Love Chocolate!!

This week's Paper Romance Challenge was offered up by the fabulous Judy - and that is to make your own flowers!! I love flowers but I must say- to make my own - doesn't really fit into my schedule lol!

But I managed to pull one off - I used Betsy Veldman's tutorial here to make this fabulous flower!

I used vellum and then misted it with some Maya Mist to make it the beautiful colour it is!

My stamp is one of Kraftin' Kimmie's Miles Mouse stamps called "Birthday Friends" and I coloured it up so that beautifully gorgeous cake was chocolate!! yummy!

Take some time to travel around to the rest of the design teams blogs to see what kind of flowers they have created!!

Stamps: Miles Mouse Birthday Friends, My Favorite Things (sentiment)
Paper: Taylored Expressions Key Ingredients (January)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: vellum, Papertrey Ink button, My Favorite Things Sweet Blossom twine, Spellbinders Nestabilities Circles

You're my cherry on top!

This time it is Ria's turn to set the new Paper Romance Challenge and she chose a sweet one!!

 

It's a Recipe Challenge!
We would love to see you use:

4 embellies, 3 papers, 2 punches/dies, 1 image and 1 sentiment.

 

Paper Romance has many cute stamps and we would love to see you use one of them but if you don´t have any of them, then you're welcome to use any kind. 

 

I decided to use Cherry Chip Chimp for my challenge card today - and as per the challenge, here is what I used.

4 - embellies - pearls, bling, ribbon and a die cut

3 papers - I actually used the same line - makes it so much easier to match up papers! I used Echo Park "Life is good" designer paper - and you know what??!! They are coming out with 6 x 6 paper pads - I couldn't be MORE excited!!!

2 punches/dies - yeh, I might have slipped on this one - I did use the PTI doily die and the Spellbinders tag die - but I cut the end off of the tag die to make my rectangle - so I guess it works!

1 image and 1 sentiment - not as hard as you think it might be -

So give it a try won't you?! We pick the top three creations and they get a top three Blinkie for their blog!! Then, at the end of the month, those top picks from all month will be in the running to win a gift certificate from Paper Romance!!

Thanks for coming around today!

Welcome Little One (a little late!)

Oh Good morning and I know this is late - again.......we were without of hydro yesterday, along with the rest of the neighbourhood, and so my grandchildren came over to sleep here, since we have a fireplace and our house was warm.

They left just now, so I can do my post - family comes first right?!! 

This week's challenge at Paper Romance was offered up by Donna and it was a toughie for me - I do not like doing anything but a card and the odd altered item so when our challenge was to make an easel card - yeow!! AND it had to be baby themed - so here is my challenge card using High Hopes Girl Binky Monkey!

 

I used the tutorial from Splitcoaststampers for the easel card - a whole realm of fabulous tutes over there!!

I stamped little binky monkey with Memento Tuxedo ink and then coloured her (quite brightly!) with unconventional colours to match my designer paper, which is K & Company's little girl pad-sweetness through and through!

The little doily is a die from Papertrey Ink, the crocheted flower is Maya Road and the butterfly is part of the Kit of the Month from Taylored Expressions!

PRC42 Spring Fever!

Good day and welcome to another Paper Romance challenge! Yes I am a day late (and probably a dollar or two short...) but here it is! We would love to have you join us in this challenge - it's an easy one!!

We were challenged this week to use black and white and ONE other colours on our card - I loved this challenge especially when you get to use the Bumblebee stamp - which I think is out of stock right now - but of course there are tons of other High Hopes stamps in the inventory!

 

I stamped the sweetie in Memento Tuxedo Black ink - the best ink for copics - no smearing yay!! and then coloured him with my copics using different yellows and oranges. 

I used Echo Park "For the Record" patterned paper kit and October Afternoon's "Thrift Shop" patterned paper for my card.

Some bling and a bit of homemade wrinkly ribbon - so easy to do!!

Thanks for coming around today!

Best Buds.....

Hello, Hello, Hello!

Today is a Paper Romance Challenge that I really kind of screwed up! lol!  

We know about these challenges weeks ahead, so when I jotted it down a few weeks ago, I jotted down "Colourful Challenge" and made my card colourful. It really should have been " and to use as many colours as you can" *sigh*..... 

