Save the Date Christmas Cards

Hey there,

Well with Christmas around the corner and my wedding 6 months away I figured it would be a great idea to make a Christmas Save the Date card, a two for one deal. I put a few of our favorite pictures together and and made one card for both events and some that were just Christmas cards.

Check them out!!

May your all have a Very Merry Christmas!!

Digital Christmas Card

Hey there,

Another Christmas card to share. This one was for my family. Enjoy!!!

Digital Christmas Card

Hello there, 

I know it has been quite some time since I have posted anything but I have been busy with wedding planning and working but I did want to come on a share something a little different that I have been working. As you might remember I am in to Photography and lately I have been playing with Photoshop. So this Christmas I thought why not make my own Christmas Cards using Photoshop and pictures.

So here are a few takes on the card that I made for my in-laws. Enjoy

This last card was the card my mother-in-law chose. I hope you enjoyed, and will be back to see a few more that I made.

It's Color Challenge Day!!!

Merry Christmas!!!

...in July!!! That's right, at the InStyle Stamps Blog the DT is celebrating the holidays all month long. Since today is the 2nd Satruday of July InStyle Stamps is having its monthly Color Challenge. To see the color inspiration, which is a gorgeous piece of wrapping paper, head on over to the blog.

As for my card, I was inspired by the greens and pinks in the inspirational swatch, so those were the colors I went with. I also decided to make my card Christmas-y and use the, soon to be released, image called Roddrick which will be available for purchase in the store by July 16th, right around the corner!!! He is such a cute lil guy!

Enjoy!!!

Isn't he just a cutie!!! I love the lights on his head.

Head on over to the ISS Blog and check out what the other ladies have done with the color inspiration, and check out the great new images in ISS's upcoming release!!

Recipe:

Card Size: 5 1/4 x 5 1/4

Images: Roddrick by InStyle Stamps, SU Short and Sweet

Paper: DCWV Holiday Stack, Green & White Cardstock

Ink: Copic Markers, Pitch Black (Adirondack)

Accessories: Buttons, Stickles, lace

Thanks for stopping by. Have a great day and enjoy your weekend!!!

All I want for Christmas is you!!!

Happy Monday to you all!!!!

I hope you are all enjoying this morning! I guess you can say that I am, as this is my last semester before getting my bachelors, so I find that pretty exciting.

Today I want to show you a quick card. This may be a month late, or it's just really early, either way, here it is. I purchased this stamp long before last christmas but never got to using it, so maybe it is late... but shhhh don't tell anyone ; -). So here it is, a lil card using Missletoe Kisses by Paper Pretties.

Enjoy!!!




Recipe:
Card Size: 5 1/4 x 5 1/4
Stamps: Paper Pretties Missletoe Kisses
Paper: DCWV Holiday Stack
Ink: Pitch Black (Adirondack), Copic Markers
Accessories: Provo Craft Cuttlebut, Nestibilities, Stickles

I hope you enjoyed what I had to share with you all today. Thanks for stopping by, have a great day!!!

D-IC Nativity

Merry Christmas Everyone!!!! I hope you all have a good one filled with family and lots of blessing!!

Here is a quick card, Enjoy!!!

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

RECIPE:
Card Size: 5 1/4 x 5 1/4
Stamps: Nativity by Lil Diva Stamps (Digital-Ink Co.)
Paper: Imaginisce Polar Pinstripes DP, Imaginisce Candy Cane Lane DP, Green, Kraft & White Cardstock
Ink: Copic Markers 
Accessories: Gross Grain Ribbon, Embroidery Floss, Pearls Fun Flock, Stickles

ISS Wednesday Challenge - Snow

Happy Wednesday!!!!

Welcome to InStyle Stamps’ Wednesday Challenge. Today I was the host of the challenge over at the ISS blog.  This week’s challenge theme is Snow. So use anything snowy on your card.  I hope you’ll join in on the fun.

