SNSSDC - Gifts

Hi there. Today we have a new challenge for you at the Sweet 'n Sassy Digi challenge. Our challenge this time is to create a gift for someone using a digi image on it. I started with this adorable little Rhubarb Stocking digi from SNSS. I printed him out and colored with colored pencils. I added some smootch to the "white" parts of the stocking. Then I fussy cut him down. Next, I layered him onto the PP that I used to make this......ornament gift! My in-laws needed an ornament with a photo of my youngest DD, so I thought this would be perfect! I started with an acrylic "coaster" from Maya Road. I cut the PP from Nikki Sivils to fit. I wanted the photo to stay protected over the years, so I put the acrylic piece over the paper. The 2011 is stickers. Last, I added some ribbon to be the "hook". Oh yeah...and when I showed my DD the ornament of her, she felt the need to do this... ...and I LOVE IT!!!!! She wanted grandma and grandpa to know it was from her...lol. Now...head on over to the Sweet 'n Sassy Digi Blog and see what other gifts the DT gals have created. Then play along with us! Can't wait to see what you come up with!

Creative Belli - 1,2,3,4 Challenge

Hi there. Today we have a new challenge for you at the Creative Belli Challenge. Our challenge this time around is a 1,2,3,4 challenge. Gotta admit, I wasn't quite sure what that meant when I first saw it, but once it was clarified, it made total sense. So what is it you say...here is the example us DT gals were given...example: 1 piece of dp, 2 flowers, 3 colors, 4 brads, whatever combo you wish but it must be 1234.
So...here is my take on this one.

1 - Ribbon

2 - Images/Stamps

3 - Papers

4- little pearls

So...I used the Nurse stamp from QKR Stampede to start. I stamped her off and colored with markers. Next I trimmed her down a little, and layered onto the different PPs. The papers are from Nikki Sivils Get Well Collection. I added some ribbon from my stash, and the little pearls from my stash. Last I stamped the Get Well stamp from QKR Stampede, and trimmed that down. There you have it! Now it is your turn. Head on over to the Creative Belli Challenge Blog, and see what the other DT ladies did with this challenge. Then play along by linking up your 1,2,3,4 creation to the link at the bottom of the Belli Post!

Feature...

Hey...I am soooo excited! I was chosen for the Showcase on You feature on the Nikki Sivils blog this week! Head on over and check it out. Soooo cool. SO in honor of this awesome occasion, I thought I would share a LO page I made this weekend using some of the Gingerbread Lane Collection from Nikki too!

I made this simple LO using some photos of my DD's class snowshoeing during gym class last year. We are so lucky to have snow shoes at our school for the kids to use during the winter months. The kids LOVE it...although they quickly learned it isn't easy. For this LO, I used a sizzix to cut the letters from one of the PP in the line. I also used the little mitten die cut from the collection too.

Well be sure to check out the other featured ladies on the Nikki Sivils Blog too. Have a great day!

A Little LO

Happy Saturday! I am off to another stamping convention today, but this time I am super super excited because I finally get to meet the awesome Maribeth! Maribeth is the owner of QKR Stampede, Eureka Stamps, and Biblical Impressions...all of which I am honored to design for. I am so excited after all this time to finally meet her in person. I will be posting photos later of our meeting, and the company booth. But for now, you are just going to have to look at this LO I made...lol. I was playing with some of the papers I won from Nikki Sivils, and came up with this.Back in February we went to the auction fundraiser at my DDs' school. One of the things we had there this past year was a photo booth. So we gave it a whirl. I loved the photos. Each one of my girls went in, and then I went in with one of my dear friends. However, I blocked off her face, and name for this because I didn't' get her permission to post them...lol. I used some papers and embellishments from the School is Cool line from Nikki Sivils. It is one of her summer CHA releases, and it is sooo much fun! I thought it would be fun to put the photo strips on black paper that looked like film strips.

I used a punch to create that look. I also added some of the embellishments from the line on the page. A very simple LO, but I thought it was cute. I used the stickers from the collection to make the title for my LO.

Well that is all for now. Thanks so much for stopping by, and be sure to check back for photos from my convention this weekend.

