Creative Belli Challenge #106

Good morning everyone and welcome to another Creative Belli Challenge!! The challenge this 2 weeks is to use something Christmasy...ribbons, stamps, papers, embellies.....whatever strikes your fancy. Be sure to use something old and forgotten from your stash, too...the Belli Challenge is all about using your old stuff and forgotten treasures!!!

I used the sketch from Karen's Sweet Sunday Sketch #95 and the adorable Dearest Deer image from Stampavie. It was colored with Copics and pearls were addes to the snowflakes and stickles to the snow. Sewing was done around the edges of the background layers and the silk ribbon is the finishing touch.

Recipe:

Stamps: Dearest Deer from stampavie, the sentiment from Little Paper Shop's Globas set.

Paper: Neenah Solar White, Ruby Red, Certainly Celery, Kaisercraft Christmas Carnival dp

Ink: Certainly celery for the sentiment sponging, Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: May arts Silk Ribbon, Copics, Pearls, Sewing Machine, Nestabilities

This is also for a few other challenges:

1. A Spoon Full of Sugar Challenge - Christmas card

2. Creative Card Crew - Anything Goes
3. My Time to Craft - Reindeer

4. Crafty Pad Challenge Blog - Anything Goes

5. Let's Ink it Up - Christmas with Sparkle and Bling

6. Secret Crafters Saturday Challenge - Christmas

Be sure to visit the Creative Belli Design Team Member's blogs to read more details about their designs. You will find lots of awesome ideas!!! If you upload a card to Splitcoast , PCP, Stamp TV or another online gallery be sure to add CBC106 in the keywords section.

Chris Dickinson

Ceal Pritchett

Holly Brown

Anne Harmon

Robin Kirkpatrick

Jessica Stockmeyer

Shelly Schmidt

Maria Matter

Darsie Bruno

Joy Hadden

Robin Parker

Chris Olsen

Mary Marsh

Karen Wallace

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

Technique Lover's Challenge on Splitcoast

Hello everyone!! Boy, have I had a busy weekend....we decorated the house for Christmas and then went to Mom and Dads and decorated their house. Mom has a lot of the Dickens houses so we created a little town with snow, trees, and all the little houses and people...it's sooo cute!!Anyway...it's my week to host the TLC challenge on Splitcoast and my challenge is embossing resist. A couple of week ago when we celebrated the 300th challenge I had a chance to go through all the challenges and noted that we have never done a plain old embossing resist....sooo this week we will get that done!!!
I stamped the Rubbernecker Medallion with Versamark onto white cardstock and embossed with clear ep. Sponging was then done over the embossed image with Ranger Chipped Sapphire, Ranger Tumbled Glass, and Elegant Eggplant. The ink was wiped off the embossed medallion, the bottom corners were punched with a corner rounder, and it was adhered to the Elegant Eggplant matting. The sentiment, also from Rubbernecker, was stamped using the wet paper technique. The sentiment was first stamped onto wet watercolor paper with Bashful Blue, allowed to bleed a little, then dried with a heat tool, and stamped again over the first image with Elegant Eggplant. The wrinkled seam binding, button, and twine finish it off.

Okdoky....get out the clear ep and see what you can create!! Be sure to upload to the TLC302 Gallery so we can see your beautiful work!!!

This is also for a few other challenges:

1. Gingerloft Challenge - Bows
2. I Did It Creations Challenge - Vintage Christmas
3. One Stitch at a Time - Old Stash (button and twine) New Stash (new stamp)
4. Artistic Stamper - Christmas
5. Cute Card Thursday - blue
6. The Paper Players - Christmas
7. Secret Crafters Saturday Challenge - Christmas


Thanks for stopping by!!!

Tuesday Trigger and The Final Swap Card

The Moxie Fab World Tuesday Trigger from last week (I'm just a little slow...LOL!!) has been extended another week so I got busy last night and made another Christmas card...I used the colors and snowflake shape as my inspiration.

The Stampendous Christmas sentiment was stamped with Memento Rich Cocoa and sponged with Wild Wasabi. The lace, seam binding and the Martha Stewart punched snowflake with the pearl center finish it off. Pretty simple but fairly flat for mailing.

