Squigglefly Challenge

Here's a card that I made for Squigglefly's first contest this year.  First let me announce that they have a new team leader, Carolyn, who has taken over the other half of the Squigglefly group, the Carolyn Crafters.  The Holley Hobbyists have had a couple changes, with two new members joining us, Shell Becker and Shirley Quarry. 

Here's the card that I made for the current contest, include glitter on your project. I chose to use some stickles and highlighted the letters in the LOVE cardstock stickers on the side.  This fun image is from artist Sal Schiebe and is called Heart Crusher.  Deliciously wicked, huh?  I had to add a combination of "LOVE" on one side and "1 is the Loneliest Number" on the other side.

Check out all the great creations from Carolyn's team on our Challenge Blog and then join in the fun by sharing a card with us! If so, you could win a great prize from Squigglefly. 

Project Materials:  Cardstock (DCWV, Neenah, misc); Sentiments (Adorn It!, Cosmo Cricket); Image (Squigglefly); Buttons (Grandma's Button bag); Twill (Queen & Co); Die Cut (Nellie Snellen); Adhesives (Pop dots, Glue all, Glue dots); Ink (Colorbox Chalk); Color (Copic markers);

Sexy Fairy

Here's a gorgeous fairy stamp from Stamping Dragon Designs.  Isn't she hot?  She also looks a little bit shy. I colored her up in my fav color (oranges!).  I guess I really have the sun on my mind. The weatherman is calling for more cold to come our way.  I am surely missing the Texas sun, though I suppose you all will have to be reminding me about this come summer time when I am complaining of the continued 100+ degree days.

Have a wonderful Wed!!  Hugs, Holley

Sweet Heart

Here's a gorgeous image from Make It Crafty.  As Feb comes around, I will get to make lots of love theme cards.  You know how much I like making those!!  This girl is just too sweet.  I used copic markers to give her beautiful blond hair and added some sparkle from Doodlebug.

I hope you are having a wonderful 2015 so far and getting back to your routine now that we are well into the first week.  It's still cold here in TX, well, what we consider cold (anything less than 50 Deg F).  So I promised to start showing some blog candy photos...HERE's just the FIRST batch.....
some die cutters and embossers...way more photos to come including LOTS and LOTS of stamps, embellishments, papers, you name it!  Be sure and mark your calendars for Feb, there will be blog candy fun everyday!

Are you ready yet?  just wait until you see more......

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First Contest of the year

Shall we start off this year with a contest using your favorite Bestie stamp?  well this one sure is a cutie!  The SSS Challenge blog is starting off the new year with an Anything Goes Challenge, so I am using this adorable image from Sherri Baldy called Img438. She's just the essence of spring, which is totally where I wish I could be right now!

Drop over to the SSS Challenge blog and check out the projects all the other DT members made and then join in with us and share a beautiful card with your favorite bestie!  You could win some beautiful stamps.

Project materials:  Cardstock (Neenah); DieCuts (Spellbinders, Memory Box, butterflies); Image (Sherri Baldy Addicted Rubber Stamps--Scrapbook Stamp Society); Colors (Copic markers); Adhesives (Pop dots, Glue all);

Sweet and Simple Tilda

Here's a CAS card using the cutest Tilda.  Dream a little dream. Right now I wish we could all be laying down in the flowers and looking up at the sun. I am guessing many of you like me are surrounded by the cold right about now.  Well, cards like this can at least give me a summery feeling....

Are you ready for 2015, don't look now, but it's already here. I know, I can't believe that either!  What I do know though is that we are less than a month away from my FIVE year anniversary celebration. WOW!! now that is something to celebrate.  There's going to be huge blog candy all month long, so set your calendar's as the prizes will start coming and will be handed out all of Feb in celebration of the brain surgeries that saved my life in 2010!!  I am so thankful to still be here, still be seizure free, and still be crafting along side all of you! 

Hopefully by next week, photos will start to be posted so you can see the goodies.

Hugs, Holley

Nature Cards

Here's some additional cards that I created using the pressed flowers and leaves given to me by a fellow church member.  They were just stunning and I enjoyed making lovely simple cards to just show the beauty of nature.

 

Have a beautiful weekend!

