Another SWC Things With Wings Card

I went a little crazy with the "Things With Wings" theme over at Sundays With Crissy. Here is card #6...I love Crissy's "Rose Butterfly" digi image from Whimsy Stamps! You can use any colour combo with it and it can also be used for so many different occasions! This "Thank You" card is another one that I did for a recent school fundraiser!! Turns out that the lady who purchased them has been bidding and winning my cards at the auction for the last 3 or 4 years, which for me is the highest compliment anyone could pay.

 
The sentiment is a digi image from Create with TLC, a great place to find wonderful sentiments and vintage images!!

Thanks for coming by today to take a look. There is still time for you to enter your own creation for this month's challenge over at the Sundays With Crissy blog!! Our challenge ends tomorrow at noon, so click HERE to join in the fun!! You could win 5 free digi images drawn by my favourite artist--Crissy Armstrong!!

Have a Great Day!!

☺Sarah☺

Card Deets:

Printed On: Neenah
Cardstock: Bazzill Papers
Designer Paper: Michael's Recollections--Script Cream
Media: Copic Markers
Gems: Hero Arts
Butterfly Punch: Martha Stewart
Chalk: Colorbox Fluid Chalk--Chestnut Roan

Sundays With Crissy--Challenge #29--Things With Wings Christmas Cards

Here are two more cards I made for this month's challenge over at Sundays With Crissy. The theme this month is "Things With Wings".

The Inside...

Christmas is only 7 months away you know LOL!! I kept these cards really simple. They were also part of the package I made up for the school fundraiser. I just love Crissy's angels! These images are called "Touched By Love" and "Little Christmas Angel" and they are both digital images that can be found at Whimsy Stamps. Unfortunately, the photos don't show the glitter on the wings of the angels. It's look really pretty IRL...

It's not too late for you to enter your own "Things With Wings" themed card or project. Click HERE for challenge details and upload instructions!! You could win 5 free digi images drawn by Crissy Armstrong!!

Thanks for taking the time to come by my blog!! May your day be filled with sunshine!!

Hugs,

☺Sarah ☺

Card Deets:

Printed On: Neenah
Cardstock: Bazzill Papers
Designer Paper: NRN Designs--Holy Spirit
Media: Copic Markers
Ribbon: Michael's
Sentiment: Create With TLC
Joy & Peace Embellishments: Dollarama
Gems: Dollarama
Poinsettia Die: Spellbinders

Okay...It's Me Again!!

Okay don't fall off your chair!! Yes, this is my third post this month!!  Again with the Things With Wings theme from the Sundays With Crissy challenge to boot!! Crissy has so many cute winged creatures and I couldn't resist colouring up this handsome fellow even though Thanksgiving is months away!! It's good to be thankful anytime, right?

The image is called "Stuffed Turkey" and it's from Whimsy Stamps.

 This awesome sentiment is another one from Create With TLC!!

Thanks for stopping by to take a look!! Don't be shy, enter your own "Things With Wings" themed card and you could win 5 free digi images drawn by Crissy Armstrong!! Details on how to add your card of project HERE in my Sundays With Crissy post!!

Have a blessed day!!

☺Sarah☺

Card Deets:

Printed On: Neenah
Cardstock: Bazzill Papers
Designer Paper: s.e.i.--Claire--Sincere
Media: Copic Markers
Picket  Die: Cherry Lynn Designs--Victorian Picket Fence

Card #2 for Sundays With Crissy--Things With Wings

Top 'o the Mornin' to Ya!! Today's a great day to share another one of my cards for the Sundays With Crissy May challenge which is "Things With Wings"!! 

I used Crissy's digi image "Birdie Friend" from Whimsy Stamps!! I love this image!! The scripture verse sentiment is one of my favourites too and it's from Create With TLC!! This card was also another in a series I made for a recent school fundraiser.

