Favorite Five Creations of 2013

Hiya everyone, today marks the last day of the year 2013! Are you excited? I just can't believe how fast this has come to an end but I'm looking forward to tomorrow, the first day of 2014!!!

Debby asked us to showcase our favorite five of this year 2013 and here goes

Warm Holiday Wishes

Letterpress 

Building a Scene card with stamps only

Baby Girl 

Happy Birthday

I would like to wish every single one of you a Happy New Year 2014!!!

SBC Challenge #9 - Anything goes

Good morning everybody! Christmas has come and gone so quickly, now the New Year is near in a couple of days! I feel like the days are going way more quickly than normal...

Welcome to another challenge from The Scrapbook Blessings Club (SBC). Today's challenge is Anything goes and we dare you to do anything using one of our previous techniques.

Our sponsor this week is:

Stamp and Create is giving away a $20.00 gift certificate for the winner of this new challenge.

Stamp and Create is an online store based in the US with shipping worldwide. We offer free shipping on orders over $55 within the US. We carry a wide variety of stamp companies including: Magnolia, Saturated Canary, Wild Rose Studio, High Hopes Rubber Stamps, Make it Crafty, Wags 'n Whiskers and many more. Plus we also carry paper packs, ribbon, and embellishments. We currently have many Christmas designs on Clearance at a great price. 

Here is what I have made, a wine bottle tag! I used Ladybug from Lacy Sunshine and colored with my prisma pencils. It was cut with the spellbinder floral die and matted with some red cardstock. The background was done using the letterpress technique and used the embossed side with memento plum ink. The tag was finished using some ribbon from my stash!

Looking for more inspiration? Check out my teamies for their projects. Good luck!

Challenges:

Merry Xmas & Thank You to our sponsors

It's Christmas Eve here and Creative Fingers Challenge wants to say a BIG thank you for our sponsors who have given their images generously for the past year.

I chose to whip up some cards for Milk Coffee and Birdie Brown and here they are:

I went with Sweet Sketch Wednesday sketch

I'm entering the above card in these Challenges:

One Crazy Stamper - Xmas

Party Time Tuesdays - Xmas

Creative Card Crew- AG

Sweet Stamp - AG

Stamp and Create - AG

Pink Elephant - AG

Melonheadz - AG

and for this one, I went with Sketch and Stash sketch

For this card, I'm going with these challenges:
 Doodle Pantry - Any digi goes
Kaboodles - Xmas
Parade Your Paper Crafts - Xmas
Paper Makeup Stamps - AG
Anonymous Stamps - AG
Artistic Inspirations Challenge - AG
Crafting from the heart - AG

So thank you again to our wonderful sponsors and have a wonderful Xmas!!!

Hobbycutz Challenge 30 - Christmas Special

Hello and welcome to another fab challenge for HobbyCutz. This challenge will run up till Jan 11 and you can enter up to 5 times. This will also be our last challenge for this year so we can enjoy some time with our families.

The image is from DigiStamps4Joy and I colored it with my prisma pencils. I embossed the background with my Xmas CF and matted the image. The ribbon is from my stash and I finished this with some pearls and green stickles.

Close up of the stickles

Here is what my fellow team members did. Please leave them some love. Thank you.

Challenges:

Simon Says Stamp - Bling it

Crafty Girlz - AG

Aud Sentiments - Christmas

Charisma Cardz - AG

Always Something Creative - Christmas

Cards Galore - Christmas

Just For Fun - Christmas

Milk Coffee - Christmas

Creative Fingers #16 Anything goes with Stamping Chef

Hello and welcome to another challenge from

This week our sponsor is

http://thestampingchef.oo.gd/Store/

and this is what I created:

The image was colored with my prisma pencils and then cut with a circle spellbinders die, from which I matted with another spellbinder die. I did the out of the box technique for my image, the tutorial you can get it here.

I added some bling on her hair clips shown here.

Here's the inside of the card:

The sketch is from I {heart} Sketch047

Please leave my teamates some love for their creations here.

