Happy New Year!

Hello friends! I'd like to wish you all a very Happy New Year!

I decided to go for a slightly different take on a new year card by combining a couple of JustRite stamp sets. See that sweet little elephant? He is from the newly released JustRite cling set, Ellie Time, illustrated by children's book author and illustrator, Elizabeth O. Dulemba! I colored him with Copic markers, paper pieced his vest then I cut him out. He is popped up on a Labels One Nestability layer. He comes with an assortment of sweet images and sentiments (please see below for a look at the complete set), but I chose to pair him with another set to make a Happy New Year balloon for him to carry. I used one of the centers from Merry Little Christmas. I added a little Divine Twine as string for the balloon and wrapped the ends around his trunk.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies ~
JustRite Stampers: CL-02005 Ellie Time Cling, JB-08780 Merry Little Christmas, JB-09500 1 5/8" Clear Stamper
Dies & Punches: Labels One Nestabilities, die 4 (Spellbinders), 1 1/4" and 1 3/8" circle punches (EK Success), Cherish border punch (Martha Stewart)
Paper: Ducks in a Row (October Afternoon), Pink vellum (CTMH), Classic Crest Classic Natural White (Neenah)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Versamagic Wheat (Tsukineko)
Copic Markers: 0, C2, C3, C5, C6, R00
Accessories: Divine Twine, Foam tape, Thread, Sewing machine.

Rare Blessing

Hello! Happy New Years Eve Eve! I hope you are all having a great week! I am a little under the weather, so I am going to keep this short and sweet..

I used the JustRite cling set, CL-02030 Simple Blessings for my friendship card today. I stamped the lovely frame with Memento Rich Cocoa, colored with a few Copic markers and added the sentiment "A True Friend is a Rare Blessing" to the center. I kept my layout fairly simple, adding some stitching, lace and a line of pearls.

Here's a complete look at the set that I used:

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies ~
JustRite Stampers: CL-02030 Simple Blessings
Paper: Fairy Flora (Prima), Classic Crest Solar White (Neenah), Dark Chocolate (Papertrey Ink)
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa (Tsukineko)
Copic Markers: 0, RV02, Y19, YG13
Accessories: Lace, Pearls (Zva Creative), Foam tape, Thread, Sewing machine.

Mercy's Final Tuesday Sketch Challenge

Hello! I hope you all are enjoying the holiday season! I'm here with my card for Mercy's final Tuesday Sketch Challenge, MTSC106. Not only is it my final post as her December guest muse, but it is also her final sketch.. Thank you, Mercy, for the honor and for sharing your wonderful sketches with us all.. I wish you all the best!

My sample uses JustRite's Quiet Moments cling set, designed by children's book author and illustrator, Elizabeth O. Dulemba. I just love this sweet little scene and chose to make it a mother / daughter moment with my little Sabrina. I am happy to say that she has another week of winter vacation, and I plan to make the most of our time together. The sentiment "Forever Friends" is from the same set and cut out using the custom Nested Frames set (JustRite co-branded with Spellbinders).

For more MTSC inspiration and details on this week's sketch challenge, please visit Mercy and her talented muses:

Cindy Haffner

Pam Varnell

Jessica Diedrich

Julie Lacey

and Mercy Kerin (Head Muse)

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies ~
JustRite Stampers: CL-02050 Quiet Moments cling set,

Dies & Punches: JB-08950 JustRite Nested Frames (Spellbinders co-branded), Square Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Medium scallop (Papertrey Ink)

Paper: Enchanted (Memory Box), Classic Crest Solar White (Neenah)

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko)

Accessories: Markers (Copic), Doily, Waxy flax, Foam tape, Thread, Sewing machine.

Christmas Memories

Hi everyone! I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas! We spent a nice quiet Christmas with our small family of three..

I've been keeping notes the last 25 days to make my December Daily album. I am amazed how Ali and so many others not only put together the album in advance, but also keep up with this each day.. me? I'm just happy that I managed to document the stories, take photos and collect items for my album. I've wanted to do this for the past few years and never did. I am looking forward to hopefully working on it this upcoming week!

