Last Christmas Card for 2009

As the saying goes: "All good things must come to an end." Hence, this week’s Penny Black Saturday Challenge will be the last time I will be creating a Christmas card for 2009. Christmas is one of my favorite times of the year and I am always sad when the holiday is over.

Penny Black Saturday Challenge is to use Christmas charms. Surprisingly, also being a jewelry maker, I don't own a lot of charms, particularly Christmas charms. So off I went to my local bead store and it was a good day to go. Their charms were half off! I picked up a bunch to have for next year, including the cute red Santa hat I used for my entry. :)

Below is my entry. I kept it on the CAS (clean and simple) side:



Red cardstock is from Bazzil. Designer paper is from Reminisce. The cute critter and sentiment are from PB's The Wonder collection. I colored the critter using the following Copic colors:

E00, C3, R37, R20, Y17, and the colorless blender

I also used the At You Spica garnet, lipstick and lemon pens, as well as my Sakura glitter pen for the critter and the decoration around the critter and sentiment.

I used my Nestabilities Label Two for the critter and the petite scallop oval for the sentiment. The sentiment was colored with Tsukineko's honeydew ink. The gold nailheads on the corner of the card are from my stash.

Happy New Year! Looking forward to more challenges from Penny Black Saturday Challenge in 2010.

Hugs,

Great Friends

This week’s Copic Colour Challenge was a fun play on their three chosen colors. When I first saw the colors, I knew instantly what I wanted to do. Below are the colors for the challenge:



Below is my entry:



I LOVE the new Hero Arts 2010 line of stamps! The girl and sentiment I used are from Hero Arts's Sweet Wonderful You set. The girl was colored with the following Copic colors:

BG05, Y15 (challenge colors), E57 as substitute for E47, E00, R20 and the colorless blender. I also added some orange stick-on pearls from my stash.

The yellow and brown cardstock is from Bazzil. The designer paper is from My Mind's Eye. The sentiment was cut, using my Nestabilities petite oval and petite scallop oval shapes with some glitter from my Sakura glitter pen. The corners were cut, using my Cuttlebug. The yellow woven ribbon is from May Arts.

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs,

Anything But A Card

I am participating in this week's La-La Land Crafts challenge - Anything But A Card. Remember those treat bags I made for my daughter's teachers? I finished them last week and handed them out to them. The teachers loved them! It is VERY simple with a simple theme.

Below is my entry:



Jenn Balcer from Split Coast Stampers created a 2-5-7-10 box template that only needs one 8.5" x 11" piece of cardstock! Click here to see the tutorial.

Cardstock is from Bazzil. The snowflake stamp is from Amuse, stamped using Versa Color white ink. I used my Cricut machine with my Joys of the Season cartridge to make the red ornament and sentiment. The ribbon is from my stash.

Happy Holidays!

Hugs,

Creating Out of the Box

Can't believe how fast December is flying by! For this week, I was able to do two of my challenges. Both of them were fun, but one was definitely challenging.

Below are the two challenges I participated in:

1) La-La Land Crafts Wednesday Challenge - Pink and Green! Entry must have pink and green as the two main colors. Other colors are fine to use.

2) Magnolia-licious Highlites December DT Sketch - Entry must be in a different shape, not a square or rectangle.

Here is my entry:



Didn't I tell you it was a challenge? :)

The pink and green cardstock is from Bazzil. I cut both pieces using my Cricut machine with the Joys of the Season cartridge. The designer paper is from Basic Grey's Eskimo Kisses collection, also cut from my Cricut cartridge. Tilda was colored with the following Copic colors:

E00, E33, E35, RV13, and R20

I also used my At You Spica blossom pen to color in Tilda's dress, stockings and hair ribbon.

Hopefully I can find my good X-Acto knive. The one I used was an old one and unfortunately didn't cut Tilda the way I wanted.

Pearls and the pink twine were from my stash.

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs,

The Holidays In Pink

I didn't think I could do my three weekly challenges this week. With my office's Christmas lunch coming up and making 17 mini cakes plus working on my daughter's teacher's treat boxes (19 of those!) for Christmas, I am running on full steam. I took a look at the three challenges and was glad I could incorporate all of them into one entry.

Below are the three challenges for the week:

1) Penny Black Saturday Challenge - Christmas For The Girls. Recently there was a challenge to make something for the guys. The DT didn't want to leave out the girls! :)

2) Copic Colour Challenge - Below are the colors to use:



3) La-La Land Crafts Wednesday Challenge - Buttons, Buttons, Buttons! Include at least one button in your entry.

