Sweet Valentine

I'm finally back to posting. We just got back from LA on Friday and I'm so glad to be back home and sleeping in my own bed. All I can say is that the hotel we stayed at was very different and I was uncomfortable for the most part. Anyways, on to my card. I put this card together mainly to show one of the new dies that my hubby ordered at the show. It is the white heart shaped doily on this card. I'm not sure when it will be here but it is on my "to buy" list. The stamp is a cling stamp from Dandelion Designs and the pink heart is embossed with Sizzix's Valentine set #4.
Here's one of the make & takes I did on the last day of the show. The stamp is Chef Marci from La-La Land Crafts.
Hope your week is going well and thanks for stopping by! Have a great evening!!!

Be My Valentine

It seems like we just celebrated the New Year and now Valentine's Day will be here before you know it. Yesterday I ran downstairs to my craft room to tape up a box for mailing and couldn't resist making a card while down there. Here's my 5 minute card. I used another Dandelion Designs image that was colored and cut. I forgot the monkey's name but I thought he would look cute on my card.All the embossing folders are from Sizzix called Valentine set #4.
The border punch is from EK Success and I know you can't see it but the scallops have embossed dots on them.

My silly husband asked me if he could borrow the card to give it to me next month. Ha!

We'll be leaving for CHA in a couple of days so I won't be posting anything until I get back.

Thanks for stopping by today and hope you're having a fantastic week!!!

Love Elliot

I made a couple samples this past weekend using Dandelion Designs stamps. For this project, I used Sizzix's milk carton pro die to make the box. I had colored and precut some of the images last week. The elephant stamp is from the bubbles and smiles cling set and the heart border is from the lots of love cling set.The embossed background is from the Sizzix curlique hearts folder set.
And I punched out the word love from the Martha Stewart alphabet punch set.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great evening!!!

Happy wishes

I must be on a "happy" roll these days being that my last project was a happy thought. This is another one of the new cling stamps that was just released from Dandelion Designs. The card is an acetate card and I stamped the flowers on a regular white card for the background and placed it in between the acetate.I stamped the little japanese girl on Xpress paper for copic markers and made her hair and the first balloon look 3-D. And added glossy accents to all the balloons. If you have never tried the copic paper, I highly recommend it. It is so crisp and clear and the colors don't bleed. I picked some up from the store.
I've been trying to finish up on a lot of things before we leave for CHA next week. I hope to post a few more projects before then.

Thanks for stopping by and hope you're having a great week!!!

Happy thoughts

I've been busy in my craft room the past few days, getting ready for another tv show taping. I usually stamp and color a couple of the same images and I had this one extra mouse image on my table and decided to make something with it. It's from a new cling stamp set called "Happy Thoughts".

I recently bought this new Martha Stewart punch called "rose window" and you can punch anywhere on your paper using this punch. It comes apart in 2 pieces and is magnetic and you place your paper in between the 2 pieces and punch it out.
I used Sizzix's XL popcorn box die and punched the middle of the box using the MS punch. Then embossed the box with the curlique hearts embossing folder. I wasn't planning on making a shaker with this but it ended up being one. The heart punch is also a magnetic punch called "studded heart".
And because I'm such a klutz (always tripping and walking into things), I dropped the box on my slippers at the top of the stairs and the glitter glue on the heart rubbed on my slippers. That is why part of the heart has no glitter on it.

Well, hope you're staying dry and warm today. Thanks for stopping by and have a great evening!

Hope you have a very special birthday

My daughter's birthday is coming up this weekend, so I told myself that I better start now and make her a birthday card. I just got some new Hero Arts stamps so I decided to use them for the card.I love this new wood stamp called "you rock". It's so perfect for her since she's always listening to music. The background stamp is a cling stamp from the Christmas release called music background. I stamped with VersaMark champagne and poured clear embossing powder over it.
I'm not sure why I chose these colors but I went through my scrap pile and decided to use these scraps up.

Thanks for stopping by and hope you're having a wonderful day!!!

