Gramma's House of Cards

Kraftin' Kimmie joins up with Art Du Scrapbooking for a blog hop!

2012-01-25T04:00:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone! This will be my last post for a while as I will soon be on my way to CHA! I'm so excited to get to meet so many blogging friends and design team sisters! I even get to meet Lols from across the big pond!! How awesome is that??!!! I will be working at the Scor Pal / Magnolia Mini World booth #856, so if you're going to be there, please stop by!

Welcome to a fantastic joint blog hop featuring Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps and the Art du Scrapbooking store in Quebec! Grab a cup of coffee and sit back to enjoy all the gorgeous creations using the January release of new stamps from Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps! If you’d like to start the hop from the beginning, head over to the KKS challenge blog and be sure to leave a comment at each and every stop because some lucky random stampers will WIN some prizes!! All the new images are now available at the Art du Scrapbooking store online and in person or from the KKS online shop, where you will find ALL our stamps! Get ready....get set.....HOP!!

If you've arrived here from France's wonderful blog, then you're on the right track. For my card, I used the adorable cat with mouse from Kitty Kapers 2! So fun!!! I LOVE his big, happy grin!! He's so proud of the gift he's presenting!! He's stamped with Memento ink onto X Press It paper and colored with Copic markers.

All the DP's, flowers, ribbon, and embellishments came from Art Du Scrapbooking.

As you make your way through the hop, be sure to leave comments at every stop! Now it's time to hop over to see Jocelyn! And don't forget, if you get lost along the way, just go back to Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps challenge blog to find your way. Thanks for joining us today, and good luck!

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Spotlight Challenge

2012-01-21T10:52:00.000-08:00

Good morning everyone! Hope you're enjoying your weekend! I'm a little late with my post today as I tried to type it up last night to post this morning, but we ended up with quite a little lightning show and the electricity just wasn't stable enough. It kept flashing off and on, so I ended up having to turn the computer off and go to bed. The rain sure was nice background noise though! I love to go to sleep listening to falling rain, and that doesn't happen very often in Northern Nevada. So anyway, it's time for a nw challenge over at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Challenge Blog, and our fabulous hostess is the amazingly talented Elaine! Elaine gave us a really cool challenge of either highlighting part of an image, or only stamping and using part of an image. Either way is fine. How fun is that? Ok, I've got to tell you that when I ordered Patsy from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps, I had some pretty funny intentions for her, cause I LOVE the look on her face!! She just looks, ummmm... curious and confused. heehee...So anyway, I was trying to figure out exactly what situation I wanted to put her in this time where she was "curious and confused", and I decided to make her a mom of a very expressive teenager. And if you're a mom of a teenager, I can't help but believe you've felt this way at least once in your life. LMBO! So here is what I made for the challenge.

I've used Patsy for the mom, and Poison for the teenager. They're stamped with Memento ink onto Cryogen White paper and then colored with Copic markers. I just created the sentiment in MS word an printed it out onto the Cryogen paper. Nesties were used to cut out Patsy and Poison. Papers are Basic Grey matted with Bazzill cardstock, and I just did a bow with twine from PTI and hung a skull and bones charm from it.

Please be sure to pop over to Kraftin' Kimmie's Challenge blog to see all the gorgeous cards made by my Krafy Girl's teamies, and then we'd really love it if you'd join us in the challenge with any image from Kraftin' Kimmie for a chance to win Roxy (the stamp featured on Elaine's fabulous card!) Thanks for stopping by to see me today, and hope to see you back again soon!! Hugs!

Papertake Weekly and Peggy Loves Vintage

2012-01-17T04:00:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone! It's time for a new challenge over at Papertake Weekly, and we're being sponsored the fabulous shop The Ribbon Girl! I seriously want to enter this challenge as I would like to have some of everything they've got in their shop! LOL! Dawny is asking us to use Buttons, Bows, Bling, and Blooms. Fun, huh? You can use one or all of them, but you must use at least one. For my card today, I used one of my favorite companies Peggy Loves Vintage! It's truly wonderful to be able to pick one of these amazing vintage images, print it out, and make a fabulous card in minutes instead of hours!!

This adorable image is from Peggy's Collection of Cuties 2!! LOOOOVE them! She's got a collection of vintage images that would be perfect for whatever you're looking for! So if you've never been there to look around, and you like vintage images, what the heck are you waiting for? LOL! Hop over to Peggy Loves Vintage and check them all out! I'd recommend following her blog as well. She LOVES to give away free images! The Dp's are Pion Design from a friend (thank you so much!!) matted with Bazzill cardstock. I added some lace from my stash and used one of my old Martha Stewart heart border punch. The sentiment is from Whimsy Stamps and I also used some May Arts silk ribbon, a button, and used my pearl pen. I also did some machine stitching.

So that's it for me today! Please be sure and visit Papertake Weekly to see all my talented teamies creations for this challenge! And then we'd really love it if you'd grab your paper and glue and play along with us! Thanks so much for stopping by to see me today, and hope to see you back again soon! Hugs!

Magnolia-licious Sweet Crazy Love Blog Hop

2012-01-16T01:00:00.000-08:00

Good morning everyone and Happy Monday! yeah - I know, I know...Mondays are usually not the happiest day of the week. BUT...the Magnolia-licious Design Team is having our monthly blog hop today, which makes it pretty happy! Especially since we're featuring the fabulous new images from the Sweet Crazy Love collection! How do these images just keep getting cuter and cuter??!! So if you've arrived here from seeing the amazing work of Angie, then you're on the right track. If not, then you might want to head to the beginning at Ms Ruby's fabulous blog, cause you don't want to miss a single thing on this hop! Trust me! Here's what I've cooked up for you today, a book card.

First I want to apologize, cause it's really tough to get good pictures of these book cards. I love how this project turned out, but the pictures are pretty bad. If you'd like to know how to make one of these, just click on the tutorials tab up above. For my card, I've featured three of these amazing new Tilda images from the Sweet Crazy Love collection available at Magnolia-licious, #282 Tilda Sending Love Letters, #225 Tilda with Daisy, and #236 Tilda with Cozy Heart. The "I Love You" stamp is from Sweet Crazy Love as well, but I can't find the number on it right now.

See what I mean about the pictures. Sorry! There's lots of machine stitching and the flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts. On the inside left, there's a pocket to slip a tag with a personal note inside.

So that's it for me today! Now it's time for you to move on to see the "oh so talented" Cheryl and see the fabulous creation she has for you today! Hope you join us over at Magnolia-licious Highlites. You'll find all the information on how to play along for a chance to win an amazing prize from Magnolia-licious! Thanks so much for stopping by to see me today, and hope to see you back again soon! Hugs!

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Release Day and Blog Hop!!

2012-01-14T22:00:00.000-08:00

Do YOU know what day it is??? It’s Krafty RELEASE Day and it’s our FIRST release of the year!! Today Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps is kicking off 2012 by releasing their new JANUARY stamps and there’s SO much gorgeousness to SEE!!

Over the last few days in our Krafty Peeks, we have shared lots of FUN new stamps for you to get inky with! We’ve got something for everyone!! There is a fun new SET introducing a sweet little character by Cheryl Alger for the little ladies in your life!! It’s called LOVELY LULU! We also have TWO fantastic sets of purrrr-fect images from Emilie Goulet called KITTY KAPERS 1 and KITTY KAPERS 2!!! And of course we have an amazing new set of six GORGEOUS GODDESSES stamps from Annie Rodrigue! PLUS we are also releasing a sassy coordinating set of GODDESS SENTIMENTS!!

You will get to see most of the new images today as you sit back and enjoy our JANUARY Krafty Hop! If you want to start from the beginning, just head over to the Kraftin’ Kimmie Challenge Blog! As you hop from blog to blog, be sure to leave a comment at each and every stop because some lucky stampers will win packages of these incredible stamps from the new release!! And when you’re done hoppin’, be sure to head over to the Kraftin’ Kimmie shop, because ALL the new images are NOW available! So if you're on the right track, you should have arrived here from the awesomely talented Michele!

And of course, as always, we have our Gimme Kimmies Kits available for those of you who ‘need it all’!! (You’ve been buying presents for everyone else all month long….don’t you think it’s time to reward your krafty self a little bit??!! ) The stamps are grouped together by artist and are available at a discount, but only for a limited time!!

For the hop toay, I've actually created two cards for you. The first one features one of the adorable images from the LOVELY LULU SET.

This was a really fun card to make. I am soooo in love with this entire LOVELY LULU set!! She's stamped with Memento ink onto Cryogen white paper and then colored with Copic markers. The grass is just hand colored in with Copics. She is then cut out with Nesties and popped up from the card base. The papers are from an old DCWV stack called Whimsy matted with Bazzill cardstock.

The sentiment comes with the set of Lulu's as well. The clouds and flowers were cut with the Cricut Expression from the Create a Critter cartridge. They're edged with chalk ink to help define the cut. The bow is made with May Arts Silk Ribbon and The Bow Easy, centered with a button from my stash. The inside is decorated to coordinate with the card front. Markers used:
clothes: B01, 02, 04, 06; YG 11, 13, 17, 67
skin: E13, 11, 01, 00
birds: Y32, 35, 58
I used a bunch of different shades of green to draw in the grass. The grass effect is one I will be teaching in a card class coming up.

My second card features the GORGEOUS Athena!! I LOVE her and she was awesome to color!

Athena is stamped with Memento ink onto Cryogen White paper and the colored with Copics. I'm sorry, I thought I kept track of the markers I used, but I guess I didn't. I will tell you I know I used YG61, 63. I used grays on the armor for the silver, and Y26, 28 for the gold. Skin is E13, 11, 01, 00, and her hair is E97, 99, and 17.

The papers are Basic Grey matted with Bazzill cardstock. I used some lace from my stash and the bow if made with May Arts silk ribbon and The Bow Easy. All panels are machine stitched. The awesome sentiment is from the Goddess Sentiments set.

And of course the inside is decorated to complement the card front. Now it's time to head over to see the lovely and talented Diana! Thanks so much for joining us in our blog hop today, and I hope you're having as much fun as we are! When you're all done, you can head straight over to Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps to purchase your "must have" stamps! If you're anything like me, it will be all of them! LOL! Enjoy the rest of your weekend! Hugs!

Sneak Peek day three and new challenge day! Time for Annie Rodrigue!!

2012-01-14T04:00:00.000-08:00

Ok, I know that a lot of you have been waiting impatiently for this day to arrive! Today is sneak peek day number three for the January release over at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!! And today is the day we show you sneaks of the new images from the one and only Annie Rodrigue! Yep! Moonlight Whispers time! WHOOT WHOOT! The hostess with the mostest this month is the amazingly talented Nicole, and she has provided us with an awesome sketch for the challenge. And the new stamps from Annie? GODDESSES!!! WOOHOO!! Nicole used the gorgeous Athena for her card, so that is the prize that is up for grabs this week! So first...the sketch...

And here's my card

For my card, I chose to use the gorgeous Goddess Aphrodite! Is she not amazing?! She's stamped with Memento ink onto Cryogen white paper and then colored with Copic markers. She's then cut out using oval and petite scalloped oval Nesties. The sentiment is from the Goddess Sentiments set.

The DP's are MME matted with Bazzill cardstock. All the panels are machine sitched, and I added some May Arts silk ribbon and bow. I made the pins myself. As you can see, the inside is decorated to complement the card front.

Please pop over to Kraftin' Kimmie's Challenge Blog to check out all the stunning creations by my teammies! And then we'd love for you to play along with us! Now don't forget to visit all the Krafty Girls' blogs and leave comments all along the way! The generous Ms Kimmie is going to select TWO lucky winners, and each of them will get THREE of the Goddesses!!! WOW!!! So what the heck are you waiting for...go check out all the fabulous images and cards, and leave lots of love! Thanks so much for stopping by to see me today, and hope to see you back tomorrow for the big blog hop and release of all these fabulous new stamps! Hugs!

Kraftin' Kimmie Sneak Peeks Day Two!

2012-01-13T04:00:00.000-08:00

It's time for day two of sneak peeks for Kraftin' Kimmie's new stamps! Today we're featuring two PURfectly adorable sets called Kitty Kapers 1 and Kitty Kapers 2 illustrated by the awesomely talented Emilie Goulet! My image is an adorable kitty from Kitty Kapers 1.

This kitty is cuter than cute could ever even think about being! LOL! She's stamped with Memento ink onto Cryogen white paper and then colored with Copic markers. I then used circle Nesties to cut her out. The DP's are Basic Grey matted with Bazzill cardstock.

Copics used: kitty: Y32, 35, 38, E97, 99; collar and sleeve:BG72, 75; hand and arm: E13, 11, 01, 00; Gold Smooch for jewelry and collar tag; red Smooch on nails

The sentiment also comes in Kitty Kapers 1 which comes with three super cute images and four coordinating sentiments. I added some lace from my stash along with a bow made with curly ribbon topped with a button. The ribbon came from my fabulous friend DeeDee!

Please be sure and visit all my DT sisters to see their gorgeous creations using Kitty Kapers! Be sure to leave comments all along the way, cause Kimmie is going to pick two very lucky random commenters to win one of Emilie's Kitty Kapers sets! You will find a complete list of Krafty Girls that are showing sneak peeks over at the Kraftin' Kimmie Challenge Blog. Hope you come back tomorrow, cause not only will we have a new Kraftin' Kimmie challenge for you, but we will be sneak peeking the new images illustrated by none other than Annie Rodrigue! I KNOW you've been waiting for this!! Thanks for stopping by to see me today, and hope to see you back again tomorrow!! Hugs!

A huge THANK YOU to Krafty Girl Cheryl for sharing the link for the falling hearts!! LOVE them!!!

Time for sneak peeks of Kraftin' Kimmie's new release!!

2012-01-12T04:00:00.000-08:00

Guess what! It's time for lots of fun! Today is the first day for sneak peeks of Kraftin' Kimmie's January release!! Exciting!! Be sure you hop around to ALL the Krafty girls and leave comments for everyone! You can find the complete list of Krafty girls that are peeking today over at the Kraftin' Kimmie Challenge Blog. Somewhere along the way on today's sneak peeks, some lucky individual is going to win a set of the featured stamps today! WHOOT WHOOT!! Will it be you???? Today, we are showing you the adorable new set illustrated by the wickedly talented Cheryl Alger! I'm showing off this TUTU Lulu who is just Tutu cute! *smiles*

Is she not sooooo stinkin' CUTE?! LOL! She's stamped with Memento ink onto Cryogen White paper and colored with Copic markers. The DP's are from Nitwits matted with Bazzill cardstock. I added some lace from my stash, a flower and metal corners from Wild Orchid Crafts, and some tulle I just gathered up and tied in the middle.
R81, 83, 85 for clothing and shoes; E13, 11, 01, and 00 for skin; B000 and Blender pen for shading the white; Y21, E31, 33 for hair.

Love those glittered hearts from Melissa Frances. The twinkle toes circle was part of the paper collection from Nitwits. I just printed it out and used Nesties to cut it out. All the panels are machine stitched, and Lulu is cut out using Nesties and popped up from the rest of the card.

So don't forget to check out all of the Krafty Girls' blogs and leave comments! And then please stop by tomorrow to see even more sneak peeks, a new challenge with more sneak peeks on Saturday, and then the big release day and hop on Sunday! I am soooo loving this entire release, and I think you will too! Thanks so much for stopping by to see me today, and hope to see you back tomorrow! Hugs!

