Twinkles Glow with Stamps

Happy Hump Day everyone!!  I hope you are all having a good week and that those in the USA are all ready for the Thanksgiving holiday tomorrow.  We plan on having a quiet holiday with just our family especially since we are all still fighting the flu...Lord willing we will be better in time to make our trip to Lancaster PA for the weekend.  We have been looking forward to this for quite a while and would be so disappointed if we could not go....

Anywho...Today is the day we have a new Your Next Stamp Challenge which is to case a dt members creation and a new Creative Belli challenge which is to  use embellishments beginning with R.  Since I have not been feeling well, I decided to combine the two...I cased my dear friend and dt sister Crystal.  I chose to case this creation using the cute mini little monkey  The rules of the challenge was to make it look like a true case where you can really tell it is a case so that is what I did just adding glittery paper which does not show up in the photo very well, different dp but in the same colors, layering my image in lacey borders, and adding ric rac (after all it starts with r as does red, ribbon, rhinestones and ruffle- perfect for the Creative Belli challenge).

The brown ruffled ribbon is velvet and from Making Memories.  The embossing is using Cuttlebug's Happy Birthday folder.  The red ribbon is 1/2 inch wrinkled silk from May Arts.  The dp is SU Ski Slope.  I framed the image with a scalloped nesties die and the Lacey circles die.

or more inspiration for the YNS challenge, please visit my dt sisters:
Karen, Crystal , Kerri ,  Sylvia, Simonne, Beth, Maureen, Jenny,

For more inspiration for the Creative Belli Challenge, please visit my dt sisters: 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.

other challenges:
Lots To Do - favorite technique (coloring with copics)Daring Cardmakers - 3 of something (rhinestones and trim)
OSAAT - A Season or Event (Birthday)  It says Happy Birthday on the embossing...
Gingerloft - Outdoors
Digi Doodles Shop - Anything Goes
Hodge Podge Shop - Anything Goes
 Treehouse Stamps - Glitter (glittered red paper)
Little Paper Shop - Diecuts
ABC DT - Sewing
 AIFactory - Bring on the Bling (DT)
 A Spoon Full of Sugar - anything goes
Crazy 4 Challenges - use circles


Whimsy News


Since Whimsy is still celebrating their 2nd year Anniversary this month...This week is a Stamp A Day Giveaway and Fan Favorites week. Come check out the Whimsy Inspiration Blog HERE for your chance to win a FREE IMAGE!!! Many chances to win this week, you don't want to miss!!


Our Daily Bread News and upcoming Black Friday sale.....


.....if there are things you've been wanting to purchase from Our Daily Bread designs... THIS week is the time to do so! Kelley is offering free shipping and Blog Candy of a Bread Basket Bundle Thur. (TOMORROW) through Sun. as a way of saying Thank You to her customers! You can use the coupon code below and get it shipped free!  Don't forget there will also be a new release and blog hop on December 1.


 
Also, Our Dailiy Bread Designs is offering for the first time ever a PRE-ORDER for the new December stamp sets! There are 3 new stamps set, including an ornament set that was made to coordinate with the Spellbinders 2010 Heirloom Ornament Dies!!!

Our Daily Bread designs is so proud and pleased to be chosen by the Spellbinders company as a Preferred Stamp Partner. Our partnership with Spellbinders will be a blessing to the stamping community as well, as we expand our line to include perfect-matched sentiments, scriptures and images to Spellbinders products. We look forward to a long and blessed partnership with such a fine product as Spellbinders.




Happy Thanksgiving to all those in the USA and have a blessed week to all!!

hugs,

Happy Monday Everyone!! I hope everyone had a great weekend!  Unfortunately I have been feeling under the weather and pretty sick over the weekend so our family had a very lay low weekend.  I originally was suppose to sing for church but that was not in the cards for me with my coughing fits and no voice.  Oh well...this too shall pass.

I am not up to making cards right now so thank goodness I am not a procrastinator and work well ahead of time.

Today is another Stamp and Create Product Spotlight and this week's Spotlight is anything with food...So any stamps that include food in them will be up to 25% off this week.

For my creation I used the adorable Henry Christmas Mouse from Whiff of Joy!  I can't get enough of dear Henry!  He is for sure one of my faves!  I colored Henry with copics.  The paper is Cosmo Cricket Very Merry. The flowers are  prima aqua roses available at Stamp and Create and some prima flowers I found at Michaels. The Sentiment is Whimsy's Holiday Ticket Sentiments. The scallops are cut out using the scallops die from Nestabilities.



The layout uses the Whiff of Joy sketch created by Tara.