This is Sabrina on Christmas Eve, sitting with our giant Snoopy (notice I say "our")... he was mine until she was born and then she kind of decided that he is hers... oh well, it is nice to share, right?!

And, as I was backing up photos today, I ran across this her first photo with him, 7 years ago... Snoopy hasn't changed at all (he is actually still clean, too!), but Sabrina sure has...

Thanks so much for stopping by! I'll be back with Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge sample on Monday night / Tuesday morning.

Friends

Hello! Merry Christmas Eve Eve to you all! I just wanted to pop in to post a card that I made today and to wish you all Happy Holidays!

Like most everyone else, I've been busy getting ready for Christmas.. it's also been a time of reflection for me. In 2010, along with the good, there has been some bad. I lost 2 friends at the beginning of the year, and another just a few weeks ago. It's made me especially thankful for my friends, family and health. With being busy preparing for the holidays and having other things going on, I have not only had a lot of crafting time, but I also haven't been much in the crafting mood.. I am slowly getting back in the mood, though.. :)

I was inspired to make this friend card using this lovely sentiment from JB-09220 Friendship Nested Sentiments & Verse. I paired it with some paper from Parisian Anthology (Pink Paislee) and some Maya Road lace. My sentiment and corner embellishments were cut out using JB-08955 Nested Sentiments Dies, one of two newly released Spellbinders custom die set designed to perfectly fit all JustRite Nested Sentiments & Verse stamps!

I want to thank you all for stopping by and wish you the happiest of holiday seasons and many blessings in the new year!

Supplies ~
JustRite Stampers: JB-09220 Friendship Nested Sentiments & Verse, JB-09520 Clear Horizontal Stamper
Dies & Punches: JB-08955 Nested Sentiments Dies (Spellbinders co-branded)
Paper: Parisian Anthology (Pink Paislee), Classic Crest Solar White (Neenah)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko)
Accessories: Lace (Maya Road), Butterfly (Prima), Silver pearls, Foam tape, Thread, Sewing machine.

Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge.. Smooches!

Hello! I'm here with my card for Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge, MTSC105. It's another great sketch.. I hope you will find some time in your busy week to play along!

I've been wanting to play with Penguin Pals (Taylored Expressions) before this Christmas has come and gone.. aren't these the sweetest little (almost) kissing penguins you've ever seen?! I added a little strip of striped paper (American Crafts) and added some embossing to the sides of my white panel.

For more MTSC inspiration and details on this week's sketch challenge, please visit Mercy and her talented muses:

Cindy Haffner

Jackie Pedro
Pam Varnell

Jessica Diedrich

Julie Lacey

and Mercy Kerin (Head Muse)

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies ~
Stamps: Penguin Pals (Taylored Expressions)
Paper: Christmas (American Crafts), Pure Poppy (Papertrey Ink), Classic Crest Solar White (Neenah)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko)
Accessories: Embossing folder from Winter Wonderland (Provo Craft), Markers (Copic), Starfire glitter (Taylored Expressions), Rhinestones (Kaisercraft), Divine Twine, Ric Rac (May Arts), Foam tape, Thread, Sewing machine.

Sparkle Creations Sponsoring Cupcake Inspirations

Hello! I hope you're having a good Sunday! Can you believe just 6 days until Christmas? Yikes.. I better make this a quick post! Sparkle Creations is sponsoring Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #90 this week... for all the details and inspiration from their DT, please visit the CIC blog.

My creation with Elf Oliver...

And here's the inspiration photo:

If you play along with the Cupcake Inspirations challenge, you have the chance to win Cupcake Ruby.  Plus, every participant will receive a special code for a 10% off coupon to Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies ~
Stamps: Elf Oliver (Sparkle Creations), Sentiment from 2009 Holiday Tag Collection (Papertrey Ink)
Paper: Cottage Christmas (Imaginisce), Pure Poppy (Papertrey Ink), Classic Crest Solar White (Neenah)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko)
Accessories: Embossing folder from Winter Wonderland set (Provo Craft), Markers (Copic), Distressing tool, Starfire glitter (Taylored Expressions), Ribbon, Snowflake brad, Foam tape, Thread, Sewing machine.

