Something NEW!

Happy New Year! Our first Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge of the year is SOMETHING NEW! Yup! You can use something new as your theme or use brand new product on your project. The Design Team is featuring WPlus9 products this week. I LOVE WPlus9 so much! They have so many fun stamp set and dies! For my card, I decided to use NEW YOU as my inspiration! Many of our friends have likely made resolutions to better themselves in some way and it is always fun to encourage one another with handmade cards!



I used two of my favorite WPlus9 sets for this one, Unforgettable and Encouraging Words . With a little masking, I was able to combine and image and a sentiment that wouldn't necessarily be made to go together. I thought the little elephant looked a bit like he was doing push-ups, so I added some leg warmers and a headband to the image to make him a little work-out elephant! CUTENESS!!!



I used some super cute wood grain patterned paper from the Dear Lizzy Documentary 6x6 paper pad. It sort of reminded me of a gym floor and went with my theme, so I ran with it! I colored the image with Spectrum Noir markers.

Now it's YOUR turn! Create something awesome inspired by the SOMETHING NEW theme and link it up over on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge blog for your chance to win a $50 Gift Voucher to the Simon Says Stamp Store! WHAT?! Yup! Happy New Year to YOU! For reals, though. 

You can find the supplies I used linked throughout my post. Thanks for reading!

Have a Happy!

Let's PARTY!

Hello, all! I hope you had a truly wonderful Christmas holiday! I certainly enjoyed the extra time with family. We have a new challenge over on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge blog this week as we bring in the New Year! This week our challenge theme is PARTY! Yup! It's a fun one! I pulled out the super adorable Lawn Fawn Party Animal Stamp Set. Because CUTENESS!!! Oh...and it seemed to suit the theme. But, mostly, CUTENESS!!!



I used my MISTI to stamp the birds and the sentiment and then stamped the little party horn on scrap paper, colored it, and cut it out to adhere with foam tape. I used Spectrum Noir pens to color my images. I played with bright, fun colors for this one!



I used a thin strip of striped paper from the Lawn Fawn Let's Polka in the Dark paper pad. I also used a small accent strip to add balance to the top right of the card. I mounted the stamped panel on a yellow card base for a bit more color and fun.

Now it's YOUR turn! Create something fabulous based on the PARTY theme and link it up to the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge blog for your chance to win a $50 Gift Voucher to the Simon Says Stamp Store! That seems like a fabulous way to ring in the New Year, wouldn't you say?

Have a Happy!

Season's Givings Blog Hop and Giveaway!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!! I am excited to be participating in the Season's Givings Blog Hop and Giveaway today! If you came from Kristi's blog you are already hopping! If not, you may want to head back to the Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L blog to start at the beginning!  I just want to thank each and every one of you for being such awesome readers! You make me smile every single day with your comments and I can't even tell you how much I appreciate each one of you! I also wanted to highlight some of my favorite projects from 2014. I decided to share a favorite from each month to get a good variety, so here you go... my personal faves from 2014! (Click on the photo or the month link to see the original post.)

January - I had some fun with techniques with this one and just love how mixing and matching products worked so well. And the colors. I kind of love the colors.

February - Clean, simple, and me. And grey and mint. Forever.

March - Because foxes.

April - SO MANY STAMP sets! LOL! This was a challenge and I could NOT have been happier with how it turned out.

May - This one... I just love how the elements all came together. 

June - Because puppy butts. And because friends always. At the time I didn't know that this particular card would make me teary just two months later.

July - Stacked die cuts at their best. This one was fun and turned out better than I had hoped. I always love it when that happens.

August - Mint and gold. Graphic. Chevon (NOT zigzag).

September - Ummm... because I decided to only choose ONE of my dork cards for this feature. And this one makes me smile.

October - Because I totally used paper circuitry to make it light up, that's why!

November - A graphic holiday crd with unexpected neutrals. And glitter.

