Red and Green

Simon Says make a card with red and green, but I was not quite ready to make Christmas cards yet (It is just early October!) So I made this cheerful cherry card so I can try to pretend the winter is not just around the corner!

Think Pink!

To celebrate National Breast Cancer Month, many challenges this week are incorporating pink, or ribbons, or breast cancer awareness themes. I used this adorable stamp set from Flourishes, Think Pink - I love it, because it has the ribbon hidden in some very girly items, like this flouncy dress. I colored this image with my copics (see DCRU challenge this week for coloring). My sketch is from Tuesday Morning Sketches. Melissa's sister is a breast cancer survivor, so this is a cause that hit's very close to home for their family. The Cuttlebug Spot joins in with their support by a Pretty in Pink challenge.

I have to tell you, I had my first mammogram a couple of months ago. I was really worried that is would be a scary experience (and I am a big baby at the doctor's). Ladies, it was so easy!!! So, if you have not had one because you think it will be awful, think again. Please get checked and encourage your friends to do the same!

New stamp company - Wags 'n Whiskers

I just found out about a new stamp company that looks like they will have some adorable images. It's called Wags 'n Whiskers. I've copied the following info from their site about their release date and blog hop. Be sure to check them out!

Nikki Fairbairn and Lacey Stephens have joined forces from across the Atlantic Ocean to create our own Stamp Company called Wags ‘n Whiskers Rubber Stamps!!

Our images are based on our wonderful children and our furry pets! Zoe and Danni are Nikki’s beautiful girls with their pets Gemma (the “fat” older cat in the logo) and Bella (Danni’s little kitten). Ansley is Lacey’s sweet daughter with her little Yorkshire Terrior (or Yorkie for short) named Princess. And Ryan is Lacey’s active son with his trusty doggie blanket named BoBo!

The images of our children are brought to life by the super talented Crissy Armstrong!! YEAH!!!

Nikki, Crissy, and I all met while on the Design Team for High Hopes Rubber Stamps. When Crissy stepped down as their illustrator this summer, Nikki and I couldn’t let her slip away!! Within a very short time, we worked together to create Wags ‘n Whiskers Rubber Stamps!!

Over the next week, we will introduce you to our team. We have hand selected a very talented Design Team from ALL OVER THE WORLD! We are so blessed to be working with such amazing talent.

After our introductions, we will start sneak peeks here and on the Design Team blogs beginning on October 7th.

Our tour around the world to meet our talented Design Divas will explode on October 9th with a Blog Hop and Release!! There will be tons of prizes along the blog hop!! So you may want to become a follower of our blog so you don’t miss any of the action!!

There is even more great news!! We are looking for 1 talented Guest Designer to join us on the Blog Hop!! Please see the post below for the details on the Guest Diva Contest.

But the excitement doesn't stop there!!!

Would you like to win a complete set of our first release?!

To be entered into a drawing for the full release:

1. Grab our logo in the sidebar and place on your blog

2. Post on your blog about our new company and our Blog Hop and Release on October 9th

3. Become a follower of this blog

4. Leave a comment on this post with a link to your blog post announcing our company

The contest ends at Midnight (Eastern Standard Time) on October 9th!!

Whiff of Joy Winter Bundle Blog Candy

You can pre-order the Winter bundle of stamps from Whiff of Joy now through Oct.23rd, but also if you go to WoJ challenge blog, you can enter to win a set!

See the details below:

I want to celebrate the release of this great stamp kit with a blog candy. I am offering 2 Winter stamp kits plus some metal embellishments (which you can now also purchase via Whiff of Joy).What do you have to do to qualify for the draw?

• Grab the above logo and put it on your sidebar with a link to the Whiff of Joy webstore (I know a lot of you already did this, thanks a lot and even better :)
• Write a post on your blog letting people know about my candy.
• Come back here and leave me a link to your post in the below Mr. Linky Widget. (Only entries to the widget count).

My candy is open until October 22nd
Thanks so much and good luck!!

So Many Cards, Sew Many Cards!

I have been making cards all day long for World Card Making Day, and this is the final one for the night. This adorable image is from Sew Many Cards.

Punkin

This little fella is all ready for fall. He is one of the newest images from Mo's Digital Pencil - and was just perfect for the Copic Creations Challenge to color pumpkins. I played this week's sketch from Midnight Madness Challenge for the layout (Go check out this site - Priscilla is part of an awesome giveaway!)

Want to win an Original Scrapbox Storage Unit?

What an incredible giveaway! Visit participating blogs, including Priscilla's Midnight Madness, Auntie Thesis, The Mommy Files, My Organized Chaos , Life as Lou and others to earn entries to win this Original Scrapbox, valued at $1295!!!! Can you imagine all of the goodies you could fill this up with?

Another item that you can win is the very nifty ribbon box. This would be great to keep all those gorgeous ribbons under control. Hurry, because you only have until October the 8th to play!

Take time to check out their website, because, even if you don't win, they are offering everyone $100 off of shipping - Enter this code when you place your order to get $100 off your shipping: 100Writes

Good luck!

Little Girl in Kimono

I just finished coloring this Little girl in kimono, from Mo's Digital Pencil. The challenge at Copic Creations was to color using copics and pencils. I wasn't so sure about this, but the Prisma pencils really helped to add texture to the little kitty's fur. I used the sketch from 2 Sketches 4 You. The orange patterned "paper" is actually a swatch of vintage Japanese silk fabric. I love adding textiles to my cards, because I am always about adding texture and a bit of a surprise. If you haven't tried any of Mo's designs, please go try them - they are so fun!

Featured Stamper for Tuesday Morning Sketches

I was so excited to win the ribbon challenge at Tuesday Morning Sketches. Not only did I win some wonderful ribbon, I get to be the featured stamper for this weeks sketch! It is a beautiful design, and the sponsor this week is MyGrafico. I used the Gingerbread house from Ginger Bread and the candy was a freebie that the offered.

Let me tell you a little bit about how I made this card. After I printed out my images, I colored with Copic markers, and then coated them with Liquid Glass. I love the shiny finish this produces (without any brushmarks!)I used the new Martha Stewart edge/corner punches (Scallop Three Dot) for my edge. The smallest hole in this punch was perfect for sewing through, so I threaded both pink and red in the same needle and sewed the border to give a little bit more of a peppermint twist feel to it. The papers and felt ribbon were from Martha Stewart's Christmas line last year. Finally, the snowy border around the inner edge was made with Flower Soft's Artic White. I laid down Scor-tape, sprinkled my F.S. and tapped off. It is such an easy way to apply this!

Thanks for looking and I hope you will play along with this week's sketch!

Charity

This is another fabulous image from Mo's Digital Pencil. Isn't she just so sweet? I used the sketch from Card Positioning Systems. I wish all of my blog visitors a season of blessings!