Grumpy Georgia

How often do you see an image with a grumpy face? When I first saw Amy's Grumpy Georgia, I knew I had to get her! Life isn't always a "bowl of cherries", and I love that Georgia has that little smirk on her face....she's such a cutie!

While I was breezing through Ben Franklin Crafts, I saw a bin of Studio g stamps. The new clear sets are only $1.25 and now come with a bit of bling--what a bargain! This stamp set caught my eye and I knew it was meant to be used with a grumpy gal.

Here's my finished easel card. I cut apart the "dear" from the "Santa", which is great when you're using clear stamps. And I just realized that this is my first Christmas card for 2010. Hmm...who can I send this to?

Stamps: Sweet November, Studio g
Cardstock: Papertrey Ink, Stampin Up
Paper: Crate Paper, Fancy Pants
Other: Copics, Nestabilities, EK Success ledger punch, Sharpie white poster paint pen, buttons



Thanks for stopping by today! Stay tuned tomorrow when I'll announce the winners of my giveaway!

ATS Crinkled ribbon challenge + a giveaway!

All That Scraps' Wednesday challenge is to use crinkled ribbon on your card. How could I not enter this challenge? But I have to admit, I love making the crinkly ribbon more than I know how to tie it!

Here's my card using Cheeky Glamour from The Greeting Farm and the purple crinkly ribbon that I dyed using Dusty Concord distress ink. Isn't she sweet?

Truth be told, I had her colored and cut out quite a while ago and she was just waiting for the right time to make her appearance.

The background is a Purple Onion Design damask stamp that I just love. I think it goes perfectly with her vintage look.

I happen to have an extra Cheeky Glamour stamp that I would love to give to someone who will give her a good home. Simply leave me a comment on this post and tell me if you tried making your own crinkly ribbon. Or not. Just leave me a comment!

Random.org and I will be choosing someone on September 1st and I hope it's YOU!

Stamps: The Greeting Farm, Purple Onion Designs, Hero Arts 
Cardstock: Papertrey Ink, Hero Arts kraft notecard
Ink: Memento; Dusty Concord, Peeled Paint Distress inks; Versafine
Other: Copic markers, Nestabilities, rayon seam binding, half pearls

Revisiting Izzy

I'm hoping to play with some older stamps and give them some love again. I have so many uninked stamps, or stamps that I wanted so badly when they were first released, and then stamped them only once after I got them. Or not at all...

Do you have those stamps, too? Please say "yes".

Izzy is one of those stamps. So I paid her a revisit and stamped and colored her. After cutting her out with the deckle Nestabilities die, I added grass to the bottom, using Kim's tutorial shown here. I also dabbed some Glossy Accents on her eyes and used an Aqua Lip pen to glaze her lips.

The challenge at All That Scraps is to use die cuts and I was glad to see Izzy in the ATS store so my card qualifies--and I made the deadline, too!

Thanks, always, for visiting! Can you believe it's already the middle of August?

Stamps: The Greeting Farm
Cardstock: Papertrey Ink
Patterned paper: Papertrey Ink
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Antique Linen distress ink
Other: Copics, Nestabilities, seam binding, paper roses, pop dots, 
Sharpie white poster paint pen, Glossy Accents, Aqua Lip pen

Sweet November's Halloween release!

Happy Monday! Today is the much anticipated  release of Amy's cute Halloween kiddos--Sweet November Baby Tricks or Treats--at All That Scraps! I colored two more of her adorable images, trimmed them out and attached them to a trapezoid box made with My Mind's Eye papers.

I filled them with my fave Reese's dark chocolate peanut butter cups and let's see how long I can hold out before I untie those ribbons...Happy Halloween to me!

Visit All That Scraps now to get your hands on these adorable images in both rubber and digital form. Start stamping up some Halloween goodness for your little goblins, or for yourself!

Also, if you left a comment on Amy's blog during the previews, head on over there to see if you're a lucky random winner of one of her stamp+candy giveaways!

Stamps: Sweet November by Amy Young
Cardstock: Neenah
Patterned paper: My Mind's Eye
Other: Copics, Sharpie white poster paint pen, sheer dot ribbon, mini star buttons, pop dots

ATS Dry embossing challenge

I was planning to enter the challenge at Club Anya & Friends which was to make a card using neapolitan colors...
but I missed the deadline.

But I found out from fabby Miss Amy that the challenge at All That Scraps is to use some dry embossing on your card and an image that they sell in their online store. Perfect!

I do reach for my embossing folders quite often, and my Nestabilities, too. Since I didn't have any pink roses, I simply colored some white ones with Copics to match. The white dots on Stella's dress were made once again by the Sharpie poster paint pen.

Hope you're having a great Wednesday!  I'm off to meet some friends for sushi....

Stamps: The Greeting Farm, Hero Arts sentiment

Cardstock: Papertrey Ink, Stampin Up, Hero Arts notecard

Ink: Memento, Versafine

Other: Copic markers, Nestabilities, Cuttlebug embossing folder,

Marvy oval punch, paper roses, Sharpie poster paint pen, pop dots

ATS Wednesday Challenge

A quick post to share a card I'm entering in All That Scraps' Wednesday challenge which is shaped cards. Hello! I ♥ making shaped cards! I think 90% of my cards are shaped cards. I do love my Nesties....

I used Amy Young's Fidget Goblinspider digi, which is one of her older fairies from her Sweet November line, but she's always been a fave. I added Glossy Accents to her eyes and although she's a fairy, after I took some photos of the card--I think she resembles Ariel, the Disney mermaid, sans tail!

I hope I made the deadline. Hawaii does not switch to daylight savings and I've missed so many deadlines trying to figure out the time difference.

Thanks for visiting! Must get ready for tonight's season premiere of "Glee"!

Stamps: Sweet November digital image by Amy Young, Stampin Up sentiment

Cardstock: Papertrey Ink, DCWV

Ink: Memento, Ranger Distress inks

Other: Copic markers, Nestabilities, Cuttlebug embossing folder,

Stampin Up leaf Sizzlit, Glossy Accents, gemstones, pop dots

ATS Wednesday challenge

The Wednesday challenge at All That Scraps is to use some type of text, either newsprint or from a book, and incorporate it into your card. I used some text papers from Jenni Bowlin and made a ruffled flower and punched out some butterflies, too.

This card turned out so different from what I first imagined. I was going for a sepia toned look and colored Darby and Bumbles with just two Copic colors. The card started to look too plain so I added some pinks and browns and then it took a vintage turn.

I didn't put a sentiment on the card because the text circle looks rather busy. This isn't exactly what I envisioned but I like the "fairy tale" feel to it.

Stamps: Sweet November Darby & Bumbles

Paper: Jenni Bowlin, DCWV Vintage, corrugated paper

Cardstock: Papertrey Ink

Ink: Memento Brown; Antique Linen, Tea Dye Distress inks

Other: Copic makers (E51 and E53), Nestabilities, Marvy scallop punch,

Sizzlits leaf die, Martha Stewart butterflies punch, pearls, buttons, pop dots

And I want to share what my mail carrier delivered today--new Distress inks! I just bought five for now and I think Wild Honey will be my favorite new color. Yay for new toys!