Vintage Purple Cutie

Hello Friend

This adorable little image is one of several from the 

Kiddie Land Collection 

 found at Nicecrane Designs.

I'm so happy to announce that I was recently asked to be a part of this new blog and these images are just a sample of the goodies that Ignacio Molina has in store for you.

You'll love the vintage look of all the images!

Check them out at

Nicecrane Designs

Thank you for stopping in...

Hugs and Happy Stamping!!!

Lisa xx

Poinsettia n' Pistachio Present...

Prissy Poinsettia from Robyn's Fetish

This weeks challenge is a fun one.  Ready?

GIFTS!!!

This can be something that you've made to give as a gift

or

Has an image of a gift!

It's all happening over at

TOP TIP TUESDAY!

With 3 amazing Sponsors for this challenge

It doesn't stop there...

Check out Moriah's wonderful tutorial 

on these cute little cones and all the diverse ways you can use them!

Here's my project...

I won't quote much, it's pretty self-explanatory from beginning to end.

Just a plain nut can wrapped in material and embellished.

Altered art is not my forte, but I gave it a try.

Thought it might make a nice little spare button holder; which is why I made a pin cushion and mounted it to the lid.

My son got a good laugh with this one when I told him I thought it looked like a country Dalek from Dr. Who. :)

Here it is all wrapped up and sporting the beautiful poinsettia from Robyn's Fetish

Hugs and Happy Stamping....

Lisa xx

Confucius Wife Say....

Cha-Ching!

Make It Monday

Linky Party #67 is

NOW OPEN!!

Our Sponsor this week is

The wonderful prize this week is a CD 

with the winner's choice of 4 collections!

I downloaded this free image from 

Free Vintage Digital Images (FVDI).  

The original image is not holding credit cards. I added those 

individually to fit the sentiment; which I also received from FVDI.

The two gorgeous background designer papers I used here are from

Cupcake Cards & Craft, titled Soft Whispers.

I also made another card using this image in its original format

Here it is...

I LOVE this sentiment!!

Be sure to stop in and say "hey ya" to the other DT's and see what 

FANTASMICAL creations they've made for your inspiration at

MaKe It MoNdAy!!

Now for my

PICK OF THE WEEK

This gorgeous card is from Grace at

Th-Ink-ing Of You!

I really love the color combinations that she chose for this stunning card.  The vintage Christmas colors with the pop of blue and gems is FANTASTIC and then topped with the holly punch border.

BEAUTIFUL and ELEGANT.

Thank you Grace for the amazing inspiration. :)

Hugs and Happy Stamping...

Lisa xx

Challenges I Would Like To Enter:

Totally Papercrafts - #96 Anything but Christmas

Santa's Workshop Snowglobe

The Squirrel & The Fox Challenge 7 DT Card

Ho!Ho!Ho!

I've not done a lick of shopping yet because I've had a sicky kiddo at home this week.

Yes, this is my excuse and I'm stickin' to it; regardless of any arguments that might be cast regarding several other weeks in the year to shop....it's the principle of the matter and I shall not admit in any tangible form that I have procrastinated in the least. 

EEEEEK!

Ha!

However, I have made this card and that HAS to count for something, right?

It's challenge time at

The SQUIRREL & The FOX

and this challenge is...

CHRISTMAS!

Our wonderful Sponsor is

the very talented Zoe at

I was lucky enough to be given this image to use called

Santa's Workshop

Thank you, Zoe!!

I always loved the idea of having a magic Snowglobe that could let a child look to the North Pole and see the progress of the elves working away and in hopes that Santa himself might pop into the room.

So, I had to go with the idea.

I followed the tutorial from Splitcoast Stampers here for the card.

Santa was a free coloring page image on the internet.

Both the workshop and Santa are colored in Copics.

That's it for my  Snowglobe, but we'd LOVE you to come by and 

play in our 7th challenge for Christmas at

The Squirrel & The Fox 

and see the crazy FUN cards that the other talented DTs have made for the occasion.

Extremely Odd Christmas Card....

BUT, 

if you know me, 

what else would you expect?

As a matter of fact, I've recently been nicknamed "Quirky"

and I am SO very honored.

So, thank you, Onion. :)

I think I'm definitely ready to move on from making Christmas cards, but as soon as I saw this free image from 

Karen's Doodles called Sitting Turkey,

my brain went and did its usual thing.

My (almost last I hope) Christmas Card???

Karen's Doodles is having a recipe challenge that requires 3 embellishments, 2 papers and 1 image.

I've chosen 2 papers from Stampin' Up! 

Embellishments are the sign, the neck tie and the flowery ensemble at the bottom and this adorable image colored in Copics, from Karen's Doodles.

