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March Preview Day 2…

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Meet Birthday Gretel!  Isn’t she a doll!  I love her!  The All That Scraps DT gals previewed her yesterday and today we’re showing the two new Birthday sentiments sets by Amy R. The sentiment I used is from the Best Wishes set… a very cool set!

Another new stamp in this release is a BIG Cupcake.  I decided it’d be awesome to make it pop-up when you open the card!  I love it! lol

What it looks like from the side…good thing I don’t have any cupcakes or I’d be wanting one for breakfast today!

I used the new Magnolia Doohickey Rose leaves die, , EK Success retro flower punches in medium and small, a Spellbinders Fancy tag die, 1/8 th in. grosgrain ribbon from Creative Impressions,  Nestabilities Ovals dies, and Hero Arts gemstones.

Gretel and the Big Cupcake were stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink, on PaperTrey Inc. card-stock and colored with Copic Sketch Markers, … pink – R81, 83, 85 … blue – B0000, 000, 00, 01 … green – YG0000, 00, 01, 03 …brown (hair/cupcake) – E40’s … skin – E0000, 000, 00, R20 (diluted with R00).  I used PaperTrey Inc. Select White Card-stock for the whole card.  All the scoring was done with the Martha Stewart Score Board.

The pattern for the Front Panel Stair Step Card is from one of my posts last year,  HERE.  The inspiration for my card being all white is from Marlene’s fabulous blog, HERE.

Over on the Papertake Weekly Challenge, HERE, the theme is Anything Goes with an option of “old” so I’m linking up…my old is the EK Success Retro flower punches.

Here’s Gretel again to say good-bye for now!

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under the weather?

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Today I tried out the new Copic Sketch Marker colors!  I do LOVE them!  Here’s Brrr Emma gettin’ out from under the weather by wearing her sweet new Winter clothes!

I stamped Brr Emma, with Memento Tuxedo Black ink on Strathmore Bristol Smooth card, masked her and stamped the bench, and colored both with Copic Sketch Markers… face – E0000, 000, 00, 01, R20, 21…hair- YR30 (new), 31, 21, 23, E37…scarf, mittens, diamonds – RV63 (new), 66 (new)…earmuffs, belt – BG0000, 000, 53 (new)…sweater & pants – YG61 (new), 63, 67…socks – BG0000, 000, 01…shoes T0, 3, 5 …bench – E21,23 (new), 25, 27, 29.  (The green is really not “dingy” in person…not sure why it won’t show up right in the photo except for my photo skills are lacking..boohoo… in other words I don’t know what to change!)

I stamped “under the weather?”, with Versafine Onyx Black ink.  The sentiment is from the new Feb. release Amy R. Get Well set… love all the CC Designs sentiment sets!

Martha Stewart around the page punch set..not sure what the teeny snowflake stamp is… unmounted and it’s been on the desk for some time… hmmmm….I stamped it in Broken China distress ink.

I layered Emma up on a bunch of ovals cut with Nestabilities dies.  No pattern paper anywhere! lol  I did distress the edges with the Tim Holtz distress tool… popped up snowflakes here and there…stickles on the snowflakes.

Talk to you again soon!

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An ATC and new Stamping Bella in the store!!!

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An ATC for a swap today… I’ll post the ones I get when the rest get here.  A color scheme challenge from Julia… dirty pink, warm green and cream.   The image is from The Vintage Workshop HERE (reminds me of my growing up years)… an EK Success border punch (just a part showing)…Tim Holtz filmstrip ribbon…Leone Em Ash branch punch (I bought mine online in the UK)…Punch Bunch leaves branch HERE…pearls from Hero Arts HERE…pattern paper is from Autumn Leaves (remember Foo Fa La?)…rose from I don’t know where, maybe 7Kids…”4 ever” little stickers, maybe from Making Memories…flying bird is a Martha Stewart punch…the image stamped on the bird is from the same set as the “friends” sentiment and tag punch from Stampin Up.

Before I go… HERE are the new Stamping Bella stamps Christine has added to the store at All That Scraps… CUTE!  Lots of NEW, HERE…

I need to get to the Post Office today…they’re talking snow… all this Spring talk doesn’t change the weather in Iowa! lol ttul!

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All That Scraps February Preview…

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starts today on the All That Scraps blog, HERE!

I LOVE the Swiss Pixies from CC Designs and this is Flower Birgitta… she’s a doll! You can see all the Swiss Pixies HERE and this Birgitta will be available Mon. Feb 7th.  Birgitta is stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink on Beckett Expression Super smooth 80# card-stock and colored with Copic Sketch Markers.   I used these colors in the order I used them… Hair – E50, 51, YR21, E97 and E37 …Face – E000, 00, o1, 21…Blush – R20, 22 blended with E00…Dress – RV00, 13…Shoes – N1, 3, 5, 7…flowers – B60, 63, 66…Green – G40, 82,85…wings – E50, 51…pillow – RV00, 13…chest – E42, 43, 44.

Here’s a close up of Birgitta…

I used the new Martha Stewart Blossom Trim deep edger border punch and the pink flower is a surprise that you will see later this week!  So…STAY TUNED! lol

Hugs and Kisses is from the new Amy R. sentiment set, ALL About Love, released in December,  HERE. The chest Birgitta is sitting on is from the Take a Seat kit by CC Designs, HERE.  I used pattern paper from a pack of 6×6 Memory Box paper from the old stash….pearls are from Hero Arts,  HERE.  A Copic Spica clear glitter pen on her wings, HERE.

I’m linking my Birgitta card to some challenges… Stamptacular Challenge blog, HERE – Whateva… For Fun Challenges blog, HERE – Spring or Winter… The Sisterhood of Crafters Challenge blog, HERE – Anything Goes…Magical Monday Challenge blog, HERE – Flowers.

well BRRRR!!!!  I left my slippers in the stamp room and my feet are freezing in here!  YES,  we GOT SNOW!  I’m going to stamp some more today and stay inside and get my slippers back on! lol

Thanks for stopping by!  ‘preciate it!  Be sure to visit the ATS Blog for a chance to win the new stamps!  : )

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a wreath…

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So nice to see the sunshine today!  I like making wreaths with punches… seems like every year I try something a little different.  I saw a gal using this SU branch die,  so I had to try it!  Down to the wire and I shouldn’t be playing but I decided I could use one more card to mail.  Not sure if I really like the JOLLY bingo card stickin’ up there or not! ugh!  I was hoping the poinsettia would balance it out….hmmm….this photo might get changed! lol

I used two nestabilities circle dies, HERE,  to make the frame to glue the branches to (I used 21 branches)… although I just went over it with my ATG gun tape… love that thing!   Papers are this year’s Making Memories Christmas release in the 8×8 size….oh,  the piece behind the wreath is but the starburst paper is from K & Co.  I edged the papers with Walnut Stain Distress Ink, HERE and the ink blending tool, HERE.  The sentiment in the center is from Hero Arts. The JOLLY bingo card is from October Afternoon.. or was it 7 Gypsies…hmmm… one or the other! lol  The poinsettia is Prima…the pearls are from Hero Arts and I dyed them with Adirondack cranberry alcohol ink.

Linking up to Papertake Weekly Challenge Blog…anything goes!  I like that this time of year!

I want to try some of the stuff Tim Holtz did for his tags of Christmas this year….time will tell!  Might try that for Heather’s birthday card!  Our oldest daughter was born on Christmas Day!  Today was my mom’s birthday… Heather missed by just four days!  oh well,  she just wanted to share with Jesus! lol

I’ll shut up and get back to work!  TFL!