Sugarplums Birthday!

Good Wednesday morning, stampers! I've got a little preview for you from the new CCDesigns release from All That Scraps! You know how I love the Sugarplum kids....well, this month, they are having a birthday party!!

I used Trevor on my design, along with some awesome new glittery My Mind's Eye papers! They were just perfect for a fun birthday card!

I stamped the image on Neenah white using Memento Tuxedo Black ink and coloured him in using the following Copic markers: E000, R20, C3, C5, C7, W0, BG72, BG75, BG0000, R29, YR15, YR18, YG03, YG25, E13 and E15.



The card is a 6x6 black square and I used Real Red and Green Galore for matting and the sentiment. I also punched some stars out of a stack of glitter papers by DCWV. I pop dotted everything and voila! A perfect boy's birthday card!!

Also the fabulous sketch I used is from the Truly Scrumptious challenge for this week!

You should hop on over to the ATS blog to check out more samples using this set and also leave a comment for your chance to win them!!!

Have a krafty day!!!

CCDesigns Winter Swiss Pixies!!!

Today I am previewing a new CCDesigns stamp that will be available with their November release!!

Now you KNOW how much I love those Pixies!! And these girls are NO exception! Doesn't this sweet little thing look adorable in her coat and boots! And she even has some delicate sparkly wings!

I pulled out my new Colorful Christmas paper pack by My Mind's Eye...just love the non-traditional colours in it! I stamped the image on Neenah white cardstock using Memento Tuxedo Black ink and coloured her in with my coordinating copic markers. The colours I used are: E000, E00, E11, R20, E42, E43, YG23, YG25, R83, R85, YR12, YR07, BG000 and BG0000.

I used my new Labels Eight Nesties (yes, I took note of the Nestie number this time!) and cut her out and embossed her. The card base is 6x6 and I used some bright green and dark turquoise and also some rosey red Bling for the accenting layer. I added some grosgrain ribbon and a couple of diecuts from the paper kit. I pop dotted everything and then finished off the image by adding some sparkle to her wings and the snowflakes with my Sakura Stardust gel pen!



Hop on over to the All That Scraps Blog to see more designs using the Swiss Pixies!!

September Card Kits....Mooooooo!

The September Card Kits by Kimmie and Andrea are NOW available over at Scrappin' Great Deals!! They feature the adorable CCDesigns fall stamps and the gorgeous Bo Bunny designer papers!! We are so excited about the amazing amounts of fabulous goodies that are packed into these babies...I kid you not!! While Andrea and I were putting them together, we kept lookin' at each other and sayin' "These kits ROCK!!"!

Here is the full list of supplies that you will get with this kit:

1 Cow Emma stamp and three coordinating sentiments OR 1 Apple Emma stamp, apple accessories, one sentiment
6 – 6x6 Bazzill cardstock bases
6 – 6x6 square white envelopes
6 – 6x6 sheets of Bo Bunny patterned paper
1 – strip of adhesive pearls
10 Assorted mini brads
2 Fancy Bo Bunny brads
Assorted Prima flowers
Assorted Foofala buttons

SO much stuff, right??

Well, I made this sample card for ya, using only contents from the kit and my fun bat punch from EK Success!! Also here are the Copic colours I used on Cow Emma: E00, E11, R20, E30, E33, E35, E37, C3, C5, C7, YR04, YR07, V06, YG23 and YG25.

Now hop on over to Scrappin' Great Deals to pick yours up or give Sheila a call! There are already a bunch sold to the monthly card kit members, so get yours before they are all gone!!! Or why not become a monthly member yourself??

Off to work again for me today....*sigh*.....how's a girl supposed to get any stampin' done with all this 'work' stuff getting in the way??? Have a super duper day!!

P.S. JEFF AND JORDAN CLEANED UP ON BIG BROTHER!!!! WHO'S AS EXCITED AS I AM???????

Frightful and Delightful!!

So the kids are back to school now, so it's officially fall. *sigh* I'm sad to see the summer weather go, but I must say, I LOVE autumn. It's my favourite season. AND that also means that Halloween will soon be here!

I've got a superfun Halloween card for ya today, featuring another one of those fun Sugarplum kids by CCDesigns!!! I used this adorable Mummy Trevor image stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink on Neenah white cardstock. I only used a few Copic markers to colour him...mostly different shades of grey. In case you are curious, I used: E00, E01, C1, C2, C3, C5, C7, E33 and E35.

