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Nutty Nutshells Challenge #25

2010-09-28T02:00:00.000-05:00

Hi everyone,

I've missed you so much. You have no idea!! I can't believe that Fall is almost here!! Our challenge this time is to make something using Fall Colors. That's right, it's time to get out those oranges, greens, reds, yellows--anything that reminds you of Fall. You can create anything, as long as you use products that we sell over in the Nutcrafter's store.

You have until Oct. 6th to enter. We have some exciting things happening at Nutcrafter's!! We are going to have some major releases coming soon, so be sure that you watch for those. There are some Christmas images in our Harriet Hurst line that you will just have to have in your collection!! The Christmas shop just opened at the Nutcrafter's store, so be sure to go check it out!!

I used the adorable Harriet Hurst image Sitting Harriet from the Christmas Shop at Nutcrafter's. Isn't she adorable? I used papers and die cuts from We R Memory Keepers. I colored her with my Copics and the flowers are Hero Arts.

Remember you must use ANY stamp that we carry in our Nutcrafters store to qualify for the prize!!! That makes it nice and easy for everyone to participate!! So go over to Nutcrafters and see our selection of stamps. Be sure to check out one of our newest additions...Pink Pamper. You will love her and part of your purchase money goes to fight Breast Cancer!!

All you have to do is make your creation and leave a link in the comment section of the Nutshell's post with a direct link to your project, not your blog, your project prior to Oct.6th (this is a two week challenge). Remember, if you post to an online gallery such as SCS, PCP, etc. please use the keyword: NNW25 but also leave us a comment at Nutshell's with your link.This makes it much easier for us to find your creations!!

Be sure to enter the contest. Come play. We want to see your wonderful creations!!

Hugs, Cathy

NUTCRAFTER'S SALE/RELEASE ANNOUNCEMENT!!!

2010-08-19T11:26:00.009-05:00

Hey everyone,

I wanted to let you know about the huge sale at Nutcrafter's and about the awesome new release! Be sure to go shopping!!

Nutcrafters is now on Facebook and Twitter! Follow us for details of the latest arrivals and offers.

Get yours today!!! They are soooo cute!! Hugs!

Nutshell's Challenge #22

2010-08-11T05:00:00.001-05:00

Hi Everyone!!

I'm back for the Nutshell's Challenge #22. The challenge is a free choice (make whatever you like, as long as you use stamps that we carry in our store), so I decided to bring back one of my very favorite designs and stamps (Hazel with apple). I dedicate it to my daughter as she started school yesterday. Where do the years go??

In the meantime, remember you must use ANY stamp that we carry in our Nutcrafter's store to qualify for the prize!!! That makes it nice and easy for everyone to participate!! So go over to Nutcrafter's and see our selection of stamps.All you have to do is make your creation and leave a link in the comment section of today's post with a direct link to your project, not your blog, your project prior to August 25th (this is a two week challenge).

Remember, if you post to an online gallery such as SCS, PCP, etc. please use the keyword: NNW22 but also leave us a comment on this post on the Nutshell's website with your link. This makes it much easier for us to find your creations!!

I'll be back over the next days to say hi and visit some of your blogs. I've missed you all so much. You have no idea!!

Happy Crafting!!

Hi Everyone

2010-05-28T19:36:00.003-05:00

Hi Everyone!!

Just a quick note to let you know that I'm still alive!! I've been sidelined with a torn meniscus in my knee, discovering a blood clotting problem and then to top it all off...I had a car accident and totalled my car. Luckily, Brittany and I are ok. Real life has given me a swift kick in the you know what!! But I'm trying to get myself together so I can play again. I miss you all terribly and hope you are doing well. Please don't give up on me!! I'll be back soon I hope. We're trying to arrange my crafting area so that I can get my leg brace in and out without kicking everything over!!

Hugs to you all and I'll talk to you soon. Leave me some love, I could really use it!

Nutshell's Challenge #13

2010-04-07T02:00:00.000-05:00

Happy Wednesday!

I hope you are having some enjoyable Spring-like weather wherever you are. Real life continues to challenge me!! LOL I guess that's what it's supposed to do!! I pulled a tendon in my knee and I'm stuck in this knee brace for an undetermined amount of time. There is a possibility that there is a small tear in the tendon under the kneecap. This is so hard to navigate with!! Getting in and out of the car is a pain. I also can't sit at my computer or craft table except for very small amounts of time. I have to spend a lot of time in the recliner with my leg up. I'm a go, go, go person so this feels like prison!! LOL But things could be worse, so I'll wear it and get over it...eventually!

It's time for our Nutshell's Challenge #13. We have some super prizes to give away this challenge, so be sure to get your entries in!!
Challenge #13 is to make a shaped card (anything other than a square or rectangle). That's it!! How simple is that?

I used a Nutshell's digi image for my teacup card.
Remember you must use ANY line of stamps that we carry in our Nutcrafter's store to qualify for the prize!!! That makes it nice and easy for everyone to participate!! So go over to Nutcrafter's and see our selection of stamps from lots of different companies such as The Greeting Farm, Stampavie, Magnolia, Ladybug & Friends, High Hopes, Buddy Bear and Sarah Kay. You can also get our Nutshells, Harriet Hurst and our Digi Images. You're sure to have something you can use to win yourself a great prize.

All you have to do is make your creation and leave a link in the comment section of the Nutshell's post with a direct link to your project, not your blog, your project prior to April 21 (this is a two week challenge).

Free Digi and Design Team Call

2010-03-30T16:20:00.007-05:00

Happy Tuesday everyone. I wanted to let you know about an exciting opportunity for you over at the Nutcrafter's and Nutshell's blog.

It is that time again and we are looking for some new crafter's to join our team.
We are hoping to snag ourselves a full time DT member and a couple of Guest DT members too, this time though we are shaking things up!
We have a free image for everyone to use on their submissions and a bonus set of complimentary images FREE for everyone who enters.

Our crazy Tea party images have been created especially for this challenge, as this week we are celebrating Colette's wedding with a fun & fantastic 'Mad Hatters Tea Party'.
So if you would like to try out for our DT (and we hope that you do) simply save that Hatter image, create a wonderful card/project with it and link it back to us in the comments below this post with your email address. Alternatively you can email us with your cards at enquiries@nutcrafters.com

Our DT call is open until next Sunday, 4th April, 12pm UK time, and the free images will be sent once the DT call has finished.

We look forward to seeing your creations, Katie and Colette.

DT requirements: Our main DT ask is that apart from enjoying our stamps and having fun using them, we require 1 card each week to be created, photographed and sent to us for use on our blog and challenge blog. We are happy for them to be combined with other DT work or challenge entries, but must contain at least one Nutcrafters stamp/image.

Nutshell's Challenge #12

2010-03-24T08:22:00.000-05:00

Happy Wednesday! It's time for our Nutshell's Challenge #12. We have some super digi's to give away this challenge, so be sure to get your entries in!!

Challenge #12 is to make something Easter/Spring. That's it!! How simple is that? So I decided to make a seed packet holder for a friend. Nothing says Spring like a few packets of seeds to get things started, right?

The winner of our challenge will win a choice of two digi stamps from our newest release (Spring Harriet, Easter Buddy Bear, Easter Nutshells Bo). Aren't they adorable??

Remember you must use ANY line of stamps that we carry in our Nutcrafter's store to qualify for the prize!!! That makes it nice and easy for everyone to participate!! So go over to Nutcrafter's and see our selection of stamps from lots of different companies such as The Greeting Farm, Stampavie, Magnolia, Ladybug & Friends, High Hopes, Buddy Bear and Sarah Kay. You can also get our Nutshells, Harriet Hurst and our Digi Images. You're sure to have something you can use to win yourself a great prize.

All you have to do is make your creation and follow the instructions on the Nutshells blog. Be sure to link your project prior to April 6 (this is a two week challenge). Have a wonderful day!

Nutshell's Challenge #11

2010-03-17T20:11:00.001-05:00

Happy Wednesday and St. Patrick's Day everyone! It's time for Nutty Nutshell's Challenge #11!!! I'm a week late with our challenge post. I have had computer failure and RL issues as well. You don't realize how badly you miss your PC until you don't have one!!! Anyway, we're going to go ahead and do the challenge this week and you will have until March 20 to get your entries in. There will be a new challenge on March 21.

This week we're doing a Sketch Challenge. We are using a sketch by the lovely Maria at Stamping Inspirations. She has given me permission to use one of her sketches for our challenge. The link to her blog is http://stampininspirations.blogspot.com/. She does amazing projects.

I used Luna Cupcake Fairy for my card. She is part of the new release Cutie Pie Collection. She is so sweet and cute. I love her! She looks good in green for St. Patty's Day don't you think? I colored my image with my copics and used glitter to add a little sparkle to my card. I used pop dots for dimension (even though you can't see them!!

I was able to enter my card into a few challenges!! Yay!!

Creative Inspirations-Yellow, white, green

Cupcake Craft-Going Green

Simon Says-Green

Creative Cottage-flowers

The winner of our challenge will win a choice of two digi stamps from our newest release (Spring Harriet, Easter Buddy Bear, Easter Nutshells Bo). Aren't they adorable??

Thank you so much for stopping by today!! I love your comments and look forward to them very much!! I've been without a computer for about a week so I am very behind visiting everyone. I'm in the process of getting caught up visiting all of your beautiful blogs, but as you know, it takes a while!! I'll get there though! Have a wonderful day!

Where Am I???

2010-03-09T15:38:00.004-06:00

Hi Everyone!!

No I didn't abandon my blog!! LOL. I've been trying to do things around the house (decluttering, etc) and I have been so busy! I hope you are doing well and I'll be back tomorrow with the Nutshell's Challenge. I'll see you then!!

Hugs!!

Nutcrafter's Blog Hop Winner!!

2010-02-23T17:15:00.007-06:00

Hey Everyone!! I drew a winner for the new Nutshell's Cutie Pie Shopping Rae stamp.The winner of this stamp is Mandy! Please send me your snail mail address and I will forward it on to Nutcrafters so they can put your stamp in the mail to you! My email information is up with my profile. Be sure to check if you were a winner at the other stops and at the Nutcrafters Blog for winning the whole set of new release stamps.

Thanks for hopping with us. Tomorrow there will be a new Nutshell's Challenge with more CutiePie prizes to win!! You don't want to miss it!! See you tomorrow!!

NUTCRAFTER'S BLOG HOP!!

2010-02-21T00:00:00.001-06:00

Happy Sunday Everyone!!

Welcome to the Nutcrafter's very first Blog Hop!! We are celebrating the release of the new line of CutiePie stamps! They are so adorable. We've been doing sneak peeks all week and the DT and I have some wonderful things to show you today. Each stamp comes with an accessory stamp, the image and a sentiment. The sets will be available for sale in the Nutcrafter's store on Monday, Feb. 22 (tomorrow).

We have lots of prizes up for grabs during the hop. A winner from each DT member's blog will be chosen at random to win the stamp shown, and one winner WILL WIN THE ENTIRE COLLECTION!! This winner will be chosen from the Nutcrafter's blog but to qualify, you must leave a comment at each stop on the hop. So you better get hoppin'!! We will also be revealing 2 other stamps that haven't been seen yet!! How exciting!!

I am the first stop on the hop and I have used Shopping Rae for my project. Isn't she the cutest!!

I colored by image with my copics. I used K & Co. paper and a Cuttlebug embossing folder for my paisleys. The pink paper is by the Paper Company and feels like a purse! Very cool! I used ink to bring out my embossing and around the edge of my sentiment. I used the Friday Sketcher's Week 90 sketch to create my card.

This is the lineup for the hop and the links:

Cathy http://cathy-cunningham.blogspot.com/ (ME)
Karen http://karenscards.blogspot.com/
Jacilynn http://jacilynndashwood.blogspot.com/
Tammy http://www.funpapercandy.com/
Angela http://sparklycards.blogspot.com/
Jenny http://crazyforpaper.blogspot.com/
Jacquie http://javablustamper.blogspot.com/
Nutcrafters blog (Katie and Col) http://nutcrafters.blogspot.com/

I've entered my card into the following challenges:

Practical Scrappers - flowers
Cupcake Craft Challenge - keep it simple

Pile it On - flowers

Friday Sketcher's Week 90

Good luck and I hope you enjoy the blog hop and our new release of stamps. Thanks for stopping by my blog today and be sure to tell everyone to come by and hop with us!! Have a wonderful day and don't forget to leave a comment so you'll be in the running for the stamp that I'll be giving away! Be sure to run to Nutcrafter's tomorrow to pick up your favorite stamps! Now hop over to see Karen at http://karenscards.blogspot.com/.

Anya Does Christmas Stampin' All Year Long!

2010-02-19T00:01:00.001-06:00

Happy TGIF Everyone!

Wow, I can't believe it's that time again! Time to start working on your Christmas cards for next Christmas! We are here to help you get started. This year at Christmas Stampin' All Year Long, we have a slight change with the challenge blog. The first posting of the month will be a 3D gift type challenge. Last year the DT were very excited about having plenty of cards done, but some found that they were scrambling at the last minute to complete their gifts and gift packaging.

The rest of the month will be Christmas Card Challenges! We hope that you will play along with us! So let's get started with this week's challenge! This week we would like you to follow a recipe!
2 layers
3 buttons
Glitter

That's all you have to do! Be sure to visit the rest of the Design Team blogs to see their wonderful samples! Be sure to link your project up at the Christmas Stampin' All Year Long blog so we can check it out. Be sure to use keyword CSAYL if you post to an online gallery.

I used Bo Bunny paper, gems, glitter, buttons and I colored my image with my copics. I used a Sizzix embossing folder to emboss the snowflakes and chalk ink to ink the edges of my paper. I hope you like her!!

Thanks for stopping by my blog today. I love to read your comments so be sure and let me know you were here! Be sure to come back tomorrow to see what I have to show you and on Sunday, you'll have to come by and do the Nutshell's Blog Hop for a chance to win some great prizes!

CutiePie Preview Week!!

2010-02-16T02:00:00.001-06:00

Happy Tuesday Everyone!!

