TGIF!  :)  Today I have another ornament shaped card to share. 

It’s Review Preview Friday at All That Scraps and today we are reviewing my Country Shelf set and the Otis & Milo Christmas set.  So this time I decided to have Christine’s Heidi image sitting on my shelf. 

You can check out the other DT samples on the ATS blog.

It is also the 20th of the month today which means that it’s time for another Dirty Dozen & Alumni challenge.  This month Kim (blondie090277) set the challenge.  And it fit perfectly with my card for ATS so I combined the two. 

Here’s the challenge details:

Hanging out the Holidays with Ornaments!

The Challenge: Create a project for any holiday of your choice

Required Element: Your ornament must hang from something or have a loop of ribbon so that it can hang (ie: from a christmas tree, door, etc)

Restricted Element: None

You can see all of the DD gals’ submissions for this challenge here. 

I used my ornament pattern again to cut the shape of the card base (the fold is at the top).  Then I stamped and masked Heidi before stamping the shelf.

Here’s the card deets… stamps- Country Shelf by Cookie Crumbs, Swiss Pixie Heidi with Ornament by C.C. Designs; paper- Confetti White, Silver; ink- Memento Black, Artichoke; accessories- Prismacolor pencils, Gamsol, silver cord.

Have a great weekend!

Yum!  Cupcake!  One can never have too many cupcake images, right?  ;)  And this Tina Wenke image is especially cute…they look like they’re having a real fun party!

I finally had a chance to try Jay Jay’s sketch for the new Stampavie challenge. You can see the sketch here and be sure to play along for a chance to win a great prize!

stamps- Tina Wenke Mouse-Bird-Ladybug- Cupcake by Stampavie, words- AmyR Birthday Sentiments; paper- white, Cocoa, Regal Rose, Saffron; ink- Memento Black; accessories- Copics, Oval Nesties, ribbons, Word Window punch, buttons, Primas, Stickles.

Hi all!  Super quickie post today ’cause I’m exhausted!

Today’s challenge at ATS is to make a Halloween item.  Go check out the new ATS Challenge Blog for all the samples! 

This candy jar was part of my gift swap on Saturday.  I had a package of chocolate covered sunflower seeds but I didn’t know what to call them.  The only thing I could come up with was….Witches’ Warts!  LOL.  So I just had to use Griselda! 

I had the jar in my stash…I think it may have had something like marshmallow fluff inside?? 

The words were printed from the computer and then masked before I stamped the witch.

Gotta run…have a great day!

stamps- Ollie and Griselda by Cookie Crumbs; paper- white; ink- Memento Black; accessories- Copics, ribbon, jar, Scor-Tape, Chocolate covered sunflower seeds, computer for words.

Wow…I can’t believe how time flies.  Yesterday Riley turned one!

In honor of her birthday, and to play along with the monthly DD/DDA challenge over at Splitcoast, I made this card. 

Well, I should say that I kinda screwed up the card!  The challenge this month was set by Jodi (Kharmagirl).  She asked us to paper piece our card.  check.  I got that part right. 

But last night as I was typing up this blog post I realized that I forgot all about the required element…to use fall or Christmas colors.  Ugh!  Do pink, brown and orange qualify?  LOL.  I guess not.  :0(

Oh well…I’ll share my card here anyway.   

When I first saw Christine’s Birthday Bash set, I knew the puppy with a cupcake would be perfect for this occasion…even though Riley could care less!  LOL.  And when I paper pieced the cupcake and party hat, I decided to paper piece the puppy too.  It had to be a pink puppy…because Riley’s favorite stuffed toy (that she even sleeps with) is a pink dog that we call “Pink Puppy”.  Original name, huh?  Pink Puppy lost her eyesight and can’t hear very well since she only has one ear now but she is still well loved. 

Riley must think that cupcake is mighty yummy. 

card deets:

stamps- Pixie Pets Birthday Bash by C.C. Designs; paper- White, Pink Pirhouette, Choc. Chip, Pumpkin, Regal Rose, dp- SU! Sweet Always; ink- Memento Black; accessories- Copic markers, Stickles, felt flowers, brad, ribbon.

Hello!  I’ve been busy this week getting ready for another upcoming gathering, so I haven’t had a chance to post much lately.  Sorry! 

I wanted to pop in today, though, to remind you that it’s time for another challenge at Stampavie!  You can check out the details here.  I hope you can play along and try to win another great prize! 

The new challenge today is to make a Halloween card.  This one is really a challenge since it requires you to think outside the box a bit, but I know you can do it! 

