A quick card and a "crafty" New Year's resolution!

Honestly, I am not one that is big on New Year's resolutions, I mean why set yourself up for failure, right, lol?! This is an easy one and I encourage all you fellow stampers to join me (Karolyn, that means you too!). After all, we've all got 'em right...stamps that have either NEVER seen ink (ones that we just HAD to have) or stamps that have been neglected for far too long. So my challenge is to dig those stamps out at least once a week and create something using them. Won't you feel better for it?! I'll be watching to see if anyone is with me!



Now for my card today, which was not created with an old, unused stamp. I used the sketch from yesterday's challenge at SCS. Both the main image and the background stamps are from Great Impressions. The little spatula's are "Dress It Up", and the buttons on apron are Making Memories Button Brads. Colored with Copics.

COMPLETE DETAILS:

STAMPS: Great Impressions
CARDSTOCK: Gina K. Pure Luxury, Bazzill
DESIGNER PAPER: Amuse Mini Gingham, Bella Press
INK: Memento, Copic Markers
ACCESSORIES: Nestabilities, Dress It Up, MM Button Brads, Sponge Dauber

Wishing you all, a safe and Happy New Year!

Have a creative day!

FINALLY... some creative juices are flowing and an update

First I must give you a Fantasy Update...I beat my husband last week so I will be playing for first place this weekend. It is without a doubt my toughest challenge yet, the guy I am up against will be extremely hard to beat, but I want that $325 first prize (second is $150)...think of all the stamp stuff I could buy with that?! Wish me even MORE luck this weekend!



Now on to something creative! It seemed ages since I had even sat down in my craftroom, let alone actually created anything. Yesterday I decide to make January's calendar for my "Frame Your Imagination Vertical Stand" that can be found at Taylored Expressions. I love this thing! I use it for a calendar, but these cute little 6 x 6 clear protectors could easily be filled with just pictures or little scrapbook pages! I love that Taylor is now offering the refill calendars as a "download" for only $2.95!

For this month's image I used a darling "freebie" digital image that was offered by Mo's Digital Pencil a while back...isn't it stinkin' cute?! Colored it with Copics and added some "bling"...super easy! After printing the calendar, I played with printing the digital image on scrap paper until I got it in the perfect position...then I just ran the calendar back thru my printer. VOILA!



Hope you all have a safe and HAPPY NEW YEAR!

COMPLETE DETAILS:

STAMPS: Mo's Digital Pencil
CARDSTOCK: Gina K. Pure Luxury
DESIGNER PAPER: None
INK: Copic Markers
ACCESSORIES: Prismacolor Pencils, OMS, Sakura Glue Pen, Ultrafine Glitter

Have a creative day!

HAPPY SUNDAY!

Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas...I know that I did! Spending time with family, great gifts and of course watching my grand kids now that they are at an age where they are starting to understand what Christmas is all about!

Since it is Sunday, you know what that means! FOOTBALL! I am happy to say that I finished first place in my Fantasy Football league, beating not only my two daughters, but 9 guys as well. Sadly it doesn't mean a whole lot except bragging rights...the playoffs have begun and this is where I really need to win! Today I play my husband and must beat him to move towards first place...wish me luck!



Nothing creative to share today so I thought I would post a picture of Taylor that I took with my new little camera that "Santa" brought me.

Thanks for stopping by...go Cardinals!

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It's definitely "crunch" time...

...at least around my house. It is always the last couple of days before Christmas that I feel there is never enough time, then I tell myself to calm down, it will be okay if I don't buy one more gift...I will have plenty of food on Christmas Eve and of course, go ahead and eat that cookie, you are going to diet after the holidays anyway! Oyyyy!



Since all of my Christmas cards have gone out and should have arrived at their destinations by now, I think it is safe to post a picture of what I came up with this year. This is my all time favorite Santa stamp...it just makes me smile. It is by Rubber Stampede and it is called "Santa Collage". I colored the image with Copics and shaded around the edge, as always, with a sponge dauber with the image left in my Nestabilities. I then sprayed the entire image with Krylon Spray Adhesive and then sprinkled on ultrafine glitter. (I always use a soft bristle makeup brush to remove any excess.) Sentiment is Hero Arts, I think (it's an oldie).

I would like to thank all of you that take a minute to stop by my blog each day! Hope you all have a MERRY CHRISTMAS!

COMPLETE DETAILS:

STAMPS: Rubber Stampede, Hero Arts
CARDSTOCK: Gina K. Pure Luxury, Bazzill, Provocraft Silver
DESIGNER PAPER: None
INK: Memento, Copic Markers,
ACCESSORIES: Nestabilities, Sponge Dauber, Ultrafine Glitter, Krylon Spray Adhesive, Cuttlebug Embossing Folder, SU Ticket Corner Punch, Silver Cording

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Bellarific Friday and a little news!

It has been a while since I have participated in the weekly challenge at Stamping Bella. This week's was "faux or sew"...so pretty much any kind of stitching, whether it be real or not. I used the real deal! The image is one of the last ones left given to me by Kathy, it is of course a Lollipop and she is called "Avery". So cute! Colored her with Copics and used Prismacolor Pencils/OMS to add some shading.

