Another Fairy Day Blog Hop

When you were a little girl did you did you ever dress-up like a fairy? Did you believe in fairies? I tried thinking about this and my first thought was no. I don’t think I ever dressed up as a fairy, nor could I really recall any of my Halloween outfits. I did not have a creative crafty mom, so I am sure she never made me, or even my sisters, fairy outfits. As far as believing in fairies, well I believed in the tooth fairy of course, because she brought me money. LOL  

I think the only fairy that I really thought of as a fairy was the Good Witch Glinda. I know, she really wasn’t a fairy, but I thought of her as a fairy godmother for Dorothy.  Although Glinda is not actually a fairy, I thought I would give you a sneak peek of a Wizard of Oz book that my BFF, Gina, and I are working on. This page is Glinda appearing in the Land of Munchkins. Glinda is from Graphic 45 paper.  The bubble is a crystal ball stamp, which I stamped on velum and embossed in light blue.  The flowers were all stamped, embossed in clear, and some colored with Copics, then bling added. The Munchkins were stamped in black and embossed in clear, then colored with Copics I found the Munchkin stamp on eBay. I was so excited!!! Lots of coloring and definitely a lot of cutting, but well worth it for the end project.

Therefore, my fairy life as a child was pretty much non-existent.  As an adult, I have to say that my all time favorite fairy is Tinkerbell. I even have a “Slow Pixies at Play” sign hanging over my craft room doorway. Of course, it was a definite "must buy" on a trip through Disneyland. 

I  thought of making something with her in mind, but then thought, hmm, what else could I come up with instead of what would be a different fairy to make? 

Several months ago, I bought a Memory Box tree frame die. I punched out several of these frames in a couple of different glitter paper colors. My BFF, Gina, and I decided that this die would look great with her new B Line stamp of a girl on mushroom, wings not included. We chose some Memory Box 6x6 paper and stamped the image directly on quite a few different papers with different results. Gina took hers home and finished them up, but mine went into a "later to do box." Not as procrastination, just something for a day when I have extra play time.  I decided that this was going to be my project for this hop. Although I don't do too many fairy items, I decided to play around with this image and see how it would look. I used some wings from another B line stamp, actually a little kid dressed up as a bee. I tried using glitter on velum for the wings, but that didn’t work, so I used pink embossing powder. I actually liked how it turned out. I made a slit right behind her dress and slid the wings through, so they would pop up on the card. I used Copics on the image.  I chose the bronze colored tree frame, using the Therm-O-Web's Sticky Dots adhesive sheet. It's the best invention for die cuts! I buy it at Michael's when it's on sale or with a coupon.I stuck it down around the image and then cut out around the frame. There is actually another die you can buy to do this, but I am too cheap to spend money on something that I can easily cut out. I would rather use the money for another intricate die. Then I just attached it to a card stock card.

closeup of the embossed velum wings and glitter frame

I bought his glitter paper by the roll, at Paper Source. Of course, I had to have every color. It is absolutely stunning in person. It is thin, so is great for the intricate parts of the dies.

There is a great line-up for you today and you should have arrived from Barbara.  If not, or you just dropped in to visit today, I wouldn't want you to miss a single story of the travels of the "fairies" from start to finish. Please go to the beginning of this hop , which starts with Gill.

As in every good fairy tale, it has a beginning and a happy ending. I hope you enjoyed my project, but I must send you along your way to Anita’s land of fairies.

Thanks for fluttering by!

Whimsical Christmas and New Year's Blog Hop Dec. 28th and 29th

Welcome to the Whimsical Christmas and New Year’s Blog Hop!  You should have come from Jessica’s blog.  If you are starting here and wish to hop from the beginning of the hop, please visit Jessica’s blog. Hopefully, you’ll enjoy this blog hop that will include projects that are not the traditional holiday colors, but instead the beautiful colors that are another option. There were so many items that were such an inspiration for this hop at the stores this year.  Since this was a Seattle card and it is the emerald city, I should have used green, but I didn't have the same choices of papers in green, so I chose to use pink. I love the way this card turned out. It is beautiful in person.

I used two Impress Rubber stamps for this card. I stamped and embossed the Seattle skyline image, then for the colors I used various Copics and completed it with stickles. The corners were punched with an EK success corner punch.  I then placed it on top of the pink sparkle paper, which is Braun + Company glitter gift wrap, from Paper Source.  It is beautiful paper that I bought on a roll. It came in various colors and I had to get them all. LOL.  The sentiment stamp was stamped in pink and embossed. I distressed the edge with pink ink and placed it on the same pink glitter paper. The background paper is from a Recollection’s Christmas pack.  I used my distress tool for the edges. My BFF loved this tool, so I bought her one for Christmas. She was ecstatic about the gift. It is so fun to use, but a bit noisy. The ribbon is Celebrations from Michaels. It is all mounted on a piece of pink card stock.

