Stuffed Sausage Ninja

Happy Halloween!

This is my little one.  He went Trick-or-Treating with his bestie.  When we arrived, we discovered that his BMF was also a Ninja and so the two of them embarked on the night with their parents in tow.  They like to create little games as they go.  So one would knock on the door and say, "trick-or-treat" and then hold out one arm and say, "Ninja Power Duplicate!"  and then the other one would pop out from behind him.  lol.  OMGosh they kill me, I have the best time just seeing what he will do next. 

I hope you all had a Happy and Safe Halloween.  For the Storm Victims, I hope you can begin repairs soon and that you are all okay. 

Holly

Wednesday's Challenge - Reminder Post, Elfen

Happy Halloween! 

This is for the All That Scraps Wednesday's Challenge reminder post - Anything Goes!

I'm using the cute little Mashi's Muffin Elfen from the new October release.  Isn't she adorable?  I know, I keep saying that, but it's true, I love them all.  I paired her up with some of last years paper from October Afternoon called Holiday Style.  I bought it late in the season and did not get a chance to use it at all, so I wanted to be sure to use it this year.  And it worked out perfect for this image with the Holly bow in her hair.   I colored her with my Copic Markers: YR24, YR23, YR31, YR20, N2, E43, E42, E41, E0000, E000, E00, E21, E93, R39, R37, R35, YG67, YG63, YG61. 

I used Decontructed Sketch 74. 

Thanks for Looking and for your kind Comments!
I cannot wait to see what you are making and remember, in order to qualify for the prize, you must use a stamp or digi that is available in the store.

Holly

Picture Challenge La Rue Style

 

 

Happy Tuesday Bloggers and Readers!

It's time for another Loves Rubberstamps Tuesday Challenge over on the Challenge Blog.  This week we are inspired by this beautiful picture!  Okay, so I know, I took it literal, but you can be inspired by any part of this picture to create your card or project and come back and link it up to the Challenge Blog for a chance to win a prize!

This picture reminds me of a modern day version of Rosie The Riveter. Who by the way is Fabulous!  I am not a man-hater, but I am definitely a liberated woman. And so is this cute little Kiki La Rue called Latte Kiki.  And yes, as promised on Sunday, here is more Card Candi.  I took my Icing Sugar Card Candi and colored it with my R29 Copic Marker.  Then a thought occurred to me, what if I make a little teeny tiny miniature clock to go on her wall? lol.  So I did.  The things I will do when sleep deprived in the middle of the night, lol.  So my clock is also a color Card Candi. 

I decided to go with the colors and the scene in this picture.  I don't think I could repeat it, but I made the plaid skirt with my copics and a yellow prisma colored pencil.  Instead of a cabinet, I made a doorway and airbrushed the scene with my Copic Markers.  The paper is Echo Park note to self.  I used die-namic's for my flags.  And of course I used the Sweet Sunday Sketch. 

I am so excited to see your upload this week and will definitely leave you a comment. 

Recap:
KiKi La Rue - Latte KiKi
Card Candi - Icing Sugar
Die-namics
Echo Park - Note to self
Copic Markers - R29, R27, R24, BG10, B00, B02, E43, E41, E42, E33, E34, E35, E50, E37, E31, E0000, E000, E00, E21, E93.

Thanks so much for Looking and for your kind Comments.

Holly

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Birthday Girl

Happy Sunday!

Hope you are all having a Sensation Sunday!  This is for the Loves Rubberstamps Sensational Sunday Post. 

As well as my card for this weeks MFT's Card Challenge.  I flipped the sketch and decided in honor of Laura adding A La Modes to her store's preorders, I would use one myself.  And since I had yet to get this cutie inky, I thought this was just the occasion.  That and I am late for my Sister's Birthday card, lol.  You know the old adage, the card makers family never gets a card?  Yup, that's me.  lol.  Just today, in the midst of making this card, did I find out that MFT's is retiring some of their A La Modes!  NO!!!  AND Flopsey too?  Well, it's not confirmed but it's sure looking that way.  So that being said, get the A La Modes while you can girls!

