Month in Review - January

Well the first month of January is coming to an end in less than an hour. I accomplished some of my goals, did you??

Stats for the month:
36 cards made - a few of them Christmas!
15 pages scrapped - off to a great start!!
6 books read - I had 5 picked out, goal surpassed!
Blog at least 20 days out of the month - check!! Went way over that :)
Try a new technique - check! (ribbon through a button on a card- way cool!)

I won a few blog candies - yippee!

Oh...and...uh...I flunked the no paper challenge yesterday. I couldn't resist some clearance paper at Michaels - American Crafts 60 sheets for $4, I got the Jolly collection and the Backyard collection...and a new K&Co Valentine paper pad with a coupon.

I think 2010 is off to a great start! Let's hope February is just as awesome!

Magnolia Stamps Weekend

This weekend Danni chose Magnolia Stamps to play with, I had hoped to get a lot done but sadly, that hasn't happened.

I did finish this card last night for one of my card group's sketch challenge.



This is Chef Tilda and her rolling pin from the Yummy from the Tummy collection. I got the fall kit from Magnolia Stamps and these were part of it...its winter and I finally inked them up LOL!

Check out the blogs of Danni, Nancy & Kimberly to see what Magnolia creations they have been posting!

Card Supplies:
Stamps: Chef Tilda & rolling pin ~ Magnolia Stamps, sentiment ~ MFT, cupcake ~ The Cat's Pajamas
Paper: Basic Grey Nook & Pantry
Copics: E00, E02, R21, R24, R27, E41, E33, E35, E37
Other: ribbon ~ Michaels, CM circle punch

I'm a winner!

What a great way to start my day today...

Aly chose me as one of the top 3 stampers for her Sunday Sketch Week #9.

Click HERE to check it out!

I was also the random winner of a digi stamp, woohoo!

Flutter By Wednesday #94

It's time for another Flutter By Wednesday!

No extra challenge today, just be sure to use a butterfly, fairy or angel on your card/project and link it to the Flutter By Wednesday blog.

I'm sorry that I don't have a card to share with you today. It's Tuesday night as I'm typing this and I haven't felt that great since Sunday night, so I'm giving up and getting some extra rest.

Be sure to visit my fellow DT members for some fluttering inspiration. Their links are on the left sidebar and on the Flutter By Wednesday blog.

Christmas Magnolia Blog Hop!

Good morning!

If you've hopped here from Jenn's blog, then you are in the right place! If you just happened to stop by, please start the Magnolia Christmas hop at Julie's blog!

For my card, I am using Santa Edwin...at least I think that is his name. I got him in an image chain last summer.


I got to use my Basic Grey Wassail for the first time, I bought it when it came out and then misplaced it lol! I think my favorite part of the card is all the fun flock on Santa's suit.

Your next stop on the hop is Lauren. Hope you are having a good time!

Card Supplies:
Stamps: Magnolia
Paper: Basic Grey Wassail
Copics: E00, C1, Y15, E57, N7, R89
Other: cotton ball white fun flock, snowflake brad from stash, gold spica pen

Squigglefly Challenge #33

Happy Monday!

It's time for a Squigglefly Challenge. This week it is Kim's group's turn to show us their Squigglefly stuff. I was planning to make a card to show here, but I ran out of time!

If you would like to play along, please make a summer card using a Squigglefly image and link it to the Squigglefly blog {HERE}. If you don't have any Squigglefly stamps yet, hop on over there to check out all the great releases from this past Saturday. I bought some and hope to share some creations later this week :)

Have a great day!

Stamping Bella Weekend - Last Card!

This is my last card for our Stamping Bella weekend. I had such a good time making cards! You still might see a bella or two pop up in posts this week, he he he! You can check the first post {Stamping Bella Weekend} from yesterday to see all the ladies that participated.

For this card, I chose my new AllBoxedUpabella, when I saw her I knew she'd be perfect for birthday cards and Christmas cards.

So here she is on a birthday card :)


Here is the layout I used - I love the Sweet Sunday Sketches!


