Seeing Red

Hello and Good Morning.  We have a new challenge over with the

Creative Card Crew

 our theme this challenge is 

"Seeing Red"

our sponsor for this challenge is

Pizzazz Plenty

Well for this challenge I decided to use a fabulous stamp from Sparkle N Sprinkle. They will be having a wonderful Blog Hop with the theme Deco Divas Romance is in the Air. 

So for my card I decided to use Trois Visages. I colored them with copics and stamped more to cut out pieces of them to do pop outs. I just wanted something really simple to show you but a good clean CAS card. Unfortunately, I could not find a sentiment in my stash to apply to the image that stood out to me. I also used a lot of glitter. Mainly Rosy Red and I added a little bit of Champagne in there as well. I used some red ribbon from RRR and I have a desk covered with Valentine's paper pads so right now off the op of my head I could not tell you who the red polka dot paper was from!

Here is a better view of the pop dots.

Hope you have time over the next two weeks to play with us.

Sweet Sketch Wednesday 

Don't forget to come back and check on the blog hop.... We will be starting is late Wednesday night!

Also super big news to share for you all.
Stop and Scrap has all the new Winter CHA stuff on pre-order.

This is great for all you PRIMA LOVERS

 I have a special code for you to use to get 12% off Winter 2012 Pre Orders...

My special code is so hurry up and pre-order before everything gets in to get yours first!

SCSDESIGNS

Starting My Week Off Right

Good morning and happy Monday to everyone. I had one hectic weekend. My Friday started with a migraine and my two year old kicked into full terrible two mode. Her aunt and cousin came to stay with us Friday night as well. Little Miss A was horrible in gymnastics and got in trouble with her teacher a few times... I must admit it was funny watching her make the teacher chase her around the balance beam. As a stern mom I went out and had to use the threat "If you are not a good girl and listen to your teacher NO MORE GYMNASTICS". Needless to say she finished class, got her stamp on the hand, and passed out in the truck on the way home. There are only two things that can make me happy within seconds..... ICE CREAM (preferably Cold Stone) and shoes. I am a shoe-aholic! I think having kids is a great why to stop buying them cold turkey! Well I turned to Reebok Run Tones and Walk Tones.... even a more expensive choice than my average heel cost. I love shoes. I could wear heels anywhere...even to the grocery store. I am even planning on having our bathroom remodeled (maybe next year or the year after) to include  shelving for my shoes. Taking out our tiny tiny shower will be a very big improvement. 

When I saw this stamp for the January Stamp of the Month Program I had to have it. Is this not a beautiful shoe? I would I love heels that tie and I have never had embellishments on my heels but a nice fabric similar to like an Asian print style but roses in a shiny satin mmm black with bright red... I should start making shoes lol. My fiance would put his foot down with that. I have enough hobbies between cooking, baking, cross stitching, and now cards or paper crafts!

I really hope you enjoy this card. It was a quick simple make. The papers are just black and dark red cardstock. The design paper is My Mind's Eye - Union Square. I colored the Rose Shoe (F516) with copics   and once again used the stamp Je t'aime (A137). I used some pearls in all assorted sizes and some lace from Really Reasonable ribbon. 

Make sure you stop by every day to see something new over at 

The Great Impressions Blog

Skipping Stones Designs Sketch

CES-Vintage
Crafty Catz- Something New (New Stamp for January Stamp of the Month)
Crafty Creations - Something New

Happy Birthday and extra candy

Well today is a special day as I have two challenges for you...

 Our first challenge of the day is over at 

ABC Challenge

H is for Happy Birthday

and the sponsor for this challenge is 

Stamp and Create

The main event for today is.......

Paper Sundaes Birthday Blog Hop

and we have several prizes you can win some are

Elisabeth Bell - prize of 2 digital stamps of choice 

Simply Betty - all six Sweet Gothic Kids Birthday digis

MFT - $20 gift voucher

You should have arrived here from Shana and if you did not go back to Paper Sundaes to start from the beginning.

