Pumpkin Emma - Thanksgiving

I've made a few Thanksgiving cards with Pumpkin Emma from the Sugar Plums collection by C.C. Designs.  The sentiment is by AmyR, also found at C.C. Designs.

Challenges I'm entering with Pumpkin Emma:

All That Scraps Wednesday Challenge #52 - Be Grateful

Cupcake Inspirations #83 - Photo Inspiration

Aud Sentiments #14 - Use the words Thanks (can be Thanksgiving)

Tuesday Throwdown #24 - Give Thanks (Thanksgiving Card)

Digi Doodle #32 - Fall/Autumn

Scrap-Creations - Favorite Technique (cutting images out and making multiples)

Stampavie and More #115 - Orange

Incy Wincy Designs  #56 - Anything Goes

InStyle InSpiration Challenge - Photo

InStyle Color Challenge - Photo Inspiration

Copic Creations #38 - Browns and/or Make a Scene

Cupcake Craft Challenge #115 - Thank You in Autumnal Colors

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Flutter By Wednesday #126

This is week #126 on Flutter By Wednesday and with this new week comes a fun new challenge!  The challenge this week is:  Fall

I've used a Summer Gretel, a Swiss Pixies image from C. C. Designs.  The papers are Cosmo Cricket and Core'dinations. 

Please be sure to use a butterfly, faerie, or angel on your new card or project. When your creation has been uploaded to your blog/gallery, please add a direct link to your work on the FBW blog.

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Sentimental Sundays #15 - Anything Goes

Welcome back for a new challenge with Sentimental Sundays. This is challenge #15, and the theme this week is: Anything Goes

I've used an AmyR sentiment stamp from C.C. Designs (All That Scraps) along with a paper flower I made. Also, don't forget to check for a free set of sentiments on the Sentimental Sundays blog, you don't want to miss them!

Be sure to use a sentiment somewhere on your card or project, and to follow the theme however you may interpret it. While Ann (Raindrop Echo Designs) offers fabulous freebies, and also sells a wide variety of sentiment stamps at Whimsy Stamps, you are free to use any sentiment. Be sure to link up on the Sentimental Sundays blog before the next challenge to be in the running for a fabulous prize, and use a direct link to make it easy for us to find your new card or project.

Other Challenges I'm entering today:
CAS-tastic Challenge #15 - Case-ing the DT (I chose Deb and her gorgeous card!)
Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge #78 - Limited Supplies
Scrap-Creations #21 - Anything Goes
Speedy the Cat's Friends Challenge #15 - Make our own Embellies
Stamp, Scrap and Doodle Saturdays - Use sentiments, die cuts, and other embellies
Stamp and Create Challenge #4 - Flowers

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Summer

*Please scroll down if you're looking for Today's Sentimental Sundays Post*

I've had this sweet image sitting at my work space for a bit, and just had to finish coloring her and get her on a card. Summer is from the Honey collection of stamps from C.C. Designs.

Here are some challenges Summer fit in:
Tuesday Morning Sketches 1st Birthday!: Choose a Favorite Sketch, I chose #21
Fresh Brewed Challenges #10: Summertime
Simon Says Challenge: Photo Inspiration
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge #33: Seven of Something (7 pearls)
Cute Card Thursday #120: School's Out for Summer (Summer theme)
Glitterbabe's Challenge #2: A Color Challenge of Orange, Pink and Turquoise (glittered with Smooches!)
Artful Inkables#24: Sewing (real or faux)

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Flutter By Wednesday #111

Challenge #111 is an open week at Flutter By Wednesday! Please use a butterfly, faerie, or angel on your new card or project. When your card/project is ready, please add a direct link to your work on the FBW blog. This is our last week before a one month break, so be sure to mark your calendars that we'll be back in July!

I used Coriander on this card, she's a Sweet November stamp by Amy Young (for C. C. Designs).

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Swiss Pixie on a Mushroom

I've used a few stamps from the Swiss Pixies Kit (C.C. Designs). They are all so cute, and I just love faeries.

I'm entering this card into a few challenges:
Pile It On - Theme: Is Spring Finally Here?
Totally Papercrafts #12 - Theme: Spring
Sentimental Sundays #1 - Theme: Blooming Gorgeous
Cute Card Thursday #108 - Theme: Touchy Feely
My Time to Craft #87 - Theme: Pretty Pearls
Penny's Challenges - Theme: Anything Goes

A Touch of Christmas #11

On to week #11 of A Touch of Christmas. Moving right along! I chose to do a gift card this week with a little reindeer stamp from the C.C. Designs Sugarplum North Pole Collection. The gift card came out larger than I expected, but as always it was fun to do! I layered the deer, added some Prima flowers, and some punched leaves from what has become my favorite punch by EK. I'm having a heck of a time with the McGill punches I have. Love the look of those leaves as well, but I'm clearly lacking in the strength one needs to use them. Any suggestions on making them easier to use would be much appreciated!

