Littl Paper Shop Challenge 96

Hi!  Hope you had a great Thanksgiving.  We had a great family weekend.  We had our annual Gingerbread House Making party!  We had 12 kids decorating houses -- and eating a lot of candy! Here are the houses and the kids:

These are my grandchildren, nieces and nephews.   Now on to the Little Paper Shop Challenge.

The challenge for this week was to use a border punch or a funky edge.  This week's prize is Katie Kite digi. Make a project and link it on the Little Paper Shop Blog with the little blue froggy found on the blog.  We look forward to seeing what you design.

Here are two cards I made.

This used one of the sentiments from Fairytale Adventures.  The edge punch is a Martha Stewart punch I found on sale.  The next card uses the same sentiment in a totally different way.

It also uses Tyson's Present.  I just love this image.  Tyson is so cute peeking into the package.

Little Paper Shop is running a sale on their stamps --- you can get them 40% off!  That is a fantastic deal. I'm planning on buying a few of the sets for Christmas presents for some stamper friends.  I'd better hurry -- the sale is on instock items only and limited to stock on hand.

Have a wonderful stamping day!

Stamp TV Friday BLOG HOP

If you came here from Giovana Smith's blog you are right on track for this hop.

Oh, I hope you had a great Thanksgiving -- full of family and turkey!  Now that thanksgiving is over -- time to get out Christmas decorations.  Carolina at STAMP TV challenged us with this totally sweet setting.  Didn't she pick a cute scene?

Here is my card.  I liked the colors in Carolina's scene and the little jars of white snow.

The stamps sets I used were:  Winter Friends and Fanciful Tags.  The paper is Gina K's Lipstick Red and White Cardstock with a little BoBunny.  I also used a lot of glitter and a few Copic markers.

Here is the next designer to get some inspiration from:
Karen Knegten.  You will love what she's done.  Remember when you finish the hop, leave a comment at Stamp TV.

Thank you for your comments.  I appreciate your time and have a HAPPY stamping day!

Repeat Impression's Case Challenge

A few weeks ago Wendy at Repeat Impressions started a new challenge.  This will be a CASE challenge.  One of the Design Team members shows a card and then we CASE it.  I think it stands for Copy And Same Elements.  This week Dana showed us her card

Here is my card:

I used the sweet stamps from the new Penguin Christmas.  Why don't you join us?

Now it's your turn!  Remember a CASE card is:  copy and steal everything. (or copy and same elements).  Show us what you do with Dana's card.  Go to The House That Stamps Built blog and there will be a place to link your card.

Thank you for your comments - have a HAPPY stamping day.

Creative Belli Challenge - Rs, Rhinestones, Ribbon, Ric-rac

Hey, it's Wednesday and time for a Creative Belli Challenge!  Today you are being challenge to use Rs in your project - Rhinestones, Rick-rac, Ribbon or anything that starts with an "R".  Find  find those old, forgotten about and little used embellishments.  We would love to see what you create -- please share with us.

Why don't you show us what you can do?  We would love to see your creativity.  Make a project with those guidelines and submit it on the Creative Belli Challenge Blog.

Here is my card:

My Rs are ribbon, red and a reindeer!  The stamp is from Papertrey Ink.  I colored the little reindeer in with a glitter pen so he really sparkles!




Here are some of the other designers who made some projects to inspire you.

• Anne Harmon
• Ceal Pritchett
• Chris Olsen
• Darsie Bruno
• Holly Brown - Creator
• Jessica Stockmeyer
• Joan Ervin
• Joy Hadden - you are here
• Maria Matter
• Robin Kirkpatrick - Guest Designer Coordinator
• Robin Parker
• Shelly Schmidt

Thank you for stoping -- Have a HAPPY stamping day!

Thanks for stopping and leaving a comment  it helps me be a better blogger and card maker-- Have a HAPPY stamping day!!

REPEAT IMPRESSION CAT WITH KITTENS

MONDAY!  Time for Repeat Impression's Stamp of the Week.  You can get this stamp for 50% for one week.  This is how Stamp of the Week works.

1.  Go to the blog The House That Stamps Built and get the 50% off code for the week. Then place your order at Repeat Impressions.
2.  When you order this stamp remember to receive your special discount please be sure to reference the discount code in the Special Instructions section of the online order form.


Here is my card.

Here are the other Design Team members.  See what they have done with this stamp.

Darsie Bruno
Ayana Posadas
Michelle Greenwood
Lynette Neus
Joy Hadden - you are here

Have a HAPPY Stamping Day!! 

