It's Beginning to Look a lot Like Christmas...

Hi All! And a Very happy Monday to you! Hope you all had a Wonderful weekend. Ours was very nice, filled with friends and family and Tons of Yummy food.. lol 8-) In fact, as I sit here typing up my post, I am thoroughly stuffed, from our dinner of Thanksgiving left overs.. lol. Well, Today I'm back with another Fabulous Stamps R Us Challenge. Yay! 8-)  Today our Theme is "Embossing". Our Wonderful Sponsor is Sketching Stamper Digi Stamps. And let me tell you, Their images are just Darling so please do stop by and check them out.  Also, Chris has put together a very generous prize package 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 Fabulous creations the rest of the Wonderfully Talented Design Team has in store for you! 8-)

I printed out my Sweet Snowy Fellow onto Flourishes Classic White and colored him up with my trusty Copics and cut him out & matted him up with the help of my Classic Ovals and Lacy Ovals Nesties sets. I used my Gold Spica glitter pen to color his bell and the cute little star on his Christmas tree. I shaded my image with a touch of Antique Linen Distress Ink while my die was still in place and then popped it up with a few dimensionals. My BG panels were created with he help of my CB and my snowflake EF, a sanding block and the combination of black CS from my stash and dp's from Simple Stories 25 Days of Christmas set. To finish it all up, I wove a bit of seam binding ribbon from my stash through my Lacy Oval die cut, and added a Pretty vintage Button all tied up with some Yummy Bakers twine both from MAD Stamper Finds..8-)

Hope you all have a Fantastic Day! & Thanks so much for dropping by! 

Merry Merry Merry Merry...

Hi All! Hope you have all had a Wonderful week and a very Happy Thanksgiving too! Well it's Saturday and you know what that means... It's time for another Fabulous Sweet Stop Sketch Challenge! Yay! 8-) So maybe take a little break from the Holiday Shopping frenzy and come play along with us! I had a lot of fun with Miss Korin's Awesome sketch, so great for those larger images we all love, and I had a perfect one in mind as soon as I saw this weeks sketch, Bet you will too.. 8-) So, without further delay.... Here is the Sweet Stop Sketch #136  for this week:

And here's my Merry little take on it.. 8-) I pretty much stayed spot on with Miss Korin's Fabulous Sketch..

I stamped My Darling Penny Black Jolly Xmas Kitty onto Flourishes Classic White with Memento Tuxedo Black and colored him up with my trusty Copics. I added a few emboss resist  Flourishes snowflakes.. First I embossed my snowflakes with White EP and then very lightly sponged on a bit of Tumbled Glass Distress inks over top and created my Sweet snowy scene. I cut out and matted up my Sweet Jolly fellow, embossed the edges with the help of my Score Pal for a nice clean look. For my Mats and BG layers I chose a couple of different dp's from MME's The Merry Days of Christmas 6x6 set. To finish it all up, I stamped my Impression Obsession sentiment with Memento Tuxedo Black onto a matted up strip of white CS, added a touch of Stardust Stickles here and there, and a couple a layered die-namic snowflakes topped with a cute little button and all tied up with some Yummy Bakers twine from MAD Stamper Finds. 8-)

I 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 Wonderful creations the rest of the Sweet Stop Sugar Babies have whipped up for your inspiration. Leave them a little Love too, it's always greatly Appreciated.... 8-)         

The Sugar Babies

 Cathy

Chrissy

Janice

Kim

Korin

Lorie

Monika

Shelby

Wendy

Hope you all have a Fantastic Weekend & Thanks so much for visiting today! 

Yuletide Blessings!

Hi All! And a very Happy Friday to you! Hope you all had Happy Thanksgiving! Mine was Wonderful, so much to be Thankful for.8-)  And I didn't have to do any cooking.. Just baked a few pies and off the the Fire station I went. I think it's really great that they allow family & friends to come and have holiday dinner at the station when their loved ones have to be on duty, Like my DH was. Plus The fellas do all the cooking! So nice of them. My DH was in charge of the Cranberries, and I must say, he did a great job! They were delicious! 8-) Well, today I thought I would do a quick post to share one of the projects I've been working on this week.. I've had a few different ideas floating around in my head for some relatively quick and easy Christmas cards to mass produce and send out to friends and family this year. And here's what I came up with for my first idea..

