Limited Supply Challenge and Double Dog Dare Challenge

The LSC on Splitcoast was to use hearts...on the paper, embellies, punches, etc. What a fun Challenge ......gotta love all those hearts!!! I used the adorable Charliene Cowgirl set from Clear Dollar Stamps to make a Valentine for another one of my Grandbabies. She was stamped with Memento Black and colored with copics. I added hearts to the doodling around the edge, the My Mind's Eye dp was loaded with hearts, and the ribbon had white hearts. I also used a chipboard heart that I covered with Red Stickles and two heart rhinestones. This card is also for the Double Dog Dare Challenge I do each week with a group of SCS friends. Fran (Francie G.) challenged us to make a card with three different shades of the same color. My color was pink and I varied the colors in the coloring, paper, ribbon, chipboard heart, and bling. Whoohoo!!!.... no challenge police will come a knockin on my door today!!! You can see all the DDC cards here.

I just love this adorable little horse. Did you know she was designed by Laurie Wilson, Design Team Coordinator for Clear Dollar Stamps. Laurie has designed several Charlie stamp sets and now he has a girlfriend...just in time for Valentines!!!

Anyhoo...have a wonderful Friday. I will be up early in the morning to attend a stamp show in Grapevine, Texas which is just north of the Dallas airport (about 3 hours from where I live). I will be meeting Anne (Itsapassion) and Bev (Texas Grammy) for a fun filled day of yacking and shopping!! I hope to have some pictures uploaded tomorrow night.

Recipe:

Stamps: Charliene Cowgirl by Clear Dollar Stamps

Paper: Riding Hood Red, Pink Pirouette, Whisper White, My Mind's Eye dp

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Accessories: Chipblard, Stickles, Heart Rhinestones, Dimensionals, Ribbon, Copics, Nestabilities

Ways to Use It Challenge

Hello everyone!! Boy, have I had a busy day!!! Doctor's appointments for my DH and my Mother, babysitting DGS, running to drugstore for mom, fix lunch...yikes!!! I need a nap!! But first I wanted to share this fun card with you.

The WT challenge on Splitcoast this morning was to use stars. I checked out Julia's post befor I left for the clinic so I had several hours to plan what I was going to do. I bought the Rock Star set from the Little Paper Shop last summer especially for CJ's birthday card this year. She will be 14 and totally cool so I hope this card will ROCK her socks off!!!

The guitar images were stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black and colored with copics. The chipboard stars were also colored with copics and the yellow one was covered with Dazzling Diamonds. The paper by 3 Bugs in a Rug went just perfectly with the colors and was even covered stars!!

The guitars were attached with just one dimensional under the base so the long thingy...what ever it is called...is hanging free for a wild look.

Thanks for visiting today and sharing in my fun!!

Recipe:

Stamps: Rock Star by Little Paper Shop

Paper: Taken With Teal, More Mustard, Whisper White, 3 Bugs in a Rug dp

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Accessories: Ribbon, Dazzling Diamonds, Chipboard Stars, Dimensionals

Belli Challenge #49 and SCS Sketch Challenge

Good morning!! I got up early today to finish this double challenge card ( Splitcoast's sketch challenge and the Belli Challenge), and maybe have time to make one more before lunch (remember, I am not a fast stamper!!)

The Belli challenge this week is to use a new stamp. The adorable Rubbernecker stamps and Fancy Pants paper are both new and were just ment to be used together!!

The Belli Challenge was created by Chris (Chrissyd723)Dickinson to inspire us to use the *stuff* lying around our stamping spaces...those long forgotten goodies that we once had to have!! Anyone can play, so get out your scraps, stamps, and embellies!! Check out Chris' blog for details on how to win the challenge!!

Rubbernecker's Little Lovin's image called Special Delivery was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black, colored with copics, cut out, and attached with dimensionals. The Rubbernecker sentiment was stamped on the Pink Pirouette cs with Riding Hood Red and then run through the cuttlebug with the heart folder. Ribbon and heart brads were added to finish it off.

Thanks for the great challenge, Chrissy!!

