The Scrappy Chick Sunday Sketch Challenge: Merry & Magical

Good morning!  I've decided its time to offer up sketch challenges again!  I just couldn't wait for the new year, so here's the first and it will run for 2 weeks, you have until Saturday, December 31st at 8pm EST to submit your entry! If you are using a public gallery please label your tags as "SCSSC01".

For my sample today I have actually drawn the sketch to go with the card that I created first!  

My card  uses Merry Magical from Stampendous!  Its been embossed in Stampendous! Clear Bark Embossing Powder onto scallop circles cut from  Nesting Scallop dies  by Lifestyle Crafts.  I love these because you get so many more shapes for the same amount as the Spellbinders dies!  

Here's a closeup of the  main panel.  The circles were then layered onto the center cut out of the Scandinavian  Hearts die from Cheery Lynn Designs.  It is one large die which cuts out the frame and the center which looks like a snowflake to me :)  Its a lovely combination  and there is never wasted space on a die from CLD!

Here's the Scandinavian Hearts die.

The pattern papers are from the Journey collection by Authentique Paper.  Authentique is one of my absolute favorite new paper lines!!

I have up for grabs for this challenge a Cheery Lynn Designs die that I happen to have 2 of, LOL.  Its called Polynesian Sails Oval.  I'm sorry, but for now US winners only.

I hope you'll join me!  Have a wonderful Sunday...only 6 shopping days...eeek!!

-Cyndi

Stampendous! Saturday

First up today I need to announce the winner of my Blog Candy from last week!  Stampendous! generously gave all the DT stamps to give away this month.  I had Random.org pick my winner from last week's post...#10 Caroline!!  shoot me an email with your snail mail!

This week we are still doing our color challenge,  I didn't come up with anything new for that, sorry....BUT my tag sort of fits!  If you want to play along the colors are Cream, Gold, Brown, and Pink.

                                                         

This is a tag I created last week while demoing at The Enchanted Cottage and I am going to do a slightly edited version in classes next month.  I started by spraying my tag with Turquoise Perfect Pearls Mist and Iridescent Gold Glimmer Mist and then heated that.  Next I stamped the Jumbo Songbird in Versamark ink and embossed it with Aged Gold Embossing Enamel. 

I used Glimmer chalks from Craf-T Products to rub inside the bird and leaves.  Next I stamped the Music Score background in Vintage Sepia Distress Ink from Tim Holtz and then edged the tag with  a combo of more Aged Gold and Shabby Blue embossing Enamels and added a touch of Gilded Mica and Champagne Crushed Glass Glitter using Fran's Encrusted Jewel Technique.

Finally, my favorite part of the tag is the quartet of ribbons and fibers that I tied through the top.

Here's a link to Fran's How to video for the Encrusted Jewel Technique.

That's it this morning! Thanks for coming by today! I am hoping to find lots of crafty time on  this sunny yet breezy Saturday.  What are your plans? 

-Cyndi

From the Crypt...

Hi, I have  a peek into The Simply B Stamps Crypt with some of the Emo Christmas stamps!  This was the original line that made me completely gaga over Simply B Stamps!  I have 4 projects to share with you today starting with Bahumbug Christian!

Christian is such a hoot!  He reminds me of my Scrooge of a hubby :)  He hates Christmas prep, but loves the day itself!  I colored him with my copics then cut him out with Wonky Squares from Spellbinders and did a bunch of stitching with my machine.  The papers for this card are from Echo Park last year which I got from the Simply B Store (she's out now, but there's a TON more EP paper there!!)

On the top of the card I punched a border with my Martha Stewart Icicle punch then covered it and Santa's fluffy trim with some stickles.

Next is Prezzies for Lola!  She is such a little doll, complete with her bat friends (check the present!!)  She's colored to match papers from a cute little pad I picked up that was imported from England.  A bit of black tulle and shimmery turquoise organdy for a bow and she's perfect!

To Lola I added some hints of sparkle with my Spica markers AND Gelly Roll Glaze pens!

Next is my FAV of the bunch, elfinmiller.  He just inspired me to have so much fun creating this card!  My colors are a bit non-traditional, but oh-so SBS!  I added some Aged silver EP from Stampendous! around the edges of some of the panels and on the top of the ornament.

Here's a closeup of Miller:

The ornament is cut with a Tim Holtz Ornament die from Sizzix, then I embossed it with Spot & Dots Cuttlebug folder, inked the raised parts with Spiced Marmalade TH Distress ink then embossed that with Clear EP from Stampendous!  The bottom border is from the Border It Kit from Lifestyle Crafts.

And finally, this is the page that I submitted earlier this year for Betty's Design Team call.  I love it as much now as then!  I used Candy Cane London for my tag.  Papers are from Little Yellow Bicycle and Love, Elsie (KI Memories).  The ornaments are the same Tim Holtz die embossed with the Spiderweb CB folder.  Skull was from the dollar bin at Michael's.