LITTLE PAPER SHOP CHALLENGE 96

Hi guys! It's Monday and time for a LITTLE PAPER SHOP challenge.  This challenge is a sketch challenge.  Here is the sketch Allison did for us.

 

Here is my card:

I used the sets Katie Christmas and Christmas Wishes.  Christmas Wishes has been one of the most popular sets.

Take a look at what these Designers have created.  Then make a project and go to Little Paper Shop Blog and link your card - we would love to see what you create and you could win Jena Rain digi -- she is sooo cute!

Have a HAPPY stamping day!

WHAT IF WEDNESDAY SKETCH - November 17

Fall has finaly come to East Texas!! We don't get much color, but every few years we can see some.  In this part of East Texas we have tall, tall towering pine trees with lots of hardwoods, but they don't color up like the trees in Maine or North Carolina.  We just get happy when we see any color besides green! Today I took this picture.  This is the road that leads to my house.

It was my inspiration for my card for Repeat Impressions WHAT IF WEDNESDAY.  Wendy gave us this sketch

Here is my card:

The stamps are:  Shade of the Elm and Falling Leaves.

Why don't you join us and show us what you can do with this sketch.   Remember you could be the winner of a $25.00 gift certificate from Repeat Impressions.  Go to The House That Stamps Built and link your creation at the little blue froggy found there.  We would love to see what you do.  Here are some design team members and their projects.

Ayana Posadas
Dana Joy
Darsie Bruno
Harriet Skelly

Julie Smith

Michele Greenwood

Joy Hadden - you are here
Makiko Jones
Robin Kirkpatrick

Lynette Neus 

Thanks for stopping - Have a HAPPY stamping day.

Stamp of the Week - Mittens

Scroll down one for the Little Paper Shop Challenge.  Thanks!

The stamp of the week for this week is Mittens.  Around here, we don't get enough of cold weather to wear mittens, but this sweet stamp sure gets me in a "wintery" mood.   You can get this stamp at 50% off here's how:

1.  Go to the blog The House That Stamps Built and get the 50% off code for the week. Then place your order at Repeat Impressions.
2.  When you order this stamp remember to receive your special discount please be sure to reference the discount code in the Special Instructions section of the online order form.

Here is my card:

Here are the other members of the Repeat Impressions Design Team that made projects to inspire you.

• Dana Joy
• Joy Hadden - YOU ARE HERE
• Julie Smith
• Lynette News
• Robin Kirkpatrick
• Harriet Skelly
  Makiko Jones
• Michelle Greenwood 

Have a HAPPY stamping day.

Little Paper Shop Challenge 94

Our challenge for this week was to incorporate die cuts into our projects - easy-peazy!  I love die cuts.  Please join us -- it would be fun to see what you create.  A random winner will get the Nurse Lucy digi.  Go to the Little Paper Shop Blog and add a link to your card.

Here is my card.

 

I used the sentiment from Christmas Wishes.
The die cuts are from Melissa Francis with some misc. ribbon

Here are the links to some of the other designers that have some inspiration for you.

• Pam Varnell - DT Coordinator
• Allison Fillo
• Ann Kranitz
• Joy Hadden

Don't forget to join us in this challenge.

Have a HAPPY stamping day.

STAMP TV Color Spotlight

Gina challenged us to use these colors

Here are the cards I made:

Stamp Set:  Blessed is the Season
Paper:  Turquoise Sea, Red Hot and White
Other:  Cuttlebug, MS doily, small brad

Here is the other one:

Stamp Set: Blessed is the Season and the sentiment is from Holiday Greetings
Paper:  GKD, White, Lipstick Red and dp is My Minds Eye
Other:  GKD twine and little jingle bells, embossing powder

Thanks for leaving comments - I appreciate your time -- HAVE A HAPPY STAMPING DAY!

STAMP TV ALUMNI BLOG HOP

If you have come here from my sweet friend Joan Ervin you are in the right place.  The hop began at Stamp TV - it will be easier if you begin there.  Here are the details of  Carolina's challenge:

Create a card or project using the following color combo:

• White or Ivory
• Brown
• Light Blue (Little Boy Blue, Ocean Mist, or Turquoise Sea)
• Yellow (Lemon Drop, Sweet Corn, or Wild Dandelion)

So here's my card:

 Stamp:  Faithful florals and The Magic of Christmas
Paper:  GKD White, Sweet Corn, Chocolate, Ocean Mist and misc. dp
Other:  MS brown ribbon, brad

Now your next stop will be Karen Knegten.  After you complete the this hop, leave a comment at Stamp TV and let us know what you thought of this hop.