Hearts and Whiskers

Here's a sweet image from artist Regan Kubecek called Hearts and Whiskers.  I just love this artists sweet images as well as her wonderful holiday theme images.  Here I am using copic markers to color the image of this girl and her kitty sitting in the meadow. That pink paisley paper is acutally flocked with gorgeous texture.

 

Here's a close up of the image which is sold as a digi stamp.

Also drop by the Sweet Pea Stamps Friends and Fans page over on Facebook to share your creations with us. You'll find lots of card sharing, weekly contests and prizes!  Cheers, Holley

New Year Projects

Here's a couple of projects that I created for the New Year, some great calendars using beautiful steampunk images from Sweet Pea stamps.  These calendars have large flat magnets on the back so they can go on the refrigerator, office cabinet, metal bookshelf or somewhere in your craft room.

The calendar above is using an image called Clara from Sweet Pea artist Charmaine Flannery.

The image below comes from Sweet Pea stamps artist Enys Guerrero and is called Magical Steam Girl

So what fun New Year's Projects did you create?

Let me start by wishing you all a wonderful 2015!

Happy New Year's Eve....

Here's a fun image from Squigglefly artist James Horvath called Bath Time.  What a fun image. I am using this card to celebrate New Year's as what more would you be doing to bring in the New year?  Definitely getting ready for that big party!  The contest over on the Squigglefly Challenge Blog is continuing through Jan 4th and the topic is Holidays which includes any holiday: Christmas, new years, valentines and so forth.

Join in the fun and share a card with us.  You could win a freebie if you use a Squigglefly stamp, even one of the great freebies. Cheers, Holley

Project Materiels:  Cardstock (DCWV, Neenah, Bazzill); Border Punch (Martha Stewart);  Sentiment (Momenta); Image (Squigglefly); Buttons (Grandma's Button Bag); Ink (colorbox Chalk); Adhesives (pop dots, glue all, glue dots);

Time for a party....

As the new year comes to an end, it's time for the last celebration. Knock on wood as I am always sick on that day.  I suppose it would actually be fun to be well enough to actually go out and have fun.  Or, dress up like this lady and just stay home.  Hugs and Kisses sounds like a wonderful plan as well.

Hope Everyone has a great New Year's Eve and New Year's Day.

Cheers, Holley

Project Materials:  Cardstock (Bazzill, Neenah, Making Memories); Border (Bazzill); Die Cut (Spellbinders Nestabilities); Stamp (Simply Betty Stamps); Ink (Colorbox Chalk); Sentiment (Sticko); Bling (Michaels); Adhesives (pop dots, Glue all, glue dots);

I Believe in Miracles

Here's a beautiful image from Make It Crafty with gorgeous papers from Paper Temptress.  I added a simple sentiment "I believe in miracles simply because I exist."  I am sure many of you are aware of this because of my brain surgeries in 2010, I feel incredibly blessed to be here!  This Feb will be 5 years!  There's going to be a totally awesome celebration, so keep your eyes peeled!!  Blog candy announcements will start early in January with photos and news.

This fun card is using lovely paper from Paper Temptress. The card base is gorgeous paper bag that has been embossed and brushed with white ink.  To add some flair to the edge, I used a piece of mica called Kunzite.  I printed out my image on Neenah Solar White Classic Crest paper and colored the image with Copic markers.  I die cut it with Spellbinders Nestabilities and then layered it with Hambly Overlays. I totally recommend the Hambly Overlays Mini Packs, this sheet comes from Pack #1, you get a bunch of 6x6" overlays that you can use on all your card creations!

So check out all the awesome papers from Paper Temptress and believe in miracles, they really do come true.  I wish I could go back in time and tell that little third grade child (that's the earliest I can remember actually praying to God about my health, without even knowing that my problem was in my brain) that God did hear me and he would answer my prayers.  Took time and technology to advance to point where doctors could really help me.

Hugs everyone!

Guest Designers

Sharing a couple of creations that were sent to me recently.  The first card was sent to me for my birthday via a Yahoogroup that I am a member of.  They know I just love yellow, so I can tell they chose this card just for me. It didn't have anyone's name on it, so I am unsure who created it, but with the yellow and the ribbon/button, definitely just what I would like!

 

 

Then I got this adorable Christmas Postcard which I am showing both sides of here from artist Linda Weber.  Doesn't she make the cutest stuff?

 

This adorable stamp she is using here is sold over on the Squigglefly website, Reindeer Postage.

New Year's Resolutions?