Be sure to visit the Belli Design Team Member's blogs to see the beautiful celebration cards they designed!! You will find lots of awesome ideas!!Remember to check out Chris' blog to see how you can win!! If you upload a card to Splitcoast, be sure to add CBC49 in the keywords section.

Holly Brown

Chris Dickinson

Ceal Pritchett

Danita Hollander

Sarah Anderson

Jennifer Greco

Shelly Koskinen

Karen Gibson

Lorie Ames
Courtney Fowler

Brilliant Pumpkin Garden Fishes!

Good Morning everyone!! It's another cloudy, drizzly day here in Central Texas. When I saw the color challenge colors I perked up right away...who could be in a funk working with Pumpkin Pie, Brilliant Blue, and Garden Green!!??!!
My DGS's birthday is on the 20th so I made the little underwater scene for his birthday card.

The adorable Whipper Snapper Designs fish, underwater foliage, and sand were stamped the Memento Tuxedo Black and colored with copics. The Stampin Up! shells were stamped with pumpkin pie and Brilliant Blue, covered with crystal effects, and dusted with Dazzling Diamonds. Blue gingham ribbon on a clip was used to glam it up a bit....hope he doesn't think it is tooo girly!!! The orange and striped dp is by Pebbles, Inc. I hope you can see all the little fish!!

I cut the edge of the paper in a curved pattern to mimic waves and the edges of the main image were distressed. Sponging was done on the image with Bashful Blue. The sentiment, an unknown Stampin Up!, was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black onto Whisper White, cut out with Nesties, sponged with Bashful Blue, and attached with dimentionals. Crystal Effects was also added to the fins of the fish and the sand and then dusted with Dazzling Diamonds. Dew Drops were added for the bubbles.

Thanks for visiting today and have a wonderful day!!!

Recipe: Stamps: Whipper Snapper Designs, Stampin Up!

Paper: Whisper White, Pumpkin Pie, Brilliant Blue, Garden Green, Pebbles Inc. dp

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Bashful Blue, Brilliant Blue, Pumpkin Pie

Accessories: Copics, Dazzling Diamonds, Dew Drops, Nestabilities, Clip, Ribbon, Crystal Effects

Technique Lover's Challenge and the Double Dog Dare Challenge

Good morning everyone!! I woke up to rain this morning...yeaaaaa!! We need the moisture sooo bad!! Of course, rain means that I am forced to stay inside and stamp all day...such a deal!!!

Today on Splitcoast the Technique Lover's challenge is to use sticky tape strips and glitter to make a background. How cool is this! I used brown, red, and pink glitter to create the background for my chocolate themed design. The instructions can be found here.

This is also for the Double Dog Dare challenge I do each week with a group of SCS friends. This week Joanne (sleepyinseattle) challenged us to find inspiration from a box of Trader Joe's cookies. I have not had the pleasure of these wonderful cookies but others have told me that they are fabulous!!!



I used the Chocoholic set from Clear Dollar Stamps, stamped the images with Memento Rich Cocoa, colored with copics, covered all with Crystal Effects and glitter, cut them out and attached to the Nesties layers with dimensionals. The sentiment was also stamped with Memento Rich Cocoa, cut it out with Nesties, and attached with dimensionals. The brown velvet ribbon and clip with ribbon finished off the design.

This was such a great technique to create a fun and sparklie background.

Thanks for visiting today and be sure to check out all the TLC designs on Splitcoast!!

Recipe: Stamps: Chocoholic by Clear Dollar Stamps
Paper: Ruby Red, chocolate chip, Whisper White, Stampin Up! dp
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa
Accessories: Crystal Effects, Glitter, Tacky Glue Strips, Nestabilities, Clip, Ribbons

Featured Stamper 100, JulieHRR!!

What a great day...Featured Stamper 100 on Splitcoast is none other than JulieHRR, Her Royal Rubberness herself!!! I want you to know, Julie, that you are the only stamper I would ever make a card for that didn't have any layers or ribbon...yikes!!! I just had to case your "When I am Old" card and seriously, dude...this is from one hot mama to another!!!

I changed the stamp, sentiment, and added the heart button. The Rubbernecker image called Ms. Pigsley was stamped with Memento Black onto a Fabriano note card, colored with copics, and sponged over with Soft Sky to create a little border. The sentiment, also from Rubbernecker, was stamped with Memento Black and the heart button was attached with a glue dot.