Thanks for stopping and have a HAPPY stamping day!

Darsie's Case card for Repeat Impressions

I have two posts for today, scroll down one for the Creative Belli Challenge - thanks - Joy


Wendy at Repeat Impressions has started a new feature.  She will be surprising us with a new challenge and this week we were to CASE a card from Darsie Bruno.   Here is Darsie's card.

 

And here is my card

 

I have to tell you this was a CHALLENGE for me!! - I'm not good at big bows, but with Darsie's encouragement, this is what I came up with.  The Chickadee at Rest is a super great image to color and to use for lots of different occasions.  The embossed snowflake is from the new Christmas series.  It is actually one of five snowflakes in a row, but I did a little masking for the single snowflake on the row of scallops.  Then  I embossed an extra one, punched it out with a small circle punch and made a brad out of it by adding a clear dome top.

Now it's your turn!  Remember a CASE card is:  copy and steal everything. (or copy and same elements).  Show us what you did with Darsie's card.  Go to The House That Stamps Built blog and there will be a place to link your card.

Creative Belli Challenge 104

You are going to love this challenge -- it is for Something Borrowed, Something Old, Something New and/or Something Blue (not necessarily a wedding card).

Since I'm in the process of making my Christmas cards I took this as a real challenge.  Here is what I came up with

The Stamp is a sentiment from Papertrey Ink, the paper is from Webster Pages(new) and the ribbon is MS (old).  The something is borrowed is the heat gun that I borrowed from my sweet daughter to emboss the sentiment.  Mine bit the dust!

Why don't you show us what you can do?  We would love to see your creativity.  Make a project with those guidelines and submit it on the Creative Belli Challenge Blog.

Here are some of the other designers who made some projects to inspire you.

• Anne Harmon
• Ceal Pritchett
• Chris Olsen
• Darsie Bruno
• Holly Brown - Creator
• Jessica Stockmeyer
• Joan Ervin
• Joy Hadden - you are here
• Maria Matter
• Robin Kirkpatrick - Guest Designer Coordinator
• Robin Parker
• Shelly Schmidt

Thanks for stopping and leaving a comment  it helps me be a better blogger and card maker-- Have a HAPPY stamping day!!

Repeat Impressions STAMP OF THE WEEK

The stamp of the week for this week is an adorable Santa Image.  I made two cards for this week.
You can get this stamp at 50% off here's how:

1.  Go to the blog The House That Stamps Built and get the 50% off code for the week. Then place your order at Repeat Impressions.
2.  When you order this stamp remember to receive your special discount please be sure to reference the discount code in the Special Instructions section of the online order form.

While you are checking out this stamp, check out all of the Christmas stamps at Repeat Impressions has on their Christmas page.

And here is the other one -- this one I like MUCH better - I think it must be the colors.

Here are the other designers that would like to give you some ideas of what you could do with this stamp.

Darsie Bruno
Ayana Posadas
Michelle Greenwood
Lynette Neus
Joy Hadden - you are here

Have a HAPPY stamping day!

Little Paper Shop Color Challenge 93

This week Pam has challenged us to use these colors: Rose Red, Olive Green, Pumpkin Orange.  

 

At first I thought this was going to be hard challenge, but after I got started with these colors, I couldn't stop.  I made three cards.

This card uses the stamp set Beautiful Things - it has 7 sentiments and 9 images - several are two step images, this is a stamp set that has unlimited possibilities.

This card uses the stamp set Chirp.

This last card uses the stamp set Christmas Wishes.  This is a GREAT set, it has 3 images and 5 holiday sentiments.  I'll be using this set often.

Here are the other designers who made cards to inspire you.  How about joining us with this challenge?  Go to Little Paper Shop Blog and link your card there.  You could win Katie Swing digi -- darling image.

• Julia Betemps - Owner
• Pam Varnell - DT Coordinator
• Allison Fillo
• Ann Kranitz
• Jennifer Greco
• Silvia Mabie
• Joy Hadden
• Cheryl Walker

 Thanks for stopping and leaving a comment -- Have a HAPPY stamping day!

Blog With Attitude

My sweet blogging friend, Cheri Weston gave me this blog award.  Thanks so much, If you follow all the directions that come with it, you can receive a $5.00 gift certificate from Digi's With Attitude. You can find all the specifics right here.

One of the rules of the award is that you must tell 3 unknown facts about yourself:

1) After 41 years of marriage my wedding gown still fits

2) Two of my friends have named their children after me

3) I have 20 watches (isn't that crazy?)

