Christmas Stampin' All Year Long

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!!

Christmas in May??

Hello all!! 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!! Yay!!

This week please help us welcome our newest diva. Her name is America and her blog is Cards Created by America. She makes amazing cards and we're glad to have her as part of our team! I think she'll be starting next week. America's blog address is: http://cardsbyamerica.blogspot.com/

Debbie of "the Paper Garden" will be hosting our challenges every 3rd week of the month and this week her challenge is a color combo challenge! The color combo is: Sage, Chocolate and Peach. If you like to use Stampin Up colors that are closest to the challenge colors, they are: Sage Shadow, Chocolate Chip, Apricot Appeal or Cameo Coral. The color palette above are the actual Stampin Up colors but you may use any similar colors. They don't have to be Stampin Up colors. Again, the color combo for this challege is: Sage, Chocolate, Peach. I promise IRL my peach is really much more peach than orange but my camera would not cooperate so it looks orange!! Ugh!!

I used my Pink Cat Studio Lily stamp for this card. I colored my image with my Copics and used a Sakura glitter pen to add a little bling to Lily's coat. I love this image! My sentiment is a Hero Arts stamp. I used Bazzill cardstock for my card. I used Black Memento ink to stamp my image and sentiment. I used a really cute sequin trim to add a little bling and dimension. I can't remember who made it though. (sorry).

This is the weird photo that shows where I colored with my Sakura glitter pen!

Be sure to visit the Christmas Stampin' All Year Long blog to see what our head diva, Maria and 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 or later this afternoon to see what fabulous creation I have for you! Sign up as a follower and I'll let you know as soon as I'm done!! See you then!

Happy Flutterby Wednesday!!

Hi everyone!!


It's Flutterby Wednesday again and our challenge this week was to use red, white and blue along with a fairy or butterfly. It was really hard for me to picture fairies or butterflies with red, white and blue, but I managed to pull it off!! Our featured stamper this week is Nancy. You should play along with us and be sure that if you upload to PCP or SCS that you use FBW in your keywords so we can see your beautiful creations.

You can go to Danni's blog for more in-depth details. For my card today I used the Mojo Monday Sketch 84. I used Enchanted Lily from Pink Cat Studios. I love this image!! She's so cute and cheerful!! I used Paper Loft paper and Bazzill cardstock. I cut my sentiment out with my nesties. I inked the edge with red ink for definition and tied ribbon through the top. I popped it up with pop dots for dimension.



I stamped Lily with Memento ink and colored her with my copics. I used a white gel pen to add highlights. I painted her wings with Shimmerz. You can find Memento ink, copics, Shimmerz and white gel pen at Susana's Custom Art and Card Design. She has a fabulous selection of stamping accessories and her rubber stamps are adorable. You should visit her and see what you can find. There's something for everyone.






Sorry about the short post but my pain meds are wearing off and I need to go sit comforably. Thanks for stopping by my blog. I really appreciate you. Be sure to leave me a comment so I know you were here!! Hugs to you all and have a great 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

A Valentine for Madelynn

Happy Saturday Everyone!!
I have a Valentine for Madelynn this week!!! I used the Madelynn'e Twinkling Tuesday Sketch MTTSC7 for my card. I turned the sketch on it's side and created my card that way. I had a lot of fun making this card! I love Pink Cat Studio stamps and Lily is my favorite!! I apologize if these pictures aren't very good. I seemed to be having trouble doing that today as well.

I used some great Valentine paper from Cloud 9 and Lily the Fairy digi image (soon to be a stamp, so stay tuned)!! I colored her with my Copics and used a Quickie glue pen to apply Prsma glitter to her image. I started out layering my cardstock onto my base card with patterned paper on top. I used 3 heart doilies on the center of the card. One pink, red and white. I adhered Lily onto the center one with pop dots to give some dimension. I used some gems because Lily has to have her bling!! I stamped the sentiment in the bottom corner using the new Lily and Billy Sweethearts set. I tied pink ribbon in a bow and then I adhered the pretty red bow with the pearl heart in the center. So pretty!!

I love Lily and lacy doilies! I already had this started before I got my Lilly and Billy Sweethearts stamps. That's why I used Lily the Valentine Fairy.

I hope you like my Lily Valentine! Thanks for stopping by my blog. Be sure that you come back tomorrow to see that else I've been up to.

Recipe:
Paper: Cloud 9 dp, Bazzill cs
Stamps: Digi Image Lily the Fairy- Pink Cat Studio
Other: Copics, doilies, Martha Stewart ribbon, pearl heart bow, jewels, Hero Arts glitter, Quickie glue pen

(Special Note: I edited this post to include a picture that Melissa from Pink Cat Studios helped me enhance. I couldn't get my software to do the colors correctly and she was able to help me out. She is so sweet!! Thanks, Melissa!!)

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

Lily the Fairy

Happy Thursday to you!! Depending on where you live, it's a cold Thursday!! I wanted to share my Lily the Fairy card. I just love this image from Pink Cat Studio!! She is perfect for lots of occasions. My daughter is in love with this little fairy!

For my card I used some beautiful Cloud Nine glittered paper-perfect for a fairy! I colored her with my copics and cut her out with my nesties Label One set. My sentiment was cut from the scalloped round circle nestie. I embossed the blue and purple layers with my Cuttlebug. One is the swiss dots folder and the other is the birds and swirls folder. The flowers are Imaginisce.

And here's a closeup of this little cutie!! IRL her face is not orange, I promise!!

I hope you like her. Thanks for stopping by today to take a look. Please come back and check out my little corner of the crafting world tomorrow!

Recipe:

Pink Cat Studio Image

Copics

Paper: Cloud 9, Bazzill

Stamp: Hero Arts (sentiment)

Dies: Spellbinder Nestabilities

Embossing: Cuttlebug

Other: brads (K & Co), flowers (Imaginisce), Memento Ink

Bye for now, Cathy.

Love my snowman!

Hi everyone,

I hope your new year is going well so far. My sweet daughter shared her upper respiratory infection with me and I am miserable on so many levels. Anyway, I won't bore you with that. I made this card using my Pink Cat Studio Lily and Tweet stamp set. I absolutely adore these stamps!! All of the PCS stamp sets are so cute! You'll be seeing more from this set and my other sets as soon as I feel alive again (lol). The PCS stamps have such a warm, sweet, friendly feel to them and offer great versatility for any occasion. I just love them (can't you tell). If you haven't already, check them out. You can click on the link above or on the cute kitty on my sidebar to see these wonderful stamps.

I colored my image with my copics. I've been practicing with these markers and hopefully I'm getting better, if not, be gentle. I think it turned out pretty well. My dew drops and pink marker look a little loud in the photos, but IRL they match really well. I used my Martha Stewart snowflake and lace doily edge punch on my card.

Thanks for stopping by. Don't forget to watch for the Flutterby Wednesday Designs starting this week.

Supplies:
Stamps: Pink Car Studio- Lily & Tweet Set
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Paper: Chatterbox Cardstock: Bazzill Basics
Other: Copics, Dew Drops by The Robin's Next, Martha Stewart Punches

I don't know why my text suddenly wants to be centered, but I'm too tired to figure it out now (lol).Off to the Dr. I go.