The Outlwaz Greeting Card Challenge~Make it Vintage

Hello I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and were able to spend some time with your families.  I have been enjoying spending time with my family which is why I haven't been posting here this last week.  This week at The Outlawz Greeting Card we card challenging you to make it vintage.  Now Vintage is something I am not comfortable with so this was a true challenge for me.

Here is my card,

 I used Timeless Treasures from Gina K Designs.  This set is now retired, but if you are quick there is a sale that ends at Midnight on this set and others wonderful sets that are retiring.  I stamped the sentiment in Memento Espresso Truffle then I stamped the image in Rich Cocoa that I had stamped off one time. 

I wish you a very Happy New Year!!!!!

Thank you for stopping by.
Brenda

Celebrate The Season

Hello,  I hope all is well with you and that the holidays are going well.  Even though it is a busy time of year I love every minute of it.  As I am typing this my 22 year old son and a couple of his friends are decorating sugar cookies.  They are making a huge mess, but having a blast!  I keep smiling and laughing at all their antics.   This is a wonderful time and life is good!
Edited to add:  They cleaned up the whole mess.  :-)
So on to my project.

I made this for two challenge, first for my dt spot at The Outlawz Monday Greetings Card.  This week we are keeping is simple and the challenge is Anything Goes!  Next I am entering this ornament into Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge.  Their challenge is to make an ornament or 3D project that is decorated on a Christmas tree.  I used the sentiment from Trimmed with Love from Flourishes.  The poinsettias and ornament  are made with a Spellbinders die. I really had a lot of fun with this ornament and hope to make many more.  The nice thing about this is that it could be used for a gift tag and then double as an ornament.  Thank you so much for stopping by.
Brenda

Whimsy Stamps Inspiration Challenge

 Hello today I have another card I made for this months Whimsy Stamps Challenge.  This month the challenge is...

 Anything Goes as long as it is Festive

 This sweet bear is Noelle from StampArt by Kathryne.  I hope you can join us there is still 16 days to enter and you have a chance at winning 5 digi's of your choice from Whimsy Stamps. 

With it being Christmas and like many of you I am very short on time and have a long list of things still to do before Christmas.  So I have combined the Whimsy Challenge with my The Outlawz Design Team duties. This is also for this week challenge at The Greeting Card Challenge.  This week our challenge is to create a thank you card with a bear on it.  Oops I missed the Thank you part of the challenge and as a result I didn't get a thank you on it.  I hope you can join us over at The Outlawz this week as always we have some great prizes to be won.  Thank you for stopping by.

Brenda 

StampTV CSS December Blog Hop

 Hello and welcome to the December StampTV CSS Blog Hop.  You should have arrived here from Betty's beautiful blog.  If not you can start at the beginning on StampTV.  This month Linda Payne is challenging us to make card or project using this color challenge; Non-traditional Christmas colors with absolutely no red or green.  This was a bit of a challenge for me.  I kept trying to slip a little red or green in.  I do have a few projects to share today.

First off this ivory and gold card.  Using one of the sentiments from Joyful Holiday.  The poinsettia is made with a spellbinders die that I sponged lightly with memento desert sand and then added some stickles. 

 Next I have been seeing projects made using the chalkboard technique and I wanted to give it a try.  So I created some gift tags  using stamps from Joyful Holiday, Festive Frame, Holiday Tags and The Giving Tree.

 I used some very cool chalkboard sticker paper that I got on clearance at Michaels last year.  I stamped the images with colorbox frost white ink and let it dry for a bit.  It was still very wet so I very carefully dabbed the excess ink off with a tissue.  Before removing the paper from the spellbinders die I traced around the inside with a white gel pen.  This was a fun technique and I will be making more tags for Christmas.

Finally I have a tag I made for a challenge that Sean hosted a few weeks back on StampTV and it just happens to fit this challenge.

For this tag I used the emboss resist technique to create the background.  The tree and snow bank are free hand cut with stickles added to the edges.  The sentiment is from Joyful Holiday.


Make sure to leave a comment as you hop along because on Friday morning (December 21), we will randomly choose one of the comments from all the blogs and that person will receive a huge grab bag of fabulous Gina K. Designs Stamps!

Your next stop on the hop is Cheri's blog where she will have a gorgeous creation for you to enjoy.
 Thank you for stopping by.
Brenda

Picked 4 You

 Hello and Happy Friday!!!  I have a super quick post for you to share a card I made for Flourishes Let's Hop challenge.  I will not share all the details of the challenge so you can hop through yourself and see all the beautiful cards for inspiration.
Here is my card.

 

I apologize for the the photo.  It is late and dark and no matter what I tried I couldn't get rid of the yellow cast. I would wait until tomorrow, but the challenge ends before I get home from work.  I hope you have a wonderful weekend and thank you for stopping by.

