Happy Birthday OR Happy Valentine's Day

This card has so many possibilities - whether it be for a birthday card, Valentine's Day card or Thinking About You card. It uses 3 different Justrite Stamp sets - Hamony Classic Circle Set for the butterflies; Stitched With Love for the card's center and the flower on the inside; Celebrations Demi Phrases for the sentiment. I touched up the flowers with Spica pens for a little shimmer and shine. All images were die cut with Spellbinders Nestabilities dies. Ink is Warm Red by Colorbox. The card front was embossed with a Cuttlebug embossing folder.




TFL

Hockey is Life

I recently tried out for the Imaginisce DT. Unfortunatley I didn't make the new DT, but I do love this layout of my son, playing his favorite sport.





Used lots of Imaginisce pattern papers, and of course, my trusty Cricut Expression and the Sports Mania cartridge.

Noel

It's Stamp It Up Wednesday at Blackleaf Studio. This is the day we get to showcase some amazing stamps. I chose to work with the sleigh



which is part of this digi set:





Supplies:
Cardstock: Bazzill
Pattern paper: Scribbles
Digi image: Blackleaf
Markers: Copic
Die cuts: Spellbinders, Nestabilities

Merry Christmas

and Happy Holiday to you and yours.

Using my beloved Kreaxions punches, I created this Christmas card using punch 907 with insert "B". After stamping my image, I die cut it with Spellbinders, Nestabilities and then I created rectangles to hold my image. Punch 907 was used on the corners.



Supplies:
Cardstock: Bazzill
Pattern paper: Webster's Pages
Punches: Kreaxion
Stamp: Crafty Secrets
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Ranger Distress Ink
Other: Machine stitching


This card uses 907 with the "C" inserts on the corners of the card and the corners of my image. I added some distress ink along the edges before sewing the image to the card. Then punch 915 was used to create the border under the number 25.


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Supplies:
Cardstock: American Crafts
Pattern paper: K&Co.
Stamp: Stampendous
Punches: Kreaxions
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Ranger Distress Ink
Brads: Making Memories
Markers: Copic
Fluff: FlowerSoft
Other: Mahcine stitching
TFL.

Gingerbread Christmas

Today's post at Blackleaf Studios shows how easy it is to create custom cards when using digi images because you can print them in any size you want. Many times, I've stamped an image and really wanted something larger, so I'm finding digis are a big help.

I used the background paper and the gingerbread house from the new Christmas collection. I knew the size of my card was going to be 5" x 6 1/2" so I printed my striped paper at 5" x 7". Then I printed the gingerbread house at 3 1/2".



I mounted the striped paper on brown cardstock and adhered that to my card. Then I colored the gingerbread house with water color pencils and markers, matted it on brown cardstock and added it to the card front. The sentiment was added just to the right to finish off my card.



TFL and have a Merry Christmas.

Snowman Gift Bag

Well, it's just about time for Christmas, and it's time to finish those last minute gifts. And what about the wrapping? The wrapping is just as important as the gift itself.

Several months ago, I discoverd Elizabeth O. Dulemba through Justrite Stampers. Elizabeth is a children's book author and illustrator who creates some amazing artwork. If you visit her blog, she allows you to download images she has created. Her artwork is amazing.

I decided I wanted to decorate a gift bag so I chose to use Elizabeth's Snowman image, and, of course, I had to use my Copic markers on the Snowman and the background.



I created a large snowflake with my Cricut Expression and the Winter Lace cartridge. Laying the snowflake atop the gift bag, I sprayed Tattered Angels Frost Glimmer Mist for a little sparkle. I added it to the gift bag with some Pop Up Glue Dots.



I created the snowmound with a fun snow pen from Marvy Uchida. You lay down the ink then heat set it and it puffs up - it's awesome! I then inked the edges of the image with Ranger Distress Ink and mounted the image on some K&Company paper. I used a Silver Spica pen on the snowflakes then added American Crafts Glitter brads to the center of several of the snowflakes. The sentiment was stamped on white cardstock, inked with Ranger Distress ink and mounted on black cardstock. It was then added above the image with black brads. I then used additional Pop Up Glue Dots on the Snowman image to set it apart from the snowflake.

