Crazy 4 Challenges #59

October is such a beautiful month with the leaves changing.  Our leaves here in CT are just about starting to turn. In another week or 2 the colors will be amazing! Then rake rake rake... (my back hurts just thinking about it). Well this week at Crazy 4 Challenges we need to create an *Autumn/Fall* card!!!
Here is the easel card that I created:

I had the front door background stamp that I got from Magnolia-licious and my adorable trick or treators are from Whimy Stamps.  These digital images were created by the very talented artist Chrissy Armstrong.  My sentiment is computer generated. Don't you just love that checkerboard border punch?  That is an EK Success punch - LOVE IT!

Here are a few more pics:

These kids are just tooo cute!! ;)  I will enter this card at the following challenges:

The Creative Cottage Challenge - Halloween
Crafty Cardmakers - fancy folds
One Stitch At A Time - use your digi stamps
My Grafico - anything goes
Challenge up your Life - autumn (halloween reminds me of autumn)

I hope you can play along with us this week at Crazy 4 Challenges. I'll be looking for you! ;)

Inky Impressions' Fall Sneak Peek

Good morning! It's my turn to show you a sneak peek from Inky Impressions' new and AWESOME fall release. This release has so many wonderful images - so perfect for making cards for this time of year. Here is Lili's First Day of School:

Oh isn't she a doll!? I had the school stamp and thought it would work perfectly for this Lili image. Inky Impression images work beautifully with other stamps. I love to interchange them with other stamp lines and make fun scenes. I used K&Co and Papertrey Ink papers, the cute brads and school bus charm (CUTE) are from Inky Impressions, the ribbon and apple button are from Joanne Fabrics.  I used the following copics to color my images: E35, Y23, Y21, Y11, Y000, R29, R27, R24, R22, R20, C9, C7, C5, C3, C1, C00, B39, B37, B34, B000, E33, E31, E11, E00, E000, YG67, YG63, G21, G20

Here is a closeup:

I will enter this card at the following challenges:

Stamptacular Sunday Challenge: sketch
365 Cards - country charm (old fashioned school house has country charm, right?)
Stamp With Fun - sketch
The Pink Elephant - back to school

Thanks for visiting me today! Please visit Cheryl for her sneak peek tomorrow! Enjoy your day!

Crazy 4 Challenges #51

This week at Crazy 4 Challenges we have a sketch challenge for you. Here is the sketch:



Here is my card:



I used this adorable Penny Black image. Isn't she cute? I used my spellbinder die to cut out the ovals. And my awesome brand new cupcake border punch from EK Success that I found on sale at my local Joanne Fabrics. My papers are also from Joanne's sold by the sheet and some Stampin Up cardstock. The copics I used on this image are: E13, 17, 18, 18, R20, R22, R24, R27, R29, RV10, RV32, RV34, E31, E33, E35, E39, E11, E00, E000, R20.



Our sponsor this week is Alota Rubberstamps. Please visit the C4C blog to see samples from the wonderful Alota Rubberstamps DT. If you would like to play along with us this week, all you have to do is create a card/project, and upload it to your blog and/or to your SCS Gallery using the keyword C4C51. Don't forget to visit the C4C blog and link it on Mr Linky so that everyone else can see it too.

Here are a few challenges that I will enter my card in:

If the Shoe Fits - diecuts
Charisma Cardz - die cuts
Flutter by Wednesday - recipe (sparkle, 2 dp, 3 gems)

Thanks for visiting and have a great weekend!

Some Exciting News - C4C

Good Morning! I am so happy to be back from vacation. My family and I had a great time in Disney World. Lots of beautiful sunny (and very HOT) days! This year we stayed at the Wilderness Lodge resort which was very nice! Great atmosphere and restaurant. We loved watching the boat parade outside our room every night and we were lucky to see fireworks at the Magic Kingdom almost every night too (sometimes from our hotel room). They do an amazing fireworks show! **Reminder to myself for next time - bring sneakers, my feet were killing me from wearing the wrong shoes ;). Well, I am glad to get back to my regular routine although I miss the "magic" of being in Disney. Now, I have alot to catch up on!

I have some exciting news to share this morning, I have been asked to join the Crazy 4 Challenges DT. I'm thrilled to be able to work with this fun and talented group of ladies! So, for our challenge this week we were asked to use lots of ribbon on our card (at least 2). So here is what I came up with:



I made a stair step card using all these Magnolia images that I picked up at Magnolia-licious. What do you you think?









Recipe:

Stamps by Magnolia and Alota Rubberstamps, copic markers, papers by Basic Grey, ribbon and daisy buttons from Michaels, Cricut to cut out letters, and MS border punch.



Our sponsor this week is My Favorite Things. Please visit their site here to see their fabulous clear stamps. If you would like to play along with us, all you have to do is create a card/project and upload it to your blog and/or to your SCS Gallery using the keyword C4C44. Don't forget to link it at the challenge blog to Mr. Linky so that everyone else can see it too. I hope you will play along with us at Crazy 4 Challenges. Looking forward to seeing your creations! hugs,

Spunky Scooter Lili

Whew! It is HOT today! Summer weather has come in full force here where I live. Wish I had that pool open. Hope you all are in your craft rooms and staying cooool :o)...

Anyways, here is a card I want to show you that I made for Inky Impressions. This is Spunky Scooter Lili. How adorable is she!? I saw this background made by Alota Rubberstamps that I picked up from the Magnolia store and knew this image would be a nice background for my Scooter Lili. I think the background image is actually supposed to be a winter type of scene so I added some flowersoft to the leafless trees. I think it turned out ok. What do you think?



