Saying Goodbye!

Hello~

I'm sad to say that this is my last post for Embellish.  Barb has decided that she is going to sell the store so that she will have more time for her personal goals & loved ones.  I am very sad to see it go, as I have loved working for Barb & loved all of the girls on the DT!  This has been an amazing adventure; however, they say one door closed always leads to another door open right?!  If you are interested in owning your own online store, you can contact Barb, she would love to speak with you about the options.  I wish Barb & all the other DT girls the best of luck in all their future endeavors. 

Here is the last creation that I made for Embellish.

This card features one of the new Sarah Kay stamps, Zoe gazing at butterfly.  Papers are from the Pink Pasilee Cupid Collection.  Ribbon is American Crafts that has been folded over and then stitched with my Sew Mini.  Large roses are Zva and mini roses are from Wild Orchid Crafts.

Zoe was colored with with Copics, and the shading was again another try at Crissy and Chris' style.  Spring flower soft was used on the flower basket.  I love the new Spellbinders Labels 11....I have added star dust stickles around the white layer for some extra sparkle.

Various MS butterfly punches were used on this card too.  The larger ones were first embossed with my cuttlebug folder and then punched and sponged with Memento Angel Pink ink and edged in star dust stickles.

I hope you have enjoyed this creation....I absolutely LOVE reading all of your wonderful comments they totally make my day!  I hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend...I'm off to help hubby do some landscaping and then it's crafty time!

Recipe:
Stamps:  Zoe Gazing at Butterfly (Sarah Kay)
Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black & Angel Pink, Copics
Copic Colors Used: will be back to add....I lost my list...hate when that happens!
Papers: Pink Paislee Cupid Collection
Tools: Spellbinders - Labels 11 & Labels 4, MS trellis border punch, MS butterfly punches, Cuttlebug Embossing Folder
Embellishments: Ribbon (American Crafts), Lg roses (Zva), Mini roses (Wild Orchid Crafts), Star dust stickles, spring flower soft.

♥ Thanks for stopping by! ♥

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!

♥ Thanks for stopping by! ♥

Happy Shopping!

EIO Monday!

Happy Monday to you! I hope you are doing good at the beginning of this week! I have 3 exams this week so I will be WAY better on Friday! lol! Today I have some fun items to show you from Embellish-Online!

I just love these Sarah Kay stamps! This is Elodie in her Garden! I decided she was going to water her pumpkin patch today instead of a garden to put her more into the season! The sketch I used was from Friday Sketchers.

Of course Elodie was colored with my Copics. The papers I used are from the Cosmo Cricket Earth Love Collection! Aren't the colors amazing! I normally like bright colors but these soft pastels are so lovely...it's hard not to love them! lol! The flower in the lower right hand corner is a Prima which accents the dp so nice.

And here is a close up of Miss. Elodie:

Bara is offering some AMAZING deals this month! Check these out:

Get Free Shipping on domestic orders of $50.00 or more! Enter code 4SP9HD in the coupon box at checkout!

She also started a New Frequent Buyer Club! For every $5.00 in purchases you'll receive 1 point. Collect 30 points and you'll receive a voucher for $15.00 off on your next purchase! How awesome is that?!

Great Sale on Basic Grey 12x12 Collections, Pink Paislee and Imaginisce! Prices from 20 to 35% off!

While supplies last! Get a free Hocus Pocous Chipboard Thicker Accents when you order any Hocus Pocus Letter Thicker!

Happy Shopping!

Click the link on my sidebar to go to the store to stare filling up your cart! :)

Recipe:
Stamps: Elodie in Her Garden by Sarah Kay,
Inks: Momento Tuxedo Black, Copics
Papers: Cosmo Cricket Earth Love Collection
Tools: Spellbinders Labels 4 and Eyelet Pendant, pumpkin punch, Bow Easy
Embellishments: Artistry Flower by Prima, Ribbon, and Raffia

Thanks for stopping by!
I'm off to study! :)

Tricks 'n Treats Blog Hop

Welcome to the Embellish-It

Tricks 'n Treats

Blog Hop!!!

Halloween is just around the corner!

