Warm & Cozy Christmas

Happy hump day!

Ok, so I just have to talk Glee for a moment. It was back with a new episode last night and I thought it was a great one. I especially loved the music, so many great songs... but Finn's rendition of Girls Just Wanna Have Fun blew me away! OMGosh, I couldn't believe how amazing it was and I will totally be downloading it onto my ipod today! :)

Moving on to my card, this one was totally just for fun and wanting to play around with a bit of altering. That and I also wanted to play along in the Monday Fun Day challenge to use three of something on a card. I've had this idea for a while to create a cocoa sipping Anya using Cafe Ian's mug holding arm. And since this was going to be a Christmas card I thought it would be cute to put her in some fun Christmas pjs so I pulled out Dress Me Anya's body and pajamas. Then to finish her off I grabbed Travel Anya for her great head of hair. Doesn't she look like she's just woken up and is ready to settle in for a Christmas morning full of opening presents and snuggling with Ian? :)
And as for the challenge, my original plan was to use three pattern papers but then I went and paper pieced her pajamas which got me up to four. So when I added the holly leaves I made sure that there were three on there... but technically I also used three TGF stamps to create this Anya, LOL!

Alrighty, I've got a day off and I'm hoping to get a video or two done so we'll see how that goes.
TTYL!

Supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill and Copic X-Press It
paper- My Mind's Eye (Merry Little Christmas)
stamps- The Greeting Farm (Travel Anya, Dress Me Anya set and Cafe Ian), Stampendous (sentiment)
ink- Memento tuxedo black and Colorbox chestnut roan
Martha Stewart border punch
Papertrey Ink Itty Bitty Bird die
felt
Making Memories holly leaves
Kaiser Craft pearls
Copic black multiliner 0.3 pen
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E00, E11, R00, R20
hair- YR31, YR23, YR24, Y38, E35
clothes- R00
mug- R24, R29, E18

Holiday Joy

Hello again!

With all of the new stamps being released it can be easy to neglect old favorites, so we are doing a bit of a throwback post over on the ATS blog today. Each of the DT have chosen a winter/Christmas stamp from a past year's release to feature once again. For my card I chose my sweet little Winter Darby and her pal, Pudge who were first released last November. This time I did a tiny bit of altering to Pudge by adding a letter for him to deliver to his friend because I was inspired by the postcard looking paper scrap that I pulled for the card. Yep, this is more scraps from the scrap bag and I even made my own Christmas yo-yo for an embellishment... I feel so crafty! This card was a lot of fun to make. Seriously who doesn't love visiting with old friends... whether they be rubber or real. :)

Okey dokey, thanks for stopping by on this fine Tuesday. The sun is shining here and I'm off to enjoy the day!
Supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill and Copic X-Press It
paper- Basic Grey (polka dot), My Mind's Eye (cream), Simple Stories (houndstooth and postcard), Making Memories (green)
stamps- Sweet November (Darby and Pudge), My Favorite Things (sentiment)
ink- Memento tuxedo black and Colorbox chestnut roan
Making Memories stick pins
Knot & Bow gold twine
handmade mini yo-yo
Doodlebug white flock
Sakura clear glaze pen
Copic Spica glitter pen
Copic black multiliner pen
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E00, E11, R00, R20
eyes- E25, E29
hair- C5, C7, C9, 100
clothes- R05, R08, E19, E18, YG67, YG97, YG99, T5, T7, T9, E81, W1, 0
pudge- W1, W3, W5, W7, E81, YR24

And the angels sang...

Ah, Monday... here you are again.
Hey guys, so are you ready to get back into the swing of another week? I'm feeling pretty upbeat and positive for a Monday morning and I hope that means good things for the rest of the week. Remember that MIA paper pad that I was searching high and low for? Well after giving up hope yesterday, I found it in the backseat of the car of all places! Sheesh! At least now I can stop obsessing about it, LOL! ;)

I made my card for today using one of the Kraftin' Kimmie angels that I had colored up from a previous "white" video that I did, which can be found here or on Color Me Copic. Because white has a tendency to reflect whatever color surrounds it, I used very light pinks to color Aurelia knowing that I would be pairing her up with this pink snowflake paper from October Afternoon. Talk about a very girly looking Christmas card, but instead of fighting it I ran with the look. Throw on some glittery cardstock, sparkly twine and a pretty handmade stick pin that my November Secret Sister, Kim, made me and it was done!

