Sugar Creek Hollow Challenge and Layers of Color Stamps!

hi there,

Love Layers of Color and for me - they are my "go to" vintage stamps...this week at Sugar Creek Hollow  the challenge is to create a "Fancy Fold" project.  I'm a "gate fold" gal who uses a mini velcro dot to keep card closed.

hope you like....

well, now I'm really behind on Christmas cards but for a good reason - money! I sold my 45 cards (sad that that's all I had done) for....drumroll please...for $180 !!! a wonderful co-worker wanted to see my Christmas cards and then decided to buy the whole box (I kicked in the plastic container LOL)...crazy - who spends that on cards!

Ohhhhh Iiiiii DO - supplies arent cheap (-:

so dont be surprised if your Christmas card is just a stamped Merry Christmas CAS card! (-:

hugs,

supplies:

Layers of Color: Christmas Verses and Poinsettia Frame

Cardstock - MFP's Aged Cranberry, white

Ink:  Color Box Licorice, Ranger's Distress - Peeled Paint Green and Burlap

Copics:  R27, 37, 89...G05,  YG99

Embellishments: stash designer paper, Viva Pearl Pen - Gold and Yellow Glass Effect Gel, mini velcro dot

Heartfelt Creations Alumni Blog Hop!

hi there! another month that has just flown by...

the last Tuesday of each month - some of the Heartfelt Creation's Alumni Design Team Members get together to create with our gorgeous Heartfelt collection....this month we have the talented:

Dina   Selma   Karen   Olga   Tesa   Clare  Marsha   Carla   Debbie  and you are HERE

I chose to share my card done with HCPC 3351 Cardinal With Holly Berries PreCut Set that matches the HCD 706 Cardinal Family Diecuts!! matted using Spellbinders Label 8....colored with Copics! embellishments from stash...this was a fav card last year so did a few more "by special request" again this year!

isnt it a wonderful feeling when you see family n friends put your cards out that they've kept over time for others to see ....

Remember to comment because there will be ONE random comment picked from one of these blogs to win a $25 gift certificate to shop at Heartfelt Creations !!! and with their gorgeous gorgeous NEW release...who wouldnt want to win that!!!

Hop ends at midnight December 2nd - winner will be announced at noon on Saturday on our blogs...


Enjoy the hop  - truly hope you were inspired (-:
 

Speedy the Cat Challenge #83

Welcome Weekend!
is everyone now sick of turkey !! Hope your Thanksgiving was awesome!

This week at the Speedy the Cat Challenge Blog ...Design Team member "ME" LOL..has challenged everyone to create the dreaded "masculine" card !!

It's a busy time for everyone, so being short on time I created another quick n easy card - not CAS - but definitely easy!

used the MFP Set  "Christmas in the Country"

Cardstock is from MFP but designer paper is from My Minds Eye...white embossed on black scrap strip, embossed the vanilla panel with CB's "herringbone" and "candy cane stripes"...stash brads and twine "ribbon" (dont know what to call it)....lightly sponged vanilla panel

DONE!

I am SO looking forward to seeing what masculine cards are entered in the challenge - trust me, I will be casing them all  (big smile here) and the random winner receives a FREE MFP set!!

enjoy what's left of your holiday ...now onto Christmas!!!

hugs

Phri-days are Phindy's!!! challenge #83

This week at Phindy's Place Friday Challenge Blog the challenge is to create "with a sprinkling of snow"....welllllll now its time to bring out one of my ALL time favorite Phindy images... it's called Tasty Flakes

she looks slightly "less intense in color" than IRL - but I think its because I was wanting to get the sparkle to show (-:

if you arent sleeping from being out Black Friday shopping, hope you pop over and check out the rest of the Design Team AND enter the challenge (-:

hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving

This whole week all of my posts were pre-scheduled because I have family here from Florida, both daughters and their families and then tomorrow..ALL of my siblings (6 of us) and their families and grankids..and my Dad

so needless to say "this joint is jumpin" LOL

will be around more next week

hugs and blessings,

supplies:

cardstock: Stampin Up Tempting Turquoise and retired designer paper, and Perfect Plum

Copics: V01, 4, 6...E00, R20, BV 11, 13, B000, B00, B04

sentiment: Verve digital freebie from 2010

embellishments: MS snowflake punch, Marvy scalloped oval punch, violet seam binding, stickles - crystal, white gel pen

spellbinders: Labels 18

Marks Finest Papers November Release - Day Three!

