Debby's Stuff

The Little Things

Tomorrow Squigglefly is releasing some new images! You didn't forget did you? Here's another sneak peek at one of the fabulous new images. I am partial to wild animals. No Sean not you. Particularly Leopards, Cheetahs and Tigers. Imagine my delight when I found this beauty in my mailbox. It is called "Just A Bit Longer". I loved the combination of the papers so much that I decided not to color the image. I though it looked great all on its own.

The image was printed out on Kraft paper from Paper Temptress. And this was awesome! The ink took to the paper like a mouse on cheese. No heat setting or embossing no smearing. Perfect. Papers are Kraft, Black Crepe Ruche and the Khaki Crepe Ruche with a little twine involved. All papers can be found at Paper Temptress.

Doggies decided to help me a bit.

Tasha. Can't get a good pic of her shes always licking licking licking.

Ruby or Crunchy as we often call her. Just take a look at that beard.

And our sweet little dirty boy Krypto.

Thanks for stopping by. We are off to see New Moon tonight. Until tomorrow.

You Deserve the Best Day Ever

More Sparkle Blanc goodness! I love that paper! I had some digi scrapbooking paper hidden in a file that I thought was so pretty so I printed the digi paper and the digi image, Peek a Boo from Squigglefly, on Sparkle Blanc text weight. My card base is Sparkle Blanc cardstock. The cute little bunny is layered on Gold Sparkle and Sparkle Blanc cardstock. The borders are punched with a Fiskars combo punch/emboss.

All papers are from Paper Temptress.

Don't forget! Gingersnap Creations November Challenge sponsor, Paper Temptress, has graciously donated some wonderful blog candy for GC29: Chestnut Theme Challenge -Cozy Home, GC30: Spicy Supply - Buttons, and GC31: Color Challenge - Monochromatic! Check it out and play along!

The randomly drawn winner of the blog candy will recieve their choice of one of the following 4 variety packs of PaperTemptress paper: Spring Premium Package, Valentine's Day Package, HiT Summer Fun Package or the Christmas Paper Package.

Here's a peak at the Spring Premium Package:

Check it out!

from Patricia the Paper Temptress

"I am back from a fabulous cruise so time to get back to business! My business is to get as much PaperTemptress' cardstock into your paperstash (pretty blunt huh? LOL)as I can. To do that I have placed the Lustre paperline and the Sparkle paperline 25% off for the rest of November. Since the Lustre line is one of my favorites I want to insure that it becomes one of your favorites too so I am adding the stunning Silver Lustre Package @ 40% off too! Shoot why stop there.....The Sparkle Combo package, which is everyone else's favorite, will be 40% off too! The Vermillion and the Emeraude sparkle are perfect Christmas colors and the Lustre paperline would make any Christmas card stand out from the rest so don't miss this opportunity to save your dollars and add amazing cardstock to your designs. This sale is only going on until the end of November! Shh, don't tell anyone but I ordered new cardstock last night so more fabulous cardstock is going to be added soon!! Great paper makes designing so much easier!"

I got you babe

Squigglefly is releasing some new images on Saturday. Here's a little peekie at one of them. This is called Snuggle Buddies. I loved this image at first sight. So cute.

I pirnted the image on Sparkle Blanc text weight from Paper Temptress and colored with Copics. All of the other papers are from a Taylored Expressions October Key Ingredients Kit. The sentiment is a stamp I purchased from A Muse.

Squigglefly News Reminders!

Nab It!
What's more fun than getting a really great image at a super low price? Nothing! So check out our new "Nab It" feature on the Squigglefly shopping website. Each day there will be a limited quantity of images for a super special low price - but once they're gone at that price, they're gone!
There is a new image every day. Go check it out! http://www.squigglefly.com/

Happy Birthday, Squigglefly!

Squigglefly will turn 1 year old at the end of this month! A special thanks to all of you for making the first year wonderful! Yay!

To celebrate, Squigglefly will have a special edition of the newsletter this month with some great surprises for everyone! ;) head over to http://www.squigglefly.com/ and sign up for the newsletter!

Design Team Call
The time has come again for another Squigglefly Design Team Call!
The current design team term will be over at the end of November with a month break in December.
So, here's the specifics :) If you'd like to apply we have 15 spaces available:

Please send your name and blog or website address to squigglefly@squigglefly.com by December 10th, 2009 and of course we'd love to know why you're interested in joining the Squigglefly Design Team (this isn't an essay contest or even required, we're just interested ;)
The term will run from January 1, 2010 to June 30, 2010.

