Holiday Hoppin' with TGF

Hello and a very Merry TGF Hop to YOU!!!

I'm so excited to join in on the holiday hoppin' fun, as I have sooooooo been missing the Farm!

If you've just popped over here and are looking for the beginning of the hop, please start things off at The Greeting Farm Blog. You'll find a complete list of all stops on the hop there (I recommend having two tabs open :)

This is Little Santa Ian and his "deer" friend rudolph getting ready to go out and make their Christmas deliveries!
I hope you're having a blast and enjoying all of the holiday hype! Thanks for stopping by!
(p.s. for inquiring minds...I used liquid applique on Santa Ian's hat and coat to give it some texture)

Have A Tweet Christmas

Hi Friends!
Happy Monday!

I'm so sorry for the lack of posts lately! Things have been out of sorts at my house lately, but this week is full of fun things so I hope you will join me! Tomorrow is going to be the Holiday Hop at TGF and it's going to be HUGE (starts at 7pm CST)! And then stay tuned because Wednesday there is going to be a fabulous "Jesus is the Reason" Hop dedicated to the true meaning of Christmas. And then I just might have another cutie pie Puddle Jumper for you on Friday!

BUT TODAY...today I'm showcasing the adorable little Have a Tweet Christmas digi stamp that I got from Freshed Brewed Designs for my entry in this month's Sisterhood of the Traveling Cards Swap. As soon as I heard that it was going to be SNOWMAN themed, I knew that this little FBD stamp was going to be perfect for my card!

I pulled out some old Stampin' Up! favorites for this one, including my ornament punch and Red Ridinghood ribbon! I used Copic markers to color the image and stickles and glittery button to give this card a bit of sparkle!

Thanks so much for stopping by today. I hope you are enjoying the holiday season!

Color Me Green

Hi Friends!
It's Challenge time over at Claudia & Company!! This month's super fun challenge is a color combo! We chose cream and brown for you and the third color is entirely up to you! Easy Peasy, eh? Yes! So I hope that you will join in on all the fun!!

For my card, I've used Puddle Jumper Party Time Noah (new from our Winter Release) and he is dressed to the nines to wish someone sweet a very Happy Birthday!
As for the rest of the card, I was going for a bit of everything with the elements in this recipe. I've got different shapes, textures and stitching; as well as buttons, ribbon and my color of choice: Olive Green. The paper for my card is SEI and Noah is colored with Copics.

Noah and all the winter releases can be found in the DIECUTSRUS store. AND just a little reminder, if you join us for our monthly challenge and your card is selected, you get to find out what next month's challenge is early and join the DT for showcasing samples in the next challenge! SA-WEET!!

Be sure and stop by the rest of the girlies blogs and leave them some love!
Sandra
Tori
Risa
Krista
Tracy
Kim
Sheri
Lori
And our guest designer:
Mercy Kerin

It's Party Time!

Hellooooooooooo and welcome to the Winter Release Extravaganza for Claudia and Company!! The day has finally come for all of these INCREDIBLY CUTE stamps to be released, as well as a barrel of fun and prizes! :) You can find all stamps in the DieCutsRUs store right now (and a special offer for this weekend only--spend over $50 and get free shipping)!

Here are all 6 stamps that have been released in rubber today. And be sure to hop through the whole list of stops so that you can see the digi releases too AND so that you'll get entered to WIN PRIZES!! If you didn't start the HOP at the Claudia and Company blog, you'll want to pop over there and if you get lost along the way, there's a complete hop list below. Hope you have a FAB time seeing what we've created for you!!

Party Time Noah

Party Time Piper

Party the Penguin

Winter Hannah

Winter Landon

Winter Ella

Claudia and Company Blog
Sandra
Tori
Pam
Risa
Shelby
Krista
Nicole
Margie
Tracy
Jacquie
Kim
Sheri
Lysa
Lori
Kadie--you are here :)
Our wonderful guest designer:
Mercy Kerin
Claudia

Brrrr...illiant Stamps On The Way!

Hi Friends!
Welcome back for another day of brrrrrrilliant previews for the upcoming release at Claudia and Company!! Today I have another couple of super cute stamps to show you!

First up is Party the Penguin designed by Jane's Doodles. Isn't he FUN?? I happen to adore Penguins, so this little guy totally has my heart! Party Penguin comes with separate hat and two sentiment stamps!

And of course, I also have another adorable Puddle Jumper for you today too! This is Winter Landon, designed by Landon's Mama, the ever so talented Lori Boyd!! He might look a little chilly, but I'm sure he's getting ready to have some snowball fun! I just LOVE his little companion teddy bear stamp too. SO CUTE!!


That's all for me today! I hope you have a great one and enjoy seeing all the fabulous sneak peeks that await you from the wonderful DT members below! See you for the party on FRIDAY!!
Claudia and Company Blog
Sandra
Tori
Pam
Risa
Shelby
Krista
Nicole
Margie
Tracy
Jacquie
Kim
Sheri
Lysa
Lori
Kadie--you are here :)
Our wonderful guest designer:
Mercy Kerin
Claudia

Fresh Brewed Designs DT Call

Hi All!
I just wanted to pop on and let you know about something super exciting going on at Fresh Brewed Designs...an open Design Team Call!!
I just love these sweet stamps and the owner and designer, Heather is such a beautiful and AMAZING friend to work with!
If you're interested check it out HERE! And have fun browsing through the collection of funtabulous images HERE in the shop.