Thanks for visiting today and I want all of you to know that this is what I want to look like when I get old...nothing but glam for this girl!!!

SCS Inspiration Challenge and the OCC Sketch Challenge

Hello everyone!! It's almost 5PM and I just finished my Inspiration challenge card....I do have a good excuse, though! My Sister and her family are visiting from Iowa. They came from the snow and cold to some beautiful 70 degree weather here in Central Texas!! Kathy has been running around in shorts and lovin this southern winter.
The Inspiration challenge today comes from the Cake Nouveau site. What a yummy place to visit...I can't imagine how anyone can make such beautiful cakes!!! Loads of inspiration here!!


I also used this weeks OCC sketch found on the Our Creative Corner blog. ....great sketch, Jennifer!! I chose to use the teapot cake as my inspiration and used 4 different Rubbernecker Stamps: The Heart Teapot and Single Heart Teacup, background stamp called How Do I Love Thee, and part of the Brush Heart Topiary image.

The teapot and teacup were paper pieced with Basic Grey Urban Prairie dp. BG Urban Prairie dp was also used for the background layer and the RN background image was stamped with Pink Pirouette behind the teapot.

The heart was cut from the top of the topiary image, colored it with a copic, and added the heart button ( the back loop was cut off) with a glue dot and the scallops were made with the SU scallop punch.

Thanks for visiting today and have a wonderful weekend. Off to play with my little Sis!!

Recipe: Stamps: Rubbernecker
Paper: Baja Breeze, Pink Pirouette, Black, Basic Grey Urban Prairie
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Ribbon, Button, Dimensionals, SU Scallop Punch

Limited Supply Challenge-My Favorite Things

The Limited Supply Challenge on Splitcoast today is to use all our favorites: stamps, papers, and 2-3 embellies.
What a fun challenge, Judy!! The only problem is that I have too many favorite papers, stamps, and embellies!! I did narrow it down to my favorite papers (this week): Basic Grey Urban Prairie, Regal Rose, Baja Breeze, and black. One of my favorite stamp companys is Clear Dollar Stamps and this adorable January Stamp of the Month. My favorite embellies: ribbon, buttons, and Nestabilities. Put them all together and tadaa....a Valentine for one of my Granddaughters.

The basket and cup were stamped with Memento Black onto white cs and colored with copics. The hearts were all stamped with Memento Black onto Regal Rose, Urban Prairie, and white paper. The blue and green hearts were colored with copics and they all were attached with glue dots.




I just love Basic Grey's Urban Prairie papers...they are sooo bright and fun!!

Thanks for stopping by today......we got back from the lake earlier and you know where I headed first thing...I am so addicted!!!







I also wanted to let you know about Clear Dollar Stamps new Design Team for January, 2009

Starting Jan 1, here is the new CDS DT:
Monique Hawrelluk
Alysabeth Johnston
Stacy Morgan (TwinsHappy)
Alexandra Maldonado
Tori Wild
Linsey Rickett
Joan Ervin
Cathy B (Mutnik)
Gloria D (GloriousGreetings)
Senior DT:
Linda Borneman
Candy Fosta
Kim Teasdale
Nancy Grant
Katie Renz
Laurie Wilson DT Leader
Lori McCroskey Owner

I want to welcome the new designers and say good by to those who will be leaving...it was a real pleasure being on the CDS team with all of you fabulous artists!!

Happy Friday!!

Hello everyone!! We took the RV out to the lake yesterday so I don't have any stamping for you today...I did want to show you some of the Christmas cards that I recieved this year. Oh, my, I have some AWESOME, talented friends!!!

This beauty is from Julia Aston (artystamper). Don't ya just love the pretty colors and the gorgeous details!!! Thanks, Julia!!









This beautiful card is from Joanne Travis (sleepyinseatttle). She stamped the ornaments and then covered them with Crystal Effects....sooo gorgeous!!! Thanks, Joanne!!!











This fabulous creation is from my fellow Dirty Girl, Cindy Laurence (One Happy Stamper). You should see her amazing watercoloring....absolutely breathtaking!!! Thanks, Cindy!!