We are freezing and getting snowed on!! Are you?Wow, we have gotten more snow this winter than we have in forever! I hope you had a great Valentine's day, I did. Look what I got!! My sweet daughter gave me this beautiful rose and my sweet hubby got me jewelry. I'm a lucky girl!!

Today I wanted to let you know that the we are having a preview week for the new Cutiepie stamp release over at Nutcrafter's. If you haven't checked out these stamps, you really should. They are so cute and appropriate for all types of occasions. Each day we are going to show you a creation made with one of the release stamps and then at the end of preview week on Feb. 21, Nutcrafter's is having our first BLOG HOP!!! You do not want to miss this!! We are having prizes galore with the ultimate winner receiving the ENTIRE release set!! How awesome is that??

My sweet daughter Brittany made this card for preview week with the Happy Birthday CutiePie. She is ten and is quite the little crafty nut (I don't know where she got that from)!! She colored her image with colored pencils. My camera didn't like her colors so it was hard to get a good picture of her great card. IRL it's so pretty!!

These are so cute!! I love them! Be sure to visit all week and see the cute samples that are made from the release stamps and get ready to hop!! Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day.

Nutshell's Valentine Treat Bag

2010-02-10T12:34:00.011-06:00

After a morning of computer issues, I am finally here!! I hope you're staying warm!! Wow, it's already time for Nutty Nutshell's Challenge #9!!! Time flies when you're having fun!! If you haven't played in this challenge, this is the one to play in!! The prize is fabulous!!

This challenge we are making Valentines!!

I decided to make a Valentine Treat Bag for my project. This would make a great teacher's gift!

For our Nutshell's Challenge, remember to use ANY line of stamps that we carry in our Nutcrafter's store!!! That makes it nice and easy for everyone to participate!! So go over to Nutcrafter's and see our selection of stamps from lots of different companies such as The Greeting Farm, Stampavie, Magnolia, Ladybug & Friends, High Hopes, Buddy Bear and Sarah Kay. You can also get our Nutshells, Harriet Hurst and our Digi Image Pink Frosting - our Breast Cancer Awareness set and the Loved Up set. You're sure to have something you can use to win yourself a great prize.

The prize for this challenge is winner's choice of any 3 Nutshells stamps or Nutshells Digital downloads.

All you have to do is make your creation and leave a link in the comment section of the challenge post with a direct link to your project, not your blog, your project. This makes it much easier for us to find your creations!! Remember, if you post to an online gallery such as SCS, PCP, etc. please use the keyword: NNW9 but also leave a comment on the Nutshell's blog with your link.

I found lots of challenges to enter with this one!!

Stamp Something

Pixie Cottage
Creative Card Crew

Stampin for the Weekend

Thank you so much for stopping by today!! I love your comments and look forward to them very much!! I'm in the process of getting caught up visiting all of your beautiful blogs, but as you know, it takes a while!! We're having too many snow days!! I'll get there though! Have a wonderful day!

It's Preview Day at Clear Dollar Stamps!!

2010-01-29T02:52:00.022-06:00

Well, we made it to Friday and apparently into the deep freeze!! Today is the second day for the previews of the February New Releases at Clear Dollar Stamps.
One of the featured sets today is called "Praying Children" which is illustrated by Wendy Hall (Looby Lou Creations) and being released Feb 1st.

I used my set to make a scene. I cut the front of my card out with my Quickutz die and cut the patterned paper the same to make a pretty frame and adhered them together. I cut the circles out with my nesties. The sentiment comes with this adorable set. I stamped my images and colored them with my copics. I stamped the floor using a floor stamp that I got from Hanna Stamps a while ago. I cut out the window and bed and adhered them flat on the inside of my card (since the front is a window). I used pop dots to adhere my little girl and her bear into the scene. I also used pop dots to adhere my sentiment to the front of my card. I used chalks to make the room look yellow and warm (like she has her light turned on) and in the window to make it look like night time. I also used a glitter pen to put some tiny stars and to color the moon and star. I think I managed to use Bo Bunny paper again!

This set is called "Praying Children" and is a Clear Acrylic Stamp set that will be available from the 1st February at Clear Dollar Stamps.

©images Wendy Hall 2010, designed for Clear Dollar Stamps, LLC

Use the links below to see more creations from Louby Loo Creations DT and the Clear Dollar Stamps DT.
Cindy - Royal Things
Lisa F - Stampin for Sanity
Lisa V - Lisa's Paper Fun
Cathy - My Creative Space
Rosalien - Card Fun

Linda
Nancy
Laurie

I even managed to enter my card into the following challenges:
Totally Gorjuss - (Use dimension)

2 Red Bananas(Behind the Scenes)
Spoonful of Sugar (Freestyle)

Thank you so much for stopping by today. Stay warm and remember to leave me a comment and let me know you were here!! Come back later and see what other goodies I have to show you!!

Sunday Sketch & Stamp with Nutshell's!

2010-01-27T11:37:00.009-06:00

Happy Wednesday to you!! We're halfway there!!

I can't believe it's already time for Nutty Nutshell's Challenge #8!!! Time flies!! For our challenge this week, we are going to have a recipe challenge!!

The recipe is: use at least 3 layers, ribbon and glitter.

I love this stamp set and this Bo Bunny paper is just the cutest thing!! Those little animals tug at my heart! I have to say that Martha Stewart rocks the punches for sure!!! I used my nesties to cut out the circles and used the sentiment in the stamp set and inked the edges and put cute little heart brads. I colored my image with copics and highlighted with a gel pen. I used the Sunday Sketch and Stamp for my sketch layout. What a great sketch! I'll be using this one again!! They always have the best sketches!

I'm so excited, this week we are giving away the Digi Stamp Set Loved Up to one lucky winner!!! Get those cards in!! You will love this set!

All you have to do is make your creation and leave a link in the comment section of the challenge post with a direct link to your project, not your blog, your project. This makes it much easier for us to find your creations!! Remember, if you post to an online gallery such as SCS, PCP, etc. please use the keyword: NNW8 but also leave a comment on the Nutshell's blog with your link.

TGF Relay Day 2

2010-01-26T17:36:00.004-06:00

Hey Everyone,

Today is day 2 of the TGF Relay. I used today's image on a journal. How cute is she!! This is a short post because Hubby is on the way home and supper has to be cooked and I'm trying to get my pic uploaded but the site is down!! UGHHHH!!

Thanks fof stopping by today and please leave a comment. I love comments!!

This is my blurry closeup of Charlotte. Maybe you can see the Shimmerz on her eyes and glitter on her belt buckle. Maybe!!! Come back tomorrow to see more goodies!!

The Greeting Farm CHA Relay!!

2010-01-25T20:47:00.005-06:00

Happy Monday Everyone!!

Did you have a great weekend? Today I had about 5 minutes to make something for The Greeting Farm CHA Relay so I dug through my scraps and this is what I came up with. It's not my best work, I'll admit, but at least I did get it turned in on time!

My post today is very short but I'll be back tomorrow to show you something else. Thanks for stopping by today. Please leave a comment!! I love to read your comments! Have a wonderful evening and a great day tomorrow.

I'm Baaaack!! Nutshells Challenge #7

2010-01-13T09:50:00.009-06:00

Happy Wednesday Everyone!!!

Wow I can't believe it's 2010 already. I'm sorry I've been MIA recently. I had a couple of deaths in my family during the Christmas holidays and I've just been...I don't know. I lost all mojo and didn't really feel like creating anything or blog hopping. I guess I just needed a break. I'm back now and I really appreciate all of my followers (I luv you guys!!) and all the lurkers too! I was a lurker before I started following my favorite blogs and I luv you guys too!! I did make the difficult decision to step down from the Digital Delights Design Team. I want to thank Wendy for the opportunity and thank all of the wonderfully talented ladies on the DT for being so sweet to work with.

Ok, onto business. It's Nutty Nutshell's Wednesday and for Challenge #7 we are doing a color challenge!! These are always fun and sometimes force us to step out of our comfort zone and use colors that we wouldn't normally use. The colors for this challenge are pink and brown. This is a great combination and one I use a lot.

For my card, I used the adorable Nutshell's stamp set called "Loved Up". This is the most adorable set!! It has The bench, a mailbox, letter, the girl, boy and 2 sentiments. This set should be released this Friday so be sure to check out the Nutcrafter's store. The Nutshell's stamps are so sweet and fit so many occasions. They are fun to color and you will love them! I used some really cute flowers and embellies in the centers. I chalked the sentiment and cut it up into pieces and used some pretty brown velvet ruffle ribbon. I colored my images with my copics. This yummy paper is Bo Bunny. My pictures are awful. My photo editing program updated and now it doesn't get the colors right. I'm still working on it though!! Ugh!!

Ok, the prize for this challenge is a Gift Voucher to the Nutcrafter's store!! Yay, I wish I could win this!! You might even be able to use it on this adorable set!!

Remember to use ANY line of stamps that we carry in our Nutcrafter's store!!! That makes it so easy to participate and you have two weeks to do it!! So go over to Nutcrafter's and see our selection of stamps from lots of different companies such as The Greeting Farm, Stampavie, Magnolia, Ladybug & Friends, High Hopes, Buddy Bear and Sarah Kay. You can also get our Nutshells, Harriet Hurst and our Digi Image Pink Frosting - our Breast Cancer Awareness set. You're sure to have something you can use to win yourself this great prize.

I'm entering my card into the Creative Inspirations challenge. My Quickutz die is my new item.

So pick an image and show us your creations. Leave us a comment on the Nutshells blog with a link to your creation not just a link to your blog. Thanks so much for stopping by today! I've missed you and look forward to visiting soon!

Clear Dollar Stamps Preview Today!!!

2009-12-29T09:00:00.000-06:00

Hi Everyone!! I had to share this super cute stamp set that will be coming on January 1st. This super new Louby Loo set, Luvin' Ridley and Rosie will be available at Clear Dollar Stamps. Think of how many great Valentine's cards or treat boxes you can make with this set!

Be sure to check out some other sneak peeks from this set at these designers' blogs---

Wendy (Louby Loo)

as well as lots of other sneaks from the CDS Design team.... here.

Thanks for visiting my blog today. I feel like such a bad blogger. I apologize for not being around much in the last several days. The holidays are always hard for us because we lost my dad during the holidays very unexpectedly a few years back and this year we lost my favorite uncle. He is the man responsible for setting up my mom and dad for their first date...and the rest is history. My Mom is taking it very hard. We were all very close. It's hard for me to help her long distance as she lives is Louisiana but I've been doing my best. I hope to be back to full blogger strength very soon. There is just a lot of "stuff" going on and I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed and exhausted. But I'll be back soon to share some of the items I made for Christmas gifts. Have a great day.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS & MERRY CHRISTMAS!

2009-12-24T23:47:00.003-06:00

Hi everyone! I know, it's been a while since I've talked to you. Wow, I can't believe it's Christmas Eve (well Christmas day in some of your homes!)!! I've been crazy busy and had to let my blogging take a break for a little while. I've missed your wonderful comments and visiting your beautiful blogs. I'll be back soon to visit and share my goodies with you! I'll also be having some blog candy up for grabs soon to celebrate my blogaversary!!

I wanted to take a moment to wish each and every one of you and your families a blessed and wonderful holiday and a happy, safe and prosperous New Year. Thank you for following my blog or reading my blog. It means so much that you come by to take a look at my creations and allowing me to share that part of myself with you.

Happy Holidays everyone from my family to yours. Love you all.

A Cold Freebie Friday!!!

2009-12-11T09:01:00.006-06:00

Please be sure to scroll down and see my most recent post!!

Happy TGIF everyone!!

Well, I think winter has arrived!! I know some of you are suffering with snow an severe cold. It's cold here too!! Today, Brittany is in the spelling bee at school. I'm so thrilled that she beat out 23 other students to get into the school spelling bee!! I feel terrible that she is so nervous! I wish I could take away the worries and fear that she feels, but I know I can't. So my heart and prayers are with her as she tackles those words!!

Anyway, it's Freebie Friday at Digital Delights and we have this adorable image for you to play with!!

To grab yours, just head over to the SNR or PCP group!

We also have some fabby new releases available at Digital Delights as well. Make sure you check them out!! Well I have a full day that I better get started on!! Thanks for stopping by my blog and I hope you have a wonderful day!!

Delightful Sketches #13

2009-12-10T00:07:00.001-06:00

Happy Thursday Everyone!!

So how are your holiday preparations going?? I feel stressed, frazzled and utterly useless...not to mention a total lack of mojo!! Hopefully this weekend, I'll be able to catch up on some of my blog hopping and other things regarding updating things for my blog!!

In the meantime, we have a new sketch (#13) from Delightful Sketches.

IT'S ALSO NEW RELEASE TIME at Digital Delights!!! Wendy has introduced an adorable nursery rhyme set. There are really some adorable images with this release, so go check them out!!

Just a note for you we have Something New this month: Our images are now available in both JPEG and PNG formats!!!! There are also full color versions of each set available too for when time is a little tight!!! PNG files are transparent and wonderful for layering and creating scenes as well as printing your images on colored cardstock!Here is my sample using Little Boy Blue.

Our Delightful Sponsor for this sketch is the fabulous storeMy Favorite Things. The prize is a $15 gift voucher for the store! How FUN is that!!!

Just a quick reminder also that tonight is the Digital Delights Digi Day event at SNR. It begins at 7PM CST on the Digital Delights page under December Digi Day Mini Challenge.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today. Be sure to go check out these wonderful events and all that Digital Delights has to offer. You won't be disappointed!! Have a wonderful day!

Freebie Friday and Other Great News!!

2009-12-06T00:02:00.000-06:00

Happy Sunday to you!! Along with having to paint the inside of my house, my computer decided to act a fool!! But I think I finally am back on track. Today I have a treat for you. This is a wonderful image for your Christmas cards and guess what?? IT'S FREE!! It's a Freebie Friday bargain (on Sunday)!!

