Monday, October 31, 2011

Jeepers, Creepers!

One more Halloween card, after today we have another whole year to go!  This is another stamp image from Create with TLC, "Wolf and Moon".  Of course, I had to add some other goodies to give it that  eerie look!

Design paper is from Basic Grey's Eerie collection, fence diecut is from a Martha Stewart punch, circles made with Spellbinders die and all other embellishments from my Cricut.  Happy haunting!

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BOO!!!

Happy Halloween!  This sure is a lot of fun, especially when you have a lot of spooky images and embellishments to play with.  I don't have trick or treaters anymore, I live in the country and all of our kids are either going to churches for "trunk or treat" or parties.  Here is a card I made using a scary sentiment from Create with TLC:

"The only thing we have to fear is FEAR ITSELF and spiders"!  I know they were thinking about me when they made this saying...I have that arachnophobia thingy.

My image was gleaned from the Florida Center for Instructional Technology.  I just had to have Little Miss Muffet to go with this sentiment.  My embellishments and frame were made with my Cricut and I used Basic Grey's Eerie collection design paper.

Have a great Halloween and be safe! 

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Sunday, October 30, 2011

Creating with TLC

I am just loving the newest creations by Paulette on Create with TLC.  Being a country girl, I could not resist using two of her latest creations:


The Indian corn and vintage photo are from Create with TLC.  I distressed the edges of both images and then sponged them with distress inks.  I made the sentiment, ears of corn and leaves with my Cricut.  I used Basic Grey's "Curio" design paper and Canford cardstock.

Stay tuned on Halloween, I have some spooky cards to share with you! 

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Saturday, October 29, 2011

Sugar Creek Hollow Sensational Saturday

Today is a Sensational Saturday at Sugar Creek Hollow and this week our challenge is to create a card or other paper crafted project featuring VELLUM.  We would love to see how you use vellum in your project but remember that we are a vintage, shabby chic or primitive challenge blog so your entry must be in one of those styles.
Here is my creation using vellum:
Silent Night


I used Heartfelt Creations Holiday Poinsettia Candle set for my card, stamping on vellum.  I just used the holly around the candle and the sentiment.  I used the Cricut to create my frame and embellishments, and embossed with my Cuttlebug.


Enter our challenge this week and you could be a random winner or Card of the Week Winner!  


This week we are welcoming Peggy Marsh (a.k.a. The Wired Angel) as Guest Designer and she has created a beauty for you. Peggy was selected from the August Cards of the Week winners.


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Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Heartfelt Creations Wednesday

Welcome to another Heartfelt Creations Wednesday!  This will be my last design team post, but not the last time I will be showing you new HFC creations on my blog.  I want to welcome the new design team, I know you're going to love it!  I'd like to thank Emma Lou and Linda for the great opportunity to be on their team and all the great designers I had the pleasure to work with.


I'm sharing with you today one of my favorite new Christmas Classic stamps:


While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks
Heartfelt Creations Products:
HCPC 3430 Shepherd Scene PreCut Set
HCPC 3415 Petite Poinsettia PreCut Set
Card size is 5 3/8” x 5 7/8”
Shepherd Scene
closeup

Other:  Neenah Solar White, Fabriano, Canson, and DCWV cardstock. The Paper Studio “A Country Christmas” design paper.  Ranger gold embossing powder, VersaMark, Viva Decor Inka-Gold, white Gelly Roll pen, Spica Atyou gold glitter pen and distress inks.  Recollections pearls. Ribbon from All That Scraps.  Spellbinders Large Standard Circles, Cricut Elegant Edges.  Cricut Expression, Grand Calibur, Scor-pal and Bow Easy.

Instructions:
Stamp Shepherd Scene on design paper and color with distress inks, adding Spica gold glitter pen to star.  Cut out scene with Spellbinders circle die.  Using Cricut Elegant Edges, cut out a frame, 5” x 5” and two layers, one the same size as frame and one 5.25” x 5.25”.  Cut out card base with same frame layer.  Card base measures 5 3/8” x 5 7/8” (the top of card overlaps which accounts for difference between height and width).  Sponge edges of cardstock with distress ink.  Stamp, emboss and heat set.  Cut out poinsettias and glue dew drops in center. Adhere to corner of card.   Complete card by adding bow.  All stamped images, papers and embellishments were glued with Beacon Zip Dry, Fabri-Tac and an ATG 714 tape gun.


