Simon Says Stamp Challenge...Love is in the Air...I never knew love until...!

Good morning stampers! WOW! There were so many fabulously cute Animal Antics cards submitted for the Simon Says Stamp Challenge last week! Thanks so much for joining us! 

So are you snowed in??? I know many folks are getting hit with the blizzard of the year...we are getting a big dump of the white stuff here too. Well, if it is a snow day for you, why not you join us for another fun challenge this week! The challenge is perfect for you to get a few more valentines made up too...we have a lovely theme, he he, he....Love is in the Air!!! 

We also have a fabulous prize again this week....a whopping $50 voucher for the Simon Says Stamp Superstore!!!!! Lots of crafty goodness can be had with that and Heidi will have the superstore stocked with the latest and greatest product from CHA very soon!!!! So I really hope you can join us!

I used the fabulous sketch that they have over at Friday Sketchers by the super talented Journn for my card and I am also entering my card in the Going Dotty challenge at Just Magnolia!

I loved this week's Simon Says Stamp Challenge and it was so much fun to use my new fave Tilda that I got at the Simon Says Stamp Superstore from the You' re so Special collection called, Tilda spread Love...ahhhh....how sweet! I love her boots and her turned up jeans...too cute! I teamed Tilda up with my new BasicGrey 6x6 paper pad Hopscotch and some various BasicGrey buttons with hemp twine and Prima Annalee Big and Small Flowers. I had some Martha Stewart seam binding in my stash and decided not to crinkle it and I love how it looks un-crinkled too. I coloured Tilda with my Copics and I stamped my splotch stamp with Desert Sand Memento ink around the edges of the image. My sentiment is from  Melissa Frances rub-on sheet called LOVE Transfers from Simon Says Stamps...they have a fabulous selection of the Melissa Frances rub-ons...the bestest rub-ons ever. The wee tag has a Melissa Frances rub-on it too from a sheet called WEDDING Transfers and I cut the tag out on my Silhouette Digital Craft Cutter from craft cardstock.

Here is the inside of my card...I cut the sentiment up and used the other half for the inside. More gorgeous Prima flowers and BG buttons and the heart was cut on my Silhouette Digital Craft cutter too.

Well, thanks so much for stopping by having a wee peek at my Simon Says Stamp Challenge DT card! Please stop by the other lovely Simon Says Stamp Challenge DT gals' blogs and have a look-see....they have made such gorgeous creations to inspire you! I hope you can join us this week! 

Have a stampin' great day and be careful shoveling,smile!

Hugs,

Friday Sketchers # 129....Tidings of Comfort and Joy!

Good morning crafty friends! Just a quick post this morning to share a card that I made with the beautiful sketch over at Friday Sketchers! I am in Christmas card mode...not sure how many I will get made! As always, I have left it to the last minute!

I really love how the silver embossed Christmas Tree turned out on my Spoon Full of Sugar card so I embossed a bunch of trees (mass production) with Northern Lights embossing powder and I am going to make my cards all along the same design. So, for this card I used this sweet Tilda that came in my StampClub kit and coloured her with my Copics and cut her out. I am making all my cards easel cards with BG Jovial. I added some AC ribbon and some Prima flowers with pearls! The sentiment "Tidings of Comfort and Joy" is from an acrylic stamp set that I got at Michaels.

Well, thanks so much for stopping by and having a wee peek at my card! I need to get back to my room  as I still have a bunch more to make....eeekkkk!

Hugs,

Kenny K's Krafty Girlz Challenge # 9, FS #118 and CCT# 128...Attitude..!

Hey Krafty friends! I hope you are enjoying Labour Day and your day off work! We were camping but the weather was just awful...rainy, damp and COLD...I was absolutely miserable sitting in the trailer...did a lot of reading to pass the time and hardly slept a wink with the rain pounding down on the roof of the trailer. Well, when I woke up yesterday morning I wasn't in a pleasant mood, to say the least and I had a splitting headache to boot...well, hubby got the picture that I wasn't a very happy camper and we packed up early and come home last night, YAY!!!

So, this morning I decided to get a little krafty time in and I made a card for a few of my fave challenges...I made this card for the Swirls and Pearls challenge at Kenny K's Krafty Girlz, I used the ROCKIN' sketch at Friday Sketchers by Inge...absolutely love this sketch to bits...love Inge's multi-layered cards and I am entering this card in the challenge...Material Girl to use fabric over at Cute Card Thursday.

