inky impressions challenge - sparkle!

hello everyone, it's time for another inky impressions challenge, this weeks theme is sparkle! :)  during christmas it's so easy to make something sparkly.  here's what i made...

it's a lovely candle cover, i used the cupcakes and candy factory background digi stamp, i colored it with my copic markers and added glossy accents on the lollipops and cherries, and puffy paint for the cupcake, snowtex for the roof and sidewalk, and red glitter for the sprinkles on the cupcakes,  it tuned out very dimensional.  on the side i used the tim holz snowflake edger and crusted it with glitter glue and diamond dust, very sparkly! 

i hope you like this project, i would like to enter this project in the following challenges:

http://artisticinspirationscrafts.blogspot.co.uk/ - anything goes
http://www.craftybloggersnetwork.blogspot.com/ - anything goes
http://craftybootschallenges.blogspot.com/ - christmas
http://www.cupcakecraftchallenges.blogspot.com/ - cupcakes

pink tilda christmas

hello!  i havent made a tilda card in awhile, but i really wanted to use my new christmas tildas, and just havent gotten a chance, the christmas season has kept me so busy!  here's the one that ive made, hope you like it! :)

it's so shabby chic and pretty! i colored my tilda's with my distress markers, ive really focused on getting better at this, watercolor is not one of my strong points but i think that i nailed it on this one! :)  i used my tim holtz snowflake edger and painted them blue then added stampendous embossing enamel to the flakes, i love this stuff!  i also made a frame with my spellbinders and painted them then dipped it into some diamond dust crystals,  the stars are a wooden star diecuts that i covered with paper and used my picket fence on the edge.

here's a close up of my tildas!

i would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

tilda's town - freezing season

magnolia licious - pink christmas

magnolia down under - christmas

it's a magnolia challenge - christmas

crafty mess - vintage christmas

simon says stamp - use your favorite (mine's magnolia!) :)

dec. 15th inky impressions blog hop

 

 Hey everyone!  it's time for the Inky Impressions blog hop! If you just came from Margreet blog then youre on the right track, if youre just joining us, then head to the beginning the inky impressions inspirational blog and join us for the fun, and prizes! :)  pls don't forget to leave a comments on all of the blogs to be eligible for the prizes :)  the prizes this month are 2 free digis of the winner's choice from Inky Impressions rubber stamps! :)  All comments need to be in by December 21 (5pm est.) and the winner will be anounced on December 22 on the challenge blog.

the theme for this months blog hop is "celebrate" here's my project :)

i really had fun making this project.  i LOVE inky's christmas stamps!   i used the digital stamp Marisa's Sleigh Ride as well as a merry christmas digital sentiment ticket. 

for this project i tries something new, i used my tim holtz snowflake edge die a die cute some clear acetate, used my glossy accents and sprinkled it with twinklets diamond dust.  it makes the perfect light airy snowflake effect and feel.  

i hope you like my project, now head on over to Tanya J's blog and see her wonderful creation, don't forget to leave a comment to be entered into the draw! :)

inky impressions challenge blog

Audrey

Babette

Carrie

Ceal

Dilyana

Domi

Fabi 

Karen

Kerry

Margreet

Nanette

Tanya J

Tonya

Vicky

inky impressions challenge use something old

hello everyone! it's time for another inky impressions challenge!  this weeks theme is "use something old"  i love to use old things in my cards, the more vintage and shabby chic the better! :) here's my card for this week.

for my something old i used vintage buttons from my button collection, lace, and colored my stamped image in sepia tones.  the stamp that i used is MarLeigha's Ornament Dance which is probably one of my favorite's from inky impressions!  i found some 7 gypsy's sugar plum paper from my local stamping store and HAD to use it for this card.  i made a swooping pocket for the card instead of a regular criss cross card, which i thought it made it look even more unique and vintage.  i added  lot's of pearl swirls and all sorts of embellies from silk ribbon roses, cameos, flat backed pearls, large vintage-y paper flowers.

