Some Odd Girl’s 2nd Annual Holiday Hop!

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I’m excited to be a part of this year’s Hol-ODD-day Hop at Some Odd Girl Stamps!

My card is for the “Non-Traditional Colors” category, and features the fun and festive “Bright Lights Kaylee“! I had so much fun coloring her sweater to match the paper, then adding Stickles to the lights to make them twinkle!

Supplies: image (Bright Lights Kaylee – Some Odd Girl Stamps), sentiment (aMuse Studio), paper (Crate Paper – Snow Day), card base, Copic markers, Spellbinders die, Stickles, lace (KaiserCraft), corner punch, snowflake accent (Imaginisce), cardstock (Stampin’ Up!), embossing folder (Sizzix).

To keep hopping along, pop back to the Some Odd Girl Stamps blog! This hop runs from Monday, December 19 through Wednesday, December 21, so you have lots of time to check out all of the fantastic Odd creations!
Thanks so much for stopping by!  

Unscripted Sketches #137

Happy Saturday and welcome back for another Unscripted Sketches challenge! I changed a few things on this week’s sketch and made this festive card:
Supplies: card base, image and sentiment stamps (Paper Smooches – Santa Paws), ink (Tsukineko Brilliance – Graphite Black), paper (Echo Park – Holly Jolly Christmas), Copic markers, cardstock, twine (Divine Twine).
I love this stamp set! I usually color my dogs grey (black doesn’t show up that well) to match my dog, Midnight, who is a black dachshund mix. I love that the dog in this set is a dachshund!
Here’s our sketch for this week (I rotated it for my card and placed the sentiment in the smaller rectangle):

I hope you’ll find time to play along with us this week! This is a very versatile sketch that can be modified for lots of different creations! 
Don’t forget to visit the rest of the Unscripted Sketches Design Team: Arielle, Billie, CherylAnn, Debbie, KathyJo, Linda, Loes, Rudlis, Sarah Kaye, and Susan to see what they’ve created with this week’s sketch!
Thanks for stopping by! Don’t forget to link up your entry at Unscripted Sketches for a chance at being selected as one of our Top 3 for this week! 

colourQ #115

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Happy Tuesday! Hope you had a wonderful weekend! This past Saturday was my monthly craft group meetup and Secret Elf gift exchange! It’s always great to get together with my friends and have fun getting crafty!

While I was there, I made my card for this week’s colourQ challenge. At first, I wasn’t sure what I was going to make, but I started playing with some paper and a border punch and came up with this card:

Supplies: patterned paper (Crate Paper Peppermint mini pad), cardstock (Stampin’ Up!), card base, rub-on sentiment (Pebbles), border punch (Martha Stewart Crafts), red grosgrain ribbon, button brads (Making Memories), star punch.
and here’s our festively colorful inspiration for you to play with this week! 


I hope you’ll play along with us this week!

To be considered for this week’s colourQueen, make sure to link your creation at the colourQ blog by Sunday, December 18 at noon Central Time! Don’t forget to display the challenge colors and link back to the colourQ blog in your entry post.

As always, The rest of the colourQ Royal Court have created some fantastic and fun projects with this week’s colors! You can see them on the colourQ blog or by visiting their personal blogs. (The links are to the left under the thumbnail of this week’s challenge colors.) 

Thanks so much for stopping by! I can’t wait to see what you’ll create with this week’s colourQ! 

Denami Blog Hop: Gift Wrapping!

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Hi! Thanks for stopping by to see what I’ve created for the DeNami “Gift Wrapping” blog hop!



You should have arrived from Wendy Harril‘s blog, and now you’re at my blog (Suzanne Bier)! In case you get overwhelmed by all the fabulous gift wrapping ideas along the hop and lose your way, you can always go back to the DeNami blog to get back on track!

For this hop, I made a small gift bag that you can make out of any size of paper to fit your gift! (I used 6″x6″ cardstock.) 

Supplies: cardstock, watermark ink (VersaMark), white embossing powder ,  snowflake stamp (DeNami  Med. Lacy Flake), sentiment stamp (DeNami Contempo Christmas), ribbon, tissue paper.

First, stamp (and heat emboss, if you want to) your design on two 6″x6″ squares of heavy patterned paper or cardstock. One square will be the front of your bag; the other will be the back. Then, score in 1″ on the bottom and sides of each piece of paper. 


Before doing any folding or cutting, you can use a border punch or decorative scissors on the top of each square to make your bag look a bit fancier when it’s complete. (It’s easier to cut or punch at this point, because it’s so much harder to do it evenly later; I learned that the hard way!)