I wasn't quite satisfied with the shoebox swap cards I made the other day so I made another one...I think this is the one!! I started make my 26 card packets that will include all the papers, cardstock, and embellishments to make 26 of these cards. The Christmas shoebox swaps are great because I will end up with 26 different cards to send for Christmas....whoohoo!!!

The Rubbernecker Pine Sprig image was stamped first with Old Olive. Then the punched ferns were adhered along with the die cut red bird. A pearl was added for the eye and the bow was attached with a glue dot. The sentiment is from Waltzingmouse's Oven Fresh Gingerbread Joy.

Recipe:

Stamps: Rubbernecker and Waltzingmouse

Paper: White, Real Red, Old Olive, The Paper Studio dp

Ink: Old Olive, Memento Tuxedo Black

Accessories: Stampin Up! Bird Die, Martha Stewart Fern Punch, Ribbon, Pearl

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

Rocky's Feline Friend

Good morning everyone...boy, is it cold here!!! It got well below freezing last night which wasn't good for everyone's plants!!! My DH built me a little hot house thingy with heat lamps and plastic on the outside so the plants could get a little sunlight during the day. Hopefully, it will work and my plants don't freeze!!! Anyway....
I made this for da Mudder's Teaparty Tuesday Challenge on Splitcoast yesterday...I had a hard time catching this cute little kitty...she was shopping and refused to come home...silly girl!!! When I finally found her and explained that I wanted her to go support my little buddy Rocky, she was really excited!! It seemed that Rocky, the adventurous feline, was kinda tired of the Flying Fincharellis getting all the attention so he was planning a fabulous stunt....to bungy jump off the tallest tree and on his way down snag an upside down Fincharelli to the roar of the croud. Rocky needed some felines to cheer him on.

This is also for a few other challenges:
Color Challenge #299 on Splitcoast to use Real Red, Old Olive, and River Rock.
Fresh Brewed Challenge - Christmas/winter
Crafts ans Me Challenge - snowflakes
Really Reasonable Ribbon's Ramblings - Christmas
Stampin B's - Holiday Card
Lollipop Crafts - Christmas
ABC Christmas challenge - Yuletide (red and green)
Pile it On - fur and feathers

The adorable little Rubbernecker Christmas Cat was colored with copics and glitter was added to the cap fur and the snow. The scalloped border, snowflakes, and the button with baker's twine finish it off. The Destination Station this week is Linda in San Antonio who is battling cancer.

Recipe:
Stamps: Rubbernecker Christmas Cat
Paper: White, Real Red, Old Olive, Basic Grey Figgy Pudding
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Bashful Blue for the clouds
Accessories: Martha Stewart Snowflake Punch, EK Success Snowflake Punch, EK Success Scallop Border Punch, Button, Baker's Twine, Glitter, Copics

Thanks for stopping by....have a great day and stay warm

That's a lotta Purple!!!

Good morning everyone!! I wanted to share a few of the cards I have been making for a friend. She took several pictures of her flowers and wanted some gift sets to give to her family. I tried to keep the designs pretty simple so the beauty of the picture was center stage. Almost Amethyst, So Saffron, and Lovely Lilac cardstock were used along with ribbons, Candy Dots, various punches and cuttlebug folders....Papertrey Ink's Communique Curves Sentiments was used for the sentiments.

Aren't Sue's pictures gorgeous!!!

Since I already had the Almost Amethyst and So Saffron out on my counter, I decided to use the left overs for my TLC Challenge card yesterday. Julie challenged us to make faux tiles:

Score the background into squares, stamp a background stamp on the side with the depression in the score lines, sponge around the scored blocks using an L shaped template so the ink doesn't color the score lines.

This was new to me so I really enjoyed creating this little garden. The Rubbernecker Wild Garden Frame was stamped onto Almost Amethyst with Elegant Eggplant and the tiles were sponged with Almost Amethyst. The ribbon, button, twine, and butterfly with vellum and Liquid Pearls finished it off.

Thanks for visiting today....I hope you have a great Tuesday!!!

