Someone Like You

HAPPY NEW YEAR's EVE!! Where did 2014 go??? I can't believe another year is passing and that tomorrow will be 2015! Well let's get this party started!

For the last challenge of the year over at the 7 Kids Challenge Blog, I created this card using Saturated Canary - Bowie. She is colored with my Copics and accented with a little shimmer with the Wink of Stella - Clear brush pen. Her cheeks are colored with some shimmer chalks and I used a white gel pen for her freckles and the dots on her bow. She's a cutie!

The floral designer paper I used is from Echo Park - We Are Family. Bowie is framed with By DIEzyne Dies - Stitched Circles. Of course I had to add a red satin bow on the card =) Lastly, the sentiment "Someone like you should be celebrated every day" is from Mama Elephant - Make A Wish. 

THANK YOU for all your lovely comments this year and your continued support! I love that I can share my creations with everyone on my blog. 

Come join in on the fun over at the 7 Kids Challenge Blog!

Supplies from 7 Kids College Fund Store:

Saturated Canary - Bowie

Mama Elephant - Make A Wish

By DIEzyne Dies - Stitched Circles

Echo Park 6x6 Paper Pad - We Are Family

Memento - Tuxedo Black Ink

Neenah Classic Crest 80lb - Solar White Smooth

Copic Markers

Wink of Stella - Clear

Copics

Skin: E00/E11/BV00
Hair: E71/E74/E79/E99
Eyes: BG09/BG13/BG49

Top: YG03/YG63
Bow: R27/R39
Background: C1/C3/C5

SEE YOU NEXT YEAR!!

i love you {thisssss} much!

Good morning! Did everyone survive this holiday season? Who's hitting up the stores this weekend?? Not me...maybe..LOL

Here is a CAS card using the adorable stamp & sentiment from Mama Elephant - Pandamonium and the coordinating Pandamonium Creative Cuts Dies.  The cute little panda is propped up by using Action Wobbles Springs, with a little flick of your finger he wobbles =)

Lastly, to add a pop of color, I used the By DIEzynes Dies - Stitched Circles on red cardstock. Love the stitched detailing on the perimeter of the circle.

Thanks for stopping by and see you soon! Don't forget we still have a challenge going on over at the 7 Kids Challenge Blog!

Supplies from 7 Kids College Fund Store:

Mama Elephant - Pandamonium

Mama Elephant - Pandamonium Creative Cuts Dies

By DIEzynes Dies - Stitched Circles

 Action Wobbles Springs

 Memento Tuxedo Black Ink 

kiss kiss, i love you.

Good morning! It's a NEW challenge over at the 7 Kids Challenge Blog! The challenge is "Anything Goes - with an Optional Twist (Christmas)".

I love pandas, they are adorable animals that I just want to cuddle! LOL This is the first shaker card I've ever made....seriously. I always wanted to but never tried. It was pretty easy. All you need are some nesting dies to make the shaker portion, in which I used the By DIEzynes Dies - Stitched Circles. Here on my card I am using the stamp set Mama Elephant - Pandamonium. There are several panda images in different sizes and poses. I used three and I made the scene of two of them kissing one panda under the mistletoe. Lastly from the stamp set, I used the sentiment "kiss kiss, i love u.". 

To fill up the shaker card, I used sequins and beads from my supplies and the red from Sulyn - Mixed Sequins. The hearts inside are from the stamp set, it's colored with Copics and accented with Wink of Stella - Clear Pen. The little mistletoe branch is from a Christmas spray and I added red sequins for the berries.

Come join in on the fun over at the 7 Kids Challenge Blog!

Supplies from 7 Kids College Fund Store:

Mama Elephant - Pandamonium

By DIEzynes Dies - Stitched Circles

 Tombow Mono Liquid Adhesive Glue 

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink 

Wink of Stella - Clear

Sulyn - Mixed Sequins 

Copic Markers

I Am Roses "End of the Year" Blog Hop

Good morning! WELCOME to the I Am Roses “End of the Year” Blog Hop. I'm up first for you today and here is my card:

I've used three types of flowers and leaves. We still have a few days left to get our holiday craft on so I created this project. The base of the card is simple and the main focus are the gorgeous flowers. Of course you can see the addition of sequins...obsessed!