So don't forget when you hop over to the SBS store to check out some of the older stamps too...just as fun!  The projects today use the 4 of the 6 Emos that are still available in clear stamp form :)  Thanks for joining me today for From the Crypt!

Happy Birthday Laura!

I am a bit late in the day with this, sorry...but I have a birthday wish for our Stampendous! Graphics Manager, Laura Weed!  Happy birthday my sweet friend!  I hope its been full of fun and friends (and catalog crunch time)

Laura, like I, has a bunch of kitties...I can't remember their names (sorry) but they are dear to her heart and I know she loves to read when she finds the time, so I ma guessing she loves this new image as much as I do!

 I'm a total cat freak if you don't really know me, so when this new stamp, Cattus Librum came in my box of October catalog goodies from Stampendous! it was the first one I had to ink!  My kitty is stamped in Vintage Sepia Versafine ink on Kraft cardstock then layered on some Authentique paper.  The background is stamped in the same ink with Stampendous! Cling Dream Text.  A very CAS card for me, the only adornment that I couldn't resist was the stick pin from Webster's Pages tucked into my ribbon at the top of the card.

And I of course HAD to share pictures of my fur babies...here they are in alphabetical order...

Apollo

Bitsy

Roxie

Starbuck

Happy birthday again to Laura!!  Here's links to more of our fabby DT who crated birthday cards for Laura:

Melinda  http://mynoteworthycards.blogspot.com/

Janelle  http://rainpuddlesdesign.blogspot.com/

Taylor  http://taylorusry.blogspot.com/

Wendy P  http://paperinkandsmiles.blogspot.com/

Trudee  http://trudee.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/

Jennie  http://jenniebstampin.blogspot.com/

Pam  http://1pamperedstamper.blogspot.com/

Lynn  http://www.stamperosity.com/

Krissy  http://www.paperinkspirations.blogspot.com/

Stephanie  http://blog.artycarty.com/

Kristine  http://stampingandscrapingincalifornia.blogspot.com/

Wendy J  http://www.papertherapy-wendy.blogspot.com/

Jingle   http://www.justjingle.blogspot.com/

Jennifer Dove  http://just4funcrafts.blogspot.com/

Rachel  http://gingerbreadgallery.blogspot.com/

Cyndi  http://www.scrappychickcyndi.blogspot.com/

Stampendous! Saturday with BLOG CANDY

Its time for the Saturday Stampendous!  challenge again and we are still doing our color challenge all month of cream, gold, pink, and brown.  This week I have a card from the 2011 October catalog.  

The main panel was stamped with the heart from Amore Frame using Detail Gold Embossing Powder then I encrusted the edges using Aged Gold Embossing Enamel and Tea Stained Mica Fragments.  The sentiment is from Cherub Wishes.

The ivory panel is a piece of Canvas Corp handmade paper which I distressed with some Time Holtz ink across the top of the embossed parts using a sponge dauber. At the bottom of the card, the border is made with Wild Rose Class-a-Peel stickers.

Here's the other DT peeps playing along this week:

Stampendous Impressions -http://stampendousblog.wordpress.com
Taylor Usry - http://taylorusry.blogspot.com/ (blog candy)
Pam Hornschu - http://1pamperedstamper.blogspot.com (blog candy)
WendyJordan - http://www.papertherapy-wendy.blogspot.com
Jenn Dove - http://just4funcrafts.blogspot.com/ (blog candy)
Melinda Gleissner - http://mynoteworthycards.blogspot.com/
Suzanne Czosek - http://www.suzzstampingspot.blogspot.com/ (blog candy)
Lynn Mercurio - http://www.stamperosity.com/ (blog candy)
Cyndi Bundy -- http://www.scrappychickcyndi.blogspot.com/ (blog candy)
Kristine Reynolds -- http://stampingandscrapingincalifornia.blogspot.com/
Janelle Stollfus -- http://rainpuddlesdesign.blogspot.com/
Jennifer Ingle--http://www.justjingle.blogspot.com/

Be sure to go leave some love for everyone and theres lots of blog candy to be had today, including mine!  I have up for grabs Cling Bottled Gifts set (US winners only).  Just leave me a comment!  Blog candy will be chosen Friday December 16th at 9pm EST.

If you'd like to play along with us this month, you have until January 5th to participate, and here's the linky tool:

Wreck the Halls...

Its time to deck the halls in Halloween spirit with the 4th Day of Scary Christmas Challenge from Simply Betty Stamps!  I used Merry Betty Christmas Emo for my main image and then placed her below a garland decked with spiders (Class-a-peel stickers from Stampendous!)  Main panel is also stamped with the Spiderweb stamp from Stampendous!

The sentiment is a combo of 2 Stampendous! stamps that have been masked.

Be sure to play along with us this month for the 12 Scary Days of Christmas!  Now, sing along...

