Michelle Perkett Studio Emma

Today I get to share my Michelle Perkett Studio challenge card that I was going to make but the rolled flower die I ordered didn't arrive in time.  The die was in my mail box Tuesday afternoon just like I thought!  Funny how life works that way and challenges us to use plan B sometimes.

For my card today I used Emma the Amore Fairy and colored her with my favorite colors of Copic markers (BG10 & BG11), I printed her nice and big so she'd be easy to color and trimmed around her to keep the frame she's in.  She's matted in basic black, I used a couple of my Cuttlebug embossing folders for some nice texture, Happy Anniversary is on a Spellbinders tag die and the sentiment was made on my computer.  The leaves are a Quickutz die and the little flower is part of the My Favorite Things Stamps rolled rose die.  The die makes a pretty large flower so I only used part of it to try to get more of the look of Emma's flowers. 

You still have time to get in on the challenge at Michelle Perkett Studio, just use one of Michelle's images and make your own flowers and you can enter to win a prize that will be drawn Monday, October 18th!

Challenges:

Michelle Perkett Studio - Make Your Own Flowers

Operation Write Home Stars & Stamps - Anniversary/Love
Just Inspirational Challenges - Anything Goes

Whimsie Doodles Christmas Blessings

I have a card to share with you today that I made with my friend Priscilla, she came over and we used her papers and had a fun day making Christmas cards together.  This cute ice skater is a digital image from Whimsie Doodles and the "Christmas Blessings" sentiment I made on my computer to fit the Stampin' Up! tab punch.    I colored the image with Copic markers and cut her out using a Spellbinder's rectangle die and matted with the matching scalloped rectangle die.  The layout for this card is a sketch from Operation Write Home that I've used before and really like the simplicity of it.  I also used my Papertrey Ink envelope liner die.

I have a freebie alert from In Style Stamps for you!  I've copied and pasted the details below:

Because we love our fans and care about cancer awareness, we are giving these images away to anyone who wants them. That's right - giving them away! To get an image for free, all you have to do is shoot us an email telling us which image you'd like and share a link to your project here within 10 days. If we don't see a project from you, you'll get an invoice from us for $2 per unused image. All of the proceeds will go to cancer charities, so either way it's a win! You are welcome to just outright purchase the images, too - let us know that in your email.

The images will be available for free until October 31st.

Challenges:
Stamp, Scrap & Doodle - Open Challenge
Paper Sundaes - A Change Of Season 
A Spoon Full of Sugar - Winter Wonderland 

If The Shoe Fits...

Did you ever wonder if you could overdose on pink?  Yes you can...

I had several reasons for making this card, the more I see it the more I like it but I'd like to try adding a different shade of pink card stock to it when I make it again.   My friend Julie would like to learn how to do heat embossing and asked if I could teach her, my friend Priscilla owns this stamp set and wanted to see what I could come up with for a card using it and my friend Gina loves shoes, purses and pink! 

The stamps, (yes I said stamps, real red rubber wood mounted stamps!) are made by Stampendous and the verse is by My Sentiments Exactly.  I used Versamark ink with the stamps on the Papertrey Ink Raspberry Fizz card stock and added fine black embossing power and heated it until it melted, cut out the shoes and purse with a Spellbinders rectangle die and matted it with the rectangle scalloped die.  I used the Spellbinders Fancy Tags die as a matte for the verse and punched the "if the shoe fits..." with a Stampin' Up! Word Window punch and added it to the fancy tag.  I also used my two favorite Cuttlebug embossing folders Swiss Dots and Swirls because I saw dots and swirls in the focal images.

I hope my stamping friends like what I came up with!

Challenges:
The Crafty Pad - Something For A Friend

In Style Stamps Basket of Blessings

I have an In Style Stamps card to share with you today, the digital image is called Easter Basket.  I know it's October and last week I posted a happily dancing Easter Bunny but what the heck this is a design team project!  Being a design team project means it was one of the images we had to choose from so I took it.  

I colored it and set it aside for a few days because I wasn't sure how I wanted to use it and then my card kind of just all came together for me.  I love it when that happens!  The basket is colored with Copic markers, the patterned paper is from the Basic Grey Max & Whiskers pad, the layout is a sketch challenge  from Crafting With Dee Dee's Digi's earlier this month.

