Softpencil Thursday-Halloween Bag

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!!

It's Fall at Softpencil Thursday!!!

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!!

Step up to Softpencil Thursday

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!!

IT'S RELEASE DAY!!!

Hi everyone!! This is my second post for today so please scroll down to see post #1.
I'm so excited!!! It's release day for our Nutshells Boys and to celebrate we are having a challenge!!!

We would love to see you create a card for a man/boy using the colors blue and green.
Any stamp can be used, but if you have a Nutshells Boy we would love to see it on your card!
What do I win you ask? Your choice of any 3 Nutshells stamps from our web shop. WOO-HOOOOO!

These stamps are sooo cute and fun to color. On my card I have used a Stamps and Smiles sketch 21. I just reduced the size of the card. I used copics to color Al, accented with a white gel pen and I cut him out with my nesties. I ran my red strip through the cuttlebug with my swiss dots folder. My DP is by Bo Bunny. I stamped my sentiment with a Stampendous stamp. I used buttons and dew drops to accent the sentiment strip. I popped Al up on pop dots to add dimension.




To join in for a chance to win these fabulous stamps, leave a comment and link to your card under the post on the Nutshells Blog. The challenge will close next Sunday (12th July) at 8pm.

Father's Day hits Thankful Thursday!

Happy Thursday to you!!

Today is Thursday so that means that it is Thankful Thursday over at the InStyle Stamps blog! This is my first time to host Thankful Thursday so be gentle!! In case you're new to Thankful Thursday, it is a sketch challenge that we host every week over at the InStyle Stamps blog. All you have to do is create a Thankful card following the sketch, post a comment on their blog and a link to your creation and that's it. Pretty easy stuff, huh!

This week I decided to borrow a sketch from my wonderfully talented friend Maria Bell. She is the sketch queen!! If you've never been to her blog, you should visit. You will find a sketch of every conceivable description and some wonderful inspiration!! If you have been to her blog then you know I'm right!! She's also a true sweetie!! Thank you, Maria!!

This is the sketch I chose for this week. You should really take a minute and enter this challenge. It's a great sketch and I would love for you to play!!

I made a Father's Day card or actually a Father-to-Be card because I consider that to be a thank you card! This adorable image is a Sneak Peek of an image that will be released on Friday called Lance and Lisa. Aren't they the cutest little expectant parents ever?? I think they're sweet. You will be able to find them at InStyle Stamps on Friday.

I colored my image with my copics and highlighted with a white gel pen. I cut it out with my nesties. I printed my sentiment out on the computer and cut it out. I chalked the edges of my image circle and the sentiment with blue chalk to keep it from being so white. I wanted color on the edges but didn't want the strong color that I would get if I inked the edges. Chalk is great for that! I put brads in my sentiment and popped it up on pop dots. I put a piece of brown ribbon across the top of the card. I used that wonderful Bo Bunny paper that I love so much!! My ribbon came from my stash.

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog!! Be sure to leave a comment so I know you were here!! I love reading your comments, they mean so much!! Have a great day!

Spend the weekend InStyle!!

Happy Sunday everyone!! I hope your weekend is going well. If you have a 3 day weekend, even better!!

I told you I would share my daughter's award's day news with you. For those of you that don't know, my daughter is in the 3rd grade and we had awards day this week. I am proud of her whether she wins an award or not, but she actually brought home the Computer Award out of her class of 22 and she brought home an award for being on the Principal's Honor Roll for the ENTIRE year!!!! Yay, Brittany!! She also won an award on Field Day. She took home 3rd place in the egg carrying contest!! lol (the old egg on a spoon, remember) Out of 300 something students, that's pretty good!! So there you go.

Ok, onto business! I wanted to share a card I made using InStyle Stamps Anime image Mike and Jessie. Aren't they just the cutest ever? I know I say this every time but these images really are so versatile and fun to use. You could use this image for birthdays, get well, congrats, thinking of you, thanks, you get the picture! It's perfect for any occasion.



