SASI Holiday Blitz

Hi everyone!

If you haven't been to the SASI Blog in the last couple days, hop on over and check out the details on the SASI Holiday Blitz! One lucky winner will receive a prize package including the JustRite 10 Designer Borders and Centers set along with a Birthday Boy Key Ingredients pack!

Check out all the details by clicking HERE!

Taylor's Sketch Challenge

Hi
everyone!
I'm back
with some-
thing else
done in
Baja
Breeze
and Soft
Sky...
I'm
really
lovin'
this
color
combo!

The
layout
is
Taylor's
TECC45
Sketch from Friday. I used the Snowman Cupcake and Let It Snow sentiment from the SASI Home Sweet Home set. This snowman is definitely my current favorite from the SASI collection!

He's stamped in Versafine black Onyx, watercolored with reinkers and a damp watercolor brush. I also added some Candle Light Shimmerz to the snowman's scarf, the green on his hat, and randomly on the embossed snowflakes background.

I just got the Shimmerz from my awesome Secret Santa (I can't tell you "who" yet because not everyone in the swap has their stuff yet). I hope it's okay that I used it already...I just couldn't wait!! Thank you to my SS...you know you you are!! :) Here's a close-up of the Shimmerz.

The Chocolate Chip scallop oval is up on Dimensionals.

I embossed some more snowflakes on the inside of the card just along the top edge, and again added some Candle Light Shimmerz on the snowflakes. This stuff is AMAZING! I also stamped the Let It Snow sentiment three times...kinda like the song, "Let it Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow...." It's stamped in Timber Brown StazOn.

RECIPE ~
Stamps: SASI Home Sweet Home (Taylored Expressions)
Paper: Textured Soft Sky, Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip, Baja Breeze
Ink: Versafine Black Onyx, Soft Sky, Baja Breeze, Kiwi Kiss, Pink Pirouette, Tangerine Tango, Basic Brown, Timber Brown StazOn
Accessories: PTI Ribbon, SU Vanilla Hardware, Oval and Scallop Oval Nestabilities, Dimensionals, SU Scallop Edge Punch, Candle Light Shimmerz
Technique: Watercoloring, Dry Embossing

That's it for today! We did get our Christmas tree up yesterday and all the inside decorations are now up. We even played Christmas music while working on it...love doing that! My favorite CD is the Oldies 98 Christmas...love the 50's Christmas music! Last weekend DH put up the outside lights (our neighbors said they're going to put lawn chairs in our yard and lay out next to our house with sunglasses...I guess we're officially the Griswalds, LOL!). It's really cold outside and we had a light dusting of snow over the weekend, so it really feels like Christmas now. I'm hoping to get my shopping DONE this week...that's my goal anyway. I want to get everything wrapped and ready. I really do love Christmastime and I want to just enjoy the season.

That's it for today! Hope you all have a good day...and stay warm! {smile}

Northwoods Chickadee Holiday

I
LOVE
all
the
chick-
adee
images
this
year,
and
this
North-
Woods
Chick-
adee
Holiday
is no
excep-
tion.
Thanks to Tosh, who stamped some images for me, I was able to play with it (thanks, Tosh!!).

I watercolored it with reinkers and a damp watercolor brush. Then I colored in all the snowy parts with my Versamark marker, added some JudiKins White Diamond EP, and heat embossed it. I don't think the picture captures how sparkly this is in real life....and with EP, the glitter won't "shed" either! I totally forgot about my Versamark marker until I saw the tutorial that Laura Fredrickson posted on her blog recently. You can see her post HERE. I was lucky enough to work with Laura for a while on the Dirty Dozen team. She's not only incredibly talented but she's super nice too...and she always has great technique tutorials on her blog. Thanks, Laura!

I watercolored some more holly leaves and berries from two more images that Tosh stamped for me, cut them out, and popped two of them up on Dimensionals over the main image (the one at the very bottom and the one between the two chickadees). Two more were added to the inside of the card...here's that picture. The inside also has some piercing that was done with my Ornare piercing template that my good friend Lori bought for me. Thanks again, Lori! I love this thing! {smile}

The sentiment is from MFT's Scarf for Three, which is also available at Stamper's Dream.

