Warm Hugs and Cocoa Wishes

Hi there - I can't believe how time flies. It's already time for another Creative Inspirations Blog Challenge. This time, our theme is Christmas Gift and we have two wonderful sponsors...Papercupcake Stamps and Fantastic Ribbons!

My stampy friend Janice let me stamp some of her images from her collection last week and this is one of them. It's called Hug in a Mug by Elisabeth Bell for Sugar Nellie. I don't think it's available any longer, but it sure is cute! She is colored with Copics and I added a touch of Diamond Stickles to her cuffs and bottom of her coat. I hadn't even realized that I colored her coat like Santa's until I had uploaded the picture to put my watermark on it...by then, it was too late and my lovely daughter told me to leave it because she thought it was cute! And so, I left it 'cause she said so!

I made this little gift bag/box by cutting two pieces of the largest size from the Spellbinders Eyelet Squares die set in brown cardstock and adding a three sided piece of folded cardstock in the center as a pouch to hold a little somethin' somethin'. Then I popped up a few layers and another eyelet square shape which is my image. The corners are dotted with Queen & co. red pearls and a pair of Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses mittens are tied on with some of Deb's Simple Treasures vintage seam binding. A couple of gems for the centers, a sweet sentiment from Sweet n Sassy Stamps and a packet of gourmet hot cocoa finishes it perfectly!

Be sure to stop on over at the Creative Inspirations Challenge blog to see what the rest of the Design Team has created using this great theme! Don't forget to join in the fun and enter your Christmas Gift too! You have two weeks to submit your project for our challenges!

Challenges:
Elisabeth Bell's World - November Project - Anything Christmas (but NOT a Card)
A Spoon Full of Sugar #131 - Anything Goes
Crafty Creations #95 - Christmas is Coming
Really Reasonable Ribbon #12 - Christmas
City Crafter Challenge #32 - My Cuppa
Just Us Girls #61 - 3-D Embellishment
Embellish Magazine Holidays Color Challenge - red, green, pink, brown
Simon Says Stamp - Let It Snow
Top Tip #11 - Layers

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Have a Joyful Holiday!

Hi there! It's Friday, I'm off work and that means it time for another Stamp Something Challenge. This week's theme is Something Punchy and wait until you see what the very talented ladies on the design team have in store for you. Our sponsore this week is Kut 4 U. I've got another cutie patootie digi image to share with you today. He's from Pink Gem and he is called Robin with Mistletoe, but I made him a bluebird to match my paper! I'm not sure how I got him, but I know it was a freebie!

I colored him with my copics and added a bit of Frosted Lace Stickles to his hat edge, pompom and scarf! I also added some Diamond Stickles to the falling snowdrops around him. It seems I am also having a bit of an obsession lately with my Martha Stewart snowflake punch these days. I think this is the third project in the last week that I have used it on. This time I punched the snowflakes in the dp and red and layered them up then dabbed them with some more Diamond Stickles. A few pearls and the snowflakes are done! Just a little more Stickles in Xmas Red on the mistletoe and on either side of my sentiment which is from Darcie's.

I also used a punch on the edge of the red cardstock under the yummy green grosgrain ribbon...it's sort of like snowflakes...I guess I know which punch I need to get next. Maybe I'll get a gift card to one my favorite crafty stores for my birthday! All the edges are inked in ColorBox Lipstick Red or Martha's light blue.

Please stop by the blogs of the other Stamp Something Design Team members and see what gorgeous Punchy projects they have waiting for you!

Other Challenges:
City Crafter Challenge Blog #25 - Holidays
The Creative Cottage #24 - Bling
Crafty Creations #88 - sketch
Fab 'n' Funky Challenge #43 - digi stamp
Moxie Fab World - Jolly Holiday Greetings

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Give Thanks...

Hi there - working long hours these next two days, but I had some time to get this Fall beauty done! I used two JustRite Stampers sets for this one...Autumn Blessings for the center image and sentiment words and Backyard Birds for the round leaf border. I colored everything with copics and added all the trimmings...vintage lace, ruffly ribbon and bow, gold pearls and chipboard flourishes all atop this gorgeous K & Co. embossed pumpkin paper!

Challenges:
JustRite Friday Challenge 037 - sketch
Flourishes Timeless Tuesday #86 - Harvest Home
Flourishes Bring Back Beautiful 2 - Rustic Beauty
Create: - Leaves
Stamp Something - Fall Colors
Meljen's #26 - Autumn Colors
Crafty Creations #86 - Falling Leaves
Stamptacular Sunday #78 - Season's Change
Simon Says Challenge - It's Autumn!
Wild Orchid #6 - Ribbons and Bows
Tuesday Taggers - Here Comes Autumn

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Edit: This card won Honorable Mention at the JustRite Friday Challenge 037!

