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Penny Black Twinkle & Wish and Believe Clear stamps…

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This cute little red haired gal, Mimi has a gift for someone special!  It’s hard to see the sentiment but it says BELIEVE in the magic of the season. I white embossed it on a strip of vellum.

 

 

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I inked a piece of watercolor paper with Broken China Distress ink with the mini ink blending tool, then spritzed with water, dried it with the heat tool and then I used the NEW Tim Holtz Splatter Tool with white Distress Paint!  Cindy at Starlitstudio.net has them in stock!  It worked slick!

 

 

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I colored Mimi with Copic Sketch markers…

face: E000, 00, 11
Cheeks: diluted R20, R11
Hair: Y21, E97, E08, E18
Green: YG05, 17
Red: R46, 89
Gray: W’s
Bluegreen: BG11, 13, 15, 18

 

Sharing my Mimi card on these challenge blogs…
Penny Black and More – Anything Christmas
Sweet Sunday SketchIMG_6641

Papertake Weekly – Anything Goes

 

This week has been so beautiful here…the last of the trees are turning colors and the temps have been wonderful!  I have been up to my eyeballs in working on a new computer!  I won!  I conquered! lol  But oh the time it takes. ugh!

I could hardly wait to make a card but then I didn’t feel good yesterday! Yes, I whined about it.  Thankful I feel better today!  YAY!

 

Thanks for stopping by today! So happy to be posting again! I’ll get the book winner in the TE post on Thursday!  Finally!  I know…. time just gets by me! lol

 

Here’s the stamps and stuff I used for this Mimi card linked below…
SSS and SB.com links are affiliate.  Thank you!

 

cards · copics · Die Piecing · Memory Box · rubber stamps · Simon Says Stamp · Winter

Simon Says Stamp Ready Set Snow…

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Don’t panic!  It’s really not going to snow yet!  Although one year, Tim and I were in Chicago at a stamp convention in October and we got a phone call from home that there wasn’t any electricity, trees were down, snow so deep you couldn’t get through the streets…we could hardly get home from Chicago!  It was so strange driving into town and we couldn’t even get in our driveway! If I’m remembering correctly, we lost 3 trees that year.  I think it was the fall of 1996 but I would need to get my photos out to be sure. yikes!  Glad that doesn’t happen very often.  It was so bad because it was a really wet, heavy snow.  I really like the weather we’re having right now! haha  50’s, 60’s, 70’s… love it!

When I saw this cute set, I knew I had to have it!  It was so fun to color cute again!

I used Copic Sketch markers… her hair Y21, E97, E08 and E19; his hair E23, 25, 29; her coat and accessories BG53, 57, 49; her boots T’s; his coat and hat R24 and E07; his pants B91,93,95,97; his shoes, mittens and hat E43,44,47.

I used Ranger Black Enamel Accents on her coat buttons and boot buttons and a little white pen on their cheeks.

 

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The background circle is a Memory Box die called Stitched Snowflake Circle Frame, the sentiment and little heart is from Simon Says Stamp.

I die cut the circle in white cardstock, die cut the center waste piece with the Memory Box die Beaded Background and inked with Broken China and Chipped Sapphire Distress inks. Drops of water on it to make it splotchy.

The sentiment is straight, I just curved it to fit the circle and stamped it on the MISTI.

A few clear sequins from Pretty Pink Posh and it was making me smile! YAY!

 

I’m off to Taylored Expressions Stamp Joy tomorrow.  I hope you’re coming! hehe  A fun Friday night and Saturday.  Taylor puts on an amazing event!!!  Saturday I’ll be teaching two classes and 4 other gals are teaching classes too.  It’ll be so fun to catch up with kindred spirit stampers again!  I’m sure you’ll be there in spirit!  hehe  I’ll try to make time to snap some pictures!

You have a fun, creative weekend too!

Shopping linkes to supplies I used to make this card..

cards · CAS · Christmas · Perfect Layers Tools · Poppystamps · Simon Says Stamp · Winter

poppystamps and SSS dies…

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I’ve had this card made for a couple weeks and just now remembering to get it posted!  I saw the challenge is snow this week at CASology and it jogged my brain! yay!  So I’m linking up there!

A glittery, shiny, CAS card, perfect for a white Christmas!  Come on snow! haha

 

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And on the inside bottom right I die cut a silver snowflake and glued it partially in the corner… pretty!  Forgot to take a picture of that though!

LOVE these new poppystamps word dies!  They are just gorgeous cuts!  LOVE them, I do!

The Simon Says Stamps snowflakes are gorgeous too and cut in the silver metallic that I didn’t take a picture of…perfect!  Fire me as a photographer! lol

I used the Perfect Layers Rulers to cut the silver mat, then adhered the layers to a white card-base.