I am also featuring a new item in the store that I specially asked for.....Card Candi!!!!  Whooo Hooo!!!!  I love these little Card Candi's.  You will see them all week from me and then some!!!  lol.
They come in so many colors and textures.  These look like brads without any hassle.  I didn't have to measure, (like I ever do, lol) and poke holes and pray I could maneuver them so they looked even.  All I did was place a teeny tiny Candi Fix underneath, peel off the top of the adhesive and put it where I want it.  Viola.  No fuss.  Love that!  You don't even really need the Candi Fix, any dimensional adhesive would work, but you will need to cut them down to teeny tiny squares, lol.  So why not pick up the Candi Fix and save yourself some time?  I spray copic RV09 and RV04 over the silk flowers and added a large silver brad.  I put a piece of score tape over the brad and just plopped my Coffee Bean Card Candi right on top.  Perfect!  No more searching for the perfect colored brads.  And these have the slightest bit of shine to them, I just love them.  You gotta try these out!  But don't buy the icing sugar ones, I want to hoard those, lol.  I'll show you the icing sugar ones on Tuesday's card, lol.

After coloring up my Birthday Girl, I stamped her on sticky note paper and cut her out and laid her over my colored image with non-stick dotto and airbrushed BG10 around her. 

Now while this is not a Halloween Themed card, there is still time to get in on our challenge - Halloween theme!  Make sure you upload so I can see your fabulous projects and leave you a comment. 

Recap:
A La Modes - Birthday Girl
Card Candi - Coffee Bean
Echo Park - This and That
PTI Aqua Mist and S.U. Crumb Cake card stock
Silk Flowers - retired pretties kit from S.U.
Copics - E0000, E000, E00, E21, E93, E31, E33, E23, E25, E27, RV09, RV06, RV04, BG10, Y32, Y38, YR24, Y34, R85, R83, R81, BG34, Y15.

Head on over to the Loves Rubberstamps Store and see all the new exciting things Laura has added!

Thanks for Looking and for the kind Comments!

Holly

Come Here my Pretty

Happy Holly-Day Friday!

who has plans this week-end?  I think my plans are to work :(  lol.  That's okay though, working that extra job helps pay for my habit....errrr hobby! lol.  I have fallen in love with the La La Land images and am so glad they are available for pre-order order at Loves Rubberstamps!!!  Have you seen them?  Have you ordered them?  What are you waiting for????  Head on over to the store and order a few.  Pre-orders do not take that long to come in and you will be so excited that you did!!!  I love coloring these cuties.  You may not get the Halloween images in time for the 31st, but they will be so much fun to have for your scrapbooking needs!!! 

So this is Flying Witch Marci and I have also used the La La Land crafts filigree corner die.  I love this die!  And the dies will be available soon.  I paired her with Witch Hazel from October Afternoon and colored her up with my Copic Markers: E0000, E000, E00, E21, E93, E23, E25, E27, E31, E33, E35, E37, Yoo, Y15, Y17, C7, C5, C3, YR9, YR7, YR4, E44, E43, E42, E41, BG18, BG15, BG13.  whewwww.   Oh I also used Washi tape for the first time and I LOVE IT!!! 

This weeks Challenge is Get your Spook On!  Halloween Theme.  I cannot wait to see what you have uploaded and one lucky winner will win a store voucher!  Whoo Hoo, free stamps! 

I used an older sketch from sweet sketch wednesday.

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Wednesday's Challenge - Anything Goes, Elf Lucy

Hello and welcome to another Wednesday's Challenge post for All That Scraps!  Today it's "anything goes" and I am using Elf Lucy from the New Release, along with the bell dies.  Isn't she cute sitting on the ornament?  I love her little hat too.  I decided to paper pierce her using Carta Bella - Merry and Bright.  I found some Red Garland ribbon at the LSS and I bought a ton of it, so get ready to see a lot of it, lol.  I colored her up with my Copic Markers: E0000, E000, E00, E21, E93, E37, E35, E33, E31, R000, R00, Y00, R35, R37, R39, C5, C4, C3, YG21, YG23, YG25. 

I am looking forward to seeing what you make!  Remember, you must use a stamp or digi that is carried in the store or you will not be eligible to win the prize.

I used this month's sketch from, "I heart Sketches", Love her monthly sketches! 

Thanks for Looking and for your kind Comments!

Holly

Come Here....my Cutie

Happy Tuesday to You!

It's time for another Challenge over at Loves Rubberstamps!  This weeks Challenge is - Get your Spook on, Halloween Theme. 

