Twinkles Glow with Stamps

Happy Hump Day Everyone!!  I hope everyone is warm and safe!!  We had 4-5 inches of icy mix yesterday.  So beautiful to look out but not advisable to drive in that is for sure.  It felt so cozy looking out the window.

Today I would like to share 2 creations for 3 different challenges and teams.

Being a Wednesday...it is time for a new Creative Belli, Your Next Stamp, and Whiff of Joy Challenge creation!!

The first creation is made to meet both the Creative Belli and Your Next Stamp challenge.  This week's YNS challenge is hosted by the sweet and talented Linda.  Linda's Challenge Theme is "Baby It's Cold Outside..." That it is here!!!  Anywho...she challenges us to create a winter scene.  The Creative Belli Challenge us to use things beginning with "P"  so I colored up the adorable Ellie building a Snowman from Your Next Stamp (YNS).  I colored with my copics in pastels, mainly pink, and added pattern paper, pink silk ribbon, punched borders and pearls for embellishments.  The patterned paper has snowflakes on it and is a very old pattern paper from Bo Bunny that I have hoarded in my stash forever!!!  I added snowtex to give the card dimension and a real snow feel.


If you join the challenge please leave a direct link to Mr. Linky here. If you upload your creation to Paper craft planet or Splitcoast Stampers, please use the keyword YNSC34.

Anne Harmon, Ceal Pritchett,  Chris Dickinson ,  Darsie Bruno,  Holly Brown,  Jessica Stockmeyer, Joan Ervin , Joy Hadden , Maria Matter , Robin Kirkpatrick ,  Robin Parker,  Shelly Schmidt
Karen Walsh ,Mary Marsh

If you should join us for the Creative Belli Challenge, please leave a direct link here. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The second creation is for the Whiff of Joy challenge.  The Whiff of Joy Challenge was to use teal, cream and chocolate.  I just love this combo so it was so fun for me!!!  Rather than make a card, however, I decided to make a matching set with the Whiff of Joy Henry Celebrating Mouse.  I just adore this cute little mouse!!

 I colored him with copics.  The dp is from Cosmo Cricket Material Girl and from K&Co.  I used the sketch from Gem Of A Challenge.


The teal green trim is velvet leftover in my stash and the lace is May Arts Champagne Net that I recently received from my friend Ann but it also can be purchase here.  The flowers are prima French White Fairytale roses and Prime Lilliput Lime cooler Roses.  The ivory ribbon is May Arts Silk. The dies I used included the Spellbinders Lacey circles and standard circles and the Sizzix Top Note Die available at SU. 

 This box is a cupcake box that I created for my sister in law whose birthday is tomorrow!!  I used the Hey Cupcake template designed by Leigh Ann Baird available at Perfect Presentations.
Anne ,  Chelsea,  Gio, Jane, Kathrin,  Kylie, Louise, Manuela.  Michele

 To join the teal, cream and chocolate challenge at Whiff of Joy Challenges, click here.

Challenges I am entering my creation in:
Crazy Challenge (2 entries) - Buttons 1st card has a snowflake button
Ooh La La Creations (2nd week) - Bling it on (1st card)
Pollycraft - Pastel Colours (1st card)
Crafty Pad - Something New (2nd card- new lace trim or netting from my friend Ann)
Gingerloft (2nd week) - Celebrations (2nd card and box- Birthday)
Let's Ink It Up (monthly) - NO DIGI and Anything Goes (my set--all really)
One Stitch At A Time - New (new champagne netting and ribbon on set)
Pile It On - Anything Goes
Paper Sundaes (3 entries) - Favourite challenge from the past year - Cut it out-2nd card and box (my set)
Patti`s creations - Challenge #10 Anything goes
Stamp Something - Anything goes
 Gem Of A Challenge (monthly) - SKETCH -WOJ Card
Allsorts - teal blue and brown WOJ Card and box)
Catch The Bug (3 entries) - birthday (my set)
 Copic Creations - (2 weeks) anything new plus Copics  (my set is colored with copics and the Ecru netting is new)
Creative Inspirations - celebrate (my set using WOJ)
Fairy Fun Fridays (2 weeks) – happy birthday (my set)
Fairy Tale (2 weeks, 2 entries) - flowers (my card from WOJ)
Stamp Man (2 weeks) – distressing
Totally Papercrafts - birthday (Henry Mouse card)
Do You Stack Up? - distress it (Henry Mouse Birthday card)
Meljens Designs - square or round cards (no rectangles) (Birthday card)
Sassy Studio Designs - use something that is over a year old (Henry Mouse card- dp and velvet ribbon)
Wee Memories- ribbon

Thanks for stopping by today and for all your comments!! I hope you enjoyed my projects!

blessings,

Happy Friday Everyone!! The weekend is here!!!  Yeah, no homeschooling tomorrow...just a house full of company for the weekend. I still have lots to prepare...I am not normally a procrastinator, there is just too much to do.

