Saturday, November 12, 2011

Falala Lexi from Simply Betty Stamps

Fa la la la la la la la la.....Falala Lexi!  This is her debut with Simply Betty Stamps and isn't she cute?  Who knew a zombie could be so darn adorable!?  I just love her and I do hope you like her too!



The papers I used are Neenah, Bazzill and Echo Park's Wintertime Collection.  I loved the colors and since I really wanted her to look cold (i.e. blue) I decided this paper was perfect!  Of course I colored my image with Copics, you know they're my favorite!!  My sentiment is from A Muse, the ribbon is from an unknown source as well as the button and the embroidery floss, just goodies from my stash!  I think she came out really cute and hope you think so too!  There are more from this Simply Betty Stamps collection being released over the next few days so keep checking back for more great images and cards. 
Thanks for stopping by to take a look!  I enjoy knowing that someone appreciates my little masterpieces!

Thursday, November 10, 2011

The Batty Betty Birthday Blog Hop

Happy birthday to you!
Happy birthday to you!
Happy birthday Batty Betty!
Happy birthday to you!
Now, how many of you did the music in your head as if you were singing it!?  That's what I figured!  This is a special blog hop today to wish our wonderful friend, Betty, a very happy birthday!  If you landed here from Alison's page, you're on the right track.  The complete list of blogs is below in case you've gotten lost along the way.  For Betty's card I used one of the Sweet Gothic Kids images, Judy Present, found here.  I merely modified her hat from a Christmas hat to a party hat which was very easy to do with a little masking and it allowed me to turn her into a birthday image.  I colored her with my Copics and layered her on Bazzill and Echo Parks Summer Days paper.Then it was just a matter of adding a sentiment, a few cute buttons for embellishments and a little Stickles to sparkle her party hat.  A sweet little card for a very sweet lady!


For the inside of her card, I printed off my sentiment and added a little of the Echo Park paper just to dress it up a little bit.  I think it was just the right touch!  I hope you like my card for Betty and I hope you will join us in wishing Betty the happiest of birthdays with many more to come!  We love you Betty, happy birthday!
From here you may hop to Barbara's blog and see what wonderful creation is waiting for your hopping pleasure!  Thanks so much for stopping by!
Here's the complete list in case you lost your way!
Lea (Me!)
Thanks and have a blessed day!
Lea

Saturday, November 5, 2011

Simply Betty Stamps - Jude and the Rockers Christmas Release

Hi there!  I have three cute cards for you today from Simply Betty Stamps.  These are from the new Jude and the Rockers Christmas collection and they are just adorable!  You can see the entire collection on the web site for Simply Betty Stamps or you may visit our blog for more samples of each new image.  My first card is Big Gift Lilly.  She is just the cutest little thing and kind of reminds me of Cindy Loo Who!  Lilly is colored with Copics, distressed with a little Tim Holtz Antique Linen Distress Ink and layered on Neenah Classic Crest, Bazzill and My Mind's Eye "be Merry" papers.  I added a few dew drops that I colored with my Copics and cut out three little trees that I pop-dotted in the lower right corner.  I love her rockin' PJ's!

 Big Gift Lilly

Next up is Carrots for Rudolph Ariel!  She's just so stinkin' cute!  My youngest son has decided he wants to leave out carrots for Rudolph this year.  After all, he is the one leading the whole sleigh and pulling Mr. Chubby around all night!  I guess he's right so I've conceded and carrots will become a new tradition in our household.   Well Ariel is just sooo cute she had to be colored with Copics!  I cut her out with a Spellbinders Nestie and did the next size up as well for layering.  I added a little Tim Holtz Distress Ink and layered her over Bazzill and Bo Bunny papers.  I added two layers of ribbon and using a little of the Bazzill I used for the base of the card, I cut out the snowflakes with a die from My Favorite Things and added bling with some Stickles.  I love how she came out!

Carrots for Rudolph Ariel

Last, but certainly not least, is cute little Cookies for Santa Jude.  He reminds me of my son's best friend, Michael, except Michael has the most darling curls you have ever seen.  There's just something about Jude that makes me think of Michael!  Again, I used my Copics to color him, added some Bundled Sage Tim Holtz Distress Ink  and layered him with Bazzill and the two printed papers.  I hate to say this, but, I don't know which company to give credit to for these cute papers.  There was nothing printed on the back so I'm at a loss.  They really are perfect for this particular image.  The Santa faces are glittered so I wanted to keep my embellishments to a minimum and used just a little gingham ribbon as an accent.  Sometimes simple really is the way to go! 

