Bear Hugs

Hi all!  Today I have a card for a couple challenges and 1 very special girl:

I used the Chubby Chum Pals stamp set and the matching Chums Pals Icons dies.  I adhered the googly eyes with Glossy Accents and cut the 2 panels with MFT Blueprints dies.  The twine is Chocolate Truffle Trendy Twine and the sentiment is also from the Chubby Chum Pals set.

This is for the Paper Smooches SPARKS Challenge – sketch:

And also for SSS Wednesday Challenge – Anything Goes.

And it will be sent to Brianna Devine, who is having open heart surgery on January 6th.  I hope she likes it!  And I hope you like it, too!  TFL!

Valentine’s Tent Card

Hi all!  Today I have a new Whatcha Watching? post up over at the YNS Blog showing how I made this tent card:

You can see the full post and video over at the YNS Blog.  I hope to see you there!

P.S. This is also for Tuesday Morning Sketches – Anything Goes (but try to challenge yourself).  I haven’t made one of these tent cards in ages and the acetate strip idea is new.  I hope you like it and TFL!

With Sympathy

Hi all!  I don’t usually do sympathy cards, but the Papertrey Make It Monday showed a sympathy card so I decided to go with it:

I used the leaf branch Beautiful Blooms and a sentiment from Mega Mixed Messages.  The stitched fishtail tag is from YNS, the dotted butterfly die and heart die are from Spellbinders and the vellum butterfly die is Papertrey also.

This is for Make It Monday – Sympathy Cards and Stamped Borders and Loves Rubberstamps – Anything Goes.  I hope you like it and TFL!

Thinking of You

Hi all!  Today I have a card for a few challenges:

I used the partial die cutting technique with the Flap Happy stamps and Butterflies 3 dies.  I also paper pieced the butterflies.  I stamped the background paper and the right strip of cardstock with the same sentiment from Compact Sentiments - Part Two.  Finally the side panels were adhered with foam tape.

This is for the following challenges:

• Paper Smooches SPARKS Challenge – Anything Goes
• Loves Rubberstamps – Anything Goes
• Divas by Design – Anything Goes
• SSS Wednesday Challenge – Anything Goes

I hope you like it and TFL!

Thank you berry much

Hi all!  Today I have a CAS card for several challenges:

I used the Feeling Fruity stamp set from Whimsy Stamps and the matching Fruit Trio die set.  I used some Doodlebug Fruit Stand paper and a circle and sentiment from the same set.  The strawberry die does not come with a solid backer to make the black seeds so I just cut one by hand and glued it to the back.

This is for the following challenges:

• ShowCASe Your Style – sketch
• Loves Rubberstamps – Anything Goes
• Papertake Weekly – Pick a Fave or Anything Goes

I hope you like it and TFL!

Cherish

Hi all!  Today I have a card for several challenges:

I stamped the Mama Elephant Arctic Penguins and fussy cut them out.  I do have the matching dies, but I decided I wanted them without their ice skates so I did it by hand.  The balloon is from Party Kit, the sentiment is from Remember December, and the snowy hills were die cut with Landscape Trio.  The cloud embossing folder was from Stampin’ Up!

This is for the following challenges:

• Mama Elephant and Me  - Valentine’s Day
• Loves Rubberstamps – Anything Goes
• SSS Wednesday Challenge – Winter Inspiration

I hope you like it and TFL!

Season’s Greetings

Hi all!  I have a super CAS card for a few challenges today:

I used the Very Vintage Christmas stamp set and a few Neat and Tangled sequins.

This is for the following challenges:

• Waltzingmouse Fanatics – Anything Goes (and use WMS product)
• Divas By Design – Anything Goes
• CAS(E) this Sketch – sketch

I hope you like it and TFL!

Merry and Bright

Hi all!  Today is Feature Day over on the YNS Blog.  This month our theme is Winter/Christmas.  Here’s what I came up with:

I used the Houses on a Hill die, the Snowfall stamp set, and the Waddles - Snow Fun stamp set for the sentiment.  I cut the Houses on a Hill out and used Copics to give them tiny little Christmas lights.  The kraft panel was stamped with the large snow stamp and the sentiment was stamped with Versafine Onyx Black ink.  I’ll have the start to finish video up on the YNS Blog for Whatcha Watching Wednesday.

This is also for CASology - Snow and SSS Wednesday Challenge - Winter Inspiration.

Please stop by the YNS Blog to see all the Feature Day projects from the DT and comment there for your chance to win!  TFL!

