All Seasons Sweet...

Hi All! And a very Happy Friday to you! Today I am back with a really quick post to share my latest creation, inspired by Cupcake's Creations CR84FN #39, they had such Fabulous Fall colors colors this week, also Mojo Monday's Terrific Sketch# 208, and Dolce Stamps & Cards Challenge #2, Fall colors.. 8-)

And Here's my take on the Lovely Fall colors inspiration and sketch... 8-)

I stamped  a couple of my BG pieces using Impression Obsession's CAC Music stamp onto some white CS from my stash and then shaded it up with a bit of Antique Linen Distress ink and then added even more distressing with my Ranger Snow Cap paint dauber. The rest of my mats and BG panels were made with a combination of kraft CS form my stash and dp's from Basic Grey.  My Lovely fall leaves were  stamped using Impression Obsessions Maple Leaf stamp with with three different Distress Inks, Rusty Hinge, Wild Honey and Vintage Photo and then I  fussy cut them out and popped them up with a few dimensionals. My Impression Obsession Sentiment from their Count Your Blessings Clear Set was stamped Directly onto my BG with Memento Rich Cocooa. And to finish it all up, I just added a Pretty Prima flower topped off with a Sweet MME brad.Pretty easy peasy, huh... 8-)

Oops, I almost forgot to show you the inside.. lol  This is actually a Card / Gift Card Holder...

 

Hope you all have a Wonderful Day & thanks so much for dropping in! 

Peek-A-Boo!

Hi All! And a very Happy Thursday to you! Just wanted to share my latest Halloween creation and play along with a couple of challenges while I was at it!  Thought I'd try a couple new ones to me.. First off  I just loved the Sweet Sunday Sketch #136  and Also Paper Sundae's Challenge #88 is Anything Goes, So How perfect is that!  I guess I will just have to play along with both! 8-)

And here's my take on Karens Super Fun Sketch... 8-)

I stamped my Sweet little Peak-A-Boo Ghost from Whipper Snapper onto Flourishes Classic White and then colored him up with my trusty Copics of course, lol and brushed my clouds using my favorite template and Dusty Concord Distress ink. I cut out and matted up my Adorable little Ghostie using my Classic Rectangles and then popped him up with a few dimensionals. For my Mats and BG layers I chose a combination of Making Memories Darling Toil and Trouble dp's and some black CS from my stash. To finish it all up, I just added a Spooky MS Iron Gate punched border, a fun little spider web made with the help of my Cricut and the Mini Monsters cartridge, and a cute little buttons all tied up with some Yummy Bakers twine from MAD Stamper finds! 

Hope you all have a Terrific Day & Thanks so much for stopping by! 8-)

Boo! 8-)

Hi All! And a very Happy Wednesday to you! Hope you have all been having a Wonderful week. It's been a super busy one for me so far.. Been working on  a few projects that you will all get to see very soon.. And I have also been finishing up my Halloween cards as well.  I just have a few more to put together, and then I am on to concentrate on my Thanksgiving and Christmas cards! 8-)

Well hear are a few Halloween cards that I have finished up and will be sending out to friends and family.. I don't seem to be able to make up 15 of the same card, lol.. Somewhere by card number 4 or 5, I get really "thru" with the design and have to move on to something else.. So There will be a few different types of Halloween cards going out, and I am sure it will be the same for my Thanksgiving and Christmas cards as well... lol   For these little cuties, I used my fun Whipper Snapper Witch from The Witch is In set again, the layout is a variation on an older Sweet Stop Sketch and I used a Flourishes Sentiment.  First I stamped my little Witch onto Flourishes Classic White with Memento Tuxedo black and shaded with a little Dusty Concord Distress ink and cut out and matted her up with the help of my Classic Ovals and Scalloped Ovals Nesties sets. For my BG panels and mats I used a combination of purple, black CS from my stash and some Fab dp's for The Basic Grey Eerie set.o finish it all up I popped up my image with a few dimensionals, stamped my sentiment with Memento Tuxedo black and added a bit of fun ribbon from my stash. See, super easy peasy!  8-)

Here are a couple of pics of the two different cards individually.. 