Now for my news! I am very excited to share that beginning Jan 4th, I have been asked to be a part of the ABC Toy and Craft Design Team! If you haven't checked them out, by all means do so! Not only do they have a store full of goodies, they are having an awesome sale right now! If that isn't enough, they are also having a great "giveaway" that you can learn more about starting with Justine's blog!

I am looking forward to working with Julie, Justine and the rest of these very talented ladies...another reason to look forward to the New Year!

COMPLETE DETAILS:

STAMPS: Stamping Bella
CARDSTOCK: Gina K. Pure Luxury, Bazzill
DESIGNER PAPER: Amuse Mini Gingham
INK: Memento, Copic Markers
ACCESSORIES: Buttons, EK Success Corner Rounder, Prismacolor Pencils, OMS, Ribbon, Kenmore Sewing Machine, Stylus, Acrylic Paint

So is anyone besides me beginning to feel the "crunch"...only 1 week left till Christmas. Wow, where did the time go?

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A trip to see Santa...oh and a card too!

So it was time to make our annual trip to see Santa. When we pulled up to the mall, Thomas' biggest concern was that he didn't see Santa's sleigh, so of course we had to explain that it was for sure up on the roof (Santa always parks his sleigh on top of Macy's, right?). The rest went better than expected...I would have bet big money that there was no way Taylor would sit on his lap and she was fine till he started talking to her. In the next instant you would have seen two arms out saying "get me off here"! Overall, other than the 45 minute wait in line, all things went quite smoothly!



My card today is for a new weekly sketch challenge that I have just recently discovered! It is called Sweet Sunday Sketch, which is great because I don't do any other Sunday challenges! For this card I used one of the monthly stamps from Great Impressions. I just love this little windblown bird house! Colored with Copics with lots of bling added!



COMPLETE DETAILS:

STAMPS: Great Impressions
CARDSTOCK: Gina K. Pure Luxury, Bazzill
DESIGNER PAPER: Papertrey Ink
INK: Memento, Copic Markers
ACCESSORIES: Nestabilities, Sponge Dauber, Ribbon, Snowflake Punch, Sakura Glue Pen, Ultrafine Glitter, CB Embossing Folder

Have a creative day!

JOY to the world!

This little stamp is one of my favorite Christmas images. I just love how Stampabilities has created the word "Joy" and there are so many funky ways to color it up! I love this non-traditional Christmas paper by We R Memory Keepers, so I pulled out some of my brightest Copics to color it up. The card itself was actually made for this week's sketch challenge at Taylored Expressions...and I have to say that the main image pieces being "tilted" is a little outside my comfort zone. Anyhoo, I enjoyed the challenge and am quite pleased at how my card turned out. BTW, the "to the world" part of the sentiment is computer generated.

COMPLETE DETAILS:

STAMPS: Stampabilities
CARDSTOCK: Gina K. Pure Luxury, Bazzill
DESIGNER PAPER: We R Memory Keepers
INK: Memento, Copic Markers
ACCESSORIES: Nestabilities, Sponge Dauber, Glue Pen, Ultrafine Glitter, Ribbon, Brads

Have a creative day!

How about a "Lollipop"?

I won't lie...when I FIRST saw these little images, I was not in love...in fact I was pretty sure that I didn't need them at all. When Kathy was nice enough to share some images for my "Bella Birthday Bash" project, I became obsessed! These little images are so easy and fun to color...they are for sure on my next Bella order!

For today's card I used Gracie Lollipop, how cute is she?!

COMPLETE DETAILS:

STAMPS: Stamping Bella
CARDSTOCK: Gina K. Pure Luxury, Bazzill
DESIGNER PAPER: Doodlebug
INK: Memento, Copic Markers
ACCESSORIES: Nestabilities, Sponge Dauber, Ribbon, Charm, Sakura Glue Pen, Ultrafine Glitter, Stylus, Acrylic Paint

Have a creative day!

Happy Birthday "Bella"!

As the holidays get closer, it seems I am finding less and less time to be creative...I did, however, set aside enough time to get my "Bella Birthday Bash" project done!



I found this inexpensive photo clock at Hobby Lobby and decided it would be a great way to showcase some of Stamping Bella's darling images! Of course it was hard deciding exactly which Bella's to use...not easy narrowing it down to just twelve. I would especially like to thank Kathy, who was kind enough to send me some of the new "Lollipop" images that I haven't purchased as of yet (definitely on my list). Each image is colored with Copics and cut out using a square Nestie. I dismantled the actual clock and created a new "face" with DP. Flowers are from the Ketto's collection and the numbers are just rub-ons.

Make sure you pop over to Stamping Bella, they are having a great "blog hop" today and I hear you can win some fantastic prizes!

COMPLETE DETAILS:

STAMPS: Stamping Bella
CARDSTOCK: Gina K. Pure Luxury, Bazzill
DESIGNER PAPER: Papertrey Ink, Amuse Mini Gingham
INK: Memento, Copic Markers
ACCESSORIES: Photo Clock, Rub-Ons, Sponge Dauber, Nestabilities, Sakura Glue Pen, Ultrafine Glitter

Have a creative day!