Wild Heart

 Here's a beautiful image from Sweet Pea stamps artist Charity Dauenhauer called Wild Heart. This is a gorgeous Dia De Los Muertos themed stamp and I used some very different colors for this card.  Be sure and check out the link to see the artist's original coloring.  I added a simple sentiment from Cosmo Crickett "Take in beauty, send out love."

 

here's a close up of this lovely stamp, which is currently available as a digi stamp

Drop by the Sweet Pea Blog, where all the design team members are sharing a creation this week using this stamp.  It's always fun to see many creations using the same image.  Also, we have a fun Facebook group with regular contests in which you can win prizes from the store, it's called Sweet Pea Stamps Friends & Fans.

I'll put a spell on you!

Here's an awesome image from Kraftin' Kimmie. I totally love their stamps, esp the Halloween themed ones.  This voodoo lady is no exception.  I have to say the sentiment here totally makes me think of that old song. So when I read that sentiment, it's always in the voice of that singer (Jay Hawkins).

There's an anything goes challenge over at the Kraftin' Kimmie blog so I am going to show this card to them. I have so many wonderful Halloween stamps (who am I kidding, I own like every Annie Rodrigue image and a bunch of others....) that I have to get cards made with before the season is over....

Project Materials:  Cardstock (Making Memories, Neenah, Bazzill); Stamps (Kraftin' Kimmie); Ink (Colorbox Chalk, Memento); Die Cuts (Spellbinders Nestabilties; Momenta)' Buttons (My Little Yellow Bicycle); Brads (Recollections); Twine (Doodlebug); Adhesives (Pop dots, glue all, gluedots); Color (Copic Markers);

Lizzy Love

Here's the cutest Lizzy Love image! I am totally adoring this artist's work. I initially fell in love with her images when I used to design at Queen Kat stamps.  Now she sells her images on her own Esty site HERE.  I got several beautiful images recently and she gave away a wonderful freebie on her facebook page (you'll see a card of that soon enough). 

I thought this saying was perhaps double funny for a zombie who is both without their own brain as well as looking for a brain to feed upon.   There's a challenge going on that's called lots of circles, so I added some round bling that goes all the way up and down these adorable casket shaped cards I had. See their contest HERE.

p.s. I asked my hubby what color to do the zombie in, his response was PINK. SO there, it's not just me always picking the pink!!

Project Materials:  Card (Crafter's Companion); Paper (Neenah); Image (Lizzy Love); Ink (Colorbox Chalk); Bling (Unknown); Sentiment (); Color (Copic markers); Die Cut (Spellbinders Nestabilities); Adhesives (Pop dots, Glue all, Glue dots);

Squigglefly Challenge

Hello everyone!  Here's a great stamp from Squigglefly artist Sandra Caldwell called Prom Time.  The challenge over at the Squigglefly blog is to create a card with either bling or embossing.  I have a little of both her today, some beautiful glitter on all these flowers as well as embossing around my image die cut.  Be sure and check out Rhonda's team at the Squigglefly blog to see what they made.

You can grab a freebie and make a card for your chance to win a prize, just create your project and share it with us.  Good luck and we can't wait to see what you make!

Project materials:  Cardstock (Bazzill, Neenah, ); Image (Squigglefly); Flowers (Prima, Recollections); Brads (Basic Grey, My Mind's Eye); Cardstock Stickers (); Color (Copic Markers); Adhesives (Pop dots, Glue all, Glue dots); Ink (Colorbox Chalk); Border (Bazzill);

Buttons!

It's time for a new challenge over at the Scrapbook Stamp Society Blog. Yep, buttons! You know that's totally my favorite as I am always sticking buttons on everything.  I just went to a scrapbook show and I managed to come home with quite a few buttons from several different places.  This week the challenge is Anything Goes plus buttons. I am using a lovely image from Sherri Baldy called Fancy Pants Little Pixie.

Be sure and go over to the SSS Challenge blog and check out all of the other Design Team member's cards and then share your own creation with us.  You can win a bunch of goodies from Scrapbook Stamp Society if you win!

Project materials:  Cardstock (Bazzill, Neenah, ); Image (SSS--Addicted to Stamps--Sherri Baldy); Die Cut (Spellbinders Nestabilities); Butterflies (Jolees); Lace/ Lace cut outs (Istanbul, Turkiye);  Buttons (Jesse James); Adhesives (Pop dots, Glue all, Glue dots, Ribbon Glue); Ink (Colorbox Chalk); Color (Copic markers);

Back to school

Here's a wonderful image that was given by an artist I love from Ike's Art.  Typically I tend towards her Halloween/sexy lady images. She also has some skull types which you know I adore.  This image was a wonderful freebie that he had on his challenge blog, so I just had to share a card using it.