To participate in the hop you will need to 

1. comment on each blog 

2. Collect each secret phrase and

3. Leave the secret sentence in the hop post at Paper Sundaes.

So for this fun birthday hop that will knock your SOCKS off for wonderful prizes... I used my new Tilda with a Balloon. I just got in my newest Magnolias from Michelle's Scrap Store. I am so thrilled to be a part of this hop that I will be giving out additional candy to the one I am already giving out details will be at the bottom of the post.
Anywhoot..I had a somewhat productive weekend...my house is clean I got a little organized... I forgot to make my new special meal plan but I have been doing my food journaling...I wish I could just hire a private chef to fix my lunches and dinners while I kick my feet up wearing cozy SOCKS. I know that sounds lazy but eating healthy sometimes gets hard and being creative with food is not my forte as I grew up in a home with southern food (might be why I am almost a diabetic) sugar sugar sugar has always been my downfall, and I am right along side Paula Deen with using butter well about half of what she uses!


For my card I tried to follow several challenges to create this one. In fact the first time I colored her I hated it and the second time well I was a little more pleased as I knocked my own SOCKS off.


First attempt

Second attempt I switched up my pinks too

I wanted you to the sparkly in the sentiment Birthday Wishes from The Great Impressions Stamps and the embossing powder is from Sparkle n Sprinkle called Winter Berry.

I used ribbon and twine from Really Reasonable Ribbon and rhinestones I picked up at a craft store.

My papers are from... I want to say Echo Park the newest collection yummy stuff in that paper pad.

In case you get lost through the hop this is how it goes

Christine 
Jenny 
Julie 
Karina 
Kat 
Lisa  Sara
Shana 
Shanna  -> you are here

You should go back to 

Paper Sundaes

and post your secret phrase now!

Did you guess my secret word... it is in blue and they go on your feet or if your like my daughter on your hands!

Freshly Made Sketches - 17

One Crazy Stamper - Red, White, + one other color

Simon Says Stamp and Show - A red letter

Pink Elephant - hearts (My rhinestones are heart shapes)

Magnolia-licious - Pink, Red, and White

Oh I almost forgot I have a candy giveaway here

and will be doing another as I just hit 100 followers!

I have a pack of Wild Orchid Craft flowers

 Wild Roses that are pink and white and pink and purple!

Just leave me a comment saying you wish to enter and be a follower. I would also love if you could share this with your friends. Thanks and check back Monday I will have a new post up!

Be A Star

Good evening everyone just wanted to stop in and let you all know we have a new challenge over at 

Totally Gorjuss

Our theme this week is

"Be a Star"

Our sponsor is

Crafters Companion

This is a fun challenge as I have no clue what to do about stars besides rockstars and stars like a star.  I used a Crafter's Companion dog. I cannot find the stamp but I k now they make him!

I just cut two stars out of cardstock and used a star stamp I got from Susana. I got some gold star trim from RRR and colored this cute puppy with copics!

Hope you have time to play along with our theme!

For the Boys

Sorry I am running behind. My fiance had an emergency call this morning that threw off my whole day and I was so tired last night I didn't get this pre-typed. 

Well I made it on the Dutch Dare team. I have been here for a little bit but with the holidays and getting things under control it was a bit of a challenge to just jump right in.

Dutch Dare Cards

Our theme this week is 

"For the Boys"

Karen Doodles

Winner gets 3 digis of their choice

I used Summertime Baseball Boy. I thought this was a good one for me to challenge me coloring him dirty. I really think I need some practice. I am hoping to take a few coloring classes soon. I just have to save for it but I might wait because all the new releases about to come out..... OOOO I cannot wait!

I used some MME paper from my 12x12 stash so at the moment I do not remember the name as I put my scraps up. I do know that I used pumpkin pie and chocolate chip SU cardstock. I really need to order more as the paper I have bought is not thick enough anymore for some of the projects I am working on.

If you get a chance stop by and check out what the rest of the team created. 

CPS -250

My Faux Stitching

Good morning....Afternoon...Evening.....

We have a new challenge over at 

The Pixie Cottage

the theme is 

"Stitching"

As always we have sketch for you to play along with if you don't want to play the theme

Remember you can use the sketch or theme or both.

