We went to Shannon's tonight to see the kids in thier costumes. Alana and Madison were bunny rabbits and Brayden was a Ninja "fight man". They were too cute. Madi hopping around wiggling her nose and Brayden jumping from chair to chair fighting everything around.
This is for today's LIMITED SUPPLY CHALLENGE - Stamps in Disguise. This was a fun one Dawn, thanks for hosting. I dusted off Crab and company and Ahoy Matey for this cutie. The crab was stamped in real red then colored w/copic marker. I used the shrimp for the left hook claw the parrot is from ahoy matey and is popped up. I stamped the patch from the Pirate, colored,cut it out and attached it. Attached a google eye and vialo, I had a crabby Pirate ready for trick 0r treating. LOL. Hope ya like it arrrrggg.
This is for today's COLOR CHALLENGE - Tangerine Pixie Kisses. YEP that's it for today, just 1 challenge. LOL. My brain is to pooped and hurts from all of the coughing I did again last night. grrr. And what is worst it is supposed to be 33 tonight. eeekkk I hate cold weather. If I don't get well soon my ribs are going to crack. Anyway someone who LOVES ME A LOT (aka Shannon) gave me this darling fairy set from Inkadinkado for my bd last week and I needed an excuse to ink it it. Well when I saw the Pixie Pink color I knew today was the day. Just didn't quite turn out on paper as it was in my head. Head is still fuzzy from Nyquil. I stamped the fairy in versa mark and applied Stampendous Stardust EP. Really sparkly. Heat set and then I colored the fairy with my SU markers. I inked the sentiment with markers and huffed. Punched the large and small stars and popped them up. Hope you like it.
Anyway this is for today's FEATURED STAMPER - SpeedyStamper. I used this weeks SKETCH CHALLENGE. I love her gallery and had a hard time deciding which one to CASE. I finally decided that since I had just got this set and LOVE it so much I chose her A CARDINAL THANKSGIVING. I changed the colors, the dp and the layout. My main image was stamped in black brilliance and colored w/prismacolor pencils then blended w/gamsol. The sentiment was stamped in versamark then Red tinsel EP applied and heat set. I applied stickles to the berries. This really sparkles IRL. I love how this turned out and hope you do to..Don't forget about our upcoming blog hop for H&M on November 1st.
Happy Saturday everyone. This is for today's INSPIRATION CHALLENGE, Friday's LIMITED SUPPLY CHALLENGE - Leaf It To Me, Thursday's WAYS TO USE IT CHALLENGE - One Word, and this weekends sketch#19 and color combo #16 presented every Saturday on H & M Stamp Company ownerHEATHER ROLIN'S BLOG. I stamped the large leaf from Bodacious Bouquet in certainly celery on certainly celery CS then the small leaf in handsome hunter on kraft cs. The Big Flower image was stamped in pretty in pink then certainly celery and punched with circle punches. I cut the pink flower image out and attached the 2 image with a green daisy brad. These are matted on handsome hunter cs then choc chip scallop circle. The sentiment is from a sentment stamp set called "A Lot Of Thanks" and can be found at H & M STAMP COMPANY stamped on vanilla in handsome hunter then matted on HH. I punched some small circles out for faux brads and popped them up. The flower and sentiment are also popped up. Hope you like it and sorry Heather I had to add the pink. Don't arrest me this time.
Happy Friday, I am home still sick wishing I was headed to Florida to Faith's stamp retreat :( but I hope they have a great time without me I am sure it will not be the same with me and Shannon not there. BooHoo, enough whiinning.
This is for today's WAYS TO USE IT CHALLENGE - One Word. My layout is this Wednesday'sSKETCH CHALLENGE and the color combo is from Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE - Pink Chocolate Kisses. I stamped the image on white then pink then white in pink Pirouette ink then on white in choc chip. I punched the white stamped in pink with the wide oval then the pink one and trimmed. I trimmed just the THANKS from the choc chip and popped it up. The whole image is popped up. Dew drops in the 4 corners and 2 MS butterflies in the top right. Not sure I am happy with the end result but Shannon's crew are headed over for a fish fry birthday supper so I had to settle. In the spirit of the WT challenge today of ONE WORD, I am trying to make 1 word comments on the uploads for todays challenge projects. Not always easy to do. LOL
This is for today's SKETCH CHALLENGE. I used the colors from Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE - Pink Chocolate Kisses. I also wanted so bad to do Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE - Penciled Pink Twinks even though I have no twinkling H2O's. Thank you Lynn for this new technique that I used to show my dh since I do not have these I have to get some otherwise someone will take my crown and I can not have that happen!! He gave in and pretended to understand. LOL. Anyway this sketch was fun to work with. I used my some Berry Bliss dp for the base matted on choc chip. Panel 2 is pretty in pink cs matted on old olive and stamped with the holly and berries image from this cute set. I used my markers and huffed. Panel 3 is old olive pattern paper matted on cc and my main image is some vanilla shimmer paper I won in a blog candy from Linsey "Outside the Lines". I stamped my cupcake image 3 times and cut out the bottom and top section. I tried wc but still ended up having to use my markers. This paper is the same shimmer that the twinks give so I hope it passes. I applied stickles to the berries. The top part of the image is popped up and the sentiment is also popped up.
