LMMS Challenge #129 – Happy!

It’s time for another challenge at Little Miss Muffet (Challenge #129) This one is themed ANYTHING GOES!

There are some seriously A-D-O-R-A-B-L-E new images in the LMMS Shop with a moon and stars theme. There are some truly fun sentiments too.  My card was already planned to be more CAS so I didn’t get to use one of the sentiments, but I will soon!!

My sweet image is called Theodore Sleeping – he is a precious Bugaboo image! I also used some great star papers from Doodlebug Designs. I have been making a lot of my own background papers lately, or printing out digi paper, so my 500 pounds of paper (as my brother-in-law calls it) was feeling a little neglected 🙂 It is perfect for little Theodore right?? Recipe:

• Image: Theodore Sleeping rubber stamp by Bugaboo from Little Miss Muffet Stamps
• Sentiment: Simon Says Stamps Happy
• Paper: White card stock (PTI), Black Cardstock (Recollections), DP (Doodlebug Designs – Hip Hip Hooray)
• Ink: Copics – (stars)Y15, Y19 Y35, (moon) YR14, YR68 (bear) E33, E35, E37, E39, C5, C9 (bear hat) BG11, BG13, BG15, BG18 (lady Bug)C5, C7, C9, R24, R29, (Shadow)W1, W3, W5, (Sky) B91, B93, B95
• Other: Backdrop Dies (A Jillian Vance Designs), Stitched Circle Die (Simon Says Stamps), Circle Die (Spellbinders), Wink of Stella

Challenges:

• Catch the Bug – January Bingo Challenge – I chose the bottom row  – Die cut (circles, and outer layers) Stitches (I used the stitched dies for the inner layers), Sentiment
• Fab’n’Funky Challenges – Challenge #287 ~ For a Child

Thanks for stopping by!! Come join the challenge!

Lyn

Love Letter…

how about a little midweek inspiration for this week’s sketch challenge at From the Heart Stamps. Challenge #51…You still have a little time to join the fun.

I wanted to make sure to get in a project with this month’s stamp of the month image – you have a little more time for that too so what are you waiting for??This one makes for a cute little Valentine!

Card Recipe:

• Image: Caught Your Heart digi by From the Heart Stamps
• Paper: Rustic White Cardstock (PTI); DP 2wenty-thr3e (Cosmo Cricket)
• Ink: Copics R01, R02, R15, R08, R12, R17, E40, B0000, Y32, YR12, YR15, BV0000
• Other: Circle Dies, Button, twine

Challenges:

• The Pink Elephant Monday Card Challenge – Love
• Through the Purple Haze – Digi + Die
• Without Words – Spots and/or Stripes

Thanks for stopping by and don’t forget to join the FTHS Blog Hop coming up on the 7th!

Lyn

Happy Birthday Cupcake…Calorie Free!

Just a few more days left in 2013. How is that possible??!

Today’s card is a quick birthday card using From the Heart Stamps – a digi called Cupcake Lineup. I made it a clean and simple, long card (3.5″ x 6″).

It is a pretty versatile image. You can use the cupcakes individually or use them all together. It is very fun!!

Recipe:

1. Image: Cupcake Lineup digi by From the Heart Stamps
2. Paper: White and dark chocolate cardstock (PTI)
3. Ink: Copics
   • Cupcake 1 – E70, E74, E79, Y00, Y000, Y11, R01, R02, R05,
   • Cupcake 2 – Y21, Y26, Y28, R83, R85
   • Cupcake 3 – Y32, Y35, Y38, B00, B01, B02, R24, R27, R29
   • Table – R01, R02, R05, R24, R27, R29

Challenges:

• Divas by Design – Anything goes
• The Stamping Chef – Always Anything goes
• Creative Card Crew – #52 Anything Goes
• Challenges 4 Everybody – #36 Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by!

Lyn

Christmas in the tropics oh yeah!!

Christmas in the tropics ahhh. If my whole family wasn’t located here… but alas, they are so I’ll be home for Christmas. AND having a great time! We are less than a week away – are you ready? I am sure that I am. I will not stress, I will not stress…

Today’s card is a square card using a new FTHS image called Tropical Christmas. It actually has a few scenes (with and without the Christmas decorations) and, therefore, can be used in another season.

Recipe:

1. Image: Tropical Christmas digi by FTHS
2. Paper: White card stock (PTI), Brown card stock (Recollections), DP (My Mineds Eye – Be Merry)
3. Ink: Copics –
   • Sky – B000
   • Sea – B00, B01, B02, B04, B05, B06
   • Beach – E31, E33, E35, E39, YG63, YG67
   • Sun – Y26, Y21, Y19, Y17
   • Palm tree trunk – E42, E44, E47
   • Palm tree leaves – YG93, YG9,YG97
   • Rope – W1, W3
   • Christmas Lights – R27, YR07, Y17, YG09, B06
   • Stocking – R24, R27, R29, C0
4. Other: Spellbinders Circle dies, buttons, twine

Challenges:

• Southern Girls – Christmas Wishes Challenge
• Crafting Musketeers – Challenge #8 ” Layer it Up “
• One Crazy Stamper – December “Winter/Holiday” challenge

• Addicted to Stamps and More – Challenge #76 – Anything Goes
• Crafty Hazelnut’s Christmas Challenge –challenge extra for December

Thanks for stopping by!

