Glitter, Flock, and Goggly Eyes-Oh My!

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It's the middle of March-I'm not sure how that happened so fast!  So Easter is quickly approaching-and we are making Easter cards for the challenge at Creative with Stamps.

One of the things I wanted to use this year is glitter.  I have a beautiful collection-and I need to use it!  So one of the cool things my husband has given me in the past year is double sided adhesive for the silhouette cameo.  So I cut these cute little bunnies and glittered them.  The sentiment is Hampton Art and the ink on this card is tempting turquoise from Stampin Up.

Why did I say "on this card"-because there was a process to get to these cute bunnies.  Scroll on down and I will show you. :)

Here is the sticker paper with a bunny removed.  I try to cut out everything on the one sheet at one time so I don't have a scrap of it hanging around. 

Here is the bunny on the card.

Here is the bunny with the top adhesive paper taken off.  It left the eyes and nose on which was good.  At this point I added glitter or flock.

These were the bunnies I made first.  I used Ranger's enamel accents for the noses.  The pink bunny is made with Martha Stewart jellybean glitter. (Love this by the way.)  The blue one is made with a blue glitter that happened to be more transparent-which made me like it less.  LOL.

Then I realized I had goggly eyes.  What a difference!  The eyes give them a little more character.

These two bunnies are made with flock.  It's a bit messier than glitter to me, but that might be because I hardly ever use it.  Which is a terrible-because these guys are so soft! :)

Thank you for stopping by and checking out my bunny cards.  I know there is quite a few-but once I got started I couldn't stop.  

We would love to see you join the Creative with Stamps challenge.  Be sure to put the graphic on your blog post.  And as always there is a cool prize to be had!  So go check it out and the rest of my teammates beautiful inspiration. :)

Until next time my friends-add some glitter! :)

CWS Easter Card

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There's a new challenge for March at Creative with Stamps!  The new challenge is Easter cards.

This is my last challenge as part of the DT for CWS.  This has a been a great design team to be apart of.  The ladies are so supportive and creative.  They are truly an inspiration!  Also,-a big thank you goes to Lillian and Monika.  They work really hard to make sure things go smoothly and there are great prizes for you guys in blogland.  Thank you ladies for choosing me to be apart of the team.  😘

Ok onto my card.  :)  I had to use my crazy bird stamp set from Tim Holtz again.  I love these little guys and their accessories!

For the background I used Ken Olivers Color Bursts.  These color powders are so fun when mixed with water.  I made a few backgrounds and this one felt like spring.  I used broken china distress and water for the bird's body and picked raspberry for his tie.  I used stickles for the ears and cotton candy stickles for the inside of the bunny ears.  The butterfly is a stamp I had and the sentiment is also Tim Holtz. 

I used a four blade pair of scissors to make the grass and stamped little eggs and "hid" them.  

We can't wait to see the Easter cards y'all will make!  Be sure when you link up you add our graphic to your post so you can be eligible for prizes! :)

Thank you for stopping by!  Until next time my friends...we can't wait to see your "egg-cellant" cards :)

Mid-Month Valentine

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I am so excited to show you my Valentine Day's card for our Mid-month reminder with Creative with Stamps!  Be sure when you link up to use our cool graphic:

This card was made using the Heart Throb kit from Queen and Company.  I love this sweet heart die and foam.  The kit has awesome papers-but I chose a different way here.  I embossed white cardstock with a candy hearts embossing folder.

Those are cupid sequins in the heart!  And some white pearl ball-things.  I also used a tim holtz embossing tool that allowed the oval on the bottom not to be embossed so I could stamp the sentiment there.  

Did you have a Valentine you haven't linked up yet or if your starting next year's supply-its not too late to join our challenge.  It goes until the end of the month.  Thank you for stopping by!

Until next time my friends...watch out for cupid! :)

Lovely Birds

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It's February 1st!  I know you know.  LOL!  How are those resolutions going?  Hopefully you are sticking to them!

I didn't really make any resolutions per se-because by now things would have returned back to normal.  So I decided to skip the trying step.  LOL :)

So for February at Creative with Stamps-we are all about Valentine's Day!  So be sure you link up your cards!

Here is my card:

I used spun sugar and evergreen bough Distress Inks and a The Crafters Worshop stencil for the background.  

The Crazy Birds and their accessories!  I cannot believe how much I love these sets-and the crazy talk set too.  I used gelatos for the birds and hats and the box of candy.  The hearts on the background are from their accessory set and it is stamped with DI picked raspberry.

I am so excited to make more bird cards.  Maybe that is my resolution-more cards with these guys. :)

Be sure that when you link your Valentines Day card that you include our graphic:

I would like to link this up to the following challenge:

Use Your Stuff: #249 Use animals

Thank you for stopping by!  Until next time my friends...more Birds!

Mid-Month Inspiration

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We are halfway through January already!  It's time to show our mid-month inspiration for Creative with Stamps.  Be sure to stop by there to see all of my teammates awesome cards and to see the prizes!

