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Christmas Photo Tray

Just a quick note to let you know I finally made my Christmas Photo Tray (a follow-up to my Fall Photo Tray project) and have it posted over at Ellen Hutson's the CLASSroom! It uses wonderful products from Webster's Pages, Spellbinders, Sizzix, Melissa Frances, Martha Stewart, 7 Gypsies, and Copic! Ellen also has an announcement in the post below mine about Tim's 12 Tags of Christmas. You'll want to be sure and read that one, as there's some important information about the products Tim will be using to create his 12 tags this year, including a DISCOUNT CODE and a BLOG CANDY giveaway!! Read more →

JustRite Christmas

Today is JustRite Stamper's final week of 12 Weeks of Christmas Blog Hops. This is my project for it -- a customized holiday card and envelope. You can find the full details about my card over at the JustRite Inspiration Blog, along with a list of all the designers hopping today. Just a few quick details here -- I used one of my all-time favorite JustRite products to customize my project, their font! This is how I have our return address set up -- on a 2" clear square stamper that I just change out the center image seasonally or with a monogram initial(s). I used JustRite's 15-point Times New Roman font: The poinsettia is from the 2" square Hearts Come Home set, which is in JustRite's Holiday Sale section and 25% off through November 29th! I colored them with my Copic markers (colors listed below) and cut one out to put in the center of the round focal piece on my card. JustRite is also sponsoring this week's 2 Sketches 4 You (2S4Y) sketch this week and I loosly based my card on the sketch. If you'd like to try out the sketch this week, too, you could have... Read more →

Spellbinders Holiday Hoppin'

All comments to be eligible to win the big Spellbinders & Partner Company prize package must be made on the JustRite blog post. Just in case you may have been directed here with an incorrect link, my Spellbinders Holiday Hoppin' project and full details can be found over at the JustRite Inspiration blog today. All comments to be eligible to win the big Spellbinders & Partner Company prize package must be made on the JustRite blog post. You can read more about Spellbinders' 2-day Holiday Hoppin' event HERE. This is an 8.5" x 11" Holiday Countdown Calendar that can either be hung on the wall, or magnets placed on the back and hung on the refrigerator. The small mitten moves around (with either a magnet on the back or repositionable adhesive), counting down the days until Christmas! All stamps on the project are by JustRite Stampers, colored with Copic markers and die cut with Spellbinders Nested Mittens & Snowflake Borderabilities dies. The December sign was die cut with brand new Spellbinders co-branded JustRite Custom Dies, Nested Sentiments. The calendar is computer generated/printed and is available as a FREE download on the Download page of my blog. A special thanks to... Read more →

JustRite 12 Weeks of Christmas Blog Hop 11

Just popping in quickly to say that my project for this week's JustRite 12 Weeks of Christmas Blog Hop 11 is posted over at the JustRite Inspiration blog today. We're also introducing this brand new cling set illustrated by Elizabeth Dulemba, the children's book illustrator and author. Doesn't she draw the sweetest animals?!! I was giggling the whole time I made this 6-inch door hanger! I used my Copic markers to color Ellie and his sweet mouse friend that are decorating their Christmas tree! Be sure to visit the JustRite blog to find today's list of blog hoppers AND leave a comment on the JustRite blog post for your chance to WIN this Ellie Time stamp set! This set is really geared more towards kids Valentine's Day and birthdays but as you can see, it can work well for a number of other occasions, too! Thanks for stopping by today! {Ellie Time Christmas Door Hanger} JustRite Stampers®: CL-02005 Ellie Time, JB-09255 Christmas Nested Sentiments, Dies: JustRite Custom Dies JB-08955 Nested Sentiment dies; Spellbinders Nested Pine Tree, Holly & Lights (retired) Paper: Copic X-Press It Blender Card, Neenah Natural White cardstock, Basic Grey Jovial 6x6 Ink: Tsukineko Memento Tuxedo Black; Ranger... Read more →

JustRite New Release & Copic Tutorial!

Today I have a Copic coloring tutorial over at the JustRite Inspiration blog that I wanted to draw your attention to. I hope you'll hop over there to see how I created the texture on this sweet new Adorable Dragon cling stamp set from JustRite. You could even win the stamp set (or any of the other 5 new cling stamp sets illustrated by Elizabeth Dulemba), just by leaving a comment on JustRite's blog post! This is a 6-inch scrapbook page of my youngest daughter on this year's school orientation day back in August ... a dragon is their school mascot! So this stamp set will certainly see a lot of use this school year -- for birthdays & Valentine's Day, I'm sure! Read more →

Gina K Blog Candy Winner!

I rarely get a chance to blog surf any more, but recently when I did have a little free time I did and was amazed that I won blog candy from Gina K's blog -- just for leaving a comment on her new releases! And not just ANY blog candy, but her big, GIGANTIC new Stamp TV Kit Winter Wonderland Kit! WOW -- look at all the supplies you get in this: Besides a huge amount of stamps (upper left--about a 8" x 10" sheet of beautiful die cut stamps!), included in the kit are 26 pieces of Gina's fabulously thick Pure Luxury Cardstock (I hadn't tried the colors yet, so I'm anxious to try these!), ribbon, brads, and exclusive patterned papers! For your chance to win some of Gina's next round of new release stamps, be sure to check her blog around the last week of this month! Many thanks for my new pretties, Gina! Read more →

2011 Copic Certification Classes

Just a quick note for you today ... With the introduction of Intermediate Copic Certifications in 2011, you may wonder when this is being offered in your area. The best thing to do, so that you don't miss out when we come to your area, is to register in Copics' database. This way you will receive an email notification when a class opens up in your area. You can register HERE. Hope you are having a wonderful weekend ... I'm coloring all day! Read more →

JustRite Friday Color Challenge!

