Parka Penguins

This week has just been crazy busy. I truly do need more hours in the day.... don't you?

Just a super quick share today.I'm still playing with the stamp set Parka Penguins and Snowy Sayings. I'm really trying to get my desk/stampin area organized..... which is a huge job... trust me. I just can't stop getting new paper. DANG cute paper! Here is some more of that paper from MME, called Colorful Christmas... I love it. :) Using up my scraps baby! When I get my mess cleaned up, I'm totally using the whole package! Every yummy piece!







This card did not photograph well. You cannot see all the dimension and sparkle. I used Rockin' Pink Sparkly Fluff on the penguins parka and skirt, and Sugar Sparkles on her little figure 8 in the ice. The background is made with a Cuttlebug embossing folder and the dies are all from Spellbinders. The ribbon is American Crafts. I used my Blue Sakura Glaze pen to add the dots around the scallop... they kinda look like ice. :)

Have a super day! Thanks for stopping by! I'll see you tomorrow for Beate's Weekend sketch.

Weekend Sketch 102

Happy Friday! Hope you are all staying healthy and warm! It's getting colder here on the OR coast... and half the kids are at home sick in the schools. One of my twins just went back to school yesterday, although I don't think he had the Swine Flu, he was pretty miserable. :(

I'm having SO much fun with the My Mind's Eye Paper packs! I LOVE LOVE LOVE... did I tell you, I LOVE the Colorful Christmas Kit? I do... it's DA BOMB. Each paper kit comes with one 12x12 page of cool border strips and cut outs. The tree, and the border (right under the ribbon) are from that strip, along with the snowflake and border strip on the inside of the card.

I used two stamp sets to make this card. Parka Penguins and Snowy Sayings. I used our Sugar Crafty Sparkles and Sparkly Fluff to give it touchability and shazam! I used the Quickie Glue Pen to apply both. I added Sparkles on the inside snow flake cut out from the MME paper kit too....







I hope you can find some time over the weekend to stamp! Check out the rest of the sketch team by clicking on the names below:



Beate Johns
Charmaine Ikach
Jenn Balcer
Laurie Schmidlin
Lori Craig
Sharon Harnist

Supplies:

Stamps: Parka Penguins, Snowy Sayings (Our Craft Lounge)
Paper: MME Colorful Christmas, Deep Magenta Prism, Neenah White.
Ink: Ranger Soot Black, Copic Markers
Other: Circle Nesties, Circle Scallop Nesties, Wizard, White Satin Ribbon, Kaiser Rhinestones, Quickie Glue Pen, Sugar Sparkly Fluff, Sugar Crafty Sparkles, Zip Dry, Scor-Pal.

Have a great weekend my friends! Thanks for stopping by!

Lola Witch

Ha! I love the stamp set Lola Love.... I think she is just adorable! So, I took two of our Halloween sets and witched her up for Halloween! The bowl of candy and the inside sentiments are from the set Granny's Potions, and the hat, spider web on her dress , spider on her hat, and Trick or Treat Sentiment in the web are from the set Holiday Cruiser. The cut out pieces are from the My Mind's Eye Designer paper pack called Boo! to You. OMGosh... talk about making a bunch of easy Halloween cards with those paper packs! Adorable stuff! I might just cheat and whip up more cards with them!





I added some Googly eyes and Black Eyeliner Sparkly Fluff to the spider and stamped the Trick or Treat sentiment in the center of the web and popped it up on foam dots. The paper frame I made with my Polka Dot Frame Nestabilities die. I took the inside die cut piece of designer paper (where Lola is) and added it to the inside of the card with the sentiment. I've decided to use EVERY piece of my scraps.... I'm going to throw them on the inside of my cards from now on! It kills me to throw them away.. and my desk is overflowing!

Here is a close up of the details... you can click on the photo to see it larger. Can you see the Sparkly Fluff and Jewels on her hat? LOVE those Kaiser Rhinestones! She also has little black ones on her hair bows. I used my atyou Spica black pen to make the spider web and her socks all sparkle too.

I promise to take a break from the Halloween stuff soon. I'm just having so much fun making cards! You have to admit... Halloween is a fun holiday to make cards for! :)

Supplies:

Stamps: Lola Love, Holiday Cruiser, Granny's Potions (Our Craft Lounge)
Paper: My Mind's Eye Boo! to You, Neenah White, Orchid Opulence.
Ink: Ranger Soot Black, Copic Markers
Other: Quickie Glue Pen, Sparkly Fluff, Kaiser Rhinestones, Googly Eyes, Polka Dotted Nestie Frame, Foam dots, Long Rectangle Nesties, Wizard, Zip Dry, Scor-Pal, Sakura Glaze Pens.

Hope you are having a great week. Thanks for stopping by!

Witch to Wear

Hey Stampers! Happy Tuesday! This week over at The Lounge, the Spotlight of the Week stamp set is Witch to Wear. Love this set by Debbie Corbari!

