Cracked Glass

Hello!

I have another card for the countdown challenge over at StampTV.  This is the cracked glass technique.

This is what happens when you are not very neat with your embossing powders.  Apparently some black got mixed in with the clear, lol.  I actually like the look for this particular card, it gives the circle a more grungy look I think.  I also rubbed Memento black ink over it after I cracked it.  This butterfly is from GKD Hope is Faith set.  Cardstock is SU and GKD.  The dp is a gift from my CSS secret sister, so I don't know what brand it is, but it sure is pretty!

Thanks for stopping by and have a happy new year!!

I'm baaaack!

Hello!  I hope everyone had a great Christmas and getting ready for the new year!  I finally did some stamping last night.  I haven't done any since before Christmas, just had too many other things to do.  So, over at StampTV, Gina is doing a countdown of this year's top 10 videos, and we can make cards with those techniques and be entered into a drawing for the next StampTV kit coming out in January.  Isn't that great?!  So, I made a split negative card:

I used stamps from the spring mix kit and the sentiment is from lovely labels 2.  The black panel is embossed with CB folder swiss dots.  Cardstock and ribbon is from GKD.
Thanks for stopping by, I hope to have some more cards made over the next few days!

Merry Christmas!

Good morning on this Christmas Eve!!  I haven't been blogging much due to all the Chistmas preparations, but plan to remedy that next week when hopefully I will get back into some stamping.

I hope everyone has a very merry, safe and fun Christmas holiday, spending time with those you love!

CSS Sketch Hop

Hello and welcome to another StampTV CSS blog hop.  If you came from Miesje's blog, you're right on track.  If not, start back at StampTV so you don't miss anything.

Tonight's hop is based on this sketch from Melissa Cash:





Here is my card:

I flipped the sketch onto it's side to accomodate my image, which is from the GKD set Snow Much Fun, and the sentiment is from Seasonal Sayings.  The Dp is from Basic Grey.  And do you see those cute little photo turns and brads?  They were a gift from my CSS secret sister!
Now head on over to Sharri's blog to see her take on this fun sketch.
Thanks for stopping by!

Sketchy Snowman

Hello!  I hope you are keeping warm.  It's a whole 5' F here at my house tonight.  So to go along with the cold, I have this cute little snowman and sentiment from thr GKD set Snow Much Fun.
  The layout is based on this week's sketch over at StampTV.

Short post tonight, have lots going on this weekend, thanks for stopping by!

GKD Release Challenges

Hello, and happy Saturday!

I have been busy today working on the challenges from the GKD release party on Thursday.
The first one is Carolina's challenge to make a set of 4 tags:

My next one is for Tina's challenge to make a card with 12 embellishments-- I used 12 pearls:

And the third challenge was from Jennie to make a gift, so I made this desk calendar which I saw a while back on Vicki's blog:

Thanks for stopping by!

You Rock!

Hello!
Tonight I have a Congratulations card that I am using for a couple of challenges:
Card Creations: Favorite Occasions Congratulations Challenge in the Moxie Fab World and Stampin Sisters in Christ challenge to make a card for congrats or encouragement.

Cardstock, stamps and ribbon are from Gina K Designs.  DP is from Basic Grey.

Now for a little bragging:  I really made this card for my son,( it just happened to fulfill a couple of challenges.)  He really does rock, because tonight he was inducted into National Honor Society!

He is the boy in the middle in the front row.

Thanks for stopping by!

CSS Inspiration Blog Hop

Hello!

Welcome to the CSS Inspiration blog hop.  If you came here from Miesje's blog, you are in the right place.  If not, then start over at StampTV so you don't miss some really great creations.
Carolina gave us this picture to use for inspiration:





Here is my card:

My inspiration for this card was the colors and candy, it's probably pretty obvious, lol.  I used the Sweetest Blessings set from GKD.  Cardstock is also from GKD, and paper is Jolly by Golly from Cosmo Cricket.  I used my white pen to add dots, and pink stickles to make my cupcake glittery.


Now hop on over toTera 's blog to see what she has to inspire you with.

STV Color Challenge

Hello!  I hope you had a great Thanksgiving!  I had a wonderful time with family.

My card today is for the color challenge at StampTv today:


Here is my card:

I stamped and embossed the daisy image in clear EP, then sponged over with SU old olive and Vivid aqua inks for the emboss resist effect.  Card stock, stamps, and ribbon all from GKD.

Stop back later tonight for some CSS fun.

Frosty Penguin

Hello, and happy day before Thanksgiving!

My card today is for the sketch challenge at StampTV.

I used the penguin and sentiment from GKD's Sandy Claws set.  I kept him frosty with the snowflake punch, snow flake brad, and self adhesive rhinestones, brrr.
short post today due to holiday preparations.

Have a great Thanksgiving!

Sandy Claws

Hello!

Today I have a card for this week's color challenge at StampTV.


I don't have any Lipstick Red, so I used Red Hot instead.

I used the set Sandy Claws is Coming to Town from Gina K Designs.  All card stock is also GKD.  You can't see it in the picture, but I added stickles to the fur on this cute little crab's Santa outfit.

Thanks for visiting today!

A Bunch of Challenges!

Hello! 

