End of the Year

Happy Day After Christmas!! and so how many of you are braving the mall again? or are you ready to get back to crafting? Well here's a quick reminder that All That Scraps Challenge is in its second week of their current challenge... Anything Goes!!!

Sweet November Evie was on one of my gift card envelope this year. She colored on textured cardstock with some stickles to make her sparkle! A small tag from a Recollection punch stamped with an Amy R's Winter sentiment. Again using up my xmas paper scraps, fussy cut Evie and popped her on!

Head over to the All That Scraps Challenge blog to check out what my teammates have to share... all so sweet!

Thanks for stopping by...

Have a wonderful week! ;D  

Merry Christmas

here are some cupcakes my kids made for friends and family!

Wishing everyone a joyous holiday

and a wonderful New Year!!

A Gift

Happy Day to you all! All That Scraps starts a new challenge today, and it's...

ANYTHING GOES!!

This is Mariko from Sister Stamps, colored up in Copic markers and cut out with a Spellbinders Circle die. She's perfect for any celebration, and since I've been doing so many Christmas theme projects, it was nice to do a birthday card! Papers are Basic Grey Konichiwa, and stamped a Amy R Birthday sentiment. Added a few Recollections flowers and gems.

Hop on over to the ATS Challenge blog to see more from the team! Just follow the simple rules for your chance at an awesome prize!

Thanks for stopping by...

have a wonderful day! ;D


Challenges:
Papertake Weekly - Pick of the Year (Anything Goes)
Pile It On - #49 Embellishments

To Ewe...

Hi Everyone! It's Wednesday and time for a reminder to join us as All That Scraps Challenge! The current challenge is CAS - clean and simple... and here's my take on it...

This is Ornament Ewe and a matching sentiment from last year's release. Used a Spellbinder's Reverse Wonky Rectangles, and cut a couple of banners from the xmas scrap pile. To add some metallic sparkle, used the Clear Star pen around the edges of the ornament and the frame of the wonky rectangle. Found a metallic silver button and some silver elastic tie for the bow.

Here's a pic of the inside...

yup... another gift card holder! stamped with a sentiment from Amy R's Winter set.

Please stop by the ATS Challenge blog to see more from the team. You still have plenty of time to link up and the prize this time is 3 CC Design Rubber Stamps!!!

Thanks for stopping by...

Have a wonderful day! ;D  


Stamp and Create - Sparkly Christmas or Winter
CMC - Metallic Gleam

Time to Laugh

Welcome back! This is my second post today, if you're looking for Lollipop Crafts sponsor spotlight, please scroll down, or click here.

It's a new challenge today at All That Scraps and this time we want to see C.A.S. - clean and simple! I made a gift card/money envelope using C.C. Designs Gnome.

Colored him up with Copics, then fussy cut him out and added a embroidery floss for the fishing line. Also added a double layer of grass borders from CC Cutters. One piece of paper from the Me&My Big Ideas Autumn layers paper pad, and stamped sentiment from Hero Arts.

Here's a look at the back side

sentiments are from Amy R Birthday Sentiments and Whimsy Stamps Birthday Letter Seals.

Hop over to the ATS Challenge blog to see more from the team. Hope you get a chance to play along!

Thanks for stopping by...

Have a fantastic day! ;D

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
Oozak - #9 Anything Goes plus Red

LC Sponsor Spotlight

Happy Wednesday! Today Lollipop Crafts is spotlighting our sponsor this week, Robyn's Fetish

This adorable bear is called Charlie Christmas Bear, and you can find him here. He's colored up in Copics, but I ran into some marker trouble this time... see the right side of his face? As I was putting on the darker brown (E55) for some shadows, it started to get weird on me. It became sort of oily, and couldn't blend with the other colors. It doesn't look as bad IRL, but this picture sure picked it up! I thought my marker was drying out, but I checked it was good, but added a little more ink anyways.  Has anyone else have that happen? and is there a remedy for this? Would love to hear any advice on this! :D

So back to the card... it's a small sized card... only 3.5x3.5. Great way to use up some more scraps and makes a perfect little gift card. Used Spellbinders circle and scallop circles for the dies, and handcut a small banner flag for the sentiment, which is Amy R Winter Sentiments.

Head on over to the Lollipop Crafts blog to see what a few other team mates have made to share. Find out more on our wonderful sponsor, and check out the awesome prize for the current challenge!

Thanks for stopping by...

