Stamping with a Passion!

Color Throwdown #179

2012-02-15T05:00:00.000-06:00

Good morning everyone!! It's Wednesday and that means it's time for another Color Throwdown Challenge!! Kristin is out hostess and she graciously provided the CTD designers with some fabulous digi papers she designed that match this weeks colors perfectly...how cool is that!!! Her papers are called Candy Kisses and can be found at

the My Time Made Easy store.

Along with Kristin's beautiful papers, I used Jen's Deconstructed Sketch #38. The adorable little Rubbernecker Stuffed Bear #88-06 was colored with Copics, cutout, and popped up with foam dots. The Be Mine Text sentiment #28-03 is also from Rubbernecker and the heart was made using Martha Stewart Punches.....ribbon, twine, and a button finishes it off.
Recipe:
Stamps: Rubbernecker Stuffed Bear #88-06, Be Mine text sentiment #28-03
Papers: White, Prism Blush Red Daek, Kristin's Candy Kisses digi dp
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa
Accessories: Ribbon, Button, Twine, Punches, Nestabilities, Copics

This is also for a few other challenges:
1. Celebrate the Occasion - Valentine's Day
2. Creative Craft Challenges - Valentines
3. Tuesday Throwdown - twine
4. Crafty Bloggers Network - Love is in the Air
5. Hooked on Crafts - hearts

Remember, you don't have to use the exact colors to play along...use what ever you have that is similar to the challenge colors. Be sure to add CTD179 to the keywords when you upload your card to an online gallery so we can find your work!!

Do you want to see some wonderful inspiration?? Here are the links to the Color Throwdown Designers..... check out what they created this week!

Broni Holcombe - Splashes of Watercolor
Barbara Anders - Paper Pursuits
Danielle Kennedy - Wild Dragonfly Designs
Tammy Hershberger - Stamp Happy
Keva Brown - How Now Brown Kow
Kristin Eberline - Mindless Creativity
Lori Tecler - Inking a Loud
Lynn Put - The Queens Scene
Wanda Cullen - Cullen-ary Creations
Kerri Michaud - Cards by Kerri
Joan Ervin - Stamping With a Passion - that's me!
Jenny Peterson - My Little Stampin Spot - Our Fabulous February Guest Designer!

Thanks for visiting....have a great day!!!

Happy Valentines Day!!!

2012-02-14T05:00:00.000-06:00

Good morning everyone and HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!!!!!!

I hope you all get to do something wonderful with someone special to you....I get to work....what a bummer!!! Maybe my DH will take me out for supper...a girl can dream, can't she...LOL!!!! I may have to take my hubby out but he can pay...sounds like a plan to me!!!!!

I made these cards for some friends but haven't got them in the mail yet.....shame on me :(

I had an idea for the design and kept stamping till I got the look I wanted, which was the first card. Then I looked at all the practice samples and decided I couldn't let them go to waste so I made two more cards.

They are all kinda the same but different. This one uses stampes from Verve's Heart to Heart set and Verve's Hearts on Fire set. Silver metallic paper was used for the matting and a red heart shaped doily filled in the background. Memento's Lady Bug, Angel Pink, London Fog, and Tuxedo inks were used and Baker's Twine finished it off.

This one uses three retired Stampin Up! sets; Lace Heart, happy Hearts, and Gentler Times. Real Red, Pretty in Pink, and Going Gray inks were used along with silver metallic paper and baker's twine.

The same Verve stamp sets and Memento inks were used here but I changed the matting paper to Real Red .....I added a heart shaped button and Baker's Twine to finish it off.

Thanks for popping in today....I hope you have a super FABULOUS Valentines Day!!!!

Another Valentine

2012-02-12T06:00:00.000-06:00

Good morning everyone!!! I'm still making Valentines....hopefully I can get them to the post office later on today. I know they will be late but I wouldn't want to send anyone into shock because they received their Valentine on time...LOL!!! An old 1998 Stampin Up! set called Kindness Shared was used for this card. The heart was colored with copics and a Cheery Lynn Designs diecut was used for the background layer. This will go to my DD Holly and her hubby, John.

We went to our DGD Caitlyn's first soccer game yesterday morning and boy was it cold...it was down in the 40's!!! This old grandma had on 2 shirts, jeans, coat, mittens, and a blanket and I was still freezing!! I can't believe those little 4 and 5 year olds lasted out on the field for the while game!!! Caitlyn's daddy ( our son Steve in the green hat) is the coach...he had to rescue one player due to crying and another one because he had to go to the bathroom. Coaching little ones is a far cry from coaching 11 and 12 year olds like Caitlyn's brother, Ryan...tooo funny!!!

Caitlyn is #4 and the smallest player on the team, yet....

she gave it her all!!! They won 4-1...Whoohoo!!!

Mackenzie, our 12 year old DGD went with us and Caitlyn was thrilled!! Max is her buddy!!

Once we got back to Grandma's, we had to make Valentines....and play with play dough, magnetic paper dolls, watch cartoons, spill soda and glitter all over the craft room...ai yi yi!!!!!! Now I know why God gives children to young people....LOL!!!!
Thanks for stopping by...have a great Sunday!!!!

Vintage Valentines

2012-02-10T06:00:00.000-06:00

Good Friday morning everyone...it's almost the weekend...yeaaaaaa!!! We are going to our granddaughter Caitlyn's first soccer game Saturday morning and then she will come home with us for the night. She is 4

going on 13 and no bigger than a minute!! I'm sure we will spend a few hours in the craft room so she can make some Valentines. Speaking of Valentines, I thought I would show you the vintage type Valentines I made for the ladies at my church craft group.

I used Nestabilities hearts, heart shaped doilies, sentiments from a variety of sets, and diecuts from K&Co. that I bought last year.

I used a Layers of Color art stencil and sponged Rose Red onto the Pretty in Pink heart that was cutout with a heart shaped Nestabilities.

A to and from stamp was used on the back to address the Valentines.

Thanks for stopping by....have a great day!!!

She's So Sweet!!

2012-02-09T06:00:00.000-06:00

Good morning everyone!!! It's Thursday and today we are going out to lunch with my parents. They received a gift certificate to Cracker Barrel and it's burning a whole in Dad's pocket!! I love to go to CB...it's so much fun to do a little shopping while you wait, especially at the candy counter!! I love all that old fashioned stuff!!! Anyway....I won a challenge at the Catered Crop this week and Linda sent me this adorable image to play with....Heather Ellis of Pure Innocence fame sponsored the challenge and provided images for the Catered Crop DT. Isn't she just the cutest evah!!!???!!!

Her dress and butterfly were paper pieced with papers from The Girls Paperie Vintage Whimsy...she was colored with copics and I did darken the dress color with copics so it would look a little better with her skin color. Spellbinders dies were used for the flower and leaves and the Vintage Whimsy background papers were sewn and distressed. Ribbon, lace, pearls, button, and twine finish it off.

Thanks for visiting....have a great day!!!!

Color Throwdown #178

2012-02-08T03:00:00.000-06:00

Good morning everyone!! Are you ready for another Color Throwdown Challenge?? Keva is our hostess with the mostess this week and she has picked a warm and sunny group of colors and a mighty yummy

inspiration photo!!!

When I saw the colors I knew I wanted to use the Cat's Meow Happy Owlentines Day set...aren't those little love owls just the cutest!!! The sun was cut out of Papertrey Ink's Summer Sun using a round Nestabilities. The owl image was stamped three times...once on three different cardstocks....Cajun Craze, Early Expresso, and Kiwi Kiss. The owls were cutout of Cajun Craze and embossed, the branch was cut out of Early Expresso, and the leaves were cut out of Kiwi Kiss. They were all popped up with pop dots and the sentiment from the same set, sticker hearts, and Summer sun ribbon finish it off.

This is also for a few other challenges:
1. Catered Crop Challenge - hearts
2. Everybody Art Challenge - love
3. Try it on Tuesdays Challenge - card for a true love
4. Tuesday Throwdown - be my valentine
5. Craft Your Passion - anything goes and no designer paper
Remember, you don't have to use the exact colors to play along...use what ever you have that is similar to the challenge colors. Be sure to add CTD178 to the keywords when you upload your card to an online gallery so we can find your work!!

Do you want to see some wonderful inspiration?? Here are the links to the Color Throwdown Designers..... check out what they created this week!

Papertrey Ink's Day 2 Contest

2012-02-07T00:17:00.000-06:00

Hello everyone!! I had a great day today...I made 18 Valentines for the ladies in my church craft group and I also made this card for Papertrey's 5th Anniversary day 2 celebration!! Nichole Heady provided us with a sheet of freebie digi images that each of the 2012 Stamp Designers contributed to. The challenge was to print out the sheet onto white cardstock and incorporate one of the images into a project. I used the sweet little bird image by Heather Nichols....Papertrey Ink's Everyday Blessings paper matched the colors perfectly. A PTI die was used to cut the bottom edge and the lace and PTI button finish it off.

Thanks for stopping by...have a great day!!!

Technique Lover's Challenge #363

2012-02-05T21:38:00.001-06:00

Hello everyone!! Hope you have recovered from all the Super Bowl excitement and are ready to do a little stamping!!!! My TLC Challenge on Splitcoast is all about stripes....I just love striped designer paper but I can never seem to find just the right color combo soooooo.....my challenge to you this week is to make your own striped designer paper!! This is also a good way to use up all those scraps that have a way of building up in drawers and files or on the floor...LOL!!!

Deets:
1. Cut thin strips of designer paper or cardstock long enough to hang over the background with a paper cutter so you have straignt lines...use what ever you have on hand and in the colors you want for your design. You can make some wider than others to vary the pattern.
2. Score lines on your background paper at 1/2 inch intervals so you will have a straight pattern to follow.
3. Add glue or use score tape on the back of the strips and adhere to the background paper to create the stipe pattern.
4. When dry, trim off the overhanging pieces.
5. You can use a vertical, horizontal, or a diagonal pattern...what ever you like!!

For my card, a diagonal pattern was used...left to right on the bottom layer and right to left on the top layer.The flower image from Layers of Color was colored with copics, cutout, and popped up with foam dots. The sentiment, also from Layers of Color, was tucked under the flower bouquet and the ribbon finishes it off. The colors are kinda blinding but since we are having such an overcast day, I needed to brighten things up!!!

This is also for a few other challenges:
1. Stampalot Challenge - in the garden
2. The Hybrid Chick Card Caravan Challenge - ribbon
3. The Paper Players - flowers

Thanks for stopping by...have a great day!!!

Sisterhood Sundays #9

2012-02-05T09:00:00.000-06:00

Good morning everyone!! It's Sunday and that means it's time for another Rubbernecker's Sisterhood Sundays!! Each week one of the challenge teams will host a challenge and this week we have a beautiful inspiration photo...aren't the colors beautiful!!??!!!!

Mr. Rubbernecker is giving away a prize so check out all the deets and challenge rules on the Rubbernecker Stamps Blog!

I'm afraid I made my card without the inspiration photo within site so my blue is a little off...well, I guess it's a lot off but I did get the pink and the tree in there...LOL!!!! I also have one more Valentine done....yeaaaaa!!!
I used Rubbernecker's Flourish Tree #556...it was stamped over the brayered background and pearls and pearl hearts were added. Flower Soft was added to the bottom and lace trim, seam binding, stick pins, button, and silver cording finish it off.
Recipe:
Stamps: Flourish Tree #556
Paper: White, Chocolate Chip
Ink: Ranger Broken China, Memento Rich Cocoa
Accessories: Pearls, Pearl Hearts, Seam Binding, Button, Silver Cording, Lace Trim, Stick Pins

I so hope you will join us for the Sisterhood Sunday challenge (remember we will have a challenge each Sunday!!) and linking it over at the Rubbernecker blog....while you are there check out what the other Stampin Sisters have created...you will fine lots of fabulous inspiration, I tell ya!!!! Have a wonderful Sunday!!

One Shabby, One CAS

2012-02-03T05:00:00.000-06:00

Good morning everyone!!! It's finally Friday....yeaaaaa!!! For some reason, this has been a very long week....maybe that's because I have been looking forward to the weekend!! We are going to go see our son and his family...they are remodeling their kitchen and hopefully, we can give them a little help. We remodeled our kitchen a few years ago and believe me, it's not easy living with construction...the no cooking part wasn't too hard to take but the sheet rock dust was terrible!!!! Anyway....

I did a little stamping last night. Some happy mail from Redlead Paperworks came yesterday and I just had to ink up this beautiful bird stamp!! It was colored lightly with copics and a little stitching and distressing helped give it a shabby look. The background paper from My Minds Eye was sewn and distressed and the Spellbinders scalloped diecut, Webster's Pages Bloomer, Spellbinders leaf diecuts, lace, button, and twine finish it off.

I changed gears a bit on this one....CAS to the max!!! The cute little Stampin Up! Sweetheart Candy II (retired) hearts were stamped to create a heart banner (the line was hand drawn). The sentiment is from Verve's Hearts on Fire...pretty simple but perfect for mailing!!

Hope you have a great Friday....thanks for spending a little bit of it with me!!!!!

Color Throwdown #177

2012-02-01T03:00:00.000-06:00

Good morning everyone!! Are you ready for another Color Throwdown Challenge?? Kerri is our hostess with the mostess this week and she has picked a beautiful palette of colors and a real glamorous inspiration photo...check it out!! I also want to welcome Jenny Peterson as our February Guest designer...Whoohoo!!! Wait till you see her fabulous creation!!!

My card features stamps from Glitz's Dance in Sunshine set and the Mojo Monday #226 Sketch...the boy and girl silhouette image was stamped with Versafine Onyx Black onto Basic Grey's Out of Print dp. The umbrella was stamped with Melon Mambo onto white cardstock, cutout and adheres with foam dots. The sentiment is from the same set and was stamped on the dp with Memento Tuxedo Black. The background papers are also from Out of Print and the Spellbinders diecut, lace and ribbons finish it off.

Remember, you don't have to use the exact colors to play along...use what ever you have that is similar to the challenge colors. Be sure to add CTD177 to the keywords when you upload your card to an online gallery so we can find your work!!

Do you want to see some wonderful inspiration?? Here are the links to the Color Throwdown Designers..... check out what they created this week!

Valentine Wish

2012-01-31T06:00:00.000-06:00

Good morning everyone!!! Boy, did I have a wonderful day yesterday!!!! I was sooo thrilled to be chosen as a Moxie Fabber on the Moxie Fab World blog...how cool is that!!!???!!! I felt like a Queen all day, however, I had quite a time trying to convince my sweet hubby that royalty doesn't cook and clean...LOL!!!
Anyway...I made this card last night while I was watching the Bachelor...those girls are really starting to show their true colors...call me crazy but I love those silly reality shows!!!

