Stamp TV's CSS Alumni Blog Hop

Hi there, welcome to our monthly blog hop - this month we've been given another awesome sketch from Melissa Cash!

Now you should have come from Kay's  gorgeous blog...but if you not and you want to start at the beginning, go here to STV.

I really enjoyed this sketch - pulled out Theresa's new set "Dogwood and Butterfly"....love love love!

All cardstock, ribbon and button is from GKD and ink is Memento Sky, Danube Blue and Bamboo.

Copics are B29, YG63

Cuttlebug EF...paper pieced the butterfly on bottom card and MS leaf punch

Make sure to leave a comment as you hop along because on Tuesday morning (January 17), we will randomly choose one of the comments from all the blogs and that person will receive a huge grab bag of fabulous Gina K. Designs Stamps!

next stop is our awesome sketch designer Melissa .

NOTE: Having blogger issues with my commenting and some followers are telling me that they are having trouble leaving comments on my blog. I downloaded FireFox and have been able to comment using that server. Hope Blogger fixes its issues with Internet Explorer soon...so hope this doesnt interfere with opportunity to leave your comment to be entered in the selection for the Grab Bag win...guess for this hop its more important than before to comment on as many blogs as you have the time to do...

hugs,

Phri-days are Phindy's!

I chose the row with embossing, buttons and a die cut! have been wanting to color this adorable image Happy Howlidays  ever since Phindy released it...Phindy images are such a joy to color...

cardstock is dark brown matted onto white card base
Dry embossed retired SU designer paper using the Cuttlebug folder "Candy Cane Stripes"
Copics: E02, 30, 31, 35, 37...W1, 3, 5...Y21, 23, 26...R29, G05, 09
Image is diecut using Spellbinders Labels 18 matted onto red cardstock.
Buttons from stash with candy cane twine and stickles on their hats!

No sentiment, I need a ton of Thank You's and Happy Birthdays this month...not sure which this is!

Hope you get to pop over to the Phindys Place Challenge Blog and play in the challenge (-:

hugs,


ps I'm still having blogger problems (along with a gazillion others - cant leave comments on so many blogs ... I get sent over to a blank white page)  hope they figure it out soon....

EEEKSSSS I WON! wooo hooooooooo

I cant believe it...I won the Cricut Mini !!!

NEW Provocraft CRICUT MINI machine

Winner is LINDA PAYNE

boy am I glad I got off early that day.....
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WOOOO HOOOO my company closed early today and I RUSHED home (no traffic - was like being in Twilight Zone!) threw down all my stuff and went straight to my craft room....two hours later...my card is done!
Have been wanting to color up this Wonderful freebie digital image from GKD  really love it! Have printed up a dozen to color throughout the year and use next year...

This one is for the challenge over at Suzanne Dean's CMC Challenge   "to use gold, cream, white" with your Copics...sparkle is hard to photo so here are a few (-:

on this last one, I have added a little more Y28 to bottom of ornament

this is one of those "its so much prettier in real life" cards...I am very tickled with it....
cardstock is from GKD and Copics used are W00,01...E30, 50, 81...Y00,26, 28...YR31
lightly painted on gold stickles and sponged edge with Ranger's Distress Antique Linen

now off to get ready for tomorrow night...oh bummer - we have to eat dinner tonight too! hmmmmm....pizza!

LOL hugs,

Melanie Muenchinger's Exciting News

For those of you who follow STV, you know Melanie!
She has some awesome news...her very own BOOK! - so pop over to her BLOG and see what she is giving away - but go quick - this ends tomorrow night!

I'm headed over to Annie's Attic to get this....This set of Melanie's has been a favorite "go to" stamp set year round....