Lyn

Awe!!! I got picked as an Honourable Addict at Addicted to Stamps and More. They must have all felt the need for some tropical weather too!!

Winter is for the birds!

I am soooo ready for spring!! It is rainy and cold here today and I am staying tucked in making some Christmas tags. Since the Catered Crop Challenge this week is to make a SMALL card. I figured a tag would be perfect… this one is 3.5X2.5.

For my image, I used the new From the Heart Stamps SOTM image (the second of two I have used this week.) This challenge goes all month and a freebie is given to all who play! This image is called For the birds – AND I agree – winter coldness is “for the birds!”! 🙂

I loved this image so much that I decided to make an A2 sized card as well. For this card, I went simple using a snowflake digi paper and then inserted the PNG with white fill. This allowed me to print it out on DP and color it up.

Recipe:

• Stamp: For the birds
• Paper: White card stock (PTI) DP (MAMBI, and some scraps)
• Ink: Copics
  • Hat, Birds –  R24, R27, R29
  • Snow – BV31, B00, C0
  • Seed bag – E40, E42, E44
  • Holly Leaf – G05, G07, G09
  • Scarf/Buttons – YG03, YG63, YG67, B01, B02, B05
  • Carrot – YR04, YR07, YR09
  • Sticks E35, E37
• Other: Spellbinders Circle dies, Twine, Button

Challenges:

• Addicted to CAS – #28 Snowflakes
• My Time to Craft – #227 Christmas Birds
• Brown Sugar – #72 Christmas
• Digi Haven – Merry Christmas

Thanks for stopping by and stay warm!!

Lyn

Candy Cane Hugs

This month at From the Heart Stamps, we were given 2 images to choose from for the progressive Stamp of the Month Challenge. Today’s card is using one called Candy Cane Anneke. She is darling right? And the sentiment that comes with it is perfect!

This little cutie reminds me of my Goddaughter. When she was little, we always made a big deal about decorating the Christmas tree.  She would hand out ornaments for the upper branches and hang others on the lower branches. The last thing we did was to hang up candy canes. We each took some and she would load up one or two branches with all of her candy canes. I could never move them to equal the tree out, because it made me smile every time I saw it. And I felt so blessed to have her in my life.

I kept today’s project pretty simple but I really like it! It is a 4.25 square card and since I had another gift card to send, I made it into a gift-card holder with a pocket on the inside! One gift card heading to a very sweet little girl who I miss very much!!

Recipe:

1. Image: Candy Cane Anneke
2. Paper: Black Card (PTI) DP (MAMBI)
3. Ink: Copics
   • Dress and hat-  R35, R37, R39
   • Hair – E33, E35, 37, E39
   • Skin – E00, E21, E11
   • Lips – R22, R20
   • Candy Cane – R24, R27, R29, N0
   • Bow – YG61, YG63, YG67
   • Boots – W3, W5, W7, W9
4. Other: Spellbinders Circle Dies, Ribbon, twine, button

Challenges:

• Cuttin & Stampin Challenges  – #49 Anything Goes With A Pocket
• Cuttlebug Mania –  Anything Goes – Christmas
• Ribbon Carousel Challenge –  RCC88 Anything Goes
• Cutie Pie Challenge – Cute Card for a Special Friend

Thanks for stopping by!

lyn

PS and by the way!!! This card won he challenge at Cuttin & Stampin – HOW EXCITING IS THAT!!

Gloria From the Heart!

 

Welcome to our From the Heart Stamps blog hop. We are celebrating Christmas and Winter Holidays today!

If you have arrived from LAURA’s Blog, you are in the right place; if not why don’t you start on the From the Heart Stamps blog so you don’t miss anything.

As you hop along, please leave a comment on each entry. One random commenter will be selected on each blog to win the image that the designer used. Additionally, one commenter on the From the Heart Stamps blog will be selected to win a $5 gift voucher to the store!

Sooo…It is time to get those Christmas cards in the mail, and I am way behind on mine but today’s card is going to be a great addition to my collection. My card uses a Christmas image from FTHS called Gloria.

She is so pretty and delicate that I decided to try to keep my card simple, but not overly simple. I wanted something that complemented it’s beauty, so I used this week’s sketch challenge (#45) – it is a great one and I really love how well it worked with my image. I didn’t originally mean for my card to be in gray tones, but I colored first instead of planning the card first and, well you know…

Card Recipe:

• Image: Gloria digi from FTHS
• Ink: Copics [Hair – E13, Y15, Y17, Y19; Skin – E00, E11, E21, R20; Gown/Wings – C0, C1, C3, C5}
• Paper: A2 base – white card stock (Papertrey Ink), The gray paper and small patterned paper is from my scraps and the music paper is a digi paper that I got from MyGrafico (though I changed the paper to gray tones for my image)
• Other: Rectangle and deckled rectangle Spellbinders dies, Oval and scalloped oval punches (Stampin’ Up),  glitter-glue, jewels – color bon bon (Doodlebug Designs Inc)

Thanks for hopping with us today. The hop will end on Monday December 9th at 6am, EST. Winners will be posted on the From the Heart Stamps Blog on Wednesday December 11th.

