I'll be home for Christmas - Carmen Medlin New Release

Happy Friday everyone! Today is the release of two new fantastic SCACD Stamp sets by:

  Carmen Medlin designed exclusively for SCACD 

Reflections Fantasy 
and 
Reflections Yesteryear 
plus

2 "Just Because" stamps- Carolyn's Bonsai and The Topiary

You will have the option to purchase the stamps individually or as complete sets. The sets include bonus accessory stamps and are of course offered at a discounted price. 


I am show casing "Regency" from the Reflection Yesteryear Set! I love her face with the look of wonder and reflection of past memories. As soon as I saw her I knew this was going to be my mother and father's Christmas Card.  My parents live in Arizona and my children live in Florida, Nevada and Pennsylvania.  I so miss the family living in one area and celebrating the holidays together.  When I was working, I flew my family here for five days to celebrate Thanksgiving. It was awesome for about 48 hours!! But when you put 2 great grandparents, five children and their spouses, 6 grandchilren under the age of 4 and two were under the age of 3 months (4  grandchildren were not born yet) and my hubby and I in a single home .... Let's just say on the fifth day I was counting the trips to the airport down! 2 gone 18 more to go!! LMBO! Seriously though I love being around family!

The paper I used I believe is Spiceberry from Memory Box. Several posting below this you will see where my grandchildren thought they would help me out by removing each and every page from my  6 x 6 paper pads. I came to the conclusion I won't ever know what belongs where! I paper pieced the sofa with the same paper I used in the layers. I love the way it turned out!

The background is a Christmas Card Topper made by Flower-soft. I purchased a pack of 6 two years ago and when they arrived I thought "what was I thinking"  they just were not what I was expecting. This was before my Copic days! But it made the perfect background for what I was trying to accomplish today!

The song "Ill be home for Christmas" makes me cry every single time I hear it. I mean every single time!! My daughter, Amy knows it too! While she was in college she drove 10 hours straight, in a snow storm, because she found a musical Christmas snow globe with a house inside of it that plays "I'll be home for Christmas".  She wanted to see me get all emotional over it! No lie, she wanted to see me get all teary eye!!

Copics: Skin: E21, E00, E000, Hair: E59, E55, E53, E50, YR 23. Red: R89, R37, R35, R32. Green: YG97, YG95,YG93. 

I hope you enjoy my card as much as I had fun making it! 

The blog hop! 

You should have arrived here from  Melanie's gorgeous creation and your next stop is at  Lorraine's for another fantastic, beautiful creation!

For our international friends you can purchase these at  Quixotic Paperie.

TIP OF THE DAY is located in the posting below this one!

Challenges: 

• Four Crafty Chicks: paper piecing 
• CCEE Stampers: Two die cuts or punches
• Crimbo Crackers: Christmas
• Digi Doodle Shop: Red and Green
• Just For Fun: Favorite Technique: I love sponging distress ink
  
• Lili of the Valley: Christmas Card for someone special
• Samuel Taylors: Christmas Card
• Shelly's images: Anything goes
• By The Cute and Girly: Girly Christmas
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SCACD BLOG CANDY & TIP OF THE DAY

Happy Thursday!! For the past several days the SCACD Design Team  have been doing sneak peeks on the upcoming:

Carmen Medlin for SCACD

Reflections Fantasy 
and 
Reflections Yesteryear 
plus

2 "Just Because" stamps- Carolyn's Bonsai and The Topiary

  Plus, you know Susana! What is a release without prior blog candy? 

You can read all the information on the store blog here!

TIP OF THE DAY:   I posted this tip about a year ago and thought I would post it again for a new followers I have acquired. Each of you that read my blog,  I want to say thank you  from my heart for joining me in my ventures of crafting! Your all special and lately I have been a bit tardy getting around to commenting on your blog but eventually I do make it there! Life is crazy!

Coloring Lace and paper flowers with Copics.

You can use Colorless blender solution or 91-95% Isopropyl rubbing alcohol, which is a LOT cheaper.

Pour some alcohol into its lid, or very small container. Lay down the copic color you want onto an acrylic block.  You do this by pressing the base of the brush tip of the pen onto the block with gentle pressure.

Take a regular small paintbrush and dip it into the alcohol...the more alcohol on the brush the lighter the color.

If you want a vibrant color, wipe the brush once onto a paper towel.

Next, take the brush and mix it with your color on the acrylic block and brush onto flower, lace etc.

You will see that you use very tiny bit of marker. You can make it as dark or as light as you want by how much alcohol solution you have on the brush.

Here is a white rose and white lace I did with R29 in a super hurry. 

Have a great day and don't forget to visit SCACD store blog to win some candy and see teams sneak peeks for the day and those posted earlier! Please go to their fabulous blogs and leave them some love!!

Merry Christmas - Victoria Case

Happy Sunday Everyone!

