card is so black & white with a bit of color to draw the eye to the flower. Cool!
• Bird Card by Lynda Benden. Fabulous coloring job and great layout here. I love all the details - Cuttlebugging, paper piercing, bling, ribbon. It's got everything!
• Riley Card by Broni Holcombe. He's adorable! Love all the dimension she got onto this card. This was a really good color challenge too.
• Birthday Cards from Michele Boyer. Love them both, what great layouts and coloring too! These CC Designs images are TOO cute.
• Swanky Cowboys by Leigh O'Brien. LOVE IT ALL. This is so cute and FUN I could just eat it up.
• Butterfly Card from Sarah Green. This is so beautiful. Soft colors...so elegant.
• Sketch Card by Shannan Teubner. I was a big fan of this sketch, and this card is a fantabulous example. I love the image too. And let me just say, I would give a LOT to be able to hand-doodle adorable borders like that!
• Pirate Card from Ana. This is so so so adorable! The images themselves are great, her coloring is GORGEOUS and the paper colors and eyelets. Love it!

There they are! This week had a LOT of amazing projects - I hope I helped you find some new ones for inspiration. Happy weekend to everyone! I will have some more art for you soon, I promise. I've been working on a lot of stuff. :-)

Finally Friday Favorites - 03/28/08

It's Finally Friday!!! About time too. Here are my Favorites for this past week - take a peek. {as always, in no particular order}

• Got Margaritas? by Julie Koerber. I love all the paper piercing she did, and the sentiment on the tag is too perfect. I see some more stamps I need.
• Baby Boy Card from Jackie Pedro. Perfect colors, fun take on the sketch layout, it's just adorable.
• Leslie Miller's Kinkade. Oh my - you simply have to see this one. It's amazing.
• Secret Gardens and Butterfly Kisses from Kelly Sampson. So pretty - I love the bling and the colors she chose.
• Challenge Card by Wendy Weixler. Bright and cheery and just cute cute! What a great take on the challenge.
• Amber Hight's Friday card. Wonderful layout and I love the scallop border!
• Harmony Silhouette by Jen-Marie. I know it's a FS card but it's beautiful! So soft...I could just eat it up!
• Dinos from Elizabeth. I need those stamps!!! And the color choices, the detail on both cards - yum!
• Nuts about you by Katharina. Sooo adorable. Look at all those layers! I love layers.
• Toni's Coral Flowers. Just gorgeous! Love the main image and the gold accents.

Finally Friday Favorites - 03/14/08

Yes, I am a day late once again - but with good reason. DH and I went out last night with some friends - the first time out since DS #2 was born!! We had fun but very tired today of course. I had wanted to get this up before we left but didn't have time. Isn't that always the way?

So anyway, here they - this week's Top 10 Finally Friday Favorites - as always, in no particular order:

• Little Trucks by Maria Levine. So cute - love the bright colors, layout, and all the dry embossed bits.
• Still Winter by Michelle Zindorf. This card is AMAZING, and Michelle has a tutorial on how she did the mirror image magic.
• Tag Card by Nichole Heady. As with everything she makes, this is classically elegant. Nichole also provides some step by step instructions and a template.
• Out of this World by Cambria Turnbow. What a fabulous card for a little boy. I love all the detail from the stars and embossed background to all the dimensional images. Since I had two boys I am always looking for really COOL boy card ideas.
• Elegant Birthday Wishes by Kelly Sampson. A beautiful card using this week's SCS color challenge, this card as a wonderful layout and so much "extra" - brads, CB embossing, yummy satin ribbon, glitter dots, etc. It's perfect!
• Basic Pomegranate Double Challenge card by Laura Fredrickson. So yummy! Another with this week's SCS color challenge, this is just so classic - the white base and black ink with grey and pomegranate accents.
• Girly Girl LO by Erika Martin. This is the most wonderfully girly layout I've seen in a long time. The combination of colors and all the flowers are just perfect with the photo - and the details she put into it is amazing. I can't even describe it, you have to just go look. It makes me want a girl so much!
• Wild Pomegranates by Beate Johns. Love everything Beate makes, of course, but this one caught my eye especially. I love all the paper piercing and the cardstock circles under the brads - what a great touch!
• Cherish by Monika Davis. Love the concept of the clear cards that's been floating around the last week or two - and instead of an ENTIRE clear card, just a portion with the main image "floating". They look great! Love the colors Monkia chose on this one too. Great details!
• Simple Thinking of You by Natasha. Great card - she didn't try to make it too complicated, the design speaks for itself and it really works! I have a very nasty habit of over-analyzing things and making them harder than they need to be. I will be taking a lesson from Natasha on this one because I love this!