This is for today's COLOR CHALLENGE - Pink Chocolate Kisses. I needed something quick and simple to make since I did not get to stamp this morning and need to get dinner started too. I am also on a "Anything but a card" kick right now.LOL. I made a Hersheys candy bar slider using pink cs I stamped a sold choc drop set bc I did not want to have to color in all of those drops :( lazy I know but I did say I was in a rush to get this done right? The sentiment is stamped in kiwi kiss and punched out with the large oval punch. I also punched 2 more kiwi kiss ovals and layered them under the sentiment after sponging the edges of the white layer. I applied a tiny clear diamond to the dot above the i for it. Someone very, very special to me is having her 30th Birthday tomorrow and this is one of her gifts. sush about it though, cause she don't want anyone to know she is turning 30. LOL. The choc drop on the sentiment is stamped in choc chip then colored w/prismacolor pencils and blended w/gamsol. The drop is from a set called "Christmas is the Time for Cookies" and these sentiments are from newly release sets from H & M STAMP COMPANY.
Here is a picture of the Birthday Cards I received last week. Thank you Heather, Shannon, Debbie, Julia, and Marilyn. So sweet of all of you to think of me on my birthday. What a wonderful thing it is to have cyber friends, just wish we were all closer in region so that we could get together and enjoy the companionship. Thank you one and all.
Hope eveyone is having a wonderful weekend. I am still coughing my head off. My doc says everything is going OK even though my ribs are killing me, my back is aching and all bc I cough 24/7. I can hardly wait to get to sleep in my bed again. When I lie down I cough worse and coughing keeps my dh awake. grrrrr. Oh Well enough whinning. This is for today's FEATURED STAMPER - Ink-E (aka Emily). I chose to CASE her HAPPY AUTUM CARD. I changed the colors to use this weeks BRAIN WAVE CHALLENGE # 23 - by Ashley Bowen which were Kiwi Kiss, Tangerine Tango, Taken w/Teal and Choc Chip. I kept the layout bc I really like it but left off the scallop mat and used straigth edge. Changed the theme to a Christmas one using a new set from TREEHOUSE STAMP COMPANY called Wise Men Seek Him. My image is also watercolored using the top of the ink pad and blender pen. I stamped my sentiment on my teal layer in teal and changed the buttons to clear dew drops and placed them in 3 corners. I applied white liquid applique to the mountain portion of the image to look like snow and stickles to the star and light of the candle for shimmer. Hope you like it.
Yippee, I'm back and reigning on my thrown as Queen. This is for today's LIMITED SUPPLY CHALLENGE - Single Blue Eye, Thursday's WAYS TO USE IT CHALLENGE - Plaid, Wednesday's SKETCH CHALLENGE, and Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE - Basic Pirouette. Wheh! I made my own dp using my new score pal I bought for my birthday. My ribbon is pink plaid, My eyelets are white. I cut my Only Oval image out using scissors (no punches here). I cut the half cicle out by drawing the circle then using scissors. My blue is a blue gem I used to dot the i in Friend. My main image is popped up. My sentiment was stamped in pink Pirouette then in black after stamping off. sentiment layer was sponged with pink Pirouette.
This is for today's url=http://www.ashleyscreativecorner.com/]BRAINWAVE CHALLENGE # 23[/url]presented on Wednesday's by Ashley Bowen - Owner of Treehouse Stamp Co. Today's challenge is colors: Kiwi Kiss, Tangerine Tango, Taken w/Teal, and Choc Chip. I wanted to do another one of Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE - Stair Step Fold and these colors called to this set for me. All images are stamped and cut out. I colored the scarf and cap and gifts with my blender pen using the top of the ink pads.
This is for today's SKETCH CHALLENGE. I still need a couple of Halloween cards and have been making tooo many Christmas cards lately so this is what I came up with. Took way too long to make this one. 
This is for today's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE - Stair Step Fold. As soon as I saw what the TLC was I instantly knew what I had to try. I love this new Christmas set from H & M STAMP COMPANY. It is called "A Child Is Born" and has all the makings for a Nativity Scene. For my color combo I used the colors from this weeks challenge presented every Saturday by HEATHER ROLIN -H&M Owner. The colors for this week were vanilla, green, burgandy and brown. Perfect color combo for this Christmas creation. All images were stamped in black brilliance then colored with prismacolor pencils, blended w/gamsol then cut out. The sheep has white fun flock applied. The Kings have jewels in their crowns. I just love how this turned out but you tell me what you think.
