It's JiFFy Time

 **This is a prescheduled post.  I am currently out of town for Bill's family reunion**

Hi everyone!  I have a fun post for you all today.  The gals over from the JiFFy challenge (which stands for Just for Fun) have invited me to play along in their challenge this month!  Every month one of the JiFFY girls chooses the paper and another chooses the image and they are sent to the group.  The challenge is they never know what they’re getting until they arrive.  It’s always a surprise!  I am SUPER excited to play along this month -thanks girls!

This month Michele sent everyone the amazing "Shabby Flower" double sided paper by The Girl's Paperie.  LOVE this paper, one side has soft pink flowers and the other is the trendy notebook paper print.  Carole chose to send out the uber cute Surfer Girl by Elzybells.  Man, I haven't played with Elzy in quite awhile -what FUN.  Perfect choices ladies!!

I colored the image with Copic markers and added tiny little bling on the surf board flowers. The sticker letters are Tiny Type from Cosmo Cricket, too cute!  I was happy to have another chance to use them.

Be sure to check out the other JiFFy girls to see what they did with the same paper and image!

Michele Boyer

Lori Craig
Carole Burrage
Kim Hughes
Julie Campbell (will be posting later this weekend)
Alli Miles

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a great day!

Card Deets:

Stamps - Surfer Girl (Elzybells)
Ink - Memento tuxedo black, Vintage Photo (for sponging)
Paper - kraft and aqua mist (PTI) and Shabby Flower PP (The Girl's Paperie)
Accessories - Jute String, Athena Flowers Skylight and Painterly Petals Hudrangeas (Prima Marketing), copic markers, misc gems, Tiny Type stickers (Cosmo Cricket), sponge

Page 41!

Hi everyone! Check out page 41... there may be an Elzybells Boy in Car card there designed by me!!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great Wednesday!

Elzybells release day, Day 4

WooHoo! It's Elzybells RELEASE DAY! You can go shopping for all the super cute stamps you have been getting a peek at these last couple of days. You can go shopping here. Don't forget to stop by the Design Team's blogs and see what loveliness they have made for you. All the links are on my sidebar.

This is my last new release peek card, sadly I am stepping down from the Elzybells Design Team. Over the holidays I evaluated all my commitments (both stamping and non-stamping) and had to make some hard decisions. So, a BIG thank you to Elizabeth and my fellow Elzybelles for this amazing experience. I remain a super huge fan of Elizabeth's stamps, and will continue to be a loyal customer!

On to the card, I wanted to make a quick and easy card -cause sometimes we need a card and don't have alot of time to make it! LOL! This card uses that amazing sundae image from the So Sweet set. I stamped it with Adirondack pitch black (which is Copic compatible) and colored it with copic markers and sponged all around it using the nestie die as a stencil. I then added a bit of doodling and some Angel Wings shimmerz to it. I used my NEW score-pal to make some embossed lines to frame the ribbon, stamped the sentiment and DONE! Like I said, easy and simple today. Oh, and to see a tutorial on Shimmerz I did for the Jacksonbelle Embellishments blog, click here.

Here is a close up of some of the details.

Card Deets:

Stamps - So Sweet

Paper - white and pale plum

Ink - pale plum, black

Accessories - Oval nestabilities, grosgrain ribbon, copic markers, shimmerz, score-pal

Elzybells Sneak Peeks, Day 3

Day 3 of Elzybells sneak peeks is here! Elizabeth is releaseing 4 fabulous sets and lots of Teddy Bear stamps this month -her Valentine release! Here is a link to the Elzybells Blog and the design team is giving you all a peek at them all, so BE sure to check out everyone!! All the links are on my sidebar!! All the new releases go on sale Monday (tomorrow) at the Elzybells store.

Today I am showing you another image from the totally cute set called So Sweet. Isn't this mug of latte (cocoa, or whatever you want it to be) the BOMB?!? I stamped the image with Adirondack pitch black ink and colored it with Copic markers. The foam on the mug is liquid applique and lightly painted with Angel Wings Shimmerz. I took the colors of cardstock from the sparkly paper from DCWV Nana's Nursery Girl pack. It was a perfect match to Cameo Coral, PTI's Lemon Tart and the retired Mint Melody. The amazing irridescent striped organdy ribbon and coral brads are from Pinkhedgehog Papercrafts.

Here is a close up pic of the image (you can click on the image to make it larger).

Here is a pic of the inside. I sponged the white cardstock and stamped the bottom with the heart "background builder" stamp in the set. So cute! This is a simple and quick way to get some decoration on the inside of the card -something I am trying to do to all my cards now!