WCMD Winners Hop Winner, 2nd Try

Hi all!  The person I picked as the winner previously has not responded and I’m unable to get in touch with her, so I have redrawn.  The new winner is:

Congratulations Mary-Anne V!  Please email me your address (link is in the sidebar) by December 27th and I will also email you.

HO HO HO

Hi all!  Today I have a card for a bunch of challenges:

I used the image Little Santa from Aurora Wings and created a sentiment using PTI’s Simple Alphabet set.  He was colored entirely with Copic markers and I used a Spellbinders die to finish off the card.

This is for the following challenges:

• MarkerPOP – Anything Goes (colored with markers)
• SSS Monday Challenge – Anything Goes
• Creative Card Crew – Anything Goes
• Papertake Weekly – Christmas Project
• Shopping Our Stash – Red Alert
• Crafts and Me – Anything Goes
• Little Red Wagon – Anything Christmas Themed
• Curtain Call – Candy Cane inspiration picture

I hope you like it and TFL!

WMS December PJ Party, Post #5

Hi all!  Ok, this is my last project for the Pajama Party.  This is for Challenge #4 – sketch:

And here’s my card:

I used 3 different WMS sets for this card: Very Vintage Labels No. 4 (frame), Gift Card It (sentiment), and Vintage Circles, Small (tree).

Here’s how I made the tree – I stamped and image from Vintage Circles onto striped green paper and cut it out with a petite scalloped circle die.  Then I cut it up so I had a triangle shape, plus a little bit extra on each side.  I folded the extra bits to the back and taped them together, then I glued in a little scrap of brown cardstock for the trunk.  I hope you like it and TFL!

WMS December PJ Party, Post #4

Hi all!  Here’s my 4th project for the Pajama Party (this is for Challenge #3 - Old Pajamas):

Once again, I used the Very Vintage Christmas stamp set (can you tell I just love this set?!).  I cut a panel from kraft cardstock with my Zing and stamped it with the tag image in white ink.  I also stamped a sentiment from the same set.  I added a bow and set it aside. 
Next I die cut a white cardstock panel and stamped it all over with the snowflake from the set in light blue ink.  Then I put all the pieces together to make my card.
The sketch is from Freshly Made Sketches.  This is also for Little Red Wagon – So Flaky.  I hope you like it and TFL!

WMS December PJ Party, Post #3

Hi all!  I’m back with another PJ Party post.  This is another entry for Challenge #2 – Make an ornament:

I used Very Vintage Christmas again, but decided to showcase my 2 boys’ school pictures.  I cut out the frame shape with my Zing and stamped and embossed with gold.  I stamped a little tag with 2014 and added a bow on top.  I hope you like it and TFL!

WMS December PJ Party, Post #2

Here’s a project for Challenge #2 for the Pajama Party – Make a Tree Ornament:

I used Very Vintage Christmas for the sentiment, leaves and berries.  The sentiment was stamped with Versamark ink on white cardstock and embossed with gold EP, then cut out with a circle die.  I stamped a ton of the 2 different leaves and colored them with Copics.  Then I fussy cut them all out and put them off to the side. 

I used 2 circle dies to cut a piece of thin chipboard to make a circular frame and glued the leaves to it to make the wreath.  I then stamped the berry cluster 3 times, colored with Copics, and fussy cut out.  I added a bow of May Arts ribbon and a hanging string of rustic twine.  BTW – you can’t tell, but I adhered the wreath to the sentiment with foam dots for dimension.  I hope you like it and TFL!

WMS December PJ Party, Post #1

Hi all!  Today is the Waltzingmouse December Pajama Party – yay!  So I’m going to be putting up a series of posts for it – hope you don’t mind!

This is for Challenge #1 – 3D Christmas tree. 

I used the Large Tree dies from Some Assembly Required.  I stamped a whole sheet of vellum with the snowflake from Very Vintage Christmas, then die cut all the tree pieces from the sheet.  I assembled according to the instructions and made the box, also according to the instructions.  I stamped a sentiment from Very Vintage Christmas on the box and embossed in white and stuck a battery powered tea light candle inside.  I hope you like it and TFL!

Christmas Wishes

Hi all!  Today I have a card for several challenges:

I used the super cute Tiny Violet Fairy, but colored her to be a poinsettia fairy instead!  The sentiment is from Very Vintage Christmas.  I stickled her wings and added pom-pom trim around the focal panel.

This is for the following challenges:

• Sketch Saturday – I turned the sketch upside-down
• SSS Wednesday Challenge – Bling it on
• Noor! DesignUK – Merry Christmas
• A Day For Daisies – Traditional Christmas colors (and use ADFD image)

I hope you like it and TFL!

