CHEERS!!

Happy New Year everyone.  This image cracks me up everytime I see it.  The look on her face is perfect considering she is holding a plunger.  So, out with the old and in with the new.  Here is hoping you have a blessed New Year that doesn't require much use of a plunger.  Cheers!

Stamps: American Art Stamp: Emerson - Cheers!

Paper: various scraps

Ink: stazon, SU! inks

Accessories: aquapainter, liquid pearls, bling, prima, ribbon



Using Up Scraps...

I made this card for the CardMaker Challenge Corner.

I have a HUGE pile of scraps because I refuse to throw paper away. OK, I also have kids who love to stamp and play with paper and they are only allowed to use the scraps. I took a picture of my scrap pile (**embarassed**). The entire card is made from scraps except for the base. I cut the trees from a designer paper scrap that I had. I did add some ribbon and liquid pearls (my new favorite embellishment).

Thanks for looking...
Here is my pile of scraps...

And here is the card I made with some of them.

SEND SOME SNOW...

I combined a couple of challenges from this week. I adapted the color challenge, using colors that I have in my stash and today's Ways to Use It. Loved using those beads that I never know what to do with. I also used this week's Mojo sketch.
This is also for the Fan Club theme: All I want for Christmas. ..... is SNOW!! We have had one of the mildest Decembers on record. Hoping for snow in January.

Thanks for looking...

Additional Info
Stamps: Snow Swirled
Paper: white, soft sky, pacific point
Ink: soft sky, pacific point Accessories: CTMH beads, ribbon, stickles, liquid pearls, embossing folder, Martha Stewart snowflake border punch

READY TO RELAX...

Time to kick back and enjoy the holidays.  Love this fun image.  I received it as a RAK, so I'm not sure who makes it.  I used my aquapainters and inks to color the image.  Copics for skin and the bubbles.

Thanks for looking!



INSPIRED BUTTERFLY...

This card fits the Inspiration Challenge for today.  What a fantastic site filled with inspiring pieces.  I loved these canisters.  Thanks for stopping by.

Santa's Sleigh...

Additional Info

Stamps: GinaK

Paper: Recollections

Ink: stazon

Accessories: punch, ribbon, nestabilites, bling, sponge Thanks for stopping by....

FROSTY THE SNOWMAN...

Stamps: Inkadinkado

Paper: Recollections

Ink: stazon

Accessories: snowflake punch, nestabilites, stickles, ribbon



Whimsical Trees...

Love this paper from Recollections. 
Thanks for stopping by...

Merry Wreath...

Stamps:  SU!
Paper:  Recollections
Ink:  Stazon
Tools:  punches, nestability, embossing folder, circle cutter
Accessories:  bling, brads

ALL I WANT FOR YOU...

Stamps: Best of Everything

Paper: Bazzil brown, white, Recollections: Charming dp

Ink: early espresso, SU! markers

Accessories: ribbon, bling, punches, nestabilities, stickles, silver liquid pearls

Pixellated Inspiration....

I used today's Inspiration Challenge to get me moving in the right direction for the F4A.
I thought that this piece:http://www.etsy.com/listing/78779851...-and-dragonfly was similar to the paper I used.
Thanks for looking.

Additional Info
Stamps: Fresh Cuts
Paper: white, early espresso, Recollections: Charming
Ink: early espresso
Accessories: ribbon, dragonfly charms

HYCCT - Costume Party...

For the HYCCT Challenge

Well, I love layers and ribbon and charms and bling... So, I went with a one layer CAS design. I just couldn't give up my bling though ;)

Additional Info:
Stamps: Inkadinkado: Pattern Play Holiday (acrylic)
Paper: white
Ink: stazon, melon mambo, old olive
Accessories: aqua painter, bling

HYCCT - Frilly Paper Ribbon...

For the HYCCT Challenge.

I used some of my scraps left over from all of the challenges to make rows of paper ribbon - a previous fan club challenge I believe.

Additional Info
Stamps: curvy verses
Paper: while, dcwv
Ink: stazon
Accessories: punch

HCCT - Send a Little Sunshine...

For the HYCCT Challenge

My sun is shining and sparkly.

Additional Info
Stamps: ODB
Paper: white, kraft, dcwv
Ink: stazon, various su
Accessories: sponge, nestability, punch, silver twine, sharm, stickles, embossing folder

HYCCT - Words of Encouragement

For the HYCCT Challenge

I found this quote by Emily Dickinson online and typed it up. I love it.