I have been LOVING all the cute Halloween Stamps, paper, and dies available over at Loves Rubberstamps.  This is Whimsy Stamps Wee - Hazel.  Isn't she adorable?  With her little bat friend.  And I have never seen a cute little bat like that before either, lol.  I paired them with Some Authentique - Enchanted 6X6 paper and some Halloween Charms (spider webs)  by MFT's.  I added some stickles, brads, ribbon and twine.  All of these items would also be so cute with a Scrap Page, so head on over to Loves Rubberstamps and pick some up for all those cute pic's you are going to be taking on Halloween!

And after that, start working on a Halloween Theme project, I cannot wait to see what you make!!!

I'm also going to enter this in the Crazy4Challenges - Orange/Black/Purple.

What are your plans for Halloween this year?  For the past couple years, my son's BMF has invited him to go trick-or-treating with him and some other friends.  So we get in our costume and head on over, eat a bit of dinner and we are off for walk around the neighborhood.  The boys have so much fun just running from door to door and chatting along the way.  Well before we make it back to their house, they are ready to call it a night, lol.  I'm hoping it's the same thing this year, lol.  I want him to be able to grow up and say, "My parents kept me out so late on Halloween, I was exhausted every year."  It worked for my older two, lol. 

I'm planning on making a 6X6 chipboard book again this year.  Actually two look-a-likes.  I made one last year for my son's BMF's Mom and included all my left over paper and I used some dies and stamps and just had so much fun with it.  It took me a while to make, but after adding all the pic's of the boys trick-or-treating, I would have to say it turned out okay.  After I gave it to her, my son was NOT happy with me, he actually wanted that one for himself, lol.  So this year I NEED to make him one too.  And of course I will have pic's of these books on my blog.

Copic Markers used: E0000, E000, E00, E21, E93, E30, E31, E41, E42, E43, E44, E23, E25, E27, YG95, YG91, YG93, C00, C3, C5, C7, N4, N2, N6, V14, V15, V12, YR20, YR31, YR23, YR24, YR07, YR02, YR04.

Okay, I am looking forward to your fabulous creations!
Thanks for Looking and for your kind Comments.

Holly

It's Your Birthday

Hello my fellow bloggers!

I dunno if it's the late nights I am keeping or if it's this paper from Glitz, but all of the sudden, I'm seriously into blinging out my cards the last couple nights, lol.  Like there cannot be too many pearls or rhinestones, lol.  That is so not like me.   I think if you added up all the corner pearls it would be enough space for whatever that tag thingy at the bottom is suppose to be.  You know, after a while these cards start having a mind of there own and go in their own direction, lol. 
I made this for this weeks sketch with a very special lady in mind. I really hope she likes it.

This is It's your Birthday by MFT's. I used my fishtail Flag Stax's again (LOVE these), And the new Glitz Cashmere Dame 6x6 papers I picked up.  I colored with my copics: E41, E42, E43, E44, E33, E31, E93, BG10, BG11, BG53, BG57, RV29, RV25, RV23, RV21, Y6, E23.  And I used a new Darice embossing folder that I picked up at the LSS yesterday, love those crazy swirls.  Although I will warn you that this paper does not really like to be embossed.  It's very fragile and thin.  I also sponged with my Memento Inks.

That's all for tonight.  Thanks for Looking and for your kind Comments.

Holly

Have a Magical Day

Oh I am up sooooo late!  It's darn near early.  But I wanted to get this made for this weeks Sparkle Creation Challenge, it's a sketch challenge.

I loved the paper so much, I had to cut it out for the panel just to keep the strip, lol.  I picked up this Glitz paper pack yesterday, it's called Cashmere Dame.  LOVE it!  I am using a Sparkle Creation stamp called Your Highness Lucy. 

I colored with my Copics: E0000, E000, E00, E21, E93, Y02, Y04, Y06, RV29, RV25, Rv23, RV21, YR30, YR31, BG53, BG57, BG11, E33, E31, E49, E35, YR31, YR24.

Thanks for Looking and for your kind Comments!

Holly

Sensational Sunday Inspirations!!!

It's time for another Sensational Sunday Inspiration Showcase over at Loves Rubberstamps Inspiration Blog.  Head on over and see what all my fellow Design Team members have made.  They really are a talented group of people and everyone brings something different to inspire you. 