For my card, I happened to use everything snowflakes for my snow theme and I used a new ISS image called Sarah. Isn't she just perfect for the snow theme!!!

We hope you will join us. One lucky participant will receive an InStyle Stamps digital image of their choice and a WINNER BADGE. If you have an ISS image please be sure to use it but it is not necessary. Make sure you upload the direct link to your project by commenting at the end of this post by 12:00 p.m., PST, Tuesday, December 15th.

Recipe:

Card Size: 5 1/2 x 5 1/2

Stamps: Sarah by InStyle Stamps, Hero Arts Holiday Cheer Messages sentiment

Paper: DCWV Holiday Stack

Ink: Copic Markers
Accessories: Provo Craft Cuttlebug, Sizzix Sizzlits Die Set 4PK - Snowflakes Set, Martha Stewart Snowflake Punch, SU Small Oval Punch, Fun Flock, Bling, Sakura Glaze pen, & Spica Glitter pen 

Can't wait to see all of your fabulous creations!!!
Thanks for stopping by...

ISS Method Monday - Paper Piecing with Digital Stamps

Hello Everyone!!!

Yesterday I was the Method Monday host over at the InStyle Stamps Blog. I did a tutorial on how to paper piece with digital images, so today I wanted to share that with you on my blog. It is really easy!!!

First decide how many different parts you will need.  I needed one for the main image, a second for her left arm, and a third for each boot.  So I printed three images onto one sheet of cardstock, cropping the excess image to save ink.  I left a little extra room around the top one which is the one I used for the card.  The others were printed close together since I only needed parts from each one.

After printing, I returned to my computer and deleted the top image. Doing so prevents the printer from printing over this image a second time. Remember, the top is the main image.

Using removable tape, I adhered small pieces of patterned paper over the area I wanted printed.

Here’s a close-up of the three images after printing a second time:

I then cut out the parts I needed and began putting her back together. Then I finished up the card to get this. Enjoy!!!

RECIPE:

Card Size: 5 1/2 x 4

Stamps: Jana by InStyle Stamps

Paper: DCWV Holiday Stack

Ink: Copic Markers

Accessories: Felt Ribbon, Fun Flock, Bling, Martha Stewart Snowflake Punch, Martha Stewart Embossed Snowflake Edge Border Punch

See how easy that is!! I hope you enjoyed my tutorial! Now that you all know how to paper piece with digi images, I want to see what you create. Please link back with your paper pieced projects to this link.  Enjoy your week!!!

InStyle Stamps November Blog Hop - Ornaments

Hi there,

Welcome to the November InStyle Stamps Blog Hop!! This months hop theme is Ornaments.

When I was younger I used to decorate glass ornaments so I decided that I would use up some more of those glass ornaments that I have just kept stashed in the closet. I printed Sandy out on normal white cardstock. I tried to print her out on acetate paper like a tutorial on SCS says to but my printer is an InkJet and Sandy just got smeared and the coloring didn't look that great when using Sharpies, so I printed her out on white cardstock and cute her out. Problem solved!!

Enjoy!!!!

Now head on over to Melissa's blog to continue your way on the hop. If you didn't come here from Janelle's blog then either head on over to the InStyle Stamps Blog to start at the beginning of the ISS blog hop or follow these links:

Cyndi

Lana

Piali

Kim

Janelle

Raquel (That's me!!)

Melissa

Lysa

Joy

Maylee

Angelique

Linda

Margie

Julie

Jodi S

Mary

Jodi L

Kimmi

Genevieve

Virginia

Then don't forget to return to the ISS blog after visiting all the DT blogs and comment for your chance to win a prize and vote for your favorite DT project!

RECIPE:

Stamps: InStyle Stamps Sandy
Paper: Whisper White Cardstock
Ink: Copic Markers
Accessories: Stickles, Fun Flock, Snow (Michaels)

Thanks for stopping by, enjoy your Black Friday if you are participating and have a great weekend!!