I managed to get some stamping in yesterday afternoon and made 3 cards.  I decided to put them all in 1 post instead of 3 separate posts to free up more stamping time:)

My first card is for CPS 193 sketch challenge:

My next card is for the Stamping Sisters in Christ challenge to make a CAS card, and the color challenge STVCSP1 at StampTV:

My third card is for the sketch challenge STVSKSP2 at StampTV:

All images and cardstock are from Gina K Designs, inks from SU, Momento, Versamark, and Ranger, DP from Basic Grey, and buttons from basic Grey and GKD.
Thanks for stopping by!

Card Patterns 89

Hello!


I have a short post today with a card  based on this week's sketch at Card Patterns.   Here's my card:

All stamps and card stock are from GinaK Designs, patterned paper is from basic Grey.

Thanks for stopping by!

Merry and Bright

Hello!
Tonight I have a card I made using the new spotlight sketch over at StampTV.  Gina will now be showing videos for sketch and color challenges each week in addition to her regular Wednesday STV kit videos.
Here is the sketch


and here is my take on it:

The gingerbread house is from Holiday Cheer and the sentiment is from Holiday Hospitality, both from GKD.  Do you like my sentiment tags?  They are die cut using an oval, and 2 of the Fancy Tags nesties.  I just trimmed the bottom layer ( which was the large rectangle with flourish edges) to fit better around the middle layer.  I really like the look, and will probably use it a lot more.

Thanks for visiting!

Recipe:
Stamps:  Holiday Cheer, Holiday Hospitality GKD
Ink: Moment Black, SU markers, Vivid Aquq
Paper:  Cardstock from GKD and SU, paper Cosmo Cricket
Other:  buttons GKD, nesties

Wine and Gold

Hello!

Wow!  3 days in a row for me to post, I've been on a card making spree this week, lol!
Today I have a card for the color challenge at StampTv to use wine, gold, and ivory.

I used the set Tea Time from GKD for the image and sentiment.  The background was made with an old SU stamp that I've had for quite a few years now.  Glad I held on to it, hehe.  I stamped the swirls in burgundy then colored the hearts in with a ziggy gold pen.  The teapot and sentiment are both heat embossed in gold.

Thanks for visiting!


Recipe: 
Stamps Tea Time from GKD, Soft Swirls from SU
Ink:  Versamark, SU burgundy
Paper:  GKD Wine and Ivory
Other:  nesties, gold EP, gold ziggy pen, Ribbon, flower, and brad from stash

Card Patterns 88

Hello!

Today I have a card based on the sketch over at Card Patterns:

The image is from Lovely Shelf and the sentiment from Fanciful Tags, both from GKD.  I stamped the vase of flowers, colored with markers, then cut out to layer on the sponged oval.

Thanks for stopping by!


Recipe:
Stamps:  Lovely Shelf, Fanciful Tags from GKD
Ink:  Momento black, SU celery and olive, SU markers
Paper:  Cardstock from GKD and SU, paper Basic Grey Olivia
Other:  buttons and ribbons GKD, nesties

Pumpkins!

Hello!

Today I have a card for the sketch challenge over at Stamp TV.  It was a simple sketch, but I found myself wanting to keep adding stuff to it, lol.



The pumpkins are from the Signs of Autumn set at GKD.  I added the ribbon and button, then decided the border needed the pearls, then felt the scalloped rectangle edge needed some piercing.  One thin I didn't add is a sentiment, because I'm not sure what I want to use the card for yet.

Thanks for visiting!

Recipe:

Stamps:  Signs of Autumn from GKD

Ink:  Momento black, SU markers

Paper:  Cardstock from GKD and SU

Other:  Ribbon, button, twine, pearls from stash, border punch from SU, nesties

Trigger Tuesday- Sweater

Hello and happy Saturday!

I decided to play in the Moxie Fab Tuesday Trigger Challenge this week.  The trigger is this lovely sweater:


When I do inspiration challenges, I am usually pretty literal with the image and the same goes for this one.

I used the set Warm and Wonderful from Gina K Designs for the sweater and sentiment.  I used my circle nesties to cut out the circles to mimic the yellow trim in the sweater.

Thanks for stopping by!


Recipe:\
Stamps:  Warm and Wonderful GKD
Ink:  versamark, SU
Paper:  Kraft and white cardstock from GKD, yellow from SU, Dp Basic Grey Jovial
Other:  white Ep, CB embossing folder, nesties, brads

Think Pink

Hello!

Today I have a card made with my favorite color, pink!.  There has been a ton of pink all over blog land this month due to breast cancer awareness month.  So here is one more card:

I used Little Tees from GKD for my image.  the card is for the Stampin Sisters in Christ challenge to use a pink bow and pink as the main color.  I also used this week's sketch from Card Positioning Systems, I just rotated it and moved the smaller rectangle panel.

Thanks for stopping by!

Recipe:
Stamps:  Little Tees, gkd
Ink:  Versamark, SU
Paper:  cardstock PL and SU, paper Basic Grey
Other:  stickles, nesties, ribbon, border punch, buttons

A Pray for You Card

Hello!

Wow, I can't believe it's been over a week since I posted anything.  That darn life stuff just gets in the way, lol.  Well, I did manage to make this card last night for this weeks Stampin Sisters in Christ Challenge.  The challenge is to make a card that features prayer.



I made a simple praying for you card using an image from You Are Not Alone, and a sentiment from Fanciful Tags, both from Gina K Designs.  All stamps, cardstock and ribbon from GKD, paper from Basic Grey, and markers for the image from SU.

Thanks for stopping by!