ATS Challenge Anything Goes...

Happy Hump Day! Today I'm here to remind you there's still plenty of time to play along with All That Scraps Wednesday Challenge... ANYTHING GOES! and while you're there check out the ATS blog for preview review of all the cute new April releases!

Here's one of the cuties, Umbrella Lula...

Followed the April sketch from Kim, and finally used some papers that I bought during last fall season. The whole paper pack is really more autumn colors, but this particular sheet has some pretty blues and greens that seem just right for what I wanted. I haven't done much paper piecing, but I'm starting to like it!!! :o

So, now it's your turn to create something and link it up HERE! Be sure to read all the deets, cuz there's a really awesome prize for one lucky winner!

Card Supplies:
Image - Umbrella Lula (ATS), Sentiment (Inkadinkado)
Paper - MMBI (Autumn Layers), MME (Life of the Party), DCWV (colored cardstock)
Copics - skin: E50 E51 E11 R20 hair: E31 E34 E57 other: B000 B00 B02 YG00 YG03 YG06 RV52 BG000 duck: Y00 Y02 Y08 Y1 Y23
Other - Memento Ink (Rich Cocao), VersaMagic (Sea Breeze), ek Success edge punch, gems/pearls, flowers, ribbons


Thanks for stopping by...

Have a wonderful day! ;D     




Challenges:
Kimbee's Creations - April Sketch
Stamp and Create - April Spring
Scrap-Creations - GGSC110 April Showers

Happy Birthday Kim!!

Today the Lollipop Girls are celebrating a very special birthday...

Kim Y., we wish you a very sweet HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!

My card for Kim has the new Fairwee Jilly from Sweet November Stamps and Swiss Pixies "Big Cupcake", both can be found here at All That Scraps. These two adorable stamps are from 1LUVNMAMA, just got them in the mail... couldn't wait to use them!! The pretty flowers are from Kris P... I was the lucky winner of her blog candy! Sentiment stamp is one of my faves from from Whimsy Stamps Raindrop Echo Collections... use them all the time!

Be sure to make sure to pop over to Lollipop Crafts to see the sweet eye-candy the Girls have made, as well as Kim's blog, to wish her a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

Thanks for stopping by! ;)  



Challenges:

ATS Weekly - Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp - Sparkle & Bling

Let's Get Sketchy...

Happy MONDAY!! Time for a brand new challenge at Lollipop Crafts. This week Kim is giving us a fabulous sketch to play with...take a look...

Kim kept it pretty simple, but it's so fun to play with! Our fabulous sponsor this week is Robyn's Fetish and there is an awesome prize for one random winner!
Here is my take on the sketch...

I have a few coming up, so what better than to get the cards done now. This adorable Cupcake Anya is perfect for little girls, but I didn't have any cupcake embellies. So what did I do?? Ran out to Michaels, used my coupon and snatched up the EK Success Cupcake border punch! LOL!

Now, head over to Lollipop Crafts for all the deets on the challenge, and for more gorgeous cards from the DT!

Thanks for stopping by!

Click here for a chance to win my candy!

Challenges:
FFC FFF - Distressing

Birthday Wishes...

Hi everyone!! Yup...today is my birthday!!

and i'm not telling how many candles! :o

Thank you everyone for the wonderful birthday wishes!! Kris and Kim, the co-owners of Lollipop Crafts, have made some gorgeous cards for my special day! Pop over and take a look, they are so adorable!

Thank U Kris and Kim!

Now for those who love candy...yum yum...I'll be putting one together soon! Not only am I celebration my birthday, but will be my one year blog anniversay coming up! Make sure you come back and check...double the celebration, means double the candy!!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day! ;)

Lollipop Challenge #26...

Hi everyone! Happy Valentine's Day!! Hope you had a fabulous weekend! The weather here (near SF, CA) was absolutely gorgeous, sunny and mild temps. . . but that is gone now, and the rain is back for the week. Oh well, we need the rain as much as the sun!
Today at Lollipop Crafts, Kim has new challenge for us. . . use your favorite color medium. It could be copics, water colors, pencils, or whatever you prefer to color your images with and this week's sponser is JLJ Designs!

I only color with Copics, but I would love to try other techniques - {sigh!} maybe some day. Back to the card, this week our sponser, JLJ Designs, have generously given us some cute digis to play with! I chose Sugarplum Fairy Bear, isn't she a sweetheart?! For this image I used the following Copic colors: V000, V12, V15, V17, E40, E41, E43, R20, and 0Blender.
I added Liquid Pearls to her outfit and Stickles to her wings. The flower flourish was made with Sakura Glaze gel pens - first I stamped the image on and then traced it over with the gel pens. When dried it gives a light embossed texture...think I'll be using this more often!

So, pick your favorite coloring tools to create something spectacular and join us at Lollipop Crafts

for a chance to win some cute images from JLJ Designs!

Thanks for stopping by! ;)

Happy Valentine's Day and give those that are special to you

a big HUG today!

Happy New Year...

Hi everyone and Happy New Year!! Can't believe 2011 is here...ten years has passed since the "millenium"...seems like it was just year 2000 yesterday! 2010 seemed to have flown by so quickly (like all the past years), and one of the many fond memories during this past year was starting my own blog and meeting so many sweet, talented, and generous ladies! Thank you to my followers and all the sweet comments. It truly is inspiring!! *•-:¦:-•:*'''''*:•-:¦:-•*!!*•-:¦:-•:*'''''*:•-:¦:-•*!!*•-:¦:-•:*'''''*:•-:¦:-•*!!*•-:¦:-•:*'''''*:•-:¦:-•*!!*

Now, onto my card...

This image is from Ching-Chou Kuik's collection called Koi, and you can find this and many other beautiful images here at Sweet Peas Stamps. I actually got this stamp a while ago, but was kinda scared to ink it up because I didn't think I could color it like the beautiful samples made by the DT on the Sweet Peas Stamps Blog. But because the image itself is gorgeous, it wasn't as difficult as I thought. I saw this zigzag fold on Kim's blog, and thought it would be perfect layout to highlight the image.

This card fits these challanges:
Lollipop Crafts - Fancy folds
In a Sweet Dream - Ribbons and bows
Stamp Something - Something with glitter

Wishing everyone a healthy, happy new year!!

Thanks for stopping by! ;)

Halloween Birthday...

Hi all! It's definitely been a while since I've posted anything...days just seem to fly by! I have been visiting your blogs and there's been so much Halloween fun out there! I finally got a chance to do one myself...

This was so much fun to make! Inspired by Kim Y.'s awesome project, I just had to try it myself! The image used is from Tiddly Inks called "Cast Your Spell". It's super cute...just love the poof of magic dust! The sentiment stamps are from Amy R's The Best, Big Words, and Handy Additions sets... 

This treat box is filled with some yummy chocolate...

From the side views:

This will be for my SIL's birthday coming up...on Halloween! I will have to make one more for another SIL's birthday...her's is on the day before Halloween! 

Challenges:

Color Me Copic - #6 Clothes

Tiddly Inks - #26 Treat Bags/Boxes
Meljen's - #30 Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by! :)

thanks for all your sweet comments...and following my blog!

Edit10/26: I just went to check the TiddlyInks challenge blog... and guess what?? I forgot to link my card...LOL!!