A big ol' Birthday Blog Hop at The Pink Elephant!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ELLA! Today The Pink Elephant challenge blog is celebrating its 1 year birthday by having a big ol' blog hop! And when I say big I mean big! So I'll try keep this short and sweet! If you just came from Michelle you're in the right place! If you just stumbled upon the hop and want to start from the very beginning click here!

I jumped at the chance to participate in this Birthday Blog Hop, especially because The Pink Elephant is one of my favourite challenge blogs! We were supposed to pick one of our favourite challenges from the last year and re-create a card! I chose Challenge #46 - a Sketch! I love a good sketch, especially clean and simple ones like this one.

Here are the details of my card...I appropriately chose this adorable Elephant stamp from Whipper Snapper called Huckabee. I coloured her in with my copics and shaded using some prismacolor pencils. The pink cardstock is all Bazzill, and the cupcake patterned dp is from Doodlebug Designs. The bottom scallop is from my Fiskars border punch and the sentiment is a Kraftin Kimmie Stamp!

This cute lil Elephant even got all dolled up for the party with some pink nail polish (used my glaze pen to make it glossy), added some glitter and a cute little bow on her head! I couldn't resist adding the Fancy Pants crocheted flower with a SU button and flat back pearl in the centre to finish it off! I hope Ella likes it hehe! Well so much for short and sweet, your next stop is Mummylade, thanks for stopping by! If you get lost along the way just go back to the start and the whole list is there! Have fun!

A Sketch and a Lollipop!!!

Here's my take on the sketch this week over at Stamping Bella. I used the ever so cute Stamping Bella "Pookie Lollipop" stamp! Very sweet! This will also work for the challenge over at Crazy4Challenges Blog since the theme is 'Lollipops'!, and also for The Pink Elephant Challenge - All About Pink!

Here are the details on the card...as usual I coloured using my copic markers. The shading and grass was done with Prismacolor pencils. I have been trying these out for shading lately, a technique I've yet still to master....I need to take a few classes, but its fun giving it a whirl anyway! I also tried the Feather Blending Technique on the flower petals. It's being featured over on the Copic Creations Blog. I love this look so I decided to give it a try, I need to practice more! For the flower pot I added some Crackle Accents, I smudged a little part of the pot so I got crafty and added that little tiny bow to cover up my goof! I also attempted to stitch again, something thats getting easier everytime I do it!

Anyway TGIF!!!! Hope you all have a great weekend! Thanks for stopping by!

Flowers Flowers Flowers!!!

What makes me feel better about trying to get through the rest of winter? The thought of spring! So I happily entered this weeks Humble Pie Challenge - FLOWERS! I chose the adorable CCDesigns stamp Leisl and her Wheelbarrow, which I picked up at The Town Scrapper last summer. I haven't had the chance to ink her up yet and thought this was the perfect occasion! Be sure to visit the Humble Pie Stamps Blog and check out The Bakers' wonderful creations! Also, Phebe still has her amazing sale going on right now until February 14th, click on The Town Scrapper icon on my side bar for more info!
I coloured her using my copic markers. I tried to pick colours to match the adorable My Minds Eye dp that I've had in my stash, sittin there, just waiting for the perfect time to use it! I stamped the image twice and cut out her 'stickled' wing, curled the end and glued it on top of the other one to give it some dimension. The teeny tiny flowers I've also had in my stash forever, were originally white but also coloured them with my copics to match the colours chosen. I added tiny pearls to the centres and piled them in the wheelbarrow! The cute sentiment is a Humble Pie stamp which goes just perfect with this theme! I used my Martha Stewart Arch Lattice border punch, some stitched ribbon and a button to finish it all off! This card was sooo much fun to make!

Here's hopin' for an early spring, darn that silly groundhog!!!

Owl love you forever...

I LOOOVE owls!!! One of my favorite commercials when I was a kid was for the Tootsie Pop, where that cute little owl with the funny voice would ask how many licks to get to the centre of the tootsie pop? Anyone remember? Anyway, thats why I couldn't resist this adorable stamp 'Cuddly Owls' from Stamping Bella.

I coloured up the Cuddly Owls using my copic markers. In my little world Owls come in all colours, and pink is no exception. I even gave them some blue eyeshadow, I couldn't resist!

