LCOM Card Sketch #30

This weeks beautiful card sketch is brought to you by Kimberly over at the LCOM blog, be sure to check it out!  Here is my creation:

Be sure to pop by the blog to leave the rest of the card team some love and to play along with us!  What a great chance to make a beautiful mother's day card for that special lady in your life! 

Mother's Day

This week over at LCOM the card team had another fabulous sketch by Kimberly to work with!  Here is her sketch:

Be sure to pop by the blog and see the rest of the gorgeous creations that the team made!  Here is my mother's day card I made using this sketch:

Also be sure to play along or your chance to be a Guest designer for the card team!!  Can't wait to see what you create!  I am really enjoying being back on the team!  Have a great week!

Stylish Blogger Award!

I am excited to say I have won the Stylish Blogger award! Thank you so much for the award Susie. I am thrilled to receive this award and appreciate the compliment!


You can visit Susie at: So Many Scraps

Upon receiving this award I must…

*Thank the person who gave this award to me and link back to their blog

*Share 8 things about myself

*Pass this award to other individuals that I have recently discovered

*Leave a comment so that they can pass along the recognition.



8 Things about me:



1. I love to Shop!!!
2. I love my hubby.

3. I have wonderful family & friends.

4. I love scrapbooking.

5. I love shoes.

6. I am a high school Math teacher.

7. I also am a fashion blogger.

8. I have a 5 year old dog, named Huggie.

Please check out these awesome ladies, they have great stuff on their blogs.

I would like to pass this award on to:

1.) Amanda
2.) Cindy
3.) Tina
4.) Ivana
5.) Tracey
6.) Lady Grace

mSB - Pair up Project!

During the month of March we paired up for projects over at myStampBox.  I was paired up with the lovely and talented Ally.  For our projects, and since it was on St. Patrick's day, we decided to use that as our theme for the post.  I created a glass using the mini alphas set and the Lots of Dots alphabets.

Close up....

Ally created a gorgeous St. Patrick's day themed watering can, be sure to check out our blog post here to see her beautiful creation!  Happy St. Patrick's Day!!  May the luck of the irish be with you!!

LCOM Card Team!

I have been asked once again to be back on the LCOM card team!  I am so excited to be back and part of this fabulous team.  If you haven't already checked out their weekly card sketch challenges they are fabulous!  Be sure to check them out here.

This week's sketch was done by Kimberly and is so gorgeous.  Be sure to check out what the team did with this as they rocked it!  Here is my card:

I used the Lots of Dots alphas and lots of dots sentiments from myStampBox for this card as well as the colourful companions set for teh butterfly.  I also embossed the butterfly.  Thanks for stopping by and hope you are having a great week!

myStampBox DT Call!

Here is a fabulous opportunity ladies to join an amazing team!!  Get those applications in!

ATTENTION all stampers and myStamp BOX fans!

We are looking for new Designers to join our team. If you are enthusiastic about our stamps, love to stamp, are a good team player, and know a thing or two about blogging, you are the right match for us! We are interested in designers with a variety of styles who can creatively showcase myStamp BOX designs in their layouts, cards, altered art and other projects. No previous design team experience is necessary. International applicants are welcome to apply.

Our Term is 6 months from April 1st, 2011 to September 30th, 2011.

Team requirements:

* 4 projects per month

* 1 blog entry per month including good quality photos of a project and instructions/tutorial

* Upload all projects to the myStamp BOX website gallery and other online galleries

* Submit at least 2 projects per term for submission to print magazines of your choice

* Occasionally help with additional design opportunities – new stamp sets, classes, etc.

* make myStamp BOX the only stamping company you design for during this term

Team benefits:

*bio and picture on the website, with links to your blog

*a starter kit of stamp sets and additional stamp sets throughout your term

*other free scrapbooking supplies from product partners as they become available

*30% discount on purchased myStampBox stamps during your term

Please include in your application:

*personal information (your name, address)

*a short paragraph about yourself and why you think you’d be a good fit for myStamp BOX.

*link to your blog and gallery

*3-5 examples of your work showcasing your stamping ability and style

This call ends Friday, March 4, 2011

Send your application to bettina@mystampbox.com

myStampBOX website:  www.mystampbox.com

We can’t wait to hear from you!

Another love of mine...

Hope everyone had a great Valentine's day yesterday!!  I would like to thank all of my readers who read my blog and leave comments, I certainly feel the love!  I also wanted to share with you another one of the things that I love in my life, fashion and style.  For those of you that have been following my blog for a while probably have seen some of my shoe posts.  I have decided to create a blog featuring my personal style and would love it if you would check it out!  If you have any feedback for me on it, I would really appreciate it!  Thanks for reading my blog, I really appreciate each and everyone of you!   I will be back at the beginning of the week with some new scrappy projects for you!