Today I am using Vampire Luka rubber stamps available by pre-order from Loves Rubberstamps.  You might not get him in time for Halloween but just think of the cute Scrap Pages you could make with this adorable guy!!!  The super bat boy is showcased with Carta Bella - All Hallow's Eve 6X6 paper pad designer paper.  In keeping with the bat theme, I've added a few of the flying critters here and there by way of a Martha Stewart Punch.  In the corner, I cut out two CC Design Cutters - House on the hill and had them lined up side by side.  I love coloring these LaLa images with my Copic Markers.  Today I have used: E0000, E000, E00, E21, E93, E39, E37, E31, E25, E30, E34, E44, E42, E41, E40, N5, N4, N3, N2, W0 and C 1-9. 

I kept with this weeks challenge theme, out of the box.  Hope you can upload your out of the box project this week for chance to win some fabulous prizes!!! 

This sketch is from the La-La Land Craft Blog.

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Color me Janette

Happy Holly-Day, it's Friday!  Whoo Hoo!  Today is my day to Inspire you for Loves Rubberstamps!  Have you played the weekly Challenge this week?  Do you know we are being sponsored by Kenny K?  So you can win double....store voucher and Kenny K images!  How awesome is that?! 

Do you know who this little image is?  I do!  That's right, I know her personally!  Isn't that cool?  This stamp is called, Color me Janette by Kenny K and Janette is one of the Kenny K design team members, here is a link to her blog.  Now if you go comment on her blog, you will also know somebody famous!  And you will want to see her mad coloring skills.  She teaches coloring classes at our LSS.  And yes, she really is that cute and tiny!  If you love her and must have her in rubber version, just send an email off to Laura and she will let you know as soon as she can get one for you.

As promised on Tuesday, I really did cut her out-of-the-box.  Again, the step-by-step instructions can be found HERE.  I used my Spellbinders to cut her out, added a flag stax die-namic to the design and used my Autumn Spice lilybee design 6x6 pad.  And I colored her with my Copics markers.  Isn't that marker too funny!  E0000, E000, E00, E21, E93, E37, E35, E33, E31, Y26, Y23, Y21, N7, N5, N3, C7, C5, C3, T1-T5, R39, R37, R35, B99, B97, B95, B000. 

The sketch is from Sweet Sunday Sketch challenge 169.

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Tangled Tori

Hello and Happy Wednesday!  Not quite Friday, but half way there!  This is the Wednesday reminder post for All That Scraps Challenge Blog.  The Challenge is Anything But a Card.  I do not mind telling you that sometimes I struggle with these 3D projects, lol.  But I did have fun and that is the important part.  I found this paper pad holder with pen at a Local Hobbie store and found some AWESOME Christmas tree light ribbon at the LSS.  And then I found the Mistletoe Collection by BoBunny papers with the Christmas tree lights on them and I was thinking how super perfect all of this would be with my newly released Mashi's  Muffins Tangled Tori image.    Isn't she adorable???!!!!  I bought her in digi so I could size her up and down, (now that I figured out how, lol.)  I've colored the embossed tree in with Copic Markers as well as Tangled Tori.  I used my spica glitter pens for the stars and the little string of bulbs she is holding, which look much better in real life than the camera picked up. 

Thanks so much for coming by to Look and for your Kind comments!  I cannot wait to see what you make!  I'll be sure to check it out!   

Holly

Golly, Dash...Look!

Welcome to a new Challenge week over at Loves Rubberstamps!!!  This week our Challenge is, "Out of the Box."   Which you can find the tutorial HERE or HERE.  (Thanks for those links Laura!)  I remember the first time I saw this technique and I so wanted to try it out right away!  I went to these same sites and learned how to cut around to make just part of my image poke out of the die.  I must confess though, this particular image is already drawn that way, lol.   I promise I will make up for that on my Friday Inspiration post though, lol. 