Card Supplies:
Stamps: AllBoxedUpabella ~ Stamping Bella, Birthday Greetings ~ Sweet N Sassy Stamps
Paper: Basic Grey Lemonade
Ink: Memento
Copics: E00, E55, E57, R89, RV34, B01, YG25, B02, Y21
Other: Nestabilities Labels 3, Shapeabilities Tags Trio, brad from stash

Thanks so much to all that stopped by to leave comments this weekend!

2 more cards!

I'm on a roll today! I have 2 more cards to share with you and possibly one more later.

The first one is Birthday Cake with a Stella in it. I've stamped images of her so many times, but I think its the first time she's made it to a card.

I used the Whimsical Wednesday sketch and the Colour Q Challenge (hopefully you can see the orange, I went a little overboard on the pinks LOL!)



The second card is made with another of my all time favorite bella stamps, the Valentini! This is another one from my first order that I've used a bunch of times :)

I used this week's Sweet Stop Sketch


Card Supplies:
Card 1 -
Stamps: Birthday cake with a Stella in it ~ Stamping Bella, Birthday Greetings ~ Sweet N Sassy Stamps
Paper: Basic Grey Perhaps
Ink: Memento
Copics: Eoo, E27, R89, YR24, YR21, R81, R85
Others: Stampin' Up eyelet border punch, Kaiser rhinestones, glossy accents, diamond stickles

Card 2 -
Stamps: Valentini ~ Stamping Bella, Key to My Heart ~ Sweet N Sassy Stamps
Paper: Basic Grey Blush
Ink: Memento, Stampin' Up Pretty in Pink
Copics: G00, BG07, BG09, R24, R27, R89
Others: glossy accents, clear spica pen, prima flowers, brads from stash

Thanks so much for stopping by!

I'm a little teacup...

When I saw the new line of Teacup Girls at Stamping Bella, I just had to get a few.

This is Scarlett the Teacup Girl and I thought she was perfect to use with the CCEE sketch this week and the Divine Diva Inspiration Challenge :)


Here is the sketch from CCEE -

I started out with a square, but I tried using various border punches and they wouldn't cut through so I cut it down to a standard size card.

Here is the Divine Diva inspiration -


Check out this post HERE to see who else is participating in Danni's Stamping Bella weekend, there is inspiration all over the place :)

Card Supplies:
Stamp: Scarlett the Teacup Girl ~ Stamping Bella
Paper: Chloe's Closet ~ Making Memories
Ink: Memento, Stampin' Up Creamy Caramel
Copics: E00, E35, E37, YG17, YG25, Y21, YR07, B95
Others: Diamond stickles, nestabilities scalloped squares, Kaiser Yellow Droplets, glossy accents

I'll be back soon with another card, just waiting for it to dry so I can take a picture of it!

The Pink Elephant #50

No, it's not a Stamping Bella...but I'll be back later with some more of those! I picked out sketches, images and paper before going to bed last night. It should make card making go a wee bit faster today!

I wanted to make sure I shared this Pink Elephant sketch challenge card since a new challenge is posted tomorrow. I created it one night last week and have been lax in getting it to the blog.

I used my new Greeting Farm Princess Anya along with Basic Grey Bittersweet paper I love how the pink and black looks together.

Here is the sketch -


Card Supplies:
Stamps: Princess Anya ~ The Greeting Farm
Paper: Basic Grey Bittersweet, CTMH Black
Ink: Memento
Copics: E00, E02, E35, E37
Others: Stampin Up eyelet border punch, gold spica pen, prima flowers, brads from stash

Until later!

Stamping Bella #3

Third bella of the day and I think it's the last, I am tired but I did have so much fun! Can't wait until next weekend to play along again :)

Another valentine card...


This is Phoebe Ketto, she's from my stash of swap images. Tomorrow I plan to ink up a few new ones now that I found them, I thought they ran away lol!! I just forgot where I put them I got to use my new scalloped square nestabilities, did you know that Joann stores are now carrying them? I heard about it on a yahoo group and had to go investigate last night - got to use a 50% off coupon and a gift card - score!

I used TESC98 for the layout


Card Supplies:
Stamps: Phoebe Ketto ~ Stamping Bella, Be Mine ~ Studio G
Paper: Basic Grey Bittersweet
Ink: Memento
Copics: R00, R89, E37, RV14, RV11, YG17
Others: Nestabilities Scalloped Squares Large, prima flowers, brads from stash, stardust pen

Thanks for stopping by! Hope you'll visit again tomorrow!

