MERRY CHRISTMAS - FROM WHAT IF WEDNESDAY AT REPEAT IMPRESSIONS

Merry Christmas, blog friends! 

Wendy and the Rock Stars from Repeat Impressions are here with a What If? Wednesday challenge for you.  You have two weeks to enter the challenge with a card using Wendy's sketch.  Get all the details at The House That Stamps Built then come along and have some fun with us. 

Stamps used:  RI#2112-D "Sleigh Ride Silhouette and RI#424-G "Wishing You A Season".  
See more inspiration from the Rock Stars

Brenda - Deonna - Geri - Joy - Joyce - Karen - Melissa

Have a Merry Christmas everyone, and thanks so much for stopping by. 

DESIGNER'S CHOICE CHALLENGE AT REPEAT IMPRESSIONS

Hi there blog friends,  

I hope you holiday plans are coming together for you and that you are happy and surrounded by friends and/or family.  

Over at The House That Stamps Built, our Rock Star team mate Brenda Turner has a challenge for all of us....it's called "LAST MINUTE CHRISTMAS CARD".  I don't know about you, but I can certainly relate to that one.  I'm still making cards and sending them out.  Every year I seem to get later and later....I'm grateful for the TWELVE days of Christmas, I need every one of them.  

Here is my last minute Christmas card.  

I love that lone pine tree image Large Pine Tree #2719-K and used an tree embossing folder to create a background for it.  The sentiment is RI #424-G"  Wishing you a Season. This was a quick and easy Christmas card and that's exactly what needs to happen in my life right now.  

Come on over and play along with Brenda and the rest of the Rock Stars.  We'd love you to join the challenge.  Get all the details at The House.  You could WIN a $25.00 certificate for some awesome RI stamps of your choice.  

See what the other Rock Stars have been doing with this challenge.  

Brenda - Deonna - Geri - Joy - Joyce - Karen - Melissa

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all of you!

STAMPTV CSS INSPIRATION BLOG HOP

Hi blog friends,

Welcome to the December StampTV Center Stage Spotlight design team inspiration blog hop.  If you hopped here from my friend and the blog of the extremely talented Brenda Turner, you're in the right place.  If not, you may want to start at the beginning of the hop and see each and every outstanding creation using the inspiration.  

This inspiration came from our own Linda Payne and is a profusion of color and light.

I made two cards using Linda's photo - Christmas music playing in the background and enjoying the creative moments.  

The stunning winter snow scene inspired this card.  The light in my card comes from the brilliant winter moon shinning over these adorable deer.  This stamp set "The North Woods" is a gift from it's illustrator, Theresa Momber .  (Thank you so much, Thresa), I love this set and will enjoy creating with it for a long time.)  

The colors in the photo inspired this card.  The sets I used are "Lean on Me" and "Tropical Blooms".  The tiny pearl dots are from Viva Pearl Pen "gold".  

We hope you'll take this challenge and play along with us, and don't forget to leave a comment on each blog as you go along because we will choose a random comment and that stamper will win a grab bag of Gina K. Designs products! Look for the announcement on Tuesday, December 24."

Now, for the hard part.....this is our last StampTV Center Stage Spotlight blog hop and we are saying good bye to this group.  I've been a member of the CSS since December 2009.

I want to thank each and every one of you who have stopped by and left your sweet comments over the last 4 years.  It is from the heart when I say, your visits and those comments have inspired me in countless ways.  I hope you'll continue to stop by and say hello.  

What an honor to have been part of this group of super talented ladies.  We've become close friends and that's an incredible blessing.  My sincerest thanks go to Gina K for seeing "something" in my cards that she gave me the honor of being part of this group as well as the bonus of making these dear friends.  And to Carolina Butching (you ROCK) for keeping this group on track for all these blog hops.  

Now, you're off to the blog of my dear friend, the super talented mother of Brenda and Theresa Momber, Geri Utterback and see her awesome creations.  

Merry Christmas, everyone!  

WHAT IF? WEDNESDAY AT REPEAT IMPRESSIONS

Hi blog friends!!!

Christmas is getting closer and the days are filling up with exciting moments and events. 

It's What If? Wednesday at Repeat Impressions again and guess what?????  Wendy has a new and fun sketch for us to play with.  I hope you'll find some time from all the hustle and bustle to come on over to The House That Stamps Built and play along with us.  We'll be waiting to see what you create.  Link on over and get the details on how to WIN $25.00 worth of awesome RI stamps (of your choice). 

Here's this week's sketch

 

Here's my card

 

 

My inspiration for this card came on Sunday, December 7  the 72nd anniversary of Pearl Harbor.  My father was a Pearl Harbor survivor.  He was in the Army Air Corp (later becoming the Air Force) and was one of those who were assigned the morbid task of "collecting the dead" from the ocean after the attack.  He was barely 20 years old.  That's mostly all I know....all he shared about that day.  For whatever reason, those hours stayed within him for over 50 years until his death in 1994.  I have no one in mind for this card, its one of those that came from "within" and before I knew it, it was done.  

 

Stamps I used for this card are RI #2704-H and RI #5140-C. 

 

Thank you so much for stopping by. 

 

 

 

 

 

CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE AT OUTLAWZ

Hello blog friends!!!

The holidays are fast approaching and my goal this year is to be ready!  Last year I was pitifully behind in everything and it disappointed me - although I have to admit...the sky didn't fall and life went on....go figure.  That said, I'm sticking with my goal this year.  :)

There's a new posting at Outlawz Sunday CAS challenge - It's Cara's turn and she is challenging us to incorporate a poinsettia in our cards.  Here's her complete challenge:

December is a time of celebration. It is the one time of year that many people are able to set aside obligation and reunite with love ones and friends! It is also a time when Poinsettias (my favorite flower) are out in abundance! It derives its name from Joel Roberts Poinsett, the first United States Minister to Mexico, who introduced the plant into the United States in 1825.

 

The Theme for this week is poinsettias ... can be a stamp, sticker or die cut and any color is acceptable - just keep it CAS! 

 

 

My card uses an assortment of punches, dies and paper scraps.  The poinsettia is a stamp from a local stamp store that is now closed.  They had an incredible artist who would design gorgeous rubber stamps and this poinsettia is one of hers.  I stamped it with VersaMark on vellum, then heat embossed it with gold ep then fussy cut it.  On the reverse, I "painted" the deep red color with two Copic Markers. 

If any of you are interested in being a guest designer for Outlawz, CAS challenge group, please leave me a message here, with a link to your blog or online gallery, and I will forward it to our group leader.  We are actively looking for someone to feature their CAS cards with us for coming year. 

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a GREAT week!!!!