DT members should try to participate in at least two challenges per month issued by the Design Team leaders (Kim and Rhonda). And of course you can always participate in more than that if you'd like ;)

And that's it! We like to keep our "rules" simple and keep the DT happy! We want you to enjoy being part of our team. The new Design Team will be chosen and contacted by December 20th, and we'll announce the Design Team right here on the blog on January 1st!

If you have friends that might be interested, please feel free to pass this information along!

Night All!

Yep

tee hee

Look what I got today! It's okay. You can be jealous.

Brrrrrr....

Thought I would post something chilly for you since that is how I am feeling right now. We don't have snow but dang it is cold!
This is Cornish Heritage Farms Polar Bear Pair stamped and embossed on Laser Silver Lustre from Paper Temptress (Gingersnap Creations sponsor this month) that I had previously brushed on watered down acrylic paints. Just the cheapy paints from Michaels and sorry I don't recall the colors :-( What's so fantastic and lovely about this paper is the pattern of the paper still shows through and sort of floats to the top. Just so pretty. Seems I can add any ink to this paper and the paper insists on shining!

The image is layered on more Laser Silver Lustre and then Silver Stardream and then another layer of Laser Silver Lustre. The card base is Light Blue Basis. Corners, flourish and snowflakes were punched from the Laser Silver Lustre.
Hope everyone is having a terrific weekend and thanks for stopping by!

Family Friends

Image & sentiment from #134 Hearts In Touch Christmas 2009 rubber stamp sheet.

Spicy Supply Challenge

Check out the GC30: Spicy Supply - Buttons at the Gingersnap Creations blog.

The cards below, which you may have seen before, I use Kraft/Brown Bag Cardstock with rubons and buttons. A one layered card if you will.

The cardstock is from Paper Temptress, the Gingersnap Creation November Challenge sponsor! Who also is graciously offering some Fabo blog candy! Visit here to check out the deets.

Check it out, play along and good luck!

Squigglefly Challenge #26 and Squigglefly News!

I missed #25. Sorry. And this one is a little late. Sorry. The Squigglefly challenge this week was to use the following sketch.

I used Christmas with Oswalda from Squigglefly. Love Oswalda! Printed digi paper and Oswalda on Lustre Laser Silver, this is layered on Retro Gold Vellum and more Lustre Laser Silver. The Card base is Laser Red Glossy Lustre and the flourish accents are punched from Laser Black Glossy Lustre. All papers are from Paper Temptress.

Head on over to the the Squigglefly blog to see the featured design team members fabulous creations and share yours with us by adding it to Mr Linky!

Squigglefly News!

Nab It!

What's more fun than getting a really great image at a super low price? Nothing! So check out our new "Nab It" feature on the Squigglefly shopping website. Each day there will be a limited quantity of images for a super special low price - but once they're gone at that price, they're gone!

There is a new image every day. Go check it out! http://www.squigglefly.com/

Happy Birthday, Squigglefly!

Squigglefly will turn 1 year old at the end of this month! A special thanks to all of you for making the first year wonderful! Yay!

To celebrate, Squigglefly will have a special edition of the newsletter this month with some great surprises for everyone! ;) head over to http://www.squigglefly.com/ and sign up for the newsletter!

Design Team Call

The time has come again for another Squigglefly Design Team Call!

The current design team term will be over at the end of November with a month break in December.

So, here's the specifics :) If you'd like to apply we have 15 spaces available:

Please send your name and blog or website address to squigglefly@squigglefly.com by December 10th, 2009 and of course we'd love to know why you're interested in joining the Squigglefly Design Team (this isn't an essay contest or even required, we're just interested ;)

The term will run from January 1, 2010 to June 30, 2010

DT members should try to participate in at least two challenges per month issued by the Design Team leaders (Kim and Rhonda). And of course you can always participate in more than that if you'd like ;)

And that's it! We like to keep our "rules" simple and keep the DT happy! We want you to enjoy being part of our team. The new Design Team will be chosen and contacted by December 20th, and we'll announce the Design Team right here on the blog on January 1st!

If you have friends that might be interested, please feel free to pass this information along!

Celebrate The Season

In honor of GC29:Chestnut Theme Challenge - Cozy Home and the November Challenge sponsor, PaperTemptress, I have created this card showcasing several papers from Paper Temptress.

