Let the Sunshine In

Oh, I so need some sunshine and warm weather! It's a whopping 11 degrees out right now! But, I'll have to settle for some Sunshine's Stamps instead;)

I know, it's another square card too, but I've been into these lately for some reason. It's for the Saturday Spotlight SSHP15 - Let the Sunshine In! Check out their challenge if you have the chance - maybe it will bring a little sunshine to your day - or at least you 'll have the chance to win some images from Sunshine's Stamps! I also used the sketch for Papertake Weekly Challenge Sketch #33.

Thanks for looking and happy stamping!

100% Sweet

Good evening! Isn't this little gal from Pixie Dust Studios so sweet? I think my little cousin will be getting this for her birthday coming up soon.

I made this card for a couple of challenges.

The Corrosive Challenge #48 - fancy folds.

The Sweet Stop SSS40 - the sketch.

Pixie Dust Studio Challenge #5 - glitter and sparkle.

Supplies are image - Pixie Dust Studio, colored in with Copics and Bic Mark-Its. SU cardstock in Gable Green and Orchid Opulence. Misc scraps from my stash. Cuttlebug embossing folder Swiss Dots. Sentiment is Studio G. Stickles. Other embellishments are just from my stash.

Thanks for looking and happy stamping!

Color Crazy

My friend Melina hosted a swap over on SCS - make a card for the 3 other ladies in your group using their favorite colors. Fun! I decided to make the same card, 3 ways.

Image is from Softpencil and they are all colored in with Bic Mark-Its, Prisma markers and Copics..

Also, if you have a chance, please check out my friend Jenny's new store - she's selling the cutest little Bildmalarna stamps! Also, check out the Paper Jewels blog! The design team's creations will begin in February and I am so excited to be a part of it!

Thanks for looking and happy stamping!

Sunshine Sunday

I have more love to share today with you! This little cutie is from Sunshine Stamps new Valentine's day line - Huckleberry.

This card is for 2 challenges - Delightful Sketches (the sketch) and Magical Crafts Fortnightly Challenge (Valentine's Day).

Supplies are SU Pixie Pink cardstock, pumpkin pie and Close to Cocoa. DCWV designer paper. Image is Sunshine's Stamps colored in with Copics and Bic Mark-Its. Prima flower, Stickles, and Cuttlebug embossing folder Swiss Dots.

Thanks for looking and happy stamping!

Another Valentine's Card - Non Traditional

Hello! I've been making quite a few Valentine's cards lately, so I decided to break the mold a little and use non-traditional colors this time. I know this image doesn't scream "love", but he is so versatile, and great for many occasions! This is the 57 Buick from Sunshine's Stamps.

I made this card for Show and Tell Cards and Scrap Pages Day 22 Challenge . It''s a 1-2-3 challenge - 1 bow, 2 designer papers, 3 brads (buttons, etc). Valentine's theme and lots of glitter.

Hop on over and play if you have time:)



Other supplies are DCWV DP, cuttlebug embossing folder, oval and circle punches, Stickles, SU watercolor pencils and blender pen, and misc ribbon and brads from my stash. The sentiment is mine, I printed it out from my computer.

Thanks for looking and happy stamping!

In So Many Words

The Sweet Stop has a great challenge this week - SSS39. There's a great sketch, but the twist is to use only a sentiment instead of an image. So here is my take on that! I really loved the colors in my baby card last week, so here they are again:)

Supplies are SU cardstock in certainly celery and so saffron, chocolate chip ink. DP and all other supplies are from my stash. Sentiment is Papertrey Ink.

Thanks for looking and happy stamping!

S.W.A.K.

Mwah! I've been doing a lot of Valentine's cards lately! Here is another one for the Creative Card Crew challenge this week. The image is Sunshine's stamps - and they are also sponsoring the challenge, so hop on over so you can make a card and enter for a chance to win 3 images!

The theme for the challenge is punches. I used a scalloped punch for the tab (cut in half), and for the image background, and a plain circle punch for the image. Instructions for the criss-cross card are here.

Image is Sealed With a Kiss from Sunshine's Stamps. I also used a SU image for the tab. Other supplies are SU cardstock in basic black and ruby red. Stickles, SU watercolor pencils and blender pen. Misc ribbon and I can't remember where the DP is from, but I think it's DCWV. Brads are also SU.

Thanks for looking and happy stamping!

Little One

I am so excited - my sister and her husband are expecting their first baby (it's a girl!) in May. I know this is a little early, but I made this card for her shower:) I LOVE this color combo for babies - it's the colors in my little girl's room too!