I'm also entering this one into the open challenge over at Flutter By this week. It's been awhile since I've played along and this time of year is the perfect excuse to add angels into the fluttery mix. :)

And now I must bid you adieu as I go get ready for work.
TTFN!
Supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill, glittered, and Copic X-Press It
paper- October Afternoon (Very Merry)
stamps- Kraftin' Kimmie (Angel Aurelia), Papertrey Ink (sentiment)
ink- Memento tuxedo black
Martha Stewart border punch
Tim Holtz tiny tabs and tags sizzix die
Making Memories felt snowflake
Knot & Bow silver twine
stick pin (from Kim... thanks Kim!)
Sharpie white marker
Copic Spica glitter pens
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E00, E11, R00, R20
hair- E50, YR000, YR01, 0
eyes- E53, E55, E59, BG0000, 0
clothes/wings/notes- R000, R11, 0, E40, E41, E81, Y11, Y26, Y28

Grow everyday

Hey there!

So nothing fun came up yesterday, in fact I ended up spending a lot of my time cleaning. Have you ever bought something only to have it go missing before you could even use it? That's what sent me into my cleaning spree... I was going to make a card with a new little paper pad that I got recently but when I went to look for it, it was nowhere to be found. Sure, I could have changed my plan and gone with different papers but the missing paper pad kept bothering me so I just kept searching. Now I can report that while my room is clean the whereabouts of that paper are still unknown and not a card did I make.

Luckily, I still had this card from the SOG Nouveau Girls release that hadn't been posted here on my blog yet. Something about this gorgeous miss Grow brought to mind a nouveau style Snow White... it's probably that apple of hers. So naturally I had to give her some shiny black hair and fair skin. I think that all three of the Nouveau Girls are fabulous but if I had to pick a favorite, Grow would be the one. Something about her attitude speaks to me. :)

Alrighty folks, I hope your Sunday is a pleasant one. Anyone decorating for Christmas yet? I'm thinking that I might as well since the place is currently so clean, LOL!

Later gators!


Supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill and Copic X-Press It
paper- Making Memories (Noteworthy)
stamps- Some Odd Girl (Nouveau Girl Grow, clouds and sentiment)
ink- Memento tuxedo black, Autumn Leaves blue and Colorbox creamy brown
Prima flowers and leaves
Kaiser Craft gems
Copic Spica glitter pen
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E00, E11, R00, R20, E07
hair- C5, c7, c9, 100
eyes- E57
clothes/apple- YG0000, YG01, YG93, YG95, YG63, YG67, BG11, BG13, R14, R17, E07, YG00, Y13

Getting ready for winter

Olo!

Any big plans for this weekend? Nothing much exciting on my agenda I'm afraid. But that's ok, maybe something fun will come up when I least expect it. :)

So my card today is actually a result of a video request that I got a while ago that involved coloring up Wild Sprout DeeDee from TGF. And since I've always thought that her little boots would work great with a winter transformation this was the perfect time to color her up. The videos can be found here and here or over on the Color Me Copic blog if you're interested on seeing how she came together. I did a bit of easy altering by adding Wild Sprout Camille's coat over top DeeDee's original body. Boy, I've paired that coat up with several other Sprouts over the years... it's just so perfect for making a non-Christmas image work on a Christmas/winter card. And I put a bunch more of my Christmas scraps to use on this one. Which is fantastic considering I kinda couldn't resist a couple deals that I found for new Christmas papers online this Black Friday. ;)

Anywho, I suppose I should go get ready for the day. Have a wonderful weekend my friends!
Supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill and Copic X-Press It
paper- October Afternoon (snowflake, stripe and snowman), We R Memory Keepers (green houndstooth)
stamps- The Greeting Farm (WS DeeDee, WS Camille)
ink- Memento tuxedo black and Colorbox chestnut roan
Making Memories die cut snowflakes
Cosmo Cricket tiny type sentiment
buttons
Kaiser Crafts pearls
Copic markers:
skin- E21, E23, E25, E27, E07
hair- T5, T7, T9, 100
clothes- R24, R27, R29, E18, R30, R32, R35, G00, BG32, BG18, YG21, YG23, YG95

Be your best elf

Hello, hello!
So did everybody have a great day yesterday? I sure did... though I'm still feeling just about as stuffed as that turkey on the table was! OMGosh, I seriously need to go get on the tread climber and spend about 5 hours on it, LOL! :)
So a new challenge went up over on the Tickled Pink challenge blog yesterday and this week we want to see you create a sentiment in your own handwriting.

