Gloria

This is a new set "Gloria" by CTMH. I love the look of this set. I used liquid glass to give it the stained glass look after I colored it with my copic markers.

Belli's Gone By

This weeks, Belli Challenge is to make a project using WHATEVER PAST BELLI CHALLENGE YOU WISH!
Here is what you need to do... 1. Anyone Can Play! Spread the Word! :) 2. Make a completed project embellishing your work with the Belli of your choice. Comment with a link to your creation on Chris' blog here 3. When you post to Splitcoaststampers or to your Blog, be sure and put the CBC - and the Belli Number you chose as your KEYWORD and mention of the challenge - with a link! 4. Chris will do a random drawing for all participants and have a special pack of assorted Designer Papers for the winner!

Here is a list of BELLI'S GONE BY!1 BEADS 2 RUB ONS 3 BUTTONS 4 WHEEL 5 CHIPBOARD 6 – SKIPPED THIS NUMBER 7 HARDWARE 8 FLOWERS 9 GLITTER 10 CHALKS 11EMBOSSING POWDER 12 SCRAPS 13 UFOS- Unfinished Objects! 14 RIBBON 15 PENCILS 16 EYELETS 17 DIE CUTS 18 PAPER PIERCING 19 WHITE GEL PEN 20 MULBERRY PAPER 21 VELLUM 22 PAPER BAGS 23 DESIGNER PAPER 24 CIRCLES 25 ENVELOPES 26 FELT 27 BIRTHDAY 28 CONTAINERS 29 SCALLOPS30 COASTERS 31 BAUBLES & BLING 32 BACK TO SCHOOL 33 FIBERS 34 SQUARE35 METAL EDGE TAGS OR FAUX METAL 36 LEAVES 37 PAINT 38 CLIPS 39 PEARLS 40 THANKSGIVING 41 TABLE DECORATIONS 42 GIFT TAGS 43 -CORD

For mine I chose #29 Scallops and #31 Baubles and Bling with my bling being stickles. The sketch for my card is from Mojo Monday challenge blog here
Not all designers are playing this week because of thanksgiving but checkout my side bar for those who are and go leave a little love

Cupcake #15 +2

This weeks challenge at Cupcake Craft Challenges is Sweets and treats so I used this Magnolia image that was RAK'd to me. I love these stamps but do not own any of these so my friend Sandy sent me a bunch of images and this one carrying the pie fit perfectly for this challenge. This card also qualifies for two more challenges. The sketch is from Friday Sketchers #29 and the challenge at Stamp Something is "Thanksgiving Somethings" so Magnolia's Thanksgiving Pie fits this one as well.
To play along with us at CCC just create something with cakes or sweets and leave a comment here with a link to your creation so we can see and you will be entered for a prize

Stampin’ hugs,

RAK Thank You

I received this wonderful card in the mail Yesterday from my sweet Belli Sistah Lorie. I have had some tough things to deal with lately and she sent me this card to give me a lift and I really appreciate her! Thanks Lorie!!!

Copic Candy

I found some more candy and WOW it includes COPICS! so you will want to go here and show Debbie some love for a chance to win

Christmas Cookie Card

This is a card I made for the SNSS Christmas Cookie challenge at PCP. We each picked 5 ingredients that were listed for making Christmas Cookies, and then a few days later, we were told what each ingredient was equal to as far as card-making. I picked:

Chocolate Chips = Brads
Vanilla = scallop
Cinnamon = Ribbon
Butter = Watercoloring
Brown Sugar = Baubles

I put them all together and came up with this card using a sketch from Courtney's blog.
She has a new Challenge every Tuesday. The set is from SNS

More Blog Candy

Denise from Stamp Something Challenges is starting her own rubber stamp company Whimsy Stamps, Go here to see a sneak peek and a chance to win one of these. They are Adorable!!!

Courtney has Candy

Courtney has some delicious blog candy! you can find it here, just tell her what you are thankful for along with posting about her candy and following her blog and you are entered.

Merry Christmas

This one is for a sketch challenge at Papercraft Plant, an online community for papercrafters and there are tons and tons of groups you can join. If you have not joined yet you should it is a cool place to share your talent and make new friends

Very Sweet Award

This award was graciously handed to me Leona .

This blog invests and believes the PROXIMITY - nearness in space, time and relationships!These blogs are exceedingly charming. These kind bloggers aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in prizes or self-aggrandizement. Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated. Please give more attention to these writers! Deliver this award to eight bloggers who must choose eight more and include this cleverly-written text into the body of their award.