I added a simple sentiment "Shine Bright like a diamond" along with some diamond shaped bling in black.  Check out the Ike's art site. (She also has animals, kids and flowers if that's the type you like.)

 

Cheers, Holley

 

Left of Center Creative Challenge is also using Ike's Art as their Sponsor this week, and the challenge is no printed papers.

 

Project Materials:  Cardstock (DCWV, Neenah, Bazzill); Buttons (Grandma's Button bag); Image (Ike's Art); Sentiment (Unity); Bling (Unknown, Darice); Ink (Colorbox Chalk); DieCuts (Spellbinders Nestabilities); Adhesives (Pop dots, Glue all, Glue dots); Color (Copic markers);

Gorjuss Girl

Here's the cutest stamp, she's definitely the first of those images that I just fell in love with and then had to go get ALL of her stamps.  It's Gorjuss Girl.  Initially I could only get them from an overseas shop and would get the rubber only sent to me.  I think now a much bigger company sells this artist's images in both rubber and clear.

Have a great weekend.  Cheers, Holley

Project materials:  Cardstock (Bazzill, Neenah); Stamp (Gorjuss Girl); Diecuts (Spellbinders Nestabilities, CC Designs); Bling (Queen & Co); Ink (Colorbox Chalk); Color (Copic markers); Adhesives (pop dots, Glue all, glue dots);

Lost Love

 Happy Friday everyone!  Here's a great stamp from Sweet Pea's newest artist Maigan Lynn. This stamp is called Lost Love and is available as a Rubber stamp or a digi stamp. This artist is well known for her stunning mermaids and beautiful maidens, esp those trademark eyelashes.  I wanted to do something Halloween themed for Sept, so I am using a bunch of spider themed embellishments and a fun spider themed paper in the background. I added the sentiment Tomb it May Concern.

       Here's a close up of this image.  Be sure and check out all of Maigan Lynn's Art at the store

Are you starting on some Halloween Cards yet?  Sweet Pea stamps has a bunch of amazing Halloween themed stamps (Click here).  Be sure and share your creations with us at the Sweet Pea Stamps Friends and Fans page on Facebook.

 

Cheers, Holley

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday, actually, I should say Happy Belated Birthday to the queen of Paper Temptress Patricia Dunbar!  Yep, it was her birthday last week.  This is my first posting since her birthday, so I am using this opportunity to share a bday card for her.  This cute little girl is from Tiddly Inks and all these yummy papers come from Paper Temptress.

The gorgeous base of this card is a beautiful shimmery cardstock with lots of mica flecks in it that make it shimmer, it's called Rosso Incandescent.  It has almost a golden overtone to it.  The White cardstock with the image printed on it is Neenah Solar White.  The corners are beautiful pieces of Mica in Gold.  The black cardstock behind the image has been embossed with an embossing folder, it's black licorice glossy.

Cheers, Holley

Will be sharing this card in the Tiddly Inks Challenge

Bootiful

Here's a fun image from Simply Betty Stamps that I am using for today's card. Totally loving the Halloween time, so I am getting in some Halloween fun cards.  Are you guys making Halloween too?  I never thought about it, do other countries celebrate Halloween?

Project Materials:  Cardstock (Neenah, AC Metallic); Image (Simply Betty Stamps); Sentiment (); Bat (Queen & Co); Die Cuts (Spellbinders Nestabilties); Embellishments (K&Co); Ink (Colorbox Chalk); Color (Copic markers); Adhesive (Pop dots, Glue all);

Love of my life

Here's a sweet fairy card using a beautiful stamp from Scrapbook Stamp Society artist Sherri Baldy. This beautiful image is super cute! I wanted to use mostly greens on this card, which is not my typical color, but it matches her adorable outfit. I am also using a wonderful die cut from Joy Crafts and some beautiful lace from Istanbul.

Drop by the SSS Challenge blog and enter a card in their Anything Goes challenge! You could win some beautiful stamps from artist Sherri Baldy this week!

Project Materials:  Cardstock (Making Memories, Neenah, Bazzill Bling); Image (Sherri Baldy-Addicted to Stamps); Die Cuts (Spellbinders Nestabilities; Joy Crafts); Lave (Istanbul, Turkiye); Sentiments (Adorn It!); Ink (Colorbox Chalk); Adhesive (Pop dots, Glue all, Ribbon Glue); Color (Copic Markers);

Squigglefly Challenge

Happy Monday everyone! It's time for this week's Squigglefly Challenge!  The challenge this week is to include some stripes on your card.  This can include stripes on your image (such as the stripes on the elephants shirt) or stripes on your cardstock (as on this card), or you can even have embellishments with stripes on them.  This brand new image is from artist Sandra Caldwell and is called Raggedy El and Ellie.  Too cute!

Drop by the Squigglefly Challenge blog and check out all the wonderful cards that the Holley Hobbyists created for this contest and then share with us a card that you create!  If you use an image from Squigglefly, you will be eligible for the prize drawing.  Good luck.