I kept my post short and all the I Am Roses flowers will be posted below. I've yet to see all the DT's creations, so I will be hopping along with the rest of you!

Up next is: 

Tamara: http://handmadebytamara.blogspot.com/

In case you get lost along the way, here is a list of the I Am Roses Design Team hopping today:

 (*ME) Jo: http://www.paperdrama.blogspot.com/

Tamara: http://handmadebytamara.blogspot.com/

Ivett: http://ivettcarrillo.blogspot.com/

Marisa: http://maribellscrapsportugal.blogspot.com/

Aliscia: http://iscraphappy1.blogspot.com/

Kate: http://scrapyardthe.wordpress.com/

Sharon: http://smscrapperdesigns.blogspot.com/

**If the Designer's "End of the Year" blog post is not up, come back and check later. You will have a whole week to comment**

THANK YOU and Good Luck!

I Am Roses Products Used (Links Provided):

ZQB 14- 1	ZQ L0-0	ZQL 0 - 725	CA1 - 600
R40 - 12	GB3 - 79

InLinkz.com

Season's Greetings

Happy Saturday! I'm sharing my Season's Greetings card using the By DIEzyne Dies Side Step Card die. I can't get enough of this die. I know that this die will be a forever favorite. Accompanying this die is MFT Die-namics Dainty Doily.

I'm still in holiday greeting cards mode. The sentiment "Season's Greetings" is from Mama Elephant Season's Greeting embossed in gold embossing powder. I paired up gold glittered cs with the Simple Stories DIY Christmas designer paper.

To complete the card, I added some gold sequins from Mixed Sequins by Sulyn and flowers from my stash.

Please come join in on the fun over at the 7 Kids Challenge Blog!

Supplies from 7 Kids College Fund Store:

By DIEzyne Dies - Side Step Card

MFT Die-namics - Dainty Doily

Mama Elephant - Season's Greetings

Tombow Mono Adhesive Liquid Glue

Simple Stories - DIY Christmas 6x6 Paper Pad

Sulyn - Mixed Sequins

Decembrrr

Happy Tuesday! Here are my projects using the new stamp set Decembrrr from Avocado Arts.

Let's Go!

Card 1: Thanks SNOW much

I made an oval easel card. Not your traditional Christmas color combo, but I went for a frosty bold look with the blue & black. I created this cute winter scene using the snowman, snowflakes and tree images. All colored with my Copics. For the puffy snow, I used Liquid Applique in white, love the dimensional effect it gives. The sentiments "Decembrrr" & "Thanks SNOW much" are one of the many from the stamp set. I added some snowflake die cuts and flowers to finish the card.

Tag 1: SNOW good to see you

Next up, I made this cute reindeer tag. The reindeer is from the Hollydays stamp set.

I used the tree image again, stamped and fussy cut it out several times to use in the background. "SNOW good to see you" is another sentiment in the Decembrrr stamp set. I coordinated this tag with my previous card. Oh did I forget to mention that I added the biggest red shiner for the nose? Adorbs!

Tag 2: You're SNOW wonderful

For my second tag, I used the pair of penguins in the stamp set. I colored them with my Copics and fussy cut them. Look they're holding hands! LOL I had this snowflake doily die and cut it twice, added some dimensional foam adhesive and layered them. I doodled some dots for a pierced look on the background. I used more of that Liquid Applique for the snow effect. The "You're SNOW wonderful" is yet another phrase included in the set. 

Hope you enjoyed my projects for you. Thanks for stopping in today!

~Jo

DON'T FORGET

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Let it Snow...again

Good Morning! Only a couple more weeks 'til Christmas...eeek! I'm sharing my Let It Snow card using the dies designed by our talented Rhea! The die I used is the By DIEzyne Dies Side Step Card. I love love this die. It's the perfect die to create this look and also it comes with all the trimmings to make the mats.