It is a special day at SCACD! The store is reopening after a much needed rest for Susana! I want to share with you about the SCACD  design team which  I am very proud to be a part of!!   We are not only a design team together, we are a true  family who care deeply about one another! Today we are honoring our boss, friend and leader, Susana who makes us who we are!! Susana has been such a great friend for several years now and I cherish our friendship sincerely! Welcome home after a much needed rest Susana!! This card is dedicated to you to wish you happy holidays and that you are so busy packing boxes your head spins!! I shopped at SCACD for more than 2 years and the experience, customer care cannot be compared to any other online store. Susana goes that extra mile for you!

Victoria Case is a wonderful friend to Susana and I thought it was only fitting to use her image to create my card today!! It's an oldie but  goodie  Christmas stamp: Santa and Friends from the Winter Wonderland Collection. I love, love this Santa with the reindeer, birds, squirrel and packages surrounding him! Does it not scream Merry Christmas!?! I kept the traditional red and green colors because I am soooo traditional! I step out of my box at times but this is who I am!

•  Copics - Skin: E21, E00, R20. Suit: R29, R27,R24, R89. Deer: E44, E42, E41, E40. Gold: YR24, YR23, Y15. Boots: C9, C7, C5, C3.
• Doodlebug Flock Crushed Velvet 5.5 gm Lily White on his Santa's fur and Squirrel's hats. I love to feel this after it is done. Very easy to apply with a little bit of glue! 
• Highlighted the image with Copic BG000
• Cut out the doe and popped him up using Pop ups
• Skakura Clear Star gel pen on the belt and ribbon to make them sparkle
• Paper: Cosmo Cricket; Mr. Claus - filled with traditional Christmas paper!
• Red Thread and stitch snowflake -  that is what I call it and it is very hard to see~

Welcome Home Susana!!  We love ya!

Challenges: 

• Dream Valley Challenge: Christmas and Stitching
• Let's Ink It Up: Use a stamp and not digi
• Fashonable Stamp Challenge: Days Gone By: Stamp needed
• Here Comes The Boys: Masculine with colors Red, White and Green
• 2 Sisters Challenge: Anything Goes
• Crazy Hazel Nut's Challenge: Christmas and whatever lights your candle - Christmas lights mine!
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Happy Birthday!

Happy Thursday everyone! Popping in from my parents in Arizona and all is good here. My father looks the best he has looked in the past two years and my mom is doing great too!! God gave me this extra time with them before things start developing and I am a happy camper to say the least. This will probably be my shortest post ever!

My card was made for a customers daughters birthday who just had a baby boy!! Phindy's Place is the creator of this adorable digi image!  If you would like any information on anything on my card please email me and I will send you the information when I get home on Sunday!  Thank you!

TIP OF THE DAY: Bow Easy. I have received several emails asking me how I do I make my bows. It is as easy as 1 -2- 3 with a Bow Easy.  You can make 7 different sizes: 3/4", 1", 1 1/4", 1 3/8", 1 3/4", 2 3/8" and 2 3/4"  Here is a video by Suzanne Dean demonstrating how to use it! 

Challenges: 

• Phindy's Place Challenge Blog: Anything goes but must use a Phindy Place image
• The Pixie Cottage Challenge: Blue for baby boy
• Ruby's Rainbow: Something with wings on your creation
• Scrapbook Sisters: Baby, baby
• Whimsy's Stamps Challenge: 1 ribbon, 2 DP, 3 Embellishments 
• Anything Goes Challenge: Stitching faux or real
• Digital Tuesday Challenge: Anything goes but must use a digi

Football

Happy Wednesday everyone!!    I left Maryland on Sunday after our snow storm on Saturday to visit my parents in Arizona!! It was 91 degrees here today  and tonight it is 65 as I sit in their living room with the windows open!! Needless to say I am one happy camper. However, Let me tell ya about my trip here!!  My parents live in Yuma and even though they have an international airport only USAirways  fly to it from the east.  I already had a voucher for Southwest Airlines and decided to fly into Phoenix and take a shuttle to Yuma since they didn't fly into Yuma.. WRONG thing to do!!  I had to sit between two very large woman who were competing with one another for the strongest, most horrible smelling perfume and the loudest high pitched voice. Let me tell ya!! This trip was for 3 hours and 45 minutes and each minute seemed liked an eternity!!

My father was diagnosed with Colon cancer several weeks ago and has the beginning of Alzheimer's disease. He is 88 and as hard as it is,  I have to support his decision not to have any surgery, chemo or radiation. He has severe COPD and would not do well. My mother has the beginning of dementia and it is very hard living 2000 miles away from them.  This trip, I had no clue what I would have to face when I arrived. Well, it's all good!! My father has lost a lot of weight but has no pain! He is in good spirits and still tinkering around the house. My mother is doing good and this is turning out to be a great visit!!I didn't know if I would be able to go home and I am flying home on the 12. . I will come back in another month and keep doing this until I need to come and stay. My hubby, daughter and family are coming in on Saturday and so all is good!!! I know what's coming, but God has given me a little bit more time to be with my dad and I am very, very thankful!! Well, anyway that is why I go in and out of MIA with my postings. Thank you for hanging in here with me!! I am so thankful!

