Peace collage

My daughters and I spent this past weekend with my dear friend Korin Sutherland and her family. It was great spending time together and enjoying some stamping. She makes some wonderful collage cards and I was determined to learn how to do collage stamping lol. So with her help and after several failed attempts this is the card that I came up with.

 

On kraft cardstock I first stamped the Light of Christmas bg stamp with Antique Linen ink.  Next I stamped the Snowflake flourish with brown memento ink over the top of that.  Finally I stamped the Vintage ornament with CTMH twilight ink.  All of the edges were distressed with scissors and I sponged the edges with brown ink.  Pearls and white twine were used as my embellies.  The layout is the sketch challenge on SCS this week which was designed by the fabulous Korin.

I would like to enter my card in the following challenges:

Charisma Cardz- feeling blue
Sweet Stampin- anything goes
Paper Play- snowflakes

Supplies:
stamps- Snowflake flourish, Light of Christmas bg, Vintage Ornaments, all from SNSS
paper- kraft, ctmh twilight, My Minds Eye dp
ink- Antique Linen distress ink, Memento brown, ctmh twilight
embellishments/tools- white twine, pearls, sponge, scissors, lace

Have a blessed day!!

Fall Thank you

I made a thank you card the other day that my husband needed and I just remembered that I forgot to post it here on my blog. I participated in the Splitcoast sketch and color challenges with it.



Pretty simple and straight forward card really. I used one of the leaf images from the Season of Change set from Sweet N Sassy stamps and did the rock and roll technique using mustard and tangerine inks. The white panel is embossed with a cuttlebug polka dots folder, add some pearls to the corners and some ribbon and call it a day :)

Enjoy your weekend all!

Supplies:

stamps- Season of Change and Many Thanks sets from Sweet N Sassy
paper- soft suede, whisper white, more mustard from Stampin Up
tangerine tango ribbon

Wildflowers

I found some time to make it into my craft room and decided to play along with the color challenge and the sketch challenge on Splitcoast.



I chose the Wildflowers stamp set for my card. I colored directly on the stamp with my Stampin Up markers in Pumpkin and Olive then spritzed the stamp with water before stamping the image onto watercolor paper. The "sky" was painted with an aquabrush dipped into turquoise ink. The center of the flowers was accented with stickles.

Supplies
stamps- Sweet N Sassy stamps Wildflowers and Seeing Spots (sentiment)
paper- watercolor, pumpkin pie, old olive, chloe's closet dp
tools- SU markers, pearls, stickles, corner rounder punch, sewing machine

Thank you for visiting today- have a wonderful day!

Snowflake Bear for Mom

Taking a slight break from Christmas cards to make a birthday card for my mom. This sweet little guy is a brand new digi released from Sweet N Sassy stamps called Snowflake Bear. He is colored with copics and stickles were added to the ground, scarf, and snowflakes.

Here is a closer look


Supplies:
stamps- Sweet N Sassy stamps Snowflake Bear digi
paper- Whimsy dp, celery, pretty in pink, neenah white
accessories- rhinestones, satin and taffeta ribbon, crystal stickles, stardust stickles, frosted lace stickles, sewing machine, oval nesties, white gel pen
copics- bear (E41, E42, E43), scarf (RV11, RV32, G20, G21, G24), ground (W1, W00), background BG0000

Challenges that I am submitting my card for:

copic creations- Sparkle
ABC Challenge- gems or jewels (rhinestones)
Fussy and Fancy- Snow
Sew Many Challenges- Winter

Have a wonderful day!

Thanks Sew Much!

I was able to play along with the sketch challenge and ways to use it challenge on SCS. This card took me 3 days to complete as I was only able to work on it for short periods of time but I am fairly pleased at how it came out. See what you think



It's our little friend Cocoa again today and isn't he just sew cute lol? This is a newly released digi image called Sew Happy Cocoa from Sweet N Sassy stamps. I colored him with my copics and sew around all the edges. The layout for the card is the weekly SCS sketch challenge and I used lace around the middle which was for the Thursday ways to use it challenge on SCS. In addition, this is my submission for this weeks Sweet N Sassy digi event on SNR Card Universe. The challenge this week is to use stripes on your project. If you play along by Monday the 1st you will be entered to win a $10 credit to the store.