Think way back.....way back when you were a little kid. Its October 31st and its time to do some serious trick or treating. After 6 months of Mom fussing over your Halloween costume, which streets are safe and how big your candy sack should be, you are finally on your way! Time to score some serious candy!

Yep, trick-or-treating is finally here! All you want is candy, candy and more candy! Ring the bell, yell Trick-or-Treat and score! A quick thank you as you turn around and run to the next house and you're good! Piece of cake.....until......

You end up on the porch of the couple that actually expects you to perform a trick to get the treat! Are you kidding me? What a lame couple! Just gimme the candy! The next house gives BIG candy bars!!!

The Embellish-it On-line Design team would like to assist you to forever forget those painful memories! We are here to change those frightful, let's see you do a trick, childhood events! How? We're providing the tricks and you get the treat!

Each of the Embellish-it On-line Design team members have created some wonderful treats for you to see and will share a trick/tip with you at each stop along our hop! Not only do you get to see our special eye candy/treats and get a trick/tip or two, but you also will have the opportunity to win a REAL treat! An awesome Prize Package!

Have we got the tricks and treats for you!

Hop along the blogs and you will have the chance to be entered in a random drawing for the prize package. You have 2 chances to enter!

You can...

1~ Copy and Paste a blurb/banner about this Trick or Treat Blog Hop on your blog and leave us a link by click HERE! or

2~ Play along with us, create a project and leave your link with Mr. Linky on the EIO blog by clicking HERE!

Have fun......and you're off.......

Make sure you start at the EIO blog to make sure that you get to all the stops along the hop! These are projects you DON'T want to miss!!!

Now.....onto my project!

I just LOVE the American Crafts Halloween collection! Aren't these papers delish!!! I wanted to make a cute card for my hubby so when I saw the Can I Tell You A Secret Sarah Kay stamp I knew this would be a perfect image for my card!!!!

Here's a close up of my card! Of course I used my Copics to color my image! And don't you just love those Thickers?! Gotta love all that bling!!! I punched the pumpkins with my new Fiskars punch and then used a combo of stamps and my handwriting to finish the saying!

A close up of the sweet couple:

AND....
NOW FOR THE TRICKS....

How many of you have ordered Lia Sophia jewelry? I love this jewelry and have so many of these empty boxes laying around my house! I thought this size box was PERFECT for altering into a candy holder for Halloween!
And here is the altered box.....with my 2ND TRICK!!!! If you look at the scalloped oval you can see that it is shimmery with a rainbow color effect! Well this is a VERY EASY and CHEAP look to obtain!

All you need is:
A small bowl of warm water
Your piece of cardstock
And clear fingernail polish

Place a couple drops of the clear fingernail polish into your warm water. Then slide your cardstock into the bowl from the side, sliding it underneath the fingernail polish. Let your cardstock float to the top of the bowl and carefully remove with the fingernail polish on top of the cardstock. Set the cardstock on a piece of paper towel to air dry....will take overnight for it to dry (don't heat set or you lose the colorful finish)! Then you have a beautifully one of a kind, hand created background paper!

The side view of my altered candy box!

And a few more views:

Recipe:
Stamps: Can I Tell You a Secret by Sarah Kay, Happy Halloween mini stamp I got at a LSS
Inks: Momento Tuxedo Black, Copics, Copic Spicas (used around the pumpkins)
Papers: American Crafts Halloween Collection
Tools: Spellbinders Nestie Ovals, Fiskars Pumpkin punch, MS pumpkin border punch, MS label punch,
Embellishments: Roses from my stash, Ribbon from HL, American Crafts Hocus Pocus Thickers,

I hope you have enjoyed my TRICKS! I can't wait to see what you create with them!

Now hop on over to Kim P's blog for some more tricks!

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Sarah Kay Lemonade Purse Set

Hello~

I'm sure you remember this card from the other day! Well I also made a cute purse to go along with the card. I really can't get enough of the Basic Grey Lemonade paper pack! And this new Sarah Kay image is so darling with all of her flowers!

Here is my purse! I am planning on putting together a tutorial for this cutie soon! It really was very easy to make!
And here is the inside. I used a magnet "hidden" under the papers to hold the purse closed.