This turned out to be a pretty much an A7 size card… hehe

Also linking up to the following…

Crazy for CAS Challenge – Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge – Winter Inspiration photos

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge – Anything Goes

Scrapyland Challenge – Holidays (poppystamps die)

Tis the Season Challenge – jeweled snowflake inspiration

 

Thanks for stopping by on this busy Saturday before Christmas!  eek is right!

Dies and Supplies I used on this card…

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Sales and Cards…

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YAY!  So fun to take it easy this a.m., today marks the beginning of the hustle and bustle!  Tim is out checking out the Christmas tree place.  If you don’t get there right when they open, the tall ones are gone!  I’m watching for stamp sales online…I wanted to share this one right away!

 

and this one for Blick Art Materials… love their Copic prices and great place for watercolor paper, color pencils etc.

 

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Then I wanted to share that Printworks has a Limited Edition Snowman again this year and NEW STAMPS!

 

 

Visit our sample gallery for additional samples from this brand new release!

 

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TODAY (11/28/14) ONLY use code BLACKFRIDAY2014

 

Insert the code BLACKFRIDAY2014 into the coupon code section on our website and receive the following:

 

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  • 10% off your entire order
  • FREE shipping
  • The gift picture above (5 chunky tags, E3123, and A3124)

 


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Nicole says,

“Also, be sure to like us on Facebook. Starting Thanksgiving and running through the weekend we will be offering a special gift exclusively to our Facebook followers. The only way to get the gift is to look for the code on our page!
Everyone here at Printworks is very excited for our biggest specials of the year…we hope you are, too!”

 

Here’s a few cards using Printworks stamps!

 

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and on the inside…

 

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and some good advice…

 

 

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For the times you need a birthday card at Christmas…Printworks has awesome images and sentiments just right for the occasion!

 

and even a California Christmas of sorts!  hehe

 

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Perfect Layers Rulers and Mat to layer the scene to the white card.  Enter code Psparks for 10% off your entire order! You’ll love them!!!  Free cutting mat through the end of November!

 

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Stamps and supplies I used…
washi tape (K & co. smash book)
3mm red glitter domes (Mark Richards)
Linking up the Santa and Beach card to…

 

Thanks for checking in today!  Happy weekend to you!

cards · CAS · Christmas · copics · Lawn Fawn · One Layer Card · Simon Says Stamp · Winter

Simon Says Stamp Cold Hands Warm Hearts release…

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Hi everyone! Are you enjoying the beautiful days we’ve been having?  love it!  Soon enough we’ll be thinking about staying warm, here in Iowa anyway!

I made a few cards using some of the new Simon Says Stamps October Release Cold Hands Warm Heart.

 


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Oh what fun!  Awesome stamp sets, die sets, stencils and supplies! The mug, heart and sentiment are from the Winter Warmth stamp set.  The oval the mug is sitting on is from the Dash Line Shapes stamp set.

I took a CAS approach for my three cards today and some color book therapy!  Oh, the little holly and berries with the mug is from Lawn Fawn though.

 


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On this Brrr card… I used one of the dies from the Stitched Slopes and Hills die set to make the clothes line. I stamped the images from the Winter Warmth stamp set to appear like they are hanging. What an awesome die set!  Can’t wait to use it for landscape type scenes!

 

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This card was ‘spotted’ on the SSS Flickr page!  yay!  Thank you SSS!

 

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Images stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink

Copics I used…
green – (brr card) YG41, 45 (mug YG61,63, 67)
red – R27, 59
teal – (brr card) BG45, 49 (mug) B00, BG53, 57

Snowflakes stamped with Memento Teal ink pad

Sentiment stamped with Versafine Black

I’m linking up to some challenges…

Virginia’s View Challenges – CAS  First card is in the wrap up, HERE. YAY!  THX Virginia! AND in the Honorable Mentions!  woohoo!  Thank you so much Virginia and family!

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Addicted to Stamps Challenge – Anything Goes First card is an honorable addict!  YAY!  THX ladies!

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Papertake Weekly – Anything Goes

 

Here’s another new die I got to play with…it’s called the Triangle Pattern Wafer die.

 


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I die cut it twice, in white and green, then filled in the white with green to give it a tree like look.  A neat die and it cut beautifully!

The Merry Christmas sentiment is from a poppystamps Merry Christmas background die.  I cut it but left the letters in the cut.

Click over to Simon Says Stamp.com to see the rest of this awesome release!  Copics, stamp pads and supplies, everything you need to stamp out cold hands and warm hearts…  : )

Thank you for stopping by!  I’ll be teaching Memory Box/poppystamps classes soon… two on Oct. 19th at Scrapmania in Cedar Rapids and two on Nov. 8th in Moline, IL at The Scrapbooking Studio.  If you’re anywhere close… come! I’d love to meet you!  : )