I used Stampin' Up! Creamy Carmel card stock for the strip down the center and used my Scor-Bug to make stitched looking lines on it.  The bottom edge of the image panel is cut using the Papertrey Ink large ric rac die as was the matting.  The ovals for the Papertrey Ink Blessings Sentiment were cut using Stampin' Up! Oval punches and the butterfly is from a Martha Stewart punch.  

There's a color challenge going on at In Style Stamps that started just a few days ago, there will be a random prize drawn for the entries so if you enjoy doing color challenges go check it out!

Here's the challenge photo for you:

Challenges:
Stamp Something - Something Punchy

Michelle Perkett Studio Stella The Summer Storyteller

It's a new challenge day over at Michelle Perkett Studio!  Our challenge is called "Flower Parade" and the challenge is to use a Michelle Perkett Studio digital image and make your own flowers to use on your card/project. 

This is my design team card for the challenge.  I started with a different Michelle Perkett Studio image and had it colored and ready but the flower die I ordered online hasn't arrived yet so I needed a Plan B.  I started looking through the images I have and thinking about the flower dies and punches I have and decided I'd never colored Stella the Summer Storyteller yet and those cute little flowers Michelle drew around her could be turned into my own "hand made" flowers.  

I printed Stella five inches wide and positioned her on the page as best I could to get her where I wanted her for a single layer card and printed.  It took a couple of tries to get her high enough and then low enough to be able to stamp a verse under her.  The verse is from a Papertrey Ink set I have.  Next I took a Copic multi liner pen and my clear ruler to draw the border line around her.  Best to make any mistakes before I color her!  I don't always think it through that well.  

This is the second one layer card I've ever made and I'm having fun with them.  The other one is set to auto post for later next week.  Stella is colored with Copic markers, the flowers are punched with an EK Success flower punch, I added black half pearls to the flower centers and three to the left edge of my border to cover a little boo boo I made with the multi liner pen.  I also used a Copic Spica clear glitter pen on the butterfly and bee and added a googlie eye to Stella's glasses because I kept putting my hand or finger in the wet Stampin' Up! Crystal Effects and messing it up!

You're invited to join us at Michelle Perkett Studio for this weeks Flower Parade challenge, there will be a prize drawing next Monday, October 18th and the winner will be announced on the challenge blog!

Challenges:
Michelle Perkett Studio - Flower Parade
Glitterbabe's - Anything Goes
Craftalicious - Anything Goes
Freshly Brewed Designs - Girly
Tuesday Throwdown - Three (flowers)

It's Pumpkin Time

I'd like to introduce you to Sammi today, she's a new digital image from The Stamping Boutique!  

I have several things to tell you about my card, first is I C.A.S.E.d Patty for my layout.  I think Patty's cards are beautiful, she uses a lot of white paper and I love her clean look.  Patty's blog is LaLatty's Stamp 'N Stuff so you can see her cards too!

My second confession is you aren't seeing all of Tracey's digital image here, I colored it but covered it with the "It's Pumpkin Time" digital image by Whimsie Doodles because it just fit so well.  

Here's what she looks like complete.

Isn't she cute?!

The patterned paper I used for my card is by My Minds Eye called Boo To You, Sammi is colored with Copic markers YG11, YG23, YG25, YR15, YR16, YR18, E42, Y32, Y35 and her Red Hair is my friend Marion's Red hair combination that you can find here.  She did a wonderful tutorial on her blog coloring red hair you might like to see.  The dies I used are made by Spellbinders and Papertrey Ink and I used a Cuttlebug embossing folder along with paper piercing and a couple of embossed lines on my Scor-Pal just like Patty's!   I've been trying to use my PTI envelope liner die more often to help me use some of that patterned paper I have too.

I have some exciting news from April our event coordinator at The Stamping Boutique today!

Last month was our first time doing a digi image day on Paper Craft Planet and it went soooo well that we are doing it again, and again and again!!! We will officially be holding digi day each month on Paper Craft Planet. We had a great turn out and had such a blast.

This month's theme for digi day is going to be Digi's in Pink! Yep...that's right, we are going to support Breast Cancer Awareness month for our digi day this go round. I promise you will have fun, meet some new people, chat with the ones you already know, play some games, maybe get a freebie, and get to play in some great challenges for chances to win images from The Stamping Boutique.

You're Invited To Attend:
The Stamping Boutique Paper Craft Planet forum
Saturday Oct. 16th
2-4pm EST
  Be sure to bring your fast typing fingers and your crafting mojo!
See you there!!