I added texture using a soft swirls embossing folder from Cuttlebug and distressed my edges. The snowflake is a button which I placed in the middle of a bow and hung gold bauble bells from.



My second card uses a sneak peak from Our Daily Bread Designs called Full of Grace- Blessings.  I got some glittery dp from my scrap bin to create it (I know it is from DCWV but am unsure of the name).  I just love the pink and black together.  The flowers and pin are from Wild Orchid.  As you can see I went die cut happy with my Lacey Squares die.  Since the square was not big enough to frame my entire card, I used a die from the Fleur De Lis Frame set (Spellbinders) to piece in the middle.  I put the Fleur de Lis symbol upside down.

challenges for my two cards:
Whiff of Joy sketch
Totally Papercrafts - Snow and SnowflakesStampin' for the Weekend - WinterDaring Cardmakers - 3 of somethingReally Reasonable Ribbon - ChristmasDigi Doodles Shops Best - Anything GoesStampin' Bs - SnowflakesHodge Podge Shop - Anything GoesPaperPlay - Let it SnowPaper Romance - My favorite things (Whiff of Joy stamps, ribbon and flowers)CCEE Stampers - Buttons (snowflake button)Top Tip Tuesday - 1 or more buttonsMel Jens - Sparkle/Shine/BlingCrafts and Me - GlitterCreative Cottage - For someone special at ChristmasABC Christmas - 'X' is for ChristmasAnything Goes - Let it SnowFrosted Designs - DistressingCaardvarks - Holiday Card + use diecutsDiecut Dreams Christmas - Anything Goes ChristmasCritter Sketch - Texture2 Sisters - SnowflakesCreative Inspirations - ChristmasTreehouse Stamps - GlitterScrappy Frogs - ChristmasDigistamps4Joy - Inspired by ChristmasCrafty Calendar - Winter SnowflakesSweet Stampin' - SnowflakesSouthern Girls - Favorite Color- Mint green or baja breeze


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

Thanks for stopping by today!! Thanks also for your sweet comments!! Have a great day!!


hugs,

Happy Saturday Everyone!! I hope you are all enjoying the weekend!!

Today marks another challenge at Our Daily Bread Designs Shining the Light! 

Welcome to the Your Next Stamp November New Release BLOG HOP!  We've got some fabulous new YNS stamps to showcase today! These new stamps are available to buy right now from the Your Next Stamp store along with all your YNS favourites.  We also have a wonderful guest joining us for our hop - the amazing Jen del Muro.

If you would like to participate in the hop and you didn't arrive here from  Wendy's blog, please CLICK HERE to return to the start of the hop at the Maureen's blog, as you don't want to miss these fab new releases!

The hop starts today (Thursday November 18 at 03:00 EST) and ends on Saturday November 20 at midnight EST.

As always, here at Your Next Stamp, we have a wonderful prize for you to win!  One lucky winner will be drawn at random from the comments at Karen's blog to receive a new release stamp package.  It's not a requiremenbt for you to comment at every stop along the hop to be eligible, but the DT would sure love to hear what you think of their new release creations!

Not only is Karen offering an amazing hop prize, she's also holding a special 20% OFF YOUR ORDER sale which is running for an entire week (from today untli November 25 at midnight EST)!  Be sure to enter the code YNSNOV when checking out at http://www.yournextstamp.com to receive your 20% discount!


So onto my blog hop creations! Since many are in the Christmas mode, including me, and trying to make gifts and cards for the holidays, I have decided to get started on my holiday gift giving.  I have used three different miniature stamps and created little gift sets for each.

The first stamp used is the adorable Fhiona's Christmas tree.  This can be used for tags and so many other things!  I decided to make a little treat bag. I colored the tree with copics and added some sparkle to the star. The tag is cut out with a tag die from Our Daily Bread Designs. The dp is a retired paper from Stampin Up.

My next creation uses the adorable Ellie Loves to Bake Miniature.  Karen has carried the larger Ellie Loves to Bake in her store but today she is releasing a miniature.  This is just perfect for recipe cards so I created one.  I posted a gift set with almond tarts last week and had so many requests for a recipe card, I decided to use that so you all can enjoy the recipe.

 

My last creation uses the adorable miniature Fhiona's Snowman...again the larger snowman is in the store but sometimes you need a smaller stamp...this is it.  I made a little cute carton using the die from Stampin up.  To accompany my gift set I made a little candy wrapper.  The template for this easy candy wrapper is created by Leigh Ann Baird and is available here. The snowflake on the wrapper is a snowflakes die from Spellbinders.  The dp on the milk carton is SU Ski slope (retired).  The dp on the candy wrapper is SU Candy Cane (still available).  The little snowflakes hanging on the carton are buttons.

