Techno Stamper Lunchtime Monday Challenge

Happy Monday on this snowy day in the Chicagoland area!  We have a very fun challenge for you today over on the Techno Stamper blog, and hope you're up for the challenge!  You can find the sketch below, and when you are finished with your work of art, you can load it HERE.

I came across a penguin ornament on PI that was made by the very talented Patty Bennett, and thought the little guy would look cute as the main image for today's challenge.  You can see the penguin that cased on Patty's blog, and you can find it HERE.

The penguin was made with just a few punches: Large and medium oval, 1" Circle, Word Window, and I used the Petite Pennants Builder Punch for the nose.  I used one of the Hearts a Flutter dies to make the hat.  Here's a list of what I used:

Stamps: Pennant Parade
Inks: Cherry Cobbler
Papers: Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake, Season of Style, Red Glimmer Paper
Accessories: Big Shot, Stylish Stripes, Windows Frame Framelits, Snowflake EF, Large and medium oval, 1" Circle, Word Window, 1-1/4" Square Punch, Owl Builder Punch (tassel), Little Labels Punch Pack, 2-1/2" Circle Punch, Googlie Eyes, Dimensionals, Mini-Glue Dots

Gift Box

I have been seeing a lot of cute cards and bags with elf shoes and thought I would give it a try as well!  They are so simple to make and I love how this box turned out!  I found a fun tutorial on Julie Cluff's blog that shows how to create these fun little shoes, and you can find the link HERE.

I used the Top Note Die to create the shoes, and cut the c/s in fourths.  The strip for the stockings are 3/4", and I used the 1-3/8" Circle Punch instead of the Ornament Punch. Here's the details........

Stamps: Happy Holiday stamp (not sure from what set)
Inks: Cherry Cobbler
Papers: Gumball Green, Cherry Cobbler, Very Vanilla, retired SU! DSP, Silver Paper
Accessories: Big Shot, Top Note Die, Hearts a Flutter Die, Snowflake EF, Scallop Punch, Owl Punch, 1" Circle Punch, 1-3/8" Circle Punch, Cherry Cobbler Baker's Twine, Jingle Bell, Box, Mini-Glue Dots, Dimensionals

Try Stampin' on Tuesday Challenge

Happy Tuesday everyone; hope you all are having a great day!  We have a very creative and fun challenge for you today over at Try Stampin' on Tuesday!  The sketch is shown below, and you can load your work of art HERE!



I used the cute hedgehogs from the 25th Anniversary set, The Best of Snow, for my card.  You can purchase these awesome sets during a limited time, and it's fun to be able to purchase "throw back" sets!

The hedgehogs were stamped with a StazOn inkpad, and then watercolored in with Old Olive, Cherry Cobbler, Baked Brown Sugar, Crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip and Pumpkin Pie inks.  The DSP is from the current Holiday Catalog, and it's called Season of Style.  Here's a list of what I used:

Stamps: Best of Snow
Inks: Old Olive, Cherry Cobbler, Baked Brown Sugar, Crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip, Pumpkin Pie, Black StazOn
Papers: Whisper White, Chocolate Chip, Cherry Cobbler, Season of Style DSP
Accessories: Big Shot, Expressions Thinlits Die, Stylish Stripes EF, Deco Labels Framelits, Hearts a Flutter Die, Cherry Cobbler Baker's Twine, Bell, Watercolor Brush, Dimensionals, Mini-Glue Dots

Monday Lunchtime Sketch

Happy Monday!  It's hard to believe this is the last week of July.  It's been so cool here, that July has been feeling more like early September.....

Are you ready for today's Monday Lunchtime Challenge?  I hope so!  The challenge sketch is shown below, and you can load your project HERE.

For my card I used the set from the upcoming holiday catalog, Halloween Hello.  I used my Stamp-a-Ma-Jig to stamp the multiple images of the bat.  Added some Witches' Brew DSP for the background, brads, ribbons and an arrow from the Hung Up Cute Clips.  Here's a list of what I used:

Stamps: Halloween Hello
Inks: Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie, Summer Starfruit, Going Gray
Papers: Very Vanilla, Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie, Summer Starfruit, Witches' Brew DSP
Accessories: Big Shot, Chevron EF, Apothecary Accent Dies, Hearts a Flutter Die, 2-1/2" Circle Punch, 1-3/8" Circle Punch, 1-1/4" Circle Punch, Pumpkin Pie and Basic Black Brads and Ribbons, Hung Up Cute Clips, Dimensionals, Sponges

LNS Challenge Switch A Roo....

This week's LNS challenge is to take a scrapbook page that you have either created or saw on line, and turn it into a card.  Or take a scrapbook page and turn it into a card - you get the idea!

When you get done with your fabulous creation, please simply post in on the LNS blog; which you can find HERE.

I used a page that I saw on PI and changed it up a bit.  Being the computer geek that I am, I can find the page that I case....when I find it, I will add it to my post!  Below is my card:

It's kind of a CAS type of card and tried to keep it simple.  The flower images were stamped using Calypso Coral and then I cut them out and layered them over the Lucky Limeade stem image.  I used a couple of different framelits/dies as well, and you can find them listed below.

Stamps: Field Flowers, Itty Bitty Backgrounds
Inks: Calypso Coral, Lucky Limeade, Early Espresso, Bashful Blue
Papers: Very Vanilla, Tea for Two DSP
Accessories: Big Shot, Hearts a Flutter Dies, Windows Frames Framelits, Designer Frames EF, Bitty Banners Framelits, Calypso Coral and Bashful Blue Buttons, Pearls, Calypso Coral Baker's Twine, Dimensionals, Sewing Machine/Thread