I've been dyin' to use the new Pink Paislee (Cupids Collection) paper and the blue hearts matched perfect. I used my new Martha Stewart 'Arch Lattice' border punch (which I'm in love with by the way!) Then to finish it off I added some adorable little crocheted flowers from Fancy Pants Designs with a button in the centre. I did use my glaze pen on the hearts and the beaks but for some reason my camera never picks it up unless I'm outside and its too darn cold right now lol!

I also entered a few challenges this week. You can get this great sketch over at Friday Sketchers, also Papertake Weekly has a theme challenge called 'Love Actually' (anything lovey dovey) and The Pink Elephant has a colour challenge, All about Pink - In Honor of Ella. Check them all out, there are some great cards out there!

Thanks for stopping by, have a great day!

Stamping Bella Bday card...another one

I meant to post this card with the Ketto's Dolly post the other day and forgot! So here he is, Mr. Ethan Lollipop from Stamping Bella, designed by Lori Boyd! This card is going to a sweet little dude who looks just like this image, hair and all, the girls just love him!!!

The Bellarific Friday theme this week was Birthday, gotta love that, you always need a birthday card in your stash. I made this one up super fast so its plain and simple. I coloured him with my copics, and found some scrap dp in my stash. Added a few buttons and the sentiment I printed from my computer. Done in a flash! Plus boys don't like all the foo foo stuff anyway...lol!

Thanks for stopping by!

Take The Pink Elephant Challenge!

Here's another Whipper Snapper stamp I received at Christmas. I couldn't wait to use it! This little pups name is Wriggley.

I stamped her on to a Twinchie I got from Stamping Bella. I loooove the twinchie, my copics colour like a dream and you can use any medium on them.

I coloured her in using my copic markers and added some glitter to her heart tag and used my clear glaze pen on her eyes and nose (you can see the detail up close to the left).

I shaded around the image with a copic marker and blended it out using my colourless blender. I love the challenge this week over at The Pink Elephant , Challenge #51 a Recipe Challenge to use Polkadots, a bow and Pink! All right up my alley!!!!!

I used my swiss dots embossing folder for the polkadots on the base of the card and the adorable dp is from Doodlebug design. I used my bow-easy for the little organza bow running across the top of the card. I think this is one of my favorite cards lately, it will be so hard to give away...I sometimes get separation anxiety parting with my fav's!!! LOL!

Thanks for stopping by, have a great week!!!!

Ketto's Dolly Birthday Card!

I hope you're all enjoying your weekend. Where I am its rainy with a capital R!!! So I decided to do what I always do on a rainy day - stamp!!!! I created this card for a few challenges this week:

Papertake Weekly Challenge - Pretty Pink Papertake

Crazy 4 Challenges - Pretty in Pink

and also made this for Stamping Bella's Bellarific Friday Birthday theme!

These challenges are easy for me cause I love everything there is to love about PINK!!! I used the image Ketto's Dolly from Stamping Bella and coloured her with my copic markers. I used my glaze pen to accent her shoes & hearts on her dress but you can't see with this picture. The solid cardstock is all Bazzill and the dp is from K&Company. I added some left over BoBunny chipboard accents that I had sitting on my desk, I guess they were meant to be on this card, don't you love it when that happens? The sentiment is from CCDesigns/Amy R Sentiments.

Anyway thanks for stoppin by, I'm going to go find my umbrella!

An all star kid!

I received some Whipper Snapper stamps for Christmas, I was so excited 'cause I didn't own any before, so getting some off my wish list was a treat! I love this image, I'm usually drawn to the girly images and papers and find it more of a challenge to make masculine cards. Speaking of challenges, I've used the sketch over at Crazy 4 Challenges this week. Its a great little layout by Lori Boyd.

I coloured 'Baseball Brandon' using my copic markers, I shaded around the image using my prismacolour pencils. The patterned paper is from Cosmo Cricket and I used Stampin Up for the solid colours. The sentiment is from Inky Antics. Now, on to the baseball....you know when you get an idea in your head and it seems like it would be just a sinch to pull off? It actually turned out pretty good in the end but it took me a while to figure out how the baseball stitches should look. I googled 'baseball images' and tried to copy how the ball looked. I cut a circle with my Creative Memories circle cutters and inked around the edges. I added two curved lines then poked holes with my piercing tool. Then I just stitched with red thread and roughed it up a little bit.

