Santa’s Watching!

It’s a COLOR THROWDOWN challenge  AND a Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge!   Flourishes is also sponsoring the Color Throwdown challenge this week so I just had to play along.  It is my first time playing the color challenge but I’m sure it won’t be the last!

These are the colors we had to work with and they are very similar to the SCS color challenge this week too.   I love these rich colors together!

I just received my new Flourishes Santa image and Drummer Boy images in the mail on Monday, so I’m so excited to use them!   I just love this Santa face! !  He’s the jolly Santa I always pictured in my mind as a child and  he makes me smile!

Stamps: Flourishes Santa-I Believe

Ink: Vintage Photo

Paper: K& Company Elizabeth Brownd paper pad,Chocolate chip cs, white cs

Accessories: Copics – YG99, YG95, R29, R27,  Borderabilities snowflake border edge

Thanks for stopping by!! You know I love your company!

A Winter Wonderland!

Crafty Creations Challenge theme this week is METAL/METALLIC FINISHES.   There are many ways to incorporate metal into a card, be it with embossing in silver or gold, using metal embellishments, using metallic papers or adding  punched metal elements like I’ve done here with my snowflakes.  They are punched from a metal craft sheet.  The blossom circle background  is a silver card stock from the Metallic Stack by DCWV.

The image is “She Dreams”  from DOODLES BY HOPE JACARE.  Claire will be sponsoring us this week with her very own digital image giveaway!!   She has a beautiful assortment of images in her shop and if you play along in our challenge this week, you might get to choose one along with a few other surprises!

I’ve also entered this card in the Pink Persimmon Sketch challenge this week, using their fabulous sketch!

Lexi’s Creations is having their first challenge ever and  wanted to see our blue an silver Christmas cards!

Here’s a second card I’ve made with the theme as well.

I made this card for our Twisted Sister challenge to case our fellow sister coffeestamper.

Stamps: She Dreams Doodles by Hope Jacare, Inkadinkado bears, Winter Wonderland sentiment (Flourishes sleigh ride set)

Paper:  daisy d’s dp, Basic Grey eskimo kisses dp

Ink: Versamark

Accessories: Spellbinders Borderabilities snowflake die cut and emboss borders, Blossom nestabilities, metal sheet, silver embossing powder, Copics- B23, BG13, E00, E11, E33

Have a creative day!!

Mystery Box Project Revealed!!

It’s time to show you all my CUSTOM CROPS MYSTERY PROJECT!!   I had so much fun with this!!

As some of you already know, I received a  box of mystery items from Custom Crops and was invited to make a project  using all of the products in the box!  What would you make with a set of plastic cutlery, a cheerios box and some shrink film??? The girls at Custom Crops have a wonderful sense of humor and our “mission as we chose to accept it” was a ton of fun!!

Here’s what was in the box…

You’ve seen what I did  with the contents of the box, but wait until you see what all the other designers did!!! You will be amazed at what these ladies have come up with too!!  Please head on over to CUSTOM CROPS for full project tutorials of all our creations!  We would love to hear what you think of them too, so if you have a moment, leave a comment…they really are appreciated!!

Custom Crops is also having a SALE on the mystery box products, so scoop up some new German real glass glitter and Sizzix Impression folders while you can!

Thanks so much for stopping by, and have a creative day!!

Over the Top!

I received this fun award from MANDY and I would like to pass it on to Rose,  Linda, Kelly, Teri and Heather

Here are the rules of this award

1. You can only use ONE word!!!
2. Pass this along to 5 of your favorite bloggers!
3. Alert them that you have given them this award!
4. HAVE FUN!!!

And…here are the questions….

1. Where is your cell phone? PURSE

2. Your hair? AUBURN

3. Your mother?  LOVING

4. Your father? MISSED

5. Your fave food? CHIPS

6. Your dream last night?  INSIGNIFICANT

7. Your fave drink? COFFEE

8. Your dream/goal? PEACE

9. What room are you in? CRAFTROOM

10. Your hobby?CRAFTS

11. Your fear? HEIGHTS

12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? HERE

13. Where you were last night?HOME

14. Something that you aren’t? FAMOUS

15. Muffins? NEUTRAL

16. Wish List Item? CRICUT EXPRESSION

17. Where did you grow up? ONTARIO

18. Last thing you did? CLEANED

19. What are you wearing? COMFY CLOTHES

20. Your TV? OFF

21. Your Pets? GERBIL

22. Friends? CLOSE

23. Your Life? GOOD

24. Your Mood? SAD

25. Missing Someone? SISTER

26. Vehicle? MINIVAN

27. Something your not wearing? EARRINGS

28. Your fave store? SCRAPBOOK CENTRALE

29. Your fave colour? AQUA

30. Last time you laughed? YESTERDAY

31. Last time you cried? FRIDAY

32. Your best friend? UNDERSTANDS

33. One place that I go to over and over?  PARK

34. One person who emails regularly? ETSY

35. Fave place to eat? KARMA

Hope you all have a great day!!