The cozy house image is stamped on Silk Silver Lustre with Memento Tuxedo Brown. I used Marvy punches to cut out the scalloped circles. The house image is layered on Classic Columns Canyon Brown. Behind the scallops is the fabulous textured Green Crepe Ruche. The sentiment is stamped on Sandy Stripes Vellum. The card base is Classic Columns Canyon Brown.

Look at the gorgeous texture and movement of this paper.

The image and sentiment are from Hearts In Touch stamp sheet #134 HIT Christmas 2009.
Thanks for stopping by and have a terrific day!

Um didn't I tell you ;-)

In memory of Henry

A wonderful and dear blogging friend has experienced a tragic loss. Please read this.

Good times

My hair is a rats nest, my eyes are blood shot and Puddle of Mudd ROCKED the house!

Dang it!

I wanted to post this last week and my brain ran away from me. Anyone catch it for me? Seems to still be missing.

Cornish Heritage Farms was the ever generous sponser at Gingersnap Creations for October. CHF so kindly sent the GCDT some stamps to play with. One that I received was Polar Bear Pair that was released by CHF the week of 10/26 along with many other gorgeous stamps. I have another card to show you with the Polar Bear Pair but not today. Later ;-)

This is brayered glossy {glossy from Paper Temptress} that reminded me of the Alaska Northern Lights and I thought it would be great with this stamp. And yep we all see things differently. Layers are random papers and I edged and sponged with gold leafing pen. I really love this stamp and I hope you do too. Show CHF some love!

Still Time!

Paper Temptress will be giving away 2 Variety Packages! Help spread the word to increase the giveaway! Patricia's goal is to give away 4 Variety Packages! That is a 1 out of 25 chance to win which are great odds! Everyone has until the end of the day on Wednedsay to follow the treasure hunt, guess the word, and then email patricia@papertemptress.com!!

Also check out Paper Temptress for Maufacturer Mania at the Gingersnap Creations blog. While there, be sure to check out the Reasons to Stamp for November.

Happy Halloween!!

Is it over? Takira is too old right now to dress up and T or T. And dang it! I purchased this huge bag of candy from Costco because we totally live in a kid friendy and kid filled area and my doorbell range twice! Twice! Granted both groups were pretty large.But Twice! I have got to stop eating snickers and peanut butter cups. All my Jari Love & Cathe Friedrich workouts will have been for naught. I'm done and the rest is going somewhere else. My family will thank me :-)

Sooo. Whilst I was waiting for the doorbell to ring I was playing with Sparkle Paper and Artistic Outpost Stamps. We decided to eat za and watch a spooky movie so I didn't get it posted last night and today was get groceries in the house for the week day & late laundry so I'm a bit late on the Halloween theme. However, I put some time in to the card and I love this set so decided you need to see it too! :-)

The images are all from Vintage Halloween from Artistic Outpost. All the papers are from the Sparkle line at Paper Temptress.

I stamped on Sparkle Blanc and layered on Sparkle Noir, Sparkle Orange, Sparkle Emeraude and again on Sparkle Orange.

This is my favorite paper, besides the ruche, besides the poison ivory, besides the sorbet, besides the iridescent... you get the picture.

I love love love it. And I'm pretty sure I've said this before; I can stamp or print my digi images on the Sparkle text or cardstock, primarily the text for printing and I don't have to emboss or heat set in order to color with Copics. Fabulous paper I tell ya. And Patricia the Paper Temptress herself can tell you I love this paper! Among others of course.

So if you have read everything :-) Yay. Most of you know I don't say or talk much. I"m a bit tired tonight. Perhaps that is my "thang". Get me tired and I will talk your ear off. Finally. Thanks for hanging in there :-)

Squigglefly New Release Day!

Squigglefly has released lots of cute new images today from artists Cheryl, Nina, Lynne, Eline, Chesney, and Crissy! AND! Squigglefly is also introducing two new artists - Jane Beljo and Robin Willis!

Head over to the Squigglefly blog to check out the new release images and a fantastic giveaway from Jane Beljo and of course lots of eye candy from the DT members!

My card today uses The Juggler created by the ever talented Cheryl Alger.

All papers are from Paper Temptress. The card base is Sparkle Blanc cardstock. I printed my background paper on Sparkle Blanc text and also printed "The Juggler" on Sparkle Blanc text. I colored my image with Copics and the sparkles of the paper still show through! The Juggler is layered on the gorgeous Pearl Vellum. Gorgeous I tell ya. I love printing my digi papers on the Sparkle paper because it totally gives the paper that extra something special.

So what are you waiting for! Get outta here and head on over to Squigglefly. Make sure you come back though ;-)

Happy Halloween!!

