Lollipop Crafts Guest Designer

For the whole month of November I will be a guest designer on the Lollipop Crafts blog.  Make sure you come back Monday for my first post!

Critter Sketch Challenge #37

***If you are here for the Magnolia-licious Christmas All Year Long blog hop, please scroll down to the next post***

Today is Monday which means a new sketch challenge over at the Critter Sketch challenge blog.  For the whole month of October, Critter Sketch is being sponsored by Meijen Designs which can be found at the Whimsy Stamp Store.

Today's sketch is:

Here is my take on the sketch.  I used the new soccer girl from Tiddly Inks.  When I saw that image I had to have it cause this was the first year that Abby played soccer and this little girl reminded me of her :)

and this is my little soccer star :)

Supplies:  Copics, Bobunny paper, soccer buttons, embroidery floss, cardstock (stash)

Magnolia-licious Christmas All Year Long Blog Hop

Welcome to the Magnolia-licious Christmas All Year Blog Hop. This group was created for Magnolia lovers who want to get a jump on the Christmas season by creating a Christmas card each month. If you are visiting this blog hop, I hope it will inspire you to get ahead of the holiday season and join us in our endeavor.  You have arrived here from Robin's blog and on your next stop you will head to Tracey's and see her awesome creation

Here is my card for today:

If you see any stamp along that way that you just HAVE to get, make sure you check out Magnolia-licious' store, they have all the Magnolia's and at awesome prices

Here is the list of participants for June in case you get lost along the way...

Jessica Hammond - http://simplymagnolias.blogspot.com/

Kathy Curry -  http://willstampforwine.blogspot.com/

Leonie Jaeschke - http://www.leoniesspot.blogspot.com/

Lindsey H - http://scrappygiraffelayouts.blogspot.com/

Lori King - http://www.papersunshine.blogspot.com/

Norma Lee - http://frommycraftroom.blogspot.com/

Peggy Wilkins - http://stampingwithpeggie.blogspot.com/ 

Robin F - http://robinroom.blogspot.com/ 

Tanya Johnson - little-scrapper.blogspot.com (ME)

Tracey Gordon - http://www.trays-spot.blogspot.com/ 

Nadyne - http://lescartesdenady.blogspot.com/ 

Carissa Harper - http://carissa-creativeexpressions.blogspot.com/

Tanja - http://stampinpiper.blogspot.com/ 

Abby's card

Abby made Brian a card for his birthday last week and I've been meaning to post it on here to share with you all.

She stamped and colored the image, cut the papers and ribbon and all I had to do was put adhesive on the backs of them.  She was pretty precise on the placement of things and of course she had to add the soccer balls on :)

and she even signed it!  Not bad for only being 3 :)

supplies:
Image - Motivet
Stickles
colored pencils
paper/ribbon - stash
soccer beads

Paper Pretties - You're #1

I finally had a chance to sit down tonight and make some cards using one of my Paper Pretties stamps designed by Victoria Case.  I had fun creating this card for their current challenge which is to use green, purple and orange.

Challenges that this card was entered in:
Paper Pretties-color (purple, green, orange)
Tuesday Morning Sketches - Sketch
Craftalicious - Anything goes
Our Creative Corner - 3 or more embellishments (3 brads)
Tuesday Throwdown - Anything goes
I Did it Creations/Robyn's Fetish - For A girl

Supplies:
Image-Paper Pretties
Brads-Doodlebug
Paper-Bobunny
Cardstock-Bazzill and Colorbox
Punch-Martha Stewart
Copics-E25, E27, BV02, BV04, E00, E11, G21, R20

Inky Impressions - Sweet little girl

Today is the first day of the new challenge over at Inky Impressions, the challenge today is to add flowers to your card/item.  I hadn't inked up my Nickie's birdie stamp yet so I thought I'd pull her out for this card.  Isn't she a doll?

