Birthday Celebrations Color Challenge

Made this card for todays Color Challenge over at SCS. CC202. Well I didnt pay very good attention because I was supposed to use Regal Rose, Bravo Burgandy and Kiwi Kiss and I used Rose Red instead. Dont know where my head was at. But I hope you like it anyway.

I used SU Parisian Summer and Ski Slope DSP. All SU cardstock. Brads and baubles and the Upsy Daisy stamp set.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day.

Ann

Sweet Valentine

Hi Everyone!!

I went to Michaels today and found these cute little heart doilies and the little silver ribbon charm in the wedding section so of course a Valentine card was in the making. I had a challenge coloring my Tilda today because I just did not have the correct colors that I needed so I did the best I could. I guess I will have to look into adding more colors to my set.

Once again, I do not know the name of this Magnolia stamp but I cut her out and propped her up on my ribbon. My cardstock is all SU and my DSP is from Amy Butler. I used a corner punch for decoration and some Oyster Baubles from Stamping Bella. I also embossed the back panel with my Swiss dots folder.

Thanks so much for stopping by. I am on to see if they posted the color challenge on SCS.

Ann

Friend

I never did this weeks sketch challenge over on SCS for some reason so I decided to give it a try today. I also took out paper that I had and never opened. CAN YOU IMAGINE? A crafting item bought and not used. Impossible. LOL. So I used this adorable Magnolia whose name I do not know. How do you all remember their names. They are not on the packages. Any whoo.....My paper is from SU Muirfield and my cardstock is all SU too. Primas and brad, nesties for sentiment and we have ourselves a card. Oh and of course I used my copics to color.

Now here is my big question and maybe it has been asked before and I missed everyones answer BUT...on the Magnolias do you color thier hands as if in mittens with the winter stamps or do you color them in flesh tones? I never thought about this until today but would like to know what everyone else does.

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Ann

Fairytale Love

This is my card for this weeks Featured Stamper over at SCS. Her name is Lori Craig and she is super talented. Here is her card I chose to case:

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/1180628?cat=12594

I chose to keep her gorgeous layout and changed the colors, paper and sentiment.

My gorgeous DSP that I love so much and have been hording for awhile is from Amy Butler. MMMM so delish. My cardstock is SU and so is my sentiment which is from Full of Life. Love this set. I used my scallop punch from SU for the trim and made my swirl from a sizzix die in my cuttlebut. Flowers are prima and silver baubles are from Stamping Bella

Thanks so much for stopping by. Hope you enjoyed my card.

Ann

Chill Out!

Hi Everyone! Well considering how very cold it is here on Long Island I decided to make an appropriate card for the weather. We are going through a real cold spell right now that I know alot of you either have or are experiencing also. BRRRR....and to tell you how nerdy I am about the cold, I went out to Walgreens and bought my whole family Snuggies. Have you seen them on TV? Yup those are the ones. We look HYSTERICAL in them but I have to say I am warm and toasty in the house. If you happen to have a Walgreens by you they are on sale for $14.99.

So onto my last card for today. I used a set from Missy B designs. I made my own DP stamping the snowflakes in Burgandy onto the pink panel. Then I cuttlebugged the burgandy panel in my snowflake embossing folder. Colored my "chilly" guy with my copics, added some ribbon and brads and there you have it. Oh and I dotted with a white gel pen.

Hope you are all having a great 3 day weekend. More tomorrow from me and my snuggie!!

Ann

There's a mouse in the house

I just love these little House Mouse stamps but have been so afraid to color them with my new copics. I have alot of learning when it comes to the shading but I felt brave today and gave this little girl a shot. I think she came out pretty good.

I used my copics and spica pen to color her. My paper is SU cardstock and DCWV DSP. I used my oval nesties to cut her out and my tags for the sentiment which is from Stamping Bella. Cuttlebugged the pink panel in swiss dots and ran a brown ribbon through the sentiment. Simple.

Thanks for taking a looksie!!

Ann

Inspired by

Good Morning Everyone. Here is my card for todays Inspiration Challenge #IC163 over on SCS. We had to pick a picture from Pottery Barn Teen to inspire us. NOT HARD to find something. This is what I picked:

http://www.pbteen.com/products/p3763/index.cfm?pkey=cgirls-duvet-covers

I made this last night while stamping with my good friend Jodi. When I walk into her stamping room I feel like I am in HEAVEN. She is super organized, has more room than me and tons more goodies than I do. I feel like a kid in a candy store and her work is so SUPER amazing and I learn something new from her all the time. Thanks for a great time Jodi!!