Remember this Friday Freebie from Squigglefly? This spooky witch was created by the talented Lynne Stansbery and in honor of Halloween I want to remind you that you can still grab the spooky witch here for free. Get going and have some fun!

Paper Temptress Treasure Hunt

Head on over to the Paper Temptress Community Blog for some awesome eye candy and a word from Patricia the one and only Paper Temptress!

Peace on Earth

Hearts In Touch has a wonderful new stamp set for the holidays "Christmas 2009". This set has many versatile and detailed images that will work wonderfully for all of your holiday cards. I stamped my tree on blue cardstock with versmark and embossed in white. I just love the look of it. Looks like snow to me. The sentiment Peace on Earth is also from the "Christmas 2009" sheet. DP is Basic Grey.

Be sure to visit the Hearts In Touch blog for upcoming stamp sheets and other creative ideas and projects.

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Treasure Hunt Still On!

Today is day 7 have you found all the letters yet? PaperTemptress' s Treasure Hunt is still going on so be sure to play along to enter the giveaway of a Variety Package of your choice. The specials this month are spectacular too!! The Mica/Metallic is 30% off, Iridescent line is 40%, and the fabulous Leather line is 25% off. Plus this weekend there is going to be a special special (that isn't a typo LOL) found only at the Paper Temptress Community Blog so be sure to check out the blog to find out what it is on Friday. There has never been a better time to add amazing paper to your paperstash. Friday's designer is one of PaperTemptress' s new addition to the design team and is a name that you will all recognize so be sure to stop by and enter the giveaway and see the newest designer!

GC28: Random Redhead Challenge - Thankfulness

This weeks challenge at the Gingersnap Creations Blog is Random Redhead - Thankfulness. You might be asking yourself "why the random redhead"? Well Shar & Ali, owners of the GC group are indeed redheads. They are both the cutest ever. I have red too just the grey is taking over so I have a few more colors in there too.

Onward.

The sponsor for the month at GC is Cornish Heritage Farms; so I created a thank you card using CHF stamps. The Kissable Tree is stamped with brown and the Scrapblocks Distress Circles was then stamped in white. I then pressed my Kissable Tree onto the Distressed Circles and there you have the kissing technique! The "thanks" is so cute and from the CHF Under the Sea.

Base is Bazill Bling and Basic Grey is the dp. The ribbon is beautiful and I believe it is from May Arts that I purchased from Confessions of a Ribbon Addict. She certainly knows how to fuel lmy addiction.
Play along for a chance to win some fabulous stamps from Cornish Heritage Farms. See the Gingersnap Creations blog for details.

Let me know with a comment here that you played along and the link to your creation and you will be entered into a draw for a V17 Amethyst Sketch Copic Marker and a Walnut Stain Distress Stickles and my Kissable Tree thanks card. Spread the word, let me know you did and you will have an additional entry. My little bit o blog candy will end on Saturday and the lucky recipient will be announced on Sunday. :-)

Paper Temptress Treasure Hunt Day 5

Check out the Paper Temptress Community Blog to see what's in store!

Squigglefly on Craft Critique

Maria pointed this out to me on her blog and I wanted to share. Fantastic info. Enjoy.

Squigglefly on Craft Critique

Paper Temptress Treasure Hunt

Day 4 is Me! I will be featuring the fabulous Double Sorbet. This card stock is 105# so is sturdy enough for all your gift box making and multi fold cards. The colors are bright and fun and you are sure to love them. So many fun colors to choose from.

Today I am using Watermelon/Kiwi Double Sorbet and Sparkle Blanc Text. This is a gatefold card I created for Squigglefly Challenge #25, which was to create a gate fold card. I embossed the paper with a cuttlebug folder and chose not to add embellishments to it because the paper brought out the embossing so beautifully.

The image is printed on Sparkle Blanc. I print all my images on Sparkle Blanc. Doesn't require any embossing, heat setting or acrylic spraying. It never bleeds. I love it! And this is using Copics. Also as you can see the sparkle of the paper appears through the Copic color and gives the image that special something.

Okay you ready for your letter? Your letter from me is T! Don’t forget the letters are jumbled so you are going to have to figure out what the correct word is.

For every 25 entries there will be a variety package of the winner’s choice given away so be sure to spread the word so that your chances to win increase!!

The more that enter the more packages given away so be sure to tell everyone! If only 25 enter then only 1 package will be given away but if over 30 enter then there will be 2 lucky winners, now if 75 enter then 3 winners and on and on.

