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Siberian Iris

It snowed again yesterday and even though it's not a lot of snow, I want it to go away! I want Spring! I think it is still snowing because I have not put the snowmen away (see front entrance)!!! Tomorrow they go into the attic!

So, I thought I'd make a card that was bright and cheerful. I pulled out Siberian Iris from Flourishes - I had not used this one in a lot time and it is such a pretty stamp. Flourishes has the most gorgeous flower stamps ever!

Recipe:
Stamp: Siberian Lily from Flourishes
Paper: Watercolor Paper, Bravo Burgundy, So Saffron, designer Series Paper Prints So Saffron
Ink: Black Craft Ink, Bravo Burgundy, So Saffron, Old Olive
Accessories: Clear Embossing Power, Watercolor Brush, Fiskers Corner Punch, Lace from Jacksonbell Embellishments


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Embrace Life

I'll post the recipe tomorrow. I've been feeling sick all day and I'm going to bed early.

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Teddy Bear Collection by Rachel Ann Miller

This card was made for the latest challenge on the Blog "Christmas Stamping All Year Long". The challenge is to use the colors purple, pink and blue. I immediately thought of this stamp set because the image is so cute and the colors would be perfect for it! Also, I can't believe I found some paper at my LSS that had all the colors in it! It's by heidie grace designs. The sentiment "for you" on the tag (right side) was computer generated. The two presents and tag were paper pieced using the heidie grace paper.

Check out the other Divas' cards - they are awesome! If you would like to participate in the challenge, check out the blog for all the deets. There's also a PCP group that you can join where you can interact with other members and have fun creating. It is certainly one way to keep in top of your Christmas cards for the 2009 season because it will be here before you know it!

Recipe:
Stamp: Teddy Bear Collection by Rachel Ann Miller
Paper: Watercolor Paper, Bashful Blue, Pixie Pink, Lavender Lace, Pattern Paper by heidie grace designs
Ink: Black Stazon, Close to Cocoa, Lavender Lace, Bashful Blue, Pixie Pink
Accessories: Dazzling Diamond Glitter, 2 way glue, Watercolor Brush, Martha Stewart Snowflake punch


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Jazzy Inspirations Challenge #6

It's that time again for the Jazzy Inspirations challenge! This weeks challenge is to make a card based on the Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers CD Cover. The colors to be used are Elegant Eggplant, Pumpkin Pie, Kraft, Rose Red and Whisper White. These colors are beautiful together - so bright and cheerful!. This is my card for the challenge but if you would like to see some awesome cards by the other team members, check the Jazzy Inspirations! We also have two guest designers this time (Cannie Hunter and Sharon Shaffer). Their cards rock! Wouldn't you also like to be a guest designer? If so join in the challenge! Check it out here for all the deets.

Recipe:

Stamp: Willow from the Whiff of Joy
Paper: Whisper White, Rose Red, Bloom & Grow Paper Paper by My Mind's Eye
Ink: Black Stazon, Sahara SandAccessories: Stampin' Write Markers (Regal Rose, Rose Red, Always Artichoke, Close to Cocoa, Pumpkin Pie, Sahara Sand), Rich Regal Brads, Rose Grosgrain Ribbon, Bitty Blossoms from BrazzillBasicsPaper, Fiskers Flower Punch, Sponge





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Holiday Lineup

This card is for the Christmas Stamping All Year Long challenge. Check out the awesome cards the other divas made. If you are always behind in making your cards during the hectic Christmas season, perhaps this is one challenge you should participate in!



Recipe:

Stamp Set: Holiday Lineup, Christmas Cardinal

Paper: Natural White, Baja Breeze, Always Artichoke, Figgy Pudding Pattern Paper by BasicGrey

Ink: Black Craft Ink, Red Riding Hood, Baja Breeze, Kiwi Kiss

Accessories: Only Orange and Always Artichoke Stampin' Write Markers, MM Circle Cutter, Blending Pens, Burgundy Velvet Ribbon



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New Design Team

I am so excited!!! I've been selected for the Just My Sketches Design Team. I'll begin posting challenges from that website in a couple of weeks. Deanne Burton from "Just My Sketches" has some fab sketches on her site - check them out!

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Blueberry Muffins

This image is a digital image from Instyle Stamps. It's two different images that are sold separately. One image was a basket of muffins and the other image was a cupcake. I made the cupcake a blueberry muffin! I put them together in Word and then drew the tablecloth on it! Isn't this cute? The sketch is from SCS Tuesday's Challenge Sketch SC215.

Recipe:
Stamp: Digital images from Instyle Stamps
Paper: Night of Navy, Whisper White, Maine Blueberry DSP (SU Retired)
Ink: Bashful Blue
Accessories: Stampin' Write Markers (Creamy Caramel, Close to Cocoa, Night of Navy, Mellow Moss, Sahara Sand, Rich Regals Buttons, Blue Gingham Ribbon (SU Retired)

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Sheer

Isn't this image so stinkin' cute??? It's called Sheer and its from Stampotique Originals. They have the cutest Gothic images. My granddaughter is into Gothic so I thought this would be the perfect card for her. IRL, the ribbon matches perfectly!

Recipe:
Stamp: Sheer from Stampotique Originals
Paper: Pixie Pink, Whisper White, Euphoria Pattern Paper by BasicGrey
Ink: Versamark
Accessories: Stampin' Write Markers (Pixie Pink, Certain Celery, Blush Blossom, Going Gray), Ribbon from Wal-Mart, SU Flower Punch, Fiskers' Flower Punch, Rhinestone from Wal-Mart, Sentiment Stickers by EK Success (Wal-Mart)


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Christmas Cardinal

Check out the latest challenge from the Christmas Stampin' All Year Long Blog. This is my card for the challenge but you should also check out the other divas - their cards are beautiful! This is a good way to get a head start on all those Christmas cards that need to go out.

Recipe:
Stamp Set: Christmas Cardinal
Paper: Red Riding Hood Red, Chocolate Chip, Holiday Treasures DSP
Ink: Craft Black Ink, Red Riding Hood, Kiwi Kiss
Accessories: Striped Grosgrain Ribbon (SU Retired), Blender Pens, Watercolor Brush, Prima Flowers, Nestabilities (Scalloped Oval and Oval) Clear Embossing Powder

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Where is the winner?????

Sandra has not contacted me for her blog candy. If she does not contact me by Tuesday, 10 February 2009 at 12:00 pm CT, I will draw another winner.

Here are her comments:

sandra said... 17, what a great cnady offer ive posted you on my bloghttp://sandra-mummy-of-one.blogspot.com/sandra xxx January 24, 2009 11:28 AM

If you know her, please let her know about the extended deadline.

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Jazzy Inspirations Challenge #5

It's time for another challenge at Jazz Inspirations. But this time it's even better. Tenia has blog candy along with the challenge. If you win, not only will you be featured on her blog as Jazz Cat of the week, but you'll also win some goodies. Check out her post here for all the details. And while you are there check out the other team members' cards - they are fab!

Recipe:
Stamp Set: True Friend
Paper: Creamy Caramel, Basic Black, Whisper White, Old Olive, SU DSP Urban Garden
Ink: Old Olive Black Ink
Accessories: Clear Embossing Powder, Earth Elements Buttons, Square Punch, Scalloped Square Punch, Black Grosgrain Ribbon, Rub-ons (Wal-mart),

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Bloomin' Beautiful

You are not going to believe this, but this card started out as a valentine card! I embossed and cut out a heart that was supposed to go on the card, but not matter how I changed the layout, it just wasn't working. The sentiment is computer generated and I cased it from another card on a blog. Sorry, but I cannot remember which blog or which company sold the sentiment.

The main image was stamped with black craft ink and then embossed with clear embossing powder on watercolor paper. I then colored in the flower and stem/leaves with crayons. I then used a watercolor brush to blend in the colors. I lightly sponged the background before removing the oval nestabilities.

Recipe:
Stamp Set: Bloomin' Wonderful
Paper: Watercolor paper, Bravo Burgundy, Pattern Paper by My Mind's Eye
Ink: Black Craft Ink
Accessories: Clear Embossing Powder, Watercolor Crayons (Bravo Burgundy, Certainly Celery, Old Olive), SU Flower Punch, Prima Flowers, Nestabilities Ovals (Regular and Scalloped), Burgundy Grosgrain Ribbon, BasicGrey Brad, Sponge


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Warm and Cozy Christmas

This card was made for the Christmas Stamping all Year Long Challenge. You should check out this blog and participate in the challenges - it's a good way to ensure that you'll have all your Christmas cards done and ready for the Christmas 2009 season. Also, check out the cards made by the other diva's - they are gorgeous!

I must have been thinking of my granddaughter Rachel when I colored this card. Doesn't the little girl in the card resemble my granddaughter - all bundled up? Okay, maybe not so much! The picture of Rachel was taken last week when we had all that ice and snow.

The stamp set is from Gina K and is called "Warm and Cozy Christmas". The snowflakes were punched out and then sprinkled with Dazzling Diamonds. Though you can't see it in the picture, I've also added glitter to the snow. The tag for the sentiment was inspired by one I saw on Melanie Muenchinger's blog Hands, Head and Heart. As you can see from the picture below, the tag does not lay flat.

Recipe:

Stamp Set: Warm and Cozy Christmas from Gina K Designs

Paper: Whisper White, Baja Breeze, Sky Slope DSP

Ink: Black Staz, Riding Hood Red, Baja Breeze, Kiwi Kiss, Close to Cocoa, Only Orange, Basic Black

Accessories: Blender Pen, Dazzling Diamonds, Silver Brads, 2 way glue, Rectangle Nestabilities, Martha Stewart Snowflake punch

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And the winner is????

sandra said...
17, what a great cnady offer ive posted you on my bloghttp://sandra-mummy-of-one.blogspot.com/sandra xxx
January 24, 2009 11:28 AM

Sandra

Please send me your address so that I can get the goodies out to you!

Thanks to all of you who left comments. I am really thankful that I am able to share my love of stamping with you often and hope that you find my projects inspiring and that you continue to return.

Rose Tea Cup

Isn't this pretty??? When I saw this tea cup from Impression Obsession, I knew I had to have it. I'd seen it on another blog and I can't remember which one and fell instantly in love with it. I've also ordered Simple Pleasures (another tea cup stamp). I'll be posting that one in a couple of days.

The image was stamped in versamark and then embossed with black embossing powder. I find this so much easier to stay within the lines (just like coloring when I was a little girl!) if I embossed it. I used markers for the leaves and rose buds and a reinker and watercolor brush for the cups. I've also started using hot pressed watercolor paper instead of the cold pressed one - the surface is so much smoother.

The pattern paper is from BasicGrey and happens to be like the 6 x 6 pack of pattern paper (Sugared) I'm giving away to one lucky person. If you haven't entered the contest as yet, you only have until the 1st of February, just a couple of days from now to leave a comment. Click here to go the blog candy giveaway post.

Recipe:
Stamp: Rose Tea Cup from Impression Obsession
Paper: Watercolor paper, Bravo Burgundy, Sugared Pattern paper from BasicGrey
Ink: Versamark
Accessories: Black Embossing Powder, Creamy Caramel Reinker, Watercolor Brush (SU Retired), Bravo Burgundy and Old Olive Stampin' Write Markers, SU Flower Punch, Fiskers Flower Punch, Flowers from a Hydrangea Bush (Hobby Lobby), BasicGrey Brads, Ornaire Stenciling Template, SU Piercing Tool, SU Tool Cutter Kit

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Pocket Silhouettes, TSSC54

This card was made for TSSC Challenge #54 by Mary Jo from Techno Stamper. Mary Jo, you really stumped me this time! I redid the focal image so many times. Either the stamp was too small or too large. Also, you wouldn't believe how many images I cut out with the scissors just to see if it would like better mounted with dimensionals. No luck! So I settled on Pocket Silhouettes.

The main image was colored using Stampin' Write markers then stamped on Whisper White card stock. All the layers were embossed and cut using nestabilities. Nestabilities have turned out to be such life savers if you decide to use several layers.

Recipe:
Stamp Set: Pocket Silhouettes
Paper: Whisper White, Regal Rose, Rose Red, More Mustard, Phoebe Pattern Paper by BasicGrey
Ink: Rose Red
Accessories: Stampin' Write Markers (Rose Red, Regal Rose, Sage Shadow), Rich Regals Brads, Small Oval Punch, Designer Label Punch, Prima Flowers, Oval Nestabilities, Square Nestabilities, Wizard



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Father Christmas

Just when you thought you'd seen the last of Christmas Cards! I've joined the Christmas Stampin' All Year Long Blog so you will be seeing them here on a routine basis. The blog a weekly challenge to create a Christmas card based on a sketch, inspirational piece or color recipe. This is a great way to ensure that I have enough cards on hand to send out for the Christmas season 2009 - I was a very bad girl this last season and only sent out a few cards.

Everyone is welcome to participate - all the deets are found here. The creator of this idea is the very talented Maria Bell - check out all her gorgeous cards on her blog at Stampin' Inspirations.

Recipe:
Stamp: Father Christmas by Paper Inspirations (Hobby Lobby), Sentiment from Christmas Cardinal (SU Retired)
Paper: S.E.I Christmas paper, Very Vanilla, Bravo Burgundy
Ink: Bravo Burgundy Craft Ink
Accessories: Burgundy Velvet Ribbon from LSS, SU Tool Cutter, Gold Cord, Circle Punches

Jazzy Inspirations Chalenge #4

It's time for another Jazzy Inspirations Challenge! This challenge is based on Herbie Hancock's album, Maiden Voyage. The colors are Kiwi Kiss, Whisper White and and Gray. Check out what the other team members have made. If you want to play and have a blog, link it up to Jazzy Inspirations. If you don't have a blog, upload it to SCS under JAZZ04. Don't you want to be Jazz Cat of the week? Remember, if you don't play, you can't win!

Recipe:
Stamp Set: Voila
Paper: Going Gray, Kiwi Kiss, Urban Garden DSP, Whisper White
Ink: Versamark, Kiwi Kiss
Accessories: Black Detail Embossing Powder, Stampin' Write Markers (Blush Blossom, Basic Gray) Silver Brads

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Blog Candy

I just noticed that I reached 15,000 visitors! So that means it's time for another blog candy giveaway. To enter the contest, please mention this giveaway on your blog and link back here. And don't forget to leave a comment with an entry number next to it. Assigning a number will make it so much easier to pick a winner. The winner will be picked by random.com.

The contest is opened until 1 February 2009 at 12:00pm central time. I'll announce the winner on 2 February 2009.

Blog Candy:
Sugared Pattern Paper by BasicGrey
Cuttlebug Embossing Folder Argyle
Cuttlebug Embossing Border Folder Frills
Misc satin ribbons (Gold, Light Green, Orange, Red)
Flower Brads

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