New Years Eve Reflection

I thought for my last post for 2010 I would share a few of my favourite cards from my year of blogging. Thanks for visiting my blog throughout the year and I hope to 'see' you in 2011!

Hugs

A little while ago I received a gift card for Sassy Cheryls Digital Stamps (thanks Jenn) and this is one of the digital stamps I purchased. I used a combination of Copics and SU markers to colour this image.

Supplies:-

Digital stamp - Big Bear Hugs by Sassy Cheryls and Mix Up of Cuteness by Unity

PTI white cardstock

SU markers

Copics

Brilliance ink

Nestabilities

Foam Dots

Sending My Love

The current Stampin' Sisters in Christ challenge is to create a card or project using inchies. I love using inchies and have a whole draw of 1 inch chipboard squares just waiting to be used! I used the Ippity set How You Doin' which is perfect for stamping on inchies!

Supplies:-

Stamps - How You Doin' by Ippity

Gina K cardstock

Inchie squares by Inchie Arts

Brilliance ink

SU marker

SU DSP

SU coloured cardstock

Wishing You Warm Winter Comforts

I had fun making this card for the Moxie Fab World Tuesday Trigger this week. Here is the inspiration...Strictly Stripes...

...and here is my card.

There is still plenty of time for you to join in this challenge...it closes on January 2nd, 2011.

Supplies:-

Stamps - Unity KOTM Oct 2010

PTI white cardstock

Brilliance ink

SU markers

SU coloured cardstock

Ribbon

Button

Embroidery Thread

Copic Multiliner

Be Faithful in Small Things...

It's the last {Ippity} blog hop for 2010...the year has surely flown! Don't forget to visit the {Ippity} Blog for the full list of today's Blog Hop participants and all their wonderful {Ippity} creations...and to see what this week's challenge is!

I have two projects to share using the {Ippity} set Cherish Your Dreams. The first is a card I made for The Play Date Cafe challenge #61. I cut the shanks off the buttons so they would be flat on my card.


The next project is a small magnet for the fridge. It's in a small magnetic acrylic photo holder.

Don't forget you can purchase all the {Ippity} stamp sets and paper from me HERE and you won't pay any shipping within the US!

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a great day!

Supplies:-

Stamps - Cherish Your Dreams by Ippity

SU coloured cardstock

SU DSP and Echo Park DP

SU ink

SU markers

Color Box Chalk

Fiskar paper edgers

Foam Dots

Buttons

Ribbon

Beautiful Wings Embosslits Die

Nestabilities

Jesus is the Reason

Wishing you all a very Happy Christmas...enjoy the day!

Supplies:-

Stamps - PSX and Stampendous

PTI white cardstock

Brilliance ink

SU markers

DP Hot Off The Press

Versamark ink

Gold embossing powder

Color Box Chalk

Ribbon

Nestabilities

Foam Dots

Paper flowers

Brads

Christmas Eve

Are you excited about tomorrow? Can you imagine the Shepherds excitement when they arrived in Bethlehem and saw Jesus lying in a manger just as the angels had promised them? I hope you have a wonderful day full of love, happiness and excitement!

Supplies:-

Stamp - Azadi Earles

PTI white cardstock

Brilliance ink

Copics E000, E11, R20, E57, E59, R29, G29, G24

SU markers

DP unknown

SU coloured cardstock

Ribbon

Loads of Holiday Cheer!

I made this card for my husband to give to the five shift guys at work with a gift card inside for Christmas.

Supplies:-

Stamps - Loads of Love by SU

SU coloured cardstock

Brilliance ink

SU ink

SU markers

SU DSP

SU ribbon

Nestabilities

Martha Stewart snowflake punch

Basic Grey brad

Foam dots

Season's Greetings

This week's Ippity challenge is to use any type of punch on your card. I chose to use all my circle punches for this very easy Christmas card.