All you have to do is visit HERE, and check for the link or links to the blog that is being featured that day, visit the blog or blogs, write down the letter every day and when the treasure hunt is over then you will email the Paper Temptress and leave the word that you found during the treasure hunt to enter the fabulous giveaway! Good luck!! Winners will be announced on November 4!

Also in honor of the Paper Temptress Anniversary, Patricia, the Temptress herself is offering an Anniversary special!

ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL!

Mica/Metallic is 30% off for the whole week!

October's Steals!

October is here (can you believe it?) which means the holidays are right around the corner. To celebrate the upcoming holidays the Iridescents will be 40% off and the fabulous Leather line is 25% off the whole month of October! Still on sale ..40% off Orange and Noir Sparkle for Halloween!

EXCITING NEWS! PAPERTEMPTRESS.COM is now carrying 12 x 12 sheets of cardstock in assorted colors and paper lines!

Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 80# is now being offered in both 8.5 x 11 and 12 x 12. This is the exact cardstock that Marianne the Copic Expert from Ilikemarkers.blogspot recommends and swears by so check it out! JUST IN: Ivory Neenah Classic Crest!.....green, blue, and pink to follow!! Wow colored ultrasmooth cardstock, what's next??

I Said!....Do Not Open!

Image is Keeping a Lid on It from Squigglefly. Sentiment is printed, sorry don't remember the font I never do I know. Sorry. I'll try to get better. If you really must know email me and I'll find it for you. Patterned papers are Basic Grey. Image is printed on Sparkle Blanc text weight from Paper Temptress and I colored with a combo of Copic and Copic Spica. Ain't he a cutie!

Paper Temptress Treasure Hunt Days 2 & 3

Check out Tina’s blog to get your 2nd letter to enter to win a variety package of your choice!!

For Day 3 you are going to visit 2 fantastic blogs. The first designer is Carolina Butching.

The 2nd blog of the day is our own Anita Autore.

Only one blog will have that magical letter so be sure to check them out and write that letter down to enter the giveaway of a Variety package of your choice! Spread the word, the more that enter the more that win!! Winners will be picked on November 4th so be sure to unjumble the word as soon as you have all the letters then Email the PaperTemptress the word to be entered into the giveaway.

Squigglefly Challenge #24

The challenge for this week is to make a Thanksgiving card with a Squigglefly sentiment! I used the cutest turky called Thy Cart Overfloweth and the Sentiment: Happy Fall.

Head on over to the the Squigglefly blog to see the featured design team members fabulous creations and share yours with us by adding it to Mr Linky!

Be sure to visit on Monday for Squigglefly challenge #25.

Paper Temptress is Celebrating!

Paper Temptress is celebrating her 1st year anniversary! A whole year already! To celebrate there is going to be a Treasure Hunt starting on Saturday the 24th, the actual day Paper Temptress originally opened!! Things are going to be a little different since Paper Temptress's design team members generally post on PT"s Community Blog but for the Treasure Hunt they will be at the design team members blogs so you can spend a little time looking around their creative blogs!! There are some amazing new design team member (names you are definitely going to recognize) so the hunt is going to start with them so you can get to know them a little better. There may be more than one blog to visit daily but there will only be one letter each day so be sure to keep track of the letters you need to come up with the word so that you enter the treasure hunt giveaway.

This is where it gets really good!! For every 25 entries there will be a variety package of the winner’s choice given away so be sure to spread the word so that your chances to win increase!! The more that enter the more packages given away so be sure to tell everyone! If only 25 enter then only 1 package will be given away but if over 30 enter then there will be 2 lucky winners, now if 75 enter then 3 winners and on and on. All you have to do is visit HERE, and check for the link or links to the blog that is being featured that day, visit the blog or blogs, write down the letter every day and when the treasure hunt is over then you will Email the Paper Temptress at patricia@papertemptress.com and leave the word that you found during the treasure hunt to enter the fabulous giveaway! Good luck!!

Your first stop on the treasure hunt is Erika!

:-)

February 19, 2010 Seattle, WA KeyArena

Check Out!

The new color challenge over at the Gingersnap Creation blog.

Artistic Outpost Birthday Challenge

Artistic Outpost Birthday Celebration!

You have a chance to get a present from Artistic Outpost by participating in a challenge. The challenge is pretty simple, just use the following sketch and create a Fall or Birthday Themed card using Artistic Outpost images. You'll have until October 23rd to leave your link on the Artistic Outpost Blog, using Mr. Linky.
One winner will be chosen on October 31st, through the Random Number Generator, be sure to check back at the Artistic Outpost blog to see if you've won. The prize is a $25 gift certificate to the Artistic Outpost Store. Have fun!