Stamping Bella #2

Here is card #2 for today, be sure to scroll down and check out #1!

This is one of the very first stamps I bought from Stamping Bella, her name is Balloonabella. I've used her a bunch of times, usually for Valentine's Day and birthdays :)


I used Paper Sundaes first challenge, there's still a few hours left to enter!

I also incorporated 5 more challenges:
Incy Wincy #26 - use your favorite coloring medium - Copics, of course!
A Spoon Full of Sugar #87 - Lots of Layering
Belli Challenge #83 - Hearts
Crafty Creations - Valentines
All Sorts #36 - Hearts & Flowers

Visit these lovely ladies for more Bella love!

Nancy
Michelle
Kimberly
Jennie
Danni

Card Supplies:
Stamp: Balloonabella ~ Stamping Bella
Paper: Basic Grey Sugared
Ink: Memento
Copics: R01, R81, R85, R89, RV02, E57
Others: Stampin Up ticket punch, clear spica pen, prima flowers, brads from stash, american crafts ribbon

I'm off to use the Wii Fit and then I'll be back at the craft table, hoping to get at least one more card done before bed!

Stamping Bella Weekend

Hi there!

This weekend I'm playing with some of my favorite online gals making cards using Stamping Bella stamps! This was Danni's brainstorm and she asked if we wanted to play along, but of course...especially since it's all her fault that I started buying them LOL! {Thanks Danni! :-)}

For my first card, I am using Juggla Bella. I got her in a swap last year and thought she'd be perfect for a valentine card.

I used today's OCC sketch for the layout.


I'm also entering it into the Pretty in Pink Challenge at Crazy for Challenges.

Check out the other Bella inspiration:

Danni
Jennie
Kimberly
Michelle
Nancy

and if you want to play along, leave a comment with your card link so we can check it out!

Card Supplies:
Stamp: Juggla Bella ~ Stamping Bella
Paper: Basic Grey Bittersweet
Copics: E00, N7, E35, E37, RV11, RV13, RV14, R89
Accessories: Marvy Xtra Giga scalloped oval punch, heart brads from stash (realllllly old stash!!)

I'm off to clean up for some company. Check back later for another Bella card!

New Releases Today at Squigglefly!

It's Saturday! Time for a new release at Squigglefly. Go check them out!!

Aly's Sketch with a Squigglefly Sneak Peek!

It's Thursday and you know what that means...it's time for a Squigglefly sneak peek!

This image called Family Play is by artist Cheryl Alger and will be released this Saturday!


I used the spotlight technique, its fun and easy, yet I forget to do it more often. The sketch is from Aly's Sunday Challenge blog, it's my first time participating there I flipped it to accommodate my image.

Card Supplies:
Stamp: Family Play ~ Squigglefly
Paper: DCWV
Ink: Memento (around the spotlight circle)
Copics: G17, BG07, BG09, N7, YR68, B14
Accessories: Labels 8, ribbons ~ Joanns

Thanks for stopping by!

Flutter By Wednesday #93

Happy Wednesday! It's one of my favorite days of the week since I get to share a fluttering creation with you all.

Today's challenge is to Emboss it! Any kind of embossing will do, please remember to use a butterfly, fairy or angel with your card or project!

For my card, I chose to dry emboss since I don't do well with heat embossing (and I still haven't moved that stuff from mom's yet lol). The layout is from the Stamping 411 blog, it was perfect for my idea (well my 2nd idea - the first one didn't work out lol). I saw a black & white card on one of the card groups I belong to and when I came across this image, everything just fell into place :)

Here is the layout (direct link above)

Please be sure to visit the Flutter By Wednesday blog to see what our guest designers are up to and you can enter your creation into Mr. Linky there. Don't forget to check out my fellow DT members blogs too, they are always amazing! Their links are on my left sidebar!

Card Supplies:

Stamps: Image from my stash - I stamped it awhile ago and don't have the actual stamp handy for reference!

Paper: misc cardstock from my stash

Ink: Memento

Accessories: Labels 3 Nestabilities, Swiss Dots & D'Vine Swirl cuttlebug folders, strip on the bottom is a Cuttlebug embossing border

Have a great day!