It's also for the Papertake Weekly Challenge. I used their sketch #32, slightly modified.

Supplies are SU cardstock in Pretty in Pink and certainly celery. Images are SU and Stamping Bella. Embellishments are misc from my stash. I also used the swirls Cuttlebug embossing folder and Nestabilies for the image and the frame. The image is colored in with Bic Mark-Its and Copics.

Thanks for looking and happy stamping!

Sunshine Sunday

I hope you are all having a wonderful weekend! Today is my day for Sunshine's Stamps. This little guy is new for Valentine's day. You can find him the the Sunshine's Stamps Store. His name is Romeo;)

Supplies are image - Sunshine's stamps, paper is SU green galore and gable green and tempting turquoise. DP is misc from my stash. He is highlighted with clear stickles. Squares are cut with Nestabilities, and the ovals are cut using punches. Buttons and ribbon are misc from my stash.

Thanks for looking and happy stamping!

CCC#16/SSS38 Plus a Little Sunshine

Hello! I have another card to share with you today!

This is for a couple challenges. Our Crafty Critters blog group challenge #16 - create a Valentine's card using pink, red and white, with black as an accent. And The Sweet Stop challenge SSS38 - the sketch.

The little bee is Sunshine's Stamps Sweet Bee. You can find him here.


I used SU Real Red, Pink Passion, and Basic Black cardstock. The image is colored in with Bic Mark-Its and highlighted with Stickles. The background is embossed with the Cuttlebug paisley embossing folder. Sentiment is SU. The curlies are cut out with the Cricut (Use Your Imagination). Scalloped squares are Nestabilities. Dew drops and flowers are from my stash.

Thanks for looking and happy stamping!

Sweet Girl Thanks

It's chaos here this week. I have my son's 5th birthday party this Saturday, so I'm madly trying to shop, clean, and plan. That being said, I had to have some relaxing stamp time last night:)

This littls cutie is from CC Designs - Swiss Miss Rosalie. I made this card for 3 challenges. Mojo Monday #121 (the sketch), Corrosive Challenge #46 (distressing), Cupcake Craft Challenge #73 (going girly), and Tuesday Morning Sketches #28 (buttons and bows).

Materials are SU cardstock in Almost Amethyst, some ivory, white and pink papers from my scrap pile. The floral DP is DCWV. I distressed the pink white core cardstock with some sandpaper around the edges, and also inked the edges of the 2 white pieces with almost amethyst ink. Rosalie is colored in with Copics and Bic Mark-its and the hearts are highlighted with clear stickles. I used the cuttlebug swiss dots embossing folder too. Buttons and flowers are from my stash. Ribbon is PTI brown twill.

Thanks for looking and happy stamping!

Sunshine's Stamps/Mojo Monday

I hope you are all having a nice Sunday afternoon! We're just hanging around today as my husband is trying to fix our shower. (How am I the lucky one to have the no-pressure shower this morning?)

I wanted to take time to share this card with you because I am so excited to be a part of Sunshine's Stamps design team! This digi image is new for Valentine's Day. It is call Sealed with a Kiss. You can find it here. There's many other fantastic images to check out as well:)

I also made this card using the sketch from Mojo Monday (#120).

Supplies are SU cardstock in Ruby Red, Basic Black, and Cameo Coral. DP is DCWV. Ribbon, and dew drops are misc from my stash. The image is colored in with SU watercolor pencils and blended with SU blender pen. I used the Cuttlebug embossing folder Swiss Dots, and a cute scalloped punch. And you can't see very well in the picture, but the "beauty mark" has been enhanced with black Stickles.

Thanks for looking and happy stamping!

From a Secret Sister

I am in a secret sister swap on SCS and each month, we send 2 card kits to our sister. This is a card I made from one I received this month. This is also my first attempt at an easel card. I really enjoyed making it and will definitely do more!

I love this little Riley and all the papers too! I can't give deets, but I did color him in with Bic Mark-Its and copics. I also used some Stickles to hightlight. The XOXO is a brad, which is pretty cool. Also, the heart stamps at the bottom are SU.

Thanks for looking and happy stamping!

Tuesday Morning Challenge

Good evening! Melissa had a neat sketch this week at Tuesday Morning Sketches. So I dug out a card kit and got to work! I love the little donuts here:) The image is colored in with Prisma markers, copics and bic mark-its. I also added a little Stickles here and there.

Thanks for looking and happy stamping!

CCC#15

Our latest Crafter Critter challenge was a cute one - make a card using buttons, and all girly. I love cutesy girly things!