Note, Artistic Outpost Designers are NOT eligible for the prize

Image is from Artistic Outpost Old Grist Mill stamped on an Alcohol Ink Splatter background. This is my fall card. I thought the splatters looked rather fallish with the image stamped on it. I was quite pleased with the result :-)

Don't forget! Today is the last day Artistic Outpost is offering 25%* off your entire purchase. Remember, you get free US shipping for all orders over $50, and international free shipping over $150.

Use coupon code "birthday2009" at checkout to receive our discount. Hurry!

*Does not include EZ Mount cling foam sheets or multi-packs.

Squigglefly News!!!

New Images at Squigglefly are LIVE! and there are lots of new freebies from Squigglefly HERE! and here is Shy Bear: Slippery Sled Bear by the ever talented Lynne Stansbery. The sketch is from Unscripted Sketches 27 and I used the Polar White Flower Soft and deliberated for a very long time....should I cover the entire outside of the cutie patootie bear with snow like flower soft or do I mimic the image. I opted to go with the image. I'm guessing doing all of it would have been overwhelming. I always appreciate constructive criticism ;-) so let me know your thoughts. Hope you are having a fantastic evening. See ya tomorrow!

PaperTemptress' s Pre-Annivesary Sale....

For the first time the whole Sorbet line is 25% off until 10/24/09 (PaperTemptress' s official 1st day of business). The Sorbet line is a very high quality heavy weight cardstock in the brightest and most fun colors available. There is even a double sided sorbet!!

The fabulous Iridescent line including the Cryogen White (which is highly recommended by copic experts) is 40% off and the amazing looking Leather line is 25% off for the entire month of October. The 40% sale on the Orange and Noir Sparkle (perfect Halloween cardstock) is still going on and will until Halloween. 12 x 12 sheets available in these paper lines.

PaperTemptess will be celebrating it's one year anniversary the last week of October so be sure to subscribe to PaperTemptress' s Community Blog to be notified of specials, giveaways, and just for inspiration with over 300 designs to date designed for the beginner up to the expert designer."

Patricia
Paper Temptress
Check out Octobers's specials and PaperTemptress' s blog!
PaperTemptress' s Community Blog
Samples always available

This month marks Artistic Outpost's second birthday!

It's amazing how much can change in a mere two years. Artistic Outpost has grown from just 8 stamp collections to over 30. We have made friends around the globe from South Africa to Japan, from Maine to California, and we continue to be inspired by our fellow artists and customers.

To celebrate our birthday, we are having our own one day sale just like the big stores.

Well, actually it's a FOUR day sale. From now until October 18th, we are offering 25%* off your entire purchase. Remember, you get free US shipping for all orders over $50, and international free shipping over $150.

Use coupon code "birthday2009" at checkout to receive our discount. Hurry! This sale is only good through October 18th.

*Does not include EZ Mount cling foam sheets or multi-packs.

Also new to the store - Neenah and Kromekote card stock

Be sure to check out the great deals we have on Neenah Classic Crest and Kromekote card stock. These are our very favorite stamping papers, and we know you'll love the superior image quality you get from using both the Neenah Classic Crest smooth uncoated paper and Kromekote coated super glossy card stock.

I don't have a new project to show you today so I'll share one of my favorites. Gingersnap Creations 19: Spicy Supply Challenge - Chipboard. I painted my cardstock and chipboard with acrylic paints. The butterfly, which is from Artistic Outpost - Happiness, is stamped on glossy with alcohol inks.

Squigglefly Sneak Peeks Continue

Welcome to day three of the sneak peeks of Squigglefly's newest images! The images you have seen over the last few days and today will be available for purchase on October 17th. Be sure to check out the Design Team's blogs to see lots of peeks of what's new! There are links on the ride side of my blog or on the Squigglefly Challenge Blog.Now for the fun part! Remember that somewhere on Squigglefly's site there is a button that looks like this...

Go try to find the button and when you do, head over to Holly's blog and leave a comment telling her where you found it. You have until Saturday to find the button. On that day random.org will pick FIVE winners from the people who have discovered the hidden button. The five winners will each win two images of their choice! You can pick one of the fabulous new images, or a favorite you've had your eye on! So head over to Squigglefly and start looking for that button!

