Inkspiration Sketch Challenge

It's still cold and snowy here and we will be this way for many months to come. I decided to break away from my holiday card making for today's Inkspirations Sketch Challenge.
Check out the fun sketch! I hope you can play along!

There are no thoughts of snow with this card....only SPRING! It's been a little while since I have created a SU! only card and decided it was time :) Although I'm no longer a demo I still love their products. I'm sure you can figure out what I did here so I won't bother going into any detail other than the card measures 5 x 5.

Stamps: Branch Out, Sweet Little Sentiments; Cardstock: Real Red, Old Olive, WW and Summer Picnic DSP; Inks: Choc chip, Old olive, Kiwi kiss, Real red, Bashful blue; Accessories: Mat pack and Paper piercer, Scalloped Edge punch, Oval punches, Silver HPH, Dimensionals
Thanks for stopping by today! I appreciate all your kind comments!
Before you go please stop by an leave some kind comments for the Inkspiration Team:

• Chantelle Huizenga
• Cindy Major
• Dawn Easton
• Kirsty Brown
• Makeesha Byl
  
• Renee VanStralen
• Sarah-Jane Kale

Christmas Wishes

Well it warmed up a TAD yesterday and I was able to head to the basement and stamp a little. The warmth is not going to last unfortunately....lol
Since I'm still trying to finish up a few more Christmas cards I thought I'd pull out this oldie but a goodie from PTI called Believe. The layout comes from the SCS sketch challenge #258.

Stamps: Believe; Cardstock: Pure Poppy, Gold, White and PTI dp; Inks: Memento Black; Accessories: Copics, Mat pack and Paper piercer, Oval Punch, Stickles, Pure Poppy Ribbon, Scalloped Edge Punch, Dimensionals
I am supposed to have today off but must go into work for a little bit. This afternoon I plan on stamping though :)
Thanks for stopping by!

Charlotte's Christmas Tree

It seems as though the name Charlotte is popular this holiday season! LOL!
This is Charlotte from Little Loud Stamps which are available from PaperWorksCo.
On Sunday I was lucky enough to play along with Karen's Sweet Sunday Sketch #47. She always has such wonderful sketches and it helps to get my mojo going!
Charlotte's hat has some fun crushed velvet flock and the star has some stardust stickles added to it.

Stamps: Charlotte's Christmas Tree; Cardstock: Wild Wasabi, Riding Hood Red, White and Jolly by Golly dp; Inks: Memento Black; Accessories: Copics, Nesties, Scalloped Edge Punch, Stardust Stickles, Tombow Glue, Crushed Velvet Flock, Dimensionals
It's still toooooooo cold to stamp in my basement and I'm thankful I stocked up on some cards last weekend...lol! Thanks for stopping by today!

{Friends

Last week I received my order from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps. She has some of the cutest images! I've seen so many people using them and knew I'd have to get them. Since she's in Canada, like me, I didn't have to wait an eternity for my order to arrive. No customs, no duty and no exchange rate! Yeah!

This is Charlotte.

Thanks for stopping by today! It's been super cold here and when it's like that I don't go downstairs to stamp much. I hope to get some other things made later this week!

Sending You Christmas Wishes

I love cute images and this one from PaperWorksCo. is no different! Isn't Charlotte a cutie pie? She is so fun to colour! This is Charlotte's Holiday Mail. The sketch comes from Jen's SFYTT and I paired it up with some of my fave holiday paper this holiday season, Cosmo Crickets Jolly by Golly.

Stamps: Charlotte's Holiday Mail; Cardstock: Wild Wasabi, White and Jolly by Golly dp; Inks: Memento Black; Accessories: Copics, Nesties, Scalloped Edge Punch, Mat pack and Paper piercer, Stardust Stickles, Brads, Dimensionals
Thanks for stopping by today!

Discover Your Wings - Inspiration Challenge

Good Evening!
Well today has been CRAZY! With snow that is! I can't believe the snow we have gotten in the past day...it's unreal! It looks like we have had winter for months and not 24 hours...lol
Other than digging out today I didn't go anywhere. So I stamped this evening after getting our Christmas tree up!!! Chloe did a fabulous job. Usually I am picky with what goes on the tree and where but this year I thought I'd let her take control.
Saturdays mean an Inspiration Challenge on SCS and I chose to use this piece here.
I gave brayering a shot....as you can see I need to practice a bit more...
This is a new set from Taylored Expressions called Discover Your Wings.

