Charlotte's Christmas Tree

Hello everyone and TGIF! :) I'm so excited that the week is almost over. Tomorrow I have some friends coming over and we're going to stamp the day away :) I'm also taking a mini vacation from work (not really going anywhere, but I'm in desperate need of a break :) ) so I will be getting a five day weekend. Yay! :)

For my card today, I had to ink up my new Charlotte stamp from Whiff of Joy. I inked the stamp up with Memento black ink and stamped it twice onto Georgia Pacific cardstock. I colored the first image with my copics. I then colored just Charlotte from the second image with copics, cut her out, and attached her to the first image with dimensionals to pop her out. I added Gold Stickles to the star, red stickles to the garland, and Glossy Accents and Diamond Stickles to the ornaments. I also used my Sakura glitter pen to put some glitter on the holly in Charlotte's hair. I mounted the image onto SU's Rose Red cardstock.

Next, I created my card base out of SU's Always Artichoke (my card base measures 5 1/2 by 5 1/2). I layered Rose Red on top of that. My designer paper is from DCWV's Christmas stack. For some finishing touches, I added ribbon (from Michael's dollar bin), Primas, and a MS pearl.

I would love to hear what you think. Thanks so much for stopping by. More tomorrow.

Hugs, Christine :)

Acetate Treat Box

Good morning everyone,

Today's project is pretty simple. I decided to make an acetate treat box. This was a Try a New Technique Challenge several weeks ago on Splitcoast. You can see the template and directions here .

The Trick or Treat bag stamp and the candy coming out of it are from the Trick or Treat mini set from Hanna Stamps. I stamped the bag and the candy separately onto Georgia Pacific cardstock and colored them in with copics. I punched the bag out using SU's 1 3/8 circle punch and then punched out a scallop circle from SU's Elegant Eggplant using SU's scallop circle punch. I cut the candy out and adhered it to the bag. I then covered the candy in Diamond Stickles for some bling. :) The patterned paper is from K&Co.'s Halloween stack. The ribbon is from Memory Makers. I got the acetate (which is just transparency paper) from Office Max. Of course, I had to fill the box up with Candy Corn, my favorite Halloween candy :)

I hope you enjoy. I'd love to hear what you think. Thanks so much for stopping by. More tomorrow.

Hugs, Christine

Halloween Mini Pizza Box

Hi everyone and happy Wednesday! :) I'm so sorry for all the pictures today, but this project took me SO long to do and I'm kinda proud of it so I wanted to show it to you :) This project was made for this week's Try a New Technique Challenge over on Splitcoast. Our challenge was to create a mini pizza box. This was so much fun! :)

All the stamps I used are from Spiral Whispers (love this company!). All images were colored using my copic markers. I used SU's Elegant Eggplant for the box and for the mini card bases. I used Basic Black, Gray, and Elegant Eggplant, cut using my new rectangle nestabilities, on the front of the box. The spider webs were cut using a MS punch. The bat paper is from K&Co. The ribbon is from M's. I used Fiskar's Threading Water punch on Basic Black paper and adhered it around the edges of the box lid. On the little cards, I used the same paper, nestabilities, and Primas with purple rhinestones in the center. I lined the inside of the box with the design paper from K&Co.

This was such a fun project. I hope you like it. I'd love to hear what you think. Thanks so much for stopping by. More tomorrow.
Hugs, Christine :)

Santa's Cookies

Happy Monday everyone :) I had so much fun coloring this cute little House Mouse stamp. This card is my submission for this week's Cute Card Thursday Challenge blog. Our challenge this week was to create a card using Christmas animals.

I stamped my House Mouse image using Memento black ink onto Georgia Pacific cardstock and colored it in with my copics. I used Liquid Applique on the white part of the Santa hat the little mouse is wearing (I love that stuff!). Next, I created my card base, which is a standard A2 size (4 1/4 by 5 1/2), out of SU's Bravo Burgandy. I layered SU's Always Artichoke on top of that followed by my designer paper from DCWV Christmas stack. I used SU's ticket corner punch on the corners and placed pearls in the corners. I added a red bow (from Michael's) and Primas. It's a pretty simple card but I'm pleased with how it turned out.

