On the 3rd Day of Christmas....

...my true love sent to me three French hens. Well, the closest thing 7 Kid's College Fund has to three french hens are three cute owls from Pink Cat Studio. So, on this third day of Christmas, you can save on all super-cute Pink Cat Studio stamps AND everything you need to mount these cuties!

Third Day of Christmas: Save 15% on all Pink Cat Studio stamps and Unmouted stamp supplies!

Use Code: XMASDAY3
Good TODAY ONLY (DECEMBER 15)

Check back tomorrow for Day 4's special deal!!!

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Tilda's Mitten

Hello, I hope everyone is doing good!  Today we got some more icky weather...started with freezing rain and ended with snow!  YUCK!  I'm glad I didn't have to go to school today; however, I was stuck studying....my first round of finals begin tomorrow and the last round ends on Thursday....then I will be on crafting time for a whole month!  YAY!  You can't begin to imagine how excited I am!

After studying for almost 9 hours straight today I decided I needed to give my brain a break and color....and my end result is this:

 

 I have been seeing lots of people making cute mitten cards so I thought I would give it a try.  I didn't have a template so I hand drew a mitten.  Then I had to ink up one of my new Tildas!  I wanted a non-traditional colored card so I used my new American Crafts paper.  Added some primas and punched snowflakes...of course had to add star dust stickles to the snowflakes for some glitter...then a cute mitten charm and my card was complete.

 

Tilda was colored with my Copics, accented with a white gel pen, and then I added Gelly powder to her hat.  I have her sitting on some fun snowflake ribbon.  I'm entering this beauty into the Just Magnolia Challenge this week....which is to create a Christmasy Card!

Make Sure you head on over to Embellish to check out Barb's amazing sales!

Recipe:
Stamps:  Santa's Little Helper Tilda from the So Jolly Collection
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Copics, White Gel Pen
Copic Colors Used: BG11, BG13, BG18, BG34, E00, E11, E21, E25, E49, E53, E59, R02, R11, R20, R22, R24, YR00
Papers:  American Crafts Blue Skies Collection
Tools:  Corner Rounder, MS branch punch, MS snowflake punch, Bow Easy
Embellishments:  Snowflake Ribbon, Pink Ribbon, Primas, Star Dust Stickles, Glitter Dots, Rose, Gelly powder, Charm

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The 2nd Day of Christmas....

...my true love sent to me: two turtle doves. Well since 7 Kids College Fund doesn't have turtle doves, Tab does have DOODLEBUGS!!! So, this second day of Christmas, you will receive 15% off everything in the DOODLEBUG category and the EMBELLISHMENTS category! This includes all buttons, brads, petaloo and prima, flowers, charms, stickles, liquid pearls, fun flock, liquid applique, gemstones, glitter, dew drops, etc.

Now what are you waiting for.....go and SHOP....click HERE to get to the store! :)

Second Day of Christmas: Save 15% on everything in the EMBELLISHMENTS &; DOODLEBUG categories!

Use Code: XMASDAY2
Good TODAY ONLY (DECEMBER 14)

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12 Days of Christmas at 7 Kids College Fund!

Today is the start of the 12 Days of Christmas at 7 Kids College Fund!  This fun goes through December 24th.  You will want to check out the 7 Kid Blog EVERY DAY for the Daily Christmas Sale!  What a wonderful time to shop for those crafty people in your life, or better yet to get yourself a lovely present!

On the First Day of Christmas, Tab gave to me....

15% off all Stampavie Stamps!

This lovely sale also includes Lelo Designs and Leere Aldrich stamps which are discounted down to $4.99!

Make sure to use Code:  XMASDAY1

This is ONLY good through today (Dec. 13)!

I thought I would share a fun Stampavie Gift Set that I have made!  This is perfect for any gardener in your life!

I have used the Sarah Kay image Elodie in Her Garden.

Now click, HERE to go and shop for your own Stampavie Stamps!

This set can be purchased on my ShopHandmade Store by clicking HERE!

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Club Anime Dec. Color Challenge

Happy Saturday!  Today is the Color Challenge over at Club Anime!  Virginia has come up with some super fun christmas colors to play with!  This month's prize is 3 rubber stamps of your choice!  You have one month to create your project using the color combo.  Go and check out the Club Anime Blog for all the details and to see what the other DT members have cooked up!

For my card I used the sketch over at Friday Sketchers.  I used the digi image Sandy...she is so happy that Christmas is almost here!