Hello! Welcome to Mark's Finest Papers a Heinrich Company's November Blog Hop!

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

Peaceful Nuthatch

A Trip to Lancaster

What a Fox

Please hop along with us! You have a chance to win one of the above stamp sets! Just comment on the following blogs (don't forget this one), each day! We will announce all three winners on Thanksgiving Day. You can go back and comment if you missed a day. The winners will be chosen at 11PM EST on Wednesday November 23, 2011.

Lois Vicky Anne Connie Linda - ME you are here Karen H. Patty P. Geri Dawn M. Marilynn Chrissy Karen K. Pam Debbie Brenda T Bonnie Harriet Mark's Finest Papers

Today we are showcasing "What a Fox"...i love doing scenes. This was hard to get a picture to show my "sparkling ice" and that I tried to get it reflected in the water and the trees...

Fox is colored with Copic YR04, areas of the scene were lightly sponged with Ranger's Distress Tumbled Glass Blue, Stormy Sky and then Copic W2, C2 and Y08.  Had fun with Glossy Accents, Smooch illuminator and Stickles !! sentiment stamped with the Stormy Sky...

Cardstock and dp is from SU as well as the ribbon

used silver gel pen to add dots

Well, that's it for the November release

Wishing everyone a wonderful Thanksgiving with time with family and friends,

and time to reflect on the awesome precious gift of salvation given to us by our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ - if you dont know Him in this way, please take some time to pick up the Bible and meet Him! He is waiting for YOU (-:

John 3:16

Acts 16:31

hugs and blessings,

Marks Finest Paper November Releases - Day Two

Hello! Welcome to Mark's Finest Papers a Heinrich Company's November Blog Hop!

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

Peaceful Nuthatch

A Trip to Lancaster

What a Fox

Please hop along with us! You have a chance to win one of the above stamp sets! Just comment on the following blogs (don't forget this one), each day! We will announce all three winners on Thanksgiving Day. You can go back and comment if you missed a day. The winners will be chosen at 11PM EST on Wednesday November 23, 2011.

Lois Vicky Anne Connie Linda - ME you are here    Karen H. Patty P. Geri Dawn M. Marilynn Chrissy Karen K. Pam Debbie Brenda T Bonnie Harriet Mark's Finest Papers

Today we are showcasing "A Trip to Lancaster"

double stacked the Lotus die from Spellbinder's, colored the image with glitter pens (gave up trying to get the sparkle to show in pic), stash designer paper and ribbon from MFP. Black pearls are done with Vivid's Pearl Pen on the red and hand dotted with black pen around the image....

easy, quick and I really like this one (-:

hugs,

Marks Finest Paper November Releases! Day One

Hello! Welcome to Mark's Finest Papers a Heinrich Company's November Blog Hop!

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

Peaceful Nuthatch

A Trip to Lancaster

What a Fox

Please hop along with us! You have a chance to win one of the above stamp sets! Just comment on the following blogs (don't forget this one), each day! We will announce all three winners on Thanksgiving Day. You can go back and comment if you missed a day. The winners will be chosen at 11PM EST on Wednesday November 23, 2011.

Lois Vicky Anne Connie Linda - ME you are here Karen H. Patty P. Geri Dawn M. Marilynn Chrissy Karen K. Pam Debbie Brenda T Bonnie Harriet Mark's Finest Papers
 Today we are showcasing   "Peaceful Nuthatch"

wonderful little bird - very little coloring required - I used Ranger's Distress Peeled Paint Green, Aged Mahogany and Tumbled Glass blue and lightly colored images with a "nib" (quick and easy) You can purchase the nibs just about anywhere (for those who dont know - those are the replacement tips for your markers)

Cheery Lynn die cut in several pieces, MS leaf punch, stash designer paper and SU cardstock (Not Quite Navy)

hope you enjoy the new release,

hugs,

a Christmas card

hi there,
just had fun creating a card just ....because!
No challenge, no design team, no one needing a card....just something I sat here and did while watching the movie "Fireproof" (have a box of Kleenex right beside me LOL)

used the gorgeous stamps from Layers of Color

"Glad Tidings" and "Touch of Elegance"

forgot to run the embossing buddy over cardstock before embossing so it has a few snowy spots and

can hardly see the photo corners - tip: use lighter base when adding black photo corners LOL

ok, movie over - I'm all good cried out (-:

hugs and have a blessed weekend

ps  if you havent seen the movie "Fireproof "or the most recent release "Courageous"...treat yourself - will be a blessing to you (and watch with hubby, double blessing!)

