You're so cool!

I found this cute stamp from Bugaboo and thought it would be fun to color them like cardinals for a winter theme. I ran the mat through the cuttlebug (an art deco embossing folder) and layered the stamp on top with some twine from My Craft spot as a frame. The sentiment stamp is from Robin's Creative Cottage Snowman's Prayer set. I Hope you like it!

I am entering this card in the Bugaboo Catch the Bug challenge: Anything goes challenge. :)

We're all just a little bit flakey...

Hello my crafty friends! I have had a busy crafting weekend, so you might be seeing a lot of posts from me this weekend! We finally got some snow here in Utah, so I thought this snowman card was very fitting. I love this card. This digi stamp from Dilly Beans is absolutely adorable! I also just got some of the new Bo Bunny Snowfall collection papers, and I thought it would be fun to combine them!

The stamp is colored with copics. I added a border punched from my American Crafts border punch and a stamp sentiment from Robin's Creative Cottage Snowman's Prayer set. I thought it fit this motley little snow group really well! I heat embossed the sentiment, and popped it and the digi stamp up on foam dots for more dimension. All the patterned paper and stickers are from Bo Bunny and the kraft paper is from Bazzill.

I am entering my card in the following challenges:

Dilly Beans Challenge blog - Winter Wonderland
The Kraft Journal - Anything goes
My Mum's Craft Shop - something new (Bo Bunny patterned paper!)
Whimsical Designs - On the Edge (borders)
Scraptastic Club - 1 main color, 2 accent colors (Tan with Dark blue and brown)

Cooking with Cricut Challenge # 67: Something New

Hi and welcome to the first Cooking with Cricut challenge of 2012. In honor of the NEW Year, our challenge this week is to incorporate something 'new' into your project- a new technique, or new supplies or tools from goodies you might have found under the Christmas Tree. I got a Cuttlebug for Christmas and was so excited to add some embossing texture to a project! I also received some new copics (a newfound passion of mine- I'm self taught, just trying to learn all the techniques)! I used my copics to color this cute Digi from Paper Crafting World (Bear Holding Hot Chocolate). Here is my card:

I used the Cuttlebug Snowflakes embossing folder, and then sanded a bit to reveal the white core of the cardstock. The patterned paper is from Echo Park Winter Park Collection. The stamp is colored with copics and I added some puff paint from my snow marker for the 'cream' and some stickles on the snowflake. Here is a closer look:

The stamp sentiment is from Robin's Creative Cottage and I used a border punch from American Crafts. I hope you enjoyed my project today, and I am so excited to see all the 'new' goodies you all are using!!

I am also entering my card in the Fantabulous Cricut challenge for this week- Hot Cocoa!!  

Robin's Creative Cottage Challenge: Let it Snow

Hi y'all and welcome to another challenge over at Robin's Creative Cottage! This week our theme is: Let It Snow. This week I chose to use Robin's Snowman's Prayer set as there are a lot of fun snow/winter themed sentiments that are perfect for this type of project. For this challenge I decided to do a more vintage style snowman card. Here is what I came up with:

The kraft paper is from Bazzill and the patterned paper is Bo Bunny's Gabrielle collection. I used Joys of the Season to cut the snowflakes and snowman and then inked everything with Bazill ink. I did not cut the layers on the snowman as I planned to ink/draw them in.
I added some of Robin's cute snowflake stamps that are included in the set to the inside of the card to add some interest:

I also added some stickles to parts of the snowflake to sparkle them up a bit. So that's my project for this week, I hope you enjoy it and I can't wait to see all of your snow-y projects! :)

Penguin Christmas Tag

This was one of those projects where it should have been quick and easy, but everything I tried to do on it seemed to just not work out. I think I managed to salvage it for the most part, lol, and after spending so much time figured I had better post it.