So, thinking about a New Year's Resolution?  Aren't we all?  usually I am not a big fan of that. Usually I don't bother.  This year, hmmm, perhaps. I definitely need to get some inspiration, that's for sure.  This cute image from Simply Betty stamps could do that.  Looks like she started a little Ribbon dancing and ended up like this. For me, that might just be crafting and how I'd end up afterwards.

Hope you are having a wonderful restful period post Christmas and before the new years.  Think about those resolutions and so will I.....

Cheers, Holley

Meet Thorne

 Happy Friday everyone!  It's time for a wonderful image from the featured artist this month, Teresa Sherman. This gorgeous image today is Thorne. She is currently available both as a digi stamp as well as a rubber stamp.  I just LOVE her bold line drawings. I colored her up with copic markers and used orange flowers and a red dress.  I have some gorgeous papers that I added to match included a transparent sheet flocked in red on the base.

 

Here's a close up of this amazing stamp.  Be sure and check out all of Teresa Sherman's gorgeous images at the Sweet Pea site.

 

Join in our fun at the Sweet Pea Stamps Friends and Fans page where we share our creations together and have weekly fun!  Cheers, Holley

Merry Christmas Everyone!!

Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas today!! Blessings to you and your family. Here's a wonderful image designed by one of my favorite artist's Sandra Caldwell.

Deck the Halls...

Here's an adorable Christmas stamp from Tiddly Inks!  What a sweet image.  I got a package of cards that are embossed like this at JoAnns, I think they are great for Christmas, but would also be good for other times, as I use a lot of red in my coloring and I love embossed background.

Are you ready for Christmas?  I know we are.  Wishing you many blessings for the holidays and hoping that you are having a good time.

Project Materials:  Cardstock (AC, Neenah); Images (Tiddly Inks); DieCuts (Spellbinders Nestabilities); Color (Copic Markers); Ink (Colorbox Chalk); Sentiment (Hobby Lobby);

Naughty or Nice?

So, Naughty or Nice?  Well, I suppose that depends upon who you ask....if you ask my hubby I think he might say Naughty is nice!  Since I know who santa is, I guess that is the way to go!  Maybe I need to find a big candy cane, or just forget the candy cane and find an outfit like this girl has on.  What do you think?

This great image comes from The Stamping Chef.  Do you love her? I do.  Check out this artist's great images. It's best to buy from these artist's now as the changes in the taxes are going to seriously affect the business for digital stamp companies outside the USA. It's a big mess, so go to the stores that you love now, and get the stamps you want before 2015.  This card is for the Stamping Chef Challenge (TSC Challenge Blog).

I am using some gorgeous papers from Paper Temptress on the card here.  The image was printed out on Neenah Solar White Classic Crest.  The base of the card is Thick Red Pepper Columns. You can see on the base and the sides where I swiped the card with ink the lovely texture it has. The paper behind the image is a Hambly Studio Screenprint. It is a part of a sheet called Out on a Limb.  This is a 12x12" sheet and I used the adorable Owl on a project and the Birds on another project and now I have this shimmery black paper with silver specs to use here.  Wonderful projects from the same paper!

Merry and Bright

Here's an adorable Sherri Baldy image today that I am entering in the SSS Challenge Blog.  The theme is Christmas. This little girl is totally cute, this stamp is called White Christmas! I think she would work for all kinds of winter theme cards, so she's just perfect for all the upcoming months. I colored her using E30, E31, E33, E35, E37.

Hope you will join in the fun at the SSS Challenge as well, there's wonderful digi stamp prizes from Sherri Baldy so play with us.

Project Materials:  Cardstock(Bazzill Swiss, Bazzill, DCWV);  Image (Sherri Baldy); Die Cuts (Spellbinders Nestabilities, Memory Box); Border Punch (Martha Stewart); Ribbon (KI Memories); Sentiment (); Brads (); Adhesives (Ribbon glue, Glue all, Pop dots); Color (Copic markers); Ink (Colorbox Chalk);

Meowy Christmas

Sharing this adorable image from The East Wind.  This fun image was the adorable freebie from the artist this month. I was a bit slow in completing my card for the early challenge this month, but I still wanted to share my card using this adorable image, so I am going to enter this cutie in their current Christmas challenge on the East Wind Challenge Blog.

Wishing everyone a beautiful Sunday and I hope your next week will be blessed!