Fashion blog:  Sigh...Gush...Gasp

Love Train Blog Hop!!

All Aboard!!! You’re now a passenger on the myStamp BOX Love Train! Let’s travel along the tracks to each of our talented designers and see the sites! We’re going to share all kinds of cool cards and projects on your journey today. We’re also going to giveaway some amazing stamp sets too! If you are just joining in, please visit the myStamp BOX blog  to begin your journey.



All aboard… let’s begin our journey right now! Just in case your train de-rails, these are the stops we’re going to make along the way…


Agata Pfister (http://underconstruction-agata.blogspot.com/)

Cari Locken (http://www.myandmythoughts.blogspot.com/)

Eva Pizzaro (http://www.evascrap.blogspot.com/)

Jaine Drake (http://www.craftydrake.blogspot.com/)

Jill Hildebrand (http://www.fromthefarm-jill.blogspot.com/)

Jolene Johnston (http://jolenejohnston.blogspot.com/)

Maryfrances Fabbri (http://maryfrancesfabbri.blogspot.com/)

Melissa Wright (http://melissasuewright.blogspot.com/)

Stephanie Ackermann (http://www.stephaniescraps.blogspot.com/)

Allison Cope (http://yourmemoriescanada.blogspot.com/)

myStamp BOX Blog (http://mystampbox.com/blog/)



To be eligible to be our random stamp winner, you must visit each of the designers blogs listed above and leave on comment on their Love Train post. Once you have visited and commented on each person’s blog you can return to the myStamp BOX blog and leave one final comment to let us know what your favourite stop along your train trip was.

I have created some valentines for my little girls that I teach tap to.  They are very simple but I was able to use 3 of myStampBox sets on them.  For the letters I used the Lots of Dots set, the heart is from the Bits and Pieces set and the lace looking border is from the new Graphic Borders set.

To give the tag some extra sparkle I added some bling to the border and some stickles to the edge of the heart and the edge of one of the blue flowers.  I know blue is not a traditional valentines colour but I thought it was fun to add this colour to help break up the pink.

Thanks for stopping on your journey. Don’t forget to leave a comment below to be eligible for a prize! Now on to the next station…. Your next stop is the very talented Stephanie Ackermann .

Photo Inspiration!

Today is my day to post over at myStampBox and today I am bringing you some photo inspiration.  Here is a valentines day themed photo that I hope will inspire you to make some things for your loved ones

I was inspired by the colours, the heart shape and the swirls in the roses.  For this card I used the Sigh Gush Gasp set for my sentiment and the Bits and Pieces set for my heart.

Be sure to stop by the myStampBox blog and check out my post!  Also don't forget about our Love Train blog hop coming up this weekend, you can get all the details here!  Thanks for stopping by!

Jump Aboard the Love Train!

Hope you will join the myStampBox Design Team for an awesome blog hop on Friday, Feb. 11th!

Project Day at My StampBox!

Tuesday is project day over at myStampBox and it was my day to post!  I decided to create a LO for my project using papers from the Pink Paislee Parisian Anothology and My Minds Eye lines.  These papers and embellishments are from the monthly Scrap That Kits, I love these kits!  This was a dance photo of me that was done a year ago.

 I stamped the butterflies using the colourful companions set and the word love using the sigh gush gasp set.  If you would like to see detail shots of the LO be sure to check out my blog post over at myStampBox!  Thanks for stopping by!

myStampBox January Showcase!!

Our January showcase for myStampBox was to use number or alpha stamps on your project.  I used the lots of dots stamp set on my card.

This card was made using papers from the pink paislee anthology line from the Scrap That November Kit.  I love the grey and blue tones in it.  Be sure to pop over to the blog to see the rest of the team's creations.  They are amazing and feature some new stamps!!

RAK Winners!!

I've done the draw the the RAKs and winners are:


The winner of the card set is:  Monique!


The winner of the odds and ends, including some bo bunny:  Sandra!


The winner of the 3rd RAK, the paper from the Oct LCOM DT kit: Heather!


Could all the winners please e-mail me at melissacurler@hotmail.com with your mailing address so I can mail you your goodies!  Thanks to everyone for playing along and watch for more RAKs in the future!

Last Day to Enter!

Today is the last day to enter a draw for a RAK from me!!  All you have to do is become a follower of my blog and leave me a comment letting me know that you are following.  I will ship to residents of US or Canada.  The draw will take place at 5pm tonight.  There are 3 RAKs up for grabs, you can check out the details here.