Challenges:

I {Heart} Sketch 047 - Sketch

Oozak - Something Old, Something new (Old - digi, New - button)

Simon Says Stamp - Bling It

Polkadoodles - AG 

Scrapping 4 Fun - AG

Crafty Girls - AG

Divas by Design - AG

Crafty Bloggers - Girly

Crafting from the heart - AG

Sparkle n Creative - AG w/bling

SBC Challenge #8 Card with Tag

Good morning everyone and Happy Sunday. I hope that you've been having fun shopping for Xmas.

This week's challenge over at SBC, we had to create a card with a tag on it. We were graciously given  some Kenny K digis to play with and my choice was Ice Skate Kate. I chose her because my daughter loves skating and I thought of her when coloring this. 

The image was colored with my prisma pencils where I turned it into a tag. Design paper is from Studio Calico and Yes, I love that paper pad! The border was made with a Martha Stewart punch. Sentiment is from the Big Holiday Wishes stamp set (Another of my fave)

Please come and play at SBC since our sponsor, Kenny K, is giving away 3 digis and you know, how awesome his digis are...Just saying...

Challenges:

Dream Valley - Xmas

Creative Inspiration - AG

Challenges 4 Everybody - AG

Kenny K - Merry Xmas

Song Birds - Xmas

Crafty Bloggers Network - Girly

Pennys Challenge - Feminine with a sentiment

Crafty Catz - AG

Pile It on - P is for Pearls

2 Creative Chicks - Xmas

Sassy Studio Monthly Progressive Challenge

Good evening everyone and I'm almost at the end of the night for posting this. This week went by so fast that I wasn't able to keep up with all I had to do.

This is my card for Sassy Studio Designs, the monthly progressive challenge and it's sad that Paper Craft Planet will be closing its doors by the end of the month. I went with Mojo Monday sketch. 

Challenges:

Sassy Studio Designs Progressive Challenge - Use image given

Crafty Sentiments - Xmas

Loves RubberStamps - Anything goes Xmas

Crafty Boots - Xmas

Get Inky - Xmas

2 Creative Chicks - Xmas

A little bit Crafty- Xmas Cheer

Heck of a Challenge - Colorful Xmas

SBC's Secret Santa Blog Hop

Merry Christmas to you all from the SBC Design Team. We are so excited because Santa is taking a mini- break in the preparations for his annual Christmas Eve debut.  He came by for a visit and hopped over to each of the Design Team's blogs.  The good news is that he said none of us are on the naughty list!  And, he did leave some presents just for you, our followers.  Its a secret though! We don't know which blogs have the presents, but I do know he picked two of us, yeah!!!  All you have to do is follow us here at the club, hop over at each blog, leave a comment for the girls and follow all the blogs.

Can you believe I don't own a SINGLE Santa stamp so of course, I panicked. Luckily, I remembered I had a Santa cut file from Miss Kate Cuttables. 

 The background was done by sponging the snowflake stencil  with white pigment ink and I masked the middle of my card. I stamped the bow and heart in red pigment ink and added the tiny white sequins that came with the December SSS kit. The sentiment comes from the SSS Big Holiday wishes stamp set that was included in the kit.

Here is a close up of the Santa that I layered.

So your next stop is CINDY'S Blog and by the way there is ... 11 days left till Christmas!

Here is the entire line up for you to follow:

Scrapbook Blessings Club

Sandy

Jennyfer

Cindy

Marilyn 

Cristina

Teresa

Carolyn 

Hope you have a Blessed Christmas and thanks for stopping by,

SBC Design Team

Challenges:
Simon Says Stamp - Snow
Fab n Funky - Snowflakes

Carabbie Moments of Crafts - Snowflakes

Happy Birthday and Merry Kissmas

Happy Thursday everybody and it's a chilly one out there! It's currently -12 outside and with the wind chill, I dare not even say it! 