Stamps: Discover Your Wings; Cardstock: Black, Kiwi Kiss, White; Inks: Black, Kiwi, Soft Sky, Baja Breeze; Accessories: Brayer, Stickles, Dimensionals
Thanks for stopping by! I hope I have more time to stamp tomorrow!

Crafty Cuppie - TE Sneak Peek

Today is the big release from Taylored Expressions but before you run on over to get your new stamps I have one last card to share ;)
This month Taylor has done something a little different. Instead of offering a Key Ingredient Kit to go along with stamps she has put together a card kit. I didn't receive the kit but you can find all the details on Taylor's blog this morning.
Isn't this new cuppie set cute?! Crafty Cuppie will be used a ton by me!

Stamps: Crafty Expressions; Cardstock: White, Prism, Cosmo Cricket Girl Friday DP; Inks: Black; Accessories: Copics, Nesties, paper piercer, Modern Label Punch, Mini Rhinestones, Button, Thread, Ribbon, Dimensionals

Come blog hoppin' with me to see what the Baker's Dozen girls have cooked up with Crafty Cuppie and Crafty Expressions today.

• Charmaine Ikach
• Donna Baker
  
• Jackie Pedro
• Jami Sibley
  
• Jodi Collins
• Karen Giron
• Karen Motz
• Laurie Schmidlin
• Sankari Wegman
• Sharon Harnist
• Taylor VanBruggen

Be sure to leave some love along the way because one lucky commenter will win a Crafty Cuppie stamp set! How cool is that?

All you have to do is leave a comment on each Baker's Dozen blog today for the best chance to win! One lucky winner will be chosen at random from all of the comments on one of the blogs, but the trick is that nobody knows which blog it will be! You have until 6am PST on Saturday to enter. The winner will be announced Monday morning on Taylor's blog.

Inkspiration Challenge!

Good Morning Everyone!
A couple of weeks ago I got a really sweet email from Keesh asking if I'd like to join her Inkspiration Challenge Team! Things have finally started to settle down for me and I have time to do a few more crafting projects. I, like most of you, am a challenge junkie...lol
I do hope you can play along!
This week the challenge is an inspiration:

I've always found inspirations the most difficult but when I saw this cute little girls bedroom I knew what DP I wanted to use right away! I've had this in my stash since last Valentine's Day...haha! The cuppie image came from the cute cupcake rug beside the bed!!
This stamp set is called Love is Sweet from Taylored Expressions.

Stamps: Love is Sweet; Cardstock: Real Red, Certainly Celery, White and DP; Inks: Memento Black; Accessories: Copics, Nesties, Mini Rhinestones, Ribbon, Dimensionals, Stickles
Stop by the Inkspiration Challenge Team blogs to see what fabulous creations they have to share!

• Chantelle Huizenga
• Cindy Major
• Keesh Byl
  
• Kirsty Brown
• Renee VanStralen
• Sarah-Jane Kale

Come back a little later for my last TE sneak peek.

Sweet Occasions - TE Sneak Peek

Yippee! Today someone is coming to look at the furnace! It's been running for the past day with no issues but it's going to get cold and you know that's when problems ALWAYS happen...haha!
The Baker's Dozen girls are previewing two sets today! Half of us are doing Sweet Occasions and the other half are doing Crafty Cuppie.
For my card I used Jen's SFYTT from last weekend. I loved all the fun layers!
I loved the MME holiday paper from last year and thought it'd be great with this yummy looking ice cream! The images in this set are WONDERFUL! Wait til you see them all!!! So fun to colour too!

Here is a close up to show the stardust stickles on the cherry and also the glossy accents on the chocolate! This card also has a lot of dimension.

Come blog hoppin' with me to see what the Baker's Dozen girls have cooked up with Sweet Occasions today.

• Charmaine Ikach
• Donna Baker
  
• Jackie Pedro
• Jami Sibley
  
• Jodi Collins
• Karen Giron
• Karen Motz
• Laurie Schmidlin
• Sankari Wegman
• Sharon Harnist
• Taylor VanBruggen

Be sure to leave some love along the way because one lucky commenter will win a Sweet Occasions stamp set! How cool is that?

All you have to do is leave a comment on each Baker's Dozen blog today for the best chance to win! One lucky winner will be chosen at random from all of the comments on one of the blogs, but the trick is that nobody knows which blog it will be! You have until 6am PST on Friday to enter. The winner will be announced Friday morning on Taylor's blog.

