A Cuppa!

Hi everyone! Just me popping in with a card featuring A Cuppa from the The Odds Sampler by Elisabeth Bell for SCACD. How cute is she?!  

Lots of stuff on this one, lol.  A Cuppa was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and colored with Copic Sketch Markers.   Diamond Glaze was applied to her eyes and the hot chocolate mug.  Smooch Illuminate was brushed on her dress & hair ribbons.  (BTW, did you see the new Smooch Glitz that Susana brought in? EEK, can't wait to get my hands on those, lol!)

The window frame was made using the "Small Madison Window" Poppy Stamps Die.  The window scene was created using snowflake stamps stamped with VersaMark Ink, embossed with Stewart Superior Fine Detailing "White" Embossing Powder, and then sponged with distress inks.  I then spritzed it with Maya Mists Iridescent Pearl (my first time using it - wow, this stuff is awesome!)  The gold design on the left edge of the card was made using Clearsnap Double-Sided Adhesive Stickers - Orchard and covered it with gold embossing powder.  After heating, I sponged it with distress ink to bring the gold out even more.

I hope you are enjoying the holidays!  Remember...SCACD shuts down Sunday night for the Holidays - so hurry on in and do your shopping now...like me, LOL!

Posh Christmas!

SCACD now carries Stamping Bella Stamps!  Woohoo!

This is Uptown Girls - Posh.  So cute!  I thought she would make a fun Christmas card.  She was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and then colored with Copic Sketch Markers.  Her outfit and pressies were paper pieced with beautiful papers from Echo Park's Holly Jolly Christmas paper pad (sorry sold out).

It's difficult to see in the photo, but there's a lot of glimmer/shine - Smooch Illuminate was brushed on her dress; Diamond Glaze was applied to her shoes and the dots on the pink bag; Sakura Clear Star pen was used over her hair ribbon and most of the presents' ribbons and tissue paper. Zva Creative White Pearls in the corners.

Wow, I'm just trying to keep my head above water, lol.  Last day of school - had to bring in food for their party, just got the teachers' gifts done.  Still behind on a lot of cards & tags - ACK!  And little more shopping to do - ick, LOL.  Work is not helping either - ha!  Hope your world is settling down and you enjoy your Holidays!

Lorraine

Happy Days

I was in the mood to do some paper piecing and this cute stamp, Happy Days from Elisabeth Bell for SCACD screamed out to me so I just had to ink her up!

I’m starting to sort of find my holiday spirit so I made her a bit more “holiday-ish”, LOL! Now if I could find just a smiggen more holiday spirit and creativity mojo I’d be set!

The little details~ Happy Days, Memento Tuxedo Black, copics, nestabilities, Smooch Illuminate, Zva Creative Pearls,

ROCKSTAR

Good Morning,

First I would like to say THANK YOU to all my followers and for the wonderful comments you leave me. It is the comments and emails that give me inspiration.

I wanted to try something different and it was fun and messy. Not exactly what I wanted the end result to be so I will keep on practicing and trying new things. The image "MELODY" is from the Odds & Ends Sampler by Elisabeth Bell for SCACD. I love her name. It suits her so well.Melody is colored with Copics and highlighted with Stickles. The background is a Tim Holtz Faded Texture Folder on Kraft Paper. The musical notes are embossed and then I used different Distress Inks and blended. I am not sure what I was expecting, but it turned out looking kinda cool. If you click on the pic you can enlarge it and see the different dimensions. The rockstar is paper from the Rock Star paper pad and I highlighted the letters with H2O's. It has been forever since I use them. The kraft border was made using the Memory Box Meridian Border Die. Of course, the bow was made with my Bow Easy and the flowers, charm, and metal arrows are from my stash.

Again, I would like to thank all of my followers and wish all of you a Merry Christmas. !!

