A Beary Happy Birthday

This card is for my nephew who will turn 5 this weekend! It also is for Kristina Werner's Color Inspiration Challenge #43. The colors this week are chocolate chip, ruby red, pumpkin pie, old olive, and brocade blue. What a fantastic color combo! If you have not tried her challenges...what are you waiting for! They are a great way to get those juices in your brain flowing!!!

I used the sets Under the Stars and Short & Sweet to complete this card. I used all of the colors in card stock and very vanilla too. I stamped the bear and the smore in Stazon Timber Brown on to watercolor paper. I watercolored them in with my aqua painter and chocolate chip ink. I threw in little creamy caramel for his tummy. I gotta say this is the first time that I used my aqua painter and I LOVE IT!!! My sil and upline (the same person) got me hooked on it!! She talked it up so much that I had to get it! It is so easy to use!!!! Anyway...back to the card...I stamped the saying in pumpkin pie. I used the Swiss Dots embossing folder from Cuttlebug too! Then I used the word window punch! The circles are made with the 1/2 inch circle punch. I cut out the hat and the candle. The pom pom on the hat was punched out with a flower punch from Target. I popped the bears face, the smore and the main image square with dimensionals!

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A Lovely Flower Thank You

This is my card for Kristina Werner's Color Inspiration Challenge #42! I know!!! Can you believe it!!! I actually had a chance to make a card on the first night of the challenge and not at the last minute!!! Usually my name is one of the last on this challenge!! Not this time!!! WOOO HOOOO!! Anyway! I really needed some stamping therapy, so here is my card.... the colors this week were more mustard, really rust, kiwi kiss, and whisper white! Great combo right! I fell in love with kiwi kiss all over again!!!

I used two stamps sets this time! For the swirls, I used Baroque Motifs and for the saying, I used Short & Sweet. I used card stock in all of the colors from the challenge. I used Kiwi Kiss classic ink. For the ovals I used Spellbinders ovals on my Sizzix machine. I used the Swiss Dots embossing folder from Cuttlebug on the whisper white oval. I must love this folder! I have been using it a lot lately! I created the flower using the 1 3/8", 1 1/4", and the 1" circle punches along with the cutter kit to age the edges. I did trim the inner circle a bit because I wanted to see the more mustard a bit more. I also used a kiwi kiss button and dimensionals to make it pop.

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Priceless Valentine

Happy Valentine's Day!!!!




Here is my entry for Kristina Werner's Color Inspiration #41.This card is for my wonderful hubby!


The sketch is from this weeks Sketch Challenge over at Splitcoast (SC215). I thought this was a great sketch!

I used the Priceless stamp set for this card. One of my all time favorite sets!!! I used riding hood red, basic grey, basic black and whisper white card stock. For ink, I used Stazon black and riding hood red. I used the Swiss Dots embossing folder from Cuttlebug and a black and white polka dot ribbon from Jo-Ann's. I stamped the vertical strip and attached the ribbon. Then ran the grey cs through the Sizzix machine with the folder. The stamped the hearts and cut one out so that I could pop it up. Then I stamped the saying. I mounted the main image and the popped heart with dimensionals. I also added a little bit of Stickles to the popped heart! What do you think?


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Love You Hearts

With Valentine's Day just around the corner, I thought it was about time that I made a card or two. Here is my first card! I used Stampin' Up!'s retired set called Happy Hearts! This is one fantastic set! For the saying I used the Short & Sweet set!

I stamped four hearts in riding hood red and then punched them out with the 1 1/4 circle punch. I then punched 1 3/8 circles out of riding hood red. I mounted the heart circles with dimensionals. I used the 2-way glue pen and Dazzling Diamonds on one of the hearts. I stamped the saying in the same color and then punched that and the riding hood red cs with the word window punch. I used dimensionals again to pop the word. I placed all of this on to a pretty in pink piece of card stock that I ran through my Sizzix machine with the Swiss Dots embossing folder from Cuttlebug. I also used the scallop edge punch too! I added white grosgrain ribbon. I used the slot punch to do this. Then this all went on to the base which was whisper white card stock!

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Sale-A-Bration!!!

It's that time of year again!!! Stampin' Up!'s Sale-a-Bration!!! Check out the brochure here!


Our Sale-A-Bration promotion gives reason for everyone to celebrate!

Customers: Receive a free Sale-A-Bration product for every $50 purchase.

Hostesses: Receive a free Sale-A-Bration product with a $300 or more workshop, in addition to the normal hostess benefits.

Recruits: Choose any retail stamp set (a value up to $47.95) from the current catalog when signing up during the promotion. Plus, get 15% off the regular $199 price of the Starter Kit--that's $335 worth of products for only $169!

This is a limited time offer only lasting until March 31st, 2009!


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Bella Blossom

I love this set!! My sil is here and she brought this set with her! We have been having so much fun stamping together when we get the chance. We have had a crazy past couple of weeks here. Sorry to all of you for not posting lately and to those of you who have blogs that I visit. My youngest, who is only 21 months, had several febrile seizures last Sunday and we have been in the hospital for the past week. She is home safe and sound now! I will eventually be by your blogs to see what you have been up to! Thanks for understanding!!!

The set is called Bella Blossoms. I used chocolate chip, pretty in pink, very vanilla, and a bit of kiwi kiss card stock. For the flower I used pretty in pink, regal rose, certain celery, and old olive markers for the flower. I would first color the stamp with the lightest marker and then add accents with the darker color. I stamped the flower several times and then cut out the different parts that I wanted to pop out with dimensionals. For the bottom layer of the flower that is popped out I just cut a stamped image out and folded the edges and glued it on. I add stickles to the center of the flower. I stamped the swirls from Baroque Motifs in pretty in pink for the background. For the friend saying, I stamped it in chocolate chip and then punched it out with curly label punch. I sponged all of the edges with chocolate chip and then glued it all together!

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Retro Fruit Thank You

Here is my entry for Kristina Werner's Color Challenge #39.

I used the Tart and Tangy set. I used basic black, real red, so saffron, green galore, and whisper white card stock. I also used green galore and basic black ink pads. I used so saffron and real red markers. For punched I used the word window, the scallop edge punch, and the scallop square punch. I used the Swiss Dots embossing folder from Cuttlebug for the background. I used dimensionals to pop each of the layers. And I used Stickles for the glitter. For that final touch I used real red grosgrain ribbon and attached it with a glue dot.

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Pink Polka Dot Dress

Here is my card for Kristina Werner's Color Inspiration Challenge #38. What a fantastic color challenge!! I love these colors!

The colors are ruby red, pretty in pink, pumpkin pie, and whisper white. I used all of these colors in card stock. The stamp set I used is called Humor in High Heels! Just love this set! For the saying I used the Short & Sweet stamp set. The dresses were stamped in Stazon black and the saying was stamped with ruby red classic ink. The dress in the middle is paper pieced with a piece from a retired designer series paper called Spring Fling. I popped the dress out with dimensionals. I also paper pieced a ruby red belt. I punched out a flower from a $1 punch from Target and then attached it with a rhinestone brad from the Circle Fire collection which was pumpkin pie to go with the theme! For a final touch I used the scallop punch on the bottom front of the card and then I added the pretty in pink grosgrain ribbon to the top!!!


Please check out my sister-in-law's card for this challenge at The Daily Ink!


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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!!!


Thanks again to all of you!!! You really made my day!!!




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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.

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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!!!

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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!!!