The card base is a 6x6 black square card by Bazzill and I used a lovely olive green cardstock for matting and accenting. The patterned paper is by Bo Bunny and I added some strips of white cardstock to mimic Trevor's bandages. I added the sentiment from the Autumn Sentiments set and pop dotted everything. I finished it off by adding four glitter brads, one in each corner of the main layer!



This is also another card that I will be teaching in the two Copic classes coming up this month at SGD. The other one I am doing can be seen here. Of course there will be two more for a total of four! Lots of fun with CCDesigns! Be sure to call Sheila to reserve your spot!!

Have a super stampy day!!

What a Hooooot!!

Last night's CCDesigns release party at All That Scraps was a hooooooooot!!! Now all of the September stamps and stamp sets are available for purchase!

Here is another Halloweenie card that I made using Ollie the Owl! I used Basic Black for the base, Summer Sun for matting and some bright green Bazzill for the scalloped circle. I coloured it a while back so don't ask me what Copics I used....I can't remember!!



Well, today is going to be a busy one for sure! The library will be a madhouse the day after a long weekend. I just don't get it.....we were only closed one extra day!! What's wrong with people?

Anyhoo, have a super awesome day!!

CCDesigns Autumn Sugarplums BLOG HOP!!!

Well, good Sunday morning, stampers!! What a treat we have for you today!!! You may have seen some of the fabulous new Autumn Sugarplum stamps from CCDesigns that were released as a kit a while back....well, you will soon be able to purchase them as single images!!!

And since the whole darn design team wanted to show them off to you, we decided to do our very first ever BLOG HOP!!!

If you just happened to land on my blog (because you stop by here every day...hahaha!), you might want to go here to start from the very beginning. Don't worry....I'll wait right here for ya!!! *giggle*

Okay, back now?? Well, on with the show! The card I'm sharing with you today features the lovely Emma Sugarplum, pulling a wagon full of pumpkin!! I stamped her on ATS Copic paper using Memento Tuxedo Black ink and coloured her in with my Copic markers. In case you are interested, the colours I used are: E00, E01, R20, Y21, YR21, E08, E09, YG03, YG25, YR12, YR14, YR18, E25, E27, E31 and E55. OH and of course I used the colourless blender to make the polka dots on her apron.

The card base is a lovely rust colour from Bazzill and the peachy matting is too. The patterned paper is from the Boo To You! line from My Mind's Eye. I added the cute little sentiment, which will also be released on Monday, pop dotted everything and finished the card off by attaching some Prima flowers with antique copper brads!!



Now if you are one of my lovely Copic marker students, this card is one that we will be making at the September class! Be sure to call Sheila to reserve your spot at either of the two classes we have scheduled!!

As you are hopping from blog to blog, don't forget to comment!! One random commenter will be chosen to win the ENTIRE Autumn Sugarplums stamp collection!! So be sure to leave a comment on EACH blog to increase your chances of winning some awesome rubbah!!!

And don't forget to join us tomorrow night in the All That Scraps Forum, where we will have a wonderful release party with lots of laughs and beautiful samples from our Design Team. Then we'll countdown until the new release stamps are available for purchase!!

Now continue on the hop to the fabulous Julie Buehler's blog!!!

I {heart} CANDY!!

I've got another CCDesigns sneaky peekaroo for ya today! This one is from a set called Halloween Candy and was designed by one of the new artists, Diem Pascarella!

Doesn't Kitty look like she's excited about going trick or treating?? I think she {hearts} candy, don't you?? Haha!!

I stamped the image on Neenah white cardstock using Memento Tuxedo Black ink and coloured her in using my Copic markers. Here are the colours I used: C5, C7, E53, E55, E50, R01, E57, YR14 and YR18. The card base is Basic Black and I used Tangerine Tango and Elegant Eggplant for matting. The designer paper is by Little Yellow Bicycle and I added some sheer orange and black polka dotted ribbon. I sponged around the main image using Elegant Eggplant ink and added a trio of orange rhinestones along the bottom right edge. I stamped the sentiment on TTango cardstock and punched it out with my oval punch and pop dotted everything!!



Be sure to hop over to the ATS Blog and check out the other lovely projects that the design team made for your viewing pleasure! And while you're there, leave a comment and you might when the set!

