Hola!

Good morning!

I hope you aren't getting tired of seeing cards with the new Roll Call Wild Sprouts yet because I'm still having too much fun with them (and they are available for purchase starting today, yeah!). :)
So today it is Maria's turn and OMGosh isn't she just the sweetest little baby doll there is? She totally reminds me of my best friend from grade school, Liz. Liz always had her hair done up with the coolest barrettes that a little girl could ever long for. So I had to color Maria up to look just like the little Liz from my memories.
I used Pam's CA & Friends Saturday sketch for the design of my card and I also made my own flower embellishment so that I could enter this into the Quixotic challenge this week. I cut out a couple circles of paper towel and used a small brad to hold them together. I spritzed them with Glimmer Mist and scrunched it up, then let it dry like that. I was pleasantly surprised to find that it hardened a bit and held its scrunchy shape once all was said and done. Yeah!

Sigh, I guess I should be getting ready for work now... can you tell I'm having a hard time getting jazzed about that? It's just so beautiful out that I can think of a dozen other things that I'd rather be doing today but responsible Amy is winning out once again this morning. Ok, I'm off... see ya tomorrow! :)
Supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill and PTI
paper- October Afternoon (Hometown yellows), Basic Grey (green)
stamps- The Greeting Farm (WS Maria and sentiment)
ink- Memento tuxedo black, Autumn Leaves Cute World blue and Colorbox dark brown chalk ink
Martha Stewart border punch
Glimmer Mist (watermelon and holly)
paper towel
Sakura stardust glitter pen
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E21, E13, E15, R21
hair- N3, N5, N7, N9
clothes- R20, R21, R22, R35, R37, Y0000, Y11, Y13, Y15, Y17

Making a splash!

Hola amigas!

So when I checked out the new Quixotic challenge for this week I saw that it was to use water as a theme on your card. Now, right away a couple of images came to mind that I knew would be PERFECT for this challenge... the only problem? They aren't exactly released yet. What's a girl to do?
I thought about it for a bit and decided that a little teaser couldn't hurt anything. ;)
Did you know that Sweet November Land is nestled on the shores of a beautiful sea? Well of course it is... and in that sea live the Sweet November mermaids. They usually visit the shallower waters off shore only when the weather turns warm so it's still a couple months before they all show up but for now this slippery little sweetie has been spotted dancing in the waves. I'm not gonna tell you her name or even what little buddy may be joining her. Just know that the mermaids are coming and I hope you love them as much as I do! :)

I've also colored her hair black so that I could enter this card into the Copic Creations color challenge as well and I gotta say, I think the raven tresses suit her just fine. ;)

Ok, that's all the teasing you'll get from me today!
Toodles! Supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill and PTI
paper- oooooold Glad Tidings (wave)
stamp- Stampendous (sentiment)
ink- Memento tuxedo black and Tim Holtz broken glass distress ink
Ranger liquid pearls and Stickles
Prima flowers
Kaiser Craft droplets
Making Memories glitter brads
Sakura clear glaze pen
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E00, E11, R20, R32, R35
eyes- YG05, G07, G19
hair- N3, N5, N7, N9, B00, 0
tail- B000, B01, BG45, BG49, Y00, 0
top- RV06, RV19, RV69

Anya in the spotlight

Good morning!

I don't know what the weather is like where you are but I have to say, it has been positively beautiful here. We are finally starting to see the first of the sunny, warm spring days that I've been anxious for and it is wonderful! Add that to me still riding my Glee high and life is pretty darn good, LOL! ;)

So you may have seen this new Anya popping up, heck... you may even own her already if you took advantage of the pre-sale last week but today is the official release date for the brand new Spotlight set over at The Greeting Farm! Now, I've given Spotlight Anya a bit of a hair cut on my card today but she is super cute with her long locks too. You know me... I'm a sucker for those smilie eyes. :)
And I know that TGF is marketing this set for scrapbooking but I actually got it because I thought the different elements would be fun on my cards, so even if you don't do much scrapping don't count this one out. I mean, just look at those cutie stars and there are a lot of other fun images and sentiments too!

If that's not enough excitement for you, they are starting up a new scrappin' challenge over at the TGF blog every Thursday so you won't want to miss checking that out as well. :)

Speaking of challenges... I actually made my card for this week's Quixotic challenge to use metal embellishments. It was a great excuse to pull out these oooooold metal rim tags and finally put them to use. They were one of those 'must have' embellies back in the day and I built up quite a collection of them that have just sat in a drawer totally neglected. Well... five down, only about fifty left to go LOL!