My card featurers the adorable Great Impressions Valentine....it is colored with copics and the background paper is from Bo Bunny's Smoochable dp. The scallop die is from My Favorite Things, the Spellbinder's heart die was used to cutout the pink felt heart, and a Martha Stewart Punch was used for the green heart . The button, seam binding, and gold cording finish it off.

The Sweet Sunday Sketch #151 was used for the layout and the Whoopsie Daisy Challenge for the colors-pink and brown

I also made this for a few other challenges:
1. Stamps R Us Challenge - Valentine/love
2. Crafty Pad Designs - Valentine
3. Card Caravan Challenge - punches/dies
4. Allsorts Challenge - one or more hearts
5. One Stop Craft Challenge - stitching real or faux

Thanks for stopping by...have a great day!!!

Gabe's Birthday Card

2012-01-30T01:00:00.000-06:00

Good morning everyone!! Hope you had a great weekend and are ready to face the week ahead!!! My DGD Mackenzie stayed with us Friday night and she went with us on Saturday to buy a tread mill....it came in a box with a hundred tiny pieces to put together!!! It's a good thing my sweet hubby can put anything together....he's a genius, I tell ya!!! I actually did 20 minutes on it today and didn't even get winded....hopefully I can do a little longer tomorrow and each day after that!!!

Anyway...I started to make this card last year at a swap in Georgetown, Texas but never finished it. Since my DGS Gabe is having a birthday next month (he will be 5), I thought I better get it done!!

The Birthday Elephant is from Inky Antics...it was colored with Copics, the ears were paper pieced, and it was popped up on several Nesties layers. The banner was cut out using the Pennant Border die from Taylored Expressions.

Honeypop paper was used on the balloon on the inside....how fun is that!!!

This is also for a few other challenges:

1. Dream Valley Challenge - animals

2. Sweet Stampin Challenge - animals

3. ABC Challenge - zoo animals

4. Fussy and Fancy Challenge - polka dots

5. Phindy's Place Challenge - birthday card for a child

Thanks for stopping by...have a great Monday!!!!

Happy 67th Anniversary!!

2012-01-27T23:49:00.000-06:00

Hello everyone...hope you are having a great weekend so far!! Today we helped my parents celebrate their 67th wedding anniversary...Whoohoo!!! They were married on January 27, 1945 in Corpus Christi, Texas. Dad was in the Navy and stationed there after he spent 2 years at Pearl Harbor.

This is the card I made for them...I also made it for the Free 4 All challenge on Splitcoast to use Chocolate Chip and Kraft cardstock somewhere on our card. I had a rejected piece of embossed vanilla which was brayed on the negative side of the folder with Crumb Cake left over from Monday's TLC challenge....I used it to cutout the damask shape with a Tim Holtz die. Soft Suede and Chocolate Chip were used for the shadow behind the shape. Martha Stewart Punches were used for the leaves and pink satin flowers were added to finish it off. The sentiment is from Verve's Anniversary Birds set.

Thanks for stopping by!! I'm off to bed since it's almost midnight and I'm about to turn into a pumpkin...hope you have a great day!!

Be Mine

2012-01-26T05:00:00.000-06:00

Good morning everyone!! Can you believe we got over 2 inches of rain yesterday!!! One of our lakes is down about 18 feet so, needless to say, we are really excited about all that wet stuff!!! We may even have a littla grass this spring...whoohoo!!! I stayed inside all day and got a little stamping done....I have been making Valentines for all the Grands and more birthday cards.

I made this Valentine for the Die Cutting Challenge in the Moxie Fab World. The typewritter die that goes with the My Favorite Things Just My Type set was used to cut out the stamped image and the paper die was used to cut the Bo Bunny Crush dp. The sentiment is from Verve's Hearts on Fire set. Sparkly sticker hearts finish it off.

This is also for the Ways to Use it challenge on Splitcoast to use at least two past challenges on our card. I used the WT308 challenge - I heart you to use hearts on our project, the WT329 challenge to use something old and something new (the stamp and die are new, the heart stickers are old), and the WT357 challenge to use stickers (my hearts)
This is also for a few other challenges:
1. Inky Impressions - heart you
2. Deep Ocean Challenge - sparkle and/or glitter
3. Oldie But a Goodie Challenge - have a heart (my hearts are from last years Valentine supplies)
4. Sweet Stamps Challenge - love
5. The Crafter's Cafe - CAS

Thanks for visiting...have a wonderful day!!!!

Color Throwdown #176

2012-01-25T03:00:00.000-06:00

Hello everyone!! It's Wednesday and time for another Color Throwdown Challenge and it's my turn to host the challenge!! When I saw this picture on Pinterest my jaw dropped to the floor!! Don't ya just love that bed!!!. I think it would look fabulous in my bedroom but I'm not sure my sweet hubby would agree...LOL!!

My card features an adorable Valentine stamp from Redlead Paperworks called Happy Valentine's Day. It was stamped with Memento Rich Cocoa and colored with pastels. The papers are from

My Minds Eye Lost and Found and the corrugated cardboard heart with the stick pin, ball fringe, lace, sewing, and distrssing finish it off.

Recipe:

Stamps: Redlead Paperworks

Paper: Kraft, Vanilla, MME Lost and Found dp

Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa

Accessories: Sewing Machine, Ball Fringe, Lace, Corrugated Heart, Stick Pin, Chalks

This is also for a few other challenges:

1. Crafty Sentiments Designs - Lace and Pins

2. Oldie but Goodie Challenge - have a heart on your project (my stamp is over a year old and I bought the heart pins for Valentines last year!)

3. Crafty Bloggers Network - distressing

4. Paper Pretties - Valentine

5. Stamp with Fun - cute vintage

Remember, you don't have to use the exact colors to play along...use what ever you have that is similar to the challenge colors. Be sure to add CTD176 to the keywords when you upload your card to an online gallery so we can find your work!!

Do you want to see some wonderful inspiration?? Here are the links to the Color Throwdown Designers..... check out what they created this week!

Broni Holcombe - Splashes of Watercolor
Barbara Anders - Paper Pursuits
Danielle Kennedy - Wild Dragonfly Designs
Tammy Hershberger - Stamp Happy
Keva Brown - How Now Brown Kow
Kristin Eberline - Mindless Creativity
Lori Tecler - Inking a Loud
Lynn Put - The Queens Scene
Wanda Cullen - Cullen-ary Creations
Kerri Michaud - Cards by Kerri
Joan Ervin - Stamping With a Passion - that's me!
Stacy Morgan - Twinshappy - Our Fabulous January Guest Designer!

Thanks for visiting....have a great day!!!

Moxie Fab World Tuesday Trigger

2012-01-24T05:00:00.000-06:00

Good morning everyone!! I've been doing a whole lotta stampin around here....I must be ignoring my house work...oh yea!!! We watched the football games on Sunday and both my teams lost...that was a real bummer!!! So to beat the blues, I stamped all day yesterday...and I'm headed to the stamp room right now!!!!!! I have some birthdays and my parents 67th wedding anniversary coming up so I better get busy on their cards!!

This is a birthday card for a friend at church...I used the Sweet Sunday Sketch #150 and the Moxie Fab Worlds Tuesday Trigger for my inspiration. I took my inspiration from the colors and flower theme. The papers are all from Glitz Beautiful Dreamer collection...a Tim Holtz die was used for the flowers and a Spellbinders die was used for the leaves. A little Pool Party ink was sponged on the leaves to brighten the color a bit. The sentiment from Papertrey Ink's Birthday basics set, the distressing, sewing, ribbon, and the button with twine finished it off.
Recipe:
Stamps PTI
Paper: Vanilla, Gina K.'s Chocolate Brown, Glitz Beautiful Dreamer dp
Ink: Pool Party, Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Ribbon, Sewing Machine, Spellbinder's Leaf die, Tim Holtz Tattered Flower die, Button, Twine, Round Nestabilities, Stampin Up! Word Window Punch

This is also for a few other challenges:
1. The Crazy Challenge - vintage
2. Birthday Sundaes Challenge - birthday card with sentiment on the front of the card
3. Catered Crop - use a printed page or newsprint somewhere in your project (the background layer and one of the flower layers)
4. Sentimental Sundays - diecuts

Thanks for dropping by...have a great day!!!!

Through the Window

2012-01-23T11:29:00.001-06:00

Hello everyone...hope you are having a great Monday!!! I stayed up till 2AM this morning making this card (my craft room looks like it was hit by a tornado) so I am running a little slow this morning..or is it afternoon?? Judy (StampingQueenJar) has joined Holly (Toy) and me as a hostess for Splitcoast's Monday Technique Lover's Challenge...Whoohoo!!! She gave us a wonderful challenge...to create a background that is inspired by Belleek Pottery from Ireland by inking up the negative side of an embossing folder with a neutral ink and embossing either white or vanilla cardstock. This creates the illusion of porcelain....how cool is that!!!!!

This is also for the Embossing and Debossing Challenge on the Moxie Fab World's Blog. The challenge focus is on creative ways to emboss and deboss, where it's all about adding texture and dimension to our paper crafted projects.

I used Vanilla cardstock and Crumb Cake ink to create the background and the bird scene behind the window. The brayer was used to ink up the negative sides of the folders and then the vanilla c/s was placed in the folder and run through the Cuttlebug. Martha Stewart punches were used for the *window box* and the sentiment is from Papertrey Ink. I haven't figured out yet if I am inside looking out at the bird scne with flowers on my window sill or if I'm outside looking in at the birds in my living room with the flowers in the window box....LOL!!!! I think you have to use your imagination on that one!!!
Recipe:
Stamps: Birthday Basics by PTI
Paper: Vanilla, Soft Suede, Certainly Celery, Old Olive, Glitz Beautiful Dreamer dp for the flowers
Ink: Soft Suede, Crumb Cake
Accessories: Sewing Machine, Embossing folders, Martha Stewart Punches, Spellbinders Sentiment die, Poppy Stamps Window die, Pearls

Thanks for stopping by...have a great day!!!!

Rubbernecker Sisterhood Sundays #7

2012-01-22T09:00:00.000-06:00

Good morning everyone and welcome to the Rubbernecker Sisterhood Sunday's Challenge!!! Each Sunday one of the challenge teams will host a challenge and this week we have an awesome inspiration photo....aren't the roses beautiful!!! Mr. Rubbernecker is also giving away a prize so check out all the deets and challenge rules on the Rubbernecker Stamps Blog!

I took my inspiration from the heart and colors. My card features the beautiful heart image from Rubbernecker's Stamps Love set #545....it was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black and the heart was paper pieced with Bo Bunny's Crush dp. Rose colored half pearls were added to the flourishes and distressing along the edges, silk ribbon, and a punched background finish it off.

This was also for a few other challenges:
1. Craft Your Days Away - distressing
2. Just Us Girls Color Challenge - red, pink, white
3. Wags n Whiskers Challenge - Valentine/Love
4. Lily Pad Card Challenge - photo inspiration (hearts)
5. Crop Stop Challenge - distressed, vintage, or shabby

I so hope you will join us for the Sisterhood Sunday challenge (remember we will have a challenge each Sunday!!) and linking it over at the Rubbernecker blog....while you are there check out what the other Stampin Sisters have created...you will fine lots of fabulous inspiration, I tell ya!!!! Have a wonderful Sunday!!

Rubbernecker's Kittie Kits Blog Hop

2012-01-21T09:00:00.000-06:00

Hello everyone!! Thank you for joining in on the KITTIE KIT HOP fun!! We are SO excited to share with you! In case you didn’t know, Rubbernecker Stamps has a line of stamps called KITTIE KITS and they include a variety of images; these images can be used together in MANY different ways to create MANY different things!! Just wait, you will see what I mean! The Stampin’ Sisterhood has come together to share some of the ways that THEY use them! There is a HOP ROUTE for you to follow below! You will find it along with MY creation! Make sure to leave some LOVE at every stop, for you will want to be eligible for our PRIZE!! What fun would it be without a PRIZE!!

***You could WIN……………….

Your choice of one AWESOME ……

KITTIE KIT stamp set

Of your CHOICE!

***The winner will be announced

FRIDAY 1/27

So you all have time to HOP!!

How cool is that? OK, better get HOPPIN’, there is LOTS to see!! Be on the look out for our NEXT HOP coming IN FEBRUARY!! We look forward to bringing you MORE sharing and prizes!! Until then, be sure to check out the daily posts on the STAMPIN’ SISTERHOOD blog!! There is LOTS of inspiration to be found! Thanks again for joining us today and ENJOY!!

I used the Kittie Kits Cause a Scene Out Door Master and Ranger Distress Inks to create my little coaster wall hanging. A sponge applicator was used with Crushed Olive to add the grass color and Tumbled Glass was used for the sky and clouds. The tree trunks were stamped with Vintage Photo and then masked to stamp the fence. The tree trunks and fence were then colored with an aqua pen and Vintage Photo.
The leaves and grass were stamped with Peeled Paint, Forest Moss, and Crushed Olive. Real Red and Old Olive markers were used to add color to the tiny flower stamps prior to stamping them on the grass. A clip with ribbon and the raffia hanger finish it off.

**HOP ROUTE**

Bev Gerard

Charlene Driggs
Charlene Merrick
Jacquie Peifer
Jen Charboneau
Jennifer Cuthbertson
Joan Ervin ........you are here
Judy Rozema
Julia Aston
Juliana Swanson
Karen Hunsaker
Kecia Waters
Rubbernecker Stamps

Ryan's Birthday Card

2012-01-19T05:00:00.000-06:00

Good morning everyone!!! I'm a little brain dead this morning...I worked the last two days and now I'm pooped!!! Since I only work 2 days a month, it takes me all month to recover...LOL!!! No, not really...but my feet sure do need a foot rub!!!! Anyway....my grandson Ryan is having his 11th birthday tomorrow and this is the card I made for him. A couple of years ago I bought him a birthday card because I was a little short of time and he was really disappointed that his grandma didn't make him one so I won't make that mistake again!!! It's really kinda nice to know that he really likes getting my home-made cards!!

I used an adorable stamp from Stampavie called Skateboard Dude. He was colored with copics and I used the colors from the Stampin Royalty challenge. The papers are from My Minds Eye's Lime Twist, the sentiment is from Rubbernecker , and the ribbon from PTI finishes it off.

