Happy New Year

Today I have an adorable image from Your Next Stamp: Fhiona and friend penguin. I colored the focal image with copics and cut her out with a circle nestie. I airbrushed the background and added a bow from my stash. DP is Websters Santa/Sweet Season.
All supplies are available at One Crazy Stamper.

It's Still the Holiday Season

I know Santa has come and gone, but I had one more card to share with you from DRS Designs and it is never too soon to start your cards for next year! In fact I still haven't written mine for this year!

Thanks a Latte

Today I have a sneak preview of a stamp set Cocoa's Latte from Sweet 'N Sassy Stamps that will be available in just a few days or should I say next year. Hehehe. When Korin showed us the line up for January, I knew I had to have this stamp set. I love love love coffee and what could be better than to add Cocoa to the mix. I actually stamped the image on paper from the Basic Grey Pyrus 6 X 6 paper pad. I colored him with copics and paper pieced the cup. The stamp set and the DP are both available from SNSS.

Today I have another adorable digi image from Paper Pretties. Aren't these guys just darling? I colored the froggies with copics and added some Ranger stickles glitter to the snow and pompoms. Dp is from my stash. I hope you enjoyed your Christmas with family and friends. I can't believe another year has gone by. We have about a foot and a half of snow, but today the roads should be clear for some post holiday shopping.

Okay, Christmas has come and gone. Let's move on to the next holiday: Valentine's Day. I am skipping New Year's Eve as a holiday, that is. Today I have an adorable stamp from Victorine Originals. Owls are all the rage these days. So here you go: Owl always love you. I stamped the owl in Memento brown ink and colored him with copics. DP is Hot Chocolate by Fancy Pants.

The Best Gift of All

Merry Christmas from our house to yours!

Well, as I have been saying Christmas just arrived too too quickly this year!

Probably the first time I really was not ready!

Our poor tree dried out before Christmas Day.

Oh well...

However, something touched my heart this year that I would like to share with you.

As you know, by day I teach fifth grade. This time of year parents and students generously give their teachers gifts. But for some families that "extra gift" is just not in the budget. Of course, as caring teachers we don't expect anything.

On the last day of school before vacation one of my students came up to me and handed me a plastic bag and said," here this is for you, but my mom couldn't wrap it." And then she quickly slid away, before anyone else could see what she had given me, for fear that her gift wouldn't "measure up" to some of the other ones.

Little did she know it was the Best gift that I had received.

You see the only candy, that I even like, are Almond Joys and she wrapped each one with ribbon

and then put a gift label on fudge so that she would be able to give me a gift. Little does she know that her kindness and thoughtfulness are the best gifts I could ever receive from a student or anyone.

May someone or something touch your heart this holiday season!

Sweet Sweet Christmas

Today I have the adorable gingerbread people from the Flourishes stamp set Sweets of the Season.

I colored the ginger people with copics and added some red and black gel pens for accents.

Dp is Basic Grey Jovial. I cut out the focal images with Spellbinders Label 7 And Label 8.

All of the items that I have used today are available at One Crazy Stamper. Check it out!

Merry Merry Christmas Eve and I hope you have a sweet sweet Christmas!

The joys of Christmas

Today I have a simply elegant card for you, which was easy peasy to make. This would be a great design to mass produce your Christmas cards. I have used the newly released sentiment, Joy of Christmas sentiment (562G) from DRS Designs. I embossed the sentiment with gold embossing powder, cut it out with a nestie and layered it unto gold foil cs. I then added some pearls for embellishments. I used a snowflake embossing folder on white cs as my background. A gold bow tops the focal image.

I still have more shopping, a lot of wrapping and tons of cooking to do! How about you? I have never been this NOT READY!

Hope you have time to enjoy your friends and family!

A Cocoa Kind of Christmas

It's Cocoa again. I just can't get enough of this little guy. Korin never seizes to amaze me with all the wonderful Cocoa stamps. I want them all! hehehe. This is "A Cocoa Kind of Christmas."

I did some paper piecing on the ornament.

DP is Echo Park Merry Christmas and Wintertime. You can purchase both of these from Sweet 'N Sassy Stamps. I colored Cocoa with copics Thanks for stopping by today.

Sparky and Friends

I have had this stamp set for a while and just got it inky. It is a new cling stamp set from Just Rite stampers called, Sparky and Friends. I love, love love snowmen. I colored this trio with copics and added some Ranger pearls for the snow. DP is from my stash.

Rosie's Sweets

Today I havc a card for you from Anita Be Stampin. The stamp set is Rosie's Sweets. I just love the way this card turned out. I used BoBunny Midnight Frost dp and ruffled ribbon. On top of the ruffled ribbon I added some white glimmery ribbon. Flourished pearls are the final accent.
The card was originally made for the above cupcake challenge.