Discover Your Wings - TE sneak peek

Happy Wednesday!
I almost thought I wouldn't have a time to get this posted last night....my furnace broke down...again...I think it's time for it to be replaced...lol
I spent a great deal of the evening close to a vent...trying to warm up! LOL! I also wanted to be sure that it didn't quit again...So far so good!
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Today Taylored Expressions and the Baker's Dozen are previewing an upcoming set called Discover Your Wings. Every three months Taylored Expressions releases a set for the TE Giving Tree Program.
Discover Your Wings was designed by Nancy McKinney and $7 from the purchase of each set will be donated to the Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep Foundation http://www.nowilaymedowntosleep.org/home/
The Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep Foundation is a charity that serves families dealing with infant death. Their mission statement is “To introduce remembrance photography to parents suffering the loss of a baby with the free gift of professional portraiture. We believe these images serve as an important step in the family’s healing process by honoring their child’s legacy.” NILMDTS administers a network of almost 7000 volunteer photographers in the US and 25 other countries. This is a wonderful charity that TE is honored to support and I would encourage you to learn more about them by going to their website.
This card is a 5 x 5 square. The image was coloured with Copics and some Stardust Stickles were added to the wings along with some Tiny Taylor Twinkles.

Come blog hoppin' with me to see what the Baker's Dozen girls have cooked up with Discover Your Wings today:

• Charmaine Ikach
• Donna Baker **SASI blog today
  
• Jackie Pedro
• Jami Sibley
  
• Jodi Collins
• Karen Giron
• Karen Motz
• Laurie Schmidlin
• Sankari Wegman
• Sharon Harnist
• Taylor VanBruggen

Be sure to leave some love along the way because one lucky commenter will win a Discover Your Wings stamp set! How cool is that?

All you have to do is leave a comment on each Baker's Dozen blog today for the best chance to win! One lucky winner will be chosen at random from all of the comments on one of the blogs, but the trick is that nobody knows which blog it will be! You have until 6am PST on Thursday to enter. The winner will be announced Friday morning on Taylor's blog.

Friendship FS147

I was so excited to come across this card for Sunday's Featured Stamper! Boatloads of Love has seen it's share of ink over the past couple of years but I am seriously thinking of adding it to my pile of stamps to sell :(
It's not that I don't love the set but it's time to let go....kwim?
For my card I kept the same layout and stamps but changed the colours and used jumbo eyelets instead of little ones.

Stamps: Boatloads of Love; Cardstock: PTI white, Core'dinations cardstock; Inks: Memento Black; Accessories: Copics, Mat Pack and Paper piercer, Jumbo Eyelets, Word Window Punch, Modern Label Punch, Ribbon, Dimensionals
Tomorrow starts the Taylored Expressions sneak peeks! I hope you'll come back!~

Your Friendship is a Blessing

Happy Monday!
Whew I'm so glad the weekend is over! It was soooooooooo busy at work and there was soooooooooooo much drama! Last night I had a young man have a seizure or something at the front of the store. After tending to him and calling 911(twice...grrrrr) I was worried sick about him. A few hours later his mom called to thank us for taking good care of her son. That was really sweet of her and helped calm my nerves a bit.
Before all that work stuff...I was able to stamp a few cards!
This one was for Karen's Sweet Sunday Sketch #46.
Just recently I picked up this Cosmo Cricket Nutmeg designer paper. So rich and warm, eh?
I stamped the images from Branching Out with Memento Rich Cocoa and coloured with Copics. This is one of my all time fave stamp sets from Taylored Expressions!!!

Stamps: Branching Out; Cardstock: Choice Buttercream, Core'dinations, Nutmeg DP; Inks: Mememto Rich Cocoa; Accessories: Copics, Nesties, Dew Drops, Dimensionals
Thanks for stopping by today!

CC Designs Winter Sugarplums BLOG HOP!

Welcome to the CC Designs Winter Sugarplums Blog Hop!!

The Winter Sugarplums stamp release is so large the entire team is participating in a blog hop to give all of you just a taste of the fabulous creations you can make with these stamps!

If you've just happened across my blog and didn't start at the beginning click here.
You won't believe all the SWEET images in this set...seriously! I had a hard time deciding who to get inky first! Trevor skiing caught my eye because we get a lot of snow here and skiing is a wonderful winter activity.
This card is a 5 x 5 square.
Stamps: Winter Sugarplums, AmyR's Winter Sentiments; Cardstock: Riding Hood Red, White and CC Jolly by Golly dp; Inks: Memento black, Soft Sky; Accessories: Copics, Riding Hood Red Ribbon, Ghost Snowflake, Stickles, Scalloped Edge Punch, Button, Thread, Nesties, Dimensionals, 2 way glue pen, dazzling diamonds, sponges
Don't forget to comment! ONE random comment from one of the blog hop posts will be chosen to win the ENTIRE Winter Sugarplums stamp collection!! So make sure to leave a comment on each post to increase your chances of winning!

