Christmas Candle

I created this Christmas candle using Snowy Hug from Magnolia Stamps.  The snowflakes that I added are punched out of white cardstock. I added crystal stickles and a light blue rhinestone heart.

I'm entering this candle into the following challenges:

Totally Paper Crafts: Glitter It

Just Magnolia: Merry Christmas

Sweet Stampin: Anything Goes

One Stop Craft: No Sentiments

Meljens: Christmas

Digi Doodles Shops Best: Anything Goes

Hanna & Friends: Glitter

The Playdate Cafe: Kraft/Taupe, Flesh & Cadet Blue

Simon Says Stamp: Anything Goes

Paper Playtime: Anything Goes

One Stitch At A Time: Christmas

Pollycraft Monday: Anything Goes

Totally Gorjuss: I remember

A Gem Of A Challenge: Cold & Frosty

SUPPLIES USED

IMAGE: Magnolia Snowy Hug Rubber Stamp

EMBELLISHMENTS: Blue Rhinestone Hearts, Crystal Stickles, Blue Ribbon

TOOLS: Martha Stewart Snowflake Punch

OTHER: White Tissue Paper, White Candle, Crayola Colored Pencils, Prisma Colored Pencils

Happy Halloween!!!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

I'm a couple days late posting my DT card for this week's challenge at 2 Sisters.  Our challenge for you this week is to create a card using the color combination of Orange, Lime Green, Purple, Black & White.  This week we are being sponsored by Stacy's new store The Crafting Boutique.  She is still in the process of adding items but please head on over and take a peak. The three images that were used by the DT are up for sale and are just $1 each!! 

I used the image clown on my card. Isn't this image cute!!!

I'm entering my card into the following challenges:

Penny's Paper Crafty: Halloween

Inky Impressions: Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp: Anything Goes

The Paper Shelter: Anything Goes

Delightful Challenges: Purple, Orange, Green & Black

Digi Doodle Shops Best: Anything Goes

Paper Play: Halloween / Witches

Charisma Cardz: Anything Goes

Digi Design: Halloween

Stampin  For The Weekend: Spooky

Stampavie & More: Halloween

Top Tip Tuesday: Trick Or Treat

Crafty Catz: Halloween

Saturday Challenge: Spooky or Whimsical

Sweet Stampin: Anything Goes

One Stop Craft: No Sentiments

Paper Playtime: Anything Goes Past or Present

Pollycraft Mondays: Anything Goes

Stamp With Fun: Buttons

SUPPLIES USED:

IMAGE: The Crafting Boutique Clown Digital Stamp
PAPER: The Paper Company Black Card Stock, White Card Stock, Orange Dot Patterned Paper, Lime Green Card Stock, Coredinations Purple Card Stock
EMBELLISHMENTS:  Green Flower Buttons, Black Ribbon
OTHER: Crayola Colored Pencis, Prisma Colored Pencils

Halloween Candle

I created this candle to use as decoration at a harvest party we will be having tomorrow night at our church. This is my first try at decorating a candle.  I found this great tutorial on how to decorate a candle at Whiff of Joy.  You can see that tutorial by going here.   The image I used, Pippi, is from CC Designs.  I stamped the image onto a piece of white tissue paper.  I colored the image using crayola and prisma colored pencils.  After coloring and cutting around the image I added it to the candle. I have a couple tips to help add the image to your candle. In the tutorial it says to use a heat gun.  My first tip is if you do not own a heat gun you can use a hair dryer in it's place. That is what I have done here.  Just be careful that you don't melt the candle too much.  My second tip is that you can hold the image in place with a piece of wax paper.  Just firmly hold the wax paper around the candle with the image in place underneath.  Make sure the waxy side of the paper is down and then add heat. 

After I added the image to the candle I finished it by decorating it with three orange rhinestones and some orange baker's twine.  I also added some crystal stickles to the wings.

I am entering this candle into the following challenges:

Penny's Paper Crafty: Halloween

Inky Impressions: Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp: Anything Goes

The Paper Shelter: Anything Goes

Digi Doodles Shops Best: Anything Goes

Paper Play: Halloween / Witches

Charisma Cardz: Anything Goes

Hanna & Friends: Glitter

Crafty Sentiments: No Designer Paper

Stampavie & More: Halloween

Stamping Scrapping Challenge Central: Halloween

Really Reasonable Ribbon Ramblings: Fun For Fall

Scrappy Frogs: Something That Flies

Gingerloft: Halloween / Fall

Whoopsi Daisy: Fairy Magic

Top Tip Tuesday: Trick or Treat  (with tip)

Cupcake Inspiration: Photo Inspiration

Kaboodle Doodles: Halloween / Fall

Polly Craft Monday: Spooky Goings On

There She Goes Clear Stamps: Halloween / Autumn

ABC Challenge:B is for Boo

Corrosive Challenge: Flying Things

With Love

With Christmas just around the corner. . . . 62 Days!!!..... I decided it was time to get a move on my Christmas cards.  I created this 5"x5" square card using Snowy Hug from Magnolia Stamps.   The sketch I used is from A Gem Of A Challenge. 