I'm following Mercy's Sketch this week (love her sketches). Here is a closeup picture:



Recipe: Basic Grey, Magnolia, and DCWV papers, Inky Impression stamps, Alota Rubberstamps stamp, ribbon and wooden heart button from my stash, flower soft, and spellbinder die.

Copics: G17, G14, YG13, YG01, E42, E40, YG67, YG63, G21, YR23, Y23, Y21, R29, R27, R24, R22, R20, R85, R83, R81, C9, C7, C5, C3, C1, C00, E35, E33, E31, E30, E02, E00, E000, B39, B37, B34, B32

I plan to enter this card at the following challenges:

Mercy's Sketch - sketch
Creative Card Crew - pink and green
Corrosive Challenge - clean and simple
Crafty Ann's Challenge Blog - lots of bright colors
Ooh La La Creations - bright and cheerful
Charisma Cardz - 3D (Lili and background are both popped up)

Thanks for stopping by today! Have a great week! hugs,

Paper Romance - YNS Challenge #12 - Yippee Fhiona

Happy Tuesday to you! Today I wanted to play along with the Your Next Stamp Challenges #12. My friend Cabio is hosting this week and she chose distressing as her theme. So here is my attempt at distressing my card:



The distressing is very subtle but I tried. Here is a closeup of Yippee Fhiona (isn't she cute?)



When I saw this image, I pictured my 7 year old jumping for glee on the last day of school (sort of looks like my Christina too) and so created this card. You can find Fhiona and many other YNS stamps at Paper Romance. Right now they are having a sale. Just use the code word SPRINGTIME to get 10% off any order over $25. For my card today, I used an assortment of papers from DCWV and Provo craft. My buttons, star charm, and twine are from my stash. The school is from Alota Rubberstamps.

Hope you liked my card. Thanks for visiting me today. Don't forget to head on over to Paper Romance for their 10% off sale. Have a great week!

Inky Impressions Sketch Challenge

Hello fellow stampers! Hope you are doing well this fine day!? Today at the Inky Impressions Challenge blog we have a wonderful sketch challenge to follow created by my fellow DT member, the very talented Domi.

Here is her sketch:



Here is the card I made:



I used this cute image from Inky Impressions. She is called Ice Skating Rachel. She's perfect to use for winter cards, don't you think? I had fun coloring her.

Here are a few more pictures:





I colored my image with copics and surrounded the image with a flowersoft globe. The snowflake and scrolls were cut out with my cricut machine. I used SEI papers, MS punch, and the ribbon, pearls, and charm are from my "stash." Hope you like it!? Thanks for looking. Hugs!

All That Scraps Challenge - Sparkly

The challenge this week over at All That Scraps is to have sparkle and glitter on your project. So, today I made a diorama card - the instructions can be found here at Splitcoast Stampers. I altered it a bit and changed the size and shape.

Here is my card:



I colored the church pink to draw your eye into the card and to match the image, which I colored first. The poinsettias were red but I wanted it to match my image also so I glittered it up with pink MS glitter. I like how it turned out! I also used white scribbles 3D paint for the trees and ground around the church then I put glitter over it for extra sparkle.

Here's a closer look at cutey Angelica:



Here's a closer look at church:



Here's a more angled picture to show the 3 layers:




The stamps I used today are: Angelica's Lantern from Inky Impressions, the church is from Alota Rubberstamps, and the trees are from Magnolia.

Thanks for stopping by. Enjoy your day!

So Sweet Tilda

Today I used 60s Tilda from Magnolia-licious and a lollypop stamp from Alota Rubber Stamps. Here is the card I made.



I love the pink and green color combo. Here is a closer view of Tilda and lollypop.



Recipe: Stamps: Magnolia and Alota Rubber Stamps, Paper: DCWV and Stampin Up, Prima flowers, spellbinder nestabilities, ribbon from my stash, copics

Do you like it? Thanks for visiting! :o)

Some Christmas Cards

Started working on some Christmas cards. Here is one that I used with Jam Tilda from the Magnolia-licious store and this wonderful gingerbread house from Alota Rubberstamps.


I used scribbles dimensional paint on the roof and dusted with some Martha Stewart glitter. Also used diamond stickles on the roof too and shutters.

Here is the inside of my card:


I tried to make the bow with the sentiment look like an ornament.

Recipe:
Stamps - Magnolia, Alota Rubberstamps
Paper - Stampin Up, Provocraft
Tools - Bowdabra, Spellbinder die, Scribbles, MS glitter, Stickles, Liquid pearls, Glossy accents
Ink - Copic markers, Ranger ink

Would love to hear what you think. Thanks so much for visiting!

It's been a long time since I've posted here but I have been so busy this summer with my family that it leaves me little time for making cards but I try to keep up with reading everyone else's blog and practicing with my copics and card layouts. I've seen alot of improvement since my first attempts.

I did find time to create this following card for the Christmas challenge at the Magnolia-licious Highlites blog. I had so much fun making it. It's a pop-up Christmas card that I hope will keep inspiring me as I look at it in my craftroom.





I had the christmas tree stamp, the couch from Alota Rubberstamps, the fireplace also from Alota Rubberstamps, and the Magnolia images (Tilda and cats). I used 2 circle nestabilities for the wreath and cut out a circle. Then covered it with green flowersoft. I used Liquid pearls for the berries on the wreath then tied a bow with ribbon. I popped out the tree and Tilda. I had to make the tree a bit bigger because it wasn't in proportion to Tilda. So I stamped the tree 2 times and attached extra branches to the other tree. I wanted the card to look like a living room so I used paper that looked similar to wallpaper. For the carpeted floor I just cut out a circle to look like an area rug for the middle of the room. Hope you like it! Ciao!