Year of the rabbit

Happy New Year everyone and I'm so glad that I was able to make something today. I've been having some problems with my neck again and wasn't able to do any crafting since before Christmas. Anyways, since this is the year of the rabbit, I wanted to combine a Valentine's project using an older Hello Kitty die, Kathy bunny for the rabbit.
The picnic basket is a new Sizzix pro die. I embossed the lid with a texture impression set called curlique & hearts set. The red medallion is a Tim Holtz rosette die.

You can put a bunch of goodies in this basket since it holds quite a bit.
I glittered the bunny and used glossy accents on the red heart to make it shiny.

Thanks for stopping by and hope you're having a great evening!!!

Sizzix Triple Play Blog Hop Week 7 - Joy!

Happy holidays and welcome back to week 7, which is our last week of the Sizzix triple play blog hop. For this week's hop, we are using Eileen Hull's treat bag topper die. Please click on the navigation button on the right side of my blog to get to the next designer's blog. You can hop either forward or backward.

This die can make 3 different sized treat bag toppers. I used the biggest size to make my treat bag and kept it real simple.
I covered the topper with Doodlebug's holiday paper. Then cut out the phrase joy and poured chunky white glitter over it. The reindeer is a stamp from Dandelion Designs.

Supplies:

656774 - Scoreboard XL treat bag toppers die

656727 - Phrase, joy

Doodlebug paper

Dandelion Designs reindeer stamp

Chunky white glitter

Offray ribbon

Peppermint candy

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful holiday and Merry Christmas!!!

Santa Emma

The other day while digging through one of my drawers, I found this CC Designs stamp that I forgot I had, and of course never got to use it. This one is Santa Emma and she's a cutie. I had an extra stool colored from my last card so I got to use it with this one.The background I used is another Tim Holtz embossing folder called holiday words. It is in the set with the calendar folder. I used his distress ink called shabby shutters over parts of the embossed words and highlighted parts of the edges of the card with stardust stickles.
The pretty rose on the ribbon was given to me from Joy and I'm not sure what company it is from.

Thanks for stopping by today and don't forget to come back this Thursday for the last Sizzix triple play blog hop project!

Have a great Tuesday!!!

Sizzix Triple Play Blog Hop Week 6 - Wish Shaker Card

Welcome back to the Sizzix triple play blog hop week 6! It's been a whole lot of fun and next week will be our last project. For this week's project, we are using a bigz XL die called "album brackets" by Brenda Pinnick. If you click on the Sizzix navigation bar on the right side of my blog, it will take you to the next designer's blog.

For this week's project, I decided to make a shaker card using the die cut pieces that were sent in my packet. I used the smaller label die cut piece to make the shaker part of the card. For the window part, I used Tim Holtz's mover and shaper wish die.
The candy cane is cut out of Sizzix chipboard and I went with a green and white candy cane. I used chunky white glitter on the white parts of the candy cane. The flower is from the flowers 3-D die.
I used a Hero Arts stamp and embossed the words with white embossing powder on the inside of the card.
Supplies:

656053 - Album brackets bigz XL die

656722 - Candy cane #2 die

656545 - Flowers 3-D die

657078 - Wish movers & shapers die

Martha Stewart shaker beads

Hero Arts gemstones

Hero Arts clear stamp

Pink fine tulle

Doodlebug paper

Red cardstock

Pink offray ribbon

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!!!

December

Wow, it's been awhile since I actually used my copics to color a CC Designs image. Here I used Cookie Emma sitting on her stool eating her chocolate chip cookie which is one of my favorite cookies.

The embossing folder is called December calendar by Tim Holtz. I really need to start working on my Christmas cards and do some Christmas shopping.
The snowflake is from this year's snowflake #3 die. I used MS silver glitter on the snowflake. This was a leftover snowflake from one of the make & takes Cheri and I did at Ben Franklin Crafts.
Hey, don't forget to come back on Thursday for the Sizzix triple play blog hop. We are on week #6 and next week will be our last week.

Thanks for stopping by today and hope you're all having a wonderful day!!!

