My Top 12 Favs of 2009

Happy Thursday, everyone!

It's New Year's Eve, and this past year has gone by in a flash!!! I want to share some of my favorite cards from this past year with you guys. Here we go:

January 2009-Mojo71

February 2009 - Happy Birthday...the perfect card

March 2009 - Splish Splash

 

April 2009 - Mojo82

May 2009 - Happy Mother's Day

June 2009 - SFYTT & Color Throwdown # 43

 

July 2009 - Congratulations

August 2009 - I couldn't just pick one for this month, it was too hard!

Daisy

Reflective

September 2009 - Digital Ink Co. Image Challenge

October 2009 - ISS Retro Witch Sneak Peak

November 2009 - D-IC Cornucopia Thanksgiving

December 2009 - ISS Kimi

Have a safe and joyful celebration!! Happy New Year!!!!

ISS Christmas Tree Chick

Happy Holidays!!

I love this time of the year!!! Decorating the tree, baking cookies, the Christmas lights outside, the presents, and best of all the family get togethers. I love all of it and of course let us not forget the whole reason for Christmas, Chirst!!!

Today I want to share with you an InStyle Stamps image. She is called Chirstmas Tree Chick, and I used the MTSC50 for my layout.

Enjoy!!!

Recipe:

Card Size: 5 1/2 x 4 Stamps: Christmas Tree Chick by InStyle Stamps, Stampendous Fluffles Garland sentiment Paper: DCWV Glitter Christmas Stack, Red, Pink, & White Cardstock Ink: Copic Markers Accessories: Provo Craft Cuttlebug, Snowflake embossing folder, Nestibilities, Martha Stewart Star Edge Punch, Stickles & 3-D Zots

Thanks for stopping by, have a great day preparing for the holiday season!!

Birthday Tiers of Treats

Hey there,

Another short post today. I have a few birthdays coming up so I decided that I need to get some more cards started, so here is another one that I made. Don't forget that tomorrow is the launch of the Digital-Ink Co. Challenge Blog, there is some good stuff in store for you all so go check it out. If you want to see what some of the Design Team members have been up to go check it out, there is a post with some gorgeous creations form them.

Here's my birthday card, Enjoy!!!




Thanks for stopping by, don't forget to come back tomorrow to see what I've created for the Digital-Ink Co. Challenge!! Have a great day!!!

RECIPE:
Card Size: 5 1/4 x 5 1/4
Stamps: Stampendous Tiers of Treats, Verve Circular Sayings
Ink: Pitch Black (Adirondack), Copic Markers
Paper: Me&My Big Ideas Fashion District Paper Pad, Brown Cardstock
Accessories: Silk Ribbon, Nestibilities, Liquid Applique, Sakura Glaze Pen, buttons

Featured on Stampendous

I wanted to share my excitement with all of you. I recieved an email on July 17th from Martha Smallwood at Stampendous stamps, asking me if they could feature my Changito card on their new blog. It was a card that I had done back in March before Spring Break.

Of course I said yes, that was after I had jumped up and down and did a little dance.

Well today is the day it went live for all who visit to see. I love all things Stampendous and this is such an honor for me. I'm walking on the clouds. If you look up you might even see me. LOL

Thanks for stopping by and joining me in my celebration. Don't forget to go over to Stampendous blog and check out my card as well as other Featured Stampers.

Changito SFYTT

Hey everyone,

I hope you are all enjoying your week so far. I have one more card to share with you from my quick fix the other day.

I decided to play along with Jen's SFYTT. Here is the sketch.

Super cute huh! She always has awesome sketches and awesome cards to go with her sketches. So I was inspired by her creation and did a little of the same.

As I said for some reason my summery stamps were the ones that came out for my quick fix, so I decided to use Changito Pool guy to make a fun summery card. I decided to hand write the "splish splash" sentiment because, I do have an actaul stamp that says "splish splash" but it is a Studio G clear stamp and when I ink it, it doesn't come out looking good, it's from the same set as the "Summer fun" sentiment used on this bella card and it too didn't come out like it should have, I had to go over it with a pen. Does anyone have any advice as to how to make clear acrylic stamps work better? Please let me know.

Alright here is the card, Enjoy!!!



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

Recipe:
Card Size: 5 1/2 x 4
Paper: me&my Big ideas specialty Cardstock Modern Milan Paper Pad
Stamps: Stampendous Changito pool guy
Ink: Pitch Black (Adirondak) Copic Markers
Accessories: Nestabilities, Ek Success Parisian Edger Punch

SOA Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge

Some more SOA challenges before the event is over. Run don't walk to the event, today is the last day, HURRY!!!!!

This is the SOA Sweet Sunday Sketch challenge



Guidelines:
Upload a photo of your creation, using this sketch, to the gallery at the SOA site using the tag "SSSCSOA" (all capital letters). Deadline to enter is Midnight EDT May 31 (you'll have all day on the 31st to keep playing!)




Here is my card. The sketch is super simple which makes for a fast card.