Swap Cards

Good morning everyone...I hope you had a great Thanksgiving!! It has taken me 2 days to get back to normal...LOL!!! I have got to get the fall things put away this afternoon and start unpacking the 15 containers of Christmas stuff!! My DD Holly and I are going to a Christmas swap in Georgetown, Texas on December 11 and I have been working on a few designs....I just can't decide on which card to use for the swap. We are to design a card that can be put together in 10 minutes or less and I wanted the card to be flat for mailing.

This card is the flatest.....bling stickers and a Martha Stewart punched snowflake jazz it up a little. A clear Gelly Roll pen adds a little sparkle to the Gina K. snowflakes from The Magic of Christmas set.

The sentiment on this card is from Papertrey Ink's Snowflake Serenade, the red snowflake was made with an EK success Punch, and the pearl finishes it off.

This is my first choice....it's really flat and shiny with the Gelly Roll pen on the snowflakes. The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink's Holiday Button Bits set.

Thanks for stopping by ....I hope you have a great Sunday!!!

Creative Belli Challenge #105

Good morning everyone and welcome to another Creative Belli Challenge!! The challenge this 2 weeks is to use something that starts with an R such as rick rack, rhinestones, ribbon, rubber, ruffles....or any combination of these. Be sure to use something old and forgotten from your stash, too...the Belli Challenge is all about using your old stuff and forgotten treasures!!!

My card features the sketch from the Taylored Expressions Sketch Challenge #134 and the adorable Thanksgiving Cuppies from Taylored Expressions Gobble Gobble set. The cuppies were colored with copics and mounted on an oval cut Nestie that was sponged with Going Grey. The background paper is from Earth Love by Cosmo Cricket and my R embellies include rhinestones and ribbon.
Recipe:
Stamps: Taylored Expressions Gobble Gobble
Paper: Vanilla, Basic Gray, More Mustard, Earth Love dp by Cosmo Cricket
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Going Gray
Accessories: Ribbon, Rhinestones, Corner Rounder, nestabilities

This is also for a few other challenges:
1. A Spoon Full of Sugar - anything goes
2. Daring Card Makers - 3 of something
3. Lots To Do - favorite technique (coloring with copics)
4. One stitch at a Time - season or event
5. Hope Stamps Eternal Cupcake Inspiration- fall colors and theme
6. Crazy 4 Challenges - use circles (I have round rhinestones and the round cherry on the little girl pilgrim)
7. My Sheri Crafts - Thanksgiving/harvest
8. Speedy the Cat's Friends challenge - circles (I have round rhinestones and the round charry on the little girl pilgrim)

Be sure to visit the Creative Belli Design Team Member's blogs to read more details about their designs. You will find lots of awesome ideas!!! If you upload a card to Splitcoast , PCP, Stamp TV or another online gallery be sure to add CBC105 in the keywords section.
Chris Dickinson
Ceal Pritchett
Holly Brown
Anne Harmon
Robin Kirkpatrick
Jessica Stockmeyer
Shelly Schmidt
Maria Matter
Darsie Bruno
Melisa Waldorf
Joy Hadden
Robin Parker
Chris Olsen - Welcome New Belli Girl!!
Mary Marsh - Welcome new Belli Girl!!!
Karen Wallace - Welcome New belli Girl!!!!


Thanks for visiting this morning....hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving!!!

Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge and Color Throwdown

Good morning!! I'm up early this morning to do a little Thanksgiving planning. We will have about 21 people here on Thursday plus we are going to celebrate our Nov. and Dec. birthdays (6 total) so we will have a lot of eating and celebrating going on around here!!! I was going to do a little cleaning tomorrow but I think I'll dust the high spots, run the sweeper in the den, and call it a day. With all the kids running in and out, you know I'll have a big mess to clean up on Friday so why do double duty...it's called "be kind to yourself" cleaning...LOL!!! Anyway....I made this card for my friend, Julia (artystamper) who had surgery last week.
This is also for the Waltzinghouse Sketch Challenge #24 and the Color Throwdown Challenge #119 to use Pear Pizzazz, Cajun Craze, and Early Expresso. I substituted Dusty Durango for the Cajun Craze and Soft Suede for the Early Expresso.