Challenges that this card was entered in:

Inky Impressions - Flowers
Card Pattern - Sketch
Craftalicious - Anything goes
Our Creative Corner - 3 or more embellishments (3 flowers)
Tuesday Throwdown - Anything goes
I Did it Creations/Robyn's Fetish - For A girl


Supplies:
Stamp-Inky Impressions
Flowers-Prima
Paper-BoBunny
Punch-Martha Stewart
Rhinestones-Kaiser Kraft
Nestabilities
Ribbon-Stash
Copics-E00, E11, E25, E27, R20, B02, RV21, RV25

Magnolia - Special Friend

I don't ever play with my magnolia stamps enough so last night while watching Survivor, I decided it was time to pull out one of my few (I know I need more ;)) Tilda's and colored her in.   I'm still working on my coloring technique with my copics but I think it still came out pretty cute :)  I did have a run-in with my yellow marker where it looked like colored water was coming out of it--grrrr!!  I've never used it so I have no clue what was up with that.

Here is the outside of the card:

and here is a side view of the card to show the extra fold:

This card was entered in the following challenges:

All that Scraps-Magnolia Challenge:  Fall with a fold
Card Patterns - Sketch
Cinema Saturday - Die Cut or Hand cut (I hand cut Tilda and the chair)
Baby Bud Designs - Fall or Halloween (fall colors)
Little Red Wagon - Something Old/Something New (old: Stamps/Ribbon, New: DP)
Papertake Weekly - Three of a Kind (three strips of DP or three layers)
Paper Cutz Challenges - Anything Goes
7 Kids College Fun - Flowers and Layers (my flowers are on the DP and I have tons of layers :))


Supplies:
Stamp-Tilda with puppy (Mangolia-licious), Chair (Alota Rubber stamps)
Paper-Basic Grey (Max & Whiskers)
Cardstock-Amber Autumn Fall Stack Collection (JoAnn's)
Charm-Inky Impressions
Ribbon-Stampin' Up
Copics: YR12, B93, B95, R24, E74, E71, E25, E27, O, E31, E33

Victorine Originals - Eat Ham

This card has taken me two days to make.  I have been struggling with the crazy accordion flower and I can see that the stupid thing is coming apart again!  Does anyone have any good ideas how to keep those things together?

For this card I used two stamps from Victorine Originals...Turkey and eat ham.

Supplies:
Stamps-Victorine Original's
Paper-Piggy Tales
Cardstock/Ribbon-stash
Copics-E27, E29, E25, R24, Y17

Victorine Originals - Eyes of a Child

For today's card I combined two stamps from Victorine Originals.  The first one is Small open window and the second one is shooting star.  When I saw shooting star, I knew exactly what I wanted to do with it.  Inside the card the saying is:  "If you can see the world through the eyes of a child, you will find true beauty".

If you hurry now, the store is having a huge sale--up to 60% off!!  Hurry now though cause it's not going to last long.

Supplies:
Stamps-Victorine Originals
Paper-The Black Current Stack (JoAnn's)
Flower/Button-Magnolia-licious
Ghost Shape Flower-Heidi Swapp
Ribbon/Black Cardstock-Stash
Copics-C7, C9, E00, R83, R85, E25, E27, Y02

Victorine Originals - Any occasion card

Do you ever find that you need a card for something and you don't have the right one?  I do all the time, so I thought I'd make a card that could go for just about anything :)

I used Flower pot with birdhouse from Victorine Originals.  Instead of coloring in the flowers, I used my autumn shade/mix of flower soft.  I added some buttons and bling to give a little something but not too much and the DP is form Close to My Heart.  I have found though, that I really don't have any "fall" papers at all, so I guess I need to do some shopping LOL

Friend Card

I need to create a quick card for a friend tonight so I pulled out my Just because stamp set from one of the Close to My Heart promotions.  I love how elegant this set is and how you can make something really nice without having to do too much with it :)  The paper I used was Perfect Day which is also from Close to My Heart.

Inky Impressions - Sweet little girl frame

My husband's birthday is on the 19th of this month and Abby wanted to make him something.  I let her go through my stuff and she decided to make a frame.  She painted it and from there I too over :)  I used Angelica's bunny hugs from Inky Impressions; I just LOVE these stamps cause they are so cute!!

For the rest of the frame all did was add some ribbon around a couple of corners and some flowers with bling on the remaining one.

