Wednesday, November 30, 2011

♥ Simon Says... Anything Goes!! ♥

It's that time of the month again...NO not that! ;) It's Anything Goes over at the Simon Says Stamp Challenge Blog! Just link any type of new creation and you could win a SUPER fabulous prize!!


This week I made a card with a cute Itty Bitty stamp by Unity called Snowbody Warms My Heart. I first stamped him onto white cardstock in black ink and then re-stamped him 3 more times in 3 different shades of blue. I then paper pieced him over the black image and added lots of glitter.


The paper I used is by Echo Park, Season's Greetings and the snowflake is Vintage Wooden by Maya Road.

As always, Heidi will generously give the random winner of this challenge a $50 Credit Voucher to the Simon Says Stamp Superstore!



I'll be back shortly with my End of the Year/Christmas Giveaway!! And it's a DOOZY!! :)

Hugs to all...

Monday, November 28, 2011

♥ Holiday Sparkle ♥

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving! I am still stuffed! ;)

This week's theme at The Shabby Tea Room is called "Winter Picnic"! It is to create a card and/or project using white or cream and silver and glitter. This is the gorgeous inspiration photo.


This week the Shabby Girls got to play with some fabulous stamps by JustRite. I  chose the Musical Notes Labels Twenty Cling Set and the O Christmas Tree Clear Set. What beautiful and versatile stamps. I created the background with the adorable little snowflake stamp from the O Christmas Tree set.


I finished off the card with a vintage wooden snowflake by Maya Road which I painted white and then added some chunky glitter and Liquid Pearls to it. I also used some white seam binding ribbon, white pom pom trim and some silver tinsel trim.


The winner of this week's challenge will win this fabulous prize from our sponsor JustRite! Amazing prize!!

JustRite Prize Package – $84.80 Value:

JustRite Custom Dies – Charm Dies
Charming Christmas Cling Stamps
Elegant Charms Cling Stamps
Be Charmed Cling Stamps


And don't forget to leave some leave for the other Shabby Girls too! Their projects this week are just gorgeous! (Well, they always are!!)

Debbie Marcinkiewicz - {TSTR Creator} - Simple Treasures
Cindy Holshouser - Sweet P Paperie
Fran Westmoreland - Purple Peanut's Crafty Blog
Charlene Cundy - Expressions of Me!
Sheri Holt - My Sheri Cards

Have a wonderful day!

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

♥ Pink Christmas ♥

Hi! Just wanted to stop in real quick with a card I made for 2 awesome challenges. The card uses this week's sketch from Card Patterns and it also fits this week's theme at the City Crafter Challenge Blog, A Pink Christmas.


I used some beautiful Christmas ad paper by Echo park and some Die Cuts by Jillibean Soup. I also used some seam binding ribbon and trim, Liquid Pearls and some chunky glitter.


Here is the fabulous Card Patterns Sketch~


And here is City Crafter's beautiful inspiration photo~


I want to wish you all a wonderful Thanksgiving tomorrow! Thank you so much for stopping by and for your lovely comments! They mean so much to me!! :)

Lots of Love...

♥ Simon Says... Tag You're It! ♥

This week's FUN challenge at the Simon Says Stamp Challenge Blog is to make a tag! You can incorporate a tag onto a card or make a tag that can be attached to a special present for Christmas, Hanukkah or even a Birthday!

I made some Christmas tags that I can easily attach to a present and you can make a little pocket in the back to hold a gift card or money. With the awesome JustRite Spellbinders Nested Frame Die they are so easy to make! I love this die set. You can do so many things with it! After running the larger rectangle die through my Cuttlebug, I stamped Tim Holtz's Santa Letter ATC Rubber Stamp onto the tag. You can then run the next size die through your Cuttlebug, attach it to the back, only gluing the bottom and two sides, leaving the top open to make a pocket. There you have a wonderful handmade Christmas Tag/Gift Card Holder! You can even add a longer piece of ribbon to it, so it can be hung from the Christmas tree!


Here is a closeup of all the tags.

Tag #1

Tag #2

Tag #3

Tag #4

As always, Heidi will generously give the random winner of this challenge a $50 Credit Voucher to the Simon Says Stamp Superstore!



I am also entering this into the My Partner in Crafting Crime's Christmas Tag Challenge!
And finally, the winner of my last Giveaway is....Kristen Woods!  Kristen please shoot me an email with your snail mail addy! I will be having my HUGE End of the Year/Christmas Giveaway shortly!! You won't want to miss it!! ;)

Have a wonderful and safe Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!

