Tilda Blowing Hearts…

I’m so hoping to get Valentines done this week to send to our Grandchildren…not sure it will happen but I want to! I stamped Tilda Blowing Hearts with Memento Tuxedo Black ink on Neenah Supersmooth Classic Crest 80# card-stock and colored her with Copic sketch markers. (I had her face colored nicely yesterday and then today, I thought I could improve on it and yukked it up! boohoo!  I guess it doesn’t really work to come back 18 hours later and start re-coloring. I get tired of education some-times,  don’t you?!!!  I used the Copic clear Spica glitter pen on her wings. I cut my Bazzill card-stock to 5.5 x 11 in. and scored it at the half mark with my scor-it board.
I stamped on Eclipse tape and then cut inside the lines to create a mask to cover her so I could stamp the Love Heart background over the top of her. I created flowers with the Nellie Snellen flower punch and embosser small size. The stamen is an old Family Treasures punch. Quickutz scroll dies from a Revolution 4×4 die. The red border is a new Martha Stewart scallop heart border punch and the older doily lace border punch on the bottom. I cut the Tilda image out with the Nestabilities label four set, the largest one. The black piece I traced around the die and hand-cut it…not hard at all…but I love to cut!
I’m entering this in some challenges…

• Stamp Something – Love Somethings
• Stampin For the Weekend - Valentines
• ABC Challenge – N is for New – new Martha Stewart scallop heart punch, new to me Tilda & Love background  stamp
• Saturday Spotlight – teeny tiny time – Tilda is blowing teeny tiny hearts…

Thanks for coming by! Happy Stamping!

Queen of Hearts….

is preachin’, “Chocolate: It’s not just for Breakfast….and I couldn’t agree more!!!  The Challenge on ATS Weekly Wednesday Challenge blog this week is to create something you could use for Valentine packaging. I used an Accucut heart box die that is just the right size for my Green and Blacks organic 70% Dark Chocolate bar.  Amazing chocolate,  my fave!

The sentiment stamp is from Inkadinkado and stamped with Versafine Onyx Black ink on Stampin Up Soft Suede.  The Queen of Hearts, from CC Designs is stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with Copic Sketch Markers, photo below. I used a clear spica pen on her crown, it’s sparkly! Papers are My Mind’s Eye,  Love Me Do.  I know you’re all thinking, stamping Valentines,  so come join the fun…great prize too!

THE LATEST UPDATE from Tab at 7Kids….I want one too….what?  well,  I’ll tell ‘ya!  LOOK at this!  The Martha Stewart Scoring Board!  Check out all the details and comparison.   Lots of Pre-Orders to check out..Have FUN shopping!

La-La’s Weekly Wednesday Challenge #24

Time for La-la’s Weekly Wednesday Challenge! This week, design team member Kristine, challenged us to use hearts in our creations. I am using La-la with Heart. She is making me smile, even though this is the third time I am typing this up!!! I don’t usually have trouble but Safari just deleted everything I’d done when I went to schedule this! yikes! So, I will persevere because she is so cute! lol Here she is up close….

I stamped La-la with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and colored her with Copic Sketch markers. Photo below showing what markers I used. She is cut out and mounted on My Minds Eye pattern paper.  This is my favorite Martha Stewart corner and border set punch so far this year! lol  A lot of year left and I’ve seen tons of new stuff coming from them!  I just love the lacey effect the double heart borders create! The three hearts are puff pillow stickers by K & Company. I stamped the sentiment, “Heart Warming Wishes” B3168 from Printworks with Versafine Black Onyx ink on the pattern paper. I aged the edges of all the “parts” with Antique Linen Distress ink and my Ink Blending tool.
Hope you have time to visit the challenge blog and the DT personal blogs to see their heart creations. Join us in using “hearts” this week.

I am entering my card in these challenges also…

• Prairie Fairy Fridays - sketch
• Paper Take Weekly – Love Actually
• Creative Card Crew – Valentines
• Pile it on – Enough of Winter’s colors
• Paper Sundaes – Valentine
• Friday Sketchers – sketch
• Fussy and Fancy Friday – Hearts

Shapes, Shapes, Shapes, can’t make a card without them!

So…did you think there were enough shapes already?!!!  HA!  NO WAY!  NEW shapes coming soon to 7KidsCollegeFund, close as the USPS mail!!!  Save…most are 20% off!

SO….check these new Nestabilities dies out and pre-order away….here are some pictures to tempt you! Lots more on the store site…

While you’re there check out the other new pre-order stamps and tools… lots to love at 7Kids!   The SUPER DEAL right now is the new Magnolia Ink Magazine Vol. 2.  Happy stamping and shopping!

Happy Winter Antoinette….