Stay tuned, tomorrow is the last peek and the RELEASE!

Card Deets:

Stamps - So Sweet (Elzybells Art Stamps)

Paper - SU cameo coral and mint melody, PTI lemon tart and DCWV DP

Accessories - Organdy ribbon, coral brads, corner punch, copic markers, sponge, liquid applique, shimmerz

Elzybells Sneak Peeks, Day 2

Hi everyone, today is Day 2 of Elzybells sneak peeks!! Elizabeth is releaseing 4 fabulous sets and lots of Teddy Bear stamps this month -her Valentine release! Here is a link to the Elzybells Blog and the design team is giving you all a peek at them all, so BE sure to check out everyone!! All the links are on my sidebar!!

My card uses the totally adorable Teddy Bear image called Teddy with Heart Wreath. I colored him with Copic markers and then added Angel Wings Shimmerz to the flowers, ribbon and his little "pads". The designer paper is the super cute Fancy Pants, Lovebirds collection -I love the rich colors in it. The top note die cut piece was from WishRAK (thanks Pauline) in Purely Pomegranite. I used my oval nesties for the image panel. A tiny piece of bling and white satin ribbon finish off the card.

Did you have a chance to check out the other DTs sneaks? Super cute stuff! Take a minute today, you won't be sorry!

Stay tuned tomorrow for Day 3 peeks!

Card Deets:

Stamps - Teddy with Heart Wreath

Paper - Purely Pomegranite, Blush Red Light Prism Papers, DP

Accessories - white satin ribbon, tiny bling from Michaels, oval nesties, copic markers, angel wings shimmerz, SU Top Note die

Elzybells sneak peeks, Day 1

Hi everyone, today is the start of 4 fun days of Elzybells sneak peeks. Elizabeth is releaseing 5 fabulous sets this month -her Valentine releases! Here is a link to the Elzybells Blog and the design team is giving you all a peek at them all, so BE sure to check out everyone!! All the links are on my sidebar!!

This card shows a DELICIOUS ice cream sundae from the set called So Sweet. Oh man, making this made me crave Tillamook Chocolate Chip Mint like nobody's business!! I colored the image with Copic markers and then covered everything with my clear Sakura pen. The primas and punched heart are painted with Angel Wings Shimmerz. The delicious DP is by Imaginisce the Fairest of Them All collection. The stripes come with sparkle on them!! The super cute ribbon was a great $1 find at Michaels last spring, I have been waiting for the perfect card to use it on!

Here is a close up:

Can I just say, what did I do before Spellbinders came out with Nestabilities? Man, I think I use these on almost every card!!

Yummy! Come back again tomorrow for Day 2 of the peeks!

Card Deets:

Stamps - So Sweet

Paper - Celery, Sweet Blush (PTI), white and DP Imaginisce Fairest of them all

Ink - Adirondack Espresso, brown SU marker

Accessories - Primas, white Dew Drops, copic markers, shimmerz, oval nesties, paper piercer, ribbon, MS heart punch, SU word Window punch, CB flowers die cut

Today is an Elzybells Challenge Day! The challenge for you all is to make a card using the colors PINK, BLUE and GREEN! How fun are those? Perfect for making a spring card.

I apologize, I don't have a card to show you as I have been very busy behind the scenes preparing for both my Verve and Elzybells releases!!

To check out the other Design Team's creations, you can go to the Elzybells blog and on the right column is a tab showing the current challenge cards!

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to check back tomorrow where I will have Sneak Peek -Day One of Elzybells release.

Merry Christmas and some Elzy fun

Merry Christmas everyone!

May your homes be filled with the warmth of family and lots of Christmas cheer.

***If I was a bit more computer savvy, I would have inserted some fantastic holiday graphic... so imagine if you will, a lovely picture of holly leaves with sparkly red berries here***

Now for some Elzy fun. It's time for another challenge! This is challenge #10 and it is a sketch -my favorite kind! My fellow Elzybelle, Frances (StampOwl) designed this one -thanks Frances, I loved it!! You can check out all the Design Team creations by checking out the Elzybells blog here.



I have 2 cards to share, the first is for the sketch challenge. This card is going to one of my son's friends who is turning 5 early January. The image is Birthday Girl and I colored her with copic markers. To make the polka dot dress, I took a small dot stamp (from Technique Tuesday) and inked it in Ridinghood Red ink. I then took a Sakura stardust red pen and outlined the dress, present and colored her shoes. The DP is Basic Grey Urban Prairie and the sentiment is from Technique Tuesday's Small Sentiments set. I also used a piece of my beloved Hodgepodge Hardware from the Stylized Silver tin for the taffeta ribbon.

