TIOT45 - Coffee Break!

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Welcome to this week's Try it out Tuesday from Susana's Custom Art and Card Design! This week our challenge is to BUTTON UP, use buttons on your project -- keyword: TIOT45!

I decided to combine this with this week's Copic Colour Challenge 40 - see below for the colors. Just perfect for this new Elisabeth Bell for SCACD image, Latte. Love it! I can just picture, springtime at a little cafe somewhere nice...like Italy. Wishful thinking? Hey, go big or go home!

The image was stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with Copic markers of course. My buttons are from Basic Grey, as is the patterned paper. Unfortunately I don't have any of the AWESOME new glitter buttons from American Crafts that Susana is now stocking, so I had to make do with some Glitter Dots for extra "umph". {Not that I don't still love my Glitter Dots, but have you SEEN the American Crafts buttons??}. The ribbon and pink spiral clip are from my stash.

I hope you are inspired to grab your buttons and play along with us this week! I can always go for some well-placed buttons; and they have been neglected in my stamp room lately. So thanks to Suzanne for the challenge! That's it for me today, I'll see you tomorrow though, thanks for stopping by!

A Christmas Tree Sketch!

Welcome to the week! I can't believe it's Monday. I took the weekend off from blogging since it was my DS #2's birthday and DH & my wedding anniversary. So much to celebrate! But I'm back now with some inspiration for you from the {Little Paper Shop}. This week is actually a color challenge (see below) but I messed up when I made this card and forgot the color part. Don't know what happened there!

I used a sketch to make this card, Mercy's Tuesday Sketch #48 {MTSC48}. This one is for the current week, a new sketch will be up tomorrow. Here it is for reference:

My colors this week are Handsome Hunter, Summer Sun and Real Red. The CHALLENGE colors are Kraft, Real Red and Brown:

I started off by stamping the Christmas Tree from {Katie Christmas} in Handsome Hunter ink. I went over the whole tree with a clear Spica Glitter Pen, which added some shine and bled the water-based ink a little for a softer look. Stamped the star on top and colored with a yellow Spica Glitter Pen. Embossed the red and yellow layers with Cuttlebug folders, added ribbon and the Prima poinsettia and it was all set!

Be sure to visit the LPS store blog and the other DT members to see all the inspiration with these colors! AND, if you play along with our challenge this week you'll be entered to win LPS stamps!! Check out the details on the LPS store blog this morning - you have until Sunday night to enter on this week's post on the LPS store blog and the winner will be announced there next Monday morning. Happy stamping!

Last thing before I go, don't forget that there is a MAJOR sale going on at the {Little Paper Shop} until December 7th. Julia is putting all stamps in the store on sale, anywhere from10% to 70% off!!!! Seriously. You'll have to see it to believe it!

Victoria Case Digi Release!

TGIF!! I am glad it's Friday, but I can't believe how the week flew by! Today I wanted to share the card I made for the latest Victoria Case Stamps digital release! Woo hoo! I think this is my favorite one yet, he just reminds me so much of my DS#1. Storybook is just one of the images you can grab today so check them out at Victoria's stamp store.

My colors are Baja Breeze, Real Red and So Saffron. The patterned paper is from Stampin' Up! from last year, in those colors. I LOVED Baja Breeze! I didn't hoard nearly enough, I don't know what I will do when I run out!

I incorporated a sketch with this week's release, you know how much I love sketches!! This is TESC91 from last week, I will be using this one again, it's classic! Here's the sketch:

You can see some more inspiration using this sweet boy and all of his friends on the Victoria Case Stamps blog.

Thanks for stopping by - hope you have a great weekend!

Winter Wonderland Mojo #113

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Happy Thursday to you all in blog land! Hope everyone is having a good week!
I am sad to say I'm halfway through my awesome month guest designing for Victoria Case Stamps. It's been such fun, and don't worry, there is still some great stuff yet to come before December rolls around! Victoria has named Thursday as challenge day! This week we have a color challenge - Navy, Gray and White. My favorite winter/Christmas color combo! I knew what I had to do here. ;-) You can check out the Victoria Case Stamps Challenge Blog for all the challenge details.

My image is a Victoria Case for Susana's Custom Art and Card Design (SCACD), and this image is called Snow Fun, from the Winter Wonderland collection. I think I've mentioned a time or ten that I am NOT big fan of winter...although I do like the CONCEPT of winter, LOL, hence I love winter images! Just not...snow on the roads and freezing temperatures. So I knew this sweetie pie would be perfect for Victoria's color combo! I stamped her in Memento Tuxedo Black ink on PTI white cardstock and colored with Copic markers. I added white Sparkly Fluff to her boots, mittens and hat, and Stardust Stickles to the highlights of the snow and the snowman.

I made the bow with the Bow Easy - you have heard me rave about this tool before but I'll say it again - I LOVE IT!! I have 2 pieces of grosgrain ribbon, white and navy. I cut them extra long to go around behind my snowflake panel and then made the bow with the Bow Easy. When it was done I had a perfect bow with nice long tails, which I taped behind the precut panel, and viola, a flat bow right in line with my ribbon! I was really pleased with how that turned out! Lots of dimension here too, and the sentiment is from the Elisabeth Bell for SCACD Special Edition Ornament Collection.

This is a sketch challenge card as well, HOW PERFECT is this week's Mojo Monday sketch {MOJO113} for this image?? Here's the sketch so you can see for yourself - perfect!

You can see the sketch and lots more inspiration from the rest of the DT on the Victoria Case Stamps Challenge Blog. Thanks for stopping by today!

PWC78, TESC91 - If The Shoe Fits...

Hello again! It's Wednesday already, which is my Paper Pretties showcase day, with a new blog hop and challenge each week! Full details on the challenge can always be found on The Paper Clip.

We would love for you to ink up your Paper Pretties stamps and play along with us. This week's week's challenge comes from Heather, who asked to see cards with Red, White, Black, and GLITTER. Oh yeah! I can handle that one for sure, one of my favorites!

For my card I used the new Sassy Shoes set. Talk about FABULOUS! Wouldn't you love to have a pair of those?? I stamped the polka dot shoe and the sentiment in Memento Tuxedo Black ink on PTI white cardstock, and colored the shoe with Copic markers. I cut both images out with Classic Circle Nestabilities, along with the red mats. I added black Stickles on all the scallops and crystal effects to the heel of the shoe.

I incorporated a sketch with this week's challenge, you know how much I love sketches!! This is TESC91 from this week, I will be using this one again, it's classic! Here's the sketch:

Ok, so that's the info on my card, and HERE are the challenge details - you really need to play along, it is well worth it!

How to Enter: Make a card following the challenge guidelines with any Paper Pretties stamps. Upload the card to the Paper Pretties gallery. Please include it in the Weekly Challenges album and use keyword PWC78.
Deadline: 6 PM EST Tuedsay, November 24th.
Prize: $15.00 coupon to the Paper Pretties Boutique.

That's it for me! I'm the "caboose" on this hop (can you tell I have a child in pre-K?), so head over to The Paper Clip when you're through here. Or, if you are just starting here at my blog, head on over to Christie's blog to start from the beginning.