here's a close up of my image.  i LOVE the way it turned out. :) 

i would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

http://challenges4everybody.blogspot.co.uk/ - anything goes

http://dreamvalleychallenges.blogspot.com/ -christmas
http://greatimpressionsstamps.blogspot.com/ -anything goes
http://joannasheenchallenge.blogspot.ca/ -with love at christmas
http://pileitonchallenge.blogspot.com/ - embellishments

inky impressions challenge - snow

hello everyone it's time for another inky impressions challenge, this weeks theme is - winter or snow! i really had a blast with this theme, here it is

for this card i printed my digital stamp Marisa's Sleigh Ride onto watercolor paper, ironed it to set my printers ink, and used my tim holtz markers to paint Marisa.   for the large snowflake that i mounted Marisa on is just cut out of craft paper and painted with acrylic paints, then mounted onto a piece of basic grey white and cream lace patterned paper and cut out to make the snowflake stand out.  i added some i am roses flowers in to corner, silver swirls from hobby lobby, snowflake lace from the tin tiara on etsy, and a "warm wishes" sentiment to the corner.

 here's a close up of Marisa's Sleigh Ride and you can really see the details of the hand painted snowflake background i sponged where she would be riding so she would look out of place and flicked with sliver paint after i finished with all it's painting for just a little christmas sparkle! :)

i hope you like this project and check out inky impressions!

i would like to enter this project into the following challenges:

http://artisticinspirationscrafts.blogspot.co.uk/ - anything goes
http://www.ladyanneschallenges.com/anything-goes.html - anything goes
http://critterchallengeblog.blogspot.com/ - anything goes christmas
http://eurekastamps.blogspot.com/ - winter wonderland
http://lexiscreations.blogspot.com/ - christmas
http://lollipopcrafts.blogspot.com/ - happy holidays
http://lovetocreatechallenge.blogspot.com/ - holiday cheer
http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.com/ - anything goes
http://mygraficocrafts.blogspot.com/ - anything goes
http://squigglefly.blogspot.com/ - winter wonderland
 http://www.tammyscrapincorner.com/ -anything christmas
http://www.vostamps.blogspot.com/ - blue and white

inky impressions vintage christmas challenge

hey hope everyone had a great thanksgiving (if you celebrate it) :)  i got to see my twin brother and his twin 2y/o boys!  :) but now that it's over it's time to get serious about christmas! :)

the inky impressions challenge this week is vintage christmas.  i love this one!  it's was so fun! :) here's my card :)

this one turned out soooo pretty!  i used MarLeigha's Ornament Dance and Pretty Christmas Tree with Presents--- DIGITAL STAMP   that i colored pastel pink to make it very shabby chic :)  ive always wanted a pink christmas tree, and now i got one :)

this card was a blast to make! so jump over to the inky impressions challenge blog and join us! and dont forget to join the DT call! :)

i would like to enter this into the following challenges
http://creativecardcrew.blogspot.com/ - anything goes
http://deepoceanchallengeblog.blogspot.com/ - pastel

inky challenge and DT call

hello everyone! it's that time of the week again! time for a new inky impressions challenge. 
 
in addition to this weeks challenge there is also a DT call for the upcoming term.  Inky Impressions really knows how to treat the dt members and are kind, generous, and helpful.  i really recommend that  you check out the dt call for the opportunity to work not only with there great images and stamps but all with the whole crew! :) 
 
the theme this week is Make it girly.  here's my creation :)

this card turned out so great! for this challenge i wanted to make a card, but also an ornament so i combined the two and made a card that looked like an ornament that you could hand on your tree.  :) the paper i used were from authinque. 

here's a close up of the little MarLeigha's Ornament Dance   i paper pieced her dress and bow with some papers from the Michele's dollar section.  

here's a close up of the top of the ornament/card.

i hope you enjoy this project, thanks!

