Visions of Sugarplums 2017 Challenge

Welcome to the Visions of Sugarplums challenge.  The theme is Christmas/Winter.  Link up new projects by December 16th.  
The prize is a $20.00 gift certificate to Mama Elephant. Check out this darling polar bear made with dies from Mama Elephant.

He's just so sweet holding a candy cane.  Wouldn't he make a great stocking stuffer or gift for a Secret Santa?

Cut two bears.  Mine are 5" long.  Make sure your paper strip is a little longer than what you want to end up with.  (I just realized that this is the kitty die, but it doesn't make any difference.  The bear just has rounder ears!)
Decorate the face.  (The eyes from this one are actually cut using the gingerbread eyes from Paper Sweeties.)
Then cut two strips of paper that are 7/8" by 2 1/4 inches.  Round one end.  These will be the arms.  About 1 3/4" shows in the front and the rest is folded to the back of the bear and glued.  Glue the arms together in the front (not to the body of the bear).
The bow on the candy cane keeps it from falling out the bottom.
Glue the second bear shape onto the back covering where the arms are glued to the back.

This is the back of mine.  
If you would like a chance to win more prizes and get great Christmas ideas.  Come take a look at Visions of Sugarplums (December 2 - 4).  Find the first day HERE.
Looking forward to seeing your Christmas/Winter creations!  Link up your projects here:

An InLinkz Link-up

Make A Little Round Pumkpkin Card + Little Pilgrims and Turkey Printables + Squirrel Double Layered Tag

Hi there!  I'm getting ready to head to Savannah.  Hate the travel, but love to see Louisa and Lauren at the end.  I've got a couple of Thanksgiving images for you and a fun tag for a treat.

A cute turkey is a little hard to find, but I think this Turkey Pilgrim is pretty cute.  He's all ready for you to print out if you need a cute turkey for a Thanksgiving creation.

Sweet squirrel colored with copics and topping a scallop double layer tag.  The bag is filled with cinnamon pecans.

Here's a look at both tag layers.

Look at those cuties!  They sure hit my cute and sweet buttons.  And I love little round pumpkins.  So I translated that into a little round pumpkin card!

These are the little round pumpkin pieces.  
The card base is made by placing the circle die just a little above the fold, so when it's ran through the die machine a bit of the fold stays intact.  
I cut two round pieces one for the front of the card and one for the back.
The oval is almost the same height as the circle.
Tips:  Place the stem (I handcut mine) between the back of the white card base and the orange decorative paper.  Placing it on the back, keeps the stem from creasing when the card is opened.
Use distress ink around the edges of the circle piece and oval piece for more definition.

Download Little Pilgrims HERE.

Download Turkey Pilgrim HERE.

Dropbox seems to work differently for different people.  Either right click and save when image appears or click the download button in the top right corner.  If neither method works, email me and I'll send the files to you.
Happy Thanksgiving!

Easy Stenciled Backgrounds + Very Cute Pilgrims + TinyTownie

Cute, cute Pilgrim Kids!  Love this image - it seems to be a companion to THIS ONE from last year.  You can download it below for your Thanksgiving creations. 

It's got so much going on that a simple background works really well.

One color plaid background created with a stencil and stencil brush.

Talking about cute!  I love this Tiny Townie image, too.  

Here's a list of the copics I used to color her.  Very fun!

The stencil background for her is a little more busy and colorful.  The leaves are actually a stamp mixed in with the stenciled circles.  You can see a video I did with a similar background HERE.

Download Pilgrim Kids HERE.

Dropbox seems to work differently for different people.  Either right click and save when image appears or click the download button in the top right corner.  If neither method works, email me and I'll send the files to you.

Here's a sneak peek of Louisa's first birthday party and a couple of the things I made.  I made the party hats and the tutu on the bear.  We had the teddy bear in her room and she reached for it every morning and when she woke up from her naps.  I'll share more later...
So glad you stopped by!  Happy Creating!

Layered Butterfly Wedding Shower Card

Last week's mission:  Create a special order wedding shower card.   

White seemed a good place to start.  So that's what I did...then I decided it needed a little color.  So I layered a solid butterfly underneath the white one that would hopefully provide what I was looking for and then I used that as a cue for the stamped flower.

Insides and an envelope to match and there you go, a pretty wedding shower card.

Love the layers and textures on this card and I hear that my customer and the recipient love it too!  Yay!  Mission accomplished.

Distress Ink Halloween Background + Dress Up an Image with Stamps

Love the Halloween sky in these cards.  So fun and easy.  Apply yellow distress ink in a circle and then surround with blues and purples.  Sprinkle a little bit of water and you're done.

Fe-Line.  Hah - love the word play!  Such a cute name for this line of felines die.   Also love the black glitter paper.  It's corrugated like cardboard.   I picked it up at a cool little shop in Wichita.  Guess I won't be going there again any time soon, considering my bunch have moved on to Savannah.  I'll have to find all the cool little shops in Savannah.  Something fun to look forward to...

Dennis says this sweet little girl looks like Louisa.  I think she does, too!  She's not a Halloween image, but the black cat lends itself to dressing her up for Halloween.  I just added a cute witch's hat and voila!  she's dressed up for Halloween.  Just to take it even further I added a couple of pumpkins in front of the fence and some bats to the Halloween sky.   Think about adding stamps to printed images - fun!

You can download Girl with Black Cat HERE.

Dropbox seems to work differently for different people.  Either right click and save when image appears or click the download button in the top right corner.  If neither method works, email me and I'll send the files to you.

Happy Halloween!

Cat Eyes Made Easy - Another Black Cat and A Scotty

I'm sticking with my tradition here.  Black cats continued...  They really are my favorite part of Halloween.  

This black cat starts out as just a chipboard face.  I added a party hat and I like that.  But I kept thinking about the eyes.  There were no eyes.  I just kept thinking he needs eyes!  I tried a few different things and didn't like how any of them looked.   I really wanted him to have green eyes, probably because my black kitty has green eyes.

Then AHA! I figured out the perfect solution.  And so easy too.  Start with a circle and cut part of it away.  I then added a thin piece of black cardstock.  And Yes!  These eyes look just the way I want them to!

I thought I could punch a hole in the top and add some twine and he would look really cute hanging out.  He also works perfectly to gift a little treat.  I just clipped a small treat bag to his ear.

A scotty for Halloween?  Sure, why not?  He's a cutie and I love the background.  I've got him all ready for you to download, if you would like to make a little Halloween something with him, too.

The sentiment comes with the download, too.

Download Halloween Scotty HERE.
Dropbox seems to work differently for different people.  Either right click and save when image appears or click the download button in the top right corner.  If neither method works, email me and I'll send the files to you.

Oh, my gosh!  I've been so busy.  Making things and off to Savannah three times already!
I made Louisa's costume and, of course, she's going to be a black cat.  Her mommy, Lauren, was a black cat for her third Halloween.  So it's sort of a tradition.  I got the costume all ready to go and shipped it to Savannah.  When I got there, we tried everything on and made adjustments.  Isn't she adorable in cat ears?
So glad you stopped by!