Challenges:
Fab 'n' funky Challenges - Use A Digital Image
Penny's Paper Craft Challenges - Circles
Fresh Brewed  Challenges - Anything goes/girly
Digi Doodles Shop's Best - Orange Me Glad
Lily Of The Valley - Autumn
Stampin' B's - Autumn Card
Challenge Up Your Life - Autumn
Stamp, Scrap & Doodle - Halloween or Fall

Holiday Wishes & A Winner!!

It's time to announce the winner of the drawing for my  prize package in honor of my followers!  Random.org chose #76 Aletha Williams!!!  Congratulations Aletha, I will be in contact with you soon!
I'd like to thank everyone for visiting and following my blog over the last 3 years, I've enjoyed making all the projects and also your nice comments,  I'm coming up on 50,000 visitors soon so be on the look out for another blog candy celebration in the near future! 


 My card today is just for fun, it's a digital image by Dustin Pike that I've had for awhile but haven't had time to play with.  I used Copic markers to doing the coloring:

Dragon - E11, E13, E17

Dragon horns - E43, W1

Smoke - C0, C00, Y000, R02

Castle Wall - W0, W1, W3,W4  Windows Y11, Y000

Knight - C00, C1, C3, plume E30, E31, Y32

Santa - R22, R24, R27

Skin Tones - E00, E000, YR000

After I was finished coloring I trimmed it and matted it on basic black card stock, punched the corners with an old Stampin' Up! corner punch and added it to a red card body.  The sentiment is from two different Clear Dollar Stamps sets so I could fit what I was thinking on the "I surrender" flag.  

Being the tenth day of the tenth month in the two thousand tenth year, I sure hope that knight in shining armor is able to free Santa from the dragon before Christmas!

Have a blessed Sunday ~

Challenges:
Delightful Challenges - Red, Green & White
Hanna & Friends - Christmas
2 Sisters Challenge - Animal Fun!
Create 4 Fun - Use A Digital Stamp
Operation Write Home Stars & Stamps - Christmas
Elephantastic Cards & Crafts - Anything Goes
The Craft Den Anything Goes - Christmas
For Fun Challenges - Never Used Before - this image
One Stitch At A Time - Use Your Digi Stamps

Autumn

Do you ever print your digital images really big so you can just color them?  

That was my initial plan with this one, I even thought she might go in my coloring book and then she ended up as a card.  Her name is Autumn and she's by Michelle Perkett Studio.  

She's colored with Copic markers and the card is totally clean and simple to showcase Michelle's beautiful digital image.

You only have a little time left to play along in our "Hip Not To Be Square" challenge at the Michelle Perkett Studio blog, the prize winner will be announced Monday, October 11th.

I'd also like to remind you once more about the give away in honor of my followers, you can read about it here.  I'll be using Random.org to draw a winner tomorrow afternoon!

Challenges: 
Charisma Cardz - Autumn Colors
Stampin' For The Weekend - Autumn Inspiration
Create 4 Fun - Use A Digital Image 

Miss Ewe ~

My card today uses another In Style Stamps digital image that's new called Sylvester, isn't he cute?!

When I saw this image I knew just what kind of card I'd like to make with it and of course Operation Write Home being who it's for came to my mind immediately.  I think this would make a great card for a deployed Mom or Dad to send home to a child.  

Since the image is clean and simple I thought keeping my card that way would showcase "Sylvester" the best.  I thought a black and white with a pop of color kind of card would be fun with lots of dry embossing for interest.  I used two Cuttlebug folders for the embossing and a strip of Papertrey Ink Sweet Blush card stock to print the "miss ewe" sentiment from my computer, a couple of black half pearls and my card was ready!

I'd also like to remind you about my give away in honor of my followers here.  Just a couple more days and I'll be drawing a winner!

Challenges:
Pollycraft - Anything Goes
AI Factory - Embossing

'Tis The Season

I have a couple of cards to share with you today that are the same sketch but different papers.  

My friend Priscilla came over to do some stamping, she wanted to get ahead and make some Christmas cards so we went through our Christmas papers and I showed her some fun digi stamps from Whimsie Doodles that I thought would be perfect for simple mass production of Christmas cards and we went  to work! 

The papers on these two cards are from the Basic Grey Wassail paper pad that I've had forever.  We used Spellbinder's Circle and Scalloped Circle dies and the border is a die from My Favorite Things Die-namics, I used a punch for the snowflake and added a half pearl to the center.  In an effort to use up some of our stash of patterned papers we used the Papertrey Ink envelope liner die.

Priscilla went home with a dozen Christmas cards and I have 3 more too!

