YNS DT Dare

Hi all!  It’s time for our monthly DT Dare over at the YNS Blog and this time our theme is Anything Goes!  Here’s what I came up with:

I used the new set Boom! and the matching die set along with a card cutting file from Lori Whitlock.    I paper pieced most of the firework with patterned paper and colored his arms, feet, and the fire with Copics.  Finally I added some google eyes and popped him up on the card with foam boosters.  I white heat embossed the sentiment on the center panel.

Please check out the YNS Blog for all the DT Dare cards and comment there for a chance to win a stamp set of your choice!  TFL!

YNS New Release Blog Hop!

Hi all!  Welcome to my stop on the December Your Next Stamp New Release Blog Hop!  If you’ve been following the links, you should have come from Suzanne’s Blog.  If you just happened upon my post, you’ll want to go back to the beginning so you don’t miss anything!  {links are at the bottom of the post}

I’m so excited about this release!  I live in Hawaii and it can get really HOT most of the year, but Winter has such nice cool temperatures that it’s my favorite season!  We have a bunch of new stamps and dies for you this month, and I am loving the Little Darlings, January and Aspen, and also all the stand alone dies to make fabulous scenes!  Of course I’m always a sucker for stamps with matching dies and there are some of those in this release, too!

Enough jibber jabber, let’s get on with the show!

For my first project, I’ve used Little Darling Aspen:

She was stamped with Versafine ink onto watercolor paper and watercolored with Inktense Pencils.  I stamped one of the included sentiments in Versafine and mounted it on my card.

For my next project, I knew I wanted to do a box card.  Here’s a straight on view:

And here’s a view from slightly above so you can see the little rabbit:

I got this great kit from SVG Cuts called Christmas Box Cards and decided to use the plain snow globe file.  I cut the base out of brown cardstock, then cut a couple pieces out of kraft.  For the back kraft panel, I stamped it with the birch trees from Forest Friends and also the little bunny.  Over that, I stamped the Snowfall pattern.

Next I cut some snowy hills, animals and trees with the Forest Scene die set and assembled them into 2 layers which were added into the base.  Finally, I took the little kraft bookplate and stamped it with snowflakes from Snowfall and a sentiment from Santa Express Train Carts.

As always, there is a prize to be won:  one person will win the Grand Prize of a $20 YNS gift certificate.  One commenter will be chosen at random from all the blogs on the hop, so the more blogs you comment on, the better your chances to win!

And now you’re off to Wendy’s Blog (link below), but don’t forget to leave me a comment before you go!  Happy hopping!

YNS Sneak Peek

Hi all!  It’s time for a sneaky peeky at what’s coming from Your Next Stamp this month!  I’ve used the adorable January and the white embossing technique.  In case you missed my video on it, CLICK HERE.

The sentiment comes with January, and there are a couple others as well.

Please check out the YNS Blog for all the designers who are peeking today!  I hope to see you back here for our New Release Blog Hop tomorrow!  TFL!

World Card Making Day Winners Blog Hop!

Hi all!  I’m so thrilled to be participating in this World Card Making Day Winners Blog Hop!  If you’ve been following the links, you should have come here from Donna’s blog.  If you just happened upon my blog, please go back to the Paper Crafts blog for a full list of blogs on this fun hop!

Enough talk!  Here’s the card that won me a spot in the Love category:

I used the Paper Smooches set Bee Mine and a Stampers Anonymous Honeycomb stencil.   I sponged Wild Honey and Antique Linen Distress Inks through the stencil for the background. 

Next I stamped the bees on white cardstock and vellum.  I colored the cardstock versions with Copics, then cut out both versions, leaving the wings off of the cardstock versions.  I glued the cardstock bodies over the vellum versions and attached them to the card base with foam tape, slightly overlapping their wings.  Finally I stamped the sentiments on the sides of the bees.

I wanted to share a little of my prize package with one of you, so here’s a pic of the goodies you could win from my blog:

There are a bunch of stamps, a few dies and some other miscellaneous items.  To enter to win, please leave a comment for me about anything you’d like!  Unfortunately this giveaway is only for people in the US, so please include which state you’re in.  This giveaway is open until December 10th, 11:59 PM Hawaii time.  I’ll announce the winner shortly after that.

Now it’s time for you to hop over to Mandy's blog, but before you go, don’t forget to leave me a comment for a chance to win my prize package!

Christmas Cheer

Hi all!  I have another post for you today because I wanted to get my challenge entries out of the way before the upcoming Hops!

I used A Day For Daisies image called Christmas Light Fairy and the sketch from Mojo Monday.   The image was printed on my laser printer and colored with Copics, except for the tiny string and bulb toppers that were colored with a silver Prismacolor Pencil.  The papers are from Doodlebug and the snowflake die is from Your Next Stamp, as is the sentiment.

This is also for the following challenges:

• MarkerPOP – Holiday/Christmas (and use markers to color)
• ABC Challenge – Yuletide
• Little Red Wagon – Things with Wings
• Divas By Design – Feeling Festive
• SSS Wednesday Challenge – Christmas/Holidays

I hope you like it and I hope I’ll see you back here tomorrow for a special Hop!

Winter Walk

Hi all!  Today I have a card for a few challenges:

I used a Ppinkydolls image called Winter Walk and the sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketches.  The image was printed on my laser printer and colored with Prismacolor Pencils.  I did the out of the box die cutting technique with a fishtail flag from Your Next Stamp.  The embossing folder is from Stampin’ Up! and the sentiment is from the Santa Express Train Carts.

This is also for the following challenges:

• SSS Monday Challenge – Holiday Cards
• My Time to Craft – Snowmen
• Papertake Weekly – Anything Goes

I hope you like my card and TFL!

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Hi all!  Today I am honored to be a Guest Designer over at CASology!

Here’s our Cue Card for this week:

And here’s what I came up with:

My Design Defined: using dies with stitching detail adds interest to a simple design.  The die I used is from MFT – Blueprints 15.  The image and sentiment came from the Forget About the Cake set from The Cat’s Pajamas.  I stamped them both with Versafine ink and colored with Prismacolor pencils.

Please check out the CASology challenge for all the fabulous inspiration from the team!  TFL!