Supplies:
stamps- Sweet N Sassy stamps Sew Happy Cocoa, sew many thoughts
CS- baja breeze, white, choc chip, Parisian breeze dp from SU
accessories- copics, sewing machine, pearls, lace

Thanks so much for stopping by today. Have a blessed day!

Deer Friends Sketch

Well, today I called in sick to work per se. I have been working so much and just got so run down and behind on many things. So, while doing some laundry downstairs I just happened to walk into my craft area and create a card. I played along with the sketch challenge (SC259) on SCS and used that for my layout.



This is a digital stamp from Sweet N Sassy stamps called Deer Friends. The image actually has 2 reindeer in it but the image was cropped and enlarged using just one of the deer. That is one of the cool advantages of using digi images. Another advantage is that you have them immediately so if you still have some cards left to make you get still get this adorable image and get them done in time for Christmas! I colored it with copics and used rustic red shimmerz paint on the bow and berries as well as rhinestones in the antlers.

closer view


I also used one of SNSS discontinued sets called Jesus is Born for the sentiment on the inside of the card. It is now 70% off- are you kidding me???



Supplies:
stamps- Sweet N Sassy stamps Deer Friends digital stamp, You Light up my Life (sentiment), Jesus is Born (inside of card)
CS- My Mind's Eye dp, riding hood red, baja breeze
accessories/tools- corner rounder punch, rhinestones, sewing machine, cb vintage dies, shimmerz paint, copics

Thanks so much for stopping by, have a blessed day!

Poison Ivory dream

Today I would like to share a card with you that I made this week for the sketch and color challenges this week on SCS. The colors were to use burgundy, artichoke, coral and vanilla.



I stamped my silhouette image with burgundy ink onto Paper Temptress poison ivory iridescent cardstock. I love the subtle shimmer that it has and the silhouettes are from one of my favorite Sweet N Sassy sets called Dream Silhouettes. I then sponged artichoke and coral ink around the image which still in my rectangle die. I accented the flowers with stickles glitter glue. The artichoke patterned paper was matted onto the poison ivory and then onto the burgundy. All the layers were sewn before attaching to the ivory card base.



Supplies:
stamps- Sweet N Sassy stamps Dream Silhouettes
CS- Paper Temptress poison ivory, basis burgundy, artichoke dp
accessories- pearls, grosgrain ribbon, stickles, rectangle nesties, sewing machine

I do want to go ahead and mention a wonderful giveaway that is going on at Paper Temptress:

PaperTemptress's 1 Year Anniversary

Paper Temptress is celebrating her 1st year anniversay! A whole year already! To celebrate there is going to be a Treasure Hunt starting on Saturday the 24th, the actual day PaperTemptress originally opened!! Things are going to be a little different since PaperTemptress's design team members generally post on PT"s Community Blog but for the Treasure Hunt they will be at the design team members blogs so you can spend a little time looking around their creative blogs!! There are some amazing new design team member (names you are definitely going to recognize) so the hunt is going to start with them so you can get to know them a little better. There may be more than one blog to visit daily but there will only be one letter each day so be sure to keep tract of the letters you need to come up with the word so that you enter the treasure hunt giveaway. This is where it gets really good!! For every 25 entries there will be a variety package of the winner’s choice given away so be sure to spread the word so that your chances to win increase!! The more that enter the more packages given away so be sure to tell everyone! If only 25 enter then only 1 package will be given away but if over 30 enter then there will be 2 lucky winners, now if 75 enter then 3 winners and on and on. All you have to do is visit here, (or your email)check for the link or links to the blog that is being featured that day, visit the blog or blogs, write down the letter every day and when the treasure hunt is over then you will Email the PaperTemptress and leave the word that you found during the treasure hunt to enter the fabulous giveaway! Good luck!!