Here is the inspiration photo.  You can use the picture or the colors.

Here is the card I made.  I really liked the red-so I used Rose Red cardstock from Stampin Up.

I used a Tim Holtz thinlit for the cool design and silver sequin stars (inspired by the grey in the picture).  And I used black embossing powder with an old Stampin Up stamp.

If you haven't linked up-we hope that you do!  Be sure to include our graphic:

Until next time my friends...stay warm! :)

Happy New Year!

Hello Friends!

Happy New Year!  New month-new year-New Challenge at Creative with Stamps! Let's get started!

Here is this month's inspirational picture:

The snow covered tree, the colors-what a great photo for inspiration!

So this is my card.  I had snow on my mind...

This cute snowman is from Bugaboo Stamps.  I think he is retired-but they have some other great snowmen that I have my eye on!  And if you like Bugaboo they are one of this month's sponsors!  So be sure you link up with us!

I embossed the white panel with a snowflake embossing folder.  I used frost lace stickles over the edges of the white panel.  For the snowman I used pop dots and colored him with Copic markers.  The sequins were left over from a kit so I glued some of those around.  Then I added a little bow because I'm not sure what sentiment should go for this.  And sometimes it's good to have cards that are not committed yet.  :)

Be sure that when you do join us at Creative with Stamps-you include our graphic:

Thank you for stopping by today!  Until next time my friends...have a wonderful new year! :) 

Mid Month Reminder CWS Bus Card

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We are half way through with December.  And I don't know about you-but it went by way faster than I wanted it too!

We have some great inspiration for our challenge at Creative with Stamps.  We want to see cards using Christmas stamps.


Here is my Christmas card.  And it was inspired by a friend of mine.  She asked me if I could make a card for her kids' bus driver.  Of course I said. :)  So I went to the Silhouette store and came back with this cool school bus shaped card.  I added the 3-D Christmas lights from Jolee's and an elf sticker from Hobby Lobby.  I put the elf on white paper and cut it out so he would stand out better.

I thought this was a super cute idea for a card.  And we have a bus driver that we love so I made another one...

The elves are a little different but other than that-the same.  :)

Be sure to join our challenge!

Don't forget to include this graphic on your entry!

Thank you for stopping by!

Until next time my friends...Merry Christmas! :)

Christmas Card Time

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Are you making Christmas cards?  If you use a Christmas stamp you can link your card up to our Creative with Stamps Challenge!

For my card I used a Heidi Swapp stencil and this cool glossy paste from Recollections that I found at Micheals.  Then I stamped this cute reindeer from Hero Arts and colored him with copic markers.  I adhered him with pop dots and rounded the corners.

And I stamped the inside since I didn't have a sentiment on the outside.  This fun sentiment is from Great Impressions.

Also, stop by to see what awesome cards my teammates have created!

Be sure you join us and remember to check the rules.  You'll need our graphic for sure.  The rest of the rules are here.

I would like to link this card to the following challenges:

Christmas with the Cuties-Anything goes with Christmas and cuteness

Sunny Day Crafting- Anything Goes #25

Until next time my friends...it's Christmas time! :) 

Glittery Peacock Card

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Wow!  November has gone by so fast.  So fast that I almost missed this post!  😲  And now there are emojis in blogger!  Have I been gone that long?  (LOL  just kidding I posted on November 1st.)

So since it's November 15, it time for a mid-month reminder of our very cool challenge happening at Creative with Stamps.  You have to use a bird stamp.  So be sure to check out what my awesome teammates created along with the rules here.

For my card I used a peacock stamp from Great Impressions.  I embossed it with Sienna Star embossing powder from Sparkle N Sprinkle.  The sentiment is from an old Fiskars thank you set.

The glitter around the edges is also from Sparkle N Sprinkle called Golden Silver.  It is absolutely beautiful.  Gold sometimes is dark and that is ok in some applications.  But I love happy bright gold and this glitter is all of that.  I used red line tape around the edges.  The black pearls are from Rangers Enamel Accents.  For me I needed to balance out the sentiment.  :)

 

I couldn't figure out which photo I liked better.  So I thought why not include them both.  

And we have 2 great sponsors this month-so there are prizes!

Sponsors:

3 Digital Stamps from Eureka Stamps

(for CWS Challenge Winner)

Shop: http://www.eurekastamps.com/

Blog: http://www.eurekastamps.blogspot.com/

&

3 Digital Stamps from STAMPLORATIONS

(for RANDOM Winner)

Shop: http://stamplorations.auctivacommerce.com/

Blog: http://stamplorations.blogspot.com/

I would like to link this card to the following challenges:

Sparkle N Sprinkle-anything goes with loose glitter and embossing powder  eom

Perfectly Created Chaos-Heat Embossing  11.15

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge: Thanks/Thanksgiving  11.15

So please join us with your bird stamps!  Until next time my friends...stay tweet! :)

Christmas Flamingos

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It's time for a new challenge at Creative With Stamps!  This month we want to see those bird stamps!  Turkeys, pigeons, -whatever birds you have in your stampsets we want to see them!