Magnolia Sweet Crazy Love

2012-01-12T01:00:00.000-08:00

Have you seen the new Sweet Crazy Love Collection over at Magnolia-licious?? Oh my goodness, I think I have to have every single one of them! LOL! They're ADORABLE!! It's time for a new challenge over at PaperPlay Challenges and they're sponsored this week by Destination Art. You could win a $25.00 AUD store voucher! This is also for the Magnolia-licious Design Team Challenge at Magnolia-licious Highlites. The amazingly talented Cheryl gave us a challenge of "anything goes".

I used this adorable #282 Tilda Sending Love Letters. It looks like she's sold out right now, but it wouldn't surprise me if Diana doesn't have more of her on the way. She' stamped with Memento ink onto Cryogen White paper and then colored with Copic markers. Her clothes are colored with RV91, 93, and 95, her skin is E13, 11, 01, and 00. I used T grays for the whites and I don't remember what colors I used on her hair.

DP's are My Mind's Eye Blush matted with Bazzill cardstock. Tilda is cut out with oval Nesties and there's lots of machine stitching. The butterfly was cut out using the Cricut. Flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts and the ribbon is May Arts silk. I also used a black pearl pen.

Please be sure and visit both PaperPlay Challenges and Magnolia-licious Highlites, and join us in the challenges for a chance to win! Thanks so much for stopping by to see me today. Sneak Peeks for Kraftin Kimmie starts in just a few hours (4am Pacific), so hope to see you back again for that! Hugs!!

Papertake Weekly - Die Cute Special!!

2012-01-10T04:00:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone! Happy Tuesday! Hope you're having a fabulous start to your week! It's time for a new challenge from Papertake Weekly, and we're sponsored by The Stamp Fairy. Dawny is asking us to use a die cut and something cute. The Stamp Fairy was nice enough to offer the designers our "something cute" by offering one of their adorable images. I chose to work with this precious image Peapod as she stole my heart.

She's a digital image, so I printed her off and clored her with Copic markers. She's then fussy cut out and popped up. The DP is Nitwits Bumbleberry matted with Bazzill cardstock. I made a frame using a Martha Stewart punch around the page set which is popped up from the card base.

Placed behind her is a mini doily made with a Magnolia Doohickey die. I added some flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts framed with some branches from another Martha Stewart punch. That pretty little butterfly was a gift from a friend (Thank you Linda!!). It's a miniature butterfly die from Cheery Lynn Designs, and the bow was made using May Arts silk ribbon.

The last thing I added were some cream pearls from a pearl pen. The inside is decorated to match the card front. Please be sure and pop over to Papertake Weekly to check out all my amazingly talented teamies gorgeous creations, and then we'd really love it if you'd grab your paper and glue and play along with us! Thanks so much for stopping by to see me today, and hope to see you back again soon! Hugs!

Kraftin Kimmie Challenge time - Shape it up!

2012-01-07T04:00:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone!! Kraftin' Kimmie's challenge blog is back from our Holiday break and it's time for a new challenge! This week, I'm hosting the challenge, and it's to use at least three different shapes on your card (the actual shape of the card can count as one of them). I used square, rectangle, circle, and heart.

Aren't they the cutest, sweetest couple you've ever seen??? LOL! I LOVE these bears!!! They're from the fabulous Lots of Love 2 Set! I am in love with all three images in this set! And the set comes with a total of five fun sentiments too! They're stamped with Memento ink onto Cryogen White paper and colored with Copic markers. They're then cut out using circle and petite circle Nestabilities.

DP is Love Struck by We R Memory Keepers matter with Bazzill Red and White Bazzill cardstock. There's lots of machine stitching and faux stitching as well. The bow is made using May Arts silk ribbon along with the Bow Easy, and the heart was cut using the Cricut Expression and Doodlecharms cartridge. I also used a Martha Stewart border punch for the heart border.

The inside is decorated to coordinate with the card front. Please be sure and hop over to the Kraftin' Kimmie challenge blog to see what the rest of my talented teamies created for your viewing pleasure! Then if you join us in the challenge with a Kraftin' Kimmie image, you will have a chance to win the adorable bear stamp I used for my card today!! Thanks so much for stopping by to see me today, and hope to see you back again soon! Hugs!

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes!!

2012-01-03T04:00:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone!!! Happy New Year!! I hope everyone had a wonderful Holiday! Can you believe it's 2012?! Well, it's the first Tuesday of the month, and that means it's a new challenge from Papertake Weekly. We're sponsored by Lili of The Valley, and we have an optional extra of making a card FOR something new (house, baby, year, etc), or USING something new. For my card, I used one of my new Lili of the Valley stamps.

DP's are We R Memory Keepers matted with Bazzill cardstock. The image is Milly Cuddle Time colored with Copic markers and then cut out with circle and petite scalloped circle Nestabilities. The flourish is a Magnolia Doohickey die. The bow is made with May Arts silk ribbon and the flower is from Wild Orchid Crafts.

Please be sure and pop over to Papertake Weekly to see the gorgeous creations by my talented teamies, and then we'd really love it if you'd grab your paper and glue and play along with us! Thanks so much for stopping by to see me today, and hope to see you back again soon! Hugs!!

I'm a new Krafty Girl!!!!!

2012-01-02T12:50:00.000-08:00

Ok....so I've been keeping a secret and I can finally shout it to the world!!! I'm now a Krafty Girl at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!!! WOOHOO!!!! I'm soooo happy and excited to join this AWESOME team of fabulously talented ladies!!! You will find a list of all the Krafty Girls on my side bar. Kimmie's stamps have always been one of my favorite lines, and to be able to call myself a Krafty Girl has always been a dream of mine. I keep pinching myself to see if I wake up! LOL! Here are a couple of cards I've made using Kimmie's high quality rubber stamps!! I hope you join me every Saturday for a new Kraftin' Kimmie challenge from Kraftin' Kimmie's Challenge Blog!! This first one is pretty appropriate after New Year's Eve. LOL!

Thanks so much for helping me celebrate my good news and for stopping by to see me today! Hope to see you again soon! Hugs!!!

Papertake Weekly - Last Christmas Card of the Year

2011-12-20T04:00:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone! This is going to be a REALLY quick post! LOL! It's time for a new challenge over at Papertake Weekly and it's the Last Christmas Card of the Year. Our awesome sponsor this week is The Ribbon Girl! Here's what I created

I used this sweet Tilda from the Sweet Christmas Dreams collection from Magnolia-licious. There's just something really special about the Tilda images that have their angel wings showing. This is A Little Gift Tilda, but I don't see her available right now. Please contact Diana if you're interested in getting her. She's colored with Copc markers and then fussy cut out and popped up onto the Nesties frame. If you have any more questions, just email me. I'll try to get back tomorrow night with more details. Now there are some exciting things going on over at Magnolia-liciious!! Have you seen the newest release SWEET CRAZY LOVE???!!!! Oh my goodness, can I just say ADORABLE!!!!!!! They're up for preorder right now over at Magnolia-licious and Diana is doing something really awesome!! This is straight from Diana herself....

"I am very excited to announce something we have been working on for sometime, the "Magnolia-licious Medley Collection Club". The cost is $15.00 a year, only $1.25 a month and the benefits are huge. This is purely to cover the administration cost of the Club. For every new Collection you can purchase a Medley of stamps, similar to the Magnolia Sweden kit but the stamps will be mounted on Ez-Mount. The Club Kit for this Crazy Love Collection contains 12 stamps and retails for $146.38. Your cost as a Club Member is 25% off, $109.79. You will receive special newsletters announcing what is going on at the Club such as special discounts, freebies, contests to name but a few. We have lots of fun planned for the coming year. I hope you will join us and become a Club member before the new year starts, I don't want you to miss out on the fun."

I told ya.....super exciting stuff!!!!

Please pop over to Papertake Weekly to see the rest of my teamies fabulous creations, and then we'd love it if you'd grab your paper and glue and play along with us! Thanks so much for stopping by to see me today, and hope to see you back again soon! Hugs!

Kraftin Kimmie - Tag Time

2011-12-17T04:00:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone! Hope you're enjoying your weekend! It's time for a new challenge over at Kraftin' Kimmie's Challenge Blog, and this week, it's to create a gift tag or use a tag on your project. Our hostess with the mostest is Sandie Dunne. Sandie used Cutthroat Lizzie, so that's the prize that some lucky person is going to win! Now this is our last challenge until after the new year, so you have a few weeks to get your project in! Here's what I've come up with...

I've used this adorable princess from Emilie's Lots of Love 1 Set which was just released last week! I think she's adorable with that dreamy look on her precious face! She's stamped with Memento ink onto Cryogen white paper and colored with Copic markers. F80's for the pinks, and R20's for the reds. Her skin is E13, 11, 01, and 00. Her hair is E51, 23, 25, and 27. The sentiment comes with Lots of Love 1 Set as well. I just stamped them and then cut the words apart. Both the princess and the sentiment are popped up from the tag base. The papers I used are Bazzill Basics Love Story matted with Bazzill cardstock. The lace is from my stash, and I also used a Martha Stewart heart border punch.

Please pop over to Kraftin' Kimmie's Challenge Blog to see what gorgeous creations the rest of the Krafty Girls and Guests have designed for you! And then we would love it if you'd play along! This is my last challenge as a Krafty Guest, and I wanted to extend a HUGE thank to you Kimmie and the rest of the amazing Krafty girls!! Thanks so much for stopping by to see me today, and hope to see you back again soon! Hugs!

PaperPlay Challenges - Christmas Themed

2011-12-15T01:00:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone! It's time for a new challenge over at PaperPlay Challenges and it's my week! The new challenge couldn't be any easier! Just make something Christmas themed and link it up to PaperPlay Challenges! This is the last challenge until after the New Year, so you have lots of time to play along! Here's what I created. This is a really quick post as it's late and I really need to get my hiney in bed! LOL!

A super cute and fun project!! The Hershey Candy Bar covers are soooo much fun to make, and you can find the instructions HERE. A huge thank you to Laurie Furnell!! You're going to love making them!! The tags were made with Whipper Snapper stamps fussy cut out and them matted with Bazzill cardstock. They're colored with Copic markers.

Please be sure to visit PaperPlay Challenges to see the rest of my teamies fabulous creations!

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Don't forget about the fabulous challenge going on over at Magnolia-licious Highlites sponosred by the Magnificent Diana at Magnolia-licious!! You need to use the Wapped and Unwrapped Mini Tilda images to create a Holiday themed project that is anything but a card! First place wins a BRAND NEW KINDLE E-Reader!!!!! So hurry! You've still got a little bit of time to get your project done and entered! Pop over HERE for all the details!!

Thanks so much for stopping by to see me today, and hope to see you back again soon! Hugs!

Papertake Weekly - I'm Dreaming of a ....... Christmas!!

2011-12-13T04:00:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone!! So how is your week going? I hope that you're getting everything done and that you're NOT stressing too much over the holidays. It's time for a new challenge over at Papertake Weekly, and this week is a fun one. You insert your choice of color(s) into "I'm dreaming of a ....... Christmas", and even better.....we're being sponsored by Whiff of Joy! For my card, I chose "white".

I created a very simple card using this gorgeous Magnolia image from Magnolia-licious. She's #3090 Tilda with Snow Heart from the Sweet Christmas Dreams Collection. She's not in stock right now, but if you want her, please ask Diana. I also used a mixture of Magnolia Doohickey Dies and Memory Box Dies. #09 MB Frostyville Border, #32 MB Snowflake Corner, and #12 Lovely Fence. I also used a Spellbinder die behind Tilda that I embossed with the Swiss Dots folder.

Tilda is colored with Toner Greys with some R0000 on her scarf, hat, and snow heart. I used E13, 11, 01, and 00 for her skin. So that's it for me today! Please be sure and pop over to Papertake Weekly to see the gorgeous creations from the rest of my teamies!

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Some news from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!

Soooooooo....we are starting something special today!! We are kickin' off our TWELVE KRAFTY DAYS OF KHRISTMAS CELEBRATION!!! Each day Kimmie will be posting a few of her favourite creations from our Krafty Girls and Guests from one of our releases!! AND everyone who comments on the post is eligible to WIN some rubber goodness from that release!!! How does that sound??? Pretty good???! Leave comments every day for chances to win.....and Kimmie will announce all the winners on December 26th!!

Don't forget....it all starts today over at Kraftin' Kimmie's Challenge Blog! See you there!!!

Thanks so much for stopping by to see me today, and hope to see you back again soon! Hugs!

It's Release Day at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!!!!

2011-12-10T22:00:00.000-08:00

Do YOU know what day it is??? It’s Krafty RELEASE Day and it’s our last release of the year!! Today Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps is releasing their new DECEMBER stamps and there’s SO much awesomeness to SEE!! If you've arrived here from Sandie's gorgeous creations, then you're on the right track!

Over the last few days in our Krafty Peeks, we have shared lots of FUN new stamps for you to get inky with! We’ve got something for everyone!! There is a fun new SET by Cheryl Alger for the little ladies in your life!! It’s called SUGAR AND SPICE! We also have TWO fantastic sets of VALENTINES from Emilie Goulet called LOTS OF LOVE 1 AND LOTS OF LOVE 2!!! And of course we have an amazing new set of six ALICE IN WONDERLAND stamp from Annie Rodrigue! PLUS we are also releasing a coordinating set of WONDERLAND SENTIMENTS!!

You will get to see most of the new images today as you sit back and enjoy our DECEMBER Krafty Hop! If you want to start from the beginning, just head over to the Kraftin’ Kimmie Challenge Blog! As you hop from blog to blog, be sure to leave a comment at each and every stop because some lucky stampers will win packages of these incredible stamps from the new release!! And when you’re done hoppin’, be sure to head over to the Kraftin’ Kimmie shop, because ALL the new images are NOW available!

For my card today, I'm featuring the gorgeous ALICE from the Alice in Wonderland set by Annie Rodrigue. I am so in love with all of these images!!

She's stamped with Memento ink onto Cryogen White paper and then colored with Copic markers. I then fussy cut her out and popped her up from a frame cut out with oval Nestabilities. The DP's are Little Yellow Bicycle matted with Bazzill cardstock.

I added a mat that was made with a Martha Stewart PAP set topped with more DP. Lots of machine stitching here, too. The flourish was created using one of my favorite Magnolia Doohickey Dies.

The sentiment comes from the set of Wonderland Sentiments which are fabulous quotes from the book! I just hand cut the banner and popped it up as well. I can never get enough dimension on a card! The more, the better!! :) The bow was made with May Arts silk ribbon topped with a threaded button from my stash. And the artsy fartsy view....

So that's it for me today! It's time to move on to see what the awesome Alice has in store for your viewing pleasure today! Don't forget to leave comments along the way! Thanks so much for hopping along with us today!! Hugs!

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps - Sneak Peek and Challenge Day!!

2011-12-10T04:00:00.000-08:00

WHEW! I had a little bit of scare yesterday! I lost my blog for a bit and couldn't sign into blogger! I figured it out about midnight last night and was finally able to access everything again.. I'm telling you, that was NOT a fun time!! But it's all good now, and it's Saturday which means it's Day Three for Sneak Peeks of the new December stamps from Kraftin' Kimmie AND it's time for a new weekly challenge as well!!! Featured in our sneak peeks today are the new AWESOME stamps from Annie Rodrigue! For the new challenge, we've got a fabulous sketch from the wickedly talented Krafty Girl Michele!

If you don't know yet, the theme of Annie's stamps this month is Alice in Wonderland!! FABULOUS!!! For my card today, I've used the Dormouse! Can you see that he's hiding Alice in the teacup (see her hair that's giving her away?)