I followed the sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketches.

The adorable image is from Softpencil. I used Bic MarkIts and prismas to color it in. Paper is SU Mauve Mist, Chocolate Chip, and Certainly Celery, and DCWV Dp. Sentiment is PTI Mixed Messages. The punch is Fiskars, and buttons are misc from my stash.

Thanks for looking and happy stamping!

Last Post for the year...

I can't believe 2009 is coming to a close! It flew by so fast, and another year is upon us! I had to share one last post before ringing in the new year. This cute little duo is for a friend who just had a baby this week. So hug your family and have a happy new year!

Materials are SU cardstock in Perfect Plum and Rose Romance and Certainly Celery. The Bella is colored in with Prismas and Bic MarkIts and highlighted with a glitter pen. The DP is DCWV, and the sentiment is PTI.

Thanks for looking and happy stamping!

SSS36 - Get Well

Hello! I'm still in the holiday mode, and the last thing I wanted to do today was clean. So aside from washing some dishes, we pretty much hung around the house, played Legos, and spent some time in the craft room while Daddy entertained with the Wii.

I made this card for my Aunt who is having outpatient surgery tomorrow. I thought she might need a little pick-me-up this week.

I also used the sketch from the Sweet Stop (SSS36).

Stamp is Get Wella Bella. The image is colored in the Prismas, Bic Mark-Its and Martha Stewart glitter markers. The buttons are PTI. The base cardstock is SU Bliss Blu, the rest is from my scrap pile. I did sand the edges of the image background with sandpaper.

Thanks for looking and happy stamping!

Winter Wonderland

Here's wishing for a winter wonderland this Christmas! Although I think we're supposed to get rain...

This is my card for Tuesday Morning Sketches (#25). So simple, but I will definitely be using this sketch again! Supplies are SU cardstock in Going Grey and Rose Red, and DCWV snowflake paper. I am loving the nontraditional Christmas/winter colors I've been seeing around, and wanted to make something with them. The image is from Softpencil (not required, but I had to use one of their images - so cute!) is colored it with Bic Mark Its and Prisma markers. Accents are Martha Stewart snowflake punch, clear Stickles, misc bling and dew drops from my stash.


Thanks for looking and wishing you a Merry Christmas!

Challenges to Brighten the Day

Today was just not a good day. I haven't been feeling well myself, and my son is also sick. There's so much to do with Christmas just a couple days away and not enough time. So what's a girl to do? CRAFT THERAPY!

I made this cheery little card for the Mojo Monday Challenge (a sketch) and also the Corrosive Challenge (use bling!).

Supplies are Su cardstock Rose Red, Old Olive, misc DP from my scrap pile. PTI twill ribbon, misc bling, Clear and black Stickles, Cuttlebug embossing folder and the adorable little owl is from Pink Cat Studio.

I hope he brightens your day too! Now I am off to go wrap some presents!

Thanks for looking and happy stamping:)

Altered Calendars

I am so not ready for Christmas this year! Although I do have all my shopping done (yesterday!), my to-do list is endless. I have a few homemade gifts left to do, and here is one I thought to share with you.

Need a last minute gift idea? This is so easy! I just took a store-bought pocket calendar, pulled it out of the plastic covering, cut a piece of DP to fit over the front and the back, and embellished away! The numbers are cut using the Cricut, and the flowers and brads are from my stash.

Thanks for looking and happy stamping!

More Christmas and a Sketch

Good (late) evening. I find a few quiet moments that are rare lately to share this card with you! This little guy from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps is SO adorable! I decided to use him for their challenge (SSS34), and also a My Scrapbooking Supplies challenge. The Sweet Stop challenge was based on their sketch, and the Scrapbooking challenge was to use red, green and gray.

Supplies are SU cardstock - Garden Green, Real Red and Going Gray. The image is colored in with Bic Mark-It markers, and highlighted with clear ice Stickles. I used 2 nesting punches for the sentiment and popped it up with dimensionals. The ribbon and bling are misc from my stash and the background is embossed with a Cuttlebug embossing folder.

Thanks for looking and happy stamping!

Mojo Monday Sketch

Happy "Bee" Day! I made this card for my cousin's birthday right after Christmas. This little bug is so cute, and this is my interpretation of the Mojo Monday sketch. I love this color combo too - SU Cameo Coral, Ruby Red and So Saffron. Image is Stamping Bella. Paper is DCWV and SU.
Thanks for looking!

Crafty Critters VSD

These are my cards for the Crafty Critters Virtual Stamping Day. Our first challenge was to make two Christmas cards. The first one to make a monochromatic card, and the second was to use paper piecing. So here are my two cards!