Have a great day! ;D


Challenges:
Love to Create - #44 Holiday Cheer
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes with Christmas option

Lollipop Crafts Ch#95 Happy Holidays

Hi all! I'm a bit late posting this up, but today Lollipop Crafts has a new bi-weekly challenge, and the theme this time is Happy Holidays! Just show us Christmas or other winter holiday cards, scrapbook pages or crafty gifts. Come back on Wednesday to see who is our sponsor and what the awesome prize is!

Today I've made some gift tags using Whimsie Doodle images...

Colored them up with Copics markers and added just a touch of shimmer with Clear Star gel pen. The tag die is from Sizzix, some scraps from Recollections xmas paper pad, snowflakes from MS punch and a mini punch, ribbons and buttons to finish it off. The back is stamped with a sentiment and left enough room to add a name.

sentiments are from Amy R Winter Sentiments and Studio G

Be sure to stop by the Lollipop Crafts blog to see what the team members have made. Hope you can join us!

Thanks for stopping by...

Have a wonderful day! ;D  

Challenges:
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes
Whimsie Doodle - Holiday Celebration *GA
Oozak - #9 Anything Goes plus Red

Fa La La La La ...

Happy Wednesday! I took a little unexpected break from crafting and blogging since the Thanksgiving weekend, but I'm back today with a reminder post for All That Scraps Challenge! This is week two of our popular ANYTHING GOES theme!

Today I have Sugarplum Emma and the Music Border die, both from the CC Designs October release. Followed a sketch from Papertake Weekly, and papers are from Bo Bunny's Winter Joy. Sentiment stamp is from Studio G, and cut with a Spellbinders Eyelet Circles die.

Head on over to the ATS Challenge blog to see more inspiration from my team mates. You have until Dec. 4th, and the prize this time is 5 CC Design DIGI stamps!! and don't forget your project must include a stamp from the ATS store.

Thanks for stopping by...

Have a wonderful day! ;D  


Challenges:
Papertake Weekly - Free for All (Sketch #72)
CMC Copic - #57 Non Traditional Colors
Oozak - #8 Winter Vibes
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

SCRS Black Friday...

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Sparkle Creations RubberStamp shop

Thanks a Latte

Hi everyone! Today is All That Scraps Wednesday Challenge, and it's our popular ANYTHING GOES!!!

This adorable guy is from CC Designs November release, Latte Monkey... isn't he just the cutest? and the coffee cup is from CC Cutters Cocoa and Coffe Die set! Computer generated sentiment, then cut out with the Spellbinders Labels 8 die. Papers are from MME Lil Robot... just love the colors! Be sure to check out the ATS Challenge blog for details on the challenge and more inspiration from the team!

With Thanksgiving being tomorrow, the kids have no school today, so we'll be baking today for tomorrow's big dinner... X2! We'll be celebrating with my family as well as my hubby's. So there's gonna be alot of food!!

Thanks for stopping by...

Have a wonderful day! :D


Challenges:
Ribbon Carousel - RCC74 Giving Thanks

Sparkle Creations Ch#93

Hi all! Today is Sparkle Creations Challenge #93, and this time we have a sketch for you...

designed by the very talented, Kim Yu! For my card today, I used Cherry Blossom Rin...

Inspired by the artist Aki and her beautifully colored sketch of Rin. Used papers from BG Konnichiwa, gorgeous brown ribbon from May Arts, a resin cherry blossom from Recollections, and a flower tag from PTI Tiny Tags stamped with "joy" sentiment from TGF's It's a Girl clear stamps.

Here a few close-ups

This is my last guest designer post for Sparkles Creations. It went by so quickly! It's been amazing to be with an awesome group of ladies. The stamps are just so much fun to color and create with. Hope you all stop by the SCRS blog to see more inspiration from the team! I do have one more quick share with you all later this week, so be sure to come back then!

Thanks for stopping by...

Have a wonderful day! ;D

Challenges:

MarkerPOP - Ch#11 Skin Tones

All That Scraps Wednesday Challenge

Hi all! Welcome to week two of the current ATS' Wednesday Challenge... ANYTHING BUT A CARD! I made a couple of tags using SN Baby Stocking Girl and Boy...

These are really quick and fun to make. Tags were cut with a Sizzix die cut, used some scraps from the holiday pile, stamped the sentiment on more scraps and cut them into a fishtail banner, added the ribbons on top, and popped on the colored image! Now I have a couple more to add to my "stash" of holiday tags! I have about ummm... 4?!! LOL!

Well I hope you can find some time and join us at ATS and visit the blog for more ideas and inspiration!