Sizzix Triple Play Blog Hop Week 5 - Gingerbread Man Giftcard Holder

Hello and welcome back to week 5 of the Sizzix triple play blog hop. Please click on the navigation bar on the right side of my blog to get to the next designer. You can hop either forward or backward. For this week's project, we are using Karen Burniston's gift card holder, 3-D pop-up die. I have actually made quite a few gift card holders with this die prior to this week's project.

To decorate the front of my card, I used all Hero Arts stamps. For the gingerbread man, I embossed him with white embossing powder and cut around the stamped image and stuck pearl gemstones for his eyes. The stamp is from a set called Christmas trio.
On the green card background, I used a stamp called happy festive background. And the word is from a stamp set called magic of Christmas.
When you open the card, the gift card holder pops up with the phrase "for you". There are many different themes that you can make with this die. I went with a Christmas theme only because this month is Christmas.

Sorry that the photos are kind of bright but taking photos today was a little challenging due to the rainy weather we were having and I tried my best to make it brighter. Hope it's not blinding you.
Supplies:

656740 - Gift card holder, 3-D pop-up

Hero Arts stamps - LP177 Christmas trio, S5446 Happy festive background, CL462 Magic of Christmas

Pearl gemstones

White embossing powder

Offray red ribbon

Thanks for stopping by and visiting today and don't forget to come back next week Thursday for another Sizzix project! Have a great day!!!

Sizzix Triple Play Blog Hop Week 4 - Bird Frame

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!! It is week 4 of the Sizzix triple play blog hop. Please click on the navigation bar on the right side of my blog to go to the next designer's blog. You can hop either forward or backward. For this week's project, we used Eileen Hull's frame & frame back scoreboard pro die. I decided to make my frame into a deco table accent. Most of the materials used are leftover scraps from previous make & take projects throughout the year.I used the Artist Studio bird die and poured chunky white glitter over it. I love glitter!
The black felt and tulle flower is Tim Holtz tattered florals die. And the branch with leaves is from last years release.
Supplies:

656835 - Frame & frame back pro scoreboard die

656551 - Birds

656640 - Tattered florals

656075 - Branch w/ leaves

Sizzix chipboard

Chunky white glitter

Black felt, black tulle

Pearl brad

Silver glitter paper

Thanks for stopping by today and hope you're having a wonderful Thanksgiving with your families!!!

Wish

About a week ago, I was at the store and saw the metal base trays that just came in from Sizzix and knew I had to get one for myself. You know how it is, if it catches your eye, you have to buy it. I love the idea of being able to do cut outs on the shaped dies. There were a bunch of these mini mover and shapers dies that can be used on the metal tray. So I got both Tim Holtz winter wonder and wish die and made this snowman. The pillowbox is a Big Shot Pro die. You can make your own gift packaging with this die.
The embossing folder is a Basic Grey set called Sugar and Starry Night.

Hope to see you back this Thursday for this week's Sizzix Triple Play Bloghop. I know it's Thanksgiving but wait till you see this week's project!

Thanks for stopping by my blog and leaving me your sweet comments! Have a great day!!!

Sizzix Triple Play Blog Hop Week 3 - Merry Deer

Good morning and welcome back to week #3 of the Sizzix Triple Play Blog Hop. For this week's project, we used Brenda Pinnick's beauty bloom flower die. There are several different sized flowers on the die but I decided to use only one of them. I made the flower using Tim Holtz's rose flower technique and glued and poured chunky white glitter over the petals. The box is cut from the Eclips machine.
The cute deer is a new die release that I cut out of chipboard and glittered.
You can visit all the other designers by clicking on the navigation buttons on the upper right side of my blog. It's been so amazing seeing all the different ideas that come out of the chosen die for the week.

Supplies:

655455 - Flower, beauty bloom

656734 - Flourish, holly & mistletoe

657049 - Deer

Sizzix white chipboard

Button, baker's twine and ribbon

Ultra fine glitter - deer

Chunky glitter - flower

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to come back next week Thursday (Thanksgiving) for week #4's project. Have a great day!!!

