Come Hopping With Hanna!

Hi again everyone and welcome to my blog. It time to join the Hanna Stamps Design Team for a blog hop!

I am the beginning of the blog hop.

Brand new Hanna Stamps & Riley Stamps will be released by Hanna Stamps this coming Tuesday 8th September after the release party over on the Hanna Stamps Member Forum of SCS.

Today I am featuring the new Goth Hanna, I hope you enjoy my projects!

My first project I created is a coffin, just right for those Halloween treats. I found the template to create the coffin on the Martha Stewart site you can find it here. I reduced the size of the template to 83% before I cut it out as I didn’t need my coffin box to be quiet so big as the one supplied on the template.

Here is a side on view of the coffin box, this was lots of fun to create!

Next I created a card using this set. I stamped Goth Hanna onto white card using black ink and cut her out. On a separate piece of card I stamped the brick background using my stamp positioner as I needed to stamp it twice across the card. I hand drew in the footpath. I stamped all the graffiti using images from the Goth Hanna set and also the new Graffiti set which was designed to go with the brick wall. Once everything was stamped I used my copic airbrush system to color the wall and the footpath. I then attached Hanna onto my card using foam tape.

I added the black band with the silver eyelets to the bottom of my card.

Well now it is time to head on over to the ever so creative Cindy Haffner’s Blog so you can continue on your Hop Around The Block. I hope you enjoy the rest of the hop and thanks for dropping by!

Recipe:

Stamps: Goth Hanna; Brick Background; Graffiti set – Hanna Stamps

Paper: White; Black; Riding Hood Red – SU

Other: Black Ink; White Ink; Silver Eyelets; Foam Tape; Copic Airbrush System; Copics

Happy Moose Day!

Hi everyone!

It’s Monday which means it is time for another CCEE Stampers challenge. As it is also a new month it means we also have a new challenge hostess which this month is ME!

Our first challenge for this month is a sketch … yes by now most of you know I love sketches so couldn’t help myself hehe. I used the new Farmer & Wife Riley which will be released on Tuesday 8th September after the release party over on the Hanna Stamps Member Forum of SCS.

Of course Mrs Riley has been busy cooking apple pie hehe for her farmer husband. It has to be apple because of the designer paper I used hehe.

Here is the sketch if you want to play along too!

Don’t forget to check out the CCEE Stampers blog (goes live 12 AM EST) to see the rest of the CCEE Stampers creations this week. You will also find details on how you can play in this challenge.

Hanna Stamps will be celebrating this new release with a blog hop today Sunday 6th September at 10 PM EST. It all starts at Kristi Ferro’s blog, hope to see you there!

Recipe:

Stamps: Farmer & Wife Riley, Things Riley Would Say – Hanna Stamps

Paper: White; Chocolate Chip & Riding Hood Red – SU; DP – October Afternoon

Other: Black Ink; Green Grosgrain Ribbon; Circle Nestabilities; Green Brads; Circle Punches; Foam Tape Copics

Happy Father’s Day!

Hi everyone!

No I am not late or early for next year! It is Father’s Day down here in Australia today … Happy Father’s Day to all those Aussie Dad’s especially the one who is the Dad to my two.

When I saw this image over at Mo’s Digital Pencil I knew I had to buy it and use it for my DH’s card as he is a train enthusiast. Yes this image is a digital image.

I used this week’s sketch challenge over on SCS, SC244 … I am a little late this week because I was feeling a little lazy on Wednesday when the sketch came out. Besides I figured 3 posts that day was enough hehe!

 http://www.elzybells.co.uk/showdetails.asp?id=759

Here is the inside of my card. For the sentiment I used Elzybells Art Stamp’s Family Greeting Set. I love this set as you have so many different words/phrases which you can combine to make the sentiment you wish.

Recipe:

Stamps: The Engineer – Mo’s Digital Pencil; Happy Father’s Day – Hanna Stamps; Sentiment – Elzybells Art Stamps

Paper: White; Brown; Green

Other: Black Ink; Brown Brads; Foam Tape; Copic Airbrush System; Copics

More Hanna’s For You!

Hi everyone!

Today I have a couple more sneak peeks of the new stamps that will be released by Hanna Stamps this coming Tuesday 8th September after the release party over on the Hanna Stamps Member Forum of SCS.