My card today was made for one of my card customers grandson!!  My background paper is digital and I forgot to bring all the information with me. I printed it out once on white card stock and the second one is the same images only  I used Photo Shop to colored some yellow sections before printing. I used Soot Distress Ink on all of the edges with a sponge. I am not sure who's digi I used and if  you would like to know about it or the paper please email me and when I get home I will send you the information.

 

Skin: E24, E13, E11, E01. Black: C7, C5, C3, C2. Gold: YR24, YR23 and Y11. Blue: B21, B00, B000 The sentiment was made in Word and used Nestability Scallop Ovals to cut it out. The footballs are from Jolene.  

TIP OF THE DAY: Did you know you can make pearl dots, icicles and much more with your glue gun? These are video's by Jo Ham, who is on The Outlawz Design team! I bought the the pointed gun and started making my own for they are so easy to do. I did purchase Bazzill Splat Matt: which is one slick, non-stick work surface! This reusable mat withstands up to 500 degrees. Nothing sticks - glue, glitter, paint, ink, wax, soap, or starch; it all peels off once dry. Resists the hot temperature of a soldering iron, wood burning tools and hot wax or glue.Awesome pad for they glue dots come off of it so easily!!

Don't forget to check out SCACD for all your crafting needs! The new Victoria Case images are totally awesome! You can the city skyline on my posting below! I used it  for a Steeler Super Bowl invite but it could be used for Christmas, Halloween or any holiday! Check it out!


Challenges:

• Color Me Creative Copic Challenge Group: Male cards 
• Die Cuttin Divas: Die Cuts and football theme

Victoria Case Release Day at SCACD!

Hello Happy Crafters! So sorry I have been MIA for the past week and will explain in the next few days why. Today, I want to focus on this exciting release of not one but two fabulous releases:  "Street View" and  "Classic Retro Crew" collections designed by Victoria Case exclusively for SCACD Stamps!

This is a blog hop and you should have arrived here from Lori's Blog.

I am showcasing two images, one from each collection so make sure you scroll all the way down!!

Oh I had  tons of fun playing with "City Skyline!" I did everything from embossing it with white embossing powder on black paper and coloring with Twinkle H20 and placing a moon behind it with bats and could not get a good photo of it:( It kept looking blotchy and it was far from being blotchy! I also started another really cute card and will finish it at a later date! Then the light bulb really went off!! This idea brought a super big smile to my face!! Esp. since a good friend and I are friendly rivals when it comes to football!! She is on the DT so I am pretty confident she will see it!! Go Steelers!!

hehehehe!! 

 Now, I just hope I don't eat my words!!! KWIM?

The City Skyline,  one of four different images from the Street View Collection and can be used in so many different ways!   Colored with Copics: gold colors are the only ones I remember YR24, YR23 and Y15 and Y11 my favorite gold combination! The blue sky was done with a sponge and "Summer Sky"  Memento/Tsukineko Ink. Paper: stash. Sentiment: Computer generated.

My second card I used "Order Up Table 5"  from the Classic Retro Crew Collection! Another fun image to play with!

The Classic Retro Crew Collection has four different female images and one super nice bonus image if you buy the entire set!  

Both set can be purchased at SCACD and for our international friends and the UK you can purchase them at Quixotic Paperie! 

Copics: Skin: E11, E00, E000. Hair and skirt: C9  C7, C5, C3. Blouse and shake: RV02, RV00, RV000. Paper:stash. Ribbon: Olfry. Flower: Pink one is: Gillian/Rasberry - I love these flowers! You can't see all the sparkle in the photo:(

SCACD has all of your crafting needs including Memory Box Dies, 6 x 6 paper pads, gorgeous embossing folders and lots, lots more!  You really need to check the store out!

Next on the blog hop is my fabulous and talented DT sistah: Diane and I know you won't want to miss her blog with her awesome and spectacular creations! 


Challenges: 

• Airfactory: anything goes
• Chrisma Cardz: Anything goes
• Crafty Purple Frog Challenge: Sparkle
• Make It Monday: Anything Goes
• Simon Says Stamp: Anything Goes
• Card Makin Mama's: Die cuts - cards only
• Inspire Me Fridays: Anything Goes
• Our Craft Lounge: Going Pink
• Raise The Bar: Sewing
• Sew Many Cards: Use two background papers
• Wags'n Whiskers: Black with pearls or ribbon

Are you ready for another Sneak Peek!

Sorry I have been MIA and will have a card posted tomorrow!

Today starts a week of fun at SCACD!! We have a new release by the talented Victoria Case for SCACD coming on Friday, October 28th so mark your calendars!!

Starting today there will be a sneak peek on the store blog, Follow Your Heart, each day along with blog candy!! So be sure to check it out!!!