Recipe:
Card Size: 4 x 5 1/2
Stamps: Stampendous branch trio, Verve Circular Sayings
Paper: Black, Kraft, Whisper White, & Green Cardstock
Ink: ColorBox Classic pigment Cat's Eyes Queue Moss Green, ColorBox Pigment Frost White ink
Accessories: Shimmerz, brad, Making Memories Embellishment jar (flowers, buttons), Gross Grain Ribbon,

Splish Splash

Hey everyone,

I hope you guys are doing great. I know I am, just today and Friday and then Spring Break yeahhhhh!!!! Test tomorrow first, then spring break but I'm still super excited even with a test.

I can't wait, my boyfriend has a surprise vacation set up for us and I think he might be taking us to the beach, I love the beach, especially the water therefore I share with you today a little summery card that has to do with water, yup Changito Pool guy, we will pretend that he's a beach guy just for me, lol. I love the beach, so if I'm not around I'm on my way to a fun filled weekend filled with lots of ocean and beaches. For this card I was inspired by Jen del Muro's Turtle Tots-Love is in the Air Bella Card. She is always inspiring me, she makes some great cards so I always check out her blog to see what shes up to and use her ideas on my cards. Enough about that here is my card. Enjoy!!!!




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

Recipe:
Card Size: 5 1/2 x 5 1/2
Paper: Me&My BIG Ideas Fashion District Paper Pad
Stamps: Stampendous Changito pool guy
Ink: Pitch Black (Adirondak) Copic Markers
Accessories: Buttons, Nestabilities

Changito B-day

Have a few Birthday's coming up so decided to get started on the cards. Enjoy, sorry for the short post but I need to get back to my studding.

Thanks for stopping by.



Recipe:
Card Size: 5 1/2 x 4
Stamps: Stampendous Changito Bday
Ink: Pitch Black (Adirondack), Copic Markers
Paper: Martha Stewart paper
Accessaries: American Craft Premium Ribbon 3/8 Pnk, Grn Horiz Strip, Rhinestones

MOJO78

Just wanted to share with you some mojo. Its been a while since I have participate and at the beginning of the year I said I was going to try to do every weeks, it's not going to well. I should actually be studding right now. I have a test tomorrow and Friday and a presentation tomorrow night, but I just had to take a break, my brain was getting fried. Now break time is way over so I'll see you later.

Oh and sorry that the second image is a little blurry, I'm kinda in a hurry to get back to studying before tonight's night class, so i didn't retake it.

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy!!!



Recipe:
Card Size: 5 1/2 x 4
Stamps: Stampendous Changito Bday
Ink: Pitch Black (Adirondack), Copic Markers
Paper: Michaels Paper Slab
Accessaries: Joann's Ribbon, Martha Butterfly Punch, 2mm acrylic jewels

Birthday #1

So my boyfriends birthday is on Saturday and I decided that I needed to cram out some cards. I had two options...well there are more if I included my cupcake and cake stamps but I wanted to get more personal with it and make the card just for him. My two options were to use Full Fluffles or Tractor Riley Moose. He loves cats but I know he doesn't do sweats, and then he is totally a country boy like I am a country girl, his family owns a chopping company and every year he comes to my family's farm and he chops our corn, so the tractor Riley would work for him too. I decided that I would make several cards using both stamps.

So I know he loves cats so here is the first one that I made. In the process of making it, he called me so he got to help me make the card. I asked him if he preferred chocolate or vanilla cake lol and he said he preferred vanilla cake with chocolate frosting so I did brown liquid appliqué for the frosting. Then I went on and asked him if he would rather have a cat and a cake or a moose and a tractor lol this really confused him, he had no idea what I was talking about but he ended up choosing the moose and the tractor. So here is the card that I had already started and until his birthday on Saturday I will show you the two other cards that I made.





(this pic shows the balloon with the diamond glaze for a 3D look)


Recipe:

Card: 5 1/2 by 5 1/2
Stamps: Stampendous Full Fluffles, SU So many scallops
Paper: Michael's Paper Slab
Ink: Pitch Black (Adirondack), Markers (Copics)
Accessaries: Diamond Glaze, Marvy Uchida Liquid Appliqué, Stickles, Nestibilities, Brads, Cuttlebug Swiss Dots Embossing Folder, SU Scallop Border Punch

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!!!

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.

Warm and Cozy Wishes...

For the Friday Hanna Stamps challenge over on SCS Jannette's challenge was this sketch.

I was inspired by a card I saw at Rubbah Soul called Knit happens and I thought it would work well with Fluffles.

For this first card I made Fluffles sweater with white flock...and then it got a little messy, I was trying to ink the edge of the stamped image and then it accidentally fell into the ink so then I just decided to go with it and just ink the entire image, didn't come out to bad but that wasn't the look I was going for.




For this second image I went and made Fluffles collar white so that the ribbon at the bottom would match his sweater, and he to got a lil messed up when my fingers were all inked up with red ink but that didn't bother me, so I left it.



Friday Night Stamp Night at Jillian's place was soooo much fun!!!! We had a blast!!! We all stamped, ate, and laughed all night long and we got to play with Chloe you adorable new puppy dog, she had just brought it home last night too so we all got to meet her for the first time, she was so sweet!!! But yes we had a great time and I got to use some of Jillian's stamps, and I stamped myself a bunch of images that I don't own so I'm sure when I get a chance I will share all those images with you. Thanks for a fun night Jillian!!!


Hope you enjoyed, thanks for stopping by, take care!!!