This next card uses the adorable image called In the Dog House. I colored it with copic markers and added stickles to the flowers and heart. The DP is the retired SU East Coast Prep and the ribbon is Wasabi double stitched.

You can click on the pictures to get a larger picture. I think I finally figured out how to do that - upload it in the 'medium size' selection!

Card Deets:
Stamps - Birthday girl, small sentiments
Paper - ridinghood red, soft sky, white, Urban Prairie DP
Accessories - Copic markers, silver brads, hodgepodge hardware, ridinghood red taffeta ribbon, swiss dots EF

Stamps - In the dog house
Paper - wild wasabi, lemon tart and white from Papertrey Ink, East Coast Prep DP
Accessories - copic markers, silver brads, wasabi double stitched grosgrain, stickles

Breezy snowman

Well, I am still snowed in and we are expecting another storm tomorrow and AGAIN on Saturday. Heaven knows when I will get out to do my Christmas shopping! So, in between breaking up the many fights between my housebound boys, I am stamping.

This is for today's SCS color challenge of Baja Breeze, Basic Grey, Kiwi Kiss and an optional color of Now Quite Navy -I used all 4. I have to say, using Basic Grey was a challenge on this card. I ended up using it in the ribbon and the hat and boots on the image -I hope that is enough!!

The cute image is from Elzybells Art Stamps, Boy and Snowman and I used Elzybells Snowflake BG on the Baja panel. I colored the image with Copic markers and used Art Glitter (in 85 Crystal) on the snow and snowflakes. The sentiment is from Verve's Ornamental Christmas set and embossed in white. The ribbons are SU Basic Grey taffeta and Making Memories Paperie Poolside (thanks my Secret Santa!!). The sketch is from Jen's SFYTT -it is super cute and perfect for ribbons!!

Here is a close up of some supplies.

Card Deets:
Stamps: Boy & Snowman, Snowflake BG, Ornamental Christmas
Paper: Kiwi Kiss, Not Quite Navy, Baja Breeze, white
Ink: baja breeze, black, versamark
Accessories: Martha Stewart snowflake punch, Marvy small snowflake punch, ticket corner punch, bling, sponge, copic markers, taffeta and grosgrain ribbons.

Elzybells Challenge day!

It’s challenge day at Elzybells Art Stamps! Every other week a fun new challenge is posted on the Elzybells blog. You play along and email your picture to Elizabeth and have your card shown with all the other entries. This week we have TWO challenges. You can find out all the deets the challenges and see all the design team cards by going to the Elzybell’s blog.
The first challenge (#7), is a Sketch Challenge by our lovely DT member Michelle Short (shown below). My card uses the adorable Baby Basket image. I stamped it with Adirondack Pitch Black ink and colored it with Copic markers. The DP is K&Co Small Wonders Girl paper pack. I pieced and popped up the baby blanket for some dimension. The sentiment is from Verve Stamps sentiment set Family Phrases.

The second challenge (#8) is to make and Christmas ornament or Decorative item. With all the Thanksgiving preparations, I didn't have time to make a sample for this challenge, but again you can click here to see some great inspiration and even a tutorial!!

Thanks for stopping by and have a happy Thanksgiving for all you US readers!!

Card Deets:

Stamps - Baby Basket, Family Phrases

Paper - Pale plum, certain celery, Small Wonders Girl

Accessories - Buttons, Circle nesties, paper piercer, white gel pen, word window punch

Elzy challenge day

Today is the day we all post our Elzy challenge cards. This challenge was to use Paper Piercing. This is such a fun technique. I just LOVE piecing Elzy's clothes to match the card. I am SUCH a matchy-matchy person!! You can click here to see all the Design Team's piercing goodness. The next challenge has been announced, it's a SKETCH challenge! Yippee! Click here to see the sketch and find out how YOUR card can be shown in the challenge gallery.

For this card, I used Winter Girl. She is colored with Copic markers, has liquid applique on her trim and the ground and falling snow is stickles. I used some of last years Christmas paper from my stash and followed Jen's Sketch For You To Try. It is hard to see in the picture, but I use one of the Heidi Swapp's acrylic snowflakes. I covered it in stickles so it wasn't too transparent. I used some of my wire to wrap around it for some interest. I bought a HUGE set of colored wire about 2 years ago and never use it. Thought this snowflake would be perfect to bust out that box! LOL! The navy organdy and light blue grosgrain ribbons are from Pinkhedgehog Papercrafts.

