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Just Inklined: Fat Snowman!

Just a quick post to share this cute snowman with you.  This is Fat Snowman from Just Inklined and I think he is just too funny!!  I used this month's SFYTT (so sad, it's the last one).  Earlier this week I was stalking Julee Tilman's blog and she did the funnest thing with her ribbon (check it out, here)... I tell ya, that girl is amazing!  Anyway, I did a little playing around with mine and this is the outcome :)  I think I like the card, but there really aren't any "layers" so it's WAY out of my comfort zone, lol.

I've been playing with lots of snow images lately, and I'm having LOTS of fun shading it with different color familes... snow doesn't have to be gray!  Unfortunately, I didn't get a great photo of this guy so you can't see my colors well but I used a pale gray/purple palette... LOVE the look :)  I used a Spica Glaze pen for the "coal" eyes and buttons... love the shine and it makes it pop some.

Stamps: Fat Snowman (Just Inklined)  Paper: Winter Wishes (Echo Park)  Extras: Dk. Blue Grosgrain ribbon (Ribbon Carousel), Turquoise Grosgrain/satin ribbon (Ribbon Carousel), Stitched Purple ribbon, Let it Snowflake Dienamics (My Favorite Things), Sugar Coating glitter  Copics: BG13, BG34, BV20, BV31, C00, C0, C1, C7, C9, E27, E59, YR14, YR18, 0 Colorless Blender  Challenges: SFYTT December 2012

December Sketch for You to Try...

**If you are looking for my My Time Made Easy December release post, please go >here<**

I'm still sure that I am just dreaming, but once this post goes live the girls at Jen's SFYTT are stuck with me for the month of December! lol!!  I am just giddy to be this month's Guest Designer at i {Heart} 2 stamp, for the December SFYTT!!  I have always LOVED Jen's sketches, and the SFYTT girls are beyond amazing!!

The sponsor this month is SplitCoastStampers, on Christmas Day Jen will be giving one lucky winner a SplitCoast Fan Club Membership!! 

 For my card today I decided to use Feather Duster Ellie from Your Next Stamp (which just so happens to be a SCS Member Company), I recently got her in the mail and decided this was the perfect time to ink her up! 

I just LOVE lots of layers :)  Her cute little outfit is paper pieced and the rest of her is colored with Copics.  I added some Blue-Green rhinestones to the border and a big ol, Silver Silky Crushed  bow.  If a girl's gotta clean house, she may as well look fabulous doing it!!  Thanks Jen and her team for inviting me to play along this month!!

Be sure to head over to Jen's blog to get all of the deets on this month's SFYTT Challenge and to link up your project!  Want more inspiration?  Of course you do, check out these amazing ladies I get to stamp with this month!

Amber Hight
Amy Sheffer
Becky Carafa
Jen Tapler
Jodi Collins 
Kerry Johnson
Megan Lock
Susan Liles
Tracy Schultz

Stamps: Feather Duster Ellie (Your Next Stamps)  Extras: Silver Silky Crushed ribbon (Ribbon Carousel), Rhinestones (Ribbon Carousel), Mini Monarch Border (My Favorite Things), Dizzy Doily Dienamics (My Favorite Things), Bracket Tab Dienamics (My Favorite Thigns)  Copics: BG70, BG72, BG75, BG78, C0, C1, C3, C5, C9, E000, E00, E21, E23, E25, E30, E31, E55R20, R21, RV32, Y21, Y26, YR31, V95  Challenges: SFYTT December 2012

Great Impressions & Ribbon Carousel Blog Hop!

Happy Hop day!!!!  I have my latte in hand and am ready to hop!!!  I have been looking forward to this hop with the wonderful Great Impressions gals for weeks now!  You can head over to the Ribbon Carousel blog >here< or the Great Impressions blog >here< to read up on all of the deets on how you can win a couple of fabby prizes!!   I inked up this adorable Build a Snowman and colored him in with about a bajillion Copics (colors listed below).  There's no glitter, no Spica pen... just some really fun coloring!

I added some yummy Twill ribbon... I just LOVE a good twill ribbon!  The texture reminds me of a fluffy winter sweater!  This is my favorite twill ever!!!  Ok, time for you to hop on... 