I'm very pleased with how this turned out.

Recipe:

Stamps: Spring is Back by Sarah Kay,

Inks: Momento Tuxedo Black, Copics, Copic Spica - Clear (on the flowers in the image for extra glitz)

Papers: Basic Grey Lemonade Collection

Tools: Spellbinders Eyelets Pendant, Spellbinders Nesties Labels 1, MS branch and leaf punches, Fiskars Apron Lace border punch
Embellishments: diamond dust Stickles (on the yellow roses for some bling), magnets, roses and flowers are from my stash, May Arts Satin Ribbon, May Arts Ric Rac, Imaginisce Pink Flamingo Flower, Sweet Pea Flower Soft

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you enjoy your Sunday!

Spotlight on Me!

Hi Friends~

I wanted to let you all know that I am in the spotlight today! hee hee! My good friend and fellow IT-Girl, Michelle, has asked me to answer some questions so that she could feature me on the Embellish blog! If you want to read about me, click HERE!

Here is a sneak peek of what you will see over on the EIO blog! I have a very cute purse to match this card, so click above and go and take a looksie!!!! I made this card with the Friday Sketchers sketch. Although I am too late to enter I still want to share my creation with you all! I think Copic Certification Class helped picking otu my colors to use and shading!

Recipe:

Stamps: Spring is Back by Sarah Kay,

Inks: Momento Tuxedo Black, Copics, Copic Spica - Clear (on the flowers in the image for extra glitz)

Papers: Basic Grey Lemonade Collection

Tools: Spellbinders Eyelets Pendant, MS branch punch, EK Success Leaf punch

Embellishments: diamond dust Stickles (on the yellow roses for some bling), roses and flowers are from my stash.

****And****

I have some major news to share too!!!

I will now also be designing for Tab, over at 7 Kids College Fund! I am so excited to share my creations with Tab's amazing products in her store! Be on the lookout for some exciting posts coming up....along with a few tutorials that I have up my sleeve!

Thanks for stopping by! Hope you have a wonderful day!

Tomorrow is the InStyle Stamps blog hop...and you won't want to miss that post!

Let's Head Over to the Farmer's Market....

Welcome to the Embellish-It
Farmer's Market Blog Hop....

Where the Pick of the Crop
is at Our Farmer's Market!

Welcome to Farmer's Market Stop 7....if you came here from Christine's Blog then you are in the right place! If not, head back to the Embellish-It Blog to start from the beginning! You don't want to miss anyone's blog when there are prizes involved! :) Can you believe that the summer is coming to an end?! It's August already and it's a wonderful time of year to stop and visit the Farmer's Market! To celebrate this month, the Embellish-it Online "IT" Girls are taking you on a grand Blog Hop!

Here's our list of stops:
Embellish-It Blog
Cindy
Amanda - Our August Guest Designer
Michelle
Julie
Christine
Kim (yep that's me!!!)
Danni

While you're hopping from booth to booth and are checking out all the fresh and fun products, gather some ideas and if you see something that *needs* to follow you home.....click on the link in my sidebar to take you to the Embellish store and don't forget to use your coupon code GLITTER at the checkout....it'll save you 20% ANYTHING in the store.....even sale items!

We also have a fun prize package that has been put together consisting of American Crafts paper, May Arts ribbon and Thickers!

In order to get in the drawing for that special gift package there is just one little twist:

Hey Diddle, Diddle...
You have to Solve a Riddle...

Hop like a Frog.....
To each and every blog....

Then you can Park It...
At the Farmer's Market....

Put your answer in your post....
And the Winner we will toast!

The Riddle:

What is black, sings at night, the latest rage and ends up glued to a page??

Let's get going before the *Lemonade* is all gone!!!

***Go to our forum HERE and pick the Farmer's Market link
to post your answer to the riddle!***

Now onto my project! When I think of Farmer's Market I immediately think of fresh produce, and looking at my new Sarah Kay stamp, Elodie looks like she is watering her garden to grow some nice fresh veggies! I had this adorable mini basil starter pot kit that went along great with our Farmer's Market theme, so I took off the packaging and added some fun Cosmo Cricket paper to match the card and some sparkly American Crafts ribbon and what a beautiful gift set I had!

