Thursday, December 22, 2011

More Pin Cushions


I decided to try a couple more pin cushions and love the way they turned out!

Saturday, December 17, 2011

Two Sweet Christmas Mice

I made this 6x6 card for the http://cardmakinmamas.blogspot.com/ Challenge for Christmas. I layered 2 Christmas prints and added a green ribbon. I colored my image and added some glitter inks in red and green and gold, then popped it up. I went over the greeting with a metallic gold pen.

Monday, December 12, 2011

Sewing Form Pin Cushion


I found this on thediydish.com and had to give it a try! Really fun, had to add my bling touches though :-)

Friday, December 2, 2011

Blue Tilda's For Christmas

I made this set of 6x6 Tilda cards for the challenge. I painted the Toppers with
red and green glitter paint. I colored the Tilda's with copics and touches of glitter paint and popped one up on each card sitting on a flower.

I stamped my Greetings and backed them in red and popped them up on each card. I etered this set in the
http://justmagnolia.blogspot.com/  challenge Anything Goes with optional sparkle
http://prairiefairyfridays.blogspot.com/  challenge Must contain Blue and something white

Tilda Christmas Wishes With Puppy

I made this 6x6 card for the challenge. I painted the leaves of the topper with green glitter paint and the berries with glossy accents. I painted the ornament with gold glitter paint and the bow with red and green glitter paint. I colored Tilda with copics and red glitter paint. I popped her up on the ornament. I made the greeting and backed it in red then popped it up. I entered this card in the following challenges

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Tilda Holly and Berries Set of Four

I made 4 6x6 cards and cut a 12x12 glittered Holly and Berry print cardstock into four card toppers. I made 4 cards in red and topped each with one.

I colored 4 Tilda's with copics, added some sparkle to each and popped one up on each card.

I stamped 4 greetings backed them on card and popped one up on each card.

Tilda times four is So Pretty! I entered this group in the http://dutchmagnolialovers.blogspot.com/ challenge Back in Time (Magnolia stamps from before 2011) and the Christmas Challenge at http://thepoodlesparlour.blogspot.com/

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Tis The Season Happy Holidays Tilda

I made this red 5x7 card for the http://www.craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.com/ Tis The Season challenge. I used a Happy Holidays Christmas cardstock print.  I colored my Tilda with copics and added sparkle to her wings and white areas and popped her up. I stamped my greeting, backed it in red and popped it up too.

Saturday, November 26, 2011

Doggies Singing with Falling Snowflakes

I made this 7x5 card for the http://www.4craftychicks.blogspot.com/ challenge Snowflakes. I added sparkle to the snowflakes on my backing and then added a red ribbon. I stamped my image and colored the first letter, I backed it and popped it up. I found a vintage image of dogs singing while it snows. I backed it and popped it up. I added some rhinestones to the ribbon on each side.

Vintage Christmas Girl with Dog

I used 3 different background prints for this 7x5 card and separated them with a red grossgrain ribbon.
I added glossy accents to the berries and added red and green rhinestones. I used a vintage image and backed it in red. I added glossy accents to her face for a cameo look and to the berries to make them pop and then popped up the image with dimentionals. I made this card for the http://thepoodlesparlour.blogspot.com/ Christmas challenge and the http://delightfulsketches.blogspot.com/   Red and Green and the http://trulyscrumptiouschallenges.blogspot.com/2011/11/challenge-70christmas-project-with.html  Pearls or Vintage.

Cats Throwing Snowballs in the Snow

I found this cute vintage print of cats. I made a 5x7 card and used 2 different prints
for the background. I divided them with a red ribbon. I backed the print with red then creme card and popped it up. I added glossy accents to the snowballs and all the holly berries for added dimension.I made this card for the http://fairytale-challengeblog.blogspot.com/ challenge Christmas and the http://www.phindysplacechallenge.blogspot.com/ A Sprinkling of Snow.

Vintage Girl in Doorway Christmas Scene

I made this 5x7 card for the http://totallypapercrafts.blogspot.com/ challenge Christmas and the http://craftyhazelnutschristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/ Vintage or Distressed. I found a vintage print background print. I added a strip of green and red and made stickle dots. I used a vintage
 digi print and added gold sparkle touches to candles and her dress and headband. I added Glossy Accents to her face and hands to give it a cameo look. I backed her in green card
and popped her up. I stamped my greeting and popped it up as well.