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Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge #127

This weeks sketch...it's "YOUR PICK" Make it fancy, clean and simple, or somewhere in-between. Remember to click on the sneak peek button on the side bar for the following weeks sketch each Friday.
"YOUR CHOICE"
Enter one style or both this week.
Just have fun and come play with us!  Here is my design this week:
Coffee Mice
card ingredients:
HM "The Need for Caffeine"
distress inks and Copic markers
SU design paper, Canson and Georgia Pacific cardstock
Cricut coffee embellishments

Our MMSC126 Gold Star Award goes to...
9. iruha 
 Our Remarkables Awards this week go to...
Please grab your award logos from the side bar and display them proudly!
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Our MMSC126 Weekly Bonus Winner is...
 25. shellshearer 

Please contactPriscilla with your info to claim your Prizes!
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Our MMSC127 Weekly Bonus Sponsor is..
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Monday, October 24, 2011

Enter if You Dare!

This was such a fun card to put together!  Create with TLC had so many stamped Halloween images on their blog this weekend, I just could not decide on any one to make a card with so I chose several: "Haunted House", "Ghost Silhouette", "Spooky Tree" and "Tombstone RIP".  These are no longer available as freebies, but Paulette has these assembled for purchase here.

Enter if You Dare
card ingredients:
images from Create with TLC
Ranger distress inks, including new fall colors
Happy Hauntings frame and sentiment
Martha Stewart Deep Edge Iron Fence punch
Halloween paper from my scraps

There are only seven more days until Halloween, but still plenty of time to get your goodies together for cards, and all your trick or treating goodies!

Saturday, October 22, 2011

Colors of Fall with Sugar Creek Hollow

Welcome to another Sugar Creek Hollow Sensational Saturday!  Today our challenge is to create a vintage card with "Colors of Fall".  It seems everything is coming up pumpkins these days!  I have an adorable image from Paper Cupcakes to share with you today:

Sunflower Topiary

I used Spellbinders and Marianne Creatables diecuts on my card and colored my image with Copic markers.  Oh, and I couldn't leave out Martha (Stewart, that is)!  I used a scrap of lace decorated with dew drops and added pearls and a gingham bow.

We'd love to see your fall colors this week.  Thanks for visiting, I love reading your comments and appreciate all your support!

Thursday, October 20, 2011

Autumn Leaves

Good morning!  Today finally feels like fall again with temperatures in the fifties here in the Carolinas. We had such a hot summer that I'm happy to see cooler weather!  I'm also enjoying making fall cards this year, especially since Create with TLC has so... many gorgeous fall collections!  I have an autumn leaf to share today:



I loved the blocked leaf Paulette created so I really took some artistic liberty with this and added colors in Photoshop.  I liked the colors, but wanted more so I used my distress inks to change colors on the leaf and subdue the background.  I recently acquired a Cricut so I "had" to play with that and found this adorable background frame on the "Elegant Frames" cartridge and my words on "Autumn Celebration".  I had a hard time finding the design paper I wanted to use at first, but Basic Greys "Indian Summer" seemed to fit what I was going for.

Now I have a little brain teaser for you, what word do you think most appropriately describes our season of the year in the US right now, "fall" or "autumn"?  I "Googled" it because I could not for the life of me figure this out! 

Happy fall or autumn!  Thanks for visiting, I love reading your comments and appreciate your support!

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Heartfelt Creations Wednesday

Welcome to Heartfelt Creations Wednesday, I'm still stamping and having fun with the new "Classic Christmas Collection"!  I have two cards to show you today, starting with:
Elegant Christmas Tree 


Heartfelt Creations Products:
HCPC 3432 Magnificent Spruce Trees PreCut Set
Card size is 6” x 6 1/2”
Other: The Paper Studio “A Country Christmas” design paper and cardstock.  Georgia Pacific cardstock.   Stampendous green embossing powder, VersaMark.  Ranger Scattered Straw and Crushed Olive distress ink.  Michaels wire ribbon.  Cricut Elegant Edges, Dew Drops, ScorPal and Bow Easy.

