Kraftin' Kimmie - So Thankful

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!!

PaperPlay Challenge - use two stamped images

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 - sketch week!

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!

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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!

A new chilly Bitten By The Bug challenge - a cute penguin

There's change in the air, and not just the seasons! We're changing things up a little bit over at Bitten By The Bug, so be sure and visit to see what is going on! This week, we received an awesome challenge from Carla! She asked us to use this adorable little penguin from the Joys of the Season cartridge. I saw this paper from Basic Grey's Eskimo Kisses line, and knew I would have to make a pink penguin! What do you think? The card base is cut from Bazzil cardstock and the PP is Basic Grey. The ribbons are Offray and the snowflakes and "let it snow" cut are both from the Winter Woodland cartridge. I used a couple dew drops for her eyes and shaded her tummy with copic markers. Added some machine stitching and one more Christmas card is done! YAY!

So be sure and visit Bitten By The Bug to check everything out and see all the wonderful projects the designers have come up with this week. I've been able to take a peek, and you will NOT be disappointed! Thanks so much for stopping by to see me today, and hope to see your tomorrow for the Papertake Weekly challenge! HUGS!

Hoppy Birthday!

Happy Saturday everyone! I do indeed love the weekend! I made this card for my wonderful Stepson for his birthday. It was really quite easy to put together using this image from Dustin Pike. I just don't do well with guy cards, but I think this one turned out ok.

On the inside, I used a brand new stamp I just got from Magnolia-licious called Cat's Tails. I LOVE this stamp! It's sooooo versatile and will go with so many different types of cards. Diana just restocked her store with a lot of stamps, so hurry over and take a peek at all the wonderful Magnolia stamps she has in stock now.

Details on card: ink - Memento and Copics

Stamps - Magnolia and Dustin Pike

paper - Basic Grey mixed with Kaiser, Gina K cardstock and Bazzill cardstock

other - machine stitching, tag is from Tags, Bags, Boxes and More cut with my Expression, sentiment is computer generated using outline only feature for my font, then colored with Copics, Basic Grey button

Thanks for stopping by to see me today, and I sure hope to see you back again soon! HUGS!

Three Clovers Thursday challenge - Exciting news!!

I am SOOOO proud and honored to announce that I am on a new inspiration team for Three Clovers Thursday challenges by Kerry Donovan - Casey! Kerry is not only the sweetest person, she is also UBER talented! Her work just amazes me, and I'm still pinching myself to make sure I'm not dreaming that I am on this amazing Inspiration Team! This is the first week for Three Clovers Thursday challenge, and it was a sketch challenge, and I really enjoyed working with it! Here's what I came up with. This is the kick off week for Three Clovers Thursday challenge, so how could I resist using shamrocks?? Yes, I know they're four leaf clovers, but let's not get TOO technical! *smile*

The DP is Basic Grey and cardstock is Bazzill. I used some really cool downloadable stamps from The Cutting Cafe. Both the St Patty's words and the pot of shamrocks are from the same set. Aren't they awesome?! I colored them in with my Copic markers, and of course I had to use one of my favorite MS border punches!

Again, we would truly love it if you would play along with this challenge. Just pop over to Three Clover Designs and look at what the rest of the fabulously talented Inspiration Team came up with!! I'm telling you, you're going to love what you see!! Then get out your paper and glue and play along!

Thanks for stopping by to see me today and I hope to see you back again soon!

HUGS!!

Nothing holds a candle....

YAY!!!!!! We made it through the week to another glorious weekend!!! I LOVE my weekends!! Ok, I'm sorry...I can't help it. I can't stay away from these precious stamps! I can't get enough. SOMEBODY STOP ME!!!! LOL! Please???....... :0) I had this card in mind as soon as I saw this stamp. I finally got to make it.

I stamped her out onto white cardstock and colored her with my Copic markers. I love these markers, but it sure takes a while to learn how to use them. I wish there were classes somewhere around here! I cut her out with my Nesties. I just typed up the sentiment out on my computer and printed it.

I used my yummy Martha Stewart border punch across the bottom and the ribbon is from Micahels. The button is Basic Grey. I used some Cat's Eye chalk ink around the edges of some of the cuts.

That's pretty much it! I sure appreciate you coming by to see me today! It means an awful lot to me!! Have a wonderful day and hope to see you again soon!!!

Eat Cupcakes!! downloadable printable stamps

Just how much fun are cupcakes?!! Don't you just love them? I know I sure do! And this is one lucious cupcake that's available for you over at The Cutting Cafe'. It's in a HUGE set of stamps that contains a grand total of 49 images!!! That's right....49!!!!! It's called "All about cupcakes".

This was so much fun to make! I'm REALLY loving these cupcake stands! I just printed all the stamps on my Bazzill cardstock. I cut the cupcake out and glued it onto the stand, and honestly, it looks like it was printed together.

The pattern paper is Basic Grey. The green ribbon is craft supply, and that pretty pink ribbon I got from I Heart Papers. The button was just in my stash. And the little green gems are by Kaiser.

I used my Stampin Up ticket punch for the corners of the mats and inked around them a little with some chalk ink. That's about it! Please be sure and pop over to say hi to Regina over at The Cutting Cafe'!!! Have a wonderful Monday and I'll see you soon!

Your pace or mine? Bitten By The Bug Challenge

This week over at Bitten By The Bug, Regina asked us to use the snail from the Walk In My Garden cartridge. I'm tying to work on my Valentines Day cards, so I was trying to figure a way I could turn this cute little snail into a love card. I figured I'd do it in the sentiment. On the inside, the card says "YOUR PACE OR MINE?". I love playing with words!