This stunning design is from Chris Dickinson (chrissyd723)
The folded Christmas tree on this spectacular card is soooo AWESOME!!! Thanks, Chrissy!!!

















This cutie pie is from Anne Harada (Itsapassion).
What an adorable design with the Santa hat and the fuzzy little ball nose.....thanks, bunches Anne!!!


Thanks for coming by today and I will have more of my Christmas RAK's tomorrow!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR DAY, EVERYONE!!! Can you believe it is 2009?? Where did 2008 go....it went by way too fast!!! I hope you are all well and not feeling to bad after celebrating last night!! I made a " just becasue" card for today...just cause I love these stamps and paper!!

The Stamp Oasis image called Asian Spring was stamped twice on Whisper White cs with Memento Tuxedo Black. One was colored with copics. Bashful Blue was sponged over the image and then it was misted with Perfect Pearls and water to give it a little shimmer. The birds and sun from the other image were colored, cut out, and attached over the colored image with dimensionals. The Sentiment, which says " Sing in the rain, Dance in the Sun, Dream by the light of the moon" was also stamped with Memento Black and the edges were sponged with Bashful Blue. Both were layered with True Thyme and black and attached to the beautiful Basic Grey Periphery dp with dimensionals.







The scallops were punched from the Periphery paper with a Martha Stewart border punch . Ribbon from Flourishes, LLC and a fancy brad are the finishing touches.








I just love this paper and how the bird fills in the empty place in the design!!


Thanks sooo much for visiting today!!! I hope you have a wonderful January 1st!!

Recipe: Stamps: Stamp Oasis by Rubbernecker
Paper: Bashful Blue, True Thyme, Black, White, Basic Grey Periphery
Ink: Memento Black, Bashful Blue
Accessories: Ribbon, Big Brad, Dimensionals, Martha Stewart Scallop Punch

Double Dog Dare Challenge and Belli Challenge #48

Good morning, everyone and HAPPY NEW YEARS EVE!!!

Today I have two cards for you. The first is the Double Dog Dare challenge I do each week with a group of wonderful and talented SCS friends. It was my honor to host last week and I chose to challenge the group to make a spring card with flowers, birds, butterflies, or anything else that represented Spring!!

I used a new stamp set from Sassafras called Freshly Picked. The flower image and the butterflies were stamped on vanilla cs with Archival Jet Black ink from Ranger (I can't begin to tell you how much I love that ink.....it covers the silhouette images perfectly without glumping up and it embossed beautifully!!) and embossed with clear ep. The flowers were colored with a Cameo Coral marker.




The background paper is from Anna Griffin, the ribbon from Papertrey Ink, and the rhinestones from Stamper's Dream. The image was layered with Cameo Coral, Basic Gray, and black cardstock and the butterflies were cut out and attached with glue dots. You may see a few spots on the black embossed flowers....stray pieces of who knows what got in my clear embossing powder so it has a real unique look!!

You can see all the Double Dog Dare cards here.

Recipe: Stamps: Sassafras Freshly Picked

Paper: Vanilla, Cameo Coral, Black, Basic Gray, Anna Griffin dp

Ink: Archival Jet Black

Accessories: Nestabilities, Cameo Coral Marker, Clear (sorta) ep, Ribbon, Dimensionals, Black rhinestones

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Belli Challenge #48




The Belli Challenge this week was to make a card to celebrate something...New Years, birthday, Spring, etc.

The Belli Challenge was created by Chris (Chrissyd723)Dickinson to inspire us to use the *stuff* lying around our stamping spaces...those long forgotten goodies that we once had to have!! Anyone can play, so get out your scraps, stamps, and embellies!! Check out Chris' blog for details on how to win the challenge!!



I decided to make a birthday card because my friend will celebrate her birthday soon and this stamp is just perfect!! I used images from Crafty Secrets Girlfriends set, stamped them with Memento Tuxedo Black, colored with copics, and attached with dimensionals. The sentiment was cut out with Nesties as was the background layer and then it was bugged with the Dotted Swiss folder. The background paper is from Basic Grey's Urban Prairie pack and the ribbon, black pearls, Prima, and SU button finish it off.





Thanks for the great challenge, Chrissy!!

