It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...

everywhere you go...

Good Saturday morning to you! I hope all is well with everyone out there in blog land. :)
I know I keep saying it lately, I think it must be the time of year because I need to post and run again as I've got to go to work today. Hopefully things will get back to normal after next week.

So today I have another altered Anya... this time I took Flapper Anya and wiped away the feather and hair lines from the top of her head so that it could become a stylish knit cap. Then I cut off her head and used it with Dress Up Anya's body and pants though I did use Dress Up Ian's coat so she wouldn't get cold out in the winter snow. ;)
Now Anya is ready to stroll through the neighborhood taking in all the fantastic lights and decorations... hopefully she doesn't give in to temptation and sabotage the Jones' light display, making it impossible for them to take the "Best House" prize five years running LOL!

Be good... you know Santa is watching!
TTYL! Supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill and GP
paper- Bella Blvd (December Details)
stamps- The Greeting Farm (Flapper Anya, Dress Up Anya and Ian set)
ink- Memento tuxedo black and Colorbox chestnut roan chalk ink
EK Success border punch
Martha Stewart pine branch border punch
Jenny Bowlin pearl flower
Creative Cafe felt
Copic multiliner 0.3 pen
Copic markers:
skin- E00, E11, R20
hair- E15, E17, E18, E29
clothes- B93, B95, B97, B99, E74, E77, E79, YG25, YG17, G07, R43, R46, R59, RV10, RV11, E40, E41

In the meadow we can build a snowman...

and pretend that he is parson Brown...

Ahhh Friday... oh how I look forward to this day all week long. It's my day off and I've got big plans so I'm just going to dive right into today's post. :)

I'm still on a roll with the whole combining challenges thing, even if I haven't broken my record of two... LOL, it's all good though. So my card combines this week's Diedrich Dare sketch challenge and this week's Cupcake Inspiration Challenge. I loved the whole pink, aqua and brown color combo plus I just couldn't resist the chance to pull out these cutie snowmen stamps that have been a favorite of mine for a couple years now. Something about the sketchy way they are drawn totally reminds me of the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes (which I'm still totally bummed over its not being written anymore...sigh). But I digress... back to the card, when I saw Jack's sketch I immediately saw a whole stamped bottom panel rather than my usual cut-out image and it was fun to create an entire scene.
The end result is pretty clean and simple looking but I really dig it. ;)
Thanks for stopping by today, I'll chat with ya again manana.

Supply list:

cardstock- Bazzill and GP

paper- October Afternoon (Good Cheer)

stamps- Close to my Heart (Snowfriends set) Daisy Bucket (sentiment)

ink- Memento tuxedo black, Autumn Leaves Manhattan blue and Colorbox chestnut roan chalk ink

Kaiser Craft pearls

Sakura clear glaze pen

Copic multiliner 0.3 pen

Copic markers:

sky- B000

snowmen- BG0000, BG000, YR12, YR15, YR04, C5, C7, C9, R20, RV42, R32, E55, E57, E59, BG10, BG11, BG18

bird- R22, R24, Y35

It must have been the mistletoe...

the lazy fire... the falling snow...

Hello, hello fellow stamparistas!
T minus eight days and counting until Christmas, are you ready for it?
As you can see I'm still in the Christmas spirit when it comes my cards and I just couldn't resist inking up one of my new Moonlight Whispers stamps from Kraftin' Kimmies. I love the cute, yet kinda twisted Tim Burton-ish look of these little gals... it appeals to the snarky side of my personality, LOL!
So I chose Lillith to see if I could make her work for a Christmas card and I did a touch of altering by wiping away the frog from off the top of her head and drawing in her missing hair. Then I was also going to change her eyebrows a bit to give her a 'friendlier' look but her challenging little smirk spoke to me and thus the mistletoe and sentiment idea came to life. I love it when a stamp 'talks' to me and tells me what she wants to do. ;)
After that the whole card came together super quick and I added lots of sparkle to her dress and the polka dots so that I could enter this into both the Kraftin' Kimmie challenge and the All That Scraps challenge (I know, I know... by doing two it disqualifies me from the ATS challenge but I'm cool with it). :)

Okey dokey I'm audi... gotta get to work. See ya'll tomorrow with more challenge fun!