And these are the lovely people that am awarding this beauty to:

Chrissy D

Lorie

Christi

Courtney

Korin

Sparkle

Sandy

Lauren

Three in One

This is a card made for a challenge on the Sweet N' Sassy blog. Here are the details of the challenge as posted by a DT member Janette "One image, one sentiment, one kind of embellishment, one matte around image/sentiment, one layer card base. You don't have to use all the elements but you can not go over them. For the embellishment you can use more than one of the same embellishment (brads for example) but you can not use both brads AND ribbon. You may use punches, cuttlebug, paper piercer, scoring tool etc. and I am not counting glitter/stickles or similar as an embellishment." She has a couple samples you can see here.

I used the "Snowflakes" set by Chris Dickinson you can find it at Sweet N' Sassy Stamps
Because of "Snow being used on my card this card also qualifies for two other challenges.

Papertake Weekly -Let it snow, Let it snow, Let it snow, Cute Card Thursday - Snow+Snowflakes, so it quickly becomes a three in one!

CBC43/CCT

This weeks, Belli Challenge is to make a project using CORD!! You can make ANYTHING you wish AND combine challenges with your cord. You can use the Silver cord, Gold cord, or any cord you have - if you do not have cord - use HEMP!
Here is what you need to do make a card or project embellishing your work with your Cord. Post in the comments on Chris' Blog linking to your blog so we can see your creation. When you post to Splitcoaststampers or to your Blog, be sure and put CBC43 as the KEYWORD and mention of the challenge with a link. Chris will do a random drawing for all participants and have a special pack of assorted Designer Papers for the winner! Check out what the other Belli Girls have done on my sidebar
I found some gift wrap gold cord so this is what I used. The sentiment is from the set "Jesus Is Born" and is designed by The Belli Queen herself, you can find at Sweet N' Sassy Stamps.

I also combined this challenge with one at Cute Card Thursday's "Red+Green" challenge

Cupcake Craft Challenge #14

This weeks challenge is set by Rosette. She said "It is the Following sketch. It also has to contain at least one scalloped edge, and a brown tone must be included , either in the embellishments or in the Papers.. or in both. I left the position of the sentiment free. It can also not include one. I hope you like it."
I used another Sweet N' Sassy set for this one "Cozy Feathered Friends" The papers are "Oh Joy" collection from Cosmo Cricket. This was a fun sketch to play along and a chance to win a prize go here and leave a comment with a link to your blog or gallery so we can see your creation.

Blog Candy Alert

here a couple blogs that have some Fab candy Kristin has some Martha Stewart and Whipper Snapper. Claudia is also offering some Fab candy and she will pick 4 winners!
Sooo go leave some love and get entered for the candy!

SNS/Stamp Something

Korin is having a weekly challenge on the Sweet N' Sassy blog on Monday. I just got around to posting mine so tomorrow she will have a new one to do. I used Snowflakes from SNS of course. I love doing cards with snowmen and snowflakes. The sketch is from Stamp Something and a perfect fit for this card I think!

Blog Candy

With it being Sweet N' Sassy's first anniversary each Saturday of November a different design team member is giving away some blog candy. This week you can find candy at Chris's blog and Jessica's blog. They are each offering a stamp set from SNS. Sooo what are ya waiting for go and leave a little love for a chance to win

DT reveal

This sketch is from Just my sketches, a sketch blog where Deanne gives a card sketch and a layout sketch twice a month for inspiration. This is my DT card for the Nov. 16th reveal. It is also a card for a color challenge that I do not remember where I seen it...lol But the color combo is Baja Breeze (Breeze CTMH) Kiwi Kiss (Sweet Leaf CTMH) and Vanilla or White. Go here to play along and see the rest of the DT's take on this sketch

Sweet N' Sassy is 1 Year Old

Sweet N' Sassy is one year old this month so they are having a month long Sale-A-Bration so go over to SNS and check out the savings. Also on the Sweet N' Sassy Blog Korin is giving away some Fabulous blog candy!!! She is giving away 6 sets to a lucky winner at the end of this month. WOW is that candy or what!