The image is stamped with Memento ink onto Cyrogen White and then colored with Copic markers. I used circle and petite scalloped circle Nesties to cut out the image, and then machine stitched around it. I've also used one of the awesome Wonderland Sentiments on my card! The DP's are Graphic 45 Halloween in Wonderland. matted with Bazzill cardstock. The scalloped part of the sketch was created using a Magnolia Doohickey Die.

The two cutouts behind the Dormouse were simply cut out from another one of the DP's and then matted onto cardstock. I added a Tim Holtz metal corner and cut a couple tabs with the Cricut and the Fabulous Finds cartridge. Those were finished off with a couple threaded vintage buttons. I added some crinkly ribbon topped with another buton and some twine.

A little peek at the inside too. There is a lot of machine stitching on this one! Today is the last day for sneak peeks, which means the full December release will be available for purchase tomorrow at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!!! Believe me, I will be putting in my order! LOL! Be sure to visit all the Krafty Girls and Guests and leave some love at each stop! You can find them by visiting Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Blog. Kimmie will be providing TWO lucky commenters with a prize of three of Annie's stamps!!! So what the heck are you waiting for??!! LOL! Thanks so much for stopping by to see me today, and hope to see you back tomorrow for the big Blog Hop to celebrate the release! You won't want to miss it!! Hugs!

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps - Sneak Peeks Day 2!!!

2011-12-09T04:00:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone! It's time for another day of sneak peeks of the new December stamps from Kraftin Kimmie, and today we're showing you the AWESOME images from the talented Emilie Goulet! Again, these images will all be available for purchase on Sunday at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps. For my card today, I used Panda from Emilie's set Lots of Love Set 1. Sooooo stinkin' CUTE!!!

Isn't he sooo adorable?? I am so loving this entire collection!! I stamped him with Memento ink onto Cryogen White paper, and then colored him with my cool grays. The heart is done with R80's for the pinks, and R30's for the reds. The bow is made with May Arts silk ribbon topped with a threaded button. The sentiment is also part of Lot's of Love Set 1, and the lace is from my stash.

I cut him out and popped him up from the card base which was cut with the Cricut and Wild Card cartridge. The polka dot paper is digital (my very first set before I knew to save it with the name of the creator) matted with Bazzill cardstock. The little hearts were actually punched out with the Martha Stewart scalloped heart border punch. They're such a good size that I use them all the time for little accents on cards. OH! Almost forgot to tell you about the little doily which a new Magnolia Doohickey die, and I LOVE it!!

So that's it for me today! Please be sure to visit all the Krafty Girls and Krafty Guests to see their gorgeous creations with Emilie's images today! You can find the list over at Kraftin' Kimmie's Challenge Blog. And be sure to leave some love at each stop as Kimmie is giving TWO random commenters a set of Emilie's stamps!!! Be sure to check back tomorrow to see if you've won!!! AAAAANNNND I KNOW everyone is dying to see Annie Rodrigue's new collection!! Hope to see you tomorrow!!! Have fun and good luck!!

Kraftin' Kimmie - Time for Sneak Peeks!!!!!

2011-12-08T04:00:00.000-08:00

Whoot Whoot!!! I'm so excited cause it's sneak peek time for the new release over at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps! And I think you are going to LOVE each and every image!! We will have sneak peeks today, Friday, and Saturday, with release day and a blog hop on Sunday! Today, we're featuring a new stamp set from the ever amazing Cheryl Alger and her new set of three images with five coordinating sentiments called Sugar and Spice. And believe me, they're everything nice!! For my card today, I used Girl With Balloon.

LOOOOVE her! She's stamped with Memento ink onto Cryogen White paper and colored with Copic markers. R80's for the pinks and YG11, 13, 67 for the greens. The DP's are from Best Creations matted with Bazzill cardstock. I added a couple of punched butterflies from an EK Success punch, and a cloud that I cut with a Magnolia Doohickey die. Now tell me....I do love the shape of that cloud, but what are you supposed to do with that very obvious hole in it???? I'm thinking maybe put a brad in it and dangle a charm? What do you think? I'm stumped!

Whatcha think....isn't she just too precious???? I used a Martha Stewart border punch from corner to corner where the two papers meet. Of course the bow is made with May Arts Silk ribbon topped with a button and some Baker's Twine. The sentiment comes in the Sugar and Spice set, and I cut it out using Nesties.

So that's it for me today. Make sure you visit all the Krafty Girls and Krafty Guests over at Kraftin' Kimmie's Challenge Blog to see their GORGEOUS creations they've made for you today! And don't forget to leave some love cause Kimmie is going to give a random commenter the Sugar and Spice Set! Awesome!! Hope to see you tomorrow more sneak peeks. You won't want to miss any of it!! Thanks so much for stopping by to see me today, and hope to see you back again tomorrow! Hugs!

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

2011-12-06T04:00:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone and happy Tuesday! Hope your week is going well and that you're getting everything done that is on your "to do" list. It's time for a new challenge over at Papertake Weekly, and this week is our easy one, Anything Goes with an option of using something dangly. We're being sponsored the fabulous Lili of the Valley!! I mentioned before that I've got a rather large commission to make some Wedding cards, and this is another one I've done up.

I used an adorable image from SWALK called I Do. I just thought they were so precious! They're stamped with Memento ink onto Cryogen White and then colored with Copic markers and cut out with circle and petite circle Nesties. Papers are by Pebbles and they're matted with Bazzill Raven black.

The flowers were cut with the Cricut Expression and George and Basic Shapes cartridge. I just stuck a black brad through them. The sentiments came with the stamp and I just cut them out by hand. On the inside I put "And they lived happily ever after". All the panels are machine stitched and the lace ribbon is from my stash.

So that's it for me today. Please be sure and pop over to Papertake Weekly to see what my talented teamies created for your viewing pleasure! And then we'd love it if you'd grab your paper and glue and play along with the challenge! Can't wait to see your fabulous creations! Thanks for stopping by to see me today, and hope to see you back again soon! Hugs!

You-ooh-ooh-ooh send me....darlin' you-ooh-ooh-ooh send me....honest you do

2011-12-03T04:00:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone!! Happy Saturday!!! I'm super excited as it's time for another challenge over at Kraftin' Kimmie's challenge blog and this is my second challenge as a Guest Designer!! Our fabulously talented hostess is Diana Pickering, and she used the gorgeous image of Takara, so that's the prize that's up for grabs this week!! Diana has challenged us to use heat or dry embossing on our project, so this is what I've come up with.

I used the fabulous Patsy for my card today. Isn't she so stinkin' adorable and fun?? She comes with several sentiments too, but for today, I chose to use the "you send me". She's stamped onto Cryogen White and colored with Copic markers and cut out with oval Nesties. I've added both machine and faux stitching. The hearts were cut out with the Cricut Expression and the Doodlecharms cartridge, and then run through my Cutlebug with the Swiss Dots embossing folder. The DP's I've had around for forever and I don't know who they're by, and they're matted with Bazzill cardstock. I just hand cut the banner.

Please be sure and pop over the the Kraftin' Kimmie challenge blog to see everyone's gorgeous creations and to play along for a chance to win!! You might get lucky!!

Don't forget about Kraftin' Kimmie's Frugal Friday specials!! She featuring SIX stamps on sale for 40% to 50% off!! This week's stamps on sale are:
Mr Punkinhead, Rudy the Reindeer, Billy Blyth, Speedy the Turtle, Roxy, and You Are A Treat!!!
The sale runs Friday - Sunday only, so be sure you get yours before it's over!!

Thanks so much for stopping by to see me today, and hope to see you back again soon! Enjoy your weekend!! Hugs!

PaperPlay Challenge - Tags and Wrapping

2011-12-01T01:00:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone! It's Thursday and time for a new challenge over at PaperPlay Challenges! This week, our wonderful Deidra is asking you to make your own tags and wrapping in a Holiday theme. We're being sponsored this week by the amazing Heidi over at Simon Says Stamp!! So for my project, I turned to both my Cricut Expression, and my sis over at Peggy Loves Vintage!! Peggy just released a new DVD full of wonderful vintage Christmas images, her Christmas volume 14. I was looking through and found this beautiful scene of carolers and just had to use it!

I simply printed it out onto my Bazzill cardstock and cut it out with some oval Nesties. The papers are from Graphic 45 matted with Bazzill cardstock. I used kraft cardstock for the bag, and the Tags, Bags, Boxes, and More cartridge. The kraft cardstock made the bag really sturdy. I added some flowers and ribbon and called it a day! Please be sure and visit Peggy Loves Vintage and see all the fabulous images Peggy has available, and then pop over to PaperPlay Challenges to see the gorgeous creations from my teamies and to play along. Thanks for stopping by to see me today and hope to see you back again soon! Hugs!

Papertake Weekly - Sketch Week

2011-11-29T04:00:00.000-08:00

Hi friends!! Hope you're having a wonderful start to your week! At least Monday is under our belts, right? It's time for a new challenge from Papertake Weekly, and this week is sketch week. We're being sponsored by the wonderful Heidi over at Simon Says Stamp!

And this is my version of the sketch

I am just so in love with all the images in the Sweet Christmas Dreams Collection which is available at Magnolia-licious! I used #3079 Tilda with Christmas Baking, but it doesn't look like she's available right now. If you're interested, please contact Diana to find out if she has anymore on order. She's colored with Copic markers and then cut out and popped up onto a strip of lace cut out with #23 Antique Lace Doohickey Die. Please be sure and pop over to Magnolia-licious for all your Magnolia needs!! Diana has the BEST selection of Magnolia images in all of North America, and she has the best prices around too!!! Combine that with awesome service, and it can't be beat!! She is also now carrying Memory Box dies, Cheery Lynn Dies, and Marianne Dies too!!!!

DP is Kaiser Craft matted with Bazzill cardstock. Buttons and twine are from stash and the bow is made with May Arts silk ribbon. Oh this next pic has a strange tint to it's color. Not sure what happened with this one. Sorry about that!!

So that's it for me today! Please pop over to Papertake Weekly to see all the wonderful creations by my talented teamies, and then we'd truly love it if you'd grab your paper and glue and play along with us! Thanks so much for stopping by to see me today, and hope to see you back again soon! Hugs!

Kraftin' Kimmie - So Thankful

2011-11-26T04:00:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone! Hope you've had an awesome week! I'm so stuffed with turkey and dressing! I think one more day of fattening leftovers and then I'm back to watching my carb intake. I've done fairly well staying away from the pies and cheesecake. My downfall are the potatoes and gravy and that yummy stuffing! ooooo...such yumminess! LOL! So...... I'm VERY excited to say that I've been invited to be a Krafty guest over at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Challenge Blog for the month of December!!!! AAAAAND she ALSO let us jump in a week early! I'm soooooooo excited to get to work with this awesome and extremely talented group of ladies again, and I adore her stamps!!!!! This week, the hostess with the mostest is the fabulous Kerry! And she is asking everyone to be "So Thankful".

I used one of my newest Kraftin' Kimmie images called Persephone Angel and best of all, she's on sale right now as most ALL of the images are for anywhere from 25% to 75% off!!!!! Only until Monday, so be sure and get your shopping in early!! Persephone is stamped onto Cryogen White paper and colored with Copic markers. The papers are Basic Grey Capella matted with Bazzill cardstock.

Then sentiment and halo comes with her as an added bonus. I added lots of machine stitching, some lace from my stash, and a Magnolia Doo Hickey swirl. Of course I used May Arts silk ribbon for the bow with a dangling heart charm, and added some lucious Wild Orchid Crafts flowers.

A little peek at the inside too. So that's it for my card today. Please be sure and visit the Kraftin' Kimmie challenge blog to see what the rest of the talented designers and guests have created for you today! Then we'd love it if you'd play along and show us your thankful cards for a chance to win Kerry's featured image!! And don't forget to check out Kimmie's big giveaway that's going on right now too!! You can get in on a chance to win one of TEN sets of stamps that Kimmie is so generously giving away!! Just click HERE to check it out. Thanks so much for stopping by to see me today, and hope to see you back again soon! Enjoy your weekend! HUGS!!

Wanna win some Kraftin' Kimmie stamps??

2011-11-25T11:31:00.000-08:00

Kraftin' Kimmie is featured with a full page in the winter issue of Canadian Scrapbooker Magazine!!!!! And to celebrate, Kimmie is giving away 10 sets of four stamps!!!!! Just click HERE to go read all about it and to enter for your chance to win!!

Also, she's having a HUGE blowout sale!!!

Beginning TODAY, virtually EVERYTHING is on SALE 25-75% OFF at the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Shop!! That's right!!! This is the BIGGEST sale we've ever had and aren't likely to repeat it anytime soon!! So take advantage while you can!! We are talkin' serious savings here!!

Almost ALL of our stamps are on SPECIAL right now!! Only our newest releases are not on sale, but even then, our NEW November Releases are on at a discount in our Gimme Kimmies Kits!!!

This sale is on ONLY until Monday!! So head on over and grab yourself some early, krafty Christmas gifts!!!
**Keep in mind that shipping *may* take a little longer due to the overwhelming response to the SALE!!

Papertake Weekly - Christmas Crackers

2011-11-22T04:00:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone! It's the Tuesday before Thanksgiving! If you're in the states, are you getting ready to stuff yourself as well as that turkey?? I know I sure am! My dear Mom instilled a love of Thanksgiving in me. It was always such a wonderful family Holiday when everyone spent the day together eating and having a fabulous time. So anyway, onto the reason you're here! It's time for a new challenge from Papertake Weekly, and this week the challenge is Christmas Crackers sponsored by Digital Delights. Dawny is asking you to make your Christmas favorites, and penguins and snowflakes are a couple of my faves. And so is wishing upon a star. I love helping the grandkids wish upon the first star they see at night.

I do love Christmas penguins, and this little cutie from Wild Rose Studio is one of the cutest!!! LOVE him!! He's colored with Copic markers and then cut out with circle Nesties and framed with petite scalloped Nesties. The papers I used are Basic Grey matted with Bazzill cardstock. The trees are a stamp from Magnolia-licious, but I don't see them in stock right now.

Peeking out from behind the trees is a strip of snowflakes glittered up with Stickles from a Martha Stewart punch. I also used a MS iccle border punch, also glittered up with Stickles. The large snowflake was cut with my Cricut Expression and Christmas cartridge from Hallmark Scrapbook. There's lots of machine stitching as well.

I took this picture before I added the snowflake strip on the inside of the card. But this shows you a little of the dimension on the card. The bow is made with May Arts silk ribbon and it's centered with a Wild Orchid Crafts flower and yet another Martha Stewart branch punch. So that's it for me today! Please be sure and pop over to Papertake Weekly and check out all the amazing creations by my teamies, and then we'd love it if you'd grab your paper and glue and play along with us! Thanks so much for stopping by to see me today, and hope to see you back again soon! If you're celebrating Thanksgiving this week, may you and your family have a wonderful Holiday! Don't forget to wish upon that star!! Hugs!

Magnolia-licious Count the Snowflakes Blog Hop!!

2011-11-21T01:00:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone!! It's time for another blog hop with the Magnolia-licious Design Team, and this month the theme is "Anything but a card" to go along with the "Wrapped Up Holiday Challenge" contest that Diana is running right now over at Magnolia-licious Highlites!! And my gosh is she giving away a spectacular prize!!! You're gonna want to run over to the Magnolia-licious Highlites blog to check out all the details if you haven't already! Now if you've hopped here from the magnificently talented Cheryl, then you're on the right track! I've got a rather simple project for your enjoyment today, something that anyone can make using up your scraps of paper!!

