Friday, December 23, 2011

12 Days of Christmas day 12

Hello Lovelies, it’s the last day of 12 daysSad smile  that’s ok though cause it’s been a blast!!!  It’s also Bombshell Tutorial day for me so here goes.
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Wednesday, December 21, 2011

12 days of Christmas day 11

Hello Lovelies, today I have for you the final domino I made for the nursing home.   I know your sick of domino’s already, good thing this is the last one!   Smile  Anyway, I hope everyone is have a wonderful Holiday and if you aren’t, try harder!!!! 

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Go see what everyone else has made for you today!!!

Monday, December 19, 2011

12 Days of Christmas day 10

Hello Lovelies, Were almost to the end and then guess what?  Santa comes!!!  Well only if you’ve been the right kind of naughty!  Winking smile
Today I have for you the other half of my altered domino’s for my swap.  I hope you enjoy them!
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I hope you have enjoyed my domino’s as much as I have enjoyed making them,  hopefully I remember to take pictures of the ones I receive and post them for you when I get back from our cruise! 
Leave me some love and then go leave everyone else some love!!!!

Saturday, December 17, 2011

12 Days of Christmas day 9

Hello Lovelies, How are you today?  Ready for Christmas?  Have all your shopping done?  Started baking yet?  Not me, right now as you read this I am on a Cruise ship and hopefully having the best time possible!!! 
Today I have for you a card I made using another StampInsanity image!  She is a cutie.  I have also made one of my favorite style of cards, the easel!  I have no idea why I like them so much, I just do! 
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again here is another image that I am proud of, and you know I don’t say that often but I love the way she turned out!!!  Leave me some love and then head on over to see what everyone else has made!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY NIX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thursday, December 15, 2011

12 Days of Christmas day 8

Hello Lovelies, today I have for you another domino I made for the nursing home!  I hope they enjoy them!   Are you enjoying your Holiday season?  I am! 
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Isn’t she a lovely little angel!  I think so! 
Today I am finalizing my packing for the whole family so that we are ready to go on the 17th which is the next posting day!  I am super excited for this Holiday, mainly because we get to go on a cruise!  My 1st ever!!!  We leave port on the 18th!!!!! 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY RHI!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

12 Days of Christmas day 7

Hello Lovelies, it’s a Smeared Ink day today and I have for you a gift I have made for my nephews and niece!  I saw this on pintrest, which I LOVE, and couldn’t wait to make it!  I am not sure if you can see them as I stamped them in the same color ink as the cardstock but there are grumpies everywhere!!! 
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Remember to head on over and see what everyone else has made! 


It's also a new Beyond the Burtonesque Dolls challenge!!!  Today we are starting a new challenge... it is make a project inspired by your favorite alternative christmas movie.  There are so many alternative movies out there plenty to choose from!!  Here is my project, inspired by A Christmas Story and Tim Holtz tags this year!


I also made these to go in the gift bags I sent to my family for Christmas this year!  So this on Pintrest(love that thing) and couldn't wait to do it!!


Sunday, December 11, 2011

12 Days of Christmas day 6

Hello Lovelies, I said earlier that most of my projects would be cards but now looking back on everything as I am auto posting these posts I realize that half are cards and half are altered items….now the altered items are mostly domino’s but they are still altered!  Remember that swap I was talking about a couple of days ago?  Well here are half of the dominoes that I altered for the swap, I know I know we have 16 people in the swap so lets just say that some repeat, but why bore you with double pictures!!!LOL 
If your interested in a swap like this or swapping in general, head on over to Penny Wise Arts yahoo group and see all the fun things happening!
Again the images are Itkupilli and the micro beads are from pennywisearts!
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Remember to leave me some love and go and see what everyone else has made!  Remember to win the prize you have to comment on every bloggers page every posting day!  for the schedule please see day 2!!!

Friday, December 9, 2011

12 Days of Christmas day 5 and Forever Night Challenge #20

Hello Lovelies, I hope you are enjoying this hop!  I am!  Today I have for you a card I made using an image from Simply Betty Stamps!  You know I love me some Betty stamps!!!  This card is called a double z fold card and you can find a tutorial for it on splitcoaststampers
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isn’t he cute!  I know it’s not the best picture but it will have to work as I took a fall in the craft room and damaged the camera!  Thankfully I had pictures of all my 12 days projects before that happened!
Here is the card opened:
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Remember to head off and see what everyone else has made for you today!

Forever Night Challenge Blog is back with another freaky friday challenge for you!!!  Today we are sponsored by Bugaboo stamps and I love these little skelly people!  They are cute in a creepy sort of way!   Today I made for you a scrapbook page.  I know I know, pick your jaw up off the ground!!!  Honestly people things can change!!!  I think!  LOL  Anyway, this little cutie made me think of my kids when they were younger always trying to carry things that were to big for them, and some cute digi papers I recently got, so I thought, why not combine the two!  I know she's carrying a present and that really has nothing to do with snow, except if your my kids, even now as teens, getting snow is like a gift so it worked.  At least in my mind.  Anyway there are no pictures added yet as we haven't had our first snow day this year :(  but as soon as we do I am totally taking pictures, as always, and they will be added!!!  So it's nice to know I have a layout already waiting on pictures instead of the millions of pictures waiting on layouts!!!
Let me know what you think then head on over to the forever night challenge blog and play with us!!!!  You know you want to !!!