Belli Challenge 42

This week's Belli Challenge is TAGS, what is a Belli Challenge you might be asking well from the mouth of the Queen Chrissy D here is what she says " What is the Belli Challenge you ask?
Each week, I try to give us a challenge that will use things we have lying around our stamp rooms! With a constant flow of new things coming out, I tend to forget about the other things I have and they quickly become clutter! So we get to use anything we want to make our creation. I used a TAG off of an American Eagle Hoodie and covered it to make a Gift Tag! The front has the flowers and the back has Merry Christmas. To play along after you make your creation just leave a comment on Chrissy's blog with a link to your creation so we can see what you came up with. If you post on SCS please use the keyword CBC42. Check out the Belli Girl links on my side bar to see what everyone else has created. Have fun!

Spots and Dots

I am late posting but this week at CCC the challenge is Spots and Dots! So for all of you gals who love Polka-Dots this challenge is for you. Create a project using Spots and/or Dots and leave a comment at Cupcake Craft Challenges with a link to your creation by Sunday by noon for a chance to win a wonderful prize . The sketch for this card is from Friday Sketchers a wonderful sketch challenge blog!

30 days of gratitude! I am grateful for my Bible and the promises we have in it!

30 days of gratitude cont..

I did not post yesterday on what I was grateful for so yesterday and today I want to say thank you for my friends I am grateful for them and the support they give me and I had one that helped me make my blog a three column! I like it more this way.

Sketch Challenge

This is a Sketch challenge from the SNS release party. The set is a Rachelle Anne Miller which you can get at Sweet N' Sassy. He is one cute little snowman and I love the little birdie also. The sentiment is from Close To My Heart.

Naughty or Nice

This one is a color challenge card from the Sweet N' Sassy release party, took me awhile to get it posted. The colors to use were Red Riding hood (Cranberry), Very Vanilla (Vanilla), Soft Sky (Crystal Blue). The set is Owl Occasions and Christmas add-ons from SweetN'Sassy

more Blog candy

Bev has some Whiff of Joy candy here These stamps are so adorable

Christmas Candy!

Ann is giving away some blog candy here and it is Christmas Candy :)

Angel Card

This is made for three different challenges. The first is Chrissy's embellishment challenge "Hardware" for SweetN'Sassy's November release party the second is for Cute Card Thursday's "Fairies + Angels" and the third is Papertake weekly "Simply Sparkling". This is an image that was given to me by a friend and it works perfectly for these challenges. She's and Angel and her wings are simply sparkling, she is just Simply Beautiful :)

Stampin’ hugs,

30 Days of Gratitude

One of the blogs I read, posted a challenge and I think it is appropriate for the month of November. The challenge is called 30 days of Gratitude and since I just read the post, today, I will try to post quite a bit to let you all know what I am thankful for and to get me caught up on the challenge. If you would like to take the challenge too, hop on over to Erin's blog and drop her line. She has a Journal card you can print out and do a page.

She also has a couple of videos about a young man named Nick Vujicic, he has an Amazing story and a powerful message to share! so go check it out you will be BLESSED! I promise.

I will start by saying that First and foremost I am Grateful that I have a personal relationship with my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!

2. I am grateful to have a husband who loves me and takes care of me.

3. I am grateful for my lovely children.

4. I am grateful for The friendships I have made in my lifetime.

5. I am grateful for talent God has given me in papercrafting.

6. I am grateful for the extra work than God has given my husband.

and today I am grateful that I fell well enough to make some cards to send to others

what are you grateful for?

Stampin’ hugs,

Rejoice!

This is the day that the Lord has made I will rejoice and be glad in it. No matter what the outcome of yesterday, today or tomorrow, no matter what you are going through. We can rejoice because we serve a Sovereign God. A God who is alive, who loves us and cares for us. God is in control of today and tomorrow. The victory is HIS. Jesus is the same yesterday, today and forever. This is love; not that we loved God but that HE loves us and sent His Son as an atoning sacrifice. So today I will rejoice in my Lord because He is Awesome!

Now on to the Belli challenge today is to make a table decoration with a Thanksgiving or Christmas theme. so here is mine.

You can check out what the rest of the Belli girls made on my sidebar and leave a comment with a link to your blog on Creating with Chrissy for a chance to win

#12 Inspiration

This week at Cupcake Craft Challenges Jilly's challenge is Inspiration. So what you will need to do is create something using the above photo as your inspiration. You can choose to use the color combo, the design or something completely unique, however you are inspired. For my take on it I used the color combo and the design. For a chance to win some goodies create a project using Jilly's inspiration photo, then leave a comment on Cupcake Craft Challenges with a link to your blog or gallery.

Stampin’ hugs,