So long, farewell

I would go on, but I don't know how to spell that German word for goodbye! lol Okay, I googled it and found it.

Auf Wiedersehen, goodbye!

When I woke up this morning, I realized my pajama pants were on backwards. Hmmmm, do you think that is a sign that I should see that 2010 is behind me? Bwahahahahaha! I do crack myself up. I hope you are laughing as well. I really am looking forward to a GREAT 2011!

Here are my last cards of the year.

One of my resolutions is to actually send out more of my creations in 2011. I have entirely too many here in my stamp room.


This card uses three stamps from Rubbernecker.

Another of my resolutions is to bloom with happiness - to be content with what life sends my way and bloom in whatever that is. You see, I have a natural tendency towards pessimism. It is a battle for me to look at the bright side, but I think I am making progress and getting better at it. To conquer it, I'd better live a very long time!

I stamped the pansy image onto the white cs and then colored with copic markers before cutting into the out of the box shape for Roxie's sketch challenge this week. I used AtYou pens for a little glimmer on the sentiment and added some highlights to the image with them as well. The flourished bg was created by stamping onto the linen textured paper using Garden Green ink. I kept it fairly simple by embellishing with just three rhinestones.



The image from Mark's Finest Papers was inked with versamark, then Night of Navy before stamping and embossing with clear ep. I then colored it with Copic markers and mounted it on the navy cs. The card front is embossed with Birds and Swirls. The other panel is a dp by Webster's Pages. Such pretty papers. I used silver eyelets in the corners of the card front panel and added a bit of trim as an accent.

I am so grateful to be on the design teams for Mark's Finest Papers and Rubbernecker. Thank you Faith and Dave for all you have done for me this past year. I look forward to a wonderful new year with both companies!

Thanks for stopping by. I hope that 2011 is a great one for all of us! Happy New Year!

Look what I got today!

This was delivered to my door today. Woooo hooooo! I can't wait to put it to work!

Now, here is the real question - how many machines does one girl need? I think I may need to whittle down my collection.

I have:

One Cuttlebug
Two Wizards
One Big Shot
and now
a Grand Calibur!

Enough!

Rubbernecker Sale!

Rubbernecker Year End Inventory Sale!

I just got this update about the Rubbernecker sale! Woooo hooooo! Get on over there and order! Good stuff!

Stamp Sale Extended

We still have too many stamps pressed, packaged and ready to go and if we don't sell them we will have to pay tax on them. So we decided we would much rather lower the prices and offer the saving to you rather than pay the tax. We hope you will take advantage of the deepest discounts on stamps we have ever offered at Rubbernecker. This discount applies to most of the stamps in the Rubbernecker and Stamp Oasis lines.

RUBBERNECKER

Our offer of an additional free stamp for every $25 in stamps purchased still applies.

Our normal pricing is usually the best on the web.

That makes this offer an exceptional deal on great quality designs.

Making Tamales

A few years ago my daughter and I made some veggie tamales. OH YUM! We like them better than the meat ones. It is becoming a tradition to make them around Christmas. We didn't get to make them last year, as she was getting ready to get married January 2. This year, we scheduled it in. Look how much fun we are having!

We wanted an audience this year, so we invited my darling niece Lori to join us so she could see how to do it. Not that we are experts at all, but we have done it a couple of times. lol She brought her darling little girls with her. They were super good and watched some wonderful TV shows while we worked.

Here is the ever so cute Lolo. She got the hang of it right off.
This is the yummy filling - lots of granulated garlic, diced yellow squash, diced zuchinni, onion, and freshly roasted green chiles. Mmmmm, the house smelled so good. We also put LOTS of that garlic in the masa.
Schmear a little of the masa on a soaked corn husk and add the filling and a bit o' cheese.
Now wrap it (kind of like a burrito) . We tied one end to make these adorable little packets.
Now you steam them. We used a pressure cooker and steamed them for 40 minutes. Let them cool. We ate some, and will freeze some for later.

Thanks for joining us Lolo, and for taking these marvelous photos. Let's do it again next year!

Ooooo, that's pretty!

That was what I said when I first stamped the image using Memento Rich Cocoa ink onto Vanilla cardstock. I then colored the image using Copic Markers and Smooch on the ribbon. I cut/embossed the image with a Spellbinders oval die and using a damp sponge and the Rich Cocoa ink, sponged the edges. I then went around the edge with a Gold Krylon pen for just a tiny bit of an edge.
The sentiment is stamped with versamark and I embossed it in gold then cut it out with scissors and matted it with the red cardstock. The card front is embossed with the Holly Ribbons Cuttlebug folder. The gold organdy ribbon is a double bow, one of which was heated for texture.

I hope you like it! Have a great week!

Stylish Blog Award!

I got this award - from Vicky Gould. Vicky is a very talented stamper and has become a good friend over the many years of sharing stamping challenges on SCS. I just got an actual Christmas card in the mail from her. What a sweetheart.