HUGS,

The Victorian...in Paris

Good morning! I wanted to share a card with you today featuring one of the recently released exclusive "Reflections Yesteryear" stamps at SCACD by Carmen Medlin. This is "The Victorian".I adore this collection of stamps. I think they are so elegant, and they are an absolute joy to colour and create with. The papers on my card are all from My Mind's Eye "Madison Avenue". This paper pad was a gift from a very sweet crafty friend, but you can find it at SCACD HERE for only $5.99 USD. The papers in this collection are so beautiful and sophisticated, and lend themselves beautifully to vintage style cards...which happens to be one of my favourite styles. :) The paper edges were all distressed and sponged with brown ink. I added a few pearls, machine stitching, some crocheted trim, a snippet of ribbon and a pretty Prima flower to finish it off. Did you know that Susana has an incredible deal on Flower Grab Bags?? (37 flowers for $9.99!)

"The Victorian" was stamped on Neenah cardstock with Memento Ink and coloured with Copics. The pink portions of her dress, umbrella and hat ribbon were all paper-pieced with the MME paper. I added shading to the paper-pieced areas with my Copics. After cutting out the pieces, I went around the edges with a dark grey maker to hide the white core of the paper. This helps to blend these pieces into your stamped image seamlessly. My favourite tool for adhering paper-pieced components is my Quickie Glue Pen. You can precisely apply this glue pen to even the most finicky little pieces of paper with ease. After cutting out my coloured image, I again went around the edges with a dark marker to avoid having the white paper core visible.

Skin: E000, E00, E11, BV31, BV23 Grey areas of dress: W1, W3, W5, W7  Shading on paper-pieced areas: RV000, R81, R85, R89, W3

The "Reflections Yesteryear" stamps are exclusively available at SCACD and at Quixotic Paperie for those living in the UK. You can buy the stamps individually or as complete sets.

Susana has been adding new products again!! Here's a little teaser:

• Couture Embossing Folders 
• Cuttlebug Embossing Folders
• Your's Truly paper from EP
• Smooch Glitz

With Christmas just around the corner, it would be a great time to put together a little (or a long, lol) wish list to hand to your hubby. It will make for super easy shopping for him. ;)

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Blessings,

Melanie

Star!

Hej ladies!

How are you? Are you ready for a mini-tutorial from me?
I decided to create my very own paperstar - inspired by the cute Melody.  I thought she was singing X-mas songs and decided to create a little X-mas card with her + a matching paper star.

This is how I made the star:

Cut your choice of DP into 4 stripes. Size depending on how large you want the star. Here I divided the cardstock into pieces -6" long.

Score the DP - depending on how wide you would like the "folds" to be.

 Fold each piece as an accordion:

Glue the pices together and then the edges together to create a circle:

Decorate the center - I used a flower:

Repeat the process with different sizes if you want several layers on the star:

Then pick a ribbon of your choice and hang your new X-mas star in the window.

Hope you like it.

Also - don't miss the new items that Susana has in the store. You find some details HERE.

Kramis - Anki

3 Wishes

That is the name of this lovely image.  3 Wishes, part of the Adventures of Loli and Poppy collection at SCACD.

I paired this lovely image with paper from the My Minds Eye Happy Go Lucky paper and used my Viva Decor pearl pen in white to add to the frame around the image.

Get Inky!

Alex

Meow-zers!!

I’m using this super cute & new Elisabeth Bell image for SCACD called “Happy Days”---she’s perfect for a happy day eh!?  I just loved her big 50’s style skirt and cardigan (they had great style back then didn’t they) and I had a ton of fun making her skirt into a leopard pattern---that’s something fun I teach in my CMC Copic Class #5 



I used some fab papers called “Little Black Dress” by Basic Grey---great patterns, I just love it!  The sentiment is from a PTI set and then I used some layered Primas to create all my flowers.  The black border was made with a MS Jumbo punch and the swirls are from Heartfelt Designs “Bella Rose” die.



So I colored my image with Copics- E33,E31,E50 / C9,C5,C3 / E11,E00,R20 / YR23,E25,YR20.  I drew my leopard print onto the skirt with my black Spica so it has a bit of sparkle then filled them in with copics.  Always color and shade your image first…then add a pattern on top.  Her sweater, shoes, hairbow and ruffles got a nice coat of Stickles—her belt buckle got gold Stickles.

