Happy Birthday to You, Too!

Now, how could we say "Happy Birthday" to Corinne without saying "Happy Birthday" to Irene, too?  After all, they are twins!!  The fact is, Betty, owner of Simply B Stamps, wanted to give each wonderful lady their very own birthday hop so each one can feel all the love!  Here's my card for Irene:

Here's what I used to create this card:

Simple B Stamps Irene Birthday Sundae

Simply B Stamps Sprinkly Fun

My Mind's Eye™ Fine and Dandy™ 6x6 Paper Pad

Flamingo Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper®

Neenah® Classic Crest™ Solar White Cover Stock

Copic® Markers - E000, 00, 04, 11, 15, 18, 19, 21, 25, 27, 29, 51, 53; YR14, 15, 18, 21, 24, 27, 30, 31; YG11, 13, 93, 95, 97; R20, 24, 29, 30, 32, 35; BG53, 57; B0000; C0, 1

atyouSpica Glitter Pens - Blossom, Orange, Melon, Turquoise

Tim Holtz® Distress Ink - Antique Linen

Ranger® Stickles™ - Firefly, Fruit Punch, Mermaid, Orange Peel

Beacon® 3-in-1 Paper Glue

Here's what I did to create this card:

Print main image and sentiment, color main image and trim each as shown
Once both are trimmed, add distress ink
Create A2 card base with a tent fold
Trim patterned papers as shown
Adhere all layers as shown
Add Stickles™randomly on both image and sentiment, set aside to dry

You should have landed here from Darcy's blog and next up is Nadine's blog.  Thanks for stopping by and I'll see you again, soon.  In the meantime, have a blessed day!  Happy birthday, Corinne and Irene!  Hope your day was awesome, Ladies!

Hugs,
Lea

It's Somebody's Birthday!!!

Corinne Jones, Betty's right-hand at Simply B Stamps, is having a birthday today and the SBS fans wanted to get together for a birthday blog hop in her honor.  Corinne keeps Betty in line and that's a mighty big pair of shoes she fills so we want to show her lots of love.  Betty even created a special digi just for Corinne!  Here's my card:

Here's what I used to create this card:

Simply B Stamps© Big Birthday Cake Corinne

Simply B Stamps© Fire Candles

Crate Paper® Farmhouse 6x6 Paper Pad

Neenah® Classic Crest™ Solar White Cover Stock

Chiffon Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper®

Copic® Markers - YR12, 15, 18, 21, 24, 27, 30, 31; BG11, 13, 18; YG91, 93, 95, 97; Y13; E25, 27, 29, 50, 51, 53, 93; R02, 05; BV02; C0

Tim Holtz® Distress Ink - Antique Linen

atyouSpica™ Glitter Pens - Turquoise, Lemon, Silver, Clear and Sand

May Arts Ribbon® - Baker's Twine

Miscellaneous Sequins

Zip Dry™ Paper Glue by Beacon® Adhesives

3L® Scrapbook Adhesives™ 3D Foam Squares

Here's what I did to create this card:

Print main image, color, trim to desired size and add distress ink

Print sentiment, trim and add distress ink

Create A2 card base with a tent fold

Trim patterned papers as shown

Layer and adhere as shown

Freehand cut the bunting pieces, adhere layers

Add foam squares to back of bunting, attach to card

Using glue, adhere twine to top of bunting

Adhere matted sentiment to card with foam squares

Glue sequins onto card randomly

So you should have landed here from Erin's blog and from here you will hop along to Nadine's blog!  Thanks so much for hopping along with us and celebrating Corinne's special day.  I'll see you again soon!  Have a wonderful day!

Hugs, 

Lea

Wicked Wednesday with DRS Designs

That's right, peeps, it's not JUST Christmas Eve but Wicked Wednesday ATC Challenge Blog time, too!!  This week our sponsor is DRS Designs and the theme is Happy Holidays or Silver and Gold, your choice.  I decided to go with Happy Holidays and a little twinkle of glitter and used their Glittering Twinkling Christmas Greeting.  Here's my ATC:

Here's what I used to create this ATC:

DRS Designs Glittering Twinkling Christmas Greeting

Neenah® Classic Crest™ Solar White Cover Stock

Core'dinations® Kraft Core Cardstock

Copic® Markers - B91, 93, 95, 97; BV02; R83; E74; YG93, 95, 97

atyouSpica™ Glitter Pens in Buttermilk and Lemon

Micron™ Pen in Black

Zip Dry™ Paper Glue by Beacon® Adhesives

Copic® Airbrush System

Here's what I did to create this ATC:

I printed my image and trimmed it to the appropriate size

Next up was airbrushing my sky with the blues, pink and lavender

Using the brown and green markers, draw the tree branches 

Go over the stars with the glitter pens and add a few extra "stars"

Trim ATC base and adhere ATC image

That's it for me today.  Thanks for stopping by and taking a look.  I hope you all have the merriest of Christmases!  Have a blessed day.

