Newton's Nook Designs: Naughty or Nice?

 

 

My New Year's resolution for 2016 is to make at least one Christmas card a week so when Christmas time comes around in 2016 I'm ready to send my cards and it doesn't come to crunch time.  This is my card for week 24, if you are interested in seeing my cards for week 1-12 please visit my Facebook page.  Unfortunately, due to my boyfriend's illness earlier this year I wasn't able to keep up with my resolution but I will be playing catch up when I have some upcoming vacation time.  

Last weekend when I was at Kohl's with my Mom, I came across these really cute plastic cups that say "Coal" across them, I thought this would be so cute for my coworkers to fill the cup with some candy for a little Christmas present. My Mom had mentioned it might be a little mean of a gift and I said not if it was accompanied with a Naughty or Nice card.  

To design this card I used my two favorite stamp company's Newton's Nook Designs and Lawn Fawn.  The two adorable kittens came from Newton's Nook Designs stamp sets Newton's Christmas Cuddles and Newton's Curious Christmas.  I used Lawn Fawn's alphabet stamp sets Violet's ABCs and Smitty's ABCs, as well as their Small Stitched Rectangle Stackables and Scalloped Rectangle Stackables.  I used Spectrum Noirs to color the image.

I hope you enjoy.  Happy Crafting!

 

A closer image of the cup, since the above picture is pretty dark.

2016 Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop!!

 

Below is my second entry for the Summer Coffee Lovers Bloghop, when I was crafting with my Mom and sister yesterday, I was telling them I'm going to create a mermaid scene for my cousin, Jana's birthday, and she'll be enjoying a Starbucks beverage, which also happens to be my cousins favorite coffee shop. My Mom and sister thought the idea was a little strange at first but encouraged me and said why not.  I used the Craftin Desert Divas stamp set Magical Wishes, to make Ariel, Flounder came from the Lawn Fawn stamp set Fintastic Friends and Sebastian came from the Lawn Fawn stamp set Life is Good.  The coffee cup is from the Create A Smile stamp set Coffee First. I used Spectrum Noirs to color the image. The sand on the bottom of the ocean is sand paper.  I made the ocean background using Ranger Posh Impressions Rainbow Inks, Luminous Metallics in the following colors: Violet, Blue and Teal.  I hope you enjoy.  Happy Crafting!

2016 Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop!!

 

Below is my first entry for the Summer Coffee Lovers Bloghop, I'm personally not a big coffee drinker unless, its my Starbucks® Bottled Vanilla Frappuccino® Coffee Drink or my Quick Check Pumpkin Spice Cappuccino which sadly is only around for October and November, sometimes I get lucky and they have it towards the later end of September, I digress. My sister Jess Gerstner loves her Dunkin Donuts coffee anytime anywhere, in fact when we were crafting yesterday she was mentioning when she went on her honeymoon to Las Vegas they didn't have a Dunkin Donuts to be found and she had to settle on Starbucks because she was in dire need of coffee.  The card below is a tribute to my sister and her Dunkin Donuts coffee.  I used the Lawn Fawn Party Animals stamp and lawn cuts.  The coffee cups are from the Create A Smile stamp set Coffee First. I used Spectrum Noirs to color the image. I hope you get to enjoy some coffee outside this summer with your family and friends.  Happy Crafting! 

 

Lawn Fawn: Mermaid for You

A birthday card for my FSIL.  I used the Small Stitched Rectangle Stackables, Scalloped Rectangle Stackables, Stitched Hillside Borders and the new Mermaid For You Stamp and Lawn Cuts all from Lawn Fawn.  The solid images I used Recollections Ombre Inks and I used Spectrum Noirs to color the non-solid images. The sand on the bottom of the ocean is sand paper.  I made the ocean background using Ranger Posh Impressions Rainbow Inks, Luminous Metallics in the following colors: Violet, Blue and Teal.  I hope you enjoy.  Happy Crafting!

Gerda Steiner Designs - Monthly Challenge - June 2016

 

My entry for the June2016 Monthly Challenge over at Gerda Steiner Designs.  I couldn't help to create a little picnic scene with this adorable image.  I used Spectrum Noirs to color the image.  I had some awesome picnic blanket washi tape from Target that I thought would be absolutely perfect, the best part about the washi tape is it feels like fabric.  I hope you get to enjoy some picnics this summer.  Happy Crafting! 

 

Newton's Nook Designs Inky Paws Challenge #32 - Use an Arrow!

My entry for the Inky Paws Challenge #32 - Use an Arrow! over at Newton's Nook Designs.  I wanted to keep the card CAS, I wanted the image of the two dogs in love with the arrow speak for itself.  The image I used was from the set Darling Duos.  I used Spectrum Noirs to color the image.  I had some awesome sequins from Mint Owl Studios called Hearts and Kisses that I thought would be absolutely perfect. This card was made for my Aunt and Uncle for their wedding anniversary.  Happy Crafting!