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

12 Days of Christmas Day 4

Hello Lovelies, welcome back!  I hope you are having a wonderful time on this lovely hop!  Today I have for you not a card but an altered item!   I have joined an altered domino ornament swap for the past couple of years.  The host of this years swap asked a favor from the swappers, she volunteers at a nursing home in her area, and she asked us to make a few extra so that she could decorate a tree for the people there!  So here is one of the extra domino’s I altered!
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The images are from Itkapilli and the beads are micro beads from Pennywise Arts.  Hope you have enjoyed my project today, leave me some love and go and see what everyone else has made.  Remember the blog roll is on the sidebar!

Monday, December 5, 2011

12 Days of Christmas day 3

Hello Lovelies, Welcome to another day of Christmas s&s style!  I hope you have been enjoying yourselves these last 3 days!  Isn’t there some wonderful artwork going on here!!!  Today I have for you another card.  Most of my projects will be cards cause I had to make them to send out anyway!  Today’s card was inspired by none other than a stocking!  I used some simple kraft card stock, some patterned paper,  some distress ink,and a cute little Santa stamp!
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Told ya he was cute!  Now remember to leave me some love and then go off and see what everyone else has made!!!

Sunday, December 4, 2011

Bombshell Stamps ONE TIME ONLY challenge!!!!

Bombshell Stamps is getting into the holiday spirit and wants to something to our loyal fans!

This challenge is a one-time only contest. Use any stamp to create a holiday card and share it us with in http://monstergirl.net/BombshellStampsFORUM/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=1758">this thread in the Gamblers Anonymous section of The Casino in Bombshell's forum!

Each entry will earn one chance to win a $5.00 gift certificate to the Bombshell Store, which will be selected via a random draw. 

Use a Bombshell Stamp and you'll win two chances!

If you win using a Bombshell stamp (rubber or digital), you can win a $20.00 gift certificate!

The deadline for this challenge is December 31st. The winner will be chosen by January 5th!

Saturday, December 3, 2011

12 Days of Christmas Day 2


Hello Lovelies,  I hope today finds you doing well and getting into the Holiday Spirit!  I know I am!! Now I realize that I didn’t mention some key points in my first post, like the posting schedule, because it’s not 12 days in a row, and the prize drawing! 

Posting Schedule
Thursday December 1st
Saturday December 3rd (Smeared Ink Day)
Monday December 5th
Wednesday December 7th (Smeared Ink Day)
Friday December 9th
SundayDecember 11th
Tuesday December 13th (Smeared Ink Day)
Thursday December 15th
Saturday December 17th (Smeared InkDay)
Monday December 19th
Wednesday December 21st
Friday December 23rd (Smeared Ink Day)
Now I bet you are wondering what Smeared Ink Day is! They are the days that we are challenging you to use only Smeared Ink Stamps on your projects! This is not mandatory, however you will be entered to win a prize from us for using only Smeared Ink stamps on those days!!!
12 Days of Christmas Merry Hopper
What You Have To Do:Hop through each of the 12 Days Blogs that are participating and leave a comment on each project.
The Rules:You must leave a comment on EACH participating blog every scheduled day to qualify for the prize drawing. Your comment should be about the project or something related (ie-no "Here's my comment for today" or "I'm here!"...these types of comments won't count!) If you miss a day or a blog, you will still qualify to receive a survival button, but will not qualify for the prize drawing.
Prize Drawing At the end of the 12 days, we will be drawing for a fabulous prize pack from Smeared Ink that includes one each of our November Release digi sets! (Of course, you won't see them until the release, so pictures will come later in November)

So onto the project!  Today I have for you a lovely little treat box I made to hold my candy canes that I recently found out I can’t have! Sad smile
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AND GUESS WHAT!!!  It’s a triangle box!!!  LOVE IT!
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The image is from Smeared Ink!

Go and see what everyone else has made for you today!!!  You know you want to !  Blog Roll over there ----------------->

Friday, December 2, 2011

Freaky Friday Challenge #19

Hello Lovelies!  Nope it’s not a 12 days post it is Freaky Friday on Forever night!!!!  I know I haven’t posted the last couple of Fridays and I am totally sorry about that!  It’s been stoopid buzy!!!  Anyway this weeks challenge is Nightmare Before Christmas! 

So I have these images from Simply Betty that are wicked sweet!  So I had to use them, then I thought, well what am I going to do with them!   So I started googling(is that a word, it is now!), and boy the inspiration you find in images!  So I am going to show you my inspiration photos first and then my project.

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I love that in this picture Sally is the only color in the whole thing!  So that was my first idea!  Then I thought well I need to find a cool looking moon to go in the background so this is what I found.
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And this is what I came up with!  I used this blue moon as my color spot and it was the only color in my project!

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I hope you enjoy and remember to head on over to the Forever Night Challenge Blog to see what everyone else has made and we would love for you to participate with us this week!

Thursday, December 1, 2011

12 Days of Christmas Day 1


It’s here, it’s here, my 2nd most favorite time of the year!!!  Welcome to the 2nd annual 12 Days of Christmas Smeared and Smudged style!  Are you stoked?  I am !  There are so many bloggers this year!!!  So I have listed the blog roll on the right hand side bar!  It will be there throughout the entire time!  Today I have for you a card I made with a new layout I just learned recently!  It is called a center step card and the tutorial can be found on the Bombshell blog!
I used an image from my beloved StampInsanity
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Isn’t he just the cutest? 
Now you all know I am not a bragger or a tooter of my own horn, but I have to tell you that the green of his outfit, shoes, hat, and ribbons are all done with one copic marker!  It took a while but yep I only used one color!!!  I am totally proud of that fact! 
Now wish me a happy birthday, tell me weather or not you like my card and head on over to the next person on the list!  As I said before I have the roll posted on the sidebar!!!