Crafty Christmas Challenge & a give-away!!!

It's time for another Crafty Secrets challenge! Vicki Chrisman our team leader challenged us to use our new Christmas stamp sets. I used Christmas Joy for this card & candle.

If you haven't stamped on candles before there is a good tutorial over at SCS! This was my first time doing this and the tuturial was super easy to follow!


I know you normally stamp on regular candles but, I wouldn't want to burn it after I worked so hard to make it purdy

So, I went to Wal-Mart and got one of these electric candles, you know the ones that use batteries, they are made of wax, at least there is wax on the outside and it melts with the heat tool and feels just like a real candle, SCORE, oh yeah!!
This is what it looks like when it's turned on, it flickers too!

I used Ranger Distress Black Soot, Antique Linen, VersaMark and Craft white ink, Copic markers, white tissue paper, Classic Paper Pad, SU! Confetti Tan & white card stock, Crafty Secrets Christmas Joy stamp set, SU! felt flowers, rick rack, lace, silver brads, scallop scissors, needlepoint canvas, paper piercer, silver embossing powder, paper distresser, glass glitter.

Make sure and check out these design teams members blogs and see what they came up with!

Anna Wight, Heidi Blankenship, Lisa Zappa, Marisa Grossman, Michele Kovack, Vicki Chrisman and Vivian Peters.

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Yep, I'm doing a give-away! It's been awhile since I've done one, so I thought I'd do one with this challenge!

There is a Crafty Secrets Christmas Image & Journal Notes Booklet, a package of Sweet Chips Chipboard, ribbon and a few vintage items and game pieces. Cake pan not included!!

Comment here and tell me what your favorite colors are for decorating for the holiday!

I will pick a winner through Random.org on Friday evening 12-5-08!

THT - Fruit Wreath

Good Treasure Hunt Tuesday morning!!
Yep, another treasure hunt day at Rubbernecker Stamps, aren't they fun? Who doesn't love some treasure?! You can find all the deets on the Rubbernecker Blog!Make sure and check out the other design team blogs to find the blog candy! YIPPEE, eh, I mean ARRRRGGGG!!
Broni - Splashes of Watercolor, Candy - Candy's Land, Joan - Stamping with a Passion, Jules - Stampin with Inky Fingers, Kittie - Kittie Kraft, Linda - Linda's Works of Heart, Shelly - Stamp with Shelly, Sherry - Walkin on the BAD Side, Tami - A Walk on the Mild Side, Tex - Savor the Journey.

SALE - SALE - SALE FRIDAY, SATURDAY & SUNDAY ONLY 11/28-11/30 at Rubbernecker Stamps, Ranger Adirondack Pigment pads and reinkers!
PADS $3.79
REINKERS $2.99


Isn't this Fruit Wreath stamp pretty? I thought it would look nice in all greens, green pears, apples, grapes and leaves. I stamped the wreath with VersaMark ink and heat embossed it with gold embossing powder. The white back is embossed with the Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder. I used my needle point canvas as a guide to poke the holes in the corners and along the bottom of the card using my t!m holtz paper piercer. I used some gold brads to put in the center holes. The yummy ribbon is by Martha Stewart and I can't remember the online company that I got the gold headed pin from, geeeez, I need to start writing this stuff down before I put them away, sorry!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I told Lady LilyBean Lee she could help me, looks like she's sleeping on the job, probably dreaming about t!m holtz *snort*
My kitchen is going to be in shambles in the next few days.....ugh. But, the end result will be wonderful!

Have a great day, thanks for stopping by!

OCL-life is sweet sketch

Hi all! I did a sketch challenge posted by lilstamper over at Our Craft Lounge.
Go to the forums and click on Challenges, you'll find it there, come play along! lilstamper did a great sketch!!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I used the new Life Is Sweet set by Our Craft Lounge, love those fun cupckaes! I paper pieced the the cupcake wrappers and glitzed them up with Dew Drops and beads. I colored the cupcake tops with my Copic's and did sewing everywhere, that was FUN! I added some pink lace along the bottom of the main image. I love my lace, I try to use when ever I can!

I used SU! Barely Banana CS, Frosted Teal by Prism, Neenah white and pattern paper by My Minds Eye. I put the buttons in the upper corners and they are threaded with Martha Stewart twine.
Can you believe it's almost Thankgiving? We had Thanksgiving #1 at my mom's yesterday, we all went out and ate with my family from Springfield, MO. It was good seeing them again!

Now for Thanksgiving #2 next Thursday, a lot to prepare for, I can't wait!! Mmmmmmmmm!

Have a relaxing Sunday y'all, thanks stopping by!

Crafty ATC Swap!

Good Friday mornin'!