Sweet N Sassy blog hop

Hi everyone! Welcome to day 2 of the Sweet N Sassy blog hop. This month Sweet N Sassy stamps has 4 terrific stamp sets being released and one of the sets is for a cause. This month we are doing things a little differently in that the challenges are being hosted on 4 of the DT members blogs rather than at the release party. You have a week to complete the challenges and there will be a random drawing from each challenge to determine the winner of the stamp set being given away. The release party is tomorrow (Friday April 3) night from 9-11PM EST in the SNSS forum. I hope you will be able to stop by for the fun!

I have 2 cards for you today (sorta). Well, I went to take a picture of the second one and discovered that my second battery for my camera is missing and the first one is dead and charging right now. My hubby is not going to be pleased with me :(. So, here is one to show you for now and this is for Chris' challenge which was to use a bird on your card.



I actually had a totally different post lined up but I found out that the projects I planned are being published in the debut issue of Christian Papercrafts magazine in June so I could not use it LOL. So you will all just have to check out the issue to see my projects LOL.

Anyway, I used my favorite set from this new release called Dream Silhouettes. This is just an awesome set. I used both of the main silhouette images for my cards. This first card uses the flower image. I sponged my sunset my using the following colors in order: saffron, summer sun, mustard, pumpkin, and tangerine. I then stamped my image in black and sponged the bottom black. The flowers were accented with my spica glitter pen. I sponge my bg rather than brayer it because for me I get better results. I used the sketch challenge on SCS yesterday for my layout. The black metallic paper and gold sparkle cardstock which are just so beautiful are from Paper Temptress. The black comes in both text and cardstock weight and I used the text weight since I was layering. The beautiful gold has such substantial weight to it that it also is great for your card bases.



Supplies:
stamps- Sweet N Sassy stamps dream silhouettes
CS- SU tangerine, whisper white; Paper Temptress gold sparkle, onyx metallic
accessories- paper piercer, spica glitter pen, satin ribbon, black brads, pop dots



Well, I hope to be able to edit this post with another card later. If you have not already been hopping then you will want to visit the sweet n sassy blog and start there. If you came here from Sandy's blog then your next stop is Jeanette who has some amazing things to show you! Also, three of the challenges have been posted so far and you can find them on Chris, Sandy, and Suzy's blogs.

Have a blessed day and happy hopping!

Sweet N Sassy in white diamonds

I really wanted to use my winter sets for the last time this week before I put them away for awhile. I actually made both of the cards I have today last week but just did not have a chance to post them here.

The first was from the sketch challenge last week using my snowflakes set.



I stamped the 3 snowflakes and punched them with the square punch accenting with rhinestones. I ran the white section through the cuttlebug snowflake folder.

Supplies:
stamps- Sweet N Sassy snowflakes
Cardstock- white diamond metallic, silver premium glossy metallic, Prism navy blue
accessories- silver metallic ribbon, slot punch, snowflake cuttlebug folder, rhinestones

The second card uses the newly released Elegant Blessings set and the release party challenge sketch from Jeanette.



I stamped the cross with plum ink and then sponged around it with lavender while still in the oval die. I used the smaller cross in the set because all the other DT members were using the larger one. That's right you get 2 gorgeous crosses in this set along with some great sentiments. I had been asking Korin to do a cross set for me and she did not disappoint! This is just one of the awesome 5 new sets that Sweet N Sassy stamps released last Friday. This was really a fantastic release!

