A PEACEFUL NUT HATCH

Hello and HAPPY THANKSGIVING week!! I am SO THANKFUL for each of you! What a blessing it is for me to be able to be part of such a wonderful community of gifted people!


I have BLOG CANDY HERE...


 Welcome to Mark's Finest Papers a Heinrich Company's November Blog Hop! The blog HOP starts HERE at Lois's Blog! If you did not start there, you will want to go back and see what she has in store for you!

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are Peaceful Nuthatch, A Trip to Lancaster and What a Fox

Todays card uses the beautiful set called A Peaceful Nuthatch.  I recently heard someone was struggling with getting a "nice crisp" image while using acrylic stamps. ONE TIP I would recommend is to stamp on top of a mouse pad. The acrylic stamps do not have the cushion that rubber stamps have and I find this helps a lot!!!

Here are the details to my project today:

I stamped the Nuthatch image onto the White Storm cardstock. I colored the image with my copics. Then painted over the image with Creative Inspiration Paints in GOLD and my Aqua painter. I sponged the edge with Always Artichoke ink and my sponge dauber. The gold layer behind it is the Elegant Ovals Spellbinders. 

The green ivy is the Holly Lace flourish die from Cheery Lynn Designs. The background paper is from the Premium paper pack from the Summer Garden collection. For some finishing touches I added gold Dew drops with mini glue dots.

We would LOVE to have you hop along with us! You have a chance to win one of the above stamp sets! Just comment on the following blogs (don't forget this one), each day! We will announce all three winners on Thanksgiving Day. You can go back and comment if you missed a day. The winners will be chosen at 11PM EST on Wednesday November 23, 2011.

You should have come from Marilynn's blog, she has a REAL beauty to share with you! From here, you will want to go check out Karen's gorgeous tag!


I hope you enjoyed my project today! Thank you for stopping by!!! I hope you have a BLESSED DAY! Come back tomorrow!

UNDER THE WEATHER?

NOTE: I have Blog Candy at the top of my blog!!!

Hello and Happy Saturday!! Didn't this past week go super fast!? Welcome to this weeks Sweet Stop Sketch!!! Todays card is actually a LITTLE more than a card! :) It is called a Tri-Fold Out Book! The tutorial on this is from the 3-D and Fun Folds Cd from The Technique Junkie Newsletter!

This CD contains 70 pdf tutorials in step-by-step pictorial format --

 all printable to 8-1/2” x 11” paper.

Ideas for gifts, Boxes, Ornaments, Decorative Items, and plenty of fun Card ideas, too.
Perfect dimensions, great examples -- it is a must have!

This CD is available NOW!!!! Check it out. You are sure to LOVE it!!!!

Location

United States $17.95Canada $17.95Overseas $19.95

Now on to the SKETCH and the card!

Here it starts to open.... I tied this into this weeks sketch!

Then it opens again. This page would be PERFECT for photographs -

Then each flap opens up - More family pictures would be perfect for this too! I chose to make this a Get Well Card and included Scripture from Stampabilities....

Do you see these GORGEOUS Ivy Flourish? This is from Classy Cards 'n Such!!! I bought the sick little piggy from there too - Fanciful Flourish (Ivy) and Swine Flu (stamp) 


Sentiments are from Stampabilities and I Brake For Stamps Inspirational Phrases (use Save10Chris to save 10%), Get Well Soon Sentiment is from Our Daily Bread Designs
Cardstock: Chocolate Chip, Sahara Sand, Spring Showers from SU (retired)
Accessories: Big Shot, Dew Drops, Mini Glue Dots

Take some time for some more inspiration and leave the Team some love!!!

Wendy Ramlakhan, Monika Davis, Kim O'Connell, Lorie Ames, Shannon White,Janice Melton, Cathy McCauley, Shelby Goolsby

Thanks for stopping by! Have a blessed weekend!!!

LET IT SNOW!!!