 My twisted humor

Typed on my PC

I decided to name the turkey Jake because it rhymed with plate and the irony of this little guy is that he knows he's the long awaited gift at the dinner table!

I also layered Jake's head and feet with foam dots.

The end!

DOH! One more thing...

Another funny that my husband sent me...LOL

He knows me so well...hahaha!

Have a wonderful weekend everyone and thanks so much for stopping in!

Hugs and Happy Stamping,

Lisa xx

Challenges I would like to enter:

Karen's Doodles - #92 Recipe (3,2,1)

Modern Interpretation of Winter

Winter is Gorgeous...Just look at her!

Well, I received this amazing prize for co-winning over at Color Me Creative, from 

Michelle Perkett Studio called

Winter,

 and she is amazing in detail!

Try as I might, I couldn't add snowflakes to this card.  She just seemed to keep me in a more modern mode.

The bow at the bottom is my attempt at depicting snow in metal form.

Here's Winter's Close-up

Colored in Copics and adorned with gems

 Side-View of Winter

The combination of straight, curled and tear drop wire are meant to represent the snow that blows, falls from the sky and piles up on the ground.

I'm not sure that I've showcased her very well, but I sure had a blast!

That's all for me for now, but a quick 

WELCOME to my new blog buddy followers and a THANK YOU for the genuinely wonderful comments that you all leave.

Hugs and Happy Stamping...

Lisa xx

Challenges I would like to enter:

Color Me Creative - #32 Multi-colored/Non-traditional Hair ( I think she might be both..LOL)

Snowflake Present Topper

Bow That Becomes An Ornament

Our very own talented Bettina shows how to turn this

into this!

With her amazing 

Paper Snowflake Tutorial

at 

Where todays challenge is....

LET IT SNOW!!!

With this weeks ever thoughtful and generous sponsors

The Crafty Pad

Who's prize for a winner is 2 digital images!

and

Limited Runs

Who is offering a winner 3 images of their choice! 

I was so inspired by Bettina's tutorial that I decided to make one myself.

It's SUPER easy and so much fun!

I thought what a neat idea to make the snowflake the bow of a present and then the recipient would also have a unique and homemade ornament to hang on their tree as well.

So go take a gander at the amazing tutorial, be inspired by the DT's creations and sit down with a nice drink and let the crafting muse guide you.

When you're done....

Submit your entry at 

TOP TIP TUESDAY

and help us spread the Christmas Cheer!!!

Thank you SO much everyone for the always amazingly wonderful comments that inspire me everyday and for the never ending laughs that you leave me.

Hugs and Happy Stamping to you all!

Lisa xx

Holly Boy & Poinsettia Girl....

The Funkie Junkie Carton #12

Holly Boy

Here it is...the final milk carton for the tree.

As sad as I am to see this challenge end, I'm also so excited that now I get to go and forage for cute little advent gifts to put inside of them.

Poinsettia Girl

After many attempts at making a homemade birdcage in 3D, I opted for printing images onto the gingham paper instead.  All the images, except for the 25, are from The Graphics Fairy.

In keeping with tradition, I stayed with vintage images and thought this cute little holiday boy and girl were perfect to match my kids.

Christmas Eve Time

After cutting out the birdcage imaged paper, I applied clear and iridescent ice embossed snowflakes to the paper.  Cut apart a suede poinsettia flower and applied winter white embossed snowflakes to the leaves.  Hand drew and cut holly leaves and the rest of the printed images.  I applied the golden mesh to a piece of acetate paper and ran it through the BigShot with the Spellbinder's snowflake die.  Cut the ends off of some square red gem brads, grabbed some clear gems and then began to adhere them all together.  Finished off the project by punching out the 25 and placing a clear puffy adhesive window over them.  Tied a little twine bow and that was that.

Here is the beautiful tag that offers many ideas to work from.

Linda's Inspiration Tag

The luscious elements that Linda combined here are fantastic and it was difficult to stay focused on exactly what I wanted to incorporate in mine, so I took several items from her inspiration tag.

I LOVE the gingham background paper, the birdcage, the holly leaves, the hatpin gems, the 25 and the snowflakes.  LOL, well, gosh, I pretty much cased the entire thing.

Adding my own ideas to it and the burst of reds.

This was such an incredible challenge and I'm so thankful for the new tradition that has begun in our home of 12 little milk cartons on a tree. One to be opened everyday, starting the 12th day before Christmas.  

That's it for me..

Thank you for stopping in, I hope you like it.

Hugs and Happy Stamping...

Lisa xx

Challenges I Would Like To Enter:

The Funkie Junkie  - 12 Tags of Christmas Challenge (#12)