Tuesday Throwdown Challenge Sponsored by There She Goes

Sorry I've been missing for a few days.  I just started a new job and I've been putting in a lot of hours.  Excited because I'm working with scrapbooking (oh you know how I love me some paper and embellishments!) and it just doesn't get much better than that!  Allie starts kindergarten next week so I need something to take up my time now.

I'm glad to be sharing my Tuesday with you showing off some fun things with my stamping sisters over at Tuesday Throwdown!  This week we're sponsored by There She Goes Stamps and they generously gave us some of their gorgeously fun sets to work with!  I was so lucky and got "Nutmeg" to play with and I think she's such a doll!  Our theme this week is Pastel Rainbow and I've got to tell you, I had to search hard for some pastels in my collection!

This little spicy thing is colored with copics and I added some stickles to her headband, stockings and dress.  The papers are from My Mind's Eye and I made the flowers using the Flower Shoppe cartridge from Cricut.  The pink branches are punched from the Martha Stewart branch punch and the seam binding is from Stampin Up (one of my favorite things to make ribbons with!).

I just love her little sassy heart on her cheek and the sweet little pucker of her lips!

Here's one more look at this cutie pie.  She was such fun to work with and I was thinking of my dear friend, Lynn, when i was working on her hair!

Make sure to stop over at our Tuesday Throwdown Challenge blog and see all the fabulous creations that my designing buddies have come up with for your enjoyment!  You know I never steer you wrong!  And pull out those refreshing pastels and come play along with us!

Carmen Medlin for SCACD Digital for Susana's Custom Art and Card Design

Today SCACD is formally premiering the SCACD Digital site by adding over 35 images designed by Carmen Medlin!!! Carmen's range is fun, fresh as well as elegant and will have something for everyone. Susana has added quite a few never before seen Fab images as well as taken some classic past rubber stamps and turned them into digi for this release.

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I'm so excited to get the chance to help launch this new division of digital stamps for my dear friend, Susana!  We go way back and Susana's team was my very first design team and if I'm honest, I should have never left!  She got me started on my road to papercrafting and the stamping world for me!  I owe her so much and love her muchly!  

If you've come to my magical place from the oh so talented Melanie's blog, then you're on the right track.  If not, head on over to Alex's blog and start at the very beginning.  I don't want you to miss out a single image!  There's so much talent here and they're gonna rock your world and set your weekend off on the right foot!

I'm so excited to present Aviana, but I've made her up as Luck be a Lady tonight!  

 

Isn't she just gorgeous? I can think of so many different ways to color her and different occasions to use her for!

Can't you just see her flying in and sprinkling good luck all around?  I sure can!

She's colored with copics and the papers are Carta Bella's Well Played paper pack and Core'dination's Shattered Collection Paper.  I added some Diamond Glaze to her hair bow and belt and Stickles in Stardust to her dress.

I used Floral Oval frame and scalloped oval dies from Spellbinders to cut her out and Classic Corner Dies from SCACD on the corner.  The metal fixtures are from some Tim Holtz hardware I had in my stash.

The dice are a variety of papers from the fun paper packs and the template I used was from here.  It's great because the boxes can open up for goodies.  Me, I'd fill it with some peanuts and chocolate!  I used the Art Nouveau Embossing Folder by Couture Creations on the Core'dinations paper and the dots are made with a McGill petite flower punch.

Here's one last look at her before I show you my next fun project!  I plan on entering this gorgeous gal in the following challenges:

4 Crafty Chicks - Bling
Craftin' Bouique Challenge - Anything goes
Paper Crafting Journey - Punch and/or die cuts
Simon Says Stamps - Anything Goes

And now on to my whimsical and fun, Flying Owl!  Isn't it a hoot?!

I love these fun, happy colors!  I know owls are brown, white, grey, black, you name it, but i wanted something light and fun!

She's colored with copics and has Stickles in Stardust outlining her, on her wings and on the sweet butterflies.  I thought the delicate  Classic Corner Dies from SCACD would be a perfect touch! If you look closely, you can see the gorgeous pattern in the Art Nouveau Embossing Folder by Couture Creations.

I added some handmade flowers from Spellbinders and the branches are from a Martha Stewart punch.

The gorgeous paper is from a K&Company pack from my stash and the seam binding is from Stampin Up.

The pearls on the butterfly are from my stash.

Doesn't she look so happy and fun?

I added some Diamond Glaze to her eyes to make them pop and I think they came out pretty great!

Crafty Ribbons Challenge - Use one or more circles
Cute Card Thursday - Anything Goes
Happy Campers - Summer
Southern Girls - Animal Anticts
Whimsical Designs - Bugs or animals

Now fly on over to the ever inspiring Susanna's blog and see what stunning project awaits you!  Oh, this is one hop you're not going to want to miss a single step on!