I'd love to hear what you think. Thanks so much for stopping by. More tomorrow :)

Hugs, Christine

Kiss the Cook

Happy Sunday everyone! I hope you all are having a wonderful day. I have to give special thanks to Suzanne Dean for her inspiration for my card today. Without her, I never would have known about The Stampin Place, which has so many wondeful scenes (I've used some already with Magnolia and Whiff of Joy stamps on my blog). Suzanne used this same kitchen scene on her blog last month and it is so awesome. You can view her card here .

For my card today, I stamped the kitchen scene with Memento black ink onto Georgia Pacific cardstock and colored it in with my copics. I added Glossy Accents to the window and clock face and I used a white gel pen for some highlights. Next, I stamped Hanna (from the Kiss the Cook set from Hanna Stamps), colored her with copics, and cut her out. I created my card base, which measures 5x7, out of SU's Regal Rose. I layered Always Artichoke on top of that followed by my designer paper from DCWV Nana's Nursery baby girl stack. I then mounted my kitchen image onto Regal Rose followed by Always Artichoke and placed that onto my card base. I then adhered Hanna with dimensionals.

The sentiment is also from Hanna Stamps. I stamped it onto Regal Rose and punched it out with SU's 1 1/4 circle punch. I then punched out the Always Artichoke circle using SU's 1 3/8 circle punch and adhered the sentiment to the card base. For a finishing touch, I added pink ribbon from Michael's.

I'd love to hear what you think. Thanks so much for stopping by. Have a wonderful day and I'll be back with more tomorrow :)

Hugs, Christine

Lovebirds

Hello everyone :) A double posting from me today. I was able to spend some more time in my stamp room this evening and created this card for the Sarah Kay Challenges blog . Our challenge this week was to use the color blue. I had so much fun with this challenge. This card is for my sister and brother-in-law's anniversary. I hope they like it :)

I inked my Sarah Kay image (from Stampavie) with Memento black ink and stamped it onto Georgia Pacific cardstock. I then colored it in with my copics and inked around the image with blue ink (I used blue ink from Memories Direct). Next, I created my card base, which measures 5 1/2 by 5 1/2, out of SU's Night of Navy. I layered SU's Bordering Blue on top of that followed by my designer paper from K&Co. I mounted my image onto Night of Navy followed by Bordering Blue and adhered that to the card base.

Next, I used my new nestabilities tag punch to punch out the ribbon tag. I stamped my sentiment, which is from Studio G, onto the ribbon tag (I used Versafine black onyx ink which I find works best on the Studio G clear stamps). I then ran the ribbon through the tag (the ribbon is from my stash, I think I got it from Michael's). For a finishing touch, I added Primas and a sparkly blue Making Memories brad.

I'd love to hear what you think. Thanks so much for stopping by. More tomorrow.

Hugs, Christine :)

Tilda Playing in Leaves

Hello everyone and Happy World Card Making Day! :) My card today is my submission to the Tilda & Company Challenge blog . Our challenge this week was a sketch challenge. I inked up my new Tilda stamp (from Magnolia stamps) with Memento black ink and stamped her onto Georgia Pacific cardstock. I colored the image in with my copics and added some glitter from my Sakura Glitter Pen to the leaves. I cut the scallops using my nestabilities. I sponged Pumpkin Pie ink around the image.

Next, I created my card base, which measures 5 1/2 by 5 1/2, out of SU's Chocolate Chip. I layered Pumpkin Pie on top of that followed by my designer paper from Basic Grey. I used SU's Ticket Corner punch on the corners and placed brownish-orangeish rhinestones in the corners. I added a ribbon from M's dollar bin and Primas to the card. I used my nestabilities to cut out the tag and stamped my greeting (from The Stampin Place) onto the tag. In the picture, my ribbon was twisted funny and is covering up part of the greeting. I'm so sorry about this, I didn't notice this when I was taking the picture. In real life, the bow does not cover the greeting :) The greeting says "Autumn Greetings."

I would love to hear what you think. Thanks so much for stopping by and have a lovely weekend. More tomorrow.

Hugs, Christine :)