Be sure to visit the Belli Design Team Member's blogs to see the beautiful celebration cards they designed!! You will find lots of awesome ideas!!

Remember to check out Chris' blog to see how you can win!! If you upload a card to Splitcoast, be sure to add CBC47 in the keywords section.


Holly Brown
Chris Dickinson
Ceal Pritchett
Danita Hollander
Sarah Anderson
Jennifer Greco
Shelly Koskinen
Karen Gibson

Be safe out on the roads tonight and have a wonderful NEW YEARS EVE!!!

Recipe: Stamps: Crafty Secrets Girlfriends
Paper: White, Black, Regal Rose, Basic Grey's Urban Prairie
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Copics, Cuttlebug, Nestabilities, Ribbon, Prima, Button, Rhinestones

Rubbernecker's Treasure Hunt Tuesday!

Hello again!!
Arrrr ye mateys, it’s Treasure Hunt Tuesday at Rubbernecker. Hop on over to the Rubbernecker Stamps Blog so you don’t miss those Design Team Members who are offering up Rubbernecker Bucks. Remember, this is the last Treasure Hunt Tuesday........that's right!! All good things must come to an end but we do have some awesome things in the works for you so stay tuned!!! Be sure to check out the Rubbernecker Stamp Store , too!!!

This adorable Stamp Oasis Little Lovin's image called Shy Girl was so much fun to color and I used the DCWV Glitter Sweet Stack dp with the sweet little fruit to go with the tiny strawberries on her pinafore. She was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black, colored with copics, layered with Green Galore and Regal Rose cardstock, cut out with Nestabilities, and attached with dimensionals. The sentiment, also from Rubbernecker, was stamped with Memento Black and Pretty in Pink was sponged around the edges. Ribbon from Flourishes, Prima, button, and tiny pearls finish it off.

The strawberries show up better in the closeup!!

Thanks for coming to visit today!! Have a wonderful day and hope to see you tomorrow!!

Recipe:

Stamps: Stamp Oasis Little Lovin's Shy Girl (SKU: 106550) and Rubbernecker sentiment

Paper: Gable Green, Regal Rose, So Saffron, White, DCWV Glitter Sweet Stack

Accessories: Ribbon, Pearls, Prima, button, Dimesnionals, Nestabilities, Copics

Clear Dollar Stamps Sneak Peeks Day 4

Good morning everyone!! Today is the Clear Dollar Stamps Sneak Peeks Day 4!! Today I will be showcasing the January Stamp of the Month called Spring Trimmings. This set could be yours free with a $50.00 Clear Dollar Stamps order. Check it out on January 1st!!

Laurie Wilson, Clear Dollar Stamps Design Team Coordinator, challenged the design team to a color challenge; So Saffron, Almost Amethyst, and Gable Green....what gorgeous spring colors!!!

The basket, flowers, dragonfly, and the sentiment were all stamped with Memento Black. The images were colored with the challenge color markers, cut out with Nestabilities, and attached with dimensionals. Scallops were added to the So Saffron layer with the SU scallop border punch and Liquid Pearls dots were added to the scallops. I was excited when I found this scrap of Paper Studio dp in my stash...the colors were perfect for the challenge!! The Almost Amethyst card base was run through the Dotted Swiss Cuttlebug folder and the Papertrey Ink ribbon and pearls from Stamper's Dream were added for a little glam.

The CDS's January Stamp of the Month images make the most perfect inchies!! How fun is this!! The images are all stamped with PTI's Berry Sorbet and layered over Berry Sorbert and Spring Moss cardstock. The background designer papers are also from Papertrey Ink along with the ribbon. I added a clear square button over the dragonflies to qualify this for Laurie's clear challenge. Dots were added to the Nesties layer with a white gel pen and tiny pearls from Stamper's Dream were added to the corners.

My last card is a combo of CDS's January Stamp of the Month and the Spring Critter's set. The adorable bunny and sentiment were stamped with Memento Black and the bunny was paper pieced with Basic Grey's Urban Prairie dp. The grass was colored with a copic marker. The eggs were all stamped on scraps of Baja Breeze, Regal Rose, Kiwi Kiss cardstock and Urban Prairie dp. The decorations were stamped with Regal Rose, Baja Breeze, and Kiwi Kiss. All the layers were cutout with Nestabilities and dots were added with a white gel pen. The background dp is from Basic Grey's Urban Prairie, Baja Breeze, Regal Rose, and Kiwi Kiss and the ribbon is from Stampin Up!