I have TWO posts today! You can see the second one HERE...
I have Blog Candy HERE

Hey!!! Happy Thanksgiving season! Have you been busy keeping track of all of the things you are Thankful for? Every day, we have been counting on our blessings - we take so many things for granted, so I try to take a bit of time to remember what those little things are and praise the one those things come from!

With the Christmas Season coming up, I Brake For Stamps is releasing some fabulous new designs from Sylvia Zet (a Whimsy Stamp product) !! You can see the latest release HERE. There are FIVE new designs and they are SO adorable!!!!

Have you ever colored an image and then dumped something ALL over the card stock? I colored three images from Sylvia Zet and then splattered ink all over the back ground! ACK! I ended up cutting the image out and mounting on the light blue paper to create the sky.

I used the Technique Junkie Newsletter August. September 2010 Issue and the Soft and Sparkly technique. (While you are there, take some to check out the latest cd too called 3-d and Fun Folds, it is FABULOUS)

Here are the details: 

Stamps: Sylvia Zet Let It Snow

Cardstock: Basic Grey, Espresso, Whisper White, White Storm, Bashful Blue

Accessories: Martha Stewart Snow flake punch, Copics, White Signo Gel Pen, White Craft Ink, Copics, Flower Soft, Dazzling Diamonds Glitter, Gems, White satin ribbon, Scallop Eyelet Punch, Sponge

While you are shopping, check out the deals of the week HERE!!! You can save 10% by using this coupon code - SAVE10CHRIS!

If you want to see some more wonderful designs by other Designers check out

Holly Brown, Jane Bosi,  Robyn Correa, Suzanne Dean, Cheryl Rowley

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a blessed day!!!

IT'S AN OLDIE BUT GOODIE (mixed in with a little newbie too!)

I have two posts today!

You can see my other post for today HERE

I also have Blog Candy HERE

Hello Friends!  Welcome to the November Design D.I.V.A.S. Oldies but Goodies Blog Hop! Our challenge for this hop is to use items in our project that are at least six months old. I know we all have some of those in our crafting supplies!! I am the beginning of the hop and I want to tell you a secret!!! Ready? You are all in for a BIG treat to see what everyone has designed! I always look forward to this Hop!!! 

So go on.... sit back and enjoy the creations of a very talented group of friends!!!

My Oldie but GOODIE on this card is my Purely Pomegranite card stock and satin ribbon! LOVE this stuff and it is hard not to hoard!!!

Have you checked out the NEWEST release for DRS Designs? They have so many gorgeous Christmas and Winter designs!!! WOW! When I saw these, I was so excited!!! You can see the NEW release HERE

This design is 827 L. I stamped this in Wild Wasabi Ink on Wild Wasabi Cardstock. THen used my Spellbinders and Grand Calibur (pictured below) to cut out the "wreath:" I stamped the image on Purely Pomegranite card stock in the same color ink and used my 1/4" circle punch and using my glue pen adhered them to my wreath. 

Here are some more details:

Stamps: Snowflake Circle Cut Out, Joy to the World from DRS Designs

Cardstock: Wild Wasabi, Purely Pomegranite, Whisper White

Accessories: Big Shot, Embossing Folder, Scallop and Circle Spellbinders, Pomegranite Satin Ribbon, White Gel Pen, Dimensionals, Gems

Go here next: When you are done taking a look around here, you will NOT want to miss seeing what the talented Cindy has to show you!




Thank you for stopping by! Have a wonderful day!

GOD IS MY SALVATION - TWIST

Hello Friends!!! Welcome to my blog! This weekend did not seem "normal" to me as my man was in Missouri all week and weekend! I didn't have my normal routine and have been messed up! I am ready for a restful week, but we will see how it goes! 


I sent this to my DEAR cyber friend, Shirley who recently lost her best friend and husband. I am hoping it blessed her as I made it with much prayer for her.


Have you gotten your copy of the 3-D and Fun Folds cd yet? This project comes in the Cd!!! What a wonderful encouraging gift to give and it is EASY to make too! Just takes a little time to decide what stamps and what papers to use!