ISS Merry Christmas Scarf Girl

Hey there,

I hope you are all enjoying your evening on this beautiful Thanksgiving eve. I can't beleive it is seriously tomorrow. This year has gone by sooo fast!!! It's amazing how fast a year can go when you are happy and enjoying your life!! I definitely need to be thankful for my wonderful and supportive family and my boyfriend!! I guess I too should be thankful for being able to go to school and get an education even if I have yet to be accepted into a nursing program. I'm just thankful that I have the opportunity to attend and be able to apply. Well thre are soo many things to be thankful in my life right now but these are the major ones and the list could go on forever but I want to share with you a lil Christmas card.

Can you believe that Christmas is exactly a month from today, to be exact 30 days from today?!! Im not counting or anything, no seriously, before I can get to Christmas I have to finish a twenty-five page group paper, and then an eight page essay, and an SPSS project and of course a bunch of finals. The worst part, I haven't worked on any of these yet. So first I have to finish up school before I even think about Christmas, booooo :-P. Well I guess it's almost done then a month of vacation so once I'm done I have something to look forward too, ;-D.

Well enough about me, on with the card!! I used a new InStyle Stamps digi image called Scarf Chick. She is one of my fav's, and I think she come out just gorgeous in the card!! Check her out!!

Enjoy!!

Just a reminder, this week is the last week to get 5% off of you entire purchase at InStyle Stamps. Just take this link over to the InStyle Stamps website and get your shop on! Sale ends November 30th.

Thanks for visiting today, have a great day and a very Happy and Blessed Thanksgiving!!!

RECIPE:
Card Size: 4 x 5 1/2
Stamps: Scarf Chick by InStyle Stamps, & Hero Arts Holiday Cheer Messages sentiment 
Paper: DCWV Glitter Christmas Stack, Red & White Cardstock
Ink: Copic Markers
Accessories: Martha Stewart Crafts Star Edger Punch, Green Gross Grain Ribbon, Prima Poinsetta Flowers, Button, Embroidery Floss

ISS Snow Globe

Happy Sunday,

I want to share with you a new image from InStyle Stamps it is called Snow Globe. Isn't it cute?!!! I used liquid applique for the snow and then I added Diamond Glaze over the globe to make it look like glass. I wanted the whole snow globe effect but you can't really see it from my pictures. Hopefully you get the idea though.

Enjoy!!!

Just a reminder, when using this link to InStyle Stamps you can get this image and your entire ISS purchase for 5% off, now until the end of November. Just use the link and the discount will automatically be applied. Enjoy and don't forget to remember your stamping friends when making purchases, the holidays are right around the corner ;-)

Thanks for stopping by today! Have a great day!!

RECIPE:

Card Size: 4 x 5 1/2

Stamps: Snow Globe by InStyle Stamps

Paper: Michaels Christmas Slab, White & Blue Cardstock

Ink: Copic Markers

Accessories: EK Success Embossed Curve Edge , Liquid Applique, Judi Kins Diamond Glaze, White Gross Grain Ribbon, Buttons, & Embroidery Floss

DBDS Christmas Tree Ornaments

Hi there,

I hope everyone is enjoying their Saturday. Maybe your out shopping, hanging out with family, or enjoying the beautiful weather, or maybe all of the above. But if your reading this then your at home blog surfing, maybe if your lucky and you have wireless internet connection on your laptop you might be sitting on a bench at a park reading this. Thats what I would totally do if I owned a laptop and the winter weather was gorgeous outside.

Any how you should get out and take advantage of the weather, rain or shine, it's always beautiful! Thats exactly what I will be doing because the weather here in Cali is absolutly gorgeous. It rained yesterday afternoon and now the sun has come out again. It's gorgeous!! Enough about that but I do hope that the weather where ever you may be reading this is as nice as it is here. Definitly doesn't feel like Thanksgiving is this coming week and it sure doesn't feel like Christmas is around the corner. In fact it will be here before we know it so what better than to get started on those Christmas card.