I am supposed to tell 8 things about myself:
1. I am a wife, mother of 3 and grandmother of 7. Ooooo, I love those people!
2. I live in Phoenix and love the winters here - not the summers so much, but it was 80 here today! That's my kind of winter.
3. I love living near my family!
4. I am shortish! 5"3".
5. I love to watch old movies. Christmas movies I MUST watch are: The Bishop's Wife, Miracle on 34th Street, The Shop Around the Corner and It's a Wonderful Life.
6. Clark Gable, Jimmy Stewart, Cary Grant, Doris Day,and Loretta Young are some of my favorite actors.
7. I have two living brothers and a wonderful sister.
8. I think I am funny! I crack myself up - often with my own stupidity! lol

And now I am suppose to pass this along to eight others.

I will be nominating the following:

Kelly G
Amber H
Jill
Kelly
Charlotte
Holly
Liz
Cindy

MFP Blog Hop Day Four! Take a Peek!

Welcome to the MFP December Blog Hop! We have 4 New Stamp Sets Released: Hearts, Hearts, Hearts, Nature's Postage Due; Hello Sunshine and Take a Peek. For your convenience, all 4 stamp sets are available for purchase TODAY!

For your chance to win BLOG CANDY, (a set that will be released NEXT month), visit and comment on each of the following design team members' blogs TODAY. On Saturday, (December 11, 2010), a winner will be chosen from those participants who visited all the blogs listed for today. (There will be four different winners, one winner for each day of the blog hop. You DO NOT have to comment every day. However, the more days you comment, the more chances you have to win!) If you miss a day, you can go back and comment on each day's blogs, as the winners will be chosen Saturday morning.

I just fell in love with this little face. Isn't he adorable?


I inked the image with black Memento ink and stamped onto white cs then clear embossed. I used copic markers to add some subtle shading to the image, but keeping it pretty clean. A little yellow added to the center of the flowers was all that was needed. I then used that same yellow copic marker to color the background around the image and then cut/embossed with the spellbinders Lacey circle die. The black polka dot paper behind the main image is cut/embossed with the Spellbinders beaded circle and added to the dp card front. The corners were punched with a Martha Stewart punch and mounted onto black. The sentiment is stamped with black ink onto the yellow cardstock and punched out and added to the black which was punched with the ticket corner punch. A little knot of the yellow gingham ribbon from Mark's Finest Papers and - ta dah!

Emily
Karen-That's me!
Patty
Roxie
Vicki
Liz
Claudine
Dawn
Joanne
Nicole
Marilynn
Peggysue
Susan
Connie
Emily N.
Mark’s Finest Papers

Hey, thanks for hopping around the blogs and checking out all the wonderful creations. Now, hop on over to the MFP site and order yours quickly. They go so fast!!!!!! Don't miss out!

MFP Blog Hop Day Three! Hello Sunshine!

Welcome to the MFP December Blog Hop - day three!

We have 4 New Stamp Sets Released this month: Hearts, Hearts, Hearts, Nature's Postage Due, and today's featured set is Hello Sunshine. Tomorrow will be Take a Peek. For your convenience, all 4 stamp sets are available for purchase TODAY!

For your chance to win BLOG CANDY, (a set that will be released NEXT month), visit and comment on each of the following design team members' blogs TODAY. On Saturday, (December 11, 2010), a winner will be chosen from those participants who visited all the blogs listed for today. (There will be four different winners, one winner for each day of the blog hop. You DO NOT have to comment every day. However, the more days you comment, the more chances you have to win!) If you miss a day, you can go back and comment on each day's blogs, as the winners will be chosen Saturday morning.

Now is your chance to visit all the designer's blogs to see what they have done with this great new set.
Nancyruth
Lois
Vicky
Dawn L.
Anne
Emily
Karen-That's me!
Patty
Roxie
Vicki
Liz
Claudine
Dawn
Joanne
Nicole
Marilynn
Geri
Lynn
Mark’s Finest Papers
For the image on this card, I inked the stamp with versamark ink and then with yellow ink, stamped onto white cardstock and clear embossed. The outside of the sun was cut out and the edges distressed a little, then I used the yellow marker on the edges to add a bit more dimension.
I inked the stamp again with versamark ink and then colored with markers before stamping the image and clear embossing once again. I then colored this image with copic markers and then punched out and mounted onto the yellow sun shape. This is popped up on the corner of the designer paper. The card front is core'dinations which was embossed using a cuttlebug swirls folder and then sanded to really make the embossing pop. The sentiment was stamped and punched out with the word window punch and attached to the front of the card.
Now don't you wish you were on this beautiful beach right now? What sereneity.

Thanks for stopping by. Come back tomorrow for day four!

MFP Blog Hop Day Two! Nature's Postage Due!

