A Winner!!!

A big thank you to all of you who enter to win!! I loved reading your comments!!!

So now for the winner....I went to Random.org and this is what it said.......



Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:27

Timestamp: 2009-01-10 07:24:10 UTC


#27 is....Mary!!! Congrats Mary

She wrote.....Mary said...
Great Inspiration. Thanks for sharing your art with us and a Congrats for a Year of Sharing.
January 7, 2009 11:47 PM

Mary please email me at dragonflyimpressions@gmail.com with your mailing address asap!!!


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A Very Vanilla Christmas

I made a couple of these cards to give with gifts over the holidays. I love this image. It is so beautifully detailed that I decided to only a a bit of color! This image is from the Home for Christmas set. I used chocolate chip, red riding hood and very vanilla card stock. I used stazon's timber brown ink for the image. I colored in the ribbon on the door with a blender pen and red riding hood ink. The lamp is colored in with a so saffron marker. I also used stickles on both the ribbon and the lamp!

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What do you think?

Ok so this is a non-stamping related entry :o), but my husband asked me to do this. He is such a great guy, I had to do it for him! He made some cutting boards over the holidays and wanted opinions from others. So what do you think? They are made out of oak!




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Best Wishes

I am all about quick and easy cards! And the Designer Series Paper makes it work! This one I made for my little brother awhile back. I used the Curly Label Punch Bundle. The saying is from Cute and Curly and stamped in Basic Gray onto baja breeze card stock. I then punched it out with the curly label punch. I used dimensionals to mount it. Both of the designer papers are from Urban Garden. I used the corner rounder punch on all four corners too! The ribbon is baja breeze striped. I love that ribbon and color! I attached silver brads to the end. I layered this on to whisper white and then close to cocoa for my base.

Thanks for stopping by and I wish you a very creative day!!!

P.S. Don't forget to enter to win some blog candy from me!!! Also my sister-in-law is giving away some sweet blog candy too! We started so many new things together last year, like blogging, our etsy shops... mine and hers...., and Kristina Werner's color challenges!! She keeps me on my toes with crafting and is always challenging me to try new things! I love her for that! She is a great friend, a wonderful sister, and a fantastic mother of 4 little ones! If you have not checked out her blog yet, you need too!! Her wee ones keep her busy, but when she gets a chance to create.... watch out! She is very talented!!

Kiwi Kissed Manly Birthday Card

What do you think of my title? I know it is silly, but I thought it was fun! I made this card with one of the new sets my husband picked out for me for Christmas! The set is Lovely as a Tree! I also used It's Your Birthday, which is retired, for the saying. I made this card for my dad's birthday.

I used chocolate chip, kiwi kiss, tangerine tango and very vanilla card stock. I started by stamping my image in kiwi kiss ink pad, then coloring on the stamp with my chocolate chip marker for the tree trunk and limbs. I stamped the image on the paper. I then colored in the tree with my blender pen and kiwi kiss ink. I sponged the edges of the image with chocolate chip. I layered the image and used dimensionals to pop the two layers. For the background strips I used versamark. On the tangerine tango piece I used my tried and true, but retired, linen background stamp. For the kiwi kiss strip, I used the leaf stamp from Lovely as a Tree. I punched out 1 1/2 squares with the 1 3/4 square punch (this was a little bit bigger than my saying) to make a window. I placed vanilla card stock on the inside. Then stamped they saying in tangerine tango. I made sure that you would be able to see it through the window!!

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Blog Candy!!!!

A winner has been choosen! Congrats to Mary!!!! Please contact me! :O)



Yesterday was my first year anniversary for this very blog! I want to say thank you to everyone who has ever stopped by! It means so much to me! Thank you for all of your support and comments! I love reading each and every one!

So here is my thank you..... 2 Stampin' Up! stamps, basic black stampin' spot, 1 yard of Striped Baja Breeze ribbon, buttons from Stampin' Up!'s fresh favorites II and earth elements, several stamps sets, and a clear block from Studio G, a pack 5 of 3x3 white textured cards with envelopes from Joann's, and flowers from Prima.

To be entered to win just leave a comment on this blog entry! I will choose a winner on Friday, Jan. 9th!!!

Thanks for stopping by and I wish you a very creative day!!!



P.S. Also my sister-in-law is giving away some sweet blog candy too! We started so many new things together last year, like blogging, our etsy shops... mine and hers...., and Kristina Werner's color challenges!! She keeps me on my toes with crafting and is always challenging me to try new things! I love her for that! She is a great friend, a wonderful sister, and a fantastic mother of 4 little ones! If you have not checked out her blog yet, you need too!! Her wee ones keep her busy, but when she gets a chance to create.... watch out! She is very talented!!

Happy New Year And One Year Blog Anniversary!!!

I can't believe it is already 2009!!!

Today is also my one year anniversary for this very blog!! Wow it has been a whole year!!

I want to thank you for your support! I am so thankful that you stop by and I love to read your comments! They make my day! Please stop by tomorrow for a chance to win some yummy blog candy as a thank you!

Thanks for stopping by and I wish you a very creative day!!!

Pinks and Greens

Happy New Year!!! I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday!! Here is my entry for Kristina Werner's Color Challenge #36! This is a quick and easy card that I created because we have been super busy around here!!

I loved the color combo for this challenge! The colors are rose red, pretty in pink, old olive, and whisper white. I did not have any rose red and I really wanted to participate, so I had to use regal rose. I used card stock in all the colors. I then stamped the swirls from Priceless in versamark on the background. I used an old olive rub-on from Love and Happiness (from last years Sale-a-bration). I added a button and a regal rose ribbon to the front of the mini card. I also added stickles for some fun sparkle!

