Are You Kidding Me? How Gorgeous Are These Stamps?

This stamp is from: Elaine Cox's sheet 15 Fairy Portraits sold at Sweet Pea Stamps. They come on a sheet of 4... or you can buy them as single stamps.I busted out the pencils and the gamsol and colored the fairy for a soft effect. Then I added glitter pens for highlights in the hair.

The, I embossed the background of core paper and then I sanded it to show off the petals in the flowers. I needed to add the rhinestones to the center of the flowers because I LOVE bling! Here is another picture of the fairy for a closeup...

SHEESH!!! I just LOVE LOVE LOVE these stamps!

Thanks for popping in!

Woodware USA Challenge Number 6... Sketch Challenge...

If you're inspired by simple layouts, limited layering and the need to make a quick card, this sketch may just be the perfect sketch for you! Give it a try! We'd love to see what you make of it! Thanks to all those who participated in our challenge last week. If you followed the challenge rules, you just may be the lucky winner...Watch for the Winning Entry Post during the first week of January.

Just a few simple rules for Woodware USA challenges:

*Make sure your card incorporates the sketch--it must be clear that you were inspired by the sketch.

*Use stamps of your choice (but you get an extra entry in our monthly drawing for using Woodware USA)

*Post a direct link to your card in the inlinkz tool on the Woodware USA blog.. Failure to do so will eliminate you from the challenge.

*Must be a new creation from 12-20-10 and concluded at 8:00 pm EST 12-28-2010.

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Here is my take on the Sketch using the stamp set BIRDSONG...

This was a fun and easy sketch... keeping it simple, for me, is a challenge itself! I love the color combo and I used the Rock and Roll technique on the flowers to get purple and green on the flowers at the same time. Thanks for popping in!~

Halloween and Bombshell Sugar Skulls!!!

How happy do these BOMBSHELL sugar skulls look? I embossed them and cut them out. I added blingy eyes... some got pearls and some got gems... boys and girls, I guess!I popped the white and pink ones up with pop dots and I left the others flat. I used a SU rub on to add the sentiment and then I got out the glitter and gel pens to add the dot accents. To me... it always looks like a  movie marquee...fun fun FUN! I layered the 2 ribbons and here is my fun Halloween Creation! Thanks for popping in!

Santa Baby? INDEED!!!

I LOVE this Bombshell stamp... and I thought she would look awesome on a Christmas card... and ...so... what do you think? I think if I looked like this...I would no longer HAVE a wish list!!! I colored her with Copic markers...of course... and then i cut her out and adhered her to a nestie.The red background paper is embossed with a cuttlebug embossing folder that looks like candy cane stripes...super cute! I have had these poinsettias forever and now was a great time to bust them out... as I think they add the perfect touch for this card! Thanks for looking...and please scroll down for the Stamp Insanity post!

Woodware USA Halloween Color Challenge!

OK.. My take on Halloween colors are green, orange and purple. So... I thought... why not use this awesome Flower Frames set. I stamped 4 images... colored them in with the challenge colors and then I arranged them in this pattern, I stamped the little vine on the orange paper to make my background paper. And no way could I make a card with no bling...people would think I was ill! SOOO, I added some gems in the corner and one in the center. Please check back soon as we will be having a blog hop featuring some of the new sets that we have... and we will be making some changes to our challenges... so stay tuned!

ARTful Inkables Think Ink Challenge Number 31

Don't forget to enter our current Think INK challenge, Any type of embossing with flowers and lace is optional!! Link your creations in this POST.

I used STEAM PUNK SARAH and I had FUN with this set! I used smooch spritz to spray the stencil of the clock in the background. then I stamped and distressed some of the clocks and compass faces. Next, I used pop dots to lift them off the paper and i added gems to the center of some of them to give 'em a little bit O' BLING!!!And here is my Creation!!!

You have until Monday, October 25th, 2010, midnight Pacific Standard Time to link your creation to this post. A winner will be chosen Tuesday, October 26th, 2010 to win a BADGE TO DISPLAY ON YOUR BLOG AND TO HOST ONE OF THE UPCOMING AI CHALLENGES! You will not need AI stamps to host, we will send you instructions on what to do. Plus a 10% off code for your next Artful INKables Order!

* When posting your link, please post the link directly to your creation- so if it's on your blog, please link it directly to the specific post with your creation.
*Please make sure that you link your creation back to the AI Blog

* If uploading to SCS or PCP, please add the keyword AIC31.

Can't wait to see what you come up with! Tell your friends!

Who Doesn't Like a Sparkly Mermaid... With a Treasure!