Super easy fast one today! A little masking and a jewel for the hat and done!

I used my Scallop Oval Nesties, a Green Rhinestone Jewel, some Black Eyeliner Sparkly fluff, and my all time favorite Eclipse Masking Tape! The designer paper is from American Crafts. The cardstock from Prism. I think the ribbon is Bo Bunny.

Are you done with your Halloween cards and projects? LOL.... I won't be done until the 31st! It always works that way, no matter how early I start!! :)

Have a great Tuesday! Thanks for stopping by!!

Weekend Sketch 101

Hey everyone! Happy Friday! Sorry I'm late. My Grandma missed a stair last night and scared us all! A slight concussion and a few stitches later, she is home and resting. She will be fine, but boy did it shake us all up. I finished my card this morning after making sure she was okay. I *think* I'm done shaking!

This cute beaver is from one of our very first releases and one of my favorite sets called Bubs the Beaver. The paper is from My Mind's Eye, Pretty Please line. The peachy colored paper is the reverse side of the "Blossoms". I used some pearl bling from BasicGrey and a cute Pink Pearl Trinket flower pin by Maya Road.


The beaver has Sparkly Fluff on his hands and part of his tail. The leaves and grass all have a touch of Sparkly Fluff too. The heart on the stump is all sparkly with atyou Spica Pen, then coated with Glossy Accents to make it stand out. I used Nesties for all the shapes and grabbed my Janome Sew Mini for the stitching.

Check out the rest of the team to see what they did with the weekend sketch!

Beate Johns
Charmaine Ikach
Jenn Balcer
Laurie Schmidlin
MaryJo Albright
Sharon Harnist

Hope you can find some time to play along this weekend! Have a great one!

Ghostly Greetings

Did you see the Spotlight of the Week last week over at the OCL blog? Deb Felts ROCKED the samples all week from the set Ghostly Greetings. She totally inspired me to get out my stamp set and play.

I wish I had stamped the bottom sentiment on the other side of the card, but I will for the next one. I cut out the ghost, then used my Quickie Glue pen to add glue then dumped our Sugar Sparkles all over. So sparkly! It really makes the card fun!







Supplies:

Stamps: Ghostly Greetings (Our Craft Lounge)
Paper: Bo Bunny Designer Paper, Black, Neenah White, Limeade Bazzill, Orange Prism.
Ink: Ranger Soot Black, Copic Markers.
Other: Circle Nesties, Label One Nesties, Big Shot, Karen Foster Primary Brads, White Satin Ribbon, Sakura Black Glaze Pens, Sakura Stardust Pen, Quickie Glue Pen, Sugar Sparkles, Lemon Drop Yellow Sparkles, Scrapbook Adhesive Foam dots, Scor-pal, Zip Dry.

Hope you are having a great week! Thanks for stopping by!

Don't Forget to Squish Em!

Have someone you need to send a reminder to? I lost my Aunt to Breast Cancer, and I've had a couple very dear friends fight the fight. Thank goodness that early detection saved their lives.

I don't know if you noticed, but in the stamp set Granny's Support Team, these breast cancer awareness images are included. What better way to gently remind someone that you love them, and it's time to get em squished at the same time!

The designer paper is new from My Mind's Eye, Ooh La La line. LOVE IT!! Oh my.. it's SO pretty.. and I have it all. Neener neener. *wink*. I added some Kaiser Rhinestones right on the ribbon. The main image is popped up with Jody's Foam dots. The bra is paper pieced. Easy peasy... you could whip one out for each of your friends.

Hope you had a great weekend. Kisa and I had a blast at Memories of Time celebrating National Card Making day. Thanks for stopping by!

Weekend Sketch #100

100! Can you believe it? Make sure to visit Beate's blog for all kinds of fun prizes to help celebrate our 100th Weekend Sketch Challenge!

I haven't had much stamping time lately, so I was happy to see such an easy sketch. This one EVERYONE can do! Hope you can find a few minutes to play along this weekend! After all, it is National Card Making Day!

This card took only 10 minutes to make. Of course it helped that yesterday, I got a delivery from eP with NEW PAPER!



I fell in love with all the plaid papers at Summer CHA. I'm so thrilled to get my hands on it! This paper is from My Mind's Eye. The orange paper in the center is the opposite side of the paper. It's nice and thick, so all I did was stamp the big flower from Thankful Flourishes on the paper, and cut it out. The brad in the center is also from My Mind's Eye,.... easy peasy right? I LOVE those matching brads! The beautiful pink dots around the center is Pastel Raspberry Liquid Pearls.

Check out the sketch team! Hope you an play along over the weekend!



Beate Johns
Charmaine Ikach
Jenn Balcer
Laurie Schmidlin
Lori Craig
MaryJo Albright
Sharon Harnist

I'm spending the day down at Memories of Time with Kisa teaching classes on Saturday! I can't wait to hang out with the girls! Happy Card Making Day! Have a great weekend!