Sparkle Creations Sponsoring Flashback Friday

Hello there! I haven't been around much this week, which is unusual for me. It's just been a hectic last couple of weeks with lots going on around here. I suspect the next couple of weeks will be busy, too, but I am hoping for more time in my craft room (I haven't made a card in over a week.. yikes!).

Sparkle Creations is sponsoring Amy's Flashback Friday Challenge 6.0. A random winner will win a Sparkle Creations stamp to be released in January! This month's challenge is to post the first card you blogged about that featured an unexpected find from your home. You have until January 7, 2011 to play along with this challenge.

I only started blogging about 2 years ago, but 4 years ago, I made some gingerbread playdough for Sabrina to give to her classmates (she was in preschool back then). I saw the idea in a magazine (sorry, don't remember which one) and had purchased some gingerbread cookie cutters awhile back (for another idea). So, for this project, I dug out the cookie cutters, made some playdough and made this little gift packages.

Here's the playdough recipe that I used (from the web):

Gingerbread Playdough

1 c flour
1/2 c salt
2 tsp cream of tartar
1 c water
1 tsp vegetable oil
Lots of cinnamon, allspice, ginger, nutmeg (whatever you have)

Mix the dry ingredients together. Play with spices until you get the desired scent and color. Mix water and oil together first, THEN add them to the dry ingredients and stir. In a pot, cook the mixture for a few minutes over medium heat, stirring frequently. The dough will start to pull away from the sides and bottom of the pan and clump together. Take the dough out of the pan and knead it until it becomes soft and smooth. Allow to cool and store in an airtight container.

I hope you have a great weekend.. Thanks so much for stopping by!

SCRSC23 meets MTSC104

Hello! I'm here with my card for Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps Challenge #23 and Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge, MTSC104. If you recall last week, I made a boo boo and ended up having to make 2 separate cards.. well, I almost did it again this week, but luckily the SCRSC23 challenge is to use stitching and I did that automatically.. phew!

Thanks to all of you who played along in the SCRS challenge last week! This week will be the final challenge for 2010. Sparkle is giving her designers and fans the rest of the year off from challenges.. We will be back on January 4 with an all new challenge at this time (9 PM PST on Mondays). Sparkle is sponsoring a few challenges this month, so be sure to keep visiting the SCRS blog. As I mentioned above, this week's challenge is to use stitching (faux or real).

And here is Mercy's fabulous sketch, MTSC104:

I am still working on Christmas cards.. I think I have enough for this year, but I'm still making them since they are one of my favorite types of cards to make. I used Sledding Chloe today. I die cut only a portion of the image.. doesn't it look like she and her reindeer are having a great time?

For more SCRS inspiration and details, please visit the SCRS blog to see the design team's wonderful creations and their individual blogs for more details. I'd like to say a big thank you to Suzanne Czosek for her wonderful creations and for being such a fabulous Guest Designer! Be sure to keep visiting her.. I think she just might have more Sparkle Creations to show you this month.

Suzanne Czosek, December Guest Designer!

Kim Yu

Laurel Seabrook

Lisa Hjulberg

Simonne Clay

and Sparkle Smith (Owner)

For more MTSC inspiration and details on this week's sketch challenge, please visit Mercy and her talented muses:

Cindy Haffner

Jackie Pedro
Pam Varnell

Crystal Birr

Jessica Diedrich

Julie Lacey

Shannan Teubner 

and Mercy Kerin (Head Muse)

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies ~
Stamps: Sledding Chloe (Sparkle Creations), Sentiment from Poinsettia Christmas (Verve)
Paper: Snow Day (Crate Paper), Classic Crest Solar White (Neenah), Glitter paper (Marcella by K)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Versamagic Wheat (Tsukineko)
Accessories: Square and Lacey Squares Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Apron Lace border punch (Fiskars), Snowflake punch (EK Success), Snowflake embossing folder (Provo Craft), Markers, Spica glitter pen (Copic); Rhinestones (Kaisercraft), Star Dust Stickles (Ranger), Foam tape, Thread, Sewing machine.