I made this for a few other challenges:
1. Stamp n Doodles - birthdays
2. Stamps R Us - card for a kid
3. Card Crafter's Circle - birthdays

Thanks for stopping by...have a great day!!!!

Color Throwdown Challenge #175

2012-01-18T03:00:00.000-06:00

Good morning everyone!! Are you ready for another Color Throwdown Challenge?? Danielle is our hostess with the mostess this week and she has picked a beautiful palette of colors and a real WOW inspiration photo...check it out!!

My card features the Rubbernecker sentiment stamp called Music #582-01. The background was embossed with the music score folder and then a cream colored ink pad was run over the raised embossing. ...don't look too close but the background layer is upside down...Yikes!!! I didn't notice it till the card was all together and I wasn't about to tear it up ...just don't tell anyone!!!
MFT's dies were used for the felt roses, Spellbinders dies were used for the leaves, and seam binding, gold cording and pearls finish it off.

Remember, you don't have to use the exact colors to play along...use what ever you have that is similar to the challenge colors. Be sure to add CTD175 to the keywords when you upload your card to an online gallery so we can find your work!!

Do you want to see some wonderful inspiration?? Here are the links to the Color Throwdown Designers..... check out what they created this week!

Broni Holcombe - Splashes of Watercolor
Barbara Anders - Paper Pursuits
Danielle Kennedy - Wild Dragonfly Designs
Tammy Hershberger - Stamp Happy
Keva Brown - How Now Brown Kow
Kristin Eberline - Mindless Creativity
Lori Tecler - Inking a Loud
Lynn Put - The Queens Scene
Wanda Cullen - Cullen-ary Creations
Kerri Michaud - Cards by Kerri
Joan Ervin - Stamping With a Passion - that's me!
Stacy Morgan - Twinshappy - Our Fabulous January Guest Designer!

Thanks for visiting....have a great day!!!

Twine It Up!!

2012-01-15T21:21:00.001-06:00

Hello everyone!! Hope you had a great weekend and are ready for the week ahead!!! We didn't do a whole lot this weekend....I stamped a little and worked on taking my Christmas tree down. It takes forever to take down becuase most of the ornaments have individual boxes to be stored in. It's my own fault, I know....I have had some of the ornaments for over 35 years. I guess you could say they are a part of the family!!! Anyway...it's almost done for another year. My living room looks naked...LOL!!!

Now, about my card...it's my turn to host the TLC challenge on Splitcoast. I have noticed on lots of blogs and in the card magazines a lot of different ways to use twine. So, my challenge is to Twine it up!! Wrap twine around something for a solid look, use it to outline something, or create a flower with it....just be creative and have fun!! You can use any kind of twine, thread, or cording...use what you have!!

For my card, Baker's Twine was wrapped around the heart from the adorable Cat's Meow Happy Owlentines Day image. Double sided tape was wrapped around the heart first before the twine was wrapped....the twine was started in the middle and wrapped toward the outside edge and repeated on the other side. The little owl was colored with copics and sewing and distressing were the finishing touches.

Thanks for dropping by...have a great day!!!!

A Study in Cool Blues and Greens

2012-01-14T06:00:00.000-06:00

Good morning everyone.....we are still chilly here....another night of below freezing weather. We are all cozy warm by the fire this morning...yea for Saturdays!!! I'm not sure what we will do today....I suppose I better take down the last of the Christmas stuff first....it's almost finished...Woot!!! Then I think I'll put on a pot of soup and fix some cornbread for lunch....yummmm!!!! Anyway....

I played a little last night and made a card for the Inspiration Challenge on Splitcoast...Stef picked a fabulous site for our inspiration pleasure called Polyvore!! I found my inspiration in the Cold as Ice collage. I just love the cool blues and greens. I used my new Brilliance Peacock ink for the background and a Rubbernecker Wild Flower #496-03 which was stamped with Versafine Onyx Black. The sentiment comes from Rubbernecker's Love Set #545 and the punched butterfly finishes it off. Now, I just need to win the lottery so I can buy that $5,900.00 purse...LOL!!!

I loved the colors so much that I made another card....

This one features the Stamp Oasis Peacock #770 SO from Rubbernecker and the sentiment from Rubbernecker's Flower Silhouettes Set #467. A template was made for the background square by using a Nestabilities Deckled die to cutout a square from a piece of cardstock and then the Brilliance Peacock ink was brayered on the opening. The peacock was stamped over the background and the ribbon is the finishing detail. Pretty simple but it makes a big statement!!
These cards are also for a few other challenges:
1. Blogger's Challenge - Wings and Things
2. Crafty Catz Challenge - Something new (Brilliance ink pad)
3. Crafty Cardmakers - No floral embellishments

Thanks for stopping by on this wonderful saturday morning...I hope you have a fantastic day!!!!

You and Me

2012-01-13T05:00:00.000-06:00

Good morning everyone!!! We are a little chilly here in Central Texas....below freezing this morning!! We covered up the large plants outside and brought in all the smaller ones...my family room looks like a jungle...LOL!!! It is supposed to warm up to the middle 50's by noon so the cold won't last too long!! I have been taking down Christmas stuff...ya, I know I'm a little behind but hopefully, I will have it all boxed up by February...LOL!! Taking down the stuff isn't so bad but dusting and sweeping afterwards is a real bummer!!! Anyway...

I made this card for Splitcoast's Ways to Use It Challenge to use stickers. I used some old Stampin Up! sentiment and heart stickers...I have had them forever!!! The die cut flowers were made with a Tim Holtz die and some Authentique papers...The Mojo Monday 223 sketch was used for the layout and buttons and seam binding finish it off.
Recipe: Paper: Vanilla, Chocolate Chop, Authentique's Gathering dp
Ink: Ranger Vintage Photo for sponging
Accessories: Buttons, Baker's Twine, Leaf Spellbinders die, Tim Holtz flower die, Seam Binding, Stampin Up! stickers, SU scalloped border punch, sewing machine

This is also for a few other challenges:
1. 4 Crafty Chicks - recipe challenge (1 ribbon, 2 buttons, 3 layers)
2. Gingersnap Creations - Ribbon
3. Simon Says Stamps - dots and/or stripes

Thanks for dropping by...have a great Friday!!!!

Color Throwdown #174

2012-01-11T04:00:00.000-06:00

Good morning everyone!!! Are you ready for another Color Throwdown Challenge?? Broni is our hostess with the mostess this week and she has picked some awesome colors and a beautiful inspiration photo...check it out!!

Isn't this gorgeous!!!

My card features the Double Rose stamp from Rubbernecker....it was colored with copics and layered on the beautiful yellow striped Echo Park dp. Sewing, Spellbinders diecuts, lace, ribbon, pearls, and glitter finish it off.

Remember, you don't have to use the exact colors to play along...use what ever you have that is similar to the challenge colors. Be sure to add CTD174 to the keywords when you upload your card to an online gallery so we can find your work!!

Do you want to see some wonderful inspiration?? Here are the links to the Color Throwdown Designers..... check out what they created this week!

Broni Holcombe - Splashes of Watercolor
Barbara Anders - Paper Pursuits
Danielle Kennedy - Wild Dragonfly Designs
Tammy Hershberger - Stamp Happy
Kristin Eberline - Mindless Creativity
Lori Tecler - Inking a Loud
Lynn Put - The Queens Scene
Wanda Cullen - Cullen-ary Creations
Kerri Michaud - Cards by Kerri
Joan Ervin - Stamping With a Passion - that's me!
Stacy Morgan - Twinshappy - Our Fabulous January Guest Designer!

Thanks for visiting....have a great day!!!

Rubbernecker Sisterhood Sunday's Challenge #5

2012-01-08T09:00:00.000-06:00

Good morning everyone and welcome to the Rubbernecker Sisterhood Sunday's Challenge. We are back from our holiday vacation and are ready to stamp!!! Each Sunday one of the challenge teams will host a challenge and this week we have an awesome sketch. Mr. Rubbernecker is also giving away a prize so check out all the deets and challenge rules on the Rubbernecker Stamps Blog!

My card features the cute little Stamp Oasis Flower Cart #800 SO from Rubbernecker Stamps. It was colored with copics and pink Liquid Pearls was added to the flower centers. The diecut doily, lace, seam binding, buttons, heart stick pins, and the heart shaped sticky pearls finish it off.
Recipe:
Stamps: Flower Card #800 SO
Paper: White, Real Red, Bo Bunny Crush sp
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Buttons, Stick Pins, Glitter, Heart Shaped Gems, Lace, Seam Binding, Doily Die from PTI, Copics

I so hope you will join us for the Sisterhood Sunday challenge (remember we will have a challenge each Sunday!!) and linking it over at the Rubbernecker blog....while you are there check out what the other Stampin Sisters have created...you will fine lots of fabulous inspiration, I tell ya!!!! Have a wonderful Sunday!!

I Love You

2012-01-06T03:00:00.000-06:00

Good morning everyone!! I am really excited today because this weekend I will be working in the Rubbernecker booth at the Grapevine Rubber Stamp and Paper Arts Festival!!! If you live in the Grapevine, Texas area, come to the show, if you can. They have lots of awesome venders...you know you need some more *stuff*!!! I'm taking an extra suitcase just in case I see something I just can't live without...LOL!!!

I have been working on Valentines the last couple of days....for this one I used Bo Bunny Crazy Love papers and a couple of dies from Papertrey Ink. The heart sticker is from K&Co. and I have had the letter chipboard pieces forever...not sure where they came from. A little sewing and PTI ribbon finishes it off.

I made this card for the Whimsical Designs challenge to use a border or edge treatment, the My Time to Craft Challenge which is Hugs and Kisses, and the Crafter's Companion Challenge which is Love is in the air.

Thanks for dropping by...have a great day!!!! Hope to see you at the Grapevine show!!!

Bring on the Hearts!!

2012-01-05T03:00:00.000-06:00

Good morning everyone!! After I put all my Christmas stamps away, I got out a box of Valentine stamps....It's time for love, hearts, and lots of red...LOL!!! Since I have a bunch of Valentines to send out, I better get started....the heart and sentiment are Stamp Oasis Stamps from Rubbernecker. The hearts were colored with Copics and I used this weeks Color Throwdown #173 colors...Real Red, Basic Gray, and Black.
This is also for a few other challenges:
1. Crafty Sentiments Challenge - love and romance
2. Just Tracy's Challenge - love is in the air
3. Pretty Little Ribbon Shop - be my Valentine

Thanks for dropping by...have a great day!!!

Color Throwdown #173

2012-01-04T02:00:00.000-06:00

Good morning everyone!!! Are you ready for another Color Throwdown Challenge?? We are all back from our holiday vacation and now we are ready to get inky!!! We even changed up our look....we added an inspiration photo with the colors...how fun!!!! Bar is our hostess with the mostess this week and she has picked some awesome colors....they are soooo classy!!! Basic Gray ink was used to stamp the diamond pattern which is a stamp from Rubbernecker's Paris 1908 set #527 and the chandelier and damask from Rubbernecker's Clowns and Crowns set #528 were stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black. The sentiment is from RN's Love set #545. The big red bloomers finish it off.

Remember, you don't have to use the exact colors to play along...use what ever you have that is similar to the challenge colors. Be sure to add CTD173 to the keywords when you upload your card to an online gallery so we can find your work!!

Do you want to see some wonderful inspiration?? Here are the links to the Color Throwdown Designers..... check out what they created this week!

Broni Holcombe - Splashes of Watercolor
Barbara Anders - Paper Pursuits
Danielle Kennedy - Wild Dragonfly Designs
Tammy Hershberger - Stamp Happy
Kristin Eberline - Mindless Creativity
Keva Brown - How Now Brown Kow
Lori Tecler - Inking a Loud
Lynn Put - The Queens Scene
Wanda Cullen - Cullen-ary Creations
Kerri Michaud - Cards by Kerri
Joan Ervin - Stamping With a Passion - that's me!
Stacy Morgan - Twinshappy - Our Fabulous January Guest Designer!

Thanks for visiting....have a great day!!!

Happiness is......

2012-01-03T03:00:00.000-06:00

Hello everyone!!! I hope everything is getting back to normal for you after all the holidays. Have you made your New Year's resolution yet? Mine will be to eat healthy and get a treadmill.....my goal is to live to be 100 (or more)!! You will all have to stay healthy so you can watch my progress....we have a long ways to go...LOL!!! While we're waiting...how about a little stamping!!

Aren't these flowers pretty...they are from The Cat's Meow Happiness is.... set. They were colored with Copics and the paper is from Cosmo Cricket's Hello Sunshine collection.

Thanks for stopping by...have a great day!!!!

Happy New Year!!!

2012-01-02T00:02:00.000-06:00

Hello everyone!!! It's my turn to host the TLC challenge on Splitcoast and it's a fun and easy challenge this week!!! We are going to make a winter, New Years, celebration card, or even a winter birthday card and make it wet!!

You can make snow, snowflakes, rain, water, steam, drinks, bubbles, lakes, oceans, tears, dew drops on flowers...oh my....lots of things are wet!!!

Now, the wet look can be achieved with Glossy Accents, glitter, acetate, clear nail polish, mist sprays, Stickles, ...the exact technique is up to you!!

I used Our Craft Lounge's Cheers stamp set and my *wet* was made with Glossy accents and glitter. This is a real simple, one layer, CAS design.....the images were colored with copics and doodling was added for a little interest.

This is also for the Addicted to Stamps Challenge to make a New Years card, The Come and Get It challenge to make a Happy New Years card, and The Alphabet Challenge to make something for an Xtra Special Occasion.

Thanks for stopping by...have a great Monday!!!

Celebrate!!

2012-01-01T06:00:00.000-06:00

Hello everyone and Happy New Year!!! Can you believe it's 2012 already....I just got used to writing 2011...LOL!!! We went to my parent's home last night ....their friends arrived from Iowa for the party so we had double the reason to celebrate!! I made this card for Mom and Dad...just a fun little card to celebrate the New Year. This is also for the Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge....I used stamps from Paper Smooches Sugar Rush set and colored the candles with copics. I found my inspiration from the colors of the inspiration photo...check it out here.

This is also for a few other challenges:
1. Do You Stack Up? - rainbow of colors
2. Sweet Stamps Challenge - celebrate
3. Crafty Boots Challenge - celebrations
4. The Shabby Tea Room - color challenge

Thanks for stopping by...have a great New Years Day!!!!

Stripes Everywhere!!