No lie, I was a bit nervous about this one. I mean, my handwriting is hit or miss and I didn't want to get a card 99% finished only to ruin it with a mistake or something. So my first trick was to choose a young, child-like, looking stamp. In this case, the super cute Lil Winter Evie digi. This allowed me to do a simple kid style type of printing that would be hard to mess up. And for an extra "no-mess-up-guarantee" I wrote on a separate piece of cardstock, instead of directly on my card base, and drew a word bubble around it all to make it easy to cut out.

So don't let this one scare you! Just go check out all the amazing inspiration from the rest of the design team girls and play along with us this week. There is a free digi of your choice up for grabs and the winner is now selected by random generator!
Don't forget that your card must feature a Tickled Pink stamp in order to qualify for the prize... these include: Lil Lolitas and Lads, Pinkettes, Pink Pets and Cherries. All of which can be found in the Tickled Pink store.

Good luck everybody!
Supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill and Copic X-Press It
paper- Paper Fever (trees)
digi stamp- Tickled Pink (Lil Little Winter Evie)
ink- Colorbox ice blue
ribbon
button
Maya Road star stick pins
EK Success border punch
Martha Stewart Crystal Fine glitter
Sharpie white marker
Copic black multiliner 0.1
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E00, E11, R00, R20
eyes- YG95, YG97, YG99
hair- C5, C7, C9, 100
clothes- B00, B12, B14, RV63, RV55, R08, E19, YG03, YG17, E35, B000, YR04

Keep warmth in your heart

Good morning!

I hope all is well for everyone as we hit that mid-week mark. And for those of us getting ready to celebrate Thanksgiving tomorrow I hope you have a wonderful day full of love, laughter and lots of delicious food, LOL! :)

I'm actually going to be taking a day off from the ol' blog tomorrow, as I will be busy with the fam. So I hope you don't mind me posting a final Thanksgiving card for 2011 one day early.
I recently colored up Cheeky Cherry Pie for a Copic video that you can find here and here or on Color Me Copic, and I thought that she would be perfect for a sweet Thanksgiving Day card. Mostly because I think that a slice of pecan pie is the best part of the entire feast but also because these new Gathering papers from Authentique look like they were just made to go with this vintage looking little gal. Plus the color combo is one of my all time faves so that didn't hurt either. ;)

When it came time to put the card base together, I checked out the current challenges running over at the Farm Fresh blog and decided to play along with the Friday Spyday #7. I veered slightly from the original layout design but I was really inspired by the heart theme going on so of course I had to add some warm and fuzzy hearts of my own. I think they tie back nicely to the sentiment I chose and are reminiscent of the love and gratitude we should all have this time of year.

Big love and hugs to all and I'll see ya back here on Friday... 'cause there is no crazy Black Friday shoppin' for me!
♥
Supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill and Copic X-Press It
paper/die cuts- Authentique (Gathering)
stamp- The Greeting Farm (Cheeky Cherry Pie)
ink- Memento tuxedo black and Colorbox dark brown
Prima pearls
Papertrey Ink twine
American Crafts fleece hearts
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E00, E11, R00, R20, W1, W3, E31
hair- YR20, YR21, YR23, E33
clothes- G00, BG34, BG72, YR00, YR02, YR18, E81, E87, E47, 0,
pie- E31, E33, E35, C1, C3, C5

Warmth & Joy

Hola!

Thank you all so much for all of the wonderful birthday wishes yesterday, they were all so much fun to read and put a huge smile on my face! I had a great day, with a nice dinner out and my sis, the baker extraordinaire, made a delicious cake for all to enjoy. Pretty much a perfect birthday in my opinion. :)

I have a quick card for this week's review preview over at ATS and it features the snow miss, Adorn D. Yard. I went with a much cooler color palette for her this time around and even swapped out the usual cranberries on her garland for some blue juniper berries. They may not be as tasty but they do look pretty. ;)
And I'm still doing great with my plan to use up Christmas scraps... every paper on this card came from my pile of bits and pieces. Yeah! I've gotta say that it is a pretty satisfying feeling when I can mix together papers from different companies and lines and have them work this well. It doesn't always happen, LOL!