There they are! Thanks for stopping, I'll have some art for you later.

Finally Friday Favorites - 03/07/08

It's Finally Friday!!! You know what that means - time for my top ten Friday Favorites for this past week. As always, in no particular order, they are:

• To Infinity and Beyond from Paula Bloom. What a great card for a little boy. I love her layout and colors. My DS #1 is in love with Toy Story and can be heard shouting this phrase at the top of his lungs randomly throughout the day. I gotta get my hands on some of those images so I can make something like this for him!
• Glittery Wedding Wishes from Heather at Ink on my Ear. This card is so cute, it's got nice clean layers and is simple and classy. The sparkle makes it AMAZING.
• Tangy Turquoise from Stacey King. Love this one - fun summer colors, CB embossed acetate (COOL) and faux chipboard. What a great find!
• Scor-Pal Easter card from Gina K. A tutorial to go along with this one, very cool idea, and I love the layout and colors on this card.
• Seashells by Faith Hofrichter. Love her coloring, as always, bright colors and the use of the photo with the card design is perfect!
• Birthday Card from Cathy I. Love the layout, great spring colors and the little extras like sponging and marker highlight really make this classic card pop.
• Hippo Birthday by Dawn. TOO cute, lots of fun scallops and polka dots to go with this adorable colored hippo image. A definite winner!
• Mother's Day from Alex Eaton. Beautiful colors and coloring, I love all the dimension on this beautiful card.
• Hip Hop Hooray by Tammy. Pretty sure that bunny is going to hop right off the card! Kitchen Sink Stamps are on my "if only, if only" list right now until I can find a few extra bucks, and I am wishing hard for them, believe me!! I love the spring colors and the amazing depth she got with all the sponging.
• Stinkin' Cute from Jackie. This card is so true to it's title! I love it. Absolutely perfect coloring, and all the dimension with the CB and animals... Yum! Great color combo too, I'm writing that one down for future use.

There they are - this week's Top 10! It's always hard to pick just 10 but these all jumped up and down with their hands in the air screaming "pick me!" so go check them out. You won't be disappointed!

Finally Friday Favorites - 2/29/08!

I've been wanting to start doing a weekly "favorite projects I've noted" post for about a month now but never got to it. Things are settling down here so I wanted to start this up. These will be from the last FEW weeks (instead of just this last one) since I have some really great cards stored away in my favorites to direct you to. My top ten Friday Favorites for this...er....month, in no particular order, are:

• Birthday Whimsey from Scrapnextras. I like the sketch here, and the combo of serious and fun.
• Green Day by Jody Morrow. So gorgeous I can't stand it. I had to order that Essence of Love set today because of the second card.
• Black Rock Wedding from Lisa Somerville. SO classy and elegant, this one really caught my eye. Wish I had invited her to my wedding!
• A Sweet Sketch by Tammy at Stamp Happy. I love the sketch, colors and simple-but-sooo pretty thing going on with this card.
• Seashell card from Susan and Stampndaly. Photos + stamping + creative details = *swoon*
• Positively Damask by Leslie Miller. More gorgeous than dozens of complicated cards, this one just screams richness and high society elegance.
• Silhouette Flowers from Maria at Riacreations. Digging the Cuttlebugging, the color combo and the little "extras" on this one. Great images!
• Once Upon A Time... by Lauren Meader. As if any Top 10 list in the stamping world is complete without something from Lauren. My only problem was picking just ONE of her projects in recent weeks to include. I really like the way she did the sponging on this one, as if the flowers just sort of fade into greenery, plus the extra embellie flowers. Gotta love the story too, doesn't every Cinderella dream of being rescued from a life of...catching mice?! Lauren, I feel your pain!
• Nursery Card from Paula Bloom. Just so adorable and perfect. I always enjoy Paula's attention to detail - her layers, embellishments and color choices are wonderful.
• This Hug's For You by Laurie Schmidlin. Fabulous layout, paper choices and coloring job. This card is just all around cute cute cute!

There you have it! I think this will be a new weekly feature, so check back next week for some more favorites. What better way to celebrate it being FINALLY Friday than with a little weekend inspiration (and pretty pictures!)? :-) Until then, happy stampin' everyone!