Alrighty, it's time for me to go to work. Hope your day is wonderful my friends! :) Supply list:
cardstock- DCWV and PTI
paper- Reminisce (birthday text)
stamps- The Greeting Farm (Spotlight set)
ink- Memento tuxedo black and Colorbox blackbird chalk ink
Making Memories metal rim tags and brad
May Arts ribbon
American Crafts rub-on sentiment
Sakura clear glaze pen and stardust pen
Copic spica clear glitter pen
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E00, E11, R20
hair- E44, E47, E49
clothes and stars- V12, V15, V17, E40, E41, 0, YG01, YG03, YG25, RV23, RV25, RV29, Y11, Y13, Y15, BG02, BG05, BG07, Y38, YR15, YR04, BG000

Fine and dandy

Hey there! How's it goin'?

All is good here this morning. :)

By now I'm sure it's no secret that I enjoy altering and playing with my stamped images. So I was tickled pink when Elaine of Quixotic Paperie invited me to be a guest designer for this week's Quixotic challenge which is all about altering your TGF stamps. Umm, yea... I think I can do that. ;)

The problem comes in figuring out which stamps to combine into a new character, there are just so many possibilities! How to choose, how to choose? I decided to start with my papers and hopefully have those guide me. So once again I felt the pull of that WeR card kit I've been frankensteining and when I saw the dandelion puffs and matching sentiment the light bulb went off... fairy time, LOL! So I grabbed Easter Anya because I love her curly pigtails, wiped away her closed eyes with a baby wipe (links to my altering tutorials can be found in my sidebar) and replaced them with Lolli Anya's smiley eyes. Then I chopped off her head and added it to Flutter Anya's body. Isn't she just so giggly and cute?

Now I've got to share a little story that this cards brings to mind... I'll probably sound like a total goof but I'm putting it out there. :)
So back when I was in college and making the the three hour drive home one long weekend and the wind was blowing over the palouse sending huge tumbleweeds rolling across the freeway, my mind began to wander and I began to imagine little fairies hitching rides in the branches of those tumbleweeds. I could see them spinning head over heels shouting 'weeeeeeeeeee' just like it was an amusement park ride. It really made me hope that none of them hit the car, LOL!
And I totally made the mistake of telling my family about this little flight of fancy and now I never hear the end of it whenever we spot a tumbleweed blowing by, oy!
Ok, dorky tangent over. ;)

Thanks so much for stopping by today, have a good one!Supply list:
cardstock- Paper Trey Ink
paper/rubons/chipboard diecuts- WeR Memory Keepers (Vintage Blue)
stamps- The Greeting Farm (Easter Anya, Flutter Anya, Lolli Anya)
ink- Memento tuxedo black and Colorbox dark brown chalk ink
Queen&Co Rox gems
Ranger Stickles
Fiskars Threading Water border punch
Copic Spica clear glitter pen
Copic multiliner 0.3 and 0.1 pens
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E00, E11, R20
hair- E50, E51, E53, E55, 0
dress- V04, V05, V06, YG23, YG03, YG25, Y15
wings- BG10, BG11, BG15, BG18

Make like a tree and leave

LOL!
Good morning! :)

Yeah for days off... though to be honest I've got quite a bit to do around here so it's not like I can just sit and chill all day. Still, it always feels good to get a lot crossed off the old to-do list so that's the game plan for the day.

My card today is for this week's Quixotic challenge to use leaves on your project... and wouldn't ya know that this paper from the new WeR card kit I was telling you about a few days ago fit the bill perfectly so I just had to use it! Once the paper was chosen it was time to pick out a stamp and this Kraftin Kimmie Clara stamp came to mind... again, perfect. :)
Though I did do a smidge of altering on her by wiping away the scarf from around her neck and changing the cuffs on her sleeves just so she would look a bit more springy. Now doesn't it look like Clara and her bird friend were just made to go with that paper? I also added a Verve sentiment to one of the chipboard pieces that came with the kit and threw in a few Prima leaves for good measure.
Once again, another quick yet fun card all thanks to some card kit goodness... awwww it's the little things that make me happy. ;)

Have a great one my friends! Supply list:
cardstock- Paper Trey Ink
paper, chipboard- WeR Memory Keepers (Vintage Blue)
stamps- Kraftin Kimmie (Moonlight Whispers Clara), Verve (Fairy tales sentiment)
ink- Memento tuxedo black and rich cocoa, Colorbox dark brown chalk ink
Prima leaves
Kaiser Craft gems
Liquid Pearls
Copic markers:
skin- E50, YR00, E51, R20, RV14, B00
hair- E08, E09, E18, E29
clothes- E50, E30, 0, E44, E47, E49, V04, V05, V06, RV19, BG01, BG05, BG09
bird- BG0000, BG000, BG01, BG05, BG09, Y15, E50, E30, 0

