Inch worm...inch worm...

Reminder: My 30K hit blog candy event goes on thru 9/11 midnight cst, here's the link

Oh how cute! I am not exactly fond of worms but am loving this one! It is from Whimsy Stamps. I made this card for this week's Whimsy Challenge. I play along but since I design for them I just play for fun! It's so neat to have a source of inspiration! This one was "touchy feely". I did one worm in a metallic green glaze pen, so it's smooth and flat. Another is colored with a Copic marker and topped with Crystal Effects so it's smooth, but raised. Another is glue topped with fine green glitter, so it's rough. The last is covered with green Stickles so it's bumpy. I framed it in a scrap of felt trim I dug out from my stash...you just never know when this stuff will come in handy! I edged the corners with pretty green sticky pearls. The base of the card is this really rough textured green paper. I got it from Michael's in a specialty pack of little papers. Worked perfect for this! The little punched out scalloped squares are mounted on green sparkly swirl Halloween paper from K and co. I hadn't really planned to go monochromatic with this, it just ended up that way hehe. Hope you like the little worms!

In honor of 30K hits there is now BLOG CANDY!!!

KLM Digital Designs-two images (Pilgrim Scott and Pilgrim Penny)
Whimsy Designs-one stamp of winners choice (in stock items)
Stamps and Smiles-Goodie bag that includes a stamp set

WOW! I'm thrilled to have hit 30,000 hits this month! In honor of this awesome occasion I'm offering my first ever Blog Candy! I want to thank three of the wonderful ladies I design for, for contributing items to this. How do you win? I promise it's easy :)

Winner will be chosen by random.org on Saturday September 12th. Deadline to enter is midnight CST Sept. 11th.

To enter:
1. Become a follower of my blog (if you already follow it that's cool just let me know in your comment please)

2. Post a comment that includes your blog and email address so I can come see your blog and contact you if you should win. If you don't leave me an email addy I can't get in contact with you if you win. If I have no address on the winner drawn, I will select another.

3. Share on your blog that I have some awesome candy up for grabs and link to this post...feel free to grab the photos if you wish.

Not too tough is it? Thanks for all your wonderful support and good luck!
P.S. I can't figure out how to have this post stay at the top...I checked it out and it seemed way too complicated for me!  Sorry

Fall Pumpkins

I like sending cards for Thanksgiving...I know I'm odd hehe. I think this card is so cool though! I used the Pumpkin Face set from The Rubber Cafe' { link }. The set comes with a variety of 6 cute expressions for jack-o-lantern's but I wanted them just plain for this project. I stamped them in brown, which is unusual for me. They are colored with Copic's and then topped with this cool new stuff I found...Crackle Glaze by Inkssentials. It works like the regular crystal effects or paper glazes, but ends up all neat and crackly when it drys! I love how this worked on the pumpkins. I hope you can see the effect in my detail picture. I will list all my supplies for you! Hope you enjoy my fall card!

Supplies:
Copic Markers-YR04, YR18, YR15, E07, W1,W3,W5, G99, YG67
Stamp Pads-Adirondak Espresso, Tim Holtz Distress Brushed Corduroy
Card Stock-off white, rust, dark brown
Designer Paper- Amber Leaves by Karen Foster
Misc. supplies-
Cuttlebug embossing folder, Pumpkin Harvest
Sponge wedge
1/2" circle punch
Antique brass snaps
Crackle Accent Glaze for paper-Inkssentials
Valspar paint chip, copper gleam (for circles under snaps)
Dimensional Adhesive

Stamps and Smiles, The Fresh Batch Sketch #31

What a cutie! I love this little cuppy cake! She's of course from Stamps and Smiles. This is my contribution this week to the Fresh Batch Sketch Challenge. I so enjoy sketches! This paper is one of my favorites! It's by Doodlebug Designs and called Berry Pink. I punched out the little flowers to match the ones on the paper. Their centers are just regular hole punch holes topped with a dab of Crystal Effects. The glitter frosting is really glue topped with Stampin Up's Chunky glitter in white. The pretty white ribbon is also one of my favorites. It's from Stampin Up as well. I just love how easily it ties and looks so pretty! Be sure to stop by The Fresh Batch to check out what the other designers created with this sketch!
Have a great day!

Baby Animals with Sparkle!

