Birthday · cards · CAS · Memory Box · Perfect Layers Tools · Printworks · rubber stamps

Memory Box and Poppystamps cards…

_MG_6318

Finally…. I’m creating with some of my Memory Box/Poppystamps dies and stamps!  YEA!  I loved this Mercer Rose Wreath stamp and die when they came out!  I got them right away and am just now using them!  How often I am like this… I have to HAVE something but it doesn’t always get used for awhile.  It’s almost like it’s enough just to own it! : )   I bet you do it too! lol

_MG_6312

It felt good to get back in the creating ‘groove’ this week!   I used several Memory Box and Poppystamp dies and two stamps… I’ll link to the supplies below.  The happy bee-day sentiment has the bee stamp on the end B1764.  I stamped it with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored it with Copic Sketch markers.  The pattern paper I used is from a set by Memory Box called Homespun Collection… a great collection of double sided card-stock, 6×6 size. (it’s an old collection…might be hard to find but if you do, you’ll love it!)

The sentiment is stamped on a Memory Box Primo label die cut.  I used a Bazzill 1/16th inch brad and button hole thread to hang the wreath. (it’s a die from one of their first releases…might be hard to find… sorry)

_MG_6315-001

I stamped the wreath on PTI select white card-stock with Memento Bamboo green ink.  Then I used water-base markers and colored the roses… it wipes off the green and colors the rose…then I clean the green off the marker by scribbling on a piece of scrap paper.

I used the Perfect Layers Tools to mat my image and to cut the card base… they’re awesome! : )

Scroll down a post to see the video of all the new Memory Box/Poppystamps die!

This card is in the Weekly Favorites at SCS this week!  So honored to be there and Thank YOU so much Susie!

Weekly-Favorite

I’m linking my Happy Bee-day card to the following  challenges…

TLC413 @ Splitcoast Stampers – Focus on the Dies
Cupcake Craft Challenges – Make a Scene
Deep Ocean Challenges – Anything but square
Bunny Zoes’s Crafts – Anything Goes
The Paper Shelter – Anything Goes
Moxie Fab World – Window card

❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤

Here’s a THANKS card that I made to link up to some CAS challenges.  I’m so happy to say that I’m using this new Pine Needle Border die from Memory Box already!!!  I’ve only had it two weeks!  woohoo! lol

_MG_6332-002

The pinecone is a Printworks Collection stamp, B2283, that I stamped on kraft card-stock with Ranger Coffee Archival ink and cut out by hand (not hard at all).  The rectangle is one of the dies from the long rectangle Nestabilities set but I did have to adjust it to make it fit my card… cut it once… then laid it inside the die again to shorten the long side… then I embossed it by hand with my embossing stylus… I show how to do it in this video HERE.

The thanks die is from an old Cuttlebug alphabet set called Olivia….I googled and found the set HERE.

I stamped the Hero Arts envelope background stamp with Walnut Stain Distress ink on kraft and aged the edges with Walnut Stain Distress Ink.

The card ended up 9 inches long and 4 inches high.

I’m linking my thanks Pine Needle card to the following challenges…

TLC413 Splitcoast Stampers – Focus on the Dies
CAS 204 Splitcoast Stampers – Sketch challenge
Addicted to Stamps – CAS

THANKS so much for stopping by!  I’m wondering how it got to be the 24th of January already!  waaah!  Hope you’ve had a good 2013 so far!  Take care and I’ll be back tomorrow with a Tilda card!

❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤

Stamps and Supplies I used to create these cards…

a20791b132d5931a70e748_m  images-1   images  98117

Unknown-1  Unknown-2   images-2   S4-142__25966.1319752352.300.300

Unknown-3   Unknown

cards · copics · Doohickey's Dies · Magnolia · MFT · Perfect Layers Tools · rubber stamps · Tilda's Town · Winter

Magnolia, Tilda’s Town Challenges, LET IT SNOW!!!

Tilda with Mittens 700

Happy Friday to you!  It’s my week to post for Tilda’s Town Challenges, HERE!  It’s a great one!  Pull out your winter themed Magnolia stamps and start creating!  We’d love to have you link up… always a random chance to win the draw for the $10 gift certificate to Tilda’s Town.com!

logo1

Tilda’s Town is a most magical shop specializing in Magnolia Stamps. Over 1,100 stamps in stock at all times. Tilda’s Town offers FREE worldwide shipping on every order, every day. You can also save up to an additional 20% on your purchase by using one of the famous coupon codes. Shop at http://www.tildastown.com and live the magic.

I stamped Tilda with Lovikka Mittens, HERE , on Copic X-press it card-stock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with Copic Sketch Markers (B00, 01, 02, 04, 05, 06).  I used the Slender Firs Magnolia DooHickeys die and Papertrey Ink’s snowy slope die.  The snowball I made from a circle out of the My Favorite Things Circle Stax 2.  Magnolia pattern paper and Martha Stewart glitters from her white six pack.  I used the three that are the whitest.

Linking to the following challenges…
Lovely hÄnglar or Sweet Magnolia – Something New
Magnolia-licious Highlites – Anything Goes
QKR Stampede – Snow
Aud’s Sentiments – about Winter
CCEE Stampers – use your new toys
Cute Card Thursday – Beat the Blues
Loves Rubber stamps – use dies or punches
All Sorts Challenges – use dies or punches
The Cheerful Stamp Pad – white as snow
Casology – Winter

Thanks for stopping by!  I’ve been organizing and working on my stamp rooms…whew…I’ll be posting some things on my sale page soon!  It was sure nice to stop, stamp and color yesterday!  I’ll be back soon!