Today's Digital Delights freebie has become one of my NEW FAVES! Meet Window Santa Ridley!! I adore this image with Santa Ridley peeking in! To grab yours click here or on the image below:

I also have some other fabby news for you too!! We're having a sale at Digital Delights and you're invited!! Click on the badge and come take a look at our wonderful images!!

Just wanted to let you all know that we are delighted to be sponsoring Sunday Sketch & Stamp Challenge. They have a great sketch up this week and the DT samples are divine!!

I hope you enjoy your freebie and be sure to check out the sale. You still have plenty of time to pick out some great images!! Have a wonderful day and thanks for stopping by my blog!!

SNR Digi Day Event Next Thursday!!!

2009-12-04T00:13:00.011-06:00

Please be sure to scroll down to see my Nutshell's Challenge Card (and don't forget to go play)!!!

Happy TGIF Everyone!! I have an exciting announcement for you! Mark Your calenders for next week, Thursday December 10th from 7:00-8:00 PM CST!
We're going to have a lot of fun and prizes!! Our theme will be Christmas Traditions and Ornaments!!
We are going to kick off our event early by having a mini challenge!! This image is adorable!!Create anything you like, a simple ornament, gift tag etc using our Christmas Bells Charlie (free over at our SNR group)

Entries should be uploaded to the SNR Gallery with the tag "digitaldelightschristmas"
All entries will be put into a random drawing to receive THE WHOLE SET OF OUR DECEMBER RELEASES!!
and that's not all!!
Join us at our party and leave a comment with your favorite Holiday Tradition, Christmas Memory, or Ornament and you will leave the party with a SURPRISE FREEBIE!!
So come on over and grab your image!!
We can't wait to see your creations!! This is going to be too fun to miss!!

Nutshells Challenge #5

2009-12-02T00:54:00.000-06:00

Happy Nutshell's Wednesday everyone!!

Today is Nutty Nutshell's Challenge #5. If you haven't entered this challenge, you really should try to do so. It is so easy to enter, you don't have to have Nutshell's stamps!! I have a list of stamps that we sell in the Nutcrafter's store below and you can go to the store and see which stamps that we sell. We have a large range of stamps and I'm sure that you have a stamp or stamp set that you can use in the challenge. The prize package for this challenge is awesome. See the goodies below!!

For this week's challenge, we are going to use ribbon on our creations using ANY line of stamps that we carry in our Nutcrafter's store!!! That makes it nice and easy for everyone to participate!! So go over to Nutcrafter's and see our selection of stamps from lots of different companies such as The Greeting Farm, Stampavie, Magnolia, Ladybug & Friends, High Hopes, Buddy Bear and Sarah Kay. You can also get our Nutshells, Harriet Hurst and our Digi Images Pink Frosting - our Breast Cancer Awareness set and our Christmas Angel digis. These are too, too cute! With our huge range of images, you probably have something you can put some ink on!!

We have an awesome prize package for this challenge!!! Check this signature set out from The Greeting Farm, these beautiful blossum flowers and these tag charms!! I wish I could win, this is an awesome prize package!!

For my card, I used one the digi Angels for the Digi Angels Set. This is a great set that comes with 4 cute Christmas Angels. I colored her with my copics and glittered her wings. I made a tag card and used my ribbon to wrap it like a gift with a bow at the top. I used some cute patterned paper and attached my Angel with pop dots. So cute!! I like how she turned out.

This is my blurry shot that shows her glittery wings!! Thanks for stopping by my blog today!! I really appreciate you more than you know. Please go over to Nutshells and enter our challenge. It is a great challenge and wonderful prize package. Please be sure to stop by tomorrow and see what I have to show you. I know I'm behind with my comments and visits to your beautiful blogs, I'm trying to catch up so don't write me off yet!! I'll get to you as soon as I can. Have a wonderful day!!

Digital Delights Freebie Friday!

2009-11-26T15:29:00.004-06:00

Good Morning everyone. For those of you that celebrated Thanksgiving, are you still suffering from turkey hangover? Did you go out in the wee hours to capture that deal of a lifetime, only to be trampled 2 feet from the item you desired?? Or did you do the trampling?? Well either way it's time to settle down and stamp!! You can start with our adorable Freebie Friday image. Isn't he the cutest?

Who needs a bargain when you can get a freebie every Friday at Digital Delights?

You can grab your free image in the Digital Delights groups either HERE at Papercraft Planet or Here at SNR Card Universe.

Delightful Sketches #12 & Happy Thanksgiving!!

2009-11-26T08:00:00.000-06:00

Good Morning everyone and Happy Thanksgiving to all of my US friends!

It's time for a new sketch challenge at Delightful Sketches. (BTW don't forget there's a hugs sale going on at Digital Delights...you can grab any images for 30% off this weekend!) I used Razzle Reindeer for my sample. How cute is this sweet image?

Here is Sketch #12 and a special sponsor.

You all know the famous Riley Moose from Detroit, Michigan...well he's moved! Yep, that's right! He's now living in Kansas City!!! He really loves his new digs and he even has his own blog!His new owner has generously agreed to sponsor Challenge 12 and the winner will receive 3 wood-mounted Riley stamps of their choice!Cool!! Right?Be sure to check out all the details at Delightful Sketches for your chance to win this fabulous prize and maybe even be our next Spotlight Guest Designer!!!

Thanks for stopping by and to all of my US friends Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours and my other friends, I'm thankful for you on this Thanksgiving!! Have a wonderful day.

It's Softpencil Thursday!!

2009-11-26T00:01:00.000-06:00

Happy Thursday Everyone and if you are in the states, Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours!!

Today is Softpencil Thursday and Elizabeth gave us Simon...thinking of Christmas. This is a cute image, so check him out!! Unfortunately, sickness and hubby being home have prevented me from creating anything with this image this time around. I know...I love having Brittany and hubby around, but they don't allow for any creative time. Even late at night. When you're sick, "the late at night" doesn't work out very well. Last night I fell asleep sitting up in front of my computer trying to do my blog posts and upload pics to my galleries. What a pain in the neck...literally!! hee hee.

Anyway, I also wanted to let you know that the new Christmas Softpencil images are in!!! Boy are they cute! If you haven't seen them, check them out here! Don't forget to join us at our PCP weekly challenge for a chance to win Softpencil stamps! Please visit the other DT diva's blogs for more inspiration. Their links are on the side bar.

Thanks for coming by my blog today to visit. I really appreciate you and your lovely comments! Have a wonderful day!

YNS Special Offers!!!

2009-11-22T19:29:00.009-06:00

Hey Everyone! I hope you are having a good weekend. I wanted to let you know about some special offers that Karen at Your Next Stamp is offering. These are great so if you've been wanting some of these stamps, this is a great opportunity for you to pick some up. If you haven't seen these yet, you should take a look. They are incredibly cute.

Karen said it's her Mom’s Birthday on Tuesday (Happy Birthday Karen's Mom) so just for fun she is offering these specials. Offers are in effect now and end on Nov 25th at midnight est.

FREE Shipping on your entire order {code is HBMFS}
OR
20% off your entire order {code is HBM20}

I hope you will go take a look at these wonderful stamps and pick up some of these cuties for your "collection". (Come on, you know you have a collection!!) Thanks for stopping by my blog and hopefully I'll be feeling better and able to actually make something to post. I know I am behind visiting your wonderful blogs. Please don't give up on me, I'll be around as quickly as I can to catch up cuz I loves you all!!! Have a great week!

It's Freebie Friday!!

2009-11-20T09:00:00.001-06:00

Happy Freebie Friday Everyone!!

What could be better?? New Moon Friday complete with FREEBIE FRIDAY at Digital Delights!!! Just click on image above to be taken to the location where you can grab your FREEBIE this week! The image here in my post is watermarked so be sure to follow the link.
Thanks for stopping by today. I love reading your comments, so please leave me some love if you visit.

TWILIGHT NEW MOON BLOG HOP!!

2009-11-20T04:14:00.006-06:00

PLEASE BE SURE TO SCROLL DOWN TO SEE MY OTHER POSTS FOR TODAY

I am SO excited!! I can't believe it's finally here!! I am ALSO excited to be involved in the NEW MOON blog hop, brought to you by TWILIGHT TUEDAYS!! If you came here from Tamara's blog, thank you. If you need to start the hop, please start at Twilight Tuesday. I've been so excited about this day and the hop, but I have been sick (got a shot of antibiotics and lots of meds so I could go to the movie) but I didn't have the mojo to get my projects done. I'm sad, but that's the way it goes sometimes. At least I made it to the movie this AM. Thank goodness I'm not contagious!! Please enjoy the hop and I will post my projects in the next few days. Thanks so much for stopping by. Please continue on to Dina's blog next. If you get lost, here is a listing in order of the blog hop. Be sure to visit the Artful INKables blog hop today as well!! Have a wonderful day.

YNS Blog Hop Winner!!

2009-11-19T16:28:00.010-06:00

PLEASE BE SURE TO SCROLL DOWN AND SEE MY PREVIOUS POSTS FOR TODAY

Hi Everyone,

YNS (Your Next Stamp) had our blog hop that ended on November 17th. Karen was kind enough to give each starlet a couple of the new Christmas Digi's to give away and I need to announce my winner!! Sorry I'm a couple of day's behind. That seems to be the story of my life lately!! This has been the worst sinus season I've had a while. Ugh! I can't get rid of it!!

CONGRATULATIONS TO !!!

My winner is itsabrt and her blog addy is http://inkyfingersrule.blogspot.com/.

If you could email Karen at YNS she will get those to you right away!! Thank you so much for participating in our blog hop and enjoy your digi's!!

It's Softpencil Thursday!!!

2009-11-19T10:57:00.009-06:00

Please scroll down and check out my post from earlier! Thanks!

Happy Thursday to you!! Ok just to get this out of the way...are you ready for New Moon!!!! OMG I cannot wait. Even though I feel like you know what, my shot of antibiotics and all my meds should sustain me...I hope!! Tomorrow I may drop like a stone but at least I will have the movie under my belt (and probably some popcorn)!!

Ok onto my project for Softpencil Thursday. For this week's challenge, we are using this adorable image called Michu is giving gifts away' Today's challenge was to use some gold on our project. For my project I made an ornament or a gift tag. Whichever way you want to use it. Two for one, can't beat that!! I colored Michu with my copics and cut out my shapes with my nesties. I punched a hole in the top and tied some ribbon on the top. Simple but so sweet. I used gold gel pen to color the ribbon on the package and the runners of the sleigh. I think he turned out pretty sweet. Iused glitter on his hat for some extra bling!

I also wanted to remind you about the new images... have you seen them yet? If not, click here! You will want them all, they are so adorable!! Thanks for the wonderful images Elizabeth!! I also wanted to say that working with this DT has been so fun and everyone is so sweet...I just love it!! Thanks ladies!! Please check out the other DT diva's creations and leave us some love. Their links are on the sidebar.I also wanted to remind you that we have the Softpencil challenge every Saturday. If you don't have any Softpencil designs, you can shop here or click here for a freebie to start out with.

I hope you enjoyed my little Michu ornament/tag as much as I enjoyed making it. Have a wonderful day and I'll be back soon with some more goodies to share with you!!

Nutty Nutshells Wednesday 4!!!

2009-11-18T08:02:00.011-06:00

Happy Wednesday Everyone!!

For this week's Nutty Nutshell's challenge, we are going to make a Thank You/Thankful card using ANY line of stamps that we carry in our Nutcrafter's store!!! That makes it nice and easy for everyone to participate!! So go over to Nutcrafter's and see our selection of stamps from lots of different companies such as The Greeting Farm, Stampavie, Magnolia, Ladybug & Friends, High Hopes, Buddy Bear and Sarah Kay. You can also get our Nutshells, Harriet Hurst and our Digi Images Pink Frosting - our Breast Cancer Awareness set and our Christmas Angel digis. Which are too cute! With our huge range of images, you probably have something you can put some ink on!!

For my card I used one of the Christmas Angel digi stamps and colored her with my copics. I used glitter on the cloud and her wings (so sparkly IRL). I attached a pretty snowflake trim and dew drops for accent. I used a scalloped piece of silver cardstock with a piece of pretty glittered paper cut with my nesties. I mounted her on pop dots.

So pick an image and show us your creations. Leave us a comment on the Nutshells blog with a link to your creation not just a link to your blog. You just might win yourself some wonderful prizes!! Remember, if you post to an online gallery such as SCS, PCP, etc. please use the keyword: NNW4 but also leave us a comment here with your link.
What can I win??? Ok here are the prizes - 2 Harriet Hurst Rubber Stamps!! These are so cute you will want them all!!

Our next challenge is on Dec. 2nd so this challenge will close at 12:00 AM CST on Dec. 1st. You have two weeks to complete your card and leave your comment!! We can't wait to see your creations, so come play!! Be sure to spread the word! Good Luck!!

YNS BLOG HOP IN PROGRESS!

2009-11-14T20:24:00.005-06:00

Hi Everyone!!
I wanted to remind you that the YNS BLOG HOP IS IN PROGRESS!! If you want to win some stamp sets and/or free digital stamps from Your Next Stamp, then check out the blog hop post HERE. Come and join the fun for chances of winning some fabby prizes! Karen has made the most adorable stamps!! You will want to make sure to not miss this blog hop and your chance to win!! Thanks for stopping by my blog today! I am working on some projects and will have some posts up soon!! Have a wonderful weekend!

Freebie Friday!!

2009-11-13T02:30:00.002-06:00

THIS IS MY SECOND POST TODAY, SO PLEASE SCROLL DOWN TO SEE MY CUTE CARD COMING UP IN THE NEXT POST!!

Happy Friday the 13th everyone!!

It's a good Friday though complete with FREEBIE FRIDAY at Digital Delights!!!

Just click on our little friend above to be taken to the location where you can grab your Basket of Luv FREEBIE this week! The image here in my post is watermarked so be sure to follow the link.

Thanks for stopping by today. I will hopefully be back with my Basket of Luv sample later. Gotta take care of my sick kiddo first though. LOL I love reading your comments, so please leave me some love if you visit.

Softpencil Thursday on Friday!!