And speaking of this Image!  I would like to thank Kenny K for providing our design team with their fabulous images this week for our designs.  I must confess, I am a digi image dummy, but with a little help from my fellow design team members, and my Dear Husband Joe, I was able to maneuver the cyber space in the box and not only print this, but size it down to the size I wanted!  Whoot.  It's not as hard as I thought.  Did anyone out there know you have to Open a zip folder? lol.   See, the things I've learned since being on this wonderful design team!  Still not convinced?  It's okay, they come in rubber too and Laura has a wonderful selection of Kenny K designed stamps in her store....go check them out!  I personally am loving this Retro image called "What If?"   Want more good news?  Kenny K is our sponsor this week, so that means in addition to the wonderful store voucher prize, there is also some sweet Kenny K to win!  Whoo Hoo!!! 

So for this card, I used my Sasparilla designer paper from October Afternoon.  The animated background is so perfect with her.  I love the sentiment bubble built into the paper, lol.  Cracks me up.  I colored her with my Copics: E0000, E000, E00, E21, E93, B99, B97, B95, B91, Y18, Y17, Y15, Y13, R29, R24, E57, E55, E53, E51.  Fussy cut her out, cut out a red circle, square, and scalloped square dies.  And added some brads. 

I cannot wait to see what you make this week!!!

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Click it!

Hello and what a fabulous Monday I am having.  I have a day off work!  Whoo Hoo!!!  The bathrooms need cleaned, my house looks like it's turned upside down, the kitchen needs cleaned, I have a couple loads of laundry to do, I need to go to the grocery for the weeks worth of meals, I should be cooking something great for tonight's dinner, BUT I decided I really needed to participate in this weeks sketch over at MFT's. lol.  I'm still in my nightgown, lol.   What a great day.  Just going through emails and working on a card.  Doesn't get any better than that for me, and no I am not really feeling all that guilty, lol.  I will run to the grocery after I post this though, lol. 

The second I saw this sketch I thought of my Behind the Camera die and stamp set.  And there was even a place for the mini film strip die.  And of course no card would be complete without using my Fishtail Flag Stax.  And all of these are available for pre-order at Loves Rubberstamps!!!  What's a pre-order?  It's just that, you order it from Laura, she orders it to come into her store and then she mails it to you.  And then she orders a few of each thing to add to her stores stock.  She has a new store and is slowly stocking up on stamps and dies and papers, etc.  I would love it if you would head on over and support her store.  She is so sweet and so great to work with.  The nice part of ordering from her is that there are so many stamp companies to choose from!  I love that!

I am also using MFT's steel grey card stock and I love that color!  The button is from their steel grey collection as well.  This one had a little texture going on inside it and it matched the colors in the dp, love them!  I can't believe I only stamped one thing and it's the little circle of works inked up in Memento Gray Flannel.  I used Echo Park Everyday eclectic 6X6 paper pad, love the little camera's on the side strip of dp there.  And I added some brads from Michael's. 

Okay, that's it for now, gotta get dressed and head on out to the store!  Does anyone else feel like the grocery store is a time warp?  It sucks you in and no matter how fast you run through it, you have lost a couple hours in your life.  lol.  But it beats starvation and so I am on my way, lol.

Thanks for looking and for your kind Comments.

Holly

Pebbles

I know, I know, you've seen this one before.  It's one of my fav's! lol.  She just reminds me of Pebbles from the Flinstones and I have to tell you, I have watched a lot of Flinstones in my life, lol.   I think every girls favorite was Pebbles.  She was so adorable and so is this little P.I. called Prehistoric Girl.  Love, Love her.  

So I saw this sketch for this month and immediately thought of Jodi's card using this image with the caves.  I was so obsessed with the thought of making my own cave, that I was really thinking I was not going to do this.  But yesterday, after work, I went to the LSS to reward myself, (for working you know!)  And they had Crate Paper 6X6 pads called, "On Trend."  And I was looking through this yummy paper and saw both kinds of animal print and I thought, "It's a sign."  So of course I had to buy it.  But still, I was not convinced I would do this, until my latest shipment from Loves Rubberstamps came in yesterday.  Yep, right after I bought that yummy paper, I came home to find the Rounded Banner Die-namics!  So then this was this, and that was that and I became too tired to even think about designing this.  "Oh well", I thought.  And today after work I realized that the deadline is actually tomorrow!   So, being the good Mom and Wife that I am, I totally ignored the guys and got busy on this card!!! lol.  Disclaimer - no DH or DS was neglected during the making of this card, they just got home from camping and all they wanted to do was watch TV and veg!!!  lol.