There are 2 fabulous new collections from Victoria Case for SCACD being released~ Street Views-which has 4 stamps and a 1 free image and sentiment  only when you buy the set and Classic Retro Crew-which also has 4 stamps and 1 free image and sentiment only when you buy the set! Both are amazing and I know you’ll love them!

We are sharing sneak peeks of the Street View’s but you know you’ll want to hop along with us on Friday to see the one Street View not shown during sneak peeks and also to see the Classic Retro Crew!
Today  Danni is showing the super fun Fairy Hollow Street View! So be sure to hop over to her blog today to see it!

Princess by Sylvia Zet!

Happy Thursday! It' been raining steadily here for the past two days and sure wish the sun would come back like it was over the weekend.  We finally made it to the Apple Festival on Saturday and couldn't ask for better weather. It was a super fun day and delicious apple treats including my apple pizza!!

I have to tell you this story which happened a few weeks ago but it will be with me for a LONG time!  My spare bedroom is my craft room too!  Abbie, 6 and Andrew 4 are spending the night and I thought they were all  tucked in!! I was walking by the room and noticed the light shining from  underneath the door and opened it to see what was up. Over 50 + 6 x 6 paper  pads are strewn all over the bed and each and every single page is torn out. When I saw the covers with no paper in them...I went numb. Abbie looks up with her beautiful innocent eyes and says "Look grandma, we help you and pulled them all out for you!! Andrew pipes up with "yea, and we didn't tear any of them. Abbie told me to be real careful!!" - "aren't you proud of us?"

 I told them I was speechless. If I would have opened my mouth and said anything ...it wouldn't have been nice!!! I very quietly pushed all the papers  together into several piles, kissed them goodnight AGAIN and was gently  closing the door when I heard Abbie say "Andrew, I don't think grandma was  happy we did that!" and out of the mouth of a four year old, Andrew replied "ya think?" LMBO!  I had to laugh even though I could strangle them!!

Today my birthday card was made using the Princess image by Sylvia Zet for SCACD Stamps! She is so adorable riding her hobby horse! Did you have one when you were a child? I did and loved riding it! I would watch the TV westerns like Wagon Wheel, Gun Smoke  (nothing like giving my age away!) Lone Ranger and Roy Rogers are only naming a few. When the cowboys would take off on their horses I was right behind them on my horsie! 

Supplies:

• Paper: Basic Grey: Olivia. 
• Scroll dies: Marianne Design Creatables. I love these! 
• Flowers: Prima and see the pink one in the middle. The camera does not pick up how pretty this is! It's called Fleurs De Prima and this color is Gillian Raspberry. The are fabric flowers with two shades of paper and dusted with glitter! Very pretty!
• Corners: Shapabilites
• Copics: Hair: E57, E55, E31, E51, Skin: E11, E00, E000. Green Coat: YG97, YG95, YG93, YG91. Dress: R29, R27, R24, R21. Sadle: E 55, E53, E51. Horse: E43, E42, E41, E40. Wood: E59, E57, E35. Reins on horse: YR24, YR23, Y15. Mane: E57, E55, E31, E51.
• Flower Soft: Heather for her headband. 
• I used the zig zag stitch on my sewing machine for the border in white thread. Hard to see!

Hope you like her!!

TIP OF THE DAY:  Any glitter pen such as American Craft, Sakura/Gelly Roll or Copic Atyou Spica Pens should be stored horizontally. I have ruin several pens by storing them vertically (straight up and down). When they are vertically... the glitter will clump together and form balls. No matter how much you shake them you will not be able to separate the glitter and as they enter the tip of the pen they clog the opening. 

Susana at SCACD has a 25% off on all Halloween 6 x 6 paper pads and so much more!  The sweetest new holiday Chipboard from Make It Crafty has landed at SCACD!

Challenges:

• Little Miss Muffet: Girly
• Crafty Creations: 3 Pattern papers, 2 embellishments and one image. 
• Creative Belli: Flower Soft or Glitter
• Anything Goes: Die cuts

Festive Welcome Peeker

*The Outlawz 1000 Member Party post  is below this posting*

Hello happy crafters! I don't know what the weather is like where you live but here in Maryland was a GORGEOUS day! Lots of sunshine, slight breeze and 68 degrees! .My g/f, Tammy lives in Idaho and they had snow this week!!!  I couldn't believe it and she sent us a picture! No, thank you!! I only want to see that white stuff on Christmas Eve and not a day before! One of our local stores has Christmas decorations already and we didn't even celebrate Halloween yet. I feel that takes the whole spirit out of the season. It was fun to look forward to Thanksgiving because the day after all the stores would have their decorations out and it was the beginning of the holiday season. I just don't get it.

Speaking of the season! I made my second Christmas Card this week using a cute stamp "Festive Welcome Peeker." from the Holiday Peekers over at SCACD!  I had a lot of fun playing with her with her big bow and gorgeous hat!

