Pink Flakes??

Sure.... why not?!!  Tis the season and I am all about making it "different" and "memorable". LOL  So why not some pink snow???? I mean, you gotta admit, it's better than yellow, right?? LOL  Or.... seriously?, I wanted to do black!!!  And well... I may still so keep your eyes peeled! LOL

For today's card I used some Pure Luxury Bubblegum Pink as my card base and then layered on some Black Onyx.  I added some DP from my stash as I felt it went well with both "sentiments" on my card.  I heat embossed my snowman from Gina K's Stamp TV Kit, "Merry Little Christmas" and then stamped my sentiment from the same set.  As you know... *wink*... both are songs... hee!  I then punched my snowflakes out of the Bubblegum Pink and adhered them adding last some Stardust Stickles.  (MY FAV Stickle color!)

I created my card to kick off this week's Twisted Thursday over at The Outlawz Challenge site.  The challenge I posted for today was to do an "Anything Goes" card with the twist of adding snowflakes!  So... there you have it!!!  PINK Snow!!!  How purty, right?  :-)  Head on over and add your snowflake creation.  Prizes to be given as always!!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great Thursday!!! *HUGS*

Here's to the Boss....

Hello everyone and welcome to a special blog hop for a very special lady.... Suzanne Dean.  

Today the Design Team from Suzanne's site, Color Me Creative, are hopping along to give our friend and "fearless leader" a HUGE HUG and Thanks!!!  

If you've ever met Suzanne, you know 1) what a HUGE heart she has and 2) how fun, witty and TALENTED she is!!  Suzanne's site has tons of information and inspiration and WE get to help spread the word about her awesome classes by way of her bi-weekly challenges sponsored by some fabulous crafty companies!  This month Suzanne is having a month full of challenges where you can win some wonderful prizes and have some fun along the way, but we wanted to take time to thank Suzanne for all her hard work and dedication for not only us but for all the members on her site and those who are lucky enough to have attended her classes where she shares her talent and coloring tips with us all.  

Suzanne is not only a pleasure to work for, but a wonderful friend with a big love for zebras!! That's right... today we are sharing our "zeebie" (as she calls them) designs dedicated to a wonderful lady who we simply say, "Thanks".  We hope you enjoy the hop and remember, the Holiday Bash at CMC is under way and you don't want to miss out on all the fun, excitement and awesome prizes so be sure to stop in and enjoy the holiday spirit with us all.  You can find all the information you need HERE.

I created a card using a Saturated Canary image, "Color Me Wonderful" who reminds me of Suzanne at her Copic classes.  Hee

I started with some Pure Luxury Black Onxy card stock.  I added a layer of White and then some Basic Grey paper I found in my stash.  I colored my image with Copics and cut around her before mounting her on the card with Pop Dots.  My "Live" sentiment is from Gina K Designs set, "Inspirational Blocks".  

For me... Suzanne represents life at it's best.  She lives every day to it's fullest and I have never met anyone so full of the desire to enjoy it to the best of her ability!!  I feel very blessed to be Suzanne's DT Coordinator and to have the pleasure of working so closely with her!  Suzanne is more than just my boss, she has become a very near and dear friend and hardly a day goes by that we don't yell at each other... and I do mean YELL!!! LOL  Cause, it's how we roll!!! Hee  I hope she and her family have a wonderfully magical Christmas and an awesome New Year!!!  

Enjoy the hop... here's a list of participants to help you get started:

Tina Gilliland (You're here!!)

Anary Baumgarth

Andrea Murdock

Brook Guinn

Jenn Cochran

Marie Gamber

Michele Speara

Patricia St. Martin

Shelby Goolsby

Thanks for stopping by today and have a great Wednesday!!!

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Thermal for Winter!!!

Ohhhh soooo warmmm!!!!  Yes.. that's it!! Thermals PJ's for winter time!!  And what goes with that??? A PARTY!!!!  Yayyyy!!!  I LOVE Tami's new set, "Perfect Plaids" definitely brought those old fashioned "trap door" thermal undies to mind when I first saw this pattern. LOL  NOOO I never had any but I laughed every time I saw them on TV.  Hee Hee  AND... what's better than that.... having Melanie's set, "Lots of Letters" to put the message out loud and clear!!  I just adore those dimensional boxes she added to the set too.  I feel like it's Scrabble time when I see them.  Ha!

My card started out using Pure Luxury Red Hot card stock.  I added a layer of Black Onyx which I offset under the White so that it resembled the squares in Melanie's set.  ;-)  I stamped the plaids on top and bottom before adhering the letters using Pop Dots to give them some more dimension. A little twine and the warm invite is ready!!

I'm sure you'll be seeing more of these wonderful plaids AND letters for a long long time!  Thank you for stopping by today and a great weekend! *HUGS*

CMC Holiday Bash Month Long Challenge!!!

Starting December 7th the CMC Classroom will have its annual month-long Holiday Bash Celebration! Nothing more fun then having some fun challenges, games and prizes to start the season off right!? I hope you will find time to stop in and look around, join in and just have some fun. The Holiday Bash is really my way of THANKING ALL OF YOU for your continued support, friendship and patronage to the Classroom. So a lot of fun and a way to WIN SOME HUGE prizes from our sponsor!

Details:

*Starts Dec. 7th with a Holiday Blog Hop featuring projects by the CMC DT to kick off the month-long CMC Challenge!! And another way for you to win if you hop along!

*Every week will be a NEW Challenge and Prize...think scavenger hunts, puzzles, games!