Ok, time for me to go get busy.
Toodles!
Supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill and Copic X-Press It
paper- Basic Grey (trees), Making Memories (polka dot), My Mind's Eye (blues)
stamps- Sweet November (Adorn D. Yard), Paper Trey Ink (sentiment)
ink- Memento tuxedo black and Colorbox dark brown
Papertrey Ink twine
Martha Stewart snowflake punch
Kaiser Craft pearl
Copic markers:
BG0000, G0000, B000, 0, T5, T9, E44, E34
clothes- E81, E50, 0, BG72, BG78, YG01, YG03, YG67, R39
mouse- E31, E43, E35, R02
sky- B0000

Santa's Little Helper

Mornin'!

Sure it's a Monday. And sure, I've got work to go to today but it's also my birthday so I plan on having some fun too. I'm not exactly sure what that will be yet, I guess part of it depends on how much snow we get today. Hopefully the white stuff will hold off so I can go out and enjoy a bit of a celebration! ;)

So Saturday was a very good mail day for me... I received a couple of orders that I had placed that had some wonderful new Christmas goodies I've been anxious to get my hands on. One of those was the Holiday Style 8x8 pad from October Afternoon... LOVE it! I couldn't resist diving in and putting it to use on a card right away. Luckily I also got this new Kraftin' Kimmie cutie, Shoppin' Sarah, who I thought would make for a fun Christmas shopping kind of card. I did some super simple altering by drawing in lines across her calves to turn her high heels into stylin' winter boots. And I also managed to stick with my 'use up scraps' resolution too as the candy cane stripe and aqua grid down at the bottom of the card actually were scraps from the first October Afternoon Christmas line, Good Cheer. All in all this was a happy, happy, joy, joy kind of card to make. :)

And now I will bid you adieu until tomorrow as I've got a big day ahead of me. Have a good one!
Supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill and Copic X-Press It
paper- October Afternoon (Holiday Style and Good Cheer)
stamps- Kraftin' Kimmie (Shoppin' Sarah), Studio G (sentiment)
ink- Memento tuxedo black and Colorbox dark brown
Doodlebug twine
Hero Arts felt poinsettias
brads
Sakura clear glaze pen
Sharpie white marker
Copic Spica glitter pens
Copic black multiliner 0.1 pen
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E00, E11, R00, R20
eyes- E57, E59
hair- E74, E77, E79, E49
clothes- T5, T7, T9, 110, R24, R29, E19, W1, W3, W5, G000, BG11, BG34, BG53
bags- G07, G09, G29, YG23, YG95, YG97, C1, C3

Merry & Bright

Hello friends!

I finally watched the Pirates 4 movie last night and I gotta say that it was worth the wait... loved everything about it! The only bad thing is that now I'm really hoping there will be a 5th one because it seems like a lot of loose ends where still left hanging. There's just something about Captain Jack Sparrow that I find oddly appealing... must be the whole 'bad boy' thing. ;)

Anywho, I finally got around to making a card with the adorable Lili of the Valley Shine a Light stamp that I colored up for my Candle Glow video last month. I recently went through my scrap bags (which I normally sort by color) and pulled all of the Christmas paper scraps that I came across and put them in their own pile. This way I hope to use more of them up a lot faster than I have been. That's not to say I can't use new goodies as well, 'cause I sure haven't been able to resist picking up some of this year's fab paper releases, but I'm going to try and mix the old with the new. Which is exactly what I've done here... most of the papers are from an older Making Memories line but I added in the sheet with the sentiment printed on it from the My Mind's Eye Lost & Found 6x6 pad. I think it all works together and it was nice to see the paper pile get that much smaller. :)

Alrighty, time for me to make a cup of cocoa and go about enjoying this day off. No big plans, but I do need to try and get a few things done before this upcoming week of birthday revelry and Thanksgiving get-togethers.

Later gators! :)
Supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill and Copic X-Press It
paper- Making Memories (Falala), My Mind's Eye (Lost & Found Christmas)
stamp- Lili of the Valley (Shine a Light)
ink- Memento tuxedo black and Colorbox chestnut roan
American Crafts twine
Kaiser Craft pearls
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E00, E11, R00, R20 (Y02 candlelight)
hair- E35
clothes- R24, R27, R29, E18, E40, E41, 0, YG25, YG17, G29, YG03, G07, E35, E57, E59
candle/snow/sky- Y13, Y21, Y26, Y28, BG000, G0000, Y00, BV23, 0

In the meadow we can build a snowman

Olo!