 

Stamps: Build a Snowman (Great Impressions stamps)  Extras: Espresso Dimensional Pearls (Adirondak), Silver pearls, Cranberry Twill (Ribbon Carousel), Pale Blue Bakers Twine(Ribbon Carousel), Chocolate Button, Icecicle border punch (Martha Stewart)  Copics: B0000, B000, B00, B93, B95, B97, B99, BG70, BG72, BG75, BG78, C00, C5, E25, E27, E30, E31, E33, E35, E37, E59, R20, R27, R29, T1, T5, V0000, W2, YR14, YR18, 0 Colorless Blender  Challenges: November SFYTT 2012

 

Ribbon Carousel Challenge #73... Halloween Spirit

I just LOVE making Halloween cards because there are some AWESOME images out there!!  This is one of my faves, this is Hattie from Kraftin Kimmie.  I just love coloring with grays and Hattie looks fabulous in Gray :)  The orange stripped ribbon and that gorgeous Black Crushed Silk ribbon are both from Ribbon Carousel!  The paper is Chillingsworth Manor by Echo Park, also available at Ribbon Carousel.  This sketch is SFYYT October.

Have you played along yet with this month's Ribbon carousel Challenge?!  RC is now doing monthly challenges with a big 'ol prize at the end for one lucky challenge participant!  

Each month RC is giving away a ribbon carousel to one of our randomly chosen challenge participants!

 

This month's theme is HALLOWEEN SPIRIT!  There's still time to play!!! Head over to this post on the Ribbon Carousel blog for more deets on the challenge and for some DT eye-candy!

Anni-VERVE-sary Challenge #2... Anniversary card for hubby

Ohhhh, THIS card is for hubby!  Ok, so our anniversary isn't for another several months, but consider me early!!!  There's a first time for everything!!  This is for challenge #2 of Verve's Anni-VERVE-sary challenges... an Anniversary card, so I started going through my Verve stamps to see what I wanted to use and when I came across this sentiment the whole card just came together in my head.  I just LOVE when that happens!!  Both the Swirly circle and the sentiment are from the Fairy Tales set, I stamped the swirly in silver and it just looks so crisp and perfect on the black!  The center is a very pale pink... I just love how everything just POPS here :)  Naturally it needed a bog, fat pretty double bow!  The silver cording and silver "pearls" balance just perfectly!  Thanks Verve, for a week of amazing challenges!!!  I've got one more to go in my quest to conquer these challenges!

 

Stamps: Fairy Tales (Verve Stamps)  Challenges: VSAVS12B, SFYTT2012 (August)

 

Mark's Finest Papers June Hop, Day 3... Island Life

Welcome to Mark's Finest Papers a Heinrich Company's 
                        June Blog Hop!

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

Welcome Poppies Featured June 19
I'm In Stitches Featured June 20
Island Life Featured June 21
Silly Shells Featured June 22

So, aren't you totally loving this release?!?  For todays card I just couldn't resist breaking out the water colors (I used my Water Color Crayons)... I forgot how much fun they are to use.  The sketch for this card is one of Jen's (sfyttJune2012), perfect for this card :)

Please hop along with us! You have a chance to win one of the above stamp sets! Just comment on the following blogs (don't forget this one), each day for more chances to win! (You do NOT have to comment on all the blogs each day! The names are drawn randomly!) All four winners will be announced on June 23, 2012 on the Mark's Finest Papers blog. You can go back and comment if you missed a day. (HINT: The more you comment, the more chances you have to win and comments on the MFP blog count twice!) The deadline for commenting is 11PM EST on Friday June 22, 2012.

Lois
Vicky
Anne
Pat G.
Karen H.
Patty P.
Mary
Marilynn
Pam
Debbie
Nancy
Bonnie
Kathy
Brenda
Toni
Tangii
Thrifty Stamper
Sue
Kelli
Janine
Tammylee
Janis L.
Mark's Finest

 

Mark's Finest Papers May Hop, Day 2

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Welcome to Mark's Finest Papers a Heinrich Company's 
                        May Blog Hop!

