Cupcake Challenge #51

Taylor's posted another cupcake challenge this week and since I needed to make a card for our dog breeder (for a new puppy), I thought I'd use this challenge to work on Taylor's sketch. I used some of my scraps that I had on hand. KI Memories' Love, Elsie line of papers were a nice way to work with the dog theme and my stamps from Pink Persimmon were a chance to use these new stamps I hadn't had the opportunity to use yet. I've notice some card makers starting to decorate the insides of their cards so I thought I'd try that too. This was a fun challenge to work on.

Party Hat Challenge

Happy New Year everyone! If you haven't been following Pink Paislee's blog, they had a terrific challenge today since it's their one year birthday. All you had to do was create a party hat using scrapbook paper and at least one PP paper, stamp or embellishment. They also had an hourly contest to be the 99th blogger to comment and you could win a great prize. It was so much fun watching the comments mount in a matter of minutes. I didn't win any of the door prizes but it was sure fun watching the comments. This party hat uses a sample of their many fun lines. I stamped the party chick with Stazon ink and then filled it in with some yellow and red glitter and dabbed a smidge of orange Stickles for the beak. The hats that were submitted on Live Pink are all so unique. This was a fun way to spend the afternoon. Thanks Pink Paislee for the chance to play.

Another Chance to Win!!

Here's another link to win BIG! Check this post: http://lifeaslou.blogsome.com/ for the chance to win $150 worth of goodies from Cosmo Cricket! That Holiday Line of DP's was just so beautiful, I can't even imagine what I would do with even more of these great papers and goodies. Sure would like to find out though!

Rhonna Give-Away

If you're a fan of digi-scrapping, take a look at Rhonna Farrer's blog. She is giving away 209 digi-layouts in 2009. What an amazing artist and an amazing give-away. Check it out!

Cupcake Challenge

Once in a great while, I get the opportunity to create a card for Taylor's Cupcake Challenge. I was cleaning out my studio and trying to get a little more organized and spotted these beautiful Graphic 45 papers. I knew that these papers were the ones I wanted to use for this week's challenge. I stamped the image with an older Stampin Up image then colored it in with a combination of Copic markers, glitter gel pen, pearl-ex powders and glitter. I think it really makes the image sparkle. I used one of Ideology's fragment tags for the butterfly image then glued a second butterfly to the top of the fragment for a little dimension. I love the colors and how the card came together.

Merry Christmas

Best wishes to all who stop by my blog for a wonderful, fun-filled holiday season.

Winter Dreams

What fun it is...to celebrate the winter season with a new project. This box is a spin-off of the wonderful boxes that Linda Albrecht does. I love the new papers from Basic Grey and the folk-art look to it. Using a styrofoam head and smashing it a bit, I covered it with gesso and made indentations for the eyes and mouth. The hat is a sock top from an orphan black sock I had. A little paint, a lot of styrofoam and some embellishments and the end result is this whimsical piece.