I hope your weekend is off to a great start. All is well here, though I should be getting ready for work today. Once we get snow on the roads it takes a little longer to get into town... I look at it as more time to enjoy my Christmas tunes while driving. ;)

So this card was part of the Review Preview on the ATS blog earlier this week and features Chill E. Pinebough from the November SN release. This time around I drew a little forest scene in the distance behind him with a few quick squiggles of the marker. I like how it gives Chill E. a home to live in with his birdie pal. It's the little things that make me smile I tell ya. :)

Alrighty, I'm gonna cut this one short and be on my merry way. Take it easy my friends!
Supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill and Copic X-Press It
paper- Echo Park (Season's Greetings)
stamps- Sweet November (Chill E. Pinebough snowman), Paper Trey Ink (sentiment)
ink- Memento tuxedo black, Colorbox chestnut roan and Versamark clear
American Crafts Zing white embossing powder
My Favorite Things High Tea doily die
Kaiser Craft pearls
Ranger Liquid Pearls
Copic markers:
snowman- BG0000, G0000, B000, 0
sticks/wreath/nose- E43, E44, E47, YG17, YG67, G29, Y38, YR04, YR18
hat- R24, R27, R29, E18, YG00, YG01, YG03, YG17, YG67, G29, G00, G03, BG34, E40, E41, 0
bird- W5, W7, E40, E41, E42, E43, E44, YR24
scenery- G21, G24, B0000

Jingle all the way!

Good morning!

Well, thankfully we didn't add any new snow yesterday, though the forecast is saying we will get more today and tomorrow. It is too early to start feeling snowed in I tell ya! And today I am back at work so I actually have to brave driving in the white stuff... grumble, grumble, grumble. Guess I'll just have to put my big girl panties on (thermal long johns are probably more appropriate) and deal. LOL ;)

So the new challenge over at Some Odd Girl is up and this time we have a recipe that, while you might not think it at first, gives you a lot of room to be as creative as you please. Just use:

2 pattern papers + colored cardstock base (NO KRAFT OR WHITE BASE) + buttons + punch/die cut = your card.

All of these elements must be present to be eligible for the prize. Of course an image and sentiment aren’t included or the equation might have looked ridiculously long but we want to see those too. You can have more than the above but not less than.

For my card, I wanted to change things up a bit so I chose to use the adorable reindeer from the Deck the Halls Tobie clear set as the main focal image. It's rare that I color up an animal rather than a person but this little guy was beggin' to become Rudolph and I just had to do it. It looks like he is taking a quick break from leading Santa's sleigh to nibble on some carrots that the good girls and boys left out for him. :)

Ok, now it's you're turn and you've got until November 29th to enter a card for a chance at winning a fab prize and while you don't have to use a SOG image to qualify, you do get an extra name in the hat come drawing time if you do.

Good luck!

Supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill and Copic X-Press It
paper- October Afternoon (houses), Simple Stories (polka dot)
stamps- Some Odd Girl (Deck the Halls Tobie set)
ink- Memento tuxedo black and Colorbox chestnut roan
Fiskars border punch
Doodlebug twine
button
EK Success reindeer border punch
Copic Spica glitter pens
Copic markers:
W5, W7, W9, Y13, Y21, Y26, Y28, E30, E31, E34, E35, E40, E81, 0, R05, R08, E19, YG03, YG67, G29

Sookie is skating onto the scene

Howdy folks!

I think that Fairy Nadine jinxed me yesterday because we got our first snow of the season. Yep, it snowed most of the day and now we have a few inches on the ground!

Ok, enough of my whining... welcome back to the fourth and final day of the mini digi only release sneak peeks over at Tickled Pink Stamps! It is a fun variety of Lolitas, Lil Little and Fairy all ready for your Christmas and winter cards. For now these will be available in digital form only and because she has been getting SO many requests from all of you TP fans, Kellie has the release available right now in the Tickled Pink Store!

I can't tell you how excited I am to have a brand new Sookie to share with you today! We haven't seen her since the Decades release oh-so long ago and I've always thought that we needed more Sookie love at Tickled Pink. So she's finally back and skating her way right into the holiday season. She is so pretty and graceful looking don'tcha think?