I'm in another atc swap with some of my friends and I chose to make an atc tag using the new stamp set Christmas Joy from Crafty Secrets!
I love this new set, the possibilities are endless with this one! The sentiments, flourish and birds can be stamped inside the Christmas tree ornaments, like I did here. Love those sweet little birds!

I used SU! Confetti Tan for the atc base and paper from the Radiant Paper Pad. The ornament and #25 were stamped on Neenah white. I rubbed Ranger Distress Vintage Photo & Fired Brick on the Confetti Tan tag and then I stamped over that with Vintage Photo ink. I stamped the #25's from the t!m holtz Bingo stamp, punched them out with my 3/4" circle punch and shabbied up the edges. I put a drop of Glossy Accents on each one and then a put a clear button on top. The clear buttons were a flea market find, a baby food jar full of them, over 100 for .75!! I'm so thrifty, LOL!!! Then I glued those on paper clips with E6000 and clipped them on the paper.

I punched the snowflakes and distressed them with my Distress Old Paper ink and added the buttons. The tree is a Martha Stewart punch that I covered with Martha Stewart White Gold glitter. The ribbon is from a friend, I distressed it too with the Vintage Photo ink. I used my 1/2" circle and my tag corner punches for the top of the atc. I'm so anxious to get my Christmas/winter swaps, I know they'll be over the top!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I've been meaning to show you what I got at Mtn. View during the Bean Festival. They had all kinds of vender's set up selling their goods and there was a silver jewelry one with some gorgeous jewelry! In one of the cases was this tiny antique sterling silver pin cushion!! I almost hit the ground when I spotted it! The lady said she had it in her antique store when it was open a few years back. I took a picture of it on an ink pad so you could see the true size, isn't it darling?

I was supposed to take pic's of the outhouse races for my friend Suze and totally missed the race, I was to busy shopping...ugh. Sorry, Suze, maybe next year!

Gotta head out to work, have a great day and thanks for stopping by!

Treasure Hunt Tuesday - happy holidays

Good Treasure Hunt Tuesday morning!!
Yep, another treasure hunt day at Rubbernecker Stamps, aren't they fun? Who doesn't love some treasure?! You can find all the deets on the Rubbernecker Blog!

Make sure and check out the other design team blogs to find the blog candy! YIPPEE, eh, I mean ARRRRGGGG!!

Broni - Splashes of Watercolor, Candy - Candy's Land, Joan - Stamping with a Passion, Jules - Stampin with Inky Fingers, Kittie - Kittie Kraft, Linda - Linda's Works of Heart, Shelly - Stamp with Shelly, Sherry - Walkin on the BAD Side, Tami - A Walk on the Mild Side, Tex - Savor the Journey.
This week I chose the Holly Script & Christmas Mini #2 for the sentiment by Stamp Oasis from Rubbernecker Stamps. I made a holly flower, OK, holly does not make flowers like this, but, in my world there are holly flowers, LOL!

I used my Basic Grey Figgy Pudding paper again, you'll see a lot of this. I got it last year on clearance after Christmas, I love after Christmas sales! I stamped the Holly Script stamp 4 times on Neenah white cardstock, colored them with my Copic's, cut them out and went around the edges with my Krylon gold leafing pen, glued them all together in the center, curled the leaves up and sprayed it with my mistletoe Glimmer Mist. I added some Robins Nest Dew Drops in the center. I did some stitching on the edges of the card, I shabbied up the ribbon with Ranger Distress Vintage Photo ink. The sentiment was stamped on a piece of green Figgy paper, cut out and adhered on a piece of red Figgy paper, I put it in the hardware frame and put Glossy Accents over it, I put some Martha Stewart gold glitter on that to give it some sparkle!
Well, I'm off to work

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by

OCL going LIVE today!!

Good morning!
Today's the day, Our Craft Lounge is going live, YIPPEE! I know Cami, Joy and Kim's new stamp company will be a huge hit, I'm so excited for them! They have so much in the works, it's going to be a great place to hang out and shop! Marianne from Copic is the
illustrator for the new stamps, so, ya know they are all terrific!!!

Look at the cute stamp set, Lola has all kinds of goodies she can hold in her hand. I made a card with Lola doing a handstand I'll share later!

This is another Valentine card, I did some masking, some sewing, some distressing, some paper piecing and coloring, my fave things to do on a card design. It's 4 1/4 x 4 1/4 square.

I stamped, colored and cut out the love, I put Glossy Accents on it and popped it up with foam dots. The gorgeous paper is more from My Minds Eye.
Go check out the other girls blogs and see their OCL samples!! Bevie, Cami, HB, Heather, Joy, Kendra, Kisa , Lana, Lila, LZ, Nancy
OK - now go on over to Our Craft Lounge and check it out!!!!!!!! Remember, this weekend only (Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, November 14th, 15th, and 16th, ) with each stamp set you purchase, you will get a ticket included with your order! Oh Yah, they are pink to boot baby... sorry (side tracked again by pink pretty things) Save those tickets! The following weekend, OCL will start drawing winners. You just never know when a new ticket number will show up on their site. YOU COULD WIN!!!
Oh man, I just realized it's FRIDAY, WOOHOO!!
Have a great day, thanks for stopping by!

