Splat

Good morning!  I was tidying up my craft room and came across these cute stamps from C.C. Designs...I thought I could pair them with some challenges...this is what I came up with !

The image is colored with pencils, her eyes are dotted with a black gel pen, and I've applied 3 kinds of glitter...super fine to the trim on her clothes, medium to the snowball she's hiding behind her back, and super chunky to the "ground".  I added some ribbon and a sentiment for embellishing.  The sentiment for the inside reads "you've been snowballed".

Image/Sentimnt: C.C. Designs
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Sakura Black Gel Pen
Paper: PTI Stamper's Select, SU! Marina Mist, The Paper Studio DP
Embellies: Martha Stewart Crystal Fine Glitter, Art Glitter in "Angel Dust", Martha Stewart Mica Flake Glitter, SU! Marina Mist Grosgrain Ribbon, White Grosgrain Ribbon (my stash)
Extras: Prismas/Goo Gone, SU! Oval Punch, The Paper Studio Sticky Doos

I am entering my card in the following challenges:

Addicted to Stamps: Blue Christmas/Winter
Crafts and Me: Winter Wonderland
Opus Gluei: Baby, It's Cold Outside
Papercraft Star: Snow
Raise the Bar: Let It Snow
Shopping Our Stash: Winter Themed, But Not Christmas (Stash Item: DP)
Stampotique Designer's Challenge: Out With the Old, In With the New (Old DP, New Stamps)
The House That Stamps Built: Two Shades of Blue

Thanks for stopping by!

Angela

Try Something New....

Good morning...more importantly, Merry Christmas to you!  I hope your holiday season has been filled with health, happiness, family, and friends!  The kids have been wrapping and baking the last few days, so it has been very festive here...I have to say, I love having the help to get things done!  My son played Joseph in our church Christmas program last night...how fun that was!  We are planning to spend a relaxing morning at home, before getting together with family later today.  Er, I guess the "relaxing" part comes after the frenzy of seeing what Santa left under the tree....  LOL

We do have a challenge for you this week at Tuesday Morning Sketches.  It is "Anything Goes", but we would like you to try something new...for example, a new technique.  There is a good prize up for grabs; you can read about on the Tuesday Morning Sketches post.

For my project today, I tried something I had seen awhile back at SCS...it's called the "Date Night Kit".  The tutorial had easy to follow instructions, along with photos; I did modify the tutorial somewhat to make my project.  I don't know about the young people in your life, but my kids love gift cards and this card will hold a lot of them!  Here are a couple more pictures of the inside:

The inside pocket was used for a CD in the tutorial, but I made it smaller so I could tuck a special note or that extra special gift card inside.  The outside can be used for your greeting or a little note to the recipient.

Image: Stampendous
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Sakura Black Gel Pen 
Paper: PTI Stamper's Select and Dark Chocolate, SU! Poppy Parade, Echo Park DP
Embellies: SU! Poppy Parade Ribbon, Martha Stewart Glitter in "Candy Apple" and "Sugar Cube"
Extras: Prismas/Goo Gone, Quic Kutz "Photo Corners" Die, The Paper Studio Sticky Doos

I am entering my card in the following challenges:

Cut, Create, Have Fun: Gift Wrap
Make It Monday: Anything Goes
Pretty Little Ribbon Shop: It's Christmas
Ribbon Carousel: Christmas Spirit
Robyn's Fetish: Christmas Card for a Child
Top Tip Tuesday: Anything Christmas Goes

Again, a very Merry Christmas to you and a Happy New Year too!

Angela

Santa Chick

Good Friday morning!  The weekend is almost here!  I'll be spending my weekend doing all things Christmas...baking, finish the shopping, wrapping....  How about you...what will you be doing?

I took some time out to make a card just for fun and relaxation...I picked a few challenges to participate in and used an old stand-by...a Stampendous Calendar Chick.  She's (or he) is colored with pencils and accented with glitter.  I used a PTI tag die and added twill and twine for embellishing.  I used Try Stampin' on Tuesday's sketch...it was a fun one...I will be using it again!