Check out the Sundays With Crissy Blog where you will find all our challenge details! Upload your own "Things With Wings" creation and you could win 5 free digi images created by Crissy Armstrong!! And remember, although we would love it if you used one of Crissy's images, it is not necessary to do so to play along! If you do use one of Crissy's images you will be entered twice in our draw at the end of the month!!

Thanks for taking a look!! Have a BLESSED day!!

☺Sarah☺

Card Deets:

Printed On: Neenah
Cardstock: Bazzill Papers
Media: Copic Markers
Sentiment: Create With TLC
Ribbon: Michaels
Scalloped Oval & Oval Die: Spellbinders

Sundays With Crissy--Challenge #29--Things With Wings

Greetings Stampers and thanks for stopping by today! Over at Sundays With Crissy we have a new challenge going on and this month it's all about Things With Wings!! So, to join in on our challenge, all you have to do is make a card or project using stamps that have a "winged" theme--that means birds, bugs, angels, flying pigs, etc.

Here's what I did for my card...

I used Crissy's image "Love Birds" from Whimsy for this card. It was part of a package I put together for a school fundraiser.

Now it's your turn to show us your Winged Creation cards or projects! See upload instructions HERE! There will be five free digi's given to one lucky challenge participant who will be chosen by Random.org at the end of the month! You may use images from any company and still be included in the draw for the blog candy prize! Those who use one of Crissy's images, either from her rubber or digital collections will be entered twice in the draw. But please respect the rule of no more than three entries per month. Otherwise your entries could be deleted. Please also remember to link your card/creation to the appropriate post. Although we'd love to surf your blog it makes it very hard for us when we have to go looking through multiple posts to find your entry for our challenge.

Blessings,

☺Sarah☺

Card Deets:
Stamped On: Neenah
Ink: Memento--Tuxedo Black
Cardstock: Bazzill Papers
Designer Paper: Basic Grey--Max & Whiskers--Patches
Media: Copic Markers
Metal Charm: Dollarama
Ribbon: Michael's
Ribbon Holder Die: Spellbinders

Sundays With Crissy--Challenge #28--Favourite Colour Combo

Greetings Everyone!! Welcome to my blog!!  It's challenge time again over at Sundays With Crissy and this month the theme is to use your FAVOURITE COLOUR COMBO!! Here's my card...

I included this card in a bunch I did for my daughter's old elementary school's fundraiser. I used Crissy's image "New Born Joon" from Whimsy Stamps. I coloured her with copic markers. The designer paper is from Basic Grey--Getting Bigger and from Pebbles--Ever After/Magic Forest. As always, my cardstock is from Bazzill Papers. The crochet flowers are ones I picked up at Michael's and my LSS. The brad was from my stash. The background is done with chalk.

Now it's your turn to share your Favourite Colour Combo!! Go HERE to check out our latest challenge details!! Thanks for stopping by today to take a look!!

HUGS!!

Sarah ☺

Sundays With Crissy--Challenge #27--Animals

Good Day!!! Welcome to my blog!! Today I want to share with you the card I did for Sundays With Crissy!! This month the theme is all about ANIMALS!! Anyone who knows me and my cards knows that almost every card I do has some sort of critter on it--can't help it, I'm an animal lover. This time 'round I used Crissy's sweet image "Bunny With Flowers" from Whimsy Stamps for my card. This one will go along with 19 other cards to help raise money for my daughter's (and mine) old elementary school.

Here's a close look at the art...

I'm not sure if you can see it but I added some white flocking to bunny's tail to make it fuzzy.

Now it's your turn to show us your Animal cards or creations! There will be five free digi's given to one lucky challenge participant who will be chosen by Random.org at the end of the month! You may use images from any company and still be included in the draw for the blog candy prize! Those who use one of Crissy's images, either from her rubber or digital collections will be entered twice in the draw. But please respect the rule of no more than three entries per month. Otherwise your entries could be deleted. Go HERE for details on how you can upload your own cards/projects!!