Supplies:
stamps- Sweet N Sassy Elegant Blessings
cardstock- white diamond, PTI plum pudding, lavender moon
accessories- rhinestones, shimmer brads, oval nesties, white and lavender satin ribbon

The fabulous white diamond paper on both cards is from paper temptress. Let me tell ya that I absolutely LOVE this paper! It is so pretty and sparkly and it is a very heavy weight which is terrific for card bases. This is now one of my favorite papers to use. One of my other favorite papers that I have mentioned before is the cryogen white which is sort of a creamy white not a bright white and has shimmer to it. I use it very often and the good news is that it is on sale for 40% off this month at Paper Temptress so you will want to check it out.

Have a great weekend and hope to see you on Sunday for the high hopes weekly challenge. I am happy to say that my card is already finished for it too LOL.

Blessings,
Janette

High Hopes Challenge 19

Hi and welcome to the high hopes weekly challenge which is sponging. The challenge is brought to us by the wonderfully talented Amy who is a genious with watercoloring. I love this challenge this week because I tend to use sponging quite a bit in my card making. I am happy that this week's challenge was fairly simple for me because next week's is a little trickier for me personally but I am looking forward to trying something new. Anyway, here is my card for you to see:



I used the sketch challenge on SCS for my layout. I colored my image with copics, cut it out and popped it up with foam dots. I sponged the rectangle that image sits on with blue ink while in the nestabilities. I added a tiny pearl to all the scallops.

Supplies:
stamps- high hopes baby dragon
CS- celery, bordering blue, white, cloud 9 dp
accesssories- circle and rect nesties, grosgrain ribbon, pearls, corner rounder punch, foam dots, copics (G21, G94, B21, B45)


Be sure to stop by the high hopes blog to see the rest of the awesome challenge cards by the divas and to check out the prize being offered this week to a random participant in the challenge.

Some pretty cool things going on this week:
Monday- mojo Monday sketch
Wed- Fri- sweet n sassy stamps blog hop
Wed- paper temptress intro party on PCP
Fri-sweet n sassy stamps release party

Hope you will visit here this week! Have a blessed day everyone.

What is a birthday without cupcakes and presents? Birthday blog candy

Hi everyone! Today is my middle daughter's 6th birthday so I thought we would celebrate! First, I will show you the card I made for her then I will show the blog candy.



I first stamped my swing and then colored it with copic markers. Once colored I then created the sky behind the swing by using my homemade cloud template (a scalloped oval punched out of acetate) and sponging with sky ink. Next my princess was stamped, colored with copics, cut out and accented with stickles. The princess was then adhered to the swing with pop dots. I colored the rhinestones inside my flowers with my V15 copic marker to make them purple. Never tried it before but boy do I like it! You can make a rhinestone the perfect color to match your project- woo hoo. Now I don't have to buy bling in EVERY color LOL. The matte around the princess and the sentiment as well as the hearts were painted with lilac shimmerz. My layout today was the sketch challenge on SCS that I flipped vertically.



Supplies:
stamps- high hopes princess, swing, sentiment
CS- PTI shimmer white, plum pudding, dp
accessories- lilac shimmerz, rhinestones, pop dots, stickles, bridal confetti flowers, satin ribbon, copics (V12, V15, V17, E00, E50, R20, Y21, Y23, E30, E31, E33, E35, E37, E25, E27)

Here is the blog candy:



In honor of Lindsey's 6th birthday you will have a chance to win 6 items:

1. MFT cupcake kind of day stamp set (NEW but not packaging)
2. 6 colors of grosgrain ribbon (approx 3 yds each)
3. cupcake rub-ons
4. some images
5. bling
6. butterfly embellishments

You will have 6 days to enter so I will close the blog candy on 2/9/09 at 10:55 AM which is the time she was born LOL. To enter for the blog candy drawing- you need to become a follower of my blog and post a comment that you did so on this blog post. If you are a follower already- just simply leave a comment on this post. Want a second chance to enter? If you post a link to my blog candy on your blog, you get a second entry and post a second comment saying that you did so.