This is what I came up with.  I used the oh-so-cute Helz Cuppleditch Home Sweet Home image.  I love that sweet house and almost hated to make it ummm…not-so-sweet!  LOL.  

The background was created first with a brayer and a spectrum inkpad.  Then I colored the house in shades of gray.  The heart window on the door was turned into a pumpkin decoration and the topiary trees were cut off, leaving only the pots which I turned into tombstones! 

The diecuts are from the Cuttlebug Halloween die and the words are from my Ollie and Griselda set.  

Here’s a closeup of the image that was altered. 

I hope you have a great start to your week….thanks for stopping by!

stamps- Helz Cuppleditch Home Sweet Home by Stampavie, Ollie and Griselda by Cookie Crumbs; paper- white, black, Pumpkin, dp- K&Company; ink- Memento Black, Kaleidacolor Blue Breeze; accessories- Copic markers, Martha Stewart Spider Web punch, Cuttlebug Halloween die, Stickles, brayer, Oval Nestabilities.

Have you seen anything sweeter?  I love this girl!

This is Christine’s newest Swiss Pixie…Birgitta!  She is so cute with her sunflower.  I pulled out some fall papers from the DCWV Indian Summer pack and used the plaid pattern to also paper piece her dress.  There’s a new challenge blog that my friend Lisa is a member of called “Just Us Girls” and their new challenge is paper piecing…check it out!

This is a long card…not the usual A2 size card.  I started with a  6 1/4 x 7 piece of cardstock and folded it to a 6 1/4 x 3 1/2 inch card.  It will fit into a regular letter size envelope. 

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

stamps- Swiss Pixie Birgitta by C.C. Designs; paper- White, Choc. Chip, DCWV Indian Summer; ink- Memento Black; accessories- EK Success Falling Leaves and Dotted Waves punches, SU! Oval punch, gel pen, pearl stickers.

Happy Monday! 

It’s time again for another Stampavie challenge.  Have you participated in any yet?  You will be entered to win a great prize if you do!  Check out the details here.

This time Jay Jay challenged us to create a little box.  I needed a box for a necklace, so that was what I decided to make.  My original plan was to create a little matchbox to place it in, but then I remembered that I had some little boxes tucked away that some jewelry was purchased in at one time or another.  So I figured it would be better to re-use/re-cycle for this project.

I started with a scrap of Making Memories polka-dotted paper and adhered it to the lid.  Then I finished off the edge with some ribbon.  I found another wider ribbon that matched pretty well and attached it to the box bottom.  Then I colored the Sarah Kay Spring Is Back image and cut it out with Nestabilities.  I tucked a few Prima flowers underneath and glued it to the box lid.  I finished it off with a few pink pearls and a button. 

Here’s a close up of the sweet Sarah Kay image:

I hope you can play along with the challenge!  Boxes are so much fun to create!

Have a great week!

stamps- Sarah Kay Spring Is Back by Stampavie; paper- Pretty in Pink, White, dp- Making Memories; ink- Memento Black; accessories- Prima flowers, Copic markers, button, adhesive pearls, Scor-Tape, ribbon.

Wow…it’s another beautiful day again today!  We have had a great weekend weather-wise!  I hope you are enjoying your Sunday wherever you are! 

Today is another challenge day for the SCS Dirty Dozen and Alumni.  Betty (gbedwright) challenged us with the theme of Dirty Dinners!  Yum…I enjoy checking out new recipes so I knew this was one I wouldn’t want to miss!  I also enjoy scrapping our favorite recipes in a 6×6 format and Betty’s challenge was just the incentive I needed to get another one done.  ;0)

Here’s Betty’s info:

Challenge: Dirty Dinner Recipe paper project. Share at least one tried and true prepared entree recipe in decorative paper crafting format of choice.

Restricted Element: There are NO restrictions…bring on the calories, carbs, fat grams, and sugars!!!! We can alter it on our own if need be.

Required Element: It must be something you have cooked and your family LOVED it!!!! Also, share a little bit about the history of this recipe and how it came to be.

Well, it wasn’t hard to think of which recipe to scrap!  This is one of my family’s favorite dinners.  I think I started cooking it a little over a year ago (can’t remember where it came from) and we have had it so many times that I’m surprised they aren’t sick of it yet.  LOL.  They keep requesting it and it’s so easy.  I wanted to try making the recipe in a Crock Pot shape since that is how the dish is prepared.  So here’s what I came up with…I hope it looks like a slow cooker! 

