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 

My happy world...

Hello all and  happy hump day! Today at All That Scraps Challenge blog, there are some yummy eye candy to remind you all of the fun and easy challenge we have going on... ANYTHING GOES!!

My card features one of the new March releases, Penelope and Zip...

from the Sweet November collections, designed by Amy Young. The pair is breathing in the fresh spring air and just enjoying each other's friendship! The papers today are from K&Company Amy Butler designer pad... am lovin' the greens and blues, plus there's purple and pink!

Stop by ATS Challenge blog to find out all the deets to this week's challenge,  and hope to see you link up for your chance at winning an awesome prize! While you're there, check out the new March releases, which are all available at the ATS store!

Supplies:

Image - Penelope and Zip (All That Scraps), Sentiment - Pure Innocence (Being Cute is What I do)

Paper - K&Company Amy Butler Designer Pad, DCWV cardstock

Copics- skin E50 E51 E53 R20 hair E30 E31 E34 B16 B18 outfit BG000 BG10 BG57 YG00 G43 Y21 Y23 Y28 W5

Zip: Y21 Y23 YR31 R20 BG000 YG00 G43 W4 0blender

Other - Memento Tuxedo Black Ink, Colorbox Chalk brown, Martha Stewart Ink Pad (lime), Stickles (eucalyptus), Spellbinders (oval, square), EK Sucess border punch (bumpy road), ribbon from stash

         Thanks for stopping by...

         Have a wonderful day!  ;D  





Challenges:
Papertake Weekly - Bingo (DieCuts, Free, Glitter)
The Sweet Stop - SSS150 Sketch w/green

Cupcake with sprinkles...

Hi everyone! Is it Friday already??  Where do all the days go?? Well, I'm certainly ready for the weekend... but first, today at All That Scraps the digi team is reviewing their favorite CC Designs images. There are PLENTY of adorable images that could be my favorite... so for me to pick one was simply too difficult!! So, I'm sharing with you my newest stamp...

from Sweet November, Josie's Cupcake 

She is just one of the new Fairwees designed by Amy Young, and you can find all the Fairwees here at All That Scraps store. This sweet fairwee was fussy cut and her cupcake is adorned with pink gems and liquid pearl frosting! Found this tutorial for a treat holder... alter the measurements a bit... now she's the perfect size for this yummy Ghiradelli chocolate treat!

Here's a peek of the inside...

the sentiment is stamped in black ink, then used white gel pen to highlight.

Go check out the ATS blog to see what the team has to share! and be sure to see the NEW February releases here... which are now available at the ATS store... and I'm playing along with ATS Weekly Wednesday challenge... this week is Anything Goes!

Supplies:
Stamp - Sweet November Fairwees (Josie's Cupcake) , Recollections Sentiment (Celebrate Spring)
Paper - DCWV (Glitter Mat Stack), Recollections (Kraft paper)
Copics - skin: E50 E51 R20  hair: Y21 Y23 YR24

dress: RV52 R83 RV000 cupcake: E40 E41 E33 E34 E35 E37 liner: RV000 RV10 RV13

Other - Spellbinder Eyelet Circles, ribbon from Michael's,Recollection gems, Memento Ink, Colorbox Chalk, Liquid Pearl (White Opal) , Stickles (Diamond), Sakura Pen (Clear Star & White)

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



Challenges:
All That Scraps - Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp - Love is in the Air
Ribbon Carousel - RCC39 Anything Goes

ATS Review

Please scroll down for my Lollipop Crafts post, or click here.

Today at All That Scraps, we are reviewing our January Digistamp releases. Birthday Lucy is one of adorable new Swiss Pixie girls, and she's now available in the ATS store in both rubber or digi!

I just loved coloring her up! The ledger paper, from KC&Co., is so soft and pretty. It comes as a spiral bound paper pad, so the "notebook rip" is already there! No need for another punch! Used a CC Design Cutters Butterflies Die.. butterfly is the smaller one with some pink gems added. I didn't have small flowers to match the purple on the dress, so took some white flowers and colored them with copic markers. The gorgeous green ribbon is from my good blog-friend, Amy, and thanks to Amy, I found a new way to tie it... you can check it out here on one of her many awesome videos. She's super amazing!!

Be sure to stop by the ATS blog to see more spectacular reviews from my team-mates! All digistamps are now available at the  All That Scrap store!!

Supplies:
Image - Birthday Lucy (ATS digi)
DieCuts - CC Design Cutters Butterflies Die (blog candy from 1LUVNMAMA), Spellbinders Petite Ovals Large 
Paper - KC&Co. (BW Flora & Fauna Ledger), Basic Grey (Kioshi), DCWV cardstock, Recollections Kraft cardstock
Copics - skin/hair: E50 E51 E53 R20 / Y21 Y23 YR24  clothes:  V000 V1 V04 YG00 YG23 YG25  shoes: E40 E41 W3
presents: E40 E41 R21 R83 R85  ground: YG91
Others - Recollections flowers & gems, ribbon (from Amy), buttons (from stash), embroidery floss, Stickles (Eucalyptus)

Thanks for stopping by...  



