I decided to make some pretty tags instead of a card today! I also have some wrapping paper with these colors so I figured it would be perfect!
| Stamps: Tags for All |
| Paper: Pretty in Pink, Wild Wasabi, Whisper White |
| Ink: Pretty in Pink, Wild Wasabi |
| Accessories: Ribbon |
Here is todays sketch challenge. I loved it!! So many layers!!! :) I finally also had a chance to use this set. I have been putting it off because I've been in the mood to make Christmas cards!
| Stamps: So Much |
| Paper: Rose Red, Not Quite Navy, Basic Grey |
| Ink: same |
| Accessories: Basic Grey Taffeta Ribbon, Jumbo Eyelets, Brads |
Here are the first set of ATC's I made for my Christmas ATC Swap (sorry its now closed).
I used my favorite Christmas Set, Its Snow Time. I used a dauber and masked around the snowman in Basic Grey.
| Stamps: Its Snow Time |
| Paper: Basic Grey, Whisper White, Purerly Pomegranate |
| Ink: Black Stazon, Basic Grey |
| Accessories: Dauber, Corner Punch, Brads, Oval Punches |
Todays Featured Stamper is Frances aka StampOwl! You can visit her gallery here. ALERT ALERT!! If you are easy enabled DO NOT, I repeat DO NOT..visit her gallery!!!! She has the BEST stamp collection EVER!
I got the challenge from my cell phone and I didnt even notice that this card she did was for a FS challenge. So I'm going to give credit to both of the cards. I'm so mad I didnt even notice. I'm here at the office uploading.
Here is the card I cased by StampOwl who cased it from jbalcer.
I changed the colors and stamps from there cards.
| Stamps: Season of Joy |
| Paper: Whisper White, Purely Pomegranate |
| Ink: Purely P |
| Accessories: Satin Ribbon, Brads |
This challenge was to make a card using all the stuff we bought because we saw it on SCS!
So I just HAD to have this stamp...The second I saw it I ran over and bought it from Gina K. Once it came did I use it?? NOPE!! Bad bad, me!!!
| Stamps: Gina K |
| Paper: Dashing, Old Olive, Real Red |
| Ink: Black Stazon |
| Accessories: Su Markers, Ribbon, Brads |
Here is a card I made for the Lipstick Color Challenge. We were challenge to use our favorite lipstick shades.
I'm known for ALWAYS having lip gloss on! I can't leave home without it! I just LOVE IT!! LOVE IT!!! I have this little rule too! When I'm out on a date and I DONT want to kiss the guy I wear some lip gloss with sparkles!!! Guys hate sparkles!! haha. So I knew my stem just HAD to have some sparkles on it! Although its not showing up in the picture! :(
I just love browns and soft clear type colors!! So I used Close to Cocoa and Blush Blossom!
| Stamps: Garden Silhouettes |
| Paper: Close to Cocoa, Blush Blossom, Linen Prints Su Dp |
| Ink: Close to Cocoa |
| Accessories: Ticket Punch, SU Ribbon, Sparkles |
For todays limited supply challenge we were challenged to use this list
Follow the list #5
Stamps
animals or critters
sentiment
background
Paper
2-4 layers
any solid or patterned paper
Tools
coloring tools
punches
any other quick tool
No embellishments
Pretty quick and easy if you ask me!!!
| Stamps: Santa Claws (Gina K) |
| Paper: Real Red, Green Galore |
| Ink: Black Stazon |
| Accessories: SU Markers, Paper Piercer |
So I finally caved in and go this set. I wasn't sure if I would ever actually use it, but yay I did. I had my great stalker friend Keri in mind and knew this set would be perfect. I'm going to send this out to her today.
I colored the ship with Prismacolor Pencils and Gamsol. The ribbon is from last years Spring Mini, Flirty.
| Stamps: Boatloads of Love |
| Paper: Old Olive, Regal Rose, Cool Caribeen |
| Ink: Black Stazon |
| Accessories: Flirty Ribbon, Prismacolor Pencils, Gamsol |
Here is the card I did for today's Challenge Chaser Sketch Challenge. You can read all about it here.
I think this is definitely my favorite Christmas Set. I just love how much you can do with it!
| Stamps: Its Snow Time |
| Paper: Wild Wasabi, Bashful Blue, Basic Grey |
| Ink: Black Stazon |
| Accessories: Prismacolor Pencils, Gamsol, Stumps, Brads, Ribbon |
Here is my submission to todays sketch challenge. I thought it was going to be hard, but it really wasn't.
I used Season of Joy! Finally had a reason to use those words. I didnt think I was going to be able to find a way!
| Stamps: Season of Joy |
| Paper: Wild Wasabi, Real Red, Kraft, Dashing DP |
| Ink: Real Red |
| Accessories: 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbbon |
This is today's color challenge card. To use Soft Sky (bashful blue), Wild Wasabi (garden green), and Ruby Red.