I put together a cute little banner to hang across my scrap area bulletin board for the holidays. And along with that, I also made place cards for the Christmas dinner table. I was able to just use scraps of paper I had in my stash. Now the contest stipulates that you must use Mini #3001 Wrapped Tilda and Mini #3002 Unwrapped Tilda in your project. And Diana has helped you by putting them on special when you buy them together !! And not only that, but she is offering a large selection of Mini's on special right now! So be sure and check them all out, and don't forget to make out your list for Santa, too!! Along with those two, I used Mini #161 Lightening Edwin for place cards for the guys.

For the banner, I used my Cricut and Christmas cartridge for the Christmas lights that Mini #3001 Wrapped Tilda is sitting on. She's colored in reds and golds and then simply cut out and popped up. I also spelled out the word JOY.

For the place cards, I again used my Cricut and Elegant Edges cartridge to cut out the shape of the card. Then used Nestabilities to cut out Mini #3002 Unwrapped Tilda, and Nestabilities labels for the name plate. Those buttons are true vintage buttons I found in a very old jar in an antique shop. Now it's time for you to visit the extremely talented Angie to see what she's created for you today! Thanks so much for joining us in the hop and I can't wait to see your gorgeous creations for the contest! Have a wonderful day! Hugs!

PaperPlay Challenge - shaped card

2011-11-20T17:48:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone! This is really late, but I've been sick all week and just haven't had the energy to do anything. There's a new challenge up over at PaperPlay Challenges and it's for a shaped card. No squares or rectangles. We're being sponsored by Meljen's Designs this week. So as I usually do with shaped cards, I turned to my Cricut Expression and went with the Wild Card cartridge.

I used one of the new Magnolia images from the Sweet Christmas Dreams collection which is in stock and available right now at Magnolia-licious! She is #277 Halo Tilda and she's colored with Copic markers and then fussy cut out and popped up from the card base. This was truly a very quick and simple card to make, which I really needed as I just have NOT had my mojo this week at all.

So please pop over to PaperPlay challenges to check out the rest of the fabulous designs by my teamies, then show us your shaped cards for a chance to win a prize from Meljen's Designs. Thanks for stopping by to see me today and hope to see you back again soon! Hugs!

Papertake Weekly - Cards with a difference!

2011-11-15T04:00:00.000-08:00

Happy Tuesday everyone! It's time for a new challenge over at Papertake Weekly, and this week, it's "cards with a difference"! When is a card not a card? When it's a ...... do one that could double up as a gift ie stationery holder, wallet, bag card, etc. We're being sponsored this week by none other than The Ribbon Girl!! I looked around the internet and found a really cool card that hides a chipboard gift card inside that was made by Scrappydesigns! I LOVED hers, so decided to give one a whirl. It was actually quite easy to make. I didn't even have to have a practice run, which is almost never heard of in my little world of crafting. LOL! Here's a link to the video on how to make it. And here's what I came up with.

I used one of the adorable images from the new Sweet Christmas Dreams Magnolia collection which is available at Magnolia-licious! The BEST place to buy your Magnolia stamps and dies! And have you heard that Diana is also now carrying Memory Box dies??? They're up for preorder right now so RUSH over to place your order! I colored #3055 Something For You Tilda with Copic markers and then popped her up on a frame cut with Nestabilities. I also used the lucious Sweet Christmas Dreams Paper Pack from Magnolia-licious!

She's stamped onto Cryogen White and then colored with Copic markers, Skin: E13, 11, 01, 00; clothes: R22, 24, 27, 59; T grays on the fur trim and E20's on her hair. I just am really in love with this new Sweet Dreams Collection!! The flowers and corners are from Wild Orchid Crafts.

I used a Velcro closure on the card, and when you open it up, there's a chipboard gift card holder inside. This was so much fun and easy to make! I couldn't find a tree to match the one in the video and every other tree I tried wasn't wide enough at the bottom to hold the gift card very well. So I took my Gypsy, and stacked three triangles and joined them together. Easy peasy!! Cut them out of chipboard and then used some Basic Grey scrap paper I had sitting here. I used a sentiment and snowman from a set of Recollections stamps from Michaels.

I just put a hole in the top of the chipboard pieces using my Crop-a-dile and then set a couple of eyelets in the holes for strength. The card slips right into the cut out green pocket you can see there. The pocket is held securely in place with 1/4" Scor Tape! There's no other choice of adhesives when you want to make sure it's not going to come apart!! So that's it for me today! Please be sure and hop over to Papertake Weekly to see the gorgeous creations by my oh-so-talented teamies! And then we'd love it if you'd grab your paper and glue and play along with us! Thanks so much for stopping by to see me today, and hope to see you back again soon! Hugs!

Papertake Weekly - Christmas Cards!

2011-11-08T04:00:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone! Happy Tuesday! We've got Monday under our belts, and that's always a good thing as far as the work week is concerned, anyway. LOL! So it's time for a new challenge over at Papertake Weekly! Wow, we had an outstanding turnout for our challenge last week! Thanks so much to everyone that played along!! This week the challenge is Christmas cards and we're being sponsored by Dies to Die For! So here's my contribution this week. This is actually the card I designed for my Coloring with Copics class in October. I just LOVE this snowman!

Supplies used:

image - Our Family by Giordano Studio for Joanna Sheen

coloring medium - Copic suit E07, 09, R02. T markers plus blender for fur; various earthtones for puppy and ground.

papers: Graphic 45 and Bazzil cardstock

doily by Cheery Lynn Designs

silk ribbon from May Arts

jingle bells from stash

sentiment - Whimsy Stamps

Machine stitching

Hope you'll pop by Papertake Weekly to see all the rest of the amazing creations by my teamies! And then we'd love it if you'd grab your paper and glue and play along with us! Thanks so much for stopping by to see me today, and hope to see you back again soon! Hugs!

PaperPlay Challenges - Button up!

2011-11-03T01:00:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone! Today is my week for PaperPlay Challenges, and this week the new challenge is "button up"! We're being sponsored by the awesome shop Simon Says Stamp! Now I have a very large order for some wedding cards, so needed to get a few done. So I took some creative liberties with the challenge and counted her dress buttoning up the back. Sure hope it's ok, Sandie!!

I used a beautiful image by Mo Manning at Digital Pencil and colored it with Copic markers. I've seen people using different sized pearls around their images around blog land, and thought that would look pretty cool with a wedding image like this. What do you think?

There's LOTS of Diamond Stickles and all the flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts. The bow is made from May Arts silk ribbon and I put another flower in the center of that. The inside is decorated to match, but I was in too big a hurry and just too tired to get a picture of it. Sorry!

So that's it for me today. Please be sure and visit PaperPlay challenges to see the rest of the fabulous creations by my teamies! Then play along for a chance to win!! Thanks for stopping by to see me today and hope to see you back again soon! Have a wonderful day! Hugs!

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

2011-11-01T04:00:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone!! Hope you're having a wonderful week so far! So are you full of chocolate? We dressed up as zombies at work yesterday and it was too fun! Everyone looked awesome! I taught a Copic coloring class last night, so my costume went straight from work to class. Boy did I get some strange looks on my way to class. LMBO! So anyway, it's time for a new challenge over at Papertake Weekly, and this week is one of your favorites. It's anything goes! There is an option of adding bling and sparkle if you want. We are being sponsored by Lili of the Valley!! Who doesn't love Lili of the Valley??!! So anyway, this is what I've come up with.

Now tell me, are you not just totally LOVING the new Magnolia Sweet Christmas Dreams collection? They are in stock and available right now at Magnolia-licious!! Have you ever done business with Diana? Her prices and service are the BEST, and she has both the full size stamps PLUS the mini's!! Be sure to pop over and check it all out! You will be really happy you did!! And this new collection.....Oh my goodness, I love and want each and every one of them!! This little beauty is #3084 Tilda with Hellebores! She's on re-order right now and will be back in the store soon! She's one of those fabulous images that can be used any time of year. I also used a Magnolia Doohickey die for that awesome flourish, #4 Leaf and Swirl die.

This card went to my oldest daughter for her Birthday. Tilda is stamped onto Cryogen White and colored with Copic markers then cut out with circle and petite scalloped Nestabilities. Those yummy papers were a gift from my friend, Regina, and they're matted with Bazzil cardstock.

The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts, and the leaves are courtesy of a Martha Stewart punch. Isn't that lace so yummy? It's more of my fabulous find in Illinois, and I just used my Bow Easy to help me make a bow with it. I don't know how I survived without my Bow Easy! LOL!

The sentiment is from Lili of the Valley and cut out with more Nestabilities, and the layers are machine stitched with my Kenmore sewing machine. One more view of the card....

So that's it for me today! Please be sure and pop over to Papertake Weekly to see all the fabulous creations by my amazingly talented teamies! And then we'd really love it if you'd grab your paper and glue and play along with us! Thanks so much for stopping by to see me today and hope to see you back again soon! Hugs!

Copic colors: clothes and boots YG91, 93, 95, 99 with T's to shade the white. Hair - Y32, E31, E33. Skin: E13, 11, 01, 00. Sorry, can't remember what I colored the flowers with.

I am entering this in the following challenges:
Totally Tilda - use leaves of some kind in your project

Papertake Weekly - it's sketch week!

2011-10-25T04:00:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone! Hope you're having a wonderful start to the new week. I am astounded at the fact that it's the last week in October! Oh my goodness....the Holidays are right around the corner! So with that little bit of stress added to my plate, it's time for a new challenge over at Papertake Weekly! I would find it very hard to believe if you've never used one of Dawny's fabulous sketches before! She's the QUEEN of sketches! And I love them! As it's the last Tuesday of the month, that means we are sponsored by none other than Simon Says Stamp!!

Have you seen the new Sweet Christmas Dreams Magnolia stamps yet? They are available right now over at Magnolia-licious!! Diana has the best selection of Magnolia images and has the best service around! So do yourself a favor and hurry over there to grab your favorites before they're sold out! Oh my goodness, the entire collection is FABULOUS! This particular little cutie pie is #3058 Sweet Christmas Tilda, and she's available in both regular AND the mini version as well!!! I think she could be used for any time of the year, not just for Christmas. I love the stamps that are really versatile that way. I've perched her on top of the candy cane from last year's Christmas images, #1409 Peppermint, which is also available in the mini version. The sentiment is #723 Sweet Christmas Dreams. And YIKES!!! This card was completely finished, I only had one snowflake left to add. So I'm inking the edges of the snowflake with my little Cat's Eye chalk ink pad, and what happens but it slips right out of my hand and lands right on top of Tilda's face!!!!!!!! YIKES! At the time, I didn't think it left any mark. But I can see the ever so fine line left behind from it now! Guess she will have to be replaced.

I've colored them both with Copic markers and then fussy cut them out and popped them on top of a circle cut with Nesties. I've framed the circle with lace I got while visiting the most amazing sister in the world . That gorgeous paper is by Pion and was sent to me from my friend Christina!! Thanks so much, Christina!! I've been just chomping at the bits to be able to use it, and I finally made my first Christmas card of the season. It's sooooo luxurious!!! It's matted with Bazzil cardstock and then machine stitched. I also added a few Martha Stewart snowflakes centered with a tiny little heart.

So that's it for me today! I hope you have time to pop over to Papertake Weekly and check out all the amazing work from my Design Team sisters! Then we'd love it if you'd grab your paper and glue and play along with us! Thanks so much for stopping by to see me today, and hope to see you back again soon!

Hugs!

PaperPlay Challenges - BOO!

2011-10-20T01:00:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone! It's Thursday and it's my week over at PaperPlay Challenges. This week we're sponsored by Waltzing Mouse Stamps and the challenge is to use the color black in your project. Well I love using black, even when it's not Halloween time! So this was an easy challenge for me. But I wanted to make a fun Halloween card anyway.

I used a fun High Hopes image called Sitting Witchy Poo that I got from Stamp and Create. She's colored with Copic markers and then fussy cut out and popped on top of the black oval cut with Nesties. The ribbon is May Arts, the drippy goo punch is Martha Stewart, and the DP is from Nitwit Collections. That fabulous banner is a die from Whimsy Stamps and then I cut out the letters for BOO with the Cricut. The colors are so bright and bold that I really had a hard time getting a picture of this on. It really does look MUCH better IRL than it does in this pic. The shades of oranges and yellows seems to be lost on the pumpkin.

The twine threaded through the banner is from The Twinery. The charm is from Stamp and Create and the pearls were done with an orange Pearl Pen.

So that's it for me today! Please be sure to visit PaperPlay Challenges to see the rest of the awesome creations by my design team sisters, and then we'd love it if you'd join the challenge for a chance to win a fabulous prize! Thanks for stopping by to see me today and hope to see you back again soon! Hugs!

I have entered this into the following challenges:
High Hopes Challenge Blog - use ribbon, lace, or twine (2 out of 3 ain't bad!!) LOL!

Papertake Weekly - Spooky Hues!

2011-10-18T04:00:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone! It's Tuesday which means it's time for a new challenge from Papertake Weekly! This week, Dawny is asking you to use Spooky Hues on your project. It's your choice if you want to actually make a Halloween card, but you have to use the colors. We're sponsored this week by the fabulous shop The Ribbon Girl!! Here's what I came up with for it.

I used a fabulous Kraftin Kimmie image called Hattie! LOOOVE her! LOL! She's colored with Copic markers and then cut out using Nesties. The papers are from a stack from last year and the cardstock is Bazzil. The ghosties are from an old Sizzix die I've had for ages. Oh, and see those three black pearls at the bottom of the card? Those were made with my new pearl pens! I am soooo impressed with these pens! I love how they round out!! So what do you think...does she look like she's had a rough time of it??

The BOO was cut out using the Cricut Expression and Mini Monsters cartridge and then I just used a white gel pen around it to help define it a little. I also used a Martha Stewart punch for the spooky fence. I honestly can not remember where I got those fabulous skeleton charms from, but I LOVE them! This was just a really fun card to make!

So that's it for me! Please be sure and pop over to Papertake Weekly to check out all my fabulously talented design team sistahs to see the gorgeous creations they've got for your viewing pleasure. Then we'd really love it if you'd grab your spooky papers and glue and play along with us! Thanks for stopping by to see me today and hope to see you back again soon! Hugs!

I've entered this into the Kraftin Kimmie challenge which is to use your favorite KK stamp. Now tell me this, how do you choose??? They're ALL my favorites!!

OK!! It's time for the "We have only 'One Life to Live' 'As the World Turns' at 'General Hospital' with the 'Young and the Restless' that are 'All My Children' featuring Nurse Tilda and Doctor Edwin" blog hop!!

2011-10-17T01:00:00.000-07:00

LMBO!!! How is THAT for a title of a blog hop??? Hi everyone!! Sure hope you've had a wonderful weekend!! I know I sure did! And now it's time for our monthly blog hop at Magnolia-licious!! This month we're featuring the fabulous and exclusive Doctor Edwin! He's so dang cute and he's only avaialble from Diana at Magnolia-licious! I'm sure my Design Team Sista's have conjured up some GORGEOUS creations for your viewing pleasure today! If you've arrived here from the awesomely talented Suzanne, then you're on the right track. If not, you'll want to go back to Magnolia-licious Highlites so you don't miss a single thing! Now I'll be honest....I struggled with this challenge (which is kind of funny since I was the one that suggested it! LOL!!). I wanted to do something a little different, and just couldn't come up with any ideas that I liked. So I was perusing through the Scor-Pal blog and saw the cutest tissue box cover and that's when it hit me. Tissue box holder....Doctor Edwin....a perfect match!!! So that's what I did! First, HERE'S the one that inspired me, and then HERE are the directions. This is my version.