Brenda

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Stamps	Flourishes Garden Picks
Paper	Gina K Designs Pure Luxury card stock, DP unknown
Ink	Memento tuxedo black, teal zeal
Copics	B0000, BG01, R81, R83, V22, Y000, Y15, Y17, YG11, YG61, YG63
Accessories	Nestibilities, ribbon, twine, pearls

Merry Christmas To You!

 Hello the challenge at The Outlawz Greeting Card Challenge is "It's a Jungle Out There" To use an animal or animal prints on your creation.

 

I am still needing more Christmas cards so I went with this darling reindeer called Sweetheart from Whismsy Stamps.  He is a digi you can find here. I hope you can join us at this week.  We have the following great sponsors this month.

 Di's Digi Designs

I will also be entering this card into the following challenges.
Oozak: Anything goes plus Red
Just Us Girls: Use embossing dry or wet

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful week.

Brenda

 

Stamps:	Sweetheart-Whimsy Stamps, Holiday Tags- Gina K Designs
Paper	Pure Luxury- Gina K designs
Ink	Memento tuxedo black
Copics	E31, E35, E37, E50, R24
Accessories	Ribbon, twine, jingle bells, cuttlebug candy cane embossing folder

Merry Christmas

Hello I hope you had a great weekend.  I was able to get most of my Christmas shopping done.  Now I have to get started on wrapping them and finish up some Christmas cards. I have a Christmas tag to share today.

 I started out with a piece of ivory card stock that I stamped with background stamp.  Next I clear embossed the snowflakes.  After that I sponged the whole piece with rich cocoa memento ink.  I free hand cut the triangle for the tree and the snow banks.  I sponged them lightly with desert sand memento ink and added a fine line of stickles to the edges.  To finish I used as nestabilities die to get the top edge and then I added the ribbon, twine and bells.  I will be entering this tag into the following challenges.

StampTV Mix it up Monday; Warm Colors and Warm Wishes (this one is now closed, sorry)
Ribbon Carousal Challenge: The Holidays (must use ribbon or twine)
Simon Says Stamps Challenge: Snowflakes
Stamptacular Sunday Challenge: Anything but a card
Just Us Girls: Use embossing dry or wet

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful and festive week.

Brenda

Whimsy Stamps Inspiration Challenge

It is time for the December challenge for Whimsy Stamps Inspiration Challenge.  This month the challenge is....

Anything Goes as long as it is FESTIVE

Don't forget! You don't have to use a whimsy image.
It would be great if you did though, and it doesn't have to be a card.
We welcome all paper projects.

 

I love snowmen and so I look forward to crafting winter cards.  There are a couple adorable snowmen to use from the December release.  I picked this cutie.

 

This is from Snow Day from StampArt Designs by Kathyrne.  This stamp includes a bonus image and sentiment.  You can see them all here. I colored him with copics.  The paper is from My Minds Eye Be Merry collection.  I added some liquid pearls and stickles to the snowflakes.  Now head over to the Whimsy Stamps Inspiration Challenge blog and check out the rest of the design teams fabulous creations.  I hope you can play along there is a chance to win a great prize.  Thank you for stopping by.

Brenda

Whimsy Stamps December Digital Release Day 2

Hello and welcome to Day 2 of our December Digital Stamp Release Showcase! 

On Tuesday (4th December) Whimsy Stamps released this month's new digital designs,

                 Moon Cookie Gallery     Stamp Art Designs by Kathryne

   

                                            Dana's Digi's                         Lia Stampz

 

        Crissy's digis                    Marika Collins Collection

From then until 4th December the Whimsy Digital DT are showcasing these fabulous new  goodies with a daily mini blog hop and I am part of today’s hop!

Each mini blog hop has a new release prize hidden somewhere along the way and you have 24hrs to enter each prize draw.

To be entered  into today's mini blog hop prize draw, be sure to leave a comment on ALL of the DT's posts listed below by 12.00PM EST tomorrow.

 All winners will be announced on the Whimsy blog on 7th December.

 I used Snowman Candy Cane Bouquet from Chrissy's Digi's for this card.  Isn't he the cutest?  The sentiment is from Winter Postage Stamps also from Whimsy Stamps.  I also used Whimsy Shapeology Die Postage Stamp Die. 

 To take a peek at today's fabulous new release creations, please click on the links below...

Day 2

Tammy Ortiz 

Jackie Randolph 

Charlene Brown 

Kelly Mannix 

Michelle Oatman

Kim Taylor

  Christine Garner  

Jan Ltc 

Suzi Mckenzie

Nicole Gent 

                       Brenda Turner (you are here)

Laura Palmer

Debbie Dunn

 Julemarie Morgan

 

 Remember that the entire new release is available to buy right now from the Whimsy Stamps store along with all your Whimsy favourites. Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to pop back to the Whimsy blog tomorrow for more new release creations!
Thank you for stopping by and make sure you come back tomorrow for my December challenge post.  I used yet another adorable new image.