Enjoy.

Supplies:
Image: Elizabeth O. Dulemba
Cardstock: American Crafts
Pattern paper: K&Company
Markers: Copic, Spica
Glimmer Mist: Tattered Angels
Snow marker: Marvy Uchida
Stamp: Stampendous
Brads: American Crafts, Making Memories
InK: Memento Tuxedo Black, Ranger Old Paper Distress Ink
Snowflake: Cricut Expression, Winter Lace cartridge

Created for Glue Dots(R)

showcased on Scrapscene Dec 23, 2010

Believe

Well this is my final post at SugarCreek Hollow and it has been fun. Tracy has some lovely images, so be sure to stop in the store. Also, check out all the fun creations the DT made this week.

I used the Believe sentiment with this vintage Santa paper I found.




Tracy, Owner
Joseline, DT Coordinator
Mary
Marsha
Nancy
Stephanie You are HERE
Cec
Sharon
Renee
Joni
Donna
Julie
Ms. Plum
Heidi
Dawn
Sugar Creek Hollow


Supplies:
Cardstock: Coredinations
Pattern paper: Daisy D
Image: Sugar Creek Hollow
Ink: Ranger, Walnut ink
Die cut: Spellbinders, Nestabilities

Paint cans

We all love candy and who wouldn't love something different on the Christmas table? I found these cute little paint cans at Michaels and knew they'd come in handy for something!!!! Using Justrite's Holiday Cheer stamp set, I stamped 5 snowflakes for each paint can and one sentiment. A 1" punch was used for the snowflakes, while a circle Nestability die was used for the sentiment. Using Glue Dots, I adhered the snowflakes around the can and on the lid. Candy kisses were added, but M&Ms would work or any other chocolate of your choice. Some bling helps make the snowflakes stand out.






Supplies:
Paint cans: Michaels
Stamps: Justrite Stampers
Ink: Memento
Adhesive: Glue Dots - Mini Glue Dots, perforated sheets; Pop Up Glue Dots
Rhinestones: Studio 18
Dies: Spellbinders, Nestabilities
Punch: EKSuccess


Created for Glue Dots(R)

Christmas Tags

These tags are just a breeze to make with the right tools. Check out JustImagine's blog and MyStampBOX blog for some more inspiration.

Using just a plain shipping tag, I punched the edges with my Kreaxion punches, added die cut circles, then a stamped the snowman from MyStampBOX's Merry Mr. Snowman stamp set.



After punching the edges, I lightly inked the edges with Ranger Walnut Ink. Then I mounted the circles which had also been lightly inked. The snowman was the last addition and I added brads for his eyes and buttons.

Tag #1 uses: 916 with "B" insert
Tag #2 uses: 907 with "B" insert
Tag #2 uses: 918 with "C" insert (then cut off the edges)

Supplies:
Shipping tag
Cardstock: American Crafts
Punches: Kreaxions
Ink: Memento, Ranger Walnut Ink
Stamps: MyStampBOX
Brads: American Crafts

Baby Jesus

The challenge this week at Sugar Creek Hollow is to create a red and white card. I chose to use the Baby Jesus and scroll images for my card, keeping it simple with torn edges and a small pointsettia.



Now head off to the rest of the team's blogs and see what they've done this week.

Tracy, Owner
Joseline, DT Coordinator
Mary
Marsha
Nancy
Stephanie You are HERE
Cec
Sharon
Renee
Joni
Donna
Julie
Ms. Plum
Heidi
Dawn
Sugar Creek Hollow


Supplies:
Cardstock: Bazzill
Images: Sugar Creek Hollow
Ink: Ranger, Walnut ink
Pointsettia: Prima
Brad: Making Memories

Joyeux Noel

The closer we get to Christmas, the more I realize that I need more cards. I used my favorite products on these cards, MyStampBOX stamps and Kreaxions punches along with some rub-ons I've had in my stash for quite awhile. It was time to break them out and use them. Unfortunately, the smaller images came off the backing in pieces, so I decided to use what I could to create my own patterned paper.

Kreaxions punch #907 without the inserts was used across the image. I used Spellbinders Oval Nesties to die cut around the ornament. Joyeux Noel is from Merry Mr. Snowman stamp set.