Wish Big

Hi all!  Today I have a card for a couple challenges:

I used the dinosaur from Party Posse and the Posse Icons dies from Paper Smooches.  I also used a square Nestabilities to do the window/partial die cutting technique with the dinosaur.  The dino was colored with Copics and I added some dots on his head with a Sharpie white paint pen.  The happy birthday is from Sentiment Sampler and the Wish BIG is from Birthday Sampler.  All the papers are from the Doodlebug Hip Hip Hooray paper pad and the sequins are from Neat & Tangled.

This is for the Paper Smooches SPARKS challenge – Anything Goes and Creative Card Crew – Birthday with a Sentiment.  I hope you like it and TFL!

Season’s Greetings

Hi all!  Today I have a card for a couple challenges:

I used the Ppinky Dolls image called Cold Days, a sentiment from Very Vintage Christmas, and the sketch from Sketch Saturday.

The image was printed with my laser printer and colored with Prismacolor Pencils.  I stamped the sentiment in Old Olive ink and the papers are really old from a company no longer around, Daisy Bucket.

This is also for the Ppinky Dolls Facebook challenge – Winter Shabby Chic.  Hope you like it and TFL!

Holiday Cheers Shadow Box Card

Hi all!  It’s time again for a new Your Next Stamp Fun Friday challenge.  Here’s our color challenge for the next 2 weeks:

And the sketch:

I decided to go with the color challenge this time and came up with this shadow box card:

I used the Clink stamp set and the matching die.  The “pink champagne” was colored with copics, as were the sparklers and the ribbons were colored with Prismacolor Pencils.

Here’s the video of the making of it:

I hope you like my card and video!  Please check out the YNS Challenge Blog for all the details and more inspiration from the DT.  TFL!

WCMD Winners Blog Hop Winner

Hi all!  Thank you so much for all the sweet comments left on my Hop post!!  I was so bummed that it wouldn’t be published, but happy that I could share it with you all!  I’ve drawn a Random.org winner and she is:

Congratulations Tona!!  You’ve won my little prize package!  Please email me (link is on the sidebar) your mailing address by Thursday, December 18, and I will get your goodies right out to you!  If I don't hear from you by then, I'll have to draw a new winner. ~Maureen

YNS DT Dare

Hi all!  It’s time for our monthly DT Dare over at the YNS Blog and this time our theme is Anything Goes!  Here’s what I came up with:

I used the new set Boom! and the matching die set along with a card cutting file from Lori Whitlock.    I paper pieced most of the firework with patterned paper and colored his arms, feet, and the fire with Copics.  Finally I added some google eyes and popped him up on the card with foam boosters.  I white heat embossed the sentiment on the center panel.

Please check out the YNS Blog for all the DT Dare cards and comment there for a chance to win a stamp set of your choice!  TFL!

YNS New Release Blog Hop!

Hi all!  Welcome to my stop on the December Your Next Stamp New Release Blog Hop!  If you’ve been following the links, you should have come from Suzanne’s Blog.  If you just happened upon my post, you’ll want to go back to the beginning so you don’t miss anything!  {links are at the bottom of the post}

I’m so excited about this release!  I live in Hawaii and it can get really HOT most of the year, but Winter has such nice cool temperatures that it’s my favorite season!  We have a bunch of new stamps and dies for you this month, and I am loving the Little Darlings, January and Aspen, and also all the stand alone dies to make fabulous scenes!  Of course I’m always a sucker for stamps with matching dies and there are some of those in this release, too!

Enough jibber jabber, let’s get on with the show!

For my first project, I’ve used Little Darling Aspen:

She was stamped with Versafine ink onto watercolor paper and watercolored with Inktense Pencils.  I stamped one of the included sentiments in Versafine and mounted it on my card.

For my next project, I knew I wanted to do a box card.  Here’s a straight on view:

And here’s a view from slightly above so you can see the little rabbit:

I got this great kit from SVG Cuts called Christmas Box Cards and decided to use the plain snow globe file.  I cut the base out of brown cardstock, then cut a couple pieces out of kraft.  For the back kraft panel, I stamped it with the birch trees from Forest Friends and also the little bunny.  Over that, I stamped the Snowfall pattern.

Next I cut some snowy hills, animals and trees with the Forest Scene die set and assembled them into 2 layers which were added into the base.  Finally, I took the little kraft bookplate and stamped it with snowflakes from Snowfall and a sentiment from Santa Express Train Carts.