My sister-in-law did this color challenge too! Check her gorgeous card out at The Daily Ink!

Thanks for stopping by and I wish you a very creative day!!!

Dragonfly and Flowers

Here is my entry for Kristina Werner's Color Challenge #35 ! Ok so the title should say Dragonflies and Flowers, but I added the second dragonfly and forgot to change the title. Then I submitted it for the challenge....and now I can not change it! Oh well! :O) This was a quick card too! I had no time at all to create it!! So busy these days!!

The colors for this challenge are chocolate chip, close to cocoa, baja breeze, so saffron, and very vanilla. I used card stock in all of those colors except for the so saffron. I chose the Pocket Silhouettes for the stamp set. For ink, I used baja breeze, so saffron, and chocolate chip. I used Stickles for the glitter. I used Baja Breeze striped ribbon and a very vanilla hodgepodge hardware. I used the designer label punch too! I also used the hostess stamp set called Organic Grace for the dragonflies!

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Winter Wonderland

So we have two pictures of the card today! My sweet husband helped me to take the pictures! I had trouble getting the sparkle to sparkle!!! The first picture is his and the second is mine!


Please check out my sister-in-law's site @ The Daily Ink for her card on this challenge!



I just love Kristina Werner's Color Inspiration Challenges!! They really get me thinking!! Thank you Kristina!!! It seams that the only time I get to stamp right now is for one of her challenges. This is Color Inspirations Challenge #34. The colors for this challenge are pale plum, perfect plum, bordering blue, sage shadow, and certainly celery! Love this color combo!

I had so many ideas! Here is one that I came up with! I used the Punch Pals set! The colors of card stock that I used are whisper white, pale plum, perfect plum, and bordering blue. For ink, I used Stazon Black, whisper white craft, perfect plum, pale plum, sage shadow, and certainly celery. I also used the watercolor pencils and a blender pen. For all of the sparkle, I mixed it up between Dazzling Diamonds and Stickles. To make the snowflake brad sparkle, I used the 2-way glue pen and Dazzling Diamonds. I used the scallop circle punch, 1 1/4 circle punch, and the 3/4 circle punch. I also used dimensionals to make it pop! I added a the bow made of white taffeta ribbon with a mini glue dot to the corner!

So what do you think? Thanks for stopping by and I wish you a very creative day!!!

Christmas Tags!

I just love the Punch Pals set!! It is one of my favorite holiday sets!! It is just so cute!!


I used Riding Hood Red, Hunter Green, Baja Breeze, and Whisper White card stock. Oh yeah and a tiny bit of chocolate chip. I stamped all of the images in Stazon Black so that I was able to use my watercolor pencils and the blender pen to color in the images. I also used Real Red and Baja Breeze ink. Then I used Stickles to add some fun glitter and silver brads dipped in Dazzling Diamonds for the Christmas Tree tag. I used the scallop edge punch, 1 1/4, inch, 1 inch, 3/4 inch and the 1/2 circle punches. I used dimensionals on some of them for an added pop! On the back I stamped To/From on the back!


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A Flower For You!

Here is my card for Kristina Werner's Color Inspiration Challenge #33. The colors this week are Chocolate Chip, Pumpkin Pie, Taken with Teal, Certainly Celery, and Whisper White. This was a fun combo!! I really liked it!

For the stamps sets, I used One of a Kind and Priceless. For card stock I used whisper white, taken with teal, and certainly celery. I used Stazon Timber Brown for the chocolate chip. I stamped the flower several times on to the different colors of cs and then cut them out. I used stampin' dimensional to layer them and make it pop! The button is pumpkin pie and from the Earth Elements collection. I tied some linen thread around it and attached it with a mini glue dot. I added a rhinestone from Kaiser Scrapbook to the little flower after the "For you" saying. I added the 5/8's chocolate chip grosgrain ribbon to the top and attached it with a mini glue dot.

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Holiday Extravaganza Sale!!

Stampin' Up! has a fantastic sale going on right now!!!

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Winged Friends

I just love this image!! It is from the Hostess set called Serene Spring. The saying is from the same set. The butterfly in the background is from Dreams du Jour. I used whisper white, soft sky (retired), and kraft. I used Stazon black for the image and the saying. I used close to cocoa for the butterfly in the background. To color in the image I used my blender pen along with soft sky, pretty in pink, close to cocoa, and wild wasabi (retired). I used a real red marker for the ladybug. I used my 2-way glue pen and dazzling diamonds on the butterfly and then popped it up with stampin' dimensionals. I used the white gel pen for the center of the flowers. To finish off the main image I used my ticket corner punch and two silver brads. I then used the scallop edge punch for the edge of the card.

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Color Challenge

Here is my entry for Kristina Werner's color challenge! The colors this time were Close to Cocoa, Elegant Eggplant, Pumpkin Pie, So Saffron, and Whisper White. I love the picture she took for this one! Great color combo too!

I used all of the colors in card stock. I used the D'Vine Swirls Cuttlebug embossing folder for the elegant eggplant layer. I used the scallop edge punch for the close to cocoa trim. I stamped the "Hi" from Say It With Scallops stamp set in Pumpkin Pie classic ink. I punched the image out with the scallop square punch. I mounted it and the strip underneath with stampin' dimensionals. I am not sure where the ribbon is from. I got it from my mother-in-law and it was just so perfect for the color combo that I had to use it!!!

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