The background Pear Pizzazz cardstock was scored to add a little texture and interest. The background center layer was stamped with the background stamp from the Waltzingmouse Asian Gardens set using Dusty Durango. The tree trunk was stamped with Soft Suede, the leaves were stamped with Pear Pizzazz, and the pheasant was stamped with Dusty Durango. They were all cutout and attached with dimensionals. The ribbon, twine, and button finish it off.
Recipe:
Stamps: Waltzingmouse Asian Gardens
Paper: Pear Pizzazz, Dusty Durango, Soft Suede, White
Ink: Dusty Durango, Pear Pizzazz, Soft Suede
Accessories, Nestabilities, Ribbon, Twine, Button, Score Pal

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

Splitcoast's Technique Lover's Challenge #300!!

Hello everyone!! Hope you had a wonderful weekend!! We did a little Christmas shopping and went to the grocery store...I think everyone else in town was there, too...LOL!! Hopefuly, I won't have to go again until after Thanksgiving!!! Anyway...
I am the hostess this week for the Technique Lover's Challenge on Splitcoast....I can't believe it's the 300th challenge...WOW!! I wanted to do something special to celebrate so we are going to revisit the past challenges and make a card with at least two of your favorite TLC's!! I think it will be fun to see how many challenges can be combined into one card....are you up for the challenge??? Here is the link to the past TLC challenges.
My card combines three past challenges: TLC11 Shabby Chic, TLC263 Very Vintage, and TLC207 Cut it Out.
Darcie's Create Clear Stamp set from Stamper's Dream was used for the large sentiment and the dress form, Crafty Secrets Material Girl for the sewing machine, and Papertrey Ink's Mixed Messages for the sentiment. The dress form and the sewing machine were stamped with Versafine Black Onyx, cutout, and attached with dimensionals. Sewing was done around the edges and the sentiment was stamped on the little banner and embellished with the pin. The background was stamped with Rubbernecker's Victorian Diamond Panel. Lace, wrinkled seam binding, an antique button, and twine finish it off.
Recipe:
Stamps: Darcies Create, Crafty Secret's Material Girl, Rubbernecker's Victorian Diamond Panel, Papertrey Ink's Mixed Messages
Paper: Pure Luxury Ivory, black, and Kraft.
Ink: Versafine Black Onyx
Accessories: Pin, Antique Button, Twine, Wrinkled Seam Binding, Lace, Sewing Machine

OK, everyone....head to you stamping spaces and whip up a little something with your favorite techniques for today's TLC....you will have so much fun!!!

Moxie Fab World Tuesday Trigger - Moxie Chic

Good morning everyone!!! My DH took me out on a date last night...we went to eat Chinese and then went to see Secretariat...what a wonderful movie!!! I told my DH we need to buy a race horse but he didn't think that was a good idea since he thinks we have a full time job just taking care of the two horses we have now....sometimes he is no fun at all...LOL!!! Anyway....

This is the card I made for the Moxie Fab World Tuesday Trigger....Moxie Chic. I used one of the damask images from Layers of Color Art Stamps Touch of Elegance set...it was stamped with Versafine Black Onyx and the sentiment is from LOC's Merci Bouquet set. The red grosgrain ribbon was pleated with the sewing machine and attached with score tape. The button with the Martha Stewart twine finishes it off.

This was pretty short and sweet...I'm off to the back yard to do a little digging....have a great Saturday!!!

Taylored Expressions November Blast from the Past Blog Hop

Hello everyone and welcome to the Taylored Expressions November 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. I just love the little cuppies...they are soooo cute and fun to color!!! The theme this month is fall/Thanksgiving and we have a sketch by the wonderful Sankari Wegman to use as an option.

The adorable cuppie image from A Year of Sweets 3 was colored with copics, cutout, and adhered to the long scalloped Nesties background that was sponged with Pumpkin Pie. The sentiment from A Year of Sweets Sentiments was stamped with Memento Rich Cocoa. Buttons, twine, twill ribbon, and the metal leaf were the finishing touches.



Thanks for joining the hop today....hope you have fun and find lots of inspiration!!!