2009-11-13T01:29:00.004-06:00

Hi everyone, how is your week going? Mine is going relatively ok. I just wonder sometimes, why we don't get instruction manuals when we have our children!! Do you ever wonder that? If God had asked me if I wanted one, I would've said sure, absolutely. While I spent a day and half trying to give birth to my child, what's a couple more pushes to get out a manual?? Of course this manual would need to cover the emotional outbursts of your child to the complicated medical workings os them as well!! LOL Sometimes it's just a little overwhelming, that's all.

We've been passing this sinus junk around between the three of us for a month or so. So this past Fri. Brittany got it again. Of course since I have asthma, I immediately got it again too. My husband is pretty lucky. He usually dodges the bullet, so to speak. I get up to take her to school and we're going through the drop off line and she says"mommy I don't feel so good". Yeah, as most mothers know, this usually means a most icky situation is coming. LOL So I pull all the way though the line and back home. I was up all night last night with my own issues and was looking forward to taking a good nap when I dropped her off. Of course that didn't happen, so I'm just now (at 12:00 am) getting on my computer to post this and hopefully get right back to bed. I know we're fortunate to have a silly, sassy, spunky, healthy daughter. But sometimes, I just want to ask that question to see if anyone else would've been willing to give that couple of extra pushes to get that much needed manual!! LOL Thanks for listening to me ramble.

Ok, this week's Softpencil challenge was to use this adorable pink digi paper, tag and butterfuly stamp on our creation. Well, if you read or follow my blog at all, using pink is certainly not a stretch for me!!

This is my out of focus shot that shows the pretty pink Shimmerz on her wings!

I also wanted to let you know that the new Christmas Softpencil images are in!!! Boy are they cute! If you haven't seen them, check them out here! Don't forget to join us at our PCP weekly challenge for a chance to win Softpencil stamps! Please visit the other DT diva's blogs for more inspiration. Their links are on the side bar.

I hope you like my creation as much as I enjoyed making it for you. Thanks for coming by my blog today to visit. I really appreciate you and your lovely comments! Have a wonderful day!

Digital Delights New Releases!!!

2009-11-12T05:00:00.004-06:00

Good Morning Friends! The NEW releases from Digital Delights are here!!!I'm so excited!!! This is Pippen the Mouse. Isn't he the cutest!! Please visit Digital Delights to see all the fabulous examples by the rest of the Design Team! But first, here is my card

I colored my image with copics and used scraps from my stash to make my card. I used Liquid Applique on his hat to make the white parts look nice and fluffy. I added a little glitter to it for some sparkle. I'm not used to writing down my copics that I use on each card and unfortunately, I forgot to do so on this one.

It's also time for a new sketch challenge at Delightful Sketches. Sketch 11 is the sketch I used for my card. The prize for the winner this time is an awesome stamp set from our sponsor The Greeting Farm! The prize is the set Xmas Sweeties. I wish I could win!! This is a fabby prize!!

And for one last piece of business, I hope you've managed to get your challenge entry in for our Digi Day over at SNR Card Universe. We are going to have some serious fun over there tonight, with a free image for all who come and join us and share your favorite holiday sweet treat recipe. The event is from 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm CST, and don't forget the winner of the challenge will receive ALL the new releases, as well as this prize!!

I'm entering my card into these challenges: 1. Digital Tuesday Challenge 32 - Holiday Wishes, 2. Papertake Weekly - Digi Sparkle, 3. Charisma Cardz - Merry and bright 4. Cute Card Thursday Challenge 86 - Glitter Me Silly. 5. Doodle Palace

Thanks for stopping by my blog today! I really enjoy reading your comments and knowing that you have visited! Have a wonderful day!

Digital Delights Sneak Peeks Day 3

2009-11-11T01:00:00.013-06:00

PLEASE SCROLL DOWN FOR MY BLOG HOP POST TO ENTER FOR SOME FABBY PRIZES!!!

Hi Everyone,

Today I bring you my sneak peek of a new image that will be released tomorrow 11/12. It is going to be a great release at Digital Delights so you should be sure to check it out!! Ok here's my sneak peek!! Think you know what it is?? Not sure? Well come back tomorrow to see the whole image revealed!! You're going to love it!!

Please check out the other Digital Delights DT divas that are also doing sneak peeks today.

Rachel

Julie

Faith

Thanks for stopping by today. Be sure you scroll down to the next post to enter for a chance to win some stamps that I'll be giving away in the YNS Blog Hop! Be sure to come back by tomorrow to see my entire card for the new releases!! You won't want to miss it!

YNS New Release blog hop - Prize giveaway!

2009-11-09T02:00:00.008-06:00

I’m so excited to be participating in my first Your Next Stamp Blog Hop! I’ve had so much fun working with Karen and the DT for the months of October and November and now I finally get to share this super cute new release from YNS with you!

If you came from the lovely Cabio’s blog to mine than welcome and please continue on with the YNS blog hop. If you have stopped by my blog and have not started the YNS blog hop yet than please go to Karen’s blog and start there J

Be sure to comment on all the starlet blogs to be entered in the draw for the new release stamp sets that Karen is giving away! 3 lucky winners with get one of the following new release sets…

Bad Hair Day Fhiona

Wedding Fhiona(your name will be entered twice if you suggest a name for Fhiona’s hubby on Karen’s blog)

New Year's Party Fhiona

Mixed Bags of Greetings and Christmas Digital Package

How can you win stamps?? Karen was kind enough to let each Starlet give away 2 of the new Christmas Digi’s as well!!! All you have to do is comment below and let me know what your favorite YNS stamp or stamp set is and I’ll draw a random winner on November 17th.

This hop is on all week so to celebrate the new releases Karen is offering 10% off at the YNS Store until November 16th at midnight and every rubber stamp order will receive a free surprise gift!

10% discount code is YNSBH2

These are the projects that I made for the blog hop. I made a cute little hair brush bucket with Bad Hair Day Fhiona. She is just the cutest little thing ever!! I made a card with the snowman from the Christmas Digital Package and finally an acrylic Christmas ornament using Ellie from the Christmas Digital Package.

I colored all of my images with my copics and used stickles, pop dots, and assorted embellies from my stash! I hope you like them. They were a lot of fun to make! Be sure you leave a comment on my post for you chance to win!!! Now we can continue on with our hop.

Here is the complete blog hop order, we start from Karen's blog:

Karen

Simonne

Kerri

Ryann

Amy

Maylee

Cabio

Cathy

Lana

Stephanie

Maureen

Thanks for hopping along with us! Your next hop is to the talented Starlet Lana’s blog. Thanks for stopping by to visit today. I hope you enjoy the hop!

It's Freebie Friday!!!

2009-11-06T03:44:00.000-06:00

TGIF EVERYONE!! Wow did this week fly by or what?? I guess when you're so completely busy, you just don't notice!! I do know that today is the perfect day for Freebie Friday at Digital Delights!!! Please read my post carefully. We have changed how we do Freebie Friday just a little bit. Here are the deets!!

You will be picking up your Free Cappucchino Pippen image at either the Papercraft Planet Digital Delights group or the SNR Card Universe Digital Delights group. It's just as easy as before, you will just be linked to a different location AND you can choose where you want to pick it up! Yay!!! Plus you get to see all the fabulous creations other Digital Delights customers have made!

This week we have a real cutie!! So hurry over and grab your Freebie HERE at PCP or HERE at SNR Card Universe. For both groups, just look under the DISCUSSION area for FREEBIE FRIDAY. Have fun and be sure you show us what you create!!

Another Softpencil Thursday!

2009-11-05T02:32:00.013-06:00

PLEASE SCROLL DOWN AND TAKE A LOOK AT MY MOST RECENT POSTS. I'VE HAD A LOT TO POST IN THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS AND I WOULD LOVE SOME COMMENTS! PLUS I DON'T WANT YOU TO MISS ANY NEWS!!

Happy Thursday Everyone!! I have a short but cute post today. Say hello to Michu and his happy flower! Isn't he adorable? This week's theme is flowers (embellishments and/or floral papers).Hope you like it and please visit the other Softpencil DT ladies' blogs to check out their wonderful creations! I used flowers in every element of my card. I colored my image with copics and chalked the sky in. The Bo Bunny paper, the little Making Memories flower brads. I used a Martha Stewart punch to punch the corners and a little chalk to make a nice blue sky for Michu. I finished it up with pretty blue ribbon! So sweet!! Elizabeth just keeps making these adorable images for us! Thanks Elizabeth!!

We also have super fun challenges over on Paper Craft Planet!! So come join us! Click the button below to go now!! Thanks for stopping by my blog. I love each and every one of you! Have a wonderful day!

Digital Delights Digi Day at SNR Card Universe!!

2009-11-05T02:23:00.012-06:00

Hello Friends!

I am so excited to tell you that Digital Delights is hosting our first ever Digi Day on SNR Card Universe!!! We are having a PARTY!!!! A COOKIE EXCHANGE PARTY!!! Join us Thursday November 12th from 7PM- 8PM (CST) in the Digital Delights Group at SNR. Bring your favorite holiday sweet treat recipes to share during the event. Members of the DT will be there and I guarentee lots of FUN & CHATTING to go around!

Everyone that comes to the party will receive a FREE image from Digital Delights. WOO-HOO!!

I can't tell you what the image is, because that's a secret...but I know you'll LOVE it! ALSO: We have a Challenge for you starting yesterday !!! Go HERE and grab this adorable FREE IMAGE, and create anything your heart desires (you just have to use that image)...Upload it to the SNR Gallery and TAG IT cookiedelights09. Be sure to tag your entry and make sure it is in before midnight (CST) on Friday 11/13...and you will be put into the drawing for...

THIS GRAND PRIZE!!!!! ALL the NOVEMBER NEW RELEASES PLUS ALL OF THOSE EXTRA GOODIES!!! We can't wait to see all your fantastic creations, swap recipes, and chat with you!!!

Thanks for stopping by today. Please come play with us, it's going to be a blast!! The prize is fabby so be sure to make your project and get it posted in time to be in the drawing!! Have a wonderful day.

Nutty Nutshells Wednesday #3!!

2009-11-04T13:17:00.004-06:00

THIS IS MY SECOND POST TODAY, PLEASE SCROLL DOWN TO SEE MORE CUTENESS FROM YNS!! THANKS

Ok here I am!!! My internet service went down this morning so I am a little late. But I'm here! I couldn't fix the stickles that I stuck my hand in so I had to make something new!! Wow, it's Wednesday again and time for our third Nutty Nutshell's Challenge!! We are so excited with the response that we had to our first two challenges!! Thank you for visiting us and playing along. We love to see your wonderful creations and we love to give away prizes!

For this week's challenge, we are going to make a shaped card using ANY line of stamps that we carry in our Nutcrafter's store!!! That makes it nice and easy for everyone to participate!! So go over to Nutcrafter's and see our selection of stamps from lots of different companies such as The Greeting Farm, Stampavie, Magnolia, Ladybug & Friends, High Hopes, Buddy Bear and Sarah Kay. You can also get out Nutshells, Harriet Hurst and our Digi Image Pink Frosting - our Breast Cancer Awareness set. Which is too cute! With our huge range of images, you probably have something you've been itchin' to ink up!!

I picked a tag shape for my card. I used Pecan Nut from the Pink Frosting Set. I masked her off and used a Magnolia log stamp for her to sit on. The squirrel and Grateful sign came from K & Co. The fabby paper is by Bo-Bunny. I finished it off with some brown gingham ribbon that I had in my stash. I love how this turned out!

So pick a shape, an image and show us your creations. Leave us a comment on the Nutshells blog with a link to your creation not just a link to your blog. You just might win yourself a prize!! Remember, if you post to an online gallery such as SCS, PCP, etc. please use the keyword: NNW3 but also leave us a comment on the blog with your link. i hope to see your creations soon!!!

Your Next Stamp Challenge 3

2009-11-04T01:54:00.009-06:00

Happy Wednesday Everyone!

Wow, it's November already!! At Your Next Stamp, Simonne is challenging all of us to make a Christmas card or creation ...WITHOUT the colors red and green!

There are lots of non-traditional Christmas papers out there, so I'm sure you won't have any trouble resisting the urge to get out your green and red pens! In fact, over at Your Next Stamp, Karen has a whole host of Christmas crafty stash, including paper, card, buttons, brads, baubles, stamps (of course!), etc. View the complete range by clicking here.

As always, we have 2 fabulous prizes for you to win:

1. The challenge hostess, Simonne will choose her favorite card, and that winner will get the YNS Challenge Winner blinkie to proudly display on their blog.

2. We will randomly-choose one challenge entry to receive a YNS stamp set.

You must use a YNS stamp on your card or creation. Karen has launched some great new limited edition Christmas digi stamps, which you can buy instantly from the YNS store by clicking here I used this adorable Fhiona stamp for my card. I kept the design very simple and let my image be the focal point. I used some glttery snowflake paper by The Paper Studio, from my stash. I cut my image out using my nesties and I colored her with my copics. I colored in some ice underneath her and used Gossy Accents to make it shiny. I cut out my sentiment and colored over the words with my copics. Simple but fun!

To enter, follow the challenge and use a YNS stamp somewhere on your creation, post it on your blog or in your online gallery, and post the direct link to it using the Mr Linky widget on the challenge post. (Please do not post a general link to your blog or gallery, as this makes it more difficult for us to find your card - thanks!). If Mr Linky is not working, please post your link in the comments section on the blog post, and we will add it for you when the widget is back up and working. If you are posting your card to your SCS gallery, please use the keyword ynsc3 and then post a direct link to it in Mr Linky. Entries for challenge 3 close at midnight (EST) on Tuesday November 17th. So get out those non-tradional Christmas papers and get busy! You might be our lucky winner!!

Thanks for stopping by my blog today. It means so much that you take time to stop and visit. Please leave me a comment so i know you were here! I'm still trying to play catch up with my blog hopping, so please be patient with me. I'll be around to visit you in the next few days.

New Releases at Clear Dollar Stamps!!

2009-11-01T06:00:00.001-06:00

THIS IS MY SECOND POST TODAY, SO PLEASE SCROLL DOWN AND TAKE A LOOK AT MY OTHER POST!!