No need for designer paper, I kept it monochromatic with white cs. Another die I used is from MFT Die-namics Dainty Doily. It's the largest doily in the back. The inner doily is from another set with the same style.

The "Let it Snow" sentiment is from Mama Elephant Season's Greeting. Lastly, I added some pearls and this glittered star branch for some sparkle.

Please come join in on the fun over at the 7 Kids Challenge Blog!

Supplies from 7 Kids College Fund Store:

By DIEzyne Dies - Side Step Card

MFT Die-namics - Dainty Doily

By DIEzyne Dies - Side Step Card

Mama Elephant - Season's Greetings

Tombow Mono Adhesive Liquid Glue

Happy Winter

Good Morning everyone and Happy Saturday! I'm sharing my card using Paper Doll Marci Winter from La-La Land Crafts. I used her in my 7 Kids Challenge card and again today.

I created a one layer card adding some Glossy Accents for dimension and Wink of Stella in Clear and Diamond Stickles for some shimmer and sparkle. The sentiment "Happy Winter" and the snowflakes are from the stamp set. Marci is colored with my Copics. Using the Blender Marker, I created the polka dot pattern on the hat and sweater, Love!

Thank you for taking the time to stop by!

Please come join in on the fun over at the 7 Kids Challenge Blog!

Supplies from 7 Kids College Fund Store:

La-La Land Crafts - Paper Doll Marci Winter

Ranger Ink - Glossy Accents

Ranger Ink Stickles - Diamond

Memento - Tuxedo Black Ink

Neenah Smooth Classic Crest Solar White 80lb CS

Wink of Stella - Clear

Copic Markers

Skin: E00/E11/BV00
Hair: Y21/Y26/Y28

Outfit (Top): 0/C1/C3/C5
Outfit (Bottom): YG03/YG63/YG67
Hat, Mittens: 0/C1/C3/C5/R27/R39
Boots: R27/R39
Ground: W7/W5/W3/W1
Background: B00/B0000

Paper Doll Marci

Good morning! Happy Wednesday! It's time for a NEW challenge over at the 7 Kids Challenge Blog! The challenge is "Anything Goes - with an Optional Twist (FALL Colors)".

I recently aquired La-La Land Crafts Paper Doll Marci Winter and I immediately had to use her. She is colored with my Copics and used some shimmer chalk for her cheeks. For her freckles, just a white gel pen to draw on the dots. I decorated her sweater with a birdy from Lawn Fawn Chit Chat. She's so versatile, you can use her for any ocassion. 

The designer papers are from Simple Stories Cozy Christmas & DIY Christmas. For a more rustic look, I had cut some burlap into a fishtail banner and adhered that to the card. Instead of using rhinestones or brads, I used these wooden "enamel" dots that my friend had gifted me.The image is layed on top of a doily cut from the designer paper.

The FALL colors that I chose were brown, olive green and orange. I used flowers from my stash and also an orange flower from Magnolia Vintage Tinsel Dahlias. For the leaves, I used the La-La Land Crafts Open Leaf Flourish Die. Since I didn't have any olive cs on hand, I used my Copic marker YG97 to color white cs and cut the die from that. Lastly for the shimmer, I used the Winlk of Stella Clear pen.

Christmas is just around the corner, but it's still FALL. Loved this challenge.

Come join in on the fun over at the 7 Kids Challenge Blog!