As always it wouldn't be a Tickled Pink Stamps preview without a prize, so head on over to the Tickled Pink blog and leave a comment on today's post for a chance at winning your very own Ice Skating Sookie digi stamp! And while you are there be sure to check out the fun and fantastic cards that my fellow Pink Ladies have created too. :)
Supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill, Glittered, and Copic X-Press It
paper- My Mind's Eye (snowmen), KI Memories (stripe), We R Memory Keepers (snowflakes)
digital stamp- Tickled Pink (Lil Lolita Skating Sookie)
stamp- Papertrey Ink (sentiment)
ink- Memento tuxedo black and Colorbox chestnut roan
brads
Martha Stewart snowflake border punch
Sharpie white marker
Copic Spica glitter pen
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E00, E11, R00, R20, R14
hair- E50, E51, E53, 0
eyes- E27, E47, E49
clothes- B000, B00, BG53, E81, 0, R05, R08, E19, C3, C5

A cool winter beauty

Greetings fellow stampers!

Welcome back to day three of the mini digi only release sneak peeks over at Tickled Pink Stamps! It is a fun variety of Lolitas, Lil Little and Fairy all ready for your Christmas and winter cards. For now these will be available in digital form only and you will be able to find them in the Tickled Pink Store on November 18th (17th for those of us in the States).

My card today features Fairy Nadine. This frosty beauty is the second fairy to join the Tickled Pink range of stamps and she is bringing snow and freezing temps along with her. Doesn't she look like she could be Jack Frost's girlfriend? I gave her some snow covered pine boughs to rest on while she waits for her light o'love to finish freezing over the ponds and lakes. ;)

As always it wouldn't be a Tickled Pink Stamps preview without a prize, so head on over to the Tickled Pink blog and leave a comment on today's post for a chance at winning your very own Fairy Nadine digi stamp! And while you are there be sure to check out the gorgeous cards that my fellow Pink Ladies have created too.

Later gators!
Supply list:
cardstock- kraft and Copic X-Press It
paper- Sassafras (Starry Night)
digital stamp- Tickled Pink (Fairy Nadine)
stamps- Inkadinkado (pine boughs), Studio G (sentiment)
ink- Memento tuxedo black, Tim Holtz old paper and frayed burlap distress inks
ribbon (RAK from Rinne, thanks Rinne!)
Tim Holtz tattered pine cone sizzix die
Viva liquid snow
Jenni Bowlin pearl pins
Sakura stardust glitter pen
Copic Spica glitter pen
Sharpie white marker
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E00, E11, B00, R00, R83
hair- B91, B93, C0, C1
eyes- B93, B95
clothes- E81, E87, 0, B0000, B000, B32, B91, B93

Christmas shopping with Ivy

Olo!

We're continuing the sneaks of the mini digi only release over at Tickled Pink Stamps today! It is a fun variety of Lolitas, Lil Little and Fairy all ready for Christmas and winter cards. For now these will be available in digital form only and you will be able to find them in the Tickled Pink Store on November 18th (17th for those of us in the States).

My card today features the new Lil Lolita Shopping Ivy. I've been partial to Ivy ever since the very first release and she's just as gorgeous now as she's ever been. I love how stylish she is as she goes about her holiday shopping... and from the look of things she has already found a few perfect gifts. I wonder who the lucky recipient will be? :)

As always it wouldn't be a Tickled Pink Stamps preview without a prize, so head on over to the Tickled Pink blog and leave a comment on today's post for a chance at winning your very own Lil Lolita Shopping Ivy digi stamp! And while you are there be sure to check out the fabulous cards that my fellow Pink Ladies have created too.

And did you see this?

Tickled Pink is having a 24 hour sale with 45% off selected stamps in the store. There are Lil Lolita and Lads at a bargain price and Pinkettes too. All the Christmas range are on sale and already flying out the store. Be sure to pick up some of your favorites HERE...Supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill and Copic X-Press It
paper- Making Memories (twinkle), My Mind's Eye (Mischievous), Echo Park (Season's Greetings)
digital stamp- Tickled Pink (Lil Lolita Shopping Ivy)
stamp- My Favorite Things (sentiment)
ink- Memento tuxedo black and Colorbox chestnut roan
Fiskars border punch
ribbon
Making Memories tree die cuts
EK Success gold pen
Sharpie white marker
Sakura clear glaze pen
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E00, E11, R00, R20
eyes- YG03, YG17, E34
hair- E27, E47, E49, E34
clothes- R24, R29, E19, C5, C7, C9, YG25, YG67, G29, E81, 0, YG01, YG03, YG00, R37, R59, Y26, Y28, Y13

New digis at Tickled Pink!

