Have your cake and eat it!

Made another birthday card using this cute YNS stamp! Hope you all had a great weekend...soon it will be my weekend! :) Thanks for visiting...

Challenge: Your Next Stamp - Sketch

Quote of the day:

"Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.
-Dalai Lama

Ingredients:


-Image and sentiment by Your Next Stamp
-Memento tuxedo black ink
-Copics (E000, E00, E11, E25, E27, E29, Y02, Y11, Y15, Y21, R17, R81, R85)
-Basic Grey 'Serendipity' DP
-Glossy accents
-Stickles
-Dew drops
-Martha Stewart border punch
-Ribbon from scrap box
-Recollections cardstock

Thanks...

Wow, seems like I've been able to create a bit lately...yay! Always nice to create! Just made it in time for the sketch challenge at Feeling Sketchy. Used another new stamp from the Miss Anya Garland set. I need to start using my stamps more instead of buying new ones...but it's so hard! :O Have a wonderful Sunday!


Ingredients:


-Image by The Greeting Farm - Miss Anya Garland set
-Sentiment by Stampin' Up
-Memento tuxedo black ink
-Gloss accents
-Cosmo Cricket 'Baby Jane' DP
-Tim Holtz distress ink
-Copics (Y21, BG11, BG13, R17, E000, E00, E11, E33, E35, E37)
-White galaxy marker
-Recollections cardstock
-Corner rounder
-Flower punch
-Half pearls

Penguins!

Made another Christmas card for my stash. Someone asked if I really give that many cards...I told them I give them a lot as gifts so they can used for their loved ones. :) I also like to make Christmas thank you's! I like how the image came out...I used a single image of the penguin and kept stamping it free hand to make it look like a tree!! Love penguins...I really like the Madagascar penguins! And I also stamped the snowflakes and added stickles. Have a great weekend!

Challenge: There She Goes - Sketch

Ingredients:


-Image and sentiment by There She Goes
-Memento tuxedo black ink
-Paper piercing tool
-Recollections cardstock
-Copic (Y15)
-Stickles
-Tim Holtz distress ink
-Baker's twine
-Dew drops
-Echo Park 'Winter Park' DP

Jilly's Candle...

Another quick post before heading to bed! Used this cute 'fairwee' stamp...I believe it's my first time!:O I did the background using scraps and a circle punch. Also sponged the edges with distress ink.

Challenge: Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Happy Friday! Have a wonderful weekend and thanks for visiting!

Ingredients:


-Image by Sweet November 'Jilly's Candle' fairwee 
-Sentiment by Sweet November
-DCWV 'The Sweet' DP
-Copics (E000, E00, E11, E33, E35, V12, V15, Y11, C1, R81, R85)
-Tim Holtz distress ink
-Stickles
-Glossy accents
-Dew drops
-Recollections cardstock

Birthday Miyoko Again...

A quick post to share another Birthday Miyoko card...used the flower die I got from my friend as part of my bday gift! And she also gave me the sister stamp too! Did the sketch at Sketch For You To Try. Hope you all have a great Thursday! Can't believe next week is August!

Ingredients:


-Copics
-Image by Sister Stamps (Miyoko Release #8)
-Memento tuxedo black ink
-Recollections cardstock
-Sizzix framelits flowers #3 dies
-Dew drops
-Wild Rose Studio 'In love with Japan' DP
-Dot paper

Meoples!

Hello! Again it feels like I haven't posted for awhile! But, I've been crafting! :) Getting started on some Christmas gifts! Oooh, and it's confirmed I'm coming home to Hawaii in December! Whoo hoo! I love making birthday cards so I used my new stamps from All That Scraps! This little boy is so cute! Did the sketch challenge at Sunday Sketch and Stamp. Hope you're all enjoying your week so far...right now is my weekend! Haha. Thanks for stopping by!

Ingredients:


-Image by 'Meoples - I want candy' set by Christine Wooden 
-Sentiment by AmyR stamps
-Red Versacolor ink
-Copics (E000, E00, E11, E33, E35, YG06, YG09, B18, B23, C5)
-Memento tuxedo black ink
-Dew drops
-Recollections cardstock
-Basic Grey 'Lime Rickey' DP
-Paper piercer

Hats Off Anya Calendar...