Antoinette from Kraftin’ Kimmie stamps…I purchased this whimsical skater girl well before Christmas but this is the first I’ve stamped and colored her. I have a skater girl weakness… I will still be in the Winter “mode” for awhile because I have a bunch of snowmen that have never been inked too!

Well, I added bling again..woohoo…the Zva Creative flourishes are really easy to use! I’m impressed! I have a package of the pearl kind to try next!  I know,  I’m still stuck on this Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses paper too… I love it!  Snowflake punch is from Stampin UP.  Icicle punch is a border punch from EK Success… I used the actual punch out part,  I liked it better! lol  This time anyway.  Bazzill and Stampin Up card-stock.  The white I used is Neenah Classic Crest Super smooth.  Antoinette is inked with Memento Tuxedo Black ink, colored with Copic Sketch markers,  photo of markers used below and cut out with Oval Nestabilities dies. Crystal Ice Stickles on the snowflake and Polar White Flower Soft on her ear muffs and dress. The sentiment is from Savvy Stamps 723B Happy Winter, stamped with Versafine Onyx Black ink. Holler at me if I forgot something.  I created a column to the right in the sidebar listing the tools that I use every-time I stamp.  Amazing how I keep thinking of more tools to add to the list! lol

Saturday Spotlight challenge this week,  ”Bigger is Better”….well,  look at the size of that snowflake! lol  They always have fun challenges!  Thanks Vicki and SS team!

A Spoon Full of Sugar challenge this week is “Freestyle” (anything you like)….well,  that’s easy!  Thank you Debbie and Nikki!

La-La Land Crafts Challenge #23

Welcome to La-La’s Weekly Wednesday Challenge. This week Design Team member Kim has challenged us to make a gift card holder. I’m also playing along with the Mojo Monday challenge blog to follow a sketch and make a round card.

Winter LaLa is stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with copic markers.  The photo below shows the colors I used.

The scallop circles were cut on the Cricut with the mini monograms cartridge.  The size dial set at 5.5 inches.  The inner circle I cut out of October Afternoon pattern paper,  with the coluzzle circle cutting system. Bazzill card-stock and Emagination snowflake punches (probably available from the Punch Bunch now), layered up to give a chipboard effect. The sentiment on the front and inside is one stamp that I  split up to use separately. Using Versafine Onyx black ink and the stampamajig (my extra right hand) I was able to position them both exactly where I wanted them.  It’s a new stamp from Printworks E4004, Smile your heart out!   I love it! I don’t think it’s on their retail site yet so if you’re ordering just add this number to the comment box or call in your order. Link to the retail site is in my blog sidebar.

Next photo is the inside of the card.  I used the Tim Holtz tiny attacher to staple the half scallop circle to the back scallop circle.  The front scallop circle is attached at the top with Tombow mono Multi adhesive.  I scored the top of the back sc. circle at approximately a half inch and that allows you to open the card.

I used a Martha Stewart snowfall border punch and the aspen snowflake corner punch for the snowflakes you see here.  I know…the only gift card I could find to stick in here as an example was from Cabelas!!! lol  yep,  DH loves to fish!  I color in the boat! lol  I do…it makes me nervous though…sure would hate to see my copics go overboard! lol  Two kinds of stickles on the snowflakes…frosted lace and platinum.

Have fun looking to see what the other Design Team members created…last week’s “fancy fold” cards were awesome!  We’d love to have you join us in the challenge this week….I hope to do better and get around to the blogs to see the entries.  A special offer at La-La Land Crafts – Buy three, get one FREE – between now and January 30th. Purchase three stamps from La-La Land Crafts online store and you will receive a FREE stamp of your choice!! Happy Winter or I should say Happy Weather! lol

Happy Birthday Ethan…

One of the guys from the Greeting Farm…

I’m entering it on the Stamptacular Sunday Challenge blog – the challenge is “POP UP”.

• stamped with Memento Tuxedo black ink
• colored with copic sketch markers, shirt – G20’s, jeans – B90’s, hair – E13, 15, 17, 19
• Hero Arts birthday background stamp
• Stampin Up Sanded and plaid background stamps
• Rubber Stampede grass stamp
• Karen Foster Bike charm
• EK Success circle punches – 1 1/4in and 1 3/8 in.
• Adornments “play hard” twill
• Bazzill card-stock “pear” and ink (leapfrog)
• Bazzill teeny 1/16th brad

This is a free standing pop up card found on Splitcoast Stampers resource page here….

A close up of the charm…I partially closed the card.  It does come all the way up to lay flat and fit in an A2 envelope!  I really like this idea and think I’ll be using it again.  You could really bling it up more for a girl and more for a boy too.  This was just all  I could come up with Sunday a.m.! lol

Christmas All Year Long….