Thanks for stopping in today!!

Blessings,

☺Sarah☺

The Recipe:

Digi Stamp--Whimsy Stamps

Sentiment--High Hopes Stamps

Printed On--Neenah Paper

Cardstock--Bazzill--Swiss Dots

Designer Paper--Doodlebug

Media--Copic Markers

Metal Flower--Hobby Lobby

Brads--American Traditions

Die Cuts--Nestabilities--Parisian Accents

Pearls--Dollarama

Sundays With Crissy Challenge #26--Birthdays

Hi Everyone!! Welcome to my blog--so glad you stopped in today!! It's challenge time at Sundays With Crissy and this month it's all about BIRTHDAYS!! I recently stocked up on some of Crissy's rubber images (Whimsy Stamps) and here is the first one I had the opportunity to ink!! The image is called "Tippy By The Tail"!!

I am currently in the process of making 20 cards for a school fundraiser and this is card #1 of the bunch--only 19 more to go!! The goal is to use all Crissy Armstrong (Whimsy) images--both rubber and digi, so over the coming months you will get to see what I did!! This is a boy birthday card, hence, the lack of flowers and bling LOL!! I just love Crissy's tigers (my faves actually) they are such fun to colour!!!

This was my first attempt at doing clouds with copics and I like the way it turned out!! I just used B0000 and C2 with the colourless blender. I love the way the clouds add depth and dimension to the image. Sorry my photos aren't great--the image looks way better in real life!!

Well that's it for me!! I'd love to see you play along with our challenge too. All you have to do is make a card or project(incorporating stamps) with a birthday theme and upload it to our blog--GO HERE for upload instructions!! You could win 5 free Crissy Armstrong digis of your choice too, if you are picked in our random draw at the end of the month!! If you use one of Crissy's images, digital or rubber, from any of the companies she has drawn for, you will be entered twice in our draw!! Although we'd love it if you used one of Crissy's images, it is not necessary to do so in order to play along!! We only ask that you limit your entries to three and that you keep your cards family friendly (i.e. no pin ups or suggestive images).

Thanks for taking a look!! Have a great day!!

Blessings,

Sarah ☺

The Recipe:

Stamp & Sentiment--Whimsy Stamps (Tippy By The Tail)

Stamped On--Neenah Paper

Ink: Memento--Tuxedo Black

Designer Paper--Pebbles (New Arrival-Little Angel)

Cardstock--Bazzill Papers

Media--Copics, Multiliner, Sharpie Ultrafine Marker,

Ribbon--Michael's

Metal Clips--Dollarama

Brads--American Traditions

Punch--Whale of a Punch--Deckle Edge Tag

Chalk--Colorbox Fluid Chalk--Chestnut Roan & Dark Moss 

Happy New Year!!! Sundays With Crissy Challenge #25

Howdy and Happy New Year!! It's challenge time again over at Sundays With Crissy and this month we want you to Beat The Mid-Winter Blues!!! That means you can use anything on your card or project that screams beach, seashore, underwater, sunny, tropical...you get the idea.

Now this challenge has special significance for me as I have just returned from a wonderful cruise in the Caribbean. Now I really can't complain because of the snow because, well, here in Ontario, we haven't really had that much and we ended up having a very green Christmas to boot. The snow can stay away as far as I am concerned!! I wouldn't mind a green New Year either...I can dream can't I??

Anyway, back to our challenge...I decided to keep the sea theme alive for this one. Although I didn't see any mermaids at sea (oh I love homonyms) I know they were there. I inked up this little rubber mermaid Crissy did for Whimsy stamps and put her on the front of a travel journal. The image is called "Journey Into The Sea".

 

The Front





  The Art





The Back--I wish I had bought a crate of this paper--one of my life's regrets LOL!!

