I Wanna Be a Rock Star!!

Today's card is for the Friday Sketchers #31 challenge, sponsored by Cards of Maria. This fabulous sketch is from Claudia from USA. for this card i used the Awesome Rockstar image from the Glam Girls III set from C.C. Designs. The pattern paper is from the Piggy Tales line that i found at All That Scraps. The black pattern paper is from DCWV's paper pack "Rockstar." I added a few clear sparkles to glitz it up a little. My Rockstar's glasses are colored in with a glitter pen and so is her guitar, so there is some sparkle going on here, just not so much in this picture. Well, i'm so glad i got to participate in this challenge because it's been awhile. Well i hope you enjoy and i thank you for stopping by. Have WONDERFUL night!!!

Rachel

All Boxed Up

THIS POST HAS BEEN EDITED SINCE CAROLYN HAS ALREADY RECEIVED HER GIFT. Thank you!! :0)

Today i actually got one of my Christmas gifts finished. It actually went very well seeing as how i didn't even know how i wanted it to look i was just making things up as i went along. I used Lauren Meader's "All Boxed up" Timeless Templates. these are so cool. instead of using two pockets for cards and envelopes i only used one and made file folders for it. on the other side i matted it and made a slit to slide in my notebook. On the box side i made a small calendar with my nestabilities. The calendar was printed off the Crafty Secrets website, i cut them out using my circle nestability and matted onto a scallop circle made with the scallop nestability. I used scor-pal tape to adhere everything so that it would all stay put and not fall apart. On the front frame i am going to put the recipients name but since she checks my blog i left her name for later. A pen will go in the middle and i just noticed i never added it on-oops!
Well i thank you for stopping by, and have a GREAT night!!
Rachel

Warm Hoooliday Wishes!

Hi there Everyone! I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving. Now Christmas is just around the corner, WoW!! I just wanted to post something real quick, since i haven't had a chance to participate in any of the challenges for a couple of weeks. Gosh, i miss them. Once the holidays are over i 'm hoping to have a chance to play. This cute little owl is part of the Q.T.Hooty set from Pink Cat Studio. I used the flourish from the Baroque Motifs set from SU! for the branches that he's sitting on,(love how that worked out so well) and i added red sparkles to give the "branches" some color.

Thanks for stopping by and Have a teriffic night!!

Rachel

another card-a-lope

Well i promised you would be seeing more of these card-a-lopes (tutorial found here) quite a few birthdays these next few months. I needed to make one for a boy so i decided to use the C.C. Designs "Eric and Chrissy go prehistoric." I used Basic Grey's Archaic pattern paper for the background it just goes together so well it was like it was made for this set. I stamped the dinosaur, bird and tree and cut them out and pop dotted them onto my main panel, so there is alot of dimension going on here. For the inside i used the mosaic embossing folder to give my panel some texture. Well i sure hope he likes it.
Thanks so much for stopping by, and have a GREAT night!!

HM&F Challenge #14

Happy Friday Everyone!! This week's House Mouse & Friends challenge #14 is All About Christmas. So i used these cute little mice all tangled up in Christmas lights. They so remind me of myself when i used to have to untangle my lights before i put them on my tree. lol. Anyway, for this card instead of adding a Christmas tree i used a pattern paper from Basic Grey with trees all over. The sentiment is a little hard to see, but it says:"Trim the tree, light the lights, Christmas time is just in sight."
Well just a short post for today, i PLAN on getting some more challenges done this weekend, but lets see what happens. Thanks for the visit and i hope you all have a GREAT friday.
Rachel
Recipe: House of Mouse stamp, sentiment-C.C.Designs Glam Girls III, dp-Basic Grey's Figgy Pudding, Holiday Red organdy ribbon-CTMH, holiday buttons-CTMH, Cardstock-NE Ivy, Cranberry-CTMH

Sweet baby card

I just love this little bear from C.C. Designs, i seem to always be reaching for him. or shall i say in this case her. I love the color combination of browns and pinks and polka dots are just icing on the cake. For this card i stamped my little bear, colored him with my prismacolor pencils and oms. The blocks belonged to a sticker border i just cut them off and added them in front with pop dots. For the background i used my swiss dots embossing folder, but instead of having the dots coming outward i turned it over i guess making it looked pierced, or not i don't know i just wanted a different look. lol. I think this would make a cute baby card for either a shower or a birthday, don't you think?