Don't miss out on my give away in honor of my followers here!

Challenges:
Oh La La  #64 - Nothing Floral
There's Magic In The Air - Christmas Card With Snowflakes 
Operation Write Home Stars & Stamps - Christmas 
Karber Challenges - Anything Goes 
The Craft Den - Christmas 
Cute Card Thursday - Make Your Own Embellishments 

In Style Stamps October Sketch Challenge

It's time for a new sketch challenge today at In Style Stamps!

But before anything else I have some really exciting news to share with you!!  Two of my cards are going to be published at the end of this month in the SNR Card Universe online magazine!!  One of them uses an In Style Stamps image called "Mailbox Love" and the other is a Michelle Perkett Studio image called "Angel Of Hope", I'm so excited to be having two more of my cards published and thought you'd like to do the happy dance with me again!!

And now... on to the sketch challenge ;)

I'm using Patches for my sketch challenge card today, he's available as a digital image at In Style Stamps.  

I've included the sketch so you can see how I came up with the card layout.  I used Copic markers to color Patches, the paper kit came with punch outs and rub ons so it was fun to use those on my card.  I believe the paper is made by My Minds Eye, it came from the clearance section of an on line store this last summer so it's old and may not be available anymore.   I also used Spellbinders dies and a Papertrey Ink large ric rac die.

I hope you'll join us at In Style Stamps for our sketch challenge this month.  There are prizes to be won so you should go check it out!

I'd like to remind you of my give away in honor of my followers, you can read about it here.

Challenges:
My Time To Craft - Looks Like Autumn
Stamping Scrapping Challenge Central - Halloween Challenge 
The Pink Elephant - Childhood 
365 Cards - Imagine This, Candy Corn

Embrace Happiness

I just love this Michelle Perkett Studio image, she's called Happy Easter Bunny and I couldn't wait until Easter to color her and make a card, she's too cute!  I colored her with Copic markers and used B0000 to outline her using a feathering technique and then going over it with my blender pen.  The black half pearls I have from Want2Stamp were the perfect size for the flower centers so I had to use them.  The "embrace happiness" sentiment is from a Papertrey Ink set and I used my Spellbinders dies to cut out the circles and tag.  I added a yellow button with embroidery floss to the tag and the layout is a sketch from Lord Have Mercy back in September.  

There's a challenge going on at the Michelle Perkett Studio blog starting today that you need to go check out called "Hip Not To Be Square".  There will be a prize winner drawn Monday, October 11th so you have plenty of time to play along!

I'd also like to remind you about my give away in honor of my followers here.

Challenges:
Color Chef Challenge #66 - Your Favorite Colors - Copic BG11 & Y15!
Creative Card Crew - Bloomin' Marvelous 
Cutie Stampers - Anything & Everything Goes 
Digital Tuesday - Ribbon, Buttons, Bling - Any or All & A Digi 
Papertake Weekly - Pick A Challenge!  April 13th - Cutie Pie

Princess Jennifer Latte The Witch

I seem to have a thing for pumpkins and the color orange lately, I can't seem to get enough of coloring pumpkins!  Maybe it's just that time of year...

My card today uses Princess Jennifer Latte The Witch from The Stamping Boutique, she's a digital image that I printed and colored with Copic markers.  My sketch layout is this weeks sketch challenge #37 at Operation Write Home Stars & Stamps.  The patterned papers are from the Basic Grey Erie pad. This was a really fun image to color and make a card with!

Don't miss out on my give away in honor of my followers here!

Challenges:

Operation Write Home Stars & Stamps - Sketch #37

World Card Making Day Give Away!

Happy World Card Making Day!

I'm looking forward to spending my day making cards for design team assignments and just for fun too, I hope you get to do the same.  

I think it's a great day for a celebration and I'd like to invite you to join me!  

Here's what I'm celebrating - this is my 500th blog post and I'd like to say thank you to my faithful followers by giving away four brand new stamps from La La Land Crafts new Marci line 

that are pictured below.  These are excellent quality deeply etched red rubber stamps and really cute too!

This give away is for my followers so if you'd like a chance to win this prize package and are not a follower already you will need to become a follower of my blog.  I will draw a winner next Sunday afternoon, October 10th using Random.org and announce the winner right here.

Good luck and enjoy your day!

Thinking Of You

I'm really excited about how this card turned out today!  

She's Princess Oceana by Michelle Perkett Studio.