Brenda 
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Stamp:	Snowman Candy Cane Bouquet from Whimsy Stamps-Sentiment Winter Postage Stamp from Whimsy Stamps
Paper:	Recollestions Sugar Plums
Ink:	Memento Tuxedo Black
Copics:	BG01, BG05, C0, E23, G43, G46, R05, R08, R22, R24, YG67, YR02
Accessories:	Postage Die- Whimsy Stamps, Nestabilities burlap, ribbon twine, button, twine

 

Whimsy Stamps December Digital Release Day 1

Hello and welcome to Day 1 of our December Digital Stamp Release Showcase!

On Monday (^3rd December) Whimsy Stamps released this month's new Digital designs from 

                                      Moon Cookie Gallery          Stamp Art Designs by Kathryne

   

                                    Dana's Digi's                         Lia Stampz

                                     Crissy's digis                    Marika Collins Collection

Note - please bear with us as the new site still has a few bugs but should be open later this afternoon/evening   

 From now until 6^th December the Whimsy Stamps Digital DT are showcasing these fabulous new goodies with a daily mini blog hop and I am part of today’s hop! Each mini blog hop has a new release prize hidden somewhere along the way and you have 24hrs to enter each prize draw. To be entered into today's mini blog hop prize draw, be sure to leave a comment on ALL of the DT's posts listed below by 12.00PM EST tomorrow. All winners will be announced on the Whimsy blog on ^7th December.

I used Jamie from Marika Collins for my card.  I just love here face, hair and attitude.  I colored her with copics and keep the design of the card simple.  The paper is My Minds Eye Moment.  The sentiment is from Fast Lane Sentiments.  This is a great set of sentiments that are a little on the sassy side.  

To take a peek at today's fabulous new release creations, please click on the links below...

Shannah Bartle

Tammy Ortiz 

Jackie Randolph

Charlene Brown

Sarah McLaughlin

Tammy Davison 

Nicole Gent

Suzi Mckenzie 

             Brenda Turner (You are here)

Tracie 

Anne Cullen

Jan Ltc 

           

Remember that the entire new release is available to buy right now from the Whimsy Stamps store along with all your Whimsy favourites. Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to pop back to the Whimsy blog tomorrow for more new release creations!

Thank you for stopping by and make sure to come back by tomorrow for another card from the December release.

 Brenda

Just Because

 Hello and Happy Monday!  Today I have the card I made for this weeks Greeting Card Challenge at The Outlawz.  This weeks challenge is The Eye's Have it!  Incorporate "Eyelets" in your design or use an image in which the eyes are the Focal Point.

 

I used Trouble by Kenny K. and from Whimsy Stamps.  Isn't she awesome?  I just love her expression and attitude.  She is colored with copics.  As for eyelets I have to confess I have a lot of them.  They were all the rage when I started stamping and so I made it my mission to get as many of them as I could.  Now I have a ton of them and almost never use them.  Hopefully now I will use them more often.  I should have several posts this week with the new digi release and challenge for Whimsy Stamps.  I hope you have a wonderful week and thank you for stopping by.

Brenda

 

Stamp:	Kenny K.”s Trouble from Whimsy Stamps-Sentiment Everyday Mini  Postage Stamp Sentiments from Whimsy Stamps
Paper:	Pure Luxury- Gina K Designs, Basic Grey -Oliver
Ink:	Memento Tuxedo Black
Copics:	BG09, BG53, E25, E31, E33, E35, E37, E50, E51, E53, E59, N1, N3, N5, R20, R21, R89, W0, W1, W3, YG03, YG06
Accessories:	Mini Postage Die- Whimsy Stamps, Nestabilities Matting Basics A and B, eyelets

 

The Grinch is on the Loose

 Hey check out this fun Grinch Game at  the Creative Visions blog.  It is a fun one I played last year.  Good luck.
Brenda

Whimsy Stamps Info

Hello and Happy Saturday.  Normally I would have a post today showing a card I made for the December digital release for Whimsy Stamps. There will be a delay this month.  Here is the statement explaining the delay.

To Our Valued Customers and Friends:

Over the past week some of you may have noticed intermittent problems with our website resulting in loss of carts, log in problems, and security errors. We apologize for any frustration this may have caused.

During our attempts to diagnose and correct the issues, we have discovered some problems with our current hosting provider and their servers.  In an effort to serve our customers better, we have made the decision to switch providers and move our shop to new servers.

This change/move will require our site to be shut down for a number of hours this weekend. We do apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. This change will also result in a delay of our regularly scheduled monthly digital release. But as soon as we are back up and running as normal we will release all the fabulous new images...including those from our brand new digital artist Marika Collins!


Our goal is to provide our customers with the best quality of service possible. We thank you for your patience at this time. We will make every effort to have this transition go as smoothly and as quickly as possible. Thank you for your continued support of Whimsy Stamps and our artists!




Have a great weekend!

I hope you will come back and check out the new release after the store is back up and running better than ever. :) The new release is awesome there are so many images that I love, I just wish I had enough hours in the day to make something with them all to share with you.

Is anyone else having issues with blogger?  It has been giving me fits the last two days.  Hopefully Google with get it all worked out soon.
Brenda