Happy Monday!!!
I hope everyone had a fabulous weekend!  We made the long trek back to MI to spend Christmas with our family.  Thanks to a large ice/snow storm that was rolling into Montreal Friday, we decided to leave early in hopes of getting through it faster and beating the next storm that was going to roll through.

It ended up taking us 22 hours to get from Montreal, Quebec to Grand Haven, MI...very scary drive.  But we made it and were happy to finally be off the roads and get some sleep.

So today we start a new challenge at Digi Makeover, and we decided to keep it easy for you over the holidays and went with Anything Goes!!

I used a fun lovey sentiment from Paper Makeup Stamps called I Do Love...on my card and surrounded it with all sorts of hearts, pinks, and reds!  It was a fun card to put together and I just love how it turned out!

I hope you will join us this week!  And again have a very Merry Christmas!!

Happy Friday!!!
It's been super quiet around here...I know...I've been focusing on more personal stuff lately than crafting.  So I haven't really had much to share. 

But!  Today there is a new release at Sami Stamps!  So of course I get to share that cuteness with you!!  Sami has drawn up an awesome collection of Winter Owls!  They are just so darn cute!

My first card features the Warm and Cozy owl image.

I loved the little intimate scene created with this sweet little owl family.  I haven't done an easel card in a long time, and thought the shape of this image would work perfectly for one.  So I pulled out some pink and blue wintery papers and got to work.  The fun snowflake corner sprays are from Memory Box and I added little bits of glitter to the tips.

I also paired this image with Winter Romance sentiment set.  A few snowflakes and liquid pearls, and it was all done!

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:
    Charisma Cardz #49-Anything Goes
    Pattie's Creations #82-Snow Scene Image

My next card I absolutely love!

Aren't these owls just the sweetest!  Eek...I love them!  This image is Owl Love...so precious!  I colored everything in with my colored pencils to try and give them the snow owl look.  Then went back over the pretty girlie owl with some glitter pen so she shimmers.

The heart frame is made using one of the MS corner punches.  It was a little challenging but once I figured out the spacing and how big I wanted the center circle, it all came together pretty quick.  And of course I added glitter pen to each of those hearts.

The sentiment on this card is also from the Winter Romance set.  Those sentiments seemed to coordinate perfectly with these images!!

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:
    Crafts 4 Eternity #155-Anything Goes
    Sassy Studio #208-Sparkle and Shine
    Stampin for the Weekend-Anything Goes

I do hope you will stop by Sami Stamps and check out the rest of the design teams incredible creations featuring this new release!  So much talent with these ladies, it's just fantastic!  And of course, don't forget about the challenge we have running right now to use red and/or green on your creation!!

Thanks for stopping by!  I'm off for the next week to spend the holidays in MI with our families.  I wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a safe and Happy New Year!! <3

Happy Monday!
Oh boy did we get the snow dumped on us yesterday! Woohoo!  There's at least a foot out there and it's just gorgeous!

We start a new challenge today at the Digi Makeover challenge and is swirls! 

I decided to use some swirly paper..and go with a new holiday instead of Christmas.  It was nice to work with some other colors besides red and green :)

I used the Paper Makeup image Automaton, Love Robot and paired him with a fun sentiment from the Hugs & Kisses set.  It's all colored in with my ShinHan markers and then little bits of glitter have been added to the hearts.

There is a small strip of embossed vellum on the right side of the card.  I had hoped it would pop out a little bit more but it doesn't...oh well :)

I hope you will join us this week!  Stay safe and have a Merry Christmas!! <3

Happy Monday!
It's all white and snowy here in Montreal today!  We had such a warm weekend that it was odd to wake up to the snow falling, but it hasn't stopped and I love it!

We are starting a new challenge today at Digi Makeover and it's Sparkle!  So perfect for this festive time of year when everything is all glittered and sparkly :)

I just love this sweet little couple under the mistletoe.  It's so precious how the little boy is holding her chin and she is so excited to get that kiss!

I printed off my image and colored it all in with my pencils.  Then added lots of glitter to the wings and mistletoe, as well as some glitter pen to the white dots on my background paper.