Wishing Melanie huge success on this book - how awesome is that! (and I was doing a happy dance just to get a card published LOL, cant imagine how over-the-top excited she must be!!)

hugs,

Sugar Creek Hollow Challenge

Happy New Year and welcome to our first challenge of 2012 at Sugar Creek Hollow. This week we want you to save some trees and RE-PURPOSE PAPER TOWELS, TOILET PAPER OR COFFEE FILTERS. Instead of buying some designer paper for your project, go to your kitchen or bathroom and grab one of the above items and let's see how you can transform it and incorporate it into your vintage, shabby chic or primitive card or other paper-crafted project

     This week one random winner will receive a digi of our choice and a winner's badge to display. In addition, the Design Team will choose one project as Card of the Week and the creator will receive a badge and will be in the running for a Guest Designer spot. Our new Design Team is in place and everyone has worked hard to create some inspiration for you. If you want details on how they re-purposed the various items, head over to the Sugar Creek Hollow Blog. and click on their names to go directly to their blogs.

I used some round coffee filters and took some pics of a few of my steps.  Details and supplies used at bottom of post

Using Layers of Color set "Dotted Peonies" by Nina Brackett...

Details:
sponged the leaves and flower images with Ranger's Distress Inks - Aged Mahogany, Mustard Seed, and Worn Lipstick. Took a 4 x 5.25 piece of cranberry cardstock and added stick glue all over it, then laid down the sponged filter and folded the edges over the cardstock. Ran it through the Cuttlbug using the Victoria folder....really enjoying this technique!
cut out the flower and layered it three times and added pearl brad.  Matted it onto scrap light green cardstock.
The base card is cranberry, sponged with white pigment around edges..then stamped with a "crackle" stamp using gold pigment ink.  Ribbons are from stash...

There you go! I like working with these filters MUCH more than with tissue paper!

so my first post as a member of this fabulous Design Team is now done....now I can breath (-:

hugs,

Speedy the Fox Challenge #89

hi there - so glad it's Saturday!!

This week over at the Speedy the Fox Challenge Blog   (yep, new owner - new name LOL), we were challenged by Patty to use "brads or eyelets".

Grabbed the MFP set "Covered Bridges" and the sentiment is from the MFP set "What a Fox" and the MFP crackle background stamp.

no coloring...stamped image in Memento Rich Cocoa, and then layered with MFP cardstock. Punched corners with corner punch, copper brads from stash, added twine... lightly sponged around sentiment 

.... background is stamped using Memento's Rhubarb and a very little bit of gold pigment ink....

Well I need 10 Birthday Cards for men in January...so now I only need 9 !

hope you get to play along - random winner chosen wins a FREE SET from MFP!

My Bible Study at the Regional Jail is back for the month of January - every Monday night at 7pm.  Please pray for these women...that their hearts will be softened by the Holy Spirit to see their need for a Saviour.

thanks so much,

Phri-days are Phindy's!!!

WOOOO HOOOOO! We are back from our holiday break and ready to get going for 2012!
Our first Phindy's Place Friday Challenge for this year is a COLOR CHALLENGE!  brown, teal, white and celery (or colors as close as possible)

I went with a fav image by Phindy called Together

started to add a scene...but then liked them just looking out at the beautiful sky together - thinking of me and DH on this one  .....wellllll we still have a few years to go but its us just the same (-:

Now pop on over and check out the rest of the Design Team's cards - gorgeous!!!

Reminder:
You don't have to use a Phindy image but we hope you will and if you do, follow the instructions under the challenge rules on the sidebar and enter your card twice. If you don't have a Phindy image, pop over to the Phindy's Place store and pick up a few of the fabulous images you will find there.