I still have not finished my Christmas shopping! How about you?

Sugar Creek Hollow

Sadly, this is my last post for Sugar Creek Hollow. It has been an awesome journey as I traveled down the pimitive road to shabby chic vintage design. It has been a privilege to work with this design team. What an extremely talented group of designers. For today's post I have used Meowy Christmas. I printed out the cat in a grey tone. I added BoBunny Midnight Frost dp and lace. I topped off my card with blue crinkle ribbon, also available from the Sugar Creek Hollow store. Check out all the fabulous designs from our dt.

Picture Perfect Postcard

For my card today, I couldn't resist this beautiful scene from Flourishes Christmas Postcard. I colored the scene with copics (pictured below). You can purchase all of the below supplies at One Crazy Stamper. What are you waiting for??? Have a great start to your weekend.

Supplies: Flourishes Christmas Postcard, Copic Xpress IT CS, Copics: YG 95, YG97, YG99, G24, N1, N3, N5, R35, R37,R59, Y00, YR23, W1, W3, B21

Happy Holidays

Todays card is based on a sketch for the Card Patterns Challenge # 94. DRS is giving away a $15 gift certificate. For my card today I have used the ice skates (373H) and I colored the laces, heel and blades with gel pens on shimmery white cs. I added snowflakes and black pearls. Trim is a MS border punch with white pearls added for some bling. Happy Holiday sentiment (515C) is one of the new releases.

Spot the Dog

Today I have an adorable digi image for you, called Spot the Dog from Sweet 'N Sassy Stamps. I just love this little guy. But of course, you know I have a soft spot for doggies. I tried to color him like my darling Cooper. Dp is Echo Park Wintertime and you can find a sampler pack at SNSS. I added some white glitter dots for embellies. Thanks for stopping by today and hop on over to Sweet 'N Sassy Stamps and check out their newly released digis. They are awesome!

Roasting Marshmallows

Today I have two newly released digi images from Paper Pretties. Dp is Basic Grey Pyrus, which goes so well with the campfire scene. I colored the images with copics (see below).

I cut out the raccoon with an oval nestie and layered it onto some pyrus dp. I added a ruffled ribbon and some buttons for embellies.

Martini Celebration

Today I have a Celebration challenge from Victorine Originals. I think the sentiment is hysterical! Doesn't this make a great birthday card? What better way to celebrate than with a martini. I would love a pomegranate martini just about now....

Hop on over to our blog to see what the other designers are celebrating!

Sugar Creek Hollow Color Challenge

Happy Saturday!

Today I have a card for you using some fabulous digi images from

Sugar Creek Hollow!

Our challenge today was to use red and white. Very apporopriate for the upcoming holiday season. Red happens to be my favorite color as well. For today's card I used the Poinsettia Teacup and Peace on Earth Sentiment, which is a freebie. Hop on over to our blog to see what the other awesome designers have created!
I am off to do some much needed Christmas shopping. Yikes, I better get going....

Snowflake Bear

I absolutely love the way this card turned out. In fact, I might not be able to give this one away. It is a keeper! This is Snowflake Bear from Sweet 'N Sassy Stamps. I colored him with copics and cut him on a nestie. DP is Echo Park Wintertime also available at SNSS. I also added some Ranger Pearls to his nose and scarf fringe. Thanks for stopping by today and have a great start to your weekend.

Simplify Christmas

Today I have a card for you using the newly released Simplify Christmas (553D) and Holy Family Manger Scene (513M) from DRS Designs. I tried to keep my card simple to emphasize the meaning of the greeting. I stamped the image with brown Memento ink on kraft cs. I cut out the focal image with a Spellbinders label nestie. A touch a glitter and brown ribbon adds a bit of sparkle. Thanks for stopping by and enjoy your Thursday. How is your Christmas shopping coming along? I think I need to get started on that! Yikes...

Cocoa Behind Christmas Tree Gift Card Holder

Today I have a gift card holder for you, using Cocoa's Christmas Tree from Sweet 'N Sassy Stamps. I just love Cocoa! I colored him with copics. DP is SEI Christmas Mint. i used my blossom nestie to cut out the focal image. I colored the Christmas ornaments with a red gel pen and added tiny gold balls for the garland on the tree. The border is a MS border punch. Thanks for stopping by and check out the new digis from the SNSS release!

Anita Be Stampin Color Challenge

Anita from Anita BE Stampin challenged us this week to use pink and green to create a card. I love this color combo so this was an easy challenge for me. I used the Cherry Sweet Stamp set and paper pieced my girl with dp from Basic Grey called Olivia. I cut my focal image with the long oval nesties and added a pink silk bow. Hop on over to the ABS Challenge Blog and you can play along... You will receive a FREE digi just for playing! How cool is that!