My card stock colors are rather odd together but they work, the turquoise was in the pile of scraps next to my cutter and I believe could be by Papertrey Ink and the other is Stampin' Up! More Mustard with basic black.  I colored several Michelle Perkett Studio images last Thursday and this was the last one.  Do you ever sit and color images and like each one more and more?  I'm not sure that even makes sense!  

...so it was like this, I colored Michelle's image "Fire" and was happy with her and then I colored "Autumn", had a wonderful time coloring her, loved what she looked like and moved on to Princess Oceana, when I was done with her I was positively "wowed" at how she came to life under my Copic markers.  I'd set her aside so we could have dinner at the table and had to come back and add Stampin' Up! Crystal Effects to the shells in her hair.  I tried white half pearls and some tiny rhinestones I have but they just didn't show up like the BG10 & BG11 so Crystal Effects it was. 

Our challenge this week at the Michelle Perkett Studio blog is "Girlie With Some Bling", I'm not sure if Princess Oceana really qualifies since my "bling" is Crystal Effects.  I don't use very much glitter on my projects because I send a lot of my cards to Operation Write Home and glitter puts our troops in danger.

I've been told I think too much...  

I hope you'll play along in our challenge at Michelle Perkett Studio and get "girlie" with us.   There are a couple of freebies at Michelle's groups at Paper Craft Planet, CDAC and SNR Card Universe if you don't have any of Michelle's awesome digital images yet and there's a bunch for sale at her Etsy store too.

I'm celebrating 500 blog posts with blog candy for my followers, click here for more info!

Challenges:
Catch The Bug - Anything Goes
Stamp Scrap & Doodle - Anything Goes
Sew Many Challenge - Anything Goes with Digi Stamp
Operation Write Home Stars & Stamps - One For The Girls

Haute Tote Gift Set

Here we are at the last day of September, I can hardly believe it!  This has been one of the busiest months for me with Operation Write Home's birthday celebration and all the fun design teams I'm on as well as family and friends.  I'm looking forward to October with hopefully a little cooler weather here in Arizona and life slowing to a little quieter pace for me.  One can hope right?!  1

My project today is a gift bag I made using a tutorial and pattern that I bought from Adela Rossol of Creations by AR.  It has SVG files with it too, but my Quickutz Silhouette takes a different type of file so I cut it out with scissors.   One day I will figure out how to get my Silhouette machine to cut it out for me maybe after I get that silly computer it's attached to working for me the way it's supposed to!

Can you tell I used Papertrey Ink Razzberry Fizz Mix patterned paper and Razzberry Fizz card stock?

I filled the little bag with some of my In Style Stamps design team cards from September so I could  give it as a gift.

Here's a photo of the bag and coordinating In Style Stamps Maggie card you saw the other day.  She's available as a digital image at the In Style Stamps Store.

Challenges: 
Digi Doodle Shop's Best - 3 D
Create With Connie & Mary - Anything But A Card

Thank You!

I have another thank you card to share with you today, this is Violet from In Style Stamps.

My two youngest kids are both in beginning band and my daughter wants to learn to play the violin.  She's playing the flute right now and her brother has started out with the required recorder and hopes to graduate to the Saxophone.  I chose this In Style Stamps image thinking of my daughter Jenny and she loves it!  I think one day it will make a nice thank you card for our friend Mr. Woody their band teacher, it's going in my stash.

Violet is colored with Copic markers and cut out with Spellbinders dies and the thank you sentiment is punched with Stampin' Up! circle punches, the patterned paper is from the Basic Grey Kioshi paper pad and the dark green organdy ribbon from my thousand yard stash.  The purple card stock is Plum Pudding by Papertrey Ink. 

Challenges:
Digital Tuesday - Thank You - Give Thanks

Princess For A Day

It's challenge day again over at Michelle Perkett Studio!  

This week's challenge is to make a card or project that's girlie with bling.  

For my card I used Princess For A Day by Michelle Perkett Studio and had lots of fun coloring her and adding Stampin' Up! Crystal Effects with SU Dazzling Diamonds glitter to her flowers and crown.  Then  I made a glittered strip on my card using Scor-Tape and Sparkle & Sprinkle Impulsive Purple glitter.   I made the card layout using a Stampin' Up! Top Note die, Spellbinders Oval dies and Stampin' Up! Oval punches along with a Papertrey Ink "birthday wishes" stamp.  

