Christmas Traditions Challenge with Crafty Ribbons :)

It's my turn to host the 12 Weeks of Christmas Challenge for Crafty Ribbons, and for the theme this week, I chose Christmas Traditions!

One of the traditions you find very common up here in the north is pinecones :)  You will often walk into a friend or relative's house during the Christmas season and find a bowl of pinecones, lol.  Au naturale, or painted, glittered, or dressed up.  It doesn't really matter, cuz it's the pinecone that counts!

So in honour of this Christmas tradition, I created this holiday card using a pinecone stamp, and some Wink of Stella, and finished it with some gorgeous Christmas Charm Ribbon - Snowflakes.

Have you joined us in the 12 Weeks of Christmas challenges yet?  If not, there is only one more left after this week!  Come on over and join us for your chance to win a prize from Crafty Ribbons!

Have a Beautiful Day with Sweet Stamps

I have some beautiful Cabbage Roses for you today for Sweet Stamps :)

I stamped the Cabbage Rose rubber stamp in layers using a post-it note masking technique in a light colored dye ink.  Then I water colored them using my water color pencils and water.  I used the Beautiful Day rubber stamp for the sentiment, but I accidentally double stamped the left side, so I used a black marker to thicken up the first letters in each word.  This is a good way to fix a mistake without actually having to redo your whole project :)  Lastly I added some dew drops with Glastique!  I love how nice this stuff works on a floral card!

Sweet Stamps has many beautiful floral rubber stamps, and the detail is amazing.  I will eventually be coloring them all!  Muwahahahahah!  Hehe, sorry, that one snuck out lol!

There are loads of other products in the Sweet Stamps online shop, like chipboard accents!  I love them, lol.  I will definitely be creating with them again soon :)

And come and join us for our two monthly challenges!  The Anything Goes challenge begins on the first Sunday of every month, and the Anything But a Card challenge begins on the third Sunday of every month.  Come and join us for some fun and prizes!

A Peaceful Christmas

We really need some peace this Christmas, that is what I pray for.  And when I realized I had this Peaceful Christmas Tree stamp by Magnolia Stamps, I knew it was just what I needed.

I completed this project with Tim Holtz Distress Inks in Vintage Photo and a Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Pen too :)

Such a sweet image, and it can be used for many things...I have made a Christmas Tree ornament :)  You can find this and many other Magnolia Stamps in Noelle Martins online shop at Quick Creations.

Come back soon for more fun Christmas projects, and well, others too, lol.

Cotton Candy Avery with the Paper Nest Dolls

It's challenge time over at the Paper Nest Dolls!  And I have chosen to create with Cotton Candy Avery, she just looks like she's having so much fun :)

I colored her with my Copics and Prismacolor Premiere Pencils in the following colors:

Hair:  E11
PC1082, 946, 948, 935
Skin:  E000
PC927, 939, 1029
Clothes:  B00, Y21, E11
PC1082, 946, 948, 1034, 943, 919, 1022, 906
Floss:  RV00, YR000
PC993, 930, 995, 1082, 946

I finished this project using paper from the Studio Calico South of Market paper collection, and sentiment stamps from the CC Designs/Amy R Scripted Sentiments stamp set and the My Creative Time Sweet die/stamps set.

Don't forget to come and join in the fun over at the Paper Nest Dolls Challenge blog for your chance to win a prize every month!  And you can find all of the Paper Nest Dolls rubber stamps in the online store here :)  They are so sweet and fun to create with, don't be surprised if some of them fall into your cart!

The Greeting Farm's Holiday Anya 2 with Quick Creations

Hello!  I am here today with my very fist The Greeting Farm creation for Quick Creations :)  This is Holiday Anya 2 and she is just so cute!  I enjoyed creating with her and coloring her up, and I definitely will be doing more creating with these fun stamps!

I colored her using my Copics and Prismacolor Premiere Pencils in the following colors:

Skin:  E000
PC927, 939, 1029
Hair:  Y21
PC1034, 943, 945
Dress:  YG03
PC912, 908
Sash:  R12
PC924, 937

I completed this project with paper from the Lawn Fawn "Snow Day" Collection, some Christmas ribbon from Crafty Ribbons and stamps and snowflake dies from my Stamp of Approval Holiday Magic box ;)

You can find several TGF stamps in the Quick Creations online shop, and Noelle Martin is great with customer service.

Come and join us as well for the monthly challenge over on the Quick Creations Challenge blog for a chance to win!  See you soon :)

Flutterby Birthday Card with Sweet Stamps

Hello everyone, I have a fun new card design for you today for Sweet Stamps :) AAAnnnnnnddd I am totally in love with it lol.

I had a lot of fun creating this card, and the most fun thing about it?  Starting out with one idea, and then having it morph into something totally different and unexpected!  I love how creativity works sometimes ;)

I stamped the Daisy Side rubber stamp on hot press watercolor paper in a light colored dye ink and then heat set it with my heat tool.  Then I water colored the flower with my watercolor pencils and water (duh, of course!).  Then I decided to try something new.  I die cut the flower with the Flutterby #2 die set (the solid one).  Then I die cut the layer of the die with patterned paper and glued them under the solid butterflies.  I also used a sentiment from the Kitty Sweets clear stamp set and then added some Glastique for dew drops!

I love how this card turned out!  I will definitely be trying this technique out again soon.

You can find all the products I mentioned in the Sweet Stamps online store :)  (As well as many, many more;))  And don't forget to come and join us for two monthly challenges!  The Anything Goes challenge begins on the first Sunday of every month, and the Anything But a Card challenge begins on the third Sunday of every month!  See you there!

Peace Joy Love Christmas Tags with Crafty Ribbons

I have been a busy little beaver lately, with the new job and Christmas is only 3 weeks away!  I still have to finish my Christmas shopping, plus...the holiday Craft Show season is upon us!  Phew, that'll keep a girl busier than usual that's for sure!

For my inspiration post for Crafty Ribbons this week, I have created some cute little Christmas tags, using watercolor and embossing powder, as well as the Peace Love Joy ribbon from Crafty Ribbons, I think this is my favorite of the new ribbons for 2015.  It is so classy looking and appropriate, especially given the amount of tragedy throughout the world.

You can find this ribbon and plenty more exclusive gorgeous ribbons on the Crafty Ribbons website!  And you can also come and join us for the bi-weekly challenges over on the challenge blog!  We are still in the midst of our 12 weeks of Christmas challenges, where we are having a new challenge every week, so hurry up and join us!