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‘Tis the Season…

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Birgitta is back and waving hello!  Oh, she’s a doll and so fun to color!  love her outfit and cute shoes!  I stamped her with Tsukineko Memento Tuxedo Black ink on Paper Trey Ink select white card-stock and colored her with Copic Sketch markers.  A combo of reds and warm grays to get the color to match the flowers on this pattern paper.   I colored R22 then W2 over the top of that… then R24 and W3 over the top…then E07 and some W5, 7 and 9 for shadows…might be able to skip the R22 and W2 but since I started out that way, I just kept doing all the red that way.   Her hair is E30 first,  then E31,  then E23, 25 and 27.  To get the cream color, I started with E50 then Y23,  then Y21 (because Y23 is lighter than Y21)  and then a little Y26.

CC Designs Swiss Pixies Hello Birgitta is NEW for November!  ‘Tis the Season and warm Winter wishes are too!  Both sentiments are from the NEW Snowman Sayings set… a must have! In the store HERE.   Click on over to the ATS blog to see what the other ATS DT gals created… a fabulous post again today!  A chance to win stamps each day of the previews too!  I started writing the Preview and Review posts for All That Scraps in July.  If you wonder why I disappear now and then,  it’s because I’m up to my ears in composing posts.  I love it though!  I’m honored to work for them and I hope you enjoy them too!

The ribbon I used is from May Arts and the pattern paper is a new line called Simple Stories.  This 6×6 pad is named Generations.  It’s very cool!  The tree square and the frame…all in the pad!

I’m linking my Hello Birgitta Christmas card to the Christmas Inspirations Challenge Blog…the theme is Bows.

See you again tomorrow… day three coming with new stamps from CC Designs Sweet November line!   I love that you come see what I’m up to and I’ll be back to see you all soon!  Have a great day!

Stamps and Supplies I used today…

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zoom…speeding Laugh!

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She’s cute, she’s in a hurry…there’s a sale somewhere and she’s gotta get there!!!  Hilarious coming from me… I don’t even like to shop!  well,  except for stamp stuff!   This is CC Designs New Laugh Christmas Car, part of the October release… I know,  I’m coming in at the last minute!  That is common for me! lol

The inside… two new sentiments sets for Christmas… love them. Combining the sentiments is so fun! On the outside words from the Big Christmas Wishes set. So fun… the banners are the CC Cutters Tag die, shortened! Martha Stewart holly and branch punches.  Magnolia Doohickeys new flower die.

I’m linking up to the Lily Pad Challenge blog Sketch Challenge, HERE.

The paper is Season’s Greetings 6×6 pad from Echo Park,  out of stock right now at ATS…bummer BUT the Authentique Wonder pad is back in stock!   The rick rack is an EK Success chain punch.  I colored Laugh with Promarkers and Tria markers.  The grays are Copics.  All That Scraps has Promarkers now!

hair – cinnamon, Burnt Orange and a Tria brown 0345

skin – ivory, Tria 9220, Dusky Pink, Sunkissed Pink  ( need to work on the skin combo)

dress – Pear Green, Marsh Green

car, scarf – Red, Crimson, Burgundy

bulb tip – Gold, Tan, Burnt Umber

eyes – cornflower

HO HO HO – I had fun with her!  May your Christmas preparations speed on!  Thanks for stopping by!  Tomorrow starts CC Designs November Preview days!!!  I know…how do they keep coming up with more cute, cute stuff?!  I LOVE it!

See ‘ya back here and on the ATS blog tomorrow!

Stamps and Supplies I used on this card…

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Tree Trimmers Jilly and Daphne

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The one time I strung cranberries and popcorn, I saved it.  It’s amazing!  It really does keep!  I still have the strings… it was a big deal…have any of you done it?

These cutie Fairwees are having fun and snacking at the same time!  Typical of kids…gotta eat all the time! lol  Tree Trimmers Jilly and Daphne are part of the CC Designs Sweet November October release.  Five adorable images and you can see what the ATS Design team gals did in the Tuesday October Review post on the ATS blog, HERE.

I was hoping you’d be able to see the sparkle on their dresses in this close up… I colored the dresses and wings with a clear Copic glitter pen.  I also colored the branches with copic markers so they wouldn’t just be a die cut.  Some little red berries and it’s festive!

The pattern paper I used is from a card pad that Michaels used to carry by K & Co.  It’s rather old…but I still like it!  The YG 61, 63 and 67 Copcs matched up great with it.  I used Always Artichoke card-stock from SU to cut the branches. The branches are a Marianne Designs die and I order mine from JoannaSheen.com.  Bakers twine from Martha Stewart… old too… the lighter weight stuff.