I decided for my stitching yo use the image Plush Couch. I thought this to be perfect for our stitching theme. Unfortunately, I do not have a sewing machine. I have a little handheld something or another that barely works at times and is battery operated. So I just drew my stitches with a white pen. I really am feeling darker tones of Valentines right now. I don't know why considering I am ready for summer and bright colors. 

I hope you get a chance to play with us. I always love seeing everyones different ideas of stitching. Hand stitching well your just plain outright crazy or have a little more time on your hands. I can't really have too many needles out around my little one... if I did I guess I would have more of my cross stitches done. 

I colored the image with copics and pencils. I really like how I colored the floor but coloring furniture was a new on for me. My sentiment is from LOTV, and my buttons are my stash. The papers are Recollections (A cheaper version of MME).

If you get a chance to play please do and stop by to see what else the team has created.

also..... 

I have a New Year candy to give out.

All you have to do is 

• Be my follower and a follower of The Pixie Cottage Blog
• Visit Michelle's store and tell me your 3 favorite PIXIE COTTAGE stamps in my comments by January 24th 10pm EST.

• I would love for you to share this with all your followers and friends but you do not have to post this on your side bar if you do not want to.

The candy is a Pixie Cottage image called 

Simply the Best 

It is an unmounted stamp in deep etched red rubber and measures about 3.75"x3.25"

The winner will be announced on January 25th.

Bookmark Me!

Good morning everyone. I hope everyone's having a great start for the new year. The first week is already over. Seeing all the post this last week was so much fun. I really hope you enjoyed seeing different creations daily. I am so excited to be working with a bunch of talented creators. I tell you this week we have some good stuff coming up so come back each day and check out some of our creations.

I decided to do something different this week and make a bookmark. I really need a bookmark for my notebook that keeps me organized with all my design teams and commissions. So I did something very clean and simple (CAS). 

I used an Ink Essentials Manilla tag and covered it with crumbled up tissue paper for texture. Once that dried a little I went ahead and used a Tim Holtz stamp and embossed it with Sparkle n Sprinkle's clear embossing powder. I then used distress inks tumbled glass and worn lipstick to get the colors I got. I really loved the  Romantic Postage (F425) so I used this stamp with Sparkle n Sprinkle's gold detail powder (My favorite powder so far). I then stamped Je t'aime (A137) all over with Memento's tuxedo black ink and finished it off with some jute string at the top. It was so quick and easy to make. I think you might spend more time waiting for it to dry if you are an air dryer (I used my heat gun). I really love this stamp so you may see it on a few upcoming projects!

This was a real easy bookmark to make. we would love to see your creations using some Great Impression Stamps. The store will hopefully be opening up February 1st. They are working hard to get it all put together.  Also, the January stamp of the month program should be coming put to stores shortly! 

Make sure to come back tomorrow. Jenny has something yummy planned for you tomorrow.

Dream Valley - Anything Goes

Samuel Taylors January Challenge
The Prize is an awesome 4 distress re-inkers!

Also keep an eye out I will be doing a candy soon!

Saturated Colors

Hey everyone. Good morning. Well I have had a hefty weekend full of not what I needed but I did what I had to do to get things done. We have a new challenge over at 

Paper Sundaes

our theme this week is 

"Saturated Colors"

Our sponsor is 

Saturated Digi's

Who doesn't love Krista Smith's images. I love love love these little cuties. I have a little collection of them but I need to start getting some of her new ones. They are so cute and really fun to practice intense coloring on. 

I colored my little miss "Thank You" with copics. I did not include pencils this time. I kind of wish I would have to really intensify the colors. Anywoot... My papers are My Mind's Eye and SU. I used Prima flowers along with Wild Orchid flowers. My ribbon is from RRR and I could not resist adding some bling.

So if you get a chance come play with us and check out what the rest of the team has created!

Sweet Wednesday Sketch - 135

A Little Sparkle n Sprinkle

Good Morning everyone.

Just wanted to show you a little something I did for Sparkle N Sprinkle. 

This month we will be having a blog hop so get ready it will be fab. 