As always, there is a prize to be won:  one person will win the Grand Prize of a $20 YNS gift certificate.  One commenter will be chosen at random from all the blogs on the hop, so the more blogs you comment on, the better your chances to win!

And now you’re off to Wendy’s Blog (link below), but don’t forget to leave me a comment before you go!  Happy hopping!

YNS Sneak Peek

Hi all!  It’s time for a sneaky peeky at what’s coming from Your Next Stamp this month!  I’ve used the adorable January and the white embossing technique.  In case you missed my video on it, CLICK HERE.

The sentiment comes with January, and there are a couple others as well.

Please check out the YNS Blog for all the designers who are peeking today!  I hope to see you back here for our New Release Blog Hop tomorrow!  TFL!

World Card Making Day Winners Blog Hop!

Hi all!  I’m so thrilled to be participating in this World Card Making Day Winners Blog Hop!  If you’ve been following the links, you should have come here from Donna’s blog.  If you just happened upon my blog, please go back to the Paper Crafts blog for a full list of blogs on this fun hop!

Enough talk!  Here’s the card that won me a spot in the Love category:

I used the Paper Smooches set Bee Mine and a Stampers Anonymous Honeycomb stencil.   I sponged Wild Honey and Antique Linen Distress Inks through the stencil for the background. 

Next I stamped the bees on white cardstock and vellum.  I colored the cardstock versions with Copics, then cut out both versions, leaving the wings off of the cardstock versions.  I glued the cardstock bodies over the vellum versions and attached them to the card base with foam tape, slightly overlapping their wings.  Finally I stamped the sentiments on the sides of the bees.

I wanted to share a little of my prize package with one of you, so here’s a pic of the goodies you could win from my blog:

There are a bunch of stamps, a few dies and some other miscellaneous items.  To enter to win, please leave a comment for me about anything you’d like!  Unfortunately this giveaway is only for people in the US, so please include which state you’re in.  This giveaway is open until December 10th, 11:59 PM Hawaii time.  I’ll announce the winner shortly after that.

Now it’s time for you to hop over to Mandy's blog, but before you go, don’t forget to leave me a comment for a chance to win my prize package!

Christmas Cheer

Hi all!  I have another post for you today because I wanted to get my challenge entries out of the way before the upcoming Hops!

I used A Day For Daisies image called Christmas Light Fairy and the sketch from Mojo Monday.   The image was printed on my laser printer and colored with Copics, except for the tiny string and bulb toppers that were colored with a silver Prismacolor Pencil.  The papers are from Doodlebug and the snowflake die is from Your Next Stamp, as is the sentiment.

This is also for the following challenges:

• MarkerPOP – Holiday/Christmas (and use markers to color)
• ABC Challenge – Yuletide
• Little Red Wagon – Things with Wings
• Divas By Design – Feeling Festive
• SSS Wednesday Challenge – Christmas/Holidays

I hope you like it and I hope I’ll see you back here tomorrow for a special Hop!

Winter Walk

Hi all!  Today I have a card for a few challenges:

I used a Ppinkydolls image called Winter Walk and the sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketches.  The image was printed on my laser printer and colored with Prismacolor Pencils.  I did the out of the box die cutting technique with a fishtail flag from Your Next Stamp.  The embossing folder is from Stampin’ Up! and the sentiment is from the Santa Express Train Carts.

This is also for the following challenges:

• SSS Monday Challenge – Holiday Cards
• My Time to Craft – Snowmen
• Papertake Weekly – Anything Goes

I hope you like my card and TFL!

Old

Hi all!  Today I am honored to be a Guest Designer over at CASology!

Here’s our Cue Card for this week:

And here’s what I came up with:

My Design Defined: using dies with stitching detail adds interest to a simple design.  The die I used is from MFT – Blueprints 15.  The image and sentiment came from the Forget About the Cake set from The Cat’s Pajamas.  I stamped them both with Versafine ink and colored with Prismacolor pencils.

Please check out the CASology challenge for all the fabulous inspiration from the team!  TFL!

YNS Fun Friday

Hi all!  Today we have a new challenge starting over at the YNS Challenge Blog.  Here’s the inspiration pic:

And here’s the sketch:

And here’s how I used the sketch:

The lights from Smiley Happy Christmas were stamped with Memento ink and colored with Copics.  I stamped the sentiments with Versafine ink.

I also made a Start to Finish video on it that I’ll share on the YNS Blog for Whatcha Watching? Wednesday (I’m having a little trouble uploading it to YouTube tonight).  I hope you like my card and TFL!