Gnome, sweet gnome

Hello, hello my stampin' sisters! I hope everyone is enjoying a lovely Sunday with plenty of time to stamp and craft today. :)

I finished the Sweet November Stamps badge yesterday and have placed it in my sidebar, if anyone is interested in adding it to their blog all you have to do is right click and save it to your computer to use it. Hope you like! :)

As soon as I saw that the Quixotic challenge for this week was to create something for your mom, I knew I wanted to play along. Ideas would come and go but for days nothing perfect was coming to mind and it just had to be perfect. So I kept putting it off until inspiration finally hit with the arrival of an order of new Cosmo Cricket papers... mmmmm... I LOVE new papers, LOL! ;)
And as soon as I spied the happy veggies paper from the Garden Variety line, the wheels began to turn. You see, my mom loves her garden, every spring she can't wait to get out there and plant all her veggies (some grow more successfully than others heeheehee) and I also knew just what stamps I wanted to use too.
A few years ago she had given me this Garden Gnome stamp set which we both thought was really cute. I used it once but since the images really need to be colored in (and this was before I was introduced to the wonderful world of Copics) it has kinda been neglected since then. So now was the time for the Gnome to make his come back... and boy, has he! I created this scene using a bunch of different stamps from the set, now Gnomey is working his magic getting his little garden started. And just look at those smiling veggies... we all know that peas and carrots are a pretty easy audience but any gnome that can get a tomato to smile is A-OK in my book (I think it must be all that acidity that effects their attitude) LOL ;)

I plan on including an IOU note for "one trip to the greenhouse this spring" when I give it to Mom... she'll like that. And I know I just spoiled the surprise because she reads this blog but she's such a snoop that she would have found it early anyway... Mom, ya know I tease because I love. ;)

Alrighty, that's all I've got today... hasta manana!


Supply list:
cardstock- GP and PTI
paper- Cosmo Cricket (Garden Variety)
stamps- Oriental Trading Company (Gnome set)
ink- Memento tuxedo black and Colorbox dark brown chalk ink
Paper Trey Ink twine
buttons
K&Co rub on stitches
Computer font- Comic Sans
Copic markers:
skin- E00, E11, R20
beard- E40, E41, 0
clothes- R05, R08, E07, YG23, YG25, YG17, E55, E57, E59
pots- E95, E97, E99
everything else- C0, C1, C3, Y15, Y19, Y17, BG0000, BG000, YG23, YG25, YG17, G07, E55, E57, E59

Tag, you're it

Good morning!
I hope everyone is doing well today, getting back into the swing of things after a (possibly) long weekend. :)
I'm dragging just a bit and have got to get ready for work so I'm gonna keep this one short and sweet.

The challenge over at Quixotic this past week has been to use tags on a card, which was quite serendipitous considering I've had these Basic Grey tags kickin' around my desk since the last time I straightened things up. So it felt really good finally putting them to use. :)
This little Ian is actually a combination of Cute Troop Ian (his head) and Dress Me Ian's body. Can I just say once again how much I love the Dress Me set for making simple, generic, non-themed Anyas and Ians... especially when you can throw so many different heads on them. I'm still hoping that Marie makes a fall/winter clothes set for them someday... heck, any new clothes would be fun to see. hint, hint, wink, wink! ;)

Ok, ending on a pleading note is always fun so I'll wrap things up for today.

Check ya later dudes! :) Supply list:
cardstock- Cardstock Warehouse, PTI
tags- Basic Grey (Oh Baby boy)
stamps- The Greeting Farm (Dress Me Ian, Cute Troop Ian), Inkadinkado (kid quotes sentiment), Tim Holtz (distressed background)
ink- Memento tuxedo black, Colorbox creamy brown chalk ink, Autumn Leaves (fire opal)
twill
Paper Trey Ink twine
Copic brown multiliner 0.1 pen
Copic markers:
skin- E00, E11, R20
hair- E50, E51, E53, E34
clothes- E30, E31, E35, E44, E47, E49, Y32, Y35, Y38, YR12, YR15, YR14, YG01, YG03, YG13, YG17, B91, B93, B95, B97, B99

Do you believe in fairies?

I do!

And you just might too after visiting the Quixotic challenge blog today. :)
Elaine has asked me to be a special guest for the challenge, as the Sweet November fairies are feeling the love over there this week and I was more than happy to play along.