One random winner will win a $5 gift certificate to the Phindy's Place Store. In addition the Design Team will select one entry as Card of the Week. The creator will also receive a $5 gift certificate and will be in the running for our monthly Guest Designer spot

looking forward to 2012 and all the wonderful Phindy projects from everyone ...
hugs,

also entered in challenge at Crafty Sentiments - Love and Romance

supplies:

cardstock - celery and teal from SU
designer paper - stash from K&Co
Copics: E00, 11, 31,33, 35,47, 59...C2, BG09, 18...YG63, R29
ink: Ranger's Distress Tumbled Glass and Vintage Photo

Winners of Celebration Candy

WINNERS OF CANDY

Candy #1   The Other Patti Sue
Candy #2  Patricia St Martin

Congrats! and again, thank you to everyone who stops by (-:

Ladies please email your snail mail address and I will send these right out!

hope to do this again in the Spring!
hugs
Linda





MERRY CHRISTMAS

and a big thank you to everyone who is following my blog! Was going to wait until I hit 300 followers but it's Christmas so wanted to do it now!

THANK YOU EVERYONE for following me, 

I sincerely appreciate it....

Giving away two candy packages!

The winners will be randomly selected from all the comments for this post
 and the only thing you need to be is a follower - doesnt matter if you follow my blog or prefer to follow via the Network (Facebook)...

Will keep this open until midnight New Years Day and post the winners on January 2nd...

thank you again...i am truly humbled that so many enjoy what they see here....

hugs and Happy New Year!

and remember - Jesus is the Reason for the Season ...

WINNER of HEARTFELT ALUMNI BLOG HOP

EEKS! I had autoposted this for Saturday and dont know why it didnt post....so much going on yesterday that I didnt check my blog....so sorry

OLGA picked the winner this month - She randomly drew Tesa's blog and than randomly drew again the name of the winner...

Becky Spinks!!!!!!

. wooo hooo - please email Emma Lou at emmalou@heartfeltcreations.us and let her know you are the winner of the December Alumni Blog Hop to receive your $25 gift certificate to Heartfelt Creations...enjoy (-:
hugs,

Speedy the Cat Challenge #88

hey hey hey! its Sa-tur-day LOL



This week at the Speedy the Cat Challenge Blog, Brenda has challenged us "to use a snowflake".

So I used snowflake stamp from MFP's new Ice & Snow set and the sentiment is from their new Buffalo Spring set

a fav layout that I dont use often enough...stash light blue cardstock matted onto white cardbase, edges sponged with Ranger's Distress Ink "Tumbled Glass"...heat embossed snowflakes and sentiment..., white scrap dry embossed with Cuttlebug folder, ribbon from stash

great layout to use scraps! Hope you enter the challenge - remember...random winner wins

a FREE MFP SET!

Have a wonderful New Year's Eve! Safe traveling for those of you away....we have a rousing rowdy group every year...playing Dominoes and others will be playing Rook!

yep, we ARE the Wild Bunch (-:

but we eat good - I make a huge pot of vegetable beef soup and another family brings his pot of beans that has slow cooked for-ever!!! plus desserts, snacks, etc...

Our house will be packed and we love bringing in the New Year this way....

BRING on 2012! (-:

hugs,

Life Styles give away!

now this is a prize! head over to Life Styles Craft Blog and check it out!

Heartfelt Creations Alumni Blog Hop

Hi there, hope everyone had a beautiful blessed Christmas...we sure did! loved being in church and praising our Lord to celebrate His birth, then over to visit our youngest daughter and family (the one with the 3 little grankids) loved it! missed our other daughter and family but sure glad they spent Christmas in their own home this year (they usually travel)...on to the  HEARTFELT CREATIONS ALUMNI BLOG HOP (-:

These super talented ladies were able to squeeze in our monthly hop (which is the last Tuesday of the month) even with all the business of this month:

Olga
Selma
Carla
Kristina
Tesa
and ME !

I chose to use the gorgeous Heartfelt Creation single stamp called Autumn Corsage

Didnt add a sentiment (which will go in the upper corner) because I need Thank You and Birthday Cards for January...not sure which this will be yet (-:

If you didnt start at the beginning, pop over to Olga's and be prepared for your jaw to drop!!!!

Well this was a short blog hop due to the holidays...BUT that means better odds of being the selected winner.

One of our blogs will be randomly chosen and from all those that commented on that blog, the winner will be again, randomly chosen.