Well this is going to be a short post for tonight. Thank you for stopping by, I love it when you visit!! Have a Great night!

Rachel

Recipe: Bear Hugs-C.C.Designs, dp-caprice level 2 paper pkt-CTMH, swiss dots embossing folder-cuttlebug, ribbon-pink carnation organdy ribbon-ctmh, stickers, flowers, chipboard sentiment???

Christmas Fairy/ATS DT challenge #26

This weeks challenge for All That Scraps Design Team Challenge #26 is a Christmas Card showcase. The challenge is to make a Christmas card that could be easily mass produced. For this card i used the C.C. Designs Digi download Angels Everywhere. On the download they come with halos so they are angels but since i cut her out and pop dotted her to my matt i left out the halo and made her into a fairy. I used my Deck The Halls acrylic stamp set from CTMH, stamped, colored and cut out the poinsetta and pop dotted it to her hands. I added glitter to her bow, skirt, and poinsetta and also added clear sparkles to the inside of the flower. so lots of sparkle going on IRL. This is also the other card i sent in to our LSS Christmas card contest. There are quite a few little angels in this download so lots more cards coming using them. They are just too cute to put down. Be sure to check out the All That Scraps Gallery for more Christmas card samples. The DT did a great job, lots of inspiration there if you need ideas. I hope you all have a great night, thanks for stopping by i sure appreciate you taking the time to take a look.
Rachel

Jolly O'l Saint Nick

Our stamp group got invited by our LSS to participate in a Christmas card contest with the prizes being gift certificates to her store, Hey turn down a chance to win free paper and embellishments? ya right! So i'm giving it a go and if they don't win, then it was a good excuse to put aside the laundry for a bit to stamp-lol. for this card i tried to keep the layout simple. I used the Magic and Wonder set from SU! ( i just love Santa) after i colored him in i added lots of sparkle on his suit. I'm hoping to post the other card this afternoon. Thanks so much for stopping and taking a look. Have a Wonderful day!!!

Recipe: Magic and Wonder-SU! sentiment-Magical Season-CTMH, Prisma glitter-ctmh, glitz stickles, Everlasting paper pkt level 2-ctmh, lg oval punch-SU! antique brads-Making Memories, gold gellyroll glitter pen, prismacolor pencils

Friends make Life Blossom

Good Morning!! I made this card for Amy Rysavy's Friday Sketch #36. For this card i used Amy's new set Build a Holiday for the flower pot and stems of the flowers. I'm really having fun with this set, i'm challenging myself to find more ways to use it other than for the holidays. I paperpieced the flowers for my pot, added some colored rhinestones to the centers and pop dotted them to the stems. I matted my image and adhered it to my base card. I used my embossing folder for the background and used a punch for the 3 flowers in the circles. I added my sentiment and it's finished. Pretty simple card, but i really like how it came out. This is such a neat sketch amy came up with, i so encourage you all to try it. Thank you so much for stopping by and have a Wonderful rest of your day!!!

Rachel

Recipe: Build a Holiday set-Amy R's stamps, sugarplums scenery set, sugarplums sentiments set-all C.C.Designs. dp-floral tapestry-ctmh, D'vine swirls embossing folder-cuttlebug, flower and circle punches SU! rhinestones red-ctmh, pink ??

An Award!

I'm sooo EXCITED i was nominated for an award by Leigh . Thank you so much Leigh. You all must go visit her wonderful blog. I'm supposed to nominate 5 people for this award and here they are:

Pat

Kirby (Krb)

Sonia

Mueppi

Lori

Be sure to visit these ladies blogs and see all their wonderful talent!!