I LOVE these tissue box covers and it was really easy to make. I used #000 Doctor Edwin, and #307 Nurse Tilda from The Winner Takes It All collection. Both of these images are also available in the mini version. Magnolia-licious has the best selection of Magnolia images!! Couple that with awesome service and the fabulous discounts Diana gives, and you've got a combination that can't be beat!!! I also used #3 Tilda Lace Doohickey Cutting Die.

Doctor Edwin and Nurse Tilda were stamped onto Cryogen White paper and colored with Copic markers. I then fussy cut them out and popped them up on a base of kraft cardstock. That is then popped up onto a scalloped frame cut with Nesties. The polka dot paper is an old digi paper that I got before I started being smart and saving it under the name of the maker. All I know is it's called Lil' Red and I apologize to the creator of this wonderful set of digital papers. I wish I could find her again cause I loved her papers and would buy more. So if anyone has any info, I would greatly appreciate your help.

I used the Cricut Expression and Elegant Edges to make the cut out for the tissues on the top. The strip across the sides of the lid were done by printing Bless you onto Bazzill cardstock, cutting the strips, and then popping them up from the base. The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts and the leaves are cut using #18 Rose Leaf, another Magnolia Doohickey Cutting Die. And I've added the "artsy fartsy" view.

So that concludes my post for today. Now it's time for you to hop over to see what the Magnificent Mindy created for you! Thanks so much for joining us in our hop today! I hope you join the fun for a chance to win a wonderful prize from Diana at Magnolia-licious! Thanks for stopping by to see me today and hope to see you back again soon!! Hugs!!

Papertake Weekly - Get in Shape!

2011-10-11T04:00:00.000-07:00

Updated to post that DORA is the winner of the Lili of the Valley voucher! CONGRATS Dora! Please contact Dawny to claim your prize! Thanks again to everyone for joining us in our celebration!!

Oh wow, could I ever follow the advise of this weeks challenge!! LMBO! I NEED to get in shape. But ok...who wouldn't rather spend the time getting inky and having fun??!! I mean, really! LOL! I wanted to say a huge thank you to everyone that helped us celebrate Papertake Weekly's 4th birthday last week! We had an awesome turnout for the hop and we truly appreciate your support! We wouldn't be here if it weren't for you! So THANK YOU!!! Now it's time to move on to the new challenge this week, and Dawny has asked us to "get in shape" by using three different shapes on your card. Your card base can count as one. I used more than three, but that's ok as long as you have at least three. Here's what I came up with

I have been wanting to color up this cutie since I got her forever ago! Of course I would use it for a Birthday card for one of my most favorite person in the whole world. :) She's Angelina's Balloons from Mo's Digital Pencil. I printed her onto Cyrogenic White paper from The Paper Temptress, and then colored her with Copic markers. Clothes and balloons - E97, 99, and 17; skin - E11, 01, 00; hair - Y21 and E33; and T2, 4, and blender pen for the bloomers and socks. For her cheeks, I used pink chalks after I was done coloring. She's cut out with oval Nesties (one of my shapes) using the out of the box technique for the balloons. I covered the balloons with some glossy accents and then sprinkled some fine glitter on them while they were wet.

The doily behind her is from a Cheery Lynn Designs doily die (another one of my shapes), then I added a rectangle panel that is bordered by a Martha Stewart punch, and added the banner (Whimsy Stamps) up in the right corner (two more shapes). See that flower? That was made with my newest Cricut cartridge The Flower Shoppe. I buy all my Cricut cartridges from Hallmark Scrapbook. They have the best prices and customer service, period! I can tell I'm really going to love this cartridge and use it a lot! The leaves are from another Martha Stewart punch.

Oh man....looking at this close up shows how bad my eyes are getting! LOL! The papers I used are VERY VERY old Daisy D's that I've had in my stash for probably four or more years. I used Bazzill cardstock as well as some kraft. The sentiment was computer generated and then just cut out and popped up.

So that's it for me today. Please be sure and pop over to Papertake Weekly to see the rest of the amazing creatons by my teamies, and then we'd love it if you'd grab your paper and glue and play along with us! Thanks so much for stopping by to see me today and hope to see you back again soon! Hug!

Surprise Blog Candy Winner!

2011-10-10T08:57:00.000-07:00

Yay!! The prize has been claimed and will be headed out to Austria!! Thanks again for playing everyone!
HUGS!!

Hi everyone! Happy Monday! Hope you enjoyed your weekend and that you're ready for a fabulous week! It's time to find the winner for the surprise blog candy! So without further ado, I pulled a winner via random.org and the winning number is....

#59 - Stempe Ikobold

Congrats Dominique! Please send me your address so I can get your prize out to you!

Thanks to all for playing!! And if you really had your hopes up, keep an eye out....I've got yet ANOTHER one of these fabulous butterfly dies to give away soon!

Hugs!!

SURPRISE BLOG CANDY!!!

2011-10-07T04:00:00.000-07:00

Ok, I feel like celebrating cause it's the WEEKEND!! And believe me, I LOVE my weekends. LOL! So it's time to have some fun and give away some candy! If you want to win, then sign up below! Today I'm giving away a Marianne Designs butterfly die along with a suprise!! Good luck and have a great weekend!! You've got the weekend to sign up and I'll announce a winner the first part of next week. Thanks for stopping by to see me today and hope to see you back again soon! Hugs!!

and a surprise too!!

PaperPlay challenge - use Autumnal colors

2011-10-06T01:00:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone! It's Friday eve! This week seems to have been exceptionally long for me, and I'm ready for the weekend! I'm extremely excited as next weekend I'm traveling to Sacramento to take the Intermediate Copic Coloring class! I can't wait!! So anyway, onto the challenge. It's my week over at PaperPlay Challenges and this week the challenge is to use Autumnul colors in your project. Our fabulous sponsor this week is the amazing Simon Says Stamp!! Here's what I came up with for the challenge.

This adorable stamp and sentiment was a gift from my wonderful friend Lillian. I couldn't wait to use him! Isn't he the cutest little bear? I stamped him onto Cryogen white paper and colored him with Copic markers. E21, 23, and 25 for his body using some E11 and R20 on his cheeks. I used various greens to create the grass he's standing in.

The heart border was created with a Martha Stewart punch and then I added some Wild Orchid Crafts flowers. The awesome ribbon is by May Arts from Stamp and Create. The DP is from Jillibean and the cardstock is Bazzill.

So that's it for today! Please be sure and pop over to PaperPlay Challenges and see the rest of the gorgeous cards created by my teamies! Then we'd love it if you'd play along with us! Thanks so much for stopping by to see me today, and hope to see you back again soon! Hugs!

I've entered this in the ICopic Weekly Challenge - Autumn

Papertake Weekly - Birthday Blog Hop with Prizes Galore!!!!

2011-10-04T04:00:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone! I am soooo excited for today! It's Papertake Weekly's 4th Birthday!! I am so proud to be a part of this fabulous challenge blog and the amazing team of designers!! We have a LOT of fun going on for you this week, so I sure do hope you join us in all the fun and festivities!!! If you've arrived here from the lovely Annette's blog, then you're on the right track. We've got a BUNCH of sponsors today, so you've got more than one shot at winning a prize! One lucky person that leaves a comment on this post will win a voucher for none other than Lili of the Valley!!! WHOOT WHOOT!! How fun is that??? Our other amazing sponsors are Simon Says Stamp, The Ribbon Girl, Dies to Die For, and Sir Stampalot!!! There's no shotage of prizes, that's for sure! For more chances to win, be sure to visit all my teamies and leave comments!!

For my card today, I chose to use this adorable image from the Winner Takes it All collection from Magnolia-licious (Diana has the best selection of Magnolia images and accessories in North America and has some awesome discounts going on right now!!!!) She's #206 Baseball Tilda. I changed it up this time and went with the distressed look. I thought it just felt right with this cutie. I also used a #23 Magnolia Doohickey Antique Lace die and #609 Shooting Stars Border stamp from the You Are So Special Collection.

Tilda is stamped onto X-Press It cardstock and colored with Copic markers. I used the R20's and E50's for her clothes, E70's for the bat, and E11, 01, and 00 for her skin. I used pink chalk and a white gel pen on her cheeks.

The frame and stars were cut using the Cricut Expression. I came up with the sentiment and printed it from my computer. It's then cut out using circle Nestabilities. The papers are from Raspberry Road matted onto PTI kraft paper. The buttons were a gift from my friend Regina, and that yummy ribbon was a gift from my friend DeeDee. Thanks so much girlfriends!!! Added some twine and some machine stitching, and called her done!

Don't forget to leave a comment for a chance to win the fabulous prize from Lili of the Valley! And then head on over to see my amazingly talented friend, Miss Pink Piggy herself.... Dawny! There's no doubt she's got something gorgeous for your viewing pleasure! Thanks so much for joining us in our celebration hop today!!!! Hugs!!

I've entered this card into the following challenges:

The Kraft Journal - lavish layers with Kraft cardstock

Magnolia Stamp Lovers - Distressed

Magnolia-licious October Sketch challenge

2011-10-01T16:15:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone! Can you believe it's already October??!! WOW! I'm amazed at how fast this year is passing us by! It's time for a new Design Team sketch challenge over at Magnolia-licious Highlites, and this month, our hostest with the mostest is the fabulous Maureen! She has supplied us with an awesome sketch and we also must use orange and stay in the theme of October/fall. Here is what I've come up with.

October is a huge month for birthdays, so you will be seeing quite a few of them from me this month. For this one, I used #340 Fairy Dust Tilda from the Fairytale Collection. She's available right now over at Magnolia-licious! Diana has the BEST collection of Magnolia stamps available in North America. And on top of that, she has awesome service and prices!! She's got a special deal going on right now for all orders over $50.00. When you check out with a total of $50.00 (before shipping), use the code benefit8, and it will give you an 8% discount!! WOOHOO!! Please be sure and check out her store. I stamped Fairydust Tilda with Memento ink onto X-Press It card and colored her with Copic markers. I also used the Magnolia Doohickey Antique Lace die for the horizontal strip.

The DP, ribbon, and buttons were all a gift from my wonderful friend and adopted sis, Regina. Thanks Regina!! The leaf was cut with the Cricut Expression using my newest cartridge The Flower Shoppe, and I added some of the fabulous lace I found when I was visiting my sis, Peggy, in Illinois. The octagon was also cut with the Expression using the George and Basic Shapes cartridge. The small brown maple leaf that is on top of the larger leaf is from a new EK Success border punch. The Happy Birthday stamp is one I've had for ages and the original packaging is gone. I have no idea of the maker. Sorry.

All the layers are machine stitched and the twine I used is from The Twinery. So that's it for my card. Please be sure and visit Magnolia-licious Highlites to see all the amazing projects from talented Design Team! Then we'd really love it if you'd grab your oragne paper and glue to play along with us. Thanks for stopping by to see me today, and hope to see you back again soon! Hugs!

Magnolia-licious DT challenge - fall colors or back to school

2011-09-28T01:00:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone! There's a few days left for you to enter the Magnolia-licious Design Team Challenge over at Magnolia-licious Highlites! It's to make either a fall or back to school project using the rich colors of fall. This is what I came up with.

I used the Fall Background from the 2008 Fall Collection, Tilda with wood basket from the 2008 Winter Collection, and #642 Heart fence which I fussy cut twice and popped it up for dimension. The background and Tilda are not in stock at Magnolia-licious right now. If you're interested, please talk to Diana and I know she'll do her best to try and help you. The images are stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black onto X-Press It card and then colored with Copic markers. The papers are from Nitwit Collections, and I used a small flower punch centered with my Pearl Pen. The swirl die is from Cheery Lynn Designs.

Added a bow made with some silk ribbon and a Maple leaf charm and called her done! We'd love it if you'd grab your paper and glue and play along with us for the challenge! The prize is three images of your choice from Magnolia-licious!! Thanks so much for stopping by to see me today, and hope to see you back again soon! Hugs!

Papertake Weekly - sketch week

2011-09-27T04:00:00.000-07:00

Have you heard???? Next week is Papertake Weekly's BIRTHDAY!!!! And we are celebrating BIG TIME with TONS of fun gifts to be given away from some AWESOME sponsors!!! So please be sure and join us in the big Birthday celebration next Tuesday, Oct 4th!!!!! Hope to see you there!!!

I can't believe how fast this year is flying by! It's already the last Tuesday in the month, which means it's sketch week over at Papertake Weekly! I don't know if you've worked with Dawny's sketches, but I LOVE them! It takes so much guesswork out of creating a card. Since it's the last Tuesday of the month, our fabulous sponsor is Simon Says Stamp!

And this is what I came up with...

For my card, I used an adorable vintage image from Peggy Loves Vintage! I love these precious images as they take me right back to my younger days (OMG - I sound like my grandmother!!!!). These images make creating wonderful hand made cards soooo easy!! This particular image is available for FREE right now over on Peggy's blog, so remember to pop over there and grab it! Please be sure to leave her some love! She really likes to give away free images, so while you're there, sign up to follow her so you don't miss a single image! I stuck really true to the sketch this week. The DP is from American Crafts matted by Bazzill cardstock. I used a Martha Stewart border punch for the scalloped element of the sketch.

Don't you love those leaves??!! I took inspiration from my friend DeeDee for those (and for reminding me about my Kim Hughes stamp set which goes perfectly with the two full bellies on this image!!) Thanks DeeDee! ! I cut them with the Cricut Expression, Gypsy, and Everyday Paper Dolls cartridge, all of which I got from Hallmark Scrapbook. It doesn't have a shadow feature, so I cut out the leaves usuing a page from an old book and then just cut out around them myself to create the shadow. I used some distress ink around the edges to define the leaf and finished them off with a little bow made from twine. That delicious ribbon was a gift from my friend Regina. Thanks sis!!! And of course I machine stitched the individual layers of the card.

So that's it for me today. Please be sure to pop over to visit all my DT sisters at Papertake Weekly to see the wonderful works of art and heart they've created for your pleasure today! Thanks so much for stopping by to see me today, and hope to see you back again soon!! Hugs!

Prize wasn't claimed, so we have a new winner!

2011-09-26T22:05:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone! Well the first winner didn't claim their prize of the blog candy, so we'll try this again...the next winner via Random.org is #16.

Congrats Cheri! You also do not have a link where I can contact you, so please contact me by Wednesday evening so I can get your prize out to you.

Thanks again everyone! We'll keep going until we get someone to claim it! =0) hugs!!

Case it Tuesday from The Cutting Cafe'

2011-09-25T16:18:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone! The weekend is winding down, and it's been a really great one! We had some thunderstorms yesterday, and I do love thunderstorms! I was able to get a card done for the Case it Tuesday challenge over at The Cutting Cafe' blog. Regina has come up with the most awesome set of monsters! They are soooo much fun!! So here's what I came up with for Case it Tuesday.

I went somewhat along with the sketch of Regina's card, and I also used the colors of orange, red, black, and white. I used A Bunch of Monsters for the cute monster (there are NINE to choose from in this set) and the fun circle sentiment. I also used the Monster Love Background set for the background paper. Is this not soooo cute??!!! LOVE it!

The circle sentiment was cut out using circle Nesties, and the arrows were cut with the Cricut Expression using the Gypsy and I've already forgotten which cartridge. The monster is printed on X-Press It cardstock and then colored with Copic markers. I fussy cut him out and popped him up off the card base. The cardstock is all Bazzill.