Welcome to the MFP December Blog Hop! We have 4 New Stamp Sets Released: Hearts, Hearts, Hearts, which was showcased yesterday, Nature's Postage Due, showcased today, Hello Sunshine and Take a Peek. For your convenience, all 4 stamp sets are available for purchase TODAY!

For your chance to win BLOG CANDY, (a set that will be released NEXT month), visit and comment on each of the following design team members' blogs TODAY. On Saturday, (December 11, 2010), a winner will be chosen from those participants who visited all the blogs listed for today. (There will be four different winners, one winner for each day of the blog hop. You DO NOT have to comment every day. However, the more days you comment, the more chances you have to win!) If you miss a day, you can go back and comment on each day's blogs, as the winners will be chosen Saturday morning.

Nancyruth
Lois
Vicky
Dawn L.
Anne
Peggysue
Susan
Connie
Claudine
Dawn
Joanne T
Nicole
Marilynn
Geri
Lynn-
Emily N.
Be sure to hop to the MFP blog to see my card using this stamp set! It is being featured there today.
Mark’s Finest Papers

And…LOOK for a NEW LINK LIST TOMORROW!!!

MFP Blog Hop Day ONE! Hearts Hearts Hearts

We have 4 New Stamp Sets: Hearts, Hearts, Hearts, Nature's Postage Due; Hello Sunshine and Take a Peek. For your convenience, all 4 stamp sets are available for purchase TODAY!

For your chance to win BLOG CANDY, (a set that will be released NEXT month), visit and comment on each of the following design team members' blogs TODAY. On Saturday, (December 11, 2010), a winner will be chosen from those participants who visited all the blogs listed for today. (There will be four different winners, one winner for each day of the blog hop. You DO NOT have to comment every day. However, the more days you comment, the more chances you have to win!) If you miss a day, you can go back and comment on each day's blogs, as the winners will be chosen Saturday morning.
Nancyruth
Lois
Vicky
Dawn L.
Anne
Peggysue
Susan
Connie
Emily
Karen-That's me!
Patty
Roxie
Vicki
Liz
Geri –
Lynn-
Emily N.
Mark’s Finest Papers

And…LOOK for a NEW LINK LIST TOMORROW!!!


I stamped the beautiful floral heart using versamark ink on white cardstock and embossed with white ep. This was cut/embossed using Spellbinders Labels Ten. I colored in the image with copic markers and airbrushed the edges leaving the die in place to leave the white edge. I then used my marker to carefully edge the panel. This is popped up onto a piece of designer paper (unknown). The back pink panel was randomly stamped with three of the other stamps from the set using a deeper red ink. The corners were punched with the Martha Stewart Swirling Lace punch. The card is Rose Red cardstock. I added a bow of organdy ribbon (also avialable from MFP) which was heated with my heat gun to give it more texture, and a glitter brad added to the center.

Thanks for stopping by!

Sneak Peek!

There are new stamps on the horizon and this is showing some of them from the set called Hello Sunshine. I think these are so versatile. This sentiment could be used for an invitation or a thank you for a wonderful evening with friends. I chose the thanks, as you will see on the inside. Mark's Finest Papers new release blog hop begins next Tuesday, Dec. 7! Mark your calendar.

The main image is stamped with versamark and night of navy ink on white cs and clear embossed. That is matted with yellow cs before being mounted onto the gingham square. The sentiment is stamped the same way and then cut/embossed with Spellbinders ovals. I added some AtYou Spica Lemon dots around the white oval. I wanted a fun ribbon to go with this, but didn't have anything appropriate in my stash, so I created some "ribbon" loops by cutting a very narrow strip of the paper and creating my loops before adhering them to the back of the oval and popping it up. The yellow paper is embossed with the cuttlebug folder.

I am also showing you a paper saving tip which I like to use.



I matted the blue gingham paper with night of navy cs, but before mounting it, I stamped another stamp several times on the center of that square using versamark ink and clear embossing. Then I punched the star from that embossed piece to use on the inside.


The inside of the card is embellished with more of the embossed yellow paper and that embossed star I cut from the navy mat.

Non-traditional colors for a holiday card

Hi! Thanks for stopping by!

Here is a Christmas card I created using fairly non-traditional colors, but I really like the way it turned out. How do you like it?

I stamped the image (from Mark's Finest Papers) using Memento Black ink before coloring with Copic Markers. The green strip was airbrushed using a mask for a little texture and then adhered to the Baja Breeze panel which is stamped with the holly and airbrushed around the edges before mounting onto the Perfect Plum card. I added silver for the holly berries on the soldier stamp and then silver ribbon and cord to the green strip.

What do you think of this non-traditional Christmas card?

Thanks for stopping by!

Silver Bells and Silver Ribbons

I tried a new to me technique to create the background for this card. It's called W.I.S.H. Fun, huh? You cut three sides off of a zip loc bag and then scribble water soluble markers all over the inside of one side. I used SU! markers in four shades of blue spritzed with water and then smooshed to create my background. I wanted more color after the first time, so I remarkered it but this time I used glimmer mist for the H2O. It is so pretty and shimmery. My image - from Rubbernecker - didn't show up well enough for me, so I stamped it again with the versamark and embossed it with silver ep. The corners and bottom border are punched with a swirling lace punch. I added the bow created with two different silver ribbons. I hope you like it!

