Birthday Wishes

Hi Everyone!  Can you believe Thanksgiving is next week?!  I don't know where the month is going.  Things have been really hectic lately and I haven't had a chance to stamp or create a card for a couple weeks now.  I do still have a few cards left in my drafts that I haven't shared, though.

I made this card for my son's 10th birthday last month.  I love this little Surprise! image from Lili of the Valley.  It works great for feminine and masculine cards.  (I shared a feminine card last month using this image.)  I'm afraid I can't remember what papers I used on this card.  I think they were from My Mind's Eye.

The image was colored with copic markers and the sentiment is from the Vintage Sentiments - Occasions stamp set.  I finished the card off with some green twine, red buttons, and cork stars.  I love the texture the cork adds.

Have a great rest of the week!
Niki

Snowy Village

Hi Everyone!  Hope you're all having a great weekend.  The weather here is icky, cold, and snowy.  Perfect day to stay in, watch a movie, and play monopoly. :)

I have a little CAS card to share with you today using the Snowy Village image from SP & Company.  It was release week this week and this image is one of the new stamps available now.  I also used a sentiment from the Holiday Insides set.  My patterned paper is from the Echo Park Reflections Christmas paper pad.  You can also find that fun woodgrain cardstock in the store along with the blue lagoon button.

Have a happy weekend and thanks so much for stopping by!
Niki :)

Happy Holidays to You and Yours

Hi Everyone!  We've been busy passing around some lovely germs so I haven't had much time to create cards, but I have a few saved in drafts still.  Today, I thought I would share a holiday card with you using an adorable Wee Stamps image.

I used the cute Angelica image from Wee Stamps.  You can get it digitally here from Wee Stamps or as a rubber stamp from Whimsy Stamps here.  I used a sentiment from Whimsy Stamps' Holiday Mini Postage Stamps set.

I love traditional red and green Christmas colors, but also like to add in a little blue now and then for a less traditional color combo.  I chose some patterned papers from the Life in the Country paper pad from Maja Design.  It's not a Christmas paper pad, but I think the colors and patterns work well still.  I buy my Maja Designs paper pads from the Funkie Junkie Boutique.

I colored the image with copic markers.  (Sorry I didn't write them down this time.)  The image was die cut with using the Double Scalloped Square Doily die and the die used with the sentiment is the Mini Postage Stamp die.

I added some stardust stickles to the angel's wings.  (Sorry the color is a little off in this photo.)  I added lots of flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts.

The crocheted lace is from May Arts and the satin ribbon, button, and snowflake charm were in my stash.  I'm playing along with the Wild Orchid Craft's Ribbon and Lace challenge.  I'm also playing along with The Ribbon Girl challenge which is to use Stripes on our cards.

The weather here has turned off cold and we've been getting a lot of snow and rain showers.  I think our warm weather is gone until spring now.  I don't know if I'm ready for that.  Oh well, more time to spend with the kiddos watching movies, playing games, and just hanging out.

Hope you all have a great weekend!
Niki

Snowman Poop and Fun News

Hi Everyone!  I have some fun news to share.  I've been invited to join the design team over at SP & Company.  Samantha offers some really cute stamps from illustrators Tina Wenke and Gill Roberts along with lots of sentiment stamps and other paper crafting goodies.  I'm really excited to be working with Tina and Gill's designs again.  Thanks so much to Samantha for the opportunity to work with her company!  You can meet the rest of the design team over on the SP & Company blog.

Every week, the design team plays along with a new theme.  This week's theme is Handmade Gifts & Gift Tags.  I used the Snowman & Snowdog image for my tags along with sentiments from the Forest Friends Winter Post stamp set and the Silly Holiday Treats stamp set.

I colored the white snow with a white prismacolor pencil and the rest of the tag was colored with these copic markers.
hat/vest: W4, W6, W8, W10
reds: R24, R27, R46, R89
browns: E27, E29
buttons: YR23
nose: YR16
greens: G43, G46, G28
blues: B93, B95, B97, B99

Hope you all have a great week!
Niki