Hope you all have a Fabulous Day & Thanks so much for dropping in! 8-)

Thinking of You.. 8-)

Hi All! And a very Happy Tuesday to you! 8-) Today I'm Back with another Fabulous Tuesday Throwdown Challenge! Yay! 8-)... It's also my final September Guest Designer Post as well.  It truly has been an honor to join the Terrifically Talented  Ladies of Tuesday Throwdown.  I have to tell you, it was quite a treat to get to work with this warm wonderful group! I got to meet some new friends and it's just been a fantastic experience! Thanks so much Ladies for having me! 8-)
Well, This week our challenge is Thinking of you!  So make up a card/creation with a Thinking of you theme and join in the fun! 8-) Our Wonderful Sponsor is My Grafico,  and They have put together a fabulous prize for one lucky winner!  So I sure hope you can play along with us. And please stop by Tuesday Throwdown's Blog to take a peek at the Beautiful creations the rest of the Fabulous Design Team have whipped up for your inspiration! 8-)

I printed out my Sweet Bird Cage image from My Grafico's Posh 'N Trendy set onto Flourishes Classic White and did a bit of paper piecing using some Fabulous dp's from MME's Lost & Found 2 set and added a bit of coloring and very light shading with my trusty Copics. I cut out my image and inked the edges with Vintage Photo Distress ink and popped it up with a few dimensionals along with the cute little birdie too, but had to use a teeny tiny piece of a dimensional for him..lol.  My BG panels and mats were made up of a combination of MME's Lost & Found 2 set and some ivory CS from my stash. I added a Sweet MS punched border and then inked all my edges with a touch of Vintage Photo Distress Ink.  My I/O Sentiment was stamped onto a hand cut tag with Memento Tuxedo Black. To finish it all up, I added a  MFT die-namic Fancy Flourish to hang my Darling Bird cage from and a Fun die cut layered flower and leaves I created with the help of my Cricut, the Mohter's Day Bouquet cartridge all topped off with a Terrific little MME brad... Pretty easy peasy, huh..? 8-)

Hope you all have a Fabulous Day & thanks so much for dropping in! 

Santa's Little Helper!

Hi All! Happy Saturday to you!  Today I am back with another Fabulous Sweet Stop Sketch Challenge! Yay!  I had a lot of fun with this one, it was just perfect for my Super Sweet Cocoa's Santa Hat Digi from Sweet 'N Sassy Stamps. I decided to make up a card / gift card holder instead of just a card. I think these will definitely come in handy for the holidays So without further ado, here's the Sweet Stop Sketch #127 for this week:

And here's my take on it... Pretty much the only tiny tweek this time is I used my Classic Ovals and Labels 18 Nesties instead of a Rectangular Image panel. 8-)

I printed out my Sweet little Cocoa's Santa Hat image onto Flourishes Classic White and colored him up with my trusty Copics.  I added a bit of shading with Antique Linen Distress ink and a little liquid applique to his Cute little Santa Hat. I cut him out and matted him up using my Classic Ovals and Labels 18 Nesties sets and then popped them up with a few dimensionals. For my Mats and BG layers I chose a combination of Kraft CS from my stash and some Fabulous dp's from MME's Holly Jolly collection. My Sweet 'N Sassy Sentiment was stamped with Memento Rich Cocoa onto a little Cricut die cut layered oval and then shaded up with a little more Antique Linen Distress Ink. To finish it all up, I added some ribbon from my stash, a few sweet adhesive pearls, a few Fun snowflakes I made up with my MFT Snowflake Trio Die-namics and a touch of Stardust stickles for a bit of Bling..

Here are a couple of pics of the inside with a gift card inside so you can see how it will look..8-)

  

I sure hope you can all play along with us at The Sweet Stop!  Can't wait to see what you all come up with for  this weeks sketch.  And as always, please, make sure to stop by and take a peek at the Fabulous Creations the rest of the Sweet Stop Sugar Babies have cooked up for your inspiration! 8-) 

The Sugar Babies

Cathy

Janice

Kim

Korin

Lorie

Monika

Shelby

Wendy

Hope you all have a Fabulous weekend & thanks so much for visiting! 8-)

It's Your Big Day!

Hi All! hope you have all been having a Fantastic week so far!  It's been a busy one for me, as I am now trying to do a little catch up since we are back from Monterey.  It was just Wonderful up there. We had  such a Fantastic time! And the weather was just Fabulous, seems like it's already Fall up there, cooler temps and the leaves are already starting to change! It was just Wonderful..But it's oh so nice to be home too! 8-)  Well today I thought I would play along with one of my most favorite challenges just for fun.

I chose to play along with the Fabulous Ladies of CR84FN and their latest Color Challenge #38. And OMGoodness, what an absolutely Gorgeous color palate they gave us to play with this time!

I printed out my dress form image from My Grafico onto Flourishes Classic White and did a bit of paper piecing using some Adorable dp's from MME's All Girl Stack and added a bit of coloring and shading with my trusty Copics.  I cut out  my image and popped it up with a few dimensionals onto my matted labels 14 that I stamped a bit of detail with my Waltzing Mouse Holiday Label No. 14 set and MS pink begonia pigment ink and then popped that up as well with a few more dimensionals.  My BG panels and mats were made up of a combination of MME's All Girl Stack and some ivory CS from my stash. I added a Sweet MS punched border and then inked all my edges with a touch of Vintage Photo Distress Ink. My Waltzing Mouse Sentiment was stamped directly onto my BG with Memento Tuxedo Black. To finish it all up, I added some ribbon from my stash, a Pretty Pima Rose and some yummy bakers twine from MAD Stamper Finds.8-)  

Hope you all have a Fabulous Day & thanks so much for dropping in! 

