Blue Christmas

Stamp TV Color Challenge (12/7/09)
Blue & White

Stamps: Vintage Borders (Nina Brackett/Gina K. Designs)
Paper: ballet blue, white
Ink: ballet blue
Accessories: taffeta ribbon, CM custom cutting system, pop-up dots

Favorites found on Thursday

Here are a few more faves that I found while cruising the gallery. :)

Thursday, December 10

juliemlacey (CAS)
Happy2stamp123 (CAS)
monkeymama
vdutchr
DonnaMaria
Kanatanewf
jmasse
Snowdropz
justbehappy - photo 1
justbehappy - photo 2
kristiann_77
notimetostamp
JenMarie
judym09

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Christmas Kittens

SCS Sketch Challenge #258

I just love this Christmas image! I can't wait to see what mess are new kitten makes. (Well, she's about 6 months old now and a little tamer... just a little LOL!) The polka-dots were made with a white gel pen. I don't have a Top Note die. I received some from generous people in the Wish RAK forum! Tracing and cutting the dp and white layer is not easy!!! But I think the end results look pretty good!

Stamp: Christmas kittens (High Hopes)
Paper: real red, real red dsp, white, unknown Christmas dp (unknown)
Ink: black, black marker for the noses, SU red marker for the bows, Copic markers: R29 Lipstick Red, YR31 light reddish yellow, YG13 Chartreuse, W2 warm gray, E31 brick beige, E71 Champagne
Accessories: Martha Stewart bow punch, white gel pen, Top Note die cut, pop-up dots
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Peppermint Flowers & Trees

Christian Paper Crafts
Case Artist Challenge #32 - Cindy & Angella
Saturday, December 5

Peppermint Flowers
CASEd from Angella Crockett (Christian Paper Crafts Design Team)

This is a card I CASEd from Angella's gallery. I changed the theme to Christmas and used punches for peppermints rather than button flowers. Here's Angella's adorable card.

Recipe:
Sentiment Stamp: Twigster (SU)
Paper: white, real red, green galore, unknown dp
Ink: glorious green
Accessories: SU word window punch, Martha Stewart leaf punch, EK Success "swirl" punch, 3/4 inch circle punch. paper piercer, white gel pen, ribbon, pop=up dots

Peppermint Trees
CASEd from Cindy Coutts (Christian Paper Crafts Design Team)

This is a card I CASEd from Cindy's gallery. Here's her beautiful and fun card! I changed the these things:

*I used similar trees and colors.
*Same theme and layout.
*I used different punches and used a scallop edge punch instead of a scallop sticker border.

Recipe:
Stamps: Season of Joy (SU)
Paper: white, real red, old olive &dsp, unknown Christmas Words dsp
Ink: old olive
Accessories: ribbon, circle punches, SU's designer & modern label punches, SU's scallop edge punch, EK Success "swirl" punch


Both of these cards have peppermints that were made from punches. To see how I made them, click here!

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New Favorites Posted December 9

Here are some new faves I found while cruising some galleries today while I'm home sick. (DH finally wins. I'm seeing a new GI doc. I really don't like it when he's right. LOL!)

Wednesday, December 9

cheryl l rowley
peggy-sue and Laura who inspired the card
Cici510
Cici510
RobinRingtail
Theresa Momber
juliemlacey
KY Southern Belle
NancyRuth


Tuesday, December 8

Rebecca Ednie
prchvs
hskelly (CAS)
Cindy Lawrence
Linda Payne
Jessica Fick (CAS)
Jessica Fick
Jessica Fick
Melissa_Aggie (CAS)
Rox71
KarenG (CAS)
MustangSarah


Monday, December 7

tradergirl
BirdsCards
Kauai17
Kauai17
Kauai17
and Kauai17 :)
gbedwright


Sunday, December 6

kgladney
Wendy Gorton
Hazel (CAS)


December 5

Cheri Weston
Donna Baker (CAS)


December 4

Nina Brackett
Nina Brackett
Melanie Muenchinger
Theresa Momber
Theresa Momber


December 3

Jessica Fick
Jessica Fick


December 2

Carolyn King
catdidit
Nina Brackett


December 1

Lynn in St. Louis
Lee Murphey (LuvLee)



November 30

hskelly



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I found a new challenge! It's over at Stamp TV!

I found a new challenge!

Stamp TV Inspiration Challenge (12/4/09)
I was inspired by the colors, blue and green, and the snowflakes. I'm not sure which company this dp is from, but I think it may be DCWV. I used Melanie's Inspiration Mosaic stamp set to get the blocking on the snowflake dp. I also used the mosaic stamp on the ornament dp and cut out some of the pieces to fit in the design. The sign is from Gina's North Pole set and the sentiment is from Gina's Punchy Words stamps set.



Stamps: Inspiration Mosaic, North Pole, Punchy Words (Gina K. Designs)
Paper: bashful blue, old olive, white, dp
Ink: black, Copic markers for the sign, SU markers for the sentiment & dots on the "snow"
Accessories: ribbon, SU circle punch, Martha Stewart snowflake punch, dimensionals

Here's a parade of more eye candy from the gallery!