2011-12-31T06:00:00.000-06:00

Good morning everyone...can you believe it's New Year's Eve??!!?? I just got used to writing 2011 and tomorrow it will be 2012...time is going way too fast!! We aren't doing anything tonight but watch a movie and try to stay awake till 12:00....not too exciting but very safe...LOL!!

I made this card for the Moxie Fab World Tuesday Trigger.....I have had this sweet little Pure Innocence stamp called Lilly of the Valley for ever and this is the first time to ink it up. Stampin Up! striped paper was used and a Martha Stewart punch for the butterfly. The sentiment is from the Pure Innocence set called Butterfly Kisses and the Baker's Twine is the finishing touch.

Thanks for stopping by today....Happy New Year!!!!

Bar's Retirement Blog Hop

2011-12-30T00:10:00.000-06:00

Hello everyone and welcome to Bar's Retirement Blog Hop!!! Whoohoo!!! Barbara Anders, who is stamping royalty, I tell ya, is retiring and Tammy Hershberger brought us all together for this wonderful party!! Congrats, Bar!!! How exciting to finally retire and do exactly what you want to do....sleep late, garden, shop, stamp....what ever your little heart desires!!!

My card features the fun type-writer stamp from My Favorite Thing's called Just My Type set .....the sentiment was computer generated and the pretty papers in the background are from My Minds Eye Lime Twist. The button, twine, sewing, and ribbon finish it off.

Here are the other stampers who came to the party....be sure to visit their blogs and see what they made for Bar! Now, I better get this in an envie and sent it on it's way.

Broni Holcombe
Lynn Put
Wanda Cullen
Lori Tecler
Joan Ervin..... that's me
Jody Morrow
Cindy Haffner
Tammy Hershberger
Christine Okken

Thanks for stopping by...have fun on the hop and enjoy your last day of work, Bar!!!!

Scrapbooking Like Crazy!!

2011-12-29T05:00:00.000-06:00

Good morning everyone!! OMG...I have been stamping and scraping like crazy!! I finished two more pages and made two cards yesterday....whoohoo!!! I also lost a pound in one day....maybe I better quit this diet while I'm ahead....LOL!!! I gotta tell ya...I get really cranky when I don't have chocolate!! I'm almost ready to go check out all the stockings to see if any candy got overlooked....ai yi yi!!! Anyway.....let me tell you about the pages I made. The first one features the Stamp Oasis Sailboats from Rubbernecker #SKU 9 SO GM, and Rubbernecker's Coral #164-05, Ocean Bottom #163-02, Small Queen Angel Fish #163-05, and Small Starfish #164-06 all found here. The pictures of my sister and her children were taken in 1991....won't she be surprised to see this page finished!!! The Dew Drops, rieck rack, and letter stickers are the finishing touches.

Here is another picture of my granddaughter Mackenzie and her brother and my grandson Cody. This was taken in 2007...it just seems like yesterday when they were that little!!! Rubbernecker's Snowflake Trio stamps #53-06 were used for the background and the popped up snowflakes. The Santa #209-07 was colored with Copics, glitter was added to the beard, and Flower Soft was added to the hat fur.

The frame pieces were cut out free hand and the buttons, felt snowflakes, and Baker's Twine finish it off.

Thanks for stopping by....I will have a card to share tomorrow!!

Spring Fun

2011-12-28T05:00:00.000-06:00

Good morning everyone!! I hope you had a wonderful Christmas....we had a houseful on Christmas Eve and six for dinner on Christmas Day. I sent most of the left overs home with the kids and I got rid of all the candy and cookies....it's diet time at the Ervins!!!!! I hope to loose 10 lbs in the next couple of weeks so wish me luck!!

I had a great day today...I did a little scrapbooking. The pictures are piling up so I better get to work!! These pics were taken in 2002....I guess I have a ways to go...LOL!!!!

The flower border at the bottom was made with Rubbernecker's Wild Garden Border #515-01...the stamp was colored with Old Olive, Summer Sun, More Mustard, and Rose Red markers. The flowers along the left side are from RN's Wild Flowers set #465...they were colored with Copics and Candy Dots and half pearls were added to the flower centers. The RN sentiment #564_13 says "Here's to a great day on the lake" and the banner at the top was computer generated. The papers and stickers are from Echo Park's Springtime and the flowers and buttons finish it off.

Thanks for stopping by....I will have another page for you tomorrow!!

Christmas Cookie Fun

2011-12-23T06:51:00.000-06:00

Good morning everyone...can you believe tomorrow is Christmas Eve?? I only have one gift left to buy today and then we need to make some Chex party mix. Tomorrow we will make some cheese soup, chili, and sloppy joes for our Christmas Eve celebration....yummmm!!! I finished filling 20 Christmas stockings so they are ready to go....whoohoo!!! I am a little worried about the weather, though....freezing rains are predicted a little north of us for tomorrow...yikes!! Hope it stays north!!!!

Anyway....I actually made a non-Christmas card!! It felt kinda strange but I managed...LOL!! The bird is one of my favorite Inkadinkado stamps....it was colored with copics to match the colors in the paper...sorry, I don't know the name. I have had the paper scrap for a while....sewing and distressing was done around the edges and the Memory Box diecut was added under the bird image. Maya Road Resin Blossoms finish it off.

I just had to add a picture of my grands making Christmas cookies.....you should have seen the kitchen when they were done!! It took two hours to clean up!! We took a plate of cookies to Grandma and Grandpa Great's house last night and sang some Christmas carols for them. It really made it seem like Christmas except it was in the 60's and no snow...LOL!!

When Cole was finished with that cookie, he had sugar sprinkles a quarter inch think on top...we are saving that one for him!!!
Thanks for stopping by today...I won't be back till after Christmas so I hope you all have a wonderful and very blessed holiday!!!

The Last Christmas Card...I think!!

2011-12-21T06:00:00.000-06:00

Good morning everyone....OK...here's the deal.....I have just one more Christmas card to show you and it's my favorite!! This is for my husband from his girls, Midnight and Sundance. They are actually a redish black but this is close...LOL!!! This is an Impression Obeseeion stamp...the hats were watercolored with Cherry Cobbler and white Flower Soft was added to the *fur*.
I have already boxed up all my Christmas stamps and put them away so that is that!!! I know I have some New Years stamps somewhere but it may take a day to find them....oh, my, I need to organize my stamp room!!

I have 4 Grands here this week so things are just a little crazy ....we are playing games, making cards, wrapping presents and tomorrow we will do some baking...life is good!!!

I hope you are enjoying your Christmas week, too...thanks for stopping by!!!

Technique Lover's Challenge on Splitcoast Stampers

2011-12-19T06:00:00.000-06:00

Good morning everyone...hope you are well on this beautiful Monday morning!! My three Grands are still sleeping so I'm up early to get a few things done. We are going to have a breakfast of biscuits and gravy, fried ham, and sliced oranges so I hope they get up soon!!!

It's my turn to host the TLC challenge on Splitcoast and this week's challenge is to make a snow globe....I made mine using the Stamp Oasis Snowy Night stamp from Rubbernecker Stamps. It was stamped with Not Quite Navy onto white cardstock and glitter was added to the trees. The base is a half circle cut from Chocolate Chip and a white circle frame was covered with stickles. The sentiment is from Rubbernecker's Snowflakes and Stardust set and the red pearls and Baker's Twine finish it off.

If you are lucky enough to have a snow globe stamp, by all means use it!!

You can even make a snow globe shaped card!
You can also make a snow globe out of a clear ornament, make a shaker card with a plastic globe, or make a real snow globe...what ever strikes your fancy!!

The main thing is to have fun!!

This is also for the Christmas Card Challenge to use non-traditional colors, The Dream Valley Challenge to make a Christmas project, and the Allsorts Challenge to use blues and browns.
Thanks for dropping by...have a great day and I hope to see you in the TLC challenge!!!

Another New Toy

2011-12-17T05:00:00.000-06:00

Good morning everyone!! OMG...I have been so busy this week....besides working, babysitting my 2 and 4 year old grandsons, wrapping presents, and sending out Christmas cards, I haven't been doing much...LOL!! Throw in a couple of Christmas programs and my Mom's doctors appointment and my week is complete!! Three of our grandkiddos will spend next week with us so I had to wrap all the presents that were taking up space in one of the guest bedrooms. Hopefully, we will do some Christmas baking and finish up my shopping next week along with some late night movie dates and a marathon Monoply game!! Anyway....I did spend some time in the craft room yesterday. I still have a few more Christmas cards to send out and I just had to play with another new toy (Merry Christmas to me...Whoohoo!!) I used the Deer Trio die from Memory Box ( I bought it at Ellen Hutson's store) and my new favorite Christmas dp from Little Yellow Bicycle. The snow in the background is a torn piece of white cardstock and the punched snowflakes, twine, and sentiment from Our Craft Lounge finish it off.
Recipe:
Stamps: Jolly Ornaments set from Our Craft Lounge
Paper: White, Chocolate Chip, Little Yellow Bicycle dp
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa
Accessories: Twine, Martha Stewart Snowflake Punches, Deer Trio die from Memory Box

I made this for a few challenges:
1. Fairy Fun Fridays - Holly Jolly Christmas - no red or green
2. Raise the Bar - Christmas
3. Stampin for the Weekend - Christmas
4. Card Makin Mamas - Christmas

Thanks for stopping by on this chilly Saturday morning...have a great weekend!!!!!

Color Throwdown #172

2011-12-14T04:00:00.000-06:00

Good morning everyone....are you ready for some AWESOME Color Throwdown Colors??? The fabulous Kerri is our hostess this week and she has selected some awesome colors...so bright and pretty and perfect for a winter scene!!!! I hope you have a little time to play...I would love to see what you create!!

My card features an adorable Poppy Stamps image...it was colored with Copics and Stickles was added to the *snow* and the fur on the caps and boots. The background paper is from Echo Parks Holly Jolly Christmas and the punched snowflakes and pearls finish it off. I used the Mojo Monday's #219 sketch and did a little sewing for the Creative Craft Challenge.

This is also for a few other challenges:

1. Deep Ocean Challenge - let it snow

2. The Pink Elephant - snowflakes and sparkle

3. Whoopsi Daisy Challenge - sparkle and shine

4. Gingerloft Challenge - Winter or Christmas

Remember, you don't have to use the exact colors to play along...use what ever you have that is similar to the challenge colors. Be sure to add CTD172 to the keywords when you upload your card to an online gallery so we can find your work!!

Do you want to see some wonderful inspiration?? Here are the links to the Color Throwdown Designers..... check out what they created this week!

Broni Holcombe - Splashes of Watercolor
Barbara Anders - Paper Pursuits
Danielle Kennedy - Wild Dragonfly Designs
Tammy Hershberger - Stamp Happy
Kristin Eberline - Mindless Creativity
Keva Brown - How Now Brown Kow
Lori Tecler - Inking a Loud
Lynn Put - The Queens Scene
Wanda Cullen - Cullen-ary Creations
Kerri Michaud - Cards by Kerri
Joan Ervin - Stamping With a Passion - that's me!
Our Fabulous November/December Guest Designer - Lydia Fiedler - Understandblue

Thanks for stopping by...have a great day!!!

Holiday Fun

2011-12-13T05:00:00.000-06:00

Hello everyone!! Since I have to work this week, my stamp time is limited so I thought I would share a card I made last Saturday for Splitcoast's Inspiration challenge. Stef chose an awesome store called Ten Thousand Villages...what a great place to find some inspiration!!

I chose the Perched Birds card as my inspiration...the sweet little Poppy Stamps bird was paper pieced with papers from Little Yellow Bicycle's Winter Twig collection and Stickles was added to the hat fur. The branch stamp is from Impress and the diecut snowflakes, button, and twine finish it off. This is also for Rebecca's VSN challenge to use snowflakes.
Recipe:
Stamps: Impress Stamps branch, Poppy Stamps Bird
Paper: White, Little Yellow Bicycle dp
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa
Accessories: Button, Twine, Snowflake Dies, Rick Rack die, Stickles

This is also for a few other challenges:
1. Crafty Boots Challenge - Christmas
2. Creative Stamp Friends - Christmas
3. Heart Song Inspirations - snowflakes and/or doilies
4. Hooked on Craft - Christmas

Thanks for stopping by....I will have time tomorrow night to visit everyone's blogs....can't wait to see what you have been up to!!!

Stampin Sisterhood Sunday's #3

2011-12-11T09:00:00.000-06:00

Good morning everyone and welcome to the Rubbernecker Sisterhood Sunday's Challenge. Each Sunday one of the challenge teams will host a challenge and this week we have an inspiration challenge ....aren't the Christmas lights beautiful!!!!! Mr. Rubbernecker is also giving away a prize so check out all the deets and challenge rules on the Rubbernecker Stamps Blog!

My card features the Word Ornament stamp #SKU:209-05...it was stamped on patterned paper, cutout, and popped up with foam dots. The center was punched our of Basic Grey dp and the red pearl was added to the center. The hanger was drawn on and the gold cording was adhered with a glue dot. The Pine Sprig #SKU:24-0102 was stamped with Old Olive and the Merry Christmas sentiment #SKU:255-04 was stamped with Vivid aqua. Different colored pearls were added as the finishing touches.

I also made this card for the Moxie Fab World Tuesday Trigger called Deck the Halls and:

1. The Two Sisters Challenge - Christmas

2. Just Add Ink - color inspiration

3. Rainbow Lady's Challenge - trees and baubles

I so hope you will join us for the Sisterhood Sunday challenge (remember we will have a challenge each Sunday!!) and linking it over at the Rubbernecker blog....while you are there check out what the other Stampin Sisters have created...you will fine lots of fabulous inspiration, I tell ya!!!! Have a wonderful Sunday!!

From CAS to Fussy

2011-12-09T05:00:00.000-06:00

Good morning everyone....have you been busy with Christmas stuff?? I am beginning to feel a little frazzled....we still don't have the outside lights up and I haven't started my Christmas cards...yikes!!! I was ahead of the game a week ago and now I'm trailing behind.....it's amazing how things can change in just a few days!!! I made a couple more Christmas cards today....hopefully I am finished making and can begin sending!!! My first card is a CAS design...the white cardstock was embossed but I don't know the name of the folder...sorry! The Rubbernecker Pine Branch #394-08 was stamped with Old Olive and the pine cones were colored with copics. Pretty simple but perfect for mailing!

This one is a little fussier...aren't those little peas just the cutest!!! The stamp is called Joyful Peas by Penny Black...it was colored with Copics, matted with Cherry Cobbler and Old Olive, and popped up with foam dots. The background paper is from The Girls Paperie, and the sewing, seam binding, button, twine, and sparkly snowflake finish it off.

