Ready, Set, GO!

It's Day 5 of Dare to Get Dirty 2015 over at Splitcoaststampers.com! I am BLOWN AWAY by all the projects everyone is making! WOWZERS!

I made this card for one of the today's challenges - hosted by the super sweet and talented Judy Rozema - (aka StampingQueenJar)

 

I adore critters! This hamster stamp from Whipper Snapper is as cute as they come! Since he is running on a wheel, thought it would be perfect for a shaker card.

The fun "shaker stuff" is Gold Diamond Range FlowerSoft. I figured the little guy would love to have some toys to play with, so I tossed in a few clear and gold sequins from Pretty Pink Posh. He was VERY happy! I love how this turned out.


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Supplies:
Whipper Snapper Stamp - Are We There Yet?
A Muse Artstamps - Ready, Set, Recline sentiment stamp
Glamor Crafts Shades of Aqua Blues Cardstock
Crafter's Companion Kraft Cardstock
Neenah White Cardstock
Misc patterned dp
My Favorite Things Dies
Studio Calico Wood Veneer Arrows
FlowerSoft Gold Diamond Range
Pretty Pink Posh Sequins
Crafter's Companion Letters and Numbers Die Sets
Foam Adhesive
Copic Markers
Clear Glaze Pen

Flying Colors

Hello friends!

Today is the first day of Splitcoaststampers.com Dare to Get Dirty 2015! WOOT! WOOT!

This event is all week long. LOADS of fun stuff going on. Here's a tag I made for the first challenge of the event - hosted by the super talented Lydia Fiedler.

I started out by blending 3 distress ink colors on a tag - Cracked Pistachio, Abandoned Coral and Mermaid Lagoon. Then, I used water to stamp images from Crafter's Companion Sheena's A Little Bit Scenic Flying Colors stamp set. Turned out amazing!

I dried the tag with my heat gun, then blended Vintage Photo and Black Soot Distress Inks around the edges. The Crafter's Companion Die'sire Delicate Butterfly is diecut from Black Pearl Shimmering Cardstock and mounted with foam tape. I used Tuxedo Black irRESISTible Pico Embellisher to make the trailing dots. I also added a fun gemstone sticker around the tag hole at the top.

The sentiment, which is also from the Flying Colors stamp set, is stamped and heat embossed. I mat it on shimmering cardstock, then attached with foam tape. The rhinestone flowers are from my stash, and I added tiny black rhinestones in the centers.



I LOVE these challenge! The inspiration is just what I need to get my craft on. To join in, you need to be a Fan Club Member. Not a Fan Club Member? Click HERE for more info.


Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies:
Crafter's Companion Sheena's A Little Bit Scenic - Flying Colors Stamp Set
Crafter's Companion Die'sire Metal Dies - Delicate Butterfly
Crafter's Companion Shimmering Cardstock - Black Pearl
Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko irRESISTible Pico Embellisher - Tuxedo Black
Manila Craft Tag
Versafine Ink Pad - Onyx Black
Distress Ink Pads - Black, Vintage Photo, Cracked Pistachio, Abandoned Coral, Mermaid Lagoon
Ink Blending Tools
Dimensional Foam Adhesive
Rhinestone Stickers
Clear Embossing Powder
Heat Embossing Tool
Die-cutting/Embossing Machine
Ribbons & Twine
Water

It's beginnig to look a lot like Christmas

Yep! Christmas is in the air! So get ready...because during the next couple weeks, I'll be plastering Christmas and Winter card & projects on my blog and other on-line galleries. You've been warned ;)

Here's a card I did using this weeks Card Sketch SC517 over on Splitcoaststampers.com

I just LOVE these stamps from Eat Cake Graphics! And the little figure skater...HELLO!!! Perfect! The stamp is called Lucy's Learning to Skate. The sentiment is called Look a lot like Christmas. The font on this sentiment is so cute..and perfect for this image! Eat Cake Graphics has a bunch of other great sentiment and quote stamps! Go ahead...treat yourself...I did ;) Shop HERE.

Here's the Spectrum Noir Markers I used to color with:

• Skin - FS2, FS3, CR2
• Hair - GB1
• Hat, gloves, scarf and center of flower - CR8
• Jacket and flower - BT1, BT3, BT4
• Pants, jacket buttons and hair ties - IG4, IG10
• Shading on skates - IG1

I fussy cut her out, added red sparkly flocking and attached to card front with dimensional foam adhesive. The sentiment is stamped and heat embossed. I filled in the tiny snowballs with a white gel pen. The three little white snowflakes were diecut from Poppystamps Christmas Baubles die set.

OK folks...I'm outta here! Gonna go create more fun Christmas projects.

Dirty Dozen Happy Mail

I have GREAT NEWS to share!!! I'm an official Splitcoaststampers.com Dirty Dozen Designer!



Here's a peek at the project being shared on the announcement page.  If you wanna see the entire card, just click pic. :)

Splitcoastampers.com was my first ever on-line crafty place to hang out. September 2006 is when I joined. WOW! That was a LOOOONG time ago!

Instead of me telling you all about Splitcoaststampers.com and the Fan Club...just click HERE to check it all out.

Have a great week!

National Coffee Day

HELLO all you Coffee Fans!  Today is National Coffee Day!


YAY for COFFEE!

To celebrate, I'm taking part in a special Coffee Lovers Blog Hop.  It's gonna be TONS of fun, FULL of inspiration, LOADS of laughs, and AWESOME prizes and giveaways!!!! Get all the details about today's Blog Hop HERE.