Supplies:-

Stamp - Season of Joy by Ippity

PTI white cardstock

SU ink

SU DSP

SU coloured cardstock

SU marker

Ribbon

Circle punches

Hemp twine

Inspiration for this card came from a store bought card.

Thanks So Much

I made today's card for The Play Date Cafe Color Splash challenge #60...black and white with a splash of yellow.

Supplies:-

Stamp - Nice & Easy Notes by SU

PTI white cardstock

Brilliance ink

DP unknown

SU marker

SU coloured cardstock

Ribbon

Button

Embroidery thread

Foam dots

Be Still

It's {Ippity} hop time...don't forget to visit the {Ippity} Blog for the full list of today's Blog Hop participants and all their wonderful {Ippity} creations...and to see what this week's challenge is!

I know everyone is super busy at this time of year so I'll keep my post short. I have two airbrushed cards to share with you today. Don't forget in all the craziness to "be still" and remember the reason for the season. Have a truly wonderful Christmas!

Don't forget you can purchase all the {Ippity} stamp sets and paper from me HERE and you won't pay any shipping within the US!

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a great day!

Supplies:-

Stamps - Devoted, What Matters Most, Where You Should Be and Regal Greetings by Ippity

PTI white cardstock

Brilliance ink

Copics

SU coloured cardstock

DCWV DP

SU rhinestones

Ribbon

Paper flowers

Brads

The Lord is My Strength...

This week's Ippity challenge was to make an easel card. I used stamps from the Ippity set Devoted to make this 5 1/2" x 4 1/4" card.

Supplies:-

Stamps - Devoted by Ippity

SU coloured cardstock

SU DSP

SU ink

SU marker

SU ribbon

SU border punch

Celebrate with Cupcakes!

The Tuesday Trigger over at Moxie Fab World is this very pretty photo.

I decided not to make a Christmas card but a general birthday card using one of the new cupcakes stamps from Ippity...and I used the Splitcoast sketch SC311 for the layout.

Supplies:-

Stamps - Cuppy Cakes by Ippity and Sweet Little Sentiments by SU

PTI white cardstock

Brilliance ink

SU coloured cardstock

Scrap DP

SU pearls

SU marker

Yankee Swap

I had no idea what a Yankee Swap was until my husband came home from work and told me he needed a $10 gift for one at work...each year for the last 5 years I've made something for him to take to work.

In Yankee Swap each participant brings a wrapped, unmarked gift and is given a numbers as they arrive. The person who receives the number 1 will pick a gift and open it for all to see. The person who receives number 2 then chooses a gift and opens it, and then must decide whether to keep it or swap it for the first player’s gift. Opening of gifts and swapping takes place until all the presents have been chosen. Finally, the person who picked first gets to choose from all the gifts or keep what he/she has already received. In the end, the gift you are holding is the gift you take home.

This is what I made for him to take to work today...it's a large Lindt chocolate bar which is about 12" x 3 1/2". I made the wrapper for it with a little pocket on the front for a $5 gift card for Dunkin Donuts.

Supplies:-

Stamps - Big on Christmas by SU

SU DSP

PTI white cardstock

SU coloured cardstock

Brilliance ink

SU scallop border punch

SU markers

Martha Stewart snowflake punch

SU ribbon

You're Loved

Today's card is for this week's OWH Stars and Stamps sketch challenge.

Supplies:

Stamps - Kind & Caring Thoughts by SU

SU coloured cardstock

SU ink

SU DSP

SU half pearls

Paper flower

Hooray For You!

The challenge over at Stampin' Sisters in Christ this week is to create a card or project that will compliment, encourage, or cheer someone in need of uplifting. Who doesn't need a little cheer every now and then?

Supplies:-

Stamp - Nice & Easy Notes by SU

PTI white cardstock

Brilliance ink

DP unknown

SU coloured cardstock

SU markers

Button

Embroidery thread

Foam dots

Warm Winter Wishes

Here is this week's Play Date Cafe challenge inspiration...

