It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

Hello everyone - it has been a few days since my last post and I was in my craft room tonight looking over all my Christmas paper and in the process getting quite inspired and excited about the upcoming Christmas season - my favorite cards are Christmas cards so I always love this time of year when it justs feel natural to make them. So here is one of my first ones of the season. I recently purchased a set of Angel Emma by C.C. Designs - I think she is so adorable - I don't know what paper I used as it is in my huge Christmas stash. I stamped a Penny Black musical stamp using a gray slate ink on to gray DP for the lower half of the card. I did some paper piecing for her dress and trumpet. The rest of her I colored using my copics. I added some sparkles to her halo and her wing. I used my SU oval for the base, a sizzix die cut for the swirls around the prima flower. The sentiment came in the same C.C. Design set. To finish off the card I added some small star brads and used some of my SU silver hardware for the flower centre and either side of the sentiment. Thank you so much for stopping by again to visit. I hope your week is going well for you - I am playing lots of catch-up this week - catching up on bookwork at my office and catching up on housework at home - but the weather here the past couple of days has been PERFECT!!!! Finally we are getting our indian summer!!! Bye for now!!

Your stamping friend
Debbie

Pictures from the Wedding

This is a picture of myself and my husband - it was lots of fun to get all dressed up!!





This is a picture of my son and his adorable girlfriend - she lived with us for the summer and she is a beautiful girl both inside and out - I truly adore her




This is a picture of my youngest son and my daughter. My oldest son could not make the wedding as he is away at University.

There's Magic in the Air Monday Challenge

Hello everyone - it is Monday once again and time for There's Magic in the Air challenge. I was given an image to use this week by artist Nina May from Paper Cupcakes digital images. The image she gave me to use is called "Autumn's Solitude". I was a bit leary of this image as it is very detailed and I really wasn't sure how I would put this all together. I will be honest it is not one of my favorite cards but I do like the color combination of orange and turquoise. I actually did quite a bit of paper piecing - the fairie's dress, her wings and the two pumpkins are paper pieced from various DP. I used my copic markers to color in the rest of the image and added an orange straw flower, a quickutz die cut, some small bronze and turquoise pearls, ribbon and I added some wire swirls to finish off. Nina had provided us with a photo of fall leaves for our inspiration. I had a very very busy weekend - the wedding we went to was very nice - I will add a couple of photos this week when I get a chance to download from my camera. My house is a disaster after having my kids here for the weekend and all the busyness. Hopefully by next weekend I can have things back to some kind of normalicy. Thank so much for stopping by to visit and I hope your Monday is a good one. Bye for now.

Your stamping friend
Debbie

A Formal Wedding

Hello everyone - another very busy week this week - can't wait till mid next week - my house will finally be quiet!! My son is home again for this week and his girlfriend is here as well and my daughter is coming for the weekend - we all have a wedding to go to tomorrow and we are all excited to go as it is a formal wedding at a brand new resort close to where we live - this resort is world known and it is spectacular!!! There are 14 bridesmaids in the wedding party!! I cannot imagine that so it will amazing to just see that!! I am not used to getting dressed up - in fact I had to go and buy a fancy dress for this occasion, not to mention jewellry, shoes and a fancy clutch purse - I am getting my hair done tomorrow as well so it is all pretty exciting stuff. I made this card to take with the gift. I remembered I had this Stamping Bella wedding couple that I had bought a couple of years ago and decided it would be perfect!! The wedding colors are black and white so I made the card to match. There will be lots of glitz at this wedding as well so likewise I added it to the card too!! I colored the image with my copics and layered with Paper Potpourri DP. I added some flowers and sizzix swirls and that pretty much does it! Thanks for stopping by to visit today - I hope you have a great day - I am off to do some grocery shopping - with all the kids here this weekend I need to stcck up!! Bye for now - will hopefully get some photos of the wedding to share.

Your stamping friend
Debbie

There's Magic in the Air once again!! - Monday Challenge

Hello - today's card is for There's Magic in the Air Monday challenge. We are all to use the same stamp this week called "Easy does it" illustrated by Nina May of Paper Cupcakes digi-stamps. When I saw this digi stamp I was really excited because this little guy is so adorable! I colored him with copics and used Kaisercraft "Jungle Bug Collection" paper. The sentiment is from SU. I did use a bit of Tim Holtz walnut stain ink around the borders. I made the card and then re-read the challenge and then I found out we were to bling it up as well so I did add some sparkles to the cupcakes and his antennas but it is kind of hard to tell in the picture. BTW we did have our neighbourhood bbq tonight and it was cold, windy and very rainy but it was still a lot of fun - we were all hundled in the garage - we did make the best of it - I am really hoping for much better weather tommorrow!! Thanks for stopping by for a visit and if you get a chance head over to There's Magic in the Air blog to check out the other entries. Copics used were B00, B000, B0000, G12, G14, G16, E43, E49, B45 and YR09.