The New Creations by Louby Loo Stamps are NOW Available HERE at Clear Dollar Stamps!!!

The new Maggie and Billy Carolers stamp set is such a perfect set for those Holiday cards!! The new Maggie and Billy Carolers stamp set is now available at Clear Dollar stamps~Hop on over and get yours HERE.

This Just Chillin' set is adorable!! One of my favorite things about this set is that it has a birthday sentiment in it!! How wonderful for those winter birthdays!!

Remember, both of these sets are NOW Available HERE at Clear Dollar Stamps!!! I hope you've enjoyed my projects and I'm glad you stopped by. Please leave me a comment and let me know you were here. Have a wonderful day!

Fall Fun

2009-10-31T23:37:00.005-05:00

Hey Everyone!

Just a quick post to show you the Maggie and Billy Fall Fun stamp set now available at Clear Dollar stamps~Hop on over and grab yours HERE. I colored my image with my copics and used Making Memories papers and nesties to cut my doggie out. I used brads from my stash. Isn't this the cutest set ever? Very cute!!

Thank you for stopping by today. I hope you enjoyed it. Have a wonderful day!

It's Softpencil Thursday (on Friday)!!

2009-10-30T13:33:00.004-05:00

This is my third post for today, so please scroll down and take a look at my sneek peeks and other goodies!!!

Happy Friday!!

This is my third post today so be sure you check out my other goodies as well!! Elizabeth from Softpencil picked this cute image called I will cook for you this week and the challenge is to use bows. This is the cutest little mouse ever!!! The kitchen is by Alota Rubber Stamps and the mouse is by Softpencil. I colored my images with my copics and used Paper studio baking papers and ribbon from my stash. I hope you like her as much as I did!!

Thanks for stopping by my blog!! It means a lot that you take time to come by to visit. Please scroll down and see my other posts for today. Please also leave me a comment so I know you were here and I can visit you in return. Have a wonderful day and weekend although I'll probably be back Sat. and Sun. with posts as well.

Another Sneak Peek at Clear Dollar Stamps!

2009-10-30T04:00:00.000-05:00

This is my second post for today so please be sure to scroll down to see what else I have to show you!

Hi Everyone!!!

Today is another sneak peek day for Louby Lou Creations at Clear Dollar Stamps.!! These are wonderful stamps and a great addition to your "stamping wardrobe".

Here's my little Sneak Peek example:

This adorable set, Just Chillin', will be available on November 1st at Clear Dollar Stamps! This set is adorable and perfect for those Holiday cards, tags, anything holiday related where you need an adorable image!

Are these just the sweetest images for Christmas or Winter? I colored my images with copics and used Basic Grey papers, a complete list of my supplies are listed below.

The Supplies I used:

Stamps: Just Chillin'
Papers:Bazzill, Basic Grey

Ink: Momento

Markers: Copics #'s,E00, E37. E43, C0, C1, C5, Y11, Y21, YG03, YG63, E57, R20, R46, RV29, R39, R59, B00, YR07, YR68

Embellishments/Tools: ribbon, stapler, Martha Stewart snow glitter, gems, nesties

I hope you enjoyed my sneek peek today. Be sure to come back November 1st for the release of these little cuties! It's so exciting!! Thanks as always for visiting my blog. I appreciate you and the wonderful comments that you leave for me! If I haven't been to your blog in a few days, please forgive me. I've been sick, Brittany's been sick and I've been swamped, life just keeps happening. But rest assured I'll be making the rounds very soon!

It's Freebie Friday!!

2009-10-30T01:39:00.001-05:00

Hi Friends!

It's Freebie Friday once again at Digital Delights! Wendy has TWO delightful images for you this week! Beginning this week, you should run over to the Digital Delights groups at PCP and SNR and grab yours today! What a fun image!!!

Don't forget about our fun challenge at Delightful Sketches! Grab Ridley and his Laptop & the sentiment and get creative! WE LOVE to see your stuff!!!

Delightful Sketches Challenge #10

2009-10-29T02:00:00.004-05:00

This is my second post today, please scroll down for some sneak peeks and more fun!!

Good Morning Friends!

It's Delightful Sketches Day! We have a brand new sketch challenge for you!

We are so proud to announce our sponsor for this sketch is...

Don't forget by entering into the contest you not only have a chance to win this fabulous prize from our sponsor, but you could be our next Spotlight Guest Designer!!!

To see more fabulous examples, check out the other Digital Delights Design Team's creations:

Wendy (Louby Loo) Illustrator

Cindy - Senior Designer

Lisa - Designer

Anne - Designer

Cathy - Designer

Jacquie - Designer

Julie - Designer

Katie - Designer

Lisa V - Designer

Rachel - Designer

Rosalien - Designer

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Please join us at Delightful Sketches. I'll be back today with two more posts!!! So don't go far!!

It's Sneak Peek Day at Clear Dollar Stamps!!!

2009-10-29T00:29:00.010-05:00

Hi Everyone!!!

Today is sneak peek day for Louby Lou Creations at Clear Dollar Stamps!! These are wonderful stamps and a great addition to your "stamping wardrobe". Take a look:

Here's my little Sneak Peek example:

This adorable set, Billy & Maggie Carolers, will be available on November 1st at Clear Dollar Stamps! This set is adorable and perfect for those Holiday cards!

I colored my image with copics and used Little Yellow Bicycle Christmas papers, a complete list of my supplies are listed below.

I entered my card into the following challenges:
Allsorts - Furry Friends (my doggie/kitty)
One Stop Craft - Celebration (Christmas is coming!!)
Our Creative Card Corner - Holiday Book or Movie (A Christmas Carol)
Daring Cardmakers - Favorite Things (Spellbinders, Copics, Glitter Pen & Ribbon)
Papertake Weekly - Spots and Stripes (Striped Paper)
Winter Wonderland - Your choice

I hope you enjoyed my sneek peek today. Be sure to come back tomorrow for another sneak peek!! It's so exciting!! Thanks as always for visiting my blog. I appreciate you and the wonderful comments that you leave for me! If I haven't been to your blog in a few days, please forgive me. I've been sick, Brittany's been sick and I've been swamped, life just keeps happening. But rest assured I'll be making the rounds very soon!

I used the following for my card:
Stamps:Billy and Maggie Carolers
Papers: Bazzill, Little Yellow Bicycle
Ink:Momento
Markers: Copics used: E00, E37. E43, C0, C1, C5, Y11, Y21, YG03, YG63, E57, R20, R46, RV29, R39, R59
Embellishments/Tools: Ribbon, Nesties, pop dots, glitter pen, white gel pen

We Have New Releases at Digital Delights!!!

2009-10-28T04:53:00.001-05:00

Good Morning Friends! The NEW Digital Delights are here!!!I'm so excited!!! This is Billy the Elf. Isn't he the cutest!! Please visit Digital Delights to see all the fabulous examples by the rest of the Design Team! But first, here is my card:

I colored my image with my copics. My papers are by Provo Craft. I used silver beads in the corners of my image and pop dots to pop it all up! Very simple design, but it really allows the image to take center stage!!

Check them all out on their Blogs for more fabulous examples:
Wendy (Illustrator): Creations by Louby Loo
Cindy( Senior Designer) Royal Things
Anne(Designer) My Paperplace
Cathy(Designer) My Creative Space
Jacquie (Designer) Javablustamper
Julie (Designer) Jjuli2's Craft Space
Katie(Designer) Both Sides of the Paper
Lisa V. (Designer) Lisa's Paper Fun
Rachel (Designer) My Cardstock Creations
Rosalien(Designer) Card Fun

Lisa F. (Designer) Stampin' for Sanity

Don't forget to go back to Digital Delights to grab your images! We want to see your stuff, too, so please join us in the Digital Delights groups over at:

SNR CARD Universe

and

Papercraft Planet

We have more Exciting Events Coming Tomorrow!!!

Please join us for a brand new Sketch Challenge over at Delightful Sketches.

and...

The beginning of the Sneak Peeks for Louby Loo's Creations at Clear Dollar Stamps!!!You won't want to miss either of these exciting events!!!!

So be sure to stop by tomorrow, you won't want to miss it!!! Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!!

It's Sneak Peek Time!!

2009-10-25T05:06:00.008-05:00

Happy Sunday Everyone, it's time for a sneak peek at the new images from Digital Delights.Wendy will be releasing these cute little images on Sunday the 28th so make sure you pop over to Digital Delights for the big reveal and in the meantime here's a sneaky little pic, sure to keep you guessing!

Want to see more sneak peeks? Be sure to visit Cindy and Anne and leave them some love!! Thanks for stopping by. You know I love comments, so please leave me some love! Have a wonderful Sunday!

Nutty Nutshells Challenge!!

2009-10-23T16:29:00.000-05:00

Happy Friday,

I hope you had a great week!! I have funky sinuses again. UGHHH!! I have been miserable for the last few days and extremely busy so if I haven't made it to your blog this week, I will be trying to catch up over the weekend. We are currently having our second Nutty Nutshell's Challenge!! We are so thrilled with the response that we had to our first challenge!! Thank you for visiting us and playing along. We love to see your wonderful creations.

For this week's challenge, you should go out and find yourself a sketch challenge that is currently running (Mojo Monday, etc) and make a card using that sketch and ANY line of stamps that we sell in our Nutcrafter's store!!! That makes it nice and easy for everyone to participate!! If you have never visited the Nutcrafter's store, you really should. Go on over to Nutcrafter's and see our selection of stamps from lots of different companies such as The Greeting Farm, Stampavie, Magnolia, Ladybug & Friends, High Hopes, Buddy Bear and Sarah Kay. You can also get out Nutshells, Harriet Hurst and our Digi Image Pink Frosting - our Breast Cancer Awareness set. Which is too cute! I'm sure that you have something in your stash that you can use and you can order something new for next time!! We also sell lots of supplies as well and Katie and Colette are the best!!

I used Mojo Monday #109 for my card.

Finally, I'm entering this card into the following challenges: Creative Card Crew challenge 32 - scallops, One Stop Craft Challenge 51 - 'Halloween', Pile it On Challenge 19 - 'Ready for Halloween' and Stamptacular Sunday Challenge! Halloween .

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog to visit!! Your comments mean so much to me!! Have a wonderful weekend.

Freebie Friday!!!

2009-10-23T04:37:00.010-05:00

Hi Friends!It's Freebie Friday once again at Digital Delights! Wendy has TWO delightful Christmas images for you this week! Run over to Digital Delights and grab yours today! What a great way to get a jump on those Christmas Cards!!

Don't forget about our fun challenge at Delightful Sketches! Grab Mr. Christmoose & the sentiment and get creative! WE LOVE to see your stuff!!!

Softpencil Thursday

2009-10-22T10:04:00.008-05:00

Happy Thursday everyone!

Today is Softpencil Thursday and our challenge was to create a one layer card. Ok, normally I could do this, but this week it just wasn't meant to be. I do apologize. I tried everything and finally had to give up because I have 500 million other projects to get done. I do have my image colored with my copics and this image is called Michu and His Enchanted House. You can find this image at the Softpencil Etsy Shop. Don't forget our Softpencil challenge every Saturday at PCP

Thanks for stopping by my blog!! It means a lot that you take time to come by to visit. I will have another post right after this one so be sure to stop back by. I did actually make that project!! LOL Have a wonderful day!!

YNS Challenge #2

2009-10-21T00:15:00.015-05:00

Happy Wednesday everyone!
I am a Guest Designer for YNS for the next couple of months and I am loving it!! The team is so talented and easy to with and I love their fabby images!! This week's challenge is a Shape Card Challenge that Lana has for us! The only rule for our challenges is that you use a YNS stamp for your creation. Remember that YNS limited edition digital Halloween stamps are only available until Oct 31st so hop over to the Your Next Stamp Store and pick up your set today! The Starlets cards are really awesome so be sure to check out our challenge blog for some inspiration! Please also stop in on each Starlet and leave them some love!!

Be sure that you stop in and participate!! There are some great prizes over there. If you are looking for the winners of YNS Challenge #1 be sure to check the challenge blog for the list of winners on Thursday.

For my card, I used the Fhiona Loves to Skate set. She comes with lots of little snowflakes, birds, hearts, and a sentiment. She is a cutie!! I cut out a mitten shape for my card and used Basic Grey papers. I used a nestie to cut out my pretty eyelet circle in the center and used ribbon from my stash. I colored my image with copics, popped everything up on pop-dots and used Glossy Accents on my ice to give it that "frozen" shiny look. I also used it on her headband to make it look like plastic. I love these colors and this image is adorable. I'm happy with how this turned out!! I hope you are too!

I have also entered this card in the Creative Creations Challenge. Thank you for visiting my blog today!! I will have another post today so be sure to watch for that. Pleaae also leave me a comment so I know you were here. I'm sorry that I haven't visited as often as usual, but I have been bogged down with some serious piles of work to do. I'm working through it and should be back to a normal visiting schedule very soon.

Christmas Stampin' All Year Long

2009-10-18T03:43:00.001-05:00

Be sure to scroll down and see what I made yesterday!! It's a Freebie for you!!

Happy Monday Everyone!

Kind of a quick post this morning. Sankari was our hostess this week. She thought it would be fun to do something a little different and create some tags for our gifts, presents, etc. :) So your challenge is to create at least three tags (they can be the same or different) :). If you would still like to create a card instead of a tag - you could always create a card with a tag in it :)

So I made two tags. One I cut with my nesties, stamped it with my JustRite stamper, popped it up with pop dots, put jewels on it, tied some silver cord to hang with and the other is just a simple mini card tag. For this tag, I used a Great Impressions stamp and colored her with my copics, shimmerz and some yummy Basic Grey paper. I popped her up on pop dots.

Be sure to visit the Christmas Stampin' All Year Long blog to see what the other challenge divas have created. I also have them listed on my sidebar. Again, we'd love for you to play along. Just leave a comment and a link to your creation on the Christmas Stampin' All Year Long blog or if you upload to SCS or PCP, use the keyword CSAYL. Thank you for stopping by my blog today. Be sure to leave me a comment so I can return the favor! Don't forget to come by tomorrow to see what I have to show you. I have been a busy little bee lately!!