I am going to enter this in Moxie Fab World's Paper Piecing Challenge too! I love paper piecing and think it adds a cool touch!

I coloured these girls with my copics and then paper pieced one girls pants and the other girls shoes.

Well, anyway here is my colourful card using October Afternoon Fly a Kite designer paper and the stamp BFF Girls!

I also found some Jenni Bowlin banner stickers in my stash, so I used them to spell out "BEST BUDS".  The word 'hi!' is from Waltzingmouse Stamps Sewing Box  Hugs.....

This card is large! I used my Grand Scalloped Squares, cut out with my Grand Calibur, for the outside of the card - it could also be used as a piece of home decor I suppose - it is that big!!

Now go out and have fun and may your day be filled with colour!

Dream Big!

Good Morning - it's time for another Paper Romance Challenge! 

This week it is my turn to issue up the challenge and it is to use VELLUM!! Fun and easy - won't you join us?

Confession time......I cheated with my own challenge! drat.......

I honestly had a brain freeze or something like that.....When I thought up this challenge weeks ago I thought that this would be a great way to use up those flowers that I have had laying around forever!  

Well, after I made my card - which is totally cute by the way HAH!! I decided that my flower embellishment is more plastic than vellum.....BUT it does look like vellum -so..... I am counting it in - and I can do that because it's my challenge - well I suppose anyone can do it if they want haha!

It's a cute little (BIG) cupcake!! The sentiment, "Dream Big!", is from High Hopes - available at Paper Romance, which is where I get all of my High Hopes stamps! Amy is in Canada and has a LARGE array of High Hope stamps, along with several other companies - check it out!

If you would like to play along with us,  use the code word PRC40 when uploading to your favorite gallery - but make sure you link to our challenge blog also so you get a chance to win!!

I am also entering this in the following challenges:

Splitcoaststampers Ways to Use it Challenge - Seeing Spots
Woodware USA - Anything Goes
Little Claire's Designs - Anything Goes

Stamps: High Hopes

Paper: Papertrey Ink, (For The Record, Little Girl) Echo Park

Ink: Versamagic red,( Antique Linen, Vintage Photo) Ranger
Accessories: Zva crystals, (Cupcake template) Paper Smooches, unknown flower and big brad

Can I ignore you later??

This is how I feel lately - not blogging, but still keeping busy stamping and playing with my new stamps - love them all!!

Today is the Paper Romance Challenge and Judy has offered up her challenge this week - and the challenge is........ ANYTHING GOES!!! 

Won't you join us on the blog and try to win a prize? Check out all the deets here!

I decided to use High Hopes Sleepy Bear this week. I paper pieced his little jammies and coloured his hat, slipper and mug with copics.

I was using my Cosmo Cricket "WANTED" 6 x 6 paper pad for another project. so I grabbed some more - because I love these colours!

The Martha Stewart fence punch was used on kraft cardstock and then highlighted with Tim Holtz distress ink - Walnut Stain.  

I used part of a Zva Creative Pearls swirl for the steam in the coffee and to highlight the sentiment.  I love these swirls because they are quite easy to snip and use whatever piece you want, wherever you want!

Stamps: High Hopes Sleepy Bear, Sentiment My Favorite Things
Ink: Walnut Stain by Tim Holtz Distress Inks
Cardstock: Kraft, Aqua Mist
Patterned Paper: Cosmo Cricket Wanted
Accessories: Zva Creative Pearls, Pinefeather ribbon, Martha Stewart punch, foam tape,

Bunny Blooms...

Good morning!

This is my second post of the day - if you would like to visit the Friends of Waltzingmouse Blog Waltz, please click this link.

Today is another Paper Romance challenge! This week we were challenged to include Ribbons, Buttons and Lace on our cards......perfect and pretty sounding don't you think?

We would love to have you join us - there is a gift certificate involved! Take a look at the other designer's take on this challenge and join us won't you?

I used Bunny Blooms - from High Hopes, easy to colour and easy card to put together!

 

My ribbon is white grosgrain, the button is actually an embellishment grouping from Little Yellow Bicycle and the pink paper lace (barely visible) is also from Little Yellow Bicycle as is the designer paper.

A bit of stitching from my funky little sewing machine and it's good to go!

I am also entering this in the

Moxie Fab - Stamping with Markers Technique!