Both cards are for a few challenges:

1. Crafty Ribbons Challenge - use traditional Christmas colors

2. Paper Crafting Journey - Christmas

3. Sarah Hurley Challenge Blog - Christmas

4. ABC Christmas blog - Anything Christmas

5. Creative Card Crew - Tis the Season

Thanks for visiting...I hope you have a fabulous Friday!!!!!

Color Throwdown Challenge #171

2011-12-07T04:00:00.000-06:00

Good morning everyone....are you ready for some AWESOME Color Throwdown Colors??? The Wonderful Wanda is our hostess this week and she has selected some awesome colors...perfect for another a Christmas card (I alsmost have enough to send out...Whoohoo!!)!!!! I hope you have a little time to play...I would love to see what you create!!

The adorable Inkadinkado ~~Moose~~ oops...I ment Reindeer.... was stamped with Soft Suede and colored with Copics. The Sentiment from MFT's was stamped with Bravo Burgundy and the punched snowflakes were glammed up with some red foil stickers. The *snow* was run through the Cuttlebug with the Dotted Swiss folder....Stickles was added to the torn piece and the gold *reins* and tree diecut finish it off.
Recipe:
Stamps: Inkadinkado, My Favorite Things
Paper: White, Bravo Burgundy, Old Olive
Ink: Bravo Burgundy, Soft Suede
Accessories: Gold Cording, Snowflake Punch from Martha Stewart, Trees die from Poppy Stamps, Red Foil Stickers, Dotted Swiss Embossing Folder, Copics

This is also for a few other challenges:
1. Cards and More Challenge Blog - snowflakes
2. Crafty Sentiments Designs Challenge - snowflakes
3. Creative Card Crew - tis the season
4. Tip Top Tuesday - let it snow
5. Make it Monday...seasonal and add glitter

Remember, you don't have to use the exact colors to play along...use what ever you have that is similar to the challenge colors. Be sure to add CTD171 to the keywords when you upload your card to an online gallery so we can find your work!!

Do you want to see some AWESOME inspiration?? Here are the links to the Color Throwdown Designers..... check out what they created this week!

Broni Holcombe - Splashes of Watercolor
Barbara Anders - Paper Pursuits
Danielle Kennedy - Wild Dragonfly Designs
Tammy Hershberger - Stamp Happy
Kristin Eberline - Mindless Creativity
Keva Brown - How Now Brown Kow
Lori Tecler - Inking a Loud
Lynn Put - The Queens Scene
Wanda Cullen - Cullen-ary Creations
Kerri Michaud - Cards by Kerri
Joan Ervin - Stamping With a Passion - that's me!
Our Fabulous November/December Guest Designer - Lydia Fiedler - Understandblue

Thanks for stopping by...have a great day!!!

Button Art

2011-12-05T05:00:00.000-06:00

Good morning everyone....hope you had a great weekend!!! We actually had rain all weekend...We almost forgot what it looked like!!! Hopefully, it will rain all week, too, as long as the temps stay above freezing!! I finished decorating my Christmas tree and set out all the Santas...now I'm ready for Christmas cards. I may have time to bake some cookies later in the week...don't ya just love this time of year!!!! Anyway.....

it's my turn to host the TLC Challenge on Splitcoast and my challenge is Button Art.....make something Christmasy or Wintery using buttons!! Some suggestions include:

1. Cover Santa's beard with buttons

2. Create a Christmas Tree with buttons
3. Make a wreath with buttons
4. Cover snow with buttons
5. Fill the inside of a poinsettia with buttons
6. How about a button snowman, buttons bells, button ornament, or buttons snowflakes
7. What ever your little heart desires!!

Remember, we are celebrating the Holiday season so be sure to make something festive!!!

The Rubbernecker Victorian Stocking #209-01 was colored with Copics, matted with Cameo Coral, and covered with glitter. Buttons were added to the bottom part and red pearls were added to the holly. The button, gold cording, lace, and ribbon finish it off.

This is also for a few other challenges:
1. Addicted to stamps Challenge - Christmas
2. Come and Get It Challenge - Christmas
3. Kenny K's Krafty Girlz Challenge - Texture
4. Craft Your Days Away - Bows or Buttons
5. Stamp, Scrap, and Doodle Saturdays Challenge - make a Holiday card

Thanks for stopping by....have a great Monday!!!

Pease and Joy

2011-12-03T06:44:00.001-06:00

Good morning everyone!! Hope you are all well and happy on this wonderful Saturday morning!! I am going to a church breakfast in a couple of hours....don't know if I can hold off eating till then. I might have to nibble a little cause my stomach is growling already!! It's not used to being abused in the morning...LOL!! Hopefully, I can get my Christmas tree decorated this afternoon and then start wrapping gifts....I can't believe I am ahead of the game this year...Whoohoo!!! Last year I was still buying gifts and wrapping on Christmas Eve....yikes! Anyway... I made this card a couple of days ago...the adorable little Penny Black bird image was colored with copics and mounted on two different mediallion diecuts. The paper is from October Afternoon and Stampin Up!. The sentiment is from Flourishes Christmas Classics set and the Spellbinders diecut snowflake and button with twine finish it off. ...pretty simple but fun to make!!

I made this Christmas card for a few challenges:

1. Bling it On - Christmas

2. Forever Friends Challenge - It's all Christmas

3. Fairy Tale Challenge Blog - Christmas

4. Pattie's Creations Design Challenge - Christmas

5. Raise the Bar - Christmas

Thanks for visiting...have a great Saturday!!

Rustic Charm

2011-12-01T23:56:00.001-06:00

Hello everyone!! Boy, has this been a crazy week..I had to work three days so not much got done around here!! My DH put the Chtistmas Tree together and brought all the boxes in from the storage shed but the tree is still naked and we are tripping over the boxes...where is that Fairy Godmother when I need her??? Tomorrow I have a Christmas lunchen, Dad has a doctors appointment in the afternoon, and then I have to take my DGD shopping in the evening....ai yi yi....I thought I was retired...LOL!!! OK, enough whining.....let's move on to something more fun!!! Don't ya just love the rustic charm of the Moxie Fab World's Tuesday Trigger!!

I took my inspiration from the colors and used Basic Grey's Granola dp in the background to mimic the texture of the basket and wood. My card features the beautiful girl stamp from LaBlanche Stamps....it was stamped with Memento Rich Cocoa and lightly watercolored with Cherry Cobbler. The edges were sponged with Close to Cocoa, distressed, and sewn....the seam binding and Maya Road Resin Blossom are the finishing touches.

This is also for the Queen for a Day challenge on Splitcoast to honor Wendy....she has such a beautiful gallery with lots of inspiration!! I chose to case her Little One's Old Fashioned Christmas card...I kept the same colors and little girl theme but changed the stamps, layout, and details.

This is also for a few other challenges:

1. Do You Stack Up Challenge - use ribbon

2. Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge - tie one on

3. Tuesday Morning Sketches - sketch

4. Stamps + Fun = Creativity - distressing

5. Victorine Stamps Challenge - ribbon

Thanks for stopping by...have a great Friday!!!

Color Throwdown #170

2011-11-30T03:00:00.000-06:00

Good Morning everyone...are you ready for some AWESOME Color Throwdown Colors??? The fabulous Lynn is our hostess this week and she has selected such gorgeous colors...perfect for a Christmas card!!!! I hope you have a little time to play...I would love to see what you create!!

My card features three darling Art Papers from Memories in the Making ATC Collection...they were distressed, sewn, and layered together on the navy snowflake dp from Little Yellow Bicycle. One corner was rounded and the lace, yellow polka dot ribbon, yellow Candy Dots, Prima poinsettia, and punched leaves finish it off.

Recipe: Paper: Real Red, Old Olive, Vanilla, ATC Art Papers

Accessories: Sewing Machine, Lace, Ribbon, Candy Dots, Prima Poinsettia, Martha Stewart Leaf Punches, Stampin Up! Corner Rounder Punch

Remember, you don't have to use the exact colors to play along...use what ever you have that is similar to the challenge colors and be sure to add CTD170 to the keywords when you upload your card to an online gallery so we can find your work!!

Do you want to see some AWESOME inspiration?? Here are the links to the Color Throwdown Designers..... check out what they created this week!

Broni Holcombe - Splashes of Watercolor
Barbara Anders - Paper Pursuits
Danielle Kennedy - Wild Dragonfly Designs
Tammy Hershberger - Stamp Happy
Kristin Eberline - Mindless Creativity
Keva Brown - How Now Brown Kow
Lori Tecler - Inking a Loud
Lynn Put - The Queens Scene
Wanda Cullen - Cullen-ary Creations
Kerri Michaud - Cards by Kerri
Joan Ervin - Stamping With a Passion - that's me!
Our Fabulous November/December Guest Designer - Lydia Fiedler - Understandblue

Thanks for stopping by...have a great day!!!

A New Toy!

2011-11-29T05:30:00.000-06:00

Good morning everyone...I have to work today so this will be short and sweet! I got a new Tim Holtz Alterations Sizzix holly leaf die and just had to play with it!! The leaves and berries were stamped with Rubbernecker's Screen Background #452 and sponged with Handsome Hunter and Ruby Red. I used some Walnut Crystals on the branch but after I mixed up the crystals and water, I promptly spilled the stain all over my work surface and flooded the branch....oy vey!!! I kinda ran out of steam after that!!! The RN Merry Christmas sentiment #387-10 was stamped with Handsome Hunter and the seam binding, button, and gold cording finish it off.

Recipe:

Stamps: Rubbernecker Screen background and Rubbernecker sentiment

Paper: White, Handsome Hunter, Chocolate Chip, Ruby Red, Basic Grey dp

Ink: Handsome Hunter, Ruby Red

Accessories: Walnut Crystals, TH die, Button, Gold Cording, Seam Binding,

Thanks for dropping by...have a super fab day!!!

2011-11-28T05:00:00.000-06:00

Good Monday morning everyone!! I had a chance to play in the TLC challenge on Splitcoast today. Holly has a great challenge for us...make holiday tags!!

I used the Rubbernecker Grand Mitten #SKU: 22-09 stamp to create my tags. They were stamped on a piece of Basic Grey dp and colored with Copics. The mittens were matted with taken with teal cardstock, a punched tag was added to the top, *to and from* were hand written on the front, and the Baker's Twine finishes them off....easy peasy!!

I need to make a few more of these for the grands Christmas presents. If I added another layer of cardstock to the backside and did a little sewing around the edges I could use these for gift card holders...hummmm...I think I'll give that a try!!!

It's below freezing this morning...yikes!!! We brought most of the plants inside so my house looks like a jungle...I'm not even going to think about all the bugs that hitched a ride into the warm house!!! Have a great Monday!!

Rubbernecker Sisterhood Sundays Challenge #2

2011-11-27T09:00:00.000-06:00

Good morning everyone and welcome to the second Sisterhood Sundays Challenge. Each Sunday one of the challenge teams will host a challenge and this week we have a sketch challenge and boy, is it ever a great one!!! Mr. Rubbernecker is also giving away a prize so check out all the deets and challenge rules on the Rubbernecker Stamps Blog!

My card features the adorable little Rubbernecker Santa stamp called Santa with Joy Sign #SKU:52-01. He was colored with copics and glitter was added to the fur and beard. The Ho Ho Ho sentiment #209-13 was cutout and added as a banner and snowflakes from the Snowflakes and Stardust set #SKU:481 were stamped on the background paper with Soft Sky. Sewing was done around all the background layers and the red Candy Dots, Baker's Twine and button finishes it off.
Recipe: Stamps: Santa with Joy Sign, HoHoHo sentiment, Snowflakes and Stardust set
Paper: White, Black, Stampin Up! dp, Three Bugs in a Rug dp,
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Red Candy Dots, Button, Baker's Twine, Small Corner Rounder, Sewing Machine, Glitter

This is also for a few other challenges:
1. 2 Sisters Challenge - holiday
2. Craft Your Days Away - buttons or bows
3. Hiding in my Craft Room - any holiday

I so hope you will join us for the Sisterhood Sunday challenge (remember we will have a challenge each Sunday!!) and linking it over at the Rubbernecker blog....while you are there check out what the other Stampin Sisters have created...you will fine lots of fabulous inspiration, I tell ya!!!! Have a wonderful Sunday!!

Winter Birthday

2011-11-25T19:00:00.000-06:00

Good morning everyone....I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving!! We had a houseful of family and lots of good food that we are still eating today!! Call us crazy...we actually got up at 1:30 this morning to go shopping for Black Friday...we bought lots of bargins so I think my sleepless day was worth it!! I have about 90% of my Christmas shopping finished...Whoohoo!!! I may end up doing the rest of it on line....not many bargins there but it sure is easier on the feet...LOL!!! I sure wish the good fairy would come and wrap everything, now...I would even pay her to take that job off my hands!!! Anyway....I thought I would share the birthday card I made for my Dad...It's really hard for me to make masculine cards so this was a challenge for me!!

The Inkadinkado image was stamped on Kraft with Handsome Hunter and the sentiment is from Papertrey Ink. It was framed with vanilla that was cutout with a deckled rectangle Nestabilities, stamped with on old retired stampin Up! plaid background, sponged with Walnut Distress ink and adhered to the image layer with foam tape. A thin frame was cutout with two different sized Nesties and adhered to the edge. The twine, button, and home made tag with Snap Stamps sentiment finishes it off.

This is also for The Crafty Purple Frog Challenge to make something special for someone (my dad), The Crafty Ribbons Challenge to make a tag, and The Rainbow Lady's Challenge to make a card for a man (my dad).

Thanks for stopping by...have a great weekend!!! We will have 4 of our grandsons here in a few minutes to play while their parents shop...wish me luck...LOL!!

Color Throwdown #169

2011-11-23T04:00:00.000-06:00

Good Morning everyone...are you ready for some FABULOUS Color Throwdown Colors??? Lori is our hostess this week and she has selected such gorgeous colors!!! I hope you have a little time to play...I would love to see what you create!!

I thought the challenge colors would be perfect for these adorable polar bears from Stampendous called Polar Path. They were colored with Copics, glitter was added to the hat fur and Flower Soft was used for the snow. The background was embossed with a snowflake folder and the ribbon was laced through the holes of the background diecut. The brown twine and button finish it off.

This is also for a few other challenges:

1. Shopping Our Stash - Christmas or Winter related

2. The Cheerful Stamped Pad - Who's wearing Santa's hat?

3. Kaboodle Doodles Challenge - Baby, it's cold outside!

4. Cutie Pie Challenge - Bears

5. Penny Black and More - All creatures great and small

Do you want to see some AWESOME inspiration?? Here are the links to the Color Throwdown Designers..... check out what they created this week!