SCRS December Release - Introducing Valentine Oliver

Hello and Welcome to the final day of previews and the November release for Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps! Sparkle is releasing 2 new images -- they are available in the store now.. Today we are previewing Valentine Oliver!

Isn't Valentine Oliver the sweetest?! He has candy AND flowers for his Valentine! I paired him with some Basic Grey Bittersweet patterned paper. My bingo card was created by Sharon Harnist.. she generously has them available as a free download here. I printed the card, then I stamped the "LOVE" and colored in the "free" star. After coloring Oliver, I cut him out with a long rectangle nestability die, but it didn't look quite right on my layout, so I ended up doing some fussy cutting and popping him on top of the bingo card.

Be sure to visit her and the rest of the SCRS designers for more peeks of Valentine Oliver. Sparkle will be giving away a Valentine Oliver to one lucky person! For a chance to win, you need to comment on all of the designer's blogs (list below). Then head on over to the SCRS blog and comment on the Oliver post. You have until midnight EST each day to comment. The lucky winner will be announced the following day!

Suzanne, wonderful December guest designer!
Kim
Laurel

Lisa

Simonne

Sparkle

Stephanie (you are here)

Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a great weekend!

Supplies ~
Stamps: Valentine Oliver (Sparkle Creations), Banner Day Alphabet (MFT)
Paper: Bittersweet (Basic Grey), Raspberry Fizz (Papertrey Ink), Classic Crest Solar White (Neenah)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Memento Rose Bud (Tsukineko)
Accessories: XOXO border punch (Martha Stewart), Markers (Copic), Heart rhinestones (K & Company), Brad (Basic Grey), Bingo card (http://paperfections.typepad.com/), Heart trinket pin (Maya Road), Brown satin ribbon, Foam tape, Thread, Sewing machine.

Sparkle Creations December Sneak Peek - Cupid Emily

Hello and Welcome to the first day of sneak peeks for the Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps December release! Sparkle is releasing 2 new images at midnight EST this Saturday, December 11.. Today we are previewing Cupid Emily!

This is sweet (and sassy) Emily playing the role of Cupid! I colored her with Copic markers and added some Star Dust Stickles to her wings. I paired her with some patterned paper from Bo Bunny Crush. My embellishment is a felt heart, topped with a button and heart rhinestone from Pizzazz Aplenty.

Be sure to visit her and the rest of the SCRS designers for more peeks of Cupid Emily. Sparkle will be giving away a Cupid Emily to one lucky person! For a chance to win, you need to comment on all of the designer's blogs (list below). Then head on over to the SCRS blog and comment on the Emily post. You have until midnight EST each day to comment. The lucky winner will be announced the following day!

Suzanne, wonderful December guest designer!
Kim
Laurel

Lisa

Simonne

Sparkle

Stephanie (you are here)

Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps

Tomorrow I will be back with the entire SCRS team to preview the final image... and it's also RELEASE DAY!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies ~
Stamps: Cupid Emily (Sparkle Creations), Sentiment from Heart's Desire (Verve)
Paper: Crush (Bo Bunny), True Black (Papertrey Ink), Classic Crest Solar White (Neenah)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko)
Accessories: Rectangle Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Markers (Copic), Star Dust Stickles (Ranger), Felt heart (American Crafts), Button (Papertrey Ink), Heart rhinestone (Pizzazz Aplenty), Black satin ribbon, Foam tape, Thread, Sewing machine.

Verve "Triple Play" Project Parade

Hello.. I hope you're all having a good week! I've been making some tags to package up some Christmas goodies and thought I'd pop in and share them with you. I made a trio of projects, which is what the Verve Project Parade is for this month... "Triple Play" is the theme to be exact. One lucky participant will win the January release and be Guest Diva for the month.. so fun! I'm not eligible to win, but I thought I'd play along anyway.