I’m linking my card to Marianne’s Design Divas Challenge blog… dying to die cut and  to Christmas Inspirations Challenge blog… use punches or die cuts.

Thanks for stopping by… be sure to stop by the ATS blog to see the other gals work…so charming!

Stamps and Supplies I used for this card…



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Mia’s Ornament…

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Here’s what I’ve been up to the last couple days…new stamps…new dies…an idea… a card!  This cutie Sweet November Mia’s Ornament was so much fun to color!  She’s part of the October CC Designs release.  She reminds me so much of one of our granddaughter’s that just loved looking at her reflection in the glass balls on the Christmas tree last year.

Mia is stamped with Memento tuxedo Black ink on  Beckett Expression Super Smooth 80# card-stock and colored with Copic Sketch markers.  Her hair is E30, E15, E08, E18 and E19.  Her dress is a crazy combo of blues trying to match the paper.  I started with B32, that wasn’t right, so I colored over the top with B000, not any better so I went to the BG’s 000, 00 01, 02, 05.  Well,  sometimes it goes crazy!  lol! The top of the ornament is colored in with silver gel pen.

Here’s a close up of the Christmas Bulb border die…new from CC Designs Cutters this month… I LOVE it!  I cut it out of green…then cut the bulbs out of white and colored them with B or BG 0000 and 000,  can’t remember which now…sorry but either would be good!  Then added the little mark of white gel pen… cut the bulbs off and glued them on top of the green strand.  I just cut one at a time and glue it and then cut another etc.  It really goes fast.  I took a black multiliner pen and added the lines to the base of the bulbs.  The pine branch is a new die from Marianne Designs.. I order mine from Joanna Sheen.com in the UK.  I love their service…postage is included in the price. The pattern paper is from SEI a couple years old or so….It’s so pretty and I still have a couple 6×6 pieces left! woohoo!

I’m linking up to the ABC Christmas Challenge – they want to see you use your “unused stash” gotta love that!  On the Christmas Stampin All Year Long Challenge blog the theme is “sparkly stuff”… it’s hard to see in my photos but the fancy swirls on my paper are all glittery/sparkly/pretty! On Marianne’s Design Divas Challenge blog… dying to die cut and  to Christmas Inspirations Challenge blog… use punches or die cuts.

The sentiment is stamped with Versafine Onyx black ink.  I wanted the sentiment to be long instead of two lines so I used the little square pad and just inked up  “Christmas makes”  first…stamped it with the stamp a ma jig… embossed it with clear embossing powder then cleaned the stamp and inked up just the “Magic happen”, stamped it with the stamp a ma jig and embossed it with clear embossing powder also.

HERE is the card I made in 2009 with this same pattern paper… just might be my favorite copic coloring ever!

I think stamping and Copics make magic happen too!  I’ve met so many wonderful stampers that I wouldn’t have met otherwise! Makes me smile right a long with Mia!  Have a great weekend and talk to you again soon!

Here’s the stamps and supplies I used to make this card…

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We Wish You a Merry Christmas…

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So cute and so fun to color! I love this new Swiss Pixies stamp from CC Designs October release! Called the “Group”!

The sentiments are from the new Amy R Stamps Handy Christmas Greetings set… love it!

The Group is inked up with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with Copic Sketch markers.

I’ll start with the redhead in the back row…her hair is E15, E08 and E97

the blonde in the middle of the back row…her hair is E50, YR31, YR21, YR23, YR24

Hansel’s hair is E50, E31 and E35

Birgitta front left…her hair is E50, E31 and E35

the gal on the front right…her hair is E30, E23 and E25

Such fun!  The pattern paper is a 6×6 Christmas pad from Cosmo Cricket.

Click HERE to see the rest of today’s review over on the All That Scrap blog… super, super cute images for Christmas!

HAVE YOU HEARD???  A new monthly post HERE… Show and Tell with CC Designs.  Link up your creations made with CC Designs stamps for a chance to win a $20 G.C.!!!

Challenge blogs I’m linking my card to…

Stamptacular Sunday – You choose

The Paper Players – Clean and Simple with Christmas colors red and green

Crafting When We Can – Christmas Creations

Sparkles Christmas Challenge – Christmas Songs (mine is “We Wish you a Merry Christmas”)

Stamps and Supplies I used on this card…

Thanks for stopping by!  Love hearing from you…looking forward to getting out and about in blogland this week and getting my stamp room cleaned up!  yikes!  Amazing what happens when there’s a lot going on! lol Have a great week!