Today, I played with one of the SVG Cutting Files for their Birthday Challenge. Mind you, this wasn't easy for me since I don't play with my cricut often but I made it... I used the Party Hat Kitty Slide Card and went with a Birthday/ Xmas theme since somebody's birthday falls on Xmas day!!! Talk about a double party for that sweet little girl!

Here's the inside and sentiments are from the Simon Says Stamp Big Holiday Wishes and Happy Birthday Sets.

Challenges:

SVG Cutting Files - Birthday 

Simon Says Stamp - Snow (On the papers)

Whimsy Inspires - Party Time

Warm Holiday Wishes

Happy Wednesday and it's freezing in here! The temperature with the wind chill is around -11C and yesterday, it was even colder where my daughter got sick!

The image, Cozy Star, was colored with prisma pencils and cut with spellbinders squares. While in the die, I added some yellow pigment ink and matted with some black cardstock. Designer papers are from Studio Calico and Recollections. Some ribbon from my stash and snowflakes from a Fiskars punch were added as embellishments. I popped the image with some dimensionals and my sketch is from  i {Heart} sketch046. The sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp Dec Kit.

Challenge:

i {Heart} sketch046 - Sketch

Meljen Designs - Christmas Tags

VSC Challenge - Holiday 

Raisin Boat - Christmas

Get Inky Challenge - Christmas

Cuttlebug Mania - Christmas (Cuttlebug Dots EF)

Crafting from The Heart - AG

Top Tip Tuesday - Snowflakes

Ribbon Carousel - AG

Aud Sentiments - Xmas tag + DT Call

Merry Christmas

 Hi everyone, this is my third post today and I promise it's the last lol. I will be quick here since I need to get dinner ready. The image, Candy Anneke, is From The Heart Stamps and it was given as a freebie if you participated in last month's progressive challenge. It was colored with prisma pencils and papers are from Studio Calico Winter wonterland.

Challenges:

I {Heart} Card Sketch - Sketch 

Dec monthly progressive challenge - Image provided

Merry Xmas

Hello everyone, it's my second post for today. It's contest week over at Mojo Monday and I wanted to have this card in it. The image is from Whimsie Doodles, Gingerbread Man, which was a freebie a couple of weeks back.

I went with a simple card where I stamped some snowflakes in red pigment ink and made my own background.

The sketch comes from Mojo Monday 322.

Challenges:

Simon Says Stamp - Make your own background
Whimsie Doodles - Holidays
Corrosive Challenge - Xmas
The Ribbon Girl - Ho HO Ho Xmas
Sparkles Forum - Xmas feasts and treats

HobbyCutz Challenge #28 - Make a Christmas Decoration

Hello, hello everyone, it's Sunday!!! Are you still sleeping in? 

This week's challenge for Hobbycutz is to make a Xmas Decoration! I took the liberty of using my "not-so-used" Cricut and used the "Tags, Bags and Boxes 2" Cartridge to make this! 

This was cut at 4" for both the layer and the base at REAL size dial. The pink layer was embossed with the Cuttlebug dots embossing folder and glued. The image, Catching a Snowflake,  is from our sponsor for this week, Limited Run Stamps. 

The image was colored with Prisma colored pencils and I added some Clear Stickles for the snowflakes. This can also be used for a tag should you decide not to go for a Xmas decoration...

To finish, I added some Xmas ribbon. 

Need more inspirations? Check out what the team members did here :-)

Challenges:

One Crazy Stamper - Dec/Winter Challenge 

Holly Jolly Xmas - Xmas Challenge

PaperTake Weekly - Xmas

Dream Valley Challenge - Anything but a card

Creative Fingers Challenge #14 - Easel Cards

Hi and welcome to this week's challenge for the

This week we are sponsored by 

http://www.beccysplace.com

Theme is Easel Cards.

I used my Cricut to cut the base of a flower twice at 5", embossed the bottom with a Cuttlebug Domino folder and the white panel was also cut at 5". The image was colored with prisma colored pencils, cut with spellbinders dies and matted on light blue cardstock. Some stickles and pearls (previously colored with copic marker) were added to the image. Sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp Dec kit.

