Sweet & Sassy

We have a great challenge for you at Paper Craft Planet -- it's a sketch challenge, sponsored by Sweet n' Sassy Stamps. To play along, create a card using this sketch:

To play, upload your card to the Paper Craft Planet photo gallery, and use the tag "SNSS1" -- all caps, please. (Here is a tutorial on adding pictures to the gallery, if you need it.) Sweet n' Sassy Stamps has generously offered a chance to win this adorable stamp for one of our lucky challenge players.

Here is my card:

The Supernovas and I all used the new digital stamps for our cards. I picked Do Not Open Til Christmas. He's printed on Neehah paper, and then colored with Copics. I added some liquid applique for the snow and the polar bear's hat. I wish you could see this in person, because I added stickles around the polar bear. In addition, I punched the snowflakes from white, glitter, cardstock. The patterned papers are a retired set all from CTMH.

If you've ever had a chance to play with digital stamps, they are really a lot of fun. If you wanted to resize your image, you could do that right in your image editing program.

Check out what the other Super Novas came up with:

Adela Rossol

Lynn Mercurio

Kim Burmeister

Wendy Price

Lori Tecler

Jessica Fick

Sankari Wegman

Susanna Boyd

Hope you can play along. Have a great day!

November Scrapbook Club

Hello Everyone!

Haven't blogged in a couple of days, because I have been busy with PTA, schools and yard work. We want to get the thousands of leaves raked before it snows. You never know when that will happen in the midwest.

I wanted to show you and the ladies attending our November Scrapbook Club the layout will be creating this Saturday night. I used the CTMH scrapbook program Reflections to inspire me to create this Thanksgiving layout. For the first page, I used the layout on page 21 called "Title Topper - Photos". For the second page, I used the layout on page 23 called "Title Topper - Cover".

Page 2

Tomorrow, I will have a card made from a stamp site that sponsored the Design Team at Paper Craft Planet.

Take care!

Gift Card Holder

Our card club meets tonight (Tuesday) and this is one of the projects we are going to make. The other is the snowman treat holder here. Gift cards are great gifts to for the holidays.

The front pocket houses a tag to signify to and from, and the back pocket holds the gift card. These are so easy to make and it is on my list of tutorials to make over the next few weeks. I will make sure I get that done in November, so you can make them in December.

Materials used: All products CTMH unless noted. Paper - Evensong Basic Collection, white daisy cs; Stamp set- JOY (retired); Ink - cranberry; Accessories - cranberry ribbon, 2" punch (Fiskars), new england ivy marker.

Happy Stamping!

What's Cookin'?

It's Monday again and that means there is another color challenge at DZ Doodles. Last week, was the first color challenge I hosted for DZ Doodles and I had fun, so we are going to continue this weekly event. I hope you can participate and have fun creating with us. Just visit the DZ Doodles site to get the colors and to link your project. You will have a chance to win a free image of your choice each week.

I used Thelma the Cook from the DZ collection. This lady is a character and is based on Diane's mother. Thelma the Cook is just one of the many Thelma images Diane has for you. I knew the perfect sentiment to use for this image. I typed it on my computer and printed it off on blush cardstock to match the pattern paper.

Here is a close up of Thelma. I didn't keep track of the copics I used. Sorry! This is one of the images I colored while at the crop last month. In the future, I will try to keep track, so I can take a picture of the copics I use. You can't see that I used clear spica on the heart. I love that pen, but it just doesn't photograph well.

I hope you can join us over at DZ Doodles and take the color challenge. Can't wait to see what you make.

Materials used: All products CTMH unless noted. Paper - That's Amore Level 2 paper pack, vanilla cream cs; Ink - copics, computer printer, chocolate marker; Stamp - Thelma the Cook (DZ Doodles); Accessories - round tab punch (SU), chocolate waxy flax, glitter button (American Crafts), cranberry waxy flax, hollyhock organdy ribbon

Take time to create!

Snowman Treat

My boys came home tonight with a lot of candy from trick or treating. We didn't have many trick or treaters, so we have a lot of little Hershey bars left. I decided to make a snowman treat while the boys stuffed themselves with candy. I remember pouring over my candy after trick or treating and eating my favorites first. They even shared with their parents. They are sooo sweet!

I think I will create a video for this one too!

Materials needed: white cardstock (3 1/4 x 3 1/2), black cardstock from brim (3/8 x 1 3/8), 1" square punch for top hat, 1/4" circle punch for eye and buttons, orange cs for nose and red ribbon.