Thanks for stopping by....
Have a fantastic day! ;D


Challenges:
Paper Crafting Journey - Anything Goes
Sparkles Christmas Challenge - #22 Contemporary Colors

Thankful

Happy Monday!! Today at Lollipop Crafts, is the start of our month long challenge... WE ARE THANKFUL... create a card/project with the theme of being thankful! Since the holidays are coming around quickly, we want you to have plenty of time to participate, so this challenge will run until Dec 1st. So here's my card for today...

It's always great to have some of these handy, and this set of stamps is called Thank You Tiles from Whimsy Stamps. I wanted to make a set of these, but didn't have enough time to finish for the post, but when it's finished I'll post them to share!

Please hop over to the LC blog to get details on this fun challenge, and to see more from Tammy and Joanna. Each week a couple of our team members will be sharing projects, so be sure to check back every Monday to see new inspiration!

For all my wonderful followers ...

Have a fantastic day! ;D


Challenges:
Paper Crafting Journey - Anything Goes
Paper Pretties - PPMC65 Thank You Card
Loves Rubberstamps - Anything Goes
Ribbon Carousel - RCC74 Giving Thanks
Pile It On - #46 Let's Be Thankful

Sparkle Creations November Preview Day 2

Hello all! So did you all get a chance to see Charlotte? Isn't she pretty? Well, today we have another preview to show... Mistletoe Lucy!! All new stamps will be available at the SCRS store Saturday Nov 10th!

Followed the layout from Sketch For You To Try, colored Lucy up with Copics, and papers are from Echo Park Everybody Loves Christmas. Used White Liquid Pearls all around Lucy and the mistletoe berries. The MS snowflake punch (and a mini craft punch) layers were punched from red textured paper, kraft paper, and matching Echo Park paper, then sponged with white ink, covered with stickles, and finally a pearl gem in the center.

Be sure to visit all rest of the SCRS designers for more peeks of Mistletoe Lucy. Sparkle will be giving away to one lucky person! For a chance to win, you need to comment on all of the designer's blogs (list below). Then head on over to the SCRS blog and comment on the Mistletoe Lucy post. You have until midnight EST tonight to comment. The lucky winner will be announced on Monday!

Danielle Lounds

Joni Wilson

Kim Yu

Piali Biswas

Mimi LeePang - November Guest Designer - you are here!

Shaela Odd

Simonne Clay

Sparkle Smithh

Stephanie Kraft

Yvonne Yam

Sparkle Creations Stamp Blog

Thanks for stopping by...

Have a wonderful day! ;D  



Challenges:
SFYTT - November Sketch
Oozak - Ch #8 Winter Vibes
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes (with optional Christmas theme)

Sparkle Creations November Preview Day 1

Hello everyone and welcome to the first day of Sparkle Creations November Previews! Today we are showcasing the beautiful Pointsetta Charlotte...

Followed a layout from The Sweet Stop, but changed up one of the shapes. The flower is the Phlox Flower die from C.C. Design Cutters. Here's a close up of it...

Be sure to visit all rest of the SCRS designers for more peeks of Poinsetta Charlotte. Sparkle will be giving away Poinsetta Charlotte to one lucky person! For a chance to win, you need to comment on all of the designer's blogs (list below). Then head on over to the SCRS blog and comment on the Poinsetta Charlotte post. You have until midnight EST tonight to comment. The lucky winner will be announced on Monday!

Danielle Lounds

Joni Wilson

Kim Yu

Piali Biswas

Mimi LeePang - November Guest Designer - you are here!

Shaela Odd

Simonne Clay

Sparkle Smithh

Stephanie Kraft

Yvonne Yam

Sparkle Creations Stamp Blog

Thanks for stopping by...

Have a wonderful day! ;D    

Challenges:

The Sweet Stop - SSS183

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes (with Christmas optional)
Oozak - #8 Winter Vibes

GDT with Sparkle Creations!

Guess what?? I'm Guest Designer for Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps this month!!! Yay!! I'm thrilled to be working with such an awesome team of talented ladies, and super excited to create and share with you some of the cute stamps available at the SCRS store!!

First off, today starts a brand new color challenge for the next two weeks

I used Shopping Emily for my card

here's a closeup of this sweetie ready for some holiday shopping!!

card supplies:

Stamps: SCRSC Shopping Emily, sentiment TGF Roll Call Kit, Papers: MME Lil' Robots; colored with Copic markers; Memento Tuxedo Black Ink, Colorbox Chalk blues; Spellbinders Wonky Reverse Rectangles and Std Circles Large, Recollections blue cardstock, ribbon, and gems.

Please hop over to the Sparkles Creations blog for details on the challenge

and you can see more inspiration at these blogs... 