CC Designs - Thinking of your Card

i sat down tonight and created some cards for another round in the More than Paper Shoes forum swap that is ending soon.  I wanted something that was sweet and had the "thinking of you" look to it, so I pulled out my Swiss Pixies stamp "Heidi Among the Flowers".  She looked so innocent and had the look I was going for.

The paper and cardstock is from Close to My Heart, ribbon and flowers are from my stash and I added some dew drops to the centers of the flowers.  The sentiment is stamped on the inside of the card

Critter Sketch Challenge #35

Today is Monday which means a new sketch challenge over at the Critter Sketch challenge blog.  For the whole month of October, Critter Sketch is being sponsored by Meijen Designs which can be found at the Whimsy Stamp Store.


Today's sketch is:

and here is my take on the sketch.

Birthday card

Another card for the swap on the More Paper than Shoes forum.  I pulled out my Magic Moments paper pack from Close to My Heart and created this simple card.  I really liked how it turned out :)

A sad day in our household

Today is a very sad day at our house.  We had to put our 9 year old bichon down tonight.  Gus was always very sickly and today we found he had some more issues wrong with him, that financially we just couldn't afford.  In the end the Vet said it was best for him to do this :(   We will miss him very much and the house already feels so different without him.

Here is a picture of Abby with Gus last Christmas

Love Card

Over on the More Paper Than Shoes Forum, there is a handmade card swap that I joined in.  One of the categories was "love".  I had fun creating this card because I was able to use one of my Close to My Heart stamps that I haven't used in awhile.  The stamp set was from the Key to My Heart Promotion that they had last year.

if you look closely you can see that there is some glitter on some parts of the flourish and there is string to hang the hearts off of it.   Here is what the sentiment on inside of the card says:

The Greeting Farm - Pirate kind of love

I've been wanting to use of the stamps that I have in my stash that have never been used and believe me when I say that is a bunch :/  So for today's card I pulled out "Matey" from The Greeting Farm.  I originally only had Ian colored in but little Miss Anya was calling to me as well :)

Here is the outcome of  it:

The card is a zig-zag card and was pretty easy to make.  I found the template here.

Victorine Originals - Precious Moments

like these are so special and need to be cherished forever.   I made for no particular occasion so I left the sentiment off so that way I could customize it when needed (I tend to do this a lot).  The image used was Children Playing and can be found here in the Victorine Originals store.

Happy Halloween

Today is my first post for Victorine Originals.  When I got my package in the mail I couldn't wait to get home and start using them :)  There is something for every occasion and for any style that I'm sure you will be able to find something in the store :)

Today's card uses "Witch with Cauldron" and can be found here...the best part, if you hurry now you can get her for 50% off!!!  That's right for as low as $2.25 she could be yours!

I don't know what the papers because they were something I pull out of my scraps. :)

More Paper Than Shoes Guest Designer

 I have been a fan of Anna and Kindra's for awhile now so when Anna asked me to be a Guest Designer over at the More Paper than Shoes blog for the Month of October, I couldn't say no :)  The girls are such an awesome group and we all have a blast in the More Paper Than Shoes forum where I am charge of the Card Making Creative Team (and you must come over and join us ;).

 

On the MPTS blog this month they have two challenges going on in case you don't celebrate Halloween.  For me Halloween and Christmas are the two funnest holidays especially now that Abby is starting to really enjoy them :) Brian tends to take Halloween decorating to the extreme so at least I don't have to worry about doing it LOL

 

For my project today I used my new witch stamp from CC Designs and the new background stamp from them as well.  I had fun making this card and it came together very nicely.  I must admit though at first it wasn't meant to be an easel card but the image was way too big for a 6x6 card and so out comes the easel LOL  

 

 

 

Great News!!!

After having to take some time off for family and prioritizing things, I can happily say that I that I am back!!  And with coming back I have some great news to share with all of you!!

First, I have been selected by Melanie to be part of the Critter Sketch Challenge DT (again LOL)

Secondly, I was contacted by Vicki at Victorine Originals and I am excited to say that I am now a member of her design team :)

and lastly (yes this it), I am the Guest Designer for the More Paper Than Shoes blog this moment.

So with all of this, I can't wait to get started and sharing things with all of you.