Have fun creating!

Reindeer - New Release

DZ Doodles has more new releases for you today. The reindeer image on my card below is just a taste of what Diane has for you over at her online store. This reindeer is so stinkin' cute! I love his Santa hat. Check out what else you has for you here!

Close up of my reindeer

I finally remembered to take a pic of the Copics I used.

Materials used: All products CTMH unless noted.

Paper - desert sand cs, cranberry cs, olive cs, white daisy cs, Evensong pattern paper, solar crest white (Neenah)

Stamp sets - Reindeer 1 (DZ Doodles), JOY (retired)

Ink - Copics, chocolate

Accessories - white daisy ric rac, white daisy button, cranberry waxy flax, cranberry organdy ribbon, liquid applique, ruby red liquid pearls (Ranger)

Take time to create!

Little Frankie

Since I made the BIG mummy candy bar wrapper with the GIANT Hershey bar, I thought I would cover one of the littlest Hershey bars. You know, the ones your kids bring home from trick or treating and you tell them that they taste bad, so you get them. Oh, that's just me!

Here is Little Frankie:

I have seen so many versions of Frankie that I adapted those and made mine with a little twist. These are the supplies you need:

Olive cardstock - 3 1/4 x 3 1/2

Black cardstock - 1 x 3 1/4 (need two of these)

1/4" circle punch (black circle)

1/2" circle punch (white circle and nose)

1/2" square punch

Google eyes - You could substitute little black circles for these.

BOO sentiment

White ink

Black marker

Goo Martha Stewart punch

I third generation stamped the white circles with a textured stamp to give him bloodshot eyes and then I cut them just tad bigger than the 1/4" black circle.

Would you like to see a video on how I made him? It would be a little late for this Halloween, but you could refer to it next year.

AND

My friend, Barb...The Buzz, is such a sweetie and gave me this award:

The Rules are:

1. You can only use ONE word!!!
2. Pass this along to 5 of your favorite bloggers!
3. Alert them that you have given them this award!
4. HAVE FUN!!!
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Just ONE word...let's see if I can do it!

1. Where is your cell phone?purse
2. Your hair? short
3. Your mother? logical
4. Your father? funny
5. Your fave food? mexican
6. Your dream last night? unknown
7. Your fave drink? soda
8. Your dream/goal? happy
9. What room are you in? family
10. Your hobby? paper
11. Your fear? none
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? Iowa
13. Where you were last night? home
14. Something that you aren't? negative
15. Muffins? yummy
16. Wish List Item? MAC
17. Where did you grow up? Iowa
18. Last thing you did? cards
19. What are you wearing? sweats
20. Your TV? LCD
21. Your Pets? none
22. Friends? fun
23. Your Life? blessed
24. Your Mood? happy
25. Missing Someone? yes (DH out of town)
26. Vehicle? van
27. Something your not wearing? hat
28. Your fave store? scrapbook
29. Your fave color? orange
30. Last time you laughed? today
31. Last time you cried? September 22
32. Your best friend? Connie
33. One place that I go to over and over? school
34. One person who emails regularly? Mom
35. Fave place to eat? LaMesa
36. Facebook? yes

I'm supposed to pass this on to five of my favorite bloggers. Here are just a few of my daily stops...

Adela - Creations by AR

Lynn - Stamperosity

Tammy - Stamp Happy

Peggy - Beautiful Greetings

Tammy - Life....ENJOY IT!

Hope you have a.......

Happy Halloween!

Spooktacular

I only have a couple more days to play with my Halloween images and I am having so much fun creating with all of the goodies. This is another image I finished coloring at the crop last weekend. It is Spooky Catatude #2 from DZ Doodles.

Here is a close up of my image and the spider web punch I used. Love it!

The sentiment on the outside is from the Tableau of Terror stamp set from SU!. I used the image and the complete sentiment inside the card that reads "Have a spooktacular Halloween".

Materials used:

Paper - black, sunflower, olive, white daisy cs (CTMH), Jack O Lantern Spooks (Provo Craft)

Stamps - Spooky Catatude #2 (DZ Doodles), Tableau of Terror (SU!)

Ink - Copics, sunflower,buttercup and black (CTMH)

Accessories - Spider Web border punch (Martha Stewart), bat punch (Martha Stewart), black brads (Paper Studio), designer punch (SU!), 1 3/8" punch (SU!), concave punch (EK Success), white pearls (Paper Studio) black & white ribbon (unknown), white gel pen (SU!)

Take time to create!