Monday, November 21, 2011

Santa Believe Card

I made a 6x6 card in black and cut my flocked Santa from a 12 x 12 cardstock. I added stickles to
sleeves, hat and shirt bands. I cut the strip with flocked dots and placed it on black card, then popped up a flocked believe sticker backed on black card, I finished with 4 flocked corners. I made this card for the  http://karensdoodleschallengeblog.blogspot.com/   
Santa Challenge

Sunday, October 30, 2011

Lady With Fan Birthday

I made a red card 5X7. I added a printed cardstock with a lady butterflies and fan that has glitter on it. I added a strip of red card and some yellow ribbon at side. I stamped the greeting in gold and embossed it. I backed it in some of the yellow from print and red card. I popped up the greeting. Simple but pretty.. I entered this into the charismacardz  Anything Goes Challenge

Peachy Christmas Tilda

I made a white shimmer 5x7 card with a gold metallic base and added a Tilda topper colored in Copics and pearl paint with little flowers with rhinestone centers added and popped it up. I added 2 strips of card in white and gold shimmer. I made my own greeting and backed it in the white and gold and popped it up. I entered this in the littleclairesdesigns.blogspot.com Christmas Challenge and the charismacardz Anything Goes Challenge.

Saturday, October 29, 2011

Tilda and Bird Christmas

I love this cardstock! I made a red 6x6 card. I cut the top half from a print and added a glitter red
embossed cardstock bottom. Separated them by a red ribbon. I used peel offs for the greeting and backed with some
of the top print and red card and popped it up. I colored a Tilda with copics and stickles.I added stickles to tree and bird image.Entered in the Winter Wonderland challenge Clean and Simple.

Paper Pieced Tilda Reindeer Ears

I made this 5x7 card for the justmagnolia Christmas challenge and the phindysplacechallenge paper piecing challenge. I chose a pretty holly leaf and berry sparkle backing. I added a strip of red and green and placed an embossed oval on top. The oval has a matching green embossed bottom for Tilda to sit on edged in candy cane stickles. I stamped my greeting and backed it in red. I colored the leaves in green with copics and did the berries in stickles. I added stickle dots to red and green strip. I colored Tilda and paper pieced her outfit. I added candy cane stickles to Tilda for always needed Christmas sparkle.

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Tilda Blue Christmas

For some reason I had a really hard time putting this one together. Mostly it 
was finding the right background. I made a blue 5x7 card and two patterned papers
for the background. I used a strip of blue to cover the join and added a yellow ribbon on top.
I added stickle dots to the center of each snowflake on the patterned paper. I colored Tilda with copics and added some stickles to white and glitter paint to gloves and boots then popped her up.I stamped my greeting and colored the leaves and stickled the berries.
I backed it in yellow and then blue and popped it up. Finished it off  with some blue rhinestones.I entered this card in the following challenges:
makeitmonday - anything goes

Sunday, October 16, 2011

Happy Birthday Wishes

I made a 5x7 mustard card. I tore some blue and a print to make the background "seaside". I stamped the image and colored it with prisma pens. I cut around image to make a shadow and popped it up. I stamped the greeting backed it in blue and mustard card and popped it up as well.
I made this card for the http://stamptacularsundaychallenge.blogspot.com/  anything goes and the http://papersundaes.blogspot.com/  Halloween or Fall

Tilda Armed With Prezzies

I made a green 5x7 card. I embossed a red cardpiece with snowflakes and added a
punched card strip at side. I added a strip of green cad with multi colored ribbon on top. I colored Tilda with copics and added some glitter. I popped her up. I stamped my image and colored it. I backed it in red and green and popped it up. I added red stickles to side trim and to red berries on greeting.
I entered this card in the 
fabsbigchristmascardschallenge something shiny or snowflake. 
and Christmas Card challenge at

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Pink Tilda Christmas Greetings

I made a5x7 in brown card. I added a metallic topper and on top of that I added 2 prints. The top print has 
sparkle. I added a brown ribbon to cover join. I colored a Tilda with copics and popped her up. I stamped my greeting and popped it up after backing it in brown and metallic. I added 3 prima flowers with gold stickle centers.I made this card for the tuesdaythrowdown Think Pink Challenge and the abc-challenge A-Anything Goes as well as the justmagnolia.blogspot Anything goes with option add coffee or cream.

Little Birdy Christmas Greeting

I made a red 6x6 card. I cut the top half from a print and added a glitter red
embossed bottom. Separated them by a red ribbon. I backed the greeting with some
of the top print and red card and popped it up. I added stickles to tree and bird image.I painted some prima flowers with glitter and added a red rhinestone center to each one. I made this card for the christmascardchallenges any Christmas card and the  Must have Bird or Flowers  Christmas Inspirations.

Saturday, October 8, 2011

Lots of Glitz for Christmas

Thought this would make a great card. I made a 5x7 card in red. I added stickle dots to green card and made that the topper. I added a red ribbon along the bottom part. I backed my greeting in green and red and popped it up with dimentionals. I colored my digi with copics and added some stickle glitter to flower centers, hair bows, dress top and shoe button. backed it in green and red and popped it up. Lots of glitz! I entered this in the bah-humbug- Challenge Glitz and Glammer and glittergeeks.blogspot.com Flower Power. I also entered it in the phindysplacechallenge anything goes but must use Phindy image (2nd entry.)

