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!!!

Treat Holder

I created this fairly large treat container using a new set being released next week by Mark's Finest Papers called Snowman Country. I made the container using a 6X12 sheet of cardstock, scoring and folding and then cut the scalloped oval using Spellbinders scalloped oval die. After inking my stamp with versamark and then elegant eggplant ink I stamped the image onto tissue paper and clear embossed. I then used copic markers to add just a bit of color. Can you see the very light blue around the edge of the snowman to give him that icy look? I glued the image to the inside of the container, folded it up, added the sentiment (another sneak peek from the set Bells on Bobtail) and a bow and there you have it.

Thanks for stopping by! Be sure to come back next week for the blog hop to celebrate the release of the new sets and a chance to win blog candy!

Or, if you are local, come to the Holiday Boutique Open house and just buy some of my creations. I'd love to see you there!

HOLIDAY BOUTIQUE OPEN-HOUSE
When: Saturday, October 9, 2010
Time: 5:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Where: 2438 West Gambit Trail
Phoenix, AZ 85085
VENDORS INCLUDE:
Lia Sophia Jewelry
Pampered Chef
Boutique 2U – bling jeans, hats, purses, shirts
Tutus by Kristen
Karen’s Kreations – cards and holiday gift tags
Glitter Toes
Sassy Aprons
Lil’ Flare – girls flower bows
Mary Kay
Coaster Creations – hand-made ceramic napkin coasters
And more….

To be cool

This is a sneak peek of a new set being released next week by Mark's Finest Papers called Time to Chill. I used these shimmery papers by The Paper Company Studio called Snowflake Corner and Snowflake Swirl. The back is a shimmery white, so I stamped the cute polar bear using black Memento ink and clear embossing before cutting out and popping up on the main panel. The sentiment is stamped onto the same shimmery white paper and the corners rounded before adding to the ribbon panel and adding the bow.

Thanks for stopping by!

Fall Mums

Happy October! It's the first day of October and it is still going to be over 100 here today! Oh come on! Enough already. I shouldn't have to be listening to my air conditioner running, should I? It's supposed to cool down next week - into the high 80's - ahhhhh, a welcome relief!

In celebration of October, here is my mums card. We lived in the finger lakes region of New York several years ago and really enjoyed autumn there with the colorful leaves, beautiful fall flowers, including mums and acorns falling from the mighty oak tree in the front yard. I do miss that - except for the raking of all those leaves in our HUGE yard. lol

I created the frame by cutting/embossing Spellbinders Beaded Oval and airbrushing, then cutting the oval from the center. I then cut the oval into the So Saffron card front and embossed it with the Cuttlebug folder. I also cut the oval into the Riding Hood Red card front, aligned all of them and adhered them. I added the very vanilla cs to the inside of the card, used my stamp-a-ma-jig to position the stamp and stamped it using versamark ink and gold embossed it before coloring with ink and a wet paintbrush. See that cute acorn charm on the bow?

Thanks for stopping by. Have a great fall day! I'll be here in the air conditioning and under a ceiling fan! lol