MDC Thursday Smack Down...

LOLOL!! Yes I mean challenge, I just thought that title was amusing. So it's Thursday again! I can't believe it's already August 21!! Where on earth does time go? I can't take it! This morning it was 53 degrees outside, oh fall is in the air I love it!

This really cool image is by Serendipity Stamps. I colored this sundial with Copics and added Stickles to the flowers and sundial. My background patterned papers are by Kaiser Craft. The pink and brown are by SU, Regal Rose and Chocolate Chip. Check out that cool flower! That is a piece of chipboard by Scenic Route. I embossed it with a brown embossing powder I had and added a dot of the Kaiser Craft paper in the middle.

At first I was not sure if I can make the image work. I don't know why, it's pretty cool isn't it? In the end I think it worked out pretty well.

Be sure to stop by the MDC Challenge Blog as well as the personal blogs of the other DT members.

Thanks for stopping by!

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Sweet Treats

This is I made for the SCS Technique Monday. Since it was making a "treat" box I had to use the Unity Kit "Bitty Christmas Tags" I colored this awesome little gingerbread house with copics/prismacolor markers and added stickles. Punched it out added the SU scalloped punch in the back. The ribbon is from Michaels and the glitter dots are from Gina K. Inside I put little starlight mints, sorry the way I took the picture they don't show. But how awesome is this little box for any type of yummy treat or gift.

That's it for now.

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Hey Chick and Blog-Aversary Winner!

Check out this chick! I did this for the SCS fan club monthly theme and for August it is All That Glitters. How can I not play? I use glitter on everything! LOLOL!

I stamped this Unity Chick from the "Hey Chick" kit on a piece of acetate. I pulled out my Art Glitter Glue to cover her in and then added pink glitter and a touch of green. My base if Regal Rose by SU and the back is Certainly Celery by SU. I used my nesties to cut and emboss the center. For the wonderful border I used the "border" stamp in the Unity Kit "Floral Fantastical". I colored the flowers in using my Koo-I-Noor pencils. Then of course I pulled out a few bottles of Stickles to add the glitter. Under the bird on the inside I added a piece of patterned paper by Imagainsce which I though looked rather cool behind the acetate window.

Now it's time to announce the winner of my Blog-aversary giveaway.....

Drumrull please......

Cindy C you are the winner.

Cindy posted:

#11 Just found your blog.....love your creations!!! Thanks for the chance!

Thanks so much Cindy for stopping by. Please email me your address so I can get your goodies out to you.

Well that's it for now!

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Sketch Time Saturday

It's Saturday and that means sketch time with Lauren! Check it out here is today's sketch. If you decide to play and post to SCS you can use keyword mytimess1 so everyone can find all the awesome creations.


I really didn't know which direction to go with this one so I decided on a Halloween card. Here it is:
I struggled with this one a little bit. In the end not too bad I thought . I did incorporate the components of the sketch but then felt like I HAD to add something to the bottom hopefully that is ok!

This flying witch is Riley by Hanna Stamps! The Sophie and Rileys are super awesome! I colored this guy in with copics and added some stickles, then cut him out. I used my circle scalloped nesties for my layers. The patterned papers are from a glitter stack pack by Debbie Mumm. The images in my squares are by Studio G.


What I did realize though is that I am lacking on holiday papers so I really need to find some. What brands do you like for holiday papers? This Debbie Mumm pack I picked up the other day is a "fall" pack with a few sheets of Christmas.

Lauren Meader's Sketch Challenge Team:
Tamara Harder

Dawn Easton
Kirsten Dubosque
Kristy Vernon
Kim Gasper
MacKenzie Bruckler
Alicia Weiman

Well that's it for now. Don't forget there is still some time to enter for my Blog-aversary giveaway which ends on Sunday.




That's it for now!


Thanks for stopping by!


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Mothers & Daughters Challenge

It's Thursday and you know what that means? Challenge time at MDC. I'm psyched for the month of August I get to pick the challenges each week. This week is a stamp company spotlight and it's Outlines. Have you seen their stamps, very intricate and cool. They enable you to color, glitter, embellish and layer!

For this challenge I picked this awesome butterfly. I used two stamped images for this. I colored both using Copics but the one on top I colored the background pink, the bottom one I left the background white. I also added stickles to some of the flowers and leaves just for some sparkle. My background colors are Rose Red and Regal Rose. And the cute green patterned paper is by Daisy Bucket. I pulled the sheer ribbon from my stash to add a delicate touch to the bottom.