I hope you'll join in the challenge fun with us at Michelle Perkett Studio this week!  If you don't have any Michelle Perkett Studio digital images there are freebies at CDAC, PCP and SNR Card Universe and there are so many cute images for sale in Michelle's Etsy store!
Challenges:
Pile It On - Cute & Charming
Creative Craft Challenge - Glamour Puss
Tuesday Throwdown - Punches
Tellen's Place - Bling

A Crowded Mash - Monster Mash

When I saw these feet Tracey drew I had to giggle!  This digital image is called "A Crowded Mash" and it's one of the new Not So Scary Halloween images at The Stamping Boutique.  

I colored them with Copic markers and used a real simple sketch I'd seen on Stamp T.V. along with a Michael's $1 bin Trick Or Treat stamp from last year.  

My card is also one of the samples on the Stamps R Us challenge blog this week, their challenge is Halloween cards if you'd like to play along!

One more photo to share with you today!  My friend Dagmar gave me a couple of card trees and this one is filled with a bunch of cards I made this month using The Stamping Boutique images.  It's kind of fun to see all the cards I've been working on all at the same time.  I'm actually kind of amazed by how many there are!
Challenges:
All Sorts Challenges - Plain & Simple
Incy Wincy - Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion - Clean & Simple

Witch Marci by La La Land Crafts

So what did you think about the La La Land Crafts Halloween/Super Hero Release? Aren't they just the cutest stamps ever? I love them all and I'm having so much fun coloring them with my Copic markers!

If you picked up some of these cuties or any La La Land Crafts images, don't forgot to share your beautiful cards with us at our CUSTOMER GALLERY! Each month, we have a random winner selected from the gallery to win a prize! Who knows, the lucky winner might be you!

For my card today I used Witch Marci she's a new release drawn by the very talented Irina at La La Land Crafts.  I colored her with Copic markers to match the patterned paper.  Her dress looks black but it's actually purple!    I also used a Silver Copic Spica pen for the buckles on her hat and shoes.  She's cut out with a Spellbinder's die and my card layout is a Mojo Monday sketch from back in August that I really liked.

Witch Marci is one of the wonderful stamps in the Marci Halloween line at  La La Land Crafts!  This cute Halloween line was released just this last week, if you haven't seen it yet run to the La La Land Crafts store because you really don't want to miss these cuties!
Challenges:
Speedy The Cat & Friends - A Pumpkin On Your Card

Have You Met Thomas?

I'd like to introduce you to Thomas today, he's a digital image by Michelle Perkett and he's also a freebie at Crafter's Digital Art Center, Paper Craft Planet and SNR Card Universe for the members of the Michelle Perkett Studio groups on these networks.

We have a "Tag You're It" challenge going on this week at the Michelle Perkett Studio challenge blog and I made my card to support the challenge.  I had to do a quick fix after I had finished my card to make my "thank you" into a tag, as an after thought I added the red brad so it looked more like a tag.  

Thomas is colored with Copic markers and I used my Report Card paper pack.  When I saw Thomas' sweater I could see the argyle from the paper pack in it so I just had to...  I only had a small scrap of the argyle paper left too.  I applied Stampin' Up! Crystal Effects to the apple.  

I think this will be a great thank you card for my son's 4th grade teacher.  I asked if she'd like her class to do Operation Write Home Any Hero coloring pages this month and she thought it was a wonderful idea, so much so she has 2 other classes joining her.  I can't wait to see them all!

Challenges:
Treehouse Thursday - For The Teacher
Craftalicious Challenge - Thank You
Stampin' For The Weekend - Tag It

Thinking Of You

Our In Style Stamps design team is having blog hop today!  It starts at In Style Stamps here.

For my card/project today uses In Style Stamps Firefly Chloe.

My first photo is of my completed card front.  It measures 6" x 6", I used Memory Box Blackbird papers and kept my layout as clean and simple as possible to showcase Firefly Chloe and this gorgeous fall themed paper.  She's colored with Copic markers and you'll see a list of marker colors in one of the photos to come.  I used Stampin' Up! Crystal Effects on the jar of firefly's Chloe is holding to give it some shine and to make it look real.  To make the border strip I used the Stampin' Up! Spiral Border punch.

This is a photo of my card front again after I added it to my Copic coloring book.   The only difference is a pull tab at the top of the card.

This photo shows what's under the card front on the pull tab.  If you'd like to see the front of my Copic Coloring Book and read more about it, you can find it here and here.