Hugs,

Lea

PenPattern Snowman

Stampendous has celebrated PenPattern images all week long and for my card today, I've used PenPattern Snowman, one of my favs!  I'm in love with snowmen of all sorts but Stampendous has THE best selection I've ever seen and I love every single one of them!  Here's my card for today:

I love the new Stampendous Spoonfuls!  The one I used here is the Spoonful of Snow.  I like that it's not just white and has other little bits of color in the mix.  The handy container you keep it in is pretty darn nifty, too!  I saw somewhere a cool way to store a spoon for a different type of container; now I can't find the blog where I got the idea.  Anyway, I'm going to pass along my slightly different version.  I bought some Command mini clips and put them on the side of my containers.  I had already gone to an ice cream parlor and begged for some sample spoons.  They were kind enough to give me quite a few and I thanked them profusely.  Here's pictures to show you exactly what I'm doing.

Here's what I used to create this card:

Stampendous® PenPattern Snowman 

Stampendous® Spoonful of Snow

Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink by Tsukineko®

Nordic Holiday Patterned Paper by Basic Grey®
Zip Dry™ Paper Glue by Beacon Adhesives®
Cardstock by Bazill Basics Paper®
Classic Crest™ Solar White Cover Stock by Neenah®
Copic Markers

Here's what I did to create this card:

1. Stamp image and color, trim to desired size
2. Create standard A-2 card base with a tent fold
3. Trim patterned papers as shown
4. Adhere all layers
5. Add snow mix and heat emboss from below

So today, you got a two-for-one!  LOL!  Hopefully you were a little inspired and you received a fun and easy tip for attaching and always having a spoon for your Spoonfuls!  Thanks for stopping by, I'll see you again real soon!  Have a wonderful day!

Hugs,

Lea

Quick and Cute with Dreamweaver

In a flurry of a hurry? This month the Dream Team is all about the Quick and Cute...whether that be cards, gifts, wrapping, or tags...we have sleigh-loads of ideas! Play along by posting your creations using the Inlinkz tool on the Dream It Up! blog, for a chance to win the stencil of your choice, and a possible bonus stencil for using Dreamweaver products in your Quick and Cute project! Here's what fun I've been up to this week:

Here's what I used to create this ornament:

Dreamweaver Stencil© LX 7002 Plaid

Neenah® Classic Crest™ Solar White Cover Stock

Copic® Markers - R05, R46, YG13, G09

May Arts Ribbon® - Cotton Twine

Miscellaneous Buttons

Hole Punch

Here's what I did to create this ornament:

1. Tape stencil down and add color with Copic® markers
2. Remove stencil and trim around edges leaving a white margin at top and bottom
3. Cut stenciled piece into strips as shown
4. Punch holes in both ends of each strip
5. Using twine, thread a button onto twine and then thread both ends through holes on strips as shown
6. Thread three buttons on top, push strips and buttons down and tie a knot and bow on top
7. Create a loop with remaining twine to use for hanging 
8. Fan strips out to create ornament shape

It really doesn't get much quicker or cuter than that!!  These ornaments are so fun to make and it's an easy way to get the kiddos involved in some fun holiday decorating.

I'd love to receive a comment from you before you head on to the rest of the "A" team:

 

Dream It Up!

Leadonna Kimmel (me)

Louise Healy

Laura Drahozal 

Lynn Mercurio

Pam Hornschu

Jamie Martin

Thanks for stopping by today.  I'll have another post tomorrow so please stop back for a visit. Have a wonderful day!

Hugs,

Lea

An InLinkz Link-up

Wicked Wednesday and Smeared Ink

It's Wicked Wednesday ATC Challenge Blog time and this week we have two sponsors, Smeared Ink and Delicious Doodles.  I chose to use Smeared Inks Drinking Buddy Elfette for our Happy Creepy Holidays theme.  She just made me laugh when I first saw her so that's why I picked her.