IT'S FREEBIE FRIDAY ON SUNDAY!!

2009-10-17T02:48:00.001-05:00

Hello Friends!

I know it's not Friday, but you can still grab this adorable FREE Image from DIGITAL DELIGHTS to have for your very own! This is Billy with Bat Balloons. Isn't he the cutest! He was quick and fun to color so if you need Halloween cards in a hurry this may just be the image for you. For my card, I was able to enter lots of challenges (yay) which I have listed below. I used the Friday Sketchers #74 for my card. It's a fun sketch and I thought it would work wonderfully with my image and it did!

I simply followed the sketch and used K & Co papers and a Quickutz die for the letters "boo". I used my cuttlebug for some embossed texture and distressed it with black ink. I used cute little spider 3-D stickers because they were cute!! I also machine stitched around all of the elements with my sewing machine.These are the challenges I was able to enter with my card.

2 Red Bananas - use Purple, Black and Orange
Whimsy Stamps Challenge - Use punches or die cuts
ABC - F is for Flying -batty balloon

My Time to Craft - Quick

Papertake Weekly - The Dark Side

Cute Card Thursday - Spookfest

Digital Tuesday - Halloween
Cupcake Craft Challenge - Stitching and Buttons

Don't forget to visit our Delightful Sketches Challenge Blog. We always love to see your work!!You can also visit us at Papercraft Planet or SNR Card Universe. We have prizes and challenges happening in both of those communities too! Don't miss out! Thanks so much for stopping by today. It's always nice to read comments on my cards. I've been a little slow this week visiting, but I hope this week will be better. Maybe my sinuses will settle down and behave. I hope.

It's a Delightful Sketches Thursday

2009-10-14T21:24:00.015-05:00

Happy Thursday everyone!!

Wow what a busy week! Are you ready for another great sketch challenge from Delightful Sketches? If so, we have a new one up just for you!! This challenge is sponsored by The Ribbon Retreat. I wish I could enter myself. Have you seen some of the gorgeous ribbons they carry? If not you should go take a look, and if you're lucky enough, you could be the winner of the $20 gift certificate that you can use in their store!! What a fabulous prize!! I do hope you'll come play with us. You never know, you just might win!! The challenge will run from 10/15-10/29 so that gives you more time to enter!! I love that!

For my card I used Maggie and colored her with Copics in Halloween colors. I used K & Co Halloween papers and folded the corners up to expose the backside of the paper and secured it with brads. I cut my other shapes with my nesties and tied ribbon on (gotta have my ribbon). I used Studio G stamps to stamp in the corners of the card. I had so much fun making this card. The DT have made some fabulous creations for this sketch too!! Be sure to visit them and give them some love as well. Their links are on my sidebar.

I have some other business to tell you about as well!! Tuesday, October 20th there will be another fabby tutorial from Deanne, one of our super talented Tutorial Artists. Wednesday October 21st, Digital Delights is sponsoring Creative Inspirations Challenge. Then on Thursday October 22nd, look out for the Guest Designer Spotlight on Digital Delights. We also have groups on PCP and SNR so come over and visit us. We have a challenge going on at SNR that ends Saturday. So hurry over and enter!! We can chat and you can share your fabby Digital Delights creations with us. Just for joining our group at PCP you will be entered for a chance to win this beautiful journal that Wendy made especially for this give-a-way. It is so cute! Who doesn't need a place to record those great fall memories and pictures of the fall colors?

Whew, that's a lot going on!! Don't worry, I'll be posting reminders on my blog! I hope you enjoyed my card and I really appreciate you stopping by to visit!! If you are not already a follower of my blog, sign up and I'll remind you about all of these fabby dates and prizes that you could win!! I hope you have a wonderful day!!

Christmas Stampin' All Year Long

2009-10-12T00:02:00.005-05:00

Happy Monday Everyone!!

Today is Christmas Stampin' All Year Long day, which means that we are going to be one more card closer to being done with our cards for this Christmas!! Yay!! I hope you'll play along with us this week. This week our fearless leader Maria has provided us with one of her fabby sketches to use.

For my card today I used this adorable Pink Cat Studio's Digi Stamp. Have you been to Melissa's new Digi Store?? If not you have to check it out!! She has the most adorable images. She has been making cuties out of 'rubbah' for a while and now she's doing some digi's!! I used my nesties to cut out my shapes and I colored my image with my copics. I used a glue pad and a Basic Grey stamp to stamp the pretty snowy flourish in the bottom left corner. I glittered it after I stamped it with the glue pad. IRL it looks really amazing!! My patterned paper is by Best Creation, Inc. and is glittered. I have had the worst time trying to photograph glittered or shimmery stuff lately. I don't know why, but I just can't seem to make it work!!

Be sure to visit the Christmas Stampin' All Year Long blog to see what the other challenge divas have created. I also have them listed on my sidebar. Again, we'd love for you to play along. Just leave a comment and a link to your creation on the Christmas Stampin' All Year Long blog or if you upload to SCS or PCP, use the keyword CSAYL. Thank you for stopping by my blog today. Be sure to leave me a comment so I can return the favor! Don't forget to come by tomorrow to see what I have to show you. I have been a busy little bee lately!!

Freebie Friday at Digital Delights!!

2009-10-09T00:00:00.001-05:00

Happy Friday Everyone!!

Hi Friends!It's Freebie Friday at Digital Delights! Head over and grab your adorable image:

Thanks for stopping by my blog today!! I love reading your kind comments and love leaving them too!! I'm hoping by the end of the weekend I'll be caught up with my blog hopping!! I'm keeping my fingers crossed. Now what are you waiting on? Get over to Digital Delights right now and get your freebie!!

It's Softpencil Thursday!!

2009-10-08T00:48:00.008-05:00

Happy Thursday Everyone!!

You know those weeks that go by in a stressed, super fast blurr?? Well I seem to be having one of those weeks!! I can't believe it's already Thursday. That means it's Softpencil Thursday again and for this week, we have a color challenge. We are also using this image called Michu is Flying on a Broomstick. This image is available at both AiFactory or Softpencil Etsy Shop. I love digi images but I love my rubbah too. So I've gotta break out my Halloween Rubbah and get busy or busier!! LOL

I am loving all the new releases that Elizabeth is making for us and this cute little digi kitty is no exception. I colored my image with copics and used a glue pen and glitter to draw the swirls on the moon and decorate the cute little hat. I love how this turned out. I wasn't sure about drawing the swirls on the moon but I think it turned out cute! I used Pebbles papers and cute little witch hat border by Bazzill. I hope you like it!! Thanks also for stopping by my blog. I love reading your comments, they mean so much!! Have a wonderful day!

Guess who Digital Delights is sponsoring!!

2009-10-07T09:42:00.010-05:00

This is my 3rd post for today so please scroll to see my other goodies for today. You won't want to miss anything!!

Digital Delights is Proudly Sponsoring the Cuttlebug Challenge this week!!!

If you've never had a chance to visit the Cuttlebug Challenge Blogspot, you should run over and take a look! It's a wonderful place with an amazing Design Team! Their projects absolutely gorgeous. Plus by participating you could win some of Louby Loo's gorgeous Digi images. You're not going to believe your eyes when you see what the Design Team has created for you!

Our own super-talented Cindy Royal is also one of the Cuttlebug Divas!!!See some of her amazing Cuttlebug creations on her blog: Royal Things.Thanks for stopping by and have a great Wednesday!

Your Next Stamp Challenge

2009-10-07T09:31:00.002-05:00

This is my 2nd post for today! Please scroll down for more fun!!

Happy Wednesday Everyone!!

I hope you are doing well today! Wow what a busy week so far!! I have been truly blessed as I have more wonderful news to share with you!! I have been asked by Karen to be a Guest Designer for October and November for Your Next Stamp. These are the cutest images ever and I am so excited to be a Guest Starlet for the next couple of months.

At Your Next Stamp we are having our very first challenge!!

The challenge is a colour combination!!
PINK & YELLOW!!

We have 1 rule...you must use a YNS image on your entry... so Karen has launched some limited edition DIGI stamps designed by Fhiona for those of you who don't have any YNS stamps yet! They are for sale starting today and are available until the end of the month!
So hop on over to the Your Next Stamp Store to get yours now so you can enter our great challenge!

My card for the challenge uses the digi ghost image and the Happy Halloween digi sentiment from YNS. It's a very simple card but my pink and yellow is in the ribbons tied on each side of the ghost. I decided to be a little more subtle with my pink and yellow!! I used Reminisce papers, little tiny bat brads from my stash and ribbon from my stash. That's it! Simple but showcases the digi images perfectly!! I hope you like it!

Hop over to the Your Next Stamp blog for all of the details about the challenge and prizes Karen is giving away for our first challenge!!! I hope you'll play along with us and be sure to grab a challenge blinkie and spread the word.

We look forward to seeing your entries!! Good luck! Thanks for stopping by my blog today!!

Nutty Nutshells Wednesdays!!!

2009-10-07T00:22:00.008-05:00

Happy Wedneaday Everyone!!

I have some exciting news from the Nutshells Blog! We are starting our very own challenges!! They are called Nutty Nutshells Wednesday's and will be held twice a month. We are so excited to bring our challenges to you and we hope that you will play along with us. I will be overseeing the challenge blog and will have a challenge blinkie/badge for you very soon. To kick off our challenges, we are supplying you with a free digi image to use for your challenge entry. How awesome is that? She is the adorable Pecan Nut Halloween Witch. She is the cutest thing ever don't you think?? Of course the theme for the challenge is Halloween.

You can right click on her and save her to your computer and use her for your challenge entry.

For my card, I colored Pecan Nut Witch with my copics, used glitter pen on her hair, hat and shoes. I used a white gel pen for accent and ribbon and Heidi Grace paper. I cut out my circle with my nesties.

To kick off our challenges, Katie and Colette have offered a wonderful prize package for a lucky winner. Check it out:

Selection of Flowers, Prima Crystals and Pearls, Assorted Charms and the winners choice of any 4 Nutshells character stamps.

You may be asking, so how can I win this fabby prize? All you have to do is make a Halloween card or project using the lovely Pecan Nut Witch and leave a comment on Nutshells Challenge Blog with a link to your actual project, not your blog, your actual project. This makes it easier for us to find your awesome creations. If you post to an online gallery please use the keyword: NNW1. Before the next challenge on Oct. 20 I will draw a winner and announce it on the challenge blog at the time of the challenge.

You have two weeks to complete your card and leave your comment, good luck!! Be sure to visit the DT blogs and leave them some love! Their links are on my sidebar. We can't wait to see your creations, so spread the word and come play!!

Thanks for stopping by my blog today. It means so much when you leave me lovely comments and visit. I'll be catching up on my hopping in the next few days. Have a wonderful day!

Monday Morning Good News!

2009-10-05T01:37:00.009-05:00

Happy Monday Everyone!!

I have the most exciting news to share with you this morning!! Yours truly is the NEWEST member of the DT for DIGITAL DELIGHTS by LOUBY LOU!! I am so excited!! Wendy is the sweetest and her images are super cute!!! I am honored to have been chosen for this team! The other ladies are super talented!!

I have added my new DT badge on my sidebar. I have also added the new Delightful Sketches badge. There is also a new addition to the Digital Delights family. Wendy has added two Tutorial Artists to our little family. So you will be able to find awesome tutorials on our Digital Delights blog. I've added the Tutorial Tuesday badge. Deanne will be kicking off our Tutorial Tuesdays tomorrow with out first tutorial.

Feel free to grab these new badges (not the DT one, that one's all mine!!!) for your blogs and spread the love. I've added links on my sidebar so make sure to stop by and give the ladies some love!! Thanks for letting me share my awesome news with you and be on the lookout for some new creations with these awesome stamps!! Have a wonderful Monday! Don't forget to check out Tutorial Tuesday over at Digital Delights.

World Card Making Day and Huge Sale

2009-10-03T12:33:00.011-05:00

Happy Saturdsy Everyone!!

As you know today is World Card Making Day! Wow the internet is all abuzz about this super holiday especially for us!! I have seen lots of sales and promotions etc. but this happens to be one of my favorite digi stamp companies so I thought I'd share. I'm a sucker for a sale!! Enjoy!!

Wendy at Digital Delights is giving 50% off all Digital Stamps for ONE DAY ONLY!! Head over to Digital Delights for all the details and see these fabby stamps!! Click on the button to go now!!

Have a great day everyone. Come by later. If life will behave I may have some goodies to show you later!! I'll keep my fingers crossed!!

Softpencil Friday

2009-10-02T11:00:00.001-05:00

Happy Friday Everyone!!

In celebration of World Cardmaking Day tomorrow, Softpencil Designs is having a blog hop!!!! Not just any blog hop but our very first blog hop! We are also kicking off the start of our new Softpencil weekly challenges at our group over on PCP. Come hop with us! You just might celebrate our cardmaking holiday with new digi stamps! Who doesn't want free stamps? That's what I thought!!

Please hop along with us and look at our DT samples and get a chance to win some digi images. You can hop from blog to blog in this order:

Ashley

and back to Softpencil blog for a chance to win a prize!

Our challenge this week was to use watercolouring on our image. I used my H2O's. I used gold to tip the edges of the rose so it is really beautiful IRL. My camera is not wanting to cooperate! I used Heidi Grace papers, pearl gems, and a new Quickutz embossing folder to make my card. I tied it up with a little piece of ribbon, and all done!! I hope you like my card. Thanks for coming by my blog to visit!! I love getting comments from you and leaving them for you. I truly appreciate you! Have a wonderful day and GO HOP!!

Brand New Nutshells-Must Have

2009-09-28T11:04:00.000-05:00

Happy Monday Again!! This is my second post for today so please scroll down to see my first post!!

