Blog Hop Winner...

Hello everyone!

I hope you had fun during Heather's Coffee Break blog hop! Weren't her new digi's the most fabulous ever? I love how easy it is to color them and add to any of my projects! Now, on to the winner:

Sprytebyrd

She wrote: "Beautiful cards! Your first one is stunning and the colors on the second are beautiful!"

Congratulations Dee! Please go to Heather's store and pick out any image as your prize. E-mail her (honkinbill@yahoo.com) your choice and she will send to you as quick as possible.

Everyone, thanks for playing along with us! I hope you enjoyed it!

Have a wonderful crafting weekend! ;D

Heather's Coffee Break Blog Hop

Good morning everyone!

Today is the day of Heather's Coffee Break new images release! I am so happy to be a part of this blog hop because Heather is such a wonderful lady and her images are just too awesome to miss!

If you came here by way of Carol (Stamps, Paper, and Ink) then you are on the right track. If not, start at the beginning with Carolyn (P.M.S. etc.) so you don't miss all the fun stuff! Heather will be giving away sweet prizes and all you have to do is leave a comment on each person's blog. Yep, it's as simple as all that!

Here's a card I made using the paper piecing technique. I embellished around the DCWV designer paper so that the piecing could be identified easily. This image is "Coffee Talk Full Length". I ink distressed the edges and propped Miss Sexy on foam dots while she sits there sipping her brew. I added a crochet flower and put an orange brad in the center (kind of matches the heart on the coffee cup doesn't it?). I add a shimmery bow and some pearls to keep that sassy appeal going.

This second card features "Guitar Girl" and as soon as I saw her, she brought back memories of when I was about six years old at a day camp where these young adults played the guitar and taught us songs like "Michael Rowed the Boat Ashore" and "If I had a Hammer..." - ahhh, memories. :-P So I enjoyed coloring her with my Copics, adding buttons and a plaid green heart to go with the DCWV designer papers. I added my favorite sentiment ticket and sang those songs in my mind. What fun!

You can see more of Heather's new digi's in her store (Fresh Brewed Designs). Just think of digital images like paper dolls. Coming from this beautiful and talented lady, these are some fun dolls to play with!

Okay, make sure you leave a comment here so you'll have a chance at the prize Heather has on her blog. Then your next stop will be over at Kelly's (Sandcastle Stamper).

Have fun! ;p

Blog Hop on Wednesday for Heather's Coffee Break

Hey y'all,

I just wanted to give you a sneak peek at what's headed your way...a super fabulous blog hop! That's right, Heather's Coffee Break has a super cool digital release happening this Wednesday and I'm going to be a part of the blog hop! Whoopeee! A bunch of us ladies have prepared some gorgeous paper crafts for you to be inspired by with these new images. Check out her store to see some of her other super sensations!

I made this card from one of her super cool images. Isn't she adorable? I love how easy it was to color her outfit - even thought about paper piecing it...but these colors came to mind and I had papers in my stash (scraps from DCWV), added flowers and buttons to give it a sort of sassy flair. I love Heather's digital images. I hope you like it.

Stay tuned because on Wednesday, we are starting at 9am (EST). I'll have another card for you to gaze upon. :D Get ready for the hop, hop, hop...

Humble Pie...

It's Saturday...I was working on this card yesterday but was King Mufasa beckoned me and I had to put it aside. But at Humble Pie, there is a "lift" challenge and I couldn't resist because it would allow me to use my cute stamps from there that I received from the lovely Leah on one of their blog hops!

These are the cutest images! I was saving these images for something else but I had to join this challenge. Can you imagine -- you just go to Kim B's blog (a link is provided there) and lift one of her beautiful creations! Here's the one I used to lift (the design not the image):

The rest of the talented bakers even show samples of what they have lifted...wow - can you say WOW? Yes, they are gorgeous - so go take a look and join the ranks for a fun filled day at Humble Pie!

Girlfriends...

You know, while I was coloring this sweet image that I got from Heather's Coffee Break, I realized the center of my enjoyment in crafting was coloring images. When I was little, I used to draw "girls" as I called them then. They were much like what Heather's drawn here and I'd talk (to myself) about my friend, what we were doing that day and I'd draw up every piece of paper in the house. Why my mother just didn't buy me a ream of paper back then is beyond me (LOL!). I drew on brown paper sacks - anything! I loved drawing and coloring those girls' clothes.

I had that same enjoyment coloring these girls and paper piecing their jeans. When I look at images, my enjoyment seems to stem from some kind of happy/joy/joy button from long ago. I just know I love a girlfriend story. Once a year, there's an annual "Girlfriend Appreciation Day" here and I go, rallying all my girlfriends and we have a ball. Doesn't this image make you think of your girlfriend?

Well, Heather is preparing a blog hop, which I am included - I was so happy when she asked me. She'll be releasing her new images so mark December 9th (that's next Wednesday) on your calendar and be ready to hop, hop, hop 'til you drop because there will be prizes. I'll have a little goody for those participating too - so stay tuned! :D

Digital Beauties

As you know, The Creative Cottage is sponsoring this week's challenge over at Tellen's Place.

If you didn't know, why not scoot on over there and check things out - there's so much fun going on! ;P

I can't express how much fun I had in creating these cards. As you know, my style is simple and clean cut. These digital kits at The Creative Cottage are perfect for me. Bears are my all time favorite of anything and these are the cutest bears, don't you think? Look how cute this one is in that sweater!

These work well for me because I don't have to color them, just print. In fact, I used Word to print them. I inserted the picture (it comes as a jpeg file), sized it for the card I wanted to make (4.4 x 5.5) and printed. I trimmed a bit here and there, adhered some adhesive and added ribbon and foam dots for a 3D effect.

Tracy actually includes digital "ribbon" in her kits. How cool is that?

Right now, you can even get the freebie kit that is being offered and try it out. Isn't that like the best "preview" ever? Go on check it out! You'll be glad you did - I certainly was! You'll see more images from The Creative Cottage here too.

I hope you enjoyed these as much as I do.

Fa La La La La La La La La

It's challenge time and there's snow all over the place people! I have been having so much fun making these cards, though today was a bit harried because I forgot to make my card for my challenge blog (Tellen's Place) and then to vote on the winner and yadda, yadda, yadda... But, I have two cards to enter into challenges.

The first card is with images from Heather's Coffee Break - yeah, I'm a fan. :) Look at these snowmen playing...I mean, it's too cute! I added that liquid stuff so it looks like they really are on snow; added some plastic snowflakes just because the rest of the card was empty. Don't you love that sentiment ticket? I got it at Allissa's Paper Town - she has new ones and let me tell you - you will get hooked like me. Go check it out! I was like - oh so cool because the challenge at the Cupcake Challenge is for red and green - I printed the ticket in red and found this one that said "Snowmen Playing." How cool is that?

Here's the inside of the card. The paper was like that -- isn't that just too cute?

This next card is of Edward (Tellen's Place) - he is really so cute; all surly...little blop of snow on top of his head, like he fell in it. I really would love to have snow around me during Christmas. So for now, I can pretend.

This card is for:

Papertake Weekly - sketch #29
A Spoon Full of Sugar - non-traditional colors - Christmas card
Design Dollies - snowflakes

Take a walk through these blogs because you will find great cards there. The Design Dollies are real dolls and just inspired me with their lovely cards. They have such warmth over there you won't want to leave it. Go on - go check 'em out! :) Papertake Weekly have oodles of talent that just makes you swoon for paper crafts! A Spoon Full of Sugar is so sweet - take a look-see! ;p

Thanks for stopping by.