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