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CC Designs March Review…

Today I’m spotlighting the new CC Cutters Balloon die by CC Designs at All That Scraps, HERE. Check out the ATS blog for the other DT gal’s creations!  Always love to go study the DT work! : )  I also used Emma with her wagon (there is a pumpkin in the wagon, I just didn’t ink it up, it’s easy to tap the ink on and miss the pumpkin), she’s in the store HERE.  She is stamped on PaperTrey Ink card-stock with Memento Tuxedo Black in, in the store HERE and colored with Copic Sketch Markers, in the store HERE… be sure to get the new colors!  I used a couple of the new colors on Emma and the sky,   BG70 and one on her hair YR30.  I used E50, YR30, 31 21,23 on her hair – Apron BG70, 72 (tip to tip) – dress the B90’s – shoes E43, 44, 47, 49 – skin E000, 00, 01 and diluted R20 for cheeks (R00 refill) – wagon E95, 97, 99, W3, 5, 7, 9, E07, 08, 19, 18 – sidewalk drawn in with a copic multi-liner pen W0, 1, 3, 5 – grass YG93, 95, 97, 99 and BG70 and BG0000 for the sky.   I thought the sky was dark but it dried lighter than I thought it would!  Wish you could see it IRL,  it came out cool.  The number 8 is a Quickutz die from the Diesel alphabet set.

It’s hard to see but I drew in white plaid on her apron with a opaque white pen,  in the store HERE.  She is one of my favorite images from CC Designs…glad I don’t have to pick a fave though.. it would be tooooooo HARD!

The My Minds Eye Pattern paper pad that I used is just back in stock at the store HERE and is called “Hattie” … an awesome 6×6 pad,  love it!  Check out the other three from MME too HERE. I find them a bit easier to use than BG…shame on me!  I only have a million of the BG pads to use,  so I must keep on working with them… do you find that though…that some are easier than others???

The sentiment, “SWEET” is from Amy R’s new “It’s Your Birthday” sentiment set, in the store HERE.  I love both of these new sets this month…really easy to finish out the whole card,  outside and in!!!

I used the Sweet Stop Sketches Challenge blog’s sketch for Emma and the spin this time is “sweet”.  No problem with that!  Emma is that and more! lol  The Stamp Something Challenge blog’s theme is “Something Sweet”, that’s our Emma! : )  The Wild Orchid Crafts Challenge blog’s theme is “Die”ing to Punch it out!  I die cut the number eight and the balloons!

I made the rolled flowers from a Stampin Up scallop circle punch.  The three leaves underneath are a Magnolia Doohickey’s die, in the store HERE… yep… love these poinsettia leaves! hahahahaha  I did emboss lines/veins on them,  but hard to see on the dark paper.

I think that’s pretty much all for now… oh,  the card-stock is SU almost navy.. hmmm… that doesn’t sound right,  correct me….I’m always challenged trying to match pattern papers to card-stock… I could be faster if these companies would put on the cover what card-stocks match their papers! hahahahaha… would that be cheating?  oh that would be wonderful! lol

I’ll shut up for now!  Thanks for stopping by and ttul!

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hey, CUPCAKE!

Wish Big,  it’s gonna be your BEST Birthday yet!  Don’t you love birthday sentiments?! They always make me chuckle…it’s a secret but I don’t believe a word of it! lol    I used both sets of Amy R’s new birthday stamps,  in the store HERE

Cupcake Birgitta,  in the store HERE…is the sweetest thing and look at that stack of cupcakes… chocolate of course… I love coloring those red cherries… red and brown, my fave colors…. the stool is in the store HERE.

I stamped Birgitta and her stool with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink, in the store HERE and colored her with Copic Sketch Markers, in the store HERE.  Hair – E50, 13, 15, 17, 19… Dress – R30, 32, E04…Wings – B01, 05, W1, W5… Cupcakes – top E50, 51, 53 bottom E55, 57, 59, 49… Stool – E41, 42, 43.  The oval is cut with Nestabilities oval dies, in the store HERE and edged with Distress inks Broken China and Stormy Sky, in the store HERE and the ink blending too, in the store HERE.

Cupcake punch is from Martha Stewart,  The two border punches I used are from EK Success.  Stampers Anonymous newspaper rubber stamp and Hero Arts new ledger paper background cling stamp for the borders on the sentiments.  The inside swirls is a old background stamp from Hero Arts also.  The candle is cut from the EK Success candle border punch.

March is National Craft month too so be sure to celebrate by shopping for stamping supplies!  That justifies it all,  right?! lol  HERE ‘s what’s NEW at All That Scraps!

More delightful cards with the Swiss Pixies and birthday sentiments on the All That Scraps blog today, HERE.

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Let’s Celebrate Birthdays!

 Tilda is such a cutie!  I’m loving this new collection as I’m sure you are too!!!  I used Tilda With Balloon,  check out the new You Are So Special die collection … You’ll ❤ them too!

I brought out my Distress Ink  palettes again last night… all inspired after watching Dena’s how to videos, HERE.  Fun, THANK YOU Dena!  I enjoyed it!  I’m linking my card up to the Just Magnolia challenge… this week is “anything goes” and I used the sketch from The Sweet Stop Sketches challenge blog.

I also used the Magnolia Doohickey’s dies, Tilda’s Lace and the mini scallop lace.

The pattern papers are from the new 6×6 MME pad Stella Rose, Hazel.    Elongated Rectangle Nestabilites for the shapes… love them!  

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Wishing YOU a happy, happy day!

Birthdays come quite frequently around here!  For once I am thinking ahead!  This Easel card will be for our Granddaughter Gena.  She is turning 3 on 8/8!  Two of our oldest daughter’s children have birthdays where the month and the day are the same number…SO much easier to remember! lol

This is my DT card for Sweet Stop Sketches Challenge Blog this week.  Another awesome sketch by Korin. Hope you can join us this week!

Finally broke down and purchased some of the new images from Penny Black…they were “calling my name” as I’ve heard it expressed! lol  This little gal’s name is Mimi and I  ♥ her!  The name of the stamp is Sweet Thing, 4084 H is the stamp code.  I used the Fantasy tree, 3880 K to stamp the random dots around her on the scallop oval.  Lace Frost stickles dabbed around on the dots and here and there on the cupcake…gemstones on the corners of the sentiment rectangle.  The sentiment is happy, happy, 00106 E.  The pattern papers are from Making Memories, the  flower border punch is from Martha Stewart and the open scallop border is from EK Success.  Mimi is stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink, paper pieced and colored with Copic Sketch Markers.  Also linking to the Penny Black Allsorts challenge Blog.

Gena will love her!

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Happy Birthday Henry…

Today is our grandson Henry’s 4th Birthday… so exciting!  Henry has a stuffed puppy dog that he carries around that looks like this cute little Puppy from CC Designs.  This Puppy with Kite is a new digi release from CC Designs  HERE.  The sentiment is HERE.  I cut circles with Nestabilites circle dies HERE and on the inside is a Magnolia Summer background from the Fairytale release HERE.  The pattern papers are from a K & Co. 12×12 pad.  The stitching lines are from a clear set by Technique Tuesday called Borderline Notions.

I used the sketch from Sketch Saturday challenge Blog.

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