Thanks for stopping by!

Mark's Finest Papers November Blog Hop! Day Four!

Welcome to the MFP November Blog Hop! This month, we are releaseing 6 NEW SETS!

And…LOOK for a NEW LINK LIST TOMORROW!!!

We have 6 New Stamp Sets Released: Brick Wall, Bells on Bobtail, Christmas Postage Due, Bold & Free, Muscial Holiday and Welcome Home. For your convenience, all 6 stamp sets are available for purchase TODAY!

For your chance to win BLOG CANDY, (a set that will be released NEXT month), visit and comment on each of the following design team members' blogs TODAY. On Saturday, (November 13, 2010), a winner will be chosen from those participants who visited all the blogs listed for today. (There will be four different winners, one winner for each day of the blog hop. You DO NOT have to comment every day. However, the more days you comment, the more chances you have to win!) If you miss a day, you can go back and comment on each day's blogs, as the winners will be chosen Saturday morning.


This is a 5-1/2" square tag on which I used the smoosh technique with reinkers and gold glimmer mist to create the background. I then stamped the other wonderful images from the set using versamark ink and embossing with gold detail embossing powder. The music was stamped onto vanilla card stock with Vintage Photo distress ink and the edges torn and distressed and then sponged with more of the ink. It was also spritzed with gold glimmer mist. I added shapes in the upper corners which were cut/embossed with Spellbinders Doodle Parts from a lovely shimmery cardstock. The sentiment is stamped with versamark ink and gold embossed before cutting/embossing with Spellbinders oval die and popped up onto the Fancy Tag shape. I added soem lovely ribbons and heated the gold organdy ribbon to curl it a bit.

Emily
Karen- that’s me and you are already here!
Patty
Roxie
Vicki
Liz
Claudine
Dawn
Joanne T
Nicole
Marilynn
Peggysue
Susan
Judi
Connie
Mark’s Finest Papers

Mark's Finest Papers November Blog Hop! Day Three!

Welcome to the MFP November Blog Hop! This month, we are releaseing 6 NEW SETS!

And…LOOK for a NEW LINK LIST TOMORROW!!!

We have 6 New Stamp Sets Released: Brick Wall, Bells on Bobtail, Christmas Postage Due, Bold & Free, Muscial Holiday and Welcome Home. For your convenience, all 6 stamp sets are available for purchase TODAY!

For your chance to win BLOG CANDY, (a set that will be released NEXT month), visit and comment on each of the following design team members' blogs TODAY. On Saturday, (November 13, 2010), a winner will be chosen from those participants who visited all the blogs listed for today. (There will be four different winners, one winner for each day of the blog hop. You DO NOT have to comment every day. However, the more days you comment, the more chances you have to win!) If you miss a day, you can go back and comment on each day's blogs, as the winners will be chosen Saturday morning.


Here is the card I created to showcase the new Welcome Home set. I just love this set. Lighthouses can be used for so many wonderful cards. For this one, I stamped the image onto vanilla card stock and colored with Copic Markers. I sponged light blue around the lighthouse to give it a sky look and then shadowed and sponged the lower portion with a caramel color. I then cut/embossed the image with an oval Spellbinders die then did the cracked glass technique on it. I rubbed in more brown and blue inks to get into the cracks so you could see them better. I then mounted that onto the light brown cardstock which was cut/embossed with Spellbinders Beaded Ovals die and I sponged on the darker brown using the die as a stencil. That is popped up on the blue cardstock. I added a strip of the brown cardstock behind the blue which was cut/embossed with Spellbinders Fancy Tags and then the sentiment was stamped with brown ink and popped up. I added the lace and ribbon bow and the lighthouse charm. All the supplies for this card can be found on the Mark's Finest Papers website. I love that lace.

Nancyruth
Lois
Vicky
Dawn L.
Anne
Emily
Karen- – that’s me and you are already here!
Patty
Roxie
Vicki
Liz
Claudine
Dawn
Joanne T
Nicole
Marilynn
Geri
Lynn
Mark’s Finest Papers

Mark's Finest Papers November Blog Hop! Day Two!

Welcome to the MFP November Blog Hop! This month, we are releaseing 6 NEW SETS!

And…LOOK for a NEW LINK LIST TOMORROW!!!

We have 6 New Stamp Sets Released: Brick Wall, Bells on Bobtail, Christmas Postage Due, Bold & Free, Muscial Holiday and Welcome Home. For your convenience, all 6 stamp sets are available for purchase TODAY!