I'll be giving this card to my son, he really is my all star kid!!!

Hope you're having a great day, thanks for stopping by!

A few more challenges!

I made this card for the current challenge over at Kraftin Kimmie Stamps Blog. This week is Challenge #12 and Tara has a rockin challenge to use metal! I'm also entering this for The Pink Elephant Challenge #49 which is a Birthday theme!

I have had this adorable Kraftin Kimmie Stamp for a few months now and was just itchin to use it. 'Clara' is usually holding a bird, but for the birthday challenge I decided to swap out the bird for a cupcake, it looks like she could be blowing out candles!

I coloured Clara up using my copic markers. I cut out the cupcake and pop dotted it on to her hand and added lots of stickles. I also added some stickles to the bottom hem of her skirt and hair pins. I added some blue metal brads for buttons on her petticoat and used a metal 'wish' tag with some organza ribbon in the top corner to match the sentiment which I printed from my computer. The yummy dp is by Pink Paislee. I picked up the green polkadot base paper at Scrappin' Great Deals. (a must have - this paper is awesome!!! and it comes in tons of different shades!)

I must say this image was soooooo much fun to colour, especially that firey red hair. Gonna check out the great sale Kimmie has goin on (until tomorrow), I think I need a few more stamps (I'm sure some would beg to differ) ha ha!

Thanks for stopping by. Have a great day!

Thinkin' of you!

This is the inside of the card!

I've been wanting to use this sweet little image from Pink Cat Studios for the longest time but knew I wanted to put her in some kind of window or house etc...On one my shopping ventures I came across a greeting card kit from Basic Grey (nook & pantry line). It has everything you need to make 8 adorable greeting cards, one of them was this layout with a window sill. I scooped it up and finally got Lily onto a card! I coloured Lily with my copics and stuck her behind the window sill, put the sentiment 'Thinkin' of you' (from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps) on the outside and the rest of the card was super easy to assemble, it was done in no time! I took a few different shots of the card so you could see the flowers on the inside. It turned out rather sweet!

I'm entering this for a few challenges:

Cupcake Craft Challenge - Goin Girly

and

Our Creative Corner - 3D Challenge

Thanks for stopping by, oh and don't forget to check out The Town Scrapper, there's still time left to shop before her big sale ends!
Have a great day!

A thank you card...

I've been on somewhat of a roll this week, I guess I'm catchin up from the move and the lack of stamping I did over the last few months! I love it, stamping is my therapy and my outlet and its great to be back in full swing!

This is another card I made for, yet again, Phebe from The Town Scrapper! I left with these adorable Sugarplums and just couldn't let them sit too long (cause you know what happens when you let them sit, new ones come along and well you know the story...or is it just me??? lol).

This is Winter Emma and she is toooo cute! I followed the Mojo Monday #120 sketch and I must say I would never think to layer so much and use so many elements, but am very pleased with the way it turned out. Following sketches is great and makes you think outside your comfort zone! I am also going to enter this over at The Pink Elephant Challenge Blog (challenge #48 - Thanks or Birthday).

I coloured Winter Emma using my copics, cut her out and pop dotted her on a circle and scalloped nestie. The yummy designer paper is from BoBunny which I also picked up from the Town Scrapper. The solid paper is Bazzill, the saying is from CCDesigns - AmyR Thankyou Sentiments. I found the little button brads in my stash. I am going to hop to it and make another one, cause I like it so much and all the stuff's sittin out so its easier than putting it away, hee hee!
Hope you're all trying to keep warm! Winter is definately here!!!

Thanks for stopping by!

A Sketch!

This was one of the adorable images I had my eye on over Christmas and was so excited when Phebe at The Town Scrapper had one left!!! These are from Whiff of Joy and this one is called Uru and Candycane. Too cute!!!!

I followed the sketch from the current Whiff of Joy Challenge Blog. I love sketch challenges, it is so easy to whip up a card, expecially for me cause I can be sketch 'challenged' for the most part. Some days I sit there forever trying to lay out a card....this does all the work for you!!!

I coloured Uru up with my copics following the colours from the current Copic Colour Challenge, and added some stickles to the candycane. I also used my glaze pen on the polkadots, patches and the holly on her hat but my camera didn't pick it up very well. I used organza ribbon for the strips and my bow-easy to make the teeny tiny bows! I can't live without my bow-easy, its definately a must have for any crafter!!!!!

