Color challenge day with Riley and Verve

Hey everyone. Today is my day to post on the DRS designs blog. I shared a butterfly card that I made and I really like how it came out so I hope you will take a minute to go peek at it and let me know what you think. HERE is the link for you to see it.

Well somehow I managed to get this card for today's color challenge done despite how cruddy I feel. It is election day of course and I am just hoping to get out of my jammies to go and vote. Anyway, I did have this image partially colored already just waiting to see what the colors were today so that helped me a bit. This is a sneak peek of one of the Rileys being released on Friday November 7th. I think it is adorable, see what you think:



I colored the image with a combination of copic markers and prismacolor pencils and gamsol. I sponged my cb layers with pink and riding hood red so the hearts would stand out a little more. I actually started by stitching around my Riley but something wacky happened with the stitching, the tension was not right or something so I had to rip it all out and trim down the image more so it did not show. That made this card take quite awhile to complete. The sentiment fit this image perfectly I think.



Supplies:
stamps- couch riley from hanna stamps, sentiment from H&M Stamps
CS- riding hood red, pretty in pink, white
ink- memento black, riding hood red, pink
accessories- olive brads, taffeta ribbon, prismapencils, copics, cb folder

I was able to put together another card today. I have always wanted to do a 3D poinsettia from this verve set so today was THE day LOL. Take a peek:



I stamped the flower 3 times with versamark ink and embossed them. I watercolored them with an aquapainter and ink pads and cut them out- 2 of them are only partial images that are cut. I then curled the edges and layered them on top of one another. I punched out some leaves and adhered them and the flower to a square nestie which I sponged in the die. I used my corner rounder punch to create the scalloped strip and then I added a gold pearl in each. I also pierced a row along the bottom.

here are some close up views:




Supplies:
stamps- verve thankful blossoms, warmest wishes
ink- riding hood red, versamark, pretty in pink
CS- riding hood red, pip, shimmer white, watercolor, SU dp
accessories- victorian gold ep, shimmer brads, taffeta ribbon, aquapainter, ink pads, gold pearls

Thanks for stopping by today!!

November Hanna sneak peek day 1

Hello everyone! It's that time of the month again-hanna stamps sneak peeks. This month hanna stamps is releasing 4 stamp sets and 2 rileys- woo hoo! My peek for you today is of the B is for Baby stamp set. It is so cute and has such adorable images in it- I really like this new set and I am sure you will too. I decided to combine my sneak peek with the challenge of the day on SCS which was to make a circle medallion. I just had to chuckle because I made one of these the other day LOL.



I stamped my 4 bg sections with 2 different images from the set and then sponged the edges. I stamped 2 other images from the set in the center of the circle medallion frame and colored them with my 2 new copic markers and accented them with a spica glitter pen. I added pearls to the circle frame and some organdy ribbon with a baby block charm beneath it.

Supplies:
stamps- hanna stamps B is for baby
CS- soft sky, blue bayou, white
ink- soft sky, blue bayou
accessories- pearls, circle nesties, clear spica glitter pen, organdy ribbon, baby charm

Anybody interested in some blog candy? Well there is some great candy out there that I would like to let you know about.

First, there is another high hopes hop goin on. One of the divas has some blog candy up for grabs so check out the high hopes divas blogs at the right on my side bar to see who it is.

Then how would you like some sweet n sassy stamps? Sandy has the snow friends set up for grabs and Kathy is giving away penguin hugs. If that is not enough, there are 3 more chances to win some sweet n sassy stamps. Check out the SNSS forum for the 3 challenges from the release party on Friday night. If you participate in the challenges you will have your chance to win one of 3 sets. So, there are a total of 5 sets up for grabs this week.

Ok, I need to head off to bed. I am still battling a cold and I am now starting to cough so I think it might be getting worse. Have a nice day!

Featured High Hopes (with candy involved)

My card today incorporates a few different challenges. I chose my basic layout and embellishments from Becca Feeken who was the featured stamper on Splitcoast today. I did the Our creative corner challenge for this week which was to use your favorite coloring method (watercoloring and gamsol magic are a tie for me for favorite). Most importantly I did the high hopes weekly challenge which was use non-traditional Christmas colors for your project. Tina, the owner of high hopes stamps, has decided to offer a BLOG CANDY drawing for anyone who decides to play along with us for this week's challenge. You can get the details of what you need to do to win on the high hopes blog. Plus, you can see what the other divas have come up with.



I watercolored my image with ink pads and SU markers using an aquapainter. I added a snowflake w/button and some brown twill to embellish my card. I also used my white gel pen to accent it my image.