For your chance to win BLOG CANDY, (a set that will be released NEXT month), visit and comment on each of the following design team members' blogs TODAY. On Saturday, (November 13, 2010), a winner will be chosen from those participants who visited all the blogs listed for today. (There will be four different winners, one winner for each day of the blog hop. You DO NOT have to comment every day. However, the more days you comment, the more chances you have to win!) If you miss a day, you can go back and comment on each day's blogs, as the winners will be chosen Saturday morning.

Nancyruth
Lois
Vicky
Dawn L.
Anne
Peggysue
Susan
Judi
Connie
Claudine
Dawn
Joanne T
Nicole
Marilynn
Geri
Lynn
Mark’s Finest Papers


Two of my cards are featured on Mark's Finest Papers Blog today, but even though my blog isn't on today's hop, I did want to share these two creations I made using the new sets featured today. I hope you don't mind.

Winter Scene

I wanted to share this card with you. It is not a simple one - at least it wasn't the day I created it. One thing after another and the first one went into the garbage can after I was putting the finishing touches on it when my paint pen went "goosh" and left a huge splotch of gold paint on it. Grrrrrr! So aggravating. I tried to save it, but . . . nope, it was hopeless. Sniff sniff!

This is a sneak peek of a set being released Tuesday - called Bells on Bobtail by Mark's Finest Papers. I love the vintage look of it, don't you?

So, I created this one by using a light blue cardstock, stamping the tree (from A Walk in the Woods) over and over using two shades of green - Distress Ink in Forest Moss and Shabby Shutters. Wanting the winter look, I inked the same stamp with a versamarker here and there and since the stamps are clear, stamped again, trying to align the stamp. I then embossed with white embossing powder. I used the same tree stamp and the same method to create the snowy ground. I like the look it gives - not being a solid white mass. I heated that white powder again and added just a bit of iridescent ice ep to give it a little shimmer.

The sleigh image was stamped onto white card stock with Distress Vintage Photo ink and clear embossed before being colored with watercolor crayons and a wet brush. I then carefully cut out the image and added the snow to the bottom of the sleigh. I also added the red holly berries to the garland around the horse's neck with red stickles. The sentiment is stamped with the Forest Moss ink and punched out, then a marker used to color the edges. I added the green gingham bow and mounted the scene onto the Always Artichoke card stock. I'm happy with the results. What do you think?

Thanks for stopping by!

Mark's Finest Papers November Blog Hop! Day One!

Welcome to the MFP November Blog Hop! This month, we are releaseing 6 NEW SETS!

And…LOOK for a NEW LINK LIST TOMORROW!!!

We have 6 New Stamp Sets Released: Brick Wall, Bells on Bobtail, Christmas Postage Due, Bold & Free, Muscial Holiday and Welcome Home. For your convenience, all 6 stamp sets are available for purchase TODAY!

For your chance to win BLOG CANDY, (a set that will be released NEXT month), visit and comment on each of the following design team members' blogs TODAY. On Saturday, (November 13, 2010), a winner will be chosen from those participants who visited all the blogs listed for today. (There will be four different winners, one winner for each day of the blog hop. You DO NOT have to comment every day. However, the more days you comment, the more chances you have to win!) If you miss a day, you can go back and comment on each day's blogs, as the winners will be chosen Saturday morning.

Using the set Bells On Bobtail, I created these tags by stamping the jingle bells (oh, I love jingle bells!) using Versamark ink then coloring in with Copic markers. I sprayed gold glimmer mist over the entire tag and then added the sentiment stamped in red.



The Brick Wall set is really fun and versatile. For this card, I stamped the brick wall image onto a brick colored card stock then distressed the edges of the panel with a distressing tool and sponging of inks. I then stamped the vine image using versamark ink and embossing with white embossing powder. I colored the embossed vine with pastels, then went back and colored the flowers with purple Smooch and a little gold smooch in the cneters. The butterflies were stamped onto a smoosh created piece of cardstock and embossed with black before cutting out and adding a little more gold smooch. The brick image is mounted onto brown. The butterflies on the brick wall are popped up. I created the purple mat by stamping the vine image with versamark and embossing with clear embossing powder. All that is mounted onto the green card which is an uneven gate fold. I added the luscious purple bow to highlight the brick panel. The cardstock, stamps, ribbon and smooch are all available at Mark's Finest Papers. Go check it out!



Nancyruth
Lois
Vicky
Dawn L.
Anne
Peggysue
Susan
Judi
Connie
Emily
Karen- – that’s me and you are already here!
Patty
Roxie
Vicki
Liz
Geri –
Lynn-
Emily N.
Mark’s Finest Papers

Thanks for stopping by! Be sure to come back tomorrow for another new set.

Simple Joy

This card is a really simple one with just one layer and the sentiment. I stamped the image (from Rubbernecker) using versamark ink onto the dark green card stock and embossed with copper embossing powder. The lower portion is embossed with the Cuttlebug Holly Ribbons folder and the copper cord tied around. I stamped and embossed just the word joy from the sentiment stamp which says Joy to the World and embossed it before punching and mounting onto the copper shimmery card stock which is also punched with an oval. So simple, but quite stunning, if I do say so myself. What do you think?