Greetings of The Season and Lets Play


I made this card for the phindysplacechallenge Anything Goes Challenge using their images. I used a deep gold metallic card stock for the 5X7 card. I added a green topper. I added to that a strip of gold with a strip of white on it. Painted the white strip with extreme glitter paint. I paper pieced the digi image (Let's Play) and painted the white parts with extreme glitter paint. I used the gold and the patterned paper to back the sentiment and the image and popped them both up with dimentionals.

Saturday, September 24, 2011

Paper Piecing Boy and his Dog Christmas Wishes

I made this card for the foreverfriendschallengeblog Paper Piecing must include an animal. I used 2 different metallic cardstock for the card and topper and backings for image and sentiments. I used a digi image of a boy and his dog and paper pieced it with patterned paper. I painted the white parts with gold glitter paint for added glitz. I added a strip of card with gold glitter on top I backed the image and sentiment with some of the pattern paper and darker gold metallic card and popped them up with dimentionals.

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Christmas Tasty Flakes With Flower & Paper Piecing


I made this 5x7 card for the http://thepinkelephantchallenge.blogspot.com Paper Piecing Challenge. I made a red card with a plain card topper. I added a strip of red cardstock and a striped ribbon. I used one of my favorite images Tasty Flakes and paper pieced her. I added stickle snow and flakes and backed her with one of the prints and
red cardstock. I added my own sentiment and backed it on the print and red card. I popped both the image and the sentiment up. I painted Prima leaves and a flower with extreme glitter and added a green rhinestone center.

Styling Bday

Lots of shimmer and shine with this card. I made a gold 5x7 card. I added a topper of blue that I had "stickled" with gold dots. I cut two strips of card in blue and gold and added a blue prima flower at each side. Stamped my greeting and backed it with blue card and a piece of card I colored with a gold glitter pen. I popped it up. I stamped my image and colored parts with a blue and a gold glitter pen. I cut it out with spellbinders and then cut a larger piece that I colored edges with a blue and a gold glitter pens. I popped it up with dimentionals and added a blue flower with gold stickle center to each side. I entered this card in the following challenges.
http://creativecardcrew.blogspot.com/ Anything Goes
http://oldiebutagoodiechallenge.blogspot.com/ Sparkle
http://happichallenge.blogspot.com/ Birthday
liastampz Birthday
http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.com/ Anything Goes

Sunday, August 21, 2011

Pink and Gold Tilda Birthday

I made a 5x7 card in brown and added a metallic gold topper. I used 2 glitter prints for the background with a strip of gold to cover the seam. I added gold stickle dots. I stamped and embossed my greeting in gold and backed it with gold and brown card and popped it up. I colored my Tilda with copics and popped her up. I like how it looks like she has her feet on stairs. I entered this card in http://cardmakinmamas.blogspot.com/ PINK challenge.

A Splashy Christmas Bubbling Over Cards



I found this stampin up stamp Bubble Queen and thought it would be great for Christmas! I made four
6x6 cards in red and green. Found a great sparkle stripe and used it for the background. I cut strips for each card and made my own sentiments and backed them on green and red card and popped them up I stamped my images and colored each with copics. I painted the bubbles with extreme glitter paint and added some diamond stickles to the bubbles at the top of bath. I backed each image in green or red card and popped them up as well. I added green or red stickle dots to each card. I entered these cards in the following challenges:
http://christmascardchallenges.blogspot.com/ Glitter Challenge

http://corrosivechallengesbyjanet.blogspot.com/  Girlie

http://onestitchatatimechallenge.blogspot.com/ Bling It Up
http://craftyhazelnutschristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/ Christmas Birthday or Anything Goes

http://onestopcraftchallenge.blogspot.com/ Bold and Bright





Saturday, August 13, 2011

Vintage Lady Birthday


Yes two is better! I like making two variations when trying new things. I used pearlex powders and a stampin up stamp days gone by. for the image. I sealed them and backed them on two different layers of card. I made a turquoise and a burgundy card in 5x7. I added a glitter and a vintage print on each. I placed a strip of matching card to cover the seam and added rhinestones and pearls to each. I stamped my image backing it in the two layers as well and popped images and greeting up with dimentionals. I entered them in the following challemges
http://cardmakinmamas.blogspot.com/ Birthdays
http://www.phindysplacechallenge.blogspot.com/  Vintage Look


A Dotty Birthday Greeting

This 5x7 card was made for the http://craftyourdaysaway.blogspot.com/ and the http://cardmakinmamas.blogspot.com/ Birthdays as well as http://stampinfortheweekend.blogspot.com/ Dots and Spots. I made a green card and added a burgundy topper then a dotted print from a glitter stack. I used a Stampin up image and greeting stamping them on white card. I backed the card with burgundy then green card. I colored the image with copics and added diamond stickles for jewellery and hat decorations for always needed bling. I popped them both up and added card strips behind the greeting. I added some prima flowers with stickle centers. Wish you could see the sparkle!

Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Tasty Flakes Gold and Paper Piecing Times Two


It's hard to make just one!  I did some paper piecing of Tasty Flakes. I used two different prints along with gold cardstock and two different yellow cardstocks. I added stickles to each for the snow and snowflakes, backed them each with some of the printed card and some yellow card. I popped each up on a yellow 5x7 card with a metallic gold backing that I had put strips of different cardstock and gold peeloffs. I added my greetings and popped them up and placed a metal gold star below each greeting. I did these cards for http://phindysplacechallenge.blogspot.com/2011/08/phindys-place-challenge-67-anything.html Anything Goes.

Thursday, August 4, 2011

Orange Sparkle Christmas


I made this 5x7 card for the http://www.amberscraftsandstuff.com/ Sparkle and Shine and the http://craftsandmechallenges.blogspot.com/ Anything Goes and the http://littledarlingschallenges.blogspot.com/ Girly Challenge. I made a red card. I toped it with a cream card that I added orange stickle dots to. I cut a red strip and added a striped ribbon on top. I paper pieced my digi image Tasty Flakes and added stickle sparkle snow flakes. Every girl needs a dog and
I added a red setter. I placed her on some print then some red card. I popped them up with dimentionals. I added my sentiment and popped it too. I found an orange flower and added orange stickles for added sparkle and then added a matching rhinestone.

Sunday, July 31, 2011

Santa This is Where I Live


I made this blue 5x7 card for for the http://craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com/ Christmas in July challenge and the http://joyfulstamper.blogspot.com/2011/07/inspire-me-fridays-17-linky-party.html anything goes. I added a red backing card and a strip of blue then red strips. 
I added some gold peel offs and applied red and blue stickles to the open areas. I found this cute vintage image and backed it in red then popped it up. I used more peel offs for the sentiment and added it to red then blue cardstock.

Sunday, July 24, 2011

Tasty Flakes Red and Green Times Two



Fun with prints and paper piecing! I entered these in the http://www.phindysplacechallenge.blogspot.com/ seeing double challenge. Use two of something on your card (ribbons on mine). I doubled it again by making two cards! I paper pieced each Tasty Flakes and cut them out into ovals and backed them in red. I added stickles for the snowflakes and snow. I used the prints from paper piecing along with a dotted print to make the backgrounds on my 5x7 red cards. I added two red ribbons to one and two green to another to cover the joins. I found two different greetings for each card and then popped up my images with dimentionals

Puppy and Prezzies


I made this card for the http://movingalongwiththetimes.blogspot.com/ Cute and Cuddly challenge. What can be more cute and cuddly than a Christmas puppy!!I made a 5x7 green card and added a holly print with some sparkle as the backing. Added a strip of green and red and added red stickle dots to it. Found a sweet puppy digi print and colored the berries and bow in with more stickles. I backed it in green and popped it up!

Silver and Black With Plaid Christmas Wishes


I made this silver metallic 5x7  card for the http://christmascardchallenges.blogspot.com/ Plaid challenge and the http://fabnfunkychallenges.blogspot.com/ Must have an animal in it. I used a Lets Play digi image from Phindys Place and paper pieced it in a black and white plaid print. I painted the dog and suit with extreme glitter paint. I chose two silver and black sparkle prints from the Glitter Stack. I added a plaid strip with a smaller strip of metallic to lap over the join. I popped up the image that I had added to a metallic backing and did the same to my sentiment.

Girl pulling Sister in Sled


I made this 5x7 red card for the http://abcchristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/ challenge O is for older image. I added a green dotted print backing. A strip of red card and white ribbon came next. I added some squares in red with pink rhinestone centers. I pinched some dots and placed one above each diamond square. I found a sweet vintage print with sisters and a sled. I added glossy accents to the faces for a cameo look. I placed it on a red backing and popped it up with dimentionals.

Saturday, July 23, 2011

A Blue Christmas in July


I made this 5x7 card for the http://polkadoodle.blogspot.com/ Christmas in July challenge. I made a dark blue card and added a glittered snowflake print background. I cut a strip of blue then red card and made some blue stickle dots. Found a cute vintage Christmas image, backed it in blue and popped it up with dimentionals.