The image is from Stamping Bella. Aren't they adorable?? My dear blogger buddy Erica sent it to me! Thanks gf!!!!
I colored the image in with Prismacolor Pencils, Gamsol and a stump.
| Stamps: Stamping Bella |
| Paper: Soft Sky, Wild Wasabi, Ruby Red |
| Ink: Black Stazon |
| Accessories: Scallop Punch, 1 1/4" Punch, 3/4" Punch |
| Techniques: Gamsol |
Ahhh it was sooo good to be in my stamp room this morning. I have not been in the mood to stamp for a few days now.
This is a Horizontal Pocket Card. You can find the tutorial HERE. The measurements for the horizontal card are on the bottom.
| Stamps: Season of Joy |
| Paper: Old Olive, Real Red, Dashing DP |
| Ink: Real Red, Old Olive |
| Accessories: Ribbon, Brads |
| Techniques: Horizontal Pocket Card |
Okay so it felt a little weird making this card on Halloween. But, I thought if I could start making Christmas cards with most of my challenge cards I would have half of my Christmas cards done! haha!!
| Stamps: Big on Christmas |
| Paper: Dashing, Old Olive, Real Red |
| Ink: Black Stazon |
| Accessories: SU! 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon, SU! Markers |
Oh I'm soo loving the new Basic Grey Color!!! The ribbon is so pretty!!! I have yet to use it though! I will though! Don't worry.
The flower was colored with a Blender Pen and Purely Pomegranate Re-Inker. I then embossed with clear ep! After that I added a Jumbo Eyelet to the center!
| Stamps: Stampendous, Tres Chic, Print Pattern |
| Paper: Basic Grey, Purely Pomegranate, Soft Sky |
| Ink: Purely Pomegranate, Basic Grey |
| Accessories: Jumbo Eyelet, Satin Ribbon, Blender Pink |
Here is a challenge card I did with the Challenge Chasers this morning. We were challenged to use Wild Wasabi. I love it! I combined it with Purely Pomegranate and Bashful Blue (my favorite Christmas Color Combo right now).
I used my Blender Pins and Ink to color in the Snowmans.
Thanks for looking!
| Stamps: It's Snow Time |
| Paper: Wild Wasabi, Purely Pomegranate, Bashful Blue |
| Ink: Black Stazon |
| Accessories: Scallop Punch, 1 3/8" Circle Punch |
| Techniques: Watercoloring |
This is my second among many tins I've made. I just think these are sooo fun. I just ordered more and can't wait to put them together. The tin came from Speciality Bottle. There so cheep. They get here so fast too!
The dp I used is "Dashing" from Su! I just love it!
I made this for my brothers gf for her birthday. She loves Cherrys!
I've had these clear paint cans for some time now. I found them at Staples for like $3. I first filled it up full of Halloween Salt Water Candy. YUMMY. I love salt water candy.
I then added all the ribbon to the handle. Most of the ribbon is SU! but some is from Mike's. I decorated the lid, but forgot to take a picture this morning before work. (I still dont have a home computer :( so sad )
I then put the panel around the paint can and added some stamps.
| Stamps: Autumn Apparitions |
| Paper: Creepy Crawly |
| Ink: Basic Black |
| Accessories: Ribbon |
Oh I just LOVE these tins. I first saw them from my friend Wendy. She made one and then gave me the link to buy then from Specialty Bottle for like pennies!!! I bought a bunch and cant wait to do some for Christmas and Halloween. Ive already wrapped them, just have to decorate the fronts now. I will show them to you later.
| Stamps: Sweet Sampler |
| Paper: Linen Prints |
| Ink: Close to Cocoa |
Todays challenge was to use twill. I haven't used my Twill in a while so this was a great challenge. I love using it too. It ties so easy.
I got a little lazy this morning. I was going to cut out each flower in Pumpkin Pie, but then I thought Brads would be much faster, haha. I was in a rush. I didnt want to be late to work today, again!!!!!
| Stamps: Garden Silhouettes |
| Paper: Old Olive Pumpkin Pie Very Vanilla |
| Ink: Old Olive Pumpkin Pie |
| Accessories: Punces, Brads, Twill |
Ohhhh this was a good color challenge. We were challenged to use Chocolate Chip, Blue Bayou, and River Rock. Love these colors together. I think its just perfect for Moose You.
I'm going to give this to a friend for his birthday. He loves to outdoors and to hunt so I knew this set would FINALLY get used!