Sandy was colored with my Copics.  I used my Red Spica and Olive Spica to add shimmer to the shaded parts of her.  I love how the shaded parts now shimmer.

I added liquid applique to the trim on Sandy's hat, skirt, and boot.  Before I heat set it, I added some Glamour Dust to give her even more sparkles.

 

Did you know that you can color your charms?  YES you can!  You can customize any silver charm with your Copics!  Here you can see my colored charm to match my paper!

For my sentiment I used my Fiskars Ornament Punch, stamped my sentiment and then doodled in my flourish swirls with my Silver Spica to add some decoration to the ornament.

Well I best get to studying!  I have final exams next week....after Thursday afternoon I am officially on winter break until the end of January!  Oh how much fun that will be!  I can't wait to get up everyday to craft the day away and ink up a bunch of new stamps that I have waiting to be played with! :)

Recipe:
Stamps:  Sandy - ISS Digi; Teeny Tiny Wishes - SU
Inks:  Copics, Red Spica, Olive Spica, Silver Spica, Gold Paint Pen, Memento Tuxedo Black, White Gel Pen
Copic Colors Used:  E00, E15, E18, E19, E21, G28, G99, YG95, YR00, R02, R11, R24, R29
Papers:  Neenah Smooth Classic Crest, K&Company Christmas Cheer
Tools:  Fiskars Ornament Punch, Spellbinders Labels 4, Fleur De Lis Pendant, EK Success Swirl border punch, EK Success Holly border punch,
Embellishments:  Prima flowers, Stocking Charm, jump rings, Liquid Applique, Glamour Dust, Roses, TPC Filigree Accent Corners, Tulle and ribbon from my stash.

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Enjoy your weekend!

Blog Hop

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Stamps and Smiles

Digi Release - BLOG HOP!

YAY, it's Friday and that means it's time for the Stamps and Smiles Blog Hop!  How exciting!  I hope you are enjoying the hop!  If you are here from Jennifer's Blog then you are in the right place!  If not, click HERE to start at the beginning...you don't want to miss a stop!  Didn't the DT put together some AMAZING projects to share with you!  I am just amazed at how awesome digi images are and all the uses one can do with them!

The digi sets are available for purchase at the Stamps and Smiles Store beginning at 9pm CST TONIGHT!  Woo-Hoo!!!  We have a fun game for you too!  I hope you all play along....because you have the chance to WIN THE WHOLE DIGI RELEASE!
 

So how do you play?  Here you go:

Santa is stopping by each of the Design Team’s Blogs. We have all written letters to Santa to take back to the North Pole, two of the letters are missing, do you know who?

Visit the Design Team in the order below and then email us your answer by 9 pm CST tonight. The Winner will be announced at 9:01pm. Just in case you get lost, here is the order of the blogs you will need to visit. Have fun!

Jennifer Meyer

Rose Frydrych

Lisa Cook

Dalis Acevedo

Jennifer Stricker

Kim Gruetzmacher (YOU ARE HERE!)

Cynthia Burgess

Rose Miller

Now onto the Game:

Here's my letter to Santa...of course I am asking for LOTS of crafty supplies...Copics, Stamps, MS Punches, Spellbinders, MME Paper, Ribbon, and or course there's always MORE!

Looks like Santa got my letter! :)

My Project:

I love the Believe in Magic set, and just had to use it for my project!  Now I know you are thinking this looks exactly like my easel card that I showed you the other day with this set....however, I tweaked the easel card a little bit with the help of Kirsten's box card!  And have come up with this:

I used my Scor-Pal to create the box and drawers.  I do love how this has turned out, especially my first time making a card box like this!

Here's the front of the easel card, where I have used DCWV Holiday Collection Christmas Stack.  The image was colored with Copics (seriously is there anything else to color with...hee hee!)

As you can see I used my Spellbinders Classic Scalloped frame again and wove it with some ribbon (I just love the look the ribbon added to the frame gives).  Again, I've used my ABS with Copic colors C1 and B93 to give the background a nightly sky look.  I added Christmas Red Stickles to Rudolph's nose so he can lead Santa's team.  My Gold Spica was used on the reindeer's collars and to add a decoration to Santa's sleigh.  Liquid applique once again adds dimension to Santa's suit.

Here you can see the Gold Spica swirls that I added to Santa's sleigh and the liquid applique.

Then there is the bottom of the easel card.  I got out my never used Spellbinders In Spades borderabilities, and added pearls to the center of the boarder.  I love how this border matches the elegance of the paper.  It's like the die was made to be used with this paper!

