Monthly Archives: January 2011

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Welcome to Day 4 of February teasers with My Favorite Things!   

Teaser PRIZES continue so be sure to leave comments as you look around. Each day of teasers, two winners will be randomly selected, one each from two participating blogs.  Each winner will receive one of the new featured stamp sets!  Two winners… each day…  just for commenting!   Winners are listed on Kim’s blog each day.  🙂

Today we’re previewing Inspired by Butterflies and Enjoy Every Moment.

Begin Each Day with a Smile

I used super-cute Enjoy Every Moment.    That little dress with the stripey tights reminds me so much of one of my daughter’s favorite outfits…back when she wore things like that.  

Here I’ve paper-pieced and colored with markers (as I so often like to do). 

On the inside, I stamped the girl again and used a sentiment from Who’s That Chocoholic.  I thought it went well with the sentiment on the front as well as the image.

Things to Remember:

• MFT release — Tuesday, February 1st, 10 p.m. EST.   Release Party – Tuesday, February 1st, 8-10 p.m. EST HERE.  Fun, games, and prizes!  
• Guest Designer contest details are HERE.  YOU can win over $100 in stamp sets and play along with the DT for a month!    You have until 10 p.m. tonight to upload your design!  Tick…tick…tick…. 🙂
• Direct links to today’s teasers can be found HERE.  Don’t forget to leave comments for a chance to win one of two new release sets!  Winners will be listed on Kim’s blog each day.

I’ll be back tomorrow for the final day of teasers (and then the release hop)!   Thanks so much for stopping by!   Have a great day!

Stamps:  My Favorite Things “Enjoy Every Moment” and “Who’s That Chocoholic?”   Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black and VersaMagic Aegean Blue   Paper:  Papertrey Ink Dark Chocolate, MFT cream Perfect Paper Panel, Basic Grey Hopscotch (6×6)    Accessories:   Copic markers (E000, E00, E11, E37, Y11, YG0000, R20, R05, BG01, W1), Prismacolor pencils, Melissa Frances trim, buttons, sewing machine.    Finished size 5 1/4″ x 5 1/4″.

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Welcome to Day 3 of February teasers with My Favorite Things!   

Teaser PRIZES continue so be sure to leave comments as you look around. Each day of teasers, two winners will be randomly selected, one each from two participating blogs.  Each winner will receive one of the new featured stamp sets!  Two winners… each day…  just for commenting! 

Today we’re previewing five new Pure Innocence sets: Primrose, You’re So Tweet, Butterfly Kisses, Believe in Magic and Out On a Limb. 

Happy Bird-Day! 

Today I’ve used You’re So Tweet (but you can expect to see me using the others soon because I love them ALL). 

I colored with Copics, added ground with pencils and paper-pieced the dress.  I tried to “color” over the trim and heart on her dress with a white opaque pen, but it didn’t work very well so I ended up piecing that part as well.

On the inside, I simply stamped the image again using Desert Sand ink.

Things to Remember:

• MFT release — Tuesday, February 1st, 10 p.m. EST.   Release Party – Tuesday, February 1st, 8-10 p.m. EST HERE.  Fun, games, and prizes!  
• Guest Designer contest details are HERE.  YOU can win over $100 in stamp sets and play along with the DT for a month! 
• Direct links to today’s teasers can be found HERE.  Don’t forget to leave comments for a chance to win one of two new release sets!  Winners will be listed on Kim’s blog each day.

I’ll be back tomorrow for Day 4!   Thanks so much for stopping by! 

Stamps:  My Favorite Things “You’re So Tweet”   Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black and Desert Sand   Paper:  Prism Kraft, MFT cream Perfect Paper Panel, My Mind’s Eye Mary Mary “Sweetie Pie” Berry Preserves, “Beautiful” Gorgeous and “Best of Friends” Play papers    Accessories:   Copic markers (E000, E00, E11, E31, E33, Y21, R20, R81, R83, BG0000, BG01), 1 1/4″ and 1 3/8″ circle punches, ribbon, button/string, dimesional boosters.    Finished size 5″ x 5″.

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Welcome to Day 2 of February teasers with My Favorite Things!   

Teaser PRIZES continue so be sure to leave comments as you look around. Each day of teasers, two winners will be randomly selected, one each from two participating blogs.  Each winner will receive one of the new featured stamp sets!  Two winners… each day…  just for commenting! 

Today we’re previewing Jolinne Catch a Star, Flopsey Smooth Sailing and Twisted Foursome.   You can find a complete list of direct links to more samples HERE on Kim’s blog.

Capture Each Moment

I’ve used Jolinne Catch a Star.  In the set, there is a cluster of stars as well as a cluster of butterflies.  I chose the latter.  🙂

I pieced her little dress and colored the rest with markers.  My flowers were totally copied from Jenny’s here.  I really liked hers so I thought I’d give it a try.  I just punched the circles then dampened the paper, scrunched, unscrunched and assembled.   Easy.  🙂

On the inside, I stamped the sentiment, a little swath of butterflies, and added some stitching.

Things to Remember:

• MFT release — Tuesday, February 1st, 10 p.m. EST.   Release Party – Tuesday, February 1st, 8-10 p.m. EST HERE.  Fun, games, and prizes!  
• Guest Designer contest details are HERE.  YOU can win over $100 in stamp sets and play along with the DT for a month! 
• Direct links to today’s teasers can be found HERE.  Don’t forget to leave comments for a chance to win one of two new release sets!  Winners will be listed on Kim’s blog each day.

I’ll be back tomorrow for Day 3!   Thanks so much for stopping by! 