SOOOOO... I thought as long as I had all the supplies out, I thought I would make another card using the same layout and paper. Only, for this one I used Verve's newly released Ornamental Christmas. Isn't it cool how an identical card using only a different image can be so different? There is such an elegand feel to the ornament card and a fun whimsical feel to the Elzy card.

More Elzy news! There is a WINNER announced on Elizabeth's blog for the Christmas competition. I have to say, there were some AMAZING entries. A big thank you to everyone who played along and CONGRATS to the winners. Click here to see the results.

Card Deets:

Stamps - Winter Girl

Stamps - Ornamental Christmas

Paper - Night of navy, white, bashful blue, misc DP

Accessories - acrylic snowflake, wire, ribbons, silver EP (for ornament), liquid applique

Another Becca case...

...I just couldn't help myself. Last night I got lost in Becca's gallery and blog. Man! Becca girl, you can do some wonderful things with dimension and nesties!! I chose this card to case. I kept the wonderful layout and use of nesties and changed the papers, image and sentiment layout.

For this card, I used an image from Elzybells Cold Nose Warm Heart and the sentiment is from SU Warm Words. For the image, I colored her with regular SU markers, used liquid applique for the trim, and stickles for the snow. The DP is Basic Grey Figgy Pudding. The sahara sand panel is embossed with the snowflakes folder and brushed lightly with white craft ink (I have a spot). The amazing satin edged metallic striped ribbon and brads are from Pink Hedgehog Paper Crafts.



Card deets:
Stamps - Cold nose warm heart, warm words
Paper - white, soft sky, sahara sand, gold cs from Creative Memories
Accessories - SU markers, ribbon, brads, circle nesties, oval punches, liquid applique, stickles

Elzybells challenge

Hi everyone. Today's another Elzybells challenge! This time it's a color challenge - to make a black and white card with a splash of color. I was sooo inspired by yesterday's SCS sketch challenge, I used it for this challenge too. My splash of color is Rose Red.
So come play with us! Do the challenge and email your picture to Elizabeth! You can see more wonderful black and white creations from my fellow Elzybelles HERE. My card uses the flower image Curly Daisies. Love the whimsical feel to this stamp!! I colored them with my blender pen and ink smooshed in the ink pad lid and then dragged each edge in the ink pad for a sharper edge (rather than a sponge). There are tiny light green bling in the centers of each (ok, I MAY have streeeetttched the rules a titch!) which are from Kaiser Scrapbook. I get mine at my local LSS, but Flourishes carries some as well. I love these gems! They come with several sizes to each pack, so you have options. The DP is from my friend Lee (LuvLee) I don't know what it is, but it's really nice. Has a nice texture to it. The striped organdy ribbon and black burlap string are from Pinkhedgehog Paper crafts!

I will back shortly with a slew of challenge cards I have made through out the week!!

P.S. Do you like the new look of my blog? I had Beth from Freckled and Fun design my banner and new siggy!! Yippeeee!!!

Season's Tweetings

 

This Elzy image is just the cutest!! The stamp is A Winter Song and makes me smile everytime I see her!! I used my prismacolor pencils to color her, some liquid applique on her coat trim and stickles on the snow. The GORGEOUS DP is Basic Grey Wassail - oh, I love this as much as last year's Figgy Pudding. I ran the top portion thru the snowflake embossing folder. I really love this folder and just may have to use it on all my Christmas cards! The 3 snowflakes are from my mini snowflake punch from Marvy and the dew drops are from the Lily Pad bottle.

The sketch is from last week's Cupcake sketch from Taylor. I know, I am a week behind, but better late than never, right?!?

Oh, and I have GREAT Elzy news!! In celebration of Elzy's 5th birthday, Elizabeth is offering FREE WORLDWIDE SHIPPING for all orders through Sunday. Happy shopping!!

Card Deets:

Stamps - A Winter Song

Paper - Ridinghood red, mellow moss, wassail

Accessories - prismacolor pencils, snowflake EF, dew drops, snowflake punch, taffeta ribbon, dew drops

Time for another Elzybells challenge

This time you are challenged to use INCHIES! I don't use inchies very often, honestly maybe once or twice before. But this was fun. For more amazing samples, you can check out Elizabeth's blog -she has all the DT's cards linked.

I was thumbing through my Elzys and came across the Christmas Window! BINGO! The image itself is made up of 4 inchies -easy peasy. I colored the image with prismacolor pencils and gamsol and decided to go with non-traditional Christmas colors of Soft Sky and River Rock. Kinda fun to do Christmas in something other than red, black and green :-) And, how cute is that sentiment? It is called When You Stop Beliving in Santa. The gorgeous organdy ribbon (3/8" light gold) and white brads are from Pink Hedgehog Paper Crafts. This card is pretty simple with few layers, but sometimes simple is GOOD!