Well, I'm going to make myself a cuppa tea, its freeeeezing where I am and need to warm up!

Have a great day, thanks for stopping by!

Happy New Year, let it snow!!!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! I hope everyone had a great Christmas and had lots of fun ringing in 2010!
Over the holidays I had a chance to go visit Phebe from The Town Scrapper in Petrolia. I have been eyeing some of her new stamps and was so excited there was still some left when I got there! I know Christmas is over but I can't resist using these stamps and it gives me a really early start for next year, hee hee! She's always got fantastic sales goin' on so don't hesitate to check in on her blog, like me, on a regular basis ha ha! (I always leave with an AWESOME stash!!!)

I made this card for Phebe, the image is from CCDesigns and is called Ski Bunny, Trevor looks all geared up to hit the slopes! How cute is he??? The Sugarplums and Swiss Pixies are some my favourite stamps around!

I coloured Trevor using my copic markers and paperpieced his hat, scarf and mitts using some patterned paper by Imaginisce. I broke out the old sewing machine again, and stitched around the image to give more texture. The button was from my stash and the sentiment from Sunshine Designs. I'm also entering this for The Pink Elephant Challenge which is Sketch Challenge #47. This was a fun card to make! Stay tuned for more!!!

Another Challenge!

I made this card to send to my Nana for Christmas and also for a few challenges. Mojo Monday has a great sketch goin' on, very sweet and simple! And also The Pink Elephant Challenge blog has a theme challenge this week of Winter/and or Christmas.

This adorable Angel is another Krista Schnieder/Sunshine Designs stamp. I've had it forever and actually made my Christmas cards with it about 3 years ago. I didn't realize how much I loved it until I pulled it out again and dusted her off a bit!!!

For this card I used my copics and shaded around the image with prismacolor pencils. I also added Stickles to her wings and halo. The card base and solid cardstock is all Bazzill and the dp is from Cosmo Cricket - Jolly by Golly. I inked around some of the edges with my chalk ink and used my scalloped nestie to mount the image onto. I also used my favourite tool these days the bow-easy to tie the pretty organza bow and easy-peasy it was finished!!!

Its always fun joining in on challeges, there's so much talent out there, what inspiration!

Thanks for stopping by!

Oh, if I don't get a chance to make another post before the 25th, have a very Merry Christmas! Wishing you a safe and happy holiday season!

OH JOY!!!!

I imagine this is what is going through this little doggies mind as he holds his treasured bone all wrapped up with a big red bow.....OH JOY!!!! Talk about pure bliss!!!! This is another Mo digi stamp 'Bismark', and couldn't resist when I saw it. I have a mini schnauzer named Sammi and she looks exactly like the grey pup below. This is also the perfect card for a friend who also had a Schnauzer named Sammy & I think she'll love it!
I printed the image on Neenah cardstock on my laser printer and coloured it up with my copics. I added Stickles to the brim and pom pom of the hat and used a glaze pen on the bow, scarf and knitted part of the hat. I don't think my camera picked up the glaze, but it's there! The dp is from Crate paper's North Pole Collection (love it) and the solid cardstock and Joy sentiment is from Stampin Up. I kept this one simple, yet another great image from Mo!

Thanks for stoppin' by!

Christmas Fairy Holly!

So I was a surfin' Mo's Digital Pencil and came across this most adorable image - Christmas Fairy Holly. Isn't she magical? Well I think so, from the ruffles on her dress to the little bells hanging from her sash and the snowglobe in her hands and the holly wings...well I HAD to have this!!! I loved colouring her up too, so much fun!!! This card is for Mo's Challenge Blog - Challenge #10 - Thanks, and also for the Copic Colour Challenge using the colours BV23, R59, YG63.

I've been feeling under the weather lately but that has given me a chance to whip up a few more Christmas cards. I keep coming across so many adorable images I can't resist, especially those digis, which are easy on the pocket book this time of year (anything to justify right? lol).

I printed this image on my laser printer (when I used an ink jet, I found I couldn't use stickles cause it made the ink run), & coloured her with my copics. I added Diamond Stickles to her slippers, the tulle of her dress, the bells and the holly in her hair. I also added them to the snow globe then covered it with Crystal Laqcuer. The DP is Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses and the solid cardstock is Stampin Up.