Image: Stampendous
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Sakura Black Gel Pen
Paper: PTI Stamper's Select and Pure Poppy, Doodlebug DP and Sugar Coated CS
Embellies: Martha Stewart Glitter in "Candy Apple", "Sour Apple", and "Sugar Cube", PTI Pure Poppy Twill and Twine
Extras: Prismas/Crayolas/Goo Gone, Spellbinder's Nestabilities, PTI "Tag Sale #3" Die, The Paper Studio Sticky Doos

I am entering my card in the following challenges:

Crafting For All Seasons: Green and Red with Glitter/Sparkle
Craft Your Passion: Recipe---3 DP, Ribbon or Twine, Circular Shape
Incy Wincy Designs: Christmas---Holly or Mistletoe
Penny's Paper Crafty: Merry Christmas
Sweet Stampin Christmas: Anything Goes
Try Stampin' On Tuesday: Sketch
Twisted Tuesday: Tags and Smiles (Twist is to use something that makes you smile...Stampendous Calendar Chick)

Thanks for stopping by today; enjoy your weekend!

Angela

Come Let Us Adore Him

Good morning!  The ladies at Ruby's Rainbow have a new challenge for you; the theme for this fortnight was chosen by Jackie and she would like to see a nativity themed card.

I couldn't resist this cute Stampendous stamp when I saw it on sale...I knew it would be perfect for this challenge!  The image is colored with pencils, the DP is distressed, and I've embellished with brads and ribbon (I also frayed the edges a bit to tie in with the distressed papers).

Image: Stampendous
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Paper: PTI Stamper's Select, SU! Cherry Cobbler, Fancy Pants Designs DP
Embellies: SU! Bravo Burgundy Grosgain Ribbon, Spare Parts Brads
Extras: Prismas/Crayolas/Goo Gone, Spellbinder's Nestabilities, The Paper Studio Sticky Doos

I hope you will check out the rest of the creations...and play along!

I am entering my card in the following challenges:

One Stop Craft Challenge: Distressed Christmas
Sketch Saturday: Sketch
Stamptacular Sunday: Christmas
Try it on Tuesday: Lucky Dip (Die cuts, ribbon, distressing, stamped image)
Use it Tuesday: All About Christmas/Hannukuh (Hoarded Item---DP bought for 25 cents a sheet)

Thank you for stopping by!

Angela

Santa Ruby

(For current Creative Card Crew challenge, click here.)

Good morning!  It's time for another challenge from the ladies at Tuesday Morning Sketches; our sponsor for this challenge is Bugaboo Stamps (yay!) and it the sketch was drawn by yours truly!  I really had a hard time coming up with a sketch (that's why I like sketch challenges so much) so I just thought I would go with my old stand-by layout.  I hope you will try it!

Ruby is colored with pencils and decked out with glitter.  I know that Santa's suit is not pink, but if I were dressing up as Santa, I would go for a pink suit for sure!  I used some fun, colorful Doodlebug papers and kept the embellishing to a minimum...just a snippet of ribbon and some acrylic gems.

Image: Bugaboo Digital Stamp "Ruby's Xmas Outfit"
Ink: Printer
Paper: PTI Stamper's Select, SU! Pink Passion, Doodlebug DP
Embellies: Art Glitter in "Angel Dust", Martha Stewart Glitter in "Sterling", White Satin Ribbon (my stash), The Beadery Clear Acrylic Gems 
Extras: Prismas/Crayolas/Goo Gone, The Paper Studio Sticky Doos

I hope you will check out the rest of the Bugaboo creations using my sketch...please take some time to play along!

I am entering my card in the following challenges:

Digi Galore: Christmas
Dream Valley Challenges: Christmas
Little Red Wagon: We Wish You a Pink Christmas
Make It Monday: Anything Goes
The Squirrel and The Fox: Christmas

Thanks for stopping by!

Angela

JOY

Good morning!  It's time for another challenge at Creative Card Crew; this fortnight we would like to see red and gold.  I don't typically think of snowflakes when I think of red/gold, but I remembered this lovely DP (it has a gorgeous gold shimmer...hard to capture in a photo) in my stash and thought I would give it a try!

I colored the image with pencils and accented with a couple different types of glitter.  In addition to the shimmery DP, I used some SU! gold shimmer CS from my stash (love this stuff!).  I diecut and layered some snowflakes and added some gold brads for embellishing.