My first card above uses new “Fall Hanna” and the Brick Background stamp which was release last month. To create this card I first stamped Fall Hanna onto my card using Black Ink, I also stamped the rake, pumpkins, and leaves, I stamped these again on masking paper and used this to mask all the images. As I wanted the bricks to look like it was the side of a building so I needed a straight line on the left edge. I worked out where I wanted the wall to end and then masked the sky area using post it notes so that when stamped I would have a straight edge. I then used my stamp positioner and stamped my bricks.

Once all the stamping was completed and while the masks were still in place I then used my copic airbrush system to color the grass area, sky and brick wall. Each time masking the other areas to prevent contamination.

The lattice background on the olive green card was created using a sizzix texture plate.

My next project is a cute little milk carton, I found this template while going through my Google reader last Saturday and I just had to make one for myself. I found the template on Create4Fun’s challenge blog. 

Don’t you just love Elf Hanna, this is another brand new set that will be available from Hanna Stamps soon!

 

Here is a side view of my milk carton I created.

Recipe:

Stamps: Fall Hanna, Brick Background, Elf Hanna – Hanna Stamps

Paper: White; Black; Old Olive, Tangerine Tango, Read Red – SU; DP – Unknown

Other: Black Ink; Lattice Texture Plate; Circle Nestabilities; Modern Label Punch & Die; Foam Tape; Copic Airbrush System; Copics. 

Be Happy …. It’s Contagious!

Hi again everyone!

I am back again today with another card to share with you.

The sentiment is very apt for my post today as I am excited about the start of a brand new challenge blog called Crazy 4 Challenges of which I am a design team member. Each Saturday we will be bring you a different challenge which you are welcome to play along with us.

This week is sponsored by Stamping Bella so of course I decided to use one of my new stamps I ordered recently from there. This one is called “GRATTYtude” isn’t she just adorable as soon as I saw her I had to add her to my cart hehe! The sentiment also comes with this stamp.

This week’s challenge is a sketch challenge hosted by Cindy Haffner. I just love sketch challenges and of course Cindy’s sketches too.

Don't forget to check out the rest of the C4C Designers cards over on the Crazy 4 Challenges blog.

• Barbara Anders
• Cindy Haffner
• Jessica Diedrich
• Jessie Rone
• Joanne Grzelak
• Joycelyn Turner
• Lori Boyd
• Lynda Benden
• Mercy Kerin
• Robin Willis
• Vicki Garrett

Recipe:

Stamps: GRATTYtude – Stamping Bella

Paper: White; Lavender Lace, Melon Mambo, Pretty In Pink – SU; DP – Kazzaz

Other: Black Ink; Circle Nestabilities; Melon Mambo Grosgrain Ribbon; Label Tag Die; Pink Brads; Foam Tape; Copics

Birthday Hanna!

Hi everyone!

As promised I have a few more sneak peeks of the new stamps that will be released by Hanna Stamps this coming Tuesday 8th September after the release party over on the Hanna Stamps Member Forum of SCS.

Today I am featuring the new Happy Birthday Hanna set … I just love her! For my first project I decided to make a birthday book, I created one of these for a friend earlier in the year and have been wanting to make myself one for some time …. well now is the time. Inside the book is a page for each month where I can write down the date and name of all my families and friends birthdays so I can keep track on what is happening.

Next I created a card to match the birthday book …. this is a cut out card with the image on the inside of the card but shows though when the card is closed.

  This is the inside of my card, there is room on the side of the image to stamp or write a greeting.

And finally one more card using Happy Birthday Hanna, the balloons and the Happy Birthday banner are also included in this set. I also used Hanna Stamps floor stamp which was released last months, creating a floor is even easier now!

Recipe:

Stamps: Happy Birthday Hanna & Wood Floor – Hanna Stamps; Splatter Background – Print Works

Paper: White; Black; Mambo Melon, Tempting Turquoise & The Write Stuff DP – SU; Celebrate DP – Around the Block

Other: Black Ink; Bind It All; Oval Nestabilities; Long Rectangle;  Nestabilities; Oval Punches; Eyelet Border Punch; Grosgrain Ribbon; Foam Tape; Copic Airbrush System; Copics

 

You’re The Best!

Hi everyone!

Today starts the beginning of the sneak peeks of the new stamps that will be released by Hanna Stamps this coming Tuesday 8th September after the release party over on the Hanna Stamps Member Forum of SCS.

