Pretty Poinsettia Basket!

I love this new holiday stamp

"Cling Holly Basket"

from Stampendous!

Talk about capturing the feel of Christmas!

The detail in the little berries and leaves is amazing!

I colored the image with Copics, and cut it and the red frame out with

"Spellbinders Lables Nine"

popped it up on some fun pattern paper, and applied the whole mat to some glitter cardstock from AGES ago!

To tie it all together, I used a stripe from the same pattern collection, and extended it across the card, along with a spinkling of the

Red Tinsel Glitter and Silver Crushed Glass!

The punched snowflakes were a last minute addition, one of which I dipped into the gorgeous silver crushed glass!

You should see it sparkle and shimmer!

This is my new favorite simple-to-color, go-to, holiday card image!

Just Rite Challenge #069

Wow, I agree with Kellie over at JustRite Inspiration!

It simply doesn't seem possible that they are holding

their 69th challenge!  And it's a really good one!

SPRING FLING!

Bring out your Spring colors and include a butterfly!

If you're not familiar with JustRite's stamps, go check out their website!

I have a huge wishlist, but I particuliary LOVE the new Sea Shell Bay, At the Beach, and Oceanside stamp sets!  Of course, then I would need the dies to go with!

Now, do you see my problem?  Too many to choose from!

On this challenge card, I used an image stamped and colored with Copics from

"Shabby Chic Labels Four" as a mat for my butterfly chipboard piece.

I love the delicate details that show out from beneath the wings.

I also used the same stamp inside along with the sentiment from the

"Tiny Words", an Original JustRite set. 

In Phoenix, we have seen these gorgeous orange, black, and blue/green butterflies in our yards for the past few weeks!  We finally recieved our first much-needed rainfall of the Spring, and the few flowers that grow here in the desert have popped out in great numbers! Of course, my allergies have reflected that, too! At least these beautiful creatures make it all worth the sneezing and headaches!


Finished inside:

As I mentioned above, JustRite Inspiration is having a terrific Challenge Friday and I am definately entering this beauty!  I give all of the credit to the inspiration from my backyard visitors, and hope they're around for a while longer.
Spring is simply way too short in Phoenix!

Supplies: 

Designer Papers:  DCWV, "Serenity", Prima, "Botanical", and SEI, "Moonrise"

Stamps:  "JustRite Shabby Chic" and "Tiny Words"

Chipboard:  K & Company, "Natural Butterflies"

Dies:  Spellbinder, Nesties; Labels Four, Floral Flourishes, and Fleur de Lis Squares

Lace:  JoAnn's

Pearls: Zva Creations

Happy Happy Koi Card!

A very special friend is having a birthday tomorrow, and I knew I had to make a very special card.  She has a beautiful koi pond in her yard and this is one of her passions. It is such a relaxing, calm part of their yard where you can watch the fish for hours and hear little but the trickling water fall.
Knowing how much she enjoys her koi, I put together this card with a fish brooch attached so that it could be removed and used again and again.

I had spotted on the SEI Scrapbookaholic by Abby's Blog that March 3rd was "I Want You To Be Happy" Day and I can't imagine anyone I would want to be happier on her birthday and every day than this dear friend.

SEI, "Moonrise" paper; gold ribbon; Spellbinders Nestibilities, Labels 4; fish brooch.  These papers reminded me of asian water lilies.

I assembled the card, with the last step being applying a large foam dot covered with a circle cut from the gold pattern paper. I then pushed the brooch through to attach it temporarily to the front of the card. 
This makes for a very sweet and easy reusable gift with your card!

This card will also be entered in the challenges at:
KaboodleDoodle (Birthday)
Paper Sundaes (Keep it Simple)
ScrapFit (Glitter and Glam)
Simon Says (Anything Goes)
Woodware Clear Stamps (Spring is coming!)
Secret CrafterSaturday (Flowers for Mum)
One Stop Craft Challenge (Clean and Simple)
CraftyCatzWeeklyChallenge (Yellow and Green)

Ho Ho Ho!

When my grandson gets a gift of money or a gift card his reaction is always, "oh, yeah....!" Even at the age of 5, he has figured out that this means he can get something he picks out himself!  Pretty fantastic.
So when I saw the challenge at Crafty Creations was a Gift Card Holder and over at There She Goes the challenge was "KIDS", I knew I could easily combine the challenges!

I used, yes, once again, SEI Glitzmas paper. The two-sided heavy patterned paper worked perfectly for this project.  I tri-folded it and cut the pocket for the inside card holder. I ran ribbon through and around the front of the pocket to hold the metal buckle.
Ont he outside, I used an old image I had of the snowman (sorry, no idea where it came from) and colored it with Copics markers. Added a bit of dimension with white fluffy paint, and gave him a star cookie button.
My grandson will understand the sentiment, for sure! 

This card also entered on these challenges:
Crafty Ho's
Paper Romances
Digi Doodle Shop's Best

Holiday Time!

I got up this morning feeling really,well, yucky. Started some new meds and they just didn't agree with me! Anyway, to get my mind off that and onto better things, I starting cruising some of my favorite websites! SNR Card Universe was announcing a blog hop over the next few days. So I followed to Sweet and Sassy Stamps....long story short, here are my three entrants for one of my first hops. I only own a handful of Christmas stamps, so the choices were limited.
The first challenge was a sketch, which I loved! I used a digi stamp I'd had forever. And layered it with the beautiful holiday SEI paper from T2P. As a matter of fact, all three of my cards were made with that paper line!


My second card was for the challenge asking for FLOWERS! This is close to what I had considered doing for my Thanksgiving cards this year, so it was good to play with the silk flower and the labels.
My last card was for the final challenge that asked you to use Non-Traditional Christmas colors...
well, now that the world has started using almost EVERY color of the rainbow during the holidays, it wasn't easy. (I even saw a gorgeous card with purple and orange the other day and it wasn't for Halloween!)

So, thanks Sassy&Sweet Stamps, and Liz at the Thoughts2Paper store for making my day a little less "yucky"...
And wish me luck!