This CD contains 70 pdf tutorials in step-by-step pictorial format -- all printable to 8-1/2” x 11” paper.

Ideas for gifts, Boxes, Ornaments, Decorative Items, and plenty of fun Card ideas, too.
Perfect dimensions, great examples -- it is a must have!

This CD is available NOW!!!! Check it out. You are sure to LOVE it!!!!

Location

United States $17.95Canada $17.95Overseas $19.95

This technique is called the Twist Easel technique! I love giving these things away to encourage another person! 

The vine die is from Classy Cards 'n Such and is called the Fanciful Flourish -

Here are a few more details: 

Stamps: Scripture Collection One, Bird and Butterfly Labels

Paper: Artichoke, Burgundy, Mustard, Vanilla

Accessories: Artichoke Twill, Dew Drops, Classy Cards and Such Vine Die, ODBD Labels 18 Spellbinders Die, Dimensionals, Sizzix Embossing Die

Thank you so much for stopping by! Have a blessed day!!!

LIKE A FOX!

Hello!! Today is Sugar Stop Sketch Day! Welcome!!!!

We have had a busy week with school work and extra projects. So today will be a day of rest and catching up with our house work!

Below is this weeks sketch! We would love to have you play along!!!

Stamps: Sneak Peek! What a Fox from Mark's Finest Papers, A Heinrich Company

Cardstock: White Storm, Blushing Bride, Bashful Blue

Accessories: Snowflake Cuttlebug folder, Big Shot. Martha Stewart Punch Snowflakes and the edge, buttons

Take some time for some more inspiration and leave the Team some love!!!

Wendy Ramlakhan, Monika Davis, Kim O'Connell, Lorie Ames, Shannon White,Janice Melton, Cathy McCauley, Shelby Goolsby

Thanks for stopping by! Have a blessed weekend!!!

GINGERBREAD HOUSE ALBUM BLOG HOP

Welcome to the GINGERBREAD ALBUM BLOG HOP for Creative Cuts and More! You are in for a GREAT treat! Our Designers are very excited to share some FABULOUS ideas using this CUTE album with you!!!

Did you enjoy Carla's beautiful Christmas Ensemble? If you have not come here from Noelle's Creative Blog, you will not want to miss what the Design team has in store for you. Head back to the Die Cut Diva Blog. That is where all of the action starts!

Once you are finished HOPPING along the Blog Hop, you will have an opportunity to win one of the WONDERFUL Gingerbread House Album Chipboard Kit worth $12.99.

In order to win,you must...

1. HOP through AND comment on each blog - please make sure the Blog Hop is LIVE, THEN come go to the Creative Cuts and More Blog and let us know you did so!

2. For another chance, follow the Die Cut Diva http://die-cut-diva.blogspot.com/

3. For another chance, become a Fan on Facebook, HERE  

4. For another chance, spread the word about our Blog Hop on your blog!

Gingerbread House Album Chipboard Kit - I used this! :)

Gingerbread House Album Deluxe Kit

Gingerbread House Album Ultimate Deluxe Kit

Accessories: Real Red Cardstock,Cocoa Bazzill, Doodlebug Design Inc. Merry and Bright Stickers

Sparkle Modge Podge, Making Memories Paint Spotlight, Paper Temptress Laser Silver Lustre,  KI Memories Christmas Words, Quotes DCWV Family Sicker Stack, K& I Memories, Christmas ornaments paper

Now, for the Hop!!! Be sure to head back to Die Cut Diva Blog for your chance to win!

Die Cut Diva

Holly

Noelle

Chris - You are here! :)

Kristine GO HERE NEXT!

Amber  (Guest Designer)

Nora Anne

Fern

Taylor

Melisa

Dawn

Die Cut Diva

Have fun and don't forget to head back to the Die Cut Diva Blog for your chance to win! Thank you for stopping by! Please come again!!!