Friday’s also mean challenge time over on the Hanna Stamps Member Forum and this week’s challenge is hosted by Ilina Crouse. Ilina decided on a Be Inspired challenge and the inspiration photo is of a couch/bed that has stripes, browns and beige on it. So I went with the stripes, brown & beige theme to create my card. I used the new Wheat Riley which is one of the new stamps that will be released on Tuesday.

Now talking of challenges, did you know that Hanna Stamps has changed the way we are doing challenges for releases. Rather then do them at the release party we will now have one challenge issued on the Monday a week prior to the release. Why not take a look and play, because you could be the recipient of a $20 gift voucher and 1 unmounted stamp of your choice, sound good! Head on over to the Hanna Stamps Member Forum for more details.

I will be back tomorrow with some more sneak peeks!

Recipe:

Stamps: Wheat Riley; Everyday Sentiments – Hanna Stamps

Paper: White; Baja Breeze, Chocolate Chip & Parisian Breeze DP – SU

Other: Black Ink; MS Zigzag Border Punch; Baja Breeze Grosgrain Ribbon; Circle Nestabilities; Oval Punches; Foam Tape; Copics

MFTSC97 Too Cute To Spook!

Hi everyone

It is time for another MFT Stamps sketch challenge over on the MFT Stamps member forum of SCS. This week it is Cindy Haffner’s turn to host the challenge.

I used the new MFT Stamps “Too Cute To Spook ” stamp set that was released yesterday. I think this set is totally adorable. As with my previous card I created using this set after stamping the images, I masked everything and used my copic airbrush system to add on the colors.

Here is the sketch. Cindy and I would love you to play along. Don't forget to upload your card to the MFTSC97 gallery on SCS to be in the running to win a $5 gift certificate.

Recipe:

Stamps: Too Cute To Spook – MFT Stamps

Paper: White; Black; Perfect Plum & Pumpkin Pie – SU; DP – MFT Stamps

Other: Black Ink; Circle Nestabilities; Web Cuttlebug Embossing Folder; Modern Label Punch & Die; Foam Tape; Copics

I’ll Keep My Eye Out For You!

Hi everyone,

As you can see I have been having lots of fun with the eyeball image that comes in the new Ghoulish Labels set which is to be released later today by MFT Stamps.

The inspiration of this card was thinking of someone peeking through a keyhole! I was originally going to create a keyhole but then I discovered this cute mini wildcard die in my stash and thought it worked perfect with this image. And of course I had to make two cause I didn’t know which one I liked best hehe!

Here is a few of the inside … both card look the same on the inside so I only included the one pic of it. The black one I used webbing spray to create the white over the black card. 

Here is a close-up of the striped mini wildcard … doesn’t it look spooky hehe! Perfect for Halloween!

And finally a close up of my black mini wildcard hehe!

Recipe:

Stamps: Ghoulish Labels – MFT Stamps

Paper: Black; Orange; DP – Unknown

Other: Black Ink; Circle Punches; Wildcard Sizzix Die; Foam Tape; Copics

Story To My Heart!

Hello Prettie Fans! 

First up my card!  Two week’s ago Julie Masse challenged the Prettie Girls to a sketch challenge. I used Storytime Sophia which was released to the public by Paper Pretties yesterday.

We have some exciting news for you this week.  We've decided to combine the fun Pretties Wednesday Design Team challenges with the weekly customer challenges we have issued in the past.  This way you can play along with the Prettie Girls!  Challenges will be issued on Wednesdays and you will have one week to enter the contest!  The following Wednesday the Prettie Girls will reveal their takes on the challenge!  To make the challenges even more fun one winner will be selected from the participants and will receive a $15.00 coupon to the Paper Pretties Boutique!  Woo hoo!  We are looking forward to seeing all of your fun creations! :)

This is the sketch for next week’s challenge, you will see the Prettie Girls cards posted on our blogs next Wednesday … want to play along to?

How to Enter: make a card using the provided sketch and any Paper Pretties stamp set(s) you have. Upload the card to the Paper Pretties gallery. Please include it in the Weekly Challenges category and use keyword PWC68.
Deadline: midnight on Wednesday, September 9th. The winner will be announced on The Paper Clip on Thursday September 10th.
Prize: $15.00 coupon to the Paper Pretties Boutique.

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Have you heard about that Paper Pretties have a BIG new promotion for you in case you've had your eyes on some of the Pretties' stamps that you just can't live without. Our ABC promotion in honor of back to school will kick off September 1st. Here's how it works:
For each day of the week - beginning the 1st - all of the stamp sets that begin with the appropriate letter for that day will be on sale for 25% off - THAT DAY ONLY! Check the Paper Pretties' home page for the appropriate coupon code for each day. You can see more detail on this promotion on Paper Pretties' home page.