i would like to enter this into the following challenges:

artistic inspirations-  anything goes

bunny zoe's crafts - winter

cards by lady ann - anything goes

crafty blog network - christmas anything goes

Fashionista challenge - blue christmas

hooked on crafts - no red and green 

forever friends challenge blog - use ribbon or twine  

make it monday - anything goes

inky impressions digi stamp release blog hop

Hey everyone!  it's time for the Inky Impressions blog hop! If you just came from Margreet blog then youre on the right track, if youre just joining us, then head to the beginning the inky impressions inspirational blog and join us for the fun, and prizes! :)  pls don't forget to leave a comments on all of the blogs to be eligible for the prizes :)  the prizes this month are 2 free digis of the winner's choice from new Christmas/holiday digi release from Inky Impressions rubber stamps! :)  All comments need to be in by Nov. 20 (5pm est.) and the winner will be anounced on Nov. 21 on the challenge blog.

here's a preview of one of the digital stamps all colored up, i really like this one, one of my favorite parts of christmas is writing letters to santa with my kids :)
 

 for my project i made a very lovely shaker card inspired christmas ornament that features a lovely Pretty Christmas Tree with Presents  i like the idea thatit was cold outside and you were looking in at the nice warm christmas tree.  i used the largest lables die that i had for the base, and added a half inch lip around the edge and place another die of the same size on the lip cut out a window and covered it with acetate the cut some ttime holtz snowflakes edge die and cut them apart and embossed them with stampendous embossing enamel and added antique buttons all around the edge of the "window" .  it was a bit labor intensive but well worth all the effort.  

here's a close up of the nice warm and cozy tree!  i hope you enjoyed this project, please con't.  on witht the blog hop and head on over to Tanya J. 's blog.  don't forget to leave a comment to be entered to win some free christmas digi's!  thanks for stopping by :)

Inky Impressions Inspirational Blog

Audrey E

Babette

Carrie

Ceal

Dilyana

Domi

Judith

Karen G

Kerry

Margreet

Nanette

Tanya J.

Tonya H

Vicky

Inky Impressions Challenge Blog

thanks! :)

inky impressions challenge- give thanks

hello everyone it's that time again, time for a new challenge from inky impressions.  the new challenge theme is give thanks, which is a very easy thing to do this time of year :).  here's my card for this week :

i tried to keep this card nice and sophisticated by using sepia tones and blacks.  i used the senitment "you're unforgettable" on this card, i love the size of the sentiment stamps they fit perfectly onto little labels or tags, like ive used here.

i used the stamp Lili playing in the leaves and colored her in sepia tones with my copic markers.  :)

i hope you enjoy this card and stop by the inky impressions challenge blog to join us :)

i would like to enter this into the following challenges:

papertake weekly - flower power
make it monday - anything goes
challengees for everybody - anything goes

inky impressions happy birthday challenge

hello everyone!  this week at the Inky Impressions Challenge Blog the new theme is "happy birthday!"  this works out great for me, because a lot of the people in my family have birthdays during the holiday season.  5 to be exact, sprinkled all through the 4 major holidays (halloween, thanksgiving, christmas and new years) and with 5 extra birthdays this is a VERY busy time of year.  so anytime i can kill two birds with one stone by making a birthday card and entering to win some challenges is very awesome! :)  the card that i made is for my little 3 y/o girl her birthday is in december.  :)

since the new tinkerbell movie came out i decided to use fairy Lili  which is a PERFECT match for the doll! i was so happy about that.  :)  and my little girl's favorite color is green so i tried to really green it up in this one :)

here's a little close up of fairy lili,

and a side angle of the card,  as if there isn't enough waste due to packing i decided to make my own packing lol.  but i really love the image and the doll side by side.  and my birthday girl is little so she doesn't exactly know what to do with cards yet.  so this works out perffect for her :)

i hope you enjoyed this project and try it out yourself!  thanks for visiting! :)  

i would like to enter this card in the following challenges

mug cozy tutorial

this year for christmas im trying to make all of the gifts for the adults and their kids in our family.  meaning both of my bothers, their wives and kids, and grandparents.  we don't really have a lot of money to spend on everyone else but i still want to give them something nice. 