...and here's the card I made...we haven't seen snow here in Southern New Hampshire yet but it's on the forecast for tomorrow...it has been freezing cold (actually below freezing) so warm winter wishes seemed appropriate!

Supplies:-

Stamps - The More the Merrier by SU

PTI white cardstock

DCWV cardstock

Ribbon

Button

Embroidery thread

Brilliance ink

SU markers

Copics

Foam dots

Martha Stewart snowflake punch

Nestabilities

Brads

Merry Christmas

Can you believe it's Monday again and {Ippity} hop time! The year is flying and there are only two more {Ippity} Hops for this year! Visit the {Ippity} Blog for the full list of today's Blog Hop participants and all their wonderful {Ippity} creations...and to see what this week's challenge is!

I decided to make a Christmas card for today's hop...I've finished my Christmas cards for this year so I might actually get a jump start on Christmas cards for next year! I combined stamps from the sets Season of Joy and The Simple Things to make this card.

Don't forget you can purchase all the {Ippity} stamp sets and paper from me HERE and you won't pay any shipping within the US!

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a great day!

Supplies:-
Stamps - Season of Joy and The Simple Things by Ippity
SU ink
SU coloured cardstock
SU brads
Button
SU ribbon
Embroidery thread

Dancing Reindeer

I used one of my old favourite stamps on this card...Dancing Reindeer by Azadi Earles. I've owned this stamp for many years and it still brings a smile to my face...I hope it brings a smile to yours today!

Supplies:-

Stamps - Dancing Reindeer by Azadi Earles and SU Loads of Love

PTI white cardstock

Brilliance ink

Copics E29, E21, R22, E71, E77, G24, G29, R29

White Signo gel pen

DP unknown

SU coloured cardstock

SU tag punch

SU corner punch

Ribbon

May Your Season Sparkle

Here is this week's Moxie Fab World Tuesday Trigger... All that Glitters!

Such a pretty colour and diamonds...I knew this challenge would be fun! I found the perfect sentiment to go with this card in Unity's KOTM November 2010..."May your season sparkle with holiday bliss". The cardstock behind the sentiment and bow has a shimmer to it...it doesn't show up in the photograph very well.

Supplies:-

Stamps - Unity KOTM November 2010 and Season of Joy by Ippity

SU coloured cardstock

SU ink

DCWV cardstock

CM cardstock

SU rhinestones

SU circle punch

Ribbon

Foam dots

Versamark ink

Silver embossing powder

Go With the Flow

This week's Ippity challenge is to use your very first Ippity stamp. My first two sets were Fishy Philosophy and Devoted but I used Fishy Philosophy first so that is what I used for this challenge. I also used the Mojo Monday sketch for this week too...

...I airbrushed behind the fish and the sentiment with Copics and finished the card with some Stampin' Up rope twine...

...and here are the very first cards I made using this Ippity stamp set...I must really like using those little plastic half bubbles as I just noticed I used them in all three cards!


Supplies:-

Stamps - Fishy Philosophy by Ippity

PTI white cardstock

Brilliance ink

Copics

SU coloured cardstock

Skittles

SU rope twine

Basic Grey Button

Foam dots

Embroidery thread

Season's Greetings

This week's Stampin' Sisters in Christ challenge is a colour challenge: white with a splash of red. My friend Rebekka Reed is the challenge hostess this week and you can see her lovely card and thoughts HERE.

Supplies:-

Stamp - Peaceful Season by SU

PTI white cardstock

SU ink

Cuttlebug embossing folder

Nestabilities

Ribbon

SU coloured cardstock

Happy Birthday Chickie!

I used this week's OWH Stars and Stamps sketch for this bright, birthday card.

Supplies:-

Stamps - Calendar Chicks by Stampendous and Hero Arts sentiment

PTI white cardstock

Brilliance ink

Copics

SU coloured cardstock

DP unknown

Felt flowers

Basic Grey brads

SU flower punch