These Cosmo Cricket Early Bird papers are so fun and bright!
Making this card put me in a very happy mood because of all the brightness!

A close up of Elodie! Isn't she adorable?! I love this stamp!

And here's the top of the flower pot!

Now hop on over to Danni's Blog for some more Market Fun!!!

Recipe:
Stamps: Elodie in Her Garden by Sarah Kay, SU itty bitty words
Inks: Momento Tuxedo Black, Copics
Papers: Cosmo Cricket Early Bird Collection
Tools: Spellbinders Labels 4 and Scalloped Circles, EK Success border punch, MS Butterflies & Leaf punches, EK Success Leaf punch, MS label punch, Retro Flower punches
Embellishments: diamond dust Stickles, May Arts Ribbon, American Crafts Ribbon, roses and mini pearls are from my stash.

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy your weekend!

My Bag is Packed...I'm Copic Class Bound!

Hello! I hope everyone is enjoying their weekend! I know mine is going to be loads of fun! Right now I am packed and driving across the state....I'm Copic Certification Class Bound! Yepper...back in June my application was selected for the Eau Claire, WI class! Woo-Hoo! I am so excited to attend class with Sally Lynn MacDonald! I can't wait to learn some new coloring techniques and to see what I can incorporate with my Copics....as I LOVE ME COPICS!!! Look out checkbook...I have a feeling there will be a bunch of new Copics coming home with me! hee hee! Shhhh don't tell hubby! lol!

I thought I would share a cute mini tote bag I have created, seeing how we are talking about traveling and bags being packed. I learned to stamp/color on fabric from my great friend Suzanne! (She's also the one who taught me how to color with my Copics! She has amazing videos!) She's the bomb at everything she makes! She's just amazing and so helpful and sharing! I created this tote with a Sarah Kay stamp and papers from Embellish-Online! Remember you can click on the link in my sidebar to get to the store, and when you checkout use the code: GLITTER to get 20% off of your total purchase. This code is available everyday! Barb has some amazing new holiday products in right now too that you need to check out! Plus she has the new Sarah Kay stamps too!!! I just got mine in the mail today and ink'd them up...will have some new projects to share with you soon!

Card Recipe:
Stamps: Picnic of Daisies - Sarah Kay
Inks: Momento Tuxedo Black, Copics
Papers: American Crafts Backyard Collection
Tools: Sizzix Flourish Dies, MS leaf punch
Embellishments: May Arts ribbon, flowers and other ribbon from my stash.

Thanks for stopping by!

Eee-yi-eee-yi-oh!

YAY...it's FRIDAY!!!! The weekend is here, and along with that comes this week's Friday Challenge over at Embellish-Online! Cindy has cooked up some fun with this week's challenge! The title is: Eee-yi-eee-yi-oh, and the challenge is to make up your own "Old McDonald, Eee-yi-eee-yi-oh" verse and then make a card to coordinate with your verse on it.

At first I was totally stumped when it came time to create this....as I don't have any farm or farm animal stamps....so I decided to use this Sarah Kay stamp that has been sitting on my desk uninked and just waiting to be played with. I then came up with my verse based upon the stamp. I decided to make a stair step folded card, as it was this week's spotlighted tutorial in the SCS weekly inkling! I had a lot of fun making this 3D card, and using my Cosmo Cricket Early Bird papers added even more fun!

A close up so you can read my created verse:

A close up of my Sarah Kay Girlie:

Now, I can't wait to see what you make! Make sure you use keyword FC54 when uploading your card to the Embellish gallery! Don't forget you can head over to Embellish-Online and get 20% off your total purchase everyday. Just click the link in my sidebar, and use the code word GLITTER during your checkout process to save! Happy Shopping!

Recipe:
Stamps: Sarah Kay - Picnic Time
Inks: Momento Tuxedo Black, Copics,
Papers: Cosmo Cricket Early Bird Collection, American Crafts - Hickory Dickory (for the yellow pieces)
Tools: MS border punch, EK Success leaf punch, MS butterfly & hydrangea punches, Spellbinders Renaissance pendant die, Scor-pal
Embellishments: roses, flowers and mini pearls from my stash.