Squigglefly Challenge #32

Good morning! It's a Happy Monday here, as I have the day off. Thus the late post since I slept in *yawn*

Today's Squigglefly challenge is to create a clean & simple card (CAS) and add the color blue. Don't forget to use a Squigglefly image! If you don't have one, stop over at Squigglefly and pick one up, oodles of cute images were released on Saturday! Also, we have a prize this week! The winner will receive an image drawn by Chesney Young!

Here is my card...


and let me say, it was HARD for me to keep it CAS lol!!! I love to use lots of busy designer paper and bulky embellishments. But I perserved since it is a challenge and all lol! The image is Shy Bear Snowy Playmate, I just had to have this one when I saw it

Be sure to check out my fellow DT members creations, links can be found on my left sidebar.

Card Supplies:
Stamps: Shy Bear Snowy Playmate ~ Squigglefly
Paper: DCWV
Copics: C1, B12, B29, YR16
Accessories: Labels 1 Nestabilities, Swiss Dots cuttlebug folder, misc brad & ribbon from stash

Have a great day!

Stamptacular Sunday Challenge #41

Since I love sketches, I had to use this week's sketch challenge by Stamptacular Sunday.

This Stamping Bella is ready to party! I was feeling inspired so I even decorated the inside a bit.


Here is the sketch -

Card Supplies:
Stamps: Giftabella with hat ~ Stamping Bella, Birthday Messages ~ Hero Arts
Paper: Basic Grey Cupcake
Ink: Memento
Copics: R27,YR16,E00,Y04,N7,E37,E35,B97
Accessories: small deckled mega rectangles, Fiskars scalloped border punch, Shapeabilities tags trio, brad from stash

Thanks for looking!

Squigglefly Sneak Peek!

I'm finally back! But hey there is still a little over an hour left to the day LOL!

Here is one of the new stamps coming out at Squigglefly this Saturday!

It's called Puppy Love and was drawn by Nina Brackett. I just love his heart shaped nose!! And better yet, this sentiment and one other come with the image!

The layout is from Our Creative Corner -

I am also entering this card in the following challenges:

Charisma Cardz #2 - Anything New! - hey, I've got a new image!
PaperPlay 10 - Week 2 - Furry Friends

Card Supplies:
Stamps: Puppy Love ~ Squigglefly
Paper: DCWV, Paper Co.
Copics: E25, RV11
Accessories: misc. brad, ribbon ~ Joanns, Fiskars Threading Water Punch


Thanks for looking! I'll have another peek for you tomorrow night!

Snowflake Splendor

I have an ATC and some news to share with you this morning.

I created this ATC for a Winter Wishes swap. I found these snowflakes (Marcella by K) in my stash and thought they would be perfect (although VERY lumpy lol) and the Snowflake Splendor is by Verve Stamps. DP is DCWV.

News~
Come back tonight for a Squigglefly Sneak Peek!

Also Squigglefy is hosting Digi Day this Saturday at 7pm central. You can check it out HERE.

Later!

Flutter By Wednesday #92

Happy Wednesday!

This week at Flutter By Wednesday, its an open challenge as long as you are using a butterfly, fairy, or angel on your creation.

I chose to use my Swiss Pixie Nora digi image from C.C. Designs. She's such a sweet looking winter fairy! I was playing around with scraps from Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses and then I saw this week's sketch at Mojo Monday and it all came together.

Here is the sketch:

I am also entering this in to the following challenges:
Stamp with fun - #41 Snowflakes
Everybody-Art #73 Snowflakes

Card Supplies:
Stamps: Nora ~ C.C. Designs, Snowflake Splendor ~ Verve Stamps
Paper: Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses, PTI Sweet Blush
Ink: Rhubarb Stalk ~ Memento
Copics: E00, E02, R20, B01, B02, B04, E35, E37, N7
Accessories: Labels 8 Nestabilities, crystal stickles, Jolees snowflakes

Be sure to check out the Flutter By Wednesday blog to see what the rest of the Flutter Bys are up to this week!

O is for ...

Owl, of course!

I made this card last weekend for a Letter O swap. The adorable owl is from Unity Stamp Company.

I found this paper is one of my many DCWV stacks...think it was the Whimsy Stack, I knew it was perfect for this owl when I saw it!