Challenges:
Cute Card Thursday -
 #201 You're a Gem
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes
Whimsy Inspirations - #23 Pearls or Bling 

Happy Monday..

Hope everyone had a great weekend... the first week of 2012 has come and gone! I'm so glad you can join me today to welcome back Lollipop Crafts from our winter break! We're ready for a new and exciting year, and our first challenge of the year is the ANYTHING GOES with a NEW twist! Just use a new stamp, technique, supply, etc, or create a card/project for New Baby, or New House, or Happy New Year! etc... Be sure to check out the LC blog for all the details and some gorgeous projects from both teams!
Here's my card to share with you...

The "NEW" features are paper from Jillibean Soup, and a new clear sentiments stamps set I got from my friend, Leanne, who happens to also be on the LC team! Picked a few of the sentiments and stamped it randomly on the yellow cardstock for the background. I also tried a "new" skin color combo... my friend, Amy, has a bunch of GREAT tutorials on this blog... where I visit very often!! Followed the Friday Spy Day #14 challenge on FFC... cased the layout of the featured card. Cheeky Chat is colored in copics... isn't she just the cutest... with her pink phone!!
For another "new" thing for my blog this year, I'm going to list out all the supplies I used for the posted project, including a list copic colors! so here goes for the first post of the year...

Supplies:
Stamp - Cheeky Chat (TGF), clear sentiments (from Leanne)
Paper - Kraft (Recollections from Michael's), Jillibean Soup (Homemade 6 Bean Soup), cardstock (DCWV)
Spellbinders - Standard Circles Large, Classic Scalloped Circles Large
Copics - skin/hair: E00, E21, E13, R20, G94, E34, E35, E37, E57
clothes: YG03, YG23, YG25, G14, YR16, YR31, Y23 phone: R32, R35, R37, R000, RV10
Others - e. line crystals, Memento Ink, ColorBox Chalk Cat's Eye

Thanks for stopping by...

and have a wonderful day! ;D              

Challenges:
FFC - Friday Spy Day #14 (case Wilfreda)
Simon Says Stamp - NEW Something
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes (new theme)

Snow Family...

Hello friends! Today is Thursday which means it's sponsor spotlight on Lollipop Crafts...

"Hi my name is Stitchy and I am Co-Owner of Stitchy Bear Stamps. We started this store on April 1st, No fooling haha..I live in upstate New York with my husband and two TEENAGE adults haha. I do say that loosely as they think they run the show here, NOT...

I've been creating stamps for less than a year now and I am totally addicted to the craft..I started about 4 years ago making digital scraps and I knew there were much more out there, so a friend of mine introduced me to digital stamps...and the rest they say is history...I look forward to seeing all the beautiful creations come through...good luck everyone... stitchy xoxox"

My card features a snowman family trio...

Kept the layout CAS, colored it up with Copics and followed Amy's fabulous tutorial on coloring snowman. Didn't really have the exact colors, but it's close. :)  Added ice stickles for the snow and used the good ole stardust gelly pen for some sparkle all over. Paper is from Recollections Jolly and Bright paper pad, and sentiment is from Imaginisce.

Head on over to Lollipop's blog  to see more inspiration from the team and join in on the current challenge.

Thanks for stopping by! ;)  

Winter Wishes...

Are you keeping warm these days? It seems like a cold winter coming... and early too! Even here in the SF Bay Area, we have been getting pretty cold temps...and starting to get snow in the Sierra! Well, I've trying to stay warm during my craft time, which is usually in the early morning or late night, with a blanket on my lap... feel like an old lady!! hehee!

Anyways, my daughter and I started making some more holiday cards this past weekend. Some for friends, and some for the Cards that Care drive. DD colored about 6 images, and me just one... and we ended up with only one complete card each...lol! There were alot of "Mom, can you/should I ..." throughout the whole day between her and DS! (DS was working on a LEGO project.) Okay, enough rambling on... here's my card...that took nearly 4 hours!!

This is a darling SOG girl named Tia with her adorable penguin friend! Did you know that I LOVE penguins?! not so much in RIL... but cute adorable images!! I HAD to get this adorable image when I first saw it here on Amy's post. SOG current recipe challenge is to use 2 patterned papers, buttons, punch/die, and NO white/kraft for base card. Followed a great sketch from The Sweet Stop, and made a festive holiday card for Papertake Weekly!

