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