Uh. I don't have a sneak peek image to show right now but I do have a card with Trick or Treat with Mudzie Moose and a quick ATC with Maddie and Mel's Pumpkin Fun. Being as it's so close to Halloween I thought I would share it with you. Now off you go! Go look for the button!

Couldn't resist ;-)

Sick Birthday

Well the birthday girl woke up with a 101 temp this morning and has been in bed all day watching various moronic shows. Sponge Bob, Jonas Brothers, Sonny with a Chance...and guess what. I watched em with her :-)

Here's my poor sick teenager with her prezzies.

We wear the same size shoes {tee hee} ;-)

Yes we like to think we have a sense of humour.

Hoping she feels better tomorrow.

Squigglefly Sneak Peek ... Day 2

Here are my fur pups. Not the greatest pic but the only one I have of the 3 of them NOT moving and looking like alien creatures.

And here is one of the coolest images ever that you can purchase from Squigglefly on October 17th. Dogpile baby! This is from the uber talented Crissy Armstrong and I think maybe I asked "how about a dogpile?" and here it is! Thanks Crissy!

So the dogpile has Tasha on the bottom because Kryp is always chewing her up for some reason. She's the old lady but she is not allowed attention. So I put Krypto in the middle. Big bully that he is. Ruby is the smallest and is always fighting for the bone, the sock, the love, you name it. That roob-doob is a tenacious yet sensitive little pup. So anyway. I love love love this image. Ruby finally has the bone and she is the Queen!

Long Live the Queen!

:-)

Happy Birthday my Darling Daughter!!!

You are officially a teenager. Love you!!!

GC26: Spicy Supply Challenge - Brads

Head on over to the Gingersnap Creations blog to play along with this week's challenge! Brads. I used pearly brads to attach my ribbon which I thought accented this elegant lady perfectly.

The elegant lady and the sentiment are from 'Crown Jewel (Cadillac & Lady)' General Motors (GM) Cling Mounted Rubber Stamp Set by CHFarms. You can find it here.

I positively adore this stamp set. It combines elegance and masculinity all in one set. Super versatile doncha think?

I chose not to color the lady instead choosing to showcase the fabulous papers as well as the fabulous stamp.

That's the thing about great papers, makes creating even more easy and fun. These papers are from Paper Temptress. The image is stamped on Retro Silver Lustre and is layered on Rose Quartz and then layered on Retro Black Glossy Lustre.

The sentiment is on the inside of the card.

Now. If you haven't already. head on over to the Gingersnap Creation blog to see what fabulous blog candy Cornish Heritage Farms is offering as this months sponser. Totally a must have. You totally need to play along. All deets can be found on GSC!

Also! The following challenges are still open:

GC23: Color Challenge - Black, White & Silver - closes on October 18, 2009
GC24: Random Redhead Challenge - Stars - closes on Octoeber 25, 2009
GCSP1: Once in a Blue Moon Challenge - Combo - closes on October 27, 2009
GC25: Chestnut Theme Challenge - Harvest - closes on November 1, 2009
Stop by GSC next Wednesday for the next Color Challenge!

For Fun

Yep. I am going to embarrass myself and my family. Holly's post here reminded me of a Halloween party I went to back in my younger wilder days (teehee), 2003, yep not that long ago. Anyway. These are 12x12 layouts I did of that memorable night.

Enjoy! Happy Halloween!

Squigglefly Sneak Peeks ... Day 1

Welcome to day one of the sneak peeks of Squigglefly's newest images! We have two new artists who have joined the Squigglefly team this month! We are super pleased to introduce Cheryl Alger and Eline Pelinkhoff. Both of these ladies are extremely talented and we know you're going to love their images as much as we do!

Our other artists have been working hard to bring you images that will certainly spark your creativity too. The images you see over the next few days will be available for purchase on October 17th. Be sure to check out the Design Team's blogs the next few days to see lots of peeks of what's new! You will find a list of all DT members on my right sidebar or on the Squigglefly Challenge Blog.

Here is one of the new images!! This is Flower Froggie created by talented artist Eline Pelkinhoff.

Now for the fun part! Somewhere on Squigglefly's site there is a button that looks like this...

Happy Birthday!

I'm using the birtday celebration sketch for this card. I've rotated it a bit and moved the right box to the left. You get the idea. I've used images/sentiments from 3 different Artistic Outspost stamp sets. I stamped an image from The Outpost on to cardstock painted with acrylic paints. "From the funny farm" is from the Home plate . "Happy Birthday" is from Polaroid Cutie.