RECIPE ~
Stamps: Northwoods Chickadee Holiday, MFT Scarf for Three (sentiment)
Paper: Kraft, Basic Black, Watercolor Paper, Wassail DP
Ink: Perm Black, Creamy Caramel, Close to Cocoa, Old Olive, Ruby Red, Wild Wasabi, Marigold Morning, Soft Sky, Versamark (marker)
Accessories: JudiKins White Diamond EP, Hemp Twine, SU Small Oval Punch, SU Word Window Punch, Dimensionals
Technique: Watercoloring, Heat Embossing
Card Size: 5.25" Square

OCC Sketch - Christmas Knit

Hi all! This month Julee will be hosting the challenges on Our Creative Corner, and this week she has a sketch for you. Check out the OCC Blog for the sketch, samples from the OCC team....and there's a giveaway! {smile}

Here are links to the individual blogs as well where you'll find all the details on the cards that the girls made this week: Amy, Cindy, Dawn, Jennifer, Julee, Laurie, and Lynda. Our special guest this week is Alma de la Rosa.

This week I used my Penny Black Xmas Knit stamp that I got at Stamper's Dream. Michelle has a bunch of cool Penny Black stamps in her inventory. So cute!! This one has been sitting here for a couple months just waiting for ink and I finally got a chance to use it. I bought it for the Chick-Lit gallery on SCS months ago, but it just didn't make it into that gallery. It's colored with Copic markers and I added some Frosted Lace Stickles to the white parts of the hat and stocking.

The Xmas Knit stamp, Olive May Arts Ribbon, and Frosted Lace Stickles are all available at Stamper's Dream.

I added the same Wassail striped DP to the inside of the card along with some paper piercing, and I stamped one of the sentiments from SU's Frosty set.

RECIPE ~
Stamps: Penny Black Xmas Knit, SU Frosty
Paper: PTI Select White, SU Always Artichoke, SU Kraft, Wassail DP
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Copics: E51 Milky White, E33 Sand, E35 Chamois, R02 Flesh, YR15 Pumpkin Yellow, Y38 Honey, R59 Cardinal, W7 Warm Gray
Accessories: SU Mat Pack and Piercing Tool, White Felt Snowflake, Wassail Glazed Brad, Olive May Arts Ribbon, Frosted Lace Stickles

Moose and Snowmen

Hi all!
I'm
kidless
today
so I'm
on a
stampin'
ROLL! I
have two
cards to
show you.

On the
first one
I used
my new
Stampendous
Merry
ChrisMoose
stamp. It's
stamped
on Neenah White 80 lb CS with Versafine Black Onyx ink, watercolored with reinkers, and then I added some Candy Cane Stickles to the ornaments and Diamond Stickles to the snow. I embossed the top portion of the card with my Snowflakes Embossing Folder through the Cuttlebug and then layered on some ribbon, hemp twine, and the button. The card base is Razzleberry Dark by Prism Papers. Everything linked in red plus the burgundy May Arts velvet ribbon is available at Stamper's Dream.

I added some embossed snowflakes to the inside of the card as well. You can click on the picture to see a bigger view.

RECIPE ~
Stamps: Stampendous Merry Chrismoose
Paper: Razzleberry Dark Prism paper, Neenah 80 lb White CS, SU Kraft
Ink: Versafine Black Onyx, Creamy Caramel, Basic Brown, Riding Hood Red, Soft Sky
Accessories: Hemp Twine, Red Button, Brown Plaid Ribbon (from Joann Fabrics), Burgundy Velvet Ribbon, Snowflakes Embossing Folder, Candy Cane Stickles, Diamond Stickles, Glue Dot (for the button)
Technique: Watercoloring, Dry Embossing


The
next
one is
for
SCS
Sketch
SC205.
I used
my new
MFT
Scarf
for
Three
(if you
want it,
hurry to
Stamper's Dream because there's only one left!), stamped it on Neenah 80lb White CS in Versafine Black Onyx, and watercolored it with reinkers and a damp watercolor brush. I was inspired by Christine Okken's post where she used baja breeze and soft sky together...gorgeous combo! Thanks, Christine! I don't know if you can see in the picture, but in the corners of the watercolored frame, I added some square blue Hero Arts gems (they fit perfectly in this stamped image!). I also used Diamond Stickles on the middle snowman's hat and in the centers of the white embossed snowflake panels. The main image is up on Dimensionals over the scallop Baja Breeze Rectangle.