I actually made up 10 of these.. Kind of a take off on the ones I did  for Thanksgiving, but I think they came out pretty nice.. What do you think? 8-).. These were pretty quick and easy.. My main BG panels were created with kraft CS from my stash that had been painted with my SowCap paint dauber and run through my CB with the Christmas Blessings EF, and then sanded a bit so the words would show through.  The remaining BG panels were made up with a combination of various strips of dp from Authentique's Wonder collection, some ivory CS from my stash and the help of an MS border punch. My Lovely Ornaments were  stamped using Waltzing Mouse's Vintage Ornaments set with with two different SU's inks, Old Olive and Cherry Cobbler and then cut out with the help of my SB Heirloom Ornaments dies and then popped up with a few dimensionals. My Waltzing Mouse Sentiment was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black onto the center of my Ornaments. And to finish them all up, I just inked all my edges with a touch of Vintage Photo distress ink, added seam binding bows and cute little buttons all tied up with some Yummy Baker's twine from MAD Stamper Finds...See, pretty easy peasy, huh...8-)

Here's  few more pics of the individual cards.

Hope you all are Enjoying your family and friends over this long Holiday weekend & Thanks so much or stopping by today!

Joy, Love, Peace...

Hi All! And a Very Happy Wednesday to you! Are you all set and ready for Thanksgiving?  Well this year, My DH has to work, so we will be having Thanksgiving at the Fire Station, and that means The Fellas will be cooking which is a nice treat. 8-) And I will be baking a few pies to bring with me to help out.  Well today I'm back to share my latest creation inspired by Impression Obsession's "Stamps Only, No Patterned Paper" Challenge. We are to create our own with Impression Obsession stamps, which was a lot of fun for me as I actually enjoy creating my own BG dp's, but don't always have the time...

Well as you have guessed, all the Stamps used on my card today are from Impression Obsession.  My image panel was created using I/O's Winter Cardinals Clear set, that I dont' seem to be able to locate in their store at the moment for some reason, and I colored it up with my trusty Copics. I added  a bit of shading with some Antique Linen Distress ink to the edges and then embossed them with the help of my Score Pal for a nice clean look. My sprinkling of snow was created with little dots of liquid applique and some Stardust Stickles, which you cant' really see to well in my picture, but IRL there's lots of pretty sparkle.  My BG was created using I/O CAC Harlequin, and Music stamps, and then I matted everything up with some brown CS from my stash.  My sentiment was created using I/O's Christmas Borders clear stamp set and Memento Rich Cocoa. To finish it all up I popped my image panel up with a few dimensional  added a fun die-namic snowflake and a cute little button all tied up with some Yummy bakers twine from MAD Stamper Finds.

Hope you all have a Wonderful Thanksgiving, filled with friends, family and lots of love and laughter too. Thanks so much for Stopping by today! 8-)

Peace & Joy! 8-)

Hi All! Hope you have all been having a Wonderful week! Well it's Saturday and you know what that means... It's time for another Fabulous Sweet Stop Sketch Challenge! Yay! 8-) And as this is the Third Saturday of the month, we have a fun Spin too, which means there's an Awesome prize up for grabs to one very lucky winner! 8-) Our spin this time is "Anything goes"  How easy peasy is that huh?.. 8-)  See so there's no reason not to play along this week! Can't wait to see what you all come up with! So, without further delay.... Here is the Sweet Stop Sketch #135  for this week:

And here's my take on Miss Korin's Fantastic sketch!

I printed out my Darling Rhubarb's Gingerbread man image from Sweet N Sassy Stamps onto Flourishes Classic White, colored him up with my trusty Copics and added a bit of shading with a touch of Antique Linen Distress ink. I cut out and matted up my Sweet little fellow, embossed the edges with the help of my Score Pal for a nice clean look and popped him up with a few dimensionals. For my Mats and BG layers I chose a couple of different dp's from Basic Grey's Wassail pack. To finish it all up, I stamped my Flourishes sentiment with Memento Rich Cocoa onto a PTI die cut tag, added a Sweet MS punched border and a Cute little button all tide up with some Yummy Bakers twine from MAD Stamper Finds. 8-)

I 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 Fabulous creations the rest of the Sweet Stop Sugar Babies have cooked up for your inspiration. Leave them a little Love too, it's always greatly Appreciated.... 8-)         

The Sugar Babies

 Cathy

Chrissy

Janice

Kim

Korin

Lorie

Monika

Shelby

Wendy

Hope you all have a Fabulous Weekend & Thanks so much for Visiting today! 8-)                 

Sending Hugs..

Hi All! Happy Thursday to you! hope you all have been having a Great week! Mine's been pretty good so far and a little busy, but in a good way, I've been getting those Christmas cards completed.. I am hoping to be done with them by the beginning of Dec..lol Wish me luck! 8-)  For today however, I have a card to share that I sent off to my Dear Sweet friend who is home recovering from surgery, so it's en-route as we speak.. 8-)  And I just had to use the Beautiful colors the Fabulous Ladies of CR84FN chose for their current color challenge #42  this week..

