Soccer Cocoa for Lindsey

This is a card I made for my daughter Lindsey's birthday next week. I can't believe I have it done early too lol. Well, truth be told it was supposed to be made into a Christmas ornament but I ran out of time. Anyway, I used the Cocoa Loves Soccer digi and typed in "Lindsey" underneath to personalize it. One cool thing about digis :). I colored it with copics and used the Sweet Stop Sketch this week for my layout.




Supplies:
digi- Sweet N Sassy stamps Cocoa Loves Soccer
Cardstock- Neenah white, chocolate chip
patterned paper- Echo Paper Little Boy
copics- E31, E33, E35, E37, R00, R20, R000, B000, B00, G21, YG, W00, W1, W3
brown pearls
EK Success border punch
taffeta ribbon
button
baker's twine
word window punch

Challenges that I am submitting this card for:
Sweet Stop Sketch
Crazy for Cocoa- buttons

Crazy for Cocoa Sweet Stop

I colored my Chef Cocoa with copics and then embossed the sentiment from the kitchen sentiments digi set and my image using my nestabilities. I then sponged around them with vintage photo distress ink while they were still in the die. The layout for my card today is the Sweet Stop sketch for the week. This week has a dry embossing spin as well and a prize up for grabs too. The background paper fits the image is so well and it is from my stash that I have had forever.



Supplies:

Digi Stamps- Sweet N Sassy stamps Chef Cocoa and Kitchen Sentiments
Neenah white paper
Distress ink- vintage photo
Copics- (hat) W00, W1, W3; (cocoa)E31, E33, E35, E37, R000, R00, R20
Pearls- Earth mix
lace- Wild Orchid Crafts
satin ribbon- Papertrey dk chocolate

Challenges that I am submitting my card for:

Sweet Stop- sketch with dry emboss spin
Crazy for Cocoa- In the Kitchen

Love You Snow Much

I think this adorable Snowy Hug is one of my favorite Magnolia images! Good news too, it is now back in stock at 7 Kids College Fund. It is colored with copics and then stickles were used for the snow and on the trim of the hats and coat. I also used a spica clear glitter pen around the snowman but that is not showing too well in the photos. Around the edges of the patterned paper, I used picket fence crackle paint. I really like the look of it but I need to improve a bit in my application of it. Also, I found out that the crackle paint chips off when I sewed after applying. So, I will either not sew when I use it or maybe try to apply after sewing.




Detail shot


Don't forget that there is still time to play along with the 7 Kids Challenge which is Hot or Cold. As a matter of fact, my card today is another sample today to hopefully inspire you :).

Supplies:

Magnolia Snowy Hug
Neenah white paper
Memento black ink
Stickles- Stardust and Frosted Lace
Spica Glitter Pen
Copics- (skin) E0000, E000, E00, E11, R20, R21; (clothes) B91, B93, B95, B97, B99; (snowy and shadows) C1, C3, C5; (boots) C7, C9; (hair) E31, E33, YR31; (broom) E41, E42, E43, E44
Distress cracket paint- picket fence
Patterned Paper- Bo Bunny
buttons
lace
gingham ribbon
felt snowflake

Challenges I am submitting my card to:

Just Magnolia- favorite things (my copics of course!)
Magnolia Down Under- sketch
Magnolia Stamp Lovers- the blues
Cute Card Thursday- monochrome
Stamp Something- anything goes
Stampin for the Weekend- new and blue (new stamp)
Cupcake Craft Challenge- something new (new stamp)

Have a wonderful day!!

CAS Snowflakes

I decided to create a clean and simple card today. It is actually the first time that I can remember anyway that I did not mat any of the layers on the card. It is not my favorite card but it is pretty with all the subtle sparkle. I stamped the Snowflake background and sentiment from Sweet N Sassy stamps onto Paper Temptress blanc sparkle with Fired Brick Distress Ink. I then sponged around the sentiment while in the mega curved rectangle nestabilites die with broken china distress ink. The corners were accented with crystal gemstones.

Noteworthy News:

Sweet N Sassy stamps-

Leah's Heart Song Fundraiser
Pre-colored digis- there are 18 images that are already colored for you, great if you are low on time.
Free stamp set with a $25 purchase

7 Kids College Fund-

New Copics- there are 12 new copic marker colors available for pre-order
Magnolia So Special Collection- now available for pre-order, love these new images!
Belles & Whistles- now available for pre-order, so sweet
Bildmalarna stamps- new at 7 kids
Sew Easy- this is such a cool new tool

Sparkly Snowman

I decided to play along with 2 of the Splitcoast challenges and came up with this card. The technique challenge was to paint your image with stickles and the color challenge was red, white and gray/silver so I combined the two. My adorable snowman from the newly released Snow Special stamp set by Sweet N Sassy stamps was "painted" with candy cane, star dust, and silver stickles. The snowflake strip at the bottom was stamped in red ink with the brand new Snowflake Background stamp. The white background panel was embossed with my cuttlebug polka dots embossing folder. I added silver pearls for the "buttons", in the scallops, and in the corners.

here is a closer look at the sparkle


Sweet N Sassy stamps just released 9 new stamp sets on January 1st and they are all just fabulous! There is also an awesome stamp set gift with a $25 purchase sale going on now that you will want to take advantage of. Along with the new stamps are some cute new digis that are perfect for Valentine's day which is just around the corner.

Supplies:
stamps- Sweet N Sassy stamps Snow Special and Snowflake Background
paper- Neenah white, red basis, and silver metallic from Paper Temptress
accessories- stickles, cuttlebug polka dots embossing folder, Circle Nestabilities (classic and scalloped), silver beads, MS border punch, silver metallic ribbon, sewing machine.

Hugs and Blessings,
Janette