Here you can see a closer look:


Here is the inside of the card:


I also have a little tip for you today. I try whenever possible to conserve my paper/CS whenever possible so many times there are "holes" in my cards that you can't see. So today I thought I would take a quick photo of what I mean. Here you can see that I used my craft knife to cut out a matte for my image (to be further trimmed) from the chocolate layer underneath my olive dp layer. I also punched my snowflake out of the olive layer which would also be covered and not seen.



Supplies:
stamps- High hopes woodland Santa, DRS designs sentiment
CS- choc chip, watercolor, very vanilla, pebbles inc. dp
ink- palette noir
accessories- brown twill, ink pads (tangerine tango, olive, artichoke, cocoa, grey, caramel, choc chip), markers in the same, twinkling H2Os (pumpkin spice, chestnut brown, forest green), martha stewart snowflake punch, button

Thanks for stopping by today. I hope you will get a chance to play along with the high hopes challenge this week, I would love to see what you do.

Have a blessed day!

H&M blog hop- Festive Favorites

Hi everyone! The H&M stamps DT members have some awesome projects to show you for this month's blog hop. The theme this month is festive favorites. I made 2 candle and card sets to show you.



For the candles I stamped the images onto tissue paper and adhered them to my candle with wax paper and a heat tool. I then added stickles to them for some sparkle




For this card I stamped the holly leaves with my essential glue pad and sprinkled it with green glitter. I stamped the berries and painted royal red shimmerz over them.


I thought I would just show you how I made the snowflake wreath. First, I drew a circle in pencil using my CM circle cutter as a template.



Next, I started stamping my solid snowflakes around the circle lining up the notches on the snowflakes with the circle. I also started toward the bottom of the wreath so if it overlapped on the bottom the ribbon would cover it. I love these stamps for this because they are clear you see through them for perfect placement. I am sorry but this photo is a bit blurry but I hope you get the idea.



I then used my line snowflake stamp and stamped them in between the solid snowflakes using the line on the snowflakes to fit on the circle. This photo shows it a little better.



Continue stamping so the entire circle is filled then erase your pencil line. I also did one using only the line snowflake.


I like the combination of the solid and line snowflake images together though. I accented the snowflakes with stickles and a rhinestone in the center. I added my bow at the bottom and used my Marvy scallop corner punch on the top corners of the card. Here is a closer view of the finished card.





All of my projects use the H&M Stamps Create a bulb stamp set. If you have any questions please just let me know.

Be sure to check out the other DT members projects and see what terrific ideas they have. There is going to be an awesome prize given if you would like to play along with us. Here are the deets:

Here's what you need to do to "hop" along -

There will be one winner chosen for each category from all the DT's blogs combined.

1. Post a comment with the link to your project here on this post using H&M Stamps for a chance to win a $50 gift certificate to H&M Stamps

2. Post a comment with the link to your project here on this post using other companies stamps for a chance to win a $25 gift certificate to H&M Stamps

3. Leave a comment here explaining your favorite Christmas Treat/Memory/Gift, etc. for a chance to win 10 yards of ribbon from H&M Stamps.

All entries/comments due by Friday 11/7/08

Are you ready to start hoppin' along? Here's the list of participants -

1. Julie
2. Carolina
3. Debbie
4. Kim
5. Emma
6. Nancy
7. Julia
8. Neva
9. Shannon
10. Heather
11. Tracy

One last thing before you hop away...H&M Stamps is offering 40% off of all Fall Sets and FREE SHIPPING until Christmas...not to mention Heather has already slashed prices by 20%! H&M Stamps is here to help you through the holiday hustle and bustle!

Amazing blog candy!!!

Wow, I mean wow!! Korin is giving away the entire November release from sweet n sassy stamps today which includes 6 stamp sets. However, today October 31st is the only day to enter so you had better hurry on over to the SNSS blog for your chance to win. Also, don't forget that tonight is the release party where there is sure to be fun, challenges and perhaps prizes or sales. It starts at 9 PM in the SNSS forum.

Also, remember that one of the high hopes divas has blog candy that she is giving away and her drawing for the winning will be on Sunday Nov 2nd at noon EST. First, you have to find out who it is offering the blog candy by hopping to the divas blogs. The links are on my sidebar to the right.

Have a great day and good luck!

It's Sweet N Sassy Time!

I am very excited to be showing you my first cards ever with Sweet N Sassy stamps. One of the things that I love about SNSS are the scripture sets so I chose to feature the new "Rejoice" set today. This set along with 5 other sets are going to be released on Saturday Nov. 1st. They are also celebrating their one year anniversary with this release as well so there are going to be some extra special surprises in store. The release party starts tomorrow (Friday the 31st) at 9PM in the SNSS forum.

The first card is for the ways to use it challenge today and uses the cracked glass technique.