Cut a slit along each side of each square in the lower corners of each sheet, fold in the bottom and sides to create a “box” bottom. Then, adhere one bottom to the other, nesting one half inside of the other to make a bag. I’ve found it’s easier to adhere the sides at the same time. Just put adhesive on the outer sides of the half that you are nesting inside the other.

Then, punch two holes in the top and thread ribbon through each side to create handles.

I also created a matching gift tag and threaded it through the ribbon before I made the handles. If you add a tag later, it’s easy to tie one on the handle with twine!

Don’t forget to leave comments on all the blogs you visit for your chance to win a $20 DeNami gift certificate! One random participant and TWO lucky commenters will win! You have until December 12, 2011, 11:59 pm PST, to leave comments on ALL of the blogs (to be eligible for a prize).

Your next stop on the DeNami hop is Lani Misner! I’m sure she’s got something fantastic for you to see!

Thanks again for stopping by!

Crafty Contagion Challenge: 12 Days of Christmas!

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Happy Saturday! This week, the Stamping Together Divas have all contributed to this week’s challenge at our Crafty Contagion blog, which is inspired by the 12 days of Christmas! Each of us chose one of the days and then created a card inspired by that day!

My card was inspired by the “10 Lords-A-Leaping.” My first thought was to use frogs, and then I dressed them up for Christmas:

Supplies: card base, image stamps – (Santa hat – Paper Smooches; frog – Stampin’ Up!), ink (Stampin’ Up!) sentiment (Making Memories rub-on), glitter brads, Copic markers, cardstock, (Stampin’ Up! & Bazzill), patterned paper (My Mind’s Eye – 12 Days of Christmas), corner rounder, pom-poms.
The rub-on sentiment actually said “happy holidays,” but I borrowed an “o” from another of the sentiments and used it in place of the “a” to make my custom sentiment.
There are 11 more fantastic cards for you to see! Head over to the Crafty Contagion blog to check them all out!
Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope I’ve inspired you to craft something fun and festive!

Unscripted Sketches #136

Welcome back for another Unscripted Sketches challenge! We’re featuring a very versatile sketch for you this week!

If you haven’t played along with our challenges before, every Saturday morning, we post a sketch for the week. Flip the sketch, rotate it…make a card, a scrapbook page, or anything your imagination comes up with! There’s no right or wrong way, as long as you’re using the Unscripted Sketch as the inspiration and basis of your creation!

Here’s my card! I’ve been wanting to use these stamps for a while, and I thought this week’s sketch would work well with them:

Supplies: image and sentiment stamps (Paper Smooches – Santa Paws), ink (Tsukineko Brilliance), Copic markers, card base, cardstock (Stampin’ Up!), Liquid Applique, white opaque pen, patterned papers (My Mind’s Eye – 12 Days of Christmas), brown grosgrain ribbon.

I hope you’ll find some time to play along with us! We’d love to see what you’ll create with this week’s sketch:

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Don’t forget to visit the rest of the Unscripted Sketches Design Team: Arielle, Billie, CherylAnn, Debbie, KathyJo, Linda, Loes, Rudlis, Sarah Kaye, and Susan! And also, don’t forget to link up your entry for this week’s challenge at the Unscripted Sketches blog for the chance to be picked as one of this week’s Top 3!
 

December Karber Preview: Fairy Set!

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If you missed yesterday’s first sneak peek of this month’s releases at Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps, click here to check out Hockey Oliver! All of the new stamps will be available on Saturday, December 10 in the Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps store!

I’m pleased to bring you a peek at the Karber clear stamp set for this month! It’s a fairy set, and comes with three fairy stamps, two sentiments and two accent stamps (a star and a rainbow).

I used one of the fairies, a sentiment and the star accent for my card:

Supplies: card base, image and sentiment stamps (Karber Fairy Clear Set), patterned papers (Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses, Crate Paper Snow Day), Spellbinders die, Stickles, Copic markers, foam tape, brads, cardstock (Stampin’ Up!)

Be sure to visit all rest of the SCRS designers for more peeks of the Karber Fairy stamp set. Sparkle will be giving away a Karber Fairy stamp set to one lucky person! For a chance to win, you need to comment on all of the designer’s blogs (list below).

Don’t forget to visit the rest of the Karber Preview Team to see the magical cards they’ve created with this month’s stamp release! And while you’re there, leave them some love for your chance to win the Karber Fairy Set!

Corinne Mercado
Kadie Ensley
Margie Cortina
Mary Johnson
Peggy Toole, Sponsorship Coordinator
Suzanne Bier, Newsletter Coordinator (you’re here!)