This nice close up shows you how wonderfully Regina's sets print out. You've still got a little time to enter the challenge, so head on over and check it out! Thanks so much for stopping by to see me today and hope to see you back again soon!

Challenges:
The Cutting Cafe' blog - Case It Tuesday

Two winners to announce!

2011-09-24T17:53:00.000-07:00

Hi friends!! Are you having a great weekend? I sure am! I had a good long sleep in this morning, which was much needed. Got some chores done, and now I'm starting to work on getting some crafting done. I've got two winners to announce. First up, is my first round of blog candy. So withut further ado, winner #1:

Which is Terry! Terry please contact me by Monday evening with your address so I can get your prize out to you!! Now onto the next winner of two Mini Magnolia images of their choice!

And the winner is....

which is:

Julie, please email me by Monday evening so I can get your prize to you!

Thanks to everyone for playing, and stay tuned. I've got more sweet stuff coming your way! Hugs!

Papertake Weekly - Creature Comforts

2011-09-20T04:00:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone! We made it through Monday, and that's always a good thing. LOL! I've got to tell you, my awesome hubby got me a Galaxy 10.1 Tab w/32 gig for my birthday! (it's the same as an I-Pad only better in my opinion) WOOHOO! I'm having so much fun figuring out how to use it! LOOOOVE it! The screen graphics are amazing! I just wonder how in the world we survived 20 years ago before we had all this amazing technology! LOL!

With today being Tuesday, it's time for a new challenge from Papertake Weekly. This week, Dawny's challenge is Creature Comforts. So you can use any animal you want, cute, ugly, or so ugly it's cute! LOL! We're sponsored this week by Digital Delights by Louby Loo. For my card, I used one of Dustin Pike's images.

He's colored with Copic markers. I tired the really dark shadow around him, and I'm not so sure I'm sold on the idea. This is one of those cards that looks a lot better in person than it does translated onto film. I cut the cute elephant out using circle and petite circle Nestabilities, and then popped it up from the card base. I used a Martha Stewart border punch and some Stampin Up ribbon. The papers are from Nitwit Collections matted with Bazzill cardstock.

The banner was made using an awesome die from Whimsy Stamps and a piece of yellow scrap paper I had hanging around. I just threaded it with some bakers twine. The huge button I've had in my stash, and the stamp is an old one as well.

So that's it for my card today! Please be sure and pop over to Papertake Weekly and take a look at all the gorgeous creations made for your pleasure! And then we'd truly love it if you'd grab your paper and glue and play along with us!! Thanks for stopping by to see me today, and hope to see you back again soon! Hugs!!

You've still got time to sign up for this round of blog candy! Just click HERE.

Magnolia-licious blog hop - Magnolia Mini World Binder

2011-09-19T01:00:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone!!! Hope you enjoyed the heck out of your weekend, and that you're ready to start a brand new week! It's time for monthly Magnolia-licious blog hop, and this week, we're featuring our Magnolia Mini World binders! If you have not gotten a binder yet for your mini's, you are truly missing out! It's AMAZING for organizing your mini images!!! It's available right now over at Magnolia-licious! Diana offers an AMAZING selection of Magnolia images, dies, and lots of other fun stuff for you to play with!! So be sure and head over there to check out her unbelievable inventory of crafting goodness!!! If you arrived here from my talented DT sister Angie, then you're on the right track. If not, then you might want to head back to the beginning and start with the amazingly talented Cheryl to see what yummy goodness she' got for you to see! If you lose your way, just hop over to Magnolia-licious Highlites to get back on track.

To decorate my binder, I used Mini #201 Baseball Tilda, Mini #214 King Tilda, Mini #293 Tilda with a small gift, along with the following Doohickey dies: #13 Tilda's Doily die, #29 Swirl Butterfly, #30 Flag and Cloud, And the flowers are a Magnolia Doohickey die as well, but I can't find it on the web site right now.

The papers are Basic Grey matted with Bazzill cardstock. All the mini Tilda's are stamped onto Xpress It Blending Card and then colored with Copic markers. I cut them out using circle Nestabilities and Petite Scalloped Circle Nestabilities. The title was cut out with the Cricut Expression using the Don Juan font with shadow.

So now it's time to hop on to visit my talented DT sister, Barb! Thanks so much for hopping along with us today, and if you leave a comment on this before this coming Friday at midnight Pacific, you'll be entered in a chance to win two mini stamps of your choice from Magnolia-licious!! Enjoy the hop!!! Hugs!

It's time for a little give away!

2011-09-16T23:00:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone! I'm so excited to have reached 1,000 followers!!! I'm truly amazed and blessed for all the wonderful friends I've made over the past years! You have shown me such kindness and support, and I will be forever grateful! So I've decided since I've reached that milestone and since September is my birthday month, that it's time to share some calorie free candy with you!! WOOHOO!!! I love giving fun stuff away!! I've been collecting some things in anticipation of doing this, so keep an eye out! There is definitely more to come! If you want to enter for a chance to win, just click on the blue frog below! You do NOT have to have a blog to win, and you do NOT have to be a follower. You have one week to enter for this one. Now here's what's up for grabs this time:

Two adorable Wags 'n Whiskers stamps, Hannah and Bedtime Story.
15 yards of purple twine from The Twinery (perfect for the Halloween cards you'll be making soon!)
one pack of Kaiser half backed pearls

Thanks again for all your kindness and support and good luck! Don't forget to check back to see if you've won! Thanks so much for stopping by to see me today, and hope to see you back again soon! Hugs!

Papertake Weekly - Things with wings

2011-09-13T04:00:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone! Hope you're having a wonderful start to your week! It's time for a new challenge from Papertake Weekly, and this week it's "things with wings". So you can use whatever you want as long as it can fly! We're being sponsored by The Ribbon Girl!! For my card this week, I used one of my new Lili of the Valley stamps and I truly LOVE her! This is also the card I've designed for my September Copics Class card.

The papers are Jillibean Soup matted with Bazzill Apricot and Hershey cardstock. I used heart Nestabilities, a Martha Stewart punch for the leaves and a heart border punch as well. The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts. All the layers are machine stitched. I searched far and wide and FINALLY was able to find one of the Magnolia butterfly dies. Just got it this past week and had to use it, so this was the perfect challenge for it! The yummy ribbon is May Arts from Stamp and Create.

So that's it for me today. Please be sure and pop over to Papertake Weekly to see all the gorgeous creations my teamies have for your pleasure today! And then we'd love it if you'd grab your paper and glue and play along with us! Thanks for stopping by to see me today and hope to see you back again soon! Hugs!

Entered into:
CMC - Fall or Halloween inspired (I used fall colors)

PaperPlay Challenge - use two stamped images

2011-09-08T01:00:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone and happy Friday Eve! Usually short work weeks draaaaaag by, but this week is actually going by pretty quickly! I almost forgot to schedule my post for this morning cause it seems like it's not that time of the week yet! LOL! So anyway, it's time for a new challenge from PaperPlay Challenges, and this week the challenge is from our fabulously talented Miss Mandy. We are being sponsored by the amazing Nicole from Inky Impressions! If you've never tried their stamps, you're missing out! VERY high quality rubber impressions and the images are sooooo adorable!! Give yourself a little treat and pop over to take a look at all their fabulous line!!! For the challenge this week, Mandy is asking everyone to use two stamped images on your project. Now I feel like I might have cheated just a smidge, cause I merged two digi images together instead of using two physical stamps. So I hope Miss Mandy doesn't mind that I went that way with her challenge. :) For my card, I used "Geeky Love" and "By the window", both from Make it Crafty. I think this image is so cute and it was really fun to color! I made it for my daughter's wedding anniversary.

I used my Copic markers to color it and then used an awesome sentiment from a set of Whimsy stamps. Isn't that sentiment so much fun??!!! The papers are Basic Grey matted with Bazzill cardstock, and the flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts (so is that pretty silver corner). The ribbon is May Arts silk ribbon from Stamp and Create with a button from my stash.

I didn't write down the colors I used, so to the best of my old memory, I used R20's for his sweater and shoe's, B90's for his jeans, E13 and up for the window and table, T grays for her sweather and V90's for her skirt and shoes. Sorry, I have no idea about the hair.

Please be sure and pop over to PaperPlay Challenges to see all the gorgeous creations from the rest of the talented DT, and then we'd really love it if you'd grab your paper and glue and play along with us! Thanks so much for stopping by to see me today! I truly appreciate all your wonderful comments! Sure hope to see you again soon! Hugs!!!

Papertake Weekly - Anything goes with option of shaped card

2011-09-06T04:00:00.000-07:00

Hi friends and happy Tuesday!! Hope you had a wonderful long weekend and was able to fit some crafting into the mix of enjoying the weather! It's time for a new challenge from Papertake Weekly, and this week it's anything goes with an option of making a shaped card. We are sponsored this week by both Lili of the Valley AND Wild Orchid Crafts! Gosh, I want to enter!! LOL!

For my card, I chose to use this adorable new image #378 Chess Tilda and I think she's about the cutest little thing EVER!!! I love her! She's from the new Winner takes it All collection and she's available right now over at Magnolia-licious!! Diana has the best selections of Magnolia stamps in stock and ready for shipping! So be sure and visit Magnolia-licious for all your Maggie needs! She's colored with Copic markers and then fussy cut out and popped up on that cute banner I made with the die from Whimsy Stamps and some twine.

I used the T series of grays and E21, 23, and 25 for her jeans. Her skin is E11, 01, and 00 with chalk on the cheeks. I was playing with different mixes of colors on her hair, so I honestly couldn't tell you what I ended up using. I used a red Spica pen for her glasses. The papers are some I've had for at least a year. It's by Wild Asparagas and it's matted with Bazzill cardstock. The shaped card was cut using the Expression and Elegant Edges cartridge. I just picked one of the frames and then scored and folded it in half. The frame behind Tilda was cut with Oval nesties and Petite oval Nesties, and then machine stitched. The sentiment is also from Whimy Stamps School Yard Fun. This group of sentiments is awesome for the new Winner takes it all collection! Oh, see that sporadic zig zag stitching around my card? That's inspiration from my good friend Regina Easter that owns The Cutting Cafe'! Regina has been doing that for years, and I always thought it looked so cool! So this time, I took inspiration from her and gave it a shot. I like the way it turned out! The three pearls down in the bottom corner were made with a pearl pen. LOVE those pearl pens!!

So that's it for me today! Please be sure and pop over to Papertake Weekly and check out what deliciousness my teamies have cooked up for your pleasure! Then we'd LOVE it if you'd grab your paper and glue and play along with us! Thanks so much for stopping by to see me today, and I hope to see you back again soon!!

Please keep an eye out! I've reached 1,000 followers and it's my Birthday month! That means there is some really sweet smelling goodness in the air!

Entered into the following challenges:
The Pink Elephant - sketch
Just Magnolia and hAnglar and stAnglar - anything goes with option of circles
Magnolia Down Under - Frame it

The Cutting Cafe' - Mikala Ann being a good witch

2011-09-04T22:10:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone! Oh my gosh, I am soooooo enjoying my long weekend! One more day to go! I made another book card today (to learn how to make it, just click on my tutorial tab above), and this one is a fun one featuring Mikala Ann from the set Elisha Jean and friends being good witches from The Cutting Cafe'! Isn't she soooo adorable????!

Her dress and hat is one of her accessory items. I colored her with Copic markers and then added some polka dots with a black Spice pen. LOVE her green and purple striped stockings!! LOL! The tree is cut using the Expression and Gypsy from the Mini Monsters cartridge (now just 19.99 over at Hallmark Scrapbook!!!) . I used the "out of the box" technique to cut Mikala Ann out with circle Nesties.

Those cute bats you see are one of my very favorite Halloween images EVER! LOL! It's a Magnolia image I got from Diana over at Magnolia-licious!! I use this little bat on EVERYTHING I make for Halloween. I can't help it...it's just that crazed look he's got in his eyes. heehee

This card looks like a book from the outside, and then when you untie the yummy silk ribbon and open it up, there's a frame inside that can hold just about anything you want it to. I put some See's candy lollipops in this one. I had to cut part of the stick off for them to fit, but I like the way it turned out! Because there's no place to write a personal note on the inside of this card, I added a pocket and tag on the left. The spider web was also cut from Mini Monsters. There's another one of those cute bats and then the two jack-o-lanterns are also from Magnolia-licious.

The papers I used are by jillibean soup called Monster Stew. The tag was cut with the Expression from Tags, Bags, Boxes, and More. The busted up fence and drippy goo borders on the frame are both Martha Stewart border punches.

So that's it for me today! I had a lot of fun creating this one! Again, if you'd like to know how to create this book card, just click on my tutorial page above. Thanks so much for stopping by to see me today, and hope to see you back again soon! Hugs!

Winner of Magnolia-licious Gift Certificate and a new tutorial for a book card

2011-09-04T12:21:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone! Hope you're having a wonderful long holiday weekend! I know I sure am!! I just posted a new tutorial on how I did made THIS book card for my sister. So if you've been wanting to make one of those, pop over HERE (or just click on my tutorial page above) and take a peek.

And I'm overdue for announcing the winner of the Magnolia-licious blog hop for Diana's birthday! So here we go.... The winner of the $10 gift certificate to Magnolia-licious is...

Congrats Donna! Please send me an email you want the GC sent to so I can get it out to you! A huge thank you to everyone for playing along! Stay tuned for some fun calorie free sweet stuff!!! I am getting the blog post together and you won't want to miss it!! HUGS!!

Papertake Weekly - sketch week!

2011-08-30T04:00:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone! Hope you're having a wonderful start to your week! I know some of you had a holiday yesterday, and others have a holiday next Monday. WOOHOO for ALL holidays! LOL! With today being Tuesday, it's time for another challenge from Papertake Weekly. This week is sketch week, so we got to work with another of Dawny's fabulous sketches. Since it's the last Tuesday of the month, that means we are sponsored by the very generous Heidi over at Simon Says Stamp!

In business since 2002, Simon Says Stamp is striving to offer you the best selection of Rubber Stamps, Altered Art, Scrapbooking, Artist Trading Cards, and Paper Crafting Supplies in the world. We stock over 100,000 items in our warehouses so that we can offer you quick service and one stop shopping at a great price! We are located in Ohio, the heart of it all. Our team works hard to give you a fulfilled shopping experience and is always open to your ideas and suggestions! Happy customers are the heart of our business. We work hard to find and deliver to you the latest in stamping and paper crafting supplies! Attending classes, workshops, and sales meetings around the world, our goal is to keep our product offerings fresh and current. Make us your one stop easy shop - and we'll deliver right to your door!

For my card today, I used #214 Basketball Tilda from the brand new Winner Takes it All collection which currently in stock and available right now over at Magnolia-licious!! You will find the largest selection of Magnolia images in North America available at Magnolia-licious and Diana offers superb service! She's stamped onto X Press It Blending Cardstock and then colored with Copic markers. Shes then cut out using circle Nestabilities and machine stitched. I used a salmon pearl pen around the scallops. The jury is still out on this card, what do you think? I mean, I really like the way the card itself turned out, but I'm torn with this cute little basketball player being on this gorgeous, lacy, flowery card. What do you think? Does it work?? I hope so, cause it's going to a VERY special friend of mine, and she only deserves the best.

The papers are Basic Grey Capella (one of my most favorite patterns of their's EVER) matted by Bazzill cardstock. That lace you see peeking out the bottom was a big time score from an antique mall when I was visiting my sis Peggy in Illinois. The flowers and leaves are from Wild Orchid Crafts, and the ribbon is white May Arts silk ribbon colored with my R12 Copic marker. It stiffens up the silk, but you end up with a ribbon exactly the color you want. Pretty cool, huh? Here's a peek at the inside.....