Thanks for looking!

CCC #14/Corrosive Challenge

I love to do challenges! This was a good one too - it was actually hard to use mostlyl white on a card. This is for the Crafty Critter blog group. The challenge was LSC249 on SCS. Also, I used the sketch for the Corrosive Blog challenge. Basically, use all white, no coloring, with the exception of using one color of ink. I am pretty happy with how it turned out.



Supplies are silver embossing powder, misc bling, dew drop, Martha Stewart snowflake punch, cuttlebug embossing folders. Stamps are PTI Tree Trimming Trio and Mixed Messages.



Thanks for looking and happy stamping!

Two by Two, Part 4

Final set of cards! I love Riley/Sophie, and this image is adorable. I absolutely love the DP that came with this kit too. The colors are so pretty together.

The image is colored with Bic Mark-Its and Copics. These ones are pretty simple, but I think they turned out ok!

Sorry this is so short tonight, but I am running out of steam! I hope you enjoyed these cards:) I'm sure I'll be back with more before you know it!

Thanks for looking and happy stamping!

Delightful Sketch #13

Hi there! Today was a rather long day. We started with swim lessons and ended with my son's preschool Christmas program. He did excellent by the way - we bribed heavily! But it was really too cute to see him actually get up on stage with the other kids and participate (last year we didn't make it up to the stage and he was very upset).

But I did find some time to make it to my craft table and make this card to share with you. It's for Delightful Sketches #13.

Colors are SU More Mustard, Not Quite Navy. DP is DCWV. The image is Digital Delights, and the sentiment is PTI Mixed Messages. The cute little bear is colored in with SU and Prismacolor markers. The brim of the hat is accented with clear Stickles, and ribbon is PTI and some misc bling.

Thanks for looking and happy stamping!

Two by Two, Part 3

Here is my third installment for the card kit duos! I LOVE this paper. It makes me smile. I really enjoyed putting these two cards together.

The supplies came from my secret sister from SCS again. I used Bic Mark-Its to color in the image, highlighted the cake with a clear sparkle Gelly Roll pen, and highlighted the flower in "birthday" with Fruit Punch Stickles.

For the second card, same as above, plus I ran the ribbon through the Xyron sticker machine, and popped up the sentiment on dimensionals.

See you next with with #4:)

Thanks for looking and happy stamping!

2 Challenges in 1

I made this card for 2 challenges this week: Corrosive Challenges and Tuesday Morning Sketches. For the Corrosive blog we were to use red and green for a card. The Tuesday Challenge was based on the sketch.

Materials are SU cardstock - Always Artichoke and Real Red. DP is DCWV. Ink is Real Red and Glorious Green. I used a Gelly Roll pen for the "stitching". Stamps are SU Sparkling Christmas, PTI Mixed Messages. Other supplies are punches, clear Stickles, and misc ribbon.

Thanks for looking and happy stamping!

How Sweet!

Thanks, Melina for nominating me for my first blog award! How cool is that?

Here is what you need to do after receiving this award:

1. Thank the person that nominated you.

2. Copy the logo and place it on your blog.

3. Link the person that nominated you for this award.

4. List 7 things about yourself that people might find interesting.

5. Nominate 7 Kreativ bloggers.

6. Post links to the 7 bloggers that you nominate.

7. Leave a comment on each of the blogs letting them know they have been nominated.

7 things about myself:

1. I just had a beautiful baby girl 2 months ago.

2. I have an obsession with cookbooks - I like to browse them just for fun.

3. I serve as director Sunday mornings in our church nusery.

4. My favorite movie of all time is the BBC version of Pride and Prejudice.

5. Fiber ribbons creep me out. I don't know why.

6. I love anything hazelnut.

7. I love snowmen.

My nominees are...

Ann Marie, Janet, Marsha, Scrapbooking By Ladybug, Melanie, Kelly, and Tracy.

Happy stamping!

Crafty Critters Challenge #13

Phew this was a long weekend! Nice though. The baby actually slept in her crib instead of her sling for the afternoon nap, so I got some nice craft time in while my 4 year old played next to me.

Challenge #13! This one was very neat. I've never tried to make a Split Negative card. Check out the tutorial, but it really is easy!

I chose to make a christmas card with black, white and SU Old Olive. The stamp set is PTI. I just used black and white embossing powder and filled in the ornaments with olive and silver. The glitter is a neat trick (thanks Jenny!) using double stick tape to adhere.

Thanks for looking and happy stamping!