Back to School - Sweet 'n Sassy Digi Challenge

If you are here for the QKR Stampede Blog hop, please scroll down one post.

Today we have a brand new challenge for you at the Sweet 'n Sassy Digi Challenge. First...have you heard the news yet????!!! Sweet 'n Sassy stamps is now one of the member companies on Splitcoast!!!!! How cool is that? The fun started out on Monday with the release party on the SNSS forum on SCS, there is also challenges, and more right in the SNSS forum. Be sure to check it out! Be sure to link up your SNSS projects on splitcoast too.

Now onto today's Digi challenge...Back to School! I guess in most parts of the USA, kids are starting back to school for the year. My kids don't start for a few more weeks...Sept. 7th to be exact. I will be honest...I am looking forward to it, but at the same time I am not. This is the point in the summer that sibling rivalry is at is finest, and personally I just can't take it anymore...lol. Well, today I decided to share a back to school LO I made featuring none other then RHUBARB!!!!

I just love this guy! This guy is a digi image (of course), but in case you missed it, he is now available in a clear stamp set too! Plus, his clear set is also part of the Kit of the Month for August...so check that out HERE too! Now...back to my LO...lol...I am so easily distracted. Here is the full 2 page LO I made. I started by coloring Rhubarb (back to school digi) with markers, and layered him onto a piece of the star paper. Then I layered him down in the bottom corner of the first page. All the papers for this LO are from Nikki Sivils School is Cool line. I used the banner strip along the top of page 1, and wrote "first day of class" on it. Then I used various diecuts and stickers from the paper line to embellish. As you can see there is not photos yet...but that is because school hasn't started yet...lol. I did do the journaling though...lol. Page one, the stars will hold a photo of my youngest who is off to Pre-K this year. The second page will hold photos of my other 2 girls who will be starting 1st grade and 4th grade.

Well that is all from me. Head on over to the Sweet 'n Sassy Digi Challenge Blog, and see what other back to school creations the DT has come up with. Then play along! Be sure to link up your project so we can see.

Gingerbread Christmas

Hi...me again...lol. This time I wanted to share another set of Christmas cards I made this past weekend. Been getting right to work on all these cards, so I don't have to panic in December, and mail them all late again this year. This time around I used Rhubarb's Gingerbread Man digis from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps. I just LOVE LOVE LOVE gingerbread men. And I had the perfect papers to go with the image. I recently won the entire new release from Nikki Sivils Scrapbooking! One of her new release lines is called Gingerbread Land. Here is what I came up with. And a close up of each...(sorry the color is a little off. I tried to fix it, but it got too bright.) There is a total of 9 cards in this set. All the PPs are from the Gingerbread Land line. The sentiments are a digi from SNSS, called Beary Christmas Sentiments. The digis are all colored with watercolor crayons, and fussy cut down. I then layered them onto some solid colored CS, and onto the PP.

These are for the following challenge: Simon Says Challenge - Christmas in August.

CHA Sneak Peeks are Starting!!!!!

I am getting so excited with all these CHA Sneak Peeks around Blog Land. I always look forward to this time of year...of course I think I NEED all of these new things, and I probably don't...lol. Anyway...check out the new

Nikki Sivils releases

She posted them on her blog today. 5 AWESOME lines.

Be sure to hop around blog land and see some of the other new products coming out this month. Ohhhhh sooo exciting!!!

Dance in the Rain

If you are looking for today's Creative Belli Post...please go HERE.

I wanted to share a card I made using some papers I won from Nikki Sivils. I won one of the new lines of paper, and I was very very excited! I was lucky enough to get the complete 12x12 release of the "It's Raining It's Pouring" line. So I thought I would try it out. Here is the card I made using it. The image is an old Hannah Stamps stamp set. A friend of my gave me these sets a while back, as she no longer needed/used them. I thought this image was just perfect for this paper. I stamped the image, and then did some paper piecing. As you can see, I paper pieced her umbrella, and raincoat. I used markers to color the rest of her. Then I layered and layered and layered...lol. The saying in the corner is also from the paper set. I thought it was perfect for this image too.

This card is for the following challenges:

Sweet Stop Sketch - the layout of this card is the sketch

Do You Stack Up? - Patterned Paper (this is my 2nd entry)