I used the Sweet Scallop Tag (stamp) and Sweet Scallop Die to create a small tag which I then popped onto a larger tag. I added some stitching, then I added my tag to Avery shipping tags to create a larger and stronger tag. All patterned paper is from K & Company's Yuletide collection. Here's a close-up of each tag:

For my first tag, I stamped and colored the poinsettia from Merry Wishes. "Joyeux Noel", "To: From:" (and the sentiments used on all tags are from Glad Tidings).

For my second tag, I clear embossed the middle snowflake from Glad Tidings on the Sweet Scallop tag.

For my final tag, I stamped the largest solid berry sprig from Merry Wishes and added Diamond Stickles to it for some sparkle.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies ~
Stamps: Glad Tidings, Merry Wishes, Sweet Scallop Tag (Verve)
Paper: Yuletide (K & Company)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Versamark Watermark (Tsukineko)
Accessories: Sweet Scallop Die (Verve), Markers (Copic), Clear embossing powder, Diamond Stickles (Ranger), Pearls, Rhinestones (Kaisercraft), Twine (May Arts and craft supply), Foam tape, Thread, Sewing machine.

SCRSC22, MTSC103 and Mercy's Guest Muse

Hello! Today I am excited to share some news I've been holding in for over a year now! I am a big fan of Mercy's work and her fabulous Tuesday Sketch Challenge, so I am very honored to be her December Guest Muse! Mercy's challenge goes live the same time that Sparkle's weekly challenges go live, so I was relieved when they both graciously agreed to let me combine the challenges! So, that was my plan this week, but I got so engrossed in the sketch when making my first card that I completely forgot that the SCRS challenge was a color challenge.. big oops.. and I was the one who picked the colors.. bigger OOPS! I am still combining the posts and just showing you both cards.. : )

Thanks to all of you who played along in the SCRS challenge last week! Each week we will post an all new challenge at this time (9 PM PST on Mondays). For all the details, please visit the SCRS blog. This week, we welcome our wonderful December Guest Designer, Suzanne Czosek! As I mentioned above, this week's challenge is a color challenge... Red, White and Black.

And here is Mercy's fabulous sketch, MTSC103:

Below is the first card that I created with Mercy's sketch.. using Street Corner Josh. I went with the plaid theme to go along with his shirt, combining some patterned papers from Pink Paislee Old School and the PTI Picnic Plaid Impression Plate.

Since I failed to use the correct colors for the SCRS color challenge, I made another card using Holiday Emily (below). I loved Mercy's sketch so much that I used it again! This time I paired Emily with some Basic Grey Jovial papers, colored, cut her out and popped her on top of my layout.

For more SCRS inspiration and details, please visit the SCRS blog to see the design team's wonderful creations and their individual blogs for more details:

Suzanne Czosek, our fabulous December Guest Designer!

Kim Yu

Laurel Seabrook

Lisa Hjulberg

Simonne Clay

and Sparkle Smith (Owner)

For more MTSC inspiration and details on this week's sketch challenge, please visit Mercy and her talented muses:

Cindy Haffner

Jackie Pedro
Pam Varnell

Crystal Birr

Jessica Diedrich

Julie Lacey

Shannan Teubner 

and Mercy Kerin (Head Muse)

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Card 1 Supplies ~
Stamps: Street Corner Josh (Sparkle Creations), Sentiment from Hot Stuff (My Favorite Things)
Paper: Old School (Pink Paislee), Kraft (Papertrey Ink), Classic Crest Classic Natural White (Neenah)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko), Tea Dye Distress (Ranger)
Accessories: Petite Ovals Nestabilities, Big Scalloped Petite Borderabilities (Spellbinders), Picnic Plaid Impression Plate, Double-Ended Banners Die, Button (Papertrey Ink), Markers (Copic), Twine (May Arts), Foam tape, Thread, Sewing machine.