And then the actual inside sentiment side. As you can see, these adorable sports images can be used for more than just sports cards.

So that's it for me today. I hope I showed you some versatility with these adorable sports stamps. Please be sure and pop over to Papertake Weekly to see what my talented teamies have done, and then grab your paper and glue and play along with us! Thanks so much for stopping by to see me today and hope to see you back again soon! Hugs!

Hat Bee Birthday

2011-08-27T17:00:00.000-07:00

No....you're not seeing double...LOL! I posted a very similar card several weeks ago. I fell in love with this stamp and wanted to create a card for my August Copic coloring class, so this is what I came up with. The bee is from WhipperSnapper stamped onto X Press It Blending card and then colored with Copic markers.

The papers are Garden Party Busy Bee from My LIttle Shoebox and. The reverse side of the bee paper is the yellow zig zag pattern. They are matted with Bazzill cardstock. The flowers were cut using the Cricut Expression and Gypsy along with the Create a Critter cartridge all from Hallmark Scrapbook. I then added a flower from Wild Orchid Crafts. I curled the edges of the flowers slightly. All the panels are machine stitched. The bow was made using May Arts silk ribbon and Bow Easy from Stamp and Create, to which I added a yellow button threaded with matching green embroidery thread. The three pearls were done using Sunny Yellow pearl pen.

So that's it for today. Thanks so much for stopping by to see me today and hope to see you back again soon!

I have entered this at
The Pink Elephant Challenge - Photo inspiration
Stamp and Create challenge for August - Critters (bugs or any animal)

Copics used:
Bee Y32, 35, 38, and then put 04 over the top of it to brighten it up
C3, 5, and 7
Hat: R32, 35, 37, C3, and C5
Wings: B0000 and gold Spica pen
Flowers: B41, Y15, 19, and Blender pen
Shadow: YG01, 0000, and Blender pen

PaperPlay Challenges - School is Cool with Kenny K!!

2011-08-25T01:00:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone and happy Friday Eve! It's time for a new challenge from Team B at PaperPlay Challenges, and this week, the fabulous Deidre is challenging us to make something regarding back to school or starting school. We are being sponsored by Kenny K Downloads!! FUN!!! Now for my card, I used this awesome image called Super Genius. I LOVE him. LOL! He's a digi stamp and I just printed him out on X Press It Blending card and then colored him with Copic markers. I just HAD to add a good dollop of Glossy Accents to his glasses to make them look like the bottoms of Coke bottles.

The papers are some I've had for ages by Scenic Route, and it's matted with Bazzill cardstock. The sentiment is just printed off my computer and then matted and popped up. I added some machine stitching and a bow made with May Arts silk ribbon, and I called 'er done! Please be sure and pop over to PaperPlay Challenges to see the rest of my teamies fabulous creations. Then we'd love it if you'd grab your paper and glue and play along with us! Thanks so much for stopping by to see me today and hope to see you back again soon! Hugs!

Papertake Weekly - To Die For!!

2011-08-23T04:00:00.000-07:00

This is my second post for today. If you're looking for the Magnolia-licious Blog Hop, please scroll down one post. It's time for a new challenge from Papertake Weekly! Dawny's challenge is to use something die cut (not punched) on your project. For this challenge, we're being sponsored by Dies to Die For, a fabulous shop and wonderful source for your die cutting needs! For my card today, I'm using one of my new Little Darlings stamps! Is he not the absolute cutest??? Oh my gosh, I totally LOVE him!! And he was sooo easy to color! I'm sure I'm going to be a regular customer over at Love to Stamp!! LOL!

I stamped him on X Press It Blending Card and colored him with Copic markers, then he's cut out with a Nestabilities circle die and then matted on top of a petite scalloped Nestabilities die. His britches are BG70's (one of my new favorite colors) which matched with the Basic Grey perfectly! I colored the star with Y21, 23, and 26 and the skin is E11, 01, and 00. For his shirt I used W1 under R30's. The sentiment is from Lili of the Valley also cut out with Nestabilites. I used a Magnolia DooHickey die for the vertical trim. The Basic Grey papers are all matted with Bazzill cardstock, and then machine stitched. For the ribbon treatment, I measured out a length of ribbon four times longer than the width of my card, and then basted it with two rows of stitches. I then pulled the thread to gather up the ribbon and used double sided tape to hold it in place. I then attached a bow on top of that. What do you think? I kind of like it, but don't look too close! I need to get some colored thread! LOL! This is not the kind of thing to use white thread with. LMBO!

So that's it for me today! Please be sure to pop over to Papertake Weekly to check out all the fabulous creations by my teamies, and then we'd love it if you'd grab your paper and glue and play along with us! Thanks so much for stopping by to see me today and hope to see you back again soon! Hugs!

I have entered this in the Stamp Something challenge - Something to say Thank You

Magnolia-licious Blog Hop - Happy Birthday Diana!!!!

2011-08-23T01:00:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone and welcome to the August Magnolia-licious Blog Hop!! This month, we are having a party for our illustrious leader, Queen Diana!! Diana is the most generous and kind person I know! Not only does she offer the largest selection of Magnolia images in North America, but her prices are fantastic, her service is impeccable, she gives you in store credits with each purchase at Magnolia-licious, and on top of all of that, she is always surprising us with special discounts! So now it's time for her to sit back and let us honor her! I can't begin to tell you how kind hearted and giving this woman is, and having the opportunity to work with her is one of my most treasured blessings.

A very heartfelt and loving Happy Birthday to you, Diana!!!!!

If you have arrived here from my extremely talented friend, Barb, then you're on the right track with working your way through this wonderful party and tribute to Diana!! If you should happen to get lost along the way, no worries! Just head on over to Magnolia-liciou Highlites to get back on the right path. So now that we've got your appetite going, it's time for the main course, Surf and Turf!! While you're chowing down on the lobster and filet, please scroll down for a look at my project.

So for my blog hop project this month, I've created a Birthday card for Diana.

I stamped #226 Birthday Tilda and #233 Congratulation Tilda onto X Press It Blending card and colored them with Copic markers before I cut them out. Because of the tiny cuts around the cake, I left an edge around them this time. I didn't want to cut one out with an edge and one without, so I kept it consistent. Congratulation Tilda is not available in the store right now, but her mini version is!! I also used #594 Balloon Background, and the grassy background is Magnolia as well, but I can't find it in the store right now. The DP is Magnolia Hoppy Easter/Spring matted with Bazzill cardstock. For the vertical trim, I used a Magnolia Doohickey die.

The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts and the bow is made with May Arts silk ribbon from Stamp and Create.

For the next pic, I took some inspiration from Barb and added an image directly the sentiment panel. The sentiment is from a set of Hero Arts and I thought it was awesome with #219 Leaning Tilda! I hope Diana thinks so too!

So that's it for my creation today! I hope you've enjoyed it! If you would like a chance at winning a $10.00 gift certificate to Diana's store Magnolia-licious, please leave a comment on this post before midnight Pacific on Friday Aug 26th. Now that you're full of lobster and filet, it's time to head over to see the amazingly talented Angie! She's sure to have something that will satisfy your sweet tooth! Thanks so much for stopping by to see me today, and hope to see you back again soon! Hugs!

PTW - Let's play BINGO!!!!

2011-08-16T04:00:00.000-07:00

Hi friends!! We've made it through yet another Monday, and so it's time for a new challenge from Papertake Weekly! This week, we've got a fun one for you! We're going to play Bingo! So here's your Bingo board:

We are being sponosred this week by The Ribbon Girl, so if you want a chance to win a yummy prize, then pick your three in a row and show us what you've got! Here's what I've come up with. My wonderful sis is going through a rough time right now. She just lost her dear Father-in-Law and the family is going through a really rough time. During his illness, he had some wonderful nurses and my sis asked me to make some special cards for them as a keepsake to thank them for everything they'd done. This is what I came up with. I received one of these gorgeous books from my wonderful and talented friend Cami, and I've been wanting to make one ever since. This was the perfect opportunity. Well I'll tell you, I set about it on Saturday morning and FINALLY figured out how to construct it by Saturday night. LOL! It was a lot of work to figure it out, but I've got it, and now I've just got two more to do. So anyway...without further ado, here is the book card I created for my sis to give to his nurses.

I chose the last column which are BLOOMS, FREE, and LACE. The FREE I used was a metal embellishment (the corner). This is the front, straight on. The butterfly is a die cut by Cheery Lynn Designs, the papers are Basic Grey matted with Bazzill cardstock, the Blooms are from Wild Orchid Crafts, the lace is from an antique shop in Illinois, The sentiment is from Whimsy Stamps, and I also used a Bronze Pearl Pen on the butterfly and sentiment panel. Of course I did some machine stitching on it as well. This is the view where you can see it looks like a book.

A view of the inside. There is some SERIOUS scoring and fan folding going on with this thing. :) I could NOT have done it without my amazing Scor Pal!! Thanks TONS, Diana!!!! The book measures 5.5" x 6" on the outside. I used more lace and some pearls on the framed sentiment on the inside. I also made a pocket on the inside left where a tag will be placed for a personal note from the family to the nurses.

More Wild Orchid Blooms and another Whimsy sentiment. I think this looks much better in person than it does in the pics.

So that's it for me today. Please be sure and pop over to Papertake Weekly to see all the amazing creations by my teamies! And then we would truly love it if you'd grab your paper and glue and play along with us! Thanks so much for stopping by to see me today, and hope to see you back again soon! Hugs!

I love you to the moon and back!

2011-08-11T19:12:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone! I've been wanting to make this card with my new stamps from the new Winner Takes it all collection from Magnolia-licious (in stock and available right now!!!!), and I was finally able to put it together. I would usually layer up my images for this kind of scene by cutting them out and popping them up, but I also wanted to enter the Tomic Challenge which is masking. So that's how I combined my three images today! I used #207 Astronaut Tilda, #555 Moon, and #577 Starship, masking them as I combined. They're all colored with Copic markers.

I used the following colors: suit B000, B00, and B02 ; suit trim and boots R35 and 37; moon: E51 and 53; fire Y17, Y38, YR16, and R27; starship - C1, 3, and 5 along with B02 and B04; skin: E11, 01, and 00, hair, E21, 23, and 25; sky B24; helmet and starship window B0000. For the sentiment, I just typed the smaller words out on my computer and printed them onto the X Press It Blending cardstock. Then I just used my scissors and made some wonky cuts. Got the wonky cuts inspiration from my friend DeeDee! Thanks girlfriend! The words MOON and BACK were cut using the Expression, Gypsy, and the Mickey font with shadow. The shadow on the Mickey font is barely visible, so I offset them so it would show a little better. I also added some Glossy Accents to Tilda's helmet and the starship window.

The papers I used are Bo Bunny Blast Off Collection. It's like they were made for this new collection and I love them! I just matted it with Bazzill cardstock and machine stitched around all the square panels. I usually stitch around the round panels as well, but because I used the "out of the box" technique for these images, I couldn't do that. Now I consider myself a fairly intelligent person, I really do. But this "out of the box" technique has me perplexed. I was very careful to cut straight in to my image so I wouldn't have any "missing pieces" to my circle. But I go them anyway. I am NOT going to let this thing beat me! LOL! I plan on practicing with that more this weekend. But I sure won't do it anymore with something where I've taken the time to mask three images together! LOL! I was not going to do that again, so I simply cut another whole circle and glued the top circle to it after I colored in the little pieces that showed.

So that's it for me today! I am entering this card in the following challenges:
Tomic challenge
Cupcake Craft challenges - Sew Mad

Thanks so much for stopping by to see me today, and hope to see you back again soon! Have a fantastic weekend! Hugs!

Paperplay Challenge - Make your own DP

2011-08-11T01:00:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone! I sure hope you are having a fabulous week! We're in the thick of Hot August Nights here in Reno, so lots of fabulous antique and muscle cars have invaded our little city. It's such a fun time of year to hear them all rumble through town. With it being Thursday, it's time for a new challenge from PaperPlay Challenges. We're being sponsored by Waltzing Mouse Stamps, and the winner will get the stamp set of their choice! For the challenge, the fabulous Nicole has asked us to make our own design paper. Uh oh....this one was tough for me. Wasn't sure what to do, so I pulled out an old stamp set from Our Craft Lounge. I took the strip of elephant footprints and covered a piece of kraft cardstock with them and colored them in with gray. The image is colored with Copic markers.

I machine stitched around the panels and then added a bow made with twine and called her done. A VERY simple get well card, but I think it turned out pretty cute! Please be sure and pop over to PaperPlay challenges. My teamies made some GORGEOUS papers (I bow down to them!!). Then we'd love it if you'd grab your paper and glue and play along with us! Thanks so much for stopping by to see me today, and hope to see you back again soon! Hugs!!

Papertake Weekly - Grow your own blooms!

2011-08-09T04:00:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone and happy Tuesday! It's time for a new challenge from Papertake Weekly, and this week you're being challenged to "grow your own blooms". So no purchased blooms on this project! only ones you've made yourself! This challenge is being sponsored by the lovely Whiff of Joy! For my card, I used a super cute image from Whipper Snapper. Isn't she just the bees knees??!! LOL!

She' colored with Copic markers. I used Y32, 35, and then went over it with Y04 to brighten it up, for the black I used C3, 5, and 7, and the reds are R22, 24, 27, and 29. My bloom was made using the Cricut Expression with my Gypsy and the Create a Critter cartridge. I just cut it out in various sizes and papers and put them all together with a brad from my stash. The sentiment comes attached to the bee, but I cut mine apart for more versatility.

The papers are digital which I purchased from My Graphico called BumbleBee paper. What can I say...I'm a fool for polka dots and it's yellow too!! Does it get much better than yellow polka dots? That's a really tough question for me! LOL! Please pop over to Papertake Weekly to check out the rest of my teamies creations, and then we'd love it if you'd grab your paper and glue and play along with us! Thanks so much for stopping by to see me today, and hope to see you back again soon! Hugs!

New winner for gift certificate to Magnolia-licious

2011-08-08T08:47:00.000-07:00

Ok everyone....the last winner didn't claim her prize, so I still have a $10.00 gift certificate to give away to Magnolia-licious! I went back to random.org and this time it pulled #15. And the winner is.....

Lillian!!!!

Lillian said...
Ah, exactly right, Sharon - no extra embellies needed to detract from all the lovely Magnolia characters - great cutting and mounting job!

July 18, 2011 3:43 AM

congrats Lillian! Please contact me by midnight Tuesday 8/9 to claim your prize.

Thanks again to everyone for joining in the blog hop and for all your wonderful comments! Hugs!

Magnolia-licious DT challenge for August - Paper only and blog hop winner!

2011-08-03T21:23:00.000-07:00

Hi evreyone! Are you having a good week? I sure hope you're staying nice and cool and being safe if you're in the areas of extreme temperatures right now! I know how bad you want to go our and mow the yard and trim the bushes, but maybe you really should just stay indoors and craft in the air conditioning. I know...I know... it's a big sacrifice, but try not to get too upset about it. Ok? LOL! Oh! I almost forgot to mention that if you keep going to the bottom of this post, I have the winner to the Magnolia-licious blog hop listed below. ...but first things first!

