S is for Snow....

For this card I used my Close to my Heart stamp set Snow Friends, the paper is the Winter matstack from DCWV, added some ribbon and some stickles and this is what you get...This set of stamps is so cute and can be used in various ways. The challenge over at ABC Challenges was to add snow. There are snowflakes in the patterned paper and of course snowmen....lots of cute little snowmen...

2 Sketches 4 you Challenge Kazan's #14

Here is a card that I made for 2 Sketches 4 you challenge, It was to follow their sketch. I used patterned paper from Scribble Scrabble (Suzy Snowflake), my Cuttlebug snowflake emboss folder, added some chipboard sprayed with glimmer spray in Wild Currant, added some shimmery ribbon....Hope you like it....

Shimmerz blog

Shimmerz Paints is celebrating their Grand Opening of their online shopping cart and the shoptacular Black Friday weekend! They are having a sale and giving away a great prize. I have not used Shimmerz but this is definately something I would love to try. It's on my Wishlist....

http://shimmerzpaints.blogspot.com/2008/11/its-time-to-celebrate.html

Lil' Pea-Nut

I just got Lil' Pea-Nut in the mail and I couldn't wait to create something with him. He is so cute. I bought this set from Our Craft Lounge. They just started making stamp sets and have some really cute ones, like Lil' Pea-Nut....So, to complete the challenge on A Spoon Full of Sugar I decided to use Lil' Pea-Nut....Hope you like it....I am really happy with the way it came out and he is so darn cute, he just puts a smile on my face....

Bootiful Stampz Blog

Go over and check out this blog...they are having a contest for the month of November, plus is you look back before Nov...there is some wonderful inspiration listed. Thanks for looking...

http://bootifulstampz.blogspot.com/

Pictures from the calendar

Here are a few pictures of the calendar that I am making for my hubby for Christmas. I really like how it came together. It is a far fetch from last years, I finished it in mid-January....

Altered Composition Books

Here are a couple of composition books I have altered for my nieces for Christmas. I used Close to My Hearts Whoops a Daisy paper, added some bling with Stickles and some pretty hot pink with white polka dotted ribbon. Then I added their names, they turned out really cute. I will be adding some gel pens to their gift....

2 Challenges in one

I needed to get back into making my Christmas cards and Beate's sketch challenge over at Fresh and Fun and Cute Card Thursday's challenge to use snowflakes was just the inspiration I needed to get back on track. I only have about 25 Christmas cards made so I really need all the inspiration I can to keep going with these. I used Close to My Heart Gracious Greeting stamps and my Cuttlebug, with Sizzex snowflake diecut, some stickles, and added a little bling on the snowflake....Thanks for looking....

2 Challenges in one

I combined 2 challenges to come up with this Thank you card. First challenge was from Stamp Something, the challenge was to make a card around "Thanks"....for Thanksgiving being only a few days away.... The other challenge I combined it with was for Poetic Artistry's sketch challenge.....So here is what I came up with....I hope you enjoy....

A Spoon Full of Sugar Challenge #26

For this challenge I was inspired to make a birthday card for my sister in law. Her birthday isn't until Dec 22nd, but I didn't want to get caught off guard with the hustle and bustle of Christmas and forget to make one. This challenge gave me the perfect inspiration to get that done.....Here goes.....

2 Sketches 4 you Challenge~Laura's sketch #13

I needed to make a card for my neices birthday and this sketch gave me just the inspiration I needed. I used watercolor pencils to color in the bear, then used Twinkling H20's to give the bear and flower a shimmer....The shimmer goes well with the sparkingling paper, and the shimmer of the pretty pink and white polka dotted ribbon....Hope you like it.....

Kristine has blog candy posted....

http://kristineskort.blogspot.com/2008/11/my-blogoversary-blog-candy.html

go and take a look. She has some awesome photos and cards listed on her blog....Enjoy.

Snowmen....

I just love Christmas and one of my favorites is seeing all the snowmen...Here is another snowman for the challenge over at My Time to Craft....This one was done by using my Cuttlebug and

white core cardstock from Close to My heart...

High Hopes Challenge-Sparklemania

I have had some time to create and thougth I would do some of the challenges this week. This card is for the challenge over at High Hopes which is Sparklemania. I used sparkly paper from My Minds Eye with a muted rosey pink color cardstock called Fire Hearts from Bazzill. Snowfriends stamp set from Close to My Heart and Prisma Glitter. I distressed the edges...I think it turned out cute....

2 Sketches 4 you Challenge #13

Here is my card for a lovely sketch listed over at 2 Sketches 4 You. They have some beautiful creations over there.....

SheetLoad's Blog Candy Blow Out

SheetLoad's Blog Candy Blow Out...go and check it out they are offering a fabulous prize.... http://sheetload.blogspot.com

Check out the blog candy post here....http://sheetload.blogspot.com/2008/11/november-blog-candy-blow-out.html

Blog Candy and a Birthday...

Elaine over at My Creative Corner is having a birthday and giving away some blog candy....Happy Birthday Elaine...hope you have a great one....

That is great blog candy...I would love to give that to my daughter...we just enrolled her in an art class. She has been drawing the Anime type characters and just gets better each time...

http://elainesden.blogspot.com/2008/10/blog-candy.html

Blog Candy and a Birthday...

Happy Birthday Vicky....Great blog candy....Go over and check it out....http://angeldrummer.blogspot.com/2008/10/blog-candy-yes-mine.html

2 Challenges in one

Cute Card Thursday's challenge was to use fairies, so I made a card using my new stamp set from Close to My Heart Flower Fairies...this set is being discontinued by the end of the year so if it is one you are interested in you gotta get it now....Then for this card I used the sketch challenge over at My Time, My Creations, My Stampendence....

More blog candy....

There is some great blog candy over at Fran made...go and check it out.....

http://franmade.blogspot.com/2008/11/blogoversary-candy-time.html

blog candy

There is some great blog candy posted over at Pretty Pressings.....go check it out, some great inspiration....
http://rosaswelt.blogspot.com/2008/11/pretty-pressings-anniversary-blog-candy.html

Anything but a card Challenge...

Dutch Dare is having a challenge for anything but a card....I altered this Large Clothes Pin Picture or Memo holder... I used Close to my Heart Magic Moments paper, added some coordinating ribbon and some hot pink paint....This paper works real well with altering things. I have seen a wooden frame altered with it and it turned out really cute....

Sketch Challenge

Here is a card I made for a friend of mine......Sympathy Cards are always hard for me to make....This one is very nice and simple too. I made this for the challenge over at I{heart}2Stamp....

More blog candy....

Creative Antics has some great blog candy listed....Lots of fun Christmas inspiration as well.....Go and check them out....
http://creativeantics.blogspot.com/

Blog candy alert....

Blog candy alert over at Craft Stamper...for the launch of their new blog, they are giving away the new Penny Black Twelve Days of Christmas stamps...go and take a look....

http://craftstamper.blogspot.com/2008/10/welcome-to-new-craft-stamper-blog.html

It's all about the Pink

Over at ABC Challenge blog, they are up to P...and chose Pink....Here is my entry for the Pink challenge.....

Coffee and Cream anyone....

Over at My Time to Craft their challenge is Coffee and Cream. I thought this card might just do the trick....I used my Cuttlebug embossing and inked over that, stamped some little flowers and added stickles to them....

Dutch Dare Card Challenge #21

This weeks challenge is to use the colors pink, purple and black on a card.... Here is my card for this challenge....

Fresh and Fun Sketch Challenge

Here is my card for the challenge Beate has over on Fresh and Fun....This one uses the wreath in Festive Frills from CTMH.