Cheers, Holley

Merry Creepmas

So here's a scary card for a fun contest over at Ike's Art.  The contest is called Merry Creepmas.  I am using the Holly Fairy but I dressed her in red and black and used skull paper and skull brads. I added the sentiment, Beware: Crazy.  I'd worry that she will put a spell on you.

The contest is over on the Ike's World Challenge Blog, so drop by and join in the fun.  Sometimes it's fun to do something a little out of the ordinary at Christmas time and let's face it, you know I love skulls, so any excuse to use a few, I am going to do it!!

Cheers, Holley

Hooty So In Love

 Here's a beautiful image from Sweet Pea artist Concetta Kilmer called Hooty So in Love. What an adorable pair of owls. I am using copic markers on them and some gorgeous fringe lace to decorate the borders of the card.  I added a simple sentiment Owl always love you.  I think another perfect sentiment that you could use with this image is "You'll owl-ways have the key to my heart."

 

Here's a close up of the image, which is also available as a rubber stamp.

 

 

Drop by our Facebook page to keep track of the specials and then check out our Sweet Pea Friends and Fans page where you can participate in our contests and share your creations!

 

SPECIAL NOTE:  On the FACEBOOK PAGE, there's a contest, just leave a comment under the 2100 announcement and you could win 5 stamps!! and there is a 50% off coupon that goes from Dec18-20  code: 2100Likes

 

Cheers, Holley

At the Carwash...

Here's an awesome image from the Stamping Chef.  Now isn't this the woman lots of people would love to see at the carwash?  I guess here in Texas we have been in a drought situation so long, carwashes don't happen, not even in your own yard.  I guess we will just have to settle for a card with a lady washing the car. That's about as close as you are going to get.

Hope all is well this week. Are you ready for Christmas? I can't believe it is so close now.  Just one more weekend before the holiday. I suppose I should be making my list and checking it twice.  Though if I crossed off all the naughty people,....that list would get awful short.  Better stick to getting sweet gifts for all the kids.

The Stamping Chef is having an Anything Goes challenge over on their blog this week, so I am going to share this card with them.

Lizzy Love

Here's an awesome image from Lizzy Love. This girl is just great. I love these images.  I did a fall theme card for her. I know most all of you are in winter time, but here in south Texas, just about a week ago, the tree in my front and back yard started dropping leaves, SO many leaves.  It's been a pretty mild 70 degrees many days and just beautiful.  Totally inspired me to do this card.

Hope you are all doing well, be you in a mild time like I am or in the winter like much of the north right now.  Hugs for the day

Project materials:  Cardstock (Bazzill Swiss, Bazzill, Neenah); Die Cuts (Nestabilities); Ink (Colorbox Chalk); Images (Lizzy Love Oddball Art Stamps); Flowers (Prima); Brads (Making Memories, Basic Grey); Stickers (Ms Grossmans); Sentiments (Cosmo Cricket); Adhesives (Pop dots, Glue all);

Merry & Bright

Here is just the cutest image ever!! Yep, it's from SSS artist Sherri Baldy, it's she darling? She's Img454. Too cute for Christmas!  I added a fun sentiment on the base of the card "All I want for Christmas is You."  I am using some lace from Turkiye and some great embellishments of Christmas lights to go with her.  Now all I need it to get a reindeer image too...Sherri also has some adorable deer images!

Hope you will check out the SSS Challenge contest, they are celebrating the holidays over there, so join in the fun and share your card.  There's wonderful prizes from Sherri Baldy so drop by and play!

Squigglefly Challenge

Happy Monday everyone!  It's time for this week's Squigglefly Challenge.  This week the challenge will be extended through the holidays, so you have a bit longer to play.  You are welcome to enter more than once.  Our topic for the challenge is Holiday theme cards, it can be Christmas, Hanukah, Kwanza, New Years, even Valentines if you have started making those cards...pick a holiday and share a card over on the Squigglefly Challenge Blog.  I am sharing this adorable Christmas card using a wonderful image from my favorite Sandra Caldwell called Tangled Up Snowman.

I hope you will take some time and join in the fun!! There's some wonderful freebies you can use to play with us over on the Squigglefly website, try us out.  Perhaps turn one of those adorable Shy Bear images into a New Year's wish or that beautiful Journal Frame into a fun sentiment.  Just some ideas for you!