Used some flowers from my stash (the gold one is a Prima, red one is a velvet flower from Michaels) along with my Spellbinders Renaissance Hearts Pendant Die for the center of my combo, added some Gold Stickles to the red flower tips, and finished with another pearl.

Here you can see the drawers on the box.  There is a drawer on each side to fill with goodies for someone special.

Another view so you can see how the drawers do go all the way around the box.

Finally, a view to show you the shimmer of the image.  You can see the Stickles and Spica sparkles, but you can really see the Pixie Dust Blingz Shimmerz that I added to the moon.  The texture of the Shimmerz actually makes the Moon look like a real life moon.  You can't see it in the pictures but I have also gone over the words with my Clear Spica to add some glimmer and sparkles to make the words pop and appear magical themselves.

I hope you have enjoyed your stop along the hop here and Santa's Magic has inspired you!  Leave on comment on this post and you can win your very own Believe in Magic digi set!  Winner will be announced on the Stamps and Smiles Blog later on! 

Now you need to head on to the next stop, which is Cindy's blog!

Recipe:

Stamps:  Believe in Magic - Stamps and Smiles Digi Set that will be available for purchase at 9pm tonight!

Inks:  Copics, Gold Spica, Clear Spica, ABS

Copic Colors Used: V06, B02, B04, B93, C1, R22, R24, R27, R37, R39, G17, G24, W5, W7, E00, E21, E43, E44, E47, E49, E53, E55

Papers:  Neenah Smooth Classic Crest, DCWV Holiday Collection Christmas Stack

Tools:  Scor-Pal, Spellbinders Classic Scallop Frame, In Spades Borderabilities, Renaissance Hearts Pendant,

Embellishments:  Prima Gold Flower, Pearls, Gold Stickles, Christmas Red Stickles, Liquid Applique, Pixie Dust Blingz Shimmerz, other flowers and ribbon from my stash.

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Enjoy your weekend!

Toasty Warm Christmas

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Stamps and Smiles
Digi Release - Day 4

Today is the final digi set sneak peek...all sets will be released for purchase TOMORROW night at 8pm CST!  Then you all can play along with us!  Remember tomorrow is also the BLOG HOP at Stamps and Smiles...goes from 7pm-8pm CST!  You don't want to miss this as there are some AMAZING projects that have been cooked up!
 
Today I am showing you the Wishing You a Toasty Christmas set!  It has 11 images and 1 sentiments. This set can also be personalized...check out the Stamps and Smiles Blog for some personalized card samples.

Speaking of toasty warm we are in the midst of a SUPER COLD FRONT...and I'm trying to stay toasty warm!  We got blasted with 12+ inches of snow in 24 hours that started Tuesday night and continued into yesterday, and today we have twenty below zero wind chills.  Brrrrr!  I wish I had a nice warm fireplace like the one in this digi set!  I guess I will settle for a nice cup of hot cocoa when I get home from school!

When my Mom and I went to the Stamping Expo that was in Milwaukee in October I found some super cute pop up cards! As soon as I saw them I knew I had to give them a try and this digi set was the perfect set to try this technique out!

 I love the fun scene that you can create with this set!  All images were colored with my Copics.  I used my Lipstick Spica for the ornaments on the tree to give them that glittery look (the lipstick color is actually red with a goldish tint to it).  I popped up the fireplace with dimensionals and placed the logs behind so it looks like the logs are actually in the fireplace.  The cute cat is also popped up to look like he's sleeping cozily by the fire.  I used my BG Wassil paper pad...I love how these two designs together actually look like wallpaper and then the floor.

 

Then I placed the stocking inside on the pop-ups!  They were colored with my Copics and I added Liquid Applique on a few of them for the fluffy tops.  I hope you enjoyed this fun sample!  Don't forget the blog hop is tomorrow night beginning at 7PM CST!  I'm super excited to share my project with you!


Also I have added a few new items to my online store!  Click HERE to go and take a peek!



Recipe:
Stamps:  Wishing You a Toasty Christmas digi set

Inks:  Copics, Lipstick Spica

Copic Colors Used: G20, G24, G28, W1, W3, W5, W7, R12, R37, R39, Y00, Y02, Y38, BG93, BG96, C3, C5, YR20, YR21, YR24, E15, E18, E19, E39, E40, E53, E59,

Papers:  Basic Gray Wassil Collection

Tools:  Cutterbee Scissors, Xacto Knife

Embellishments: Liquid Applique, Dimensionals, 

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