  

The inside had to be done too. I used piece of the same paper for the top part of the card.  I added a piece of bright green card stock, and then added the same ribbon as on the front.  I punched snowflakes out of the same Recollections paper pack, with a Martha Stewart snowflake punch, but only used the center of the snowflake. I used an EK punch out of the pink glitter paper. The Happy Holiday and Ho Ho Ho are both K & Company. 

Your next stop on the hop is Barbara’s blog.   

I am offering blog candy of a set of Inkadinkado 15 circle and dots clear stamps, but you must participate with a comment for both days of the hop.  Don’t forget to come back again tomorrow for the New Year’s project.

A GPS map in case you get lost along the way.

1. Jessica 

2. Tami 

3. Barbara

4. Zenita 

5. Jackie

6. Alina

7. Ellen

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year,

 Tami

I have entered this card in the "Anything Goes" challenge at Little Scrap Pieces

12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop Day 12

Welcome to the Twelve Days of Christmas Blog Hop!  You should have come from Inga's blog.  If you are starting here and wish to hop from the beginning of the hop, please visit Lisa’s blog.  This is 12 days of Christmas, with each day offering a different project on each blog. Each crafter is sharing something new each day of the hop that has to do with Christmas.  Hopefully, you’ll pick up some great ideas for your own Christmas gift giving this season.  You don’t want to miss a day so, grab a cup of coffee, sit back, and enjoy!  Today is sad though, because it is the last day of this wonderful hop. So, I am giving you a little bit more than one project to enjoy today.

Here are my projects for DAY 12: 

First, this is a picture of my two best friends (my BFF's), who I stamp with. We just got together last Sunday to do Gina's Snoopy Workshop. She loves Snoopy and designed some very cute cards. I only posted the Christmas ones that we made.

My BFF's - Laura, Gina, Me with our favorite Snoopy card that we made

This card is the one that I received from Gina. She did watercolor on this card. I don't know what stamp she used, but is so cute.

This was the card that I received from Laura. Lots of sparkle. The fringe ribbon is Martha Stewart. She said she bought every color. That sounds like me. LOL

This is a House Mouse stamp. Gina used it to make  a tag for my gift. Isn't it adorable? There is a great website for these stamps - RKstamps. Make sure to check it out. Click Here to go there. They have more than these stamps.

This is the card that I made for Gina, but when I took the picture, I didn't realize that I hadn't colored the scarf. I gave the card to her and she said what were you doing being lazy? You didn't color the scarf. I hadn't even realized it, I was too tired I guess when I made it. So I grabbed some Copics and finished it. I forgot to take a new picture. The stamp is a Rubber Cafe. I added a Martha Stewart bow and chunky glitter. The snowman is a Reflections. The aqua glitter paper is Braun + Company glitter gift wrap, from Paper Source. Although it would be very expensive to wrap a big gift. You can buy it by the sheet, but I decided that it was more cost effective if I bought it by the roll. Plus I decided I needed every color. So I walked out of the store with gold, silver, brown, red, white, pink, purple, and aqua. I won't run out for while. LOL

This card is one of the Snoopy cards that Gina designed for her workshop. The paper is so cute. The red glitter paper is the Braun + Company glitter paper.

I thought this card that Gina designed  was very cute and simple. Snoopy is cut out. The trees are made with an A-muse Studio's die.

Another Snoopy card. This one is really cute. It was stamped on the Amuse Studios paper, then stamped again, colored and cut out. The trim is Martha Stewart. The glitter snow  is the Braun + Company glitter wrap.

This card is cut in the shape of the tree for the front and then decorated. Below, you can see that when you open it, there is the sentiment. Gina thought that it wasn't a good paper choice, because then where would you write, I told her on the back. It is beautiful paper and I wouldn't change it for plain for that reason.

The front folds down

I made this my Christmas card to send out. Although they haven't been mailed yet. OOPS. Well, I did have surgery so that is one of my excuses and I'm sticking to it LOL They should go out today. This is a Penny Black tree stamp, that is stamped and embossed in gold. I added glitter for some leaves, glitter snow, a Ho Ho Ho stamp, and some red with gold rickrack.  I stamped the inside too with Merry Christmas.

Laura and I were Christmas shopping the other day and we found these at Crate & Barrel.  None of us knit, but my MIL and sister both do. I am going to send a request for a set to be made of these. I could go buy them, maybe after Christmas, but would love home made ones instead.

OK, last but not least. Laura put this in my cart when we were at JoAnn's the other day.  It is a metal sign. I am going to hang it in my craft room. I bought a sewing one too for my sewing room. Thank you all for coming every day and giving me lovely remarks on my projects. It means a lot to me.