here's a tutorial for one of the items that im making everyone (except for the two littlest kids)  it's a mug cozy i saw this on thumbleanna  she didn't really give a tutorial on how it all goes together, so i decided to make one myself.  i hope you enjoy my spin on it, check out thimbleanna she has LOTS of great things on her blog to make! :)

 first start off with a 9.5 inch long and 3 inch wide piece of fabric

i made mine this width so i wouldn't be getting a mouth full of fabric each time i would sip from the cup.  feel free to customize it to your measurement of your favorite mug. 

cut a backing and batting and make your quilting sandwich and quilt.

 cut 5 inchs of the elastic fold it in half and place on one side of the 3 inch edge and pin.  stich these to the edge securely.

 add our binding over the elastic, and fold over the elastic and stitch over so they stick out and will be easy to grab when putting it on your mug.   continue binding the rest.

 add buttons to the opposite side and i noticed on thimbleanna's mug cozy she added hers to the top and bottom.  while i added mine closer to the center.  im not sure it makes a difference.  but i liked them closer. lol

now attach to your mug and enjoy! :) 

this is a mug cozy that i made for my older brother.  i made his out if some vintage wool, from a coat and linen with vintage metal buttons.  im pairing each with a matching mug rug to put in their stockings :)  merry christmas!


thanks for stopping by!

this is halloween!

hello everyone!  it's halloween!  i hope everyone is going to have a safe and spooky halloween!

this is the card that ive made for the lot's of layers challenge over at Inky Impressions challenge blog. i know that thanksgiving is coming up and christmas is right around the corner, but i had to  make just one more halloween card! :)  for this card i used nickie the sweet witch.  and colored her with my copic markers.   

here's a close up of sweet little nickie.

happy halloween everyone!

i hope youve enjoyed this weeks challenge

:)

halloween/fall inky impressions challenge

yay! it's time for another Inky Impressions challenge! :) this week it is halloween or fall. i LOVE halloween so i chose that :) here's this weeks card

it turned out soo cute!  i really love the stamp "Nickie.. the sweet witch"  i used papers from hobby lobbys paper studio, and made a little pocket on the front that i watercolored with tim holtz distress markers, inside  the pocket is a halloween greetings cut out from 7 gypsy's and a trrain ticket for a corpse and a photo negative of a guy holding a  gun..... spooky! :) 

here's a close up of the pocket and some of the details.  the orange hearts were pink and i painted them orange with some gloss acrylic paint.  the witch was on sheet of paper that i fussy cut.  i really like the way the watercolor turned out :)

here's a close up of the stamped image, i paper pieced the dress with black and green papers from same papers as the background.

thanks for checking out my project! i would like to enter this into the following challenges :)

  

http://funtoolas.ning.com/forum/topics/halloween-card-challenge

http://thepinkelephantchallenge.blogspot.com/ -halloween

inky challenge- anything but a card

this week challenge on the Inky Impressions challenge blog is anything but a card.  i used one of their super cute robin hood Christopher and made a little origami box to set him on. 

i used very sparkly paper by my minds eye to make the box, trimmed it with lace, made a wire heart that i backed with more my minds eye paper punched the edge of the box with a martha stewart punch around the page set, and added trims, flowers and buttons.  it's really easy and quick project that i found on youtube the original lady that demonstrates how to make it is sassyscraper and here is a link to her tutorial.  :)

thanks for stopping by!

i would like to enter this project in the following challenges.

whimsy stamps -  all things sparkly
http://stampwithfun.blogspot.com/ - use 3 papers

birthday card

in my family there are a lot of birthdays crammed into the next three months, not including all the other fall and winter activities that we normally do.  so ive made a birhtday card for my one of sister in laws. and here it is.

she has a little schnauzer, so i tried to color little wilma like that she's sooo cute! :)  i used a spellbinders labels die to cut the flourish edge on the bottom.

i would like to enter this card into the following challenges
lovely-haenglar-  - use ribbon or trim
magnolia mania - love is in the air
simon says stamp -  use a die
simply magnolia - doily charm
magnolia licious - red, yellow, and brown


 

inky impressions oct. 15th blog hop!