I will be stamping all day today so I am sure I will be back later.

Ann

Just Ducky

I made this card as an entry for the Feb Guest Design Spot over at Whimsy Stamps. I used their stamp Duck from the Animal Collection. I got my new labels nesties yesterday and I played with them on this card. Have you seen the new nesties coming out??? OMG!! My cardstock is SU and my DSP is Washington Apple. I colored with my copics and added skittles and some ribbon. I love the way this card came out. This little duck is way too cute and I love the paper with him.

Thanks for stopping by. I will probably have another post later today.

Ann

My Friend

I had the WORST time with this card. First of all, I dont work with Kraft very often so this was challenge #1. Then I was obsessing over my layout. I needed it to be just so and it was not coming out that way. So I just gave in. THEN!!! I took the picture of my card and packed my light box away and looked at my enlarged picture and there is this tiny white string on my card in the picture....but it is not on my card....the weirdest thing. THEN when looking at my enlarged picture again I see the tiny shards on my paper that is telling me my blade needs to be changed on my trimmer. SOOO you see although I do like this card I had a few challenges with it.

I made it for the color challenge over at SCS #CC201. Colors were Kraft, Not Quite Navy and Baja Breeze. My stamp is from SU. Upsy Daisy. My sentiment is from Stampendous. All cardstock is SU and so is my DSP (I believe I used Urban Garden). Navy brads are from American Crafts.

Thanks so much for stopping by. Enjoy your night.

Ann

Turtle Love

I made this card today for the Whimsy Stamps challenge over on PCP. We had to use black in our card. I am really happy with the way this turned out. I love this little turtle guy. So adorable, as are all of the Whimsy Stamps.

My cardstock is all SU. DSP is SU from Ski Slope which I had to stock up on because I LOVE this paper. Ribbon is SU and flowers are primas.

I hope everyone is okay braving the cold. Here on Long Island we are in a real cold spell right now. Teens with a wind chill. YUK. I am sitting here wrapped in my big thick bathrobe over my clothes and I will tell you, the cold is really sapping my energy. Does this happen to anyone else? I just feel so unmotivated to do anything but keep warm!!

Hope you are having a great night. Thanks so much for stopping by.

Ann

Missy B Color Challenge

Hi All!! I am posting my card that I made for the color challenge over at Missy B Designs on PCP. It was to use kraft, mellow moss and not quite navy. Not an easy color combo for me so I hope I did it justice. I used their Trees stamps and sentiment. Very simple and clean. I did not even feel the tree needed coloring. I just stamped it in Not Quite Navy and put white dots around my scalloped edge with my white gel pen from SU. Thanks so much for stopping by.

Ann

Take a break with a little luv..

Well my weekend company is gone and I am back to my craft table. WHOO HOO!! I made this cute little valentine card with an image I received in the mail. I just love these cute little bees. All my cardstock is SU. Some of my DSP is from Michaels and some is from SU (washington apple). I used my white gel pen from SU, red glitter from Martha Stewart and brads from BG.

My second card was made with an image from MFT. I have to say I think my two new images from them have to be my new favs. They are just so versatile. My cardstock is again SU, my DSP is from SU Washington Apple, ribbon from my stock and brads from BG.

Have a great night and thanks for stopping by.

Ann

A Challenging Challenge

I made this card for SCS Sketch Challenge SC210. I also STARTED OUT making the card for the color challenge also which is Brilliant Blue, Pumpkin pie and garden green. Well I made the card a number of times and just could not pull it all together. The sketch, colors, images, ect ect. So this is what I wound up with. Not too bad. My image is Rosemary from MFT that I colored with my copics. My dsp is DCWV Retro pack. My sentiment is Stamping Bella and all cardstock is SU. Oh and flowers are Primas that I bought over at SNSS. I am going to try and work on that color challenge now. Thanks for stopping by.

Ann

Isnt Chocolate a food group??