Your stamping friend, Debbie

House Mouse Challenge 78 - A Special Sketch

Hello - it has been a while since my last post - I cannot believe how quickly this week has gone by - we were gone some of this week so it really put me behind in everything. This card is made for House Mouse challenge - this week's challenge is a very special one as it is the 2 year anniversary of HM Challenge Blog and they have some fabulous prizes to offer - you may want to head over there and enter yourself for a chance to win!!! I bought this HM stamp about a year ago and never used it yet - this is what I love about challenges - it allows you to use a lot of the "on a whim" stamps that you buy and then put away and forget about. This card is rather large - much larger than what I am used to making but because of the sketch lay-out and the image it had no choice. I stamped the image and colored the entire image and background with my copics. I added a bit of Tim Holtz walnut stain ink to the edges. The rest is just layering - I used some old SU DP and some other from my stash pile - I am not sure where the sentiment is from - again it was in my "old" stamps drawer. I hope you have a wonderful Sunday - our neighbourhood is having its annual barbeque - I think this is the 14th year in a row our neighbourhood has been doing this (we have lived here for 16 years). It is a lot of fun - I am just hoping it doesn't get cancelled as we have had nothing but rain for the past 24 hours and the forecast is for more rain!! Thank you so much for stopping by to visit and thank you to all of you who leave me such lovely comments - I really appreciate the time you take to leave a comment - it means a lot to me. Have a great day.

Your stamping friend
Debbie
Copics used: W1, W3, W5 for the floor, E40, E41, E42 for the background, E43, E35, E57, E31, E01, E40 for the mice and peanuts, Y26, YG91, YG95 for the bowl.

There's Magic in the Air - Monday Challenge - A Sketch

Hello everyone - it is Magical Monday over at Paper Cupcakes Magic in the Air. The challenge is any acquired image from Paper Cupcakes digital stamps using the sketch provided by Melanie Newby. I choose this adorable rabbit couple - I just love this image created by the very talented Nina May. I colored the image with my copic markers (listed below), sponged the edges with TH distress ink (spun sugar). The DP is from Kaiserkraft (Hey Birdie Collection). The sentiment is from C.C. Designs. I layered all the paper and added a couple of large prima flowers which I lightly shaded with TH Spun Sugar. I cut out the circles for flower centres from the same DP using my SU circle punch and added some white gel pen to highlight. I also added some black gel pen to accentuate the bunnies noses. To finish off I punched out 3 little pink hearts. Please do check out the rest of the fabulous cards created by the DT at There's Magic in the Air and maybe play along yourself. Thanks for stopping by for a visit and I hope your Monday is a happy one!! We are heading out of town again this afternoon to watch our son play hockey - that time of year again!! Bye for now.

Your stamping friend
Debbie
P.S. Copics Used - G99, YG91, YG95, E41, E43, R81, R83, R85

Week 72 - A Sketch - Just Magnolia Challenge

Hello everyone - this card was made for the Just Magnolia challenge - I wasn't too sure about this sketch as that circle in behind makes the card rather large but it did work out - it is not one of my favorites but the color combo is definately one of my faves. This is the first time this Tilda has seen ink as I just purchased her a couple of weeks ago. I colored her with copics and used some Tim Holtz distress ink in background and for some edge work. I used Creative Imaginations DP, sizzix die cuts for the sentiment tag (sentiment is a SU stamp) and the cacti. I added a couple of star brads, some twine and a bit of white gel pen highlighting and that pretty much does it for this card. Copics used: E00, E02, E11, E33, E42, E44, E49, YR20, YR24, R35, R81, R83, R20. I hope you are all having a wonderful weekend - I did lots of housework today as tomorrow we will be gone for the day and than back to work Monday. Bye for now and see you again soon - thank you so much for taking time to stop and visit!!

Your stamping friend
Debbie

Sweeter than Sugar

Hello everyone - thank you for stopping by to visit my blog today - today as I was sitting and waiting for our hot water tank to be replaced I made this card. We have more damage than first anticipated our carpet has been damaged and we are finding that the drywall is also soaked and will probably need to be replaced on the one wall - not fun!! On to better things - my card was made with my new PB Betsy Bluebell stamp set - I think these little gals are just the cutest ever!! She is colored with copics and cut out and layered on designer paper (not sure where the paper is from as it is "old stuff"). I used a SU oval punch for under her feet. The sentiment is from an old SU set. I used one of my nestability dies for the dark green background and layered again on more DP. I added a button to the dress and added some copic spica orange pen to highlight the flowers and some glass pearls on each corner. I must say when I am not rushed I sure enjoy just sitting and coloring - I find it so very relaxing! I only had to work 3 hours today so my day was a bit less hectic and I really liked that. I hope you had a great Tuesday - tomorrow is already mid-week - I love long weekends - it makes the work week go by so much faster!! Bye for now!!

