ICS-CROSS-STITCHED CHRISTMAS

This month on Inspire, Create, Share Blog Hop we are starting our       Holiday crafting with a 3-D item! Lots of fun ideas for the holidays!!!   We are a week early this month as many of us will be traveling to Orlando next week for our OnStage event!!! So much fun ahead!!!

So let me start by saying 3-D items are a real challenge for me! If you follow this blog, you know I'm a real CAS (Clean & Simple) kinda gal! My cards are very linear & simple. I do not usually work with 3-D items! In fact I rarely make them!  I love to look at them & see the great ideas others have, but I'm not great at coming up with something new! But the holidays are all about bling & fun, so I decided to give it a try! My creation is rather CAS, but I think its cute! What dya think?

Here it is:

So I thought what's more 3-D for the holidays than Christmas ornaments? Most people have a tree, so we need the ornaments to hang from them! These came out cute, but they are very simple!!!

My fave stamp set from the Holiday Catalog is the Cross-Stitched Christmas set! I love the multi-step stamping, & I think it's a pretty, crisp stamp set!

These 3 little ornaments sparkle! I used my amazing Stamparatus to stamp the base layer in a color, the second layer with Versamark &                     White Embossing Powder, and the 3rd layer with Versamark &

 Silver Embossing Powder!  I chose these colors because I feel they are "cool" colors-for winter!!!

I am not one for fussy cutting, but I thought the Stitched Oval Framelit made the ornament look like it was in a hoop.   Which is where you would work the cross-stitch! I backed them all with a nice Silver Glimmer Paper.  Just thought they needed some "bling" on the backside!

I fortunately had matching colors in the twine-Night of Navy Medium Bakers Twine, & 2 colors from Nature's Twine!  Add a bit of Glitter Enamel Dots & Basic Jewels Rhinestone bling & it's kinda sweet!!!

So nothing fancy but easy to make & fun to hang on your tree! Great to do with your kids!!!!

Now hop over to Terri's blog & see what she came up with!!! Just click on her name or the icon below & you'll get there! Then keep going!! Follow through this great hop of ideas to get you into the Holiday spirit & ready for crafting!!!

Happy Stampin'!

COLORING DOWN THE LINES BLOG HOP

Hello there!!! Welcome to February!!! Lots of fun here on our 

Coloring Down the Lines Blog Hop 

this month!!!  We start off with Projects! 

So before me in the hop is Helen!!! Following me is Lizzy!!! Make sure to keep hopping & visit our other hop-mates! Such cool ideas here!!!

Here's my project:

And Robbie's direction sheet:

So this was a tough one for me. I'm really a card girl! I'm not so much into the cutesie little bags & boxes & such. I mean they're awesome & fun to get & look at. But I'm just not one to send or give them! So I had to dig into my stash of ideas for this week!!

This is a treat that was around a few years ago. I forget what its called, but I call it the Flippin' Tag Card!!! lol  I figured I'd whip it up as a Valentine's treat for my club girls to make this week! It's a fun project without being too elaborate! Ya just pull up that tag & viola! A special tag treat awaits!

This one uses a lot of my Valentines Day goodies! The stamp set used is 

Sealed with Love. There's some Silver Glimmer Paper in there too. Other supplies used are the Sweetheart Punch, Sending Love Ribbon Combo Pack, Happy Heart TEIF, and Silver Embossing Powder.  

Hope this inspired you! If you'd like to learn how to make one of these cards, let me know! I'd love to do a class for a few of your friends!!! Plus, it's still Sale-a-Bration time so you could earn some amazing free stuff!!!!!

Happy Stampin' 

ICS BLOG HOP-HERE'S TO CHEERS/CHEERFUL TAGS!

Yeah it's time for our monthly 

Inspire, Create and Share 

blog hop! This month our theme is "I am Dreaming of a White Christmas", and we're showcasing ideas using white on white! We hope you enjoy this beautiful hop and will become inspired to give the white on white look a try!

Here's my creation:

Close Up!!!

Laid out flat! So pretty!