(Just pretend you don't notice any mistakes, lol) The patterned paper is from SEI. I cut the tag from Plantin Schoolbook (I think- I had it leftover from a previous project) and the penguin and snowflakes are from Christmas Cheer. One thing I did try on this one that I really liked was my new 'snow maker' paint pen.  SO much fun! But you have to be careful, the paint can come out pretty fast at times, and then you have an overabundance of snow. ;) Here is a close-up of my penguin's snowy hat:

I added it to my sentiment, from Robin's Creative Cottage Snowman's Prayer collection. All you have to do is add some heat and it puffs right up and gives that really fun 'snow-y' texture. Definitely going to be using this some more!

Hope you enjoyed my project, I am also entering it in the following challenges:

Bitten by the Bug2- Christmas Tag
Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog- add ribbon
The Paper Variety- Anything goes
Whimsical Designs- Tag
Frosted Designs- Ribbon

Thanks for coming by, hope you're all having a magical holiday season :)

Robin's Creative Cottage Stamp Release Celebration Blog Hop!

Welcome to The Hunny Pot for Robin's first "Stamp Release Celebration" blog hop!

Each Design Team member will be featuring an original project that includes one of the two new stamps sets available today for purchase on Robin's blog.

If you've come from visiting Gwen at This and That by Gwen you're in the right place! If you've just happened across my blog and would like to play along for our "Stamp Release Celebration", start HERE.

Remember to check out each DT member's blog for some awesome inspiration along with an amazing giveaway. Each blog will have one of Robin's stamp sets as a giveaway for one lucky winner. Then hurry back to Robin's Creative Cottage for the link up party where you can share your blog with all our viewers.

For my project I decided to do a layout. I enjoy making cards and other types of crafts, but layouts have always been my favorite. I kept it simple so the title from Robin's Snowman's Prayer set would really stand out:

I love the quality of these stamps. My layout was inspired by a sketch from Creative Scrappers.  All the paper is from S.E.I. The flourishes were cut from Cindy Loo at 4" and 3". The bottom title frame was cut from Paper Lace. I cut the snowflakes from patterned paper and popped them up on glue dots and added some glitter brads. This photo was actually one of my engagement pictures, but I have always loved it and thought it fit so well in the 'snow' theme. :) I hope you enjoy my project today!

Today I have one of Robin's new 'Snowman's Prayer' stamp sets to GIVE AWAY to one of my lucky followers! In order to be eligible, all you need to do is become a follower of my blog and leave a comment on this post! I will announce the winner on Tuesday November 22nd. Here is a photo of the cute stamp set you could win:

Next stop...Karen's blog, Crafted with love by Karen. Go see what she has in store for you today... And when you're done, make sure to head back to Robin's Creative Cottage for the link up party.

Thanks for hopping with us today!! :)

Robin's Creative Cottage Stamp Release Party!

Oh my gosh, what a week! Thanks y'all for your patience while I recuperated! Well, I promised some fun things coming up this week, so without further adieu... :)
This week we are celebrating the release of the new stamps from Robin's Creative Cottage. Let me tell you, these stamps are AWESOME. Very high quality, clean stamp image, and SO cute!! I am so excited to finally be able to show you the stamps, and the projects I've created with them! Also, don't forget to join us on Friday for the Stamp Release Celebration Blog Hop! Lots of great inspiration, AND every design team member has a full set of stamps to GIVE AWAY! You don't want to miss it!
For today I am working with the Snowman's Prayer stamp set.  I made this fun snowflake card.

The card size is 4x6 and all the paper was from S.E.I.'s Silver Valley collection. The snowflake 'brads' are actually eyelets from Eyelet Outlet.  The title was stamped with Color Box ink and popped up on glue dots to stand out a bit more.  Here is a close up of the CUTE stamp!

The snowflakes were cut from Joys of the Season at 2 1/2". I inked the edges for definition with Tim Holtz ink, and then stamped the mini snowflake stamp from the collection. Here is some detail:

I really hope you liked my card, and want to head over to Robin's Creative Cottage to see all the amazing projects from our super talented design team. And make sure to come back on Thursday when I will be showcasing the Gingerbread Holiday set, and don't forget the Blog Hop on Friday, with a chance to win a set of these great stamps!!