Christmas candy boxes

Yesterday, we had a make & take at J's. We made a box cut from the Sizzix Eclips machine and used Dandelion Designs stamps to decorate the cute little box.For the background, we used the snowflake stamp. Everyone picked one of the 4 different animals to use on their box. The stamps are: Ho ho ho, Fuzzy dog w/ wreath, Wrapped with love, and Stocking.
Tag is a Martha Stewart punch and to/from stamp and baker's twine. You can fill the box with mini candies.

Hope you're having a wonderful Sunday and don't forget to stop by this Thursday for week 3 of the Sizzix triple play bloghop!!!

Sizzix Triple Play Blog Hop Week 2 - Christmas ornament shaker box

We're on week 2 for the Sizzix triple play blog hop. You can click on the navigation buttons on the right side of my blog to get to all the designer's blogs. For this weeks project, we are using the Sizzix twist cube 3-D (pop-up) die by Karen Burniston.

I decided to make my cube into a Christmas ornament shaker box instead of a pop-up. For the red flowers decorating the box, I used Sizzix flower layers & tis the season die and outlined the edges with a Versa Marker pen. I used Holiday Emma stamp by CC Designs for the image on the box.
The shaker part of the box are from 2 different size circle punches. Word stamp and snowflake background stamps are from Hero Arts. I tied a ribbon to the top of the box so you can hang the ornament on the tree.
Supplies:

656739 Sizzix twist cube 3-D (pop-up) die

656954 Sizzix flower layers & tis the season

CC Designs stamp - Holiday Emma

Hero Arts stamps - Holiday Dolls, Get Merry & Magic of Christmas

EK Success circle punches - 2 1/2", 2 3/4"

Martha Stewart shaker beads & baker's twine

Hero Arts gemstones

Jingle bell

Copic markers

Vera Marker pen & Memento black ink

Thanks for stopping by and hope you are enjoying all the inspiration on the blog hop!

Have a great day!!!

Make & take this Saturday 11/13

I will be doing a make & take at J's this Saturday, 11/13 from 10 - 12 pm. Please go to the site for the supplies that you will need.

Hope to see you there!!!

Oh deer!

Hope you enjoyed last week's Sizzix bloghop. Don't forget to come back Thursday for this week's project. For today's post, I've had this Hero Art's baby reindeer image sitting on my craft table waiting to be made into something. I went with another shaker card and a simple card idea. As I colored the antlers, I sort of went out of the lines so I covered it up with some red gemstones. The only problem I found is the little beads get stuck on the adhesive when you shake the card.The snowflake is from last years MS punch line.
The circle border punch is a large punch from EK Success. I thought it matched well with the oval scallops used on the shaker part of the card.

Well, thanks for stopping by today and don't forget to come back on Thursday to see what we made with this week's die pick. Have a wonderful Tuesday!!!

Sizzix Triple Play Blog Hop Week 1 - Gingerbread and Candy Canes

Hello and good morning! I am so excited to be a part of the Sizzix Triple Play Blog Hop - week 1. There are 60 designers participating in the hop and you can click on the button on my sidebar to get to the next blog. For this week's post, we were asked to make something using this Sizzix Pro Scoreboard 3-D House die by Eileen Hull. At first, I had no idea what I was going to make with what was in my packet. I went with pink because that is my favorite color and it matches the red and green Christmas colors.For the roof of the house, I used white chunky glitter to give it a snowy effect. Then I glued the edges using a white mini pom pom trim. All the stamps used are Dandelion Designs.
I put a tea light candle on the inside of the house. Here is a close up view of the light.
Thanks for stopping by and hope you are having fun stopping at everyone's blog!!! Don't forget to check back next week Thursday to see what we made with our next project. Have a great day!!!

Supplies:

656836 - Scoreboard House 3-D

657030 - On The Fence

656286 - Season's Greeting Set

Chunky white glitter

Dandelion Designs stamps

Hero Arts red gemstones

Stardust Stickles

Tea Light

White mini pom pom trim