As I said yesterday, I would be using the same layout for todays card. Except today I made my card for the Monday Challenge over at SNSS. I used an incredible set from SNSS called chocolate. If you like chocolate and have friends that like chocolate, this set is for you!! My DSP is from SEI called Alpine Frost (I think??). My flowers are primas with tiny buttons in the center. I used a fiskars corner punch on the plaid, my oval nesties, and a corner rounder from SU. Thanks so much for stopping by and check out this set over at SNSS.

Ann

Whimsy Challenge Card

I made this card for the Whimsy Stamps Challenge over at PCP. They wanted us to design a card with flowers. Love it!! I used my new whimsy stamp from the animal collection called Duck. He is so cute!! My DSP was purchased at Michaels ages ago. Dont even know the name. I dry embossed with my cuttlebug the two square layers and the side sentiment. Then added some primas and a few skittles and I am done!! My layout was from the SNSS challenge for Monday. I will use it again tomorrow for my SNSS challenge card. Thanks so much for stopping by and have a great night.

Ann

Wish on A Scrap Challenge

Hi All, I am busy busy today getting caught up on a couple of challenges. The first challenge I did was the one over at Wish on a Scrap

The design team challenged us to make a card based on "what we wear". So me being the yoga pants and tank top kind of gal I made this bella. Now mind you, I DO NOT have a body like this bella nor do I work out like this bella. (although I have resolved to start to tomorrow), but the stamp seemed to be the only thing close to what I wear. The DSP colors however are me. Greens, greys, blues and black. Thanks so much for looking and head over to WOAS for more deets on the challenge.

Ann

A Great New Sketch

I was blogging along the other day and stumbled across a new site for me. Caardvarks. They have a really cool sketch challenge going on right now that I just had to sink my teeth into. I just love this layout. My DSP was from the Old World set of DCWV. Prima flowers. Brads are Hodgepodge Hardware from SU. Flourish is a sizzix die cut. I hope you like it as much as I do. (hehe). Thanks for stopping by and have a great night!!

Ann

Glasses????

Well I finally got a chance to ink up my new "Sending you my love" SOTM from Paper Pretties. Isn't she sweet? I colored her with my copics. My dsp is from Michaels and SU (washington apple) and all my card stock is SU.

Now if you look carefully I went out of the lines a few times. Want to know why???? I finally broke down today and admitted that I need to wear reading glasses. It has been getting worse and worse and I just could not deal anymore so my husband gave me a pair of his old glasses to try and WOWSA!! I could see!! So now I need to go to the eyedoctor and get my own prescription because his are just alittle too strong for me. Hence going out of the lines while I was coloring!! LOL Well thanks so much for stopping by and have a great night.

Ann

SCS Sketch Challenge

Yahoo I got to play along with the sketch challenge this week over at SCS. For this card I used SU cardstock and SU Ski Slope DSP. My ribbon is SU chocolate chip and my sentiment is from SU as well. My image is from MFT and it is called Rosemary. I colored it with my brand new copics. I really like the way it turned out. Well I am off to play somemore. Have a great night.

Ann

Her first tilda and cd tin album

Happy New Year to everyone!! Hope you all had a safe night last night and are celebrating with family and friends today. Today is my day to have everyone over for all of the leftovers. It is something we have done for the past 10 years because I am notorious for ordering too much food every year. Well this year we actually went to someone elses house for New Years but I am still having my New Years Day leftover get together. We will just empty out our freezers of all our snack foods and get together.

Meanwhile my niece had her baby 6 weeks early. Everyone is doing well and the baby is home already but I just had to get busy making her a CD tin photo album. Also like I promised my daughter finished her first tilda card ALL BY HERSELF!! She did such a great job. So enjoy the pictures and let me know what you think!! Have a great day




























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Following in my foot steps....

Today I crafted all day with Loreen from Wish on A Scrap. Right next to us were my 10 year old daughter and her 4 year old daughter crafting also. My daughter was itching to try a Tilda which she kept calling "Tishas" LOL. So I gave her an image and some copics and spica pens and this is what she came up with. I am so proud. She did such a fabulous color job. Tomorrow she will make her card with it and I will post her finished product then.

My card today is from a stamp that I bought from My Favorite Things. It is called Take a Break. I used the spotlight technique on it and I am real happy with the way it turned out. I wanted to do the spotlight technique for a bella challenge but for the life of me could not find a bella that I felt would do this technique justice like this stamp did.

I hope everyone has a Happy Healthy and Safe New Year!!!