For my card I paper pieced Jessie's dress and boots with Die Cuts with a View Spring Stack paper. The rest of the image is colored with my copics. My sentiment stamp is by Stampendous. I used Bazzill cardstock and the glittery paper is from the DCWV Glitter Spring Stack. I highlighted with my white InkEssentials gel pen that I got from Susana's Custom Art and Card Design. My flowers are Primas and the brads are Making Memories. The ribbon is Bo Bunny. I used this week's Stamps and Smiles sketch challenge for my card layout. Yay I got a challenge done this week!! They have the greatest sketches and the cutest stamps. You should check them out.

Don't forget, we have our InStyle Stamps blog hop this Friday. Woo hoo!! I'll have more information for you soon. I hope you enjoy my card. I'm glad you stopped by to visit and I hope you'll leave me a comment. I truly do love reading your comments, they mean so much to me! I'll be back on Monday with something else to show you, so be sure you come back to visit!! Have a wonderful rest of the weekend!!

It's an InStyle Tuesday!!

Happy Tuesday!! The weather here is beautiful and I wanted to do a quick post to share a

cute card that I made using InStyle Stamps Anime image Daisy. Even though my picture is not the greatest (I couldn't get her hair to show up correctly), isn't she still the cutest ever? These images are so versatile and fun to use. You could use her for birthdays, get well, congrats, thinking of you, thanks, you get the picture! She's perfect for any occasion.

All of the supplies that I used are Bo Bunny, except the Dew Drops. I cut Daisy out with my Spellbinders Nesties that I got at Susana's Custom Art & Card Design. She has an amazing selection of all the new stuff, so go take a look!! I colored Daisy with my copics and used my Inkssentials white gel pen, also from Susana's, for some subtle highlights.

A simple card design that lets my image take center stage. You gotta love that!! For the inside, I simply cut some of my DP and used it in the corners to make a frame of sorts for my sentiment which is an Inkadinkado stamp. I hope you enjoy my card. I'm glad you stopped by to visit and I hope you'll leave me a comment. I love reading your comments, they mean so much! Come back again tomorrow and see what I have to show you!!

Sneak Peak Saturday!!

Hello Friends!

Today I have a sneak peek for you from InStyle Stamps!! I'm so excited!! I would like to introduce you to Hiroki. I love this little cutie!! Look at the sweetness in his face! I just want to pinch his cheeks!! How versatile is this little guy? I can think of so many sentiments that would go with him.

I know you recognize this paper!! It was laying on my table (from a couple of days ago) when I was deciding what to do with Hiroki and it just seemed to fit! Bo Bunny is just the best! I colored Hiroki with my copics and cut him out with my circle nesties. I rounded the corners of the patterned paper and the card inself. I wanted to keep the design to a minimum so you could really capture the sweetness of this image.

I hope you like it! He will be available on Wednesday. Don't forget that InStyle is having a huge sale until April 30th!! Be sure to use the code: ISSA20009 and put Cathy in the comment box so I can get you that 20% off your entire order (excludes Copics). We have released some really great stamps so go check 'em out!! There is something for everyone, even digis! So what are you waiting for??

Thanks for stopping by my blog today!! I really appreciate you!! Have a great rest of the weekend and I'll see you soon!

Happy Birthday Jax!

Happy Thursday Everyone!!

Wow, it's been so long since I've posted a card I almost forgot how!! Thanks everyone for your well wishes. I am feeling a little better sinus wise, but I had to go get a shot for my back pain a little while ago. So not so good there, but it should improve soon. I hope. LOL!

I wanted to share an InStyle Stamps image with you today from the Anime line of stamps. If you haven't been to our store lately, you really should take a peek at what you're missing!1 We have a phenominal collection of the cutest stamps ever!!

Right now, if you go over and shop, you can enter this code: ISSA20009 and Cathy on the comment line and you will receive 20% off your order!! How great is that?? We offer super low shipping rates and super fast delivery. Some stamps are available as digis also! Be sure to shop quickly because this offer expires on April 30th!! This offer excludes Copics (sorry).

Now for my card. This is just a simple birthday card using Jax and some yummy Bo Bunny birthday paper and ribbon. I colored Jax with my copics. I stamped my Hero Arts sentiment onto white cardstock, cut into a tag, put an eyelet through and ran the ribbon through the eyelet. I inked the edges of the tag with red chalk ink. I used dew drops to give a little extra bling and popped him up on pop dots. I hope you like it!!

