Sweetest Holiday Wishes...

Hi there! I'm so happy to share this card with you...it's my first Whimsy Stamps Digital Design Team card!

I just love the Meljen's images available at Whimsy Stamps and as soon as I saw this one, I knew I had to use it! It's called Christmas Cupcake! There are so many things I love about it...the scalloped top on the wrapper and the ribbon running through it...and the swirls of frosting topped with a few sprinkles! Who doesn't love sprinkles! And the little holly sprig gives it the perfect touch!

I colored my image with Copics and layered up the background with a scalloped and smooth circle cut with Spellbinders dies atop this sparkly dp from My Minds Eye. This week's Meljen's challenge is Sparkle and Shine, so I got out my Diamond Stickles and "frosted" my frosting! I followed the Card Patterns sketch this week, so I added a little ribbon, a Prima flower, a Doodlebug candy brad and some Making Memories felt holly leaves! The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink's Holiday Button Bits set.

Whimsy Stamps has a great week in store for you too. Right now at the Whimsy Inspiration Blog, you can join in on the Fan Favorites Week festivities by linking your own Whimsy creations...you just might be chosen as a Fan Favorite! Check out all the details...HERE!

Challenges:
Meljen's Challenge #34 - Sparkle & Shine
Card Patterns #91 - Sketch
Crazy 4 Challenges #64 - Circles
Creative Cottage #27 - Someone Special at Christmas
Stampin' Royalty #46 - Patterned Paper
Totally Gorjuss #57 - Not So Traditional Christmas Colors
Simon Says Challenge - Sparkle

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Take a Guess...!

I hooked you in with that title, didn't I!?! Actually, this Candy Corn Shaped Card from The Cutting Cafe' is going to be used as a ballot for the kids at my daughter's costume party to take a guess how many candy corn are in this little jar and whoever is closest...gets to keep it!

With this Candy Corn Shaped Card cutting file, you get the card base, a shaped piece and the top and bottom layers of the candy corn to cut out in whatever you like in any order you like! You want white on the top...do it...yellow on the bottom...do it...you can do whatever you want with these versatile cutting files! I added a little polka dot bow and a little bling with some Stickles! I didn't want to embellish this too much because it will get handled a lot that night! The words on the front are from the JustRite Stampers Times Roman font set...I love that you can customize anything with these fonts!

Challenges:
Fussy & Fancy #21 - Halloween
Stampin' Royalty #41 - Halloween
Really Reasonable Ribbon #10 - Halloween
Cupcake Inspirations #81 - photo inspiration
Pile It On #41 - Kid Themed Halloween
The Creative Cottage #25 - Halloween

Thanks for stopping by!


p.s. there are 426 candy corn in the jar!

who's there?

Hi there and Happy Friday! Are you ready for another Stamp Something Challenge?! Wait until you see what the fabulous Design Team has to share with you today! Our new challenge theme is Halloween and our sponsor is Bunny Zoe.

For my card, I used the CC Design Sweet November Baby Trick or Treat Witch. I colored her with copics and then chomped the corners of the paper with a hole punch. I used Mercy's sketch this week and layered up all these cute Halloween papers and cardstock. I punch the edge of the black paper with a Martha Stewart edge punch and filled in the smaller holes with purple Queen & Co. pearls! I added a sweet sparkly ruffly edged bow and a Making Memories tag that appropriately says, 'who's there?" I thought she looked like she might be saying that! A pumpkin sticker finishes it off! Even the pumpkin is looking up to see "who's there!"

Head on over to the Stamp Something Challenge blog and check out all the great samples from the Design Team..and while you are there, add your Halloween creation!

Challenges:
Mercy's Tuesday Sketch #95
Colour Q #54 - Black, Orange, Green, Purple, White
The Pink Elephant #85 - Childhood
City Crafter #26 - Take Flight (owl)
The Creative Cottage #25 - Halloween
Simon Says Challenge - 3 Emb. types, 2 dps, 1 image
Fussy & Fancy Friday #21 - Halloween
Really Reasonable Ribbon #10 - Halloween
Stampin Royalty #41 - Halloween
Copic Oz #3 - spooky

Thanks for stopping by! Don't forget about my Follow Me blog candy...you can find it HERE...until October 17th!

BeWitching!

Remember my Witch Boot Shaped Card from yesterday?! Well, here is the matching Witch Hat Shaped Card from The Cutting Cafe'. I also used the Halloween This and That set too! Isn't this the perfect sentiment!?!

I used all the same papers and embellishment to make it the perfect pair! This witch hat card will actually be used for a little contest at my daughter's Halloween Costume Party! And stay tuned for little project I have planned for another Cutting Cafe' shaped card too!

Here is a picture of the set...


You can find so many great things for your Halloween party or any occasion at The Cutting Cafe'!

Challenges:
City Crafter Challenge Blog #25 - Holidays
The Creative Cottage #24 - Bling
Fussy and Fancy Friday #21 - Halloween
Simon Says Challenge - Halloween
There She Goes #75 - Orange, Purple, Green
Meljen's #28 - Halloweeny!

