Swinging with the Nutshells

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.

Christmas Stampin' Gift Card Holder

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.

Very Exciting News!!!

TGIF Greetings everyone!!! I have the most wonderful news to share with you today. I have been asked by Elizabeth, the owner and illustrator, for Softpencil Digital Stamps, to be on her Design Team!!!! YAY!! HAPPY DANCE, HAPPY DANCE!!!

If you are not familiar with Softpencil Digital Stamps, you have to check them out! They are super cute and easy to use. Besides the digi stamps, Elizabeth has templates for the cutest little boxes ever. Take a minute when you can and visit the Softpencil shop here. Elizabeth is a sweetheart and remember the great thing about digi images, is the instant gratification and the freedom to size them to any size you need them. It doesn't get much better than that!

For my card today I used this adorable image from Softpencil called I will keep you safe bunny. How cute is this little bunny and flower?? My sentiment stamp is by Inkadinkado. I used the Sketch Saturday #58 for my card. I used Imaginisce paper and Prima flowers. I colored my image with my copics and added Stickles to the flower top around the face and a white gel pen for detail. I used dew drops in the corners and a button in the center of my flower. My ribbon came from my stash and the pink cardstock is embossed with my Sizzix folder. I think it turned out pretty well, don't you? Of course, my stickles refused to show up and the face of my flower is not quite that pink. Technology sometimes, ughhhhh!!


I'll be adding the names of my DT sisters to my sidebar later today. Thanks for visiting my blog. You are so important to me. I look forward to reading your kind words and visiting your blogs as well. Be sure you come back tomorrow. I'll have something else for you to check out!! Have a wonderful day!!

Brand new Nutshells in the House!!

Hey Everyone!!

I wanted to tell you about the Nutshells blog. There are a new range of Nutshells stamps coming out and they are super cute!! Look at this little cutie!! How sweet and sassy it she? I had so much fun coloring her too. The sketch is provided by the super sweet and talented Nikki.

I colored her with my copics and used Imaginisce patterned paper and Bo Bunny cardstock for the card. I used dew drops, flowers, gems and buttons. I used a glitter gel pen on her hairclip and the little heart on her dress. So sweet!!

I hope you like my card today. You should hurry over and check out the Nutshells blog because they have some yummy blog candy, but it ends June 5th so hurry!! You know how we need our sweets!! Thanks for stopping by my blog today, I really appreciate you!!

It's Flutterby Wednesday!

Happy Wednesday everyone!

Today is Flutterby Wednesday again. Time to celebrate everything Flutterby!! Be sure that you enter your flutterby creation today for your chance to win Danni's blog candy. Be sure to check her blog for all the details. The drawing will be on Thursday. We'd love to see your creations so if you upload to PCP or SCS be sure to use FBW42.

First, I want to apologize for my photo. I was having technical difficulties! For my card this week I wanted to do something a little different. I did a baby card with Imaginisce paper (love that stuff). I used my paisley Cuttlebug folder for my cardstock to give that pretty texture. My flower and butterfly are Jolee's and my stamps are Imaginisce. I distressed the edges of my little tag and scalloped oval with chalk ink. My little button brads and safety pin are by Making Memories.

Thanks for looking at my blog. I really appreciate you stopping by. Have a great day!!

Recipe:
Paper: Imaginisce, Bazzill
Felt Embellies: Jolee's
Other: Memento ink, chalk ink, brads and safety pin-Making Memories

A Simple Baby Welcome

Hi everyone! This will be a quick post. Today is just a simple little welcome baby card that I made a while back, but haven't posted. Sometimes you don't need a lot of embellishment to make a cute, sweet card. I used my Prismacolor pencils and OMS to color in my image. This is an Imaginisce stamp (giraffe). I'm sorry but I cannot remember whose stamps the little images are from. Maybe Stampendous?? The sentiment is an A Muse Artstamp.

I punched out my stamped image with an oval scalloped Marvy Uchida punch and the green mat with my Coluzzle. I ran the green piece through the Cuttlebug Swiss Dots folder for some texture. I popped the giraffe oval and the sentiment up on pop dots for added dimension. I used those cute little button brads from Making Memories on the sentiment block. I attached a strip of brown grosgrain ribbon across the front of the card.

On the inside of the card, I cut a piece of white cardstock and stamped a little baby bib in the corner and colored it with my Prismas and OMS. So cute and quick!

I hope you like my simple little card and come back soon to see what I'm up to next. I really appreciate you stopping by to look at my work, it means a lot. See you soon!!

Recipe:

Patterned paper: Imaginisce

Stamps: Imaginisce

Other: Prismacolor pencils, OMS, brads (Making Memories), Cuttlebug embossing, Swiss Dots, chalk ink, ribbon (craft supply), foam dots (EK Success)

Another Lily the Fairy

Hi all! Hope everyone is okay. I wanted to share my second Lily the Fairy card with you. This image is so much fun to use and color! I love Pink Cat Studio stamps and I'm not ashamed to admit it!1 LOL! I love all stamps!! hehe!! I should probably see someone about this obsession - ok I won't. I'll just keep making stuff and sharing it with you!!

Now, onto my card. I colored my Lily the Fairy with my copics and cut her out with my Coluzzle. I know, it's been forever since I used that!! I cut Lily out, then I cut the striped paper into a frame and attached it to the Lily circle. I popped her up on pop dots and used Shimmerz on her wings, wand and flowers to make her extra pretty! I used flowers by Hero Arts and jeweled brads from my stash. The patterned paper is Imaginisce and the cardstock is Bazzill. I used pink tulle to tie a pretty knot through the flower eyelets on top.

This is a closeup showing those beautiful Shimmerz paints. If you haven't tried these, you should treat yourself. They are absolutely beautiful and so easy to use. Look how much shine they put on the flowers!! IRL they are really pretty!

This is the inside of my card. I stamped Pink Cat images on the inside. I used a Memory Box stamp for the sentiment. I love how this card turned out. This is the second of my Lily cards that I entered into the contest. There were some stunning cards in the contest.

I didn't take a picture of the popped up image but it is popped up. I thought three pictures were enough! I hope you enjoy my card and my blog. Be sure to leave a comment so I know you were here. Come back soon and see what else I've been up to. Thanks for stopping by. See you soon!!

Recipe:

Image: Lily the Fairy - Pink Car Studio

Patterned Paper: Imaginisce, Cardstock: Bazzill

Flowers: Hero Arts

Stamp: Memory Box

Other: Coluzzle, Shimmerz paints, Copics, Making Memories eyelets, tulle, pop dots