Forgotten Scraps Challenge - to use flowers or Spring!


Craft Your Passion Challenge which is to use pink!

Best Friends Forever

It's time for another Paper Romance Challenge!! This week we were challenged to make a Clean and Simple Valentine's card - well I sort of forgot about the valentine part - but this card could go to your BFF on Valentine's so it sort of counts!!

We would love for you to join us!! Just ink up a Valentine's card using a High Hopes, Kraftin Kimmie, Bildmalarna, Unity Stamps, Popcorn Bear, Cute Companion or Your Next Stamp stamps.  These are the stamps that Amy carries in the store at Paper Romance!

My card uses the Open "BFF" saying for my challenge creation. Pretty clean and simple- not my favorite card by far....it needs something but clean and simple it will stay!

Thanks for coming my way today! I'm off to the library for story hour........

I'm also entering this is the following challenges:

Crafty Creations Challenges

Creative Cottage Challenge

You're a Doll!

Good day to you!  Today Paper Romance Challenge day - yippee!

These challenges are good for me, as they stretch my mind - sometimes a good thing! - This week's challenge is a lovey dovey one - it is a colour challenge - Red, Cream and Gold. We would love for you to play along - you don't have to use Paper Romance stamps but if you have them why not? 

 Check out the Paper Romance Blog for all the easy peasy details!!

ETA: There is a BIG SALE going on at Paper Romance - Check out the sale at the shop!

So today I decided to use a High Hopes Stamps called Tutu Sweet - but I didn't colour it - shame on me!

Instead I stamped her with Versamark on Vintage Cream cardstock and embossed her with gold embossing powder!

I punched some heart edges with my Martha Stewart punch, added some ribbon and a sentiment and voila!! Isn't she a cutie -even without colouring her!

Thanks for the visit today!  Anybody else just OVER this snow - getting pretty tired of storm after storm - but then again --lots of stamping time!!

Paper Romance Challenge Blog Hop!

The Paper Romance team has been working hard to bring you some wonderful creations this morning!! 

We are having a Blog Hop!!.......so make sure you start at the beginning -- at the Paper Romance Challenge Blog  so you don't miss a wonderful thing!!

 Amy is offering a $20 gift certificate to one hopper today that completes the hop, so be sure to leave a comment on each of the Design Team’s blogs to have a chance to win! Play along with us and our challenge and you could win a $5 gift certificate to Paper Romance too!

 

The Hop is live at 7:00 AM CST today and closes on Saturday, January 29^th at 7:00 AM CST.  Comments left after that time are loved and appreciated, but to be eligible for Amy’s prize you must complete the hop by Saturday morning.

If you came here from Judy’s blog, you are on the right track! 

Our Design Team Challenge for this week is “ANYTHING BUT A CARD.” 

My “Anything But a Card” project today is a gift bag! 

Using the cutie patootie High Hopes stamp Dino-Mite Dino - I stamped him in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and coloured him with  my copics.

I chose to cut him "out-of-the-box" with his sweet little tail hanging out and about and then mounted him onto my eyelet circle.

Thanks for visiting today and the next place you want to be is Mary's blog. I know you will be impressed!!

Paper Romance Challenge!

This week on the Paper Romance Challenge, Cindy has challenged us to make a shaped card, so I dusted off my Classic Heart Nestabilities and Classic Scalloped Heart Nestabilities and put together this sweet card!

 

I stamped, paper pieced and cut out Cherry Chip Chimp and then popped him up onto the heart card. It's hard to tell but I used my glaze pen to fill in the cherry and make it all shiny and pretty and my white gell pen to add some highlight! 

We would love for you to play along with us and you could win a gift card for the Paper Romance store! Click here to go to our challenge blog and check all the details. 

You can also see the rest of the design team inspiration!

Happy Birthday Masculine Style!

This week’s Paper Romance Challenge is all about birthdays and the men in our life! Make a birthday card for your husband, son, uncle, brother, a co-worker.... Just gear it towards the masculine side!


I am still using this Miles Mouse image - not only because I LOVE it but because I am waiting for stamps - grrr Canadian Postal System!

I kept it very simple - as in no colouring - and kept the embellishment down to a bar minimum - because men don't even care about that stuff - believe me I wanted to add bows and ribbon lol!