I'd also like to tell you about a great product I got to try out courtesy of In Style Stamps.  Our design team was given a few different Glue Arts products this month to try out.  A Glue Arts Glue Glider Pro and a couple of other packages of Glue Arts adhesives.  They're really nice and work quite well.  Below is a photo of a box of cards going out at the end of the month to Operation Write Home.  There are close to 300 cards in the box, my friend Dagmar and I had an Operation Write Home card making party in honor of Operation Write Home's birthday this month.  The point of this story is to tell you we used the Glue Arts Glue Glider Pro to put all these cards together and the ones that were falling apart back together!  

Both Dagmar and I are former Stampin' Up! demonstrators so our party consisted of taking all of Dagmar's card fronts from swaps, conventions and just samples over the years and attach them to card bodies and stamp the backs with the OWH stamp.  I have more cards and Any Hero coloring pages to add to our box before the end of the month.  You can win a Glue Arts goodie pack by leaving comments for each blog post this release week on the In Style Stamps blog!

Did you know In Style Stamps is featuring Operation Write Home with a special challenge and FREE digital stamp this week?  You only have a couple of days left to enter into the challenge so go check it out! 

Your next stop on this blog hop is the wonderfully talented Kerry!

Don't forget to leave comments on each of the blogs on the hop and vote at the In Style Stamps blog for a chance to win an In Style Stamps goodie bag valued at $25.00!
 
Challenges:
Stamp Something - Fall Colors

In Style Stamps Mail Box Love

Tomorrow is the big day for new releases at In Style Stamps!

I used the In Style Stamps digital image Mailbox Love for my card today.   The image is colored with Copic markers and I used Basic Grey Urban Prairie paper with it as well as an old Stampin' Up! 6 x 6 pad that I can't remember how or when I got it.  The sentiment was a freebie I picked up from Fred She Said Designs a few weeks ago.  I used the Spellbinders circle and pinking circle dies and the scalloped border is a die from MFT Stamps.  

I really like this In Style Stamps image and this it will be fun to use over and over.

Cards for Operation Write Home comes to mind for this image.

Challenges:
Charisma Cards - Anything Goes
Thoughtful Thursdays - Use A Digi

Halloween Marci Blog Hop

Our La La Land Crafts design team is having a blog hop in honor of the Halloween Marci release!

If you arrived here from Eva's blog you're on the right track, if not start here at Everything Paper Crafts.

My card today used Pumpkin Marci, I just love coloring these fun images!  Pumpkin Marci is colored with Copic markers and the layout is something that I just kind of came up with as I went along.  The spider came with the patterned paper package that I bought on clearance last year and she's cut out with a Spellbinder's die.  I'm going to keep my post short today because there's a lot of Marci goodness for you to see!

There will be blog hop candy for one lucky winner so don't forget to leave a comment at each stop so you'll have one more chance to win!   I hope you're having a great time!

Your next stop on this hop is the wonderfully talented Jana!

Challenges:
Ann's Creative Nook - Halloween
Gingerloft Challenges - Happy Haunting
Stamps r Us - Halloween
Creative Card Crew - Autumn/Fall
Scrap Creations - Fall
Everybody Art Challenge - Autumn
Anything Goes Challenge - Cute
Mad For Markers - Use A Digital Image

Put On Your Party Dress!

My project today is for the Michelle Perkett Studio challenge that starts today, the challenge is called "Tag Your It".

I used one of Michelle's newest digital images called Put On Your Party Dress.  I colored the cute dress with Copic markers and used a Spellbinders Oval die to cut the frame in my rectangle, then I used one of my corner rounder punches.

For the patterned paper I used the phrase "put on your party dress" copying and pasting it into my word document and then printing the sheet of card stock.  Next I cut it to the size I wanted and background stamped it with my old favorite Stampin' Up! Victorian Lace stamp using Papertrey Ink's perfect match Palette Plum Pudding ink.  Try saying that fast a few times!  I also used the SU background stamp on the Plum Pudding card stock.  At the top of the tag I used part of the inside of the oval I cut out of the frame and added some ribbons from my stash and the black half pearls.


I hope you'll join us for this weeks challenge at Michelle Perkett Studio it runs from today, September 21 to next Monday, September 27th.  There will be a prize drawing by random.org for a free digital image of your choice from Michelle's Etsy store on Monday the 27th.

And... in case you didn't know it there's a new freebie for members of Crafter's Digital Art Center, Paper Craft Planet and SNR Card Universe Michelle Perkett Studio group members and he's really cute!
 