ETA: I just had to share this. I gave my daughter her card and she loved it. What is sweeter though is that she has show and tell at school tomorrow and she wants to bring her princess card for her show and tell item. Is that not the sweetest thing? It just warmed my heart.

Thanks for stopping by today and good luck on winning the blog candy!

Birthday blessings,

Sweet N Sassy blog hop

Hi there and welcome to the Sweet N Sassy blog hop. Haven't the projects that the other ladies on the DT shared been just fabulous? If you have missed anything, you can check out the schedule of events with the links on my side bar. There is no release in February so we get to show you some of our previously released sets for this hop.

For my card today, I just had to ink up my new dino-mite set that was released earlier this month. My husband has been a dino fan (specifically brontosaurs) since he was a child and has now passed this on to our children. Oh and by the way, we have all girls and they seriously LOVE them too LOL. Actually, he has given each one of them a stuffed brontosaur from his collection and each of them is named some derivative of Fred (Fred, Frederick, Freddie, Freda to be exact). My youngest especially takes her dino everywhere with her. This card also fits in the for the Verve project parade in which the theme is a kid at heart because I believe I am giving this card to my middle daughter Lindsey whose birthday is on Wed.

Take a look at my card:



I first stamped my dinosaur onto rust CTMH paper, ran it through my cuttlebug folder and then lightly sanded it so the white core would show through. I then cut it out and set it aside. Next, I stamped the tree on white paper and colored it with copics. I distressed and sponged the edges and then attached my dino over the top with pop dots. I sewed my dino strip paper onto the bg layer and also sewed the edges of my bg layer. This designer paper is perfect for these images! It is basic grey archaic and you can find the paper along with the stamps at Sweet N Sassy stamps. My layout was the sketch challenge this week on Splitcoast.



Supplies:
stamps- Sweet N Sassy stamps Dino-mite
CS- kraft, basic grey archaic dp, white
accessories- twine, circle punch, sewing machine, copics, black brads

If you have visited the rest of the DT blogs then your last stop will be the Sweet N Sassy blog where you can enter to win a stamp set. Hope you have a wonderful day and thanks for visiting! Be sure to stop back tomorrow to check out what the new high hopes challenge is for the week along with my sample which I am happy to say is already done too.

Blessings,
Janette

Sketch challenge 212

Well, I have had an eventful couple of days here. On Monday night I turned my ankle outside and ended up severely spraining my ankle. We were not sure if I broke it or not but it has improved a bit today so I am pretty sure now that it is not broken but boy has it turned some interesting colors. So, I managed to hobble and crawl downstairs to make a card today. I got the inspiration for this card from the roses that are open on my table right now which my dh got for me a couple days ago.





I watercolored my image using my reinkers and an aquapainter which was also the belli challenge on my friend Chris Dickinson's blog this week. It is quite fitting to use her challenge too because she is the illustrator of this gorgeous new stamp set called Love Blooms from Sweet N Sassy stamps. Oh and can I just mention that this stamp set and EVERY stamp set is on sale for 20% off through the end of January. I popped up the roses with foam dots, added stickles for some sparkle, and added pearls to the scallops.





Supplies:
stamps- Love Blooms from Sweet N Sassy stamps
CS- pink pirouette, watercolor, white, pomegranite
accessories- reinkers, aquapainter, stickles, stitched ribbon, silver hardware, silver pearls, swiss dots cb folder, circle nesties, corner rounder punch

Are you looking to invest in some copic markers? Perhaps you have already started collecting them and would like to add to your collection or perhaps you are just starting out. Either way, I want to let you know that Sweet N Sassy stamps is going to be starting a copic marker club that you may be interested in. You can check out the details on how the club is going to work on the blog post. Don't forget to check out the terrific sale going on over at Sweet N Sassy too with 20% off all stamps and 40% off of many other items.

Blessings,
Janette

January Sweet N Sassy Round Up

Greetings from the frozen tundra (AKA Buffalo LOL)! Mega cold here this week but I hope that the couple cards I have to share today warm your heart :).