Stamps: Moose You, Party Punch
Paper: Chocolate Chip, Blue Bayou, River Rock
Ink: Chocolate Chip
Accessories: Brads, Flirty Ribbon, Designer Label Punch, 1 3/8" Punch, Brads, Daubers
TWICE!!! WOW!! I'm so lucky!!!
I was tagged by my friend Judy and Debi. Just answer the questions and see what your "alternate" names would be!
1. YOUR ROCK STAR NAME: (first pet & current car) - Mitsy Accord
2.YOUR GANGSTA NAME: (fav. ice cream flavor, favorite cookie) Peanut Butter Peanut Butter
3. YOUR “FLY Guy/Girl” NAME: (first initial of first name, first three letters of your last name) acol
4. YOUR DETECTIVE NAME: (favorite color, favorite animal) - Burgundy Dog
5. YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME: (middle name, city where you were born)- Louise Santa Maria
6. YOUR STAR WARS NAME: (the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 letters of your first) - Colam
7. SUPERHERO NAME: (2nd favorite color, favorite drink put “The”) Purple The Martini
8. NASCAR NAME: (the first names of your grandfathers)- Ed Stine
9. STRIPPER NAME : ( the name of your favorite perfume/cologne, favorite candy) Envy Skittles
10.WITNESS PROTECTION NAME: (mother’s & father’s middle names ) Lee Lee
I'm going to tag
Erica
Faith
Ashley
Gosh, I feel like I have been sooo bad at blogging. I'm sorry. I haven't had a home computer all week now. My laptop went dead a few months ago. I had it in the shop and they told me it couldn't be saved! Its only a year and half old. I'm sooo sad. My parents bought it for me for Christmas and didnt buy the warranty. Boo :( Anyways, I was borrowing an extra computer from the office, but I had to bring it back last week.
So the past two weekends I went to Mammoth!!! I had a blast!!! :) I thought I would share some pictures since I dont have any cards to show you. These are my awesome friends Nate and Tara. We all went to high school together!!! It was Oktoberfest!!!! LOVED IT! 
Here is a candle I made for my workshop last night. I gave it away as a door prize. It was so easy and such a hit.
The Candle is from Mikes, $1.99. I love the lime green!! I crimped the black piece of CS then wheeled Batty on a piece of Whisper White. I layered it with Lovely Lilac. I then added the Batty for You image with the scallop punch.
The ribbon was added to top it off!
Thanks for looking
Todays color challenge was to use more mustard, old olive, and bashful blue. Great combo!!!
The backround is stamped with Tres Chic and the big leaf from With Gratitude.
| Stamps: Tres Chic, With Gratitude |
| Paper: More Mustard, Old Olive, Bashful Blue |
| Ink: Same |
| Accessories: Ribbon, Primas, Brads |
Todays Ways to use it Challenge, we were challenged to use Going Grey. I've had this SU! Dp for a while now. I forgot what its called. It was from last years catty. I'm so glad I still had it since I didnt have any Grey CS!!! Luckly I did have the ink though!!!!
| Stamps: Fabulous Flowers |
| Paper: Close To Cocoa, Whisper White, SU Dp |
| Ink: Close to Cocoa, Going Grey |
| Accessories: Brads, Ribbon |
This is for todays sketch challenge! I did this before work and forgot two layers! Whoops. I guess it looks okay.
I'm going to send this to Ann (abmurray's) Niece. She is battling bone cancer.
You can read about her here
| Stamps: True Friend, Priceless |
| Paper: Almost Ameylyest, Cameo Coral, basic black |
| Ink: Same |
| Accessories: Ribbon |
| Techniques: Piercing |
Todays color challenge was to use Purely Pomegranate, Taken with Teal, and Always Artichoke. At first I was like Taken with Teal with Always Artichoke (EWWW). But, now I like it.
| Stamps: Sassy Stems |
| Paper: Purely Pomegranate, Taken with teal, Always Artichoke |
| Ink: Taken with Teal |
| Accessories: Ribbon |
| Techniques: Prismacolor Pencils, Gams |
VSN is so much fun. For those of you that haven't tried it you really need to. Challenges are posted every hour. You have 45 minutes to complete each one! Then 15 minutes to either upload, it, or clean up!
This card challenge was to put as many things on the card that feel great! Like embossing, fibers, etc.
I used the Su! Set True Friend, along with Real Red, Basic Black, and Whisper White SU! CS! The Main image flower is embossed and so is the sentiment. The fibers are sooo soft. I just love that stuff!!! The background is ran through the cuttlebug for an extra touchy feel!!
For the next challenge we got to stamp on candles. If you haven't tried this its soo easy. The directions can be found here!
I used my SU! Markers to color onto the Tissue Paper. They worked out great! I think I'll make all different sizes and use them as a center piece for Thanksgiving!!!