I think I'll be making a few more of these to send out!

Thanks for stopping by!

Let it snow...

This card is for the Copic Creations Challenge No 17 - Snow/Snowpeople. I've had this cute little frosty for many years and he has never made his way onto a card until now! The whole problem was I didn't know how to colour him up! Thanks to all the creative ideas I found on the Copic Creations blog, I was able to find a way to make him come to life! The copics I used were, C00, C1, C2, C4, C7, B0000, B000, YR12 & 16 for the nose and R20 & 21 for the heart. Oh, and of course my Colorless Blender!!!

Although I don't agree with the sentiment on this card 'let it snow' I do agree it turned out pretty cute! I am not a winter person in any way shape or form. In fact I pretty much go into hibernation along with the bears during this season. But the good thing is, I have a hobby that feeds hibernating bears like myself, where I can crawl into my crafty cave and not be seen for hours....even days....lol! I think I'll be getting alot of cards and projects done this season!!!
Here are the details of the card:
Stamp: Jolly Snowman, Stampendous, Sentiment - Sunshine Designs
Patterned Paper: Colorful Christmas, My Minds Eye,
Embellishments: Ribbon - Stampin Up, Diamond Stickles, Basic Grey Buttons, 3D Pop dots for dimension
Thanks for stopping by!

Our Christmas Countdown!

I had to post this picture of my kiddies enjoying their chocolate from the Advent Calendar I made for them. I purchased this Karen Foster 3D Countdown Calendar and dressed it up with My Minds Eye patterned paper (Colorful Christmas line - those snowmen are too cute!) I added lots of embellishments and stamped out a snowman, reindeer and santa, coloured them with my copics and popped them on the 1st, 13th and 25th day. My kids love this and get so excited to open each box every day, its so much fun and didn't take a long time to do. It comes with number stickers and a template to cut out the shape of the boxes. And, the other side of each box is blank so you could do a different theme on the back (i.e. halloween countdown etc...). Anyway, this was a fun project and just wanted to share. Happy Friday!!! Have a great weekend!

Snickerdoodles!!!

These were the cookies I made for a cookie exchange I had at work today. These have recently become my favourite, (to eat and bake), not to mention the name, don't you just love saying 'Snickerdoodle'?. They are soft and chewy and with the cinnamon sugar coating I'm in heaven!!! They are also very easy to make. I included the recipe and couldn't resist inking up something on the tag. This is an image by Krista Schneider of Sunshine Designs. I've had this stamp forever and thought this cute little elf would go perfect. I coloured him using my glaze pens and copics (time was of the essence and I couldn't fiddle like I usually do). To see a bigger picture you can double click on the photo! You can find the yummy recipe here! Tis the season to be baking, or eating....lol!

Ho Ho Ho!

Just a quick post tonight, this is for the SSDS Challenge this week, which is most fittingly "Christmas"!! Thats right, a nice easy challenge, make anything that has a Christmas theme. This stamp is from The Greeting Farm set called XMAS Sweeties! I coloured her in with my Copics and blinged her up with lots and lots of Diamond Stickles!!!! Her shoes, belt buckle, scarf, and the white fluff on her skirt, cuffs and hood are all decked out with glitter!!! The dp I've had forever in my stash and the card base and pink mat is from Stampin Up. I cut the image out using my Nesties and the big striped brad is from My Mind's Eye - Abbey Road line (which I looove!). This turned out pretty simple but I also think its a fun card and I know just the 'fun' person to send it to !!!
We're settling in from the move more and more each day, it does get easier day by day!!! (totally did not mean for that to rhyme!) (ooh that might be a good sentiment for a stamp LOL)!
Thanks for stopping by, have a great week!

Pa rum pa pum pum!!!

I know I left things a little late, but I am only making a few Christmas cards to give out this year! They will probably all be different 'cause I want to try to ink up all the Christmas stamps I have before the season is over and have to wait a whole year to pull them out again!!!

