Happy Birthday Chickie

Chickie a.k.a. Ann and I have been friends since Kindergarten, that would be 49 years. Chickie had a birthday like she does every year, but instead of a card I made her this tag. She has her tag displayed where she can catch a glimpse each day and laugh. And we wonder........ Is the Hokey Pokey what IT is really all about?

TSC33: Anything Goes

I have been in  the beautiful state of Wyoming working for three weeks. Wyoming has many beautiful colors in the mountains and valleys, a lot of inspiration. 
I am featuring a card for  The Stampsmith Challenge 33: Anything Goes.   I chose a stamp from the sheet "Shall We Dance" found in the movies section. If you need help getting there e-mail Estelle and she will gladly guide you.

 I stamped the image on glossy cardstock with black archival ink then added color with distress inks. I made the flowers with  punches and the rose with a spellbinders die. The rose is made from the same dp as the matting dp. I added ribbon that I colored and  die cut leaves and flourishes.  This card will put a smile on anyones face.   Thank you for taking your time to visit.

Close To My Heart Throwdown

I have been a miss for a few months, shame on me. I have been paper crafting. I participated in a Close To My Heart Challenge to create a two page layout, a three D project and cards. I was given the beautiful Florentine Workshop On The Go. The Work Shop On the Go comes with a paper pack, ribbon and a beautiful stamp set. All I had to add was a thought. Hmmmm look what I came up with.

  Here is a close up of the flowers. I used Twlight and Creme Brulee reinkers to color the mulberry flowers. I also used the reinker mixed with the acrylic paint to highlight the flowers.

I made charms. I used the Close To My Heart  cricut cartridge Art Philosphy hearts in two sizes, stamped, glued and liquid glass.

 Here is a tag using the cricut cartridge, stamp set, reinkers and water

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Here is an accordian card with lots of spaces and places to tuck things, again the Art Philosphy cartridge was used.

Here are a few  gift cards  to look at.

                                               This is what I did with my scraps

 On this card I used the acrylic paint tinted with Twilight reinker , embossed with embossing folder, sanded then died with  Creme Brulee and Cocoa

Here are my 3 D projects

                                                                          Candles

 
                                                                         Basket

 
                                                                           Pin

                                                         
                                                                     Tea Light Candle

I hope that I have inspired you. Please take a look at  the beautiful products Close To My Heart has to offer.   If you need help or have questions about  Close To My Heart  contact Michelle Nist 

she would be more than happy to help you.  For more inspiring and creative ideas visit  the        Creative Moose your spot in the woods for Close To My Heart Mooslings.

An Evening in Paris

 TSC25: Shimmer, Sparkle & Shine  is the challenge at  The Stampsmith Challenge  right now.  I chose to create an evening  in Paris. Perhaps you  were there and experienced the fireworks above the Eiffel Tower.  The tower is so glimmery when it is illuminated in the evening.

Here are two  angles of the card. I used the Paris Art Rubber stamps from The Stampsmith. The rubber stamps can be found at   The Stampsmith on-line store here. 

I colored the sky with distress ink, outlined the lights on the tower with a white gel pen,  embossed a few fireworks and added colored prills and mica to the fireworks.  I used  the following Spellbinders Dies - 2011 Snowflake Pendant, Ovals, Rectangles and Fleur de Lis Rectangles. The background paper started out as a piece of white copy paper which I copied the lyrics to Auld Lang Syne then cut it to the size I wanted. I then crunched the paper then straighten it out and applied distress inks. I stamped some fireworks with distress ink and embossed a few with gold embossing powder.  I  applied Glossy Perfect Paper Adhesive and Crystal Effects (US Art Quest) for the shimmer.  I blinged up my snowflake to look like a swirling firework and added some ribbon.  Thanks for stopping by.

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Sparkle N Sprinkle  is having monthly sketch challenges. Click here to read how to join in.  December is their second month so I decided to join in. I  made a holiday card....everyone sing along ,"Chestnuts roasting on an open fire. Jack Frost nipping at your nose....."  I used Sparkle N Sprinkles  Moonlight Serenade Frog, he can sing any song. I used the Bubbling Caldron for my chestnut roaster just light in Paris. I fancied up my card with several glitters  Waterfall, Starfire, Fascination, Sassy Silver and Meadowspark. I cut the Santa Hat wth a Memory Box Die and added Sparkle N Sprinkles Sparkling Clouds.  I also used Silver Leaf Glitter Tinsel. The snowfalkes were cut with  Spellbinders Create - A- Flake  Three.

'A Year In Review"

The Year In Review - Not Just Another Blog Hop

Helloooooo,
It is hard to imagine that 525,260 minutes have gone by (that is one year).  What is even harder to believe is how many of those minutes I have spent paper crafting, thinking about paper crafting , planning paper crafting, looking at others paper crafting or and/or dreaming about paper crafting.
Karin over at  With an "i" For Paper has  encouraged you and I to join in and display  12 of our favorite paper crafting creations  that we have made in 2011.
So just pick out your favorite cards/creations from the  past year, and post them on your blog. Then go over to Karin's blog With an "i" For Paper and put your name in the Linky spot and let the OMG! and LOL! and TFS! begin.
All Karin asks is that you limit the number of your cards/creations you choose to 12 ( one for each month of the year) and post a photo of the button at the top of your post and link back to With an "i" For Paper.

Here are 12 of my Favortie Things.