Tuesday Throwdown Challenge Sponsored by Saturated Canary

Happy Birthday to you!  That's our theme over at Tuesday Throwdown and we're being sponsored by the oh so popular Saturated Canary!  I love their images and Krista was so generous and sweet in letting us show off some of her designs.  I combined a couple of my favorite things to do - color some Smokin Hot fun chick and make a fun 3d project!

This hottie is Smokin Hot and she's colored with copics and I added some Diamond Glaze to her eyes, lips, braid bead, cherry, and dripping ice cream.  I added some stickles to her suit and ice cream and used Nestabilities to cut her out.  The papers are from a fabulous BasicGrey paper pack, the baker's twine is from The Twinery, and the crust on the pie is from the Stampin Up scalloped edge punch.  I can't take credit for the pie or cake template and I'm so sorry because I can't find the source where I got it from.  I'm still looking and when I find it, I'll post the link.

Here's a back view of the template.  Cute, isn't it?

Here's the opening where you can hide whatever goodies you decide.  I decided on some Ju-Jus.  Thank your lucky stars because you almost got some more cream mints!

Here's a close up of her.  Isn't she stunning?  I love her ice cream cone and I like to think that her pie is a great lemon pie!  Doesn't that sound refreshing?

I'm entering her in the following challenges:

Color Me Creative - Anything Goes
C is for Challenge - Fresh and Bright
Craft It Up & Link It Up Linky Party by Craftin Desert Divas - Birthdays
Craft Your Passion - 3D
Creative Creations Challenge - Anything Goes
Make it Monday - Anthing Goes
Paper Playtime - Use Patterned papers
Tammy's Scrappin Corner - Use a digi

Come on over to Tuesday Throwdown and participate in our fabulous birthday challenge.  I can't wait for you to see all the great projects that my designing buddies have for you.  They're just fabulous!  Now go have something sweet and sugary!

Christmas in July for Elisabeth Bell's World

Oh, there's something refreshing about Christmas in July!  Just the thought of it kind of breaks up the year and gets me thinking about all the things I need to get done before the actual holiday gets here!  This challenge over at Elisabeth Bell's World is themed Christmas in July.  I love older things and decided to pull out one of my all time favorite Christmas paper and stamp to ink up.  Hope you enjoy them!

This is Star of Bethlehem from Belles n' Whistles and it's currently not available.  I hope these images can come back because they're just so enchanting and I loved every single one of them.  I fell in love with this stamp when it first came out.  It was for our first Christmas release and gosh, I just love the serenity and innocence here.

When I decided to use this one, I knew exactly the paper I wanted to use, an older paper pack from BasicGrey called Wassail.  I actually won this from my dear stamping idol, Suzanne Dean, and I am very fussy about when I use it!  These adorable baby dolls are colored with copics and I added some Stickles to the star, garland, and to the bear and gown of the youngest cutie pie. I did just a touch of Diamond Glaze on the ribbon in the oldest's hair.  The poinsettia and Christmas ball are from Prima and the ribbon and pearls are from Cloud 9.

Don't they look just too adorable parading the Star of Bethlehem around?

I think these are two of the prettiest babies that Ms. Bell has ever created!

Here's a couple more looks before I leave you.

I hope you'll come on over to Elisabeth Bell's World and join in on our challenge.  We love to see what you create and with the temperatures rising, I think everyone deserves to cool off with a little bit of holiday spirit!  Have a great day!

Cocktail Time for Dare To Be Sassy Thursday for Sassy Studio Designs

It's getting hot in here... Love that song and with the heat down here's it's kind of appropriate!  Today over at Dare to Be Sassy Thursday for Sassy Studio Designs, this week our challenge is Cocktail Time!  There was a time in my life when Cocktail Time was a big fun for me.  And don't get me wrong, I still love a good margarita now and then, but now, it's pretty rare.  But with this weather, a good ice cold beer sure can be just the thing to quench the thirst!  So right now, it's 5:00 somewhere!

This babe is Lager Pinup Sassy and you can find her here.  I colored her with copics and her mugs are covered with Diamond Glaze and Stickles!  The clock is from the Tim Holtz diecut, the gorgeous papers are from Anna Griffin's The Royal Fleur paper pack and the burlap braid and pearls are from my stash.

I love the faces that Lindsay does for these gorgeous images!

 I tried to get a good view of the mug but it looks milky instead of shiny!  In real life, i swear it's rather inviting looking!

So stroll on over to our Sassy Studio Design Team Blog for a little nip of something.  Show us what your cocktail time is like!  Cheers!

Welcome Fairy Merrily to our family at The Digi Bells!

Our newest Digi is here, and I am quite excited about her!

Please welcome ** Fairy Merrily ** to our little family of Elisabeth Bell Digi's....