Thanks for popping in today. I think I may be feeling just a bit better but I still think I will stay at home today. Hope you have a wonderful Sunday. This is for today's FEATURED STAMPER - Anne Ryan who is just the sweetest cookie on the sheet. She is always making the sweetest comments in my gallery and I see her comments in others as well. So congrats to ya gurl and enjoy your day. In crusin' her gallery I ran across this cutie pie THE COOKIES ARE READY. I just love that image she used but do not have it so I substituted for a newly released Christmas set from H & M STAMP COMPANY called Christmas is The Time For Cookies. The sentiment is from "All I Want For Christmas". I changed this from a card to use this weeks kewl TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE - Mini Pizza Boxes. These boxes are not only cute but really easy to make and this is what my co-workers will be getting from me this year filled with homemade cookes. Image was stamped in black stazon 3 times. I colored the image using Prismacolor pencils then blended w/gamsol. I paper pieced the apron, The box is stamped with the star, gingerbread and choc chip cookies from the set in versamark. This is such a fun set to play with.
This is for today's WAYS TO USE IT CHALLENGE - Monogram, and I used Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE - Choc Tangerine Kisses for my color combo. I have seen quite a few of these SCALLOP EDGE MEDALLION creations in the gallery and was just itching to try this myself. I think the Martha Stewart border punch I used may not be the best choice but I did get an interesting design using it. I used my blender pen and picked up some kiwi kiss ink from the pad to run over the raised emboss part of the image. The corners were stamped in choc chip using one of the images from Small Sayings. The mongram is from Wild West Alphabet. I stamped it, cut it out and popped it up. This is for my MIL for her birthday next month. Hope she likes it.
WooHoo I got to do today's challenge this morning. Thanks Kim for hosting today's fun challenge. This is for today's WAYS TO USE IT CHALLENGE - Monograms, Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE - Chocolate Tangerine Kisses, and Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE - Mini Pizza Boxes. Well as soon as I saw the challenge today I knew what I had to make. I bought this gorgeous Alphabet set last year with intentions of make a co-worker a monogram Christmas or Birthday set of cards. Guess what I never got around to making, until today that is. She has a horse that she loves to ride so I paired the circle design from Together Forever with the letter from her last name along with the border line of running horses from Bareback. For the box I used old olive and choc chip craft ink then heat embossed with detail clear EP. The "K" is cut out and popped up. I used the Mega and Giga scallop circle punches on the box and the Mega and SU scallop circle for the 3x3 cards. I even decorated the inside of the 3x3 card. Yeh! Did some doodling on the vanilla circle of the card since I just stamped them in ink and did not emboss them. Hope she likes it. 
This is for today's SKETCH CHALLENGE and Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE - Chocolate Tango Kisses. I realized a few days ago I have all of these sets I bought at the end of last years season and have never used. eeekkk. This witchy bella is one of those never inked images. She is so adorable. She is colored with primacolor pencils and blended w/gamsol medium popped up on kiwi kiss cs. Panels 2 and 3 are from Ghostly greetings dp all layers are matted on black cs except the circle Batty for You image which was inked with tango, then the cat cleaned and reinked with black, stamped and punched.
Even though I am not feeling the best in the world I am still back to combining challenges in an effort to reign on my throne.LOL. This is for today's COLOR CHALLENGE - Chocolate Tangerine Kissses Yum Yum! and Monday's kewl TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE - Mini Pizza Boxes. I used a recently released coffee set from TREEHOUSE STAMP COMPANY called Friends & Latte's. At the time of the release my Guest Design Membership was up but as fate would have it Ashley asked me and Shannon to stay on as permanent DT Members so I got this neat set to play with and have not had a chance until today. I have a co-worker who is just wonderful and so helpful. She also LOVES coffee so I am putting a couple of bags of coffee in her just for her. I hope she likes it. The image was stamped in choc chip and then colored with Prismacolor pencils and blended w/gamsol medium. I cut this image and layered matt out using my Fiskars oval templates. The kiwi kiss layer is stamped with the swirl from this set and the coffee bean. I stamped the sentiment in tangerine tango then punched it and the layer out with the large and small oval punches. I punched 2 each of choc chip, tangerine tango and kiwi kiss cs using the Martha Stewart Fern Punch and attached it under the popped up sentiment. This is matted on some orange mulberry paper I tore to place on the box. My box is in white stamped randomly with the coffee bean in choc chip. I attached a dark brown 3/4 in ribbon around the box to help hold it secure. I used the upside down of this version because I did not want the coffee bags to fall out. 
Good Monday Morning Stampers and Crafters. Hope eveyone had a wonderful weekend and ready for a new week. 
This is not what was in my head but I think I have some cob webs up there due to all of the recent spooky creations. LOL. The images from this project are from a set called "Christmas Is Time for Cookies" and the sentiment is from "Al I want for Christmas". These sets can be found at H & M Stamp Company. This sentiment set is so neat with phrases for the inside of the card as weel. I stamped the tin filed with chocolates on white then on my dp and the plate of cookies on white. Images were colored with prismacolor pencils then blended w/gamsol medium. I applied crystal effects to the candy and the milk in the glass. Hard to see well in the photo. The sentiment was stamped in green galore then punched using my new wide oval punch but I wanted it layered too so I had to cut those by hand. I did paper piecing for the tin. The images and layers ended up so large I decided to not do any photo corners,etc.