Hello, hello!

We're sneaking in a mini digi only release over at Tickled Pink Stamps and previews of the four new images start today! It is a fun variety of Lolitas, Lil Little and Fairy all ready for Christmas and winter cards. For now these will be available in digital form only and you will be able to find them in the Tickled Pink Store on November 18th (17th for those of us in the States).

My card today features the new Lil Little Evie and as soon as I saw her I thought she looked like a sweet little elf up at the North Pole. So it was a no-brainer pairing her up with the crazy elves from the Doodlebug Santa's Workshop papers. And once I had them on there, the card really didn't need much else. I think it looks like they are celebrating a job well done just after Santa has taken off in his sleigh for the big ride. ;)

As always it wouldn't be a Tickled Pink Stamps preview without a prize, so head on over to the Tickled Pink blog and leave a comment on today's post for a chance at winning your very own Lil Little Evie digi stamp! And while you are there be sure to check out all of the cutie patootie Evie cards that my fellow Pink Ladies have created too. :)
Supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill and Copic X-Press It
paper- Doodlebug (Santa's Workshop)
digital stamp- Tickled Pink (Lil Little Evie)
stamp- Studio G (sentiment)
ink- Memento tuxedo black and Colorbox chestnut roan
Kaiser Craft gems
Sharpie white marker
EK Success gold pen
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E00, E11, R00, R20
hair- E31, E34, E47
eyes- B00, B02, C5
clothes- E40, E41, 0, R05, R08, E19, YG03, YG25, YG17, BG000, C5, C7, C9, RV02, RV04, RV06, V04

Fabulous birthday

Olo!

Last night I left straight from work and drove the 40 minutes to 'the big city' with some pals to take advantage of a moonlight madness sale at the crafty store there. It was crazy and fun and I got some cool goodies but man, does it feel like I've been going, going, going without a break these past few days! Today I get to stay home but there is plenty to try and get done here too so I doubt it will be very relaxing. Then the whole cycle starts all over again... oy! But I'm not really complaining, I tend to do my best work under pressure. ;)

So quickly, quickly, I finally got the altered Punk Kaylee onto a card here recently for a special internet friend's birthday... happy birthday Terry! I had started this little gal back in August for a paper piecing video and she has been waiting patiently on my desk along with all the papers that I had pulled to go with her until a couple weeks ago. Then she caught my eye when I was wanting to make a b-day card and I thought, "Why not?". She looks like a fun party girl to me... what do you think?

Ok, I've seriously got to get a move on. I hope the rest of you get some time to rest and relax today!
Later! :)
Supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill and Copic X-Press It
paper- Basic Grey (Lauderdale)
digi stamp- Some Odd Girl (Punk Kaylee)
stamps- Some Odd Girl (Sweet Thinkin' Mae, present), Hero Arts (sentiment)
ink- Memento tuxedo black and Colorbox chestnut roan
Kaiser Craft gems
Sharpie white marker
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E00, E11, R00, R20, R85, YG21, YG93
hair- E50, E51, E53, Y11, RV14, RV17, RV19
everything else- B37, B39, BV29, C5, C7, C9
present- RV04, RV17, RV19, YG21, YG23, YG25

Grateful

Hi guys!

I'm jumping in real quick this morning with the last card in the little Thanksgiving themed card set that I made using the Special November release from Some Odd Girl.
This one features the ever adorable Pilgrim Tobie with his cornucopia full of harvest delights. Once again I paired him up with more of that new We R Autumn Splendor 6x6 pad and kept it all very CAS. Gosh, I can't believe how close we are to Thanksgiving already... just a couple weeks away now. Mmmm... my mouth is already watering for some pecan pie, LOL! I'm still hopeful that the snow will hold off until after Thanksgiving at least but with the way today and yesterday looked I'm not so sure that will happen.
In any case, as soon as the temperature drops to below freezing I say it is fair game to start cranking out the Christmas tunes. So far I've been enjoying the Michael Buble Christmas and the A Very She & Him Christmas (If you love Zooey Deschanel and/or New Girl this one is a must have). Next, I just have to wait a few more days to download this year's new Glee Christmas songs... woot woot! ;)

Hmmm... somehow I managed to skip from Thanksgiving right to Christmas all in one post. LOL! Oh well, it's all one big warm and fuzzy time of year if you ask me. :)