Joni Wilson

Kim Yu

Mimi LeePang - you're here!

Shaela Odd

Yvonne Yam

Thanks for stopping by...

Have a wonderful day! ;D

Challenges:

Papertake Weekly - Sketch #73

Anything Goes at ATS...

Happy Halloween!! Ready for some treats?? Head over to the ATS Challenge blog to see some sweet eye candy and then pop right over to the ATS blog to win some candy of the new releases!!

Today, I'm sharing two of newest Sweet November Pixies... Nicholas and Evie...

Aren't they sweet and cute?! They will be available at the ATS store November 1st at 12:01 am CST. or... you can linkup here or visit Amy to try your luck at winning these cuties!

Here are a few close-up shots...

I've kept these card smaller (4x4) because they will be donated to the Make a Keiki Smile card drive.

That's it for me today... there's lots of chances to win some of these cuties and more from CC Designs... just click on these links...

ATS Blog - Preview Days

Amy Young - Sweet November Pixies

ATS November Banner Giveaway

and  join us at ATS Challenge Blog - prize of 5 CC Design Digis!!!

Thanks for stopping by...

Have a wonderful day! ;D  

Challenges:

Paper Shelter - #88 Anything Goes 

One more treat...

Happy Monday!! Did you all have a good weekend? It sure went by fast!! So to start off the week, how about a brand new challenge from Lollipop Crafts?? This time we want you to make Anything But a Card with a Halloween theme. It's right around the corner, so what's better than a little treat box...

In fact, this one doubled as a birthday card for a friend. The little drawer holds a few mini candy bars and a gift card. Here's another view...

The size of the box only is 4x3, and very simple to make. I've never done a tutorial before, but if you all are interested, I can give it a shot! Just leave me a comment if you would like to see how this was made.

Check out what my LC team mates have made to share. You'll have two weeks to play along for a fabulous prize. Come back on Wednesday to see who our sponsor is for this challenge!

card supplies:

Stamps - Sweet November Pumpkin Fun set; Amy R Birthday Sentiments; Studio G Alphabet stamp set

Copic colors, Memento Ink, Colorbox Chalk, MMBI Autumn Layers paper pad; Recollection Kraft and green cardstock. MayArts brown ribbon, Twinery Mandarin; misc buttons.

Thanks for stopping by...

Have a wonderful day! ;D   

Challenges:

Ribbon Carousel - RCC73 Halloween Spirit

Paper Shelter - #87 Halloween
Cupcake Craftroom - October Anything Goes in Autumn 

Xmas Gift Card Holder

Hello all and happy Wednesday! Today is start of a new challenge at All That Scraps... everyone's favorite... ANYTHING GOES!!

I guess you can say I'm in the holiday mood lately. This time I made a gift card holder...

with Yuki from Sister Stamp. The box die and the little tag are both from PTI, and the border punch from MS. Finally get a chance to play along the Yumi & Fumi Handmade current challenge, to have no patterned paper! That had me stumped for awhile, but then I thought of... embossing! So I gave it another try, and this time it turned out better... a little?  hehee! I used a sparkle embossing powder on the green cardstock. The picture doesn't show it too well, but it's there! lol!

here's another view...

So now stop by All That Scraps Challenge blog to see what the team has to share! You have two weeks to play along for your chance to win 5 CC Design digis!!

card supplies:

Stamps - Sister Stamps Yuki, Amy R. Winter sentiments; PaperTrey Ink Favor Box Die and Tiny Tags, MS border punch; Copic Markers, Memento Tuxedo Black, Twinery Twine-Peapod, Maraschino, Lilac, Recollection cardstock and ribbons, Stickles, Glossy Accents, MS Sparkle Embossing Powder

Thanks for stopping by...

Have a wonderful day! ;D  



Challenges:
YFHC - #5 No patterned paper
CMC - #54 A Touch of Red

Birthday Ian

Hi all! My cousin's little boy turned the big ONE this past weekend, and just want to share the card I made for him.

It's been awhile since I played with those adorable cuties from TGF, and this one was from my dear blogging friend Leanne! Found a great sketch from Sweet Sunday, and this fun paper pad is from MME.

card supplies:

Image - TGF Birthday Ian; Amy R. Birthday Sentiments; paper - MME Out of the Blue, Recollections card stock; Copic markers, Memento Ink, Colorbox Chalk, Making Memories buttons

Thanks for stopping by...

Have a fabulous day! ;D  


Challenges:
Sweet Sunday - SSSC169
FFF - Buttons and Bows