The inside of the card has some more dry embossed snowflakes along the bottom edge with Diamond Stickles as accents, and I stamped the "Warm Wishes" sentiment that comes with the Scarf for Three stamp. Again, everything linked in blue is available at Stamper's Dream.

RECIPE ~
Stamps: MFT Scarf For Three
Paper: Baja Breeze, Blue Bayou, Neenah 80 lb White
Ink: Soft Sky, Blue Bayou, Baja Breeze, Tangerine Tango, Versafine Black Onyx
Accessories: Blue Bayou Double Stitched Ribbon, Hero Arts Summer Gems, Dimensionals, Rectangle and Scallop Rectangle Nestabilities, Diamond Stickles
Technique: Watercoloring, Dry Embossing

Thanks for stopping by my blog and I hope you have an awesome weekend!

TSG Dollar Find Friday

Hi everyone!

Here's a little sneak peek of a project I made. You can see all the pictures and my tutorial on Jessica Knutsen's TSG Blog.

*Note...that fourth bullet under the second pic should read, "With the Nestabilities dies, cut out the white circle and the red scallop circle." Sorry about that!

I hope you like it!

I know!!

I know, I know! You're sitting there saying, "She changed her banner again," but check out how cool this is........

I just got home from picking up my work, got the kiddo some lunch, opened up my email, and the WONDERFUL Jami Bova (sgtstamper), who I just adore, made this for me as a surprise!! How flippin' cool!!

It's beautiful, Jami!! I love it!! Thank you so much. You're a sweetheart!!

I just love my stampin' friends. You guys are the best!

{{HUGS}}

Dr. Pea-Nut

Thanks everyone for the comments yesterday about the banner. I really love the colors and the elements of the banner...but like some of you said, the size seemed too high. I was also wondering about the white space behind the title that someone mentioned. So, I now posted a different one that came in the digi-pack that doesn't have the white space...I also figured out how to force the height, yay! I think this one is a little better.

Now, onto the card...

This cute elephant is from the Dr. Pea-Nut set from Our Craft Lounge.

The layout is from one of the High Hopes Challenges (from like two weeks ago I think) and I've been wanting to try it out....finally got the chance!!

The pink patterned DP is by Making Memories. The green DP is SU's Prints Paper in Certainly Celery. The big pink flower and the blue swarovski crystals are from Michael's. The big blue rhinestone brad in the center of the flower is from Taylored Expressions. The white Dr. Pea-Nut panel and the oval sentiment are both up on foam Dimensionals. There's also a foam Dimensional behind the pink flower.

The inside of the card has the same Certainly Celery DP along the bottom and then I stamped the peanuts, also from the Dr. Pea-Nut set, above the DP.

RECIPE ~
Stamps: OCL Dr. Pea-Nut
Paper: Textured Certainly Celery, Certainly Celery Prints DP, Making Memories Pink DP, PTI Select White
Ink: Versafine Black Onyx
Accessories: Prisma Pencils, Gamsol, Blue Swarovski Crystals, Pink Prima Flower, ZVA Creative Blue Rhinestone Brad, SU Small Oval Punch, Dimensionals, Rectangle and Scallop Rectangle Nestabilities
Card Size: 5.25" Square
Technique: Gamsol Magic

Seriously, what do you think...

...of the blog banner?? Do I have it sized right or is it still too big?

I got it last night from Shabby Miss Jenn Designs. I love the shabby papers they have in their blog kits...I just had to add the text (or photo).

I also had to change my layout from the "stretched" version back to this one with the margins on each side because I can't for the life of me get the banner to "stretch" all the way across....I'm evidently digi-challenged, LOL!