Winter Party Preview

Hello and welcome to the first day of PREVIEWS to get you excited for the WINTER RELEASE PARTY HOP that's going to be taking place at CLAUDIA and COMPANY!!

Today the ENTIRE team is previewing a few of the awesome stamps that will be released the first week of November. Get ready for some incredible CUTENESS!!

Here is Puddle Jumper Winter Ella; sporting her cozy snow gear and complete with penguin companion stamp and familiar songbird sentiment.

And next up is Puddle Jumper Partytime Piper; all decked out for a special holiday party and sending you warm greetings!

What do you say...are you ready for the holidays to be upon us? Well, if those weren't enough to get you in the mood, here is the complete hop list to check out all the AMAZING previews today! Thanks for stopping by and we'll see you back on Nov 3rd for a second round of SNEAK PEEKS!

Claudia and Company Blog
Sandra
Tori
Pam
Risa
Shelby
Krista
Nicole
Margie
Tracy
Jacquie
Kim
Sheri
Lysa
Lori
Kadie--you are here :)
Our wonderful guest designer:
Mercy Kerin
Claudia

Just Because

Hello Friends!
Happy Friday! I can't believe it's been an entire week since I posted anything. I really have missed it!
But I'm back today with a fun little project that I've been working on! And I think I will affectionately start referring to Friday as Puddle Jumper Friday. LOL. I think I've posted a cutie pie PJ every Friday for the last month, so it seems I'm on a roll :)

And this adorable Puddle Jumper is Daisy (designed by the talented Lori Boyd for Claudia and Company Stamps)! She is SO FUN and reminds me a little bit of myself from my grade school days. Even the fact that she comes with a little kitty companion stamp reminds me of me! Haha. I had several kitty-cats growing up...only one at a time, but I always had one or was begging my mom to get another. Now I have dogs, go figure. :)

So, as I said, this is a little card gift set that I've been working on to give to a sweet friend of mine. I found the awesome Card Purse tutorial HERE on SCS. There are SO MANY great tutorials over there...hours and hours and hours of fun. Then I made some little note cards with envelopes for stuffing inside of the little box. The patterned paper that I've used is Echo Park Sweet Summertime and PJ Daisy and kitty are colored in Copics. You can find the stamps, paper and for a limited time--the markers too, HERE at DieCutsRUs.

I hope you have a wonderful weekend!! I can't believe we're nearing the end of October!! Time is flying by! I better get working on my Christmas Cards!

Princess Time!

Hi Friends!

Happy Friday to you!
I've been trying to motivate myself all week to work on cards, but I've been feeling a bit under the weather and after working all day, have retreated home with nothing but rest on my mind. :(
All that said, I do have a princess card for you today! I figure that even if I don't feel well, I can't help but smile when I see a princess, especially one as cute as Puddle Jumper Chloe (designed by the Fabulous Lori Boyd)!

For this cutie-pie princess card I've used My Minds Eye 'I Believe' Paper and Crate Paper 'School Spirit'. The button is Basic Grey, the ribbon is American Crafts and the sparkle is Stickles. Puddle Jumper Princess Chloe is colored with Copics and is a Claudia and Company stamp which can be found HERE at DieCutRUs (sentiments I've used are C&Co. stamps too).

Before I sign off today and wish you many blessings for your weekend, I wanted to put a reminder out there that there's still time to join us at Claudia and Company for the monthly challenge---use any C&Co. stamp plus the recipe of Orange/buttons/ribbon on a card and submit your entry HERE. AND AND AND (on a separate note) there's still time to purchase C&Co. stamps and have part of the proceeds from your purchase go to the Susan G. Komen fund! For details go here.

Thanks and have a WONDERFUL weekend!!

Reach for the Sky

Hi Friends!
How are you?

I'm back with another fun Puddle Jumper card today! This is Cowboy McCoy and he is from the October release. I just think he is too cute for words.

As I was making this card the other night I was thinking of different sentiments; wanting it to be kind of a brighten your day kind of card. Then as I was looking through my bin of stamps I found this one (PTI) and I couldn't help but smile and think of the sweet Woody character from Toy story! So, I did it, I went with "reach for the sky!" heehee. I hope you like it.

You can find McCoy and all the other Claudia and Company stamps, HERE in the DieCutsRUs store. Oh and also, Cowboy McCoy is being featured TODAY over at the Claudia and Company blog! So pop over THERE and check out all the fabulous ways to use this super fun stamp! And just a little reminder, for every C&Co. stamp you purchase this month, Claudia will generously donate $1-2 per stamp to the Susan G. Komen fight for the cure. Awesome!

Have a wonderful Monday!

(supplies used: paper-Basic Grey Pyrus, ink-Copics, embies-Basic Grey Buttons, Paper Distress Tool, Twine, Making Memories Eyelets, Orange thread)