Kreaxions punch #918 with insert "B" was used as the base layer on this card. Then I used insert "C" to create the secondary layers. I used Spellbinders Oval Nesties to die cut around the ornament.



Supplies:
Cardstock: Bazzill
Pattern paper: K&Co.
Rub-ons: Provo Craft, Tulip
Stamps: MyStampBOX
Punches: Kreaxions
Ink: Ranger, Walnut ink; Memento Black
Die cuts: Spellbinders, Nestabilities

Snow

Well, that's how it's been feeling around here lately. Cold with a chance of snow!! This card is quite appropriate for this weather. I first embossed the front of my card with the Snowflakes Embossing Folder, then I used Let It Snow Stamp set from MyStampBox stamps, stamping snowflakes on top of the embossed ones. I also added snowflakes to the image once it was die cut into the oval shape. I used the lovely Winter Lace cartridge with my Cricut Expression to create the large snowflake. I used the word "Snow" from the Let it Snow phrase, corner rounding the edges and mounting it on blue cardstock. This was then popped on the card front.


Supplies:
Cardstock: American Crafts
Stamps: MyStampBOX
Ink: Memento
Embossing Folder: Cuttlebug
Rub-ons: Tulip Designs
Die cuts: Cricut Expression, Winter Lace cartridge
Spellbinders, Nestabilities
Adhesive: Glue Dots Mini Glue Dots , Tape Runner

Created for GlueDots(r)

MyStampBOX - Day 5

It's Day 5 at MyStampBOX and

... I made Christmas Candy Bags.

Well, we know Christmas is not too far away now, so I thought I'd create some candy bags. These are quick and easy to make when using myStampBOX stamps. I used "Color Me Sentiments" merry x-mas and stamped it in brown ink on green cardstock. Then I used the gift package from "Merry Mr. Snowman". Since I made a number of these, I colored each one with my Copic markers.

This is the sample bag topper:




These are the completed bags.



Why not make a bunch and put them on the table or place them in someone's Christmas stocking. I was able to get 3 Russel Stover Caramels in mine, but they'd easily fill with M&Ms or Kisses or Reeses are anything else you love.


Stop by MyStampBOX and see the awesome work by the team and while there, check out the awesome stamp sets available.

Supplies:

Cardstock: Bazzill
Stamps: MyStampBOX
Ink: Memento
Markers: Copic

Soccer

Are you looking for a way to create a quick and easy soccer layout? Well, look no further than Scappin Sports Stuff for some amazing papers and embellishments. I loved the look of the Adorn-it Soccer paper, but didn’t want to cover it up. My solution was to cut it apart and use the pieces to create my own background paper. This is a perfect idea when you have lots of photos to use, or perhaps only one piece of that wonderful paper.

I chose to use black cardstock as the base of my layout because I knew it would help allow all the elements to stand out. Laying my photos on the cardstock, I then began working with the pattern paper pieces to fill in the “blank” areas, moving around the photos until I loved the design. Once I had the look I wanted, I adhered the photos and then lightly inked the edges of each pattern paper piece I had cut apart. After adhering each piece, I then added some transparent elements on the layout.






Supplies:

Bazzill Cardstock
Adorn It Soccer Block paper
CBC – Clear Sports Sheet – Soccer

Season's Greetings

Today's challenge at Sugarcreek Hollow is another sketch challenge. I chose to use one of the new Christmas images. Set up like a postage stamp, this image has so many possibilities. Wanting to keep the focus on the image, I chose to add just a little color - yellow to simulate the light, plus a little Spica pen for the pine bows. I also lightly inked the ribbon, giving it a more aged appearance.



Now head off to the rest of the team's blogs and see what they've done this week.
Tracy, Owner
Joseline, DT Coordinator
Mary
Marsha
Nancy
Stephanie You are HERE
Cec
Sharon
Renee
Joni
Donna
Julie
Ms. Plum
Heidi
Dawn
Sugar Creek Hollow




Supplies:
Image: Sugarcreek
Cardstock: Bazzill
Pattern paper: Daisy D
Markers: Spica Pens
Ribbon: Offray

Let It Snow

The challenge over at the shabby tea room is to create a shaped card. The sponsor this week is Justrite Stampers. I chose to create a snowflake card that I created with my new Cricut Winter Lace cartridge, then welded it together to create a card with my Gypsy. Of course, I used the snowman from the JRS Holiday Cheer Stamp Set to finish off my card.




