Wee Memories #81

Welcome!  I hope everyone's holidays were terrific and you enjoyed the company of your families.  I sure did!  Today on Wee Memories Challenge we are celebrating things that are:

NEW

This could be celebrating the NEW year, a NEW baby, a NEW technique, a NEW product, or whatever is NEW!!! 

Yesterday I took my daughter to my local scrapbook store where they had an adorable NEW make 'n take.  I thought it would be perfect for a photo of her and her NEW American Girl Doll she got for Christmas from Santa.  Plus we spent some quality time together making it......she got to use the Big Shot, MFT dies, and a MS border punch.  She had so much fun gluing all the pieces down! 

As for the AG doll, Kitt had to come to the make 'n take as well.  I'm not sure how this doll is going to survive........Payton combs her hair and changes its clothes constantly!!  We are even going to go get some NEW clothes for Kitt on Sunday where they will be unveiling the NEW AG doll for 2012!!!  She is BEYOND excited (and so am I!)!!

Remember, that you can make ANYTHING for the Wee Memories challenges......not just cards!  Let's see some altered art!!!  Please refer to the Wee Memories blog for sponsor details! 

Have a great start to the NEW Year!!!

{Cutie Frame}

Paper:  Unsure of source

Dies:  Pretty Posies Die-namics and Leafy Flourish Die-namics (MFT)

Misc:  Frame (EKSuccess), Border Punch (MS), Charms (?), Stickles and Twine

A little Pure Innocence.

How about a little Pure Innocence today?  These cute images are quickly becoming

a favorite line of stamps for me.  Every time I shop at my LSS, one pops into my cart!

This color combo is just divine!  So fun and cheery!  The combo came from the challenge over at

MFT....to use raspberry, lime green, and aqua.  Ok, had to use my Copics again!

Seriously, can not wait to get more of these!


Have a beautiful day!  We are gearing up for awesome weather
here in Kansas this weekend and I'm off work!!  I get to stamp with my
friends, Laurie and Jen too.  Yahooo!

{Love You Muchly}

Stamps:  Flower Girl Pure Innocence (MFT), BB: Tin Types

Paper:  Stampers Select White, Raspberry Fizz, Hawaiian Shores, Spring Moss

Ink:  Memento Black, True Black, Spring Moss

Misc:  Raspberry Fizz Mix DP (PTI), Bitty Dots DP (PTI), Raspberry Fizz twill, Scallop Edge die (PTI), Rolled Flower 

Die-Namics (MFT), Delightful Dahlia leaf die (PTI), Nesties, Copics, Silver Pearls (Michals)

OTWC Challenge #26

I just loved all the fresh springy colors of this week's OTWC challenge.

To be honest, these colors are right up my alley!

Here is the inspiration photo and the color palette from what we

worked with this week!  

I decided to take my inspiration from the balloon colors above and

use my Up, Up, and Away stamp set from PTI.

Lots of Copic coloring....not sure I'd want to do that much all the time but it was fun!

Well, I had to work "green" in there somewhere so I use my grass Die-namics to cut

some Simply Chartreuse felt.

Thanks for stopping by today!

{Birthday Wishes}

All supplies PTI unless stated.

Stamps:  Up, Up, and Away

Paper:  Hawaiian Shores, Stampers Select White

Ink:  Memento Black, Fresh Snow

Misc:  Balloons die, Grass Die-namics (MFT), Foam Tape, Copics, Sunshine IP, Nesties, Simply Chartreuse Felt

Curtain Call Color Challenge: {ACT 49}

Today I am playing along with the Curtain Call Color Challenge: ACT {49}. 

Here are the fabulous color scheme for this week.

I did have to substitute some "other" similar colors for the tan colors.

I kind of went back to my roots so to speak.  I went with a technique I learned when

I first started stamping:  Chalk popping.  (At least that's what I was taught it was called!)

The centers of my flowers look a bit green but I used some tan

shimmery chalk for the centers....I promise!

For this I also had to do a little masking and I really like how this turned out.

What do you think?  I so wanted to add some pearls or something but I am

leaving it "off" so to speak.  :)

Have a great day!