My leaves are laser cut chipboard by Make it Crafty. I colored them with Pearlized Smooch then applied Diamond Glaze and sprinkled them with red glitter. They are really bright and shining! Doodlebug crushed Lily White Flock was added to the bottom of her dress. I added glittery shine to her shoes with Stickles X-mas Red Stickles...I love this color for a vibrant red! I also put it on the reef in various places!

Copics: Skin: E11, E00, E000. Hair: E59, E31, E13. Blue: B29, B28, B24, B21. Red: R29, R27. R24. R22. Greens: Sorry I didn't keep tract.
Ribbon: Olfry
Pearls: Kaisercraft

Don't forget The Outlawz 1000 Member Party with over $800.00 in prizes. Lots of fun with Scavenger Hunts, Bingo, Name That Tune, 7 challenges and much more! Tons of fun! All my products on my card are sold by SCACD and Susana generously gave a $100.00 Gift certificate for the party! And, she isn't the only one! Look at my blinkie on the top right hand side! Yep! Oozak.com also gave a $100.00 Gift Certificate!
AND on my posting below this...if you leave a comment and are a member of The Outlawz you could win a $20.00 Gift Certificate for 7 Kids College Fund!!! Come on and play!

Challenges:

Bah Humbug: Christmas
Crafty Ann's Challenges: Inspired by a Christmas Song:
Frosted Designs: Use four things from their list: I used Chipboard, rub-on (Christmas sentiment), inks and ribbon.
Prairie Fairy Friday: Girly
Floweret: Chirstmas
Joyful Stamper: Anything goes

Welcome to The Outlawz first blog hop!

In case you do not know about the party... The Outlawz is celebrating reaching 1000 members with games, puzzles, scavenger hunts and over $800.00 in prizes!!  It's a party you do not want to miss!

We have quite a line-up for you filled with great tutorials! The DT has been busy working hard to present to you techniques and awesome inspirations! Be sure to comment on all of the blogs along the way to be eligible for 9 yes 9 prizes! Each blog is giving away a prize and one random grand prize will be drawn at The Outlawz for those of you who have commented on every blog and entered your name into Inlinkz  here. 

This blog is sponsor this week by:

7 Kids College Fund

$20.00 Gift Certificate

All winners  will be announce at The Outlawz on October 12.

My tutorial is melting a digital colored image onto a candle. 

My digital image is from Fred She Said Designs

Easy Peasy

Supplies needed: Tissue paper, wax paper, digital or stamped image. Copics or other coloring medium, heat gun, card stock and glue stick. You only need glue stick and card stock if you are using a digital image.

Glue corners of tissue paper onto card stock to print the digital image onto.  You do not want any excess paper hanging over the card stock or it will get stuck and ripped in the printer. 

This is what your digital image looks like on the paper after printing.

Color your image with your favorite medium. I used Copics. You are unable to blend like you do on regular paper, however, you still get great highlights and shadowing. Place something under the tissue paper while coloring for your ink goes right through to the other side.

This is how much ink leaked through to the other side of the paper.

 Cut your image out as close to the image as possible. It's okay to leave some of the surrounding tissue.

You want to went the tissue paper slightly! I wet the tip of my finger and slightly moisten the corners to help the tissue to adhere to the candle. You do not want any of the image to become wet for the ink will bleed.

Wrap your wax paper around the candle making a handle in the back to hold onto tightly. This will keep a tight seal around the image. Make sure there are no wrinkles or air pockets. You can also secure it with rubber bands.

Use a heat gun to heat the wax paper. What will happen is the heat gun will melt the wax coating on the wax paper and this is what seals your image onto the candle.  You want to keep moving the heat gun so you do not melt the candle.  Don't put the heat gun as close as I have it in the picture or it will melt for sure! Heat until you see everything turn shinny. This will take several minutes to do.

 

The total cost $1.50 for the candle for I had everything else.  You can burn these candles and they make gorgeous gifts for all occasions.

Don't forget to leave a comment to be eligible for the drawing!

You must be a member of The Outlawz to win!

You receive an additional chance if you follow.

Good luck everyone!

You want to hop over to my sis-tah   Maureen's to see another great tutorial!  If you stumbled onto my blog without going through The Outlawz ....I am the first one on  the list so keep on hopping!

Good luck and thank you for stopping by!!!

Holiday Peekers are here!

Happy Friday my friends!! Can you smell fall in the air! Where I live is in the rural part of Northwest Maryland, not to far from the PA, WV and VA state lines! I have tree's and hills and pretty soon lots of colors! Fall is my favorite season! I love cooler mornings and evenings but still warm enough to go without a coat on. If you don't like near the eastern mountains I highly suggest you take a trip to visit  mid  October for the colors are just spectacular! You can see some of the trees starting to change their colors now. This weekend kicks off the Apple Festival at South Mountain Fairgrounds in Arendtsville, PA. OMGosh, have you ever had Apple Pizza? Five years ago when I saw the sign for  "Apple Pizza" my nose did one of those turn ups with an ewwwww.  My curiosity got the best of me and I had to check it out! It is to die for!  Now we go to the festival each and every year just so I can have some! It is a flaky  type dough spread out on a pizza pan and topped with apples, sugar, nutmeg and cinnamon. Baked until the apples are cooked, but still a little crisp and topped with your choice of either caramel, chocolate, drizzle icing and much more!   If I could send each of you a piece,  I surely would for everyone should be able to taste this awesome, mouth watering,  yummy pizza!