Well, Emileigh and I are off on a little road trip today. My parents just came back this week from a trip out west to a wedding. They did a bunch of sightseeing and stuff along the way and we can't wait to check out all the pictures I'm sure they'll have to show us. So we are going to spend the day with them!

Happy stampin'!!

Ollie and Griselda!!

Is it time for Hallowe'en images already??? Yes, it is!! Today begins the sneak peeks for the September stamps from CCDesigns!!

The set I'm featuring today is called Ollie and Griselda and it was designed by Diane Zechman! There are so many cute stamps in this set along with some fabulous Halloweenie sentiments!!

Griselda is this fabby witch and Ollie is her owl and today they are out for a spin on her broom! I stamped the image on white cardstock using Memento Tuxedo Black ink and coloured them in with my Copic markers. I used: NO, C1, C5, C7, YR16, YR18, Y23, Y35, E31, E33, E35, E37, G20, BV04 and BV08.

I used my Nesties to cut them out and emboss them. The card base is a 6x6 Basic Black square and I punched a few bats out using a Martha Stewart bat punch. I added a sentiment and some orange polka dotted sheer ribbon to finish them off!



Be sure to check out the ATS blog all week for awesome samples from the super duper Design Team!!

I Got Some Kikis!!!

Yesterday I went to the mailbox to find some lovely little Kikis in there!! Of course I had to let them out right away...they were suffocating in that envelope!! I stamped them out immediately and opened up my new package of Ooh La La papers and went to town!!

I stamped Kiki on Neenah white cardstock and coloured her in with the following Copic markers: E00, R20, E55, R17, E25, E31, BG11, BG15, R12 and E30. The card base is Kraft cardstock and I matted with Bazzill Bling rosey cardstock behind the patterned paper and Blush Blossom for Kiki. I added some sheer green polka dotted ribbon and pop dotted Kiki. I stamped a birthday sentiment on the bottom and finished it off by adding a trio of green half pearls.



Today we are heading to Toronto to take Emileigh and her BFF Kelsey shopping at the Eatons Centre. We need to do some serious back to school shopping!! We have to hit Hollister and Abercrombie for sure!! Me, I`ll be happy with one of the fabulous smoothies you can get in the food court there, because you know they don`t have any ink or rubber there!

Hope you have a fabulous Saturday! Stamp something special!!

A Pink-Haired Junebug!!

This Junebug fairy image by CCDesigns was sitting on my craft table this morning, just beggin' me to colour her! So I obliged. I also had this scrap of Dream Street patterned paper sitting there too and I just adore the colour combo, so I paired them up!

I pulled out the following Copic markers: E00, R20, BG000, G20, R81 and R85 and coloured her up! I think she looks rather sassy with her pink hairdo, don't you?? She reminds me of Frenchy in the movie Grease when she was at hair school. Heehee!

The card base is Swiss Dotted Bazzill cardstock and the rest of the cardstock is Bazzill as well. I added some satin ribbon and attached a cluster of Prima flowers with a sparkly green brad. I pop dotted my little fairy and added some Diamond stickles to dress her up!!



Well, I am off work for the next several days and I'm looking forward to getting a lot done, both around the house AND in my craft room!! Happy stampin'!!

Heard You Caught a Bug.....

Well, it was another busy weekend here at our house. Isn't that the way it is in the summertime? The week draaaaaags by and the clocks seem to run twice as fast on the weekends. What's with that, anyway??

Today's card features a stamp set that I had yet to ink up...can you imagine? It's called Get Well Critters by Cookie Crumb Designs.

I stamped the jar and the bug and then stamped the bug again separately. I coloured them, then cut out the one bug and pop dotted it on the other. The card base is Blue Bayou with October Afternoon dp. I used my Nesties to make the main layer and added the sentiment and some colourful buttons!! I finished it off by adding lots of Stardust Stickles on her little wings. Had to dress up our poor little bug!! Heehee!! In case anyone wants to know, the Copics I used are: BG11, NO and R21. Easy peasy!! Such a cute stamp set to put a smile on someone's face!!



Well, I'm off to work the afternoon/evening shift at the library, then working all day tomorrow too. Ugh. But I'll be back later in the week!! TTFN!! Ta ta for now!

It's Release Day!!!!

Well, my sassy little stampers.....it's release day over at CCDesigns!!! I know you are just dying to get your inky little fingers on these new images....especially these PIXIES!!!!