Why don't you pop over to the Paper Romance Challenge blog and give it a try!


On a personal note - I have been sick - so therefore no posts and I am sorry about that - I have been making cards but just can't stop coughing long enough to get the energy to post - I think I am turning the cough corner this week, lol - so hopefully can get back to normal.

Paper Romance Challenge!

Oh it feels good to be back and at "it" again! I love getting into a routine - all those presents and candy and turkey just threw me off my equilibrium - back to fiber and salads...yeh right :)!

This is the first challenge of the New Year for Paper Romance! As always, you can check out the details on the Paper Romance Challenge blog - Every week there is something to be won yay!

This week we were challenged to "Let the Sun Shine In"!! and I say - gladly!

My card features a Kraftin' Kimmie stamp starring Miles Mouse and the stamp called Birthday Friends - they look pretty proud of themselves carrying around that beautiful cake!

I stamped and coloured the image with my copic markers and then using My Mind's Eye designer paper, set out to construct my card!

Using the Sweet Sunday Sketch, I made my creation featuring a border from a Jenni Bowlin bingo card that said cake - appropriate don't you think?

Check out all the other design team members creations too - I know you will be floored!!

Welcome Little One and Joy!

Well, even though the Paper Romance Challenges are taking a couple of weeks off, I still wanted to post my sweet little Girl Binky Monkey!

I used K & Company Nursery designer paper - so cute! and then a lot of Zva bling - which I had to colour with my copic markers - such a quick fun way to add the exact colour you need! 

I can't believe I didn't add a ribbon of some sort...I need me my ribbon fix! But the little flowers are from My Favorite Things Dienamics so that is instead of my ribbon - it works!


Our next paper Romance challenge will be on January 6th, 2011! See you then!

Are you getting excited for Christmas?? It is going to be so fun round here! All the family comes to our home for Christmas Brunch - which only makes sense since we have the eggs lol! 

My husband, son-in-law, son and step-dad make (and clean up! *thud*) the brunch while we women get to sit around and drink coffee and Bailey's. I really don't see anything wrong with that do you?!!

Oh JOY!!

The Backwards Colour Challenge!

Good Morning and welcome to another Paper Romance Challenge!
 

You can use any stamp for our challenge but it would be awesome if you use one that is available in our PAPER ROMANCE STORE. You may combine with other challenges and you may enter more than once.

I hope you can join us and be eligible to win a gift certificate from the store! Just make sure you also link to the Paper Romance Challenge blog in your post and then link up with Linkitz on the Paper Romance Challenge blog to be eligible!

This week it was my turn to issue a challenge! I love thinking up different things just to confuse people lol! 

 

 

 

I decided that I am getting tired of Red and Green for Christmas cards - so this week your challenge is a Backwards Colour Challenge - Use any colour but Red or Green to construct your Christmas cards - it may be tougher than you think!

I used Havin' a Ball Snowman for my image and Cosmo Cricket Pixie-licious designer paper - definitely no red or green in this card lol!

I stamped my image using  Memento Tuxedo Black ink - I consider this the best ink to use with copics - no smearing - so no crying :) - 

The image is stamped on a piece of white cardstock - I rounded the corners and then used a die cut for the top of the white cardstock!

I used my handy dandy Zig glue pen on the snowballs, jacket cuffs and hat and then sprinkled on that yummy diamond dust - beautifully glittery!!

Isn't it gorgeous?!!

Now for my JOY post - After our BIG snow storm, my hubby was able to dig us out with his John Deere tractor (argh argh) and I could go into town and get some groceries!! 

I was so happy about finally getting out that when the check out lady said, "That will be $407.23 please", I threw my hands up in the air and shouted " I WIN!!" lol! 

My daughter was embarrassed and I did not care one bit....I was just so happy to be out - now that must be JOY to make a fool of yourself and not even care lol!!

Throw it to the wind....

Paper Romance Challenge #28

Good Morning and welcome to another Paper Romance Challenge!
 

You can use any stamp for our challenge but it would be awesome if you use one that is available in our PAPER ROMANCE STORE. You may combine with other challenges and you may enter more than once.

I hope you can join us and be eligible to win a gift certificate from the store! Just make sure you also link to the Paper Romance Challenge blog in your post and then link up with Linkitz on the Paper Romance Challenge blog to be eligible!