Be honest and let me know what you think, okay? {smile}

Fa la la la la....

...la la la la. It's SUCH a good thing that you can't actually "hear" me singing, LOL!

I wanted to make a card using Taylor's Sketch TECC44 from Friday. I love it!!

I used the caroling cupcake from the SASI Home Sweet Home set. The scalloped circle behind the cupcake is up on Dimensionals, and so is the Fa la la la la sentiment. I love this tree pattern from the Be Merry DP...it's definitely my favorite. I especially like it with the Green Prism paper. The DP and Prism paper are both available at Taylored Expressions....but you probably already know that. {smile}

The sentiment on the inside of the card is from the SASI Season's Sweetings set.

RECIPE ~
Stamps: SASI Home Sweet Home, SASI Season's Sweetings
Paper: Prism Herbal Garden Medium, Prism Baby Pink Medium, SU Kraft, MME Be Merry DP, PTI Select White
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Copics: W1 Warm Gray, E43 Dull Ivory, G21 Lime Green, RV23 Pure Pink, R46 Strong Red
Accessories: Pink Satin Ribbon (Michael's), Circle and Scallop Circle Nestabilities, SU Word Window Punch, Dimensionals
Card Size: 5" Square

Northwoods Pinecone

Hi everyone!

First, huge CONGRATS to Dawn (flowergal36) for being yesterday's Featured Stamper on SCS. Not only do I love Dawn's gallery, but she's a sweetheart too. I chose THIS CARD of hers to CASE. I went with the layout, layered ribbon, and incorporated plaid in the DP. I used different stamps, colors, and added a sentiment on the front.

My friend Tosh stamped some of these Northwoods Pinecone images for me. Thanks again, Tosh!! She stamped this one on watercolor paper. I watercolored it with reinkers and then added some Cinnamon Brown Twinkling H20's on the pinecones for a little shimmer. The edges of the main image and sentiment are sponged with Ranger Vintage Photo Distress Ink. The main panel was faux stitched with my piercing tool, mat pack, and a Chocolate Chip marker....then the whole thing is popped up on Dimensionals. The sentiment was cut out using my Spellbinders Double Ended Tags and it was popped up on a second layer of Dimensionals.

The Northwoods Pinecone stamp and the Spellbinders double Ended Tags are both available at Stamper's Dream.

RECIPE ~
Stamps: main image-Northwoods Holly Pinecone (Stamper's Dream), sentiment-SASI Season's Sweetings (Taylored Expressions)
Paper: Chocolate Chip, Real Red, Watercolor Paper, PTI Chocolate Remix DP
Ink: Perm Black, Riding Hood Red, Kiwi Kiss, Wild Wasabi, Basic Brown, Creamy Caramel, Close to Cocoa, Chocolate Chip marker, Ranger Vintage Photo Distress Ink
Accessories: Dark Chocolate Satin Ribbon (Papertrey Ink), Red Glimmer Ribbon (Taylored Expressions), Dimensionals, Spellbinders Double Ended Tags (Stamper's Dream), Brown Sparkly Brads (LSS), Mat Pack and Piercing Tool, Cinnamon Brown Twinkling H20's
Technique: Watercoloring with Reinkers and a damp watercolor brush
Card Size: 5.25" Square

"Branches" mini set from TSG

Hey gang!

Remember that little sneaky peek from my post on Friday?...Well, here's the full card. This one uses the new Branches mini set from There She Goes. You'll be able to purchase all the new sets as of tomorrow!

The main image was stamped in Versamark on PTI Select White CS, and then heat embossed with Detail Gold EP. The edges are sponged with Ranger Distress Ink, Vintage Photo. The Chocolate Chip mat behind the main image is popped up on 1/8" thick foam tape.

The layout is one of Jen Del Muro's awesome SFYTT sketches.

I stamped the inside of the card with the same branch all around the edges in Versamark.