Paper is from BoBunny's last year collection "Winter Joy", a MS border punch, and a Recollection tag punch stamped with an AmyR sentiment. Added a BG button and some twine. Stickles to Tia's earmuffs and along the tag. There you have it... four hours of work! LOL! but it always worth it to spend some FUN creative time with the kids!

I'll be sharing DD cards soon... she wants to finish up on a couple of more. She says it's really stressful to put it all together! but enjoys oloring of the images much more! ummm, that sounds familiar... hehee!

Thanks for stopping by! ;D     

Halloweeeeeen....

Hello everyone!! Sorry for going MIA, but I've been recovering from health issues, and I'm so glad to be back!! And just in time for Lollipop Crafts new Monday challenge...HALLOWEEN!!!! Create a card/project with anything Halloween related, and you're in!

My card today features TGF's Ian as Hallo Skeleton...

Over at the Farm, the final FFF challenge for the current team is to case any of the DTs. It's was so hard to pick one designer, they are ALL so fabulous!! But I ended up chosing 1LUVNMAMA and her card HERE. Mama's super talent always produces amazing work, just check out her blog! She's become a good blogging friend, and her beautiful projects always inspire me. But mine never comes out quite like hers! LOL!
Thanks to a fab tutorial by Amy Young at Color Me Copics, I TRIED to color Ian's face using the zombie skin technique. But not having the colors that Amy used, I had to improvise and used E00, W1, W3, and BV23. I also added a touch of YG00 along the edge of the mask and skeleton bones to make it look "glow in the dark".  Now that I look at the picture, I should have darkened his suit a bit more. Think I'll do that before I give it away yet to my October's Secret Sister. Can you believe it... I'll be early this month! LOL!!

Sorry for the long post...but it's been a while! hehee! Time to go over to check out more fabulous eye candy from the Lollipop girls, and all the deets on the current challenge. Our wonderful sponsor this week is Meljen's Designs

and they are offering a fabulous prize of their CUTE DIGIS!

Thanks for all the visits while I was out...and for stopping by today!

Have a great day!! ;D

     

Hello Friends...

Did you see this week's FFC's Mystery Monday with Amy Young? If you haven't, check this out...

The card she made is sooo darn cute, as ALL of her cards and Sweet November designs are always inspiring! Make sure to visit Amy, you'll be sure to get lots of sweetness!
Onto my card...

I chose to case the way Amy made cut-outs of the images. Instead of button shapes, the four Anyas are cut with a nestie, and each girl represent the seasons winter, spring, summer and fall. And who doesn't need a friend, all year long! Added some gorgeous flowers (candy from KrisP), stickles in Crystal Ice, and got this sentiment from Studio G at Michael's.

Well gonna keep this short...have a ton of things to do!

Thanks for stopping by! ;)    

Challenges:

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Stamp Something - Anything Goes

Young Crafters Unite - #1 Color a stamped Image

A Thousand Sheets Giveaway...

Happy Blog-o-versary Amy!! Check out this awesome giveway Amy, designer of Sweet November, is doing...

and she's got some other fabulous goodies too!!

Visit Amy here for your chance to win some sweet candy!

Pinwheels and dreaming ...

Happy Monday! Did you find some relaxation over the weekend? I sure did... sort of... LOL! Since the kids have been out for the summer break, I've been a chauffeur on the weekdays! But can't complain... it's great to sit by the pool and watch the kids during their swim practices, and with nice weather too!

Today I've got another card set to share. I used Itzie Inkies Flower Power stamp set from ATS... the most adorable monkey! and check out the new release of Itzie Inkies here! Inspired by Amy's tiny pinwheel, I made one for him to hold instead of his flower.

The first pinwheel turned out way too big (with a 2" inch square), so I gave it a try at 1".  Thanks to Amy's tip of putting a glue dot in the middle, I finally got it!  But then totally forgot about the copic colors bleeding through the other side of the paper! Oh well, gotta let it be... :D

Challenges for this card:
ATS - Pinwheels
Papertake Weekly - Here comes the Sun
Paper Sundaes - 2 Toppings (purple&gems)

My second card with the same adorable monkey is holding a giant flower and the cutest little ladybugs!

This card layout is inspired by Deborah at Lily Pad Cards! Her card was featured on a Make This Card post back in April. It's such a simple and fun layout to create with! Added a ribbon, some stickles on the flower and gloss on the bugs... and ready to go!
Challenges for this card:
Lily Pad - Inspirational Challenge 3 (from Deborah)

Thanks for stopping by! ;)    

Berries Fairies...

SN newest berry fairies, designed by Amy Y., are the cutest...and look what I made with the awesome set I won from ATS!

I followed the Sketch #4 by Jen and made a set of notecards that will be on it way to my SS!
Sorry gotta keep this short...both my kiddies are graduating this week...one from elementary school and the other from middle school!  Lots of little things to get done...I can finally take a breather after this week!