So now it's time for you to hop on over to Linda Cumming's blog as she is the next stop on our hop, but I'd love it if you left me a comment before you go!

Should there be a break in the blog hop, here is the entire list:

Maureen Wong  

Jen del Muro   

Jenny Cierley  

Crystal Irwin 
Simonne Clay  

Kerri Michaud  

Beth Ranney-Thomas  

Wendy Ramlakhan  

Chris Olsen  You are here!!
Linda Cummings  

Karen Dedman  (GRAND PRIZE DRAW)

Before I go I'd just like to remind you all about our current YNS Challenge chosen by the wonderful Crystal!  It ends on Tuesday November 23, so you still have plenty of time to join in!  The challenge is extra special as we are being co-sponsored by Really Reasonable Ribbon, so why not hop on over to the YNS Challenge blog and join in!

challenges:
City Crafter  Card or project with Children (recipe card)
Little Paper Shop  Die Cuts  (creation 1 or 3)
Crafty Pad  Christmas & Sparkle (creation 1)
Crazy 4 Challenges  Christmas (creation 1 or 3)
Ellephantastic  Christmas (creations 1 or 3)
No Time To Stamp Christmas non-Trad colors -( milk carton)
Bunny Zoe  Christmas no card (all)
Sweet Stampin  Snowflakes (milk carton)

Gingerloft Challenge #6 ~ Use Outdoor images (creation 3)

One Stitch At A Time #39 ~ Choose your favorite colors (pink and baja breeze)
There' Magic in the Air ~ Glitter, Ribbon and X-mas (project 1)

2 Sisters Challenge Blog #13 ~ Christmas (project 1 or 3)

Caardvarks ~ Holiday and  Die Cut  (project 1)
Paper Sundaes #44 ~ Pick your Sundae Toppings!!! ( punches, and blue on my carton)  

 Ai Factory - Use a DieCut or Punch (creations 1 or 3)

ABC challenge - H is for Holidays (creation 1 or 3

The Secret Crafter - sparkle & shine (creation 1)

ABC Christmas -x is for Christmas
Speedy and Friends- snowflakes

Really Reasonable ribbon- Christmas Themed  

Simon Says Stamp - Sparkle

Meljens Designs = #34 Sparkle & Shine

The Crafty Pad = #97 Christmas Sparkle

Thanks so much for stopping by and for your sweet comments!  I hope you enjoy our new release and my creations!

blessings,

Happy Tuesday everyone!  Today is a hectic day as I prepare to go to visit with the family of my dear friend Ruby.  I pray I can be cheerful and give  them strength or uplift them in some way again today in their loss of a wife, mother, sister and daughter.  It is so hard...

Today I am posting two creations since tomorrow I will be attending a luncheon, funeral and memorial service and won't be able to post.

The first creation is created using the NEW Designer paper designed and created by Whimsy (Holiday folly and Very Merry) and the adorable Whimsy Holly Beary designed by Meljen's (this is a rubber stamp).  The image is colored with copics.
The layout uses the Midnight Madness Sketch.



 ABC Christmas - W is for Winter Wonderland
Bee Crafty – Christmas
Craft Your Passion - double anything (double bells and flowers)
Paper Pretties - Embossing
Crafty Purple Frog - Sparkle
Anything Goes - Embossing (dry embossed with soft swirls on dp)
Flourishes Timeless Tuesday- glitter (last week) Christmas this week
 Paper Romance-  Everything but the kitchen sink - This is a neat theme.  It means to do alot of something. Mine is a lot of embossing, glitter and embellishing.
 Little Red Wagon - Something in 3's- three gold baubles
Crazy 4 Challenges -Christmas card or project 
Fairytale Challenges - Anything Goes 
Sweet Stampin' Challenge ~ It's all about snowflakes One Stitch At A Time #39 ~ Choose your favorite colors (pink and baja breeze)
There' Magic in the Air ~ Glitter, Ribbon and X-mas
2 Sisters Challenge Blog #13 ~ Christmas
Ellephantastic Challenge #19 ~ Butterfly or/and X-mas 
Caardvarks ~ Holiday and  Die Cut 
Paper Sundaes #44 ~ Pick your Sundae Toppings!!! (ribbon, punches, and embossing) 
Just Add Ink- Just Add Christmas
Speedy and Friends- snowflakes (three on my sentiment panel and several on my dp) 
Delightful sketches- glitter it up
Really Reasonable ribbon- Christmas Themed
Lili of the Valley - Anything Goes

I hope you have a great day!!  Thanks for stopping by and for your sweet comments!!

hugs,