Be Thankful..

Hi All! And a very Happy Tuesday to you! Today I'm Back with another Fabulous Tuesday Throwdown Challenge! Yay! 8-) This week our challenge is Fall Days!  So make up a card/creation with a Fall Days theme and join in the fun! 8-) Our Wonderful Sponsor is Sweet 'N Sassy Stamps,  and Miss Korin has put together a fabulous prize for one lucky winner!  So I sure hope you can play along with us. And please stop by Tuesday Throwdown's Blog to take a peek at the Wonderful creations the rest of the Fabulous Design Team have whipped up for your inspiration! 8-)

I printed out my Sweet Cocoa's Pumpkin onto Flourishes Classic White and then colored him up with my trusty Copics, as always.. lol, and then added a bit of shading with Antique Linen & Vintage Photo Distress inks.  I cut out and matted up my Adorable little Cocoa using my Classic Circles and Scalloped Circles Nesties sets and then popped him up with a few dimensionals. For my Mats and BG layers I chose a combination of dp's from Basic Grey and K & Co.'s Autumn Stack. My Sweet 'N Sassy Stamps sentiment was stamped onto a cute little die cut tag made with the help of my Cricut and the Mother's Day Cartridge using Memento Rich Cocoa. To finish it all up, I added a bit of ribbon from my stash and topped it off with a Sweet button and tied it all up with some Yummy Cappuccino bakers twine from Sweet 'N Sassy Stamps. Pretty easy peasy huh?..8-)

Hope you all have  Wonderful day & thanks so much for visiting!

Happy Birthday!

Hi All! And a very Happy Monday to you, hope you all had a Wonderful weekend! My Darling Hubby and I had a Fabulous time up in Monterey, we had so much fun I almost didn't want to come home.. lol But we did, and Today I am back with another Fabulous Stamps R Us Challenge! Yay! Today our Theme is "Operation Write Home's Birthday".  So make up a Birthday card and join in the fun  & help us Celebrate with OWH too! 8-)  Our Wonderful Challenge Sponsor is The Paper Shelter, and they have put together a fabulous prize for one lucky  winner!  So I sure hope you can play along with us.  And please stop by the Stamps R Us Blog to take a peek at the Darling creations the rest of the Fabulous Design Team has whipped up for your inspiration! Oooh, I almost forgot, please make sure to say Hi and welcome our Terrificly Talented Guest Designer Miss Jo Edwards! I just know you are going to love her Wonderful challenge creation! 8-)

Well, I printed out my Adorable Teddy Bear with Flower pre- colored image.... Yes, you read right, lol I did not use my "trusty Copics".. lol I know a few of you may need to sit down from shock.. lol.. Actually few of us decided to try out The Paper Shelter's pre-colored images. They really are a lot of fun to use if you need to make up a card in a hurry!  And you know I have never used a pre-colored image before and just couldn't help but add a little something extra.. lol  So I just had to add some Big fluffy clouds using my favorite cloud template, Tumbled Glass Distress Ink and a small stenciling brush. And then I did a bit of shading with a touch of Vintage Photo Distress Ink so my Sweet little Teddy would have a bit of ground to sit on. I cut out and matted up my little friend using my Labels 18 Nesties set and then popped him up with a few dimensionals. For my Mats and BG layers I chose the Sweet Trattoria Chef digi dp's also from The Paper Shelter. My Lil' Inker sentiment was stamped with Memento Rich Cocoa directly onto my BG.  To Glitz it up a bit I had added some Stardust Stickles to the flower's center and then realized, Oh Yeah, this card is for OWH, which means there can be no glitter added... As the glitter can stick to skin and uniforms and can be seen with night vision so it's deadly to our troops. So, Big time Yikes!  Well luckily it wasn't normal glitter, it was Stickles and after it dried I completely sealed it in with a heavy coat of glossy accents for good measure.. Whew! Disaster averted! lol.. To finish it all up, I just added a bit of ribbon from my stash and a cute little button all tied up with some Yummy Bakers twine from MAD Stamper finds! 

Hope you all have a Fantastic day & thanks so much dropping in! 8-)

Merry, Merry!..