I stamped my scripture with choc ink and then sponged all around the edges using the vintage verve technique using soft sky first then baja breeze on the very outer edges. Then I stamped my versamark ink over the top and embossed with glassy glaze ep 4 times before sticking it in the freezer and cracking it.



Supplies:
stamps- sweet n sassy rejoice
CS- choc chip, white, baja breeze, basic grey offbeat dp
ink- brilliance choc, baja breeze, soft sky, versamark
accessories- fiskars border punch, taffeta ribbon, brown brads, glassy glaze ep





For my second card I used the "rejoice evermore" sentiment which I embossed with detail gold ep and die cut with my circle nestability. I then die cut another circle the same size to showcase my sentiment by placing it in the center of a beautiful circle frame. Now, I wish I could say that I was talented enough to come up with this idea on my own but I got the idea for the frame from the amazingly talented Becca of Amazing Paper Grace. She has an awesome video tutorial on how to make one of these frames here. Now I did make a few changes to it- I used the second largest circle in the large circle nestie set rather than the large one that she used, I used the wrought iron corner punch, and I mark the center of each section of pie so I know where to line up my punch. I used pop dots to place the frame on top of the sentiment circle which was then placed on a gold scalloped circle. I accented it by placing a white pearl in each scallop and a gold pearl in the design. I embossed my shimmer white layer with my birds and swirls folder, punched the corners with my scallop corner punch and tied a ribbon into a bow around it. This was layered on gold and adhered to my card base. Here are some additional photos below.





Supplies:
stamps- Sweet N Sassy Stamps Rejoice
CS-SU brushed gold, shimmer white
accessories- gold sheer metallic ribbon, gold detail ep, gold pearls, white pearls, circle nesties, cb folder, marvy scallop corner punch

My third card also uses the rejoice set.



I stamped my scripture, die cut with my rectangle nestie then sponged the edges with artichoke ink while it was still in the die. I really love this effect and do it frequently. I ran my navy strip through my cuttlebug and then sanded the raised areas. This is close to my heart CS and it has a white core so the white shows through when sanded. This is similar to the new coredinations CS which SNSS carries along with the basic grey patterned paper used on this card. Pretty cool huh- you can get great stamps and all the other supplies you need all in one spot. I used my Fiskars border punch along the strip also. I stitched my dp onto my base, layered the strip on top, and tied a ribbon around the middle. The sentiment was attached to the card using pop dots and the primas were attached in the corner with glue dots.

Supplies-
stamps- Sweet N Sassy Rejoic
CS- CTMH autumn harvest, basic grey boxer dp
ink- SU night of navy, artichoke
accessories- shimmer brads, primas, divine swirls cb folder, satin strip organdy ribbon, rectangle nestabilities, sewing machine, Fiskars sunburst border punch

I am so glad that you took the time to visit my blog today. From here you will hop on over to Korin's blog and Christi's blog to see what sneak peeks they have for you today.

But before I go I want to let you know that there is some blog candy being offered by one of the high hopes divas but you have to do a little bit of work and find out who it is offering it first. The divas' blog links are all listed on my sidebar to the right.

Have an awesome day!!

Get hoppin with Sweet N Sassy and DRS Designs

Good Monday morning everybody! The biweekly challenge for DRS designs is posted on their blog this morning. Cathy came up with a terrific sketch to work with. My card to show you this morning is fairly simple and straight forward which is sometimes a nice change for me. I think it is still cute though.



I used my snowflake bg stamp, which is a new release bg, to stamp the white panel with my essential glue pad. I then sprinkle glitter over it and put it aside to "set". Then I stamped the blue section with the same stamp using white craft ink. I painted my snowman image with icicle twinkling H2Os and colored the rest of it using my copics. I then put stickles on the scarf and buttons. I accented the sections with my ticket corner punch and finished off by adding pearls to the 4 corners.

here is a close up trying to show the shimmer of the twinkling H2Os on the snowman


Supplies:
stamps- DRS designs G383, P188, H015
CS- prism blue, white, bliss blue
ink- white, essential glue pad, not quite navy
accessories- glitter, pearls, ticket corner punch, stickles, twinkling H2Os, copics

Be sure to check out the DRS blog to see what the other DT members created and for the sketch in case you would like to play along with us.

Today is the start of the sneak peeks for the sweet n sassy stamps release that will occur on Friday Nov. 1st. Let me just say that I really love all the sets for this release and I am sure that you will too! Not to mention that Korin has some awesome surprises planned in honor of SNSS 1 year anniversary. Maybe there will be prizes or sales or... LOL? You will have to stop by and visit the release party on Thursday night to find out more info. But for now, what are you waiting for? Fly on over to the Sweet N Sassy blog to catch the first peek at a totally adorable new set.

Have a wonderful day!