Now I must hook up 5 deserving Bloggers:

Tara Suel

Makiko Jones

Ayana Posadas

Maria Matter

Joan Erwin

Be sure to hook up your post to the Digi's With Attitude Challenge Blog!

 

Thanks - have a happy stamping day!

Creative Belli Design Team Call

CREATIVE BELLI CHALLENGE DESIGN TEAM CALL! We are looking to add some talented stampers to join our team for the first 2011 term, which runs January 1-June 30, 2011.  ANY stamper, scrapbooker or papercrafter is welcome to apply!
Requirements:
~You must be able to follow instructions on time and work well with others. 

~Check out the participants blogs and comment please. 

~Post your work with the weekly code to other Forums you are participating in and comment in those areas too.

 ~ You may "miss" 3 challenges out of the 6 month commitment.
~Participate in each Bi-weekly Challenge and upload your project to the Belli blog no later than the Sunday evening before the Challenge Week. 

~Post a permanent DT banner on your blog
~Join the DT Yahoo Group (our sole means of communication) ~ You MUST have a blog and be posting regularly.
To Apply:
Please create a card for your favorite challenge  in your best work and send it (100kb or less each) to chrissyd723@gmail.com by December 15th. Please use BELLI DT Call as your subject line. You may use any stamps you have. Be sure to include your full name, address, email address, and a link to your blog.

PLEASE NOTE: previous DT experience is not necessary.

We will not be able to respond to each submission. If you are chosen, you will hear from us by December 16. We will post the NEW members of the Design Team on December 20th

If you have any questions please email me at chrissyd723@gmail.com with BELLI DT CALL Question in the subject line. I will do my best to get back to you within a day or two.

Chris Dickinson

WHAT IF WEDNESDAY SKETCH

Can you believe Christmas is just a few weeks away?  This week Wendy at Repeat Impression gave us this sketch to challenge our creativity.  

Here is my card:

Hey - how about you playing with us on this challenge?  We would love to see what you can create!

All you need to do is  make a card and upload a link to it on the Repeat Impressions blog, The House That Stamps Built. Remember you don't have to use Repeat Impressions stamps. If you use an online gallery such as SplitCoastStampers, please use the keyword n0310.  One random winner will win a $25 gift certificate.  Take a look at all the great stamps here!  Need some inspiration?  Here are some members of the Design Team that have made projects.

Ayana Posadas
Dana Joy
Darsie Bruno
Harriet Skelly

Julie Smith

Michele Greenwood

Joy Hadden - you are here
Makiko Jones
Robin Kirkpatrick

Lynette Neus

We look forward to seeing what you create! Thanks for stopping here and have a GREAT stamping day!

AMAZINGINGLY BEAUTIFUL CARD!

Do you want to see one of the prettiest Christmas cards around?  Go check Melanie's blog here.  She is giving away here new set in a random drawing.  Here is her card - check it out and leave her a comment.

Repeat Impression Stamp of the Week - Christmas Teddy

Scroll down one for Little Paper Shop Challenge -- Thanks 

I LOVE this stamp!  The Christmas Teddy is so cute. The expression on his face is so charming!  I've made several cards (actually more than several), but I will show two of them.  You can get this stamp at 50% off here's how:

1.  Go to the blog The House That Stamps Built and get the 50% off code for the week.
2.  When you order this stamp remember to receive your special discount please be sure to reference the discount code in the Special Instructions section of the online order form.

While you are checking out this stamp, check out all of the Christmas stamps at Repeat Impressions has on their Christmas page.

Here is some inspiration from the other designers:

• Dana Joy
• Harriet Skelly
• Joy Hadden - YOU ARE HERE
• Julie Smith
• Lynette News
• Makiko Jones
• Robin Kirkpatrick

 Have a HAPPY stamping day.

Little Paper Shop Challenge 92

What a fun challenge!  Little Paper Shop's challenge this week is to use buttons and bows.  My first card  just uses buttons.  The tiny snowflake buttons (Walmart) I put on top of red buttons. The stamp is Pixie Jena. Isn't she cute! The white embossed snowflakes are from the stamp set Snowflakes.

 The Merry Christmas sentiment on this card is from the set Katie Christmas - which has absolutely adorable images!!

Hey -- why not join in on this challenge?  You could win Jena and Hank digi!  Just add a link to your card by clicking on the little blue froggy found at  the Little Paper Shop Blog.

Have a HAPPY stamping day!