It's Color Throwdown #68

Happy Wednesday! It's another Color Throwdown being sponsored this week by Simon Says Stamps! Broni is the hostess with the mostess and these funky colors:



Here I used an image and sentiment from the set You=Cherry on my Sundae.



It is stamped with Versa Fine Sepia and colored with Copics. The hot fudge is coated with Diamond Glaze and the cherry with red Stickles. I did a zig zag stitch around the background panel and used a rectangle nestie to mat the image on. I used an EK Success branch punch and after punching a green branch I removed all but the top leaves, then added a second one, branch only without leaves to create a double cherry stem. I then added a couple of buttons from PTI as my cherries. The ribbon and red button with twine are all also from PTI. The patterned paper is from the Nutmeg Mini Deck by Cosmo Cricket.

Head on over to the blog and check out all the DT's great samples and join in the fun! You have a chance to win a prize from Simon Says! Have a great day!

High Hopes Challenge #52

Good morning! Hope the weekend has been great so far! Yesterday I attended the Greater New York Stamp show held in Smithtown Long Island, NY with some friends and I got to meet Jodi Collins (aka Kharmagirl) whose blog I am quite familiar with! She's a doll and it was so much fun to chat with her and her lovely friends! Waving to Jodi and Dina!! Of course I spent a lot of money too! Motivet and Magenta both had booths there and my wallet definitely got lighter after visiting those! On to this weeks High Hopes Challenge!

This week the challenge was a sketch hosted by Lacey!


I had colored these pilgrims up a month or so ago but hated that their outfits were all black and boring! That's probably just how they looked but I didn't want to use them after I was done. When I came across them last week I knew I would be able to put them to use. I added some color with the apples and pumpkin and a bit of glitter. I paired them up with this fun paper from Debbie Mum and a few accessories and voila! They are just too cute!

Make sure you pop on over to the High Hopes blog and join in this weeks challenge and see all the great samples the DT has to share! Enjoy the rest of the weekend!

It's the first Wags N Whiskers Challenge

Today is the first ever Wags N Whiskers challenge. This week the challenge is being hosted by Karen and it's called Make 'em Sparkle.

I chose to use Zoe and Gemma's Snow Fun. I stamped it on Neenah Solar Crest White Ultra Smooth Card Stock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored it with Copics. I painted over many elements of the image with Shimmerz to add depth and sparkle. Both Zoe and the snowman's hat were coated with Marvy Liquid Applique and glitter before being heated and puffed up. I also added lots of Flower Soft Polar White to the ground for sparkly snow. I added random sparkly spots to the image panel and white ferns behind the snowflake with Stickles Icicle and added a tiny gem to the center of the Martha Stewart punched snowflake. The glitter card stock is Doodlebugs, the tree design paper is MME, and the final pink mat is Basic Grey. I had some sewing machine issues, but forged ahead! So, just ignore any imperfections, ok?

Head on over to the Wags N Whiskers blog and check out the challenge and join in the fun! Have a great day!

Color Throwdown Wednesday challenge #67

This weeks color challenge is being hosted by Tammy. She has chosen these perfectly masculine colors for me as she knew I had to make my hubs a birthday card! Not really, but they worked perfectly for the card I was making him. Happy Birthday Joe!!!

This image is from DRS Designs. It is stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink on Neenah Solar Crest White Ultra Smooth card stock. I colored it with Copics...what little coloring it required.


Both the image and mat are cut with a rectangle Nestabilitie die lightly inked with blue chalk ink while still in the die. They are matted on the green panel which was run through a Cuttlebug folder. I inked around the edges of the green panel and blue sentiment panel with Distress Ink in Walnut Stain. I added some Diamond Glaze to the deers antlers, but it has seen better days...time for new bottle! The sentiment is from SU and the ferns from a Martha Stewart punch and some Doodlebugs polkadot scraps. I wrapped some hemp twine from PTI around the green panel several times but it kind of got hidden by everything.

This buck is a tribute to the one my hubs says he's gonna take down this weekend, uh huh. It might be the only eight pointer he ever gets...

Come on over to the Color Throwdown and join our challenge. Make sure you check out all the DT's great samples!