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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

Thanks for stopping by! Don't forget about my Follow Me blog candy...you can find it HERE...until October 17th! If I get to 100 followers by then, I'll add another bonus candy!

Merry Christmas to You...

Hi there again! I love the challenge at Colour Q this week so I had to play along! You get to choose your favorite past Colour Q combo and use the sketch they provide!

I chose this great combo...
and here is the sketch:

Challenges:
Colour Q #52 - sketch plus favorite color combo
The Creative Cottage # 24 - bling

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Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow!

Edit: This card won Top 3 at The Creative Cottage challenge!


Are you singing it now too! I am! It's Sunday and it's time for another Paper Sundaes Challenge! This week's theme is Something From Your Stash! The challenge is sponsored by Karen's Doodles and the design team was generously given our choice of image to use on our project! I knew I had to have this adorable image the moment I saw it. It reminds me of my daughter and my first dog I got right before I got married...a parti-colored Cocker Spaniel named Scooter! The image is called "Skating Fun" and you can find it HERE!

I printed it out and colored her and her furry friend with copics. Then I added a dose of bling with some Stickles in various colors...Frosted Lace for the ice, Lavender on the fringe of her scarf and Crystal for her mitten edge and over the color on her earmuffs! Oh how I love bling! After I chose my sketch (from Sketch For You To Try at i{heart}2stamp), I started layering it up.

I cut out a few snowflakes with my Martha Stewart punch and layered them atop each other in various combinations of the beautiful papers in this new BoBunny Winter Joy collection. Then I added a little more bling with Frosted Lace on the edges of the flakes. The centers are blingy blue snowflakes from the $1 bling that comes out every season at Michael's. Mine is from last year - hence, using something from my stash! The lavender ribbon has also spent a long time in my ribbon drawer so it was time to get it out! I love bows! All the edges of the papers are inked with Memento purple ink and that catchy little tune you can't get out of your head right now is part of the Winter Joy Cut Outs page!

Other Challenges:
S4YTT - sketch
Stamptacular Sunday #79 - Layer It On
The Creative Cottage #24 - Bling It On


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Grandma's Birthday Card...

Hi there - before I head out into the terrential downpours we are having here, I just wanted to share this card with you! I had to wait to post it since I spent the evening in the ER with my dd again...sprained ankle this time (woohoo) and yes, I am cheering because it isn't broken. She has broken both her ankles in the last two years. So a few days on shiny new crutches and she'll be fine!

This card is for my MIL whose birthday is two days before mine. We are going out to dinner that night and this is for my kids to give her. I used the Waltzing Mouse sketch and if you look closely, you will see that I stamped over the flowers in the dp with the rose from the WM Roses in Bloom set. I also used the "Grandma" sentiment from that set. I wish you could see how shimmery this card really is...Glimmer Mist in pearl all over card and the edges of the sentiment die cut and the butterfly are both covered in Diamond Stickles!

Challenges:
Waltzing Mouse Sketch Challenge #16 - sketch
Flutterby Wednesday #124 - sparkle and shine (and wings)
Crazy 4 Challenges #56 - bling
Wild Orchid #6 - Ribbons and bows
The Creative Cottage #24 - bling

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It's Your Birthday...Happy Birthday!

Hi there - it's my day off, but I've been so busy...making treats for a cheerleading bake sale, making locker decorations for the high school soccer team and making this card to share with you!

This card gave me a chance to play along at some of the challenges I have missed in the last few weeks. I'm lovin' this little freebie image called Bo from Tiddly Inks. Their challenge this week is to use one of their animal stamps. I colored him with my copics and then I paired it up with some great papers from my stash and paper-pieced the balloons to match! These little sentiment stamps are a couple of my faves from The Cat's Pajamas You Say It's Your Birthday set.

I used the Mojo Monday sketch, which is a miracle I got that one done in time, and I incorporated the Moxie Fab World Offset Scalloped Challenge in this one...it's not too much since it's a Boy or Man's Birthday card! My color inspiration was from Picture Perfect Creations and the plaid, stitching and stars satisfy some of the other challenges!

The Challenges:
Tiddly Inks #21 - Our Pets
Mojo Monday - Sketch #156
Picture Perfect Creations #30 - Blue, Green, Brown
The Creative Cottage #23 - Boy Birthday
Moxie Fab World - Offset Scallop Gallop
TCP Tuesday #126 - Mad for Plaid
Copic Oz #2 - Card for a Man
Stampin Royalty #37 - Stitching Madness
Little Red Wagon #46 - stars

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by! Stay tuned early next week for some very exciting news and some blog candy!

A Christmas Tag Set with JustRite!

* Edit - Photos have been removed temporarily!

*Edit - these tags received Honorable Mention at JustRite Friday Challenge 035!

