Sparkly Winter Dance Tunnel Card

Hello!!! Today's card features Winter Dance from Fairy Knoll.... I love, love, love making winter/Christmas cards. It must be all the fun stuff (glitter, flowersoft, paint, liquid glass, dewdrops) that is used to decorate a winter card.

Making this card was so involved, but it was a wonderful feeling of involvement... you know the feeling you get when you create something that you haven't made before.

And oh the sparkly stuff that I used! That warmed my heart and made me so happy to be playing! :)

Here is the inside! Isn't this a fabulous way to showcase a favorite sentiment? You can find the tutorial to make this type of card here at SCS. :) Mine is altered just a bit so I ended up with a 5.5 x 5.5 inch card.

Here are the card details for those of you who are interested.

Card Front: The first thing I did was color my image and add the background snow dots with my copics. The background cardstock was random stamped with a Daisy Bucket snowflake stamp and spritzed with Shimmerz Spritz. Then I added Polar White Flowersoft to the snowman and then the liquid glass and glitter dots. The chipboard snowflakes were painted with a Pearl Ranger Paint Dauber as was the border (outside and inside) of the card. As a finishing touch I added light blue dewdrops and liquid glass and glitter covered Quickcutz diecut swirls.

Inside of Card: The sentiment is from All the Scraps and the snowflakes were from Jolee's (I think). The cardstock was random stamped again and spritzed. The hanging bauble was strung on Karen Foster Paper floss and consists of two (back to back) rhinestone centered beads and three clear/sparkly beads. It is adhered between the two layers with super sticky tape.

Hopefully that answered all of your questions ~ don't hesitate to ask if I didn't cover something! :)

This card will be entered in the following challenges:

Papertake Weekly: White and Bright ~ Project Tuesday: Tunnel Card ~ Tuesday Throwdown: Monochromatic

Hope you all have a fabulous day! Smiles ~ Brandi

Aislan

Oh I hope my Mojo is here to stay for awhile... it has been missing for quite some time. Keep your fingers crossed everyone! This card features Aislan, another of my digi stamps from Fairy Knoll. She is named after a little girl I know. At Easter this year Aislan came in to my grandmothers house and was immediately surrounded by all the other little girls. "Oh, WoW! You look just like a princess." These were the first words out of her cousin's mouth. After that I couldn't help but go home a draw a beautiful princess and name her Aislan.

The papers are the fabulous Gypsy Sisters collection from Kaisercraft. I think Susanna is selling them in her store. I checked and linked because she is! Hurray! They are so over the top gorgeous it isn't even funny! My cuttlebug got a workout on this card as did the Stickles again ~ Love both of those products! The shimmer on the jewelery and her sleeves is from Sakura Clear Star glitter pen ~ I was going for the look of almost transparent sleeves. Anywhoo... hope you like it! Smiles ~ Brandi

P.S. Don't forget the design team call... check it out here! :)

Nora

Nora is another adorable Swiss Pixie from All That Scraps. She is paired with their Winter Tree and Amy R's Winter Sentiments. The papers are all from K& Co exluding the cardstock. The snow was made with liquid pearls and smooch paint. I also added some liquid pearls and glitter to the snow flake buttons. All That Scraps weekly challenge is to use snowflakes... that wasn't difficult... lots of Christmas cards to be made! :) Wishing you a wonderful mid-winter day... Smiles ~ Brandi

Christmas Cocoa

Iwanted to share this fun and easy project with you! :)

These hot cocoa holders are simple to make and make awesome gifts. :)
The image is called Cocoa Puff and is part of the Winter Wonderland release from Victoria Case for SCACD. I think she is so cute and perfect for this project. My papers are from Daisy Bucket and the sentiment is from Paper Makeup Stamps.

I used copics to color her and lots of stickles.. the background is airbrushed to give it a wintery feeling. Hope you like her. :)

The directions can be located here... thank you Suzanne!

Wishing you all a happy Thanksgiving week full of blessings.

Smiles ~ Brandi

Inside view... sorry it's a bit blurry. :)

Christmas is coming!

These were made for a scrapping survivor contest over at SiStv... I had way too much fun this weekend scrapping... you can totally tell by the condition my house is in! :)

I used the Fleur De Lis die from Spellbinders ( purchased from SCACD of course!) and a tutorial from Splitcoast Stampers to make the snowflakes. Plus there is about a ton of Shimmerz Spritz on everything! Hope you likey!