I love the size of this butterfly and how cool it looks "layered".

Don't forget to swing on by the MDC Challenge blog as well as the blog of the DT members: Cindy, Jennifer, Linda, Lynda and Tamara. Do you love Basic Grey? If so you will love saying 20% check it out at the MDC Store.

Thanks for stopping by.

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Walking in a Winter Wonderland....

Here is my Winter Wonderland scene made with Unity's Bitty Christmas Tags. It's close enough to the holidays right??? LOLOL!!! OMG, all the stores have all the fall/halloween stuff out and I'm sure within a couple of weeks the Christmas trees will be out! C'mon now. I LOVE christmas, my favorite holiday but it does keep getting earlier and earlier. That's ok it's still fun so why not start making cards now! This set has a bunch of stamps that are perfect for cardmaking, tagmaking, gift making etc etc etc.....

I used the sketch challenge on SCS from last week to do this but I flipped the sketch to create my scene. I added lots of sparkle with Stickles and used white flock for the snow mound and red for the earmuffs on the snowman! My patterned papers are by Basic Grey and American Crafts and of course pulled out a snowflake (from last year) embossing folder for the background.

Don't forget there is still time to enter to win some blog-aversary candy HERE. And if you want to win some Stickles go HERE. WOO HOO!!!! Lots of fun going on!

That's it for now. Be sure to swing by tomorrow for the weekly Mothers & Daughters Creations challenge it should be a good one!!

Till later.....

Glittered Window

Isn't this chick sweet? I was psyched when Tamara of Mothers & Daughters Creations asked me to work on a "technique" project. Of course what else would I really want to use other than Stickles! Am I'm over doing it? NAH! They are awesome! If you haven't tried them yet you have to! You can view all of the wonderful colors here. I think I have all of them. Now the only thing I need is some good advice for storage. I keep them in a drawer which is fine but they fall like dominoes ALL the time and it drives me batty! Any ideas???


I decided to give the glitter on acetate/transparencies a try. You have seen this before I'm sure, it's been on SCS and blogs. Many people have used the clear drying glue with fine glitter and that works fine as well. But with Stickles it's one step and the dry time. So here is my little version of this fun technique.....


I stamped the chick with Stazon on a transparency sheet (is that the correct word or is it acetate same thing right?). Let the ink dry and then apply in little squirts the stickles. For this I used yellow on the body, Orange Peel on the beak/wing and Pink for the flower with a dab of Cotton Candy in the middle of the flower. Now set this aside and let it dry. It does take some time I will admit. I usually stamp at night so I plan accordingly and let it dry over night, or if I stamp while the kids nap it dries by the time they go to bed at night so I can continue. I am not one with such patience for things like that because I usually want to get things done, but I love the glitter so much it's worth the wait. Here is a close up of the chick all glittered up:


Doesn't that look cool?? It's like crystals in a window.


While the chick was drying I worked on getting the rest of the card ready. I decided to make a small "box" that would sit on a card and pop out.


I pulled out my square scalloped nesties and used the the square that best fit around the image. I used it to cut out a square on a piece of SU Regal Rose paper. (honestly I didn't measure this piece but as long as you have an inch all around the cut our image you should be fine)


Then score on all four sides 1/2 inch out and another 1/2 inch out. You should then be able to fold the sides under forming a little box with no bottom. Take your "crystal" image and adhere it underneath this cool little window. You can use adhesive or even tape because you won't see it underneath. I used a square piece of cool Daisy Bucket paper to adhere underneath this for the base and it shows through in the window.


Here is the "box" all finished:













The final thing you want to do is adhere this cute box to your card. My card uses SU Regal Rose and Daisy Bucket paper. The flowers on the frame in the finished product is from the Michael's Bridal section. The cute sentiment "Scatter Joy" is by by Daisy Bucket as well.

Please let me know if you would like further clarification on any of this. I just realized this is my first tutorial on my blog! Let me know what you think.

Now hop on over to MDC and pick up all the Stickles you can carry!!! And don't forget to check out all the fun at the MDC Challenge Blog with a Stickle giveaway!

Thanks so much for stopping by!!

Till Later...