Supply list:

cardstock- Cardstock Warehouse, Coredinations and GP

paper- Making Memories (Mistletoe)

stamp- Kraftin Kimmie (Moonlight Whispers Lillith)

ink- Memento tuxedo black, Colorbox blackbird and chestnut roan chalk ink

Kaiser Craft and Doodlebug gems

misc ribbon

Ranger Stickles

Freestyle Script computer font

Copic Spica black glitter pen

Copic multiliner 0.3 pen

Copic markers:

skin- E00, E11, R20, B0000

hair- E50, Y35, Y19, Y17, YR23

dress- R46, R59, E07, C5, C7, C9, YG00, YG03, YG95, YG13, YG17, YG67, E40, E41

What, no Christmas song?

LOL
Good morning friends!
No Christmas card from me today... I know, I know, I can't believe it either. But I just had to share the card I made for the TGF newsletter digi fairy contest. Last month they issued a challenge to send in a card using one of the fairies for a chance to win a fifth exclusive digi fairy and apparently I was the only one who sent in a card for it. Shock! But if you've read yesterday's newsletter, there's still a shot at getting your hands on Vanity Fairy so start sending in those fairy cards to Jess asap!

I used Winter Fairy and Spring Fairy (though I did flip Spring so that she was facing the direction I wanted) and colored them both to match the funky Basic Grey papers. Winter is on the front flap of the card that I cut short so that Spring on the inside could be seen with her BFF. :)
Oh and I thought it would be fun to note how I did the dangling beads over on the upper left corner... so when I machine stitched the border strip I purposefully left two long threads at the end of the paper when cutting it from the machine. Then it was simply stringing beads and tying knots until I had it the way I wanted it and the movement is a lot of fun in real life.
And as an added bonus I'm going to enter this into the Anyone for Anya bling challenge this week... gotta love it when things work out like that! :)

Alrighty, I'm off to go play in the snow... yea right, more like shovel the car out from all the new overnight snowfall... ;) Supply list:
cardstock- Cardstock Warehouse, GP
paper- Basic Grey (Phoebe)
digi stamps- The Greeting Farm (Winter Fairy, Spring Fairy)
Colorbox chestnut roan chalk ink
Kaiser Craft gems
misc beads
American Crafts sentiment rub-on
machine stitching
Copic clear Spica glitter pen (it's on the dresses and the wings)
Copic markers:
skin- E00, E11, R20, BG000, G00, RV11, RV34
hair (winter)- G20, YG11, G24, YG67
hair (spring)- RV10, RV32, RV34, RV17
clothes- G0000, G000, G00
wings- E43, E44, E49, YG11, YG03, G07, YR0000, E95, E97, E99, BG10, BG11, BG15, BG18, RV000, RV10, RV11, RV34

Simply having a wonderful Christmas time

Good morning!
I think I'm suffering from hop hangover... LOL!
I apologize in advance because this post is gonna be super quick, I stayed up way too late blog hoppin' and now I have to get ready for work plus drive to work through the six or more inches of snow we got last night... bleh
So my card today is actually the other idea that I had for the hop if I hadn't have gone with the nutcracker one... I altered the brand new Yoga Anya into a Christmas elf. I wiped away the top of her head and added the hat, wiped away her closed eyes and replaced them with Lolli Anya's smilie eyes, then it was just drawing in extra lines for her long sleeves and boots on her feet. I thought her new eyes with the little mouth made her look like she was munching on something yummy and that's when the rest of the card theme and design came to me. Plus the new October Afternoon Very Merry paper didn't hurt either... aren't those gingerbread just the cutest?! :)
See ya all manana!
Supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill, Cardstock Warehouse, GP
paper and cardstock sticker- October Afternoon (Very Merry)
stamps- The Greeting Farm (Yoga Anya, Lolli Anya) October Afternoon (sentiment)
ink- Memento tuxedo black and rich cocoa, Colorbox chestnut roan chalk ink
Shabby Green Door twine
misc buttons
American Crafts brown precision pen
Signo White Uniball pen
Doodlebug white flocking
Copic Spica glitter pens
Copic multiliner pens 0.1, 0.3, 0.5
Copic markers:
skin- E00, E11, R20, E13
hair- R11, R12, R22, R14
clothes- E40, E41, R22, R24, R29, E07, YG00, YG01, YG03, G40, G12, YG41, E25, E27, E29

Club Anya Holiday Blog Hop!

Hello! Hello!