Is this a Pretty Pretty color combo or what! 8-)  And here's what I came up with.. Sure hope my friend likes it and it brings a smile to her face...

My main BG panel was created with kraft CS from my stash that had been painted with my SowCap paint dauber and run through my CB with the Victorian EF, and then sanded a bit so the flourishes would show through.  The remaining BG panels were made up with a combination of dp's from MME's All Girl stack, Chrissy W's Lizzy Mae digi dp's and the help of my MS border punch.  My Waltzing Mouse Sentiment was stamped Onto a SB Labels 14 Die cut with Memento Tuxedo Black and shaded up with touch of MS Primrose Pigment ink. To finish it all up, I just added a some seam binding ribbon and yummy bakers twine both from MAD Stamper Finds, a Pretty Prima Rose and a few Sweet pearls for the corners...8-)

Hope you all have a Terrific Day & Thanks so much for dropping in! 

Peace, Love, Joy...

Hi all! Hope you are having a very Happy Monday!  Today I'm back with another Fabulous Stamps R Us Challenge. Yay! 8-)  Today our Theme is "Bling it On". Our Wonderful Sponsor is Crafty Sentiments Designs. And let me tell you, their images are just Darling so please do stop by and check them out.  Also, Shell has put together a very generous prize package 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 Adorable creations the rest of Super Talented Design Team has in store for you! 8-)

I Printed out my Sweet Snowman Broom image onto Flourishes Classic White and colored it up with my trusty Copics and cut him out & matted him up with the help of my Classic Ovals and Lacy Ovals Nesties sets. I added  a bit of liquid applique to my Sweet Snowman's hat, shaded my image with a touch of Antique Linen Distress Ink while my die was still in place and then popped it up with a few dimensionals. my BG panels were created with a combination of red CS from my stash and some Signature Christmas dp's from MME.  To finish it all up, I stamped my MFT sentiment directly onto my BG with Memento Rich Cocoa, added a bit of Festive ribbon from my stash, a Die-namics snowflake, a touch of Stardust Stickles ( for my Bling ) and a cute little button all tied up with some Yummy Bakers twine from MAD Stamper Finds..8-)

Hope you all have a Fantastic Day! & Thanks so much for dropping by! 

Let it Snow! 8-)

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.. And since it's Saturday, you know what that means 8-).. It means I'm back with another Fabulous Sweet Stop Sketch Challenge. Yay!  I am still in serious Christmas Mode, lol So hopefully you wont mind too much that the majority of my posts for the next few weeks will most likely be Christmas cards.. And today's is no exception lol.. 8-) Anyway, without further delay.... Here is the Sweet Stop Sketch #134  for this week:

And here's my take on it! I pretty much kept spot on with Miss Korin's Fabulous sketch..

I printed out my Sweet Penguin's Playtime image from Di's Digi Downloads onto Flourishes Classic White, colored it up with my trusty Copics and added a bit of liquid applique to the trim of their Darling little hats.  I cut out and matted up my Adorable Winter Friends, embossed the edges with the help of my Score Pal for a nice clean look and popped them up with a few dimensionals. For my Mats and BG layers I chose a combination of Basic Grey's Figgy Pudding dp's and kraft CS from my stash. I stamped my I/O sentiment with Memento Tuxedo Black onto a strip of kraft CS and adhered it to the upper corner of my image. To finish it all up, I just added a Fun die-namics snowflake, a Sweet MS punched border, a touch of stardust stickles, and a Cute little button all tide 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.  And as always, please, make sure to stop by and take a peek at the Wonderful creations the rest of the Sweet Stop Sugar Babies have whipped up for your inspiration. Leave them a little Love too, it's always greatly Appreciated.... 8-)                                                                 

The Sugar Babies

                                                                               Cathy

Chrissy

Janice

Kim

Korin

Lorie

Monika

Shelby

Wendy

Hope you all have a Fabulous Weekend & Thanks so much for Visiting today! 8-)

American Hero.. 8-)

Hi All! And a Very Happy Friday to you! Just one Question, Have you hugged a Veteran today? 8-) I sure have! Of course I have it pretty easy as My DH is what one might call a "retired" Marine..But, I don't actually think there is such a thing, since the saying goes," Once a Marine, Always a Marine! Semper Fi!"  8-)
Well, I made this card for My DH to first off, wish him Happy 236th Marine Corps Birthday and second,  to thank him for all he has done in service to our Country. And I sure hope you all will go out and Hug a Veteran today too and thank them for all they have done as well... I know they would greatly appreciate being remembered.

