Christmas Stampin' All Year Long

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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.

Christmas Stampin' All Year Long

Happy Monday Everyone!!! I hope you had a wonderful weekend!! We start school full time this morning so we are back to our early AM routine! (ugh)

This week Vicki is the host for our challenge. She wants us all to use the spotlight technique for our projects! Highlight part of your image by stamping it twice and layering it! Here's a great Tutorial to show you how!

For my card I used this adorable Hero Arts snowman image to try out my technique. I think he worked pretty well!! I used yummy K & Co. paper and an Inkadinkado stamp for the sentiment. I colored my image with copics and used Martha Stewart chunky glitter for my snow. I used the Sketch Saturday sketch #63 for my layout. I tried to keep it simple so that my image would really shine. I'm used to a lot of embellies, so I feel strange not adding a bunch of stuff to my card!!!

This was a fun challenge and I hope you like my card. 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. It's time to 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 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!!

It's a Monday Sketch Challenge!

Hello all!! Happy Memorial Day!! It's Monday and that means that we're making another Christmas card to add to our stack of completed cards for Christmas this year!! Woo hoo!! You can get started on your cards today, play along with us!! You'll love this sketch!

Our fabulous leader, Maria has created another super sketch challenge #18 for us to use. This is a great sketch!! My image stamp is by Great Impressions and my sentiment stamp is by Inkadinkado. I used Making Memories papers and Martha Stewart snow glitter on my card. I used a glitter gel pen on the bells around the reindeer's neck. The glitter brads I used are from the $1 bin at Target!! The ribbon is from my stash. I colored the image with my Copics and that's about it!! Just a simple card, but one more closer to being done with my cards for the year!!

Here's the weird dark shot that shows my glitter and glitter pen a little better.

Be sure to visit the Christmas Stampin' All Year Long blog to see what our head diva, Maria and the other challenge divas have 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. I truly appreciate you and your comments! Be sure to come by tomorrow to see what I've created for you! You can sign up as a friend and I'll let you know as soon as I'm done!! See you then!

Christmas Stampin' All Year Long

Good Morning!! It's Monday, that means that it is Christmas card day!! At Christmas Stampin' All Year Long, we create Christmas cards every Monday. By the time November arrives, we have a whole bunch of Christmas cards ready to send out!! How much stress will that take out of the holiday season??
Anywhoo, our fearless leader, Maria has created another fabulous sketch for us to use. This will be sketch #10. This was a great sketch and one I will use again for sure.

For my card this week, I used some pretty K&Co. Christmas paper, Doodlebug buttons, Bo Bunny ribbon, Martha Stewart Snow glitter, Inkadinkado sentiment stamp and Great Impressions stamp for the main image. I stitched the patterned paper to my card with my sewing machine. I used a paper piercer to do the piercing and my Copics to color my image. I also used Glossy Accents on the snowman's hat and button for a shiny effect.

This is a very simple card but I think it turned out great. What do you think?
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.

Thanks for coming by to look at my blog. I hope you enjoy my creations and that they will bring you inspiration. I'll see you tomorrow with more eye candy for you to look at!! Have a wonderful day!!

Recipe:

Stamps: Great Impressions, Inkadinkado

Paper: K&Co., Bazzill

Other: Doodlebug buttons, Bo Bunny ribbon, Martha Stewart Snow glitter, Glossy Accents, Copics

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!

My Favorite Little Angel Meets Madelynn!!

Happy Saturday everyone!!

I have the sweetest little Angel Anya for my Madelynn's Twinkling Tuesday sketch MTTSC8. I know the key word here is "Tuesday", but I think Madelynn will love it just as much on Saturday. Better late than never, I always say.

I seem to be on an Anya roll lately, but this little Angel is the cutest, sweetest little thing ever and she fit the sketch!! Anya is just the cutest image from The Greeting Farm.

Now for the details. I colored Anya with my Copics and used my nesties to cut her into a scalloped oval. I used yummy Basic Grey paper and if you look closely, you will see the fabulous Shimmerz on her wings and halo. Hopefully, you can see the angelic shimmer in my photos. I think my settings are getting better. I also used pretty purple rhinestones because even Angels need their bling!! I thought the sentiment was perfect for her. I popped the sentiment and Anya up on pop dots for dimension. I also tied a knot with this gorgeous purple ribbon.

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog today! It really means a lot. Leave a comment if you like and let me know what you think. I love to read your thoughts!

Recipe:

Stamps: Angel Anya, Inkadinkado (sentiment)
Ink: Copics, Memento
Paper: Basic Grey dp, Bazzill cs
Other: nesties, Shimmerz, rhinestones Kaiser Craft, ribbon May Arts, pop dots.