This week Judy Rozema challenged us to a heavy metal challenge!!  Not the music kind though, (thank goodness, lol!!)  just lots of metal products! Add eyelets, clips, hardware, washers...if it is metal..it's fair game! 

I used a Unity Stamp that Paper Romance carries called "Together" - I have linked up the Unity Stamps because Paper Romance has sold out of this particular image but they have others heehee!!

My piece of metal is that little locket thing-y hanging from the button - I have had this for-ever - no kidding - and I am just so happy that I am able to use it today yay! JOY!

I used this week's Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge - I need to do more of these sketches - I love doing them - I just never think I have the time - now this came together very simply today JOY!

Paper Romance Challenge #27

ETA: I forgot to mention (duh me!) That Paper Romance has a HUGE shipment of new High Hopes stamps that came in!! Run on over and take a look see - fabulous!!

Good Morning and welcome to another Paper Romance Challenge!

You can use any stamp for our challenge but it would be awesome if you use one that is available in our PAPER ROMANCE STORE. You may combine with other challenges and you may enter more than once. I hope you can join us and be eligible to win a gift certificate from the store!

This week Ria challenged us to make a winter themed card!

I don't have any Paper Romance Christmas stamps (yet) so I improvised and used a Miles Mouse stamp! Paper Romance is out of this particular stamp right now - but there are lots of other Miles Mouse stamps to choose from!

I converted it into a winter themed card by using Christmas paper - Cosmo Cricket Jolly by Golly-- and added some punched snowflakes! - although I imagine little Miles is probably freezing without his winter coat on and some earmuffs for those big ears of his lol!


I also am playing in the following challenges:

The Crafty Pad : Snowflakes

Stampavie and More: Snow/Snowflakes

Thanks for coming around and stay warm!

Paper Romance Challenge #26

Good morning and welcome to another Paper Romance Challenge!

We hope you can play along! and if you do, you could be the winner of a $5.00 gift certificate to Paper Romance by playing along with us. Please link your card to the inlinkz on the Paper Romance Challenge blog and if you're uploading to an online gallery, please use the keyword PRC26.

This week’s it is Cindy Haffner's Challenge and that is to make a card and incorporate a tag into it - or just make a tag! Lots of variations on this one!

I used pretty little Goldie  on my card today!

I stamped her with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and then coloured her up with my copics. I actually stamped her twice and then cut out her tail, top fin and bottom fin and popped them up onto the main image.  

Using my glue pen, I added glue to the fins and then some Glamour Dust on top - just a sparkly, super fine glitter!


The "bubbles" are actually Clear Flatback gems and I just adhered them with a small glue dot.

My sentiment is stamped onto a Spellbinders Tag - thus the challenge!


Don't forget to link up at the Paper Romance Challenge Blog when you enter and use keyword PRC26 if you upload to any of the other galleries in town lol!


Supplies:
Stamps: High Hopes- Goldy and sentiment
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, copics
Paper: Basic Grey Max and Whiskers, Papertrey Ink Terracotta Tile
Accessories: Spellbinders Beaded Circles, Spellbinders tags, flat back gems, pop dots, Prima flowers, twine, Fiskars wave punch, ribbon from my stash, PTi buttons.

Paper Romance Challenge #25

Good morning and welcome to another Paper Romance Challenge - my apologies that I am one day late!

Hope you can play along. You could be the winner of a $5.00 gift certificate to Paper Romance by playing along with us. Please link your card to the inlinkz on the Paper Romance Challenge blog and if you're uploading to an online gallery, please use the keyword PRC25.

This week’s it is Joy Rozema's Challenge and that is to make a card with some of your favorite things!  I have so many favorite things - so I chose to use a few of them - BLING!! yay!! Punches!! yay!! Flowers!! yay!!

I used one of Kraftin' Kimmie's stamps from the Miles the Mouse line called Birthday Friends and coloured him up with my copic markers.

Then I added the flowers and the EK Success cupcake punch with Flat backed Gems topping the cupcakes! The Designer Paper is We R Memory Keepers - Vintage Blue and the cardstock is from Core-dinations Core Impressions Cardstock. I just sanded the letters so that they would show through!

Thanks for looking and I hope you can play with us! Link your card us by next Wednesday night for a chance to win that $5.00 gift certificate!