Blog hop will start on

Friday, July 19, 2013, at 12:00 pm and ends on Friday, July 26, 2013 at 12:00 pm.

 If you came to my blog from the sweet and oh so talented Lynne's blog, then you're on the right track.  If not, head on over to the multi-talented Julie's blog and start there.  I don't want you to miss a single project because this little pixie is too stinkin cute!  I'm so excited to share my version of Fairy Merrily with you!

Does it get much cuter than this?  Not for me, it doesn't!  I could color her and look at her forever!  She's colored with copics and has Stickles on her wings and on her dress.  I added some Diamond Glaze to her shoes and flowers in her hair.  This gorgeous paper is from a BasicGrey stack called That's My Girl.  She's got some handmade flowers and the Floral Oval frame she's cut out with are both from Spellbinders.  The seam binding and the orange card stock are from Stampin Up (the card stock is from one of the older In Color packs) and  the baker's twine is from The Twinery.  The charm and lace are from my stash.

Don't you just want to be flying free with her?  I'm really loving how she came out!

Here's a view of the pretty charm and the computer generated sentiment.

For some reason, I just couldn't stop taking pictures of her!

Here's one last look at her before you leave.

Now flit on over to my dear friend and so creative stamping sister, Mary Lou's place and see her fabulous creation!  Believe me, you won't want to miss it!

Happy hopping and have a great weekend!

Dare To Be Sassy Thursday for Sassy Studio Designs

Gotta love summer!  It's my favorite time of the year as you all know.  One thing I love about summer is all the vivid colors.  Everything looks so deep and vibrant.  Over at Sassy Studio Designs Dare to Be Sassy Thursday, our challenge this week to everyone is to use your favorite color combination.  I have several, but one of my all time favorites is blue and yellow.  It seems so fresh and renewing to me.  I love the french country look and that's what those colors remind me of.

For my project this week, I used Cinderella Pinup and made a CD case!  It was so fun and easy!  I followed the directions found here .  I colored the beauty with copics and added stickles all over her.  These gorgeous papers are from an Echo Park paper pad that I ordered from Kim at Cutter's Creek.  The flowers are from the Flower Shoppe Cricut cartridge and the swirls are from Spellbinders.  I added some tulle and pearls and called it good!

Here's a view of the back.  The instructions call for some type of closure, but I was making this for one of Allie's little friends so I left the closure off.  She's only 3 and I wanted to make it really easy for her to get it open.

I know, you're asking why not Cinderella instead of Tinkerbell!  I had one of the Tinkerbell's all done up and ready to go, but I spilled coffee on her and my Cinderella DVD is in storage.  So there you have it!

Here she is close up.  I absolute love this image and hope you do too!  So head on over to our Sassy Studio Design Team blog and see what fabulous and fun color combinations my creating buddies have come up with for you.  I loved their projects and got a couple of ideas of colors to try together that I never though of. Love it when that happens!

Don't forget to head over to our Sassy Studio Design Party Blog and take advantage of the fabulous new image that is being offered today and tomorrow for free before it goes into the store on Saturday morning!  She's so much fun and remember to use her responsibly.

Li'l Princess Tu-Tu

Hello everyone!  Hope you're having a great summery day!  It's hot down here in Florida in the States and I'm getting ready to take a dip in the pool.  Refreshing, I hope!  Today I want to share a cutie pop, Li'l Princess Tu-Tu,  from Elisabeth Bell's Digital Collection, who I have loved since the day she was created!  I can't believe I've never used her, but every time I'd start to color her up, someone would have her up on the blog or have done a gorgeous coloring of her.  But below is the story that got me to finally color her up!

Last week I was cleaning and getting ready for Allie's 5th birthday party and I had the broom out sweeping the floor.  She asked to help and I said sure (never going to turn down free labor!).  I went to get the dust pan and come back into the living room and there she is riding the broom all over the floor and telling Nanni how great of a sweep her horsey is!  I just knew that was my cue to get this baby on a card!

Isn't she just precious?  I think so!  She's colored with copics and has Stickles all over her!  I added some distressed ink around the edges and distressed the edges of all the paper and layers but you can't see them very well.  The flowers are handmade and the branches are from Martha Stewart's punch.  I added some cheese cloth and pearls and the papers are some gorgeous, fun older papers from a Debbie Mumm collection.  I love them and have been hording them forever!

Here's a closer view of some of the papers. Cute, aren't they?

 Hope you enjoy her as much as I loved coloring her.

Hope everyone is able to stay cool or at least comfortable!  I'll be back tomorrow with another fun project for Sassy Studio Designs and then Friday, we are presenting another sweet digi for Elisabeth Bell's Digital Collection!  Oh, I can't wait to show her off to you!