Card Deets:

Stamps - Christmas Window, When you stop..., Aida Cloth

Paper - Soft Sky, River Rock, Soft Sky DSP

Accessories - white brads, organdy ribbon

Featured Stamper Elzy style

Yesterday's Featured Stamper on SCS was Anne (Anne Ryan)! Anyone who regularily posts cards on SCS knows Anne from her wonderful, supportive comments. AND, what talent and a sense of humer she has, just a delight!

I chose this card to case. I kept the general layout and use of an umbrelled girl. I changed the colors to this week's color challenge of Tangerine Tango, Kiwi Kiss and Chocolate chip. I added some layering under the ribbon and didn't use a circle for the image panel.

The image is from Elzybells, Rainy Days . Isn't she the cutest? I pieced her umbrella and boots with DP that coordinated with the background DP -Tres Jolie Mon Cheri. The ribbon is from Martha Stewart seam binding in Persimmon. It's a perfect match to Tangerine Tango and was on sale for $1 -SCORE!

Card Deets:
Stamps – Rainy Days
Paper - choc chip, tangerine, kiwi, vanilla, Tres Jolie
Accessories - Copic markers, ribbon, corner rounder

RAK from Shannon!

Yikes! I haven't posted in almost a week because I have been sick with that nasty bug going around. I don't have anything to share that I have made, but I did get some happy mail! What a super fun card from my fellow Verve Diva and Elzybelle, Shannon Teubner.

Can I just say how much I love this? Beautiful coloring, lots of sparkle, design and she even sewed on this!! The image is Daisy Canopy from Elzybells. I love it and thank you so much for thinking of me Shannon.

I am finally getting over this cold, so will be back tomorrow or Sunday with something to post.

Elzybells sketch challenge

Yahoo! I just love sketches and there is a sketch challenge over at Elzybells. We have challenges every 2 weeks. This week's sketch is a fun one. The details and a slide show of all the Design Team's cards are found here.

My card uses the uber cute Coffee With Friends image. So whimsical and fun to color! I used some of my Basic Grey DP scraps and tag (sorry, don't remember the name) and paired it with Cameo Coral and Gable Green. The Coral organdy is from Pinkhedgehog Papercrafts as is the small piece of irridescent cord.

The image is stamped in Memento black and I colored it with copic markers. For the green dress, I took a tiny flower stamp and stamped it on the dress for a pattern -super cute up close. I also added a touch of tiny bling in her hair and the flower on the table. The bling on the tag is from TAC. Be sure to check out the rest of the DTs cards -there are some super cute cards to see!!

Oh, and before I forget, Elizabeth is still having her Christmas Card Contest. Details can be found here. There is plenty of time, entries need to be in by October 21st.

Card Deets:
Stamps – Coffee with Friends, sentiment Things Hanna Would Say -Hanna Stamps
Paper - cameo coral, very vanilla, gable green, misc Basic Grey DP and tag
Accessories - circle nesties, organdy, bling, paper piercer, Copic markers

Double Dog Dare with a cat

Heehee! This week's Double Dog Dare challenge is hosted by ME. I challenged the girls with the same challenge as my Meet the Verve Diva challenge... to use up some of the unloved stamping goodies. I just love that challenge, cause we ALL have tons of stamping stuff that we never use. For me, I am most guilty about DP and buttons. LOVE them and sometimes I think I love collecting them rather than use them!!
I was trying to make room for my new SU! DP and ran across some Apple Cider DP, remember that paper? I swear I used it only once in over a year. So, out it came and I was determined to use one of my Elzybells images, cat window . I ended up coloring the cat brown to match the DP, are there brown cats? I am allergic to cats, so I don't pay much attention. I hope this doesn't look too far fetched!! I used my Copic markers again. Man, oh man, it isn't an easy coloring medium for me. But, I spent alot of money on these little guys, so I am determined to make my cards look like Jeanne colored them -LOL! The sentiment is from Verve's Black Tie Birdies set and there is a tiny gem in the center of the flower.

The sketch for the card is from Taylor's Cupcake sketch challenge this week. I like this one, very simple and easy to put together. I don't sew on my cards, so on the vertical panel, I pierced instead. Thanks Taylor for the inspiration!



Card Deets:
Stamps - Cat Window, Black Tie Birdies
Paper - Choc chip, baja breeze, river rock, Apple Cider DP
Accessories - Copic sketch markers, chocolate taffeta ribbon, paper piercer, Kaiser Scrapbook pink gem