Monday, December 7

jovialjudi (CAS)
LeAnnePugliese (CAS)
cathymac (CAS)
grbscrap
MrsBoz (CAS)
LateBlossom (CAS)
stamperjen0 (CAS)
KY Southern Belle (CAS)
KY Southern Belle (CAS)
jdmommy (CAS)
jaydekay (CAS)
stamper-c
ajmurdock


Sunday, December 6

k dunbrook (CAS)
hobbywoman (CAS)
Kristin Moore
dahlia19
strappystamper
tracim
SeattleStamper (CAS)
debdeb
ApricotRose
starbucks_stamper


Friday, December 4

joan ervin
PaperCrafty
stampersuzz
CardInspired
CardInspired
Emma F (CAS)
Cards4Ever
booga3
stampedbym
StampGroover (CAS)
pam124
ladybug91743 (CAS)
cindybstampin


Thursday, December 3

scrapnextras
Stampin Di
true-2-you
Wattle
Toy
MaryR917
denisestamps
jmasse
Papercrafty


Wednesday, December 2

stampin fool
TheresaCC
MrsBoz (CAS)


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A Parade of CAS Color Challenge Cards

CAS44 welcomes our new design team!
Congrats Julie, Karen, & Kristin!

SCS Color Challenge: any shades of red and brown
+ white or vanilla

This is also the color challenge (CM34) over at Christian Paper Crafts

This card was CASEd from Vickie Y. You can see her gorgeous card posted in LaLatty's gallery here.

Stamps: The Snowflake Spot, Snow Swirled (Stampin' Up!)
Paper: white, chocolate chip
Ink: close to cocoa, creamy caramel, real red
Accessories: Martha Stewart edge punch, ribbon


Stamps: Holiday Hedgehogs, Heard from the Heart (Stampin' Up!)
Paper: white, chocolate chip, creamy caramel
Ink: black, SU real red & chocolate chip markers, Copic markers
Accessories: Martha Stewart edge punch, ribbon

Stamps: Hoo Hoo Owl (Hero Arts)
Paper: white, creamy caramel, chocolate chip, real red, unknown dp
Ink: black, Copic markers
Accessories: CM custom cutting system, SU large circle punch, Marvy mega scallop circle punch, edge punch (?), dimensionals, ribbon


Stamps: Santa mouse (High Hopes), Merry & Bright greeting (Hero Arts)
Paper: white, creamy caramel, chocolate chip, real red
Ink: black, chocolate chip, Copic markers
Accessories: ribbon, SU scallop edge punch, Nestie scallop squares (received from Wish RAK), dimensionals

More Goodies from the SCS Gallery

*** I'm not done! More are coming!!!

Here are few goodies that I found in the gallery, today!

Sunday, December 6

YLM
YLM
Francie G.
hskelly (CAS)
jaydekay
mkstamping74 (CAS)
MyPrecious
LauraJean
stamper-c
jandjccc
khara
snail
TheCraft'sMeow
kittie747's Victorian home front view
kittie747's Victorian home back view
Stamper K
scrubbybubbles
pam124
TreasureOiler
sunnyj
angelladcrockett
LateBlossom (CAS)
LateBlossom (CAS)


Saturday, December 5

Cici510
flowergal36
lakind
princessforj (CAS)

Friday, December 4

T. Joy
Kristin Moore (CAS)
kittie747's Christmas home front view
kittie747's Christmas home back view
kittie747's Christmas home top view
mmbc (CAS)
sf9erfan


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My First Christmas Ornament

I've been wanting to make a Christmas ornament for awhile and just haven't made time. And this morning I opened up mitchygitchygoomy's gallery for the SCS featured stamper challenge and found this wonderful scallop card with gingerbread men. It instantly made me think of my round coasters! In the picture above, it shows the tools I used to make my peppermint candy. I used a "swirl" punch from EK Success and a 3/4 inch circle punch. I save a lot of small scrap paper for things like this! Waste not, want not!!!



Here is a close-up view of my ornament. This took a long time, but it was well worth it. Recipe:

Stamps: gingerbread man, candy cane Christmas critter, Santa hat, Vicki's versatile background, and the sentiment pictured above (all DRS Designs)
Paper: real red, certainly celery, creamy caramel, white
Ink: black, creamy caramel, Copic markers
Accessories: ribbon, eyelet, SU designer label punch, CM circle punch & custom cutting system, Marvy scallop circle punch, Nestie scallop circle (received from Wish RAK), black coaster (TAC), white gel pen, EK Success "swirl" punch, red sticky tape





And here is the ornament hanging on my Charlie Brown Christmas tree! Isn't this tree the cutest?!? It came with Charlie Brown's blanket and one red ornament. A Charlie Brown Christmas is my favorite childrens' Christmas movie. (It's a Wonderful Life is my favorite "adult" movie!!!) My DH purchased this tree and the stuffed frog with snowman at Meijer.

Thanks for looking!