Whimsy and Stars

I've got a sweet little card here today. I just love all of the holiday images that Mabelle has released this year for winter and Christmas. This little Snowball Boy, is so cute and fun to color and sparkle up!

I've used the fun sketch from Midnight Madness sketch challenges (MMSC132) for the design.

And a bit of fun news, Mabelle has a special Whimsy and Stars release today, this little cutie is the last Whimsy and Stars release for the year. She's called Twinkling Angel and is available in the etsy shop. Can't wait to color her up for a card.

Thanks for stopping by today. Hope you are having a wonderful week!

Challenges:

CCEE Stampers - 1E, JFF - Snowflakes and Bling

Crop Stop - 3E - Punches in a Holiday Pproject (snowflake punches)

Delightful Challenges - 1E, SIO - Let It Snow (snowflakes and snowball)

Digistamps 4 Joy - 2W, SIO  - #33 Christmas, no animals

Ribbon Carousel Challenge - must include spooled item - #31 Colour* Kraft Red & Brown

Shopping Our Stash - C12 #28 Digi Images &/or Sentiments &/or Recycle A Greetings Card for your creation

Tuesday Throwdown 2W- #76 A Masculie Holiday Card 

Card Recipe:

Image: Whimsy and Stars Snowball Boy, sentiment from Amuse

Ink: Printer Palette, Noir

Papers: PTI ssw, Kraft, Pure Poppy, Dk. Chocolate, Authentique pattern

Extras: copics, MS snowflake punch, stickles, flower soft, PTI buttons and twine, sewing machine, rhinestones, nesties, cuttlebug embossing folder

Bookendz card

Got a real quick post today. We've got our monthly book club cyber meeting tonight for Bookendz. This group was formed by Suzanne Dean for crafters who also like to read. You can find it on the Color Me Creative Classroom website.

This is our fourth book I believe. They have all been great. This month it was Emily and Einstein by Linda Francis Lee. If you like to read, come join the fun.

This is my card for the theme. I've used a cute dog image from K 'n K designs. After coloring it with copics, I went over him with a washcloth dipped in blender solution to give him some texture. The dog in the book was white, but had wiry fur!

My sketch is from the Outlawz Wednesday sketch challenge for this week.

Card Recipe:
Image: K 'n K designs, sentiment from PTI
Ink: Printer, Palette Noir
Paper: PTI ssw, Orange Zest, Dk Choc. patterned unknown
Extras: copics, blender solution, washcloth, nesties, heart button, PTI twine, MM orange brads, corner rounder

Designed2Delight designer's challenge

The Designed2Delight designer's Saturday challenge is snowmen this week. My card features this Whipper Snapper Snow Diva stamp. While she isn't one of the D2D digis, she was drawn/designed by Faith Skrdla. Faith has lots of images in stamp form through Whipper Snapper and they are super cute, just like her digis.

I'm also entering the Corrosive challenge #138 this week, to case one of their DT's Cards. I've picked a card by one of my dear blogging friends Linda Palmer. Here is her card, I've used the same layout, a snowman theme and a circular sentiment and one of the Magnolia flourishes she uses so well. Fun challenge!

Card Recipe:
Stamps: Whipper Snapper Snow Diva, SU sentiment
Ink: Memento black and red
Paper: PTI and SU cardstock, Cosmo Cricket patterned
Extras: copics, stickles, Magnolia flourish die, rhinestones, sewing machine, nesties, PTI button and twine

Tuesday Morning Sketches #122

Happy Tuesday! It's time for another Tuesday Morning Sketches challenge. Melissa has drawn up another fabulous sketch for us this week. This layout is fairly clean and simple, but the placement of the ribbon makes it so elegant. Love it and will definitely use it again.

Our sponsor this week is Stretch n Bubbles,  play along for a chance to win a prize from them. And check out the Tuesday Morning Sketches blog for lots of great samples from the DT.

I've used a new image from Phindy's Place for this challenge, called Winter Bird. It was  hard to get a good photo of the sparkle, but it real life it is so shimmery, looks like real snow.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. Hope you are having a wonderful week!

Card Recipe:
Image: Phindy's Place Winter Bird
Ink: Printer
Paper: PTI ssw, Pure Poppy, Ripe Avocado
Extras: copics, MS around the page punch, SU brads, ribbon, SU corner rounder, jingle bells, silver cord, Cuttlebug embossing folder, crystal effects, glitter

Sassy Studio Freebie Friday

It's fabulous freebie Friday over at the Sassy Studio Designs Papercraft Planet group. Every Friday there is a freebie up for 24 hours. Grab it while you can. Today it is this super cute Baby It's Cold Outside Image. She is one of my favorites! There is an accompanying challenge, too. Make a Christmas card for a special person and and sparkle! Easy peasy, who doesn't like a bit of sparkle and bling!

I've used the sketch from Sweet Sketch Wednesday 129-33. I'm also entering it into the Copic/promarker challenge at the Outlawz this week which is anything goes. 

Thanks for stopping by today. Hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Card Recipe:

Image: Baby It's Cold Outside from SSD, sentiment from Elzybells

Ink: Printer, Palette Noir

Paper: PTI ssw, Pure Poppy, Hawaiian Shores, Simply Chartreuse, Hibiscus Burst, MME prints

Extras: copics, stickles, sakura stardust pens, PTI ribbon, button, twine, dimensionals, rhinestones

Phindy's Friday Challenge

TGIF! Time for another Phindy's Friday Challenge. The theme this week is a Sprinkling of Snow.  Phindy has lots of Christmas ans winter images in her shop that would work well for this challenge. Check out the Christmas/Winter Cuties section ! I just love all of them. 

I went with First Snow for my image this week. Such a fun image to color in! Plenty of opportunity to add some sparkle to this one too! 

Hope you will pop on over to the challenge blog and see what the DT has created this week. Play along with the challenge to win some prizes. It's not necessary to use a Phindy image, but if you do you get entered twice, so that is some pretty good incentive!


I've used the Wednesday sketch from the Outlawz Wednesday sketch challenge from this week for the layout of this one.

Card Recipe:

Image: First Snow from Phindy's Place

Ink: Printer

Paper: PTI ssw, Hibiscus Burst, Yoyo Yellow, Baja Breeze, Cosmo Cricket dsp

Extras: copics, stickles, PTI ribbon, nestie snowflake dies, pearls, white paint pen, cuttlebug embossing folder, dimensionals

Magnolia-licious Christmas All Year Long Blog Hop

Hi and welcome to the final Magnolia-licious Christmas All Year Long blog hop for 2011. The ladies from the Magnolia-licious Yahoo group have a hop on the 25th of every month.  By December, you have a good selection of Magnolia cards ready to send. I participated in most of the months last year and really enjoyed it.
You can find the order of the hop on the Magnolia-licious Christmas All Year Long Blog. And Magnolia-licous on line always has the best selection of Magnolia stamps, if you see something you need while hopping.

If you arrived here from Cordine's you are in the right place. When you are through here  hop on over to Monique's blog and see what she has crafted up for this month. Thanks for hopping along with us, hope you will join us on the 25th of May!

Thanks for stopping by today. Hope you are having a wonderful week.


Card Recipe:
Stamp: Magnolia
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Paper: Cryogen, SU Garden Green, Pretty in Pink, BG Eskimo Kisses
Embellishments: copics, stickles, nesties, SU ribbon,pearls, dimensionals, cuttlebug embossing folder, PTI twine, jingle bells