Here's my coffee creation using a NEW Boo! Spooky Latte Digi Image from Fresh Brewed Designs. The bat is another great NEW Digi Image from the Simply Spooky Set. LOVE!

 
What fun stamps huh! I used markers to color the images.  The background layer was created with a couple Tim Holtz stencils, Black Embossing Paste, Black Glitter, Distress Paint and Distress Inks. I used a clear epoxy circle sticker on the cup band.

I fussy cut the images - leaving white edges so they would look as if they were die-cut pieces. I used this weeks Sketch Challenge 507 at Splitcoaststampers for my layout.

 Take a look at all the fantastic companies who are sponsoring this Coffee Lovers Blog Hop

Pretty amazing!  Click HERE to join the fun!


Now I gotta go grab another cuppa and do some more crafting. Have a great Monday!

Proud Cutie Bug

HEY EVERYONE! It's time for another DIGI RELEASE over at Fresh Brewed Designs! This release is HUGE!

11 NEW CUTIE BUG DIGI IMAGES!!! Check 'em all out HERE. We're also having some fun games over at our FACEBOOK EVENT! Join the fun and have a chance to win prizes!

Today I have a card to share with you using the NEW Cutie Bug Flag Digital Stamp.

I designed my card based on the current card sketch (SC492) from Splitcoaststampers.

I cut out a 2nd flag and popped it up on foam tape.  Around the die-cut oval, I added 2 different glitters. I also added glitter to the wings and clear glaze pen to other parts. This cutie bug is ready for 4th of July!

I'll have another card to share with you tomorrow. But in the meantime...hop on over to Facebook and join the Release Party fun!!!

See ya later :)

Mudpie Munch

Happy Monday Bloggers!

We have another great House-Mouse & Friends challenge as well as prizes!!! Our sponsors for this challenge are:



Simon Says Stamp is generously giving away a RANDOM ASSORTMENT of some of their Premium Dye Ink Pads to one very lucky player!!! I KNOW!!! AWESOME!!! Simon Says ROCKS!!!! 

Also, we are happy to welcome back this great sponsor:

PIZZAZZ APLENTY will be giving away a surprise package of embellishments worth $15.00. (Due to increased postage costs, the winner for this prize must reside in the USA)

You can get all the prize details and how to have a chance to win on the blog post HERE.

Now...on to the challenge!!!

 

House-Mouse & Friends Monday Challenge #163 - Color Challenge.

Amethyst, White plus 1 other color. Create anything that uses this special color combination along with any House-Mouse, Happy Hopper or Gruffies Image. Visit the BLOG to get all the challenge details and see all the great design team samples. Have a blast creating!

I had a few CAS ideas for this challenge...and decided to make them all. I used the same House-Mouse stamp called Mudpie Munch on all 3 projects. Then sentiment is from Whipper Snapper Designs.

I love making tags! This was so quick and easy. I used a white gel pen on the eyes and flower.

 

 

Here's another version of the tag. I embossed the images and mounted it to create a quick and simple card.

This next card is so sparkly!

Colored with Prismacolor Pencils & OMS.

 

Hope you join us for the color challenge!

Have a great week,

 

 

From me to you

Have you seen the Bebunni Collection from Crafter's Companion? Check it out HERE.

Bebunni is a cuddly, super cute rabbit with very very large ears and a very very large heart! Bebunni even has a Facebook Page!

I'm using stamps from the NEW Bebunni Love Collection - Love You set stamped on Ultra Smooth Premium White Cardstock.

Sooooo CUTE!

I colored everything with Spectrum Noir markers - then added a few accents with a white gel pen. 

I used Splitcoaststampers Card Sketches - SC473 for my design inspiration. I love sketches!

Challenges are a great way to get your creative juices flowing. We have a monthly challenge going on right now over on the Crafter's Companion Challenge Blog. This month is a CAS challenge - Clean and Simple. Create a project you consider to be in the clean and simple style. Get all the challenge and prize details on the blog HERE. The above sketch is a great layout for making a CAS card!
Get more inspiration for Bebunni and all the other Crafter's Companion stamps on Pinterest.

Fom me to you!

Spectrum Noir Markers:
BT1, BT2, BT4, CR2, CR3, CR5, CR6, CR8, TN1, TN2, TN3, IG1, IG2, Blender

Little Princess

Have you noticed I've been on a "love" kick?  Yep...and I have more comin'. Maybe I'll have to switch the focus over to bunnies? LOL Well...thanks for puttin' up with me!

Here's another one...

I just love coloring these cute images from the Crafter's Companion S.W.A.L.K. collection. This one is a set called Little Princess.  The little girl stamped on Ultra Smooth Premium White Cardstock, colored with Spectrum Noir markers, cut out and adhered on the circle mat. The card layout is from Splitcoaststampers Sketch Challenge #471.

I embossed the sentiment and hearts. I also put dots of glaze on her necklace.



The hearts and wand were stamped, colored, trimmed and adhered flat. A touch of red glitter pen was added before adding glossy accents. The tiara, wand and star burst accents have microfine glitter added to them.

Extra happiness on the inside of the card :)  The little star bursts are from the Little Princess stamp set. The sentiment is from the Friends and Family Sentimentals Set. The strip of hearts down the side is decorative tape. I added a thin strip of black cardstock on the right edge of the tape.

Spectrum Noir Markers:
CR3, CR6, CR8, TN3, GB1, FS2, FS3, IB2, BGR1

You still have a few more days left to get in on this month's challenge - Hearts. Get the details HERE.

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Have a great week...one wrapped in happiness and