*Charity Raffle - We are giving away a NEW Silhouette Cameo machine to a lucky someone! How can you win it? Everytime you participate in a challenge during the month you get an entry for it. Also for every $3 you donate to the Charity (TBA) you get an entry. Every year I pick a different Charity to help...so far we've raised $3200 over the years..and to me the season is all about GIVING so that's why I always include this.

If you came here by way of Suzanne Dean's blog, you' re in the right place.  If not... that IS the place to start the hop!  :-)

My card was created using Saturated Canary's, "Christmas Angel".  I just ADORE all the Saturated Canary images... so so cute and this one is no exception.  I started with some Pure Luxury Blue Raspberry card stock.  I added a layer of Turquoise Sea and then DP from the GK Patterned Paper Pack, "Blizzard".  My image was stamped on White and used my Copics to color it in.  I gave her some "silver wings" and added my Stardust Pure Glitter Pen to give it a bit more sparkle and some Diamond Stickles to the snowflakes.  I didn't have good luck with my photos showing all the shimmer of the card today but in real life it's just so so glitzy.  :-)  I trimmed around my cute angel and used some Pop Dots to adhere her to the front of the card.  My Tree and sentiment, "Believe" were cut using my Silhouette Cameo.  

Now, head on over to see what Holiday fabulousness Jenn has to share with you!!  Don't forget to leave comments as you go for a chance to win a prize!!!  Three people will be chosen!!! 

Also remember to enter the challenge for a chance at a new Silhouette Cameo!!! Woot!!  And, of course, you can donate if you don't have time to enter the challenges also.  

Have fun and good luck with all the goodies our sponsors are putting up for the challenges!!!  

Thank for stopping by and have a great day!!! *HUGS*




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Just a Thought...

Oh it's that time again... gifts and more gifts!!  Today I spent the morning working on a few little journal/books that I wanted to give to my nieces who love journaling and who is ALWAYS (like their auntie) in need of a new one. Ha!!  These are small and compact and I believe sturdy enough to throw in a bag for just a few thoughts and notes.  My sweet friend, Melanie Labelle, had made one for me a while back and I have had it sitting on my craft desk waiting for a chance to make one as well.  I just love it!!

I used a large Inkssentials Manilla Tag to create the book cover.  I began with scoring it at 3 1/2" and then another 3 1/2" using my Scor Buddy.  I covered one side with some Tim Holtz Distress Stains.  I stamped my images from Theresa Momber's, "Elegant Florals"  using my Versarmark.  I clear heat embossed the ferns in clear embossing powder.  I covered the entire tag again using the Pickett Fence Distress Stain.  I wiped off some of it using a dry rag which removed it from the clear embossed areas.  I then used some images from Theresa's "Timeless Treasures" in brown and green to add more texture.  I distressed the edges and added some Distress Ink in Vintage Photograph.

For the inside, I simply cut my card stock to fit the book and again distressed the edges and added more Vintage Photograph.  The inside of my tag/cover was colored with more Distress Stain in Antique Linen.  I thread some twine through my cover and pages to hold it all together.  Likewise, I used the twine to attach to the tag hole and wrap around the book to close it.  A few Tim Holtz embellishments, some copper nail heads and my book is complete.  

I finished two of these day and below is a pic of the other one I completed.  

If you'd like to make your own book/journal... HERE is the site where you can grab the instructions.  I used different mediums than they suggested, but in the end it's YOUR creation.  Do it as you want and have fun!!!

Thanks for stopping by today and have a wonderful Thursday!!!

Gina K November Inspiration Hop Day 3

The Design Team for Gina K. Designs welcomes you to another fabulous Inspiration Blog Hop! Gina and the Design Team will inspire you with many beautiful ideas! And as you hop through their blogs, make sure to leave a comment on each of them because we will choose a few random comments and those stampers will each win a grab bag of Gina K. Designs products! To see the full list of winners check the Big News forum at Stamp TV a few days after the hops.  Ready to start our final day on the Inspiration Hop???  Let's get going....

First up... Tami Mayberry's, "Perfect Plaids"... 

I had so much fun deciding on what colors I wanted to use with Tami's awesome plaid stamps.  I LOVE using plaids for Christmas cards.  Just makes me feel all cozy in the winter! LOL

I started my card with Pure Luxury card stock.  I embossed my Red Hot and added the layer of White which I stamped using my Memento inks.  I used three different images from Tami's set to create the different colors on my plaid.  I added a bit of twine and some self-adhesive pearls which I colored with my Copic markers.

Next up... Gina K Designs, "Snow One Like You"...

For this card I went with a CAS design.  I wanted my birdhouse and cardinal to be uncluttered and pure.  I simply stamped the image and colored with my Copic markers and then used my Scor Buddy to add a frame around it.  I think not only would this make a great simple Christmas card, but could easily be used as a bit of cheer or encouragement. 

Now check out even more inspiration from the rest of the Design Team:

• Gina K
• Tami Mayberry – Illustrator Perfect Plaids
• AJ Otto
• Becky Oehlers
• Beth Silaika
• Carolina Buchting
• Carolyn King
• Cathy Tidwell
• Deb Felts
• Emily Giovanni
• Giovana Smith
• Jimmi Mayo
• Lee Murphy
• Lori McAree
• Melanie Muenchinger
• Michelle Woerner
• Sharon Harnist
• Theresa Momber
• Tina Gilliland
• Vicki Dutcher

Thank you for hopping with us during the last three days.  Don't forget to leave your comments for a chance at the Gina K Designs products bag of goodies!!  Have fun making those special Christmas cards and as always, I appreciate your stopping by!! *HUGS*

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