Side view

Challenges:

Lexis Creations - Xmas

Joanna Sheen  - Make it Sparkle (Glitter)

LadyBug Crafts - XMas

Creative Inspirations - Merry Xmas

Fairies Challenge - Winter

Glitter and Sparkle - Glitter

Cards Galore - Christmas

Delightful Sketches - You're a gem

613 Create - AG

Crafting from the Heart - AG

Paper-Crafting Journey -  Xmas

Paper Pretties - Xmas

2 Creative Chicks - Xmas

Creatalicious Challenge - Xmas

Feelin Crafty - Xmas

Come and Get it Challenge - Xmas

PS.: I just wanted to add this,

A new webstore, called Sunflowerfield, is open!!! 

It's a store that offers 'Cozy Home Products and Crafters' Essentials', products of the famous brands that guarantee the best quality!
The webstore is located in Finland, that means that people from Finland can choose different shipping options and they ship worldwide!!! For all the countries outside EU there is a regular 24%  VAT discount!!!

Sunflowerfield will be releasing a range of their own digital stamps and papers at the beginning of December.

 

http://sunflowerfield.fi/

They are hosting a blog candy to celebrate all that and they offer a free gift for all who enter!
 http://vanjascraftyden.blogspot.com/

Day11- Honeybearz Designs 12 Days of Christmas Annual Blog Hop

Welcome to the Honeybearz Designs 12 Days of Christmas Annual Blog Hop. This will be a 12 day blog hop, from November 25th through December 6th.  Each day we will have projects for you that are Christmas themed in some way.  If you hopped over from Theresa, then you are in the right place. However if you are just starting here, you can start at the beginning of this hop with Lisa at Honeybearz Designs. 

Along with wonderful Christmas projects, designs and inspiration, there is a wonderful list of participating sponsors through out the hop. You can find the list of Sponsors at Honeybearz Designs.  Please leave a comment at each blog to be eligible for the awesome giveaways.
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The Scrapbook Club is excited to be a part of the hop this year. We will be sharing with you a wonderful technique for making your Christmas Cards this year along with 12 video tutorials for you, one for each day showcasing a card technique.  Let's get started!

Here at SBC, we will be doing One Sheet Wonder Cards for this hop.  You can find the template that we will be using HERE to make the 12 different cards using the same design paper. 

Tip: Go with a simple die cut especially if it`s your first time cutting like me!

Recipe: Christmas Stocking from Miss Kate Cuttables, Kraft, blue and pink cardstock, DCWV Christmas dp, flower from Prisma, pearls and ribbon from stash

Challenges:

One Crazy Stamper - Dec/ Winter Challenge
Holly Jolly Xmas - Xmas
Paper Take Weekly - AG
Ribbon Carousel - AG with twine, ribbon etc
Top Tip Tuesday - Use Kraft

SBC - Challenge #7 - Letterpress

Happy Sunday everyone! How is it going so far? For my family, not so much since we all have been sick this past week...My kids first and now, my turn. I do hope that hubby does not get it.

The challenge for this week is Letterpress where you will use a Cuttlebug folder or any folder that will give some impression with some ink. I used a Paisley folder with some Memento ink and here is what I came up with. Our sponsor this week is A Day For Daisies where you will receive some moolah!!!

The letterpress technique is very easy where you can use the emboss or deboss side with your ink. I went with the emboss one. My image was colored with prismacolored pencils and then matted with black cardstock. The banner was fussy cut from a Unity stamp and the word L-O-V-E was added with a white gel pen. The card was finished with some flower punch and a white resin flower.

Here is a close up of my image.

We hope that you will come and play with us as you run the chance of winning over at A Day For Daisies. Please do visit my teamies and leave them some love here.

Challenges:

Simon Says Stamp - AG

Suzy Bee's Blooming - AG

Sister Act - AG

2 Sisters - AG

One Stitch at a time - Use a digi

Addicted to stamps - Embossing 

Wishing You another Year of Blessings

Hello, hello and Happy Thanksgiving to all my American friends! Hope you are enjoying family time with family & friends and that you've had an AWESOME Black Friday too! I have a cold so bear with me today please. 