Unfortunately, we all know someone or have had our lives touched by someone with breast cancer. Maybe you're a survivor, in treatment or at high risk due to family genes. Whatever the connection is to this terrible disease, we must fight and never give up trying to find a cure. I want my daughter to grow up without the fear of breast cancer and I know you do too. I am so very excited and honored to present to you this wonderful digi stamp set from Nutshells. Please read on to find out how you can take part and score a majorly cute stamp set in the process!!

October in the US and the U.K is Breast Cancer Awareness month and to support this important event we have created a very special Digi stamp set. Pink Frosting will be available as a digital download from the beginning of October and is filled with lots of sweet images including a new Nutshell... Pecan! The full set will include two character images along with two cupcakes and a selection of cupcake toppers and sentiments. I will be previewing several projects that I have made using this adorable set. It is so fun to color and use. You will love it in your collection.

My card today uses the Making Memories Breast Cancer Awareness designer papers, flowers, brads from Eyelet Outlet, Memento ink and flocked floral lace by We R Memory Keepers. I cut my shapes with my nesties and I used my sewing machine to sew my patterned paper to the card. I also used some glitter on her cupcakes and a white gel pen to highlight the image after I colored it with my copics. I love these images!!! Wait til I show you the next one!!! You're going to love it!! My camera wants to distort the pink into more of a red but it is a pretty shade of fuschia not red.

We will be donating half of every download sold to a Breast Cancer Awareness charity, so please spread the word. Watch my blog for more peeks and details on the availability of these awesome stamps!! Thanks for coming by! Have a wonderful day!

Christmas Stampin' All Year Long

2009-09-28T00:05:00.001-05:00

Happy Monday everyone!!

I hope your week is starting out well. I have to confess, life happened to me all week last week and I didn't get to create much of anything!! Sigh! So this week at Christmas Stampin' All Year Long Challenge #36, it is Vicki's week to host the challenge. The challenge is to create a Christmas scene using at least two different stamp sets. This is a fabulous challenge, however I had to cheat and post a card that I have previously posted a while back. I didn't get time to make anything and I'm sorry Vicki and Maria, this was the best I could do =( I hope you like it anyway. It's a scene so I got that part right!!

For my card this week I used a digi image from Fred She Said Designs. They have some of the cutest images!! This little cutie is called Emma the Hugger! How sweet! I colored with my copics and used chalk to shade my sky. My picture is not the greatest, for some reason my camera didn't like the colors I used!! I used a glitter pen to add some bling and a little pom pom to accent her hat. I used heart eyelets in the top corners and tied some ribbon on for accent. I cut my circles with my nesties. My paper is by Provo Craft. That's about it. Pretty simple stuff!!

Be sure to visit the Christmas Stampin' All Year Long blog to see what the other challenge divas created. I also have them listed on my sidebar. We'd love for you to play along, just leave a comment and a link to your creation on the Christmas Stampin' All Year Long blog or if you upload to SCS or PCP, use the keyword CSAYL. Thank you for stopping by my blog. Be sure to come by tomorrow to see what fabulous creation I have for you.

Softpencil Thursday

2009-09-24T08:50:00.003-05:00

Happy Thursday everyone!!

I know you came over to check out Softpencil Thursday, but it appears for me that Softpencil Thursaday will actually be Softpencil Friday!! Wow what a week!! I haven't had any creative time and no time to come around and leave you the comments that you so richly deserve. I'll be around though I promise! Everyone has been so busy with cute projects!!

I will be back with something so special it will knock your socks off!! I can't wait to show you and tell you about this exciting post but you'll have to wait and see!! My daughter is turning 10 this weekend (yes, double digits-sniff, sniff) and she decided Monday that she wants to have a sleepover!! I've been preparing for a garage sale to rid our home of some of the clutter that collects and multiplies, so my house looks like a tornado came through!! I was sick Mon. and Tues so now I'm scrambling around trying to get ready for the party. UGH!! Fun but stressful! I have no time and way to much to do. I know you know that feeling!!

Anywhoo, I'll be back with the knock your socks off post later. So go put some socks on if you haven't already! Have a wonderful day and I'll see you here later!

Hugs, Cathy

Christmas Stampin' All Year Long

2009-09-21T04:32:00.003-05:00

Happy Monday everyone!!

I hope you had a wonderful weekend! We're about to float away here. It has rained everyday of last week and all weekend! We are soggy to say the least!! Can you believe we are on Challenge 35 at Christmas Stampin' All Year Long?? Wow, it's hard to believe that 35 weeks have gone by, time flies!

This week at the Christmas Stampin' All Year Long blog , Sankari is our lovely and talented hostess and is challenging us to make a Christmas card with non Christmas colors (meaning - no red, green or blue) something totally different. Ok this is certainly interesting but not too difficult for me!! I think I do that almost every week!! I seem to think that pink goes with every holiday except maybe Halloween! LOL. Stay tuned though, I'm still making Halloween projects and pink may turn up yet!! You never know!!

Anyway, for my card this week I was running a little low on mojo and time to color so this is what I came up with for our challenge. I used the new Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses. OMG this may be one of my all time favorite BG releases! That's saying a lot because I seem to have a bit of a Basic Grey collecting problem!! I love them all but this one is special. (Hubby says I say that about every sheet of paper that comes out!!) Have you seen it? Very yummy!! I made a very simple, sweet card using my Elzybells stamp. I colored her with copics and used a glitter pen to make her sparkly. I used SC246 for my card.

Softpencil Thursday-Halloween Bag

2009-09-17T11:30:00.003-05:00

Hi Everyone,

It's Thursday and that means it is Softpencil Thursday!!! Yay!! I love this image! She is just too cute. This is another new stamp by our talented and fearless designer, Elizabeth. Our design element this week was to make a treat bag. I love making treat bags and giftie things.

Sorry my post is a little late. I was up most of the night with Hubby and his yucky sinuses. I've had it all week and now he has it. I don't know if any of you have acid reflux, but when you have a sinus infection, the acid reflux rears it's ugly head and you feel like you're having a heart attack!! It is very painful. Ok enough whining, let's get to my project!

I used a Creative Imaginations treat bag and added my stamped images to make a really cute Halloween gift for someone special. The Little Witch and the Bats are by Softpencil Designs. Are those little bats not adorable?? The fence is a Hampton Arts stamp and the sentiment is a Studio G. The papers are by Bo Bunny and Paper Studio. I cut around the edges of the purple paper with my zig zag or pinking scissors. I colored my images with my copics and chalked the backgrounds with chalk. I popped the witch and bats up on pop dots.I folded the top down and tied pretty ribbon through it and my treat bag was born!! I made one of these recently and finished the top the exact same way but I just love it like that so I did it again! It's ready for some yummy candy, bath products, anything that you want to put in is fine. I hope you like my bag as much as I enjoyed making it for you.

I entered this project into the Belli Challenge #74 and the AiFactory Challenge. A twofer, yay!!

Don't forget that Softpencil images are digital images so you can resize them to any size that you need for your project. Please visit my other DT sisters to see their stunning designs. Their links are in my sidebar. Thanks for stopping by today!! Be sure to leave a comment so I may return the favor! I love reading your comments and leaving them on your beautiful blogs. Be sure to come back tomorrow to see what I have made for you. Have a wonderful day!!

Hi Everyone!

2009-09-17T02:36:00.003-05:00

Happy Thursday everyone!

I'm sorry I've been MIA for a few days, I haven't been feeling so great (stupid sinuses). Right now, 2:45 AM and I'm still up with Hubby and his stupid sinuses!!! We are a sad bunch!! Please be sure to come back by sometime later this morning or afternoon to see what I have to show you for Softpencil Thursday!! I just know you'll love it! Hopefully, I'll be back up to par in a day or so. But I have lots of goodies to show you so be sure to check back!

Thanks for visiting my blog. I appreciate you and the lovely comments you leave me.

Hugs :)

Christmas Stampin' All Day Long

2009-09-14T02:34:00.016-05:00

Hi friends! Happy Monday to you!! I'm sorry I'm a little late with my card. Just not enough hours in the day!! Then my camera battery was dead!!! Wouldn't take one picture!! Oh, how we suffer for our art! LOL

I hope you had a wonderful weekend. Can you believe we are on week 34 of our challenges? It's time to get started on those Christmas cards if you haven't already!! It'll be here before you know it!! Today, our lovely Maria has created a sketch for us to use for our challenge yay!! I love Maria's sketches!!

I used this adorable image by The Greeting Farm from the Hope and Grace collection called Snuggle. Isn't she cute?? She looks like she's waiting for Santa to bring her some goodies!! She is so sweet and adorable!!! I colored her with my copics and used this pretty Paper Studio paper. The sentiment was created on the computer. I let my patterned paper provide the circle element to my card above the sentiment. This is a great sketch. Very versatile. I just couldn't get a good picture of this card for some reason, but here it is.

It's Fall at Softpencil Thursday!!!

2009-09-10T01:56:00.003-05:00

I'm editing to say I'm sorry my post is a little late. I kinda messed up my time on the autopost!! Oops!!

Happy Thursday Everyone!!

Tuesday was my birthday and I don't know if many of you know it or not, I'm a huge Twilight saga fan and a major league Team Edward fan!!! I left my window open that night to see if Edward would come over and give me a birthday present!!! (squeeeee) He didn't come over, but that's ok. He's in Vancouver filming!! My hubby and daughter got me a Twilight Edward and Bella fleece throw so I get to snuggle with Edward anytime I want!!! I also got some other little goodies but it was a good day. Thanks for the well wishes from those of you that left them in my comments!! I appreciate you and your wonderful comments!!

Ok, focus. It's Thursday and that means it's Softpencil Thursday!! Yay!! These sweet digi images are so cute!! They tug at your heart, they really do!! Today we are using this adorable little image from Softpencil called Sleeping and Dreaming and I decided to make mine a fall version. I love fall with all the beautiful colors and textures of the season!!

Look at the little kitty!!! So sweet!!

I used the beautiful new Bo Bunny paper line for my card today. I don't think they can make a paper line that I don't love!! I used ribbon and a sentiment stamp from my stash. I cut the sentiment out with my nesties. I colored the image with my copics and sewed around all of the elements. I also popped everything up on pop dots. Such a sweet image for fall or anytime. By changing colors this image could be used for any season. You could use flowers on your tree for spring/summer. Very cute!! I hope you like my card as much as I enjoyed making it for you!!

Don't forget that Softpencil images are digital images so you can resize them to any size that you need for your project. Please visit my other DT sisters to see their stunning designs. Their links are in my sidebar. Thanks for stopping by today!! Be sure to leave a comment so I may return the favor! I love reading your comments and leaving them on your beautiful blogs. Be sure to come back tomorrow to see what I have made for you. Have a wonderful day!!

IT'S MY BIRTHDAY!!!!!

2009-09-08T09:06:00.005-05:00

Please make sure to scroll down to the next post and see my Christmas card for this week using Paper Piecing!!

Hi everyone!!! Does it seem like Monday to you?? I'm so confused (not an unusual feeling for me)!!! LOL

Today is my birthday!!!!! YAY me!! I wanted to share an award that I recently received from Elizabeth at Softpencil Designs. Thank you Elizabeth!!! I love it!! There is a link to her blog if you click on her name. She makes the most wonderful digi stamps!! Go check her out!!

i love blog awards!!! I love to look at all the different cute ones that eveyone has posted on their blog!! Well, I have a busy day, so I better get started. I have some other things to post as well, but I am out of time. Will try to come back later and post those. Thanks for taking time to check out my blog! It really means so much to me!!

Christmas Stampin' All Day Long

2009-09-07T00:54:00.000-05:00

Happy Monday and Labor Day My Friends!!

I hope you had a wonderful weekend and if you're still celebrating, I hope you're having a wonderful holiday as well. Today is Christmas Stampin' All Year Long day and wonderfully talented Debbie is our hostess with the mostest this week! The challenge for this week is to use paper piecing on our creations. This is a great technique and if you haven't tried it, you should give it a shot. If you need some inspiration for a sketch layout, Maria has drawn one up for you here.

For my card today, I used a CC Designs image from All that Scraps. I used K&Co. paper, Bo Bunny cardstock and Bazzill cardstock. I cut my image with nesties and used page pebbles and a glittery snowflake for embellies. I paper pieced her hat, coat and boots. I colored everything else with my copics. I used glitter pen on the hearts, her fluffballs on her scarf tie, the cuffs of her boots and sleeves and the ball on top of her hat. I hope you like her!

Kind of a short post today but tomorrow is my birthday and I have lots to get done. Be sure to visit the Christmas Stampin' All Year Long blog to see what the other challenge divas have created. I also have them listed on my sidebar. Better get started on those cards!! We'd love for you to play along, just leave a comment and a link to your creation on the Christmas Stampin' All Year Long blog or if you upload to SCS or PCP, use the keyword CSAYL. Thank you for stopping by my blog today. Be sure to leave me a comment so I can return the favor! Don't forget to come by tomorrow to see what I have to show you.

Stamp Giveaway!!!

2009-09-03T15:54:00.025-05:00

I'm editing this post to reflect that I did not make the sample cards in this post!! I got them from the website to show you. I'm sorry, I should've listed that originally.

I have some exciitng news to share with you!! Nutcrafters is releasing a new range of stamps called Harriett Hurst, and you can have the opportunity to win them!!!! Woo Hoo. Here are some sneak peeks of some of the images. You can find more sneak peeks and lots more information by going to the Nutcrafters blog.

Day One: Garden Gate and Help it Grow

Day Two: Frosty Friends and Sweet Dreams

Day Three: Tea for Two and Harriet with Sledge

Stamp a Day stamp Giveaway will offer the chance to win the stamp or stamps previewed on that day just by leaving your name/comment under the post. To enable everyone to have a fair go, we will leave the chance to win open until the end of all the previews and announce each days winner at the same time. This way you can go back and enter any you missed! So tell your friends, post it on your blogs, shout it from the roof tops, and most importantly leave a comment below each post!

To be in for a chance to win these stamps, please leave your name in the comments section, and remember you CAN go back and enter yesterdays too if you haven't already! We love feedback too, so if you have the time please leave us a comment, and if you don’t already, why not follow my blog and the Nutcrafters blog for up to the minute information about new releases, sales and promotions and all things Nutcrafters!

