merry christmas to all, and to all a good night!

Christmas is almost over! it comes so fast, and leaves the same way!
i hope all of you were able to enjoy some quality family time, happy memories and good food too, perhaps!! :)

my parents are up visiting from florida and we're having an awesome time! to add to our own personal little griswald christmas, my husband's parents and brother are flying in from california and michigan (respectivly) tonight!! bring on the madness! lol!!

anyway, my parents needed two cards for the visiting 'menn' so i made these two little cards is record time!! and they're still sort of cute! i guess i don't need to agonize over every choice of every color, stamp, embellishment, etc! :) ha ha!!

here's the first card i made, which i'm also entering in the simon says stamp challenge: bling it on! :)

this is almost a one layer card - what? it's not though, so whew! i thought i was really overloading on the christmas cheer for a minute!!

the stamps i used are from the mama elephant stamp set: winter wonderland! SUCH a pretty set!

it was all stamped in some wet cement hero arts ink and then i added a free cut snow bank from my glitter tape. then i used the same glitter tape and my circle punch to add the 'glistening' snow!! :) the grey snow was also colored with my wink of stella pen! lots of glitter and lots of bling, right?

the next card was created just for fun for my brother in law, who, admittedly is, a cool dude!

i just paper pieced the snow man from paper smooches freezy fellas and popped him up over some layered washi tape! easy! and super fun!

i hope you're all having a VERY merry Christmas!! 
i can't wait to hear if you got any crafty goodies in your stocking! ha ha!
enjoy!

a layout sneak peak

it's saturday!!

before christmas!!

what's not to love?! 

and if you are feeling like checking out a fun layout by me, head over to the lawnscaping blog!! 

here's a sneak peak of what you'll see:

oh, and you still have time to play along with the latest challenge there! it's a brrrrrrr-illiant color challenge!! let me know you made something for the challenge below! i would love to check out your blog and leave some love! :)

enjoy!

newton's nook news!

hey there!
i have  a little bit of good news to share! :)

newton's nook is announcing their new 2014 design team, and i will be staying on!!
yahoo!!! i'm so excited!! 

check out the rest of the new team:

it's going to be a fun year people!! 
the talent - oh the talent!! :)

and in honor of that joyful news - i have created a card with the amazing newton's holiday mischief stamp set!! 
LOOOOOVE that stamp set!! :)

super fun right?
the J and Y are some old thickers that i had. i actually colored them with a darker green copic to add a (very) subtle ombre to match the coloring on the wreath!

i finished of the sentiment courtesy of the holiday wishes stamp set!

thanks so much for sharing this good news with me!! jennifer at newton's nook is amazing to work with and such a wonderful person!! i'm very honored to share this journey with her! :)

enjoy!

baby it's cold outside

hey there!
i'm on the newton's nook blog today with a super sweet card featuring stamps from the frozen friends stamp set! LOVE that set!

i used an awesome birch tree stencil and a light dusting of embossing paste over some natural colored cardstock for the backgrund. sooooo pretty! 

the sentiment was stamped onto a polka dotted vellum banner, which i was stitched onto the card. and those little love bird, snowmen? so sweet, right? they were colored with some copics and then popped up for dimension. 

i also swiped the sides of the white base of the card with some sandy colored inky to add to the blustery day feel of the card. :)

is it cold by you? it's still NOT here! lol! south carolina has it's perks, but weather, is not one of them! lol! i could really go for some cold breezes and hoodie weather! :)

have you created anything with newton's nook stamps? let me know in the comments below! i would love to visit your blog! 
enjoy!

lawnscaping challenge - an arctic chill!

it's time for a new lawnscaping challenge!  and people - it's their last challenge of the year!!! how is it the end of 2013 already?! wow!
the challenge this time is a color inspiration!! check out the brilliant colors below!

they scream, winter, don't they!! LOVE it!! this color combination is beauatiful! seriously!
so here' s my card:

i colored in the little owl (LOOOOOVE this image!! it's from winter owl stamp set!) with some copics and then popped him up over some beautiful large snowflakes! the snowflakes are from the frosties stamp set - and were colored with copics as well!

the sentiment is snuggled into the thinking bubble from the a birdie told me stamp set. 
oh, and i almost forgot to mention - the background of the card is some embossing paste meets houndstooth stencil! FUN!! it totally makes the scene look like a blustery day to me! :)

for even more inspiration (if you can stand it!), check out the lawnscaping facebook page! we're dedicated to keeping your creative juices flowing! :)

this week we're sponsored by lawn fawn! so get your card making on, and you could win a stamp set of your choice! :)

Lawnscaping Winter Blog Hop!

**for the congratulations Elise blog hop, click here! Or scroll down!**

what a fun day!! are you enjoying this wonderful, magical, winter wonderland of a lawnscaping blog hop?! i know, the talent is crazy good, and just looking at all the cards make me want to curl up with a nice cup of cocoa and blanket! 

you should have arrived here from anya's blog - AMAZING! she's such a brilliant color-er, i love her cards! 

as a quick reminder - don't forget there are lots of prizes involved, but you have to leave a comment to be entered into the giveaway! you have all weekend to enjoy this wintery goodness, but only until sunday 12/15 at 11:59pm EST to leave a comment for the prizes!! what are the wonderful goodies up for grab? well, you'll have to check out the lawnscaping blog for jusicy details! 

so my card, i'll make it short and sweet so you can be on your merry way! :)

i don't think i was alone when i say i saw this halloween card by chari and thought it was AMAZING!!! i had an idea to dress up the same little doxie in a christmas sweater, how cute right?! so after i made this card, i showed it to chari and asked if i could post it (i didn't want to copy or anything! she was truely inspiring and she should know!) and she said yes! :) yahoo!!

so here is my mischevious little doxie stealing a cookie! shhh!!

so cute, right? ha ha!! everything was paper pieced! the cookies and little pup are also popped up for dimension. oh, and the card base was spritzed (heavily) with some studio calico shine! oooo, aaaah!

do you notice those little reindeer antlers on him?! lol! those are actually snowman arms from making frosty friends! lol!! love it! and of course a little red enamel dot for the nose! 

in addition to making frosty friends, the stamp sets i used were critters at the dog park, cozy christmas, say cheese and bows and holly (for the word 'happy' in the sentiment).

so that's it! 

you're next stop is ashley! and dude, i can't wait for you to see what she made! LOVE her work! :)

and don't forget, if you get lost along the way, you can always go the lawnscaping blog to get back on track! 

enjoy!

congratulations elise!!

it's a blog hop for elise!! one of the sweetest members of the lawnscaping challenge design team!
she just had a baby girl, and her lawnscaping family couldn't be happier for her!! :)

if you're following along on the hop, you should have come here from kari's blog! and if not, check out the lawnscaping blog for the complete list! :)

here's my card for the super sweet and talented and wonderful new mom!!

all of the images were colored with distress markers on watercolor paper! i die cut out the word 'baby' with the quinn's abc's dies and matching stamp set. then laid that in a sweet, little nest of branches from the home sweet home stamp set! the birds are from that same set and popped up for demension! and the banner was made with bannerific and harold's abc's! :)

i think this card is so sweet and i really just think of elise and her sweet, sweet style and personality when i see this card! :)
now, off you go!
next up is samantha casey!!! can't wait to see her sweet scene for elise!!

and elise - a million congratulations on the birth of your beautiful baby girl!!! enjoy the ups downs, goods and bads - they'll only happen once with your new little sweetheart!! :)

enjoy!