Oh I LOVE this little gal! She is from Bombshell Stamps and she is FUN!!! I adore mermaids and i have a ton of them!!!She was a natural choice for me and I got to use all of my stickles and blingy things to make her look like I think a mermaid would. I stamped her and cut her out and then for the background, i stamped the bubbles and squiggles in blue across the card. then i stamped it in versamark and embossed it with glittery blue EP. I stamped the fish all over the background and then I stamped the treasure chest and cut it out. I distressed it with distress ink and added stickles for the treasure.I added 3 seashell buttons in the corner and here is my creation!Enjoy and thanks for popping in!

SISC31~Live Free Die-Cut!

Die Cut? Did someone say Die cut? Oh how I love my die cuts and my die cutting and anything to do with cranking the glorious handle on my die cut machine and having awesome images come out of the other side! Magic, I say and PURE BLISS!!!

This is the current challenge over at Stamp Insanity Stamp Company!Live Free and DIE CUT! Make a card with die cut shapes and or die cut some shapes of you own and show it off! LOVE IT!!!

I used this darling digi, Katie, to make my card.

 The hearts and flowers all around her are die cut and then of course, I added some bling... this sassy gal needed some bling for sho! Please be sure to check out this digi set and know that the proceeds go to help breast cancer awareness!

AND... here is another asylum...

Danvers State Insane Asylum

In 1878 the State Lunatic Hospital at Danvers was erected, under the supervision of prominent Boston architect Nathaniel J Bradlee, in an extremely rural, out-of-the-way location.While the hospital was originally established to provide residential treatment and care to the mentally ill, its functions expanded to include a training program for nurses in 1889 and a pathological research laboratory in 1895. By the 1920's the hospital was operating school clinics to help determine mental deficiency in children. During the 1960's as a result of increased emphasis on alternative methods of treatment and deinstitutionalization and community based mental health care, the inpatient population started to decrease. Danvers State Hospital closed on June 24, 1992 due to budget cuts within the mental health system.

thanks for popping in...stay sane!!!

Bring on the Bling! With WOODWARE USA...

That is our Challenge for this week. Bling it up! I stamped and embossed the butterflies and then I painted them with Shimmerz! Good thing I am a fan and have like every color because I used alot of them! Then I used Log Cabin Smooch Spritz for the embossed square panel... and that is shimmery too! The flowers have glittery brads on them and I had to quit there otherwise... this card would have been totally crazy with glitter and bling!

Please note that we are having a followers contest... when we get to 100... we will have some blog candy!!!

and do y'all know about the special? Order any stamp set and get 2 free INKY LINKS! What are INKY LINKS you ask? they are really cool stamp pads that come in 8 colors. They are wonderful for kids... or general stamping as well! They have cool little hooks on them that join them all together! So thanks for popping in and stay tuned for more glittery fun tomorrow!

Think Ink Challenge #29...Color Combo

This week your challenge is brought to you by Jackie and her challenge this week is to use one of the following color combinations: red and green, yellow and purple, or blue and orange. This is the gift card holder that I made for a tutorial over at ARTful Inkables. Go and check it out!  

You are not required to use AI stamps, but if you have them, we'd love to see you use them! **IF YOU USE AI STAMPS, YOU GET 2 ENTRIES FOR YOUR CREATION! JUST ENTER YOUR NAME/LINK TWICE ON MR. LINKY!!!
* You have until Monday, September 27th, 2010, midnight Pacific Standard Time to link your creation to this post. A winner will be chosen Tuesday, September 28th, 2010 to win a BADGE TO DISPLAY ON YOUR BLOG AND TO HOST ONE OF THE UPCOMING AI CHALLENGES! You will not need AI stamps to host, we will send you instructions on what to do.

* When posting your link, please post the link directly to your creation- so if it's on your blog, please link it directly to the specific post with your creation.
*Please make sure that you link your creation back to the AI Blog

* If uploading to SCS or PCP, please add the keyword AIC29

Can't wait to see what you come up with! Tell your friends!

Art Impressions... CONGRATS!!!

Art Impressions Stamps have these new WORDS Stamps. They are awesome because... well, they are ART IMPRESSIONS and because they come in a set. One Large word, congrats, for example and then a bunch of phrase to work with it. So, aside from the Applause stamp.... you also get these phrases...So Proud of You,You've Got the World at Your Feet,All Your Hard Work Paid Off, You Did It and To The Happy Couple. You can make a TON of cards from this one set and it will fit a bunch of occasions! make sure to go to Art Impressions and Check them out! Thanks for popping in!

Double Embossing and DRS Designs Stamps!

One day at a time indeed... but lately, several have been piling up on me all at the same time! Thank goodness for my escape... STAMPING! I learned this double embossing technique and I knew that I could not wait to showcase one of DRS Designs wonderful sentiment stamps in the frame that it made. I chose One Day at a Time to remind me of... well... just that. I stamped the leaves around the outside edges to incorporate the black into my color combo and add some texture. Then, ribbon, bling and flowers to complete the look. Thanks for popping in and I hope everyone has a cheerful weekend...