LeAnne Pugliese - Wee Inklings

Barbara Anders - Paper Pursuits

Broni Holcomb - Splashes of Watercolor

Tammy Hershberger - Stamp Happy

Cathy Indelicato - Crafty Thoughts

Elise / Guest Designer - Mamacow Creations

High Hopes Challenge #51

Sorry I'm late folks! I got home Saturday afternoon after the most awesome wedding Friday night and then spent the day trick or treating! That was rough when all I really wanted to do was sleep! LOL! Anyway, here is High Hopes Challenge #51 "Snowflakes" hosted by Amy Leggate. I just love making sparkly snowflakes!

I stamped this sweet snowlady on watercolor paper with Versa Fine black ink and painted it with a combination of Twinkling H2O's, Shimmerz, and Blingz. The design paper is from the Eskimo Kisses by Basic Grey and the solid cardstock and ribbon is PTI. The blue mat behind the image is glitter paper from Doodlebugs and both were cut with Nestabilitie dies. I added a snowflake charm to the bow and snowflakes from both Marvy and Martha Stewart punches coated in Diamond Glaze and Martha Stewart Mica Flake glitter. I added a Prima flat backed gem to the center of each snowflake and some dots of Liquid Applique to the flower center on her hat. It's really very shimmery irl!

Come on over to the blog and join in the challenge and take a look at all the wonderful projects from the Diva's!

Now if you want to scroll down a bit I will share a few pics from the weekend...

This is the gorgeous bride and groom. The bride wore stunning bright red satin heels with her dress and the wedding party was in black and the ladies all had on leopard print shoes-they were so elegant and so much fun! I can't wait to see the video!

Of course there are no pictures of my husband and I together...but here's what I got...

This is me with some Marines who'd crashed the wedding...that was fun! There was a dozen of them at least. How cute are they? Wish it was a better picture of me, but that doesn't happen often anyway, lol!

This is my hubby on the right with the limo driver...no he was not invited to the wedding. Turns out he and my hubs knew each other-small world!

This is Sean my 3 year old. He was a medieval knight and this is the only time he would wear his helmet.


This is Joey my 6 year old with his makeup done by dad. He loved being Dracula-he's a natural for the stage...I can see him now, lol!



I hope everyone had a fun Halloween and a great weekend!

Squeezin' in one last halloween card!

It seems that I have so many stamps and so little time this year...I never got to make even half the halloween cards that I intended, let alone mailed any this year! But I just had to get this one last card in before it was too late!

This is Bewitched-a-Tude from the Tiddly Ink line at Stamping Bella. Isn't she gorgeous! I wish my hair looked that good when I ride my broom, ahem, I mean when I drive my car. I used the new gorgeous Eerie papers from Basic Grey and the most delicious silk ribbon from Flourishes! I also added a witches hat charm that I got from BunnyZoesCrafts which seem to be sold out :(

My image is colored with Prisma color pencils and oms on Neenah Solar Crest White Ultra Smooth card stock. I used my Quickie Glue Pen and added Prisma Glitter from Judikins randomly around the image and on her dress. I also added some black flat backed gems from Kaiser to the right corner around the image. This is a sketch I have used before that I just love! It's WSC90 from Laurie Schmidlin. This is one that I find I want to use over and over again.

Does everyone have plans for Halloween? I have a Friday night wedding-we are staying overnight (sans kiddos, yippee!) and heading home in the morning to get the kids ready for trick or treating! Better charge up those camera batteries! Have a great day!

Wags 'N Whiskers now shipping!

The rubba is in da house! Sorry...so not me! Anyway, all of your pre-orders will be shipping now and anyone who waited to make their purchase can head over to the stores I have listed below to get them while they are hot! Here's another Wags 'n Whiskers image to share with you today, this one called A Good Book.

I colored her with Copics on Neenah Solar Crest White Ultra Smooth cardstock and had intended to have her laying on a rug...but I thought it looked crooked and when I trimmed it, well, oops, I was left with no choice but to cut out the entire image. She is now layered on a piece of dp from the Urban Prarie line from Basic Grey, which is also where the other pp are from as well. I added some Prima hydrangeas with a flat backed pearl also from Prima in the top corner along with leaves made with an EK Success punch. I then added this fun pompom trim at the bottom which I got at my LSS and some buttons and twine from PTI.

Head on over to the Wags 'n Whiskers blog to see all new samples from the first release which will be shipping soon!