It's the time of the month where the Sweet N Sassy Stamps DT each showcase a project on the SNSS blog. I created a layered heart framed card for Valentines day.



This card may look complicated but is really pretty easy to make now that I have the measurements figured out. There are 3 heart frames on this card and I used my Fiskars heart border punch to create them. After experimenting I determined that the sizes of the squares needed to make the frames are 2 3/4", 3 3/4", and 4 3/4". When using your punch be sure to move your paper over a little (to the line just after the punch edge) so that you don't end up creating a border. If the paper is cut all the way to the end you get a border not a frame- hope that makes sense. I want to try these with other punches too and see what they look like. Anyway, punch your frames and matte both silver and gold inside of them. In between each layer use pop dots to give your card dimension. The smallest frame I turned on the diagonal to turn the focus on the sentiment. I used gold pearls and gold edged ribbon for my accents. I also used 4 heart "scraps" that came from the negative portion of the border punch.

Supplies:
stamps- Sweet N Sassy stamps Love Blooms (outside sent.), True Friend (inside)
CS- red, white, gold foil from Wal-Mart
accessories- Fiskars heart border punch, gold pearls, gold edge organdy ribbon, pop dots

I have another card to show you that I did yesterday for the sketch challenge on SCS.




I stitched my bg dp to my card base and I stitched the 2 offset panels. My main image sentiment was sponged while in the nestability die and then paper pierced. I tied organdy ribbon around the middle- I chose organdy so the ribbon was subtle and not overpowering. The corners of the card and panels were accented with white pearls. The flowers are actually bridal confetti from Michaels- awesome deal because you get a ton for like $5 and that is without a coupon. They come in different colors but I have white and cream because I figured that I can color them with copics if I want a different color. I used a rhinestone in the center of them.

Supplies:
stamps- Sweet N Sassy stamps True Friend
CS- white, baja breeze, choc chip, basic grey offbeat dp, SU ski slope dp
accessories- white pearls, rhinestones, white bridal confetti, sewing machine, long rectangle nestabilities, organdy ribbon

Now I know that you are going to want to check out the fabulous newly released True Friend stamp set that I used today on my cards. The good news is that through the end of January all Sweet N Sassy stamp sets are 20% off and there is no coupon code needed!!! Is that cool or what? You know what else- they also carry basic grey 6X6 papers like the offbeat I used in the second card and the brand new bittersweet line. So be sure to visit the Sweet N Sassy store website to see all the terrific stamps and accessories they have to offer.

Also be sure to check out the sweet n sassy blog to see the rest of the awesome projects that the DT has to show you- it'll be worth the visit!

Many blessings to you!

High Hopes challenge 13 and a new POTM too

Happy Lord's day Sunday to you all!! Today the sun is shining here in Buffalo and even though the temperature is cold it just really uplifts my spirits with the bright sunshine. Today I have 2 projects featuring high hopes stamps that I would like to share with you.

First is my card for this week's challenge which is brought to us by the "head diva" the talented Kim Reid. The challenge was to use dry embossing on your card. I was really pleased because one of my favorite tools to use is my cuttlebug with the embossing folders. Today I used the birthday folder on my card for the bg.



I colored my image with copics and accented it with a white gel pen and some stickles. I used the sketch on SCS this week for my layout and Gavin is cut out as is the balloon which is also on a pop dot. I used brads and ribbon as my embellishments.

Supplies:
stamps- high hopes Gavin the givin dragon, PTI sentiment
CS- jersey shore dp, bashful blue, white, brilliant blue
accessories- stardust stickles, pop dots, orange brads, blue grosgrain, copics (G21, G94, B21, B23, B24, R20, prisma- yellow ochre, poppy red, orange)



Would you like to win some high hopes stamps? You would- great!! A random winner will be drawn from all the participants in this week's challenge to receive some free stamps. You can see the deets on how you can enter and what the prize stamps are HERE

Every month high hopes offers a collection of around 3-4 coordinating images and offers them at a 25% discount- this is known as the project of the month (POTM). I created a cute little tooth fairy box for my middle daughter who has her first loose tooth using the January POTM.