Thanks for stopping by! Continue the hop by visiting Janneke next!

Warm Winter Wishes with Eskimo Sayuri

Good Morning!
So did all my American friends have a successful day of shopping yesterday? If so, I'm curious what kind of great deals you got?!
Today I've got another preview for you from All That Scraps.
This is Eskimo Sayuri along with AmyR's Winter Sentiments. Both will be available on Monday!!!
There are actually TWO Eskimo stamps. The other one is called Eskimo Benji.

Thanks for stopping by today! Tomorrow the All That Scraps girls will be having a blog hop to showcase a huge set that will be available on Monday! Can't wait to see what the others have created!! Fun fun!
Have a GREAT Saturday!

Snowflakes and Cupcakes

Happy Friday!
It was so nice to have yesterday off work!! I managed to have a pretty productive day both around the house and around my stamping table ;) I'm still working on previews for the upcoming release from All That Scraps. So many great sets and images!!
Today it's AmyR's turn with her Snowflake set. There are several wonderful snowflakes in different sizes that would make a FANTASTIC background...that will be my next card ;)

I've also got a card to share for the Ways To Use It Challenge(something sweet) and Mercy's Sketch #49. I have been wanting to use this new dp...it's so fresh and fun...and it's really for Valentine's Day...haha!
It's a nice change from all the holiday card making.

Thanks for stopping by today!!

Enjoy...

the day off! That's what I plan to do! Although my day will still be busy. But then when is life not busy these days, right?
I was cruising through some of my folders last night and I don't think I shared this Dirty Dozen card with you. It's ALMOST a SU! only card. I'm pretty sure I added some stardust stickles to the flower centers. The challenge for this card was to use the In Colours...all of them ;)
I did it! I can't recall the last time I used those Build A Brads....hmmmm! I can remember when I first got them and used them on EVERYTHING! Time to dig into my stash again!
Thanks for stopping by! Be sure to scroll down and see the All That Scraps sneak peek!

Warm Cocoa Wishes

This is a preview of Diane's new set called Warm Cocoa Wishes that will be available from All That Scraps on Monday. It's going to be another set that I'll be using quite often for gift giving! Chloe already has ideas of gifting handmade packages of cocoa to her friends. I told her she should get busy then ;)
Well I better go and get busy stamping! I have more previews to make!!

Hope you have a wonderful day and thanks for stopping by!

Warm Winter Wishes

Otis and Milo Warm Winter Wishes is a new set that will be available from All That Scraps on Monday. I adore anything to do with snowmen and was so excited to see Heather drew some!! CUTE!
There are some super adorable images and fun sentiments included in this set! I can see myself using them several times this winter season.

Stamps: Otis and Milo Warm Winter Wishes; Cardstock: White, Prism, Jolly by Golly DP; Inks: Memento Black; Accessories: Copics, Wavy border punch, ribbon, stickles, snowflake punch, ghost snowflake, dimensionals, white candy dot
Thanks for stopping by today!

Merry & Bright SSSC #45

Merry & Bright!!
Can you believe Christmas is a little more than a month away?! Where has this year gone?
Today All That Scraps starts the December previews and unfortunately I don't have a card to share with you. I have only had a chance to make a couple of cards so far and today's sneak peek is one I haven't finished...sorry!
Stop by the ATS girl's blogs to see what they have to share though!!
I do have a card from Karen's Sweet Sunday Sketch #45. This is a SU! only card. Very simple and quick! Last year my favourite colours for Christmas cards were Wild Wasabi, Real Red and So Saffron.
Thanks for stopping by today! I'll definitely get busy stamping with my ATS stamps after work tonight and have a week FULL of sneak peeks!

Nora

Good Morning!
Ok the end of my busyness is near....for work that is....lol
Today I have my presentation and then work will just be work....kwim?
This is going to be a busy week for Sneak Peeks! Starting Tuesday you'll see All That Scraps and wait until you see the adorable images!!!
Yesterday I took a break from numbers and charts to play along with the Featured Stamper on SCS. This is the card I created and this is the card I cased.

Stamps: Swiss Pixie Nora; Cardstock: White, Real Red, Retired SU dsp; Inks: Memento Black; Accessories: Copics, Nesties, Red Gingham, Dimensionals
Thanks for stopping by today!