RECIPE ~
Stamps: Branches mini set (There She Goes)
Paper: Textured Tangerine Tango, Chocolate Chip, PTI Select White, Haiku DP
Ink: Brown StazOn, Versamark, Ranger Vintage Photo Distress Ink
Accessories: Tangerine Tango Ribbon, 1/8" Foam Tape (Taylored Expressions), Detail Gold EP (Stamper's Dream)

Later all!

Wintery OCC Challenge

Hi everyone. It's time for another OCC Challenge, and today the challenge is to make a card/project using a snowman or snowflakes.

Be sure to hop over to the OCC blog to check out the samples from the OCC crew, and to see the fun card made by our special guest (and my good friend) Janice Melton. Thanks for being our guest today, Janice!

I made two cards for today. The stamp is from Cornish Heritage Farms, part of the Friendly Kritters Collection. The images were stamped in Versafine Black Onyx and watercolored with inkpads/reinkers. The icicles and snow were done with AIG Dries Clear Adhesive and Starfire Glitter from Taylored Expressions.

The snowflakes on the blue card were punched from white CS with a Martha Stewart punch, sponged with Baja Breeze Ink, and then I added the same Starfire glitter. They were glued down with SU Dimensionals. All ribbon on the blue card is from Papertrey's Silver Collection.

The hemp twine on the red/green card is tied around celery May Arts ribbon that I got at Stamper's Dream and striped organdy ribbon from Pink Hedgehog. The sparkle in the organdy ribbon matches the starfire glitter perfectly! Love that!

The Warm Hearts sentiment was stamped on the inside of both cards. Here's a picture of the inside of the red/green card. The blue card is pretty similar, just white CS matted against black.

RECIPE FOR BLUE CARD ~
Stamps: CHF Frosty Friends, CHF Warm Hearts
Paper: Baja Breeze, Pacific Point, Basic Black, PTI Select White
Ink: Versafine Black Onyx, Ruby Red, Baja Breeze, Glorious Green, Creamy Caramel, Close to Cocoa, Basic Brown, Basic Black, Pink Pirouette
Accessories: Martha Stewart Snowflake Punch, Starfire Glitter from Taylored Expressions, SU Dimensionals, AIG Dries Clear Adhesive, PTI Silver Sheer Metallic 3/4" Ribbon, PTI 1/8" Silver Tinsel Ribbon, Snowflake Embossing Folder
Technique: Watercoloring, Dry Embossing

RECIPE FOR RED/GREEN CARD ~
Stamps: CHF Frosty Friends, CHF Warm Hearts
Paper: Ruby Red, PTI Select White, Fancy Pants Happy Holidays DP
Ink: Versafine Black Onyx, Ruby Red, Baja Breeze, Glorious Green, Creamy Caramel, Close to Cocoa, Basic Brown, Basic Black, Pink Pirouette
Accessories: Celery 3/8" May Arts Ribbon from Stamper's Dream, Striped Organdy Ribbon from PinkHedgehog Paper Crafts, Hemp Twine, Starfire Glitter from Taylored Expressions, AIG Dries Clear Adhesive
Technique: Watercoloring

Have a great weekend!

Crafty Taglines from TSG

Hi all and Happy Friday!!

Here's a card I made using the new Crafty Taglines set from There She Goes. All of the new sets will be available for purchase on Monday!

Oh, and don't forget, Jessica has a fun challenge that you're all welcome to play along in. Just make a card and beautify the inside. When uploading to SCS, be sure to use TSG01 in the keywords field so we can see your stuff.

This is a 4.25" square card. I stamped the brooms on the Saffron base with Versamark. I added some Diamond Stickles to the primas. The layout is one of Jen Del Muro's SFYTT sketches...love this one! You'll see it again on a card I'll be posting on Sunday.....

Speaking of what I'll be posting on Sunday, lookie here...there's a little sneak peek of it. {smile}

RECIPE ~
Stamps: Crafty Taglines (There She Goes)
Paper: So Saffron, Chocolate Chip, PTI Select White, Haiku DP
Ink: Brown StazOn, Versamark
Accessories: Brown Shimmer Ribbon (Taylored Expressions), Primas, Brown Brads, Diamond Stickles
Card Size: 4.25" Square

Enjoy your day!
Denise