The embossing across the middle is done using a cuttlebug embossing folder (snowflakes) and is for the challenges at Charisma Cardz and One Stitch At A Time.  I added a little brown sugar baker's twine across the middle of the embossed strip. For the double or nothing challenge at Beary Sweet Challenges I used 2 colors (brown and blue), 2 small snowflakes, 2 large snowflakes, 2 words (with love), 2 brown pearls, 2 blue pearls and 2 characters in the image.  The challenge at ABC Christmas is to use your unused stash.  My unused stash is the cuttlebug embossing folder.  I've had it for a while but this is my first time using it. I punched snowflakes out of white card stock for the getting punchy challenge at Magnolia Down Under. I added crystal stickles to the snowflakes and the snowman for the sparkly challenge at Christmas Stampin All Year Long. 

I am also entering this card into the following challenges:

Totally Paper Crafts: Layer Upon Layer

Aud Sentiments: Winter

Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge: Wrap Up Warm

SUPPLIES USED:

IMAGE: Magnolia Snowy Hug Rubber Stamp

SENTIMENT: Daisy & Dandelion Santas Little Helpers Rubber Stamp Set

PAPER: Coreintions Celestial Card Stock, The Paper Company Brown Card Stock, White Card Stock, My Minds Eye Wild Asparagus Paper Pad ~ brown & Blue Stripes

EMBELLISHMENTS: Brown Pearls, Crystal Stickles, Blue Pearls, Brown Sugar Bakers Twine

TOOLS:  Cuttlebug Embossing Folder ~ Snowflakes, Martha Stewart Snowflake Punch, Martha Stewart Snowflake Corner Punch

OTHER: Crayola Colored Pencils, Prisma Colored Pencils

Dress Em Up

I created this Christmas card using this adorable Sassy Cheryl's image called dress em up.  This week's challenge at Sassy Cheryls is to use the provided sketch and the color pink.  

I am also entering this card into the following challenges:

Aud Sentiment: Winter

One Stop Craft: No Designer Paper

Wee Memories: Free For All

SUPPLIES USED:

IMAGE: Sassy Cheryls Dress Em Up Digital Stamp

SENTIMENT: Daisy & Dandelion Santa's Little Helper Stamp Set

PAPER: White Card Stock, Coredinations Nutmeg Card Stock, The Paper Company Pink Card Stock

EMBELLISHMENTS: Pink Pearls, Brown Pearls, Crystal Stickles

TOOLS: Martha Stewart Snowflake Punch, Martha Stewart Snowflake Corner Punch

OTHER: Crayola Colored Pencils, Prisma Colored Pencils

GDT Call @ Digi Bells DT

The Digi Bells Design Team is looking for their next guest design team.  The challenge this time around is to create a card/project using the provided sketch and any Elisabeth Bell image.  I love Elisabeth Bell's images so when I heard about this GDT call I just had to try out.  So here's the sketch . . . .

And here's the card I created using Lil Princess Tutu from Elisabeth's digi line . . . .

To create my card I started with a black 5" x 5" square card base. I cut a piece of lily pond card stock just a little smaller and distressed the edges with a black ink pad.  I cut a strip of black card stock and punched both sides using a lace heart border punch. Then added it going down the side of the card. I cut three 1" x 2" strips of purple card stock.  On the end of each I punched the middle using a corner rounder.  I inked the edges using a black ink pad and added a black heart to each one. (The black hearts are left from using the border punch.)  To each heart I added black glitter.  I then embossed a piece of white card stock using a cuttlebug embossing folder (dots).  I inked the edges and added ink across all the embossing using the black inkpad.  I then back it in black card stock and added it to the center of the card.  I colored the image using crayola and prisma colored pencils. I backed the image in black card stock and added black glitter to the vest, tutu and boots.  I added the image to the card center. Here's a closer view of the image. . . . .

 I stamped the birthday sentiment on white card stock, inked around the edges and then backed it in black card stock.  I then added it to the upper corner of the image.  I punched a black heart using a scalloped heart punch and added black glitter.  I then backed it in purple, cut around it and added it to the bottom corner of the card. I finished it off by added a purple paper daisy with black pearl to the center of the glittered heart and two purple rhinestone hearts to the upper corner.


I am also entering this card into the following challenges:

Birthday Sundaes: Purple, Green, Black & White

Pixie Dust Studio: Happy Birthday

Crafty Catz: Happy Birthday

Fussy & Fancy: 3 B's (Black, Border Punch, Bling)

Paper Play: Use Black

Digi Doodles Shops Best: Green & Purple

Creatalicious: Distressed Edges

Fab N Funky: Distressed or Torn

Paper Sundaes: Sundae Bar (Distressing, Blak, Sparkle, Flowers)  {used all 4}

SUPPLIES USED:

IMAGE: Elisabeth Bells Lil Princess Tutu Digital Stamp
SENTIMENT: Inkadinkado Expressions & Frames Rubber Stamp
PAPER: White Card Stock, The Paper Company Black Card Stock, Bazzill Basics Lily Pond Card Stock, DCWV Purple Card Stock
EMBELLISHMENTS: Queen & Co Black Pearls, Doodlebug Black Glitter, Nicole Crafts Purple Rhinestone Hearts, Purple Paper Daisy
TOOLS: Martha Stewart Lace Heart Border Punch, Fiskars Scalloped Heart Punch, EK Success Corner Punch, Cuttlebug Embossing Folder  ~ Dots
OTHER: Crayola Colored Pencils, Prisma Colored Pencils, Whispers Black Ink Pad