Christmas Cactus

Living in Phoenix, this is the state Christmas tree. Just kidding! But some people do put lights on the cactus around here. I'm not a big fan of cactus. I like to stay as far away from it as possible.

I inked the image with markers before stamping. I then embossed the star with gold embossing powder. I also colored in the image with Copic markers, then added stickles to the lights and to the star. It really sparkles in real life. That image was cut/embossed with Spellbinders Deckled Edge die and mounted onto the green Spellbinders Beaded Oval shape which was airbrushed through the die to bring out the beads. That is popped up onto the old olive card front. The sentiment is stamped with versamark and embossed with gold detail embossing powder.

Speaking of snowflakes!

Okay, so no one was speaking of snowflakes, but I needed a segway here. lol

I used the same sketch for yesterday's card for this one, keeping it monochromatic for that frosty look. What do you think? Does it look frosty? The biggest card front panel was inked with versamark ink and adding more of the iridescent ice embossing powder to not only the snowflakes but to all the edges as well. I like how that looks.

The images of the snowflakes are stamped with versamark onto the light blue card stock and embossed with iridescent ice embossing powder before mounting each panel onto white card stock. For the snowflake embellishment, I embossed a square onto a scrap of white cs before punching the snowflake (two layers) and adding the rhinestone brad to the center.

Thanks for stopping by. Come back tomorrow to see my Christmas Cactus!

Next week the blog hop begins for the release of six fabulous new stamp sets from Mark's Finest Papers. The fun begins on Tuesday, so be sure to check back!

This is a sneak peek of one of the new sets called Musical Holiday. The French horn and the music score are both images in the set. Does anything say Christmas more than music? I love Christmas music and would like to play it all year long, but I resist. However, it can start before Halloween in my house. lol


For this card, I stamped the horn image with versamark and embossed with silver onto white card stock. I colored in theholly leaves and berries with Copic markers and mounted that onto red card stock. I added the red brads and the silver cord bow. That is popped up onto the designer paper panel which is a scrap, so I can't tell you where it is from. The musical score is also a stamp in thsi new set, just stamped with black ink onto the white. The green card front is olive and garden green layered and then embossed with Cuttlebug's Holly Ribbons folder.

What do you think? I hope you like it. Thanks so much for stopping by! Please come back soon.

This card shows a new stamp from Rubbernecker called daisies. Don't you just love daisies? They are such a happy little flower and . . . what I love about it is that they last so long. My dh gave me some lovely flowers for our anniversary last month and the daisies and carnations lasted a good two weeks! Such a delight.

Thanks for stopping by!

Such a cute girl!

This card uses paper piecing. Have you tried this technique? It is a great way to use up scraps of beautiful papers. Well, I have lots of scraps to choose from. The image is from Mark's Finest Papers and actually has a pumpkin where I put the sentiment. I just covered it up with the sentiment to change this and make the image even more versatile. Isn't she a cutie? I colored the girl with copic markers, cut/embossed using Spellbinders Labels One and airbrushed the edges.

To paper piece, stamp the image onto your background paper and onto the papers you want to use on it, then cut out the specific areas and adhere them to the main image. Xyron sure makes this part easy. I love my Xyron!

I hope you like it

Joy to the world!

Spellbinders dies are perfect for creating frames, which is how I created the one on this card.

The sentiment is a new one from Rubbernecker. I added stars and notes from a Nativity set by Oasis, available from Rubbernecker. They are stamped and embossed with gold ep, which matches the gold glitter on the dark green paper the frame is cut from. I added rhinestones to the centers of all the stars and popped the frame up on the card front which is embossed with Cuttelbug's Holly Ribbon folder, and backing the card with the same dark green cs. The bow is gold organdy ribbon with a little gold metallic added, as well as more rhinestones. I heated the organdy just a little to give it a little curl. I hope you like it.

Good morning!

I am sharing this card I created with these three colors as a challenge on SCS. Baja Breeze, Blushing Bride and Crumb Cake and lace as an option.


Unfortunately, I have a big need for these cards lately. Lots of people in my family are having heart problems! How scary.

I used lace on my card in a different way perhaps, with the Victorian Lace stamp on the card front which is embossed with white ep. I also used the Swirling Lace border punch. The sentiment is stamped with versamark and clear embossed before punching out and layering onto Spellbinders Beaded Circles. The dp is Webster's Pages. I embossed the border punched piece with Holly Ribbons embossing folder to make it look even lacier. I'm calling the colors in the dp as the crumb cake.

Can snowflakes be wrong?

I created this ornament this morning and wanted to share it with you.

Now, red for a snowflake ornament? Why not?

This is a new stamp from Rubbernecker that you just have to have! I love this beauty!

I inked the stamp with white craft ink and then embossed with white ep and added dazzling diamonds, but you can't see that. I then cut it out and attached to two different ribbons.