Your next stop on the hop is Kerri’s blog.   

I am offering blog candy, but you have to participate with a comment every day.  Don’t forget to come back again tomorrow.

A GPS map in case you get lost along the way.

1. Lisa Pontious

2. Theresa

3. Ashley

4. Anita

5. Amy Jo

6. Lynda

7. Mindy

8. Janet

9. Nicolette

10. Shawnee

11. Inga   

12. Tami

13. Kerri 

Merry Christmas, Tami

12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop Day 5

Welcome to the Twelve Days of Christmas Blog Hop!  You should have come from Inga's blog.  If you are starting here and wish to hop from the beginning of the hop, please visit Lisa’s blog.  This is 12 days of Christmas, with each day offering a different project on each blog. Each crafter is sharing something new each day of the hop that has to do with Christmas.  Hopefully, you’ll pick up some great ideas for your own Christmas gift giving this season.  You don’t want to miss a day so, grab a cup of coffee, sit back, and enjoy!

Here is my project for DAY 5:

 The owl is a Hampton Art stamp, which was stamped and embossed and then cut out. I colored it with Copics and used stickles for glitter. I popped it up on cream paper and distressed the edges, then put it on top of  Recollection's Christmas paper, then another piece of card stock.   The sentiment is a Rosie Road Show stamp, which was stamped and embossed. It was punched with a Stampin' Up oval punch and then distressed with Ranger Ink Firebrick Red. It was then mounted on top of a Stampin' Up scallop  punched piece of red card stock and popped up. 

The inside of the card is the same Christmas paper that was used on the front. The sentiment stamp is Stampendous. It was stamped and embossed in red.

Your next stop on the hop is Kerri’s blog.  

 I am offering blog candy, but you have to participate with a comment every day.  Don’t forget to come back every day and leave a comment for your chance to win this stamp set from Pink By Design.

A GPS map in case you get lost along the way.

1. Lisa Pontious

2. Theresa

3. Ashley

4. Anita

5. Amy Jo

6. Lynda

7. Mindy

8. Janet

9. Nicolette

10. Shawnee

11. Inga   

12. Tami

13. Kerri 

Merry Christmas,

 Tami

12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop Day 4

Welcome to the Twelve Days of Christmas Blog Hop!  You should have come from Inga's blog.  If you are starting here and wish to hop from the beginning of the hop, please visit Lisa’s blog.  This is 12 days of Christmas, with each day offering a different project on each blog. Each crafter is sharing something new each day of the hop that has to do with Christmas.  Hopefully, you’ll pick up some great ideas for your own Christmas gift giving this season.  You don’t want to miss a day so, grab a cup of coffee, sit back, and enjoy!

Here is my project for DAY 4:

 The wagon is a Lockhart stamp, which was stamped and embossed and then cut out. I colored it with Copics and used stickles for glitter. I also added a star tothe top of the tree, then popped it up Recollection's Christmas paper. I rounded the corners. It is  attached to another piece of Recollection's Christmas paper with punched snowflake and rounded corners. The ribbon is from Michael's.   The sentiment is a Rosie Road Show stamp, which was stamped and embossed. It was punched with a Stampin' Up oval punch and then distressed with Ranger Ink Firebrick Red. It was then mounted on top of a Stampin' Up scallop  punched piece of red card stock and popped up. 

The inside of the card is the same Christmas paper that was used on the front. The sentiment stamp is Stampendous. It was stamped and embossed in red.

Your next stop on the hop is Kerri’s blog.  

 I am offering blog candy, but you have to participate with a comment every day.  Don’t forget to come back every day and leave a comment for your chance to win this stamp set from Pink By Design.

A GPS map in case you get lost along the way.

1. Lisa Pontious

2. Theresa

3. Ashley

4. Anita

5. Amy Jo

6. Lynda

7. Mindy

8. Janet

9. Nicolette

10. Shawnee

11. Inga   

12. Tami

13. Kerri 

Merry Christmas,

 Tami

13 Days of Halloween Blog Hop Day 7

 

DAY 7

Welcome to the 13 Days of Halloween Blog Hop.  This hop is scheduled from Oct. 19 at 8:00 am through Oct.31 at 11:00 pm (central time).  It's that time of year when the nights are all spooky and creatures are known to wander the forests.  So sit for a spell with a nice cup of hot apple cider and check out all the great projects.

If you just happened upon this hop, then welcome, but make sure to go back to the beginning and start at Lisa's blog.

We're so excited to be doing this hop and we have a fabulous lineup with some very talented ladies. There will be lots of fun projects, along with some great blog candy, and a great grand prize for this hop.

The hop is a 13 day hop with only 13 blogs to visit so you will have plenty of time to make it through the whole hop lineup 13 times.  Check out each blog and see what blog candy you can win at the individual stops.  Please come back all 13 days to see great projects.