Project Materials:  Cardstock (MAMBI, Neenah, misc); Image (Squigglefly); Ink (Colorbox Chalk); Banner (Jolees); Adhesives (pop dots, glue all); Color (Copic markers);

Angel Card

Sharing a Sunday Angel card. I haven't shared an angel card on Sunday in a while, so I decided to make one this week.  I hope you like this sweet angel. I can't think of who makes this stamp, so if you recall, let me know.  Hope you love this card. Many blessings everyone!

Special prayers out to those in need.  If you leave a prayer request, I'll add you to the prayer list.  Had lots of fun at the Scrapbook convention this year. I took three classes in card making. Usually I don't show the cards, as they are not cards that I designed myself, but this year I thought I would scan in a couple of them to let you see what they are teaching (and let you know which companies taught the classes in case you are interested).  Keep an eye out for those in an upcoming weekend. 

Hugs, Holley

Squigglefly Challenge

Here's a card I made for this week's Squigglefly Challenge.  The challenge is to incorporate Stars or Star sentiment into your card.  I am using two images from Squigglefly for this card, one is a four star image from artist Pamela Lehto.  The frame I am using comes in a wonderful set of frames, it includes this rectangle frame, a matching round frame, a oval frame, square frame and rectangle frame.  It's called Half Moon Borders from artist Charlene Mitchell and this set will be released in Sept, so keep an eye out for it!

 

I colored up this card for my hubby, and Iowa State Cyclones fan, as the Cyclones football season started.  I know he loves a little cheering for his team.  There's just a little time left for this week's contest, so run over to the Squigglefly Challenge Blog and create a star card to join in!

 

Project materials:  Cardstock (Bazzill, Neenah, DCWV); Images(Squigglefly); Buttons (Grandma's Button bag); Ink (Copic Markers); Adhesives (pop dots, Glue dots, Glue all); Color (Copic markers);

Mad Queen Alice

 Here's one of the newest artists at Sweet Pea stamps, Enys Guerrero.  This stunning image is called Mad Queen Alice.   I have gotten all the images that this artist has so far. I am totally in love with her stamps!  This image is no exception.  I had to do yellow roses and add some yellow corner die cuts to go with them.  I am using some shimmery paper from Heidi Grace as the base of the card here.

 

Her crown is in gold and black.  The butterflies all have spider webs on them and there are little tiny stars on the card.  I used yellow, thinking, yellow rose of Texas, but be sure to check out the artist's original coloring as she is using black roses with a red background that is stunning.

 

I hope you love this image, be sure and check out the other wonderful stamps from this artist at the store.

 

Cheers, Holley

Hot Mess

Here's an awesome image from The Stamping Chef.  I am sure you all know that I just love this artist's stamps. I have so many of her beautiful images. Here's another fun one, I probably have been a hot mess, esp given the Texas weather.  Even starting my daily walk at 8:30 am, by 1pm, it's so very hot outside!

I am entering this card in the TSC Challenge this week.  Hope they love it.

Project Materials:  Cardstock (Bazzill, Neenah, Making Memories, AC); Image (Stamping Chef); Diecuts (Spellbinders Nestabilities); Sentiment (JoAnns); Flowers (Prima, Recollections); Brads (Making Memories, Bo Bunny, Grandma's button bag); Bling (Michaels); Ink (Colorbox Chalk); Adhesives (pop dots, glue all, glue dots); Color (Copic Markers);

Skellie Halloween

Here's a quick and cute image from Bugaboo using one of the Skellie images. I just adore this funny stamps.  Something cute and quirky about them just makes me smile. There's a whole line of fun stamps just like this one.  I got several of them last time they had a wonderful sale.

Looking forward to an upcoming scrapbook convention. Hoping to take a couple classes and get to check out what is going on in the industry as well as spend some time with other crafters. 

Project Materials:  Cardstock (Bazzill, Neenah, Basic Grey); Images (Bugaboo); Bling (Michaels); Color (Copic Markers); Corner Punch (Creative Memories); Ink (Colorbox Chalk);

Lolipop anyone?

Don't you love this awesome image? It's from Simply Betty Stamps.  I can't image having a balloon that looks like an eyeball, but what a great idea. I am amazed I haven't seen one.  Doing more and more Halloween theme images as the holiday nears. I am now starting to see pumpkin goodies everywhere, including pumpkin walnut bagels at my favorite eatery--Einstein's.  Yum.  Every store here has long had their Halloween stuff on the shelves, for weeks now, just about everyone except the local walmart. 