Anywho...you did not come here to listen to me ramble...Today Leigh Anne Baird has a new release of a template at Perfect Presentations!!!  It is such a fun shape and is perfect for that little Valentine something. It is called "Be Mine".



For my creation, I used some new Valentine paper from K&Co. that I just purchased from Michaels this week.  I just love the colors!  The sentiment on my box is from Whimsy's Love Letter Seals.  Since I created this for my hubby, I did not add much embellishing other than the hearts which I cut out with the SU heart punch (the glitter paper is K&Co.).

For more inspiration using the templates for the release, please visit my dt sisters:

• Alyssa Scritchfield
• Beth Johnson
• Harriet Hensley
• Julie Elak
• Kerri Michaud
• Susan Wesley
• Terri Moore

If you leave a comment on each blog, you have a chance to win a template of your choice from Perfect Presentations!!!  Each dt member will randomly choose 1 commenter from their blog to win one template!!  That is 8 chances to win!!!!You have until Sunday at Midnight to leave a comment for a chance to win!!  The winner will be announced on Monday.

Challenges I am entering my creation in:
One Crazy Stamper- love (sponsored by Your Next Stamp)
One Stitch At A Time - Love and Valentines
Scrappy Frogs (3 weeks) - use a Sentiment
Scrap-Creations - love is in the air
Top Tip Tuesday - anything goes
Bunny Zoe's Crafts (2nd monday) - Love is in the air
Delicious Doodles - try something new or use something new
Stampin' B's - use diecuts
Incy Wincy Designs - Go Dotty
Cupcake Craft - Something New (New template and dp)
Lexi's Creations (2 weeks) - Say it with Love
Pollycraft - New Things (template and dp)
Pals Paper Arts - valentine
Southern Girls - lovey dovey
AiFactory - (2 weeks) anything goes

Thanks for stopping by and for your comments!! Enjoy your weekend!

hugs,

Happy Sunday Everyone!!  I hope you are all having a great weekend!!  It is very cold here and we had about 8 inches of snow...it is so cozy inside.  My dear hubby and I were on a mission to clean up all the Christmas decorations and CLEAN HOUSE.  Not too much crafting this weekend but it felt to get clean and more organized again.

Any who....today is the first challenge for Stampin Sisters in Christ for the 2011 year.  I am so blessed to be this week's host, choosing this week's verse and challenge.

The verse I chose is from the book of Ruth.

May the LORD repay you for what you have done. May you be richly rewarded by the LORD, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge.”
Ruth 2:12


The verse above is one spoken by Boaz, her future husband, praising her faithfulness to God and her mother in law.  Ruth is a very Godly women who leaves everything behind to follow God's leading and do what is best for her mother in law (her husband and her father in law passed on).  I am humbled and greatly admire Ruth for her faith. There is much I can learn from her.

Many make resolutions in January for the new year.  I am not much for resolutions since I rarely follow through but I am committed to live a life of faith...a promise to follow God’s will and not do what is only right for me but to think of God and others first and foremost.


For more of my devotional, please visit the Stampin Sisters in Christ.




The challenge this week is to use wings on your creation.




I chose to make a gift box to match the card.  I used the Pop n Top Template from Perfect Presentations and the Basic Grey Curio designer paper.  The butterfly is created with the Butterfly stamp and butterfly die from Our Daily Bread Designs. The black cardstock is embossed with ODBD's new butterfly embossing plate.  You can see it better if you look at the last photo.  The lace is some I received from my friend Ann (it is May Arts).

Ror the card I used the Full of Grace- Faith, Butterfly single, butterfly die and Butterfly Embossing plate available at Our Daily Bread Designs.  The new items I used for my creation include the Full Of Grace-Faith set, the embossing plate and the ecru trim.  The old items I used were the Basic Grey Curio designer paper, punches, Labels 14 die (spellbinders) and black wrinkled ribbon. My butterfly is colored with copics.  The little butterflies are the negative pieces left from punching the butterfly border with the Martha Stewart Butterfly border punch.  The embossed butterflies are distressed with Bittersweet Distress ink as are the edges of the sentiment panel.