Wish You Were Here...

I hope you are having a great evening! I just wanted to share this card that I made for all those Fall challenges out there right now. I have been wanting to ink up my new Flourishes stamp sets and I am so glad I chose this one to start with tonight! It's call Windows to the World and I love to color the inside of windows with that warm glow. It just feels so cozy. I am also loving this new K & Co. paper pad. The leaves, Fall colors, plaid and the swirls are right up my alley! I got this ribbon on the clearance rack too!

Challenges:
Mojo Monday #158 - sketch
Flourishes Bring Back Beautiful 2 - Rustic Beauty
Create: - Leaves
Stamp Something - Fall Colors
4 Crafty Chicks #4 - Fall
Meljen's #26 - Autumn Colors
Crafty Creations #86 - Falling Leaves
Stamptacular Sunday #78 - Season's Change
Wild Orchid #6 - Ribbons and Bows

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My First Cutting Cafe Creation!

Edit: This project was chosen as a Flourishes True Beauty at Flourishes Bring Back Beautiful 2 Challenge - Rustic Beauty, Top 5 at Meljen's and was featured at the Create: blog!

I was going to wait a few days to spread the news, but it was announced on The Cutting Cafe' blog today and I can't keep it in any longer! I applied for the DT thinking there was little chance I would make it, but to my surprise, Regina contacted me last week and gave me the news! I made it! You have no idea how excited I was to hear that I would be creating with her awesome (and big!) design team for the next few months and using all of her wonderful digital stamps and templates!

My first creation for The Cutting Cafe' is this Fall inspired Leaf Shaped Card. The set comes with the card base template, the leaf shape template and two sentiments. I cut out the card base on dark brown cardstock and the card shape using K & Co. dp paper with these rich colored leaves on it. Then I cut out the six larger leaves from the same paper, inked all the edges in ColorBox Chestnut Roan and folded them in half to give them some dimension. I used my Sizzix Bigz Die - Hello Kitty Flower Bouquet to cut out the swirls using the dark brown cardstock.

The round sentiment is also from the Leaf Shaped Card cutting file. I cut it out using a Fiskars punch and inked the edges with Chestnut Roan then inked the center with Ranger Distress Tea Dye for an aged look. The smaller leaves and acorns are from a coordinating K & Co. dimensional sticker set. I added a dark brown organdy bow and some Ranger Distress Stickles in Vintage Photo to the edges of the swirls for a little sparkle. A brown pearl in the center of the acorns finished it off! (The inset picture is a back view so you can see the shape of the card without embellishments)

Challenges:
Flourishes Bring Back Beautiful 2 - Rustic Beauty
Create: - Leaves
Stamp Something - Fall Colors
4 Crafty Chicks #4 - Fall
Meljen's #26 - Autumn Colors
Just Us Girls #52 - template
Crafty Creations #86 - Falling Leaves
Stamptacular Sunday #78 - Season's Change
Wild Orchid #6 - Ribbons and Bows
InStyle Stamps - Fall Is In The Air - monthly color challenge

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Let's Do Lunch!

It's a busy night tonight, but I just wanted to stop in and share this one with you!
I was so excited when I saw the color challenge at JUGS this week...my all-time favorite colors!!!

Isn't this one of the cutest little scenes!?! I inked up this new (to me) Kraftin' Kimmie stamp, colored it with copics (listed below) and added a little sparkle with some DecoArt Glistening Snow Writer on the ice cream as a topping and a few dots of Pink Stickles on the little girl's bow for the Wild Orchid challenge!

I knew I had the perfect papers from MME for this color combination! I picked the Sweet Stampin sketch to use and added some lace for the Flourishes challenge too! A little sparkly metal heart for The Shabby Tea Room and a butterfly for the Flutter By Wednesday challenge and I think I'm done! Oh and I got all the requirements for the Crafty Creations recipe in here too! Whew!

Challenges:
Just Us Girls #47 - Lime, Pink & Teal
Sweet Stampin Challenge #40 - great sketch
The Shabby Tea Room #24 - a Little Bit of Metal
Flourishes Timeless Tuesday #81 - lace
Wild Orchid Challenge #4 - sparkle
Crafty Creations #82 - 3 dp, 2 ribbon/trim, 1 charm
Flutter By Wednesday #119 - butterfly
Quixotic Challenge #38 - Shiny Happy People

My Crafty Recipe:
Stamp: Kraftin' Kimmie "Let's Do Lunch"
Inks: Memento - tuxedo black, bamboo leaves, ColorBox blue lagoon, pink
Paper: My Minds Eye Quite Contrary, Fancy Pants Mulberry Rd, DCWV cardstock
Copics: BG02, BG07, C1, C3, C9, E000, E00, E11, E55, E57, R20, RV02, RV14, RV21, YG13, Y21, YR000
Spellbinders: Standard Circles Lg.
Other: Martha Stewart classic butterfly punch, Recollections bling, Deco Art Glistening Snow Writer, Basics ribbon, lace, metal heart charm

Have a great night...see you tomorrow!