What do you think of my snowflake on red?

I am selling my SU! Logo Hooded sweater. It is a great sweater. I really like it, but it is XL and doesn't fit me anymore.



If interested, email me at imastampin at hotmail dot com

I learned this technique this week and put it to work once again on this card. I really love the way the tree looks.

This time I used it on a buckle card. I stamped the tree using brown ink, then added color with watercolor crayons and making it shimmer by blending using gold glimmer mist for the technique challenge this week. Notice the shrubbery? I inked the same tree with Old Olive ink and generation stamped it for the undergrowth. The sentiment is stamped using rich cocoa ink. I punched the leaves from the cs and then used gold smooch to highlight them before attaching to the main panel. I colored the ribbon with my Copic Marker and sprayed it with the shimmer mist as well, then added the shimmery brad.

Silent Night

I got new stamps from Rubbernecker yesterday and just had to use them to create this card to share with you today.

I inked this beautiful stamp called Snowy Night with Night of Navy ink and stamped onto white card stock. I then cut around the image and scored it at the top to make it fold down. I punched two holes, pulled the organdy ribbon through and tied a bow. I then heated that just a little to give it more texture. I added diamond stickles to the stars. I then inked the sentiments with the navy ink and stamped onto the card. The whole thing is mounted onto navy card stock.

What do you think?

Fabric flower

You know these big old fabric flowers are so popular right now, in the hair or as accessories on clothing. I thought I could make one and have wanted to for a long time. Today, I did it! Wooo hooo.

I cut circles from three different colors of this polyester fabric. You don't have to be very precise in your cutting. I tried using my heat gun to melt the fabrics, but don't waste your time - it doesn't work. hee hee hee I lit a candle and used it as the heat source. I layered all the circles and stitched them together, adding a button to the center.

For the card, I used a chocolate chip base and then the black to mat the going gray card front. The flourish from SU! Baroque Motif was stamped using black craft ink and clear embossed. The sentiment is stamped with chocolate chip ink and clear embossed. The flower is removable to use as an accessory.

What do you think?

Snow, snow, snow!

I love to look out a big window at snow, but only if I am inside by a warm fire and drinking hot chocolate. It's a good thing I live in Phoenix, huh? lol But I do love snowflakes. Today's card features snowflakes.

I stamped the ornament image onto Riding Hood Red cs with versamark and embossed with white ep before cutting out. That is mounted onto a white Spellbinders Snowflake Pendant. The dp is from Daisy Bucket Desings. The sentiment is stamped with the riding hood red ink and punched out. The edge is inked with a chocolate chip marker before being mounted onto the Spellbinders snowflakes. The brown layer of the card front is embossed with the Cuttlebug snowflake folder and mounted onto the riding hood red card.

I stamped the sentiment onto the dp using Old Olive ink before cutting/embossing with the Spellbinders die. I cut/embossed another of the same shape from the Concord Grape cs, split it in half and spread it to mat the main panel. The lower portion of the card front is embossed with the Cuttlebug Textile Texture folder, I added a tiny strip of the concord grape cs and a Cuttlebug flourish. I also added some silk olive ribbon and two ivory buttons which I added color to with a Copic marker.

I hope you like it!

Snowman Country

Welcome to the MFP October Blog Hop! This month, we’ve added TWO MORE STAMP SETS!!!
6 New Stamp Sets have been released: Seasonal Poinsettias, Time to Chill, A Walk in the Woods, Greetings of the Season, Thankful for You, Snowman Country For your convenience, all 6 stamp sets are available for purchase TODAY!

For your chance to win BLOG CANDY, (a set that will be released NEXT month), visit and comment on each of the following design team members' blogs TODAY. On Saturday, (October 16, 2010), a winner will be chosen from those participants who visited all the blogs listed for today. (There will be four different winners, one winner for each day of the blog hop. You DO NOT have to comment every day. However, the more days you comment, the more chances you have to win!) If you miss a day, you can go back and comment on each day's blogs, as the winners will be chosen Saturday morning!


This is from the new set from Mark’s Finest Papers called Snowman Country. Isn’t he adorable? I have such a love of snowmen and this one is such a cutie. I stamped the image onto white cs with black ink and clear embossed before coloring with Copic Markers. That panel was mounted onto the light blue cs. The card front is stamped with the sentiment from the set and also that cute blue and white checked border is in the set. Love it. The top of that panel is embossed with Cuttlebug Snowflake folder and mounted onto the light blue card. I added the blue bow for a little more fun. I hope you like it!

Emily
Karen- That's me! You are here!
Patty
Roxie
Vicki
Liz
Claudine
Dawn
Joanne T
Nicole
Marilynn
Peggysue
Susan
Judi
Connie
Mark’s Finest Papers

Thanks for stopping by! Good luck with the blog candy!

Thankful for You

Welcome to the MFP October Blog Hop! This month, we’ve added TWO MORE STAMP SETS!!!