Below is my entry:



The bright pink cardstock is from Bazzil from their "Bling" collection. The soft pink cardstock was from a store I visit often called Paper Source. The designer paper is from Basic Grey's Eskimo Kisses collection. The corners were made using my Cuttlebug die-cut with stick-on pearls from my stash. The sentiment was made with my Cricut machine, using the "Joys of the Season" cartridge. The button flowers are from Sassafras. The PB critter is from The Wonder collection, colored with the following Copic colors:

Copic Challenge colors (YG03, YR04, RV06), RV13, Y38, YR23, R35, R37, RV32, E00 and the colorless blender. I also added some sparkle with my At You Spica pens red pink and orange.

I cut the PB critter with my Nestabilities petite oval and petite oval scallop shapes. I paper pierced the scallop.

As soon as I finish the mock of one of my daughter's teacher's treat boxes, I will post it. :)

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs,

A Simple Sketch

This week’s Penny Black Saturday Challenge was to use a sketch provided by Design Team member Beth. Below is the sketch:



Here is my entry:



Red cardstock is from Worldwin - Deep Berry Red. The designer paper is from My Mind's Eye (double-sided). The PB critter and sentiment is from The Wonder stamp collection. I colored the cat with the following Copic colors:

RV11, R59, C3, YG03, and the At You Spica color gold

I used my Cuttlebug to cut the corners of the card. I used my Nestabillities small scallop square and small square for the sentiment; the small scallop rectangle and small rectangle for the cat. I added some sparkle to the Nestie scallop square and rectangle using my Sakura glitter pen. The blue snowflake ribbon is from Queen and Company. The pearls are from my stash.

I was so excited to win PB Saturday Challenge's November Guest Designer Debby's prize from last week's Christmas Blog Hop. I can't wait to get my micey stamps! Debby is such a talented designer. Visit her blog here to see her creations.

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs,

A Simple Kind of Recipe

This week’s La-La Land Crafts challenge is to use a "3-2-1 recipe." I find recipes to be a great challenge! This one gave me a good opportunity to go through all my paper crafting supplies to use what I have on hand.

The 3-2-1 recipe was created by Maureen Wong, one of the Design Team Members for La-La Land Crafts. The recipe goes like this:

3 designer papers
2 colors of cardstock
1 type of embellishment

Below is my entry:

Front of card

Inside of card


Unfortunately my camera died and still trying to figure out my husband's sophisticated camera so my pictures may be a little off.

The red and black cardstock is from my stash. The designer papers are from SEI. Window La-La was colored with the following Copic colors:

E00, R59, G94, RV32, E33, E35, and the colorless blender

Window La-La was cut using my Nestabilities small scallop square and small square die-cuts.I added some sparkle to the scallop square using my Sakura glitter pen. The black swirl ribbon is from Queen and Company. The blue woven ribbon is from May Arts. The pearls are from my stash. The sentiment inside the card is from Hero Arts.

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs,

Winter Wonderland

I am doing two challenges this week with a Christmas theme to it. Can't seem to get enough of the holiday. :)

Below are the challenges I am participating in this week:

1) Penny Black Saturday Challenge - Winter Wonderland. Part of their Christmas Countdown Blog Hop. An amazing aray of prizes to win, plus a fun Christmas themed quiz. :)

2) Copic Colour Challenge #40 - Below are the challenge colors to use:



Below is my entry in two parts. You will see why:

Front view


Inside view


Shadow box cards have become a popular layout for a card so I thought why not? The tutorial is from Dawn Griffith, whom I follow her video blogs. She is a Stampin' Up! demonstrator and makes incredible cards and other paper crafts. Click here to see her tutorial. Very simple!

The cardstock is from Imaginisce polar expressions, cut out using my Nestabilities small oval scallop. The PB critters are from The Wonder stamp collection. I colored them with the following Copic colors:

RV34, YG0000 (in place of the CCC challenge colors), E33,and the At You Spica pink and lemon pens. The white swirl felt ribbon is from Queen and Company.

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs,

So thankful....

I have a lot to be thankful for. My health, my wonderful husband and daughter, my family and old and new friends have made my life fulfilling. The challenges I did for this week are around being thankful and I am not only thankful, but blessed.

Below are the challenges I did this week:

1) La-La Land Crafts - Entry should have a thankful/thank you theme. A wonderful collection of blog candy is up for grabs!

2) Magnolia-licious Highlites - Accessories Make the Card Blog Hop. Use any Magnolia accessory stamp ONLY, no Tilda, Edwin, animals, snowmen, etc.