Hugs and lots of turkey!!
♥ Here is a list of some other products used to make the tags! ♥
            ~ Just Rite's Deck the Halls Cling Set
            ~ Epiphany Shape Studio Button Tool
            ~ Autumn Leaves Clear Bag O Buttons
            ~ Bottle Cap Inc. Antiqued Gold Bottle Caps
            ~ Bottle Cap Inc. Christmas Express Images
            ~ Maya Road Vintage Wood Snowflakes
            ~ Doodlebug Chunky Sugar Coating Glitter
            ~ Cuttlebug Machine
               and ribbons and trims.



Monday, November 21, 2011

♥ Colors of Nature ♥

This week's challenge at The Shabby Tea Room is called "Colors of Nature". It is to create a card and/or project using the colors found in nature. And this time of year, color is everywhere outside. All the golden oranges, browns, reds and greens.


This week the Shabby Girls got to play with some Digi stamps by Whoopsi Daisy. I used this beautiful little fairy girl from the Whoopsi Daisy Sheet #199. Each sheet comes with 4 beautiful digi's.


I used some sweet papers by Jillibean Soup, some leaf trim, paper doily, seam binding, Liquid Pearls, a felt leaf, Melissa Frances rub-on transfer and some glitter.

This week's winner will receive 5 Digi Sheets of their choice from Whoopsi Daisy! That's 20 images, 4 per sheet!

Here is the lovely inspiration photo!


Don't forget to visit the rest of the Shabby Girls too!

Debbie Marcinkiewicz - {TSTR Creator} - Simple Treasures
Cindy Holshouser - Sweet P Paperie
Fran Westmoreland - Purple Peanut's Crafty Blog
Charlene Cundy - Expressions of Me!
Sheri Holt - My Sheri Cards

I'll be back shortly with the name of my winner from my last giveaway!

Hugs...

Friday, November 18, 2011

♥ It's Giveaway Time!! ♥

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Time for another giveaway!! My little Thank You for all of your sweet comments and my fabulous followers (friends)! Let's get started.....

First up...

♥ 1 Smash Book Kit in Pink

Next a.... We R Memory Keepers Sew Ribbon Tool in the Zig Zag pattern

Sew Ribbon ribbon in shades of reds...
Sew Ribbon ribbon in shades of greens....
A Pink Paislee Mistables Wood Shadow Box Frame.... 

Mistables Fabric Flowers....


And finally a Tom Holtz Amusement Tote Bag!


What do you have to do to win all these fabulous things?? Just leave me a comment on this post! I will not be picking "Candy Chasers" though. This candy is for all of my faithful "friends" only as a special thank you! If you want to be a new friend though that's great!! :)

This will stay open until Nov. 18th! I will announce my winner a couple of days after that! Good luck everyone!

♥♥♥ For today's Simon Says post, please scroll down! Thank U! ♥♥♥

Hugs....

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

♥ Simon Says... Thanksgiving/Thank You! ♥

This week's challenge at the Simon Says Stamp Challenge Blog is to make a Thanksgiving or a Thank You card and/or project. You can never have enough Thankful cards, especially with the Holidays coming! So get a head start on those Thank You's or a card for Thanksgiving and then post a link to it on the Simon Says challenge blog! You may just win an awesome prize!! ;)


The Simon Says DT got to play with Hero Arts products this week. I used this adorable Happy Thanksgiving Seal stamp and I used lots of tiny little Liquid Pearls to encircle it. They really dress it up! Love them!!


I also used some beautiful Hero Arts Lace Ribbon as well as some larger White Pearls. The felt, paper and glittered leaves are by Me and My Big Ideas. I also used a mini Jenni Bowlin calendar, seam binding and gingham ribbons, a K&Co resin turkey and the paper is by Cosmo Cricket.


As always, Heidi will generously give the random winner of this challenge a $50 Credit Voucher to the Simon Says Stamp Superstore!



And don't forget to check out the rest of the super fabulous Simon Says DT girls too! You won't be disappointed!! :)

Have a great day!

Monday, November 14, 2011

♥ A Pink and Black Christmas ♥

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When I first saw the current challenge at the CR84FN Color Challenge Blog, my first thought was something for a wedding or something with lots of flowers on it, just like on the inspiration photo. Then I thought "Oh, what the heck! Let's do a Pink, Black and White Christmas"!


Here is my card...

The Santa Bingo paper is by Simple Stories. The large Maya Road chipboard ornament is covered in Glitz Design paper and then smothered with chunky glitter. I hand wrote the tag and then added lots of white Liquid Pearls.


The punched snowflakes are made with some Jenni Bowlin paper and also smothered in glitter and pearls.


Finally, I added some string pearls, crocheted trim, satin ribbon, crystal snowflake and the "Merry Christmas" is from a Just Rite Stamp set called "Deck the Halls".

Hope you have a great night! Thanks for stopping by!!