That completes the Sneak Peeks for the January 1, 2009 releases. Thanks for visiting today and I hope you have a great Tuesday!!

Clear Dollar Stamps Sneak Peeks Day 3

Good morning everyone!! This is day three of the Clear Dollar Stamps sneak peeks and today I am going to showcase the adorable Spring Critters stamp set. This set has 19 stamps, nine images and 10 sentiments and will be available Jan. 1 !!

This cute little worm and the sentiment "Inching By To Say Hi" were stamped with Memento Black onto Whisper White. The image was colored with Gable Green, Pretty in Pink, and Regal Rose markers, both were cutout with Nestabilities, and attached with dimensionals. A Mothermark faux cloud template and Bashful Blue were used to create the clouds, and the ribbon, Prima, and the pretty pink pearls finish it off. This is also for the sketch challenge that out Design Team leader, Laurie Wilson developed for our creative pleasure!!




This super cute little chick and the sweet little ladybugs from the Spring Critters set are just sooo adorable!!!
Laurie gave us another challenge to create a paper tole project. The chick was stamped twice using Memento Black, once on the white cs that was sponged with clouds using the Mothermark template, and once on the yellow Basic Grey Urban Prairie dp. The yellow chick was cut out and popped up on dimensionals over the stamped image on the card stock. The ladybugs were both stamped twice, also, once on the main image with Memento Black and once with Craft Black on a piece of scrap white. The ladybugs stamped with the craft ink were embossed with clear ep, cutout, and attached with dimensionals over the main image stamped ladybugs. The grass was created with a scrap piece of Old Olive cs. After the blades of grass were cut, they were ruffed up a bit, and attached to the main image. The scallops were made with Baja Breeze cs that was run through the cuttlebug with the Dotted Swiss folder and the Stampin Up! scallop border punch, then matted with the black scallops. The Basic Grey Urban Prairie dp layered with black served as the background layer and punches were used to create the sentiment layers. Primas, ribbon, and a clip were added to finish it off.

The cute little beaver with the big teeth just cracks me up.....too, too cute!!! He was stamped with Memento Brown onto vanilla cs and colored with copics. He really looks yellow in the picture but the color matches the dp better in real life!! He was layered on the square Close to Cocoa medallion (you will find the tutorial for the medallion here on Taylor's blog) and Baja Breeze. The beautiful paper is from Granny's Kitchen and the old buttons came from my stash of antique shell buttons. The sentiment, "I miss you this munch! " was also stamped with Memento Brown and attached to the Baja Breeze cuttlebugged layer. The organdy ribbon finished it off.

Thanks for coming to take a look today and tomorrow I will show you the last three cards that will showcase the Stamp of the Month for January. It's free when you order $50.00 worth of goodies at Clear Dollar Stamps. Be sure to check out the other DT members blogs for some fabulous inspiration!!

Laurie Wilson
Nancy Grant
Katie Renz
Lorelie Kim
Linsey Rickett
Linda Borneman
Alexandra Maldonado
Kelly Hampton
Janet Hunnicutt
Linda Anderson
Nancy French
Suzanne Dean
Tori Wild
Lori McCroskey
Candy Fosta
Kim Teasdale

Clear Dollar Stamps Sneak Peeks Day 2

Good morning!! I am really excited about the Clear Dollar Stamps sneak peeks I have for you on day two !! Believe me, it was really hard to decide which ones to showcase today!! Since this set is one of my faves, I decided today was the day for this adorable little bear. This set is called Spring Critters and has 19 stamps in the set: a bunny, chick, broken egg (two pieces), bear with a ball, beaver, two ladybugs, worm, and ten sentiments!! WOW, what a deal and it will be available on January 1!!