Challenges:

The Stamp Man - Distressing
Digital Tuesday - All About The Girls
A Spoon Full Of Sugar - Anything Goes
ABC Challenge - D is for Distressing

Harvest Blessings

I've been saving this card for a few weeks now, I was going to post it this last Saturday for the Digi Day The Stamping Boutique was doing on Paper Craft Planet but....  I was playing with the Candy Land Winter release images and posted those instead.  So many awesome images so little time!  

I just love this scare crow image from The Stamping Boutique, Tracey did a fabulous job with it!  It's a cute scene and fun to color,  I used Copic markers and tried to keep my layout simple to showcase my image.  The "Harvest Blessings" is a computer generated sentiment using one of the cool fonts I've found in my travels around the internet. 

I hope you have some time today to enjoy doing the things you love!

Challenges:
Paper Sundaes - Fall/Halloween Colors
Paper Playtime - Autumn 
Pollycraft - Autumn Colors 

Cheerleader Marci

I'd like to share my Cheerleader Marci card with you today!  Have you had a chance to go by La La Land Crafts and check out the new Marci line of stamps?!  This Cheerleader Marci is one of them!

My card today was inspired by a cute little girl named Lexi, she's my husbands granddaughter.  Lexi is 7 years old and a cheerleader.   She had a game to cheer for Saturday and after her game she visited with us.  I told her how inspired I was by her cheer outfit and asked her lots of questions about the colors of her pom poms, shoes, socks, etc.  The trim on her cheer outfit was silver metallic and she said her pom poms had light blue and silver metallic streamers.  

For my card I used Stampin' Up! Brocade Blue  and Silver metallic card stocks along with Carnival Navy and Neenah White.  Marci is colored with Copic markers, B91, B93, B95 and B97 went really well with the SU Brocade Blue.  I also used the Copic Spica Silver glitter pen on her trim and in her pom poms.  The Happy Birthday sentiment is computer generated so I could make it personal.

Be sure to check back here later in the week, there's more La La Land Crafts fun coming...

The Stamping Boutique Candy Land Release Day!

It's release day at The Stamping Boutique!!  The new Candy Land line is available today!!

We have a lot going on today with The Stamping Boutique, I'll tell you more about that in a moment.

I'd like to tell you about my card first.  This was such a fun card to make, I printed the ginger bread man so it would it inside the Spellbinders die and colored it with Copic markers.  I printed the Candy Land peppermint candies borders after I moved them as close together as I could as a jpg file in my Microsoft Publisher program.  That's another story!  Colored them and cut out one of the extras, applied Stampin' Up! Crystal Effects just for fun and put all the elements together.  The Sizzix large embossed dots remind me of Legos on the green card stock.  It's so nice to be using this I believe "Gamma Green" Astrobrights card stock, I have a ream I need to use up before it's old and brittle.  I even have matching envelopes, I think I should make some more of these for Christmas cards this year!! 

And now... for some more fun The Stamping Boutique news!

The Stamping Boutique Digi Image Day on Paper Craft Planet!
We at the Stamping Boutique have decided to try something new on Paper Craft Planet with you all...how does a digital image day sound to you? This will be our very first time doing this with Paper Craft Planet and we are super excited, so excited that Tracey has been working hard to put together an awesome winter image release just in time for our first digi day with you all.

Think back to when you were little...what was your favorite game? I"m not talking about computer games or video games...I'm talking about good old fashion family night fun board games. I ask this question because not only because this is the theme for our very first digi image day but also because the theme for the image release is Candy Land Winter. I know I have you interested now....you've only seen a couple of sneak peaks here this week, wait till you see the other fabulous images she has come up with!  You will have to join us to see for yourself. One lucky winner will actually win the entire release so be sure to take a look at the details below and mark your calendars. Here are the details:

The Stamping Boutique Digi Image Day
Theme: Game Night (Candy Land Winter)
Where: on Paper Craft Planet at The Stamping Boutique group page
When: September 18th, Saturday
Time: 2PM to 4PM
What to Bring: your crafting supplies
What will be supplied: free new release images, lots of great chatter and prizes
How to join in the fun: become a member of The Stamping Boutique group on Paper Craft Planet, on the digi image day we will have a discussion set up for us to chat and set the challenges so when you're there please  stop by and say hello and we'll know your ready to play!

  We are super excited about this and hope that you all will join us for the fun. You are going to LOVE this new set of images from Tracey. We will be doing 3 challenges and playing 1 game...so you have 4 chances to win some awesome prizes from The Stamping Boutique.

See you later today on Paper Craft Planet!