Here is Julie’s sketch it’s a fun one so why not play along too!

Don’t forget to check out the rest of the Paper Pretties Design team for more sneak peeks on the new releases.

Charmaine Ikach

Christi Thorsen

Danielle Lounds

Jackie Rakoski

Jana Weaver

Julie Masse

Recipe:

Stamps: Storytime Sophia – Paper Pretties

Paper: White; Ruby Red, Soft Suede & The Write Stuff DP – SU

Other: Black Ink;Circle Nestabilities; MS Lace Doily Border Punch; Modern Label Tag & Die; Grosgrain Ribbon; Foam Tape; Copics

Keeping An Eye Out and Hopping Around the Block!

Happy Wednesday everyone and welcome to my blog. It time to join the MFT Stamps Design Team for another "Hop Around the Block"

Now if you didn't hop onto my blog from Cindy Haffner's blog then you might want to hop back to Kim's (MFT Lady) blog so that you can start at the beginning of the hop. You don't want to miss anything and there is lots to see!

MFT Stamps will be releasing five new stamp sets, Coffee? Tea? WTG; Party Girl; Sow Seeds Of Love; Too Cute To Spook and Ghoulish Labels …. these will all be available on the MFT Stamps store after our MFT Stamps Release party which starts tonight at 8pm EST over on the MFT Member Forum of SCS.!

For my first project for today I used the new Ghoulish Labels set …. oh this set has soooo many possibilities! I originally wanted to get some eye bubble gum which I have seen around the place, but when I went looking I couldn’t find any and not to be defeated I decided to make my own eyes which could be used for a Halloween decoration.

To make the eyes I purchased some ping pong balls and then used the eye stamp from the Ghoulish Label set to stamp on my ping pong balls. You can find my tips on how I did this in this week’s HTDT Forum over on the MFT Member Forum of SCS. I also decorated the jar which is part of MFT Stamps perfect packaging range

Here is another view so you can see the top of the jar. Here I used the Bling Bet stamp set to create the wording “Eye Balls” instead of using the letter E in the word eye I used the eye stamp from the set again.

I have to say that creating my projects this month for the MFT Stamps release I had the odd feeling of being watched even though no one was home … I wonder why LOL!

My next two projects today use the new Coffee? Tea? Who’s That Girl Set. This is such a fun set!

As you can see I paper pieced the girls dress.

After making the card I decided to also decorate a travelling coffee mug using the same designer papers etc. A fun and easy gift to give to a friend. It’s hard to see on the photos and I didn’t want to add to many more as I have tons already … but I have used the cups that are included in the set on either side of the centre image. You can just see them in the top photo.

Well that is enough from me for today … it’s time to continue on the hop. This time you will be heading on over to the amazing Barbara Anders’ Blog so you can continue on your Hop Around The Block. Enjoy the rest of the hop and thanks for dropping by!

Recipe:

Stamps: Coffee? Tea? WTG; Ghoulish Labels; Bling Bet – MFT Stamps

Paper: White Perfect Paper Panel (MFT); Black; Bermuda Bay, Soft Suede & Thoroughly Modern DP – SU

Other: Black Ink; Bermuda Bay Grosgrain Ribbon; EK Success Wavy Dots Border Punch; Modern Label Punch; Circle Punches; Circle Nestabilities; Ping Pong Balls Foam Tape; Copics

Crazy 4 Challenges!

Hi everyone!

So have you  heard the news??

There’s a new Challenge blog on the block called Crazy 4 Challenges and the first challenge starts this Saturday 5th September. We hope that you will come and join us every week and share in the fun.

Here are the names of the design team members who will be playing along each week:

Barbara Anders

Cindy Haffner

Frances Byrne (that’s me)

Jessica Diedrich

Jessie Rone

Joanne Grzelak

Joycelyn Turner

Lori Boyd

Lynda Benden

Mercy Kerin

Robin Willis

Vicki Garrett

What a talented group of ladies, can’t wait til Saturday to see there awesome creations …. hope to see you there too!

Always In My Heart!