The layout is from SCS -


Card Supplies:
Stamps: Be "Owl" Mine ~ Unity Stamp Company
Paper: DCWV, PTI Lemon Tart, Paper Company
Ink: Memento
Copics: B14, YR68, E57
Accessories: prima flowers, brads ~ Making Memories

Thanks for stopping by!

A Touch of Christmas #1

*3rd Post of the Day - scroll down to see what you've missed!*

So when I saw that Danni and Kimberly were doing A Touch of Christmas, I just had to participate! Why not get a jump start on Christmas and start your cards or projects? I told Mike in December that I would start in January and he was like yeah, right! He was surprised when I went downstairs to show him this card!

This is a very funky Christmas card for me, but it all came together quite quickly. The paper is Basic Grey Bittersweet, yes I used a Valentines paper for a Christmas card. I kinda like it! The image with its dots and stripes seemed to just flow with my paper.

This sketch from 2 Sketches 4 U was perfect for the card.


Card Supplies:
Stamps: Fluffles Noel
Paper: Basic Grey Bittersweet
Ink: Memento
Copics: RV21, RV23, E33, E35, R89, YG17
Accessories: ric rac ~ Michaels

Thanks for looking!

Sharing some Snowmen

*2nd Post of the Day! - Scroll down for today's Squigglefly challenge!*

I almost forgot to share these snowmen with you all! I made them last weekend :)

I was very happy to use some old stash - the dp and the snowflake brads.

I used this layout from Crazy 4 Challenges for both cards -

Card Supplies:
Card 1 -
Stamp: image from someone else (pretty sure its Inkadinkadoo)
Paper: Paper Company, Adorn-it dp
Copics: YR68, E43, B23, R89
Accessories: marvy circle & scallop circle punches, swiss dots cuttlebug folder, snowflake brads, fun flock

Card 2 -
Stamp: Snowman ~ Squigglefly
Paper: Paper Company, Adorn-it dp
Copics: YR68, B23, R89
Accessories: marvy circle & scallop circle punches, swiss dots cuttlebug folder, snowflake brads, fun flock

Thanks for stopping by! Hope your week is off to a good start!

Squigglefly Challenge #31

Welcome to the first Squigglefly Challenge of 2010!

Challenge #31 is to make anything but a card using a Squigglefly image. I chose to make a bookmark, I can never have enough of them!

This is Gus and he was released on Saturday, did you check out the new releases yet? If not, you must, click HERE! I used CTMH Swirl Stroke for the lettering.

Check out what the rest of the DT created and enter your own! Click HERE to go to the Squigglefly Challenge Blog, the DT links are also on my left sidebar.

Happy Monday!

Make a Wish Cake

One of my (many) goals this year is to send more birthday cards out. I would love to get a bunch made ahead of time, but I doubt that will happen...so for now, I will make them as I need them.

For this card, I used Make a Wish Cake from Squigglefly. I love this image and I've printed a bunch out in various sizes to try :)


I used this layout from Pals Paper Art -

My card also meets the challenges for:
Crazy 4 Challenges - Birthday
Stamp, Scrap & Doodle #22 Celebrations

Card Supplies:
Stamps: Make a Wish Cake ~ Squigglefly
Paper: BG Cupcake
Copics: Y32, RV21, B14, E25, T1
Accessories: EK Success Scallop border punch, corner rounder ~ Stampin Up, crystal stickles

Thanks for visiting!

Sprout is ready for spring!

It is soooooooo cold here in the Northeast!! Sprout wants to know how many more days until Spring?!

This is Sprout from Paper Makeup Stamps and I thought she was perfect for this week's Makeup For The Weekend Challenge #11 which is a sketch, my favorite kind of challenge :)


I also incorporated two other challenges:
PaperPlay Challenges - Precious Metals (silver brads - check!)
Paper Cutz Challenge - #23 red, black, green & white (check!)

Card Supplies:
Stamps: Sprout ~ Paper Makeup Stamps
Paper: BG Scarlett's Letter
Ink: Memento
Copics: E00, E02, E33, E35, E37, R27, R29, N7, YG95
Accessories: circle punch ~ Creative Memories, prima flowers, stardust pen, brads from stash

Thanks for looking!