I also used a Die-namic Palooza on this one: Rounded Banner Stax, Harlequin Border, Halloween Charms (bone), Layered Rose, Vine-border, leafy flourish. 
I colored her with my Copic Markers: E0000, E000, E00, E21, E93, E37, E35, E33, E31, E40.  And sponged with whatever dark color is left over on my sponge, lol.  Added some brads and Viola, one challenge card done!

Thanks so much for Looking and your kind Comments!

Holly

Sensational Sunday Inspiration - La La

Hi,

Welcome to another Sensational Sunday Inspiration Post by the Design Team at Loves Rubberstamps.  Please see all the Design Team eye candy over at Loves Rubberstamps Inspiration Blog. 

I did it again!  I finished another one of those fabulous Designs from Irina at La La Land.  I took her workshop here at a LSS and there were so many fabulous designs and new images, that I could not keep up.  So my friend and I are having fun finishing up one project at a time.  Isn't this Popsicle Marci cute?  She is available for preorder over at Loves Rubberstamps now!!!  So exciting!!!  I also used the balloon die, the flower die, the corner die, and the flourish die....all of which are soon to come.  If you absolutely love the dies and NEED them soon, send an email to Laura requesting them and she will order them for you.  Laura's store is still newish and so she is adding things according to what the customers are looking for.  So if you see a line she carries, but you do not see a certain stamp you are looking for in that line, be sure to email her.  She is so sweet and will do whatever she can to accommodate your requests.

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Happy Holly-Day Friday!  Whoo Hooo, it's Friday!!!

Today is my turn to be inspirational.  Sigh.  Well, as you can tell, I have not done very many scrap pages, lol..   But it's mine and so it stays.  I was inspired by Megan Locks tutorial on how to cut apart and use the Web Die on a card.  So I decided I would use it on a scrap page.  From there it went awry! lol.  I love putting bling on the web, and that stays with this weeks Challenge to, "Bling it up!"  I love the distressed diamonds stamp set and I inked it up in Memento Gray Flannel.  I also used the picket fence die and the primitive pumpkins dies and stamps, which I inked up in Morocco (though the true color is the same as the the card stock, it didn't photo that way.)    I also used my favorite new Alphabet dies,  letters uppercase and letter lowercase.  I glued all those dies down with The Best Glue Ever! (I love that the spout is thin and I can lay down a very small amount or line of glue and it will stay where I put it no matter what!)  And used Echo Park Chillingsworth for matting.  The pictures will go over that as soon I take some on Halloween!!!  I'm hoping to get long pictures to put in there, so they look like tombstones.  The other punches I used are from Martha Stewart. 

A couple of my fellow blogger friends have inspired me to start doing scrap pages.  Yvonne and Tracey always have the most fabulous designed scrap pages and so I thought I would just jump into the deep end here, lol. Anyway, I wanted to thank these two for always providing me inspiration.

Go ahead and be honest, what do you think?   I hope I have inspired you in some way.  Even if it's to Head on over to Loves Rubberstamps and buy some part of what I used to make your own.  If you do, be sure to let me know so I can see yours and KopyKat another page, lol.    And Speaking of, have you seen the coupon special for this month? 

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Now you can go get a lot of cool stuff!!!  Like some of those dies and tons of stamps and paper and don't forget the glue!   Have fun!

Thanks for Looking and for your Comments.

Holly

Victorian Emma

It's time again for another week of All That Scraps Challenge!  This week we are showcasing Anything But A Card.  I have to say, I was a little freaked about this challenge, lol.  Up until a couple weeks ago, I was not really a 3-D kind of gal.  But once I had my eye's peeled for some cute 3-D items, I am finding them left and right now, lol.   Wouldn't it be great to be able to give a few little gifts in their very own special packaging?  All made by hand.  Isn't that really the Spirit of Christmas?  To give something you made means so much more than the store bought stuff inside.  I'm not sure if the receiver feels that way, but I do, lol.   This could also be used for any walk of faith or Seasons Greetings.  As I don't want to offend any of my readers.  I am a live and let live kind of gal, so whatever you believe in this Holiday Season is okay by me, just insert your Holly-Day right into the part where I repeatedly say Christmas this year, lol. 

This is Victorian Emma from CC Designs new release.  Isn't she cute?  Love her!  The little bells are from a die also newly released by ATS. 

