Christmas Tag

The Christmas Spirit challenge for March is just about over already, eek! You can read about it HERE in the Fan Club Forum. We would love for you to play along with us. Just think of all the extra time you will have come the holiday's when you are sitting back drinking some hot cocoa and listening to everyone else frantically coming up with a Christmas card.
The challenge for March is Leaves of Green! Anything with leaves, any leaves that are green, how about 3 leaves or 3D- pop up your image. Have fun with it. When you load your creation to SCS please put keyword SCSCCMAR13 so we can find your creations!
Figured I should work on my Christmas tags each month as well as my cards so this is one of the tags I created with scraps from my card this month. Might have to do this every month for matching cards and tags. hee hee  My creation for is using Naturally Merry that I stamped onto classic white cardstock using memento tuxedo black ink.

Colored with copic collections:

Once colored I grabbed some of the Color Made Easy Pistachio paper and die cut using our Perfectly Pierced Classic Hourglass Die for the center image. Then cut around using the lighter green and then the larger die. My sentiment is popped up on dimensionals with a pearl added tothe side.

 Tied off the ribbon using CME Pistachio moss green ribbon with a ivory jute and a button. Voila! . Hope you can join us this month.
Today is fun day! Nothing on the calendar, no sports, no school project (book reports can wait) no homework no nothing.... aaaahhhhhoooohhhhaaahhhh! LOL   I hope you have a great weekend.

Fill your paper and mojo

Happy Friday! I am ready for the weekend, how about you? Science fair was last night and the presentations of all our hard work with the boys the last month. It was a fabulous night, the kids did awesome. I am glad to be done. ha!  Now we have a new book report to work on... it never ends.  ;0) 
Today on the Flourishes blog we are all showing you some more creations with our new stamps that were released last week. If you missed the sneaks be sure to head on over to the gallery and see all the samples. A reminder that our New Release Bundle of savings on all the new sets ends soon. Don't miss your chance at a discount and some savings.
My creation today is using the wonderful new set Forget Me Not Notes. I stamped the sentiment onto classic white cardstock using memento tuxedo black ink.

I also stamped one of the smaller flowers in the set off onto scrap paper then stamped it over the sentiment and colord with a few copics collections:

The sketch is fun and a little different for me, it is using Mojo Sketch 282. My designer paper is from the back Love Story from Echo Park. We have a few 1,2,3 Create Kits with Love Story left if you didn't pick this kit up yet. Some of the light pink cardstock in Color Made Easy Poppy and our Classic Black cardstock for the base. Added the black flourished pearls for the side and a few scattered pearls. Voila! I really do love all that white space with the splash of colors and black... ooohhhhaaahhhh...  ;0) 
Be sure to check out the creations from the DT today and have a fabulous weekend!
Christine
Cindy
Danielle
Heather
Silke
Amanda

WOJ Stamping Space

Check out the Whiff Of Joy Blog today as I am sharing my creative space with you today!

WOJ #150 Easter Wishes

Happy Wednesday! Today on the Whiff Of Joy Blog is the new challenge #150 is Easter! Create something with Easter in mind. Since the only Easter stamp I really have I used already for our Spring Blog hop I decided to use this adorable Maya watching a ladybug for a springy Easter feel creation. She is stamped onto classic white cardstock using memento tuxedo black ink. Colored with various copic markers then die cut using Spellbinders ovals.  

Added the fun Die-Light Banner Border to the top edges for fun with some candy pink crystals. Layered a few of the springy colors under my image along with some crochet white lace ribbon and a pink ribbon bow to finish is off. Voila! Springy and sweet I think, how about you? Hopefully you have some time to stamp and play today! Have a wonderful day.

FTTC212 Spring Smiles

Good morning! Over on the Flourishes Blog today the Timeless Tuesday crew has issued the new challenge for the week. The challenge is Spring! Well that is great as we have cold weather still but the sun shine is trying to come out and spring is starting to come through with my tulips in the ground. YEA! Created a card using Tulips for Friends today. Stamped out the flowers onto classic white cardstock using memento tuxedo black ink.

Several copic collections were used for coloring today:

Once colord grabbed some of the Color Made Easy Poppy and Emerald Coast papers for layering.

The designer paper is from a My Minds Eye pack and I don't remember which one sorry about that. I have run out of my wide crochet ribbon so I made my own as I do with the Laural Venise lace trim and then my Color Made Easy Emerald Coast Deft ribbon bow down the center. A few Kaiser teal pearls for the corners and voila a springy delight! Hope you have a wonderful day today!

WOJ Spring Blog Hop

Welcome to the March Whiff of Joy Blog Hop! If you didn’t come here from Linda's blog, then head on over to the start of the hop at Katharina’s blog. I don’t want you to miss a single stop on this hop! This month, we are switching things up a little bit and have a Spring-themed hop! With so many amazing images released in the months of January and February, we aren’t releasing any new ones this month, instead we are celebrating Spring with some gorgeous decor and gift ideas! All the images we have used today are already available and waiting for you at our Whiff of Joy on-line store!
This month, because we love you and are grateful for your amazing support, we are giving away 6 of our Norma Fickel Gnome stamps to one very lucky winner. The winner will be drawn from the comments on our DT blogs. At the end of the hop, go to the Whiff of Joy World of Ideas Blog, let us know that you have left a comment at each stop of the hop by using the inlinkz tool and you will be entered for a chance to win!

  The hop will remain open until midnight CEST midnight Wednesday March 20th. Winners will be announced by Katharina on her blog.
Now on to my creation..... I used the adorable Easter Parade Henry to make a little gift bag for the boys teacher. I stamped Easter Parade onto classic white cardstock using memento tuxedo black ink. Colored him with various copic markers.

My wonderful friend Deborah sent me some of these adorable white bags to play with, thanks Deborah. They make for great little gifts. Made a fun little v-notched designer paper layer and wrinkled up the ends. Then decidedto layer up the top flap with our Die-Light Heart Lace Border and added a few clear crystals to the corners. My sentiment is from the Spring Sentiments and that is stamped and cut out with Die-Light Nestable Shape 2. Added a few of the beautiful open roses light pink.  A little sparkle on the chicks, which come to find out turns your yellow a bright yellow in spots. ha!  Voila a  darling ltitle gift for the teacher.
Your next hop along the way is over to Sonja's Blog! Happy Hopping!

FS319 Thanks for Nancy

This weeks Featured Stamper 319 is Nancy aka Nancy Littrell. Very excited to see Nancy honored this week. She is very kind and very encouraging on SCS from as far back from my first upload in a challenge. Nancy I hope you enjoy your week as this weeks Featured Stamper. I choose this CAS floral card to case. Kept the layout but changed the sentiment panel, changed the stamp but kept a single flower and added two tabs.  

My flower is from Tulips for Friends that I stamped onto classic white cardstock using memento tuxedo black ink. My flower is colored with copic collections:

Once colored I have layered up on dimensionals and tied some bakers twine around the center like Nancy's card. Added a sentiment to the side and a few scattered snow white pearls. Voila!
We had some curbing poured in the back yard and had to spread out rock to fill in the edges. Talk about manual labor... sheessh... I will stick to regular house work over yard work like that. ha!  It does look fabulous though so worth the work. Hope you have a wonderful day!