Thanks Mandy for this lovely award!!

Hot Cocoa packet Holder Tutorial

Hi everyone!  From the results of the poll I took on the hot cocoa holder I posted last week, there are some of you who wanted a “how to”. So today I went ahead and made a tutorial for you.  Thank you for your response to the poll, it really helps me know what my readers want to see!

Materials

Cardstock- chocolate chip 8 1/2″  x 6 3/4″,  white

Circle punch

Double sided adhesive tape

Ribbon or brad

Scoring tool

Stamp- I used UNITY Hodgepodge of Happiness cup and sentiment

OPTIONAL:

Cuttlebug and embossing folder – I used Snowflakes

Die Cut Nestabilities: Labels One

Scallop oval punch

Step 1:  Score the cardstock at 1/2″ and 4 1/2″ vertically.  Score the bottom edge at 1/2″.

Step 2: Cut the corner just below where the score lines cross.

Step 3: Add adhesive tape to the bottom folding edge just to the score line.

Step 4: Flip the cardstock over and still working on the cut corner side add adhesive tape to the long edge and across the bottom but only to the score line.

Step 5: Fold up the bottom edge and adhere removing the protective cover of the adhesive tape. Now remove the other strip of protective cover from the bottom right and fold over adhering to the bottom left. Now the left 1/2 inch edge needs to fold in and adhere to the inside of the front flap.

Step 6: At the top of your pocket punch a half circle from the center through both the front and back.

Step 7: I wanted to add some embossing to this packet and only thought of it after I had assembled the pocket. I wasn’t sure if the embossing would work through the double layer of cardstock, but it did.  It was a little tight running through the cuttlebug, but I only had to give a little added push to the handle to run it through.   I think this will depend on how thick the card stock is, so if you try it this way, be careful and don’t force the handle if it is really resisting. Now the back of the pocket looks pretty too, without any embellishing.

I stamped the cup from Unity in memento tuxedo black and colored it with sharpie markers.  The sentiment is stamped in Memento rich cocoa ink and punched with a scallop oval punch. The image is framed using the Nestabilities labels 1 die cuts.

I also added a brad to the cocoa packet and “hung” it on the front opening.  For the previous cocoa holder I used a ribbon tied through the top of the hot cocoa packet, and the knot “sat” on the edge of the opening as you can see HERE.

Thanks for stopping by,  and as always, if you have any questions or comments I’m happy to read them!

Frosty the… Penguin?

We don’t have snow here yet, in fact today was a mild sunny day!  But I know that it is not far off.  If we are really lucky we may have a month before it hits us.   But why am I talking about snow?  Because SNOW is this week’s Crafty Creations theme!  Fresh Brewed Designs is generously sponsoring us again this week and Heather gave us all images to work with for today’s card.  Isn’t this penguin a cutie?

I added some Deco Art snowtex to the rim and ball of his tuque.  The background embossing is Spots and Dots, and the scallop circle is embossed with swiss dots.  The green snowflake dsp is from Stampin’ Up! Merry Moments.

Come play in the  snow with us at Crafty Creations!

Thanks for stopping by, and have a creative day!!

What’s in the Mystery Box?

Hi everyone!!

I’m SUPER excited because on Friday I received a MYSTERY BOX of products and unusual items and a challenge (should I choose to accept it…) from CUSTOM CROPS!!  This is the 2nd mystery box challenge that they have had and since I’m on the design team, I was asked if I would like to take on the challenge. Well of course!!  I can’t say NO to a good challenge! You can see the last Mystery Challenge projects at Custom Crops; they are wonderful!

WHAT’S IN THE BOX???

There are 7 items and we have to use all 7 in some way in our final projects.  5 of these items are craft type products from CUSTOM CROPS, but two are truly baffling when thinking of using them in a craft project!!  Last time, they mystery challenge takers had to use a can of soda!

I’ll give you a clue for one of the items I will have to use…you can eat it for breakfast!!??

Well you will just have to wait and see what I come up with for this super fun challenge!  My brain has been in overdrive! lol  I will have to upload it by Monday November 16th!! That’s only one week away, so I better get on it.  So are you curious?  I hope you’ll come back next Monday when I will reveal what was in the box and what I made with all of it.   I will do my best to make it FABULOUS!!

I do have a card to share today too…

I used Webster’s Pages papers (Holiday Collection combo pack) layered on blue bayou card stock.  The base is very vanilla card stock. The bird is a felt sticker decorative element from SEI (Winter Song).  I used a Stampin’ Up!  (Best Yet) sentiment.

I’ve made this card for Stampin’ B challenge: Make a Christmas card

Thanks for stopping by today!!