I actually got a lot of help on my card today from K&Co. They have some really great Armed forces type embellies.. So glad I picked up a couple of their Marines sets.. 8-) My mats and BG panels were made with a combo of kraft and red CS from my stash, my CB and Stars EF and dp's from K&Co's Americana Stack a well. My Eagle Globe and Anchor is a dimensional CS sticker also from K&Co that I matted up on a few more layers to give it that nice looking Award status and then popped it up with some foam tape. And to finish it all up I matted up a K& Co Marines embossed sentiment sticker and popped that up as well with a bit more foam tape.  Well, I sure hope he likes it, I hid it in his bag for work as a surprise.. Bethcha he thought I forgot.. lol  Can't wait to hear from him when he finds it.. 8-)

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

Give Thanks..8-)

Hi All! And a very Happy Thursday to you! Hope you have been having a Wonderful week.  Mine has been pretty good so far.. Had a New Change to my work schedule so, will definitely be getting used to that and having to re-think my crafting time etc.. But it I know it will all work out, one way or another..lol  Well, today I thought I would do a quick post to share what I've been working on this week so far.. I really have been needing to finish up the cards I send out to friends and family for Thanksgiving.. I only had about 6 done (Yikes! ) Which of course is not nearly enough.. I need at least 12 possibly 14..lol  So I thought I had better come up with a pretty but easy to make in multiples design right Quick, KWIM?...8-)  So here's what I came up with...

I actually made 6 of these, and was thrilled that I could use up some of my scraps of dp while I was at it.. 8-) These were pretty quick and easy.. My main BG panels were created with kraft CS from my stash that had been painted with my SowCap paint dauber and run through my CB with the Harvest blessing EF, and then sanded a bit so the words would show through.  The remaining BG panels were made up with a combination of various scraps of dp from MME, and Bo Bunny, some ivory CS from my stash and the help of an MS border punch. 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 Onto SB Classic Ovals Die cuts with Memento Rich Cocoa and shaded up with  touch of Antique Linen Distress ink And to finish them all up, I just added a some hemp twine and Fab Buttons sent to me by my Sweet Friend Dina Kowal..Thanks Miss Dina!!  And that's it.. See, pretty easy peasy, huh...8-)


Here's  few more pic of the individual cards.. 

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

Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Birthday Blog Hop! 8-)

Hi All! And welcome to the Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Birthday Blog Hop!  We're Celebrating  4 Wonderful years and are so glad to have you join us today! A big Huge Congrats to Miss Korin and the continued success of Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps. I wish you many, many more Anniversaries to come. I'm just so grateful & thrilled to be a Member of this warm wonderful Sweet 'n Sassy family! So sit back everyone and relax, maybe grab your favorite drink or snack and get ready for some Amazing Eye Candy from all of our Amazing designers today! 8-)
Our Fantastic group of Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps design team members past and present, along with some special friends, have put together today's Birthday Blog Hop to kick off a whole month of fun. We have 36 stops so the hop will take place over three days - feel free to take your time visiting each blog!  You have until 11:59pm EST November 9th to leave comments on as many blogs as you can.  On Saturday, November 12th Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps will announce FOUR winners (chosen at random from comments on random stops along the hop); each lucky winner will receive a prize pack including stamps, dies, paper & twine valued at $40! 

If you have been following along already you should have come from the Fabulous Blog of  Stephanie Wright.  If you are only starting here, please head back to the SNSS blog and go from there.  You won't want to miss any stops along the way!  Also, don't forget to comment on as many stops as you can....the more comments the better your chance of winning one of the fabulous prize packs! 8-)

Here is what I created for the hop today... 8-)

My first creation was made with the Cocoa's Christmas set. I just thought Cocoa was way too Adorable not to include in our Hop today! 8-)  I colored him up with my trusty Copics and cut him out & matted him up with the help of my Classic Ovals and Scalloped Ovals Nesties sets. I shaded my image with a touch of Antique Linen Distress Ink while my die was still in place and then popped it up with a few dimensionals. my BG panels were created with a combination of kraft and red CS from my stash and some Light and Fun Christmas dp's from K&Co.  I also added a bit of texture with the help of my CB and my snowflakes EF.  And to finish it all up,  I added my sentiment from the same set, popped it up as well with a couple more dimensionals, added a touch of stardust stickles, some pretty natural crochet lace, a bit of red velvet ribbon and a sweet vintage brad from my stash to top it all off.  