Thanks for stopping by!
Hope you have a GREAT weekend!

I'm BACK!

I'm BACK....I've finally returned to the wonderful world of blogland...how I have missed stopping by and saying hi to everyone! I finished my last summer class today, and am VERY pleased to say that I am happy with my grades....it was a very stressful interim and never again will I take 3 accelerated classes at the same time! Whew...I can now breathe and get back to my craft corner....oh how I have missed it so much! I sure haven't stopped supply shopping while I was in school....so I have many new stamps waiting to get ink'd up and lots of new toys shouting they want to come out and play!

Even though school was stressful, and my art class turned out to be more stressful than fun, I did make some AMAZING friends over the past 6 weeks! They definitely made the class enjoyable through all stress! Today, I want to share a card that I made for my new friend, Sandy! She was a life saver, and my art mentor (she can paint like no one else...I swear she is going to be famous...and then I can say....yep that's my friend)! She helped me so much with projects, and her advice was so appreciated, as I am not a painter...I am a Copic Queen! lol!

Here's the front of the card. I used a Sarah Kay stamp and BG paper that I got from Embellish-Online.com. If you would like to shop you can click on the link in my sidebar which will take you to the store and you can get 20% OFF your total order by using the code GLITTER!

A close up:

The finished inside:

Tomorrow I am taking a day trip with my Mom and Grandma....we are headed to a craft store about 1 1/2 hours away and I am looking so forward to sending time with my family!

Recipe:
Stamps: Sarah Kay - A Little Help From Margot
Inks: Momento Tuxedo Black, Copics
Papers: Basic Grey Wisteria Collection
Tools: Spellbinders Renaissance Hearts Borderabilities, Nesties Labels 4, MS leaf and butterfly punches Embellishments: flowers, ribbon, mini pearls beads for hat pin are from my stash.

Thanks for stopping by!

Double The Fun!

This week over at Embellish-Online we have 2 Friday challenges for you! First Danni is hosting the normal weekly DT Friday Challenge which is to "Bring on the Fireworks!" Make a creation to celebrate the 4th of July!

I have used this cute Sarah Kay - Picnic of Daisies stamp! I love how the little girl is looking over her shoulder....so when I created the card I made it as if she is looking over her shoulder to see the fireworks! Cute? Every year friends of ours invite us over to their house to watch the annual fireworks in their city. We always have a great time, and after the fireworks they have a campfire with lots of treats and goodies. For their kindness I have made this thank you card for them!

A close up of my Copic Coloring:

The 2nd challenge is put together by the whole design team! We snuck around behind our Head DT IT-Girl's (Suzy) back and surprised her for her Birthday! We gave her, her very own challenge! So, our second challenge this week is: Happy Birthday Suzy! (Create a Birthday card for Suzy! ) Happy Birthday again hun...I hope you had a wonderful day!

Here is my Birthday card that is going postal to Suzy:

Bring On the Fireworks Card Recipe:
Stamps: Picnic of Daisies by Sarah Kay, Oval All by SU, Background stamp by Inkadoo

Inks: Momento Tuxedo Black, Copics, Versamark Dazzle in Champange

Papers: Misc. cardstock and dp from my stash

Tools: SU scallop oval punch

Embellishments: Ric Rac by May Arts, Holographic embossing powder (used on the background stamp), Flowersoft, Ribbon by Walmart, and Firework brads and glitter stars from Archivers

Suzy's Birthday Card Recipe:
Stamps: Swiss Pixie Heidi by CC Designs, SU sentiment
Inks: Momento Tuxedo Black, Copics
Papers: Stampin' Up cardstock, Basic Grey Urban Prairie Collection dp
Tools: MS butterfly punch, EK Success border punch, SU label punch
Embellishments: Roses, Primas, tulle from HL, and diamond stickles used on pixie wings

Don't forget that if you go to my side bar and click on the Embellish-Online link you can get to the shop to get your goodies, and by using the code: GLITTER you will get 20% off your total order! Happy Shopping!

I hope you are all enjoying your weekend!

Thanks for stopping by!