Today SCACD design team is show casing the "Holiday Peekers 2011!" created by Elisabeth Bell exclusively for SCACD.  These cuties are so sweet! I was the lucky one chosen to spotlight "Where On The Tree"  Let me tell ya there is a lot you can do with this sweetie.  When I saw her I wanted a big Christmas tree behind her. I tried making a few and they just didn't cut it! Then I remember I had Christmas Tree Topper's from Flower-Soft which I had to cut down quite a bit but it was exactly what I wanted! Nestabilites circle was used to cut the round Christmas ball out with and I used Versamarker watermark Pen to color the cap of the ball and heat embossed it with gold embossing power,  I replaced the sting on the image with gold string that came with a fruit basket I received. Packages were added the bottom of the photo to give a more realistic look!

Supplies:

• Basic Grey Nordic Holiday paper
• Copics: Face E11, E00, E000, Hair: E50, E39, E37,  R59, R37, R35, R32 E21, Shirt: E59. R37. R35. R32., Pants; G28, G24, G21. 
• Stickles; To her bow

TIP OF THE DAY.  Cleaning Copics. My friend Suzanne Dean showed me a really cool way to clean the tips of my copics. When your pen starts  squeaking across the page and you just filled it. Or your paper starts getting tacky and if you feel the brush it feels tacky. This means probably your brush needs clean. Before I used to take my nibs and soak them in alcohol.  You don't have to do that anymore!! Use an alcohol pad to clean it.  You can purchase them  in any drug store, walmart, CVS, etc. You have all seen these 2 x 2 alcohol pads if you ever receive a shot or had blood drawn, They are used to clean your skin. Simply take your tip while it is still in the marker, lay it onto the alcohol pad and squeeze it with your fingers and thumb. I do it until I see the white of the tip. That's it! It will act like it's brand new.

The Holiday Peeker 2011 Collection are now available at  Susana’s Custom Art & Card Design OR for those of you in the UK/Europe: Quixotic Paperie!

You can see lots more inspirations with these cuties by visiting the SCACD store blog to see my sis-tahs awesome and gorgeous creations.

Last but not least:  Read my post below for an awesome party you do not want to miss with over $800.00 in prizes being given away at The Outlawz! 

A big hug to all of my friends for stopping by!!

Winter Wonder by Sylvia Zet

Happy Tuesday everyone! How was your weekend? Did you do anything fun or just for you?  Saturday morning we delivered the favors I made for the baby shower (pictures of them are in my previous posting) and let me tell ya! The lady I made them for made me feel like I turned saw dust into gold! She raved on and on about how much she loved them and it was a good feeling to say the least!  I love to craft and make money and it is awesome when you can combine the two!!

My card today is showcasing "Winter Wonder!" Yep, another cutie pie from the "Adventures of Loli" collection created by Sylvia Zet for SCACD Stamps! I really love this image and think she is so cute walking hand and hand with her teddy!

Over all I love the card, but her hair is a little bland and I am still learning to do the pleats. The pleats did look much better before I tried to add the swirl pattern into the dress with my white pen! We live and learn in crafting!

Copics: E11, E00, E000.  Hair and teddy bear: E50, E51, E53, E55. Dress, B16, B14, B12, B000, R85, R83, R81. Sparky Fluff on her cap and coat. Diamond glaze added to the candle and her shoes. Stickles added to the snow flakes and flower. My snowflakes are foam found in the children's dept at Michael's topped with Prima snowflakes



  The Outlawz Challenges is having a huge party celebrating 1000 Members!!  Oh let me tell you!! You do not want to miss this party!!! Our sponsors have been more than generous with us!! Two of the prizes are $100.00 gift certificates....YES, you read that right!! TWO $100.00 gift certificates to your favorite stores!! Plus, lots, lots more! Right now we are having a pre-party challenge going on ...do you like paper? Do you like ribbon? Then follow me over to The Outlawz Challenges and you can win these...you don't even have to do a creation to win these prizes!! Come on let's go!!!
 

 Challenges:

• Critter Sketch Challenge: Anything goes
• CupCake Craft Challenge: Teddy bear in the image 
•  Make It Monday: Anything goes

Thank you my friends for stopping by. Your the reason I'm here!