I've entered this little Christmas Gift Card in a few challenges:
Cupcake Craft Challenges #82 - used a lot of Green
Pollycraft Monday Challenge #36 - Sparkly Things (used clear gems)
Fussy and Fancy Friday #6 - Green

Flutter By Wednesday #96

Welcome back for Flutter By Wednesday, challenge #96! This week FBW has the theme of LOVE. Please share any new card or project with a faerie, butterfly, or angel that has a LOVE theme by adding your name and the direct project link to Mr. Linky on the Flutter By Wednesday blog.

You can find more information by visiting the Flutter By Wednesday blog: HERE

To see what the other DT members have created you can find their links in the sidebar on the Flutter By blog, as well as in my own sidebar to the right.

What I used:
Stamps: Butterfly by AmyR (C.C. Designs), Love sentiment from Stamping Bella
Paper: Bo Bunny and Core'dinations
Ink: Memento, Copic Sketch
Accents: die cut flowers using Nestabilities, Gems, Fern Punch by McGill

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A Touch of Christmas #3

Welcome back for week three of A Touch of Christmas with Danni and I! Have you started your cards for next Christmas? I hope you'll decide to join in and share a link to your work. Be sure to stop by Danni's blog to see what Christmas goodie she has to share with you. You can find her: HERE

This week I chose one of the cute stamps from the Warm Cocoa Wishes set from C. C. Designs. I also had fun with this image and did a bit of paper piecing with the snowman's mug.

What I used:
Stamps: Warm Cocoa Wishes from C. C. Designs (All That Scraps)
Paper: American Crafts, Core'dinations
Ink: Memento, Copic Sketch, Gelly Roll Clear Star
Accents: Gems by Doodlebug Designs and Darice, snowflake from Joann's, hand cut paper piecing

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A Touch of Christmas - Week 1

After working non-stop down to the day before Christmas to get cards done for the holiday, I knew that I wanted to do things differently for 2010. I was so happy to find that Danni was thinking the same way!

For the upcoming year we will be making a Christmas card, gift tags, or other Christmas project to share with you each Thursday for 'A Touch of Christmas'. Please be sure to visit Danni to see what lovely Christmas creation she has shared on her blog today. You can visit her blog: HERE

For this week's project I decided on making a gift tag, and since I was making one I decided it would be a great idea to make two! This little elf is from a Nikki Sivils set that I hadn't gotten a chance to use.

What I used:
Stamps: Elf from Nikki Sivils, words/sentiments are AmyR from C. C. Designs
Paper: DP by S. E. I.
Ink: stamped with Momento, colored with Copic Sketch, edged with Distressed Ink by Tim Holtz/Ranger
Accents: Polar White Flower Soft, dies cuts with Nestabilites by Spellbinder, red ribbon by Offray

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Sugar Plums Mermaid

For this little mermaid card I used the sketch challenge from Get Sketchy, and the color challenge from the Copics Colour Challenge. GS19 can be found: HERE

Copics Colour Challenge 45 can be found: HERE

What I used:
Stamps: Sugar Plums (Underwater set) and sentiments by AmyR from C. C. Designs
Paper: DP by K and Company, Solids by DCWV, stamped on Papertrey Ink
Ink: Memento, Copic Sketch
Accents: flowers by Prima, gem, metal dots by Colorbok

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Gingersnaps for The Play Date Cafe Challenge

The Play Date Cafe had a creativity challenge this week with a lovely color combo to try out. You can find challenge #10: HERE

What I used:
Stamps: Gingersnaps by C. C. Designs
Paper: DP from My Mind's Eye, Solids by DCWV
Ink: stamped with Memento, colored with Copic Sketch, Tim Holtz Distress Ink by Ranger, accented with Spica Twinkle Pens and Gelly Roll Clearstar
Accents: ribbon by Crate Paper, pop dots

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Sugarplums cutie for Mercy's Tuesday Challenge

Good evening everyone! Another Sugarplums girl, and this one is for Mercy’s Tuesday challenge this week. You can find challenge #51 : HERE One of the things I used on this card was the Polar White Flower Soft, and that was fun except for the glue that really had no interest in coming out of the bottle. If anyone has a better glue suggestion then I would love to hear it!

What I used:
Stamps: Sugarplums, bench and sentiment from the winter set (C. C. Designs at All that Scraps)
Paper: Eskimo Kisses by Basic Grey, Core ‘dinations, DCWV, Papertrey Ink
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copic Sketch, Sakura
Accents: Baubles by Stamping Bella, Flower Soft (Polar White), Pop dots

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Rain Rain Go Away

(if you’re visiting for FBW, please scroll down!)

