Be Mine... Valentine - CR84FN69

Hi All! And a Very Happy Sunday to you! Hope you've all been enjoying a Wonderful  Holiday Season and Super weekend too! Today we start a Brand New CR84FN Color Challenge! Yay! 8-)  And for the next week and a half, we will be working with CR84FN69's Beautiful new color palette of Raspberry, Lavender & Neutral...8-)

I really Loved the colors this time! Just Gorgeous & So Perfect for Valentines!! Yay!  And Valentines are my 2nd all time favorite cards to create! So you know I'm a happy camper, lol 
8-) I stamped my Darling WM Seasons of Love image with Regal Rose, cut it out with the help of my Classic Hearts Nesties set & popped it up with a bit of foam tape. My Mats & BG panels were created with a combination of Kraft, Choice Buttercream, my Sizzix/Tim Holtz Valentines EF, my Snowcap paint dauber, a little distressing and some darling dp's from Crate Paper's Fourteen 6x6 collection.The lavender polkadot dp's were scraps from my stash, so not sure where they are from, lol.  To finish it all up, I stamped my WM sentiment with Memento Rich Cocoa, added a sweet MS punched border and a cute little button all tied up with both hemp and Valentine Doodle twines...8-)

Here are the Beautiful CR84FN Colors...

For all the CR84FN Challenge details, please be sure to visit the CR84FN Blog. And Please Welcome all our New DT Members! I am so thrilled they are joining us & I know you are going to Love all of their Gorgeous creations! And Of course, please do go and check out the all Amazing creations the Fabulously talented DT has whipped up for your inspiration...8-)  l Sure hope you can join us!

Deborah Frings 

Heather Jensen

Pauline Pollington

Sue Lelli 

Andrea Mathews

Mona Pendleton 

Joanne Basile 

Jody Morrow

Lisa Henke

Helen Berry 

Mackie Robertson 

Vickie Zimmer 

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

Warm Wishes For a Happy New Year! - Whimsie Doodles

Hi All! And a Very Happy Day After Christmas to you!  Hope you've all been having a Wonderful Holiday so far! Today I'm back to share my latest Whimsie Doodles, Doodlelicious Diva creation featuring the Absolutely Darling  Pearl the Penguin  image! Isn't he just the Cutest!! 8-) So Darned Adorable with his cozy scarf and earmuffs!8-)

I colored up my Sweet Pearl the Penguin with my trusty Copics, did a little paper piecing for his cozy scarf, added some emboss resist snowflakes and shaded with Tumbled Glass Distress ink. I cut him out with the help of my Classic Circles Nesties sets & popped him up with a bit of foam tape.

For my mats and BG layers, I chose a combination of kraft CS from my stash and some Sweet Festive dp's from Echo Park's This & That Christmas 6x6 collection. And to finish it all up I added my computer generated sentiment hand cut into layered banner tags, a couple of Sweet little Make a Snowflake die cuts, and a touch of Stardust Stickles here and there for a bit of sparkle! Oh and the Awesome Sketch is SSS190 8-)

You can find the Super CUTE Pearl the Penguin image along with lots of other Darling Critter images in the shop's Creatures section! 

Here's Miss Korin's Fab Sketch...

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

Warm Winter Wishes - Taylored Expressions

Hi All & A Very Happy Saturday to you!  Hope you've all been having a Wonderful weekend so far. And hope you are all set & ready for the Upcoming Holidays!! Can't believe Christmas is just a few days away!! 8-) I am pretty much done with all the preparations, except for my baking, which I'll be doing this coming Sunday.. I like everything to be as Fresh as possible, but I hate getting stressed out at the last minute too, so my happy medium is to dedicate a day to baking two-three days before Christmas instead... 8-)  Well, today I'm back to share my final Christmas Card of the year! Whoo Hoo! I had really planned on creating a bunch more, but just plumb pooped out and ran out of time, lol ;-)  That's okay, I've already got my "Christmas Projects To Do list" started for 2013, lol...So I will get to them all, eventually.. 8-) 

I actually made up a few of these little cuties, but this is the one I liked the best... I Stamped my Super Cute The Cool Crowd Snowmen with Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto Choice Snow White, colored them up with my trusty Copics & did a little shading with Tumbled Glass Distress ink. I cut them out and scored the edges with the help of my Score Pal for a nice clean look, and popped them up with a bit of foam tape.  My mats and BG layers were created with Kraft CS, my Sizzix Snowflake EF and some Festive dp's from Echo Park's This & That Christmas 6x6 collection. To finish it all up I stamped my Cool Crowd Sentiment, added a couple Make a Snowflake Die cuts topped with a button and a bit of Doodle Twine, added a little Liquid Applique, a few gems and a touch of Stardust Stickles for a little sparkle too! 8-)

Here are the items I used for my project today...