Stamps and such…

cards · copics · Doohickey's Dies · Magnolia · Perfect Layers Tools · rubber stamps · Spellbinders dies · Tilda's Town · Winter

Magnolia, Tilda’s Town Challenge…

_MG_6149-002

Happy New Year!   Our challenge to you this week at Tilda’s Town challenges is to create something for the New Year!

logo1

Tilda’s Town is a most magical shop specializing in Magnolia Stamps. Over 1,100 stamps in stock at all times. Tilda’s Town offers FREE worldwide shipping on every order, every day. You can also save up to an additional 20% on your purchase by using one of the famous coupon codes. Shop at http://www.tildastown.com and live the magic.

I used a couple older Magnolia stamps from the So Jolly collection @ Tilda’s Town. com, HERE and the snowflake DooHickeys die HERE.

I stamped on PTI card-stock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink.  Die cut the Fir in Snow image with Spellbinders rectangle die, left it in the die and embossed it.  Colored in the snowflakes with white gel pen.  Let them dry and then used Distress ink pads in Tumbled Glass, Broken China and Faded Jeans, applied with the Ink Blending tool while the image was still in the die.  The Calendar stamp is colored with Copic Sketch Markers.  Stardust stickles on the snowflake and circles.

_MG_6153

The pattern paper is from SEI… two years ago, maybe three… who knows! lol  I purchased three sheets of it and I still have one left!  It’s so pretty.   Do you remember my House Mouse card?  I used it then too… it’s HERE… I loved this card.  Are you ever that way?  Every once in awhile I have a card I just love more than others… hehe   So, make that three years… the date of this post was 2009!  My how time flies!

I used my Perfect Paper Layering Tools… link over there on the right!  Yes, YOU need them… they are awesome!  : )   Use that Christmas cash! HOHOHO

Linking to some challenges…
Lovely hÄnglar or Sweet Magnolia – Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamps – Anything Goes
Cute Card Thursday  – Anything Goes
Magnolia Down Under – Anything Goes

Marvelous Magnolia – Two or more Magnolia stamps
It’s a Magnolia Challenge – New Year

Happy New Year to you dear stamping friends!  It’s been a great year and 2013 is looking even better!  Why? Because today our internet service was fixed!!!  I have been limping a long with less than stellar service for a couple years.  The last several months it’s progressively gotten worse until this last week it’s been less than 1 mbps when it’s supposed to be up to 15 mbps!!!   I am in shock today to be speeding along!  I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry!  All that to say,  I hope I get around better this year!  I should!!!!

It’s a joy following and sharing this wonderful stamping and paper-art hobby with you!  Thanks again for a wonderful 2012 and looking forward to 2013!

Be sure to scroll down for the great sale at the Scrapping Center!  Trust me,  it’s amazing!  hehe

talk to you again soon!

cards · Christmas · copics · Perfect Layers Tools · rubber stamps · Scrapping Center · Stampendous · Sweet Stamping Pixies

Sweet Stamping Pixies Challenge and Kiddos…

_MG_6082-001

The challenge for December @ Sweet Stamping Pixies is… Christmas!  Oh,  I had fun coloring these cute pixie images from Stampendous!  Tree Trim Kiddos HERE, Teddy Kiddo HERE or both of them HERE.  The die cut words and numbers are the Christmas Stacked Words die HERE.  The image mats are cut with the Perfect Layers Tools… link in the right side bar!

SSPC_logo

Click the logo to go to the challenge blog… you’ll enjoy the Christmas inspiration from the other designers too!  We’d love to have you create and link up this month!

I’m also linking to some other challenge blogs…
Christmas Card Challenges  – die cuts
7Kids Challenge – Holiday Inspired
Sweet Stampin Challenge – dies or punches
PaperPlay Challenges – Christmas is coming!
Cute Card Thursday Challenge – Red and Green
Deep Ocean Challenge – So this is Christmas

Thanks for stopping by!  I appreciate it!  ttul!

cards · Christmas · Penny Black · Perfect Layers Tools · rubber stamps · Sizzix · Tim Holtz dies

Leaping Reindeer…

deer#2

The front…

e

the inside…

I saw Shelly’s pop up leaping reindeer card HERE and wanted to try… I didn’t succeed with the swivel yet but went ahead and finished the card just as a pop up inside.  I like it anyway…funny thing is…when I started it Monday, I thought I would make six! hahahahaha, joke was on me… just because my prototype worked! lol

It was fun to try and check out her post for today… so cool!

I used some older Basic Grey paper and Tim Holtz dies HERE.   I used a Sizzix tree die but after, I thought the Tim Holtz tree sure would’ve been cool!  The pine branch on the front is from Impression Obsession. I swiped some Delicata gold ink on the branches… oh, the scene has Gingerbread Glimmer mist on it also…hard to see.  Perfect Paper Layers tools to mat the front…link in the sidebar…

The gold berries on the front are from Marianne Design.  The stamp I used for the winter scene on the front is from Penny Black, it’s called Heaven and Earth and you’ll find it HERE and 20% off too!

I’m linking to some challenges…

Everybody Art Challenge – Christmas
Papertake Weekly Challenge – Anything Goes
Shopping Our Stash – Winter Holiday

 

New arrivals at the Scrapping Center and 20% off a lot of items too!  Always love that!

14

AND… just noticed that Scrapbook.com has some deals too… stamps on sale and a great shipping offer!

539_SLIDERdec52012

Thanks for looking at my post today!  I know, it’s crazy busy, isn’t it!  Look what was at my house today!  My DH and his crew for a few hours making sheetrock dust!  So I’m off to vacuum to clear the air! eek! lol  So exciting to make progress on the house though! yea!

IMG_6077

ttul!