Poppy Sylvia Zet

Hello happy crafters!  Read to the bottom for important information!! I am so sorry I have been MIA. Life is sometimes very busy and you know how it can be. We made a trip to Pittsburgh to see the STEELERS win! I made 120 favors which made two cakes for a baby shower. I will post photo's below. Went on a road trip with Suzanne Dean to Delaware for her wonderful copic classes. I met anaRy (creator of Gilli), Melanie and Ann who are on my Outlawz Design Team  and had a blast!! I can't even remember everything I did! Plus, our next door neighbors are having their kitchen remodel so I have been having them to dinner. I'm tired!

My card today was made using Poppy! Poppy is one of the images from the Loli and Poppy Collection  which Sylvia Zet created exclusively for SCACD and I love them! They are adorable, whimsy, cute and fun to color! I am really happy the way she turned out!! I love fall colors!

Paper: I believe it is Victoria Gardens by Echo Park
Copics: skin: E11, E00, E000, RV11. Hair: E17, E15, E11. Mushroom. E17, E15, E11, E43, E35, YR04. Outfit: BG45, BG02, BG000. Yellow: Y18, Y11.
Scroll: Maryann Design Dies
Flowers: Petaloo
Butterfly: Stash
Nestability Lacey Circle
Martha Stewart deep doily punch
Shapabilities tags

SCACD has new embossing folders and Kraftin’ Kimmie stamps in stock—so check them out! Lots and lots of 6 x 6 paper pads with some yummy Halloween and Christmas!

This is what I have been waiting to tell you!!!  The Outlawz Challenges is having a huge party celebrating 1000 Members!!  Oh let me tell you!! You do not want to miss this party!!! Our sponsors have been more than generous with us!! Two of the prizes are $100.00 gift certificates....YES, you read that right!! TWO $100.00 gift certificates to your favorite stores!! Plus, lots, lots more! Right now we are having a pre-party challenge going on ...do you like paper? Do you like ribbon? Then follow me over to The Outlawz Challenges and you can win these...you don't even have to do a creation to win these prizes!! Come on let's go!!!
 

These are the pictures of the favor cakes I made!!

Challenges:

• The Outlawz Copic/Promarker Challenge: Anything goes 
• Four Crafty Chicks: Autumn Fall
• Art Impressions: Girls 
• Crafty Purple Frog Challenge: Autumn Fall
• Crafty Ribbon Challenge: Anything goes
• Hanna and Friends: Anything goes
• Little Miss Muffet: anything with wings!
• Southern Girls Challenge: Anything goes
• Stampin' B's Designs: Two or more Nestibilities 

Thank you so very much for stopping by! See you at The Outlawz!

Hope Sylvia Zet's Release day for SCACD

It's finally here and happening right now! Sylvia Zet images created exclusively for SCACD Stamps are released and available now! Wait until you see all eight, yes eight! Each one is cuter then the next and so versatile!  All holidays from Christmas to birthday creations could be made using these stamps. A complete year available in 8 adorable images! 

Susana wants to make sure everyone can enjoy Sylvia's  adorable images and has made them available in discounted sets!  Buying the complete sets in good quality red rubber is the way to go! It's like getting one image free! They can be purchases at SCACD and for our international friends and the UK you can purchase them at Quixotic Paperie!

To celebrate the SCACD and  Quixotic Paperie design team with some fabulous guests have created an awesome, inspirational  blog hop for you to enjoy! Come see the adventures of Loli, Shellie, Poppy and the rest of their friends!

I have the honor of introducing to you "Hope!"  Look at this sweet, hopeful angel holding her puppy!  My card was created for my sweet cousin, Barb.   Our family has seen better days and I want her to know, she is my angel and we will always have prayer and hope together!

Copics: Hair:25, E31, E50, YR 20. Skin: E21, E00, E000, RV10. Wings: YR02,YR00, YR000. Hope chest: YR24, YR23, Y15, Y11, YR 02. YG23. 
Ribbon: Olfry
Paper: Jillibean, Dutch Mustard Soup

  
You should have hopped here from special guest:  Mary Giemza.

Next hop will be to another  fabulous quest: Zoe McGrath. 
If your just joining and would like to start at the beginning of the hop - that would be at my talented DT sister: Elaine Huges.

The complete list of all the inspirational blogs can be found at SCACD blog "Hearts and Hugz" 

Don't forget to check out all of SCACD's wonderful products,

for all of your crafting needs! 

The best selection of paper pads anywhere!

Happy Hopping and thank you for stopping!!! Enjoy the rest of the hop! Hugz, Colleen

 

Good Luck Penn State!

Happy Wednesday everyone! Yea! It's hump day!  Row, Row, Row your boat! Let me tell ya, we have been getting constant heavy rain for 3 days now. Pretty soon we will be rowing down the streets. Sure wish we could ship it to Texas and other states that are in a major drought with wild fires. Gosh, can't the weather just even out for a bit and give everyone some relief?

