Bellatastic Tuesday!

It's Bellatastic Tuesday over at Splitcoaststampers.

Elaine, our Hostess Extraordinaire has challeged us to create a card using lots and lots of white space

I love CAS cards....not too too difficult to think about (hmmmm I wonder how many times I can use too and to in a sentence .....lol...then we could a TWO more sentences consisting of too many "to" words.....allright, it's gonna be THAT kind of day....lol) Good thing i'm in good humour as I'm writing a Law final this morning. That will be one more credit under my belt. At the rate i'm going, I will finally have my BA Psych by this time next year~ YAY

Not even remotely ready for Christmas yet, but as you can see, I have one more card under my belt {GRIN}. I actually have to sit down this evening and sort through my cards so I can get them out by tomorrow.....crazy eh.......my goal is that peeps will get their cards before the New Year anyway. Thank goodness I'm not a Cobbler; poor Jon would be fairing the winter elements in his big old Bare feet!!!!

Allright, enough silliness, on with my day~ Hope you all have a blessed Tuesday!!!!

Hugs and Love,

Scraps & More Challenge

Ahhhh Sweet Scrapbooking....I had a lovely time playing with this sketch. I've had this picture sitting on my craft table just waiting to be scrapped. I love this photo and each time I see it, I vividly remember that moment. The Giggles, the joy of playing in the snow and the excitement when Jon's Dad made a Snow Cave in a very large snowbank (it's rare to have huge piles of snow anymore, but this winter in particular, the snow was plentiful, heavy and wet and perfect for creating snow structures!

I used double tags to create a title and a Journalling Block all in one~

I picked up a couple of packages of these plastic snowflakes at the dollar store......they're perfect for christmas cards and pages!!!!

Hope you're all having a great day!

Supplies

Paper-Easy Breezy- The Paper Loft

Ink? Color Box Donna Salazar Mixed Media Ink, TIm Holtz Vintage Photo, Versamark

Stamps-Stamping u! IMpression Obsession (small snowflake on tag)

Embossing Powder, Brads, Buttons, Sponges. Hemp Thread, 

Stamps of Life is Hoppin' with Clearsnap!

The Stamps of Life and Clearsnap are having a blog hop featuring The Stamps of Life stamps and Clearsnap inks and other fun products. Be sure you comment on all the stops along the hop because prizes will be randomly chosen among the comments!

The Stamps of Life will be giving away a prize to 3 lucky people – one stamp set (of the winner’s choice) per winner.

Clearsnap will be giving away an assortment of Stephanie Barnard Colorbox Premium Dye inks.

 If you've been hopping already, you've come from Diana's Blog

Supplies Used

Stamps: The Stamps of Life

Ink: Clearsnap-Stephanie Barnard Artichoke and Licorice

Smooch Glitz-Clearsnap

Polar White Flower Soft, White Gel Pen, Bakers Twine

Next Stop on the Hop:

Denise

Good Luck with the Draw!

Marker Pop Hop!

Welcome to the MarkerPOP! & Shinhan Touch Twin marker blog hop!

Our teams are joining today to bring you a fun filled hop featuring a variety of stamps carried at the MarkerPOP! store that have been colored with Touch Twin markers which are available at MarkerPOP!.  For my card, I used Jingle Jangle Tilda. How cute is SHE??? I coloured her with my touch markers. Here is the colour map!

The hop starts today and will be open until December 19th. Enter by commenting on all the blogs in the hop (see blog list below). 

About Shinhan Touch Twin markers:

Designed for artists, Touch Twin markers feature an advanced alcohol-based ink formula that ensures rich color saturation and coverage, with silky ink flow. Touch Twin Brush markers feature two nibs (Brush & Chisel) to achieve a wide range of strokes, from fine lines to wide color fills. The delivery of ink flow can be perfectly controlled to allow precision drawing. The ergonomically designed rectangular body is roll resists rolling on work surfaces and provides a perfect grip that avoids smudges and smears. A specially designed safety cap stacks neatly and 

prevents damage to the nibs. The Touch Twin marker contains an alcohol-based ink that doesn’t dissolve printed ink toner, allowing for odorless, vividly colored artwork on printed materials.

Additional Supplies

Fence, Tag and Birdcage Dies-Impression Obsession Stamps

Paper-My Minds Eye

Flower Soft Polar White 

Lots and Lots of Glitter

Ink: Memento Black, Tim Holtz

Bellarific Friday-Sketch 25

I'm so glad it's Friday. It seems that it's been quite a busy week and I'm ready for some down time. That being said, I have NOTHING accomplished as far as Christmas goes and I plan to put the Christmas Tree up this weekend. Next year, I'm going to be much more organized! HA~

This week's challenge was a sketch! 

I used Jingle Bells!!!

Coloured with Prism Pencils and Gamsol~

Love the soft look that I can achieve with the pencils

Hop on over to Blogabella to see the creations!!!!

Hugs~ 

Kendra's "Pin-spired" Christmas

So are you all ready for Christmas? Not me, not even remotely close. I think that as soon as I've completed my last exam for this term next Monday, I'll probably be able to focus on decorating, baking and shopping. Yep, haven't even purchased one gift yet. How is THAT for last minute. Fortunately, I don't have a huge family and I can get most of my shopping done in one trip. I have put some thought into it and have an idea of what i'll put under the tree for my peeps, so I'll just have to get out and get it.

My Tag for today was created from this Photo I saw on Pinterest Yesterday

You can read about this Gorgeous Tag on Anne's Paper Fun

I was intrigued by the beautiful colours, the pretty bow and the added texture on her beautiful gift tag.

The Pretty Bird is one of three Birds in the Eclectic Birdies from Stamping Bella- So Tweet (hehe!)

I was a little disappointed in the Photography. THe Ribbon actually matches the colour in the tag much more closely, but picked up more Blue than it is in real life!

Hope you enjoyed this project. 

Head on over to Kendra's Blog to see what she's up to today!

Happy Stamping

Sketch Challenge over at the Paper Loft

There's a New Challenge going on over on the Paper Loft Blog

The challenge will run from 12/11/2012 to 12/31/2012.

One winner will be chosen. The winner will receive a prize package of The Paper Loft products PLUS the winner will be our February 2013 Paper Loft Guest Designer!

Our Guest Designer will get a special badge and will have their projects featured on our blog throughout the month of February.  

To participate: Make a project (card, scrap layout or any project that works with the sketch) using the provided sketch and upload it to your blog or online gallery. Leave a link to your project using the link widget at the bottom of this post. The Paper Loft products are not required to participate, but the winner will be chosen from a participant that uses The Paper Loft products somewhere on their project. You may enter as many times as you want.

Please use a direct link to your post.  Good Luck~

I LOVE this picture. I was so blessed to join Miranda and her Girlfriends at her 18th Birthday Celebration. Needless to say, I felt a little old with all those young and beautiful girls, but they were all so much fun and sweet as can be. I was able to get some great shots of them, but was lucky that a friend nabbed my camera to catch a few shots of the two of use together. Isn't She Beautiful?

I enjoy the times that we spend together. We spent Sunday afternoon crafting and she created some great christmas cards.

For my project, I used the Easy Breezy line. I just LOVE the Paper Loft Line and as I've said before, I'm blessed to be on the team because it has motivated to renew my love for Scrapping!

Hope to see your projects on the Paper Loft Blog and curious to see who will join us as Guest Designer

Happy Stamping