Here is the complete lineup:
Lisa
Pam
Janet
Doris
Kristen
Nicolette
Jearise
Tami
Amy
Brynn
Scraps to Treasures
CallyAnn
Gill 

The other day I called up my BFF and asked her if she wanted to go shopping. Well of course she did. LOL We had a plan to go to the Hobby lobby. I had not been to this store in quite a few years, since it is not close by.  It's about 45  minutes to an hour away, but of course we were going on a a Friday, after work, and it was raining like crazy. I even printed out 40% off coupons for each of us and we left for our big craft store shopping trip. However, when we got to the store, it was closed. Not just closed due to hours, but not there anymore closed! Wow were we disappointed. Well I knew of another store in the same town, although on the opposite side of town, so we decided to not be defeated and drove to that store - Artco. We were in heaven!  We shopped till we dropped. I think we were there for at least 3 hours!  We had a great time finding all kinds of things to add to our stash.  One thing that I found was this Mouse House October stamp of the month stamp that I used today for my card.

 

My project for today is a 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 card. The card is made from orange textured card stock. A piece of K&Comapnay  paper was cut and added to the front. I added a bat trim from the same package of K&Company Halloween paper. I stamped the House Mouse stamp in black and embossed it. I used Copics to color it.   I used Stampin' Up pens to color the sentiment on the insde.  I used white cardstock, rounded the corners, then distressed the edges with Tim Holtz lilac distressing ink for both the image and the sentiment. Then I put it on a piece of purple cardstock behind both.  I specifically bought these two stamps, so that I could make this card for my other BFF, who has a collection of Mouse House stamps. I know she will love it and appreciate it.

 

Now on to AMY blog to see another great project!

All Things Tim Burton Blog Hop

Boys and girls of every age, wouldn't you like to see something strange?  If you're a Tim Burton fan, you will recognize that line from "This is Halloween" -- a well-known song from the movie  "The Nightmare Before Christmas".  With Halloween just around the corner, this is the perfect time to celebrate all things Tim Burton!  We have a talented group of ladies on this weekend blog hop.  Join us as we each share a project inspired by one of Tim's quirky characters!  

If you've just come from Dena's blog, you are right where you should be !  If you haven't but would like to start from the beginning, go to Dena's blog to start at the beginning.  We would like to thank Karber Digital Images for sponsoring this blog hop.  Karber is giving away some blog candy to one lucky poster on this blog hop.  To be eligible, you must post a comment on each of the blogs in this hop sometime during the weekend of Oct. 22-23.

*** To be eligible to win, you must comment on each blog in the hop.
*** You must become a follower of each blog.

*** The winner will be announced no later than Wednesday, October 26th.  

Now, on to the project I would like to share with you. I made a card of the Queen from the Tim Burton "Alice In Wonderland" movie played by Helena Bonham Carter . I loved that movie. She was a great Queen of Hearts. This card is a long card that fits in a standard long envelope. I made it using a digi stamp that I bought from Fresh Brewed Stamps. They have other AIW stamps too that I purchased.  I love the line. I used copics to color her, but used gel pens for the flowers on the inside of her dress. I added heart bling to her dress, some pearl bling for her earrings and necklace with a heart bling in the middle, and then when I went tot he stamp convention in May, I bought the crown sticker. I think there were maybe 9-12 on the sheet. I new what I wanted to use it for and it is the perfect size for her head.  I used a piece of Christmas paper at the top, where I just cut a strip, some heart ribbon down the side, and striped black and white paper behind her, all mounted on red cardstock. I added a gold trim for a bow on the side and cut her shoes from some shinny gold paper that I had. 

Please be sure to hop on over to Lynne's blog next for more Tim Burton fun!  If you get lost along the way, the complete blog hop lineup is below.  Thanks for stopping by !

If you get lost along the way,here is the whole line-up of the crafty women doing this hop:

1. Dena : http://missdjones.blogspot.com/ 
2. Tami: http://tamboscreations.blogspot.com/
3. Lynne: http://slasewcraftiness.blogspot.com/
4. Berenice: http://karbersweetescape.blogspot.com/
5. Joy: http://justjoycrafts.blogspot.com/
6. Lisa: http://handmadewithlove-lisa.blogspot.com/
7. Jessica: http://www.scrappyluvs.blogspot.com/
8. Susan: http://susanascorner.blogspot.com/
9. Jennifer: http://craftycardgallery.blogspot.com/
10. Krista: http://www.KristasPaperCafe.com/
11. Erin G: http://comfyonmycloud.blogspot.com/
12. Canadian Nickel: http://www.canadiannickelscrapn.blogspot.com/
13. Jearise: http://lorbysworld.blogspot.com/