How about a little Christmas in September tonight!I have a set of tags to share with you that I made for the JustRite Friday Challenge 035 - Christmas in September sponsored by Spellbinders. Well, these are two of my favorite things to collect...JustRite stamps and Spellbinders dies so I used them on both of these tags.
The cardinal is part of the Backyard Birds set and I used the Spellbinders Blossom Two Nestabilities to cut it out.

The ornament stamp is part of the Christmas Ornament set and I used the Spellbinders 2010 Heirloom Ornaments Nestabilities to cut it out.

I stamped them with Memento tuxedo black ink and used my copics to color both images. Then I paired them up with this gorgeous dp from My Minds Eye So Sophie collection. It's called "Anything for You." The back side of the paper is lined like looseleaf paper so I can write a sweet note on the back to the recipient.

The sentiments are from the JustRite All Occasion Nested Sentiments and Verse set and the Victorian Nested Frames set. They are also cut out using a Spellbinders die set called Tag Trio.
I really hope you like them...it's a lot of fun to use these stamps to get ready for Christmas!

Other Challenges:
The Creative Cottage #22 - Celebrations!
Fussy & Fancy Friday Challenge #19 - Christmas colors

Have a great night!

A Big Bright Happy Birthday!

Wow - I'm just popping in to share a card I made last night with you...before I collapse from exhaustion after the very long day I have had. Let's just say soccer tournament, dinner plans, shopping for the party tomorrow and four extra kids at my house overnight tonight!

I made this for several challenges...one of which is the Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge whose theme is summer memories and unfortunately, my hydrangeas are what I am really going to miss. I love this flowery bush and hate to see them turn into sticks every year. I'll just list the details and I really have to go to bed...lots to do for the cookout tomorrow - and the guest list grew too!

Challenges:
2S4Y - Kazan's Sketch #60
Colour Q #48 - Cherry, Daffodil, Tangerine, Turquoise, Vanilla and Kraft
Flourishes Timeless Tuesday #82 - Summer Memory
The Creative Cottage #22 - Celebrations!

My Crafty Recipe:
Stamp: Papertrey Ink Birthday Bash Sentiments
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Paper: Bazzill French Vanilla, Kraft
Copics: R37 and YR04 (to color the red and orange flowers and orange brad)
Other: Prima hydrangea flowers, Basic Grey brads, Cuttlebug Polka Dots EF


Have a great night and thanks for stopping by!

Happy Birthday to You...

A really quick post today...I'm at work and I'm just going to make it for the JustRite Friday Challenge 033! It's a sketch challenge!

Go ahead and sing along...Happy Birthday to You, Happy Birthday to You, Not Older Just Better...Happy Birthday to You!

Other Challenges:
Creative Cottage #22 - Celebrations!

My Crafty Recipe:
Stamps: JustRite Applique border and Birthday Sentiments
Ink: Craft Smart Brick Red, Memento Summer Skky
Paper: MME Bohemia, Neenah
Spellbinders: Classic Squares Lg.
Other: Jenni Bowlin vintage button, sheer ribbon, embroidery floss, Stickles Xmas Red

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!

It's Time for Christmas in August at Paper Sundaes!

Good Morning! I hope you are having a great weekend. I'm working this weekend, but I still have time to share my DT card for Paper Sundaes with you! It's a Christmas theme at Paper Sundaes this week and our sponsor is Simon Says Stamp!

I used this beautiful Hero Arts Hanging Christmas Ornaments image that you can find at Simon Says Stamp...here! I used my copics in the traditional Christmas colors and then made them shine like glass by topping them with Glossy Accents! See the picture below for the effect! Pretty shiny, huh! Then I traced the hangers and bows with a gold gel pen and added a dab of Stickles in Xmas Red to the dots to make them sparkle too. I didn't want the ornaments hanging from thin air, so I added some sparkly sheer organdy ribbon tied into a double loop bow and some rich red velvet ribbon for them to hang from.

I love this sentiment and it's very typical font mixed with a fancy cursive font. The dp and cardstock are all edged in green or red ink. I used a Maya Road trinket pin to add some more sparkle, but I covered the silver bling on top with a dab of Champagne Stickles to keep the gold theme going. Then, I added a little red pearl to finish it off! I really hope you like it! Now go take a look at what the other Design Team members have to share with you at the Paper Sundaes Challenge...I'm sure you will love the eye candy!

Challenges:
Cute Card Thursday #127 - Dieing for a Punch (no punches or dies)
Creative Cottage #21 - Christmas
Totally Gorjuss #45 - Christmas in August

My Crafty Recipe:
Stamps: Hero Arts Hanging Christmas Ornaments, Hampton Art sentiment
Inks: Memento - Tuxedo Black and Bamboo Leaves, StazOn Jet Black, ColorBox Lipstick Red
Paper: Kaiser
Copics: E11, G21, R46, Y32, YG17
Other: Cuttlebug embossing folder (diamonds), Queen & Co. pearls, Maya Road trinket pin, Glossy Accents, gold gel pen, Stickles - xmas red and champagne, sheer red ribbon, red velvet ribbon

Thanks for stopping by and have a great "Sundae"!