Today's card features Heidi Among the Flowers and I just wanna pinch her little cheeks, don't you? I stamped her on Neenah smooth cardstock using Memento Tuxedo Black ink and coloured her with my handy dandy.............COPICS!!! I used colours that would coordinate with this awesome Chloe's Closet patterned paper by Making Memories. The colours I used are: E00, R20, E50, E51, YR21, YG03, B93, B95, B97, YR14, YR18 and G20.

The card base is a 6x6 Brocade Blue square card with some soft yellow Bazzill cardstock for matting. The layout is a 'Kimmie Original', so feel free to use it!! I added some wide grosgrain ribbon across the middle and pop dotted the main layer. I attached some Prima hydrangea flowers using the Chloe's Closet fabric brads. Aren't they super delicious??



So I hope you can join us at the release party tonight, over at the All That Scraps Forum. I'll be there around 8pm with the sets going live at 10pm EST.

I'll also be back here later today with a post and some pics about my 'Adventures in Novi'!! So fun!!

School Days!!

Well, there is still another month left of summer vacation before school starts for the kiddos around here.....big sigh of relief from my daughter, that's for sure!! But today's CCDesigns sneak peek has us thinking about September!!

This set is called School Days and was designed by our new and totally talented artist, Diem Pascarella!! She's done a great job with these cuties!

I chose to play with this adorable bookworm image, because ...... well, because that's me when I'm not stampin'!! I just wish I was that skinny! Hahaha!

I stamped the little wormie on CCDesigns Copic paper using Memento Tuxedo Black ink and coloured him in using my Copic markers. I used the My Mind's Eye papers for colour inspiration and here are the Copic numbers I used: YG01, YG03, R27 and YR14. The card base is Blue Bayou in A2 size and I accented with Real Red and Pumpkin Pie. I added some striped grosgrain ribbon, added a trio of brads and pop dotted the main layer. The finishing touch on this one was the crystal lacquer that I added to his glasses!! Now, doesn't he remind you of Aaden on Jon and Kate Plus 8??? Emileigh and I just adore Aaden and his glasses!! He's our favourite boy of the sextuplets!



Well, I'm off to work all day again today....*hmph*! But I'm working towards a long weekend and it will soon be here!! Yay!



OH! P.S. I'm heading over to the Rubber Stamp Convention in Novi, Michigan on Saturday!! Anyone else planning to be there????

Summer Treats and Giggles!!

One of the best things about summer, is all the ice cream treats!! Don't you think so? My favourite is an ice cream sandwich. What's yours??? One of the cute new images from the Magnolia Summer Kit has Tilda with a yummy popsicle, so I decided to ink her up this weekend.

I stamped her on the CCDesigns Copic Paper which is SO white and super thick and it really works perfectly with my Copic markers. I paired her up with some new Doodlebug papers and I think the colours are perfect for a summery card. The Copic markers I used are: E00, R20, E40, E41, E42, E43, YR20, B52, YG11 and RV11.

The card base is a 6x6 square in Kraft cardstock and I used light blue and mauvey pink Bazzill cardstocks for matting. The layout is from this week's Friday Sketchers challenge and worked perfectly for this image and the papers. I attached some Prima hydrangeas with Basic Grey brads, added some celery twill at the bottom, pop dotted everything and added a Tim Holtz ticket in the corner. I finished it off by adding some sparkle to the ice cream treat using my Stardust Sakura gel pen.



Well, I'm off to work all day today, so no stamping fun for me. Boo. But then I have Wednesday off...yaaaaaay! And be sure to come back on Wednesday because I'll have a CCDesigns sneak peek of some of the new August release stamps!!!

Just Beeee-cause.....and Some Exciting News!!

Good Thursday morning stampers! Firstly, I just want to tell you that I took the girls to see the new Harry Potter movie yesterday! We got there early (already ordered our tickets online) and stood in line so we could get good seats. When they opened the doors, Emileigh went right into the theatre and got seats in the very back row in the middle....it was fabulous....and Kelsey and I made a bee-line for the concession stand and got our pop and popcorn. When the show finally started, we were so excited! Kelsey has never read the books (*gasp*...I know), but Emileigh and I know them back to front and it's so amazing to see your favourite characters and stories come to life on the big screen. Well....we all agreed that this was EASILY the best movie yet. It was simply fantastic and we can't wait until it comes out on DVD! Have you seen it....what did you think??