Below is my entry:



I had a hard time picking out a Magnolia accessory stamp; there are so many cute stamps! I decided to go with the tree, which I love and went with a fall kind of theme.

The brown and red cardstock is from Core'dinations. The background paper is from The Paper Loft. I used the following Copic colors for the tree:

E07, YR23, YG63, and E57. Also used At You Spica pens red and gold.

The sentiment is from Inkadinkado's So Thankful stamp set, stamped with Memento's Potter's Clay ink. I used my Nestie small scallop circle for the sentiment. The red pearls on the sentiment are from my stash. The brown leaf felt ribbon is from Queen and Company with Hero Arts rhinestones. The green woven ribbon is from May Arts.

Thanks for stopping by! Have a wonderful and safe Thanksgiving!


Hugs,

Penny Black Saturday Challenge - Christmas For the Guys!

This week’s Penny Black Saturday Challenge is titled "Christmas for the Guys." Basically, making something in Christmas fashion that has a masculine theme.

It is hard for me sometimes to come up with cards that are masculine so I thought this challenge would definitely be a challenge! I was able to find some paper I used recently and came up with my entry below:



The cardstock is from Core'dinations. I used two different patterned papers from GCD Studios. I cut them out with my Nestie small scallop and small square die-cuts. The dog is from Penny Black's Holly Day Critters collection, cut out with my Nestie label die-cut and colored with the following Copic colors:

R37, C5, YG63 and the colorless blender

I also added a little bit of glitter with my Sakura pen.

The woven ribbon is from May Arts and the brown pearls are from my stash.

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs,

"Stepping Up" Card

I am combining challenges this week and decided to do a different kind of greeting card. Below are the challenges I am participating in:

1) Copic Colour Challenge - Below are the colors to use:



2) La-La Land Crafts - Getting Punchy: Use any kind of punches in the entry

Below is my entry:



I am doing the Stair Step Fold Card for my entry this week. I wanted to do something different and saw this card on Split Coast Stampers. This tutorial is by Beate Johns and she did a wonderful explanation on creating this simple card. Click here to see the tutorial.

Below are the materials I used for the card:

Red cardstock - From my stash
Green cardstock - From my stash
Background paper - Basic Grey's Eskimo Kisses
Nestabilities small scallop and small circle die cuts
Martha Stewart punches
Cuttlebug's snowflake embossed folder
American Crafts ribbon
Penny Black critter and sentiment from It's A Wonder stamp collection
Copics: R35, Y06, G02 (in place of challenge colors), E00, E33, RV13 and the colorless blender
Queen and Company winter brads
Sakura glitter pen
Pearl - from my stash

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs,

My Mind's Eye Challenge #5

It has been awhile since I have done scrapbooking, since I have been mostly concentrating on greeting cards. I decided to do this fun challenge, hosted by My Mind's Eye, who creates wonderful paper products. Below is the sketch to use for the challenge:



Below is my entry:



The challenge was to use 80% of the products made by My Mind's Eye in the entry. I used My Mind's Eye Ooh La La paper and punchouts. The journaling date card is from My Mind's Eye Life Stories collection. The letters and the numbers are from Tim Holtz's grungeboard collection, painted with Holtz's tarnished brass crackle paint. The woven ribbon is from May Arts.

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs,

Don't Worry Be Happy!

I am combining challenges again this week. This week's challenges are:

1) Copic Colour Challenge - Below are this week's colors to use:



2) Penny Black Saturday Challenge - Song Title/Lyrics - Entry should be reflected on a song title or lyrics to a song.

Below is my entry:

"Don't Worry Be Happy" - by Bobby McFerrin



"Don't Worry Be Happy" was one of my favorite songs growing up. No matter what mood I was in, that song would just make the rest of my day brighter.

The cardstock is from my stash, punched out with my Martha Stewart punch. The background paper is from Bo Bunny. I used Penny Black's Fresh New Day images stamped on Neenah paper, using my Nestabilities small petite scallop oval shape. The images were colored with the following Copics:

The challenge colors plus Y17, YR23, Y38 and the colorless blender

The buttons are from Fancy Pants. The flowers are from Prima. I used my Just Rite font stamps for the title of the song, stamped on Neenah paper surrounded by the small circle scallop Nestie with a bit of Sakura glitter. The woven ribbon is from May Arts.

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs,

Pretty In Pink

I am combining challenges again this week. This week's challenges from La La Land Crafts and Magnolia-licious Highlites created a world of possibilities on what to do. Below are the two challenges:

1) Magnolia-licious Highlites DT Sketch Challenge

Below is the sketch to use:



2) La-La Land Crafts Wednesday Weekly Challenge - All about pink!