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Wishing you all a Very Merry & Blessed Christmas! And thanks so much for dropping by! 8-)

Pur Button's Christmas - SFYTT Dec. 2012

Hi All and a Very Happy Thursday evening to you! Hope you've all been having a Wonderful week. AndI hope you are all set and already enjoying the Holidays with friends and family! Today I'm back with a quick post to share my latest creation inspired by Jen's Final December Sketch For You To Try for the 2012 Challenges..  

I printed out my Sweet Pur Button image onto Flourishes Classic White and colored her up with my trusty Copics. I cut her out with the help of my Classic Circles and Scallop Circles Nesties sets & popped her up with a bit of foam tape. For my mats and BG layers, I chose a combination of aqua & kraft CS's from my stash my Sizzix EF and some Sweet Festive dp's from Fancy Pant's St.Nick 6x6 collection with a touch of shading with Vintage Photo Distress ink...8-)

Here's Jen's Awesome Sketch...

I'm So sad that this is the final Sketch for Jen del Muro's Sketch for You to Try challenges!  But I am So grateful for all the Wonderful inspiration, All Jen's Awesome Sketches and that I actually found time to play along all year. 8-) Here are my previous entries:

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

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

Baker's Dozed Studio Challenge December! 8-)

Hi All! And a Very Happy Tuesday to you! 8-) It's time for the Baker's Dozen Studio Challenge.  This is a monthly opportunity for us to share what makes our stamping studios hum.  Each month we will have a fun, crafty question so we can share our favorites, some tips and tricks, stamping advice and more.

The question for December is:

Inpsiration is all around us.  Many of us learned to stamp by CASEing other stampers we admired.  (CASE = Copy and Share Everything)  We want everyone to know that, not only is CASEing perfectly OK, it's actually pretty flattering and a lot of fun!  And it can be especially helpful in the midst of the busy holiday season when it's hard to think straight!  So take some inspiration from your fellow Baker's Dozen Teammates, and show us how you can turn any great inspiration into a fabulous holiday card!

OMGoodness was this ever a Fun Challenge!! 8-)  I got to CASE the Fabulously talented Sankari Wegman, and let me tell you I wasn't sure I'd be able to pull it off! She's got some serious big shoes to fill, lol 8-) And I Absolutely ADORE her Aazing Whimsical style! I kind of did a combination of a CASE of Sankari's Darling card HERE and just keying in on some of her Signautre design elements and style. 8-) I kept the Fun layered Scallops though my scallops are a bit smaller than Sankari's. And of course my main image is different as well as the dies I used to cut it out and the Dp's as well, but you can still see a lot of Sankari's style and signature elements and layout too. I also learned I need more practice with liquid pearls! lol  How do you get your little pearl dots and dashes So Perfect Miss Sankari!!? 8-) Oh well, I did my best! 8-)

Here's a close up  shot of my main image panel, by this time I was starting to do a little bit better with the liquid pearls. lol 8-)

I stamped my Darling Joy ALC image with Memento Tuxedo Black onto Choice Buttercream and colored it up with my Trusty Copics. I cut it out & matted it up with the help of TE's Labels Stacklets 1 Dies, added a touch of shading with Antique Linen, & Vintage Photo Distress inks and popped it up with a bit of foam tape. My Mats and BG layers were created with Hillary Bazzill CS, Cherry Cobbler CS and Simple Stories' Darling Handmade Holiday 6x6 Collection. To finish it all up I added some Fun layered TE Medium Scallop Border Die cuts, some Pretty Red Glimmer Ribbon and lots of little dots and dashes of liquid pearls.. 8-) 

It was a lot of fun CASING Miss Sankari's Awesome Card using a different theme & elements and still achieved a similar look! So even if you don't have the same exact elements of a project you want to CASE, you can still use your creativity and come up with something similar! I always head over to the TE Gallery for some Fabulous inspiration whenever I get stuck...I Love that I always come away with a ton of new ideas and fresh motivation to get going on my next project! 8-)

The Baker's Dozen has Lots more goodies for you this morning, so hop on over and see...8-)

• Charmaine Ikach
• Jen Shults
• Jodi Collins
• Karen Giron
• Melody Rupple
• Regina Mangum
• Sankari Wegman
• Shannon White (You are here!)
• Shelly Mercado
• Stephanie Kraft
• Taylor VanBruggen
• Wanda Guess

Here are the items I used for my project today and you can find them in the TE Store...