Let's see, now where to begin.  First the Gift Holder.  I was recently shopping at a LSS and came across this Gift Holder.  The owner had bought it from a the Very Talented Janette.  I went to Janette's blog and she had linked it to where she found it HERE.  And there are step by step directions!!!  Whoot.  Not very many of you know, but Janette lives in town and we share the love of cute stamps and coloring.  In fact, I went to a few of Janette's classes here locally and she is the one who taught me how to use the Air Brush machine!  Of course I took off from there, but I do encourage you all to go check out Janette's Blog and beautiful designs, she is one creative crafty lady!

Okay, next I used Vintage Finds by Teresa Collins paper, I used a full size 12 x 12 sheet, not the usual 6X6 pads I normally would use for cards.  I stamped Victorian Emma and colored her with my copics.  I had a few other dies and punches I added, but will not list them here as they are not sold at ATS.   But if it's killing you to know, you can always email me, lol.   Copics Used:  E0000, E000, E00, E21, E93, E50, E51, E53, E55, YG99, YG95, YG93, T7, T6, T5, T4, T3, R29, R27, R24.  Oh and the mirror paper I found at Joanne's, love the bells cut out from that.  I need to go stock up, somethings just can't be replaced and so hoarding this paper would be a good thing, lol.   If you cannot find the paper, you could emboss with Silver Embossing Powder as well. 

Okay, I will see you next week on the ATS Challenge Reminder post for Anything But A Card and yes, I do have something already all lined out, lol. 

Thanks for looking and for you kind comments.

Holly

Bling it On.......

Welcome to the Tuesday Challenge Over at Loves Rubberstamps!!!  This week we are are using a theme, "Bling It On..."  Which can mean whatever bling means to you!  So fun!!!

I wanted to take a break from my Halloween Marathon, and make something girly.  I chose to use MFT's P.I. Dress up Diva image and the weekly sketch that is about to expire!!! MFTWSC92

Here is what I came up with:

Okay, I know, a bit over the top with the bling, but you know, I had to, lol.  I am loving Loves Rubberstamps Store more and more everyday.  I love the one stop shop.  Now I can buy paper, stamps, glue, dies, everything I need in one stop.  I used to have to shop this place for paper and this place and this place and this place for stamps and this place for dies.....not anymore.  Everyday there is more and more cute things added to the store and the hardest part is not buying, lol.   For this one card alone I used:
MFT Pure Innocents
Double border dot die
Corner Die
Circle Dies
Memento Black
Best Glue Ever!

And remember, if you don't see the item you are looking for from the Line that Laura is carrying, make sure you email her and let her know what you want, she just might be able to order that for you!  So feel free to ask away. 

Also on this card: Echo Park for the record 2, Rhinestones from S.U. Green, Yellow, and Orange Card stock from S.U. Colored with copics: YG000, E55, E57, E51, E53, R81, R83, R85, YR18, YR16, YR14, YR12, R29, E27, R24, E0000, E000, E00, E21, E93.

Okay now it's your turn to head on over to the Challenge Blog and see what else the Inspiration Team has Designed to inspire you for this Challenge.  I cannot wait to see what you make!!! 

Thanks for Looking and for your kind Comments.

Holly

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Holly

Happy Slackers of Card Making Day... unite

That's It!  I'm starting my own slackers club for those of us who couldn't for whatever reason, get a card made and uploaded for World Card Making Day, lol.   I myself did in fact work on a card for one of my Design Teams, but I could not upload yesterday....have to wait til Tuesday, lol. 

So here is my ultimate slackers card.  I made this for Sparkle Creations 89 Challenge, in which there is mere hours to get this uploaded, lol.  And if something seems a little sketchy, it's because I did use their fabulous sketch this week.

For this card, I used Cowgirl Chloe.  Love this cute little image!
I also used:
Memento - tuxedo black, cantaloupe, tangelo
Fence die
country charms die
Oct Afternoon Sasparilla dsp
SU kraft and Espresso
brads from Micheal's.
Copic Markers: E0000, E000, E00, E21, E93, E44, E43, E42, E41, E27, E25, E23, E57, E55, E53, E51, R29, R27, R24, B99, B97, B95, Y28, Y26, Y21. 

Thanks for Looking and for your kind Comments!!!!

Holly