The sweet little bear was stamped with Memento Black, colored with copics, cutout with Nestabilities, and attached with dimensionals. The designer paper, Whisper White cs, Soft Sky cs , Sahara Sand cs, and ribbon are from Stampin Up!, and the copper pearls are from Stamper's Dream. The sentiment "Hope Your Birthday is a Ball" was also stamped with Memento Black onto Whisper White, cutout with Nesties, and attached with dimensionals. Laurie Wilson, CDS DT Coordinator, challenged us to make a card with a charm or something dangling so I added the sweet little silver heart by attaching it to the ribbon with silver cording to qualify for the challenge.




I just love this adorable set called Charliene Cowgirl designed by Laurie Wilson, Design Team Coordinator for Clear Dollar Stamps!!
The set includes four image stamps, five sentiments and will be available on January 1.

Charliene was stamped with Memento Black onto Whisper White, colored with copics, cutout with Nestabilities, and attached with dimensionals. The sentiment which says "Kick up your hooves!" was also stamped with Memento Black, cut out with a Nestie and attached over the prima. Barely Banana and Baja Breese were used for the cardstock and the paper is from Basic Grey's Urban Prairie collection. Ribbon from Papertrey Ink and the little horse shoe from the stamp set finish it off.

Charliene was stamped with Memento Brown onto Whisper White, colored with copics, cutout with Nesties, and attached with dimensionals. The sentiment, "Hope you're filly'n fine" was also stamped with Memento Brown, cutout with Nesties, and attached with dimensionals. Pink Pirouette, Chocolate Chip, and Basic Grey Sugared papers were used and Stampin Up! ribbon, felt flower, pink rhinestones, and a gold brad are the finishing touches.

Please check out the other Design Team Members blogs for more fabulous sneak peeks!!!

Laurie Wilson

Nancy Grant

Katie Renz

Lorelie Kim

Linsey Rickett

Linda Borneman

Alexandra Maldonado

Kelly Hampton

Janet Hunnicutt

Linda Anderson

Nancy French

Suzanne Dean

Tori Wild

Lori McCroskey

Candy Fosta

Kim Teasdale

I have a little announcement to make, too!! I will be staying on the Design Team for another three months....WHOOHOO!!! Thanks Lori and Laurie!!!

A Blog Award!

Look at this beautiful award that was given to me by my friend, Chris Dickinson (chrissyd723). What a sweet thing to do, thanks, Chrissy!!!

Here are the details...
1. Post the award logo on your blog.
2. Add the link to the person who nominated you.
3. Nominate 10 other blogs and add post their links as well.
4. Let those people know that they received the award.

I will be passing this along to some of my favorite stampers....the AWESOME ladies on the Rubbernecker Design Team. They are super talented artists and inspire me daily!!!

Bev Gerard (Tex)
Candy Williams
Juliana Swanson
Kittie Caracciolo
Linda Duke
Pam Hooten
Shelly Kuck
Sherry Cheever
Tami Mayberry
Broni Holcombe

Have a wonderful night and I will have day 2 of the CDS's sneak peeks tomorrow!!

Clear Dollar Stamps Sneak Peek Day One!

Good morning everyone!!! Have I got a treat for you today....this is day one of the Clear Dollar Stamps sneak peeks. These are the new stamps for release on January 1, 2009 (yikes...2009...can you believe it??).

The stamp set I will preview today is called Chocoholic. For a chocolate love, such as myself, this is heaven!!!

The chocolate sentiment was stamped with Memento Brown onto Whisper White cs, cut out with Nestabilities, and layered with Green Galore, Ruby Red, and designer paper from the DCWV Sweet Stack. Ruby Red was used as the card base. The cupcakes were stamped with Memento Brown, cutout, colored with a Pretty in Pink marker and attached with dimensionals.
The sentiment at the bottom says "I'd give up chocolate but I'm no quitter!" The background paper is one sheet from the Sweet Stack...it looks like several layers. The luscious Stampin Up! chocolate ribbon finishes it off.






I used three different stamps from the Chocoholic set on this card. The images were stamped with Memento Brown and colored with Close to Cocoa. The dark chocolate was colored with the marker and the light chocolate was colored with an aqua brush and the Close to Cocoa ink pad....same ink, different shade of chocolate. The pink was colored with a Pixie Pink marker. A long rectangle Nestie was used to cut out the Stampin Up! dp for the background and it was layered on Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, and Regal Rose for the card base. The center image was layered with Baja Breeze and Chocolate chip. The end images were layered with just Chocolate chip. Baja Breese was sponged around the edges of the end images. The gorgeous ribbon from
Strano Designs is the finishing touch.