Image: C.C. Designs "Snow Joy"
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Sakura Black Gel Pen
Paper: PTI Stamper's Select, SU! Cherry Cobbler and Gold Shimmer CS, KI Memories DP
Embellies: Martha Stewart Glitter in "Florentine Gold" and "Snow Glitter", Spare Parts Brads
Extras: Prismas/Crayolas/Goo Gone, MFT Die-namics "Let It Snowflake" Dies, The Paper Studio Sticky Doos

I hope you will check out the rest of the DT's red/gold creations...they are sure to inspire you!

I am also entering my card in the following challenges:

Card Mania Challenges: Snowflakes
Craft Us Crazy: Christmas or Winter, Favorite Embellishment (Glitter!!!)
C.R.A.F.T. Challenge: Winter
Dutch Dare Card Challenges: Snowflakes
Fashionista Challenge: Winter
Happy Campers: Winter
House of Gilli: Add Sparkle
Paper Playtime: Winter Fun

Thank you for stopping by!

Angela

Hoo! Hoo! Hoo!

Good morning!  I've got a clean and simple card today.  I used an old Retro Sketch...I like that the panel looked like a Polaroid photo!  I do have a die like that, but it seemed a bit big, so I just cut my own to better fit the sketch.  The owl is colored with pencils and accented with glitter.  I used a single fancy brad for embellishing.

Image: The Cat's Meow
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Paper: PTI Stamper's Select. SU! Blue Bayou (?), My Mind's Eye  "Winter Wonderland" DP
Embellie: My Mind's Eye "Winter Wonderland" Brad, Art Glitter in "Angel Dust", Martha Stewart Glitter in "Sterling"
Extras: Prismas/Crayolas/Goo Gone, MFT Die-namics Sheltering Tree & Leaf Trio, The Paper Studio Sticky Doos

I am entering my card in the following challenges:

Come and Get It Challenges: Anything Christmas
So Artful Challenges: Bird Life---Holiday or Winter Colors
Sweet Pea Stampers: Quick and Easy Christmas Card
Willow Sketchie Challenge: Quick Makes or Sketch

I'll be back tomorrow with new challenges from Creative Card Crew and Tuesday Morning Sketches.  Thanks for stopping by; have a great week!

Angela

Snappy Holidays

Good morning!  It's time for Clearly Digi Stamps (Clear Dollar Stamps) December release...I always look forward to seeing and working with the new sets and this month was no exception!  The sets I'll be showcasing today are Cute Critters and Flower Garden.

First, I have used the fun set "Cute Critters"; it includes outlines, pre-colored images, sentiments and a selection of papers.  It isn't a holiday set, but I wanted to show the versatility of the images and created a Christmas card.  The turtle is colored with pencils and accented with glitter...I imagine even turtles like to get their glam on!  I distressed my papers a bit, added a silver bow, lots of silver brads and a computer generated sentiment.

Image: Cute Critters Digital Stamp Set
Ink: Printer, Sakura Black Gel Pen
Paper: PTI Stamper's Select and Pure Poppy, SU! Soft Sky, Carta Bella "Merry and Bright" DP
Embellies: Martha Stewart Glitter in "Cherry Popsicle", Recollections Brads (mini), Spare Parts Brads, SU! Silver Cord
Extras: Prismas/Crayolas/Goo Gone, Spellbinder's Nestabilities, The Paper Studio Sticky Doos

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog: Anything Goes (Holiday/Sentiment)
Charisma Cardz: Christmas Makes
Crafting For All Seasons: Green and Red with Glitter and Sparkle
Moving Along With The Times: Christmas Crackers (Funny)
Stampotique Designers Challenge: Non-traditional Christmas 

Next, I have used an image from Austin Owen's "Flower Garden" collection.  I like to go clean and simple with Austin's images, so the image will shine.  The iris is printed, colored with pencils, accented with some bling, and layered onto a white card base.

Image: Flower Garden Digital Stamp Set
Ink: Printer
Paper: PTI Stamper's Select
Embellies: MAMBI Bling
Extras: Prismas/Goo Gone, The Paper Studio Sticky Doos

Thank you for stopping by!