More stamps to win tomorrow, please feel free to take the banner above and use it on your blog, and tell your friends. There will be no preview tomorrow as Katie and Colette are away at a craft fair, but please join us again on Sunday. Have a wonderful day!! Don't forget, sign up as a follower on my blog for instant updates and news for all things Nutcrafters!! We carry a large line of stamps including Magnolia, High Hopes, The Greeting Farm, Penny Black, Ladybug & Friends, Nutshells, Sarah Kay and Stampavie. We also have a great collection of charms, cardstock and embellishments.

A Moo-va-lous Softpencil Thursday!

2009-09-03T03:56:00.000-05:00

Happy Thursday everyone!!

It's Thursday - so you know what that means. You guessed it. It's Softpencil Thursday. Woot hoot. This week I'm very excited to show you this adorable little cow stamp. How sweet is he?? This challenge this week was to make a 3D project. I love these challenges. I decided to make a gift/treat bag. I actually used a Creative Imaginations treat bag for my project. These bags are great for any type of gift or treat that you need to give. I didn't put a sentiment on so that I could use it for anything that pops up!! Because something always pops up!!

I colored my little sweet cow with my copics and used chalk to make the pretty sky. I just love this little image and being a digi image is great because I can size it according to the project that I need it for. I attached everything to my bag and punched holes in the top for my ribbon. That's it!!

I can't wait to see what my DT sisters have come up with. You can check out their blogs in my sidebar and see for yourself. You can purchase this stamp from Softpencil Etsy Store along with a lot of really cute images!! I know you'll love them as much as I do. Thank you for visiting my blog. I hope you'll come back tomorrow and see what I have to show you!! Have a wonderful day and I'll be around to visit your blogs later. I know I'm a little behind but it's been a tough week!!

Christmas Stampin' All Year Long

2009-08-31T03:17:00.015-05:00

Please be sure to scroll down for my other post for today!!

Hi friends! Happy Monday to you!!

It's time to get started on those Christmas cards if you haven't already!! It'll be here before you know it!! This week, Vicki of Summerthyme Studio will be hosting our challenge! Can you believe we're on week 32 and each week, we're closer to the holidays and closer to having those cards done! Vicki's challenge this week is to create a card using traditional Christmas Colors-Green, Red and a dash of silver or gold!!! We want to see your best creations. Sounds pretty simple, huh? We hope you'll play along this week! Please comment on today's post on the Christmas Stampin' All Year Long blog with the link to your project, SCS/PCP or online gallery. We can't wait to see what you come up with! There is a sketch if you need it on the Christmas Stampin' All Year Long blog but it is not part of the challenge. My camera was not liking all the red, so my pics are not very good today. I may try to re-take them if I get a chance, maybe outside.

For my card this week i used this adorable Penny Black image!! Isn't she cute!! I colored her with my copics, glitter pen, and I paper pieced the packages. I used fun flock on her sleeve cuffs to look like fur!! I used an Inkadinkado stamp for my sentiment and look at these cool clear plastic/acrylic snowflakes!! IRL they are very sparkly!! I used DCWV paper and Bazzill cardstock. To fulfill the silver or gold part of the challenge, I used silver pen to color in one of the shopping bags!! I used the wonderful Sketch Saturday sketch #66 for my card this week. I hope you like it!!

Be sure to visit the Christmas Stampin' All Year Long blog to see what the other challenge divas have created. I also have them listed on my sidebar. Again, we'd love for you to play along. Just leave a comment and a link to your creation on the Christmas Stampin' All Year Long blog or if you upload to SCS or PCP, use the keyword CSAYL. Thank you for stopping by my blog today. Be sure to leave me a comment so I can return the favor! Don't forget to come by tomorrow to see what I have to show you.

Swinging with the Nutshells

2009-08-30T09:50:00.018-05:00

Happy Sunday Everyone!!!

I hope your weekend is going well!! To bad it's almost over!! LOL. I have one of the new Midsummer Nutshells for you today. Nutshells is celebrating our first year birthday!!! This weekend we are having a BIG BIRTHDAY BONANZA. Our celebration is going on at Nutshells RIGHT NOW!!! Today is the last day that the set will be available at a special discounted price!! The set is made up of 10 stamps. Our Midsummer Nutshells are a collection of mischievous and enchanting Pixies, Sprites and Fairy Nutshells to add a touch of Magic to any card or project!! The set contains 5 Nutshells Character stamps and 5 accessory stamps.

OMG they are the cutest ever!!!!! You can read all about this fabulous set, see more previews from the DT and also about the weekend Here. Run over and get your set today before it's to late to cash in on that fabby discount!! The set is made up of 10 stamps.

For my card today I colored my image with my copics and cut her out. I made the card by cutting out the scalloped oval with my nesties to make a window for my little swinger!!! I used Imaginisce paper and created the sentiment on the computer and cut it out. I used dew drops on the ends of my banner.

I cut a piece of cardstock with my nesties and ran it through my cuttlebug swiss dots folder. I used pop dots to adhere my sweet little swinging nutshell. If you look closely, i used a very thin twine to make it look like real rope!!! This card was fun to make and I hope you like it.

The set was released on Friday (August 28th) and as part of the release, the set will be available at a special discounted price so hurry over to get yours today!!

Thanks for visiting my blog today. Your comments and continued visits truly are a blessing to me and I appreciate you more than you know. Have a wonderful day and I'll see you back here tomorrow with a Christmas creation for you to see.

Midsummer Nutshells-Birthday Bonanza!!!

2009-08-29T02:10:00.005-05:00

I'm editing this post to include a photo of the new Midsummer Nutshells and a few more details!!

Some exciting news is going on at Nutshells RIGHT NOW!!! Nutshells is celebrating our first year birthday!!! Woot hooot!! To celebrate, we're having a BIG BIRTHDAY BONANZA weekend from August 28th-31st, with lots of special offers and great deals! Sadly, my Design Team packet of stamps didn't make it to my house in the mail!!! I'm so disappointed!!! But I still had to share this with you because I'm so excited!!!

The super cute stamp set called Midsummer Nutshells has been released during this birthday bonanza!!! The set was released on Friday (August 28th) and as part of the release, the set will be available at a special discounted price!! The set is made up of 10 stamps. Our Midsummer Nutshells are a collection of mischievous and enchanting Pixies, Sprites and Fairy Nutshells to add a touch of Magic to any card or project!! The set contains 5 Nutshells Character stamps and 5 accessory stamps. Here is the reveal of the set: (drumroll please) LOL

OMG are they not the cutest ever!!!!! You can read all about this fabulous set, see more previews from the DT and also about the weekend Here. Run over and get your set today!!

These are really the cutest images ever. PLEASE come back later and I will try to have some samples to show you!!!! You will love them!!! See you later!!

Your Next Stamp Design Team Call

2009-08-28T22:54:00.003-05:00

Hi Everyone!!!!

I finally found some time to blog hop tonight and that the new company Your Next Stamp has a DT Call that ends today. Their images are really cute and I wanted to be sure and get this post done.

They ask that you post two of your favorite cards on your blog. Post about them and their call. Link them and your post in their comment section on the Your Next Stamp blog. This is your application for their DT! Here are my favorite two cards except I couldn't pick just two so I had to include these for their review. I love coloring and it is hard to pick my absolute favorites sometimes!! LOL! I really love them all with a few rare exceptions!!

So here it is. I hope I have done everything I need to do. Their stamps are really adorable and I would love to create with them!! Have a good night and I'll see you tomorrow!!

Blog Hoppin' Friday

2009-08-28T11:05:00.015-05:00

Just in time for Back to School is our theme at the InStyle Stamps blog hop! I had a different project planned for today, but since we've been back to school 2 week's and a few days, my child is already home sick!! Yes, tonsilitis and this morning decided to add a little bit of vomiting to the mix just to keep Mom on her toes (even though we've been up most of the night)!!! LOL Poor thing, so I had to alter the plan a bit. But that's ok because I think it turned out fine.

This first cutie is one of the anime images from ISS, her name is Janice. I used her with the soon to be released schoolhouse. This little card will send them off to school on the right foot for sure!! I colored both images with my copics and cut them out to mount on the cardstock. I hope you like her.

My next cutie is Jacob. I made him a week or 2 ago and decided that since the other half of my project fell through, I would use him because he's perfect for our theme. I went over to Splitcoast Stampers and found this adorable little card. It's called a Stair Step fold or an Accordion fold, depending on the orientation of your project. This would be a Stair Step fold since it's landscape, but this fold can work either way - portrait or landscape.

Here are the blog hop details... We will be giving away a Grand Prize to one lucky Blog Hop participant and also have a prize for one lucky design team member. To enter, hop through the design team’s blogs (you can find them in my sidebar), and then go to the InStyle Stamps blog and vote for the designer who's project inspired you the most. (You're going to vote for me, right? LOL!) Then leave us a comment on that post in order to be entered into the drawing for the grand prize.

I also wanted to let you know that sadly, this will be my last blog hop with ISS. My DT term is over and I must move on. I have loved being on this team with all of these wonderful designers. I am grateful for the chance to create with this team and the experience has been invaluable to me. I love all my DT sistahs and hope to stay in touch!! Thanks for visiting my blog. Please come back later today or tomorrow to see what I have to show you.

Softpencil Thursday Gone to the Birds!

2009-08-27T00:55:00.000-05:00

Happy Thursday Everyone!

I hope your week is going well! Today we get to use this adorable digital image from Softpencil , it's called Loving Birds. We were supposed to use shimmer, glitter or anything shiny. I used a glitter pen to add some bling to my birds!! I used K & Co. paper for my card. I printed my digi image birds and colored them with my copics. I cut them out with my nesties and tied ribbon around the whole piece and adhered it to my card. Very simple, but cute.

This is my out of focus shot that shows my glitter pen!

This is a cute image for any occasion and is easy to dress up or down. Please visit my other DT sisters to see their stunning designs. Their links are in my sidebar. Thanks for stopping by today!! Be sure to leave a comment so I may return the favor! I love reading your comments and leaving them on your beautiful blogs. Be sure to come back tomorrow to see what I have made for you. Have a wonderful day!!

Christmas Stampin' Gift Card Holder

2009-08-22T15:50:00.015-05:00

Happy Monday Everyone!

I hope your week is starting out great. This week our hostess Sankari has challenged us to make something other than a Christmas card. She wants us to create a card that is not your typical A2 card (A2 cards usually measure 4 1/4" x 5 1/2") Create anything but an A2 card! It can be a circle card, a square card, a heart card, a star card, a Christmas tree shaped card - any shape at all.

I created a gift card holder for my project this week. I used adorable Imaginisce Christmas paper and this adorable image from The Greeting Farm from the Hope and Grace set. Isn't she cute?? I put some Stickles in her hair and on her head band to give a little more festive look. I added some cute, sparkly snowflakes but they are not showing up in the picture very well. Trust me, IRL they are so cute and sparkly!! I used a rub-on sentiment on the inside and some tiny blue gems for accent.

I cut her out with my nesties and I just cut a very simple shape for the holder. I cut an 8 1/2 x 11 sheet of cardstock in half making it 8 1/2 x 5.5. I used my Scor-Pal to score it at 2" and 6". folded up the 2" portion and used double sided adhesive to adhere the edges. Your gift card will fit perfectly in the little pouch. Fold the top portion over and you have a gift card holder. I decorated it and here it is!! I hope you like it.

Be sure to visit the Christmas Stampin' All Year Long blog to see what the other challenge divas have created. I also have them listed on my sidebar. Better get started on those cards!! We'd love for you to play along, just leave a comment and a link to your creation on the Christmas Stampin' All Year Long blog or if you upload to SCS or PCP, use the keyword CSAYL. Thank you for stopping by my blog today. Be sure to leave me a comment so I can return the favor! Don't forget to come by tomorrow to see what I have to show you.

Step up to Softpencil Thursday

2009-08-20T00:44:00.007-05:00

Happy Thursday Everyone!

I hope your week is going well! Today we get to use this adorable digital image from Softpencil , it's called House Collection Set 2. I really loved this image set when I first saw it on Softpencil. I know I just made a stair step card but I thought this set would a very fun pop-up sort of card. These are the intructions according to Lynn. You can find the instructions and more samples at SCS. I kept the design pretty simple. I cut out and colored my images with my copics, added punched flowers to the eave of the house. I popped everything up on pop dots. I punched a cute little picket fence with my Martha Stewart punch. My papers are from Bo Bunny.

This is a great set for any occasion and is fun to use. Please visit my other DT members to see their stunning designs. Their links are in my sidebar. Thanks for stopping by today!! Be sure to leave a comment so I may return the favor! I love reading your comments and leaving them on your beautiful blogs. Have a wonderful day!!

Stair Step Fold Card

2009-08-17T00:51:00.013-05:00

This is my 2nd post for today. Please scroll down and look at my other post for today!!

Stair Step/Accordion Card

Hello Everyone,

Today it's my turn to host Method Monday over at InStyle Stamps!! Yay! We're going to use a Back to School theme for our project today. I went over to Splitcoast Stampers and found this adorable little card. I thought that you would have fun with this as well. Thanks Lynn for having this on the forum! These are the intructions according to Lynn. You can find the instructions and more samples at SCS.

It's called a Stair Step fold or an Accordion fold, depending on the orientation of your project. This would be a Stair Step fold since it's landscape, but this fold can work either way - portrait or landscape.

Cut your cardstock to the size of 10.5 X 5.0 - if you want to stamp on this, now would be the time to do it.

Score your cardstock at 1.25" - 2.5" - 4.25", 6" and at 8.25"

Now fold with hills and valleys (accordion style) making sure that the smallest (1.25" fold) is folded down, as this will be the front of your card) Look at my sample and you will see what I mean.

Now here's the fun part - decorate with anything - punches, cut-outs, stickers - whatever your theme is, just go with it. These cards may be done in landscape or portrait orientation so let your imagination run wild. Thanks for visiting my blog. Please come back tomorrow to see what I have to show you.