On the first of the month, our Magnolia-licious Design Team comes out with a new challenge, and this month our very own Queen Diana chose it! She is asking for PAPER ONLY! Oh my gosh....I can't put my silk bow or flowers on my card? What am I going to do? LOL! I will say that before I even realized it, I sewed on my card. YIKES!! Didn't even realize it until Barb said something. LOL! Anyway, lemonade is my very favorite drink in the summer. I could drink gallons of it (made with nutrasweet of course). So I wanted to do a lemonade card having Tilda in a lemonade stand. This is what I came up with.

I haven't done this in a while, but none of the images I used are in stock right now over at Magnolia-licious. UGH! That's what I get for not checking! I used an Easter Tilda with a basket of eggs and just colored them yellow to represent lemons. What do you think? Is it believable? Nobody here at the house new they were eggs until I told them, so I think I might have pulled it off. But I'll wait to hear what you guys think. The building with the stand is also from Magnolia-licious, but I can't find it right now. If you're interested, please contact Diana and I'm sure she'd be happy to let you know if she has any on order. The papers are from Nitwit Collection matted with cardstock from PTI. The flowers are from a rolled rose die. It's the first time I've used it and I could use with a little practice. LOL! The leaves are a rose leaf Doohickey die available at Magnolia-licious. I cut the glass of lemonade with my Cricut and Gypsy and the doily was cut using a die from Cheery Lynn Designs.

Please be sure to hop over to the Magnolia-licious Highlites blog to see how you can participate in the challenge for a chance to win a fabulous prize from Diana!

Now for the PRIZE for the Magnolia-licious blog hop....here we go

which is....

Congrats DQ! Please contact me with your email address so I can send you the gift certificate!! Since I took so long to draw for the prize, I'll give you until midnight Pacific time Sunday to contact me. If I don't hear from you by then, I will pull a new winner.

Thanks so much for stopping by to see me today and hope to see you back again soon! Hugs!

PTW - Anything goes with an option of metal

2011-08-02T04:00:00.000-07:00

Happy Tuesday everyone! I hope you're having a great week so far! Can you believe it's August already??!! I can't believe how fast this year is going. We'll all be making Christmas cards in a flurry of a hurry before we know it! Enough of THAT thought, don't ya think? LOL! I don't EVEN want to think about snow again right now. It's time for a new challenge over at Papertake Weekly, and since this is the first Tuesday of the month, it's an "anything goes" challenge. Dawny always adds an extra option to the challenge, and this week it's to add something metal. Of course it's completely optional, so you're not required to use it in your challenge entry. We're sponsored by the amazing company Lili of the Valley! You know how much I adore their images and sentiments! For my card this week, I'm showing you the card I made for my anniversary which was yesterday. I think this is Randy and I in about another twenty years or so. LOL! What can I say.... we are indeed a very lucky couple and we're still madly in love. The image is by Mo Manning colored with Copic markers. The papers are Graphic 45 (I believe) matted with Bazzill cardstock, some silk ribbon tying our hearts together forever, and a computer generated sentiment.

Please be sure and pop over to Papertake Weekly to see the rest of the fabulous creations by the talented design team, and then we'd love it if you'd grab your paper and glue and join us in the challenge. Thanks so much for stopping by to see me today, and hope to see you back again soon! Hugs!

Papertake Weekly - sketch week!

2011-07-26T20:04:00.000-07:00

Oh gosh, I am so late in putting up my card for Papertake Weekly! I am so out of kilter! I am really hoping I can get back on schedule after this weekend. So anyway, it's sketch week over at PTW, and I LOVE Dawny's sketches! They're always amazing and it takes all the guesswork out of making a card. Since it's the last Tuesday of the month, that means we're being sponsored by the amazing and generous Simon Says Stamp!

First, here's a look at Dawny's awesome sketch

And this is what I did with it!

For my card, I used some of my scrap paper from Three Bugs in a Rug matted by Bazzill cardstock. The doily is a die from Cheery Lynn Designs and the cute elephant is an image from Peggy Love's Vintage. It's on her Collection of Cuties CD. Loooooove it!!! I mean seriously...can you go wrong with a pink gingham elephant? LOL! I just used one of my clear stamps on it's little note and doodled around the edge. I printed it out twice on my paper and cut them both out. They're both mounted with dimensional tape. The flowers and corners are all from Wild Orchid Crafts and the ribbon is from Stamp and Create.

So that's it for me today! Please be sure and pop over to Papertake Weekly to see the rest of the gorgeous creations. Then we'd love it if you'd grab your paper and glue and put Dawny's sketch to good use! Thanks so much for stopping by to see me today and hope to see you back again soon! Hugs!

Papertake Weekly - Getting Cute

2011-07-19T00:01:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone! Hope you're having a wonderful start to your week! We went to see Harry Potter yesterday and it was awesome! I went with my oldest daughter and son (we're all Harry Potter freaks - LOL!) It's so sad though, knowing that this is the last one. So anyway, it's time for a new challenge from Dawny at Papertake Weekly, and this week it's "Getting Cute". This challenge is being sponosred by Wendy's Digital Delights. For my card this week, I totally fell in love with Dawny's card HERE, and CASEd it. Thanks (as always) for the wonderful inspiration, Dawny!

I colored this little cutie hAnglar & stAnglar about a month ago, and have been wanting to use her on a card. Usually I work the other way around, pick the papers and then color the image. It's so much easier that way! This layout was a Papertake Challenge a couple weeks ago that I missed, and I so love Dawny's sketches! So I simply utitlized it for this weeks challenge. She's colored with Copic markers and then cut out and popped up off the panel. The DP's are from Nitwit Collections matted with Bazzill cardstock. All the flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts, the ribbon is May Arts from Stamp and Create, as is the charm. The sentiment is from Lili of the Valley and cut out with Nestabilities. I machine stitched the panels, and added a couple buttons from my stash. I've had some of you ask questions about my stitching and how I do it. I use a cheap machine I bought from Sears about three or four years ago (It's a Kenmore brand). It only does a couple stitches, but all I wanted was straight and zig zag so the lack of fancy stitches was not important to me. It only cost me about 70 bucks, and it's probably the best 70 bucks I've ever spent. It is constantly used, and the stitches always look fabulous.

So that's it for me today! Please pop over to Papertake Weekly to see all the wonderful inspiration, and then we'd love it if you'd grab your paper and glue and play along with us! Thanks so much for stopping by to see me today, and hope to see you back again soon! Hugs!

This card is for sale in my Etsy shop if you're interested!

Magnolia-licious Summertime Bash Blog Hop!!

2011-07-18T01:00:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone and welcome to the Magnolia-licious Summertime Bash Blog Hop!! I hope you're ready for lots of fun and wonderful inspiration! Both the Magnolia-licious Design Team and the Magnolia-licious Challenge Blog Design Team have come together to participate in this fabulous blog hop! I am the first stop on the hop today, so you're in the right place. If you get lost along the way, please visit Magnolia-licious Highlites blog to help get you back on track. Each stop along the hop with have a letter for you. Hop along to every blog to get all the letters, then unscramble them to form a phrase for a chance to win an amazing prize!! And I do mean amazing!!!! For all the details, just visit Magnolia-licious Highlites!

Now for my project. There are three choices for this blog hop: Summer Picnic Fun, Beach Blanket Party, or Fishing the Day Away! I went for the Summer Picnic Fun, and wanted to highlight a fun summer picnic day at the park.

I went with a stair step card and used LOTS of Magnolia images... #259 Kneeling Tilda, #3019 Tilda playing hopscotch, #3029 Tilda in star dress, #402 Rufus the dog, #421 sun, #428 Tree with carved heart, and I can't find the blanket or the park bench in stock right now, but they are Magnolia images. If you're interested, please just ask Diana about them. All the images are colored with Copic markers and fussy cut to attach to the card. The sun is attached with a strip of acetate so it would appear to be free standing above all the images.

I added absolutely nothing else as I thought the card was plenty busy enough without adding more to the mix. Now if you'd like the chance to win a $10.00 gift certificate to Magnolia-licious, just leave a comment on this post before midnight Friday. I'll pull the winner as soon as I can after that.
My letter is: "S"
Now please hop to visit the talented Cabio to see more inspiration and collect another letter! When you are finished collecting the letters, you will put them together to create a 3 word sentence. Find contest details at the Magnolia-licious Highlites Blog HERE! Thanks for joining us!

Card front using mini Sweet Tilda

2011-07-15T06:00:00.000-07:00

WooHoo! Happy Friday! Just a really quick post to show you one of the card fronts I made for Diana to use at CHA in Chicago. I used #353 Mini Sweet Tilda from the Sweet Rainbow collection at Magnolia-licious. She's colored with Copic markers and cut out with circle Nestabilities. The hearts were also cut out with Nestabilities. The papers were ones I just used from my scrap pile. Don't you just LOVE it when you can use up some scraps?? :) The flowers are Wild Orchid Crafts and the ribbon is May Arts silk. The little buttons came from my stash (my grandkids love to look and sort through my buttons! I remember doing that with my mom's button collection too! ) and I used a Martha Stewart border punch. So that's it for me for today! Oh, I should let you know that I will be pretty absent for the next week. It's JJ's last week here and I took the time off of work to spend some time with him before we have to put him on the plane back home. So I apologize in advance if I don't get to come by and visit you. Thanks so much for stopping by to see me today and hope to see you back again soon! Hugs!

Paperplay Challenge - Things with Wings!

2011-07-14T06:29:00.000-07:00

Good morning everyone and happy Friday Eve! :) It's time for a new Paperplay Challenge and this weeks challenge is from the wonderfully talented Mandy! She is asking us for projects that contain "Things with Wings". We're being sponsored this week by the wonderul Meljen's, and the winner will receive 4 free digi's!!! For my card this week, I chose to use this gorgeous Magnolia image that I received from the fabulous Diana at Magnolia-licious. She's from the Butterfly Dreams collection and I don't see her in stock right now. But if you're interested, just contact Diana and I'm sure she'll be able to tell you when she'll be back in stock. I just think she's so beautiful, don't you? Shes colored with Copic markers and then cut out using oval Nestabilities and matted with the petite oval Nesties. I then zig zag stitched around the frame (I think you all know how much I love doing that LOL!)

The DP I used is from Bearly Mine Designs matted with Bazzill cardstock. Of course all the beautiful flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts, and the yummy ribbon is from Stamp and Create. I am so in love with the circle sentiments from Lili of the Valley. This one is from the Dreamy Days collection. That yummy glittered heart is by Melissa Frances. So that's it for my card today! Hope you will pop over to Paperplay Challenges and take a peek at all the fabulous creations by the talented design team and then grab your paper and glue and play along with us! Thanks so much for stopping by to see me today, and hope to see you back again soon! Hugs!

Winner of Gift Certificate....FINALLY!!

2011-07-12T14:04:00.000-07:00

Oh my gosh, I've just totally lost it! I finally remembered to get a winner pulled for the gift certificate for the Magnolia-licious blog hop! the following person wins a $20.00 GC to Magnolia-licious!!

via Random.org, the number pulled was #18 which is....

COR!!! Congrats Cor!! Please send me your email address so I can get your GC to you!! Thanks to all for playing and hope to see you back again next week for the next Magnolia-licious Blog Hop!! It's going to be a fun one!! Hope to see you then! Hugs!

Papertake Weekly - hot hot hot!

2011-07-12T04:00:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone! Happy Tuesday! Hope you're having a wonderful start to your week and that you're enjoying the fabulous summer days! With it being Tuesday, it's time for a new challenge from Papertake Weekly. This week, Dawny's challenge is HOT HOT HOT, and we're being sponsored by The Ribbon Girl!! She wants to see some hot colors such as reds, pinks, oranges, etc. For my card this week, I used a High Hopes image that I have always loved. She's colored with Copic markers and then cut out with Nestabilities.

The DP is by Imaginisce matted with Bazzill cardstock. The sentiment is from Lili of the Valley on a Magnolia Doo-hickey die. The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts and the ribbon is May Arts silk ribbon from Stamp and Create. Oh and the strawberry charm is from The Charm Barn.

Please pop over to Papertake Weekly to see the rest of the fabulous creations from the design team, and then we'd love it if you'd grab your paper and glue and play along with us! Thanks so much for stopping by to see me today, and hope to see you back again soon! Hugs!!

Craft Us Crazy challenge sponsored by Peggy Loves Vintage!!

2011-07-07T22:04:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone!! Hope you're having a wonderful week and that you're now ready for the upcoming weekend! I know I sure am! Before I get on to my card, I wanted to show you a pic of three of my grandsons. They're all currently having a blast down at Disneyland all week and I miss them all terribly! You can see poor Chris's face. He was riding his scooter and had an arguement with the asphalt! Poor little guy! Just two days before they left! He was devistated that Mickey Mouse was going to see him looking like this! I need to teach that young'un on how to catch himself when he falls!! Anyway, that's Chris with the poor little road rashed face, JJ is standing beside him and little Benny is in front. These little guys are my pride and joy!!!

So now on with my card....My sister Peggy from Peggy Loves Vintage is sponsoring the new challenge over at Craft Us Crazy! The challenge is either Christmas in July and/or Distressed Vintage. Your choice or you can even combine the two. I have to admit that I have been VERY busy with a houseful, so I made an extremely simple card for the challenge. Peggy supplied some images to the Craft Us Crazy DT, so I used one of those images for my card.

I simply printed the image out on white Bazzill cardstock, and then double matted the image with more Bazzill cardstock. The DP is from Barely Mine, the ribbon is May Arts silk ribbon, and the charm is from my stash. See that gorgeous lace? I hit the mother lode when I was visiting Peggy last week! We went rummaging through an antique shop and they had loads of lace in packages for like a buck and a buck fifty! I snagged every bag with the laces I loved! I was in lace heaven!!

Don't know if you've been to visit Peggy Loves Vintage, but she has the most amazing collection of vintage images! She offers collections on cd's, and she also offers cut out sheets. They are so wonderful for making a quick card! So please be sure and pop over to Peggy Loves Vintage to check it all out! Don't forget about her blog where she loves to give away free images! Be sure to sign up to follow her so you don't miss any! Also please be sure to visit Craft Us Crazy to see all the amazing creations from her talented design team, and play along with the challenge for a chance to win a fabulous prize from Peggy! Thanks so much for stopping by to see me today, and hope to see you back again soon! Hugs!

Magnolia-licious monthly DT sketch challenge and Papertake Weekly - anything goes!

2011-07-05T01:00:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone! Gosh it's been forever since I've posted! Things have been crazy around here and I've been lost in all the chaos! LOL! A couple more weeks, and then things should start to get back to normal. With it being the first of the month, it's time for a new sketch challenge from the Magnolia-licious Design Team. This month, the challenge was picked by Mindy, and she gave us an awesome sketch to follow! With it being Tuesday, it's also time for a new Papertake Weekly challenge which I totally missed last week! I was so bummed cause it's the very first week I've ever missed our challenge. But I'm back raring to go this week. And it's an "anything goes" challenge (with an option of using buttons) which is sponsored by Lili of the Valley! For my card this week, I used one of my very favorite new Tilda images, #3032 Watercan Tilda from the new Sweet Rainbow collection which is available right now over at Magnolia-licious! I also used the tulip pathway image which I can't find in stock right now. Please contact Diana at Magnolia-licious if you're interested in purchasing one.

I colored them with Copic markers and fussy cut Tilda out and popped her up for dimension. The circle sentiement is from Lili of the Valley and is cut out using Nesties. The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts, the DP is Basic Grey which is matted with Bazzill cardstock. Plenty of machine stitching adds to the card, and I also used some crocheted lace and May Arts silk ribbon all which came from Stamp and Create. So that's it for me today! Thanks so much for popping by to see me today and hope to see you back again soon! Hugs!