Additional Info:
Stamps: none
Paper: white, black, dcwv
Ink: baja breeze
Accessories: primas, bling, ribbon, nestability

Happy Birthday...

Hope You Can Cling To:  Birthday card challenge.  Obviously, these ladies are ready for a birthday party.

Additional Info
Stamps: Emerson
Paper: pink, melon mambo, white
Ink: stazon, Various SU!
Accessories: aqua painter, crystal effects

Thanks for stopping by...

Pickled Tink..

Hope You Can Cling To:  Make a humorous card with a splash of pink.  This lady really cracks me up.  I mean really, just look at her face!  I wanted the color focus to be pink, so I stamped the image in stazon and only colored the flowers and plunger.

Additional Info
Stamps: Emerson
Paper: white, melon mambo
Ink: melon mambo, stazon
Accessories: aquapainter, crystal effects

Thanks for stopping by...

HOPE for the Holidays...

For the Hope You Can Cling To Challenges.  This challenge:  to make a holiday or winter card with pink on it.  This adorable snowman is a digital image I received from my friend, Renee.  You can't tell from the photo, but the base is a very sparkly, glitter-covered blue.

Additional Info
Stamps: digital, warm words
Paper: glitter blue, basic black, white
Ink: various SU!
Accessories: aquapainter, stickers

Thanks for stopping by...

Save the Boo-Bees!

A fun challenge to create a card with Bees on it in support of Breast Cancer awareness month.  I love this stamp by Hambo.

Additional Info
Stamps: Hambo: Mushroom
Paper: My Mind's Eye, white, melon mambo, chocolate chip
Ink: stazon, various SU!
Accessories: aquapainter, pearls, stickles, ribbon

Thank a Caregiver...

Breast cancer affects many people.  Some of the unsung heros are the care givers.  This card was made for the 'Thank a Caregiver' challenge.

 Additional Info
Stamps: Very Versatile
Paper: Bo Bunny, white, melon mambo, wild wasabi
Ink: stazon, melon mambo
Accessories: bling, ribbon

Thanks for stopping by...

My Happy Place...

All month long, I have been participating in a card drive called Hope You Can Cling To, hosted by SplitcoastStampers.  These cards made are mailed to the Anderson Medial Center at the University of Texas.  New challenges are posted daily over at SCS.  This past week has been very busy for me and I wasn't able to stamp, so I spent last night playing catch-up.  Over the next week or so, I will be sharing the cards I made.

This card is for the Happy Place challenge.  The challenge was to create a card that is inspired by your happy place.  If you know me, then you know my happy place is by the ocean.  This is one of my favorite stamps given to me by my friend, Linda.  I used my aquapainter to color the image which was stamped in craft ink and embossed with clear embossing powder.  I painted the image then cut it out and matted it on crumb cake and cherry cobbler cardstock.

Additional Info
Stamps: Lighthouse Beacon
Paper: white, cherry cobbler, crumb cake
Ink: craft black, various SU!
Accessories: aquapainter, charm, muddpuddles sand, silver twine, clear embossing powder, punch

TREAT YOURSELF..

What a fun challenge from Judy! I used Hambo's cherry pie image. Added some liquid applique, dazzlin' diamonds, and bling.. Painted with pink.
Yummy!

Additional Info
Stamps: HAMBO: Cherry Pie
Paper: white, basic black, dp
Ink: stazon, melon mambo
Accessories: bling, liquid applique, dazzlin' diamonds, bling, silver charm, ribbon

Think P.I.N.K.

I made this for the Hope You Can Cling To Challenge:  Think P.I.N.K.  Our challenged was to create a card using things that represent each letter of the word pink.

Here are the P.I.N.K. items I used on my card:
P: paper pieced, pink dp
I: Ink, I care. sentiment
N: Nestability
K: Kraft paper, K&Co die-cut border

Thanks for looking!

Additional Info
Stamps: Studio G
Paper: white, kraft, not quite navy, K&Co
Ink: stazon
Accessories: bling, nestabilities, pre-cut border

BIG OR SMALL-Save them All!

This is for the Hope You Can Cling To Challenge:  Big or Small, Save them All.  Our challenge was to use two different sizes of the same geometric shape.  I went with my circle punches.

Thanks for looking!