An Iris for Evelyn

Good morning everyone.....hope you are having a wonderful morning!!! It is a little cool here...it got down in the 40's last night but will warm up to the 70's later today. I finally got my parent's pansies planted in their planter so hopefully, I can finish my pots today. Lowes is full of fall flowers and if I don't hold myself back, I will buy too many....I LOVE all the gorgeous colors!! Anyway....
The Splitcoast Teapotters were headed to Lynn, Massachusetts yesterday on Route 88 to help Anne's (jdmommy) mother, Evelyn, celebrate her birthday!! I was really looking forward to this party because, first, I have never been to Massachusetts, and second, I happen to know that Anne and Evelyn are real good cooks!! Since da Mudder is on a health kick, I thought I could talk Anne and Evelyn into making some sinful goodies for all of the rebels in the group...Whoohoo!!! You can find all Mudder's Teapot Tuesday details here. I will get this in the mail to Evelyn this afternoon!!

This is also for yesterday's Color Challenge on Splitcoast to use Perfect Plum, Baja Breeze, and Pear Pizzaze. The Siberian Iris from Flourishes was watercolored with Tombow markers...I tried to match the challenge colors but my plum turned out a little bright. I don't usually create with so much white but I kinda like it on this...the iris really pops!!

Recips:
Stamps: Siberian Iris from Flourishes
Paper: White, Black,
Ink: Versafine Black Onyx
Accessories: Ribbon, Cuttlebug Embossing Folder, Tombow Markers, Clear ep, Nestabilities

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

Jacob's 1st Birthday Card and a New Technique!!

Hello everyone...hope you had a wonderful Monday!! I took my Dad to his eye appointment this morning and then baked some chocolate chip cookies this afternoon...yummmm!!! I have only had 5 so far...I have to watch my girlish figure...LOL!!! I worked on the TLC challenge card after I was sugared up with cookies ...it's a wonder I don't have ink everywhere!!! First I wanted to show you the card I made for my youngest DGS for his 1st birthday...yikes...I can't believe he is a year old already!!! Anyway...

The adorable little robot from Inky Antics was colored with copics and layered with Bayou Blue and Kiwi Kiss. The background dp is called Rockets 'n' Sprockets by Recollections and the little space ship and space man were cut from the dp. The sentiment was computer generated and the Kiwi Kiss ribbon finished it off.

Recipe:
Stamps: Inky Antics
Paper: White, Blue Bayou, Kiwi Kiss, Recollections dp
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Groovy Guave
Accessories: Nestabilities, Ribbon, Star Punches

I made this card today for the Technique Lover's Challenge on Splitcoast. Marilynn was the Guest Hostess and her challenge was the W.I.S.H. technique. We were to scribble markers on a baggie that was cut open, mist with water, and swish our stamped image across it to color the background. On my first attempt, my image didn't show up and on my second try, I embossed the Rubbernecker Christmas Tree image with white ep...I like how the image really stands out!! Sewing was done around the background edges and the lace, wrinkled seam binding, button, and twine were the finishing details.
Recipe:
Stamps: Rubbernecker
Paper: Vanilla, Kiwi Kiss, Riding Hood Red, Basic Grey's Fruitcake dp
Ink: Versamark
Accessories: Markers, White ep, Nestabilities, Lace, Wrinkled Seam Binding, Button, Twine, Sewing Machine

It's a Moxie Fab Sunday!!

Hello everyone....are you ready for a relaxing Sunday??? After church I will take Mom and Dad to Lowes and buy some pansies for their planter. Hopefully, I can get all the dead summer plants cleaned out of my pots, too, and fill them up with mums and pansies...I just love fall!!! Anyway....

Check out all the fabulous zipper art on the Moxie Fab World Blog.....tooo cool!!!

This is the wall hanging I made for the Moxie Fab World Zipper challenge. The zipper was cut into 3 inch sections and formed into flower petals. A glue gun was used to adhere the petals together and then onto the Nesties Blossom shaped paper flower. An antique button and baker's twine decorate the top. The leaves were stamped onto the October Afternoon Seaside dp with the leaf stamp from Stampers Anonymous Ticket to Art set, cutout, and attached. The background paper also from OA's Seaside dp was glued to the square chipboard coaster....the bottom was scalloped using the My Favorite Things's scallop die. The sentiment from retired Stampin Up! set Woodland Cottage was stamped onto vanilla cardstock, cut out, and attached. The Papertrey Ink Aqua Mist ribbon and tiny pompom trim finished it off.