Blog Hop will remain open for comments through midnight Friday night Dec 30th

The winner will be posted here (and on the member's blogs who are in town to post)

by noon on Sat Dec 31st

Winner receives a $25 gift certificate to shop at Heartfelt Creations! 

HAPPY NEW YEAR! 

supplies: 

cardstock: GKD Asparagus, retired stash designer paper from SU

ink: Ranger's Distressed Crushed Olive and Spun Sugar sponged onto mat

Copics:  RV02, 11, 19, 21 ...YG63, BG09, C2

embellishment: stash ribbon

Entered in following challenges:

Creative Inspirations Paint - Anything Goes

the Crafty Pad - Anything but Christmas

Wee Memories - Anything goes

Speedy the Cat Friends Challenge #87

This week at the Speedy the Cat Challenge Blog, Patty has challenged us to create..."anything goes"! Love it!
I have a brother whose birthday is in January and he turns the big 60! so this is going to him...

This one is so fun!!

Used the new set from Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co called "Buffalo Spring"...

used designer paper from Tim Holtz "Ideaology", light brown cardstock base from stash and ink is Ranger's Distressed Rusty Hinge, Burlap, and Aged Mahogany.

Copics used: N2, N6, E35, E11

Gold adhesive nailheads in stash...

ok - back to getting ready for Christmas!

hugs all

Sugar Creek Hollow and Layers of Color

Ok - entry #3!!! and that's it...just keeping my fingers crossed now (-: hope you are trying to win the Cricut from Sugar Creek Hollow too! Still time to enter - it only takes one entry ----you never know !!

Flower is from Layers of Color Designer Collection by Nina Brackett called "Dotted Peonies"

I have plans for this set (-:

the Thank you is from an unknown - there is nothing on the wood block....

Well, folks I'm outta here until the first of the year...taking a much needed break and will be working on DT cards for January - Will be auto posting my two challenge cards for the last two Saturdays of this month for Speedy the Cat, small blog hop for Heartfelt Creations (winner receives $25 to spend at HC) and posting my blog candy to start on Sunday and end on New Years Day....will announce winner on Monday January 2nd!

will finally be poppin around to visit  ya...

Merry Christmas to everyone

and remember......JESUS is the Reason for the Season....

Sugar Creek Hollow and Delicious Doodles

hi there, entry #2 using the wonderful candle/poinsettia image from Delicious Doodles for the "Thank You" card challenge over at Sugar Creek Hollow...

Paper pieced the image colored with Copics onto the gorgeous Designer Paper from My Mind's Eye - Lost & Found Christmas...which I think is gorgeous...if all is quiet around here next week I intend to keep making Christmas cards because I didnt get to use this gorgeous paper like I wanted....

that's a big "IF"  LOL

hugs,

Sugar Creek Hollow Challenge using Layers of Color

hi there, I've missed so much the past two weeks - several blog hops and challenges I wanted to do...BUT...my company's financial operations are on the calendar year and so I have been swamped...

however didnt want to miss getting my 3 entries in over at Sugar Creek Hollow to be entered in the draw for that very generous blog candy - a CRICUT!
only have one card assembled for now (but do have 2 more in the works)... first entry:

used the gorgeous set from Layers of Color "Teacup Blessings" and the corner stamp is from LOC's set "Touch of Elegance"

the rest of the supplies are: cardstock from MFP - Evergreen, design paper from Webster's Pages, ink was Memento Black and Ranger's Distressed "Pine Needles" and "Milled Lavendar". Colored with Copics BV00, 01, 11...BG18, YG 91

ok, going to crash - have to be out early in am but hopefully back home at a normal time!