Laurie Wilson, Design Team Coordinator for Clear Dollar Stamps, challenged the Design Team to make something you could see through. Since I love chocolate and I needed a gift for a fellow chocolate lover, what better way to showcase the chocolate than with a see through box!! I used this pattern to make the box and customized it by the addition of the scallops made with Close to Cocoa and a Martha Stewart border punch. The Chocolate sentiment was stamped with Memento Brown onto the Whisper White cs and layered on a piece of Jolie Chocolat dp by SEI. That is the same dp that was used on the lids. Stampin Up! ribbon was tied around the box and tied in a bow on top.

Thanks for stopping by today and I will have more sneak peeks for you tomorrow!!

Happy Birthday Cole!!!

Whoohoo!!! Look who turned 5 today...my sweet little Grandson Cole (he calls me his sweet little old grandma)!!! We will celebrate his birthday tomorrow so grandma had to get on the ball and get the card done today!!


Since Cole loves cars (and transformers) the Clear Dollar Stamps set called Cruisin' Classic was just perfect.


Also, this is for the Limited Supply challenge on Splitcoast....I haven't done a daily challenge all week (GASP!!!). We were to make a non-holiday card . No holiday stamps, no snowflakes, no holiday sentiments, and no red, green, or any shade of them. Well, phooy....I should have read the criteria closer because I did add Certainly Celery. Oh, well, hope the challenge police don't haul me away!!!

The image was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black and colored with copics. Silver brads were added to the grill, piercing and brads from

Pink Hedgehog Paper Crafts were added to the bottom, and the edge was cut to follow the curve of the Sonburn dp. The sentiment and the sign from the same set were also stamped with Memento Black. The sign was colored with a copic and the clip with the ribbon finishes it off.

I hope Cole likes this and maybe he won't notice the ribbon...heeheehee!!!

Have a great day and I hope you enjoy your weekend!!

Recipe:

Stamps: Clear Dollar Stamps Cruisin' Classic (5651)

Paper: Whisper White, Certainly Celery, Pacific Point, Night of Navy, More Mustard, Sonburn dp

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Accessories: Copics, Brads, Punch for Sentiment, Clip, Ribbon, Dimensionals

Merry Christmas!!!

Merry Christmas everyone!!! What a wonderful day!!! I am up early to get the turkey in the oven. I just had to make one more Christmas card ...my last one for this year!!

I used the adorable Rubbernecker image, stamped it with Memento Tuxedo Black, and colored with copics. Dazzling Diamonds was added to the stocking and Liquid Pearls with a coating of Dazzling Diamonds was added to the kitty's hat. I added some doodling to the edges of the image and used the out of the box technique to cut out the image .....cut out part of the hat and the pine bough along the edge. Sewing was done around the background layer on the K&Co. dp and pearls were added to the rounded corners. The Rubbernecker sentiment was stamped with Memento Black, cut out with Nesties, doodling was done around the edge, layered onto Cameo Coral cs, and attached with dimensionals.

The close up shows how the hat and pine bough were cut out and how the liquid pearls gave the hat a furry look. Buttons were attached over the stamped buttons on the image. Papertrey Ink Ribbon finished it off.

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you have the very best Christmas evah!!!

Recipe:

Stamps: Rubbernecker

Paper: Cameo Coral, Spring Moss, Shimmery White, K&Co.

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Balck

Accessories: Ribbons, Pearls, Nestabilities, Buttons, Dazzling Diamonds, Liquid Pearls, Corner Rounder, Sewing Machine

Rubbernecker Bucks Winner!!

I know you have been waiting for the winner of the Rubbernecker Bucks......Drum Roll please!!!!

The winner is>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> #14 (selected by Random.org)

Christi!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

She said: OMG I LOVEEE this!!! Everything about it is fantastic!!

Congrats, Christi!!! I will email you instructions on how to get your Rubbernecker Bucks!!