Thanks for stopping by! ;)

Challenges:

ATS - Anything Goes

Deconstructed Sketch - DS4

Pizza... Pizza...

Okay... I was bitten by the Pizza Box Bug!! There is a fun fun challenge at ATS to make mini-pizza boxes, and at the last minute,I just had to join in!

Quickly...as time is running short...used the cute SN Blueberry fairy by Amy Y...I actually won the entire set from ATS! So I'll be making more with the rest of the cuties soon!

Sentiment is from Inkadinkado. Flowers unders the picket fence is from Hero Arts.

another view...

inside of box...

thanks for great idea Kim!

I'm gonna fill this up with some secret goodies and send it off to my "Secret Sister"!

Thanks for stopping by! ;)

Challenges:

ATS - Mini pizza box
Emerald Faerie Garden - Anything Goes
Paper Sundaes - #70 Pop It Up
Wee Memories - #57 Stamp It

Surfer Anya at the Lily Pad

Hi all! Where do the days go??? Is it because we spend it with good friends & family and time just flies when you're having fun...like Surfer Anya! She was one of my lucky wins from TGF, and finally got to ink her up!

She's ready to ride the waves in her cute board shorts!

The dp are from another win at Amy Y.'s blog... I've been hoarding them cause they are soooo cute!! Gotta find out who the maker is! Sentiment is from Inkadinkado "just saying" set - it was a bit too big, so i cut off one outer pattern on the circle - perfect! All the edges are inked with Colorbox brown to give it a touch of distressed look. The border punch is from MS and ribbon from Michael's (one of my fave ones...am running out soon...oh noooo!)

Thanks for stopping by! ;D

Challenges:

Lily Pad Challenges - Color Throwdown

Stamp Something - Anything Goes

Cute Card Thursday - #164 It's So Distressing

Spoonfull of Sugar - #152 Anything Goes

Raise the Bar - #66 Green and Orange

FFF - Mercy's Sketch...

Hi everyone! I've been working on a small project, but I can only share a small part of it for now. I used a fun, fun sketch from Mercy over at TGF's FFF current challenge... and this adorable  New Year Anya!

Inspired by Amy Y.'s card, I used similar colors of black and silver, and added some pink. The sparkles of silver makes Anya so ready for a formal party to ring in the new year!

The dp is from DCWV glitter mat stack, ribbons and rhinestones are from Michael's, and the silver flower with pearls are from my old stash of wedding favors supplies. that's it for now...

Thanks for stopping by! ;)

Happy Birthday Sweet November...

This week's challenge at ATS is a birthday celebration for Amy Y's Sweet November images! There are so many adorable sweeties to choose from...both rubber and digi, and you can find them here. Amy recently released some new birthday cuties that are available today! In honor of Amy's celebration, I used one of the cute mermaids released earlier this June...Treasure Tempestwind and her adorable friend Eddy!

Trying to follow Amy's footstep, there always have a sweet story behind each stamp and card...Treasure & Eddy are peeking out from the bubbles and pearls of the ocean to see a sky filled with shimmering flowers!

  

Thanks for stopping by! ;)

Special Thanks...

It's been so slow for my to get back into making cards. The kids have been back to school for a week now, so finally I found some quiet time to make this card...which is going to someone that I won awesome candy from awhile back. I'm not mentioning her name here, cause I wanna surprise her! But she is super talented and so inspirational!

I tried quite a few new techniques here. First I followed a fantastic tutorial from Color me Copic, made by the one and only Amy Young, on coloring curly hair. All I can say is she makes it look so easy, but I defninitely need to practice ALOT more! I also "tried to" distress the edges...didn't look like it made much difference. Lastly, I used some fabulous Shimmerz on the flowers...think I need more colors now! hehee! Oh..and I followed one of the FFF sketch by Mercy!

Challenges:
Color Me Copic - Challenge #3 Curly Hair
Karber - Thank You
YNS - Anything goes

Thanks for stopping by! ;)

Believe....

When I saw this beautiful mermaid designed by Amy Y, I just had to have her! Pearl Tidepool & Seamoor...what perfect names. They are so so adorable!! This is my first time trying the monochrome technique, I chose purple and it so much fun to do!  Following the ATS and Tamiko's challenges, here's what I did.

When I finished coloring Pearl I thought, why did I color her face purple??? Then I lightened it up with the blenderless pen, and it turned out better. Added stickles shine and liquid pearl to pretty her all up! Flowers are from Petaloo...after a long search thru my stuff, I finally found some glass beads that I added to the center of the flowers. Ribbon and sentiment stamp are from Michael's and dp is from my old stuff. For someone that just got into cardmaking, I have alot of old stuff! lol! I bought alot of extras when I did party and wedding favors...now they come to good use!

Thanks for stopping by! ;)