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

Stocking Goodies - Whimsie Doodles! 8-)

Hi All! And a Very Happy Saturday to you!  Hope you've all been having a Wonderful weekend so far! Today I'm back to share my latest Whimsie Doodles, Doodlelicious Diva creation featuring the Absolutely Darling  Stocking Goodies  image! Isn't she just the Sweetest Ever!! 8-) So Darned Cute with her Adorable little jammies and bed head hair... Just can't help but smile at this little Sweetie! 8-)

I colored up my Sweet Stocking Goodies Cutie with my trusty Copics, did a little paper piecing for her jammies, stocking and present too. I fussy cut her out & popped her up with a bit of foam tape onto layered SB Classic Circles & Scallop Circles Die cuts..

For my mats and BG layers, I chose a combination of brown CS from my stash and some Sweet Festive dp's from Echo Park's This & That Christmas 6x6 collection. And to finish it all up I added a Sweet little Christmas tree created with TE's Trim the Tree Dies, a touch of shading with Vintage Photo Distress ink here and there, a few adhesive pearls, some red glimmer ribbon and a fun little star embellie to top it all off! 8-)

You can find the Super CUTE Stocking Goodies image along with the rest of the Darling New images in the shop's What's New section! 

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

Whimsie Doodles Challenge - Inspiration Pic! 8-)

Hi all! And a Very Happy Saturday to you!  This month over at the Whimsie Doodles blog, we are challenging you to create a card or project with our Fun Inspiration pic in mind... 8-) So come join in the Fun and play along! 8-) 

Here's the Yummy Inspiration pic... 8-)

And here's my take on it, I chose to focus on more on the colors and look of the sugar crystals... 8-)

I just LOVE the Adorable Cloud Lizzie image !! 8-) Isn't she just the Sweetest! I colored her up with my trusty Copics and did a little paper piecing too. I cut her out with the help of my Classic Circles large and small Nesties sets and popped her up with a bit of foam tape. My Mats & BG layers were created with light greenCS from my stash and dp's from MME's The Sweetest Thing Tangerine 6x6 Collection. And to finish it all up I stamped my Pink By Design Baby Love Sentiment, a touch of Stardust Stickles, a bit of ribbon topped off with a Sweet star embellie from my stash... 8-)

So!..Would you like to be a Guest Designer for a month?! 8-)... If so, be sure to use a Whimsie Doodles image in your creation and put an asterisk ( * )after your name when you link up your entry! Details can be found on the Whimsie Doodles Blog!

Now Hop on over to the Whimsie Doodles Blog and check out what my fellow Doodlelicious Divas have whipped up for the challenge! 8-)

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

Christmas Mr. Snowman - SSSC173

Hi all! And a Very Happy Friday evening to you! Hope you have all had a Super week so far..8-)  Mine been busy busy, but Pretty Good do far.. 8-)  Well today I'm back with a Super quick post to share my latest creation, inspired by Miss Karen's Fabulous Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge #171..

I printed out my Super ADORABLE Heather Ellis Mr. Snowman image onto onto Flourishes Classic White and colored him up with my trusty Copics. 8-)  I cut him out with the help of my Classic Circles and Scallop Circles Nesties sets and popped him up with a bit of foam tape. I added a touch of shading with Antique Linen Distress ink and a bit of sparkle with Stardust Stickles. For my mats and BG layers, I chose a combination of Choice Buttercream CS & some Pretty Dp's from Authentiques Festive 6x6 collection and my sizzix snowflakes EF! To finish it all up I added a couple of layered MFT Let it Snowflakes Die-namic die cuts and a cute little button all tied up with some Yummy Doodle twine... 8-)

Here's Miss Karen's Awesome Sketch...

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