Card 2 Supplies ~
Stamps: Holiday Emily (Sparkle Creations), Sentiment from Holiday Phrases (Verve)
Paper: Jovial (Basic Grey), True Black (Papertrey Ink), Classic Crest Classic Natural White (Neenah)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko)
Accessories: Scalloped Rectangle Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Upper Crest border punch (Fiskars), Candy Cane Stripe Embossing Folder (Provo Craft), Double-Ended Banners Die (Papertrey Ink), Twine (May Arts), Jingle bells (craft supply), Foam tape, Thread, Sewing machine.

Mojo Happy Holidays

Hello! I hope you are enjoying your weekend.. I am popping in here for a quick post. I am still in need of a few Christmas cards and for this one, I tried to keep it simple and mail-friendly.. I used this week's Mojo Monday #167 for my layout.

This week's Mojo sketch was round or square. I almost always used to choose the square option, but I really like shaped cards, especially round ones. I combined a few of the words from Verve's Merry Wishes for my sentiment.

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies ~
Stamps: Merry Wishes (Verve)
Paper: Jovial (Basic Grey), True Black (Papertrey Ink), Classic Crest Classic Natural White (Neenah)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko)
Accessories: Lacey Circle Nestabilities, Standard Circle Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Snowflake punch (Marvy), Acetate snowflake (Heidi Swapp), Rhinestones (Kaisercraft and A Muse), Foam tape, Thread, Sewing machine.

Sparkle Creations and Sketches by Carly

Thank you to everyone who has visited to see my Scrap-Mart Holiday Blog Hop post and left such sweet comments! To see that post, please scroll down or click HERE. You still have until midnight CST on Sunday, 12/5, for a chance to win some fabulous prizes.. Good Luck!

Hello! Happy weekend! Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps is sponsoring Sketches by Carly! You have 2 weeks to play along and one lucky player will win 2 not-yet-seen stamps.. Sparkle is generously donating Valentine's Oliver and Cupid Emily (they are uber-cute and will be released on 12/11!!). Carly and her mom, Kristine, have also played along this week. To see their fabulous creations and for more details (and the sketch), please visit Carly's blog here!

I used Caroling Josh for my card today.. when I first saw the sketch, he is what I pictured, so I ran with it. I paired him with some paper from The Girl's Paperie, Tinsel & Twig. Sentiment is from Winter Swirls (PTI).. I bet you can guess what song was stuck in my head as I was creating this!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies ~
Stamps: Caroling Josh (Sparkle Creations), Sentiment from Winter Swirls (Papertrey Ink)
Paper: Tinsel & Twig (The Girl's Paperie), Pure Poppy, True Black (Papertrey Ink); Classic Crest Classic Natural White (Neenah), Glitter paper (Marcella by K)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko)
Accessories: Long Rectangle and Scalloped Long Rectangle Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Diamond Scallop border punch (EK Success), Snowflake punch, Twine (Martha Stewart), Candy Cane Stripe embossing folder (Provo Craft), Markers (Copic), Button (Papertrey Ink), Foam tape, Thread, Sewing machine.

Scrap-Mart Holiday Blog Hop

Welcome to the First Annual Scrap-Mart.com Blog Hop! If you are just joining in, please go to the Scrap-Mart blog to start from the beginning. If you are hopping in order, you should have come from
Bev's  and your next stop will be Clare. There are 31 blogs participating in the hop, and you will find some great prizes along the way. You must comment on THAT blog post to be eligible to win that prize.

There are also some Grand Prizes posted on the Scrap-Mart blog. You must comment on EVERY blog throughout the hop to be eligible for the Grand Prizes. Comments will remain open until midnight CST on Sunday, December 5th.  Winners will be chosen at random for each individual prize and will be announced on the Scrap-Mart blog on Friday, December 10^th. You may only win once.

Scrap-Mart would like to thank these sponsors for generously donating all the prizes for this hop:  Making Memories, Spellbinders, JustRite Stampers, Sizzix, Heartfelt Creations, Lifestyle Crafts, The Stamps of Life, Boss Kut, Unity Stamps, October Afternoon, Copic, Silhouette America.