Play along with the challenge to get a prezzie from Artistic Outpost!

Artistic Outpost Birthday Celebration!

You have a chance to get a present from Artistic Outpost by participating in a challenge. The challenge is pretty simple, just use the following sketch and create a Fall or Birthday Themed card using Artistic Outpost images. You'll have until October 23rd to leave your link on the Artistic Outpost Blog, using Mr. Linky.

One winner will be chosen on October 31st, through the Random Number Generator, be sure to check back at the Artistic Outpost blog to see if you've won. The prize is a $25 gift certificate to the Artistic Outpost Store. Have fun!

Note, Artistic Outpost Designers are NOT eligible for the prize

Artistic Outpost October Referral Contest

When you create artwork with Artistic Outpost images and upload to an online gallery/album/or blog - you could win a FREE plate of Artistic Outpost images (Value $14.00).To be eligible for the Artistic Outpost Referral Program, each time you upload a creation using Artistic Outpost images, include stamp credits with an active link to http://www.artisticoutpost.com/, then leave a direct link to your creation on the months Referral Program post on the Artistic Outpost Blog, October is here http://artisticoutpost.blogspot.com/2009/10/artistic-outpost-october-referral.html, to be entered into the monthly drawing for one FREE plate of Artistic Outpost images ($14.00 value).

All links must be posted by 10/31 to be eligible for the October Referral Program. The winner will be chosen through a random drawing and will be posted on the Artistic Outpost Blog, be sure to check back in November to see if you've won. Remember entries must be for the current month in which you are posting.

Squigglefly Challenge #23

This weeks challenge is to make a card with purple, orange, and black- and one designer paper-and add a spider, bat or crow to your card. I used Maddie and Mel's Pumpkin Fun from Squigglefly which you can find here. I added fun flock to the pups to try and have them look like my Krypto but I think I am fun flocked challenged.

There is a freebie available on the Squigglefly blog for you to download and play along with this weeks challenge. See the fun witch below. She can be yours for free! Her mouth is a bit sloppy on my card but aren't wtches a little sloppy anyway? Does she look like she was in a fire? If you make a card for the challenge this week and leave a comment and link to it on Holly's blog she will enter you into a drawing for one of the new spellbinder impressabilities! Kewl!

There is still have time to enter challenge # 22 on the Squigglefly blog. Enter by the 17th for a chance to win two images from the Squigglefly new release that day.

Please join us for new releases and new artists on the 17th! The Design Team will begin sneak peeks of the new releases on the 14th, so be sure check back.

Rejoice

Cornish Heritage Farms has a few releases this week one of which is 'Friendly Kritters Holiday Expressions'. I paired one of the expressions with 'Friend Kritters Cuddling Cardinals'. Paper is SU and Basic Grey. I used some opaque white from Copic to try and mimic snow. Doesn't look too bad does it? I think this Holiday Expression set is going to be well used in my house. I have many stamps from CHF that I know I can pair many/all of the expressions with. Love it!

Bookmark card

Stamps: The Outpost from Artistic Outpost.

Artistic Outpost News!

Artistic Outpost Birthday Celebration!

You have a chance to get a present from Artistic Outpost by participating in a challenge. The challenge is pretty simple, just use the following sketch and create a Fall or Birthday Themed card using Artistic Outpost images. You'll have until October 23rd to leave your link on the Artistic Outpost Blog, using Mr. Linky.

One winner will be chosen on October 31st, through the Random Number Generator, be sure to check back at the Artistic Outpost blog to see if you've won. The prize is a $25 gift certificate to the Artistic Outpost Store. Have fun!

Note, Artistic Outpost Designers are NOT eligible for the prize

Artistic Outpost October Referral Contest

When you create artwork with Artistic Outpost images and upload to an online gallery/album/or blog - you could win a FREE plate of Artistic Outpost images (Value $14.00).To be eligible for the Artistic Outpost Referral Program, each time you upload a creation using Artistic Outpost images, include stamp credits with an active link to http://www.artisticoutpost.com/, then leave a direct link to your creation on the months Referral Program post on the Artistic Outpost Blog, October is here http://artisticoutpost.blogspot.com/2009/10/artistic-outpost-october-referral.html, to be entered into the monthly drawing for one FREE plate of Artistic Outpost images ($14.00 value).

All links must be posted by 10/31 to be eligible for the October Referral Program. The winner will be chosen through a random drawing and will be posted on the Artistic Outpost Blog, be sure to check back in November to see if you've won. Remember entries must be for the current month in which you are posting.