Cookies for Santa Jude

That's it for my preview cards for this collection release and I do hope you enjoyed looking at them.  Hopefully they've inspired you to head to Simply Betty Stamps and purchase these cute little rascals.  I'm sure they will find their way into your heart and spark your creativity!  Happy stamping and thanks for looking!

Monday, October 31, 2011

It's the Great Secret Pumpkin Exchange Blog Hop Day 3

Happy Halloween!  Trick or Treat, smell my feet, give me something good to eat!

Okay so let's get on to the final hop prize and how you can win it or one of the other two prizes!

Today is our final hop day, with a new set of ghouls, I mean gals, and a final prize.  Today's prize is one mega bucket!  It has 12 new stamps, yep you heard me!  And they haven't been released yet!  That means you will not only get the stamps before everyone else, but if you choose to, you can be a part of the release. It's not required but it is an open invitation to be Guest Release DT Member.  Both of these lines will not, I repeat, not be available in digi, and if you are a digi lover and you win this prize, or any of the other two prizes and would like to switch them out for digis Betty will grant that wish for you!

SO how can you get in on any of these three awesome prizes?  It is soooo simple you may re-read this twice to make sure you read it right!

All you have to do is upload your best Halloween picture on the Simply Betty Stamps blog with Mr. Linky!  Yep that's it!  It's Halloween night, I know we are all going to have our cameras out and ready to flash people, you know what I mean by flash!  LOL

Your picture must be Halloween, your family trick or treating, having dinner in your costumes, anything Halloween and in a costume!  You will have until Nov. 3rd to upload your picture, the DT gals and Betty will vote on three of our favorites in the following catagories:  Cutest, Funniest, Most Original!  Mr. Linky will be gone by Nov. 3rd, and the three winners will be announced Nov. 10th on Betty's Birthday!  Whoohoo!  Like yesterday, today you can win a secret Betty digi just by leaving a comment on the SBS blog letting Betty know what you thought of all the gal's posts and projects! 
Thank you all so much for hopping and here we go....

So, on to revealing my Secret Pumpkin!  Not only did she give me a treat (my card and coffin), she gave me a pair of socks so she wouldn't have to smell my feet, and she gave me something good to eat, Snickers!  Now, how cool is that!?  Thank you, Aeryn Kelly-Reitmeyer for being such a ghoulishly sweet Secret Pumpkin!  Just look at this cute little combo Aeryn made!  I must confess, the coffin is empty.  When it arrived, it was full of Snickers, now it's not.  They have all disappeared!  I'm sure they'll reappear sometime soon on my hips or rear end but in the meantime, I've just been licking my lips!


Here's a close-up of just the card she made using
Vampire Christian from the Emo Halloween Collection.


Isn't he just adorable in his own spooky little way?  Love the sentiment too!  Here's a picture of the socks Aeryn sent me.  I propped my feet up on my stamping desk just for the occasion!  Notice all the mess on my desk?  Yep, that's what happens after two busy weeks of stamping, Halloween has exploded all over my desk!

Thank you Aeryn for making my Halloween even more special and fun by being my Secret Pumpkin! 

So, I thought that since it's Halloween I would give you an extra treat and show you another card I made using Witchy Boo Betty in digi format.  I don't know about you, but I love digis!


I so wish you could see the sparkle on the stars!  They are just so much prettier in real life, the camera never seems to do my sparkles justice.  I think she came out pretty cute.  I also did a card I sent to my Secret Pumpkin but the post office decided to lose my package that I sent so Erika unfortunately didn't get to participate.  I can't even begin to tell you how angry I am with the post office but more than that, I feel awful for Erika not getting her goodies.  I did take a picture of the card before I mailed it to her and I'd like to post it below.  I used Punkin' Judy from the Sweet Gothic Kids Halloween Collection.  When you have time please go to Erika's site, http://www.craftysprouts.com/ and give her some love.  I feel just awful that her package is out there missing in action.


I'm so hoping Erika's box shows up soon.

Thanks for stopping by and I do hope you have a safe and spooky Halloween!
If you landed here from Alison's blog then so far so good, your next stop is Rebecca and you know what happens from there, but if you should happen to get lost along the way here is the complete list for you:

Lelia
Ends back here: SBS Blog

From all of us at Simply Betty Stamps we wish you and your family a very Happy Halloween, stay safe out there, have a Spooktacular good time and fill those bags up with loads of candy (then send them all to me bwah ha ha ha ha)!
We can't wait to see your awesome pictures!!!


Saturday, October 22, 2011

Haunty Halloween Hop

Welcome to our Haunty Halloween Hop!  I love Halloween more than any other holiday of the year.  I thought this would be a fun way to share my love of the holiday and my love of making cards.  Also...
...its Day 6 of the 12 Days of Halloween at The Simply Betty Stamps blog

On the sixth day of Halloween
My true love gave to me
Six goblins gobbling
Five scary spooks!
Four skeletons
Three black cats
Two trick or treaters
And an owl in a rotten oak tree

All you have to do is incorporate Goblins in your project and Betty Addams DIGI is all yours! 