  Now if you're interested, this is how I made my journal. First I went on a hunt for cheap-o (NON SPIRAL) journals at the dollarstore, Staples, & Michael's. I bought a bunch of different ones but the one I used for this project was a "Sustainable Earth" journal from Staples. I liked it because it had a chocolate brown binding (anything chocolate is good) and the lines were brown inside. I then purchased the biggest Xyron machine I could find (Xyron Creative Station). It's a little pricey (not so bad with a 40% off coupon) but necessary for this project as you need a strong and consistent adhesive to stick the paper down. I cut my paper to size leaving a bit of overlap, ran it through the xyron and adhered it to the journal. I then trimmed the overlap with scissors and then sanded the edges with 220 grade sandpaper. This works best if you sand the edges down towards the inside of the journal or along the edges so you are not going against the adhesive. Sand until the edges are flush and smooth. It makes a BIG mess so be prepared for some clean up. The rest is up to you.

Well, now it's your turn!! Show us how you Beat The Mid-Winter Blues!! Click HERE and you will be taken to our post outlining how to enter your own projects!! You can also win our monthly prize of 5 free digi images by our beloved artist Crissy Armstrong--details on the above post as well. Don't forget, our talented design team will be struting their stuff all thoughout the month just to keep you inspired, so don't forget to come back to the SWC blog often to see what they've come up with.

Thanks for popping in today to take a look!!

New Year Blessings,

Sarah ☺

The Rest of The Dirt:

Designer Paper: Magenta--Bon Voyage--Travel Text

Cardstock--Bazzill Papers

Image Printed On: Neenah

Media: Copics

(BV000, BV00, BV02, BG10, BG15, BG23, Y02, Y11, Y15, Y18, G12, G20, YG03, YG23, E0000 E35, E50, R20)

Gems--Zva

Sundays With Crissy Challenge #23--Christmas Card Using Non-Traditional Colours

Hello Sundays With Crissy Fans!! It's challenge time again and this month we would like to see "Christmas Cards Using Non-Traditional Colours". That means no red & green. Now how easy is that?

For this month's challenge I actually inked up an oldie but a goodie from High Hopes Stamps called "Christmas Kitty Fun"!! I have been using so many digi images of late that my poor rubber is starting to feel neglected!! I love this stamp because it reminds me of my fur babies Yuki & Willow and given the right props (well maybe not the hat, LOL) they would so do this.

 I learned how to make this bow from a site called Amazing Paper Grace. The link will take you to Becca's tutorial page and the tutorial is called "Tie A Pretty Collar Bow". It takes a little work, the right kind of ribbon, some patience, and your tongue (LOL) if you're anything like me when you are doing something finickity.

 

So that's me, how 'bout you--let's see if you're up for the challenge of making a Christmas card with non-traditional colours. Click HERE for download instructions!! There will be five free digi's given to one lucky challenge participant who will be chosen by Random.org at the end of the month! You may now use images from any company and still be included in the draw for the blog candy prize! Those who use one of Crissy's images, either from her rubber or digital collections will be entered twice in the draw. But please respect the rule of no more than three entries per month. Otherwise your entries could be deleted.

 

Thanks for taking a look!! Have a great day!!!

 

Hugs,

☺Sarah ☺

 

The Stuff I Used:

Stamps--High Hopes--Christmas Kitty Fun & Meowy Christmas, Stamped On--Neenah, Ink--Memento--Tuxedo Black, Cardstock--Bazzil, Designer Paper--Paper Pizazz/Hot Off the Press--Bright Tints Pink Swirls, Silver Metallic Foil Paper--LSS, Silver Wired Ribbon--Michael's--Celebrate It/Home & More, Glitter Shapes--Michael's--Recollections, Punch--Stampin' Up--Ticket Corner Punch, Media--Copics--COO, C!, C2, C4, RV02, RV04, RV10, R00, R20.

I have also entered my card into the High Hopes Challenge 121: Anything High Hopes Goes.