Thanks for stopping by my blog today. Be sure to come back tomorrow for the InStyle Stamps blog hop!! I'll have all the details for you soon!! There will be lots of prizes and you get to vote on the DT project that you like the best and that designer wins a prize. I hope you like mine!!! See you tomorrow!

My Very First Sneak Peek

Happy Easter everyone!!

Today I have my very first sneak peek for InStyle Stamps!! I'm so excited!! I would like to introduce you to Tiffany. I love this little cutie!! How versatile is she?? I can think of so many sentiments that would go with her.

For my card I used Bo Bunny paper (love this stuff). I colored my image with my Copics and used some stickles on her pom-poms, her waistline and her hair tie. IRL they are super sparkly!! I also colored the end of the pom poms pink and the rest blue to give it some dimension. I also inked around her panel with blue chalk ink to make her pop. I love how this turned out!! I used my nesties to cut her out and some Bo Bunny ribbon to tie it all up. I popped her up with pop dots. I also rounded the corners of my card and paper and added some pretty blue dew drops for a little added bling!!

I hope you like my card and that you'll check back with me tomorrow to see what else I have for you. Tiffany will be available on Wednesday of this week so be sure you go to the InStyle Stamps website to pick her up!! Have a great rest of the day!

It's Still Flutterby Wednesday!!

Hi Everyone,

According to my clock it's still Flutterby Wednesday!! This is my second post for today so be sure to scroll down to see both. I hope the rest of my week gets on schedule! I hate when going to the dentist gives you a 2 day migraine. Ugh.

Anyway, I'm trying to get caught up so this week at Flutterby Wednesday we had a sketch challenge courtesy of the lovely and talented Maria Bell. I love Maria, she is so very talented and is one of the sweetest people ever. For super inspiration, visit her blog here.

To celebrate Danni's 50th Flutterby Wednesday post, we have a special guest designer, Catherine St. Clair! And our featured team member this week is Heather! I also have to tell you that this is Ami and Kimmie' s last week. I know, we are sad too, but we can only take on so much, before something has to give. So we wish them well and hope that they will visit us really soon.

Danni is offering blog candy to celebrate her 50th week doing Flutterby Wednesday. So be sure to visit her blog to get all the details. Here's a sneak peek though!!

Here is my card for this week. This is the cutest Penny Black stamp ever!!! I love it and will be using it again soon!! The image is stamped on white cardstock and colored with my copics. To add a little color, I created a scene for our sassy little kitty! I stamped grass and flowers. I colored the flowers and leaves with my copics and chalked the grass and sky around her. She looks like she's lounging in the backyard!! I could hardly keep from laughing while I colored her and her little scene. It really made me smile. I used Bazzill bling, regular Bazzill and Bo Bunny patterned paper. I generated the sentiment on my computer and cut it out with my Nesties. That's about it. I hope this card makes you smile. I want to thank you for stopping by my blog. I hope you leave a comment so I know you were here. Hugs to you all!!

Butterflies and Buttons

Hi all!! It's Flutterby Wednesday and I have another cute card for you. Have you played along yet?? What are you waiting for? Make a card that has a butterfly on it and if you upload it to PCP or SCS use the keyword FBW. That makes it easier for us to find your wonderful creation. This week we used butterflies and buttons on our cards.

I'm pretty sure Danni has some blog candy coming soon, so you might want to check out her blog to get all the details. Be sure that you check out my flutterby sisters to see what beautiful work they have done this week. Their links are on my sidebar.

I've had this stamp for awhile but haven't inked it up. Poor little flutterby!! Well it's been inked now and here's what it looks like.

I love how it looks with this pretty Bo-Bunny paper. I LOVE this paper, so yummy!! I stamped my butterfly on white cardstock with Memento and colored it with my Copics. I also used my glitter pen to give it a little bling. the stamps on the inside of my card are Hero Arts. I also colored part of my flourishes in with my Copics and used my glitter pen. I mounted my stamped image on pink and green cardstock and put cute little tiny buttons in the corners. I tied ribbon around and tied in a knot. Simple but sweet.