Below is my entry:



The cardstock is from Bazzil. The background paper is from Basic Grey's Eskimo Kisses collection. Tilda was colored with the following Copic colors:

RV32, RV34, E33, E00, and the colorless blender

Tilda is sitting on the Nestabilities large scallop rectangle, with Sakura glitter on the edges. The sentiment is from Just Rite, using Versa Color white ink. The pink pearls are from my stash.

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs,

Scrapbooking Supplies R Us Giveaway

My favorite scrapbooking store Memories Live On is giving away a sweet lot of Christmas materials to use to make a mini album on their online store Scrapbooking Supplies R Us. Check out the giveaway here.



Good luck!

Hugs,

It's A Wonder...

I am combining three challenges this week. All three definitely present a challenge - a fun one.

Below are the challenges I participated in:

1)La-La Land Crafts Wednesday Challenge - Ribbon!

2) Copic Colour Challenge - Below are the colors to use:



3) Penny Black Saturday Challenge - White On White: Entry to be all in white except for the PB image

Below is my entry:



Cardstock is Neenah's Classic Crest solar white, which I use pretty much all the time for stamping. I embossed the card with Cuttlebug's Stylized Flowers folder. The critter is from Penny Black's The Wonder collection. I used the challenge colors (replaced YG06 with YG63) plus E00 and the colorless blender. I used my Sakura glitter pen to color in the critter and the oval I cut using my Nestabillities petite oval template. The white felt swirl ribbon is from Queen and Company. The white pom-pom ribbon is from my stash.

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs,

Simplicity is Key

Magnolia-icious Highlites is having another fun blog this week. And its definitely a fun one. This week's challenge is to create a CAS card (a clean and simple card). My style is pretty much a clean and simple style, so this was a good challenge.

Below is my entry:



The cardstock is from my stash. The background paper is from GCD Studios. The buttons are from Fancy Pants Designs.

Edwin was colored with the following Copic colors:

E37, E39, R37, E00 and B45

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs,

Magnolia Easel Card Sketch

This is my first entry into Magnolia-licious High Lites! I have admired the stamps for awhile and finally got a couple of them. All of them are so cute!

For the month of October, Magnolia-licious High Lites's challenge is to create a card using the DT member's sketch. The sketch was of an easel card, which I have used on a couple of other occasions. Link to the challenge and sketch is
here.

Below is my entry:



The cardstock is from Core'dinations (french roast). The background paper is from My Mind's Eye. I used my Nestabilities petitie small oval and petite small oval scallop for the image. The image was colored with the following Copic colors:

E00, RV32, RV34, R20, E37, and the colorless blender. I also used the At You Spica gold pen to highlight the oval scallop.

The sentiment is from Hero Arts, stamped with Memento Rich Cocoa ink. The woven ribbon is from May Arts. The stick on brown pearls and my brown and pink ribbon are from my stash.

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs,

Sparkle with color and a sketch

Been fighting a cold this week, so I only had time to do one card. I am glad the challenges I participate in let me use their challenges to combine them into one card.

Here are the three challenges:

1) La La Land’s Weekly Wednesday Challenge - Sparkle (anything from glitter to bling)

2) Copic Colour Challenge - Here are the colors to use:



3)Penny Black Saturday Challenge - Here is the sketch to use by DT member Nat:



I was so excited to use my Penny Black Catman stamp for the challenges! After seeing the sketch for the PB Saturday Challenge, I was thinking "Oh no, what am I going to do?" The stamp can fit in a circle shape, but the sketch had a rectangle shape to use for the stamp. Think I made it work.

Here is my entry:




The front of the card was done using the following materials:

Black cardstock (my stash)
Orange bling cardstock (Bazzil)
Background paper (Basic Grey's Eerie collection)
Stamped image (Penny Black's Catman using the following Copics: YR04, G94, V17 airbrushed, 100, C3, R20 with At You Spica orange and pitch black pens) Used the Nestabilities large circle and large circle scallop. Circle scallop was decorated with Tim Holtz's Distress Stickles and Sakura's glitter pen)
Purple flower gemstone (Basic Grey Bling It!)
Stamped sentiment (Savvy Stamps)

Inside of the card was done using the following materials:

Orange bling cardstock (Bazzil)
Purple and orange glitter swirls (Best Creation Inc.)
Spiders and spider webs (Stampendous!)
Gemstones (Hero Arts)
"Boo!" sentiment (American Crafts thickers) with Basic Grey's Eerie collection

This has to be my longest post. I had so much fun making this card for Halloween.

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs,