Christmas??

Good Evening My Crafty Friends!
I turned on one of my favorite radio stations this week and to my surprise they are already playing Christmas songs 24/7!! Unbelievable!  I don't know what happened to October and now Thanksgiving is sneaking up on me.  I have to go buy a turkey tomorrow, dreading the crowd at the grocery store.

Anyway, listening to Christmas songs has inspired me to make some Christmas cards.  These images are from InStyle Stamps, super cute and so fun to color!  You can get an instant 5% off your purchase of ISS by clicking HERE.

I've been a bit obsessed with easel cards so here is another one : ) I've also been obsessed with red hair too!!


stamp:  Snowman Chick (ISS), Good Cheer (HA)
ink:  inkjet printer, Copics, Memento tuxedo black
paper:  coredinations
extras:  MS border and snowflake punch, glitter, EK circle punch, Marvy scallop punch, CB snow flakes emb. folder


stamp:  Sandy (ISS), Good Cheer (HA)
ink:  inkjet printer, Copics,ColorBox Chalk

paper:  no idea! it was in my stash : )

extras:  EK circle punches, MS Snowflake, Candy Cane Stickles


Thanks so much for clicking by and have wonderful weekend! 

Your Next Stamp's Challenge #4 - Be Thankful!

Hi Everyone!


Hope you are having a wonderful week.  This YNS challenge is hosted by Stephanie and the theme she's chosen  is "Be Thankful!" Create a card for someone you are thankful for.  Just in time for Thanksgiving next week!   We have some new rules for the Challenge:

• You can use ANY stamp, not just YNS images.

• Everyone who participates will get one YNS limited digi  image.
  

• If you already own all the digi’s you will receive a $3 coupon code to use at the store. 
  

• If a YNS image is used on the entry, your name will be entered twice for the random winner prize.

• The prize for challenge #4 winner is $10 in YNS bucks. 

I hope you'll join us for this challenge!  Here is my card, I used Shopper Fhiona.  I was inspired by Lysa's easel card, it's super easy and so cute! I see myself making lots of these : )

You'll have until midnight (EST) Dec. 1st to enter over at the Your Next Stamp Challenge Blog.

stamp:  Shopper Fhiona (YNS), SU! - sentiment

ink:  Momento, Copics
paper:  cardstockonline.net, Momenta
extras:  MS punch, EK oval & corner punch, pop dots, sewing machine

Thank you so much for stopping by.  Happy stamping!

YNS Blog Hop Winner Announcement

Good Tuesday!  Sorry to have gone MIA this past week, I was out of town, but I'm back and will have a couple of cards to share in the next few days.  Today we announce the winners from last week's YNS Blog Hop. Thank you everyone for "hopping" with us and leaving sweet comments, I hope you've been inspired by the Starlets! I used Random.org and it chose #33 which belongs to Robin. 

Robin said... 33

Love your New Year's Fhiona! Her hair colour is perfect! Robin  

Congrats Robin, please Email Karen with your choice of two digi images! 

To find out if you've won one of the three new release sets click HERE.


Have a terrific Tuesday! 

Your Next Stamp's Blog Hop #2

 Welcome to YNS' November Blog Hop!

If you came to my blog by way of Amy, then you are on the right track, if not, you will want to start with Karen, so you don't miss out on all the fabulous creations the Starlets have to show you!  Make sure you leave a comment on each one of the Startlets' blog for a chance to win 2 Christmas digi stamps being showcased during this blog hop and one of  three stamp sets to be given away!!  Karen is generously offering 10% off your entire YNS purchase beginning today through midnight November 16th EST, the code is YNSBH2.

These next two cards are from the  New Year's Party  Fhiona set, isn't she the cutest thing? She is all decked out and ready to go to a New Year party!




This Christmas Tree is a digi image avail for a limited time only. 




Your next stop is Cabio!

Happy hopping and just in case you get side tracked, here is the hop order.  Don't forget to leave a comment on each of the Starlets blog for a chance to win! Karen will announce the winners on Nov. 17th!

Karen

Simonne

Kerri

Ryann

Amy

Maylee (you are here!)

Cabio

Cathy

Lana

Stephanie

Maureen

Happy Birthday Emi!

Today is my cutie patootie niece's First Birthday! I miss and love you very much, Happy Birthday Sweetie Pie! (This is my second post, please scroll down for the first one)

This is my first attempt at a wiper card!  I found the tutorial on SCS HERE, you've got to try it out, it's so cool!  This cute stamp is by Pink Cat Studio, o boy...Melissa just released some of the cutest Itty Bitty Betty images, I want them all!

LOL, just realized that I used almost all the same colors on this card as the soccer card!  That's what happens when I don't clean my desk.



stamp:  Itty Bitty Betty - Ladybug (PCS), special messages (HA)

ink:  printer, Copics
paper:  Martha Stewart, DCWV
extras:  MS border punch, ribbon


Have a wonderful day!

Thank You!

Today is my son's last soccer game for the season.  I volunteered to make this "thank you" card for the coach because I knew exactly which images I would be using.   This card is quite huge, there are plenty of room for ten 5 to 6 year olds to scribble sign their names. 

These are Nicole and Nathan digis from ISS, I flipped the image on one of the Nathan images and made him a bit larger than the other.  The team's name is the Flames and their uniform is red, perfect for me to practice using R37, R59 & R89!  I still need help with blondish hair!  I'm trying to keep this card as masculine as possible, so hard not to add a ribbon!  :  )


stamp:  Nathan & Nicole (InStyle Stamps Digi)
Paper:  Martha Stewart, Neenah, Georgia Pacific
Ink:  printer, Copics
extras:  alpha die cut (Sizzix - Girls Are Weird font), buttons

Thanks for stopping by and have a great Saturday!

YNS Challenge #3

Good Morning and welcome to YNS Challenge #3!

This week's challenge is Christmas with a difference - no red or green allowed!  Fun! Fun! Fun!  I used this adorable limited time release Ellie, she is a digi image and is only available until Dec. 31st.  I chose one of my favorite color combos pink and brown for this card.  Make sure you check out the YNS Challenge Blog for all the details. 



stamp:  Ellie & sentiment (YNS - digi)
ink:  printer, copics
paper: DCWV, Cloud9Designs, Heidi Grace Designs
extras:  ribbon, buttons, stickles

TWO SCOOPS....

no, not raisins....TWO SCOOPS RICE DESIGNS....just want to share that I've made the TSRD DT for the winter/spring term.  Can't wait to play with Renae's fun images! 

Have a great day!

New InStyles Blog

Hi Everyone!

ISS has a new blog on blogger!   The first 75 150 people to follow the blog by 6 pm, Monday, November 9th will be given a free digital image or free digital paper of their choice. Make sure you leave a comment on this post to qualify!

Just a warning, there are soooo many cute images to choose from!  : )

InStyle's Blog Hop

TGIF everyone and welcome to InStyle's blog hop!  If you happened upon my blog and didn't start at the beginning of our hop, please click HERE for the first stop. If you came from the magnificent Mary 's blog, then you are on the right track!  Every DT is linked up to one another, once you've finished the hop, you'll have a chance to vote for your favorite DT project and make sure you leave a comment for YOUR chance to win a prize.

This month's theme is "set the table", I decided to decorate a couple of  wine bottles using Virginia and William.  They are both digis and available for purchase at the STORE. These would make a perfect gift for Thanksgiving!  I think I need to make a few more. (even DH liked them... I've given up on asking  for his opinion) :  )







Thanks for stopping by and your next stop is the super talented Lysa.

Incase you got sidetracked, here is the hop order:

 Kim
Piali
Joy
Virginia
Raquel
Mary
Maylee(you are here)
Lysa
Melissa