Hi Everyone,

It’s Day 3 of the sneak peeks for the new stamps to be released by Paper Pretties later today, Tuesday 1st September. Come join us for lots of fun at the Paper Pretties Stampin In Your Jammies party!! The party starts at 8pm EST and will last until 10pm. We will be having three challenges, so be sure to come and play along!! Besides the challenges, chatter, and all around fun, we will also be releasing 5 new sets, including Story Time Sophia.

My card today uses the new Always in My Heart set.

I used Mercy’s Tuesday Sketch Challenge MTSC36 for the layout of my card.

Have you seen the new ABC promotion that Paper Pretties is doing during the next week??

For each day of the week - beginning the 1st - all of the stamp sets that begin with the appropriate letter for that day will be on sale for 25% off - THAT DAY ONLY! Check the Paper Pretties' home page for the appropriate coupon code for each day.

Don’t forget to check out the rest of the Paper Pretties Design team for more sneak peeks on the new releases.

Charmaine Ikach

Christi Thorsen

Danielle Lounds

Jackie Rakoski

Jana Weaver

Julie Masse

Recipe:

Stamps: Always In My Heart – Paper Pretties

Paper: White; Certainly Celery, Regal Rose; DP – Unknown

Other: Black Ink; MS Valentine Heart Border Punch; Key Tag Punch; Grosgrain Ribbon; Paper Piercing Mat & Tool; Foam Tape; Copics

A Halloween Scrapling!

It is time for another challenge over on the Alota Rubber Stamps Paper Craft Planet Group. This week the challenge is hosted by Me!!!!!!!!!!!. You have two weeks from today to participate in this challenge and you also have a chance of winning some wonderful stamps if you card is selected randomly from all the entries received.

So can you guess what the challenge is hehe …. yes you guessed it to make a scrapling hehe. Ok ok so I am hooked on these things hehe, I love being able to use up all those scraps of card that I would otherwise throw away or accumulate and never use.

Scraplings are normally 1.25" x 4.25" because they are often made from the off cuts you get when you make a square card (4.25" square) from a piece of card that is 4.25" x 5.5". However if you are like me your scraplings may be a little wider depending on what you are working on at the time. Now for me 1.25" is way too narrow and I normally have wider card then that left over so you can makes yours wider .... BUT for this challenge they cannot be any wider then 2.5 inches that is for the base of the scrapling ... you can have wider pieces hanging off like I did with my scrapling above, that is up to you .... as long as they are no wider then 2.5 inches.

I used Witch Bug & Masked Bug to create my scrapling.

Recipe:

Stamps – Witch Bug & Masked Bug – Alota Rubber Stamps

Paper: White; Rich Razzleberry – SU; DP – MFT Stamps

Other: Black Ink; Circle Punches; Grosgrain Ribbon; Foam Tape; Copics

It’s Bath Time for Riley!

Hi everyone,

My card today is for Hanna Stamps September Release Challenge which this month is hosted by Jeanne Streiff.

The challenge is to create a card that has sewing on it.

So what's in it for you???? How about a $20 Gift Certificate plus an unmounted stamp of your choice .... sound good! That is what one lucky person who participates in the challenge will win … so why not give it a try.

Don’t forget to use the keyword HSSEPT09 when you post your card to SCS. You can find more details on this challenge here.

For my card I used the new Bathtub Riley …. this is available now in the Hanna Stamps store.

Recipe:

Stamps: Bathtub Riley – Hanna Stamps

Paper: White; Chocolate Chip & Pink Pirouette – SU; DP – The Paper Loft

Other: Black Ink; Brown Candy Dots; Circle Nestabilities; EK Success Wavy Dot Border Punch; Sizzix Dot Texture Plate; Janome Sewing Machine; Foam Tape; Copics

You Bring Out The Devil In Me!

Hi everyone!

I keep wanting to sing “Devil Woman” every time I look at this new stamp set from MFT Stamps which will be released on Wednesday 2nd September. This is the new Amanda Baird set which is called Party Girl, isn’t she a lot of fun!

Here is another card using stamps from the same set, this time the martini glass that is included in the set. I used the MOJOSarah sketch which was one of the special sketches to celebrate Mojo Mondays 100th sketch.

Recipe:

Stamps: Party Girl – MFT Stamps

Paper: White; Black; Kiwi Kiss; Bermuda Bay – SU; DP – Unknown

Other: Black Ink; Circle Nestabilities; Bubbles Cuttlebug Embossing Folder; Bermuda Bay Grosgrain Ribbon; Black Brads; Black Grosgrain Ribbon; Red Button; Foam Tape; Copics