You Sparkle!

 

Hello Friends and Happy snowy Saturday night!  We came home from late afternoon services at our church, had dinner together, and now it is jammie time watching the snow fall.  I just L*O*V*E winter in New England!  Our area is expecting about six inches.  Tomorrow we can go sledding and build a snowman in the front yard...I can't wait!  I'll be thrilled when the ice is ready for skating.

 

I hope that you all had a wonderful Christmas.  Our home was filled with family on Christmas Eve and then again on Christmas Day.  Everything went beautifully and it even snowed on Christmas morning for a White Christmas!  After everything was cleaned up, I took a moment to stamp four of these sweet images from the a' la modes collection from My Favorite Things.  I have spent my evenings since Christmas night just coloring and relaxing.  It felt soooo good to just sit and color!  My New Year's resolution is to start making more time for coloring again.  I have missed it so!  Even if I don't get the chance to create a card, I can at least color up some of my beautiful images from my stamp collection. 

 

I used the image and sentiment from the MFT You Sparkle set.  I looked at some of the My Favorite Things Wednesday Stamp Club sketches that I have missed and decided that this image would work well with MFTWSC100.  My image is colored up with Copic Markers (B91, B95, C3, C5, E000, E41, E35, E37, E50, E53, R46, R59, YR20, and the Colorless Blender.)  All of the patterned papers are from Echo Park.  The snowflake was made with My Favorite Things Die-namics and I accented it with a Papertrey Ink button and some twine from the Paper Source.  The string of lights has a coat of Star Dust Stickles on the top which takes care of Lisa Somerville's Blogger's Challenge this week (Sparkle and Shine) too.  It has been forever and a day since I have had the chance to play along in that challenge!!  You can find Lisa's challenge right here. 

 

I have three more images already colored up and I just need to pick out a few more sketches to make some more cards.  Hopefully, I'll be able to post again before I head back to school.  Have a wonderful evening and if it is snowing in your neck of the woods, stay safe and Enjoy!!  Thanks so much for stopping by for a visit.  Until next time...Toodles!  :D 

You Warm My Heart

Hello Friends! Autumn is in full swing here in New England. The air is cool and crisp...just the way that I like it. We spent a beautiful day in New York City yesterday. It was wonderful! Autumn is truly my favorite season. However, I have a Christmas card to share with you today...lol!

I started off with this week's sketch from the My Favorite Things Wednesday Stamp Club. You can find the orignal sketch and all of the details to play along on the MFT Blog. I started off with this sweet Pure Innocence girl from the MFT Snow Day set. She is colored up with Copic Markers (BG11, BG13, BG15, E000, E00, E01, E23, E25, R11, R29, and R39) and I added some Star Dust Stickles to make her sparkle. The sentiment is from the same set and it is stamped on a cream scrap that I cut out with the MFT Die-namics File Tab. All of the patterned papers are from My Mind's Eye and the Kraft and Pure Poppy card stock is from Papertrey Ink. I also added a PTI button and some Craft Thread from Paper Source to the second panel just to dress is up a bit.

Thank you so much for visiting with me. I hope that you have a wonderful week...Toodles! :D

Fall Blooms!

Hello Friends and Happy Friday! My card for tonight is for today's Blogger's Challenge (Fall Blooms). If you would like to play along, please head over to Lisa's Blog. I used a Papertrey Ink set that I've had for a while, but I've never inked it up. It is called Autumn Abundance. I stamped the image and sentiment in Memento Rich Cocoa ink. The image was colored with Copic Markers (E08, E19, Y21, Y26, YG93, and YG95). The papers are from October Afternoon and My Mind's Eye. All of the buttons are from Papertrey Ink and they are tied with Craft Thread from Paper Source. The brown polka dotted mat was cut out with the PTI Mat Stack 5 die. This card design was inspired by LeAnne Pugliese. You can find her card here. Thanks so much for the inspiration LeAnne!

I'm so glad that you could stop by and visit with me. I hope that you all have a wonderful weekend. I'll try to be back on Sunday with another card to share. Until then...Toodles! :D

Getting Sketchy!

Happy Sunday Stampers! I hope that your weekend was a good one! It was very quiet here and I love it that way! Once the cleaning was done and everyone's homework was done, it was time for Mumma to get some stamping done!

I made this card for this week's sketch from the My Favorite Things Wednesday Stamp Club. You can find the sketch on the MFT Blog if you'd like to play along too. Oh, and speaking of the MFT Blog, have you seen their new blog and website design? It looks absolutely wonderful!

Okay, back to my card. I picked up these canvas tags at the stamping store last week and I thought that they would be perfect for this sketch. I stamped a sentiment from the MFT All Smiles set and added a Papertrey Ink button and some craft thread from the Paper Source. The Martha Stewart Chocolate Twill is from Michaels and all of the patterned papers are from Jillibean Soup.

Thanks so much for visiting with me this evening. May every part of your Monday have happy in it...Toodles! :D