December - Gold. And simplicity with coloring that works. 

And now for the GIVEAWAY!!!! ONE lucky reader is going to win the prize package pictured below! You guys...this is a GOOD ONE!!! 

To enter, simply leave a comment letting me know what YOUR favorite card (or project) of mine from the year was. It can be one from this list or another one that you were particularly fond of. Thank you so much for reading, you guys! You ROCK!!!

Giveaway is open world wide. Last day to enter is Monday 5 January 2015. Be sure to leave contact information in case you win!

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Next on the hop is the absolutely completely and totally amazingly talented Karolyn! GO! Seriously...she's awesome.

Have a Happy!

A Very Chickaniddy New Year!

I am very excited to be guest designing over at Chickaniddy Crafts for the month of January! I love Chickaniddy products and I am so excited to share some fun projects with you over the course of the month! Today is my first post over on the Chickaniddy blog! I created a super fun New Year's card with a vellum pocket shaker feature! SO FUN!



I filled the vellum pocket with die cut pieces from the Jolly Good Die cuts collection. They are numbered and absolutely PERFECT for New Year's! I stitched the pocket shut for a fun accent!



Be sure to head on over to the Chickaniddy Crafts blog!

Have a Happy!

CHEERS!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!

Welcome to 2014!  It's gonna be AWESOME!  Over at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge we are celebrating ALL things NEW!  I, of course, had to use this chance to create something fun for the New Year, so I created a bottle tag and a coordinating card for this week!  The design team members have pulled out some fun goodies from My Favorite Things to show off this week, too!  I used the awesome Concentric Circles stencil for my card and tag!  I also pulled in some awesome stamps and dies from Avery Elle!

I love this fun Cheers Die Set and Cheers Stamp set from Avery Elle!  I used silver and gold inks and sponged them on using the stencil and then stamped a bit, too!  I created my own enamel dots to add to the card!  SO FUN!



One lucky participant in this week's challenge will, of course, win a $50 voucher to the Simon Says Stamp Store!  Woot!  Woot!

So what NEW inspired creation are YOU going to link up this week?  I can't WAIT to see it!  Just make sure your project is newly created and that you link back to the challenge!  

Have a Happy!!!

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A DASH to the New Year!

We have an EXTRA fun week for you over at CAS-ual Fridays! This week we are joining forces with the 10 Minute Craft Dash! The theme is Happy New Year! So...here's the deal... create a Happy New Year card that is CAS so you can link it up to CAS-ual Fridays and IF it takes you less than ten minutes you can link it up to the 10 Minute Craft Dash Challenge, too! Woot! Woot!

I, always being up for a good challenge, was indeed able to keep my card making under the ten minute mark. Actually, I'm super awesome...I kept it under FIVE! (It's Christmastime, people! Ain't nobody got time for NUFFIN'! LOL!)


Ummm... this card is sparkly. I {heart} sparkly! I used a pretty silvery flair from Bossy Joscie as the dropping ball. YAY!


And...I even have proof of my time. Here is the screenshot of the stopwatch on my phone.

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So, I do so hope you join us! This was a wicked fun one for me!

Have a Happy!!!

*CAS-ual Fridays SHENANIGANS Clear Stamps Bossy Joscie Mixed Ephemera Flair Pack *Crate Paper FLEA MARKET Thickers Alphabet Stickers Maggie Holmes 683277 *Crate Paper DAIQUIRI GOLD Thickers Alphabet Stickers Maggie Holmes 683154 *American Crafts Thickers BLACK Glitter Foam Letter Stickers Soho Garden *Crafter's Companion 50 PACK ULTRA SMOOTH PREMIUM WHITE CARDSTOCK 752252 *Simon Says Stamp Premium Dye Ink Pad BLACK Ink008 *Copic Multiliner SP 0.3 BLACK Ink Marker *Fiskars Compact STAMPING PRESS Stamp Entire Project at Once! 02958

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