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

Oopsy Daisy Featured May 15
Get Reel Featured May 16
Scenic Selections Featured May 17
Flamingos on Vacation Featured May 18

You've gotta admit, MFP has some of the best male stamp sets and so many to choose from!!!!  My poor Daddy may start getting more cards from me yet ;)  Today we are showing off the Get Reel set, now this time I didn't use any of the images from the set, but you can see a card >here< that I made the other day and I am sure you will also see several along the hop!  I don't often buy beach themed papers, living by the beach I kind of feel innundated by all of the beach themed things, but I couldn't pass up this gorgeous paper!  This is another one of those that I HATE to use because I love it sooooo much!  I'm truely not like that often, just the two papers mentioned today and yesterday and then my "Old Guys Rule" paper!  Anyway...  This was a super simple and uber fast card to put together, but I really love the look of it.  The sketch for todays card comes from Jen's May SFYTT.  And of course we can't forget the inside :)

Please hop along with us! You have a chance to win one of the above stamp sets! Just comment on the following blogs (don't forget this one), each day for more chances to win! (You do NOT have to comment on all the blogs each day! The names are drawn randomly!) All four winners will be announced on May 19, 2012 on the Mark's Finest Papers blog. You can go back and comment if you missed a day. (HINT: The more you comment, the more chances you have to win and comments on the MFP blog count twice!) The deadline for commenting is 11PM EST on Friday May 18, 2012.

Lois
Vicky
Anne
Pat G.
Karen H.
Patty P.
Mary
Marilynn
Pam
Debbie
Nancy
Bonnie
Kathy
Brenda
Toni
Tangii
Anna S
Sue
Kelli
Janine
Mark's Finest Papers

 

Mark's Finest Papers April Blog Hop Day #2 - Daffodil Greetings

 Welcome to Mark's Finest Papers a Heinrich Company's  April Blog Hop!

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

Fabulous Dogs Featured April 17 Daffodil Greetings Featured April 18 Hey, Cowboy! Featured April 19 Train Talk Featured April 20

I have come to the conclusion that I NEED some black Liquid Pearls!!  Tonight I made due with some Tuxedo Smooch on the Kraft cs and a Copic Multiliner on the Daffodil panel... LP would have been perfect!  Ah well!  Today we are showing off the Daffodil Greetings set, this set comes with 3 sentiments that make it perfect for just about ANY occassion... and the daffodils are just fabulous :)  MFP, has some amazing Kraft cardstock that has the perfect "texture look" to it... perfect for a "nature" card like this.  I used Jen del Muro's SFYTT... perfect amount of patterned paper to make the flowers really stand out!

Please hop along with us! You have a chance to win one of the above stamp sets! Just comment on the following blogs (don't forget this one), each day for more chances to win! (You do NOT have to comment on all the blogs each day! The names are drawn randomly!) All four winners will be announced on April 21, 2012 on the Mark's Finest Papers blog. You can go back and comment if you missed a day. (HINT: The more you comment, the more chances you have to win and comments on the MFP blog count twice!) The deadline for commenting is 11PM EST on Friday April 20, 2012.

Lois Vicky Anne Pat G. Karen H. Patty P. Mary Marilynn Pam Debbie Nancy Bonnie Kathy Brenda Toni Tangii Anna S Sue Kelli Janine Mark's Finest Papers

It's Paper Makeup Peek time!

Happy Sunday!  If you've been following Paper Makeup's peeks then you know that today is day 3, and it's Critters and Monsters day!  If you haven't been following, then you're going to want to head over to the PMS Blog and check them out!  You can see more of the Critters and Monsters that Paper Makeup is releasing tomorrow night!  Meet Skater Cat... tell me he is not just the coolest cat in town?!?  This sentiment is just perfect!  I used Jen's March sketch here for this card.  Thanks for popping by, now go and check out the PMS Blog for more inspiration and awesome images!

It's a party... a PMS Birthday Party!

It's Paper Makeup Stamps' 2nd birthday and we're kickin' it off with a VIP Hop! All of the PMS DT got to invite someone to join our hop and help us celebrate!  The theme... Things we LOVE!  And I LOVE this Sing, Love, Dance quote, so much so that it is on the cover of my planner, above my desk at home and on my board at work!  I get so caught up in tasks that alot of times that I forget to take the time to SING OUT LOUD, which is one of my favorite things to do to de-stress!  Thanks Katie for turning this in to rubber for me!! and Happy Birthday PMS!!  If you haven't already visited the PMS Blog, head over there for all of the deets and how you can win ya a prize, once you've done that hop along (see list below) and see for yourself some amazing eye-candy!!