I wanted to celebrate the ever growing family of Fairy Sweets so I chose to use three different fairies on my card today. Gossamer and Fidget are two of the four original fairies that got this whole crazy ride rolling as well as their newest friend, Sparkle. And they look like a fun group of friends if you ask me. :)
The rest of my card is still more of that Basic Grey Lemonade card kit that I've been Frankensteining... with a few extra Prima flowers and gems thrown in for good measure. ;)
I pulled the colors for the girls from the colors in the papers and now they are making me hungry for fruit flavored candies... or maybe even a shaved icee... mmmmmm... LOL!

But I digress... to see more Sweet November goodness from Elaine and her fabulous team as well as the SNS gals, Traci and Amy, then head over to Quixotic and be sure to play along this week too! :)

Alrighty, gotta fly!
Supply list:
cardstock- Paper Trey Ink
paper, chipboard flowers- Basic Grey (Lemonade)
stamps- Sweet November Stamps (Gossamer Cornwand, Sparkle Thistleweed and Fidget Goblinspider), Hero Arts (sentiment)
ink- Memento tuxedo black and Colorbox chestnut roan chalk ink
Prima Got Flowers
Making Memories gems
Sakura clear glaze pen and stardust pen
Copic Markers-
skin- E00, E11, R20, RV04, W5
eyes (Gossamer)- E33, E35, E37
eyes (Sparkle)- B00, B02, B06
eyes (Fidget)- YG13, YG17, G07
hair (Gossamer)- YG21, YG03, YG23, YG25, YG17
hair (Sparkle)- RV10, RV13, RV14, RV17, RV19
hair (Fidget)- Y13, Y15, Y18, Y17
clothes- YR16, YR18, BG10, BG11, BG45, BG49, RV10, RV11
wings- G0000, G000, G00
sky- B0000, B000

Hippity hoppity Easter is on its way

Is it too early to say that?

You won't think so when you see who's re-joining the Farm this Monday... ;)
That's right, today we are previewing the brand new RUBBER Easter Anya over at Club Anya and I totally adore her... I think it must be those curly pig tails. :)

I didn't become a 'friend of the farm' until after this little cutie had already come and gone as a limited edition digital stamp last year and I was always totally bummed that I might never add her to my collection. But after dropping many not-so-subtle hints and much begging and pleading I was thrilled to see Marie grant mine, and I'm sure many others, wish for Easter to be brought back! Give me a woot, woot!

And even though I've warmed up a bit to digital stamps, an actual rubber stamp will always be my true love so that makes this Easter Anya even sweeter to me. Sigh... I'm just a happy, happy girl now. :)

I've also added a little butterfly to my card today so that I can enter it into this week's Quixotic Challenge to use, well, butterflies. :)

Alrighty, that's it from me today... be sure to head on over to Club Anya to see all the Easter sweetness my fellow CADT have created, it will make you long for spring!

Toodles!

Supply list:

cardstock- Bazzill and PTI

paper- Imaginisce (For Peeps Sake)

stamps- The Greeting Farm (Easter Anya and Wonderland rabbit)

ink- Memento tuxedo black and Colorbox cream brown chalk ink

Marvy mega giga scallop circle punch

Martha Stewart butterfly punch

Kaiser Craft pearls

Prima flowers (white)

Silk flowers from Walmart (daffodils)

computer font- Harrington

Sakura clear glaze pen

Copic Spica clear glitter pen

Copic markers:

skin- E50, YR00, E51, R20, R22, E93

hair- E53, E55, E57, E59

clothes/rabbit- R30, R20, R32, YG21, YG23, YG03, Y11, Y32, Y21, B000, B00, B01, V000, V01, RV00, RV02, E40, E41, G0000, G000, G00

More yummy inspiration

Hello, hello!
How y'all doing today?
I'm getting ready for work but it's all good... none of the same stress from last week. This week is all about the routine. :)

Still, I can't really dilly dally with my post so I'll just jump right into it... my card today fits two different challenges. First is the Quixotic "hot chocolate" challenge. I don't like coffee and I don't drink tea but I love a good mug of cocoa on a cold day so this one was right up my alley. We're supposed to think chocolate, marshmallows, whipped cream and all that yummy goodness so I pulled my color scheme of off-white and browns from that... just looking at this makes me thirsty, mmmmmmm. I'm becoming convinced that good eats make for great card inspiration... ;)
Next I used Ria's sketch challenge from All That Scraps for the over-all layout design. I loved the swirly circle in the center and new I had the perfect stamp to re-create it as a window for little Chanter. :)
Now if you decide to do the ATS challenge too don't forget that in order to be eligible for the weekly prize you can't combine it with any other challenges.