Hi All! And a very Happy Saturday to you!  Hope you all had a fantastic week! It's been a busy but fun one for me.. Well, today I'm back with another Super Sweet Stop Sketch Challenge. Yay! This week's sketch comes with a fun Spin, which means there's a Fabulous prize up for grabs to one very lucky winner!  Our spin is "starstruck" So make sure to incorporate that into your card/creation and join in the fun!...8-)  I've been really wanting to ink up my new Penny Black Christmas stamps, and Korin's Awesome sketch was just perfect for what I had in mind! Anyway, without further delay.... Here is the Sweet Stop Sketch #126  for this week:

And here's my take on it... Pretty much the only tiny tweek this time is I put my sentiment onto a cute little punched tag instead of directly onto my BG panel.. 8-)

I stamped my Sweet little Best Day Ever image onto Flourishes Classic White and did a little masking and stamped my Adorable Holly Jolly image too.  I colored up my Cute little Christmas Hedggies with my trusty Copics, and added a bit of shading with Antique Linen Distress ink and a touch of stickles to their cute little star ornaments and the snow. I cut them out and matted them up using my Classic Ovals and Scalloped Ovals Nesties sets and then popped them up with a few dimensionals. For my Mats and BG layers I chose a combination of dp's from MME, Fancy Pants and some forest green CS from my stash. My Impression Obsession Sentiment was stamped with Memento Rich Cocoa onto a little punched tag and then shaded up with a little more Antique Linen Distress Ink. To finish it all up, I added some ribbon from my stash, a few sweet adhesive pearls, a fun star button I made up with a couple die cut stars layered and coated with stickles and glossy accents and tied it up with some yummy bakers twine from MAD Stamper Finds.8-)

I sure hope you can play along with us at The Sweet Stop!  Can't wait to see what you all come up with for  this weeks sketch with a spin! And as always, please, make sure to stop by and take a peek at the Adorable Creations the rest of the Sweet Stop Sugar Babies have whipped up for your inspiration! 8-) 

The Sugar Babies

Cathy

Janice

Kim

Korin

Lorie

Monika

Shelby

Wendy

Hope you all have a Fabulous weekend & thanks so much for visiting! 8-)

Trick or Treat!

Hi All! And a very Happy Tuesday to you! Today I'm Back with another Fabulous Tuesday Throwdown Challenge! Yay! This week our challenge is Pearls!  So make up a card/creation with pearls and join in the fun! 8-) Our Wonderful Sponsor is Stitchy Bear Stamps,  and they have put together a fabulous prize for one lucky winner!  So I sure hope you can play along with us. And please stop by Tuesday Throwdown's Blog to take a peek at the Terrific creations the rest of the Fabulous Design Team have whipped up for your inspiration! 8-)

I printed out my Sweet Pumpkin Bear onto Flourishes Classic White and then colored him up with my trusty Copics, as always.. lol, and then added a bit of shading with Dusty Concord Distress ink.  I cut out and matted up my Adorable little bear using my Classic Ovals and Scalloped Ovals Nesties sets and then popped him up with a few dimensionals. For my Mats and BG layers I chose a combination of Making Memories Toil & Trouble dp's and some black CS from my stash. To finish it all up, I added some cute little adhesive pearls, a bit of ribbon from my stash and topped it off with a Sweet pearl brad. Pretty easy peasy huh?..8-)

Hope you all have  Wonderful day & thanks so much for visiting!

Happy Haunting...

Hi All! And a very Happy Saturday to you!  I'm back with another Fun Fabulous Sweet Stop Sketch Challenge. Yay! I had so much fun with Korin's Fantastic sketch this week! I knew it would be perfect for my Super Cute Penny Black Pumpkin Soup image that I found over at Oozaks.  What great prices they have too!  I have always loved Penny Black's images and finally broke down and picked up a few since they were so reasonable.. lol  Anyway, without further delay.... Here is the Sweet Stop Sketch #125  for this week:

And here's my take on it.  As you can see, I pretty much stayed spot on with Miss Korin's Awesome sketch!

I stamped my Sweet little Pumpkin Soup image from Penny Black onto Flourishes Classic White and then colored him up with my trusty Copics, as always.. lol and added a bit of shading with Dusty Concord Distress ink.  I cut out and matted up my Adorable little kitty using my Classic Circles and Blossom Nesties sets and then popped him up with a few dimensionals. For my Mats and BG layers I chose a combination of Basic Grey's Fabulous Eerie dp's and some black CS from my stash. My Flourishes Sentiment was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black onto a little punched tag and then shaded up with a little more Dusty Concord Distress Ink.. To finish it all up, I just added a few CS stickers from the the Eerie Set and to make them look like little brads I added a touch of Glossy accents for shine and dimension. Pretty easy peasy huh?..8-)

Well, I sure hope you can play along with us at The Sweet Stop!  Can't wait to see what you all come up with for  this weeks sketch!  And as always, please, make sure to stop by and take a peek at the Darling Creations the rest of the Sweet Stop Sugar Babies have whipped up for your inspiration! 8-) 

The Sugar Babies

Cathy

Janice

Kim

Korin

Lorie

Monika

Shelby

Wendy

Hope you all have a Fabulous weekend & thanks so much for visiting! 8-)