Smiles ~ Brandi

Wicked?

Have you read Wicked. I did... and I don't really know what I ended up thinking of it. But it did inspire the awesome skin tone on my witch! This image was such a blast to color.. the details are wonderful.

I used some of my hoarded Making Memories Spiderweb Paper, put some Sparkley Fluff on the clouds for dimension, used the glitter pen in various places, and colored with prismas. Hope you enjoyed meeting Mr. Moon and the fabulous mysterious witch. Click the link to be taken to Victoria Case Art Designs and you can have Mr. Moon at your house too...

Have a Happy Day! Smiles ~ Brandi

Lily at the beach

I wanted to post one last card for my Spotlight Stamper stint for SCACD. I used Lily at the Beach, cut her out and popped her up on a tag that I airbrushed. The sketch is from Midnight Madness at Pricillastyles. Super short post today... I have lots of projects I am working on and my niece and nephew are coming over in a while to swim. Have a happy Sunday!

Hydrangea ~ I love Lockhart Stamps!

Here is my (very late) post for today... sometimes time just slips through my fingers. It usually happens when I have a lot of creating to do. My mojo goes on walkabout and I have to go do something else for a while until it comes back! LOL.

Any, moving on to the card! Lockhart stamps are so wonderful. The details are always amazing. This stamp is called Hydrangea and Berries. I colored the image with my copics and then went back in a clear glaze on the leaves to make them look shiny and waxy. The berries were highlighted with Liquid Pearls in Lavender Lace. I love Liquid Pearls... I really truly do! They can make a project look so classy. The image was cut out with a Peony nestablities die. I used Basic Grey Wisteria Paper, added some lace and dewdrops... tada... finished! Hope you have a wonderful day!

Try It Out Tuesday ~ Spunkette's New Home

Being a Spotlight Stamper is fun! Here is my second project featuring Spunkette from SCACD by Elisabeth Bell. Isn’t she just a doll?I decided that she needed a home. A sparkly, pretty, girly type of a house fit for a fairy. This is what I came up with.

Front View

This former bird-house had to be redecorated fairy style, so out came the Lemonade Basic Grey Papers, Prima Roses and some bling from the stash. A Martha Stewart punch was used to make the gingerbread trim as a final touch. Spunkette herself is dressed in a paper-pieced Lemonade skirt. Her flower center is a Lemonade brad. The entire house was spritzed with Baby’s Breath Shimmerz.

Side View

I hoped you liked the house... I think it would make a terrific gift for a little girl who believes in fairies. Have a happy day!

Spotlight Stamper for SCACD!

I am so excited! Susana and Suzanne have asked me to be the spotlight stamper for SCACD in July ! Susana helped me find my confidence when I was first starting and I will never forget it. It means the world to me to be featured for her store! Thank you!

My card today featured Danni, one of the new stamps designed by Elisabeth Bell for SCACD. Isn't she the most wonderful fairy? She is also named for Danni Bindel one of the founding members of Susana's design team... so in honor of Danni, her hair had to be blonde. :) Danni also sponsers a weekly challenge called Flutterby Wednesday featuring fairies and butterflies, so the stamp is very well named! :)

The papers used are Lily Kate from Basic Grey, with Wisteria B.G. buttons. I colored all of the winged things with stickles, then stamped on transparency with Stazon (let dry) then I placed them on top of the (wet) stickles and let it dry. This glues on the transparency and creates a neat effect.

Hope you are having a wonderful Monday!

New Rubber Release

Isn't Transport cute? He is the latest rubber release from Victoria Case. I love the expressions on the faces of the birds!

The card and the box feature Lily Kate B.G. papers with Stampin' UP cardstock. The card has Olive Branch and Sapphire Shimmerz spritz on all of the layers, and the flowers and buttons are from the stash. The sentiment was created in Photoshop and then cut out with my circle nestibilites. You can find the tutorial for the acetate box here.

I also wanted to thank you all again for stopping by and looking at my creations and listening to my ramblings. I really appreciate all the comments you leave! THANK YOU! Have a beautiful day!