Speedy the Cat Challenge #82

Welcome Weekend!

This week at the Speedy the Cat Challenge Blog Design Team member Harriet challenged us to create using " black, white and one other color"....well one of my fav combos is red, black and white....

so keeping it very simple (for a change LOL) I used two images from one of the new releases for November called A Trip to Lancaster.

used MFP cardstock, "dotted" Cuttlebug folder, Color Box ink - Licorice, red pen and stash ribbon!

DONE!

can't believe it - I dont think this counts as a CAS (clean and simple) because of the layers but this is about as CAS as I get!

Hope you get to pop over and see the wonderful creations from the Design Team AND hope you are inspired to join in the challenge...remember - random winner wins a FREE STAMP SET!

(one more thing - the new releases for November will be "officially" released on Nov 21-23rd and we will be having our release blog hop - it's late this month due to the sale of Mark's Finest Papers.)

hugs,

Stamp TV's CSS Alumni Blog Hop

WOW - cant believe this past month has flown by and here we are with another STV Alumni Blog Hop!
you should have arrived here from Kay's beautiful Blog . But if you didnt and you want to start at the beginning, then pop over to STV's Forum .
For this hop, we were given this wonderful inspiration photo from Better Homes & Garden! ohhhhh soooooo many ideas!

i opted for the inspiration of CIRCLES - and the GKD set that immediately came to mind is Melanie Muenchinger's "Year Round Fun"...this set is going to stay out and will be my "finish off" card for this year...(that's the card I need to have that's quick n easy)...PLUS this one lets me use those little scraps - I will be punching them into different size circles and will be stamping my stash designer paper with the main image as I go along...

looks like I will have my cards all ready by Thanksgiving after all (-:

here you go! just plain good ole stampin fun!!

I entered the last one in the  Championing Award Medallions Challenge in the Moxie Fab World challenge since I used a handcrimped medallion on that one (topped with glitter snowflakes)

Make sure to leave a comment as you hop along because on Tuesday morning (November 22nd), we will randomly choose one of the comments from all the blogs who will get a stamp set of their choice valued up to $24.95!

Now your next hop is over to Lori's amazing blog

Hope you enjoy and have been inspired,

hugs,

supplies:

cardstock:  all GKD with designer paper from SU (retired)

ink: Color Box Strawberry, Artichoke, Licorice, SU Craft White and heat embossed
copics: R29, YG63

embellishments: SU circle punches, MS snowflake punch, pearls, gold and white pens and black copic liner pen, medallion leaves are Cherry Lyn die, stickles
spellbinders: Standard Circles Large, Lacey Circles



Phri-days are Phindy's !! Challenge #82

This week at Phindy's Place Friday Challenge Blog the challenge is to create with the theme "Christmas".
I have a young friend in mind so made this especially for her using this so cute image from Phindy called Snow Fun   This image even resembles her (well, from a few years ago lol) - didnt color her pants because wanted it to remind her of the time she made a snowman in her pajamas. She doesnt visit my blog so know she wont see it....now her Grandma just needs to keep quiet (big smile!)

hope you get a chance to enter our challenge and pop over and look at the rest of the Design Team's creations -  they have created some awesome Christmas cards!!

You can win two prizes, one winner will be chosen at random from the entries and will win a $5 gift certificate to the Phindy's Place Store and one entry will win Card of the Week with the creator also receiving a $5 gift certificate. Don't forget that once a month we will choose an overall winner from the weekly winners and they will be offered a Guest position on the DT - and of course a free image from Phindy's Place to use for that week's challenge!

hugs,

supplies:
cardstock - SU Black and retired SU designer paper
Spellbinders - Classic scalloped squares small and Labels 12
Copics - E00, 33, 37, 43...B00, B000, R37, N4, 6, G05
embellishments: pearls, SU white ribbon, SU small oval punch
ink - SU kraft white and Real Red
sentiment - From Stampin Up - stamp set unknown

Oldie but Goodie Blog Hop

hi there, welcome to the Oldie But Good Blog Hop where

the theme is always to use supplies that haven't been used for 6 months or longer and this time we were asked to think about being thankful!