Ok, that's all I've got for today. Take care and I'll see y'all back here tomorrow. :)

Supply list:

cardstock- cardstock warehouse kraft, CC Designs ivory

paper- K&Co (white), Basic Grey (brown), My Mind's Eye (polka dot)

stamps- Sweet November Stamps (Chanter Heartsong), Hero Arts (sentiment), Verve (Fairy Tales swirly circle)

ink- Memento rich cocoa, Versamark clear, Colorbox dark brown chalk ink

American Crafts Zing brown embossing powder

Kaiser Craft pearls

Paper Trey ink twine

misc button

Copic Spica glitter pens

Copic markers:

skin- E50, YR00, E51, R20, W5

hair- E35, E57, E59, E49

eyes- E44, E47, E49

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

Christmas time is here...

happiness and cheer... fun for all, that children call their favorite time of year...

Good Monday morning to you!
Do you realize that Christmas is only like two and a half weeks away? OMGosh where did the time go? Seriously... I feel like I still have way too much to get done before the big day. Bet I'm not the only one though. ;)
I'm really looking forward to doing some holiday baking. Cookies... cakeballs... jello popcorn balls... all the best goodies to plate up and give to friends and family. Hopefully I'll get to start that this coming weekend and have some help from my mom and sister.

But this past weekend was all about the card making and I was all about using more 'oldies but goodies' from my stash. In fact, everything on my card today is from an Anna Griffin die cut sheet that I noticed was dated 2005... so yea, I've been hanging onto them for a while now. ;)
I still love them though and I'm so glad I finally put them to use because they are just perfect for a fun, girly Christmas card.
The image is a mix of Wild Sprouts Annika's head and digi Wild Sprouts Camille's body. I loooooove that stylish little coat so don't be surprised if you see me use it with a bunch of different heads on upcoming Christmas/winter cards. LOL
And on top of all that this card works for two challenges this week! First is Anyone for Anya's open challenge and second is Quixotic's challenge to use charms (which I have dangling from Annika's hand).
In all my blog cruising I've come across quite a few 'new to me' challenges that I really want to have a go at soon... who knows, I just may break my record and combine three challenges next time! LOL :)

Thanks for stopping by and have a fabulous day! Supply list:
cardstock- cardstock warehouse and GP
die cut frame, trees and sentiment- Anna Griffin (Elsie Christmas)
stamps- The Greeting Farm (WS Annika and digi WS Camille)
ink- Memento tuxedo black and Colorbox chestnut roan chalk ink
Ranger Stickles
misc charm and string
Copic Spica clear glitter pen
Copic markers-
skin- E50, YR00, E51, R20
hair- E25, E27, E29, E59
clothes- B91, B95, B97, B99, E30, E33, E35, RV32, RV34, YG00, YG21, YG01, W5, W7, W9

So proud of myself

Hello! I hope all is well for you on this fine Tuesday... I'm feeling really good and everything seems to be getting back on track, which is great.
Heck, I even found time to make a card for not one but two challenges! I know, I know... that really isn't much as far as combining challenges go (ahem, Victoria) BUT it is my first time combing any so I'm pretty happy with it. ;) I made this card work for the Flutter By challenge to have a 'Thankful' theme and the Quixotic challenge to add stitching. I hand stitched all wonky like on purpose 'cause I thought it looked very fairy-ish. The sepia toned coloring of the fairies was inspired by Christine's cards that she had in the All That Scraps newsletter a few weeks back... I thought it was pretty cool looking and had to try it myself. :)
I added Spica glitter pens to both fairies hair and I think I did a bit better job photographing it this time but the sparkle still looks way cooler in person. ;)
Alrighty, time to go get ready for work... again. Check ya later!

Supply list:

cardstock- Bazzill and GP

paper- Basic Grey

stamps- Sweet November Stamps (Tangle and Fidget) Technique Tuesday (sentiment)

ink- Memento tuxedo black and Tim Holtz Distress Ink (vintage photo and walnut stain)

Prima flowers

Kaiser Gems

Ranger Stickles

Copic Spica glitter pens

Copic markers:

skin- E00, E11, R20

hair/eyes (Tangle)-YR20, YR21, YR24, E55, E57, E59

hair/ eyes (Fidget)- E44, E47, E49, E25, E27, E29

clothes/wings- R05, E07, E50, E51, E53, E33, E35, E37, E40, E41