Challenges I am entering my creation in:

• Catch The Bug (3 entries) - anything goes
• Craft Your Days Away (2 weeks) - anything goes
• Crafty Emma - all creatures great and small 
• Creative Inspirations -use something new on your creation- new trim and embossing plate 
• Marks Finest Paper - embossing 
• Delicious Doodles - try something new or use something new (trim and embossing plate) 
• Fussy and Fancy - (2nd week) card & matching gift 
• No Time To Stamp - quick and easy gifts 
• By the Cute and Girly - (monthly) bling it on 
• Cute Card Thursday - use some old stash (gold glitter paper, dp) 
• Moving Along With The Times (3 entries) – use old stash along with new stash (new embossing plate and trim, old dp and gold cardstock.
• Sassy Studio Designs - use something new (new trim and embossing plate) 
• Southern Girls - anything goes 
• Stampin' B's - use an old favourite and something new 
• Phindy’s Place - distressing (card) 
• Crafty Sentiments - anything goes or anything but a card (pop top box) 
• Creative Cottage (2 weeks) - something new  
• Fab 'n' Funky - anything goes 
• My Time To Craft -Up In The Air (butterfly in the air) 
• Paper Take Weekly - Anything Goes- Optional: Lace
• Flutterby Wednesdays- butterfly, fairy or angel
• Pile it on- brand spankin new (lace and embossing plate) 
• Tuesday Throwdown - Embossing

For more inspiration for the Stampin in Christ Challenge, please visit my dt sisters:
Grace, Linda, Lisa, Peggysue, Randi, Meisje, Rebecca, and Patti  

For the full devotional and challenge details please visit the Stampin Sisters in Christ Challenge.

Our sponsor this week is Simon Says Stamp.

Thanks for stopping by and for your comments.  Have a great rest of the weekend and a restful Sunday!

blessings,

Happy Monday everyone!! I hope you all had a great weekend!!  I had the opportunity to go out and do some shopping on my own and we got our outside lights up.  This does not sound like much but since my husband caught the virus that I have been struggling with for the last three weeks...it really is quite the accomplishment.  Unfortunately Scott pulled a chest muscle from coughing and is in extreme pain.

Anywho...onto today's Product Spotlight at Stamp and Create.  This week Stamp and Create is spotlighting Wild Rose Studio stamps.  This means that all Wild Rose Studio stamps are up to 25% off!!!

For my creation I would like to share a treatbox I created with the Milton with Hat stamp from WRS!  I colored Milton in with copics and Prisma color pencils.  The box itself uses the Favor Box II treat box template created by Leigh Ann Baird available at Perfect Presentations.  I used the PDF version but it is also available as an SVG file.



The snowflakes are created using the cut outs from a Martha Stewart snowflake border punch.  The roof is scored to make roof panels.  Sparkle is added to the hat.  The bough is created with the MS fig punch and 2 red rhinestones.  I created the bow with May Arts Wrinkled ribbon (1 1/2 inches and the bow easy). The snowflake in the middle of the bow is a button.

For more examples using the Product Spotlight, please visit my dt sisters: Joy, Lacey, Heidi, Vicky and  Jeanette.


Challenges I am entering my box into include:
Little Red Wagon - Christmas Tag or BagReasonable Ribbon - Anything But A CardTotally Stampalicious - Anything Goes Stamps r Us - Holiday CardsDutch Dare - Christmas Card/Tag/OrnamentFussy and Fancy - Anything But A CarChallenge Up Your Life - Christmas or AdventThe Secret Crafter - Christmas Paper Cupcakes - Anything Goes One Stitch At A Time - old stash (roof is made of some metallic silver paper from scrap bin), buttons from last years Christmas stashStampavie and More - snow / snowflakesArtful Inkables - die cuts and punchesTuesday Throwdown - embellish itOoh La La Creations - inspired by a christmas song (Let it Snow)Paper Playtime - inspired by a christmas carolPaper Romance - winterAiFactory - winterScrap Creations: Anything GoesCreative Inspirations #47: Christmas GiftsSomething Different - Snowflakes Simple Doodles - Cute as a ButtonPaper Issues - Holiday HookupStampitCrazy - Christmas Treasures #15Gingerloft - BowsEverybody Art - Use ShapesCute Card Thursday - BlueTop Tip Tuesday - Anything Goes
Creative Card Crew - Treat Box/Goodie Bag Creative Inspirations - Gift or Gift BagPaper Sundaes - Gift It 

Thanks for stopping by and for your comments!!  Have a great day!