I added pop dots between the layers for some dimension.


Supplies:
Cricut Expression
Cricut Winter Lace cartridge
Justrite Stamps
Memento Ink
Staedtler Water color pencils
Bling
American Crafts pop dots

Freebie Friday

It's Freebie Friday over at BlackLeaf Studios and I had the opportunity to create with the heart image today.




I know we are so close to Christmas, but this image had me thinking Valentine's Day. Enjoy.

Supplies:
Image: Blackleaf Studios
Markers: Copic
Embossing: Cuttlebug

NEST - SIWL

New DT work is up on the SIWL blog and they are all so lovely. I had so much fun creating my project this month. I honestly had no idea what I was going to do with my NEST letters, so I just began to play. As I worked my letters, they evolved into this:



I first began by tracing the letters onto my papers and then cutting them out. I sanded the edges once dry, then inked. I used Cricut cuts for most of the elements, tons of rub-ons, and some flowers.










SUPPLIES:
Wood Letters: Sayitwithletters
Pattern paper: MME
Ink: Ranger Walnut Ink
Cricut Expression
Cricut Cartridges:
Rub-ons: MME, Junkitz, K&CO., Making Memories

TFL

Kreaxions Punches

Hop on over to the Just Imagine blog and see what everyone has been doing with the wonderful punches from Kreaxions. From simple to elaborate, whatever you want to create you can. These punches are versatile and really fun to work with.

I created this card using punch #907 and insert B.

Christmas cards

It's kinda early here, but I've been in a creating mood this evening. I found some new Christmas papers by K&Co. so I just had to create some new Christmas cards.
So unlike me, NOT a Cricut cut on any of these cards, but I did use my Nestabilities.






Supplies:
cardstock: Bazzill
Pattern paper: K&Co.
Dies: Spellbinders Nestabilities
Ink: Memento
Stamps: Hero Arts, Inkadinkadoo
Ribbon: Offray
Flowers: Prima
Brads: Making Memories

Joy to the World

It's another challenge day at Sugarcreek Hollow. Today's challenge was to create faux wood paper. There are so many ways to do this, but I chose the "easy" way. I love my Tim Holtz products and found a wood grain embossing folder he just came out with. So I embossed my paper then lightly inked the raised portion - love it. Then I added a new Christmas image from Sugarcreek.




Supplies:
Image: Sugarcreek Hollow
Cardstock: Bazzill
Pattern paper: K&Co.
Ink: Memento
Embossing: Tim Holtz

Now head off to the rest of the team's blogs and see what they've done this week.
Tracy, Owner
Joseline, DT Coordinator
Mary
Marsha
Nancy
Stephanie You are HERE
Cec
Sharon
Renee
Joni
Donna
Julie
Ms. Plum
Heidi
Dawn
Sugar Creek Hollow

Blessed Season

Good morning it's Stamp It Up Wednesday at Blackleaf Studios. I hope you've been enjoying all the images and papers this month. They are so fun and versatile. For my card, I used the Tinseltown background papers which are lovely in shades of blues and browns, perfect for any creation from winter to Christmas themes. The Christmas bell image is part of this digi set:




I printed the bell large so it would be the focal point of my card. Then I colored the image with Prisma pencils. Using my Circle Nestabilities, I die cut the image, then added some Crystal Stickles for some shimmer and shine.



So pop on over to the store now and get your Christmas images. They are sure to please.

Supplies:
Cardstock: Bazzill
Pattern paper, digi image: Blackleaf
Pencils: Prisma
Stickles: Ranger

Holiday Season

Good morning and welcome to Sensational Saturday's with Sugar Creek Hollow. Today the team is using an assortment of Christmas images/sentiments on their projects. I find that sentiments are sometimes the hardest part of creating a card. Luckily Sugar Creek Hollow has some amazing sentiments that can be used for many occasions and my choice today is perfect for the upcoming holidays. After printing out my sentiment, I lightly sponged ink around the edges, then mounted it on cardstock. I added some Spica pen for the main letter, but it is hard to see.