Hey everyone!  it's time for the Inky Impressions blog hop! If you just came from Margreet blog then youre on the right track, if youre just joining us, then head to the beginning the inky impressions inspirational blog and join us for the fun, and prizes! :)  pls don't forget to leave a comments on all of the blogs to be eligible for the prizes :)  the prizes this month are In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the prize will be Lili's Awareness Ribbon  and a sampling of Inky embellishments. Comments must be in by 5 pm (EST) October 23. Winner will be announced on October 24 at the challenge blog.

this months theme was either Halloween or breast cancer awareness.  so i picked halloween  and here's my project! :)

it's a halloween themed easel card with drawers.  i used a tutorial on youtube by kmskipper  she shows you how to make 4 drawers and to make the larger 12 drawer project you just make 3 layers of drawers. 

for this project i used mainly the vintage halloween line from 7 gypsy's  i LOVE that paper.  i also used some coordinating sheets from hobby lobby's paper brand.   this was a LOT of fun to make.  hope you like it, thanks for stopping by! :) 

now head on over to the next blog Tonya ! Don't forget to leave a comment along the way to be eligible. Comments must be in by 5 pm (EST) October 23. Winner will be announced on October 24 at the challenge blog.

Inky Impressions' Inspirational Blog

Audrey

Babette

Carrie

Judith

Karen

Kerry

Margreet

Nanette

Tonya

Vicky

Inky Impressions' Challenge Blog

thanks! :)

The Official Magnolia Inspiration Challenge (TOMIC) last challenge :(

i was checking my blog list today, and i noticed that The Official Magnolia Inspiration Challenge (TOMIC) is having its last challenge! awe.....  :(  so, i just had to join in to say good bye.  i love halloween and there last challenge is halloween themed, Halloween + bat + purple/orange/black to be exact.   so here's what i came up with...

 it was hard to get a great picture, because of the 5 o'clock sunlight,  so the purple tilda devil dress and the witch dress both look grey.   but i'll take a better picture tomarrow.  i was just so excited to get this up. :)  

 here's a close up of the two.  i don't have the magnolia pumpkin stamp, so i looked online for free pumpkin clip art, and printed it out on orange paper.  the background  was colored with my tim holtz distress markers half orange/yellow and have green/brown and the i put a half circle mask over orange/yellow section and used my black soot to ink it all in to look like the moon background of magnolias.  i like the way it turned out.  :)  

 behind the two tildas i made a little pocket and inserted this little tag, the paper is from 7 gypsy's.  i love this paper soooooooo much!  

 and here's a detail of the layers that i added.  i like this.  

thanks for stopping by, and HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!!

im entering this card into the last official magnolia challenge blog challenge. 
the totally tilda challenge - theme halloween! :) 

autumn colors challenge

this weeks challenge is an autumn colors challenge!  i love fall!!!!  it finally starts cooling down well just a little here in florida :),  halloween gets closer, apple cider, fall festivals, the county fair, treat or treating!!! :)  i LOVE fall!  lol,  i could not wait to get this card made, and  here's the card that i created for this challenge.  :)

i used lili playing in the leaves  and used a falling leaf stamp that i got at a.c moores in the clearance aisle that i colored with my tim holtz distress markers.  i also used a edging that i snagged from an old table linen.  the button hole was just the most perfect home-y feel for this card.

i really enjoyed making this card, and would like to enter it into the following challenges.  

scrappy frogs challenge blog - fall colors

pixie dust studios- anything goes