So I decided not to go with a card this time!!! This is for a special gift for a special friend who is hosting a wonderful Christmas party next week! I thought it would be a perfect way to "pretty up" the bottle of wine I will be bringing as a Hostess gift!!!

This is an amazing bundle that I know I will be using long after it retires!!! It makes a simple little bottle of something look so special!!! Plus, they are sturdy enough so she can pass it on if she likes! I have no problem with re-gifting! 

I love the look of white on white, especially for the Christmas holidays! But I thought for a "pop" the silver would be appropriately festive!!!

Items used in this little tag are Here's to Cheers stamp set, Cheerful Tags Thinlets, 

1 3/4" Circle Punch, Whisper White Organza Ribbon, Silver 1/8" Ribbon, 

Silver Glimmer Paper, Silver Embossing Powder, VersaMark ink pad.

Now please hop on over to Candy Ford's blog & enjoy her beautiful white creation! You can get there by clicking her name here or the icon below!!!

And since this is our last hop of the year, a very Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, 

Happy New Years, or a splendid Holiday if you celebrate something different! 

Here's to an amazing 2017 for us all!!!

Happy Stampin'!

COLORING DOWN THE LINES!

Helloooooooo there!! It's our last Halloween 

Coloring Down the Lines 

blog hop of 2016!!! Where did the month go?! 

You may have arrived here from Helen's blog! Enjoy here then hop on to Lizzy's blog!!! They're hauntingly fun this week!!

Here's my card:

Here's the inspiration photo:

for some reason I can't get it to download to my computer! But it's a cute ghost that says "Create a Halloween Project"  Boo hoo!!!

This week I decided to have some fun! I've been dying to use my new      Paisley Framelits! Hint: you'll see a lot of them next month! Wow are they awesome!!! But I just thought they had the best ghost shape!

So I pulled out the Silver Glimmer Card stock & cut a few out! Aren't they cute?? I just simply cut them out!!! I used my small circle punches to make the eyes & mouths!!!

Heat embossed the sentiment with my Layered Letters Alphabet stamps. Backed them all on Basic Black then on a piece of Pink Flamingo DSP! So boo to you!! lol  Now I know the pic looks like I got White Embossing Powder everywhere on the card, but no. I used the Aqua Painter & splattered a bit of Whisper White Ink refill to give a bit of attention to the background. It looks good in real life! Trust me! lol

So I hope you and yours have a fun & safe Halloween next Monday!!! We will be "thanking" you for joining us next week!

Happy Haunting ( I mean Stampin'!!!)

ICS BLOG HOP-FABULOUS FRAMELITS

Welcome to the August 2016 edition of the 

Inspire, Create, Share Blog Hop!

We are glad you are joining us!  This month we are featuring some of the amazing Framelits that we have available in our catalogs for you!  It works perfectly with my Framelit Week!  So keep hopping around & get some great ideas!!

Here's my Framelit card:

This was such a fun little card to make! Very easy actually! I used the popular Swirly Scribbles Thinlets here with the coordinating stamp set Swirly Bird!  I wasn't sure about this one when I first saw it in the catalog, but I've had so much fun with it!

The DSP behind the swirly ocean waves is the  

By the Shore Designer Series Paper! I have used that for so many different occasions! I love it here!

The Silver Glimmer Paper add just the right touch of bling for my card! You know how I love my bling! I think they are supposed to be flowers, but together they make cute clouds! And watch out for that "red hot sun"! lol

The sentiment is made using the Labeler Alphabet! What a great versatile set that is!!!  And since it's photopolymer it's easy to line up for whatever words you feel like making!  I figure this card can be used for pretty much any occasion!  

It's all finished off with a twist of the Linen Thread!  Such a great "ribbon" accessory! I use it way more than anybody should! lol I thought it worked well with these nautical colors!

So I wish I could sail away on that little sailboat!!! But you can sail on over to the Stamping Tammi blog!!! You can get there by clicking Tammi's name or the icon below! I know there will be a great creation there and many more if you continue on until "land ho"-you're back here!!

And check out my Monday & Friday posts for more Framelit posts for my Framelit Week! Eat your heart out sharks!!! lol

Happy Stampin'!