I used the Su! Set Autumn Harvest along with a Pumpkin Pie Su Marker and Close to Cocoa Stamp Pad.
For the next challenge we were asked to make a farewell card. I choose to send a card to my friend Alicia will be be moving in a month to Portland. Its a pretty big move for her! I'm very excited for her.
I used the Fabulous Flower SU! Set. Along with SU! Designer Paper, Regal Rose, and Close to Cocoa Stamp Pads and CS!
This challenge was to make an Autumn Themed Waterfall Card. The directions can be found here.
I used the New SU! Halloween Paper!! This stuff is soo cute. I also used the Scallop Punch. The set I used was Batty for You! I used Pumpkin Pie, Basic Black, and Whisper White Su! Stamp Pads and CS!
Good luck making your own!! Its a bit tricky at first!
For my last challenge I did we had to create a card the reminded us of the movie "Its a Great Pumpkin" Well I had never seen the movie before but from the pics I saw online there were lots of leafs. Soooo I drug out my Autumn Harvest set and created a scene that looked like one from the movie. I masked all the pumpkins. I just love these technique with this set. It looks so real and amazing.
Well thats it for my VSN Weekend!!!! Hope you had just as much fun looking at my cards as I did making them!!!
Happy Monday!!!
I sooo look forward to VSN weekends. I lock myself in my stamp room and have a blast. I get so caught up on cards too!! I start of making a list of cards I would like to do. I know they won't all get done, but its a great start.
To start off Friday Night my amazing SCS friend, Faith was the host! I was sooo excited to see what she had for us. I was thinking, brads, layers, hardware, or one of her fabulous technique's. Well I was right it was a technique.
She came up with the Ink, Spray and Smash Technique. You can visit her blog here for directions. Isn't she amazing. I love ya gma!!!
The second challenge was to make a 2, 4, 6, 8 Box. You can find the tutorial here.
And the last challenge for Friday night is to make a card that looks like your favorite halloween candy. I just love Candy Corn. Its by far my favorite candy EVER!!! Even during Christmas I could eat it!!!! 
Todays challenge was to create a pocket card. I've been wanting to do a Criss Cross Card for a while now. Thanks Beate for the great tutorial this week!!!
The tutorial can be found here
Stamps: True Friend
Paper: SU! Designer Series Paper - Linen Prints, Close to Cocoa, Pixie Pink
Ink: Same
Accessories: Brads, Ribbon
This is giddyupbella!!! You can buy her from Stamping Bella have a family friend who is turning 16 this weekend so I thought this would be perfect for her since she has SIX horses!! She is spoiled rotten huh??
| Stamps: giddyupbella |
| Paper: Close to Cocoa, Bravy Burgundy, Cameo Coral |
| Ink: Same |
| Accessories: Prismacolor Pencils, Gamsol, Oval Punch, Window Punch, Designer Label Punch |
Here is an easy Halloween card I'm going to do for a beginners workshop I'm having in a couple weeks. I'm going to make a matching goodie bag also, but haven't work on that yet. Stay tuned....
I used the Autumn Apparitions set from the Winter Mini Catalog that comes out September 1st. This set is my favorite right now!! You can do so much with it!
I used my Scallop Punch and then cut out a pumpkin and cat and raised it up with dimensionals. I used Only Orange and Basic Black SU! Cardstock and Ink.
Thanks for looking!!! Hope everyone has a great weekend!
Here are some ATC's I made. I used the True Friend Stamp set from the New Winter Mini Catalog that comes out September 1st. This set is sooo cute!!! I used Basic Black, Whisper White and Rose Red SU! Cardstock and Ink. I also used the Scallop Punch, 1 1/4" Punch, and then cut out the flower and raised it on a dimensional and put a brad in the center. The ribbon is from Mikes!
Thanks for looking!
You can join one of my awesome ATC swaps HERE
Last night I worked on the VSN Pre Challenge #2. It was to make a Wiper Card. I found the directions HERE.
I used Garden Whimsey along with the new In Colors. It turned out pretty cute!! And very easy to make!
Thanks Jan for the great instructions!
I love Halloween and all the new paper and sets we have!! :)
I just got in a bunch of new sets yesterday and as I rushed home on my lunch break to do the challenge I thought oh man I'm barely going to have any time because I have to cut into the new sets. Ahhh ha!!! I totally forgot that the new Mini Catalog sets are already pre-cut for us! I was sooo jazzzed!!!! But, still ran out of time since I only have 45 minutes.
| Stamps: Autumn Apparitions, Batty for You |
| Paper: Creepy Crawly Designer Series Paper, Only Orange, Basic Black, Whisper White |
| Ink: Only Orange, Basic Black |
| Accessories: Scallop Punch |
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