Broni Holcombe - Splashes of Watercolor
Barbara Anders - Paper Pursuits
Danielle Kennedy - Wild Dragonfly Designs
Tammy Hershberger - Stamp Happy
Kristin Eberline - Mindless Creativity
Keva Brown - How Now Brown Kow
Lori Tecler - Inking a Loud
Lynn Put - The Queens Scene
Wanda Cullen - Cullen-ary Creations
Kerri Michaud - Cards by Kerri
Joan Ervin - Stamping With a Passion - that's me!
Our Fabulous November/December Guest Designer - Lydia Fiedler - Understandblue

Thanks for stopping by...have a great day!!!

TLC352 - Let's Make Some Snow!!

2011-11-21T02:00:00.000-06:00

Hello everyone!! It's my turn to host the TLC challenge on Splitcoast...since Holly and I are continuing our focus on the holidays until December 19th, how about setting the scene for some holiday fun!! Let's make a little snow....you can:
1. Use Flower Soft
2. Rub two pieces of styrofoam together to create home made snow
3. Tear and crimp white cardstock
4. Tear white cardstock and add Stickles to the torn part
5. Use patterned paper
6. Use a snow stamp
7. Use a winter snow scene stamp
8. Use snowflakes
9. Use Stickles or glitter to create falling snow
10. Make a card, gift box, ornament, gift set...what ever your little heart desires!!!

My card features the cute Rubbernecker G.Q. Polar Bear . He was colored with Copics, cutout and popped up in the snow which was made with torn white cardstock and the edges were covered with Stickles. The background was created first by sponging the clouds using Pool Party and a homemade cloud template. Then the three tree stamps from Stamp Oasis' Evergreen Set from Rubbernecker were stamped using Handsome Hunter, Always Artichoke, and Old Olive. The sign and cardinal from RN's Christmas Outdoor Set were also colored with Copics, cutout, and popped up with foam dots. The edges of the background layers were distressed for the finishing touch.

This was also for the 2 sisters Challenge to add sparkle, Crimbo Crackers Challenge to make it sparkle, and the Moving Along With the Times Challenge to let it snow.

Thanks for visiting and be sure to join us for the Technique Lover's Challenge on Splitcoast...I would love to see your snow creations!!!

Rubbernecker Challenge #1 - Sisterhood Sunday

2011-11-20T09:00:00.001-06:00

Good morning everyone!! Are you ready for some FABULOUS inspiration and a super fun challenge??? The Rubbernecker Stampin Sisterhood's first challenge is today and what a gorgeous inspiration photo!!! Mr. Rubbernecker is also giving away a prize....check it all out on the Rubbernecker Blog!!

I found my inspiration in the colors and the tree theme...I guess poinsettias go along with trees and Christmas, too!! The paper and the bingo card are all from Simple Stories 25 Days of Christmas dp...the poinsettia and leaves were made from Spellbinder's dies. The Rubbernecker Trees with Snow set #52-0206 were stamped with Always Artichoke three times on the dp, watercolored with Old Olive, cutout and the layers were popped up with foam dots. The stars and trunks were colored with copics. Seam binding, gold cording, and a gold button finish it off.

This is also for a few other challenges:
1. Wags 'n Whiskers Challenge - Christmas
2. Winter Wonderland Challenge - Christmas...use any cute image (my trees)
3. C.R.A.F.T Challenge - Stars in your eyes (stars on the trees)
4. CCEE Challenge - use 2 punches or diecuts (the poinsettia and leaves)

Thanks for stopping by...have a great day and be sure to check out the Sisterhood Sunday challenge!!!

Christmas is in the Air!!

2011-11-18T05:00:00.001-06:00

Good morning everyone and happy Friday!! We have been busy the last couple of days cleaning this dirty house...we pick my Sister and her DH up at the airport tomorrow. They well stay until Tuesday... hopfully we will have some warm weather for them. It just blows me away at how much junk I can collect in just a few months!! If I don't shred junk mail every day, I end up with a stack...why are they sending me all that stuff when I just get rid of it....it's a wonder we have any trees left at all!!!
Anyway...enough whining!! On to a much better subject...Christmas!! I made this bag for the
TLC Challenge on Splitcoast. Holly's challenge was * it's a wrap* so I decorated a gift bag. The vintage Santa from Crafty Secrets was stamped with Real Red and it was layered onto a fancy Spellbinder's doily diecut. The papers and stickers were all from The Girls Paperie Tinsel and Twig collection.

I made this card yesterday for the Ways to Use It Challenge on Splitcoast....it was called *Baby it's cold outside*. What a fun challenge...it gave me a chance to use the cute little bird, sentiment, and snowflakes from Paper Smooches new winter set called Swanky Snowdudes. The birds were colored with copics and Stickles was added to the fur on the birds caps. The branch stamp from Impress was stamped with Memento Rich Cocoa and the snow with Stickles, SEI paper, and ribbon finish it off.

Thanks for stopping by on this beautiful Friday morning...I hope you day is super special!!!

Color Throwdown #168

2011-11-16T04:00:00.027-06:00

Good Morning everyone...are you ready for some FABULOUS Color Throwdown Colors??? Keva is the hostess with the mostess this week and she has selected such an awesome color palette!!! I hope you have a little time to play...I would love to see what you create with these gorgeous colors!!

My card features the Bird Cage stamp by Penny Johnson Vintage for Stampavie...it was stamped on vanilla cardstock and then the birdcage and the two birds were paper pieced with Stampin Up! patterned paper and colored with copics. Stitching was done around the background edges, sponging was done with So Saffron and Basic Gray and the large wood bird was colored with Copics and popped up with foam dots. The dark gray seam binding, twine, and button finishes it off.

This is also for a few other challenges:
1. Penny Black - All creatures great and small
2. Drean Valley Challenge - stitching
3. Hooked on Crafts Challenge - punch or Diecuts
4. Deep Ocean Challenge Blog - vintage
5. Let's Ink It Up - use your favorite technique (paper piecing)

Do you want to see some AWESOME inspiration?? Here are the links to the Color Throwdown Designers..... check out what they created this week!

Broni Holcombe - Splashes of Watercolor
Barbara Anders - Paper Pursuits
Danielle Kennedy - Wild Dragonfly Designs
Tammy Hershberger - Stamp Happy
Kristin Eberline - Mindless Creativity
Keva Brown - How Now Brown Kow
Lori Tecler - Inking a Loud
Lynn Put - The Queens Scene
Wanda Cullen - Cullen-ary Creations
Kerri Michaud - Cards by Kerri
Joan Ervin - Stamping With a Passion - that's me!
Our Fabulous November/December Guest Designer - Lydia Fiedler - Understandblue

Thanks for stopping by...have a great day!!!

Chubby Snowmen

2011-11-14T05:00:00.002-06:00

You will find the Rubbernecker Holiday Blog Hop here...remember, you will have till November 17 to complete the hop!!

Good Monday morning everyone...I am sooo going to get some things done today!!! I have some gardening to do, clothes to wash, floors to mop, and food to cook but first I gotta play...LOL!!! Maybe if I'm really good my Fairy Godmother will come and get the work done so I can play in the craft room....oh well, a girl can dream, can't she!!! Anyway....I did get to play last night ...aren't these chubby little snowmen just the cutest??!!?? I have had this set for a few months but never inked it up...shame on me!!! The sweet little snowmen are from Paper Smooche's Swanky Snowdudes set...they were cutout, colored with Copics, and attached with foam dots. The background paper is SEI's Glitzmas dp and snowflakes from the same set were stamped on the paper with Marina Mist. The snow was made by tearing the white cardstock, crimping it, and adding stickles to the torn edge. The sentiment banner and button with Baker's Twine finish it off.
I made this card for a few challenges:
1. Order of the Opus Gluei - something on their head
2. Totally Gorjuss - Christmas Traditions
3. Christmas Stampin All Year Long - Use a stamp that has never seen ink - My Paper Smooches set!
4. Floweret - Christmas
5. Wags 'n Whiskers - Christmas

Thanks for stopping by...have a wonderful Monday!!!

Rubbernecker Stamps Holiday Blog Hop

2011-11-13T09:00:00.001-06:00

Hello everyone...welcome to the Rubbernecker Holiday Blog Hop!!The Stampin’ Sisterhood has LOTS to share today!! Thank you SO much for joining us! We all thought it would be a GREAT idea to share some of our HOLIDAY images!! SO, sit back and ENJOY!!! If you leave a comment on EVERY stop along the way, you will be entered into a RANDOM drawing for your choice of ONE Rubbernecker Stamps SET!! Mr. Rubbernecker wants YOU to be able to choose, so you will LOVE what you get!! OK, we know that you are busy, so you will have until THURSDAY 11/17 to HOP! Our WINNER will be announced on the RUBBERNECKER BLOG, on FRIDAY 11/18!!

My card features the Christmas Deer #SKU-1508 SO....it was embossed with Gold Embossing Powder and then the holly and berries were colored with copics over the embossing. The image was masked and the Rubbernecker French Script background #448 was stamped over the the background area...a light green copic was used to shade and highlight around the image. Sewing and distressing was done around the patterned paper background and the gold pearls, silk ribbon, lace, and felt snowflakes finish it off.

Recipe:

Stamps: Christmas Deer, French Script Background

Paper: Vanilla, Always Artichoke, Certainly Celery, Basic Grey Jovial dp

Ink: Versamark, Memento Desert Sand

Accessories: Silk Ribbon, Gold Pearls, Gold EP, Copics, Felt Snowflakes, Sewing Machine, Lace, Snowflake Embossing Folder

**Hop Route**

Bev Gerard

Charlene Driggs
Charlene Merrick
Frances Gumprecht
Holly McMillen
Jacquie Peifer
Jen Charboneau
Jennifer Cuthbertson
Joan Ervin ........you are here
Judy Rozema
Julia Aston
Karen Hunsaker
Kecia Waters
Kittie Caracciolo
Maria Gurnsey
Rubbernecker Stamps

We have some exciting news to share!! We will be starting some AWESOME Rubbernecker challenges on SUNDAY 11/20!! Hope you will join us for SISTERHOOD SUNDAYS!! We are going to have a BLAST!! Who knows? You could win a prize on SUNDAYS too!!!

Thanks again for stopping by, have fun and good luck!!

Felt Poinsettia

2011-11-11T05:00:00.002-06:00

Good morning everyone....it's close to freezing this morning so I'm sitting here with a cup of cocoa and the fireplace is going strong....sooo warm and cozy!! It will warm up to 70 something this afternoon so I can get
some pansies planted. It's Veteran's Day and my red felt poinsettia isn't a poppy but it's close. I hope all the Vets have a great day including my husband, George, and my Dad. George is retired Army and my Dad served in the Navy during WWII at Pearl Harbor. Mom and I are going to take the boys out today for dinner and a movie....just a little thank you for their service!! Anyway....

I made this card yesterday for the Ways to Use it Challenge on Splitcoast to make something dimensional for the white space on our card. Spellbinders dies were used for the felt poinsettia and leaves...the paper and ribbon are Stampin Up! and the sentiment is from Rubbernecker. The gold balls in the flower center finish it off.

This is also for a few other challenges:
1. Dutch Dare Card Challenge - punches/dies/nesties
2. Sweet Stamps - red/green/gold
3. Make My Monday - Christmas
4. Stamping Scrapping Challenge Central - Christmas/Holiday
5. I Did It Creations Challenge - Christmas

Thanks for visiting....stay warm and thank a Veteran today!!!

Moxie Fab with a Mojo Flair

2011-11-10T05:00:00.002-06:00

Moxie Fab World Tuesday Trigger

Good morning everyone....hope all is well in your little corner of the world!!! We had a lunchen at the church to celebrate the successful craft fair. We made enough money to send a large donation to the Methodist Children's Home and to buy mittens and scarves for our adopted grade school. We keep their supply closet full of extra school supplies and coats/mittens/scarves for needy children. Anyway....

This is my card for the Moxie Fab World Tuesday Trigger using the Mojo Monday #214 sketch. I took my inspiratin from the bracelet's colors and flowers...Echo Park's Country Drive paper was used along with a doily sponged with So Saffron. The flower and leaves were made with Spellbinder's dies using Pool Party and So Saffron cardstock. The pearls and sentiment fron Verve finish it off.

This is also for a few other challenges:
1. Crafting for All Seasons - texture (I used texture on the doily, flower and leaves)
2. Create Me Pink - flower
3.CCEE Challenge - use 3 different shapes
4. Crafty Ann's Challenge - floral frenzy

Thanks so much for stopping by...have a great day!!!!

Color Throwdown Challenge #167

2011-11-09T07:51:00.000-06:00

Hello everyone!!! It's Wednesday and time for another Color Throwdown Challenge!! It's my turn to host the challenge and I got to pick the colors...Whoohoo!!!! I found my inspiration from the beautiful October Afternoon dp called Good Cheer. I hope you have a little time to play today...I would love to see what you create with these colors!!!!

My card featrues the adorable Rubbernecker Snowman called Zac #596-01. He was colored with copics and Pool party was sponged around the edges. The ribbon, distressing, sewing, punched snowflake, and button finishes it off.

This is also for a few other challenges:

1. Stamps and Fun = Creativity - Winter

2. I Did It Creations - Christmas/Winter

3. Mark's Finest Papers - Fall or Winter Theme

4. Bah - Humbug - Snowmen

Do you want to see some AWESOME inspiration?? Here are the links to the Color Throwdown Designers..... check out what they created this week!

Broni Holcombe - Splashes of Watercolor
Barbara Anders - Paper Pursuits
Danielle Kennedy - Wild Dragonfly Designs
Tammy Hershberger - Stamp Happy
Kristin Eberline - Mindless Creativity
Keva Brown - How Now Brown Kow
Lori Tecler - Inking a Loud
Lynn Put - The Queens Scene
Wanda Cullen - Cullen-ary Creations
Kerri Michaud - Cards by Kerri Welcome!!!!
Joan Ervin - Stamping With a Passion - that's me!
Our Fabulous November/December Guest Designer - Lydia Fiedler - Understandblue

Thanks for stopping by...have a great day!!!

Tuesday With the Rubbernecker Team

2011-11-08T09:00:00.001-06:00

Hello everyone!! Today is my turn to post for the Tuesday with the Team on the Rubbernecker Blog....I made these cards for the post....check out all the card details on the Rubbernecker Blog!!!!