Sunday Sweet Pea Stamps Show Off!

Hi,,, I am OBSESSED... nice to meet ya! I love love love Sweet Pea Stamps... and when I get a chance to stamp... for me... i LOVE to color these stamped images and make some run cards! To me... it is like dressing Barbie dolls! I get to put make up on them and bring out the bling and color them all pretty and just really let loose... What can I say? They inspire me. So I thought that I would show y'all some fun cards that I made using them... and here they are. Thanks for stopping in and I hope you enjoy them as much as I do!

I am back... and I have some WORDS for you!

Art Impressions words that it! How clever are these? You just stamp them, embellish them anyway you would like and then adhere them to a card! Quick and FUN! I am showing 3 of the six words available. Each word comes in a set and you get other phrases that go along with them... you can use them on the front or the inside of the card as well. I get mine unmounted... but they come on cling also. I love the stamps from Art Impressions because you get a clean , crisp stamped image every time! SO IMPORTANT!

Thanks for popping in... I hate that I have been absent for a while... I have had issues with this darn computer and it is resolved... so I am here to stay! 

Walk on the Wild Side with DRS

Well...I was looking through my DRS Designs stamps and I just HAD to create with this super smiley elephant. She said she wanted a pedicure and a bow. The earrings were my idea! Anyway... I followed the sketch that by now you ALL must know about and I this is my creation. I HAD to use the sentiment because ... well it is PRECIOUS and just fits perfectly! And how could I not ink this little lady one more time before she went back into the stamp binder?

So... why don't you play along? You have a chance to win some awesome stamps and i think sketchs are a great way to get the mojo flowing! So... what are ya waiting for? Join us... There is still time and the prizes are wonderful! Thanks for popping in!


Stamps Used: Jungle Jim the Elephant and Walk on the Wild Side Greeting

DRS Designs Pet Sympathy Stamp...Because it Happens.

They are members of the family and it hurts to loose them. What makes it better is when someone acknowledges that they have a friend who is grieving the loss of a pet friend. DRS Desings have come up with these images and the perfect sentiment to show that you care. I sponged the background to make it look like Heaven and added some bling...( I believe in a blingy heaven) and I used a stamp positioner to make sure my sentiment was in the perfect place... and here is my card. Make sure you stop by  DRS Designs to see all of the other new releases that they have and stop by the blog to play along with the sketch challenge for a chance to win some of them!

In Style Stamps Color Challenge...Come and Play!!!

Over at the In Style Stamps blog ... we are having a color challenge... and I LOVE all of the different looks that the DT came up with! I used this sweet little Chloe image and of course added all my bling and embossing and sponging! So FUN to do! And it is refreshing to make a Christmas challenge in July AND to make one with non-traditional colors... Please check out the blog and be on the look out for these images... they go on sale July 16th! Thanks for popping in! 

It Is Time For Some DRS Designs Sneaky PEEKYS!!!

Ok... At DRS Designs... we usually DON'T use background paper because we don't have to.WHY, You ask??? Because they have so many wonderful background stamps that you can MAKE your own background paper with... THAT'S WHY!!! But I made this quick because the baby was sleeping and Ava was drawing and I stole like 10 minutes. So please forgive me DRS... and know that this sentiment HAD to be made into a bra card!!! I thought this paper was perfect and the lace trim just really set this off perfectly!

This sentiment and the other new releases will be available for purchase on the DRS Designs web store beginning on July 1oth. So please keep your eyes peeled for all of the sneeks that will be shown by me and the DRS Designs DT! Thanks for popping in!

Whimsy Stamps Design Call

Well... why not throw my hat in the ring? I have a few DT's that will be ending for me and since i love to stamp SOOOO much... I figured...What The Heck? I hope that I will have what they are looking for because I really do love Whimsy Stamps... and well... I LOVE TO STAMP!!! Maybe this could be a match made in heaven? I chose these cards Because i think they show my forte and that is coloring. I also love to embellish, sometimes alot... sometimes... a little bit. If you think that you would like to try out too... just click here for the deets...

In Style Stamps...FINALLY!

I can post the creations that I have been making for the InStyle Stamps Promotion team. I make cards and they use them for shows and promotions that they have. I have been working on them since April... and I get to show them off! This is a little lady called TOWN GIRL and the size is 3.75 x 3.25. She was wonderful to color and you can get her as a digi or a rubber stamp... and right now, ISS is offering 25% off rubber... so get them while they last! And, stay tuned for more of these precious images... I was busy making these for a while now... thanks for stopping in!