Ann

Life.....

Whoo hoo!! Mr UPS arrived today with my SU order. The stamp on the bottom is from a set that I had been dying to get. "Full of Life" It has some of the best sentiments. The top stamp is from the hostess set "Live like you mean it." The DSP is from Muirfield and my ribbon and flowers are from Michaels. My black brads came today in the mail too. I bought them on ebay along with 59 other color brads. They all match the SU colors. YAY!! They are from a seller called Pink Hedge Hog. Gotta love having all the matching brads!! Have a great night and I hope you enjoy todays card.

Ann

I have crossed the line!!!

Well I have to admit that I own a BUNCH of Magnolias. They are irresistible to me. The problem is I never inked them up. Something just kept me away from them. Now I know what stopped me from using them. I did not own Copics to color them the way I wanted too. My prisma pencils just never seemed to do them justice. BUT NOW!!! I have my copics and I am in Magnolia Heaven. I am having so much fun coloring these cuties. Now I really have to learn how to make a card with them because I feel they take up so much of the card that I dont know what to put with them. The two that I posted dont even have sentiments. I actually never even thought to put one on which is so different for me. So a new learning experience. FUN!!! Hope you like them. Let me know what you think.

Its so relaxing....

It is so relaxing to not have a TON of orders to get out in time for the holidays. Dont get me wrong. I love the business but the quiet, peaceful time is greatly appreciated also. I hope everyone had a wonderful Holiday. I did and I had some time to craft in between eating and visiting. The bella card was colored with my new Copics that I received as a Holiday gift and boy do I have a lot to learn about using them!!! I have one site I have been going to and reading up about them but if anyone can suggest some ideas where else I can learn I would appreciate it. My second card was made with a new stamp set I received and it was so late at night when I made this that the next day I noticed the sentiment is a little crooked so forgive me!!! Have a great weekend and I am sure I will be back with more.

Ann

Whimsy Stamps Design Call

Here is my entry for Whimsy Stamps guest design spot for January. Wish me luck!!

Hubby's Birthday Card

Hi Everyone! Well work is finally slowing down. Its good and bad. Good because I will have more free time and bad because, well you can figure that out. My husbands b-day is today and I made this card last night at 1am. I really like this top notz die from SU. All material on my card today is SU except for the stamp. It is from Missy B. (and I purposly left it uncolored. It just felt right!!) I hope you like it.

On a seperate note, I just placed a SU order with my good friend Jodi who is sooo into Twilight that she has convinced me to read the book. Have many of you read the book already? I feel like the last person on earth who has not so my goal for next week is to read it. I will keep you posted. Have a great night and I hope you enjoy my husbands card.

Finally Finished my Holiday Cards

Hi Everyone. Well here is the story behind my cards. I had one designed and ordered all of the necessary extras from SU to make them but my order did not get here yet and I had so much time to create this weekend that I just created a few different ones and mass produced the few of them. I am really happy with the way they came out. Hope you are all getting your holiday shopping and decorating done. Have a great night and let me know which one is your favorite. My husband likes the one with the blue glitter snowflakes.

Paper Pretties Challenge for the week

Hi Everyone!! These cards are for the Paper Pretties Challenge for the week. I loved the sketch so much that I made two cards. They are both using the Simply Special stamp. The first card DSP is from DCWV Nursery Pack. The second card DSP is SEI Winter Pack. I have my very last craft fair of the year tomorrow so I am going to go prepare for it. Enjoy the cards and have a great night.

Free Time(yay!!)

Hi Everyone. Boy has it been a busy week. Business is good thank goodness and I have been busy daily shipping out my orders but it leaves no time for stamping. UNTIL TODAY!! I popped a pot roast in the croc pot and did some crafting. I was able to do the SCS Sketch Challenge from last week and this week and got a chance to use some new stamps I received this week. My first card is for SCS SKetch Challenge 205. I made it for a good friend of mine that is having some challenges right now. Just a cheer me up kind of card. My second card is from last weeks (I think) sketch challenge 204. For this card I used a SNSS stamp that I just received and of course don't remember the name of. My third card I made with my top notz die cut from SU and I used my new stamps from the Missy B set Trees. All cardstock is SU on all cards and paper is from DCWV and Sei. Thanks so much for coming by tonight. Have a great week.