Irish - Happy St. Patrick’s - 569-254BA

Irish - May Your Troubles 565-254C

Irish - Plaid Shamrock 573-254AA

Irish - Shamrock Bouquet 388-245BA

Gold Detail Embossing Powder – EP168

Irish Spring Embossing Powder - EP260

 

Irish - Lep-Cane - 134-254G

Irish - Leprechaun Crossing - 569-254BA

Irish - Plaid Shamrock - 573-254AA

Florida Beach Glitter G1111

Meadow Spark Glitter G1014

Gold Detail Embossing Powder EP168

Irish Spring Embossing Powder EP260

So stop by Sparkle n Sprinkle and get some glitter and some powders for the Spring. We also have a few new stamps lines for Valentines Day Happy Hearts and Heart Wings and a few new summer stamps coming soon too!

A New Sketch

Good evening. I hope everyone is as excited as I am for this new year. There is alot I'm happy for and hope to do this year. My health is increasingly getting better. The design teams I am on are above and beyond amazing. I am extremely blessed with the chances I am being given. I plan on expanding from cards and starting mini albums and other 3d projects very very soon. I will be taking some classes hopefully soon to improve some of my abilities as well.

So with all of that talk we have a new challenge over at

Totally Gorjuss

Our theme this week is a sketch which I am having troubles loading at the moment so stop by our challenge to check it out.

Our sponsor is 

So for this challenge I used Tilda from the Sweet Crazy Love collection. I really love this image. The flowers are fun and so are the little pollen dots.

 

I added liquid pearls to a lot of those pollen dots and to her bows. I colored my image with copics and pencils. I am hoping to take a copics class soon so I can work on my coloring. I am hoping to be certified before the end of the year but I am not sure that will work to my accord this year unless there is one somewhere close by and while my daughter's father is home. 

I used some Wild Orchid flowers and I also used some RRR ribbon. My inside flower is Prima and the inside stamps are from SU. My papers are from My Minds Eye...but I cannot find the pad right now so I am a little clueless as to where it is. My desk is such a mess because I am in the middle of a few projects for this upcoming weekend and next week.

I really hope you have a chance to come play with us as we have some wonderful takes on this sketch this week.

New Color Combo

Good Morning sorry I am typing this quickly as I am running out the door to the gym I love my spin class. For those who don't know spin it is bicycle endurance training and great cardio for those who cannot run!

We have a new challenge over at 

Colour Create

Our theme is 

"Red, Cream, Sage, and the option of buttons"

Here is a photo for inspiration

 

I decided to to something extremely CAS and used a retired SU set I got on sale a while back

I used pop dots and cut the centers out to give the card a bit more dimension.

I think I like the front shot better.

If you have a chance stop by and see what the team has created as they have some amazing ideas to show you for this color combo!

Also don't forget to check out the new design team over at The Great Impressions we will have a new post for you almost daily.

Mono 102

Good morning....Afternoon...Evening.....

We have a new challenge over at 

The Pixie Cottage

the theme is 

"Monochromatic"

As always we have a sketch for you to play along with as well

This is the sketch should you choose the card option.

Remember you can use the sketch or the optional technique.
The randomly picked winner will win two stamps of their choice from the Pixie Cottage Collection. The winner will be announced on the Friday after the challenge ends.

This challenge I decided to make a bag.  I saw this creation over at I can never get this blog right :( Stempeleinmaliens. It was a great little project. Quick and fun.

We have a monochromatic theme this week and as I am a coffee fan mmm coffee. I haven't had any in quite some time. In fact hot cocoa is what I have recently had. Soon coffee soon. 

I used The Pixie Cottage digi image The Cafe. For those who do not know, there are digis and rubber stamps. There are tons of both to choose from. I thought this was a wonderful image to use for the the theme. Plus I am just missing my coffee.

Someone like me would appreciate a some Starbucks coffee or maybe some tea. The papers are are from DCWV, the ribbon is from MS and so is the border punch. I distressed everything and also distressed the edges with Walnut Stain. I used copics and pencils for coloring this go around.

If you have a chance stop by and check out what the rest of the team created!

Through The Craft Room Door- Monochromatic