For todays card I want to share with you an awesome ornamnet  image by Doodle Beans Digital Stamps called Christmas Tree Ornaments. I decided to go with a Clean and Simple layout to make the ornaments the main focus.

Enjoy!!!

Thanks for stopping by today, enjoy your Saturday!!!

RECIPE:
Card Size: 4 x 51/2
Stamps: Christmas Tree Ornaments by Doodle Bean Digital Stamps
Paper: Imaginisce Polar Pinstripes DP, Green & White Cardstock
Ink: Copic Markers
Accessories: Gross Grain Ribbon, Stickles, Corner Rounder Punch, SU Ticket Corner Punch

ISS Wednesday Challenge - Scalloped Edge

Happy Wednesday to ya!!!

Welcome to an InStyle Stamps’ Wednesday Challenge.  Today I was the host of the challenge over at the ISS blog. This week’s challenge is to use a scalloped edge on your card/project.  I hope you’ll join in on the fun.

For my card, I used a new ISS image called Kissmas Monkey. Isn't he just cute!!! 

Enjoy!!!

We hope you will join us. One lucky participant will receive an InStyle Stamps digital image of their choice. Please be sure to use an ISS image on your card and upload the link by commenting at the end of this post by 12:00 p.m. Tuesday, November 24th. 

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you'll play along!! Have a great day!!!

RECIPE:
Card Size: 4 x 5 1/2
Stamps: Kissmas Monkey by InStyle Stamps
Paper: DCWV Glitter Christmas Stack, Red & White Cardstock
Ink: Copic Markers
Accessories: SU Scalloped Edge, Gross Grain Ribbon, Button, Embroidery Floss, Fun Flock, & Stickles

ISS Over the Hump Day Snow Theme

Hey there,

This is a little late, but as I say, "Better late than never", Right??!!! This past Wednesday was Over the Hump Day and you know what that means, Over the Hump Day Blog Candy Give-Away over at Instyles Stamps Blog.

This month’s challenge is to create a snow themed card or project using an ISS images. You all have one now, at least the first 150 that signed up for the blog do. So they are expecting a lot of entries!!!

All you have to do once your project is complete (and you have 30 days to do this) is simply post a link to your project before 11:59 pm, PST, December 15th, 2009. They will then announce the winner by 6:00 pm December 16th, 2009. The winner will have 48 hours to contact Virginia by email to claim their prize. And that is it. Easy Peasy.

The prize for this month’s candy is September and October’s paper kits from Club Anime. Here is what you will get:

24 sheets of Bo Bunny Kitchen Spice patterned papers (4 sheets of 6 designs)

32 sheets of Bo Bunny Delilah patterned papers (4 sheets of 8 designs)

18 sheets of Bazzill cardstocks (2 sheets of 9 colors)

11 yards of May Arts ribbon (1 yard of 11 colors)

2 packages of matching Bo Bunny iCandy brads

1 Chef Jules Stamp and 1 Kimmi the angel stamp that hasn't been released yet

And here is a pic of the whole shebang!

And here is the card that I made for Over the Hump Day at InStyle Stamps. I used the digital image, Suzette, which can be found in the Holiday section of ISS Digital Downloads. If you use this link you can get 5% off off you entire purchase, now until the end of November. 

Enjoy!!!!

Thanks for stopping by today!!! I'm off to my local stamp store for a craft fair and free make and take! Have a great day!!!

RECIPE:
Card Size: 4 x 5 1/2
Stamps: Suzette by InStyle Stamps
Paper: Bo Bunny DP, Green, Blue, & White Cardstock
Ink: Copic Markers
Accessories: Provo Craft Cuttlebug, Snowflakes Embossing Folder, Stickles, Sakura Glaze pen

Digital-Ink Co. Recipe Challenge (DIC008)

Hi there,

I hope you all enjoyed your weekend!!! Today is the start of a new work/school week and today marks week eight of the Digital-Ink Co. Challenge (DIC008). This weeks challenge is a recipe challenge which is to use fabric, glitter,a button/s, and a bow/s.