6 New Stamp Sets have been released: Seasonal Poinsettias, Time to Chill, A Walk in the Woods, Greetings of the Season, Thankful for You, Snowman Country For your convenience, all 6 stamp sets are available for purchase TODAY!

For your chance to win BLOG CANDY, (a set that will be released NEXT month), visit and comment on each of the following design team members' blogs TODAY. On Saturday, (October 16, 2010), a winner will be chosen from those participants who visited all the blogs listed for today. (There will be four different winners, one winner for each day of the blog hop. You DO NOT have to comment every day. However, the more days you comment, the more chances you have to win!) If you miss a day, you can go back and comment on each day's blogs, as the winners will be chosen Saturday morning!

This darling little girl (from Mark’s Finest Papers Thankful For You) was inked with Memento Rich Cocoa ink and stamped onto Vanilla card stock, then water colored and flicked with those same colors used to paint the image. This was cut/embossed using Spellbinders Labels 3, the edge trimmed off and mounted onto the brown shape. The ribbon and buttons were added and then the image panel was adhered to the blue square before being popped up onto the front of the vanilla card. The sentiment was shaped into the curve, inked with Memento Rich Cocoa Ink and stamped onto the blue cardstock and matted with the brown before being added to the bottom of the card front.
Now go visit all these wonderful blogs to see other creations using this set:
Nancyruth
Lois
Vicky
Jeanne
Anne
Emily
Karen- That's me! You are here!
Patty
Roxie
Vicki
Liz
Claudine
Dawn
Joanne T
Nicole
Marilynn
Mark’s Finest Papers

And…LOOK for a NEW LINK LIST TOMORROW!!!

A Walk in the Woods and Greetings of the Season

Welcome to the MFP October Blog Hop!

This month, we’ve added TWO MORE STAMP SETS!!!

6 New Stamp Sets have been released: Seasonal Poinsettias, Time to Chill, A Walk in the Woods, Greetings of the Season, Thankful for You, Snowman Country For your convenience, all 6 stamp sets are available for purchase TODAY!

For your chance to win BLOG CANDY, (a set that will be released NEXT month), visit and comment on each of the following design team members' blogs TODAY. On Saturday, (October 16, 2010), a winner will be chosen from those participants who visited all the blogs listed for today. (There will be four different winners, one winner for each day of the blog hop. You DO NOT have to comment every day. However, the more days you comment, the more chances you have to win!) If you miss a day, you can go back and comment on each day's blogs, as the winners will be chosen Saturday morning!


To see my creations featured on the MFP blog today, just click on the bottom link! Here are the links to the other designer's creations:

Nancyruth
Lois
Vicky
Jeanne
Anne
Peggysue
Susan
Judi
Connie
Claudine
Dawn
Joanne T
Nicole
Marilynn
Mark’s Finest Papers

Seasonal Poinsettias & Time to Chill

Welcome to the MFP October Blog Hop! This month, we’ve added TWO MORE STAMP SETS!!!

We have 6 New Stamp Sets Released today: Seasonal Poinsettias, Time to Chill, A Walk in the Woods, Greetings of the Season, Thankful for You, Snowman Country
For your convenience, all 6 stamp sets are available for purchase TODAY!

For your chance to win BLOG CANDY, (a set that will be released NEXT month), visit and comment on each of the following design team members' blogs TODAY. On Saturday, (October 16, 2010), a winner will be chosen from those participants who visited all the blogs listed for today. (There will be four different winners, one winner for each day of the blog hop. You DO NOT have to comment every day. However, the more days you comment, the more chances you have to win!) If you miss a day, you can go back and comment on each day's blogs, as the winners will be chosen Saturday morning!


This tag was created using Mark’s Finest Papers new stamp set – Seasonal Poinsettias and the sentiment from another new set called Time to Chill. The manila tag was colored with the smoosh technique using re-inkers with Tattered Angels Glimmer mist and water. I then stamped the wreath image and the sentiment using versamark ink and embossing with gold detail powder. I then used a craft knife to cut out the center of the wreath. I stamped JOY using versamark ink and Rose Red ink onto another tag and clear embossed it before using foam squares to mount it behind the wreath so the word would show through. I added this luscious bow through the hole of the tag.
This is my creation using the new set - Time to Chill
Is this little penguin cute, or what? I love the ice flows behind him too. I stamped the image onto a flecked natural cs with black ink and clear embossed. I then colored the ice with a Copic marker, cut out and popped up onto the front of this little treat container.

Now here are all the other designer's blogs. Go visit and leave a little love to be eligible to win a new stamp set!

Nancyruth
Lois
Vicky
Jeanne
Anne
Peggysue
Susan
Judi
Connie
Emily
Karen- That's me! You are here!
Patty
Roxie
Vicki
Liz
Mark’s Finest Papers
And…LOOK for a NEW LINK LIST TOMORROW!!!