Thanks for stopping by today....I have nothing planned except to stamp all day...Whoohoo!!!! Have a great day!!

Technique Lover's Challenge #350

2011-11-07T00:40:00.000-06:00

Good morning everyone!! It's my turn to host the TLC challenge on Splitcoast!! As I was stamping away this week, a silly thought popped into my head....what would happen if all my stamps disappeared....GASP!!! What would I do??? Well....let's find out!! Sooo, the challenge today is to create a card or project without stamps or digies! Here are a few suggestions:

1. Use patterned paper images: cut them out or use diecuts, punches, etc.
2. Use stickers, rub-ons, pictures, or chipboard
3. Use fabric pieces, flowers, tickets, food labels, or antique post cards
4. Use pictures from newspapers, magazines, or catalogs
5. Use ribbons, puzzle pieces, or photos
6. Make hand written sentiments or use letter stickers, letter buttons, stencils, labeling machine, cut out words from a newspaper or magazine.
7. The sky is the limit...have fun!!!

My card features a clown and sentiment that were cut from a piece of patterned paper, a banner sticker, and a diecut piece of embossed patterned paper. The stars were punched from cardstock and the buttons with twine finish it off. Come One, Come All and join us for a fun challenge!!!
Recipe:
Paper: White, Real Red, Always Artichoke, Pumpkin Pie, Imaginisce dp, SonBurn dp
Accessories: Baker's Twine, Buttons, Banner Sticker, Star Punch, Corner Punch, Border Die from PTI

Thanks for stopping by...have areat day!!!

Church Craft Fair 2011...the rest of the story!!

2011-11-06T05:00:00.002-06:00

Good morning everyone.....the craft fair is over and it was a great success!!! We sold more than we expected, which is a good thing!!! Our little church craft group will use the money we made for several projects including Christmas gifts for the Methodist Children's Home, the food pantry, and helping with the church electric bills.

Here are the rest of the card sets I made using photos from Sue Knox. This set features shell stamps and sentiments from Rubbernecker Stamps.

The sentiments on these sets are all from Papertrey Ink.

This flower is from my garden....

This is one of mine, too!!

Whew!!!! I'm glad the fair is over and now I can clean my stamp room....LOL!!!! Thanks for dropping by and I hope you have a wonderful Sunday!!

More Church Craft Fair Projects

2011-11-05T05:00:00.003-05:00

Good morning everyone....this will be short and sweet this morning because I have to be at the church by 8:00am for the craft fair but I wanted to show you some of the cards I made with my friend, Sue Knox's pictures. She is a fabulous photographer and every year she prints off lots of her photos for me to make cards with for the fair. Enjoy the pictures and I will see you tomorrow with more....

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!!!!

Church Craft Fair Christmas Card Sets

2011-11-04T01:21:00.000-05:00

Good morning everyone...I guess it's morning...it's almost 1:00 AM and I'm still up trying to finish my Christmas card sets for the church craft fair this Saturday...yikes, it's tomorrow!!! What a crazy week....my cousin and his wife are here visiting from Iowa, my DGD's birthday was yesterday, and I am knee deep in Christmas cards...LOL!!! Oh well, I can sleep Saturday night!

This card features stamps from Papertrey Ink...the ornament was cutout, colored with copics, covered with glitter, and popped up with pop dots.

The Rubbernecker tree image was embossed with white ep and the bird was popped up with a pop dot. The sentiment is also from Rubbernecker.

The ornament stamps are from a Basic Grey set called Ornaments and the sentiment is from Waltzingmouse Stamp's Complements of the Season set. Colors used include Pool Party, Kiwi Kiss, and Cherry Cobler.

I had some left over stickers from another project and just couldn't let them go to waste...

The stamp in the background is from Stampin Up's Beautiful Season set..it was stamped with True Thyme onto River Rock cardstock. Real Red cardstock is used for the matting and the button and twine finish it off.

The background was embossed and an oval scalloped Nestabilities was used to matt the sticker.

Group #3.....

An old but favorite PBX stamp was used for this vintage style Christmas card and the sentiment is from PTI....flocked paper adds a little glam and the silver pearls finish it off.

I used an old retired plaid background stamp from Stampin Up! to make the background and the pine cone
stamp is from Penny Black. Handsome Hunter and Vivid's Tuscan Tan inks were used and the gingham ribbon and cotton lace add a country flair.

Last but not least is a Penny Black Santa stamped with Night of Navy onto Bashful Blue...glitter was added to the beard and fur and the punched showflakes and silver balls are the finishing touches.

Now, I just have to wrap each set with a ribbon and get them to the sale along with the other cards I made from my friend Sue's pictures. I will show you more of those this weekend. Ok...now it's time for this old grandma to get to bed...have a great day!!!

Color Throwdown Challenge #166

2011-11-02T03:00:00.001-05:00

Hello everyone!!! It's Wednesday and time for another Color Throwdown Challenge!! The lovely Danielle is our hostess today and she came up with this fabulous color combo... isn't it pretty!!??!!

My card features the beautiful Christmas Angel stamp from Inkadinkado...it was stamped with Baja Breeze and the snowflakes were covered with glitter. The paper is from Basic Grey's Dasher collection and sewing and distressing were done around the edges. The diecut scallop, ribbon, twine, button, punched snowflakes, and Christmas stick pins finish it off.
Recipe:
Stamps: Inkadinkado, Our Craft Lounge for the sentiment
Paper: White, Crumb Cake, Old Olive, Basic Grey dp
Ink: Baja Breeze, Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Ribbon, Twine, Button, Pearl, Martha Stewart Snowflake Punches
Stick Pins, Sewing Machine, Nestabilities, Spellbinders Scallop Edges die, Glitter

This is also for a few other challenges:
1. Anything Goes Challenge - stitching real or faux
2. Ladybugs Crafts Ink TLT Challenge - Non-traditional or distressed Christmas Card
3. Oldie but a Goodie Challenge - buttons and bows (my stamp is over 2 years old!)
4. By the Cute and Girly Challenge - Christmas Girls
5.Creatalicious Challenge - distress edges
6. Really Reasonable Ribbon - Christmas

Do you want to see some AWESOME inspiration?? Here are the links to the Color Throwdown Designers..... check out what they created this week!

Broni Holcombe - Splashes of Watercolor
Barbara Anders - Paper Pursuits
Danielle Kennedy - Wild Dragonfly Designs
Tammy Hershberger - Stamp Happy
Kristin Eberline - Mindless Creativity
Laura Pryor - Lil' Inker Designs
Carole Burrage - Mother's Little Helper
Keva Brown - How Now Brown Kow
Lori Tecler - Inking a Loud
Lynn Put - The Queens Scene
Wanda Cullen - Cullen-ary Creations
Kerri Michaud - Cards by Kerri Welcome!!!!
Joan Ervin - Stamping With a Passion - that's me!
Our Fabulous November/December Guest Designer - Lydia Fiedler - Understandblue

Thanks for stopping by...have a great day!!!

Halloween Fun!!

2011-11-01T06:00:00.001-05:00

Good morning everyone....hope you had a fun evening yesterday with all the goblins!! We had a blast!!! Again this year we had well over 250 visiters to our haunted front yard extravganza!!! The scarey little girl above is my DGD Mackenzie....yikes!!

Here is Egore with a tasty little treat on his tray....

George hung lots of scary, screaming ghouls in the trees....most of them either swung back and forth or up and down and note the huge spider web in the tree!!! George also hung a huge black hairy spider just to the right of this picture and when an adult stood under it he would slowly drop it down....that was really creepy especially in the dark!! He is sooo bad!!!

Slithering creepy crawler!!!

This huge spider was covered in lights and looks pretty awesome after dark!!

This is Clyde in the coffin....

Scary Mary slinking in the ivy....

The Grim Reaper.....

Horrible Hank.....he would talk to people as they walked by....pretty unnerving!!!

This is the graveyard...the middle ghoul would pop up when someone got close....we heard lots of screams from this side of the yard!!

This is Gag a Maget Margaret...she didn't do anything but look unly!!

Just as it turned dark and we turned on all the lights, my camera died....go figure!! Anyway...I did take some pictures with another camera but I won't be able to download them till tomorrow. Maybe later on in the week I can show you some pictures with lights!!

Thanks for stopping by...I have been working like crazy on my church craft sale projects....I will show you
some of them tomorrow...have a great day!!!

Happy Halloween!!!!

2011-10-31T09:37:00.000-05:00

Good morning everyone!! We are going to have a wild day today...we are working on theHalloween display in the front yard but first I wanted to show you the rest of my Halloween gift sets.....this one features stickers from K&Co. and Memory Box dp.

Stickers were used on this one, too, and papers from Hobby Lobby.

This is Caitlyn's bag....the adorable stamp from Great Impressions was colored with Copics and glitter was added to the wings.

Fun spider paper from My Minds Eye was used along with some pumpkin stickers and a Stickles image colored with copics...tooo fun!! Now....don't be shocked......

Yikes!!! My house looks like the TV show The Hoarders!!!! My husband has a storage shed full of Halloween stuff....this will all go outside for his *haunted house* in the front yard.

This is what my kitchen looked like when I got up this morning.....George has been up since 4:30 AM!! We have no way of locking the gate in the front so he can't set anything out till morning....

This is the fence he put up around the front yard...he stores the panels at the farm and drags them in town each year for his Halloween extravaganza!! People are already driving by slow and peeking inside to see how it's coming along....I'll have pictures of the finished product tomorrow!!

Have a fun evening...I'd love to hear what you have planned!!!

Halloween Set #9

2011-10-29T01:17:00.000-05:00

Good morning everyone....It's after 1 AM and I just now finished all my Halloween sets....can you believe I actually made 14 sets in all!!! My DGD has 3 step brothers and half sister whom I didn't want to leave out so I worked all day today to finish. We will deliver Halloween goodies this weekend...tooo fun!!!

I used My Minds Eye papers and stickers for this set along with some K&Co. stickers, jewels, and some black ribbon on the bag.

I had so much fun making the Halloween sets, however, as I was finishing the last one I couldn't help think about next year....sure hope they save these for next year cause I'm not sure I want to do this again...LOL!!!!!

Thanks for stopping by...have a great weekend!!!!

Halloween Set #8 and a Fun Craft Fair Project

2011-10-28T05:00:00.002-05:00

Good morning everyone and happy Friday!!!! It's been a long week around here because I actually had to work 2 days....ya wouldn't think that working 2 days a month would be such a strain...LOL!!!! I have been working like crazy trying to finish up some projects for this year's church craft fair....I will be posting some of the card sets this weekend but I wanted to show you these cute little doggy treat bucket....they were just tooo fun to make!!! I used a Clear Dollar Stamp set called Dog Days for the pup, paw prints, and the sentiment on the dog bone tag. The dog bones were cut from kraft cardstock and sponged around the edges with Chocolate Chip. Stickers were added to the front of the bucket and paw print ribbon was tied around the top of the bag holding the real dog bones.

Here is #8 Halloween set....it's for my DGD Mackenzie so it looks a little more girly! The adorable little Whipper Snapper spider was colored with copics and sponged with Purley Pomegranate. The fun flocked spider web paper is from Making Memories and the teal spider paper is from Bo Bunny. The sentiment, felt bats, Martha Stewart Punched bats, and Purley Pomegranate ribbon finish them off.

Recipe: Stamps: Sentiment from Inkadinkado
Paper: Kraft, White, Purley Pomegranate, Black, Bo Bunny dp, Making Memories dp
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Purley Pomegranante
Accessories: Ribbon, Felt Bats, Martha Stewart Bat Punch, Nestabilities

This project is for a few challenges:
1. Crafting for all Seasons - Halloween
2. Divas by Design - something spooky
3. Fab 'n' Funky - Halloween
4. I Brake For Stamps - Halloween
5. The Sisterhood of Crafters - Hallowen
6. Stampin Royalty - Halloween
7. The Paper Variety - Halloween

Thanks for stopping by....have a great day!!!!

Color Throwdown #165 and Creative Belli Challenge #129

2011-10-26T03:00:00.004-05:00

Hello everyone!!! It's Wednesday and time for another Color Throwdown!! The lovely Laura is our hostess today and she came up with this fabulous color combo inspired by Crate Paper's Farmhouse dp.

This is also for the Creative Belli's 1-2-3-4 Challenge ...I used 1 button, 2 birds, 3 flowers, and 4 pearls.

The adorable Stampavie image called Blossom Birds was colored with Copics and I used Jen's October SFYTT sketch. The paper is from Stampin Up! and sewing, a Cherry Lynn Flourish die, lace, pearls, seam binding, button, and twine finish it off.
Recipe: Stamps: Stampavie
Paper: White, Pool party, Stampin Up! dp
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Button, Baker's Twine, Seam Binding, Lace, Sewing, Cherry Lynn Designs Fanciful Flourish

Do you want to see some AWESOME inspiration?? Here are the links to the Color Throwdown Designers..... check out what they created this week!

Broni Holcombe - Splashes of Watercolor
Barbara Anders - Paper Pursuits
Danielle Kennedy - Wild Dragonfly Designs
Tammy Hershberger - Stamp Happy
Kristin Eberline - Mindless Creativity
Laura Pryor - Lil' Inker Designs
Carole Burrage - Mother's Little Helper
Keva Brown - How Now Brown Kow
Lori Tecler - Inking a Loud
Lynn Put - The Queens Scene
Wanda Cullen - Cullen-ary Creations
Joan Ervin - Stamping With a Passion - that's me!
Amy Sheffer, October Guest Designer - Pickled Paper Designs

Be sure to stop by the Creative Belli Blog to see what the other Belli Girls made for you today....they will blow you away with their talent!!! If you upload a card to Splitcoast, PCP, Stamp TV or another online gallery be sure to add CBC129 in the keywords section.

Take a look at what the Creative Belli Designers have done with the 1-2-3-4 challenge!!
Chris Dickinson

Thanks for stopping by...have a great day!!!

