Stamptacular Sunday Challenge #143 "I'm Dreaming of a PINK Christmas!"

For this weeks challenge you will create any Christmas card or a project that is out of the ordinary. No traditional Christmas colors allowed and shades of PINK should be everywhere! You are allowed to use other colors, as long as they’re not the traditional green and red and PINK is the majority!  Be creative, but please don’t forget to stamp.  We are STAMPtacular after all!

Here is my design team card for some inspiration.

 

 Don't forget to check out the cards from the other Design Team ladies. They are AMAZING!

 Our sponsor for our challenge this week are:

KENNY K DOWNLOADS

PRIZE: 1^ST PLACE wins 3 digis

2^nd PLACE wins 2 digis

3^rd PLACE wins 1 digi

 SUPPLIES:
Paper: Bazzill Cardstock, MME Lost & Found Blush
Stamps: Hero Arts S5531,CL343
Inks and Markers: Tim Holtz DI - Antique Linen, Spun Sugar; ColorBox Chalk - Creamy Brown
Die: Stampin Up Chipboard Ornament, MFT Mini Rolled Rose Die-Namics
Other: Corrugated Cardboard Snowflake by The Funkie Junkie, PTI Twine,  Maya Road Trinket Pin, Picket Fence Distress Crackle Paint, Frosted Lace Stickles, Tattered Angels Glimmer Glam - Grandma's House, Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist - Tutti Fruitti,  K & Company Life's Journey Metal Art - Keys

Fan Feature

I just found out that my card was a Fan Feature on the Silhouette Blog last week!  I really CASED another card of mine that I had done the day before.

 

I used my Silhouette machine to cut out the silhouette of the carolers.  It's a Hero Arts image.  Check them out on Silhouette Studio!  I LOVE them all!

Thanks for looking!

Stamptacular Sunday Challenge #142 "Christmas Glitz"

For this weeks challenge you will create a CHRISTMAS card or a project that is full of glitz! We want to see glitter, bling and sparkles…AND LOTS OF IT TOO! Be creative, but please don’t forget to stamp.  We are STAMPtacular after all!

Here is my design team card for some inspiration.

Don't forget to check out the cards from the other Design Team ladies. They are AMAZING!

 Our sponsors for our challenge this week are: 

DOODLE PANTRY

PRIZE: $10 Gift Certificate

and

BUGABOO STAMPS

PRIZE: Winner’s Choice of 7 Digis

I used Bratz Christmas Elf Girl by Bugaboo Stamps.

Stamptacular Sunday Challenge #141"CHRISTMAS Color Challenge"

 

For our challenge this week at Stamptacular Sunday, you will create a CHRISTMAS card or a project using ONLY the colors listed above! Feel free to use ANY SHADE of the above colors (BLUE, BLACK or BROWN, and TAN) Also, you are allowed to use white cardstock but please keep it to a minimum! Be creative, but please don’t forget to stamp.  We are STAMPtacular after all!

Here is my design team card for some inspiration.

I actually CASE'd my own card!  I made a birthday card for my friend, Virginia the other night, and I loved it so much, I wanted to recreate for our challenge!

 

For this card, I used a Hero Arts die cut on my Silhouette called "Carolers."  Don't you LOVE the little dog watching them sing?  I placed them on the Fleur de Lis Spellbinders nestie stamped with the Hero Arts Musical Background.  I sprayed it with Glimmer Mist and distressed the edges.  I placed it on ribbon and then a piece of DP from Basic Grey's Little Black Dress.  I curled the corner of that down.

  

The card base is made up of black, blue, and sand.  On the sand cardstock, I stamped a flourish by Technique Tuesday.  On top of that, I made a bouquet out of a Petaloo flower in marine blue sprayed with Glimmer Mist.  Finally, I added some flourish die cuts from Tim Holtz by Sizzix, again using Little Black Dress, some more ribbon and a trinket pin.  I'm really pleased how this came out.

Don't forget to check out the cards from the other Design Team ladies. They are AMAZING!

 Our sponsors for our challenge this week are:

SIMON SAYS STAMP

PRIZE: $20 Gift Certificate; winner must pay shipping!

and

ELISABETH BELL DIGI

PRIZE: Winner’s Choice of 2 Digis

 

SUPPLIES:  

Stamps -  Hero Arts CG222 "Music Background," Hero Arts Silhouette Studio "Carolers," Technique Tuesday "Parisian Market"

Paper - Bazzill cardstock, Basic Grey "Little Black Dress"

Ink and Markers - Memento Tuxedo Black

Die - Spellbinders Fleur de Lis Nestabilities, Sizzix 

Other - Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist, Petaloo flower, Maya Road trinket pin, Offray ribbon

Virginia's 50th Birthday Celebration!

One of the first people I met online when I started stamping was Virginia Lu.  She is one of the most talented paper artists I know.  I have always been in awe of her clean and simple style because it is the antithesis of what I do.  It is NOT easy to make a stunning card with a limited amount of elements!