If you arrived here from Mary's blog then you are right on track, if not why not go back to the beginning of the hop at Cyndi's blog!


I've done all of four days and here they are!  I hope you like them!
An owl in an rotten oak tree!

 Two trick or treaters!


Three black cats!


Four skeletons!
Okay, I'm posting a few more cards in my quest to complete the 12 days!

Five scary spooks!

Six goblins gobbling!

Seven pumpkins glowing!


Eight monsters shrieking! 
  Check back again as there will be more added!
Happy Haunty Halloween Hopping!

If you got lost along the way here's the hop order:

Lea Kimmel **you are here**


AND we have TONS of fabulous Halloween prizes from our wonderful sponsors!


Stampendous! ( 5 winners... 1 Halloween bg cling stamp each winner..Crowscape, Graveyard, Beware Gate, Castle Gate, Pumpkin Fence)

Karber Digital Designs...2 digis to one winner

Skipping Stones Design...Halloweenie set

Smeared Ink  (5 single digis...1 each to 5 winners? or 5 to 1 winner?)

Strange Skin...1 set of choice (except Zombies)

Jens Digi Stamp...(5 images to one winner)

Simply Betty Stamps...($10 Gift Certificate)

La-La Land Crafts ($10 Gift Certificate)

Dreamweavers Stencils: 3 prizes: each is 4 stencils, 2 brushes,  with 3 technique sheets each!


You have until Wednesday October 26th at 8pm EST to leave comments!  All the prizes will be drawn randomly from  all the comments on all the hopper's posts


From here hop on over to Angelique's blog 

Saturday, October 15, 2011

DICC Challenge #18



Here's my entry for the Desert Islands Crafters Challenge #18.  Of the 10 things you could possibly use, I've used most of them!  It's a 1. Halloween Card, 2. SBS Image, 3. Favorite Color (purple and lime green), 5. Candy Colors (think Fruit Stripe Gum, Jolly Ranchers, etc), 6. Not Square, 7. Stripes, 8. Shades of Gray (love my kitty), and last but not least, 9. Bats (also gray!) and Spiders (no spiders, yuck!)!  My sweet little Betty Witch is all about pink, purple and green!  I colored her with my Copics on Neenah Classic Crest paper, cut the image out with my Wonky Squares Nestie, edged her with some Seedless Preserves Distress Ink and layered her on "the Midnight Spell" paper from DCWV.  How appropriate is that name!  I gave her a lovely purple bow and then gave her some magic dust (Star Dust Stickles) she's pouring into the cauldron.  I stamped my sentiment in the Seedless Preserves and gave it a little Lime Green Stickles accent.  What fun!  I so love Halloween and my pretty in pink Betty Witch!  Thanks for stopping by for a look.

Friday, October 14, 2011

Simply Betty Stamps

Yay!!  I'm officially one of the newest Design Team Members of Simply Betty Stamps!  I can't even tell you how exciting this is for me.  I so love these stamps, they're fun, quirky and a little different.  Kind of like me!  Well, a whole lot like me, to be honest!  As one of the newest members of the DT, I was able to participate in my first ever Sneak Peek for part of the Teen Scene Christmas Release.  Now, how cool is that!?  These are the cards I created.  First up is Season's Greetings Lola.  I colored her with my Copics on Neenah Classic Crest and airbrushed and Glimmer Misted the background.  The papers are Basic Grey.  I used the snowflake die from My Favorite Things to add a few snowflake accents, added a little bling and used some sparkly ribbon and Flower Soft to complete the card.  I love how she turned out!


Next up was Rio and Frosty.  Aren't they just the cutest?  Again, my image was colored with Copics on Neenah, layered on Bazzill and Echo Park papers.  I stamped the sentiment from Amuse, added a few little stamped snowflakes around the edge, layered and voila!  I just added a few pearls and the card was done.  Easy peasy and cute to boot!



The last card I did for the Sneak Peek was Betty and Christian under the mistletoe.  As usual, they are colored with my Copics on Neenah and layered on Little Yellow Bicycle and Bazzill papers.  Using a Nestie, I cut them out and sponged a little green ink around the edges.  I added some ribbon and a little bling.  Done!  Three cute cards with some cool images from Simply Betty Stamps.  Pretty cool, huh!?  Go check out the stamps and you can also go to the Simply Betty Stamps Blog to see what other members of the team created.  You won't be disappointed!

Hope you enjoy my cards from my newest endeavor!