Don't forget to include this graphic!

Now maybe I should have gone with Turkeys, but the flamingos were talking the loudest to me.  So I made a Christmas card.  The stamp are Greatest Impression.  Here is a closeup of the glitter accents.  Also I colored with copic markers and then with distress ink around the oval.

Here is my card.  

Thank you for stopping by.  Until next time my friends...time for Christmas! :)

Fun Ghouls Card

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It's that time of the month-halfway!  :)  And so my friends at Creative with Stamps, and I are ready to share some mid-month inspiration with you.  This month it's about including a sentiment on your card.

So here is my card:

This was super fun to make.  I stamped and colored the girl monsters.  I used black embossing powder for 2 of them and pink ink with clear embossing powder for the middle monster.

The black background paper is from Pebbles and the orange was a scrap.  The monster stamps and sentiment are all from Craft Smart (Michaels 2012).  They are colored with Copics.  The spider web is a Martha Steward web punch.  I used glittery cardstock for it.  Lastly, the rhinestones are from Michaels.  

Please make sure to include this graphic on your posts.

Be sure to visit the other DT ladies as well.

I would like to link this card to the following challenges:

Little Red Wagon #363 Best Witches

Retro Rubber Challenge Blog-Halloween *I bought these stamps in 2012 from Michaels.

Thank you for stopping by today!  Until next time my friends...use those sentiments! :)

Sentiment Challenge

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October is here!  And it seriously is one of my favorite months of the year.  There's fall and pumpkins and Halloween.  The weather starts to cool off and it's so nice.

This month's challenge at Creative with Stamps is also super nice-it's about sentiments.  Make sure you show them off! :)

I used a sentiment stamp from Great Impressions, and it's one of my favorite birthday stamps.  I was playing with gelatos and wanted to see what two different colored cards would look like.

Here is the green one.

  

Here are the gelatos that I used and how I colored a border around the sentiment first.  Then I used a paint brush and water to blend the colors together.  Once it was dry I used Stickles around the edge.

Here is the purple card.  One of the gelatos was metallic so there is a little sparkle in on this card besides the glittery border.

Here are all of the supplies for the purple card except the Stickles.  I used Ranger's platinum embossing powder.

Be sure to check out the team's creative take on this month's challenge.  And we can't wait to see what you make!

Don't forget to add this to your post. :)

I would like to link this to the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Monday-Embossing Powder (Ranger Platinum for the sentiment)

Inspiration Destination #105 Anything Goes

Great Impressions Customer Gallery

Until next time my friends...See ya later alligator! :)  

Autumn Blessings Card

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Can you believe it is already September 15?  How did this happen?  Where did September go?  Well, one good thing about today is that is time for some more inspiration from our Creative With Stamps team.  Here is my inspiration.

For this card I used a stamp from our generous sponsor STAMPlorations.  It is the Pumpkin-Large.  The sentiment is also from STAMPlorations.

I used copic markers for the pumpkin and the leaves.  I used Spiced Marmalade and Wild Honey.  And then I added the leaf brads.  

The challenge this month is to use the colors or the picture for inspiration.  We can't wait to see what you make! :)

Be sure to include this on your post! :)

Until next time my friends...time to get a pumpkin something! ;)

A Nice Pumpkin Card

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Are you ready for the new challenge at Creative with Stamps?  I am!  The picture is inspiring for the fall season and the colors are nice and rich.  You can use the inspiration picture or the colors-or both! :)

For my card I used the Pumpkin Vine Digi Stamp from our sponsor QKR Stampede.  I used distress inks to watercolor the pumpkin vine image.  The dots are from Fiber-Castell's gold lux paste and the faded dots stencil by Tim Holtz.  The sentiment is from Hot off the Press-a fabric sticker.  I also used frosted film.

I used Tim Holtz's frosted film on the digi image after I finished painting and coloring it.  It's a thin film that goes over paper.  It's very subtle.  Here is the before:

Here is the after.  You can see how it sparkles when the light hits it.  It cuts easy and gives my card a little extra uumph.  :)

(Be sure to include this graphic on your submission.)

Sponsors:

3 Digital Stamps from QKR Stampede

(for CWS Challenge Winner)

Shop: http://www.qkrstampede.com/

Blog: http://www.qkrstampede.blogspot.com/

&

a $15 Gift Certificate from STAMPLORATIONS

or 

Choice of any 2 ARTplorations Stencils

(for RANDOM Winner)

Shop: http://stamplorations.auctivacommerce.com/

Blog: http://stamplorations.blogspot.com/

Thank you for stopping by!  Until next time my friends, get ready for pumpkin season! :)