Christmas Tree and Poinsettia


Heartfelt Creations Products:
HCPC 3428 Script Christmas Tree PreCut Set
HCPC 3415 Petite Poinsettia PreCut Set
Card size is 5 1/4 x 6 5/8”
Other: Spellbinders 2010 Holiday Tree.  Cuttlebug Madison embossing folder.  Michaels Celebrate It holiday ribbon, dew drops.  Stampin Up Wild Wasabi, Canford and Georgia Pacific cardstock.  Copic marker YG11, Ranger gold embossing powder, Viva Decor Inka-Gold and Versamark.  ScorPal and Bow Easy. 

I also have instructions posted on the blog if you would like to take a peek!  

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Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge #126


Welcome to another exciting Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge!  This weeks sketch...it's "YOUR PICK" Make it fancy, clean and simple, or somewhere in-between. Remember to click on the sneak peek button on the side bar for the following weeks sketch each Friday.

"YOUR CHOICE"
Enter one style or both this week.
Just have fun and come play with us!  Here is my card for this week's challenge:
I chose another vintage image from Clearly Vintage this week.  I chose Eerie design paper from Basic Grey and added Halloween diecuts from my Happy Hauntings Cricut cartridge.  My border was cut with a Martha Stewart punch.  
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Our MMSC125 Gold Star Award goes to...
16. Nancy Brown  
 Our Remarkables Awards this week go to...

Please grab your award logos from Priscilla's side bar and display them proudly!
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Our MMSC125 Weekly Bonus Winner is...
3. Kaija 

Please contact Priscilla with your info to claim your Prizes!
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Our MMSC126 Weekly Bonus Sponsor is..
http://priscillastyles-store.blogspot.com/ 
The MMSC125 Weekly Bonus winner will win a 
$10 Gift Voucher redeemable for any digi images in the "priscillastyles" Store
Stop by and check out all the new images!!
GC redeemable for digis only!

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Sunday, October 16, 2011

Create with TLC Autumn

I'm quite a bit late with the card I created today, Sundays are always busy!  I finished this tonight and wanted to share two fabulous images from Create with TLC, "Silhouette Turkey" and "T is for Turkey":


I'm deviating from my usual style this time.  I decided to just have fun with this and took the liberty of changing the color of Paulette's turkey in Photoshop.  My design evolved into a collage, using some diecuts and a sentiment from my Cricut "Autumn Celebrations" cartridge.  

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Saturday, October 15, 2011

Sugar Creek Hollow Vintage Tea Set

Welcome to another Sensational Saturday at Sugar Creek Hollow. This week the challenge is called VINTAGE TEA. We want you to create a vintage, shabby chic or primitive card or other paper-crafted project featuring vintage tea pots and cups.  I dug through some of my stamps and found this Stampin Up tea set.  I don't know the name of the set, but the year is stamped 2000:
  card ingredients:
Stampin Up tea set, Pink Paislee Queen Bee design paper,  crinkly ribbon, Prima roses,  Spellbinders Scalloped Edge frame, 
Marianne Creatables corner die

We will choose a random winner who will receive a digi of our choice and the Design Team will select a Card of the Week. Both winners will receive a badge to display on their blogs.

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Thursday, October 13, 2011

Vintage Thanksgiving Engraved

I just could not wait to share this fabulous image with you!  This is from the Create with TLC November Club.
Vintage Thanksgiving Engraved
card ingredients:
BoBunny "Timepiece" design paper
Spellbinders Fleur de Lis die
Burlap from The Funkie Junkie
Marianne Creatables Floral Flourish
Tim Holtz hardware

The November Club is closed, but the December Club has just opened!  Just visit the Create With TLC blog here.  Not only can you find out more about the club, but there's always freebies available!

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Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Heartfelt Creations Presents..The Classic Christmas Collection

Welcome to Heartfelt Creations Wednesday, we're so excited to show you our new "Classic Christmas Collection"!   Heartfelt Creations has created this beautiful collection, featuring 6 new precut stamp sets that coordinate with the Heirloom Ornaments 2011 and the Labels Seven Spellbinders dies.  The classic images in this collection are perfect "not only" for your Christmas projects but very versatile and you will find yourself using them throughout the entire year!  Leave a comment on the Heartfelt Creations blog by October 18 for a chance to win the entire release valued at $89.99.