Now head over to MICHELLE H’s blog and see what she has for you.

I wish you a blessed Christmas and a Happy New Year! Thanks for stopping by and HAVE FUN!!

Lyn

If it makes you smile, laugh, or giggle…

DO IT AGAIN!

Today’s card reminds me of my sweet friend Judy Rozema who loves giraffes… It is another card today for this week’s sketch challenge at From the Heart Stamps. It’s a fun little sketch – I obviously like it since I revisited it again two days in a row hmmm… 🙂

I was digging though my rubber stamps and I found an absolutely awesome sentiment called “If it makes you smile” and I remembered a precious digi at FTHS called Laughing Giraffes. These two were meant to be together; so I decided to use this week’s sketch challenge and make it happen!

I love it! It makes me smile out loud, therefore, I propped it up by my computer so I could enjoy it for a while… that is until I find just the right occasion to give it to someone!

Recipe:

• Stamps: Laughing Giraffes digi by FTHS; sentiment – “If it makes you smile” by Riley and Co. (Going through their funny bones sentiments has an entertainment value more than worth the visit!)
• Papers: Dark Chocolate by PTI; DP Cosmo Cricket – 2wenty-Thr3e, and MME – Handsome
• Ink: for sentiment – Memento Rch Cocoa; for digi Copics: E30, E42,E70, E74, E79; Y21, Y35, Y38, mouth – W7, W9, R1, R17
• Other: Spellbinders rectangle and deckled rectangle dies; dark chocolate buttons (PTI), twine, and corner rounder

Challenges:

• Suzy Bee’s Bloomin’ Challenge – Add Buttons
• Riley and Company – Sentiments (not sure if this counts since it has a digi on it and it is from another co, but I love this sentiment and am soooo glad I finally got to use it.)
• Catered Crop – Animal House
• Brown Sugar – No. 69 – Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by!

Lyn

YAY!!! This card was a winning recipe at the Catered Crop Challenge AND at Suzy Bee’s Bloomin’ Challenge- I loved these little guys and am happy that others did as well… So exciting!

Winter Post and a Sketch

Let’s have a sketch Challenge – it’s Monday and once again it’s time for a sketch at From the Heart Stamps. It’s a pretty simple one with some design elements but not a lot of layers…

My card today uses Winter Post. OK, so I know I love the birdbrains at FTHS, but the mice…. I think I may love them too! I mean they are just so darling. Am I fickle?

AND now… I have one more Christmas card done. I am getting a little closer; though, at this point, it may make sense to split my list in two. Half will get Christmas cards and half get New Years cards. Hmmm… I may be on to something here.

Recipe:

• Image: Winter Post digital image by FTHS
• Paper: Red cardstock from my stash, DP – Twinkle (Making Memories)
• Copic: Mail Box – W1, W3, W5; Post and ladders – E31, E33, E35, E37, E39, E47;  Bows and Flag – R24, R27, R39; Mice – C0, C1, C3, C5, R01; Scarves – YG03, YG63, B01, B04, Y26, Y28, Y37, Y39, Snow – C0, B000
• Other – button (doodlebug designs) Twine (PTI)

Challenges:

• Glitter n Sparkle – Show Us Some Snow.
• Stamping Sensations – Christmas
• The Corrosive Challenges – Happy Holidays.
• Suzy Bee’s Bloomin’ Challenge – Add Buttons

Thanks for stopping by!

Lyn

 

Merry Kissmas!

It is Monday and time for a new sketch challenge at From the Heart Stamps and it is a really fun one!

I can’t believe it is already time for Christmas cards to be a blip on the radar, much less time to start getting them ready for mailing! How do I let it catch up with me like that?

Well, for today’s challenge, I made one card. (so only … a LOT left to go – I better get busy huh?) This one uses one of FTHS birdbrains, which you know I love, love, love!! These little kissmas birds are called Mistletoe Birdbrains. Are they not sooooo CUTE!!??

OK – hop on over to From the Heart Stamps and join the challenge!

Recipe for my card:

• Image: Mistletoe Birdbrains digi by FTHS
• Paper: White cardstock (PTI), Christmas DP (MAMBI), Black and red cardstock (recollections)
• Copics: Birds Y15, Y17, Y19, YR04, YR09; Eye shadow B000, B02,B04, Spica teal; Mistletoe YG63,YG67, Spica silver , Candy cane R24, R27, R29; Outfits, C0, C5, C7, C9, R24, R27, R29
• Other: Square Spellbinders dies, Banner die (PTI),  Oval and Oval Scallop punches (Stampin’Up), Holly embossing Folder (Cuttlebug)

Challenges:

• Speedy Fox and Friends Challenge 186 – Red Christmas
• Creatalicious Challenges – Challenge #57 – Christmas Time
• One Crazy Stamper – November Christmas Challenge
• Die Cut Divas –  Holidays & Celebrations

Thanks for stopping by!

Lyn