Happy Holiday Hop!

Happy Holiday Hop! Becky and Melanie thought it would be great fun to team up for a little Holiday Hop today. Today we are showcasing Becky's new set, "Warm Woolen Mittens" along with Becky's new cut file "Grand Banners" and "Grand Banners - Winter Sentiments" and Melanie's newest set, "Lots of Letters" as well as some of her other recent favorites. Joining us are some dynamic designers that will knock your socks off with their beautiful work today! Make sure you visit everyone's blog to leave a comment and be entered to win a clear "I do!" and "Beyond Baskets" stamp set! A winner will be announced Thursday.  Now on to today's projects!

One of my all time favorite flowers is the sunflower.  I'm not sure why, but it could be due to the warm rich colors, and it just seems so happy.  And, it's big!!  :)  So when I saw Melanie's sunflower from her Stately Flowers 5 set, I fell in love!!  It's stunning, and the leaves are gorgeous.

I colored mine with Prisma color pencils and double layered the flower for dimension.  I also stamped the "sunflower" sentiment directly onto the dp I used:  Genuine (Authentique).  Everything else (including the popped up butterfly) is from the dp. 

 I also added some Topaz Treasure Beads from Art Accentz (Provo Craft) to the flower center.  I think they're super fun!

Here's a list of those hopping in case you might have missed a stop along the way.

Melanie Muenchinger  (Illustrator of Lots of Letters)

Becky Oehlers (Illustrator of Warm Woolen Mittens)  

Beate Johns

JJ Bolton

Laurie Schmidlin

Latisha Yoast

Michelle Woerner

Richard Breaks

Vera Yates

Tosh Leyendekker (you are here :)

Thanks so much for stopping by!!

Happy Stamping!

Grandma's gone overboard!!

It's time for another CCEE challenge, and this week Cindy (Mothermark) has decided to choose Donna - Grandma Overboard (SCS) as our Catchy Name Featured Stamper. Our instructions: "Your card must have a Grandma Overboard on it. She could have fallen out of a boat, off the stage, out of a tree, etc. Well, I chose to have her go overboard with the partyin'!! *giggle*

I owe a big thank you to Cammie for mailing me some stamped images of this happy Grandma from the Gina K set You Know You're Old When... I don't own any Grandma images, so she was a lifesaver!!

Okay, didya notice the flaming muffler on the back of the bug? My son told me that's what the card needed for this to really send Grandma overboard, so he drew it in for me, and I colored it with my copics!!

eta: In case some of you are worried about Granny's drinkin' and drivin', she's heading to a Oldies but Goodies slumber party at a friend of hers. No drivin' after drinkin' for her. Shoot, she'll probably only be able to handle one drink. The bladder ain't what it used to be and she doesn't want to spend the whole party in the ladies room. *grin*

For the sentiment, I used one of the images from the Girl Time Borders and Centers set (JustRite) with a form of the Recessed Window technique found HERE on SCS, except I used the Octagon Nestabilities Shape (Spellbinders) The card opens up to reveal the rest of the sentiment on the inside.

The panel along the middle was dry embossed with one of the new cuttlebug folders from the Organic Borders set.

The fun decorative paper is from one of my favorite companies: My Mind's Eye. It's from the Ooh La La For Her line. Love the colors!! The ribbon is red twill (May Arts), and the button is PTI. Finally, I added the Wavy Border punch by EK Success, some Dew Drops, and Ink Distressed all the edges with Antique Linen.

Now you really must stop by the CCEE Stampers blog to see what the rest of this goofy bunch has come up with. You won't be disappointed!!

Happy Stamping!!

Cam's Vase

Is it Monday already? Good grief time flies. Since it's Monday, that means it's time for me to upload this weeks CCEE challenge. Carolyn King (Cammie on SCS) sent us all her new Whimsical Autumn set and our challenge this week was to use some of those images to make a Fall themed card. I chose to use the vase and the stemmed leaves (they're stamped with Brushed Corduroy on the green plaid)

I used Beate's sketch that she had on Friday. This is the first time I've used a sketch other than SCS's. It was fun. I think I'll try it again soon.

I stamped the vase with Tuxedo Black (Memento, and colored the vase and stems with copics. The leaves were colored with my souffle pens (coral and white) All the edges were ink distressed with Frayed Burlap and Walnut (Ranger Distress Ink) and I finished off the card with some tan twill and Candy Dots (I' Kan-dee).

If you'd like to see what the other girls did with Cam's stamps, click HERE.

Read my post below this one for all the details about Cam's donation and how you can win BLOG CANDY!!

Have an awesome week!!