OCL Tree-mendous giraffe!

HOLY COW, a post 2 days in a row, can you believe it?! I'm so excited about OurCraft Lounge stamps, I can't help myself, LOL!!

I made another sneak peek with the Tree-mendous Love set, this time I focused on the sweet giraffe, isn't he just so cute? I made a baby card, I think it would be a good baby boy card, ya think?

I used the heart line stamp and made a frame around the giraffe. I masked the giraffe and stamped the little heart bushes, then I stamped the tiny bird perched on his tail. I colored everything in with my Copic's.

I used the Cuttlebug Perfect Paisley embossing folder on the brown cardstock to go with the paisley patterned paper by My Minds Eye, mmmmm, love that paper!!

Don't forget, Our Craft Lounge is going live Friday, I can't wait for y'all to see!!



Go check out the girls OCL blog posts!!
Bevie, Cami, HB, Heather, Joy, Kendra, Kisa , Lana, Lila, and LZ!

Have a great day, thanks for stopping by!!

$10 Rubbernecker Bucks winner & Our Craft Lounge!!!

Good morning!! I have some good news to share today! I have a Rubbernecker blog candy winner to announce....Random.org chose... #20 Sheila D , CONGRATS!

You're the winner of the
WOOHOO, I will email you shortly with your candy, YIPPEE!!!! Have fun spending those bucks!

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Our Craft Lounge is having their Premier on Friday! That's right, you can get Tree-Mendous Love and all the other adorable sets on Friday, November 14th!! AND... this weekend only (Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, November 14th, 15th, and 16th, ) with each stamp set you purchase, you will get a ticket included with your order! Oh Yah, they are pink to boot baby... sorry (side tracked again by pink pretty things) Save those tickets! The following weekend, OCL will start drawing winners. You just never know when a new ticket number will show up on their site. YOU COULD WIN!!!

I chose the Tree-Mendous Love set by Our Crafty Lounge to showcase today! It's so cute there are so many fun stamps in this set, your Valentine cards and baby cards will be so cute!

Look at those caute tiny birds and bird houses! There are 19 stamps in this set and you can get it in clear or rubber!

Go check out these blogs to see some more OCL sets and samples!

Bevie, Cami, HB, Heather, Joy, Kendra, Kisa and Lila, and LZ!

Gotta run...have a super day!

THT - Country Snowman

Today is Veterans Day, a day to honor the men and women who gave their lives for us and their country. In honor of my dad who served in WWII, my uncle who was KIA (killed in action) in WWII and my brother who served during the Vietnam war.
It’s Treasure Hunt Tuesday at Rubbernecker Stamps! And it’s yer lucky day… ‘cuz I just happen to be holdin’ part of the treasure ye be seeking! Aye Aye! It is I, that holds one of the $10 Rubbernecker Coupons!! Arrrrrgh!

Comment here on this post and tell me this, if you were to find a treasure chest and it was full of jewels just of your families birthstones, what would they be? Mine would be sapphire, lapis and opal. What are yours?

I will pick a winner through Random.org tomorrow morning, stay turned!! Arrrrrgh!

Be sure and sail on over to the other design team blogs to find the other blog candy!
Broni - Splashes of Watercolor, Candy - Candy's Land, Joan - Stamping with a Passion, Jules - Stampin with Inky Fingers, Kittie - Kittie Kraft, Linda - Linda's Works of Heart, Shelly - Stamp with Shelly, Sherry - Walkin on the BAD Side, Tami - A Walk on the Mild Side, Tex - Savor the Journey.

I made my card using the Little Lovins'Country Snowman stamp by Stamp Oaisis from Rubbernecker Stamps. Isn't he cute? I love his little outfit, it's so fun to color with my Copic's. I used my Basic Grey 6x6 paper pad Figgy Pudding, Prism Frosted Teal, Neenah white and SU! Sahara Sand cardstock. Ice Stickles and ribbon from Target. I punched a snowflake with my Marvy punch and put a button in the center.

Have I told y'all about my new baby? I can't remember, if I have, well, I'm telling it again, LOL! She's a Himalayan and she's 3 mths. old now. Her eyes are the prettiest blue, it's hard to see here, but, they are gorgeous! Her fur is soooo soft, she's just like a fluffy powder puff! Her name is Lady LilyBean Lee.

She's always helping me when I'm crafting, she was helping me take pictures here!

I have to run, work awaits! Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!