For my card I used Christmas Puppy by Jules Junk (D-IC). When looking at my image you may ask where my fabric is but I don't have any real fabric laying around, but if I was at home with my mom she might just have had some left over quilting fabric I could have used, but I'm at school so hopefully my ribbon will count as fabric or maybe my prima flower which is made of fabric. As for my button, it is black and it is hiding in the darkness of my prima flower and thats why you just see the embroidery floss. As for the rest of the recipe its all visible.

I hope you will take the time to play with us some time between now and Sunday, October 25th at 8 pm. When submitting your creation use the Mr. Linky on the D-IC Challenge Blog. Also when uploading to SCS please use the keyword DIC008 and don't forget that the image I used today is available in the Store plus many more!!

Enjoy!!!

Please remeber this is the last week that Digital-Ink Co. is having 50% off the entire store, so hurry on over there to make your purchases and also don't forget to signup for the newsletter, because by signing up you get a free image each month.

Thanks for stopping by today, have a great day and I hope to see your DIC008 challenge creation soon!!!

RECIPE:

Card Size: 4 x 5 1/2

Stamps: Christmas Puppy by Jules Junk (Digital-Ink Co.)

Paper: Making Memories Cheeky Collection-Abby (numbers & stripes)

Ink: Copic Markers

Accessories: Gross Grain Ribbon, Prisma Flower, Button, Embroidery Floss, Fun Flock, Stickles

Merry Christmas!!!!

Just a quick post wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas. Enjoy this special time with your family and friends!!!




Recipe:
Stamps: Stampendous Fluffles Garland,
Paper: Michaels Christmas Slab
Ink: Pitch Black (Adirondack), Markers (Copics)
Accessaries: Red Gross Grain Ribbon, Gold Stickles Glitter, Nestibilities

Have a very happy new year and thanks for stopping by.

Five more days...

...tell Christmas. Before I leave to go spend some time with my family and celebrate the holidays I decided to make some more Christams cards.

I decided to use a super cute layout from Paper Cuts by Michele Boyer and use my My Hero Stamp set by Treehouse stamps.

The little girl in the stamp reminds me alot of myself and my dad when I was little, I always liked to dance on my dads feet, I'm to big now but I still enjoy dancing with my dad.

Enjoy!!!


For this second stamp in the set I thought the boy was dressed up like the little girl, but we are just going to imagine that they are spending Christmas in Hawaii or some place warm lol.



Recipe:
Stamps: My Hero Stamp Set by Treehouse Stamps
Paper: Michaels Christmas Slab
Ink: Pitch Black (Adirondack), Markers (Copics)
Accessaries: K&Company Adhesive Gems, Silver Brads, Stampendouse Red Glitter, Stickles, Stampendous White Fun Flock, Stampendous Red Fun Flock, Nestibilities

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Two Challenges in One Card

Sorry that I've been MIA, I had a great Thanksgiving, spent it with family and friends we had a delicious dinner, and the rest of the week I went out with my brother and with friends, so I had a great time. So now I'm back in Sac and we only have one week of school and then it's finals week so I've been studying and playing some last minute catch up, I have two essays due next week, two tests next week and then two finals and then it's vacation time again until the end of January, so during vacation I will have lots and lots of time to play with my cards, which Im really excited about. But for now I bring you this card that I made while taking a break from writing an essay. Enjoy!!

For this card I put two challenges together into one card, just like my title says. I did a TCP Tuesday inspiration challenge and a Mojo Monday challenge together .

Here are the two challenges...












And here is what I came up with. For the Mojo challenge we were supposed to embrace the white space but I didn't read that until I was done with the card...whops!!!




Recipe:
Stamps: Hero Arts Grand Snowflack, Hero Arts Holiday Cheer Messages
Paper: Michaels Christmas Slab
Ink: ColorBox Chalk Chestnut Roan
Accessories: Rhinestone Stickers (Michaels), Snowflake (Martha Stewart), Embossed Snowflake Border (Martha Stewart),brown grosgrain



And if you want to play along here are the guidelines for each challenge.