Now, onto my card, From The Heart stamps had this image called Balloon Ride for their Progressive Challenge and I played with their sketch #44. Ta-da!

The image was colored first with prismacolored pencils and then stickles of different colors were applied. I did a sky background with my Memento drop and some cloud template. You will notice that one of the mouse (on the left) has a red "feather" on his head. I made a boo boo and I couldn't remove it so had to make as if he was wearing one...

Everything was then matted on kraft cardstock and I added some border with a Fiskars punch. To finish, I added some pearls. Here is the inside. 

My sketch comes from The Heart Stamps #44.

I would also like to enter in these challenges:

Simon Says Stamp - AG

Send a smile 4 kids - AG

Suzy Bee's Bloomin - AG

Day 1- Honeybearz Designs 12 Days of Christmas Annual Blog Hop

Welcome to the Honeybearz Designs 12 Days of Christmas Annual Blog Hop. This will be a 12 day blog hop, from November 25th through December 6th.  Each day we will have projects for you that are Christmas themed in some way.  I am a guest DT for this hop and if you happened to come here, please stasrt with  Lisa at Honeybearz Designs. 

This hop will take place November 25th through December 6th and the new postings each day will be posted by 8 am eastern standard time. This hop will be full of wonderful ideas and inspiration to get you well on your way of creating all of those beautiful Christmas project. This is an awesome way to get a lot of your Christmas cards, and scrapbook layouts finished, home decorations completed and maybe even be inspired to create something using a new technique that you have never tried. There will be a new project posted each and every day by all the wonderful amazing ladies in this hop. Also each day we will have a guest designer or two for you to visit. Lisa our hostess will be giving away some wonderful blog candy each day of the hop from the amazing sponsors that we have for this hop. Lisa will be posting all the winners from this hop on December 10th. Every one has a chance to win including the ladies participating in the hop and even the guest designers and the sponsors. At the end of each post we will have a list of all the sponsors who are sponsoring this hop all you need to do is click on their name to go to their sites and check out all the wonderful sites. We want to thank each and everyone of the sponsors for their generosity. It has been greatly appreciated.

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The Scrapbook Club is excited to be a part of the hop this year. We will be sharing with you a wonderful technique for making your Christmas Cards this year along with 12 video tutorials for you, one for each day showcasing a card technique.  Let's get started!

The Scrapbook Blessings Club, www.scrapbookblessings.blogspot.com, 2013 Christmas series on One Sheet Wonders. We are showcasing 12 cards in 12 days using many different techniques along with a one sheet wonder template. Please join us for all twelve days.

Here at SBC, we will be doing One Sheet Wonder Cards for this hop.  You can find the template that we will be using here to make the 12 different cards using the same design paper. You will find the video tutorial and hop there.

Here is what I did for Day 1

Paper tearing is fun as there is no right or wrong way to do it! I did a tone-on-tone background with a snowflake stamp and versamark ink. The image was colored with Memento inks and prismacolor pencils and popped with dimensionals. Added some pearls and doodled and there it is!

Here is a close up!

Recipe: 

Cardstock: Kraft, White (Recollections), pink (Bazzill)

Designer papers: DCWV Christmas pack

Stamps: Hero Arts

Accessories: Memento markers, prismacolor pencils, pearls from stash, versamark ink, black marker

Please join us every day! You don't want to miss anything!

Challenges:

Color Me Creative Classroom - Anything goes
Crafty creations Challenge - American Holidays or Christmas
ABC Xmas - W for Winter
Stamp with Sarah Kay - Christmas
Without Words - Getting Ready for Xmas
Clear It Out - Snowflakes 
Paper Shelter - Christmas

Oldie  but a Goodie - CAS Xmas
Creative Knockouts - Snowflakes
Addicted to Stamps - Embossing (Used wet here)