I saw this stamp at Michaels and instantly fell in love with it! I just had to have it!!! I had my coupon with me so it was a very easy decision to make! This is an entry on Splitcoaststampers for one of the CAS Challenges CASDT09Winter02. As usual I stamped the image using Memento Tuxedo Black Ink on Neenah cardstock and coloured it in with my copics. I used my Conte pastel pencils to shade around the image. I kept it very simple, no embellishments on this one. The sentiment is from High Hopes and when I saw it I knew I had to have it to go along with this little drummer boy! What a perfect match! All the paper is from my Christmas stash, I believe the dp is by Karen Foster.

I hope to have more Christmas cheer to post soon! Happy Thanksgiving to all of you in the U.S. I know a certain someone who will be eating the most DELICIOUS pecan pie in the entire world, wish I was there to have a piece!!! (Hi Maggie & Matthew!!!)

Thanks for stoppin by! Have a great night!

Yay, I'm back!

It's almost been 2 whole weeks since I posted anything let alone do any stampin', oh the horror!!! I was going thru some serious withdrawl! We are finally settled into our new house and I have my craft room all set up and ready to go now! Is it crazy that I'm so happy to be blogging again? It was very hard surfin my favourites here and there and not being able to play along! Anyway, I'm back but I think I lost my mojo somewhere along the way (sniff, sniff, insert frown here), cause it was hard gettin' back into the groove. I thought oh oh, I forgot how to colour! The good thing is, there's always a challenge out there to play along with and I just happened to pick up this adorable little image from Scrappin' Great Deals before we moved. It's called Bernadette Bunny by Kraftin Kimmie Stamps and is perfect for their current challenge - Merry Christmas, Happy Winter! I stamped her on Neenah and coloured her with my copics. I inked around the edges of the image and dp with some Versamagic chalk. I used some eyelets and the big brad from my stash. I can't remember who the dp is by. I also used some pink Flower Soft for the bunny's muff (handwarmer) to add some texture.

I hope this gets me back into the swing of things. It better, I have some Christmas cards to make, hmmm better get on that!!!!

Have a great night!

Hoot Hoot Hooray!

I've had this adorable stamp set forever (Q.T. Hooty Owl by Pink Cat Studios) and haven't had the opportunity to use them. I needed to make up a super quick birthday card the other day and new knew it wouldn't take me too long to colour up this cutie hooty owl!! I didn't get too fancy cause I had no time to fuss with it like I usually do. It turned our very plain and simple. Sometimes I sit there forever trying to figure out how to lay out the card etc....but I found that being under pressure left me no time to hum and haw over what to do, and before I knew it, it was done!!! Hope you're enjoying your weekend. Thanks for stopping by!

You Brighten My World!!!

This past weekend I was supposed to attend a 'crop weekend' here in London, but due to our busy schedule I was only able to go for a little bit on Saturday! Well I was supposed to go for the whole day but I ended up having a Terrible, Horrible, No Good Very Bad Day lol (if you have kids you may be familiar with that book), I SO wanted to move to Australia just like Alexander...lol!!! The good part about my day was that I was able to hang with my friends, meet some great new gals, and I finally finished this layout I've been working on forever!!!

I saw this layout in the Spring 2009 issue of Scrapbook & Cards today (p23) and promised myself I would attempt it. Although it took a while and after scrounging for what seemed like a gazillion embellies, I am very pleased with the finished product. In fact it is probably going to go in a frame and put in my daughters room. As complicated as it looks it was pretty simple to do. Here's what I did: I used white Bazzill cardstock for the top layer and just plain white for the background. I used my CM Circle Cutters and cut random circles of different sizes. I chalked the edges with different colours. I used a pencil to trace the circle onto the background paper. Then I was on the hunt for embellishments of any kind....most of which came from Scrappin Great Deals! (also raided my friends stash's too!) I filled in the circles with as many embellishments as possible. I used my cricut (cuttin up font) for the saying. I stamped the butterfly (one of my favorite parts of the layout) (Basic Grey Wisteria Flutter Stamp - thanks to Shanda ) and completely cut it out, added some bling, curled the edges and popped it on the edge of the picture to fill in the empty space. Finito!
Looking forward to the next weekend crop with my gals!!!
I hope you have a great day!

Miss you!

I made this card because I forsee sending it to one of the many people I will be missing when we move in a few weeks. Its always good to be prepared!!! This is one of my favorite 'Gorjuss Girl' Sugar Nellie Stamps I got from Funkykits. I coloured this image with my copics, then cut it out and pop dotted it on a scalloped nestie! The adorable paper is by American Crafts and the sentiment is from Kraftin Kimmie Stamps! I think I might need more than just one of this card, I'm gonna get to work on a few more!!!
Hope you had a great weekend!!! Thanks for stopping by!