Stamps:  My Favorite Things “Jolinne Catch a Star”   Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black and Desert Sand   Paper:  Bazzill, Papertrey Ink Vintage Cream, Cosmo Cricket Togetherness (6×6)    Accessories:   Copic markers (E000, E00, E11, E31, E35, Y21, W1, BG0000), 1 3/4″, 1 1/4″ and 1″ circle punches, button/string, scrap of ric-rac, sewing machine.    Finished size 5″ x 5″

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Welcome to Day 1 of February teasers with My Favorite Things!  

Teaser PRIZES begin today so be sure to leave comments as you look around. Each day of teasers, two winners will be randomly selected, one each from two participating blogs.  Each winner will receive one of the new featured stamp sets!  Two winners… each day…  just for commenting.   🙂

Today we’re previewing Clearly Sentimental about Time, Fred Bear Out West and a Die-namics companion set, The Great Outdoors.  You can find a complete list of direct links to more samples HERE on Kim’s blog.

Go Fly a Kite

Here I’ve used The Great Outdoors (sentiment set) with new Die-namics Flat Bottom Clouds and Fly a Kite. 

I die-cut the kite pieces from Cosmo’s Togetherness and then the clouds from a plain “patterned” piece from Basic Grey’s Hopscotch.  After die-cutting the clouds, I ran the edge of a black marker around the edges, then stamped the sentiment from The Great Outdoors.

On the inside, I stamped and pieced the kite from MFT’s Flopsey Flies a Kite.

Things to Remember:

• MFT release — Tuesday, February 1st, 10 p.m. EST.   Release Party – Tuesday, February 1st, 8-10 p.m. EST HERE.  Fun, games, and prizes!  
• Guest Designer contest details are HERE.  YOU can win over $100 in stamp sets and play along with the DT for a month! 
• Direct links to today’s teasers can be found HERE.  Don’t forget to leave comments for a chance to win one of two new release sets!  Winners will be listed on Kim’s blog each day.

I’ll be back tomorrow for Day 2!   Thanks so much for stopping by! 

Stamps:  My Favorite Things “The Great Outdoors” and “Flopsey Flies a Kite”  Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black   Paper:  Papertrey Ink Vintage Cream, Stampin Up Ruby Red, Cosmo Cricket Togetherness (6×6)    Accessories:   MFT Flat Bottom Clouds and Fly a Kite Die-namics, Hero Arts trim, buttons, sewing machine, dimensional boosters.    Finished size 4 3/4″ x 4 3/4″

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Hello!  Welcome to the big, fun birthday hop celebration for Wendy Bond!  If you’ve just popped in here and would like to go back to the beginning, you can swing by Karen’s blog HERE. 

A while back, Karen emailed to ask if I’d like to join in on Wendy’s birthday hop and I said “Oh YES!”  Wendy is so sweet, has the best sense of humor and is oh-s0-talented to boot!   (I KNEW I was going to like her when she stamped Emma’s hand on Wyatt’s butt.)

It’s a Cupcake Kind of Day

Hello Cupcake from the Pure Innocence line by My Favorite Things was my choice for Wendy’s card.  I used one of my favorite paper collections (Cosmo Cricket’s Togetherness) and some of my favorite trim and ribbon.

I paper-pieced the girl’s dress, then added shading with a W1 Copic.

On the inside, I stamped the girl again (in Desert Sand ink) and used a sentiment from Birthday Princess, another Pure Innocence set.

So Wendy, I hope you have the BEST birthday ever, and may your cupcake be as BIG as the one above!

Your next stop along the hop is with  MARIA’S CRAFT ROOM!  And if you’d like to wish Wendy a happy birthday, you can do that here. 🙂

Thanks so much for stopping by!  I’ll be back tomorrow with Day 1 of MFT’s February release previews!!  Have a great day!

Stamps:  My Favorite Things “Hello Cupcake” and “Birthday Princess” (Pure Innocence)    Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Desert Sand   Paper: Papertrey Ink Vintage Cream, My Favorite Things cream Perfect Paper Panel, Stampin Up Ruby Red, Cosmo Cricket Togetherness (6×6)    Accessories:  Copic (E000, E00, E11, E33, E35, E50, R20, R27, G07, YR23, Y21, W1, W3, BG0000), Prismacolor pencils, ribbon, button, Hero Arts trim, sewing machine.   Finished size 5 1/4″ x 5 1/4″.

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Hello.  🙂  I hope you are all having a nice (WARM) weekend.  It is FREEZING here.  Way colder than normal.  I’m much more of a warm-weather girl so I’m not enjoying this at all.  Brrrr….

Anyway…I wanted to make a card for the very sweet husband of my very sweet friend, Sue.   Cards for men don’t come easy to me, and I’m not much good with sentiments being the focal point, but I gave it a whirl.

Wishing You Happiness 

I used More Essential Expressions by My Favorite Things, centering the sentiment over MFT’s new Layered Label Die-namics.
  
Along the bottom, I also used Open Scallop Border Die-namics.

On the inside, I stamped a second sentiment from the same set. 

I hope the flower-ish things aren’t too girly.   And I hope Sue’s husband, John, has a WONDERFUL 90th birthday.  (They are just the sweetest couple ever!)

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a great day!

Stamps:  My Favorite Things “More Essential Sentiments”    Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black   Paper: Papertrey Ink Dark Chocolate, Vintage Cream, Webster’s Pages Feather Your Nest “Vine”   Accessories:  MFT Layered Label and Open Scallop Die-namics, American Crafts brads, dimensional boosters.   Finished size 5 1/8″ x 5 1/8″.