Welcome to the Club Anya Holiday Blog Hop! Today we are celebrating the newest stamp release at the Greeting Farm which will be available for purchase tonight at midnight CST... yeah!
If you haven't been already, head on over to the Club Anya blog to start the hop and keep referring back to it for the master hop list so you don't get lost along the way. I promise that you'll really want to make it through the entire hop because IN ADDITION to the fun awards that will be given out to a few lucky participants, ONE lucky commenter who completes the hop and then returns to Club Anya will be eligible to win tonight's ENTIRE RELEASE! Good luck! There are prizes GALORE tonight! :)
And if all that wasn't enough fun for you we also have a chat going on over at the Club Anya PCP page right now. The chatter is quick and lively and always a blast... hope to see ya there!

Ok, so I had a couple different ideas for my holiday hop card today and in the end I didn't even use a single "Christmas" TGF stamp at all... gasp!
I had the idea to create a Nutcracker themed card and right away knew that Ballet Anya would make a perfect Clara with just a few alterations to her dress. At first finding the perfect Ian to alter into the Nutcracker prince was a bit of a head scratcher but as soon as I came across Rescue Ian I knew I had a winner. All I did was wipe away his helmet and the stripes from his outfit then drew in his new costume and I love how he turned out. Now he looks ready to battle that mean ol' Mouse King! :)

Thanks so much for stopping by and enjoy the rest of the hop!
Supply list:
cardstock- Cardstock Warehouse and GP
paper- October Afternoon (Very Merry)
stamps- The Greeting Farm (Rescue Ian and Ballet Anya), Inkadinkado (tree), Sassafras Lass (sentiment)
ink- Memento tuxedo black, Colorbox chestnut roan chalk ink, Versamark clear, Nick Bantock vermilion lacquer and sapmoss green
Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel
Kaiser Craft pearls
Heidi Swapp edge distressor
Ranger Stickles
EK Success silver pen
Sakura clear glaze pen
machine stitching
Copic clear Spica glitter pen
Copic multiliner pens 0.1, 0.3, 0.5
Copic markers:
Nutcracker:
skin- E00, E11, R20
hair- C3, C5, C7, C9, B69
clothes- C3, C5, C7, C9, 100, R02, R05, R08, E19, B63, B66, B69, Y15, Y17, Y19, E40, E41
Clara:
skin- E00, E11, R20, BG000, E50
hair- E25, E27, E29, E59
dress- G0000, G000, G00

Oh Christmas tree, oh Christmas tree...

how lovely are thy branches...

Sweet Sunday morning to you, I hope it's not too hectic with the hustle and bustle of pre-holiday prep. I'm 99% sure that I've got all my Christmas shopping and what not done now... woot woot! I do still have the baking to do but other than that I'm feeling pretty good. Even the report for more snow later today isn't getting me down... I think I may be in the thrall of that good ol' Christmas spirit. ;)

So is it really a surprise that I've got yet another Christmas card to share today? I didn't think so... LOL.

The first time I saw one of these cutie Whiff of Joy, Uru and Wee images was this amazing card on Donna's blog and I thought it was one of the sweetest things ever. So when All That Scraps got some of them in stock I just had to get one to play with. Now it's not Uru and Bird like Donna used (and which I'm sure I'll get eventually) but I thought Wee and Tree was just as cute. There's just something about those giant feet and cone heads that I find utterly adorable. :)
The whole card came together pretty quickly considering I once again raided my stash and found an old My Mind's Eye frame-up that makes it look like I cross stitched a little berry border without all that work, gotta love it!
And even though it's a bit of a stretch I'm entering it into this week's Quixotic challenge to use stars... there is that one little star on top of the tree... ;)

Well I think that's all I've got for today... oh and just an FYI I won't be posting at my regular early time tomorrow since we have the BIG holiday Club Anya blog hop starting at 5 pm my time and I will have a new post then. But I hope to see a bunch of you as I hop, hop, hop and chat, chat, chat at the Club Anya PCP page tomorrow! It will be fun times indeed! :)

See ya then!
Supply list:
cardstock- cardstock warehouse and GP
My Mind's Eye die-cut frame
stamps- Whiff of Joy (Wee and Tree) Hero Arts Christmas sentiment
ink- Memento tuxedo black, Tim Holtz antique linen distress ink
Making Memories Mistletoe stick pin
misc ribbon
Ranger Stickles
Liquid Pearls
Sakura clear glaze pen
Copic markers:
Wee:
skin- E00, E11, R20
clothes- R02, R05, R08, E18, YG03, YG91, YG93, YG95, W3, W5, W7, W9, E40, E41
tree- E44, E47, E49, YG63, YG67, G29, Y15, Y21, Y35