Supplies from 7 Kids College Fund Store:

La-La Land Crafts - Paper Doll Marci Winter

La-La Land Crafts - Open Leaf Flourish Die

Lawn Fawn - Chit Chat

Simple Stories - Cozy Christmas 6x6 Paper Pad

Simple Stories - DIY Christmas 6x6 Paper Pad

Magnolia Vintage Tinsel Dahlias - Orange

Memento - Tuxedo Black Ink

Neenah Smooth Classic Crest Solar White 80lb CS

Wink of Stella - Clear

Copic Markers

Skin: E00/E11/BV00
Hair: E71/E74/E79

Outfit (Top): RV63/RV66/RV69
Outfit (Bottom): YG93/YG95/YG97
Hat, Mittens: R08/YR04/YG93/YG95/YG97
Boots: E71/E74/E79

A Warm Hello

Hi everyone! I wanted to share another holiday card, this time I'm using the cute stamp set from The Greeting Farm - Winter Greetings. This set comes with a boy and girl image. I'm working on the girl card right now but I wanted to show this little guy. He is adorable!

I kept this card pretty simple. The image is colored with my Copics and also I was missing brown CS, so I took my E27 Copic marker and just colored the border of the CS that would be showing. Easy color matching.

I wanted to use my new My Favorite Things Snowflake Doily Die and I coordinated it with the snowflakes from the Mama Elephant Season's Greetings Stamp Set. The snowflakes are embossed with white embossing powder. 

The sentiment "A Warm Hello" is also from the TGF stamp set. I finished the card with a snowflake ribbon and added some shimmer from my Wink of Stella Clear pen, perfect!

Thanks for stopping by, stay tuned for my other card, using the girl image from Winter Greetings! 

Supplies:
MFT Snowflake Doily Die
TGF Winter Greetings Stamp Set
Mama Elephant Season's Greetings Stamp Set
Recollections White 110lb CS
Recollections Kraft 80lb CS
Snowflake Ribbon
SU! 1 1/2" Circle Punch
Wink of Stella Clear
Memento Tuxedo Black Ink
Uni-ball Signo Broad White Gel Pen
White Embossing Powder
Tsukineko Versamark Ink Pad
Heat Gun
Dimensional Foam Adhesive

Copic Markers

Skin: E00/E11/BV00
Hair: Y21/Y26/Y28

Outfit: R08/YR04/YR02/BG05/BG09/BG15
Hat, Gloves, Mittens: R27/R39/E25/E29

Hollydays

Happy Sunday! I created a trio of CAS cards that all coordinate, using the Hollydays stamp set from Avocado Arts.

Let's get started!

Card 1: Shine On

This set has the cutest reindeer! Here I stamped the image on 110lb CS for a sturdier base and colored him with my Copics. I then decided to trim the paper and pop it up over red CS. A few details were added with a white gel pen. A reindeer isn't a reindeer without a red nose, so I placed a red sequin for the sparkle. Lastly to finish the card, I added a red/striped bow up top. The stars and sentiment "Shine On" are from the set Just Be.

Card 2: 

This card measures 5"x5". The tree image is used and it's embossed with gold embossing powder. None of the details of the words were lost when the powder was set. I used my circle dies to cut the image out and created a rosette border. It is layered over gold glitter paper. The red/striped ribbon makes another appearance to tie it in with the previous card.

Card 3: To U

My last card for you measures 3"x3". It mimics Card 2. I gold embossed the "To: and From:" tag image. It's layered over a small rosette and gold glitter paper is used on the bottom. 

I love making holiday cards and this stamp set is amazing! Thanks for stopping in today!

DON"T FORGET

**"Make sure and leave some LOVE and comment on the AVOCADO ARTS BLOG because we will be offering some BLOG CANDY throughout the month from the comments left for our amazing Design Team!"**

Happy Birthday to You

Time for a New 7 Kids College Fund Challenge! "Anything Goes" is the theme, just make sure you use an image from the store to qualify to enter.

Here I am using two stamps, Mama Elephant Make a Wish and Kraftin' Kimmie's Birthday Girl.

Everyone needs a birthday card. I white embossed the sentiment on black chalkboard paper. I love how flecks of the embossing powder stuck on the background. I did a little fussy cutting on the Birthday Girl, just snipped off the teddy bear that she holds and the fluttering bird that comes with the image. She is colored with my Copic Markers and I drew a design on the balloon to match the one on the DP, Jillibean Soup Birthday Bisque. Lastly I covered the balloon with Wink of Stella Clear.