Angela

Poppi's Christmas Cocoa

Good morning!  I liked the current Bugaboo sketch, so I combined it with some other challenges to make this card...it's fun to see how many challenges you can work into 1 card!  I also thought it was time to do a traditional red/green Christmas card!

The image is colored with pencils and Poppi's Santa hat is accented with glitter.  I embellished the card with some holly diecuts and pewter brads.  After I was done, I started to rethink the brads...maybe I should have used black....  What do you think?

Image: Bugaboo "Poppi Xmas Cocoa" Digital Stamp
Ink: Printer, Sakura Black Gel Pen
Paper: PTI Stamper's Select and Pure Poppy, SU! Basic Black, Doodlebug DP
Embellies: Spare Parts Brads, Martha Stewart Glitter in "Candy Apple" and "Sugar Cube"
Extras: Prismas/Crayolas/Goo Gone, C.C. Designs "Holly&Berry" Cutter Dies, The Paper Studio Sticky Doos

I am entering my card in the following challenges:

Anything Goes Challenge: Traditional Christmas Colors
Can You Digi It?: Baby It's Cold Outside +Inspiration Board
Cute Card Thursday: Red and Green
Die Cuttin' Divas: Holiday Spirit +Diecut (C.C. Designs "Holly&Berry" Cutter Dies)
Eclectic Ellapu: Jolly and Bright
Glitter and Sparkle Challenge: Use Some Metal
Paper Playtime: Christmas Colors
Stella Says Sketch Challenge: Sketch
The Cutie Pie Challenge: Cute Christmas
Top Tip Tuesday: Christmas

Thank you for stopping by...have a cup of cocoa and enjoy your day!

Angela

Non-traditional Christmas

Good morning!  It's time for another challenge from the Tuesday Morning Sketches gang; this week our sponsor is Close To My Heart and it's our judged challenge...non-traditional Christmas.  The set I'm using is called Love Blooms and it would be perfect for scrapbook pages.

The flowers and leaves are stamped in 2 steps...first the outline, then the middle.  I have used brown for the outline, and Versamark for the middle.  I then cut my flowers out.  DP is PTI; I did a bit of distressing and added some ribbon and Swarovski flatbacks.

Images: Close To My Heart "Love Blooms"
Ink: Palette Burnt Umber, Tsukineko Versamark
Paper: PTI Scarlet Jewel, Dark Chocolate, and Ripe Avocado, PTI DP
Embellies: Wright's Brown Grosgrain Ribbon, Swarovksi Flatback Crystals in "Ruby" and "Smokey Topaz"
Extras: Spellbinder's Nestabilities, QuicKutz "Celebrate" Basic Phrases Die, The Paper Studio Sticky Doos

I hope you will head on over to TMS to check out the sketch and the DT's creations.  Why not play along?

Thanks for stopping by today!

Angela

Snowy Christmas

Good morning!  It's time for another challenge from the Monthly Team at Forever Friends; for December we want to see Christmas cards....

The sponsor for the Forever Friends favorite is Meljen's Designs; the winner will receive 4 digis of their choice.  I want to thank Meljen's for the darling owl digi that I used today...so "thank you" Meljen's!

The sponsor for the randomly picked winner is Di's Digi Downloads; the winner will receive a voucher to their webstore.

I kept my card clean and simple to keep the focus on the cute image, which is colored with pencils.  I did a bit of distressing, and added a ribbon and sparkly snowflake for embellishing.  (The snowflake die came in a fun package from Tracie, who is in my Secret Sister group...thank you, Tracie!)

Image: Meljen's Designs Digital Stamp
Ink: Printer
Paper: PTI Stamper's Select, SU! Lovely Lilac, Bo Bunny DP, Doodlebug Sugar Coated CS
Embellies: White Satin Ribbon (stash), PTI Button
Extras: Prismas/Crayolas/Goo Gone, Spellbinder's Nestabilities, MFT Snowflake Die-namics Die, Cuttlebug Embossing Folder, The Paper Studio Sticky Doos

I hope you will check out the rest of the DT's creations.  How about making a Christmas card to play along...you have all month!