And my second card was created with the newly released Rhubarb's Stocking digi. Isn't he just the Sweetest little fella ever?.. Just so Cute with his Darling Christmas Stocking... Hmmm seems I have a theme going here.. lol.. Well I printed out my Sweet Rhubarb onto Flourishes Classic White and colored him up with my trusty Copics, of course..  I cut out and matted him up and added a bit of shading to the edges with some Antique Linen Distress Ink and then embossed them for a nice clean look with my Score Pal. For my mats and BG pieces I used a combination of Kraft CS from my stash, a fun MS border punch and Signature Christmas dp's from MME. To finish it all up, I stamped my Sweet 'n Sassy Sentiment with Memento Tuxedo black onto a little hand cut tag, popped up my Darling image panel with a bit of foam tape, added some seam binding ribbon, a couple Die-namic Snowflakes and a few Sweet adhesive pearls.Pretty easy peasy, huh... 8-)  

Here are a couple pics of the inside, as this is a Gift card holder too.. You could also use it to hold Tea bags, or a pack of Cocoa or even Sweet Ghirardelli Chocolate squares as well..

Thanks so much for joining in the fun today! Happy Birthday Sweet 'n Sassy and Happy Hopping Everyone! 8-)... Your next stop is the Very Talented  Janette Olen, but just in case there are any hiccups, here is the whole list of celebrants on this party train:

Korin Sutherland
Holly McMillen

Taylor Usry

Kim Schofield

Monika Davis

Lydia Fiedler

Harriet Skelly

Makiko Jones

Jerusha Borden

Mary Marsh

Lori Craig

Kim O'Connell

Chris Dickinson

Stephanie Wright

Shannon White (you're here)

Janette Olen

Katlyn Traxler

Deb Felts

Stephanie Serrano

Jessica Fick

Kim Singdahlsen

Mary Faus

Sandy Domelle

Bridget Finlay

Ceal Pritchett

Dina Kowal

Margo Smith

Shelby Goolsby

Tami Mayberry

Lorie Souther

Darsie Bruno

Cathy McCauley

Beate Johns

Janice Melton

Jacquie Peifer

Lisa Hjulberg

Winter Wonderland..

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.. And since it's Saturday, you know what that means 8-).. It means I'm back with another Super Sweet Stop Sketch Challenge. Yay!  And I am in serious Christmas Mode, lol as it will be upon us before we know it.. So just preparing you that most of the cards you will be seeing over the next few weeks will most likely be Christmas cards.. And today's is  no exception lol 8-)....Anyway, without further delay.... Here is the Sweet Stop Sketch #133  for this week:

And here's my Christmasy take on Miss Korin's Awesome sketch! 8-)

I printed out my Adorable little Heart Song Designs Snowflake Bear onto Flourishes Classic White and colored him up with my trusty Copics. My BG mats and layers were made up with a combination of Kraft & Ivory CS from my stash and some Festive MME dp's. my Snowy panel behind my Sweet little bear was created with he help a bit of emboss resist Flourishes snowflakes.. First I embossed my snowflakes with Snow Cap EP and then very lightly sponged on a bit of Tumbled Glass, and Stormy Skies Distress inks over top and created my snowy scene. My Kraft panel was embossed with the help of my CB and my snowflake EF. The rest is pretty simple.. I fussy cut my Sweet Teddy Bear out, and popped him up with a few dimensional. My Impression Obsession Sentiment, that I can't seem to find in their store just now, was stamped directly to my BG with Memento Tuxedo Black. I added a fun Die-namics die cut snowflake a Sweet red pearl brad from MME and some Yummy baker's Twine from Sweet N Sassy Stamps to finish it all up. 8-)

Well, I sure hope you can play along with us at The Sweet Stop!  Can't wait to see your take on this weeks sketch and what you all come up with!  And as always, please, make sure to stop by and take a peek at the Super Fabulous Creations the rest of the Sweet Stop Sugar Babies have cooked up for your inspiration! 8-) Oh Yeah, and speaking of the Wonderfully Talented  Sugar Babies, I am so thrilled to announce we have a brand new Sugar Baby joining the team this week, so please give a very warm welcome to the very talented Chrissy Dickinson of Creating with Chrissy. I just know you are going to Love her Wonderful creations! 8-)

The Sugar Babies

Cathy
Chrissy

Janice

Kim

Korin

Lorie

Monika

Shelby

Wendy

By the way, Sweet n' Sassy is celebrating 4 fabulous years so I will be back on Monday to join in on the blog hop so I hope to see you all then.  In the meantime, have a Fantastic weekend & thanks so much for dropping in! 8-)