I made a coaster calendar for my secret sister for July. The theme for the swap was 'Red, white and blue' so this is what I came up with. I finally got to use this neglected stamp I got from an RAK! I flipped the coaster to make a diamond shape. I put a magnet on the back and there's my magnet calendar. :) Entered this in the 'Anything Goes' theme at Simon Says Stamp and Show.
Hope you're all having a great week...and thanks for visiting!

Ingredients:


-Medium weight square coaster
-Mini 2012 calendar
-Image by TGF 'Hats off Anya' set
-Gingham paper
-Recollections cardstock
-Tim Holtz distress ink
-Magnet
-Dew drops
-Copics (E000, E00, E11, E33, E35, E37, E50, E51, E53, E57, E59 R17, R27, B24) 

Birthday Miyoko

Wow...feels like a long time since I've posted! Guess life's been busy! :O Did a sketch challenge at Fetch a Sketch using one of the new stamps by Sister Stamps!

And I'm very late posting again but I wanted to share the super cute swap card I got from Karen. 

Love the cute scene...thanks Karen! 

Hope you are all enjoying your weekend!

Ingredients:

-Image by Sister Stamps 'Miyoko'

-Memento tuxedo black ink

-Copics (E000, E00, E11, E53, C5, C7, 100, R05, R22, R32, Y15, B02, B05)

-Recollections cardstock

-Washi paper from my friend

-Glossy accents

-Yellow Versacolor ink

-Spellbinders

-Cuttlebug embossing folder

Thanks and Happy Holidays

Made some simple cards for my stash...did the sketch challenge at Clean & Simple. For the flower cards, the DP for the flower was glued on cereal box to be like chipboard and I put it on foam tape. I also colored the buttons with Copics.

I'm very late, but I wanted to share a very pretty birthday card I received from Cely. Thanks so much!




Hope you all had a wonderful 4th of July holiday! Thanks for your visit today!

Ingredients:


Flower cards...
-Recollections cardstock
-Sentiment by Stampin' Up
-Memento tuxedo black ink
-Copics (Y06, E33)
-Buttons
-Cereal box
-Gingham and dot paper
-Martha Stewart border punch
-DP from stash


Holiday card...
-Martha Stewart border punch
-Sentiment by Stampin' Up
-Memento tuxedo black ink
-Recollection 'Jolly and Bright' DP
-MFT snowflake dienamic
-Kaiser Craft rhinestones
-Stickles
-Recollections cardstock

Got Cupcakes?

Used another one of my new stamps to make a cute birthday card! Got the sketch from here. Was supposed to participate in the challenge too but just missed the deadline...so I did an 'anything goes' challenge at Chocolate, Coffee and Cards Challenges. For dimension, I cut out the cupcake and put in on pop dots. Thanks for stopping by and hope you're all having a great start to July! And happy 4th tomorrow!


Ingredients:


-Image and sentiment by My Favorite Things 'Flopsey'
-Memento tuxedo black ink
-Copics (E000, E00, E11, R13, R14, Y02, Y06)
-Spellbinders
-Tim Holtz distress ink
-MFT 'squiggle' dienamic
-Black sharpie multiliner pen
-Dew drops
-Cosmo Cricket 'Clementine' DP

Lollipop Crafts Summer Challenge #2

Hello! I can't believe July is already here! My 2012 is sure flying!!! Today is the start of another month long challenge at Lollipop Crafts! Yay! The theme is 'Christmas in July'! I love making Christmas cards! I made a sample using Holiday Anya.

Hope you can play along with us since you have a month...and it's good to get a head start on your Christmas cards. :) Please check out the rest of the DT creations here. 

Hope you are all enjoying your summer so far! 

Ingredients:

-Image by The Greeting Farm- Holiday Anya

-Sentiment by AmyR stamps

-Memento tuxedo black ink

-Copics (E000, E00, E11, R17, YG11, YG03, E50, E51, E53, R81, R85)

-Paper piercer

-Glossy accents

-Stickles

-Dew drops

-Tim Holtz distress ink

-Recollections cardstock

-Baker's twine

-Kaiser Craft 'Christmas Carnival' DP

-Martha Stewart snowflake punch

-MFT bracket border dienamic