All the schools went back in session including the colleges this week! Sad for it means the end of summer, but it is also the beginning of football season!! Yeah Steelers and Penn State!  Can you tell I'm a PA girl? At my husbands work they have interns for the summer.  One is a young man returning back to Penn State College and is a player on the great Nittany Lions Soccer Team! They ordered a "good luck" card for him.  Oh yea, I would be happy to make him one!  I love Penn State!!

My card was created using  Elizabeth O'Dulemba's , "Back To School"  image.  Are you familiar with her work? Elizabeth is an award winning author/illustrator who creates awesome images and even better yet...she sharess them for free. Each Tuesday she releases a new creation and you can see all of them here.

Copics: Apple R37, R35, R32. Green: G28, G24, G21. E37, E35, E31 (I think) Y35, Y28, Y15, Y11.
Penn State emblem: I copy and pasted one from the internet and printed it out on Gina K 180 lb card stock.
Paper: SEI, I'm An Athlete

TIP OF THE DAY: Making flower soft or fluffy snow.  Take two Styrofoam balls and rub them together. You will create a friction and will create tiny little flakes and perfect just like it is for snow.  By placing the shavings into a plastic bag or placing them on a dish, add a few drops of re-inkers, food coloring and mix thoroughly till you have your desire color. Let dry to air. Flower soft or other fluff can be up to $7.00 per jar. A bag of Styrofoam balls $1.00, which will make you as much as you want! Easy peasy and they look almost identical!

Don't forget...

Friday, September 9th is RELEASE DAY

for the Sylvia Zet Collection for SCACD!  We hope you will join us in welcoming these cuties to the SCACD Stamp Family!!! Please, check  SCACD Store blog HERE on Friday, September 9th for an awesome blog hop with  VERY special and extremely talented designer sisters and guest!

Would you like to win? 

A $50 gift certificate to Oozak

A $25 gift certificate to SCACD

A Gilli Goodie bag from Anary

 A special Paper Temptress package put

together for The Outlawz

All you need to do is enter one challenge over at The Outlawz!! That's it...so easy! 

Challenges entered 

 Divas by design: Back to school

Dude Time Doodle   Man card

Sweet Cheeks Peeker! SCACD

Happy Wednesday everyone!  I hope where ever you live you had a beautiful, gorgeous day like we did here in Maryland! It was in the mid 80's, lots of sunshine and gorgeous clouds!! One of my favorite things to do is look at the clouds and make animals, creatures, angels or whatever comes to mind. At one time, every time I looked up I saw my dog, Sparky, who was my best friend for 15 years. The strange part is when I got Rags those clouds disappeared. LOL and I have looked and looked for them and never see them anymore. It's like once he knew I had another best friend, he didn't need to watch over me anymore. I know  your all thinking I am nutzy...well, at least it's a good nutz!

Say "Hello!" to Sweet Cheeks, just one of the adorable images from the Peekers # 2 collection,
created by Elisabeth Bell exclusively for SCACD Stamp Company. Doesn't she just melt your heart!?!!

Copics: Skin: E21, E00, E000. Hair: E25, E31, E50. Bathing Suit: R39, R37, R35, R32.
Paper: Stash
Flowers: Prima
Nestability Big Scallop Oval and sponged Memento Ink:  Summer Sky around the inside edges.
Magic Mesh
Sentiment: Stash

If you love adorable - you will love all of the Peekers!

All of the stamps at SCACD are over the top! Not only are the totally adorable but are made with good quality rubber. The images, stamp with distinct clear lines the first time, every time!!

SYLVIA ZET FOR SCACD BLOG CANDY! Sylvia designed 8 super darling stamps exclusively for SCACD and Susana split them into two sets, Poppy and Loli! And that's now all!! She is giving one set of each away!! How can you win a set? All's you have to do is answer one question!! ONE! And, they could possible in your hands next week!

Talking about cuteness! Did you see who else is designing for SCACD now with a HUGE release on Friday, September 9? Honestly, you have to check these images out by Sylvia Zet!! Sylvia designed 8 super darling stamps exclusively for SCACD and Susana split them into two sets, Poppy and Loli! And that's not all!! She is giving one set of each away! How can you win a set? All you have to do is answer one question!! ONE on the SCACD store blog, Follow Your Heart and they could possible be mailed to YOU the day of the release. You can only have until 10 EST on September 1 to answer the question! RUN!!!!

Check out SCACD store for all kinds of new products.  These are two to die for embossing folders by Craft Concept!

TIP OF THE DAY:  Did you hear about the new Scor Pal No More Shims Embossing Folder?  Check out this video for everything you can do with it!! Mine came in the mail yesterday and can't wait to try all of this myself! You can emboss a lace, material, bottle caps that you have in your house! MONICA: This reminds me so much of you and your crafty creations with household items!!

Challenges entered:

• Crafty Creations Challenge: Die cuts
• Little Darlings Challenge: Ruffles or Pleats
• The Paper Shelter: Anything Goes
• Ruby's Rainbow: Buttons or brads
• The SisterHood of Crafting: Flowers