I have been dying to use this fabulous Pink Paislee 6x6 paper pack that I picked up at Crop Circles in Peterbrorough and I wanted to use this sweet digi image of "All That" from Kenny K's Glam Gang collection too. I coloured her in with my Copics and used the "Out of the Box" technique and cut her out with my square Nesties and I used Old Paper Distress ink and ink the image while it was still in the die. I used some half pearls from the dollar store and QK Swirls, Prima flowers and a WOC Gardenia to embellish. For the fabric I used some white cotton lace trim and I'd kept a clothing tag that came on a pair of Hubby's new jeans as it had this fabulous piece of jean material with a snap on it...it was perfect for this card and the fabric challenge over at CCT.

The sentiment is a Melissa Frances rub-on and I gave it a Little sparkle with my Sakura Stardust pen and just smudge the glitter around with my finger to soften the look.

Here is the inside...sentiments are a Catslife Press label and a Melisa Frances rub-on.

Well, thanks for stopping by and having a wee peek at my card today! I hope you get some time today do a little stampin'!

Hugs,

Just Magnolia # 69, FS# 1116...Thank You...!

Good morning crafty peeps! Hope you had some time to get crafty this weekend! I played in my craft room yesterday and made this card for the Just Magnolia Challenge...Let's Get Sentimental and I used the great sketch by Beatrix over at Friday Sketchers .I just flipped it to go with my sentiment.

I was so excited to join in the JM sentimental challenge as I just got this great My Favourite Things die and stamp set, Di-namics Framed Greetings and stamps set and I used one of the sentiments from this MFT promo set....perfect for this challenge! I also used some new paper that I picked up at Stampin' Bella the other day after I went to the migraine doc. I just absolutely adore this delish paper called Echo Park Paper Co. this collection is called Life is Good...it sure is, with gorgeous paper like this, to play with,smile!

And, of course, I used a sweet Magnolia image, Tilda with three flowers, from the Hoppy Easter collection. I coloured the image with my Copics, cut it out and adhered it with pop-dots. I added some American Crafts ribbon, Prima flowers and half pearls to finish it off. I also spritzed with Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist in Gold just to give it a soft sparkle.

Thanks so much for stopping by again today and having a wee peek at my card!

Happy stampin'!

Hugs,

Just Magnolia # 67, FS# 114, MDU#58, CCT #124...Let the Fairy in you Fly!

Hey crafty friends! I am back with another card today! I spent the day yesterday in my craft room stampin' and playing with pretty paper instead of cleaning my house. I know I should have done my chores first but there is just so much camping gear everywhere that I don't even know where to start,lol! So I will put it off for another day or two,he, he, he!


I needed to make a card for a girl at work. She has been working in our office on contract and she just found out that she has been accepted into the Interpreter Internship Program...very exciting for her but means she will be leaving us soon. Well, I thought I would make her a card to congratulate her on this wonderful accomplishment and exciting new journey to furthering her career goal to becoming an interpreter. It was also a chance for me to play along with some of my favorite challenges!

I used the gorgeous sketch that they have over at Friday Sketchers and I'm also entering this card in the challenge at Just Magnolia...Acetate, the challenge over at Magnolia Down Under...easel card and the challenge at Cute card Thursday...Whateva!!!

I made the card from Colorbok and American Crafts cardstock with October Afternoon paper and used this gorgeous new Tilda image that I haven't inked up yet! Well, actually, Hannah has used her so she has seen some love,smile! I really love the grunge look that Inge gets around the edges of her images but I don't have any of those fab grunge stamps that she has so I looked around my room and tried to find something that would work. I found a camouflage background stamp from a Technique Tuesday set. I thought I would see what that would look like. It was a little risky as I had already coloured my image. I wasn't happy at first but as the Distress ink in Old Paper dried it started to look a little better.


The sketch called for a tag and so I used one of the many clothing tags that I keep and re-purposed it on this card. The cute flowers where on clearance and I think they were 25 cents for a package of 4. For the acetate I used QuicKutz Adhesive Clear Plastic Material and die cut the QuicKutz butterflies and then coated the adhesive side with Glamour Dust. The sentiments are from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!

Thanks so much for stopping by and having a wee peek at my card! I don't think I am going to get much house work done today either....just not in the mood...I hear my stamps calling me again,lol!