Supplies:
Stamps - Whimsical Autumn (Carolyn King - Gina K)
Paper - Eire Tartan (Bo Bunny), Harvest Leaves (Karen Foster) Spring Willow Dark, Suede Brown Dar, Vanilla Cream (Prismatics)
Ink - Tuxedo Black (Memento), Frayed Burlap,Brushed Corduroy, Walnut (Ranger Distress Ink)
Accessories - Twill Ribbon, Souffle pens, sponge, Candy Dots, dimensional tape

Cam's Pumpkin

I made this card for two reasons. First, my friend Carolyn King (Cammie on SCS) designed a stamp set called Whimsical Autumn. It's darling, and 100% of Cam's proceeds are going toward Alzheimer's Research.

Cam is also going to honor Alzheimer Care takers on Sept. 21 (National Alzheimer's Day). Check out her blog HERE for more details. She'll be having over $600 in blog candy available. There are so many generous people out there, it just warms my heart to overflowing!!

I was inspired by todays SCS Inspirational Challenge, to use these colors and swirls and leaves. Click HERE, then on the word file below the explanation of the challenge. I'm technologically challenged, so I'm not sure how to link this any better. I'm so sorry.

I stamped the Pumpkin image, from the Whimsical Autumn set, with Tuxedo Black (Memento) and colored it with my copics. The leaves on the bg are Kaisercraft Elegance Rub ons. The brads in the corners are Crushed Velvet brads (Doodlebug) with Kaisercraft Bronze Rhinestones in the centers. All my framing was cut with my cuttlebug and Nestabilities.

Supplies:
Stamps - Whimsical Autumn (Carolyn King designs with Gina K)
Paper - Papaya Puree Dark, Tawny Medium, Black (Prismatics), Neenah Natural White,
Night Light Jack's Stripes (My Mind's Eye)
Accessories - Copics, Cuttlebug, Nestabilities, Rhinestone stickers (Kaisercraft), Quickie Glue Pen, Ultrafine crystal glitter, Oval punches (SU), scotch dimensional tape

Cam's Whimsical Autumn Stamps...

A dear friend of mine, Carolyn King (Cammie on SCS) has designed a fabulous Whimsical Autumn stamp set in which 100% of her proceeds will be donated to the Pennsylvania Chapter of the Alzheimer's Association, Always, in honor of her grandmother who recently passed away from this debilitating disease. And to top it off, a friend of hers promised to donate a dollar for every set sold in September.

This set has a variety of darling images. The squirrel and apples are just a couple of them. Click Here to see the rest of this cute set.

I also made this card for the SCS Featured Stamper who was Denise (Card Crazy). The card I cased can be found Here. I loved how she added the strip of magic mesh. I hadn't used mine in quite awhile. I also liked how she lined up the brads under the image. So, I changed the colors, the images, the shape of the center panel, and I added a sentiment instead of weaving the ribbon. Thanks for the inspiration Denise!! I really enjoyed perusing your gallery!!

I colored the images with copics and ink distressed the edges with Brushed Corduroy (Ranger Distress Ink). The tag is a Spellbinders diecut, and the green dots are Candy Dots by I kan' dee.

Here's a close-up so you can see the dimension.

Supplies:
Stamps - Whimsical Autumn (Stamps by Carolyn King/Gina K Designs)
Paper - My Minds Eye
Ink - Tuxedo Black (Memento), Brushed Corduroy (Ranger Distress Ink)
Accessories - Candy Dots, Copics, Magic Mesh, Spellbinders Ribbon Tags, Antique Ribbon (Making Memories), Dimensional Tape

Whimsical Blooms

I made this card for today's color challenge on SCS. The colors to use were: Blue Bayou, Soft Sky and Real Red. My red's i the flowers. *grin*

This card is pretty straight forward. All I did was stamp the image on Papertrey White CS with Ranger Black Soot Distress Ink. colored them with copics and gave them a little sparkle with my Sakura Quickie Glue Pen and Ultrafine crystal glitter. The scallop border was done with scallop scissors, and to get a straight scallop, I just lay another piece of cardstock over it with about a half inch of the cs I want to cut exposed, and cut along the cs guide. Woila...straight scallop! The scalloped border and sentiment are popped up with dimensionals. Thanks for stopping by. The stamped images, and other supplies can be found at Stamper's Dream Stamps store. Michelle has quite the variety of stamps and supplies!! If you haven't checked out her site, you are soooooo missing out. From stickles, to liquid pearls, to rhinestone stickers, to many stamp compaines....Gina K, MFT, Penny Black, Hero Arts, Paper Inspirations, Outlines, etc.


Supplies:
Stamps - Penney Black Winsome, Gina K Rectangle Greetings
Paper - SU Blue Bayou, Soft Sky, Papertrey White
Ink - Ranger Black Soot Distress Ink
Accessories - yellow Marvy rectangle scallop punch, scallop scissors, Sakura Quickie Glue Pen, Hero Arts Ultrafine crystal glitter