I am also entering my card in the following challenges:

Crafty Creations: Winter Scene
Craft Your Passions: Snow
Digital Tuesday Challenge: Non-traditional Christmas
Divas by Design: Let it Snow
Fab 'n' Funky Challenges: Not a Traditional Christmas
Sisterhood of Crafters: Embossing
Sunday Stamps: Sketch
Sweet Stampin' Christmas: 1st Challenge...Anything Goes

Thank you for stopping by!

Angela

Christmas...Non-traditional Colors

Good morning!  We have another fun challenge for you at Ruby's Rainbow; this fortnight it was my turn to choose the challenge and I went with "Christmas...Non-traditional Colors".

I thought Changito would be perfect for my pink/red color combo...isn't he adorable tangled in the pink lights?  He's colored with pencils and accented with glitter.  I did a bit of distressing to my DP and added a sparkly Christmas ball and some silver brads to finish the card.

Image: Stampendous
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Sakura Black Gel Pen
Paper: PTI Vintage Cream and Hibiscus Burst, SU! Poppy Parade, Echo Park DP, Doodlebug Sugar Coated CS
Embellies: Spare Parts Brads, SU! Silver Cord, Martha Stewart Crystal Fine Glitter, Doodlebug Glitter (pink)
Extras: Prismas/Crayolas/Goo Gone, PTI Ornament Die, The Paper Studio Sticky Doos

Please check out the rest of the DT's cards to inspire you, then pull out some quirky colors and play along!

I am entering my card in the following challenges:

2 Sisters Challenge Blog: Christmas Sparkle
Deconstructed Sketch: Sketch
Dream Valley Challenges: Non-traditional Christmas
In The Pink Challenge: It's Gonna Be a Pink Christmas
Incy Wincy Designs: Non-traditional Christmas Colors
Ladybug Crafts Ink: Sparkliscious
Opus Gluei: Monkey See Monkey Do
Top Tip Tuesday: Christmas

Thanks for stopping by!

Angela

No shakin', pokin' or peekin'!!

Good morning!  It's time for another fun sketch from the crew at Tuesday Morning Sketches.  I flipped the sketch to make it work with the fun Changito image...you can see the sketch and details here.  My post title is the sentiment for the card...LOL  Does this little guy look like you at Christmas?  Not me, I like to be surprised!

My image is colored with pencils and accented with glitter.  The "frame" around the image is sponged, along with the image panel and the red snowflake.  I added some ribbon and Bella Dots and called it good!

Image: Stampendous
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Palette Burnt Umber, Sakura Black Gel Pen
Paper: PTI Stamper's Select, Pure Poppy, and Dark Chocolate
Embellies: SU! Chocolate Chip Grosgrain Ribbon, Bella Dots, Martha Stewart Crystal Fine Glitter, Art Glitter
Extras: Prismas/Crayolas/Goo Gone, Spellbinder's Snowflake Dies, The Paper Studio Sticky Doos

I hope you will check out the rest of the DT's creations using this fun sketch!

I am also entering my card in the following challenges:

Card Crafter's Circle: Bearing Gifts
Cards Galore: Christmas
Opus Gluei: Monkey See, Monkey Do
The Cupcake Craftroom: Anything Goes for Christmas
Wags 'n Whiskers: Christmas

Thanks for stopping by!

Angela

Oh Baby!

Hello there!  It's time for our fortnightly challenge at Creative Card Crew; our sponsor is Simon Says Stamp and our theme is "Stars".

I had a bit of a struggle coming up with a "star" plan, but then I came across the Retro Sketch and I was set. I decided to go with a baby card...no stamping involved here...I let the cute paper and dies do all the work!  I embellished with a bit of this and that...mini brads, sparkly CS, a button, and a snippet of ribbon.  I think I may try a girl version of this....

Paper: PTI Stamper's Select, Doodlebug DP, Doodlebug Sugar Coated CS
Embellies: Recollections White Mini Brads, PTI Blueberry Sky Button (DMC Floss), Felt, and Grosgrain Ribbon
Extras: MFT Onesie and Stacking Stars Die-namics Dies, The Paper Studio Sticky Doos

I hope you will check out the rest of the DT's creations...would love to see you play along too!

I am entering my card in the following challenges:

Make It Monday: Anything Goes
Pile It On: Embellishments
Retro Sketches: Sketch
Stampin' With the Dragon: Oh Baby

Thanks for stopping by!

Angela