Hope you have a stampin' great day!

Hugs,

Just Magnolia #55, FS #102, CCT #112 ...We Adore You!

Good Morning friends! I hope you had a great weekend! I finally got my house cleaned and then spent yesterday making this card! My friend asked me to make her a card for her niece's first birthday and asked that the image have flowers in it! I just adore this Tilda with Flowing Hair...I love her sweet shoes and how she has her foot turned in...too cute! I thought she would be perfect for this card as she has flowers in her basket, as requested and I also used the Magnolia Spring Tree stamp, from the Easter collection 2009, just for a few more flowers.

So, I checked out the challenges...Just Magnolia challenge is One for the Girls, Cute Card Thursday's challenge is For Someone Special and I used the Fabulous Sketch by Tanja over at Friday Sketchers!!!

I coloured the image with my Copics and made my easel card from American Crafts cardstock and Matted with Bazzill cardstock. the pp is MME Quite Contrary. The image turned out larger than I thought and you can barely see the circle of pp that is suppose to be in the sketch...Oops! All the sentiments are Melissa Frances rub-ons...my fave! I used a few Prima Flowers and a lot of brown half pearls...I even added a tiny one to Tilda's shoe. Just had to add a few butterflies with my new MS punch and I just love them cut from the QK cork material! I think my fave thing on this card (other than Tilda, of course) is the great satin ribbon that I had in my stash...such a pretty colour!

Thanks sooooo much for stopping by and having a wee peek at my card!

Have a stampin' great day!

Hugs,

Just Magnolia Challenge...Heart and Flowers and Friday Sketchers # 87!!!

I hope you are keeping warm! It finally feel likes winter here! The temperature has really dropped and we have a little snow now too! I am not really enjoying it though,smile. I was getting used to the mild temps were were having. I won't dare venture outside today...I think I'm best to just stay in and play with my stamps and pretty paper,he, he, he!

Well, I made two cards this morning that I wanted to share with you! I wanted to join the Just Magnolia challenge, the theme is Hearts and Flowers and I used the great sketch that Jeanette designed for Friday Sketchers Challenge.

I am still loving this cute K&Co. paper that I bought at Micheals and I have been using my new found love, American Crafts cardstock and my old love, American crafts ribbon, smile!

I have been mulling over these valentines cards all week as I really like using the tear out valentines that came in the K&Co. Kazoo paper pad! So, I decided that I would use this cute Khaki Tilda to go with the Monkey valentine and I would use Jungle Edwin with the cute Lion Valentine! I coloured Edwin and Tilda with my Copics and cut them out and adhered them with pop-dots!

To finish off the cards I used some Prima flowers, roses from the dollar store, a QuicKutz tag die and QuicKutz rub-on and a little bling and Stickles!

Well, Thanks for stopping by and having a wee peek! Have a great weekend!

Hugs,

Merry Christmas crafty friends!

I just wanted to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and all the best for 2010! I took today off work to clean the house and get a few last minute things done! Today is Chris' 47th b-day and my son's 8th b-day is on Monday so that makes this an extra busy time fo the year for us! We are having Kieran's birthday party on Sunday with all his friends at the Y to have a swim. I think it will be fun! I won't be doing too much blogging over the Christmas break as Hubby and I are going on little getaway over the holidays...I'll share pics when I get back!

Well, I have two more and final Christmas cards to share. This easel card is made with Kraft Prism cardstock and BG Eskimo Kisses 12X12 and 6X6 papers.

For this easel card I used the sketch #83 over at Friday Sketchers blog and again Eskimo Kisses papers again.


Lots of half pearls and Prima flowers with American Crafts ribbon.

Well, I hope you all enjoy a bit of break and have a great time with friends and family!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Hugs,

Friday Sketchers #82 & Just Magnolia # 35...Joy!

Well, I'm in a mad rush to get a few more Christmas cards made! I started this one yesterday morning and finished it after we returned from our visit to see Santa. What an ordeal, Now that Hannah is 10 and Kieran is soon to be 8... I'm looking forward to a time when we don't have to do that anymore. I know that sounds terrible but it was an awfully long wait...at least 2 hrs and I didn't like the system they used this year...we were all corralled into this waiting area and it was so crowded...well, I survived it all...so enough complaining,smile!

