Happy New Year -2013

Good evening!! Tonight I want to wish everyone a Happy New Year!! I hope it's off to a great start!! It's always busy around here during the holidays and then with everyone off school I took a break from posting!!

Here is the card I created for Thank You cards for Christmas gifts this year.  My inspiration and casing came from a card I found on Pinterest (HERE).

And here is my creation:

Card Details:
Image: Imaginisce Snag 'em Stamps - Reindeer
Paper: red, green, black, white

Embellishments: Christmas present brad; sparkle letter stickers; stars from my Grinch paper pack; red ribbon
Ink: black archival ink

Thanks so much for stopping by today!!  I hope you have a wonderful crafty day!

Baby It's Cold Outside

Good Evening!! I am here with my second post for the night to share a card I made for the Kraftin Kimmie Stamps Challenge 157:  Baby It's Cold Outside.  I was so excited to ink up my new stamp as soon as I received them!! Here is what I created:

Card Details:
Image: Eva (HERE), colored in marker
Paper: patterned blue diamond, white, red, black
Embellishments: snowflakes with blue brads, faux blue pearls, Cuttlebug snowflakes embossing folder
Ink: ballet blue

Thanks so much for stopping by today!!  I hope you have a wonderful crafty day!

Mrs. Claus

Good evening!! I wanted to share with you a card I made for the Peachy Keen Stamps Challenge 43: Just Cards - Shape it Up.  This was truly a fun challenge!! I created a Mrs. Claus card using my Cricut A Quilted Christmas cartridge.  Here is what I created:

Card Details:
Image:  Peachy Keen Everyday Character Face Assortment (HERE)
Paper: red, black, white, grey, green 
Embellishments: Cricut: A Quilted Christmas cartridge (Mrs. Claus)
Ink: black archival ink

Thanks so much for stopping by today!!  I hope you have a wonderful crafty day!

Christmas Princess

Good Monday morning!! Today I would like to share with you a card I made for the Tiddly Inks Challenge #99:  Make it like Marlena.  Here was our photo inspiration:

I decided to go with the card design as I had the totally adorable Christmas Princess image and after making 45 Christmas cards, can you believe I was 1 short?! So I decided to make one more Christmas card.  Isn't she beautiful?  She is one of my favorite images!

Card Details:
Image:  Christmas Princess (HERE), colored in marker.
Paper:  Snowman, black, red, white
Embellishments:  Swirl Cuttlebug folder, Poinsetta spellbinders die, cotton balls, mini pearls
Ink:  Tim Holtz Festive Berries

Thanks so much for stopping by today!!  I hope you have a wonderful crafty day!

Our Girl Diamond

Happy Thanksgiving!! I would like to share with you a scrapbook layout I made for the Sketches in Thyme #93 Challenge. 

A week ago we lost our family dog we had for 10 years.  She was my inspiration for this scrapbook sketch.   I have yet to print the pictures for the scrapbook page as it's still sad looking at them.  But in time they will be added to this page!!

Scrapbook Page Details:
Paper:   We R Memory Keepers Friends Furever Collection: My Favorite Spot & Making Tracks 
Embellishments:  Wolf cutout & prints (Cricut Camp Out Cartridge), gold, brown cardstock; dog bone clips; large letter stickers

Thanks so much for stopping by today!!  I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Thanks So Much

Happy Tuesday morning to you!! It's Thanksgiving week here in the States and the holidays are in full swing.  It's amazing how fast this fall season is going.  I think it gets shorter and shorter each year -- or maybe it's just that I am getting older; hehehe.

Today I would like to share with you a card I made for the Peachy Keen Challenge 44: A Color Challenge.  I love love love fall and these colors are totally amazing together!!  Here is the color combo and what I created:

I pulled my favorite colors from the color palette; brown, orange, and purple.


Card Details:
Image: Everyday Character Face Assortment (HERE), inked in pumpkin pie, elegant eggplant, and close to cocoa

Paper: dark brown, light brown
Embellishments: brown embroidery thread, yellow bling
Sentiment:  Stampin Up Sincere Salutations, stamped in black and inked with elegant eggplant

Thanks so much for stopping by today!!  I hope you have a wonderful crafty day!

Dudley's Thank You

Good morning!! I would like to share a card I made with you today for the Dustin Pike - Pike's Playground Challenge.  The challenge:  create a Thank You card.  I had to use the pre-colored fun-loving Dudley, one of Dustin's signature images!! Here is what I created:

(I apologize for the slant in the picture.  I am currently taking pictures of my cards on my cell phone).


Card Details:
Image:  Card Freebie - Colored (pre-colored image) -- this image was a freebie on Dustin's blog (HERE).  You can shop the store (HERE)
Paper:  zebra print, black, white
Embellishments: red brads, green polka dot ribbon, dots Cuttlebug embossing folder
Ink:  Tim Holtz Iced Spruce

Thanks so much for stopping by today!!  I hope you have a wonderful crafty day!

Autumn Blessings

Good morning!! I would like to share with you a card I made for the Pixie Dust Studio challenge this week: Fabulous Fall Colors:

Card Details:
Image:  Pixie's Leaf (freebie on Facebook Fan Page), colored in marker
Paper:  Fall paper from the All Seasons paper pack, red, orange, yellow
Embellishments:  Flowers cut from Martha Stewart's Elegant Edges Cricut cartridge
Ink:  Summer Sun

Thanks so much for stopping by today!!  I hope you have a wonderful crafty day!

We Are Thankful

Good morning!! I am here today to share with you my scrapbook pages I created for the Sketches in Thyme #92 challenge as well as the Peachy Keen #43: Anything Goes challenge.   Since the holidays are upon us I created a Thanksgiving themed layout.  Here is the sketch for Sketches in Thyme for this week:

 

  Here is what I created for the two challenges:

 

Here are close ups of the layout.  The swirl was cut from my Cricut Storybook cartridge and then I embellished it with red, gold, and green bling.  The title is cut from the Tear Drop cartridge.  I inked all of the edges of my paper using Close to Cocoa, Tim Holtz Iced Spruce, and Summer Sun.  My pilgrims are cut from my Paper Doll Cricut cartridge.

Thanks for stopping by today!! I hope you have a wonderful, crafty day!!

Hello

Good evening!! Nothing like waiting until the last minute to enter a challenge.  I actually got my card finished last night but didn't get the pictures uploaded until this evening.  I am really hoping for a new camera for Christmas.  :)

Today I would like to share with you a card I made for the Tiddlyinks Challenge "Make it like Lou".  The challenge was to create using Lou as inspiration.  You could use the card elements, colors, theme, etc..it just had to be like hers.  Here is the photo for the challenge:

I chose to use the sketch from this card and here is what I created: 

Card Details:
Image: Annie Gives Thanks (HERE), colored in colored pencil
Paper: Thanksgiving from All Season pack, green, orange, black and white
Embellishments:  Cornicoupia cut from Paper Doll Dress Up Cricut Cartridge, pearls
Ink:  black, Close to Cocoa

Thanks so much for stopping by today!!  I hope you have a wonderful crafty day!