I'm already getting in the Christmas spirit, humming classic hymns and practicing for our church's Christmas Cantada.  Making Christmas cards is just the icing on the cake!  I have three cards to show you today, starting with my Wisemen Ornament Card:

Heartfelt Creations Products:

HCPC 3429 Wisemen Ornament PreCut Set
Card size is 4 5/8” x 4 7/8”
Other: Spellbinders 2011 Heirloom Ornaments.  Stampin Up and Georgia Pacific cardstock, My Mind’s Eye Stella Rose design paper. Adirondack Pitch Black ink, Gold Spica  Atyou marker, Copic N5 marker.  Ranger Chipped Sapphire distress ink.  Sugar Creek Hollow navy crinkle ribbon.  Grand Calibur, Cricut Fancy Frames, Bow Easy.
 
Shepherd's Watch
Heartfelt Creations Products:
HCPC 3430 Shepherd Scene PreCut Set
Card size is 4 7/8” x 7”
Other:  Spellbinders Labels 10 and Grand Labels 11.  Stampin Up and Georgia Pacific cardstock. Karen Foster “Silent Night” and K & Company “Glad Tidings” design paper.  Viva Decor Inka-Gold, white Gelly Roll pen, Recollections pearl flourishes. Wired ribbon from Michaels.  Brushed Corduroy, Old Paper and  Scattered Straw Distress Ink.   Prismacolor pencils.
  Grand Calibur, Scor-pal and Bow Easy.



Nativity Scene
Heartfelt Creations Products:
HCPC 3431 Nativity Scene PreCut Set
HCPC 3415 Petite Poinsettia PreCut Set
Card size is 6 7/8” x 7 1/4”


Other:  Stampin Up, Georgia Pacific, Bazzill, DCWV and Fabriano cardstock.  Cricut Fancy Frames, Scor-pal.  Ranger gold embossing powder, gold Stickles, Atyou Spica gold pen, VersaMark.  Viva Decor Inka-Gold, white Gelly Roll pen.  Gold filigree edges from Wild Orchid.  Brushed Corduroy, Old Paper, Scattered Straw and Antique Linen Distress Ink.   Copics:  C00,E00,E07,E09,E11,E13
E17,E31,N1,N3,N5,R11,R29,R29,Y00,Y21,Y23,Y26,Y32. 

Don't forget to leave a comment on the Heartfelt Creations blog so you have a chance to win this fabulous collection!
I also have instructions posted on the blog if you would like to take a peek!  

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Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge #125

Welcome to another fabulous Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge!  This weeks sketch...it's "YOUR PICK" Make it fancy, clean and simple, or somewhere in-between. Remember to click on the sneak peek button on the side bar for the following weeks sketch each Friday.
"YOUR CHOICE"
Enter one style or both this week.
Just have fun and come play with us!
Here's my card for this week:
Vintage Halloween
This fabulous Halloween image came from the Clearly Vintage website.  I added some    Cricut and Cuttlebug diecuts to my Basic Grey Eerie design paper.
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Our MMSC124 Gold Star Award goes to...
12. Kathy Bradley 
 Our Remarkables Awards this week go to...
 5. Jeni Slack 
 21. Janine B   
26. Vickie Kertz 
Please grab your award logos from Priscilla's side bar and display them proudly!
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Our MMSC124 Weekly Bonus Winner is...
 11. Patty Sue 2 

Please contact Priscilla with your info to claim your Prizes!  
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Our MMSC125 Weekly Bonus Sponsor is..
http://priscillastyles-store.blogspot.com/ 
The MMSC125 Weekly Bonus winner will win a 
$10 Gift Voucher redeemable for any digi images in the "priscillastyles" Store
Stop by and check out all the new images!!
GC redeemable for digis only!
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Our October Monthly sponsor info....
Due to circumstances beyond my control, there will be no monthly sponsor for Oct.
Thank you for understanding.


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