Virginia's sense of humor, inner beauty, and spirited heart, draws everyone into her realm of creativity.  Just check out her blog, YES VIRGINIA, and you'll see what I mean!  She even has the family involved!  (I keep telling her that hubby, Dr. John, needs his own BLOG!)  Never too busy to offer help, Virginia is always there, full of encouragement when one's mojo has taken a vacation!

In honor of her upcoming 50th birthday, Virginia has generously offered a CHALLENGE to her cardmaking peeps with some awesome prizes.  Here is the card I made for her party!  I really glammed it up, because even though Virginia does clean and simple cards, she's really quite chic and elegant.

I'll be sending this off to her so she can have a little piece of my heart with her for her milestone.  I'm hoping to get to meet her next September for Scrapfest, along with some other awesome people we know!

Here's to you Virginia, for making our little part of the crafting world a welcome place for everyone who knows you, and for sharing your talent on your blog every day.  You are SO special!!  I HEART you!

Love,
Marcy

Santa - Please Put Some Mojo in my Stocking!

In the studio today working on finding my Christmas mojo! I put on some Christmas music to get me in the mood.  

I've been working on a few projects and realized I had a card I forgot to post for the Hero Arts monthly challenge!  I had fun making it.  Believe it or not, it's a little more simple than I usually make!  I had to stop and put the embellies down.

I used Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist over a Tattered Angels Glimmer Screen on white cardstock for the bg. 

For the flower, I used three shades of distress ink - tumbled glass, spun sugar, and bundled sage swiped on to the Merry Background stamp then stamped onto white cardstock.  Then I stamped the flower over it, using VersaMark, embossed it in gold and cut it out.

The leaves are bundled sage, embossed in gold and also cut out.

I added ribbon and pearl embellies.

HA stamps:
CG363 Poinsettia and Berries
CG194 Stencil Flower
CL459 Merry Christmas Trees
S5531 Merry Background

Well, off to create.  I have SO many cards to make for the holidays, I should move my bed in here!  More later...........

Hugs,

Marcy

Stamptacular Sunday Challenge #140 "Anything Christmas"

For our challenge this week at Stamptacular Sunday, you will create ANYTHING with a Christmas theme on it!  Let’s see what kind of NEW, DIFFERENT and EXCITING projects you come up with.  Be creative, but please don’t forget to stamp.  We are STAMPtacular after all!

Here is my design team card for some inspiration.

  Don't forget to check out the cards from the other Design Team ladies. They are AMAZING!

 Our sponsors for our challenge this week are:

MELJEN’S DESIGNS

PRIZE: Winner’s Choice of 4 Digis

and

WHIMSY STAMPS

PRIZE:

Stamptacular Sunday Challenge #139 "Boy Oh Boy"

For our challenge this week at Stamptacular Sunday, you will create a card or project with a boy/man on it. How easy is that?!?  Be creative, but please don’t forget to stamp.  We are STAMPtacular after all!

Here is my design team card for some inspiration.

I ADORE A Day for Daisies images!  They are wonderful for coloring and paper piecing.  Their designs are creative and elegant, in a playful way.  I chose this adorable image, Van Gogh, to go with a bunch of different pp but used Basic Grey's Life of the Party for it's youthful feel.  I used one piece for the punched out top part of the card and another for cutting up into a pleasing border to go with the image. The bottom piece is from MME Lost & Found Two - Rosy.

After coloring the image with some primary color Copics, I positioned the embossing folder over it.  I love this folder because of the blank area inside the swirls.  It's great for sentiments too.  The swirls reminded me of the doodles I used to draw as a child!  I was going to make this a birthday card, but then remembered I had this Hero Arts stamp with the word "ART" on it and decided it would a perfect card for any occasion. 

One tip - once I had all the paper elements assembled, I sprayed with Glimmer Mist.  I use this on most of my images colored with Copics because I think it gives it a watercolor-painted feel and just makes it look finished.  I also gave the artist's pallet a few dots of Glossy Accents to make it look like oil paints.

 Don't forget to check out the cards from the other Design Team ladies. They are AMAZING!

 Our sponsors for our challenge this week are:

BUGABOO STAMPS

PRIZE: Winner’s Choice of 7 Digis

and

A DAY FOR DAISIES

PRIZE: $12 Gift Certificate

SUPPLIES:

Stamp: Hero Arts CL435 So Artsy

Image: Van Gogh by A Day for Daisies

Paper: Bazzill cardstock,  Basic Grey - Life of the Party, MME Lost & Found Two - Rosy

Inks and Markers: Memento Blue Danube ink, Copic markers

Die, Embossing Folders and Punches: Spellbinders Labels Five, Martha Stewart Around the Edge punch, Cuttlebug Swirls embossing folder

Other:  Ranger Glossy Accents, The Twinery - Denim twine, American Crafts Delights - folded circle flower, Glimmer Mist

Thanks for looking!