This hop is done by members of the Facebook Group the Designing Divas...you should have arrived from the awesome blog of  DIVA Sue Morris

since we had a theme for this blog hop of something we are thankful for... my inspiration came to me while I was spending time with my mother-in-law who is 90 and lives in Logan, West VA. She has a salt block in her backyard (which is right at the bottom of the mountain) and the deer just come right on up and enjoy themselves!

it's beautiful and I'm thankful for "nature" - God's creation is so beautiful !!

the deer in the clearing reminded me of this stamp I've had from Penny Black for soooooo long...couldnt wait to get home and make my card - love purple and sparkle...so here you go

used retired Stampin Up designer paper, Eggplant and Perfect Plum cardstock, SU ribbon, liquid applique and stickles for snow, colored with Prisma pencil Violet and Copic C2, Smooch illuminator, MS border punch....handwritten sentiment...done!

 hope you like...

 now you're off to the super uber talented blog of  DIVA Cindy Johnsen Pec

have a beautiful day,

2 more entries for Sugar Creek Hollow

major night owl attack ...

I'm so glad to be home..and STAMPING! can't sleep so went ahead and did my next two cards for the challenge over at Sugar Creek Hollow using the same stamp from Layers of Color but in two totally different layouts and color combos!

 love this "tear" technique - different!! and used that Delicata Golden Glitz ink again (lovin that stuff!)

 i stamped the image once on white then on brown cardstock - tore them and then pieced them together using the opposite color....you can see where I sponged the edges...and I love that vintage doesnt always mean darker or sepia colors. Stripes and spots are in my design paper and added the photo corner with liquid pearls, paper flowers from stash and leaves from scraps using MS punch...colored lightly with Copic B21, 45 and E11, matted using spellbinder's classic scalloped squares small                 

for this one, I used corner punch and rounded the two bottom corners. Added my gold spots randomly with gold gel pen on the brown piece. My stripes are embossed with the cuttlebug folder and lightly sponged with Ranger's Aged Mahogany, then crimped half of scrap from Graphic 45 with the small vintage Christmas image, sponged edges and added dots.  Added scrap piece of twill ribbon to upper corner and leaf spring from MS punch to bottom corner. This card opens from the side.


hope I didnt leave anything out - think I will see if I can finally get to sleep now ....have long day at work tomorrow after being off for a few days...
but it's alllllll good - blessed to have work KWIM!

will be around to visit you soon,
hugs

Sugar Creek Hollow and Layers of Color

The wonderful vintage challenges at Sugar Creek Hollow and the stamps from Layers of Color are just blending so wonderfully!!! This sentiment from LOC is going to be one of the designs for my Christmas Cards ...so you will be seeing it used a lot in various ways (-*...this week the challenge at SCH is "stripes and spots"...

I just got home earlier today from being gone since last Thursday but after I was unpacked, dinner done, etc etc couldnt wait to see what I've missed...went straight to the SCH site because I want to get 3 entries in this week...saw the challenge...and did this quick card for the challenge...

let my stash designer paper bring the stripes and spots...used brown cardstock for base and matting.

Have been wanting to use an ink new to me that I saw over on Jennie Harper's STV page ..it's called "Delicata Golden Glitz" by Tsukineko and it's gorgeous...and no heat embossing required! (thanks so much Jennie!!) got mine from Oozaks.com

anyway, after I stamped the image onto the brown, I sponged around edges with white ink from Color Box and added trim from Webster's and matted it on another piece of the brown cardstock. added 3 pearls using Vivid Pearl Pen up in the corner...

Quick card but I really like it!

Ok, back to work on my other 2 entries (-:

so glad to be home....

hugs,

Speedy the Cat Challenge #81

Welcome Weekend! This week the Speedy the Cat Challenge Blog challenge from Patty is to create "using our favorite technique".

I can say without hesitation that my fav technique is "plain ole coloring"... love to sit and color, color, color! then I guess paper piecing is a second close... so using MFP's "Country Thanksgiving"

and coloring with Copics, here ya go - my last Thanksgiving card for this year!  Hope you get to pop over and see the wonderful creations from the Design Team AND hope you are inspired to join in the challenge...remember - random winner wins a FREE STAMP SET!

have a blessed weekend, will be around to comment soon (no laptop with me for a few days!)


supplies:
cs - MFP's black, Basic Grey stash
copics - R08, 37...YR15, 18...Y08, 28...E00, 17, 25, 47...B21, 45, YG63, 67
embellishments - twine, buttons, spellbinders - big scalloped ovals lg and petite ovals sm, sunflower brad