Christmas is only 5 days away!  just need to wrap and bake  - hopefully on Saturday...

and to all my blogging friends out west in that huge snow storm - hope all are safe and have your power and heat!

hugs

Speedy the Cat Challenge #86

This week at the Speedy the Cat Challenge Blog, Patty has asked us to create " a Christmas card"! ...well now imagine that! LOL....who thinks she has PERFECT timing (-: I do !!

 so here we go! i grabbed the new set "New Pines"...

fun using some fibers I've had seems like FOUR-EV-ER!!!

My Mind's Eye dp, MFP cardstock, frame with Labels 15, scrunched seam binding with stash brad, MS leaf punch, Memento inks, Copics C1,YG63, E33,37 and white gel pen

next i created a card with retired set "Ginger Cookies"...i didnt realize this set wasnt available any longer, so its for my own "personal use"

ok, now pop over and check out the challenge and the DT's inspirations...

and enter your Christmas card....

you have one - so c'mon ...can't win that FREE SET if you dont enter

this aint Publisher Clearing House come knockin on your door LOL

do they really do that ???

LOL with hugs for all

entering this in the Christmas card challenge over at Joan's Gardens

Phri-days are Phindy's!! Challenge #86

This week at Phindy's Place Friday Challenge Blog the challenge is to create using "scraps no bigger than 3 inches"....LOVE IT! so pulled out the huge scrap box and started plucking out my pieces...

Did something a little different - only used a portion of the Phindy image, Snow Fun . Actually even the image is a piece of scrap - the girl that's with this snowman was poorly colored ...so i just punched out the snowman and only used him.

the tag came from My Mind's Eye, I added the To & From....

well Phindy and the rest of the team are taking a break until January...so hope you can pop pver and enjoy the rest of the Design Team's inspiration and join us in our last challenge for 2011...

Get rid of some scraps!!!

Thank you everyone who supported our Phindy Weekly Challenge this past year

 - see you again on January 6th!!

Merry Christmas Phindy Phans (-:

hugs

entering this in the challenge over at Sugar Creek Hollow - I dont start on the DT until January so still trying to win that Cricut (-:
and the challenge at Joans Gardens

Marks Finest Papers December Blog Hop Release Day 3

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

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

Pucker Up Featured December 13

Pussy Willows Featured December 14 Ice and Snow Featured December 14

New Pines Featured December 15

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 for more chances to win! We will announce all four winners on December 16, 2011 on the Mark's Finest Papers blog. You can go back and comment if you missed a day. The winners will be chosen at 11PM EST on Thursday December 15, 2011.

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

I have created two projects with the new set "New Pines" - this first one is a quick/easy card !

stamped the sentiment using Ranger's Distress - PineNeedles, then laid a nestie mask (a scrap piece of paper that has cut out this die image) over the sentiment and sponged lightly around sentiment...ran it through the Cuttlebug using the "dots" folder.
Added ribbon from MFP and matted onto MFP dark green cardstock. Stamped trees using white pigment ink and embossed with Seafoam White embossing powder onto piece of same green cardstock. Cut out trees and adhered to card. Adhered to MFP's white cardstock base.

This is a FIVE MINUTE card - very handy layout that I go to often when in a hurry (-:

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Next is another vintage tag using this set (and it will be entered into some tag challenges)

i LOVE this designer paper - it's from My Mind's Eye "Lost & Found Christmas" matted onto olive cardstock.

I added the "To and From" with gel burgundy pen and colored the berries with it also,

reversed the paper and added the strip on the side.

Stamped the sentiment with Memento Black

Stamped the cone with Ranger's Distress Aged Mahogany and paper pieced onto card.

Added lace...and bow with stash ribbon above the cone...punched hole up at top and made my hang string - popped big designer brad to close up hole...

last thing was adding the pearls using Viva's pearl pen - Ice White

hope this new release for December has given you some inspiration....

now looking forward to seeing who the random winners are - best wishes to all !

hugs,

Tag is entered into the following challenges:
Designed 2 Delight - tag, ends Dec 17
Sugar Creek Hollow - vintage tag, ends Dec 16th
Corrosive Challenges by Janet -anything but Christmas, ends Dec 24