Hope you enjoyed this "meow-zer" post today and makes you wanna go get creative with your SCACD stamps!!

hugz,
Suzanne J Dean

NEW PRODUCTS IN THE STORE!!!

I'm thinking that Susana is really Santa in disguise as she sure does know what kind of FUN new products to bring in for our holiday shopping fun!!!

Here's the new products for this week~ (you can click the photos to go directly to the product shown)

Fabulous new,  must have Couture Embossing Folders- HERE

Wonderful Cuttlebug Embossing Folders- HERE

Pretty new Echo Park Yours Truly 6x6 paper pad- HERE

New Smooch Glitz-This is a New 2011 Smooch Product!!! Use this special version of micro-fine glitterized Smooch to highlight your other Smooch colors, colored stamped images and many other detail highlighting uses as it produces a glitterific effect. Works well with all inks but especially permanent inks. Smooch Illuminate .33 Ounce bottle. The bottle topper doubles as an easy to hold applicator with brush tip. - HERE

Goldrush

Firecracker Red

Frost

 Have fun shopping whether for yourself or for your crafty friends!!

Fairy Hollow

A few weeks ago, one of the new releases from SCACD was a wonderful set called Street Views drawn by Victoria Case exclusively for SCACD.  I love every single image in this release!  This image is called Fairy Hollow.  I edged the the image with Viva Decor glitter liner in Sapphire.

Get Inky!

Alex

Even Fairies Dream of Santa!

Hi all!  I wanted to make a fun, non-traditional Christmas card using Poppy from the The Adventures of Loli and Poppy by Sylvia Zet for SCACD.  This image is so cute!

Poppy was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and then colored with Copic Sketch Markers. The beautiful papers are from Echo Park Holly Jolly Christmas paper pad.  It's difficult to see in the photo, but there's a lot of glimmer/shine - Smooch Illuminate was brushed on Poppy's outfit; Diamond Glaze was applied to her & the ladybug's eyes; Sakura Clear Star pen was used over Poppy's wings and all of the flowers.

So are ya done Christmas shopping yet?  I've only just begun, lol.  I plan to hit the malls today - EEK!  Hope you have a great weekend!

Lorraine

Don't Forget Santa's Cookies!

Good Morning Everyone, Happy Thursday!!! Crystal Here and today I would like to share with you a creation I made using this absolutely ADORABLE new image Sharing is Best by Elisabeth Bell for SCACD!!! I just had to make her a holiday creation, it just reminds me of me when I was little and trying to eat up all the cookies we were making for of Santa on Christmas Eve.....Hope you enjoy my creation!!

Isn't she just SOOO adorable, you just have to check out this whole set images if you haven't, these images are just sooo SWEET!!! The Odds & Ends Sampler is NOW AVAILABLE!!! For my creation today I also used the fun designer paper by Echo Park and one of my all time favorite Nesties Lacey Circles.

Thanks so much for stopping by today, Have a GREAT Thursday Everyone!!!

What's NEW !!

Happy Monday!!! I know, that somehow that doesn't seem right--happy on a Monday? Well you will be once you see the NEW goodies that Susana has in this week!!! Whether you're shopping for a friend or yourself, lots of goodies to be had!!

So let's get right to it~


Who loves PAPER?? You're going to LOVE the new Kaisercraft 6x6 paper pads that have arrived--HERE!!! and here's a few to wet your whistles (you can click on the photos in this post to go right to the products!)

Now for you STAMP lovers~

We have the new Odds & Ends Sampler from Elisabeth Bell for SCACD!!! these are MUST HAVE stamps!!

There are also some new Gorjuss Girl Stamps- HERE!!!

Now we can't forget you FLOWER lovers!!! Susana has a new Flower Grab Bag- HERE!!!

Next we have some amazing Wood Flourishes!!! These are amazing!!! See them~ HERE!!!

And last but definitely not last we have something for you Memory Box Die lovers~ HERE!!

Happy Shopping!!!