Project materials:  Carstock (Bazzill, Neenah, Bazzill Bling); Image (Simply Betty Stamps); Ink (Memento); Die Cuts (SPellbinders,  Nestabilities); Adhesives (pop dots, Glue all); Color (copic markers);

Bubbles

We are having a great Anything Goes contest over on the SSS Challenge blog this week, so pull out your cards and share with us.  This adorable image is from Sherri Baldy and she is Img377.  Isn't she just adorable?  Can you imagine looking in a tree and seeing tiny fairies like this?

Drop by the blog and check out the other DT member's cards and then join in the fun!  You could win some gorgeous images from Scrapbook Stamp Society.

Cheers, Holley

Project Materials:  Cardstock (Bazzill Swiss, Bazzill, Neenah); Image (SSS-Addicted to Stamps); Ink (Colorbox Chalk); Flower (Prima); Die Cuts (Spellbinders Nestabilities, Memory Box); Brads (Doodlebug); Bling (Michaels); Adhesives (pop dots, glue all, glue dots); Color (Copic markers);

You are a star

Here's an adorable bunny stamp from Cat's Pajamas.  You know I love the space theme stamps. Isn't he a cutie?  There is a sentiment, but the scan on this card is kind of dark so you really can't see it. It says "You are a star."

Hope you have a wonderful Sept.  Enjoy Labor Day if you are in the US and getting the day off.

Project Materials:  Cardstock (Bazzill, Neenah, DCWV); Image (Cats Pajamas); Ink (Colorbox Chalk, Memento); Die Cut (Spellbinders Nestabilties); Bling (Michaels); Color (Copic Markers); Adhesives (Pop dots, glue all, glue dots);

Night Dreamer

 Here's a beautiful Sweet Pea stamp from artist Ching-Chou Kuik.   I love her stunning ladies and gorgeous mermaids.  This one is really a keeper.    The image is called Night Dreamer.  Be sure and check out the artist's original coloring as it is so very different from my own.

 

Here's a close up of the image I colored using Copic markers

 

Hope you are having a great week and getting some crafting in too.  Check out all of Ching-chou Kuik's images at the Sweet Pea store, both in Digi as well as rubber format.

 

Cheers, Holley

Happy Birthday Sylvia!

Here's a sweet card for Sylvia who's celebrating her Birthday today. Her favorite things are Elephants and Hello Kitty so I got this adorable stamp from Bugaboo to create a darling birthday card just for her.  Isn't he a cutie?  I hope she has a great birthday this year and for many years to come!

Project materials:  Cardstock (Bazzill, Neenah); Diecuts (Lifestyles); Borders(Doodlebug); Image (Bugaboo); Color (Copic Markers); Ink (Colorbox Chalk); Buttons (); Twine(Doodblebug); Adhesives (Pop dots, Glue all, Glue dots);

Praying Tilda

Here's a wonderful Magnolia stamp of little praying Tilda.  I colored her up using Copic markers and added a sweet sentiment from Whipper Snapper.  "God's Answers are Wiser than our Prayers?"  How true is that?  All the gorgeous papers here are from Paper Temptress.  Don't you love the layers? 

The base of this card is gorgeous white cardstock Neenah Solar White, this is also the cardstock that the image was stamped on.  I die cut the image out using Spellbinders Nestabilities.   I mounted the image onto beautiful mica cardstock Punch.  I also used the sliver of punch on the edge of the card.  The lovely lace looking paper is from Hambly Studios.  They have gorgeous papers and overlays.  This paper is a small piece of a Hambly Screen Print called Old Lace.  Isn't it stunning?  Imagine how many cards you could make with this one sheet. Have a great day everyone!!

  Hugs and prayers. Holley

A little Voodoo

Here's a simple and sweet Stamping Chef card today, she's sitting with her voodoo doll and I added a Kraftin' Kimmie sentiment "I'll put a spell on you!"  As you can see with all the hearts on the card, I am putting out a love spell....

Though perhaps with that spike in the head, hmmmm....well as the person who had brain surgery, perhaps I am putting out a spell to get rid of all those horrible headaches.  Though I must say, since surgery almost all of my headaches went away.  Amazing!!  I am going to put this card in the TSC Challenge this week.

Project materials:  Cardstock (Bazzill, Neenah); Flocked Cardstock (Heidi Grace); Die Cuts (Spellbinders); Hearts (Recollections); Ink (Colorbox Chalk, Memento); Color (Copic markers); Bling (Studio G); Adhesives (Pop dots, Glue all, Glue dots);

Trust Your Heart

Hi everyone!  Here's a fun bestie image from Sherri Baldy.  We are having a wonderful challenge over at the SSS Challenge blog, it's Anything Goes + Vintage.  I am using this adorable stamp, Img096. It's colored in Copics E11-E19;  I am using a combination of brown embellishments and sentiments from Cosmo Crickett.

Hope you love this card, drop by the SSS Challenge Blog this week and join in the fun!  You can win some great stamps from Sherri Baldy.  We'd love to see your creations.

Cheers, Holley