I tried printing the recipe title onto acetate to resemble the glass lid but it wasn’t turning out very well in my printer.  So I pulled out some cardstock weight vellum instead and I think it worked pretty well.  First I drew a quick pattern and then I printed the recipe on red cardstock in the size I needed.  It was cut out in a rectangle and the bottom corners were rounded.  Then I used the SU! Word Window punch to make the handles and round the edges of the black rim.  Next I traced my lid pattern over the title and cut it out.  The top edge was lightly inked with black and I added a punched circle for the handle.  A smaller circle and a square brad were used for the knob to adjust the temperature.  (I could swear I had some triangle brads but where they are I don’t have a clue!)  To finish it off, I added a small strip to the base which I’m hoping resembles the cord.  The stamped images are from my Create A Recipe and Cupcake Occasions sets. 

Here’s the recipe if you’d like to try it.  I always leave out the mushrooms since I’m the only one who cares for them but someday I might just sneak them in.  ;0) 

Italian Chicken With Cream Sauce

Ingredients:

4-6 boneless chicken breast halves

2 envelopes dry Italian salad dressing mix

1/2 cup water

8 oz. cream cheese, softened

1 can Cream of Chicken Soup

4 oz. can mushrooms, drained

16 ounces frozen broccoli cuts

fettuccine noodles or rice

Directions:

Place chicken in the crock pot. Mix the salad dressing mix with the water and pour over the chicken. Cover and cook on low for 3-4 hours (on high if frozen).

Mix the cream cheese and soup. Stir in the mushroom and pour over the chicken. Add broccoli and cook for about 1-2 hours longer on high.

Prepare noodles or rice according to package directions.

Serve chicken and cream sauce over noodles or rice.

stamps- Create A Recipe and Cupcake Occasions by Cookie Crumbs; paper- red, black, white, Wasabi, Bordering Blue, vellum cardstock, dp by Flair Designs; ink- Memento Black; accessories- SU! Word Window punch and Oval punches, circle punches, corner rounder, square brads, Copic markers, Stickles, gel pen.

It’s time for another Stampavie challenge!

Yesterday Jay Jay issued a new challenge to make a bookmark.  I hope you can play along and enter to win one of our secret prizes! 

Bookmarks are fun to make…a nice change from the usual cards.  And they make a great gift when you need “just a little something”.

You can find all the info for the challenge here and see the other DT samples. 

I decided to use this sweet Sarah Kay image with the girl and boy reading a book…how fitting!  It is called Quiet Moments.

I hope you had a nice holiday weekend and you will have a great rest of the week!

Here’s the recipe:

stamps- Sarah Kay Quiet Moments by Stampavie, SU! So Many Sayings; paper- Choc. Chip, white, EK Success Mod Squad; ink- Artichoke, Memento black; accessories- Copics, Double Ended Tags, Long Rectangle and Oval Nestibilities, EK Success flower punch, Baby Blue Liquid Pearls, ribbon, linen thread.  

Hi all!  It’s time once again for…

Today Jay Jay issued a color challenge.  We were to use the colors yellow, orange and red.

With the approaching fall season, I immediately thought of the beautiful fall leaves that we will soon see on the trees here in PA.  So I found this cute Tina Wenke image called Opossum Pals and decided to turn it into an autumn tree. 

I cut and embossed the accent leaves with some Spellbinders dies and then sponged them with ink while they were still in the die.  Your fingers tend to get a bit messy this way but it is so worth it, I think!  I was wishing later that I had spritzed some color on as well…maybe next time!

As I was creating this card, I thought that it might make a nice sketch to share.  So I made one up quick….I’d love to have you play along!  If you use my sketch, post a link back here and I’ll pick a winner on Sunday to send a little somethin’!  :0)

Here you go…don’t feel limited by the leaves!  They are only meant to be an accent….you can use flowers, buttons, etc. …whatever you imagine!

Don’t forget to check out the Stampavie challenge here and enter to win a great prize! 

I’m off to enjoy the day…today is our anniversary!  But we will be spending it with a bunch of teenagers having a pool party here.  LOL.  Good times!

stamps- Tina Wenke Opossum Pals by Stampavie, AmyR Thank You Sentiments; paper- Saffron, Red, Pumpkin, Summer Sun, My Minds Eye Magnolia; ink- Memento Black, Pumpkin, Saffron; accessories- Creative Memories Deco Trimmer, Rectangle Nestabilities, Spellbinders Assorted Leaves, Copics, ribbon, sponge, pop dots, SU! Oval punches, red Stickles.