Sealed with a KISS...

This is a quick and simple card I made for my stamp group the other night.  Our theme was Valentines day.  I love the pink mailbox, though there is NO WAY hubby would let me have a pink mailbox in front of our house, lol!  Sorry for the quick post, but my eyelids are getting VERY heavy.  Hope you have a fabulous weekend and come back soon!

Stamps: Sending you love (Paper Makeup Stamps)  Challenges: SFYTTJanuary2011

Ahhhh, Mon Cheri, it's PMS release day!

Happy Release Day hoppers!  If you came here from the Paper Makeup Stamps blog, WELCOME!  If you happened here some other way, WELCOME! now head over to the start of this LOVEly blog hop where you can get all of the deets on tonights Release Party and a chance to save some $$$! :)  Well I guess I am your first "official" stop... and I'd like to share with you this months FABULOUS kit, Mon Cheri!  Everything on my card is from the kit except for the Liquid Pearls.  Here's what you get in this uber fun and very full kit:

Included in the kit:

22 sheets of 6x6 double sided patterned paper

8 sheets of 8.5 x 11 coordinating cardstock

1 Fairy Stamp named Cheri

4 French sentiment stamps

5 Pre Printed tags (will vary with each card kit)

4 yards of coordinating ribbon

Set of Headpins and Beads (not all shown in photo)

Glitter Flowers with rhinestone centers (not all shown in photo)

Don't miss out... order yours now, as supplies are limited.  Your next stop on the hop is the fabulous Christi T (and you know she will have something ah-mazing to share!).  Check out her eye-candy, leave her some love and make sure you jot down her "hint" for ya.  Here's mine to get you started (the letter 'S')...

Happy Release Day!!!

Welcome to the PMS November Release Blog Hop!  I used the Oo La La for Santa Corset, now you've seen it in red so I decided to do it up in black... LOVE it!  I went over the whole corset with some clear glitter pen (which is hard to see, sorry).  There is alot of texture in this card, White Sparkly Fluff on the bottom of the corset,

black velvet ribbon and LOTS of rhinestones (of course!).  I used my sentiment and stamped it randomly on the red cardstock with VersaMark ink,

then used the same sentiment on the bottom left in black.  I also used Jen's SFYTT sketch for my layout.

Now make sure you've started at the PMS Blog and follow along the hop and you will get lots of Christmas inspiration!  You should have come here from Shaela's blog. Katie has all the deets on the PMS Blog on how you can save some $$$$ on this month's release and how to win some free stuff!  Tonight, grab yourself a drink & a snack and we'll meet you in the PMS forum for the Release Party! There we will play games, chat a bit, and we will let you in on some the new lineup details in store for PMS. We'll also take your suggestions for new stamps, who knows, you may even get a stamp named after you!

Now that you've got the scoop, hop on over and visit the totally terrific Tina (tell her I said "hi"), don't forget to take my little giftie with you...

Paper Makeup Stamps October release Day #2

Welcome to Day 2 of the October Release peeks!  Today we are peeking the So Sweet set (illustrated by our own Shaela).  I paper pieced the cupcake "wrappers", used red Spica Glitter pen on the cherry and Pink Liquid Pearls for the middle cakes frosting... yummmmmmmmm.  I took my .3 Multiliner to redo the detail on the Pink "frosting".  The sketch is from Jen DelMuro (SFYTT), I just LOVE the sketch!  Head over to the PMS Blog for some more sneaks and deets on how to win some free rubber!  Thanks for popping in, hope to see you again soon :)

Stamps: So Sweet (Paper Makeup Stamps)  Paper: Life is Good (Echo Park), Chocolate (Gina K), Barely Banana (SU!), Very Vanilla (SU!)  Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento), Onyx Black (VersaFine)  Accessories: Brown Glitter Dots, Pink Liquid Pearls, Red Glitter pen (Spica), So Saffron ribbon (SU!)  Copics: 0.5 Black Multiliner, E25, 27, 33, 35  Challenges: SFYTT (10/2)