I hope you like my card as much as I enjoyed making it. I appreciate you visiting my blog. Please leave me a comment so I'll know you came by!! I'll meet you back here tomorrow for something else cute!! Bye for now!

A Fish Tale for Ian!

Happy Monday everyone!!

First I want to thank everyone for their kind comments about my situation yesterday. I didn't want to give too many details because of the TMI factor!! I should have given blog candy for the first person to leave a comment telling me what kind of testing I was supposed to have this morning!!! LOL I was supposed to have a colonoscopy this morning but it didn't work out!! You can read the previous post for all the details.

Today I have an adorable Ian from the Rock the Farm Set over at The Greeting Farm to share with you today. I was supposed to have this entered into the sketch contest but I didn't quite make it. But I love my card anyway so I wanted to go ahead and post it. I will probably give this to my hubby. He loves to fish and this will be perfect for him.

I started out by stamping Ian onto white cardstock and coloring him with my copics. I chalked a little around the edges of the Ian rectangle and the circle. Look at the little tiny googly eye on the fish!! Is this not adorable? (see next photo for better look). I cut him out and matted him onto blue paper and placed him onto the card front with pop dots. The paper on the card front is Chatterbox. I cut a cute little circle with my nesties and put my little "gone fishin" button on with a glue dot. This is the cutest button ever and perfect with my little fisherman!! I finished off with a cute strip of Bo-Bunny ribbon tied in a knot.

You know you should never leave the inside of your card naked!! LOL so I cut a piece of white card stock and stamped my sentiment from the Rock the Farm set. I also stamped just the little fishes from the Ian stamp and the two heart flowers in the corners (also from the set). I colored all of this in with my copics.

I really like how this card turned out. I think DH will love it as well. What do you think?? Please be sure to leave me a comment and let me know what you think. I love to read the comments and appreciate every single one of you that takes time to stop by my blog to check it out. I will continue to provide you with lots of inspiration (hopefully) and maybe a couple of simple tutorials in the coming future!! So be sure you check back often, to see what I'm up to.

Hugs to everyone and have a wonderful day!!

Lily and Billy Visit Flutterby Wednesday!

Happy Flutterby Wednesday Everyone!!

Today is Flutterby Wednesday and my card is serving double duty. I used my Pink Cat Studio Love Challenge card as my challenge card and my Flutterby Wednesday card. Pretty good, huh. I will post pictures of my card, but will try to take some better ones that show off the pretty glitter on my flowers and tiny butterflies. I tried to take the pictures last night, but the light was not right so I'll have to edit my post to show the new photos. Lily and Billy are so cute hanging out in the meadow together!

I used the Lily and Billy Sweetheart set and added a few other elements to make it so cute!! I love these images. They are so sweet and cute!! I used a Whiff of Joy stamp to get my grass and flowers. I used a CC Designs from All that Scraps for my cute little birdies and a set from Our Craft Lounge to stamp my little butterflies. I colored my image with copics and used chalk to blend a pretty blue sky! I also used Glossy Accents on the rose and the hearts on Lily's dress. I also used it on her pigtail holders and her earring. You can see the dimension that the Glossy Accents gives and the wet shine that makes it so pretty. I used my Spica glitter pens to put some sparkle on the flowers. Hopefully the picture is picking that up. If not, I will try to upload some different photos later to show the glitter. I popped the birds and Lily and Billy up on pop dots to make them stand out. I also popped up the entire panel that the scene is on.

You can play along with us by creating a Flutterby card of your own. Be sure to tag it with FBW44 if you upload to SCS or PCP. Be sure that you stop by Danni's blog for more exciting news about Flutterby Wednesday. Be sure to check out the other Flutterby Wednesday team for some amazing creations.

Please come back and see what I'm up to tomorrow! I love to read your comments, so please leave them for me.

Recipe

Stamps: Lily and Billy Sweetheart, Whiff of Joy, CC Designs, Our Craft Lounge

Paper: Bo-Bunny

Ink: Memento, Copics

Other: Brads, chalks, Spica Glitter Pens, pop dots, Martha Stewart punches