Thankful...

Hello again! I wanted to get this posted before the TE Blog Hop starts! (stop back in a little while for that post!)

I love participating in the JustRite Friday Challenge and this one is a color challenge! I celebrate my birthday in the Fall and I love watching the leaves changing colors too! I went shopping the other day to a lss pretty far away and found this great linen-look fabric and I just had to use it for this card!

I started by stamping my JustRite Applique set with the inspiration colors, mounted them and popped them up off the paper with pop dots for some dimension. I love the frayed edge of the fabric with the crisp paper. Then I added a few pearls, a bow in a very Autumnal brown gingham check, a butterfly stamped with the same set and my sentiment. I punched the corners of the sentiment paper with a hole punch for a new shape!

Challenges:
JustRite Friday Challenge 032: Color
Crafty Creations #81: butterflies!
Fairy Fun Friday #33: punches!

My Crafty Recipe:
Stamps: JustRite Applique, Hampton Art sentiment
Inks: Memento - Rich Cocoa, Pear Tart and Bamboo Leaves, ColorBox - Amber Clay, Chestnut Roan
Paper: Imaginisce Apple Cider, Bazzill cardstock
Other: Hemp Natural Fabric, Sweet Petites ribbon, Queen & Co. pearls, Martha Stewart classic butterfly punch, hole punch

Have a great day!

love love love...

Edit - this card won a Top 5 honor at the Cupcake Inspirations Challenge!

Hello - I couldn't wait to get this posted tonight. I am finally feeling better after the whole emergency root canal fiasco...and now it's time to have some fun!

I started with a Paper Co. scalloped circle that is slightly blingy with an irridescence to it. I layered my adorable Spunkette image on more bling paper and accented the corners with green bling cut with my Spellbinders flourish accents dies.

I'm following the sketch over at Fussy and Fancy Friday challenge and it is so girly with a bow and flourishes! I used some of my favorite ribbon from Autumn Leaves French Twist collection and of course, I had to use pearls! The flowers are both blingy with Stickles frosted lace and yellow. I had a lot of fun making this card. I hope you like it!

Challenges:
Flutter By Wednesday #117 - wings!
Sweet Stampin #39 - favorite image (well, one of them!)
Crafty Creations #80 - winged things!
Simon Says Stamp and Show #1 - things with wings!
Fussy and Fancy #17 - sketch
Cupcake Inspirations #72 - photo inspiration

My Crafty Recipe:
Stamp: Elisabeth Bell for SCACD - Spunkette (found here), Hampton Art sentiment stamp
Inks; Memento tuxedo black and rose bud
Paper: Paper Co. scalloped circle, Bazzill bling turquoise and green
Copics: BG000, C1, E000, E00, E11, E37, R20, RV14, Y21, YG13, YG17, YR000
Spellbinders: Flourish Accents
Other: Autumn Leaves French Twist ribbon, Recollections pearls, Fiskars scalloped circle and circle punch, Stickles Yellow and Frosted lace

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You Make Life Sweet...

Hi there - I went shopping today...drove 1 1/2 hours to the nearest HL on my day off and spent over 2 hours strolling the store! I got a ton of loot and I only left because the daughter had her fill and wanted to eat! I should have posted this earlier, but better later than never - hehe!

This is my first time inking up a Pure Innocence stamp from MFT. She is so cute and I love ice cream...it's so summery! And with Simon Says challenge going dotty...that wasn't hard to do - polka dot ribbon, scalloped dot punch, polka dot dp, and there's even polka dotted on the ice cream cone brad! I paper pieced her dress and colored her with copics. I hope you like it!


Challenges:
Simon Says Stamp - We are all going dotty!
There She Goes #65 - easel card
Crafty Creations #78 - Summer Lovin'
Flourishes Timeless Tuesday #77 - pins!
Dutch Dare Challenge #83 - anything goes!

Crafty Recipe:
Stamp: My Favorite Things
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa, ColorBox Warm Red
Paper: Fancy Pants Road Show
Other: Fiskars scalloped dot edge punch, Recollection pearls/dots, Prima flower, Doodlebug ice cream cone brad

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