Aren't these little critters precious? This is my first official contribution to Angel's Landing as a Design Team member! I am so happy with how this turned out. I love the little baby animal so just had to use them first. Here's a link to where you can see them on the Angel's Landing site. They are digital stamps so they are immediately available to you...no waiting on the mail man! I colored the images with Copic markers. The little lamb is fuzzy from "Polar White" Flower Soft. It's even sparkly! The bunny's tail is just a little pom pom. I used a shimmer paper circle in a soft yellow, almost ivory to mount the animals on. The scalloped circle they are on is a textured shimmer paper in ivory. The circles are mounted on the base paper with dimensional adhesive to give them more height. The gorgeous base paper is by K and Co. "Florence Glitter Paper". I'm afraid the photograph just doesn't do the sparkle justice! It's very stunning. I hope you enjoy my first card for Angel's Landing! Be sure to stop by the Angel's Landing Blog to see everyone's sparkly creations this week!

Pretty fairy

You all know how I adore fairies. This one just works so well with this sketch and paper. This is the Mojo Monday sketch for this week. The gorgeous designer paper is from TAC a while back. The pretty fairy is from I Brake for Stamps (here's a link). She comes on a sheet with some other cute stamps too! The little sentiment is by Whiff of Joy. My fairy is colored with Copics and I added sparkle with Stickles (ya know I had to hehe). Hope you like it!

Fairytale wishes

Oh to live the life of leisure! This Princess is certainly not sweating the small stuff! I adore these stamps! They are by Whiff of Joy and I'm using this card as a submission for their guest design team { link }. I used sponging to create my sunset for the princess to ride her regal mount off into. Yeah she needs a prince I know, but he cluttered up my page LOL. I'll make him a dragon card so he won't feel bad! The stamps are all Whiff of Joy, except the stone path and it's by I Brake for Stamps and the teeny tiny plants are from Flower Soft. I colored everything with Copics, sponged the background and touched it up with chalks. Hope you like it!
p.s. As I post this their retail site is not currently working. I'm sure they'll fix it asap.

What Brightened My Day!

HOLY MOLY BLOG CANDY!

I can't believe I won some candy....and it's seeeeerious candy! I have Copic Creations Challenge and Susanna's Custom Art and Card Design Store to thank for this!

A complete set of 12 of the newly released sketch pens from Copic. Colors include Pale Thistle (BV0000), Rose Quarts (V0000), Evening Primrose (RV0000), Pink Beryl (R0000), Pale Chiffon (YR0000), Yellow Fluorite (Y0000), Lily White (YG0000), Crystal Opal (G0000), Snow Green (BG0000), Pale Celestine (B0000), Cool Gray (C00), Warm Gray (W00).

Here's my winning card, random drawing but had to share her with you anyway!

Farewell Stampin Up

I have worked for this company for several years happily. I am very sad that they are not allowing their demonstrators to continue to work for them if they serve on any design teams for companies or challenge blogs. I am very ticked that it's ok though, for someone to work at a local stamp/scrapbook store and get a paycheck for selling a competing product. That is unfair in my opinion. Here's their statement:

"While much of the IDA remains the same, there are significant changes to Section 9; this section outlines restrictions on representation of competing companies or products. The changes we've made are primarily related to electronic communications, although you'll see that we've also been more specific about activities taking place at both company- and demonstrator-organized Stampin' Up! events.

The electronic communication changes relate specifically to promoting, marketing, and selling competitive products (such as decorative stamps, stamp art accessories, scrapbooking products, digital arts solutions, and vinyl wall art). Behavior that is prohibited includes providing purchasing information, referrals to catalogs or publications, or links to blogs and web sites on any electronic communications."

Project Tuesday-Folded Gift Card Envelope

This is my first time hosting Project Tuesday! I hope I have selected fun projects that you will be inspired by for September!
For this first one we're making a folded envelope gift card holder. I have uploaded the cleaned up file (took out the measurement details so it prints a clean line) here. You can print it out directly onto your paper or print it out on a piece of card stock to use as a pattern. The original idea and template is here. I used Stampin Up designer paper to trace my pattern onto. The stamped image is one of my old favorites, Merci' by Stampin Up (retired). I added a band of Blush Blossom to hold the front flap down. Hope you enjoy this project!