If you didn't already know, October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month so the challenge on the StampInsanity blog is Think Pink! For my DT card I used this fabulous image and sentiment from the Katie set from SI. You can purchase the set HERE. We've had some amazing entries for the challenges so we hope you'll join us! It doesn't have to be a card for someone with cancer, it just has to have pink on it. How easy is that?!

I colored my image with Copics and added a healthy amount of Martha Stewart glitter to the ribbon. The DP and the pink CS are both from Papertrey Ink. The organza ribbon is from Joanne's (thanks Mom!) and the pin I won in a contest. I finished it off by adding Diamond Glaze to her sunglasses.

For this term the DT has been split into two wards and we alternate challenges. I'm on team 2 so please check out all the other beautiful creations from the designers on team 2. You can find their links on my sidebar.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

The Craft Garden

Paper Cutz

Totally Gorjuss

Sweet Stampin'

Little Paper Shop

iCopic

Tuesday Throwdown

Southern Girls

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Caroling

This card features one of my all-time favorite Christmas stamps. It is from Motivet and I just love everything about it.

I colored the image with Copics. I found the sheet music for "Deck the Halls" online and I printed it out and shrunk it down so that it would fit on the card. I inked the edges and crinkled it up before affixing it to my base. I'm not sure who makes the DP but I thought it was perfect because it has the names of Christmas songs on it. The roses are from Wild Orchid Crafts and I colored them with Copics too.

I cut out their hands holding the music and popped them up on foam dots.

And here's the inside of the card. Again, I used a sentiment that is the name of a song just to carry the theme all the way through.

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New Release at StampInsanity!

First of all I'm super psyched to say that I made the DT at StampInsanity - whoot! Second of all it's Thursday again which means it's time for a new challenge over at StampInsanity! The challenge this week is to trick it or treat it (kind of like naughty or nice). Make a card or other project that involves a favorite technique or a Halloween theme. So get crafty and link your project HERE. AND third of all, we're showing off NEW IMAGES that are available in the StampInsanity store HERE. The new release is called Devil Dolls:

Aren't they all yummy?! I got to play with Hilda for the challenge this week and this is what I came up with:
I really don't think these images are limited to Halloween but I decided to use a Halloween theme on my card. After seeing the picture of the card, however, I was disappointed. Don't you hate it when the picture of your card doesn't really look like the card does in real life? The inside of her cape and her hair is actually a pretty purple color but in the photo it looks more blue. And I spent a lot of time shading her and it doesn't really show up in the picture either. Grrr! Oh well, it is what it is I guess. I had a really fun time coloring her though!

I kept the design pretty simple because I really wanted Hilda to shine because she's so groovy! I colored her with Copics and you can't tell from the picture but I put purple gems on her arm bands for some added bling. The ribbon I won from Fantastic Ribbons and I tied the bow using the Bow Easy that I got HERE.

To see more of the images from the new release check out the other members of the DT listed on my sidebar. We've been broken into two teams but for this new release we're all creating projects this week.

This month is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and in honor of that StampInsanity has a digi set available HERE. You can read about the set HERE. All proceeds are donated to help with breast cancer research.

I'm entering this in the following challenges:

One Stitch at a Time
The Crafty Pad
I Did It
Pollycraft
Lexi's Creations
Copic Creations

Copic colors:
Skin: E11, E00, E000, R11
Pants, bra, gloves, eyes: YR18, YR16, YR12
Cape, boots, bat wings: C9, C7, C5
Inside of cape and hair: BV04, BV02, BV00

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Metal Mania - SISC29

Today was to be my last project as a Guest Gurl for StampInsanity but I'm happy to say that I'm staying on as a full-fledged Groovy Gurl for the next four months! Yay! I just love their images and can't wait to work with more of them.

This week the challenge is to use metal on your project. I thought about using a charm but then found these cute stocking brads that have been in my stash for too long. It's difficult to tell in the photo but all the white trim on her outfit was covered in Liquid Applique and it adds a nice dimension to the card. I colored with my Copics and the DP and ribbon are all from blog candy that I just won.

So get your metal on and be sure to come join all the Groovy Gurls for this challenge! You can find the challenge HERE. And if you want to purchase any (or all!) of the images (and why wouldn't you?) go HERE.

Copics used:
Outfit: R27, R24, R22
Belt, shoes, hair: C9, C7, C5
Bag: E35, E53
Shading on stockings and under feet: C2

SISC28 - Show 'em Who's Emboss!

We're having a really fun challenge over on the StampInsanity blog this week - embossing! It can be wet or dry embossing. I don't wet emboss much anymore so I had fun digging into my embossing powder for this card. I also had a little fun with some eyelets and ribbon. I thought it would work well to lace up some ribbon on the card to reflect the lacing on her bodice. I had fun doing it and I hope you like it.