The pattern paper is some very yummy Basic Grey, and the cardstock is Bazzill. I cut the snail out and then shadowed it with black cardstock. The mat it's on was cut from the StoryBook cartridge and shadowed as well.

I punched a hole in her antennae with my crop a dile and added some pretty brads from Basic Grey that go with the paper. For her eye, I used a green dew drop. I used green in honor of my Dad's pretty green eyes.

I added a pink satin ribbon bow with a prima flower in the middle. That little brad in the Prima flower is also Basic Grey. The frame is popped up off the card, and the snail is popped up off the frame. (yep - I like dimension) :)

Thanks for dropping by to visit me today! I sure appreciate you coming to see me, and please come back again soon! Also, do yourself a favor and pop over to Bitten By The Bug to see the rest of the designers projects with this little snail. Have a great day! Hugs!!

Thank you card with Cricut and Pooh and Friends

Well we made it through hump day today! WOOHOO! Tomorrow is Thursday, and before you know it, Friday will be here. I LOVE Friday. :) I'm still working on making some Thank You cards, so this is another one ready to go out! YAY!

The pattern paper is Basic Grey with Bazzill cardstock. The buttons are Basic Grey too. Roo was cut with my Cricut Expression machine with the Pooh and Friends cartridge! Isn't he so cute just jumping with glee?!!

I also used the Storybook cartridge for the frame and Tags, Bags, Boxes, and More for the tag. The buttons are Basic Grey with a little floss in them. Added some chalk ink around the edges and just a touch of machine stitching. That lovely glitter paper is a special gift I received from my sweet friend DeeDee!

And finally, I used a Prima flower and put a Basic Grey brad in it before I attached it to the tag. Thanks for stopping by to visit me today! Hope you have a wonderful day!! Hugs!!

Thank You card with Cricut and Hello Kitty cartridge and an award from some friends!

Oh my goodness, I've had this Hello Kitty cartridge for a while, but this is the first time I 've used it. I am now in love with this kitty! LOL! I've got quite a few thank you cards I need to get done, so that's what I've been working on today.

I used Basic Grey for the pattern paper, and the buttons are by Basic Grey as well. The font is the Mickey Font cut with my Cricut Expression. The big U is home made chipboard. I cut it out six times and just glued them on top of each other.

I used just a touch of chalk ink around the edges to help define the cuts. Hello Kitty is popped up off the card too. I don't think I can make a card without using pop dots! This card was actually quite quick to make and went together rather easily!

I don't know if I've told you yet, but my computer crashed right after Christmas, and of course the new computer now has Vista instead of XP. And none of my photo editing software worked with it! I was up until 2:30 am one night just trying to figure out how to resize a photo! I have the Canon Rebel XTI camera, so the photo's I take are at a very high resolution. I HAVE to resize before I post anything or it will be so big that you wouldn't be able to look at any of my pics without having to scroll your way through them. Anyway, it was all just so frustrating. So my fabulous hubby brought me home Photoshop elements 7 last night! Of course I've never used it, but it didn't take me too long to figure out how to do the basics! I LOVE it already! And I'm just skimming the surface of the possibilities.

AWARD TIME! I have been the recipient of this award from some awesome and very talented friends! Donna, Jeannie, Nikki, and DeeDee all nominated me for this award. Please be sure and visit their blogs! They are all fantastically, wickedly talented ladies. I LOVE visiting their blogs and they are all on my follow list. Now here's what you're supposed to do . I'm supposed to list five of my favorite blogs. Oh my is this one gonna be HARD!!! And I'm also supposed to list five addictions. Ok...so here are the addictions:

A GOOD cup of coffee in the morning. I am currently into this wood roasted coffee. Got some smoked with applewood for the holidays. It was soooooo good!!

Anything to do with papercrafting. I'm a junkie with any and all things!

The TV show Ghost Hunters. LOVE that show and will do whatever I have to on Wednesday evenings to watch it in peace. Even if I have to lock myself in my bedroom!

Orville Redenbacher (sp) tender white microwave popcorn. If you haven't tried it, I would highly recommend it! Made with real butter, and the kernals (sp again?) are so tender it just melts in your mouth!

And last but not least, my hand dipped pretzels in white chocolate and sprinkled with peppermint. Thats why I only make them once a year at Christmas. If I made them all year, I wouldn't fit through the door!

Now for my five favorite bloggers. I visit so many blogs, this one is really impossible. If I could list my top 50, I would be much closer to feeling better. So anyway, here's five of the many blogs I visit on a regular basis:

DeeDee - what a wonderful friend! She is so awesomely talented and such an inspiration to me. Who knew that a little cut like a Quail from a Cricut cartridge would forge such an awesome friendship!

TeriBeri - what a beautiful woman and friend she is! And wickedly talented! Her work has been featured in some awesome publications! Do yourself a favor and check out her blog!

Regina - What can I say about Regina that hasn't already been said. She is such an amazing woman and friend of mine. She has supported me and guided me through so many things. I can't even begin to tell you everything I have learned from her. She is published on a regular basis, and with good reason. What talent! She's awesome!

Nancy - Nancy, I have been such a fan of yours from the first card I ever saw of yours. You could touch doggy doo and turn it into art! You know I love ya girl, and I would truly love to tap into your brain and harness some of those creative juices you've always got flowing.

Tracy - WOW! Everything you create makes that word come out of my mouth. You're unbelievable.

Anywho, thanks for listening to me ramble, and for stopping by to visit! I love it when you come to see me and take the time to say hello! Hope you're having a wonderful weekend! It's back to work and the real world for me on Monday. Enjoy your Sunday!