After you’ve visited the team, visit the SCRS blog and comment on the Karber post. You have until midnight EST each day to comment. The lucky winner will be announced the following day!

And by the way…

Karber is giving away a Spellbinders Grand Calibur to one lucky customer! For your chance to win, either purchase digis from the Karber Shop or rubber stamps from the Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps Store. The contest runs until January 7th! For all the details, visit the Karber blog!

And, Josh is the featured character this month at the Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps Store!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

colourQ #114

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Happy Tuesday and welcome back for another colourQ challenge! 


I was able to start my Christmas shopping yesterday. I really wanted to start earlier, but it’s kind of hard to do when you’re not really sure what to get someone and you have to wait for their actual Christmas wish list! I picked up some stocking stuffers and also gifts for two of my nieces, some fabric for two gift projects, and ordered a gift for my husband.


This week, we’re adding another dimension to our normal colourQ challenge: to create “anything but a card.” I decorated a kraft gift bag for my project:

Supplies: kraft gift bag, cardstock (Stampin’ Up – Certainly Celery, Whisper White), leaf punch (Martha Stewart Crafts), patterned paper (My Mind’s Eye), brads (Basic Grey), rub-on (Making Memories).
Since Cool Caribbean has been retired for a while, I tried my best to match the color with paper that I had available. I punched the leaves out of Certainly Celery and paired them with a brad to make holly. I punched border strips from white cardstock to make the border around the panel, and then adhered the panel to the bag. The sentiment is a rub-on that I had in my stash.

For your reference, here are our colors for this week:


I hope you’ll play along with us this week!

To be considered for this week’s colourQueen, make sure to link your creation at the colourQ blog by Sunday, December 11 at noon Central Time! Don’t forget to display the challenge colors and link back to the colourQ blog in your entry post.

As always, The rest of the colourQ Royal Court have created some festive and fun projects with this week’s colors! You can see them on the colourQ blog or by visiting their personal blogs. (The links are to the left under the thumbnail of this week’s challenge colors.) 

Thanks so much for stopping by! I can’t wait to see what you’ll create with this week’s colourQ! 

Unscripted Sketches #135

Happy Saturday! It’s time for another Unscripted Sketches challenge!

Just when I thought I was done with my Christmas cards for this year, I’m pretty sure there are a few more left to make! I think the hardest part is figuring out what the design will be! This week’s sketch at Unscripted Sketches would be a very easy one to work with!

Here’s my card (I rotated the sketch):

Supplies: image stamp (Snowbunny Lucy – Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps), sentiment stamp (Imaginisce), snowflake stamp (aMuse Studio), ink (VersaMark, Tsukineko Brilliance – Graphite Black, Stampin’ Up! – Chocolate Chip), embossing powder, gem brad, Copic markers, patterned paper (My Mind’s Eye), card base.
Here’s our sketch for this week! Instead of the four smaller pieces, I substituted one larger accent.

 I hope you’ll find time to play along with us this week! Don’t forget to visit the rest of the Unscripted Sketches Design Team: Arielle, Billie, CherylAnn, Debbie, KathyJo, Linda, Loes, Rudlis, Sarah Kaye, and Susan! You can link up your entry for this week’s challenge at the Unscripted Sketches blog! See you there!

colourQ #113

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Happy Tuesday and welcome back for another colourQ challenge! If you’re in the U.S., I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving, and if you’re from somewhere else, I hope your weekend was awesome! THANK YOU for taking time to stop by my blog!

We had a very low-key Thanksgiving weekend…we cooked at home. Scott was recovering from a cold, and lovingly shared it with me…so I’m taking it easy for a few days! I’m pretty bummed that I missed out on crafting with my friends this weekend, but hopefully we can reschedule!

Here’s my card for this week’s colourQ! I’d love for you to play along with us if you have the time!

Supplies: card base, cardstock (Stampin’ Up!), image and sentiment stamps (aMuse Studio), ink (VersaMark and Stampin Up! – Night of Navy), embossing powder, adhesive gem, Sizzix embossing folder.
and here are our frosty, winter-y colors for this week! 

To be considered for this week’s colourQueen, make sure to link your creation at the colourQ blog by Sunday, December 4 at noon Central Time! 
As always, The rest of the colourQ Royal Court have created some phenomenal cards and layouts with this week’s colors! You can see them on the colourQ blog or by visiting their personal blogs. (The links are to the left under the thumbnail of this week’s challenge colors.) 
Thanks so much for stopping by! I can’t wait to see what you’ll create with this week’s colourQ!