Overall I kept the layout very flat and simple, only popping up the mistletoe with some dimensional adhesive.  I have loved this color combination on all my Christmas cards this year.  Something about burgundy and olive green that just works so well.

I hope you will join us this week for our Sparkle challenge!
Thanks for stopping by!  <3

It's release day!!!  And Friday!  And a new challenge starts today!  Woot!
We have a fabulous new release at Sami Stamps today perfectly titled Christmas Joy.  I loved these images!  You can totally see the joy just pouring out of what Sami has drawn for us.  And it's paired with a fun challenge to use red or green on your project!

So I've kind of been addicted to making tags lately...seems odd I know...but they are just so cute and fun!

 I love this Candy Cane Elf!  It is so perfect for Christmas!  And I thought she'd be adorable on a tag.  I had a different design worked out in my head, but when I got her all colored I sort of figured what I wanted to make wouldn't work.  So I fussy cut her out and worked from that.  I printed off a simple To/From tag and layered it under the candy cane.

The button is sewn on through the ribbon and I finished everything off with some glitter and sequins.

I would like to enter this tag into the following challenges:
    Delicious Doodles #65-Christmas/New Year
    Divas by Design-Feeling Festive

While surfing Pinterest a few days ago, I found a tutorial on how to use the MS punches to make them go all around the page, even if they don't come as a set like that.  I really wanted to give it a try so I rolled with it on this card.

I love how the frame turned out with this image!  I thought the hearts worked well with the lace and all together were perfect for this sweet Christmas Couple image!  Please forgive the horrible coloring of my tree...turns out that is one thing I am not good at coloring yet...need lots of practice.

Of course, no intimate moment in front of the Christmas tree is complete without the cat getting into mischief :)  So I added into this image a previously released image called Kitten Fun.

I added a simple sentiment stamp and some sparkly snowflakes to finish off the card.

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:
    A Creative Romance-Sparkle at Christmas
    Stampin for the Weekend-Use Some Red
    There She Goes #236-Christmas Critters
    Totally Gorjuss #212-Snows the Way to Go

Be sure to stop by Sami Stamps and see the rest of this release, along with the amazing creations by the design team!  They are truly incredibly talented ladies, that group!! :)  And join in the challenge!

Thanks for stopping by! <3

Hi Everyone!
We are back from our Thanksgiving break at Tuesday Throwdown and starting a fabulous new challenge today!  The challenge is to use baking materials on your creation.  I know it sounds a little difficult, but once you sort of open up your mind and let it wander, I know you will be able to come up with something fun! 

Try using food coloring as a mist, parchment paper for flowers, melting powdered sugar into pearls!  Get creative!

I decided to do a shaker card for this challenge.  I thought of putting a cupcake liner behind my image, but it seems everyone else on the team did that, so I skipped the liner to give everyone a few more ideas of what they could do for their creation :)

The image is Gingerbread Baby from our fabulous sponsor, Robyn's Fetish.  I colored it all in with my pencils and added white 3D paint to the squiggly detail lines.  My hope was that the paint would be a little sticky and some of the sprinkles would stick to it, but I don't think it worked out that way.

I used a plastic cover that my adhesive comes in for the shaker bubble and filled it with all sorts of Christmas sprinkles!  It's so cute and yummy looking!  I really love how it turned out!

Stop by the blog and check out the rest of the DT creations, and then join in the fun!  I can't wait to see what you come up with!!  <3

Happy Monday!
We're starting a new challenge today at Digi Makeover and it's Snow Fun!  Which is perfect since now it's finally snowing here in Montreal!

I used the Henry image, though I can't find him in the shop right now to be able to give you a link...sorry.

I colored him in with my pencils and added a bunch of glitter around the angel "wings."  I had picked up these fun sparkly snowflakes at Michael's today and decided they would work well on this snowy card.

Then I just added a circle sentiment and scallop cut around it to finish off the card.  Pretty simple...it was super late when I made this card and my energy was running a bit low.. :(

I hope you will join us this week in this fun challenge!!
Thanks for stopping by! <3

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:
    A Gem of a Challenge #108-Winter Wonderland
    Artistic Inspirations #70-Winter Wonderland
    Crafting When We Can #58-Winter
    The Crazy Challenge #159-Snowy Winter
    Sunday Sketch and Stamp #185