Cool!

 

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas.  I was thinking that since this is the last day of 2010 I began to think about what I was doing a year ago.  I joined two great groups (Copic Crafters and Frugal Scrappers) where I have learned so much throughout the year.  And hoping I learn more in 2011.

“Cool” is the word my 10 year old Grandson used when I showed him my new card I just finished making.  You just don’t get better compliments than from a 10 year old boy. When I saw the stamp called Japanese Tilda I knew I had to have her.  I got her right before Christmas and had to color her immediately.  Let me know what you think.

This is the first card where I used my new Desktop Photo Studio. What a difference it makes when taking photos.  No more taking tons of photos to get the best one. 

I’m entering this card in the following challenges:

1. Stamping Scrapping Challenge Central

2. 7 Kids College Fund Challenge Blog

 

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Recipe

Image: Copics for Hair & Skin, Prisma Color Pencils & Spica Pen

Papers:  DCWV Mariposa Stack

Stamp: Japanese Tilda (7 Kids College Fund)

Flowers:  Prima (Gallery Roses Pierre)

Spellbinders Die (Stamping Scrapping Store)

Pearls: (Kaiser scrapbook)

Glitter: Tim Holtz (Diamond Stickles)

 

Here’s a close up of Tilda:

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Out With the Old, and in With the New

 Wishing you a Healthy, Prosperous New Year!

Love Is In The Air

 

I wanted to share one more card I finished today.  All I need to add is the sentiment. I know what I want to do but I don’t have anything in my stash to make it happen. Oh my I guess I have to go craft shopping :) 

I will be submitting this card in a challenge over there at House Mouse and Friends. The challenge is Anything Goes theme as long as you use a House Mouse Stamp.

I bought my first House Mouse stamps from Stamping Scrapping.  Out of the three I bought I chose this one because it can be used for various occasions like Valentine’s Day, Christmas time when you want to send ‘love” to someone far away, Anniversaries, etc.

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Note: The blue looking flower should show up as purple which matched the purple paper.

Recipe:

All papers used are from my stash using bits and pieces except for the card.  The hearts were punched out of purple card stock then covered with doubled sided scor-tape to add the bling. The glitter used is from Martha Stewart.  The red foil specialty paper is made by American Crafts.  I also used scor-tape to the edges of the card front and covered it with red glitter too.  The stamp was colored using Prisma Colored Pencils and Gamsol.  If you have any questions about the card design please feel free to contact me.

I like to take this time to wish you and your love ones a very Merry Christmas and a Healthy, Prosperous New Year!

Hugs, Fran

Mimosa Lights The Way

 

This project was a change for me.  I made a sleeve for a flameless candle and used Mimosa to tell a story.  Mimosa and her dog (Peggy sue) were outside playing and decided to build a snowman.  And they lost track of time.  Peggy sue had to find their way back home with the help of Mimosa lighting their way.  And before you know it they reached their house in no time. Let me know what you think.

Recipe:

Stamp: Mimosa Lights the Way (colored with Prisma Colored Pencils)

Snowflakes: Martha Stewart Punch

Candle Sleeve: Designer Paper from stash.

Dog, snowman, & house: Digi images (printed and embellished)

Snow: Glitter (dazzling diamonds) & Flower Soft (Polar White)

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Entered my project in the following challenges:

       SSCC Winter Wonderland Challenge

       7 Kids College Fund Challenge Blog

You still have time to enter your project in both challenges.

 

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Candle all lit up to light my way!

Just Around The Corner

 

Can you believe that 2011 is just around the corner.  Where does the time go?!  I like to make sure I am ready for the New Year by having a 2011 calendar on my desk.  I was inspired by a project I saw on You Tube.  You can see it here: Rectangle Coaster Calendar

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I like to apologize for the bad photo.  I tried over 20 times to get a good one but my camera was not cooperative.  The calendar is made using 2 rectangle coasters. They are attached by the ribbon you see at the top edge.  This enables the calendar to stand on its own.  Here is the “recipe” for this calendar:  I used Mariposa paper to cover the outside of both coasters.  Inside of calendar is covered with complimentary paper.  The flowers were a perfect match for the paper (Prima-Gallery Roses Marcel). Butterflies were punched from a MS punch and then covered with glitter.

Here are two more I made.  Although it may appear that the flowers on them are too big they really look pretty darn cute.  And match perfectly.  The flowers you see on them were handmade by me.

Let me know what you think.  And if this is your first time to my Blog I like to invite you to be a Follower.

Hostess Gift Tag

 

My niece always hosts our family Christmas gathering.  And I always take her a hostess gift.  This year its going to be an edible gift.  Not sure what I will be making but it has to be something she loves to eat.  Maybe my Sugared Pecans!

With that in mind I decided to make a gift tag with a vintage flair.  And wanted to add a cute Magnolia stamp too.  I looked in my small collection and chose Kitchen Tilda.  Now you would think that since it’s Christmas time I would have used the traditional colors.  No I sure didn’t.  Tilda is wearing her brown cooking outfit with a pretty rose/pink head scarf.  I love the colors I used together.  Let me know what you think.

 

Everything used on this tag is from my stash. Some of the embellishments I had so long that I literally forgot where I bought them.  Tilda was colored using Copic markers. Here are the colors I used:  Dress, apron, socks, shoes & wooden spoon colored with E33, E35, E37 & E47 (with a touch of YR20 in the center of the wooden spoon).  Scarf and ribbon on spoon used R39, R59, & a touch of R83. Skin colored with E00, E11, E21 & R20.

Kitchen Tilda all dressed in shades of brown. Isn’t she the cutest!

This is a Prima Rose from the Marcel collection. I added very little stickles glitter to the edges.  And a small doily added to the back of the rose.

I hope you liked my Kitchen Tilda Hostess Tag as much as I liked creating it.  See you soon!

Spreading A Little Fairy Dust……

 

A while back before I created my blog I made a card using a Gilli Stamp purchased from Stamping Scrapping.  So I thought I share the card with you and you can tell me what you think. Oh and see her spreading diamond fairy dust maybe she will send some your way.

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All flowers were handmade by me.  She was colored with my Copic markers and you can see that I used rose/red shades.  Besides the diamond fairy dust (i-Rock embellishment) she is also wearing some stickles on her wings and dress trim.  If there is anything else you would like to know about the card feel free to contact me .