TCP Tuesday Inspiration
How to enter: Use the sketch to create a project and then post a link to your creation in the comments of this post.

Deadline: Monday, December 8 at Noon Mountain Time (There's a clock on the sidebar with the official Poetic Artistry time).

Prize: This is a judged contest, so my two favorite entries will each win their choice of any Verve Stamps set (up to $24)!

The winners will be announced on Wednesday, December 10. Sound like fun? Well, let's get started! If you upload your cards to Splitcoast Stampers or Paper Craft Planet, please use keyword Mojo63 (no space between Mojo and 63) so they're all together. As always, you can use any stamps or products your heart desires. Just have fun and show me how mojolicious you are! I can't wait to see everyone's entries!


MOJO Monday Challenge
So, wanna play along?…EVERYONE can! Here’s what you are gonna want to know…
1. Each a week one of the The Cat’s Pajamas DT Members will host a challenge.
2. The challenges will vary {stamp, color, theme/inspiration, sketch, etc.}
3. You will have until {this} Saturday night to complete the challenge.
4. Link your project on this week’s hostess’ challenge announcement. This week you will link your project on THIS POST.
5. TCP stamps are not required, but of course, highly encouraged. {Unless it is a challenge calling for a specific stamp}
6. There will be one winner each month. They will be deemed that month’s Swankiest Stamper and get $25 in Cat’s Cash {money to spend on the TCP site!}.
7. When uploading to SCS, please use the keyword TCPTUES36 for this challenge.
8. Alma will post the entries from the week the following Monday on her blog.
9. The newly crowned Swanky Stamper will be announced on the First of the Month and have his/her winning entry posted on The Cat’s Pajamas website where he/she will reign for the entire month.
10. Oh yea…HAVE FUN!

Mojo Monday Week #62

Julee over at Poetic Artistry issued this Mojo Monday Sketch.


I thought I would give it a stab and here is what I came up with. Enjoy and don't forget to give it a try yourself.



To play along, just make a card using the provided sketch and leave a comment on this post with a link to a photo of your creation. There is no time limit - you can play any week at any time. If you happen to upload to SCS or Papercraft Planet, please use keyword Mojo62 so we can see everyone's mojoliciousness all in one happy place.




Recipe:
Stamps: Inkadinkado Snowman, Hero Arts Holiday Cheer Messages
Paper: Michaels Paper Slab, Whisper White, Ruby Jewel(The Paper Company)
Ink: Pitch Black (Adirondack), Markers (Copics)
Accessories: Liquid Pearl, Star Dust Stickles, Martha Snowflake Border Punch

Thanks for stopping by, enjoy your day!!

deck the halls...with Fluffles

Hope everyone had a good black Friday. I only went to Michaels to buy my mom some Chirstmas stuff and that was it, did feel like fighting the crowd to much.

Anybody start putting their Christmas stuff up. Im going to help my mom put her things up this weekend and then when I head back up to school on Sunday Im going to start decorating my apartment for Christmas too. Super Excited!!!

Here are some cards that I made, I was just playing with Fluffles and here is what I came up with... The ornaments and lights on all the cards were given dimension with a glaze pen so they are shinny and when you touch the card it has a little bump where the glaze is on all the oranments.

Enjoy, and thanks for stopping by have a good weekend!!!!








Recipe:
Stamps: Stampendous Fluffles Garland, Michaels $1 Lights Stamp
Paper: Michaels Christmas Slab
Ink: Pitch Black (Adirondack), Markers (Copics)
Accessaries: K&Company Adhesive Gems, Silver Brads, Red Gross Grain Ribbon, American Crafts Premium Red Sheer Ribbon, American Crafts Premium Solid Christmas Red 5/8 Ribbon, Sukuro Glaze Pen, Spica Pen, Heat Tool, Stampendous Green Tinsel Embossing Powder

Thanks for stopping by, and enjoy the rest of you day.