This is another Gingersnaps cutie from C. C. Designs (All That Scraps). We had about 5 minutes of rain this morning before the sun was out again, so it was my perfect excuse to create a card with her!

Saturday Spotlight with Hidden Potential wanted us to use a stamp with a hat on. You can find SSHP09: HERE
Crazy 4 Challenges is punch happy this week! You can find C4C13: HERE

What I used:
Stamps: Gingersnaps by C. C. Designs
Paper: DP is Kaisercraft, stamped on Papertrey Ink
Ink: Stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black, Colored with Copic Sketch, and Spica Twinkle Pens
Accents: Punches by Marvy and Martha Stewart, Gems, eyelets, ribbon, Nestabilities die cuts by Spellbinders, and popdots.

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FBW86 - Bugg-A-Boo

Today is Flutter By Wednesday at Danni’s Dreams, and my first official posting with the DT! This week's guest designer is Mercy.  You can visit her blog:  HERE
Be sure to stop by the DT’s blogs (linked in the sidebar) to see their faeries, angels or butterflies for the week. You can join in on the FBW #86 challenge: HERE
* be sure to follow the new FBW blog so you won’t miss the challenges changing over in January! You can find FBW: HERE

What I used:
Stamps: Bugg-A-Boo faerie & Gingersnaps Butterfly (C. C. Designs/All That Scraps)
Paper: Papertrey Ink, DCWV, and My Mind’s Eye
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copic Sketch, and Spica Twinkle Pens
Accents: Doodlebug Designs Button, Clear Gem, and Nestabilities Die Cuts by Spellbinders

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Crafty Catz - Week 2 DT Call

I’ve used a Sweet November faerie for week 2 of the Crafty Catz DT call. You can find that challenge: HERE

What I used:
Stamps: Sweet November (C. C. Designs/All that Scraps)
Paper: Core’dinations, Papertrey Ink, DCWV
Ink: Memento, Copic, Spica
Accents: K & Company flowers, Gems, Texturz plate from Sizzix, Sandpaper, Nestabilities die cuts, Queen Co, black perals

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Gingersnaps and Some News!

First I have to share my news…
I was asked to be one of the two December Guest Artists for Sweet Pea Stamps! Very exciting for me to be asked, and their stamps are just fabulous! One of the lines they carry, that I fell in love with as soon as I saw them, is by Ching-Chou Kuik. They’re beautiful fantasy stamps. Another line that is simply adorable is their Gum Drop Gang, and they have several others that are a lovely mix. If you haven’t seen them you should really check them out. You can find their website: HERE and their blog: HERE

Now on to my card….
The little faerie in the card below is from the Gingersnaps collection by C. C. Designs (All that Scraps). I’ve followed 3 challenges today:
Danni’s Dreams Flutterby Wednesday #84: HERE
All That Scraps Weekly Wednesday challenge: HERE
Color Throw Down #69: HERE

Stamps: Gingersnaps by C. C. Designs at All That Scraps
Paper: Papertrey Ink & Memory Box
Ink: Copic Sketch, Memento, Spica
Accents: Die Cuts with Spellbinder’s Nestabilities, Ribbon, Pearls by Kaisercraft, Texturz plate by Sizzix

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A Cardinal with Many Words

This card was made with the ‘Crested Bird’ stamp by Memory Box. I’ve used the lovely sketch from Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge #6, which can be found: HERE
I’ve also followed the challenge of “In So Many Words” at Saturday Spotlight with Hidden Potential by using the word-filled background. SSHP05 can be found: HERE

What I used:
Stamps: Crested Bird by Memory Box, sentiment by C. C. Designs
Paper: DP is DCWV, Red cardstock is by Papertrey Ink (beautiful color!)
Ink: Stamped with Memento Rich Cocoa, Colored with Copic Sketch Markers
Accents: Gems, Red Ribbon from Hanna Stamps, Nestabilities die cuts

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Trevor for GS12

I really love this little fellow, Trevor, and couldn’t resist using him for this week’s Get Sketchy Challenge. You can find GS12: HERE

What I used:
Stamps: Trevor (Sugar Plums) by C. C. Designs
Paper: DP by Memory Box
Ink: Stamps with Memento, Colored with Copic and Spica
Accents: Prima flowers, Gems

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Swiss Pixies - Birgitta

I used this week’s sketch from CPS, #139, to create this card with Birgitta. She’s the latest of the Swiss Pixies from C. C. Designs (All That Scraps). You can find that challenge: HERE

I’ve also used a faerie for Flutterby Wednesday at Danni’s Dreams challenge. You can find that challenge: HERE

What I used:
Stamps: Swiss Pixies – Birgitta from C. C. Designs (All That Scraps)
Paper: DR is Eskimo Kisses by Basic Grey, Stamped on Papertrey Ink
Ink: Stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black, Colored with Copic Sketch Markers and Spica glitter pens
Accents: Rick Rack

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