I printed the StampInsanity image (that you can buy HERE) on cream paper but wanted to tone down the brightness even further so I used my blending tool to sponge on some back ink around the image. The black paper was dry embossed and then wet embossed using Kaleidoscope embossing powder. I believe the DP is Bo Bunny but I'm not positive. I used silver eyelets and black ribbon from Michael's. The image is colored with Copics.

Get out your embossing folders and powders and join us this week!

Copic colors:
Black hair and heart - C9, C7, C5
Turquoise hair and clothes - BG13, BG11, BG09
Skin - E11, E00, E000, R20

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SISC27 - One Layer Wonder

Happy Thursday! Today I have another challenge from the StampInsanity blog to share with you. This week we had to limit ourselves to only one layer. I admit this was difficult for me because I like to have layers, but I don't think it turned out too bad. You can buy this image, as well as all their other spectacular images HERE.

I colored the image with Copics and used my dark gray Copic to also color the white pearls I had so they would match the ribbon. You can't really tell in this picture but I covered her boots and eyes with Diamond Glaze to give them a shine and look more realistic. I cut my oval with Nestibilities and went around the edge with my black Stickles. The ribbon is from Michael's.

Copic colors:
Hair: E35, YR23, Y23
Skin: E11, E00, E000, R20
Bustier, boots, gloves: C9, C7, C5
Skirt: R85, R83, R81
Eyes: B93

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SISC26 - It Happens in Threes

After I made this card I realized I should have used three different patterned paper but it's all glued down so I'll just have to live with it! We're having fun again over at the StampInsanity blog and this time we have a sketch challenge along with instructions to use things in threes. On my card I have three glittered Skittles, three stripes of DP, and TONS of distressing! Come join us and play along this week!

Uh oh, I just noticed that I forgot to color his eyes! Well, they will be blue so just imagine that :-).

All the DP is from MME La Paperie collection, the glittered skittles are from Pezadoodle.com, and the cardstock is Bazzill. I colored the image with Copics.

Be sure to visit the rest of the DT to see their fabulous creations!

Erica, Juanita, Jennifer, Margie, Suzi, Sugar, Jacquie, and Alison.

ATTENTION!! Do you want to be a Groovy Gurl and be a member of the design team for StampInsanity? It's a great group to work with and the owner, Beth, is the sweetest! For all the deets click HERE!

Copic colors:

Pants and shirt - B97, B95, B93

Jacket - G99, G94, G82

Hair - E35, YR23, Y23

Stamp Insanity Birthday!

I'm very proud to a guest designer for Stamp Insanity Stamps this month. It also happens to be the 1st birthday for Stamp Insanity! This is a new image created especially to celebrate the birthday and I think it's great! Also to celebrate there is a SALE going on. From September 2nd through September 8th at midnight, everything is a whopping 50% off!! You just use code BDAY2010 to get your discount - you don't want to miss this sale. Head over to the SI store HERE to do some shopping.

I colored the image with Copics. The DP is MME La Paperie and the cardstock is Bazzill and I coated the edges with black Stickles. Pink rhinestones are from KaiserCraft and I made the flower with blossom Nestabilities and a pearl brad from Hobby House. The top of her dress got a coating of Martha Stewart tourmaline glitter.

What's a birthday without cake, right?!

I made this "cake" using three graduated boxes and trim I cut using a Stampin' Up! border punch. The sentiment is a new one created for the birthday celebration. The image on top is the same as the one on my card, I just sized it way down so it would fit on the top of the cake (wasn't much fun to color that small!). The trim is Papertrey Ink's Sweet Blush and the boxes were created using the Back to Basics template.

Here's a close-up of the cake topper.

Stamp Insanity Stamps offers a lot of really cool digital and rubber stamps unlike anything else that's out there. Be sure to check out the other great images they have right HERE. Join in the challenge at the Stamp Insanity blog right HERE. Now it's time to check out the DT projects:

Erica, Juanita, Jennifer, Margie, Suzi, Jacquie, Sugar, and Alison.

Copic colors used:

Dress, gloves, shoes, hair ribbon, choker - R85, R83, R81

Skin - E11, E00, E000, R20

Hair - Y23, YR23

Cake - Y21

Eyes - B93

Aqua Snowman

I created this card using a digi stamp from Prairie Fairy Designs which can be found HERE. I'm entering it in their Fairy Fun Fridays challenge this week which calls for pearls and lace. Can you spot my pearls? I colored them with my Copic to match his hat and put them on him for buttons! You can find the challenge HERE. They're also having a blog hop this week and you can find the beginning of the hop HERE. Phew! That's a lot of links.

The DP is digi paper from Etsy and can be found HERE. The pearls are KaiserCraft and I used polar white Flower Soft for the pom pon on his hat. The snow under him received a coating of Sparkly Fluff. I colored everthing with my Copics, of course. The snowflake is a Martha Stewart punch and the lace is from my stash. It has flowers in the lace but I thought they looked like snowflakes, too.

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Blog Candy!

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