Birthday Wishes...SFYTT style

Good Morning!

Some more Verve-y goodness to show you today!  This is my card for Jen's November SFYTT.  And, as usual, I am just getting it finished at the last minute....not like I have a whole month to get it done!

Last minute or not, I did get it done, as I have all year so far!

It's a good thing I am not mailing this card.....I'd get charged extra postage for sure!  It's a heavy one!

My Go-To set from Verve has to be Bloom & Grow.  I just love the flowers, and the leaves! 

I started by stamping the leaves in Old Olive ink onto some SU Whisper White, and the flowers in Regal Rose, Melon Mambo, Rich Razzleberry and Elegant Eggplant ink.  Then, they were cut out using the Elegant Leaves die and the Floral Circles die.

The paper is from My Minds Eye Lime Twist Happy Go Lucky. 

After getting all these panels mounted, I added some lace from KaiserCraft, then added the sentiment from Amazing Wishes.

Thanks for stopping by today!  Have a great day!

supplies

stamps - bloom & grow (verve), amazing wishes (verve)

paper - kraft, old olive, happy go lucky (my minds eye)

other - lace (kaisercraft), elegant leaves die (verve), floral circles die (verve), markers (su!), nestabilities

You Go Girl!

Good Evening!

I've got two sleeping kiddos, and two sleeping dogs, so I figured I'd sit down and get some blogging done!

I have actually got my cards finished for the Viva La Verve November Sketch Challenges!  The month always starts off so well....then I just don't get around to finishing!  Not this time!  I got em done!

Here is what I created for the November Week 3 sketch!

I strayed from my typical Christmas card to make this card, perfect for a little baby girl.....and I just might be meeting one soon!

I stamped this adorable giraffe, from To The Moon, onto SU Very Vanilla cs twice.  I coloured one of them with my copics, and cut the other out using my circle nestabilities.  I added a little doodling around the edges of the circle as well.  The scarf was stamped onto a piece of the dp, then cut out and mounted onto the giraffe!

The kraft panel was run through my die cutter with the Cuttlebug Seeing Spots folder.  The sentiment is part of the To The Moon set, and it was cut out using the First Place Ribbon die-namic from My Favorite Things.

The paper is from A Happy Heart by My Minds Eye.  I love the rich colours in this pack!  To finish it off, I added the Rose Red double stitched ribbon.

Thanks for stopping by today!

supplies

stamps - to the moon (verve)

paper - kraft, very vanilla, a happy heart (my minds eye)

other - copics, nestabilities, ribbon (su!), little open scallop die-namic (my favorite things), seeing spots embossing folder (cuttlebug), first place ribbon die-namic (my favorite things)

Challenge Week #52

Can you believe it?  This year's Christmas Card Challenge is over!!  It has been an awesome 6 months working with a great team!  I have been honoured to be a part of it!

Sadly, this is my last card as a member of Sparkle's Christmas Card Challenge Design Team.  This week, the challenge was to use Vellum.

I started by printing out this adorable Santa Bear from Anita Be Stampin.  He was coloured in using copic markers, then "fussy cut".

This fabulous layout is Jen's Deconstructed Sketch #28.  The vellum snowflake was cutout using my snowflake nestabilities, and the button was added from my stash.  The paper is all from the Twelve Days of Christmas by My Minds Eye.

Thanks so much for stopping by today.

supplies

stamps - santa bear (anita be stampin')

paper - kraft, real red, 12 days of christmas (my minds eye)

other - linen thread (su!), copics, nestabilities, corner chomper, big scallop border cut-up (the cat's pajamas)

Stamp Fairy Release Day!

It's release day at Stamp Fairy!

This week.....more Christmas images!

This is Molly, and Gerda created some more adorable winter scenes with her!  I started by printing her out onto some SU Whisper White cs and colouring her in with my copics.

I cut her out using my nestabilities, and then doodled around the edges.  The paper I used is Crate Paper Snow Day.

This post is short....so if you are in the middle of Black Friday shopping, go ahead and get right back to it!

Have a great weekend!

supplies

stamps - molly wintertime (stamp fairy)

paper - kraft, whisper white, rich razzleberry, snow day (crate paper)

other- nestabilties, sugar sparkly fluff, copics

Patches...

Good Morning!  Hope this finds you all preparing for a great week!  For my American friends, it's a short one, with Thanksgiving just 2 days away!  Up here in the north, we just reap the benefits of your Black Friday sales, and watching football ALL DAY Thursday.  I am looking forward to the football!  As for the shopping, I'll be doing mine from in front of my computer!

I have yet another Christmas card to share with you.  This is Patches, one of the newest members of the Stamp Fairy family.

I printed Patches out onto SU Whisper White CS, and then coloured him in with my copics.  Then, I added some glossy accents to the candy cane for a little bit of shine!

The layout is pretty simple, with all the papers coming from the Cosmo Cricket Jolly by Golly line.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

supplies

stamps - patches christmas (stamp fairy)

paper - kraft, real red, whisper white, jolly by golly (cosmo cricket)

other - copics, nestabilities, glossy accents (ranger)

Something Magical About Winter

Wow!  That weekend sure did fly by!  Hope you all were able to sit down and enjoy a little of it!

This week, the challenge at the Christmas Card Challenge Blog was to use Black and White.

I started by pulling out my snowflake nestabilites and cutting the largest one out using SU Whisper White cs.  I then covered it with glue and poured on the SU Dazzling Diamonds glitter.  While that mess was drying, I pulled out Wonderful Winter Wishes, from There She Goes.

The sentiment was stamped onto some Whisper White cs that I had cut out using the File Tab Die-namic from My Favorite Things.

The paper is from Making Memories Black & White.  The layout is the Mojo Monday Sketch #215.

On the inside, I added some of the designer paper, and another sentiment from the set.

Thanks for stopping by today!

supplies

stamps - wonderful winter wishes (there she goes)

paper - basic black, whisper white, black & white (making memories)

other - nestabilities, glue, dazzling diamonds glitter (su!), file tab die-namic (my favorite things)

Stamp Fairy Release Day!

Good Morning!  Happy Sunny Friday!

Today, we have more holiday images from Stamp Fairy....can you believe that Christmas is only like 6 weeks away!

This is Little Tommy, and he is getting ready for Santa!  I started by printing Tommy onto SU Whisper White cs, then colored him in with my copics.  After cutting him out with my nestabilities, I added some doodling around the edges and some Smooch Illuminate to the fur on his hat and coat!

The papers I used are all from the SU Ski Slope collection.....which is almost gone!

Thanks for stopping by today!  Enjoy!