Anyhoo, on to today's card. This one features stamps from the newly released Bumble B. Bear set from Cookie Crumbs Designs at All That Scraps. Diane Zechman designed these adorable bears and bees and some wonderfuls sentiments to go with them. I used the beehive and the bee to create the focal layer. The card base is A2 sized in Basic Black with some yellow Bazzill cardstock for layering. I stamped the images on Neenah Solar Crest smooth white cardstock using Memento Tuxedo Black ink and coloured them in with my Copics. I used: C3, C5, YR20, YR21, YR23 and R85. I used my Nesties to cut it out and added a scalloped layer of Regal Rose. I stamped the sentiment and punched it out with my Word Window punch and pop dotted everything. I added some buttons with hemp twine, some velvet ric rack and finished it off by outlining parts of the image with my Stardust Sakura gel pen.



Now for the super exciting news!!! Christine at All That Scraps has designed and put together for the very first time, an adorable Stamp Kit!!! It's all about Fall and will take you from School to Hallowe'en to lots of Fall Fun and it features the very popular Emma and Trevor Sugarplum stamps!! You can get some peeks at some of the images here on the blog and I can tell you that you will receive 5 Emmas, 3 Trevors, 6 accessory images and a set of coordinating sentiments. This is a limited edition Stamp Kit and is only available for purchase from now until July 28th and will ship soon after purchase. These images will not be available again until our September release and at that time they will only be available as individual stamps. I have seen them all and trust me.....you want them!! I can't WAIT until they arrive in MY mailbox!! Heehee!

Alrighty, is that enough excitement for one day?? I've got a class to teach tonight, so I'll be spending my day packing my stuff up and preparing to teach my cards. Maybe I'll also get a little bit of stamping done in between several loads of laundry! Heehee! Have a super stampy Thursday!!!

Mermaid Emma!!!

What could be cuter than a Mermaid Sugarplum, I ask you!?? I've had this card made for weeks and I've been staring at it in my craft room and wishing I could share it with you! Finally, I've got the green light!

This set is one of the July Releases from CCDesigns! We'll be having a little party in the ATS Forum on Monday evening and then you'll be able to get your inky fingers on all of the awesome new stamps!!

I knew exactly what I wanted to create with Emma the minute I pulled her out of the mailbox a few weeks ago. I had just picked up the new Pretty Please papers by My Mind's Eye and knew they would be perfect!! The card base is Sparkle Bazzill Bling, which I also used for the border at the bottom, punched out with my Fiskars wave border punch.

I stamped the underwater scenery on Wausau bright white cardstock and coloured it in using my Copic markers. I coloured the sand in E31, then dotted it with a few different darker browns along with a warm grey to make it look like real sand. I also dotted the starfish with the warm grey as well to give it a little texture. I stamped Emma and the fish separately, coloured them in and cut them out. I pop dotted Emma and added some sparkle to her pearls with my Clear Spica pen. The pearls are shaded with R000 to give them a pink hue. I pop dotted the main layer, attached some Bo Bunny flowers with glitter brads, paper pierced a row along the bottom and added an Underwater Sentiment (which is also a new release set). I just lovey Mermaid Emma!!



For those that are interested, here are the Copic markers that I used: E00, R20, YG91, YG93, YG95, R000, BG11, YR12, YR14, E31, E33, E35, W3, Y21, R83, R85 and clear spica pen.

Hop on over to the ATS Blog to check out this and other sets that are being released on Monday. Also leave a comment and you could win this set!

Summer Time Challenge!!

The challenge this week over at the All That Scraps blog is to do something summery!!! You know it's starting to feel like summer, isn't it?? It's so warm and sunny!!

I used some summer papers called Cabana from Inque Boutique. Love the colours....just makes me think of the beach, which is perfect for this little Waving Emma Sugarplum image!

The card base is a Groovy Guava textured cardstock 6x6 square with So Saffron matting. I cut Emma out and embossed the edges using my Nesties and coloured her using my Copic markers. I also drew in the beach line with my Copic Multiliner pen. The scalloped layer is in Groovy Guava and I added some GG stitched grosgrain ribbon too! The Beach Sentiment is stamped on So Saffron and pop dotted, along with the main layer. I finished it off by adding some Prima hydrangeas and some small paper flowers in the centers (they were from the $ store)!! Isn't she fun??



Later this morning you'll find more samples on the ATS Blog for this summer challenge!! Why don't you play along???