Good Cheer

Good morning!

The count down to Christmas is on and I've got some goodie baking to do today with the help of my sister. There will be cut out cookies, popcorn balls and I still want to try my hand at that Christmas Crack. It should make for a pretty busy day.

My card today was actually driven by the paper before the stamp, which is not my norm. I have really wanted to use that great subway art type print from October Afternoon but it proved difficult to pair up with anything because I would always lose too much of the overall look. I needed an image that I could easily cut out but nothing too big... say hello to You Shine a la mode. At first I didn't think she would work because that strand of lights would be a pain to cut but then I stamped her directly on the pattern paper first, then onto the Copic X-Press and colored her up there. Once I had that done I could just cut her and the bulbs out then glue them onto the initial impression. It's prefect... she's thin enough that you can still read most of those words in the background but bright enough to steal the spotlight. 

Ok, that's it for me today. Later gators!       

Supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill and Copic X-Press It
paper- October Afternoon (Make it Merry)
stamp- My Favorite Things (a la modes You Shine)
ink- Memento tuxedo black and Colorbox creamy brown
The Twinery twine
Kaiser Craft gems
Jolee's lights stickers
Sakura stardust glitter pen
Gold Smooch
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E00, E11, R00, R20
hair- E35, E57, E59
clothes/lights- YG03, YG67, G29, N5, N7, N9, Y11, Y13, Y17, R14, R17, E09, G07, B05, B37, YR04, YR18

Thanks a latte

Good morning! 

So this card is very clean and simple in its design and it's the first in what I suspect will be a long list of "thank you" cards that I make in the near future. There have been many wonderful people who have been completely amazing to me and my family during Mom's illness so I have a lot to be grateful and thankful for and I need to tell them that. 

I've had this little A la Mode stamped up for a long time and I actually started coloring her last month shortly after Mom got sick. But when everything really started happening she kind of got put to the side. Yesterday I finally found myself at my crafty desk and everything just kind of fell together. There is a lot of rub-on action going on here, both with the flowers and the sentiment that I put on the strip of vellum. And seeing as how I've been spending quite a bit of time in Seattle recently I couldn't resist drawing in a play on the Starbucks logo on those coffee cups. ;)

On the mom front, she continues to do well. They had to go back in and replace one of the drains in her on Friday and they removed the breathing tubes yesterday so that is great. She's currently still in CCU but hopefully she will be transferred out of there soon.

Alrighty, I'm off to work today. have a good one my friends! 

Supply list:

cardstock- Bazzill and Copic X-Press It

paper- My Mind's Eye

stamp- My Favorite Things (A la Mode Miss You a Latte)

ink- Memento tuxedo black and Colorbox chestnut roan

vellum

KI Memories rub on alphas and flowers

Kaiser Craft pearls

Ranger Liquid Pearls
Copic 0.1 black multiliner pen

Copic markers:

sorry, lost my list for this one

A Thousand Sheets WINNERS!

Hey all!

Well, today's the day... it feels like it has been a long time coming but it is finally time to announce the winners of the big Thousand Sheets giveaway! Before I get to the lucky winners though, I just want to thank everyone for helping me celebrate the milestone this year. The response was truly phenomenal and I have enjoyed reading all of the comments and well wishes! It's been completely wonderful and amazing to discover so many fellow crafters out there... I love it!

I'm just glad that I get to leave the picking of winners to Mr. Random Generator because if I could, I would share 1000 sheets of paper with everybody. :)

Now without further ado let's find out who the lucky five are...

dadadadadadadadadadadadada (a little bit of drum roll for the occasion) ;)
And the winners are...

• Fairwee Emaline goes to- Karla #476
• Flitter Friend Blackberry goes to- stepko #1330
• Princess Ilyse goes to- Катрин #1095
• Sandy Breakwater and Mama Crabby go to- mikki #287

And the Grand Prize goes to... Jas #378

Huge CONGRATULATIONS to all of the winners! :)
Please email me at pete_danger@hotmail.com with our mailing information so that I can get your candy sent off to ya!

Again, BIG HUGS to everyone, thanks for playing and happy crafting!
Supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill
papers- Collage Press (floral), My Mind's Eye (cream)
stamps- My Favorite Things (Wishing You Luck a la modes), My Sentiments Exactly (sentiment)
ink- Memento tuxedo black and Colorbox chestnut roan
Kaiser Craft pearls
ribbon
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E00, E11, R20
hair- E50, Y21, Y26, E35
clothes- B95, B97, B99, E27, E29, E18, YG03, YG25, YG17