I colored my angel with copics and accented the wings with angel wings shimmerz of course! I also used some stickles on the stars and rhinestones for the wand and wings. I cut my fairy out and curled up her wings just a little. She was placed on top of my labels one nestabilies which was sponged white in the die. I created a glitter frame by using some strong red line sticky tape around the border in which I used glitter on top of. The box measures approx 4"X4" and I used this tutorial to create it.

inside of box


another view


Supplies:
stamps- high hopes January POTM (candi the tooth fairy, floss, toothbrush, tooth)
CS- brilliant blue, bashful blue, white
accessories- labels one nestabilities, red line tape, rhinestones, angel wings shimmerz, stardust stickles, blue grosgrain ribbon, copics (B21, B23, B24, E31, E33, E00, R20, deco yellow prismamarker)

This set is not only good for tooth fairy cards but also goes great with the I believe in angels sentiment too. Be sure to check out more info on pricing and to see some more awesome examples from the other divas HERE.

Have a wonderful day!

Sketch challenge 206

Hello everyone, how are your Christmas preparations going? Me- I am far behind this year. Seems I am every year but this year is worse LOL. Oh well, it will be here soon whether I am ready or not.

I have another Christmas card to show you today with a matching ornament that I made. I actually have more ornaments to show you since that is the challenge for DRS designs for the next 2 weeks but I will have to post those another day since there is one more I would like to finish.

Here is my card which I played along with the sketch challenge on Splitcoast today. It was perfect for this image.


I colored the Santas with copic markers and used a spica glitter pen on the beard and liquid applique on the hat trim which was sprinkled with glitter. I stamped the bg paper with candy canes and santa hats with sky ink on sky paper. This layer was then sewn onto the red before attaching to the card base. It occurred to me that some of you might not be familiar with one of my favorite products of the season- liquid applique. This comes in a small pen type container and I purchased it at my local stamp store but it is available many places online and costs around $4. You apply it to the areas that you want a puffy texture. The consistancy is kinda like thick white glue. I many times sprinkle it lightly with glitter before heating it. To heat it, you just use a heat tool that you use for embossing and gently wave it over the wet applique. You will know it is ready when the "glue" starts to get puffy. Easy peasy!

Here is a closer look


I also made a matching ornament so I can use this as a gift set. The ornament was made by stamping one of the santas and coloring it with copics. Again I used a spica clear glitter pen for the beard but I used angel wings shimmerz for the trim. I did this because any type of texture/glitter would not sandwich well between the glass. I used 2X2 memory glass made by Ranger. The frame is also made by Ranger and comes in 3 different finishes. I purchased them at my local stamp store but again they can be found online. The frames come 3 to a pack and were around $5. I can not remember how many glass pieces come in the pack- like 20 I think. Also, my ornament has 4 layers of cardstock (image and 3 mattes) and it is slightly too thick but I made it work. Ideally the frames would work better with 2 and no more than 3.




Supplies:
stamps- high hopes 3 pane Santa, candy cane, santa hat, and sentiment
CS- white, soft sky, red
accessories- clear spica glitter pen, copics (R27, R46, R59, BG10, E00, R32), liquid applique, glitter, angel wings shimmerz, Ranger memory glass, Ranger memory glass frames, sewing machine, white brads, satin ribbon, red grosgrain ribbon

Thank you for visiting me today, I really appreciate it!

Blessings,

Hanna stamps December sneak peeks

Hi everyone! Tomorrow night after the release party Hanna stamps! is releasing 3 clear stamps sets and 2 Rileys. I have a couple cards using the new stamps to show you.