Here's what I used to create this ATC:

Smeared Ink Drinking Buddy Elfette
Stampendous® Tiny Alphabet Perfectly Clear Stamp Set
Neenah® Classic Crest™ Solar White Cover Stock
Red Cardstock Scrap by Bazzill Basics Paper™
Basic Grey® Patterned Paper Scraps
Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink by Tsukineko®
Tim Holtz® Distress Ink - Mowed Lawn
Zip Dry™ Paper Glue by Beacon® Adhesives
Copic® Markers - R24, 27, 29, 89; E50, 51, 53, 93, 41, 42, 44; BG70, 72; YG61, 63, 67; C00, 0, 1, 3

Here's what I did to create this ATC:

Stamp main image, color and fussy cut out
Stamp sentiment, cut out words and edge with distress ink
Create card base trimming paper to ATC size, 2.5"x3.5"
Trim patterned papers as shown and adhere to base
Adhere main image as shown
Adhere sentiment as shown

Easy peasy ATC but fun to create!  I hope it gives you a smile or two!  Thanks for stopping by to take a look.  I do hope you will play along with our challenge this week, ya just gotta love a "happy creepy holiday!"  See you again soon!

Hugs,
Lea

Art Anthology Hop

Today is the last day of our hop with our new friends at Art Anthology! We are in love with their cool paints and sprays, they’re just the perfect combo for the great mixed media projects our Stampendous Design Team has been making!

There are three amazing prize packages this week consisting of a Stampendous Creative Palette Monoprinting Plate, a $20 Stampendous Reward Card to spend on the Stampendous website, an Art Anthology Stencil, and one each Dimensional Crystal, Colorations Spray, and Dimensional Paint from Art Anthology (colors are random). Wow!! Now that’s something to slip under the tree for yourself! (PLUS – a little reindeer told us that Art Anthology will be giving away EVEN MORE paints and goodies over on their blog!!)

AND we’re celebrating the man in red! He’s checking the harnesses for those magic reindeer! It would sure be great if you found this prize package under your tree, wouldn’t it??!! Our Art Anthology hop has featured Santa in many posts this week. We’ve been the hardest working Design Team in show business!!  Thanks for joining us for some great fun and inspiration this week, oh, and a chance to win one of the great prizes!  Have you been leaving comments along the way?  

My card from yesterday was definitely NOT Christmas or winter themed so today's card is all about winter!  Here's my project:

Here's what I used to create this card:

Stampendous® Snowflake Tree Rubber Stamp
Stampendous® Chunky White Embossing Enamel
VersaMark™ Watermark Ink Pad by Tsukineko®
Art Anthology Sorbet Dimensional Paint - Buttercream
Art Anthology Dimensional Crystal Glaze - Mermaid
Art Anthology Colorations Spray - Grape Soda
Liquitex® Professional Acrylic Ink - Transparent Burnt Umber
Strathmore® Mixed Media Paper
Turquoise and Brown Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper™ 
Ranger® Archival Ink - Coffee
Ranger® Archival Ink - Aquamarine
Zip Dry™ Paper Glue by Beacon® Adhesives

Here's what I did to create this card:

1. Stamp tree onto mixed media paper with coffee ink and another with aquamarine ink
2. Mix Mermaid glaze with a bit of Grape Soda spray to create a slightly more blue color and paint a sky for the background
3. Mix Buttercream paint with a bit of Grape Soda spray along with a tiny amount of burnt umber ink to create a brown paint and go over main trunk of tree to darken it
4. Trim painted piece to card size
5. Cut out snowflake circles from aquamarine tree and edge each circle with aquamarine ink
6. Adhere circles to corresponding circles on painted tree
7. Rub VersaMark pad across bottom of trimmed piece, add chunky white embossing enamel and heat from underneath until enamel melts
8. Trim brown cardstock as a mat for stamped and painted image
9. Create an A-2 card base with a tent fold
10. Adhere all layers as shown

This was probably one of the fastest cards I've ever created!  I love the simple design.  It's really neat how easily the various paints, glazes and sprays mix together and expand your color repertoire.  All it takes is some very basic color mixing.  I do want to say that I absolutely love the shimmer in these paints.  They're truly very lovely!  Here's the rest of the team's links for today:

Stampendous Blog

Jamie Martin

Kristine Reynolds

Lea Kimmel (me!)

Asia King

Janelle Stollfus

Pam Hornschu

Wendy Price

Amy Hurley-Purdie

Tenia Nelson

Art Anthology Blog

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I hope you found plenty of inspiration this week and left comments along the way; you might just win a prize!  I'll see you again soon.  Have a wonderful day!

Hugs,

Lea