Your stamping friend
Debbie

There's Magic in the Air at Paper Cupcakes Monday Challenge

Hello everyone - I am very excited and honored to have been choosen to be a guest designer (each Monday for the month of Sept.) for Paper Cupcakes - Magic in the Air. The owner and very talented artist of Paper Cupcakes digital stamps, Nina May, had asked me a while back to join her team as a guest designer and needless to say I was just thrilled. I had won 2 free digi-stamps from Paper Cupcakes from a House Mouse challenge I entered a couple of months ago and Nina visited my blog. The challenge over at There's Magic in the Air is a recipe which is to include, any image from Paper Cupcakes, ribbon, embellishments, Designer Paper and flowers. I choose one of my favorite PCC images - her name is Mandelina. I colored her with copic markers (see list below) and then cut her out and placed her on 2 different sizes of circle nesties. I added sparkly stickles to her wings and the hanging hearts. I then glued buttons on the flowers, added a few gold pearls and a sentiment that was on some DP paper I had in my stash. I also added a gold ribbon in the background. Thank you for stopping by to visit my blog and I hope you get a chance to check out the rest of the design team cards over at There's Magic in the Air

Copics Used: face/skin - E11, R20, hair - YR21, YR24, dress - YR24, G40, G82, G85, G99, branch - E35, E37 and flowers - YR20, YR24.

Have a fabulous Monday!!
Your stamping friend
Debbie

Penny Black Challenge - Purple, Cream and Brown

Hello everyone today I am entering this card in this week's Penny Black challenge, Purple, Cream and Brown. I actually wasn't too sure about this combo but once my card was finished I was like - WoW! I like those colors together. I used an adorable PB dog image together with a PB sentiment. The dog house is cut from a Sizzlet die and I used a balloon punch for the 3 larger balloons. I edged the balloons and the background purple paper with Tim Holtz dusty concord distress ink and I used Walnut stain for the dog, doghouse and around the edges of the cream cardstock. The balloon paper is from my stash pile and the dark brown bone paper is Basic Grey - Max & Whiskers collection (love that paper!!). I added a ribbon and a dog bone to finish off the card. I actually have to say I like how this one turned out! - Thanks so much for stopping by for a visit - I hope your weekend is going a bit better than mine - our hot water tank took it's last breath last night so needless to say we are without hot water till Tuesday morning (of course it had to happen on a long weekend). Our basement got a bit of flooding as well so we are trying to dry out our carpet downstairs with fans - hopefully it won't stain. This morning I had to take a sponge bath and wash my hair in really really cold water - it is not fun! I guess things could be worse - but it really is an inconvenience. Hope the rest of your weekend is filled with fun, sun and maybe a bit of stamping!

Your stamping friend
Debbie

Anything Goes - A Crafty Little Place Challenge

Hello everyone and happy happy long weekend for those of you who have the Monday off. It is labour day weekend here in B.C. and I am so so happy to have that extra day off. My card today is for a new challenge that I have not entered before at A crafty Little Place the challenge is "Anything Goes" - I needed a birthday card as I am meeting my friends for lunch and one of them had her 51st b-day on Thursday so I made her this card using my new Penny Black Betsy Bluebell stamp set (they are so so adorable!!). I did quite a bit of paper piecing on this card, her dress, the hearts in her hair and the balloons. I used my circuit for cutting out the grass (that was a nightmare - I think my blade is not sharp anymore!) I used my MS border punch for the bottom, Bo Bunny paper and the flowers I also cut out of Bo Bunny paper, C.C. Design sentiment, aged mahogony TH distress ink and some white gel pen for highlighting. Thank you so much for stopping by to visit my blog - I hope you have a fabulous weekend!!!

Your stamping friend
Debbie
Copic used: E00, E01, E11, R20, B611, BG18, E30, E35, E37, BG11, BG0000 and E07

Tinker Bell meets Bo Bunny

Hello everyone - last night I was just playing around in my craft room and I found this older stamp set - so sorry I am not sure which company this set is from but I think it must have a Disney label as it is Tinkerbell from Peter Pan I am sure. I love this set and just haven't played with it very much. I stamped the image and used my circle nestie and then a SU circle cutter to get the second background circle (as my next nestie was too big). I colored her in with copics, stamped 3 flowers from the same stamp set on patterned paper and cut out. I colored in the background using copic V000 and then used Tim Holtz forest moss and again unknown swirl stamp to stamp just lightly around the edges of the circle - I also tried to outline the main image in RV34 (not entirely happy with that look) I also added a bit of TIm Holtz grape concord to the background as well (can't really see it on photo). I used my Martha Stewart garland border punch for the top part, my rectangle scallop nestie for the background, added some ribbon, glitter, jewels and white gel pen for highlights and dots. All the designer paper is Bo Bunny. I showed my hubby my card (as I always do) and he said "it looks expensive" - I had to laugh - (little does he know!!). Thank you so much for stopping by to visit - the sun is shining here again and I am so happy!!! Have a great day my fellow stampers!!

Your stamping friend
Debbie
Copics used: V000, E01, E11, R20, RV32, RV34, BV00, BV11, YR20, YR21, YR24