Recipe:

Stamps: Stampers Anonymous Ticket to art, Stampin Up! Woodland Cottage

Paper: Vanilla, OctoberAfternoon Seaside

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Accessories: Chipboard Coaster, Blossom Nestabilities, Small Pom Pom trim, PTI Ribbon, Cording, Bakers Twine, Zipper, MFT Scallop Die-namics, Antique Button, The Moxie Fab World Tuesday Trigger is this beautiful picture from Martha Stewart.

The basket image with the pumpkins is from Waltzingmouse Stamp's Basket Additions set....it was colored with copics, cutout with a round Nestabilities, sponged with Apricot Appeal, and attached with dimensionals. The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink's First Fruits set and the cork scallop was cutout with the MFT's Scalloped Die-namics die . The twine and button are the finishing details.

Recipe:

Stamps: PTI's First Fruits, Waltzingmouse Stamp's Basket Additions

Paper: Kraft, Vanilla, Prima Papaya Puree Medium, Me and My Big Ideas dp

Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa, Apricot Appeal

Accessories: Nestabilities, Copics, Sewing Machine, Cork, Twine, Button

Stamp TV's Center Stage Spotlight Alumni Blog Hop

Hello everyone and welcome to another Stamp TV Center Stage Spotlight Alumni Blog Hop...Whoohoo!!! We are all excited to get together so we can share ideas and provide you with lots of inspiration!!! If you have come from Jen's Blog, you are on the right track!! To start at the beginning, please go to StampTV and hop from there. Carolina's challenge to us today is a color challenge:
White or Ivory
Brown
Light Blue (Little Boy Blue, Ocean Mist, or Turquoise Sea)
Yellow (Lemon Drop, Sweet Corn, or Wild Dandelion)

The sweet little duck image from Rupa Shevde's Spring has Sprung set was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black onto Pure Luxury White cardstock and colored with copics. The sentiment is from Gina K's Spring Florals set. The umbrella and the water were both paper pieced with paper scraps and Pure Luxury Little Boy Blue was used for the Scalloped Nesties layer. The ribbon and pearls finishes it off.

Recipe:

Samps: Rupa Shevde's Spring has Sprung and Gina L's Spring Florals

Papers: Pure Luxury White, Pure Luxury Little Boy Blue, Stampin Up! dp

Ink: Bashful Blue for the clouds, Memento Rich cocoa for the sentiment, Memento Tucedo Black for the image and paper piecing

Accessories: Nestabilities, Pearls, Ribbon,

Thanks for joining us today....now hop on over to Joy's Blog for more AWESOME inspiration!!!!

Owls and Reindeers..it's a Critter Friday!!

Good morning!!! I had a great afternoon yesterday...finally got caught up on some of my favorite challenges!!! My first card features the sketch from Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge (MTSC99) and the colors are for Mona's CR84FN3 Color Challenge to use pink and green.
The adorable little owls were made with the Stampin Up! owl punch...I just loooove that punch!!!! The background paper is from Heidi Grace Designs and I used scraps for the owls. The cardstock is Papertrey's Lavender Moon (it is a blue tinted pink) and the sentiment is from Penny Black. The rhinestones, sewing, and the button with the ribbon bow finish it off.

This is for the Color Throwdown #118 to use Cherry Cobbler, Soft Suede, and Kraft. I didn't have Cherry Cobbler so I used Riding Hood Red. The deer image from Taylored Expressions Sparkle and Cheer was stamped with Soft Suede and the snowflakes from TE's Winter Wonderland were stamped with Riding Hood Red. The edge was scalloped using an EK success scalloped border punch and the gold pearls and ribbon were added for a little glam.

I may use this design for my Christmas Cards except I'll have to use gold glitter stickers and a flat ribbon without a bow so they can be mailed without extra postage!!

Have a great day and I hope it includes a little stamping!!!