Each year I try to make Christmas cards for my mom and dad to send out to family and friends. This year I managed to squeeze in some time to make some personalized ones for them. They need about 40 cards and I'm not a big fan of mass production, though in the interest of time, I came up with a simple design, used some different patterned papers and made 4 different varieties.

To make the custom label, I used some of my favorite JustRite Stampers. I started by stamping Merry Christmas (from JustRite Stampers Celebrations Demi Phrases) - the entire phrase read "Wishing You a Merry Christmas". I then wrote out my parents' names (Ben and Terrie) using the Times Roman 15 pt Font Set. For the center images, I used Holiday Cheer Borders & Centers. In the card above, I stamped the holly and leaves and colored with Copic markers and a couple of Spica glitter pens. In the card below, I simply embossed the snowflake with white embossing powder and added a crystal twinkle in the center.

All patterned papers are from Making Memories, Tinsel. I also used a few different embossing folders and colors of Divine Twine.

Here's the entire hop list.. Happy Hopping!

Scrap-Mart

Sharon Harnist

Boss Kut

Gini Cagle

Debbie Seyer

Eva Dobilas

Debbie Olson

October Afternoon

Maren Benedict

Terre Fry

Lisa Somerville

Jenn Lynn

Sizzix

Stephanie Barnard

Mindy Miller

Karen Maldanado

Anita Hovey

Bev Gerard

Stephanie Kraft (you are here)

Clare Curcio

Laurel Seabrook

Kristina

Olga Jewell

Katie Piotrowski

Angela Barkhouse

Dee Jackson

Angelica Turner

Karen Walker

Rosemary Dennis

Silhouette

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies ~
JustRite Stampers: JB-09770 Holiday Cheer Borders & Centers, JB-08400 Wood Stamper 1 3/16", JB-08710 Celebrations Demi Phrases, JB-09505 2" Round Clear Stamper, JB-08105 Times Roman 15 pt Font Set

Dies & Punches: 1", 1 1/8", 1 3/4" circle punch, 2" scalloped circle punch (EK Success), Border punches: Traditional Scallop, Double Scallop, Cornice, Woodland Branches (Martha Stewart)

Paper: Tinsel (Making Memories), White cardstock base (Prism), Classic Crest Solar White (Neenah), Other cardstock (CTMH)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Versamark Watermark (Tsukineko)
Copic Markers: 0, C2, YG13, YG17, Lipstick, Pitch Black Spica glitter pen
Accessories: Embossing folders: Candy Cane Stripe, Snowflakes, Holly Ribbons (Provo Craft); Divine Twine, Crystal Twinkles (Taylored Expressions), White embossing powder, Foam tape, Thread, Sewing machine.

Let's Think Christmas.. with Riley

Hello December! Sorry I've been MIA this week.. I've been busy catching up from Thanksgiving and preparing for Christmas. I'm also trying to put together my December Daily album.. wish me luck!

It's been awhile since I've played with a Riley image.. or bought one for that matter. I still love Riley, but he's been rather neglected in my household.. until now that is. After seeing the new holiday Rileys, I finally gave in and bought them. Today I'm using Ornaments Riley and my card is for the Riley and Company "Let's Think Christmas" challenge, hosted by Frances. I also used Mercy's Tuesday Sketch #102 for my layout. After coloring Riley, I added a rhinestone star and some frosted pearls from Pizzazz Aplenty.

Thanks so much for stopping by! I'll be back tomorrow for the Scrap-Mart Holiday Hop!

Supplies ~
Stamps: Ornaments Riley (Riley and Company)
Paper: Everybody Loves Christmas (Echo Park), Classic Crest Classic Natural White (Neenah), New Leaf (Papertrey Ink)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko)
Accessories: Standard Rectangle Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Markers (Copic), Star rhinestone, Frosted pearls (Pizzazz Aplenty), Foam tape, Thread, Sewing machine.