Welcome to the Christmas All Year Long blog hop!  I’m so excited about this hop because I love creating for Christmas.  If you ‘d like to start at the beginning of the hop…go to Julie’s blog.  Everyone participating in this hop is using Magnolia rubber stamps for their creation.

Here’s my January card…

• Bazzill card-stock
• Creative Imaginations ribbon
• Martha Stewart pine and holly punches…McGill 1/8th inch circle punch
• Nellie Snellen dies for the frame
• Tilda and the Christmas background words are from Magnolia and stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink.
• Peace and Joy is an Anna Griffin stamp from All Night Media and stamped with Versafine Onyx black ink.
• The frame is aged with Ranger Nick Bantock VanDyke Brown ink and the Inkssentials  ink blending tool

One last picture of Tilda close up…

and the copic sketch markers I used to color her…

Thanks for stopping by!  I’m linking this up to the Just Magnolia challenge blog also…I used their sketch for this card!

Next stop on the hop is Patricia Garcia…enjoy!

Sweet Tilda….

• Sweet Tilda gracing my Valentine card today!
• The sentiment “Dear to my heart” is another awesome stamp from Printworks.  I inked it with Versafine Onyx Black ink and colored in the heart with R29 and R59 copics.
• Tilda is stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with Copic Sketch markers.
• The dot pattern paper is from Sweetwater.
• Just HAD to use my new Martha Stewart punches…love this sweetheart around the page set…although,  you do want to watch it carefully if you want it to look straight on your card…ack…don’t look so close! lol
• The key hole heart and key are new from Martha also.  I punched four of each and layered them together so they look like chipboard…
• The ribbon is from my collection.
• The embossed heart is from a folder that came with my Cuttlebug.
• I stamped the background, the heart border background, the heart lock and key all with Stampin Up’s Sanded background stamp…another stamp that just hangs out on my desk cuz I NEED it all the time! lol
• Everything is edged, aged with Ranger,  Nick Bantock , Van Dyke brown ink.

I’m linking Tilda to

• Magnolia Down Under challenge blog/Valentines
• Cutie-Stampers Challenge blog/Magnolia
• A Spoon Full of Sugar Challenge blog/layering
• No Time To Stamp/vintage feel

The ice is gone off the trees here.  Whew  - after three days of ice and electricity on and off,  I’m delighted that it warmed up and melted.  The trees look really barren now! Happy Weekend!

Birthday card for Lilli….

Pink….Lilli loves pink! So, I colored up this Lili (leelee) Fairy from Inky Impressions in ALL pink! I think she’ll like it!  I hope, she’ll love it!  The challenge right now at Inky Impressions Challenge blog is to use pink and hearts…gonna link up but I don’t have any hearts on here! bum…oh well,  we know these images are all “heart”! lol  Papertake Weekly Challenge blog is predominantly pink…well,  I nailed that and Cute Card Thursday’s challenge is fairy fantastic!

Here she is close up…SOOOOO CUTE! I love these Inky Lili stamps!

She is stamped with Memento Tuxedo black ink and colored with copic sketch markers.  This is my first time to try the flourishy bling!  very cool!  I am surprised how easy it was to manipulate and get it in the right place!  I uesd the Spica clear glitter pen on her wings,  it’s so subtle,  the camera missed it! lol  I love the look IRL though…just the right touch.

The flowers are Nellie Snellen punches and embossers…very cool and available for pre-order at 7KidsCollegeFund.com.  They are from the Netherlands.

Here’s what I did inside…

There’s that Martha Stewart crown around the page corner… I used the border and corner punch set on the front.  The sentiment stamped on the front,  ”Bright Wishes” and on the inside, “for a Birthday that outshines all the others“, in Versafine Onyx Black ink,  is from Printworks….tons of great birthday sentiments here... check out their clear stamp sets too….some of their images are available in both wood and clear!  I used the Stampamajig to get the placement of the Bright Wishes right where I wanted it on the front. Pearls are from Hero Arts.  Teeny brads on the front are from Bazzill (coming soon to 7Kids).  I think I purchased  the little silver things under the brads at JoAnns.  Thinking the ribbon is May Arts.

Now to finish a couple more cards for our family January birthday party on Sunday afternoon! Happy Weekend to you and thanks for coming by and seeing my “show and tell”! You know, it’s no wonder we liked Kindergarten! lol

Good NEWS…  a Magnolia card from the new release coming soon to this blog…but in the meantime… 7Kids has a big re-stock of images…I had to get some more yesterday and oh,  the pre-order for the Winter release is up too,  right here!  It’s called Raising the Ceiling…

bye…