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps 1st Challenge!!!

I've been waiting for this all week!!! The very first Kraftin Kimmie Stamps Challenge!!!! Last week I made it out to the launch party at Scrappin' Great Deals - I wouldn't have missed it for anything!!! Sheila put on a great lil party and the turnout for Kimmie was amazing. There were some very incredibly talented ladies there, it was alot of fun and of course I scooped up some rubber!!! I met some great people and got to see a demo from the amazing Crissy Armstrong! What a treat! It was definately a huge success and I'm so happy for Kimmie!

So, the theme for the first challenge on Kraftin Kimmie Stamps Challenge Blog is 'Birthday'. I used Lillith for my card and I think she's so cheeky, I love her!!! I paper pieced her dress and bow with patterned paper by Heidi Grace Designs, and colored the rest with my copics. I added some stickles to the tulle' under her dress, her barettes and shoes, and used my clear glaze pen to add some gloss to the frog on her head! I added some prima flowers and the little glossy green brad I had in my stash. All three sentiments shown on the cards are Kimmie's Sentiments. You won't be dissapointed with these sentiments, you get 38 sayings - that's unheard of LOL!!!

This was a fun challenge, can't wait for the next one!!!

Have a great Thanksgiving weekend!!

Dream Big!!!

I am going thru some major card making withdrawl (LOL), and yesterday I got a scrappy little package in the mail from my friend Lisa as a thank you for being a guest designer for SSDS, thanks Lisa, it was great! So I set aside some time to do some stampin', and boy did I ever need it!!! Making cards is my outlet and with all the hype of moving, etc...I was feeling the need to get my hands all inky!!! I got this stamp from Funkykits, its a Sugar Nellie stamp and this one is called Moon Beam by Leanne Ellis. I totally fell in love with this one and just had to have it!!! I coloured her using pencil crayons and gamsol (oms). I have been playing around with this technique and find it alot of fun. It gives a pretty muted and soft look, which is completely different from the bright bold colours of the copics! I love trying new things and get inspired by all of the amazing blogs I follow! Anyway, my hubby was the inspiration for this card. Ever since we've been together he has always wanted to own a Canadian Tire store. This past month his 'big dream' came true due to years of hard work and determination. I'm 'over the moon' and so very proud of him and truly believe you can do anything you set your mind to!

Have a great day! Thanks for stopping by,

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2nd Chance for Blog Candy!

Hi there, a few weeks back I had posted some blog candy for the Humble Pie's Sweetie Pie Stamps blog hop. The winner I chose, 'SELENA', hasn't claimed the prize yet, so....I will be picking another winner and will post it tomorrow if I don't hear from her by tonight. Its such a cute little halloween card kit, I would hate for Halloween to pass by with this little bundle sitting on my desk waiting to be used!! Not to mention it getting packed away in a box during our move! Be sure to check back tomorrow to see if your name has been picked. I will be choosing at random a comment from the original blog hop. Good luck! Also be sure take a look at the new Humble Pie Stamps Blog, and check out the ever so talented 'Bakers'!!! Have a great day!

Happy Halloween!!!

So I finally caved and made up a Halloween card, but was happy to do so 'cause it was for Phebe at The Town Scrapper, I have been sooooo busy I almost forgot to post it, eeek!!! I used Spooky Tree and Swiss Pixies Pippi from CC Designs. Their September stamps are super cute, it was so hard to choose. I coloured the images up with my copics, and added stickles to the entire tree and Pippi's wings. You can double click on the card to see a close up of the sparkly tree! I sponged with black ink around the edges and used my Conte Pastels to shade the ground and around the tree and moon. The sentiment is also by CCD, the buttons and DP I had in my stash!

I can't help be in the mood for Halloween now with the cold, wet, fall weather we've been having lately - yuck! I had to break out the winter shoes & coats bin the other day, yikes!

We're in the process of moving so my posts might be few and far between for the next little while, booooo! I know I won't be able to stay away for too long though, I will go into some serious withdrawl if I don't do just a little bit here and there!!! Happy Fall!

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