Phri-days are Phindy's Challenge #81

This week at Phindy's Place Friday Challenge Blog the challenge is to create using the theme "thankful or Thanksgiving"....well, I'm pretty much done with the few Thanksgiving cards that I send. We are having a ton of family over Thanksgiving so my favorite lady for the season is MRS SMITH - for those of you overseas or who may never have heard of her....she makes the most delicious frozen pies (catch 'em on sale) which are so truly handy to have ....with lots of whipped cream (-:

Naturally had to use Phindy's wonderful image Nana's Pies

no embellishments!!! quick n easy!!!

as you read this, DH and I are down in West Virginia with my MIL....our daughter is taking care of home so all is well...truly needed this break...

hope I get to color while I'm gone ...working on those Christmas cards that I wish I had started when someone else who's name I wont mention (Patti) started.... LOL
hugs,


supplies:
cs - MFP's Evergreen, Basic Grey Eskimo kisses
copics - E00, 01, 31, 35...G20, 21, 85...W5, B00
embellishments - red glitter pen, stickles

Sugar Creek Hollow's "trash to treasure" challenge entry #2

hi there!
yes, this is entry #2 (-:
checkout the candy from Sugar Creek Hollow - see that Cricut over on my sidebar?  oh yeah!...I'm so seriously going to get as many entries in as I can....3 per week! WHO doesnt want to win one of these babies!!

now this is a really quick card....and I'm not telling you what my "trash" is...can you figure it out?

this "trash to treasure" is really fun!

 anyway....i was trying Selma's tutorial on doing a snow background and failed ... 

(had lightly inked glossy cardstock with Ranger's Spun Sugar, stamped background trees with versamark and then sponged card again with Ranger's Victorian Velvet, heat set, then white embossed tree, misted with water..nothing happened)...

but not wanting to ditch my attempt..i kept going - stamped a miniature script stamp (from SU but separated from set so I dont know which one) on the opposite side of the white embossed tree (from SU's Lovely as a Tree) and then from the Layers of Colors Christmas Blessing set, used their Post Card and postage stamps in upper corner...matted onto white cardstock, made my photo corners, added my scrunched seam binding, matted onto Cranberry cardstock with lace on the side...

whew!

and NOW took my trash - and with black Stazon stamped the sentiment (from Amuse Art Stamps)

onto......drumroll please! ....

one of the sections that come in the white craft boxes to make your dividers!!

still have one more left to use at another time! added my button with the seam binding coming through it... DONE!  not a beautiful card but it is vintage....and it meets the challenge!

ok, so that's TWO entries into the drawing - have one more coming later this week (-:
I would encourage you to play but then WHY would I want to lower my chances KWIM - LOL !!!

hope you know I'm kidding - the more the merrier and  best of luck to everyone (-:
hugs,
     

Sugar Creek Hollow and Layers of Color

hi there

isnt it wonderful having an extra hour - I used mine to stamp ...probably should have slept instead LOL

anyway, this week Sugar Creek Hollow is having their "Trash to Vintage Treasure Challenge - well, I've been waiting...heeeeheeeeheeee....have a small box full of "trash" ready to use on cards - some I know how I want to use...some I dont have a clue (-:

Here is my trash for this challenge - it's the tag from the Thanksgiving garland I bought at Hobby Lobby - saw those flourishes and KNEW it was going to my "trash" stash (-:

it was a large tag so I cut it to fit my card...matted it to light blue card stock...added twill ribbon that I had lightly sponged with Ranger's Aged Mahogany and adhered to black cardstock for the base

can you see the white flower soft - not sure if I should have used that since its "vintage" and they didnt have fake "snow" on stuff....i dont think they did? lightly colored images with Copics and matted onto black cardstock. Took a small piece of light brown cardstock that was also sponged with Aged Mahogany, ran it through the Cuttlebug using the Doodle Parts and added to offset the flourish

but it still looked bare

light bulb moment !!

made three crepe paper flowers using small Stampin Up  punches - gold brad in center - scrunched them up and lightly dusted with...again...Ranger's Aged Mahogany...very lightly...

VOILA! my card (had to cut the tag in half but the twill ribbon covers that)!

the image is from the Layers of Color new Christmas Collection release designed by Nina Brackett and the set is called

"Christmas Blessing"..

you will see more of this collection...i really really really love it!

have decided that this collection is my choice for my cards this year

now I just have to seriously get started on making them (-:

hugs and blessings,