Happy Birthday

Good morning! We had a bit of light, fluffy snow over night and the kids are home from school. It doesn't look bad in town, but it must be blowing in the country....

I was able to incorporate 2 challenges in today's card; I love it when that happens! The Cat's Pajamas Tuesday challenge was to use glitter (easy for me; love it!) and the sketch is from SCS Sketch Challenge.

I tried to make the upper left panel look like a present.... What do you think? Does it?

The image is colored with Crayolas and glitter paper/loose glitter is used liberally! I like the blue/chocolate color scheme...would love to have a chocolate frosted cupcake right now in fact!

Image: The Cat's Pajamas "You Say It's Your Birthday"

Paper: PTI Stamper's Selcet, Dark Chocolate, The Paper Studio DP, Doodlebug Glitter CS, G.P. White

Embellies: Barbara Trombley's Art Glitter in Polar Bear

Extras: Spellbinders Dies, QuicKutz "Metro" Alphabet, Crayolas, DMC Floss, Foam Tape

Thanks for stopping by! Have a goodie!

Angela

Another Card Kit....

Good morning! We're having a bit of a heatwave here at 0 degrees, but it is still way too cold! Fast forward to summer; who doesn't like a bar-b-que? Mmmmm! Can you smell it?!

Here's my 2nd kit for the High Hopes swap. When I saw this cute paper with the ants and the ribbon and brads to match, I knew I had to get some. I like to coordinate the image with the kit contents, so I found this little grillmaster in my stash. You can't tell from the photo, but I added a bunch of large and small silver brads (I think they are behind the ribbon). Also the punched shapes are cut out of a silver metallic CS. I hope the other swappers will like it!

Image: High Hopes

Paper: Carlee's Creations, The Paper Studio, Silver CS

Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black

Embellies: White Grosgrain Ribbon w/Ants, Black Organdy Ribbon, Ant Brad, Spare Parts Large and Small Silver Brads

Extras: SU! Punches: Photo Corner, Round Tab, Word Window

We are forecasted to get a big storm today; the kids are already planning to get out of school early.... Along with the snow, the wind is supposed to pick up so it will be a good day to stay inside and stay warm.

Have a goodie!

Angela

Think Cocoa! (and some fun news....)

Good Tuesday morning! Are you all keeping warm? I don't even want to know the temp. outside, but I'm thinking a cup of hot cocoa would be pretty good right now!

Today's card uses Melissa's sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketches. It was a fun sketch; I will have to say it was a bit of a challenge though.... I really loved the DP and didn't want to cover it up, but had to add the smaller panels . Then I thought of vellum and my problem was solved! I thought.... I forgot that you could see adhesive through vellum! Then I got the idea for the Bella Dots; good thing I had some chocolate colored ones!

Little "Changitette" is colored with pencils and her jammies/slippers are paper pieced. (I sure had fun cutting those out!) I added a bow to her hair, too. The snowflakes are Spellbinders dies that I coated with glitter.

Image/Sentiment: Stampendous

Paper: PTI Vintage Cream, Dark Chocolate, Imaginesce DP, The Paper Studio Vellum

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Sharpie Black Finepoint

Embellies: Chocolate Bella Dots, Barbara Trombley's Art Glitter in Polar Bag

Extras: Crayolas/Prismas/Goo Gone, Spellbinders Dies, Foam Tape

And now for the fun news.... Since I have discovered Melissa's challenge blog, I have been a pretty loyal player. Melissa asked me awhile back if I would be a Guest Designer for the month of January! Of course I said "yes" without a moment's hesitation! She has a lot of fun in store for January, so I hope you will play along! Thanks Melissa for the fun opportunity!

I hope you all have a great day! Stay warm!

Jessica's Blog Candy!!!

My friend Jessica is celebrating her 1 year blogaversary and is giving away some awesome goodies! Check it out here. While you are there, take some time to check out her work; you will be glad you did!

Bella Twisted Challenge

The Bella Twisted Challenge was to use a Stamping Bella stamp that you havn't used before and to also incorporate the Pantone Colors for 2010. What fun this was! I went with the tomato, coral, and aurora with a splash of violet tossed in. I was searching throught my paper stash and found this paper and thought it was a bit "hippy chic" so I went with Beatrice Bellbottoms.

I have used this layout before and it works well with a tall, thin image. The image is colored with Prismas/Goo Gone and accented with a bit of glitter to go with the sparkle in the DP.

Image: Stamping Bella "Beatrice Bellbottoms"
Paper: SU! So Saffron, Ruby Red, G.P. White, My Mind's Eye DP
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Embellies: SU! So Saffron Twill Ribbon, Tomato Organdy Ribbon, Barbara Trombley's Art Glitter in Angel Dust
Extras: Prismas/Goo Gone, Foam Tape

Thanks for stopping by!
Angela

MOJO119: Snow Wonderful

I just love the MOJO Monday sketches; this one was really fun and versatile! I love sketch challenges in general; it's fun to see what stamp I can find that fits the layout. I do usually try to keep everything to scale, as close as I can, so I can stay true to the sketch.

I brought out this wonderful KI Memories DP; it's old, but I love it! The soft colors just make me want to add glitter...I love glitter! This was the first time I have used my Glimmer Mist on a project; although the kids and I have played around with it. Boy, does it shimmer! I also added some of my favorite glitter---Barbara Trombley's Art Glitter in Polar Bear. Love the stuff! It is messy, but so worth it! I also added some sparkly Bella Dots....

The image is colored with Prismas/Goo Gone and then sprayed with the Glimmer Mist. After cutting it out, I added the loose glitter to the hat. She is one glitzy little snowgirl!

Image: Verve "Snow Wonderful"
Paper: PTI Stamper's Select, Smoky Shadow, G.P. White. KI Memories DP
Embellies: White Satin Ribbon/Smoke Grosgrain Ribbon (my stash), Bella Dots, Tattered Angels "Pearl" Glimmer Mist, Barbara Trombley's Art Glitter in Polar Bear
Extras:Prismas/Goo Gone, Cuttlebug/Nestabilities, Martha Stewart Snowflake Punch, Foam Tape

Thanks for visiting! Stay warm and have a great night!

Happy New Year!!!

Here's my entry for this week's TCP Tuesday challenge. The challenge was to make something "new". It could be a New Year's card, use new stamps, layout, etc. I decided I would go with a New Year's card, using paper and stamps that I havn't used before, so I guess they are "new" too!

This Heidi Grace DP was in a card kit I received in a swap; I really liked it, so when I saw a pack of the paper on sale at JoAnns I bought it...a long time ago! I hadn't opened the pack until today and I really like the papers; I think they are my new favorites! I was able to use 5 of the DPs on this card.

I stamped 2 extra balloons, paper pieced them and added them to the image. I also added some M.S. glitter to the hat, horn, and champagne bubbles. I also used some gorgeous black satin ribbon I found in my stash and some black Swarovski flatback crystals. I used the "Metro" QuicKutz alphabet for the numbers.

Image: The Cat's Pajamas "You Say it's Your Birthday", SU! "A Brand New Year"
Paper: PTI Aqua Mist, True Black, G.P. White, Heidi Grace "Reagan's Closet" DP
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Sharpie Black Finepoint
Embellies: Martha Stewart Crystal Fine Glitter, Swarovski Black Flatback Crystals, Black Satin Ribbon
Extras: Crayola Colored Pencils/Goo Gone, QuicKutz "Metro" Numbers, Foam Tape

Happy New Year to you; may 2010 be your best year ever!

Angela