Technique Lover's Challenge on Splitcoast

2011-10-23T21:28:00.000-05:00

Hello everyone....hope your weekend was wonderful...it went by way too fast!!! Tonight is my turn to host the TLC challenge on Splitcoast and my challenge to you is to use your smallest stamps to create a border for your image. You can also create a wreath, as long as it is a border around a image or sentiment. How easy is that!!!!!
I used the tiny flower and leaf stamps from the Hero Arts Sending Happiness set...the flowers were stamped with Calypso Coral, Wisteria Wonder, Pool Party and the leaves were stamped with Pear Pizzazz. The bird was made with a Stampin Up! die and Martha Stewart Punches were used for the nest. The Papertrey Ink sentiment and bow finish it off.
Recipe:
Stamps: Hero Arts and Papertrey Ink
Paper: Hawaiian Shores, Calypso Coral, Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Kiwi Kiss, Always Artichoke
Ink: Wisteria Wonder, Calypso Coral, Pool Party, Pear Pizzazz, Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: PTI Ribbon, Martha Stewart Punches, Stampin Up! Bird Die, Black Pearl

Thanks for stopping by....be sure to check out my challenge...I would love to see what you make!!!

Yummy Round Flowers.....

2011-10-23T06:00:00.001-05:00

Good morning everyone.....hope you are having a great Sunday morning!! I have three cards to share that I made this week for different challenges. The first one (yummy) is for Taylored Expressions Sketch Challenge #148 and their card drive for the patients at the UT MD Anderson Cancer Center. We were to use pink on our cards so I used some pink patterned paper from the Cookbookin Scrapbook Kit called Mom's Diner. The little apron from Taylor's What's Cookin set was paper pieced and the pie and cup are stickers from the same scrapbook kit. The sentiment is also from the What's Cookin set and the ribbons and candy dots finish it off.
Recipe: Stamps: What's Cookin
Paper: White, Black, Cookbookin Scrapbook Kit called Mom's Diner
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Candy Dots, Ribbons, Sticker

Since I didn't have a lot of time at the beginning of the month to participate in the Hope You Can Cling To challenges on Splitcoast, I am playing catch-up!! Here are the challenges I used on my little round, pink, purple, hanging, blingy, girly card!!!
1. HYCCT1101A - Lydias challenge to use pink amimals (I used Rubbernecker's Lemur)
2. HYCCT1101B - Lori's challenge to use pink rhinestones
3. HYCCT1101C - Beate's challenge to make a circle card
4. HYCCT1108 - Wanda's challenge to add a hanging element (my Lemur)
5. HYCCT1109 - Bridget's challenge to use things we see looking up
6. HYCCT1110 - Tammy's challenge to use pink and ribbon with a friendship theme
7. HYCCT1111 - Taylor's challenge to fight like a girl...use all things girly
8. HYCCT1112 - Teresa's challenge to use at least 1 heart
9. HYCCT1116 - Jeccica's challenge to use a pink ribbon
10. HYCCT1118 - Holly's challenge to use purple
Whew...that's a lotta challenges...my brain hurts...LOL!!!!
Recipe: Stamps: Rubbernecker Lemur #569-14, Sentiment #568-16
Paper: White, Lavender Lace, Pretty in Pink
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Ribbon, Button, Lace, Rhinestones, Pink Pearl Hearts, Copics, Nestabilities

This was for the Free 4 All challenge on Splitcoast to make a card with another one of Dawn's fancy folds called a Triangle Flap Fold and I wanta tell ya....I must have two left hands because I really had to work on this one!!! I had to change a few things but I eventually ended up with the end result. Thanks for the great challenge, Dawn!!! This is also for the Queen for the Day challenge to honor Queen Holly (Hollerinastamps)....she has such a fabulous gallery that it was really hard to pick just one card to case ( I had to fave several cards to case later)!! Holly is such a sweetheart and so deserving to be Queen this week!! I cased Holly's Brave You card...I kept the same paper, colors, and flower design but changed the shape, sentiment stamp, and leaf dies.
Recipe: Stamps: Stampin Up!'s Oval All
Paper: Prism, Baja Breeze, So Saffron, Black, Basic Grey's Urban Prairie
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Button, Twine, Spellbinders flower and leaf dies, Rick Rack die, Stampin Up! Punches, Martha Stewart Leaf Punch

Thanks for stopping by...I'm off to get ready for church. Hope you have a super special Sunday and you get to do something fun today!!!!

Mother's Love

2011-10-21T05:00:00.001-05:00

Good morning everyone!! Hope all is well with you and yours!! I had some time to stamp yesterday so I made a card for Splitcoast's Ways to Use it Challenge to make faux tiles. ....I used Julie Warner's tutorial for my faux tile background. The white cardstock was scored and then the retired Stampin Up! background (sorry, I don't know the name) was stamped over the negative scored side. The image was colored with copics and then each square was masked off on the inside of the score lines and sponged with Memento Desert Sand. The ribbon, flowers, and pearl flourish finish it off.
Recipe: Stamps: Stampin Up!
Paper: White, Chocolate Chip, Pink Pirouette
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa, Memento Desert Sand
Accessories: Silk Ribbon, Primas, Pearl Flourish, Score Pal

This is also for a few other challenges:
1. Little Miss Muffet Challenge - girly girl
2. Moving Along With the Times - vintage
3. Stampin B's - scoring
4. Kaboodle Doodles - squares or inchies
5. The Pink Elephant - scoring
6. Heart Song Inspirations - flowers or felt

Thanks for dropping by....I'm off to the shower and then to the grocery store. Not too exciting but I am going to buy a little chocolate....that will get my heart pumping a little faster...Whoohoo!!!!

More Swap Cards

2011-10-20T05:00:00.001-05:00

Good morning everyone!! Can you believe it's October 20th already...OMG!!! Thanksgiving is right around the corner and then Christmas....I guess I better start making some Christmas lists!! Since my Grands are getting older, it's really hard to find just the right gifts. They are pretty good about giving me suggestions but you can probably guess what they want....ipads, telephones, computers, laptops...yikes!!! What happened to dolls and trucks...LOL!!! Anyway....
Here are more of the cards we made at the Austin Area Shoebox Swap a couple of weeks ago....lots of great inspiration, for sure!!!!
The first card was designed by Lydia Fiedler..... she used a Stampin Up set for the ornaments and isn't the glittery paper pretty!!!

This is a Whipper Snapper Santa image....tooo cute!!

I love this little cowgirl but I can't remember the stamp company.

This was one of my favorites...the balloon was made fron several oval punched pieces.

Here are four wonderful flat cards perfect for mailing...the owl card in the back will make a great guy card!!

Thanks for visiting.....have a great day!!!

Taylored Expressions October Customer Blast from the Past Blog Hop

2011-10-19T10:00:00.003-05:00

Hello everyone and welcome to the Taylored Expressions October Blast from the Past Customer Blog Hop!!!! You are going to find sooo much inspiration along the hop...each project will feature Taylored Expressions Stamps and products. We have a double theme this month...Trick or Sweet!! I kinda combined the two with these adorable little cuppies from TE's Trick or Sweet set. I also used the sketch which was designed by Sankari Wegman and the colors for this weeks Color Throwdown Challenge:

The little cuppie goblins were colored with copics, cutout, and popped up on the oval nesties layer. Stampin Up! patterned paper was used for all the layers, sewing was done around the edges, and the negative ends of a rick rack die were used for the scalloped edges. Rich Razzleberry ribbon and a little bling finish it off.

Thanks sooo much for joining us today....have fun!!!

Halloween Set #7

2011-10-18T05:00:00.002-05:00

Good morning everyone....guess what!! It's about 50 degrees this morning!!! I don't think my body is ready for this cooler weather yet....I may have to dig out my winter coat..LOL!!!! My plants have really perked up since the 100 degree weather isn't beating them to death...sure hope those days are gone for a few months anyway!!!! I have finished another Halloween set for my Grands...only 3 more to go...Whoohoo!!! This one features the little spook from Rubbernecker's Halloween Set 2 # 474, some bingo cards from Jenni Bowlin and some mighty crazy looking pumpkins!!

The pumpkin face on the bottom right and the top were stamped withone of the face stamps from a Stampin Up! set called Autumn Harvest and I drew the one on the left.

The little puffy bats and the wood words are some of my favorite embellishments...tooo fun!!!!

I'll be entering this set in a few challenges:

1. Crafty Boots - Autumn or Fall

2. Creative Stamp Friends - Halloween

3. Hooked on Crafts Challenge - something spooky

4. Paper Creations Ink - Halloween

5. Stamp Fairy - Halloween

Thanks for stopping by...have a great day!! I am going to take my BFF out to lunch for her birthday....we used to work in labor and delivery together and always have lots of funny nurse stories to make us giggle!!! Isn't it wonderful to have people in your life who make you laugh till your sides hurt!!!

Rubbernecker Stamps Fall Hop

2011-10-16T09:00:00.006-05:00

Hi Rubbernecker friends!! Welcome to our Fall/Halloween hop! Thanks so much for joining us! Rubbernecker Stamps has such a wide variety of images...... we thought we would share some Fall and Halloween designs with you! We have a HOP ROUTE for you to follow right before the creation I have to share today!! AND? So you won’t get lost, EACH Sister will have this list for you, to help you on your journey!! Make sure to leave some LOVE at every stop, for you will want to be eligible for our PRIZE!! What fun would it be without a PRIZE!!

***You could WIN……………….Your choice of one of these AWESOME stamp sets!!

Cool huh? OK, the Stampin’ Sisterhood has a lot of fabulous creations to share with you, so grab a cuppa something, sit back, relax and get HOPPIN’!! Be on the look out for our NEXT HOP coming NEXT MONTH!! We look forward to seeing you then for MORE sharing and prizes!! Thanks again for joining us today and ENJOY!!

**HOP ROUTE**

Bev Gerard
Charlene Driggs
Charlene Merrick
Frances Gumprecht
Holly McMillen
Jacquie Peifer
Jen Charboneau
Jennifer Cuthbertson
Joan Ervin ........you are here
Judy Rozema
Julia Aston
Karen Hunsaker
Kecia Waters
Kittie Caracciolo
Maria Gurnsey
Rubbernecker Stamps

My card features the sweet little witch from Rubbernecker's Halloween Set 2 #474. She was colored with copics, cutout, and popped up on the black diecut. The bat flourish from RN's Halloween set1 # 473 was stamped several times in the background to create a frame for the black diecut circle and the sentiment was from the same set. The ribbon, pumpkin button, and the pearls are the finishing details.
Recipe: Stamps: Rubbernecker
Paper: My Mimds Eye dp, Rich Razzleberry, Vanilla
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Ribbon, Pumpkin Button, Pearls

Thanks for joining us for the Rubbernecker Stamps Fall Hop.....have a great day!!!!!

Friday Morning Catch-Up!!

2011-10-14T10:18:00.000-05:00

Good morning everyone!! My DH is getting ready to leave for another fishing tournament so guess what I am planning to do.....stamp, stamp, stamp!!!!! I may do a little online shopping, too....I haveta occupy myself somehow...right??? Anyway...here are a few cards I made this week for Splitcoast challenges...
The first card was for the Ways To Use It challenge to use pink because October is Breast Cancer Awarness Month. This is also for Wendy's Hope You Can Cling To challenge to use butterflies.

I used several shades of pink to stamp the flowers and butterflies from Rubbernecker's Create a Garden set 1 #512. The basket was colored with copics and the frame stamp from Rubbernecker called French Script Frame #583 was stamped on the outside. This is actually a one layer card but it looks like several!!
The bling on the flowers and the bow finish it off.
Recipe: Stamps: Rubbernecker
Paper: White, Early Expresso,
Ink: Pretty in Pink, Melon Mambo, Regal Rose, Kiwi Kiss, Old Olive, Memento Rich Cocoa
Accessories: Rhinestones, Pink Silk Ribbon

I made this card for Splitcoast's Sketch Challenge...Basic Grey's Sweet Threads dp and Spellbinders dies were used for the background layers, the rose, and leaves. The sentiment called Beautiful Wishes #565-12 is from Rubbernecker Stamps.
Recipe: Stamps: Rubbernecker sentiment Beautiful Wishes #565-12
Paper: Vanilla, Soft Suede, Basic Grey's Sweet Threads dp
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa
Accessories: Button, Twine, Spellbinders Rose Creations die and the leaf die, Martha Stewart and EK success border punches, Sewing Machine

Here is my card for this week's Color Challenge....the images from Taylored Expressions Birds of a Feather set were stamped with Elegant Eggplant, Pumpkin Pie, and Tempting Turquoise...the birds and birdcage were all popped up on dimensionals. The seam binding, button, and twine finish it off.

This is also for Bridget's Hope You Can Cling To Challenge: Things Are Looking Up...my birds!! TFL!!
Recipe:Stamps: Taylored Expressions Birds of a Feather
Paper: White, Elegant Eggplant
Ink: Tempting Turquoise, Pumpkin Pie, Elegant Eggplant
Accessories: Seam Binding, Button, Twine

This was my TLC Challenge card for this week....to stack the background stamps!! The three background stamps used on my background were: Rubbernecker's Script, Victorian Diamond Panel, and the Wildflower Background. The sentiment from RN's Butterflies are Free set was stamped with Really Rust and the ribbon, distressing, sewing, felt rose, felt leaves, and the vellum layered butterflies finish it off.
Recipe: Stamps: Rubbernecker
Paper: White, Really Rust, Baja Breeze
Ink: Really Rust, Baja Breeze, Kiwi Kiss
Accessories: Ribbon, Vellum, Dotted Swiss EF, Pearls, Sewing Machine, Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch, Felt, Rolled Flower Die from MFT, Spellbinder's Leaf die, Nestabilities

Whew....that's a lotta stamping!!!! I just found out that I have been selected as the Queen for The Queen For a Day Challenge on Splitcoast...Whoohoo!!! I am so honored and thrilled...I can't wait to see all the cards everyone has cased from my gallery!!! Have a great day...I know I will!!!

Finesse the Dress

2011-10-13T09:12:00.000-05:00

Good morning everyone!! Boy, am I lazy this morning....I slept late (I guess you could call 7:30am late??) and have been comatose on the couch. I really need to get outside and do a little raking and weeding but first I want to share a card I made for the Moxie Fab World's Tuesday Trigger challenge....it's been ages since I've visited their blog and when I saw the dress inspiration, I just had to play. It did take me quite a while to find the right teal color....the flower and butterfly were made from a scrap of SEI's Citruskick dp and the Waltzingmouse's sketch challenge #68 was used for the layout.
Recipe: Stamps: Rubbernecker Sentiment
Paper: White, Basic Gray, SEI dp
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Old Button, PTI Flower die, PTI Leaf die, Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch

This was also for a few other challenges:
1. Flutterby Wednesday - use your scraps
2. Anything Goes Challenge - diecuts and/or punches
3. Papertake Weekly Challenge - use at least three different shapes
4. Top Tip Tuesday Challenge - use designer paper
5. Kaboodle Doodles Challenge - leaves
Thanks for stopping by...have a great day!!!!!