Hope you enjoyed my card today for the challenge. 

Come join in on the fun over at the 7 Kids Challenge Blog!

Supplies from 7 Kids College Fund Store:

Jillibean Soup - Birthday Bisque 6x6 Paper Pad

Mama Elephant - Make a Wish

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps - Birthday Girl

Memento - Tuxedo Black Ink

Neenah Smooth Classic Crest Solar White 80lb CS

Wink of Stella - Clear

Copic Markers

Skin: E00/E11/BV00
Hair: E71/E74/E79

Outfit: BG09/BG72/R29
Balloon: Y21/Y26

Oh Deer

Happy Monday! I wanted to share a Christmas card that I created using the My Creative Time - Oh Deer Stamp Set.  These little reindeers are soo freakin' adorable. This stamp set also comes with coordinating dies, which I used rather than the stamps.

I had some old holiday paper (Martha Stewart Holidays) and it went perfect with the dies. I didn't have brown cardstock on hand, so I just used my Copic marker (E49) and colored the die cuts. For a bit more detail on the reindeer, I used a white gel pen to add tiny dots on the antlers, hooves and a few on it's bum =) Oh and I can't forget the cute little red bling on it's nose, it's a must when working with reindeers.

Ta da! A cute and easy Christmas card that I'm sending out,....yes I do send out holiday cards....sometimes LOL.

Have a beautiful week!

hello

Happy November! I survived Halloween! I thought I'd make a quick card for those who didn't...LOL. Today I used Lawn Fawn's On the Mend. Isn't the turtle cute! He is colored with Copic Markers (FYI 10% Copic Sale going on with Code: DIEZYNE10, ends 11/2).

The designer paper is from Simple Stories Good Day Sunshine. I love how the turtle's tail starts off the word "hello". The sentiment is placed on a fish tail banner and I added a red glittery heart. As always, to add a bit more dazzle, I used Wink of Stella Clear on the compress and shell.

Thanks for stopping by! Come join in on the fun over at the 7 Kids Challenge Blog! Enjoy your weekend! 

Supplies from 7 Kids College Fund Store:

Lawn Fawn - On the Mend

Simple Stories - Good Day Sunshine 6x6 Paper Pad

Neenah Solar White Smooth CS 80lb

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Wink of Stella - Clear

Copic Markers

Skin: YG03/YG63BV00

Shell: BG13/B14/BV00/Y21/Y23

Compress: RV23/RV25/RV29

Christmas with Mimi

Good morning everyone! Happy Wednesday! It's time for a NEW challenge over at the 7 Kids Challenge Blog! The challenge is "Anything Goes - with an Optional Twist (Multiple Folds)".

Today I created a holiday card using Penny Black - Christmas with Mimi. This is one of the many images that comes in this clear stamp set. To accent the image, I used Wink of Stella in Clear and Red, for that added shimmer. The designer paper is from Lawn Fawn - Snow Day.

For the "Multiple Folds" twist, I created a large rosette, using a die, to border the circle image. On the bottom of the card, I embossed white cs with small polka dots and used the Mama Elephant - Landscape Trio Dies to create a fluffy snow border.

Lastly, I white embossed the sentiment from Mama Elephant - Merry Greetings on vellum paper. For red accents, I added a trio of red sequins and a red satin bow for a pop of color.

So that completes my card for this challenge. Can't wait to see what you create!

Thanks for stopping by! Come join in on the fun over at the 7 Kids Challenge Blog! Enjoy the rest of your week!

Supplies from 7 Kids College Fund Store:

Penny Black - Christmas with Mimi

Mama Elephant - Landscape Trio Dies

Mama Elephant - Merry Greetings

Lawn Fawn - Snow Day

Neenah Solar White Smooth CS 80lb

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Wink of Stella - Clear

Wink of Stella - Red

Copic Markers

Skin: E00/E11/BV00

Outfits: R27/R39/G14/G17

Hats: R27/R39/G14/G17/B00/B0000

Background: B00/B0000/0