This week's JustRite Friday Challenge is to use this color combo: The corresponding Copic colors are merely for reference and not a requirement of the challenge. You can find all the details about the challenge and enter your card over at the JustRite Inspiration Blog. My card was very quick and easy to make -- I simply stamped JustRite's Give Thanks Nested Frame with Memento Potter's Clay and die cut it with JustRite's new custom Nested Frame dies. Then I stamped the sentiment from the same stamp set with Rich Cocoa ink and die cut it with JustRite's Nested Sentiment die -- a perfect match! I stacked the two together with foam tape and mounted it to my card made from these gorgeous Webster's Pages Petite Papers-WonderFALL papers. Gold seam binding ribbon and a little KaiserCraft bling finish off my Thanksgiving card! JustRite Stampers: JB-09240 Give Thanks Nested Frames Dies & Punches: JustRite Custom Dies-Nested Frame & Nested Sentiment, Fiskars Apron Lace border punch Paper: Webster's Pages Petite Papers-WonderFALL, Neenah Classic Crest-Natural White cardstock Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa & Potter's Clay Accessories: Tonic Tim Holtz Paper Distresser, KaiserCraft rhinestons, Gold seam binding ribbon Read more →

Adding Dimension and Texture to Your Stamping

Today in Ellen Hutson's the CLASSroom, I show you how to add some texture and dimension to your stamping, to create some interesting effects! I hope you'll join me, there! Read more →

JustRite Introduces Fairy Garden Collection!

I've been so excited for this week to come -- finally, the introduction of JustRite Stampers' cling Fairy Garden Collection! If you haven't seen the JustRite Inspiration blog this week, you need to go visit. Along with the Fairy Garden stamp introductions, they are giving away some of the newly introduced stamp sets this week -- all you have to do to enter to win is leave a comment! Monday's first giveaway period will end this Friday morning at 9am EST, so you still have time to enter on the JustRite blog post. While you're there, be sure to leave comments on the other blog posts this week, too, for more chances to win some of their new stamp sets! Here's an Autumn Garden Fairy sample I made with the new fairy stamp set, In The Moonlight: This set is illustrated by Elizabeth O. Dulemba, award-winning children's book illustrator & author! You can find out more about Elizabeth by visiting her website. For my card, I stamped the sweet fairy image with Memento Rich Cocoa ink directly on this pretty Webster's Pages Petite Papers-WonderFALL. Then I colored it with these Copic markers and Atyou Spica Glitter Pens (Clear & Gold),... Read more →

JustRite 12 Weeks of Christmas Blog Hop 10

Welcome to the 10th week of JustRite Stampers’ Wednesday feature, 12 Weeks of Christmas Blog Hops! Every Wednesday up until Thanksgiving we have been showcasing JustRite’s entire Christmas Collection of stamps! Don’t forget that JustRite has some Christmas stamps in their newly released CLING line of stamp sets, too -- you can find them HERE. For the month of November we thought we would also throw in some holiday gift ideas for any of your JustRite stamps, so be watching for those, too, on November’s hops! And in celebration of JustRite’s 10th week of Christmas Blog Hops, they have a huge surprise for you -- take 25% off All JustRite Original Christmas Stamps now through November 29 -- Don't forget to tell Santa! My project today uses one of those Original Christmas stamp sets that’s on sale, 3-1/4" round Old Fashioned Christmas – I love these sweet snow people! This box of Friendship Tea started off looking like this: I admit to this guilty pleasure of water flavoring and go through quite a lot of these! (They measure 2.75" wide x 4.50" tall x 1.25" deep). So I wanted to find a cute repurpose for the boxes and thought a... Read more →

November Calendar

Well I'm a little earlier this month with my calendar! :D Many of you have asked when I'll have my 2011 calendars available and I seriously hope to accomplish that over the Thanksgiving school break ... so hang in there, please! I'm so glad you all are enjoying them! I'll be sure to announce it here on my blog when they are available. You can find the 2010 calendars on my Download page, HERE. This month my sweet friend, Melanie Muenchinger, sent me her fabulous new stamp set, A Year of Borders, to play with ... how perfect they will be on my calendars!! Melanie said she had a stamp set that my Copics would love and boy, she wasn't joking!! I stamped her leaf & acorn image (1 of 6 different seasonal borders in the set) into Inchie Arts ivory Inchie Squares and colored them with these Copic markers and Gold Atyou Spica Glitter Pen: To stamp on the Inchie squares, I just lined up 4 Inchies in a row with repositionable adhesive and then stamped the 5-inch long border across them. After coloring the border, I disassembled and sponged each square with Memento Desert Sand ink. I used... Read more →

JustRite 12 Weeks of Christmas Blog Hop 9!

Welcome to the 9th week of JustRite Stampers’ 12 Weeks of Christmas Blog Hops! Every Wednesday up until Thanksgiving some of your favorite designers will be joining some of the JustRite design team for a series of Christmas blog hops, showcasing JustRite’s entire Christmas Collection of stamps! Don’t forget that JustRite has some Christmas stamps in their newly released CLING line of stamp sets, too -- you can find them HERE. This week, the designers joining the JustRite design team is the Just Us Girls (JUGS) challenge blog design team! For the month of November, we thought we would switch gears a little and throw in some holiday gift ideas using your JustRite stamps, so be watching for those, too, on November’s hops! And in celebration of JustRite’s 9th and 10th weeks of Christmas Blog Hops, they have a huge surprise for you -- take 25% off All JustRite Original Christmas Stamps now through November 15, with free shipping within the U.S. -- Don't forget to tell Santa! So, speaking of gifts, I forgot to show you my set of Christmas letters/word all together that would make a wonderful gift for someone! So here it is (click on photos for... Read more →