So, I made this card using the fab sketch over at Friday Sketchers Challenge blog and I am also entering this card over at Just Magnolia. The challenge is "It's Christmas"! I made this card for a dear friend and co-worker! I know she will love it because she is a big fan of my cards...she is so sweet!!!

I won't bore you with the deets as I am sure you can recite them with your eyes closed by now, lol! It is yet another easel card and I used BG Eskimo Kisses.

Thanks for stopping by and having a wee peek!

Hugs,

Friday Sketchers #81 & Just Magnolia # 34...Cards for Someone Special!

Good Morning crafty friends! I have a few cards to share with you that I made with the great sketch by Betrix over at Friday Sketchers and for the Just Magnolia Special Monthly Challenge! The special challenge is to make a card for someone special, smile! Well these are two cards for very special girlfriends!

Well, I finally made an Easel card and I absolutely love 'em!!! I don't know what took me so long to take the plunge, smile! I think I was a little intimidated but it is sooooo super easy and looks fabulous!

I made my cardbase 6x6 with Prism Kraft cardstock and used BG Eskimo Kisses 6x6 patterned paper. I stamped Unwrapped Tilda on ATS Copic Quality paper and made a mask and stamped the Magnolia Christmas Present with Bow. I coloured the image with my Copics and cut it out with my Nesties using the out of the box technique. I left the image in the Nestie and inked with Distress inks.I added the Melissa Frances Rub-ons, American Crafts ribbon, a few half pearls, some Prima flowers and Shimmerized Tilda to finish it off!

For this card I basically did the same as above I didn't mask here but I cut the image out using the out of the box technique.

I just love how these easel cards turned out...I hope the "special someones" who receives them will enjoy them as much as I enjoyed making them! I will definitely be making more...hope you don't get sick of seeing easel cards and BG Eskimo Kisses, lol!!!

Thanks for stopping by and having a wee peek!

Have a stampin' great day!


Hugs,

Whiff of Joy # 57, FS # 80, CCT # 88...Got Snow!

Hey! I'm back with another quick post to share this card that I made on the weekend! I thought I better post it or I might not make it in time to enter for the WoJ challenge! The challenge over at WoJ is to make a Christmas card well, this is kinda a winter card...I hope this counts! I used the fab sketch over at FS and the challenge at CCT is Snips, Snails and puppy dog tails...to make a card for a young boy!

I had about 7 coloured WoJ images left over from last year. So, I thought I would put them to good use and and whip up some cards with them. I cut some circles and a QK tag from Kraft cardstock and stamped the WoJ snowflakes randomly on the circles and tag. I added this cute little sentiment by Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps it's from the Kimmie's Holiday Sentiments set.

Well, Thanks for stopping by and having a wee peek!

Hugs,

Whiff of Joy # 53 & Friday Sketchers # 76...Warm Thoughts

I am back with another card that I made this afternoon with my new Whiff of Joy Winter stamp set. It came in the mail on Tuesday and I have been itching to ink up this little cutie checking out her stocking. So, I thought I would join the challenge over at the Whiff of Joy challenge blog. This week they have a colour combo which is Red and Cream plus a colour of your choice. I'm not sure my card will qualify as I started with the sea foam green and then added in the peachy pink too and didn't really use too much cream but I am thrilled with how this card turned out anyways. I also used the great sketch that they have over at Friday Sketchers designed by Aud! I really love this sketch...all the layers are right up my alley and I'll definitely use it again!

My cardbase is 6x6 from light green Bazzill Bling cardstock and I used this winter Cosmo Cricket pp called Jolly by Golly! I just love the non-traditional colours and whimsical images on this paper! I matted with some peachy pink Bazzill Bling and added the red Bazzill Bling tag. Love this sea foam green American Crafts ribbon that says Santa Claus on it and I thought it would be perfect for this card. I used one of the sentiments that came in the WOJ Winter Stamp set and stamped it on a Nesties tag, inked ith with Distress inks, added a BG brad and pop-dotted it.

I am not sure if this little girl is named Lizzie or not but she is so sweet and she is my fave WOJ Winter stamp right now. I just adore her and I stamped her on ATS Copic Quality paper with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and coloured her with my Copics. I cut the image out with my rectangle Nesties and embossed it. I inked the edges with Antique Lined and Brushed Corduroy Distress inks. I added some Butter Cream Shimmerz here and there for a little sparkle.

Thanks for stopping by to have a wee peek!

Hugs,