Wreck the Halls 

“Wreck the Halls with bones and spiders

Fa la la la la la la la la

‘Tis the season for Ghost Riders

Fa la la la la la la la la

Don we now scary apparel

Fa la la la la la la la la

Dress up like Lock, Shock and Barrel

Fa la la la la la la la la

Join the chaos strike the harp

Fa la la la la la la la la

Ouch the wreaths are really sharp

Fa la la la la la la la la

If they eat you it’s their pleasure

Fa la la la la la la la la

You’ll become their Yule tide treasure

Fa la la la la la la la la

Wreck the halls with rats and roches

Fa la la la la la la la la

Hurry Christmas eve approaches!

Fa la la la la la la la la

Drape them all be dark and thrilling

Fa la la la la la la la la

Look their lovely ooze is dripping

Fa la la la la la la la la

Try a taste of poison toddy

Fa la la la la la la la la

Leave a gift, leave us your body

Fa la la la la la la la la

Dig a grave then dig it deeper

Fa la la la la la la la la

Leave a present for the reaper

Fa la la la la la la la la….la la la la!!!”

Quick card

It's time for me to get back to blogging more often!  So here's a pretty CAS card for me today...this is one from my last Stamp-a-Stack in Charlotte using a cupcake from Impression Obsession and sentiment from Stamping Bella.  Paper is by MME.

The circles are cut with Nesting Scallop circles from Lifestyle Crafts, and I added just a touch of sparkle with Stampendous! Clear Multi UF Glitter.

That's it this morning, but more fun coming tonight!

-Cyndi

Stampendous! Color Challenge

It's the first Saturday of the month again, and that means that the

Stampendous team is playing along with a NEW monthly challenge again! This

month we are playing with a color challenge…to use pink, cream, gold,

and/or brown in a card or project. The colors can be by way of papers,

coloring implements, inks, and/or any of the fabulous Stampendous

Essentials. Please joinus in our challenge this month, and link your creation(s) to the InLinkz

located on the Stampendous Impressions' blog (or any team member's blog

post that has the collection at the bottom). You don't have to use

Stampendous images and/or products on your designs…but we sure love it when

you do! You have until January 5, 2012 at 11:59 PM EST to enter your

creation, for the opportunity to be the one lucky random winner to receive this fabulous Stampendous prize, the Amore Frames Perfectly Clear set: 

For my card today I picked a sample that I created for the October 2011 catalog using the new Floral Bonnet Baby.  She's colored with copics and cut with Spellbinders labels and circle dies then layered on piece thats been embossed with Shabby Pink enamel using Jumbo Romantic border.

Find more great ideas using our color theme this month check out these DT blogs:

Stampendous Impressions 

Taylor Usry  

Pam Hornschu

WendyJordan

Jenn Dove

Melinda Gleissner

Suzanne Czosek

Krissy Fossmeyer

 Lynn Mercurio

Stephanie Lee

Cyndi Bundy

Kristine Reynolds

Janelle Stollfus

 Jennie Lin Eiger Black

Jennifer Ingle

Simply Betty Stamps Release Day!

Meet "Kiss the Cook Miller" from the  Teen Scene Kitchen Fun collection!  He's the last peek for the week of these 6 adorable images!  All of these can now be found in the Simply B Stamps store!  (yes, its a new name but same great quirky cute stamps!)

everyone else went with a more masculine or even summer theme with Miller, so I kept hm in the colors from the same Little Yellow Bicycle line that I used for yesterdays card, adding some retired die cuts from Lifestyle Crafts (QuicKutz)

Grab all six new Rubber Kitchen Fun Teen scene stamps for $38.00 used code YummyTeens38
Grab any three new Rubber Kitchen Fun Teen Scene stamps for $19.00 used code YummyTeens19

Before you go we do have a prize for you if you purchase all six Kitchen Fun Teen Scene Stamps!

Meet Valentine Betty! This cutie is available in digi form for those that purchase the complete six Kitchen Fun Teens! However, she and the rest of the Bettys are now available in Clear Stamp form in our shop, the digis to the Bettys are no longer available. Isn't she the cutest! Just look at that bat!

Thanks for popping in today!  Have a joyous weekend!  -Cyndi

Desert Island Crafters Betty style

Its the first of the month (can you believe its December already??) and that means its time for a new challenge at Desert Island Crafters Challenge Blog!  Today we are using Beth's Itinerary:

Beth Ranney-Thomas' Itinerary

1) Aluminum Foil
2) Glue Used in a non-traditional way
3) Paint {Acrylic or Watercolors}
4) Embossing
5) Beads
6) Use Green & Blue
7) Christmas Theme
8) More the 5 layers{ base = 1 layer}
9) Not A Card
10) Glitter

I used #6,8,10 along with a sneak peek of Pan Slinging London from Simply Betty Stamps.  She will be released along with the rest of the new Teen Scene Kitchen Fun line tomorrow!  For more peeks of London, Rio, Christian, Lola, and Betty head to the SBS blog!

I used some older gorgeous papers from the Little Yellow Bicycle cooking line to make my center step card.  This will be one of 4 cards for a class at The Stamping and Scrapbooking Room in Greensboro next Sunday!  If you are local, come join the fun :)