Junebug

This card was a blast to make. I had glitter and shimmerz spritz everywhere! Junebug is the name of the image... she is from CC Stamps at All That Scraps. Their stamp designs are so wonderful and cute! My card is based on the awesome sketch on the left from I Heart To Stamp. There are so many awesome challenges and sketchs out there that I never get around to making into cards. It's kinda depressing if you really think about it! The fabulous paper is Lemonade by Basic Grey. I love it! Such beautiful shades of pink... just a heads up ~ Susana at SCACD has loads of different 6x6 Basic Grey in her shop and The New SPELLBINDERS! The new pendant dies are amazing! I'm so excited about them! Can you tell by the shear number of exclamation points I am using? And she has the new Shimmerz Sprintz that is all over the card above. The Spritz is so much fun ~ seriously. I only have three of the colors, but I have had so much fun with them. Someday the collection will grow. :) Hope you have a Happy Friday!

VSN ~ Las Vegas... Baby

I spent most of Saturday (until the internet went out) playing at VSN (Virtual Stamp Night) Las Vegas over at Split Coast Stampers. What a load of fun. There are challenges galore and you only get 45 minutes to complete each one. I seriously had a blast! These cute little Lily's (purchased from SCACD) were made for a contest titled "Double Down" were you had to make two cards exactly the same in 45 mins. Lily is seriously cute.. dontcha think?

This challenge revolved around food, or in Abigail's case the lack of food. Isn't she just the cutest? Abigail is also from SCACD. I just love variety of stamps Susana carries and her excellent service! The look on Abigail's face it priceless!

Peeks at the NEW Hearts and Hugs Collection

MEET BELLE **********

This stamp is called "Follow Your Heart"

And last but not least....

ALEXA!

These three beauties are part of the NEW stamp line called Victoria Case for SCACD and the 1st in the series the Hearts and Hugs Collection. There are six more of these darlings for you to see at SCACD so please go check them out! They are all sooooo cute!

Major Blog Candy Alert!

My card today features Monster Hugs from Victoria Case Art Designs. The expressions on their faces are so sweet! I used paper from Prima for this card.

Speaking of sweet I want to tell you all about some awesome blog candy being given away by both Susana's Custom Art and Card Design and Victoria Case Art Designs. These two wonderful ladies have collaborated and come up with some of the cutest stamps! To celebrate they both are giving away an entire set of the new release! There are NINE stamps in the set! And they are all super cute!! So head on over to their blogs (links are above) get the details and get entered to win. The release is scheduled for this Friday, but I hear there is a puzzle piece reveal on Susana's blog! Have a Happy Monday and good luck!

This Fairy Dragon has so much personality! As soon as I saw her the sentiment popped into my head. She is all blinged out too ~ Victoria Case is having a challenge on SNR Card Universe involving blinged out creatures. I wish I knew how to make blingy letters... that would be too cool on this post!

Hope everyone had an awesome weekend - mine flew by so fast I didn't even realise I hadn't posted yesterday until this afternoon.. oops! It was definately a wild and woolly weekend for us here. :)



The closeup show my gliter pen on the wings and the awesome Smooch on her back spikes. Susana is running an terrific special on Smooch.. buy 7 and get the 8th free...

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Here's a quick little card I made last night featuring one of my favorite fairies.... drumroll please.... TINK!! Gotta love her... How I love the Tinkerbell Movie and Peter Pan. They are some of my favorite shows. :) The castle stamp in the background is from Susana's store, it is part of the Faerie Song Art Stamps line. Tink is from The Greeting Farm of course! It's fun to mix and match stamps from various companies and see what is created!

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Don't forget! Friday is a special day for me! I have been working away at making cards for the Paper Makeup Stamps.... come back and see what I have created! Have a wonderful day!

Happy Spring ~ Young Catherine

Isn't Young Catherine sweet ~ she is from the Anki's Sweethearts line of stamps exclusive to Susana's store. This card was fairly simple to make.. the image is single matted on top of this wonderful glittery swirly paper from Best Creations. I just didn't have the heart to cover very much of it up! I did add a couple of felt flowers and some bling! Hope you have a Happy Saturday!

Anki's Sweethearts

Today's card features Anki's Sweethearts from Susana's Custom Art and Card Design (SCACD). I paired two of the stamps so it looked like the kids were hanging out waiting to go somewhere. The glitter needs to be taken away from me for a while, otherwise every card from now on is going to get a dose of glitter whether it needs it or not! I have these phases where I use one product either until I run out of it or until I notice the trend I am on! :)

The card originally started out to match the Wednesday sketch from Splitcoast stampers, but I couldn't stick within the parameters they wanted. One of the rules is that you must be able to see that the card you made is following the original sketch and my card card kinda had a mind of it's own... oh well. There is always next week. :)