XOXO
Supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill and Copic X-Press It
paper- We R Memory Keepers (Autumn Splendor)
digi stamp- Some Odd Girl (Pilgrim Tobie)
stamp- Inkadinkado (sentiment)
ink- Memento rich cocoa and Colorbox chestnut roan
Creative Cafe rub on stitches
Sharpie white markers
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E00, E11, R00, R20, W3
eyes- BG75, BG78
hair- Y21, Y26, E35
clothes/cornucopia- N5, N7, N9, T5, T7, T9, E81, 0, E42, E44, E47, E30, E31, YR21, YR23, E35, R05, E07, YG21, BV23, BV25, Y35, YR14, BG96, BG99

Autumn Blessings

TGIF!

There's just something about Fridays isn't there? Doesn't matter that I'm working both today and tomorrow, it still feels good to get to the end of another week. Maybe part of it is that I'm finally feeling myself again after that awful cold. Getting sick really sidelined me and I wasn't able to get a bunch of stuff done that I wanted to this past week. So now I have Sunday to look forward to playing a little catch up on. :)

Today I've got another card to share from the Thanksgiving themed Special November release over at Some Odd Girl. This one features the sweetest little indian maid to attend that first Thanksgiving feast... Indian Tia! When I sat down to make my cards for this mini release I chose to work with a single paper pad for all three because I wanted them to all coordinate with each other, kind of like a little card set. I went with the new We R Autumn Splendor 6x6 pad and as soon as I came across this cool tree trunk print I new I had to pair it up with Tia. They remind me of paper birch trees, which I'm rather fond of because I can still remember climbing up into the giant paper birch in the yard as a kid and tapping on the knots aka 'doors' looking for fairies... but I digress. Because I didn't want to lose the look of Tia standing amongst the trees, I kept the design very CAS with minimal embellishing. This is why I love pretty papers folks! ;)

Well, I should take off... have a great weekend everybody!
Supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill and Copic X-Press It
paper- We R Memory Keepers (Autumn Splendor)
digi stamp- Some Odd Girl (Indian Tia)
stamp- Paper Trey Ink (sentiment)
ink- Memento rich cocoa and Colorbox chestnut roan
Paper Trey Ink twine
Basic Grey Picadilly wood button
Sharpie white marker
Copic markers:
skin- E00, E21, E13, R20
eyes- E57, E59
hair- T5, T7, T9
clothes- E50, E30, 0, R05, E07, E19, G40, G92, YR12, YR14, BG72, BG75, E47, YG91, YG93, E15

A vintage challenge at TPS

Hello!

It's Thursday and that means we have a new challenge over on the Tickled Pink challenge blog! This week we want to see you create a vintage inspired card or creation. :)

Being in a decidedly Christmas kind of mind frame with my cards right now, it was a no brainer to pull out one of this year's Lil Victorian Christmas Lolitas for my card. Right away Lylah seemed to lend a very vintage look to it and when it came time to pair her up with some papers, Graphic 45 was at the top of my list for this challenge. In all my paper stash, I don't think I have anything more vintage looking than these Christmas Emporium papers... it's just not a style that I'm big time into. But boy, was I glad to have it for this! ;)
I love how the little decorative panel makes it look like Lylah is part of a Christmas street scene, down town in front of the department store where all the season's toys and gifts are on display. With those bells she may just be collecting money for those less fortunate... awww, what a sweetie she is. :)

Alrighty, so go check out all the amazing inspiration from the design team girls and play along with us this week. There is a free digi of your choice up for grabs and the winner is now selected by random generator! Don't forget that your card must feature a Tickled Pink stamp in order to qualify for the prize... these include: Lil Lolitas and Lads, Pinkettes, Pink Pets and Cherries. All of which can be found in the Tickled Pink store.

Good luck everybody!
Supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill and Copic X-Press It
paper- Graphic 45 (Christmas Emporium)
stamps- Tickled Pink (Lil Victorian Christmas Lylah), Studio G (sentiment)
ink- Memento tuxedo black and Colorbox chestnut roan
Making Memories felt poinsettia
buttons
EK Success gold pen
Sharpie white marker
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E00, E11, R00, R20
eyes- B24, B26, B28, B39
hair- E08, E19, E18
clothes- YG17, YG67, G29, R24, R29, E19, E35, E57, E59, E81, W1, 0, Y21, Y26, Y28, Y13, C5, C7, C9