The first is called slumber party and is a must have if you make cards for pre-teen or teen girls. It is so cute and perfect for me since I have 3 girls and the oldest is 12. I made this card for one of her friends who turns 13 in a couple days. This is the first of her friends to become a teenager- YIKES! The image almost looks like her too so this card will be great.



I colored her with copics, used a spica glitter pen on the white of the jammies and stickles to the hearts and bows. I also sponged both the image and sentiment. The layout is the sketch challenge today on SCS.

Supplies:
stamps- hanna stamps slumber party
CS- bazzill brown, PTI sweet blush, SU olive, white
accessories- spica glitter pen, stardust stickles, rect nesties, satin ribbon, sponge, copics (E33, E37, R24, R32, G21, B00, BG10, E00)

Closer view of sparkle


Here is a peek at van Riley:



I did the color challenge on SCS yesterday for the colors- vanilla, sahara sand, black. I colored Riley with a combo of copics, and blender pen and inkpads.

Supplies:
stamps- hanna stamps van riley, SU sanded bg and loads of love access for sent
accessories- copics, circle nesties, corner rounder punch, paper piercer, sewing machine

Ok, gotta run. I am hoping to actually go to the Y and workout for the first time in quite a while. Have a great day!

Sketch challenge 204

Hi everyone! Are you all busy getting ready for Thanksgiving? I sorta am- my dd and I are trying to clean the house. I am doing what I am able. I am still not feeling well and my hubby has it pretty bad now too. So, it appears that we will be going out for dinner tomorrow. It actually sounds like a good idea to me at this point and then maybe just have my mom and m-i-l over for dessert after. I think I can handle that.

Well in between cleaning I did manage to make a card while I was taking a break- ok if you know me it was a long break LOL. I used some newly released images from DRS Designs for today's challenge.



I first stamped the 2 trees and colored them with copics. I then accented them with a white gel pen to look like snow and stickles. I used chalks to create the sky with the sun rising or setting. I painted the snow with angel wings shimmerz. The penguin was colored with copics and a spica glitter pen, cut out and adhered with pop dots to my scene. I ran the white card base layer and blue strip through my cuttlebug. The cardstock is a really pretty pearlescent that I found at Wal-mart and was pretty cheap. I stamped by snowflake bg on the white square and stamped my sentiment over that.



Supplies:
stamps- DRS designs D122, F179, H187, E638
CS- pearlescent white and blue, white, black
accessories- silver edge ribbon, chalks, stardust stickles, angel wings shimmerz, spica glitter pen, copics, black brads, corner rounder punch, snowflake cb folder

Today starts the sweet n sassy monthly blog hop and the schedule is listed at the top of my sidebar on the right. The DT members are sure to have some awesome projects to show you over the next few days.


BLOG CANDY UPDATE:

Sweet N Sassy Stamps- ME!- remember to comment on THIS post if you have not already done so. Christi also has candy to give away. Enter both through Fri Nov. 28th.

Huge candy on the SNSS blog (6 sets) enter through Nov.30

Debbie- has some awesome candy for you, enter though the 26th.

Hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving and many blessing to you and your families!

Ways to use it challenge- watercolor paper

Today's challenge on SCS was to use watercolor paper which is something I use pretty frequently so I enjoyed this challenge. I chose to use one of high hopes new stamps for the challenge.



I also combined today's challenge with yesterday's sketch challenge. The image is colored with an aquapainter, inkpads and twinkling H2Os. I used angel wings shimmerz for the snow and frosted lace stickles on Santa's hat and suit.

Here is a close up for you:



Supplies:
stamps- high hopes reindeer games
CS- watercolor paper, white, real red, olive, ski slope dp
accessories- stickles, angel wings shimmerz, twinkling H2Os (ruby red, chestnut brown, cedar wood, forest green), ink pads, taffeta ribbon

Blog candy update:

Sweet N Sassy- Michelle and Faith have 2 different sets to give away. Chris also has blog candy for you. Enter till Saturday Nov 15th.

Have a nice day!