Now head off to the rest of the team's blogs and see what they've done this week.
Tracy, Owner
Joseline, DT Coordinator
Mary
Marsha
Nancy
Stephanie You are HERE
Cec
Sharon
Renee
Joni
Donna
Julie
Ms. Plum
Heidi
Dawn
Sugar Creek Hollow




Supplies:
Image: SugarCreek
Cardstock: Bazzill
Pattern paper: unknown
Brads: Heidi Grace
Punch: EKSuccess

Give Thanks

Sorry for today's lousy photos. My computer crashed so I had to upload "old school" and the process really does NOT create a wonderful looking image at all! I need a new computer!!!!!!

The challenge this week at Justrite Stampers is to use the following colors on a project:



This is what I came up with:



I used Nestabilities to create the card base, then layered the navy cardstock on top. I embossed the navy cardstock with my Autumn Cuttlebug folder. The pilgrim fella was cut with my Cricut, Thanksgiving cartridge, and then paper pieced. The sentiment is from the Autumn Blessings Borders and Centers .

Supplies:
Cardstock: Bazzill
Embossing folder: Cuttlebug
Die cuts: Spellbinders, Nestabilities; Cricut, Thanksgiving cartridge
Stamps: Justrite
Ink: Memento

Place settings

It's almost Thanksgiving. Need a quick and easy way to spruce up your dinner table for the holiday. Well, check out this post and see what I've been up to with my Kreaxion punches .

Game On

My latest layout is posted at Scrappin' Sports . Unfortunately my computer crashed so I can't upload a photo here yet. So go to the store and check out the awesome supplies you get - it truly is the best place to shop for sports related products.

Christmas

Good morning and welcome to Sensational Saturday's with Sugar Creek Hollow. Today, we have a great color challenge for you.

The colors we want you to use this week are as follows: light Blue, Kraft, Chocolate, and light pink

These are some of my favorite colors. I used one of the new Christmas sentiments, adding just a little Spica pen to some of the flourishes to make it sparkle. Unfortunately, the sparkle is a little hard to see. But isn't the image wonderful!!



Now head off to the rest of the team's blogs and see what they've done this week.
Tracy, Owner
Joseline, DT Coordinator
Mary
Marsha
Nancy
Stephanie You are HERE
Cec
Sharon
Renee
Joni
Donna
Julie
Ms. Plum
Heidi
Dawn
Sugar Creek Hollow




Supplies:
Image: SugarCreek
Cardstock: Bazzill
Pattern paper: Basic Grey, GCD Studios
Ribbon: SugarCreek
Brads: Heidi Grace

Excuse Me, Santa

I recently discoverd Elizabeth O. Dulemba through Justrite Stampers. Elizabeth is a children's book author and illustrator who creates some amazing artwork. If you visit her blog, she allows you to download images she has created and there are some beauties on there!!!

I downloaded the image: Excuse Me Santa and created this delightful card.



Here are the Copic markers I used:




Supplies:
Cardstock: Bazzill, Copic
Pattern paper: Basic Grey, Fruitcake
Image: Elizabeth O. Dulemba
Markers: Copic
Dies: Spellbinders, Nestabilities
Adhesives: Mini Glue dots on roll, Mini Glue dots dot 'n go
Brads: Creative Impressions


Created for Glue Dots(R)

Featured: http://www.newholidayideas.com/tagged/holiday_cardmaking

Journal

This time of year, I always find it handy to have a journal ready for making notes of things I have to do or things I need to do. I found this book in the local store and thought it needed a little dressing up. Using MyStampBOX stamps Colour Me Stamps, I stamped "journal" and colored them with Copic markers. I also stamped several words from the Bold Blocks set on the acrylic note cards. The punch around the edge is Martha Stewart.



And the finished journal:



Supplies:
Notebook
Stamps: MyStampBOX
Ink: Memento
Markers: Copic
Cardstock: American Crafts
Pattern paper: Daisy D
Punch: Martha Stewart
Brads: Creative Impressions
Acrylic cards: Maya Road