{Friend}

All supplies PTI unless stated.

Stamps:  Friends 'til the End

Paper:  Pure Poppy, True Black, Rustic White, Kraft, Fine Linen

Ink:  Versamark, True Black

Misc:  Chalks, Bracket Edge Die-namics (MFT), Red Grograin ribbon (Dollar Tree), Foam Tape

Embellish Color Challenge using Paper Piecing!

I'm back with a Embellish Magazine's Color Challenge using Paper Piecing. 

Oh, I've forgotten how I love to paper piece!  Here are the colors of this challenge:

I LOVE this challenge because I used one of my favorite PI images by MFT!  This image is great

for paper piecing.  I still had some Origins DP from Basic Grey and knew it would be

perfect for this challenge!  I paper pieced her shirt, pants, and the tiny flower on her shirt!

This little cuties soo reminds me of my daughter!  Pigtails and all!

I will be giving this to her for her birthday.....yikes, just 1 month away!

I LOVE the Bracket Edge die from MFT.....it makes such pretty edges to your cards as

well as layers. 

Did you notice my nice "box" around my Pure Innocence girl? 

It's the new stamp set from PTI called Framed.  This is going to be a favorite I can tell right now!

With all of my new goodies I got in the mail from the last release, THIS was the image I used!



I would love to hear what you think of this! 

You will be seeing more of these cute PI kiddos in the future!

{Being Cute is What I Do}

Stamps:  Being Cute is What I Do (Pure Innocence by MFT), Framed (PTI)

Paper:  Kraft and Rustic White (PTI), Origins DP (Basic Grey)

Ink:  Memento Black, True Black (PTI)

Misc:  Bracket Edge Die-namics (MFT), Copics, Foam tape

Gone Western! (a little)

One of my fellow Paper Dolls team, Cecilia, had a Cowboy Week on her blog (Trade Fish Designs)

last week and she challenged us to join in and make a card along with her. 

I dug out an oldie stamp set from TAC that I have never used but it is oh so cute!

I used **another** new MFT Die-namics here as it was

perfect for this card.....the star border!

This card is based off a fun sketch found at the Get Sketchy blog for this week.

Have a great week....I may be MIA this week as I am preparing for my annual

garage sale with lots to do before Thursday!

{Cowboy}

Stamps:  Cowboy set (TAC)

Paper:  Stampers Select White, Enchanted Evening, Summer Sunrise, Kraft (all PTI)

Ink:  Summer Sunrise, Dark Chocolate

Misc:  Star Border Die-namics (MFT), Woodgrain IP (PTI), Rectangle Nesties (Spellbinders), Copics, Chalk, Foam tape

Get Sketchy #53

****Edit:  This card made Top 5 at Get Sketchy****

I've been wanting to play with some of my clear cardstock so

when I saw this sketch challenge over at Get Sketchy, I thought I would give it a try.

This is the sketch from this week.

I used another new die from MFT here......one that wasn't released yet. 

I'm guessing it will be next month!  Just in time for the holidays!

Can you guess what it is?
There is prisma glitter on the white circles behind the snowflakes but I couldn't capture it
with this photo very well.

Thank you soo much for stopping by!!

{Holiday Greetings}

Stamps:  Signature Christmas (PTI)

Paper:  Spring Moss and White (PTI),  Eskimo Kisses DP (Basic Grey), Clearly Creative Cardstock (PTI)

Ink:  Aqua Mist (PTI)

Misc:  SnowFlake Trio Die-namics (MFT), Circle punches, Satin ribbon (Michaels), Glue Pen, Prisma Glitter, pop dots

OTWC #22 meets MFT dies!

So when I saw this beautiful inspiration photo over on Kim's blog:  Off The Wall Craftiness, I just

had to play along.  This photo just oozed elegance, thus my reason for using Damask Designs. 

I also used many dies from MFT for this card too. 

I really really like the Framed Greetings stamp/die set from MFT and since Damask Designs doesn't need anything more than a sentiment to complete it's elegance, I paired it up!  Another reason just for a sentiment,

I made this for the MFT September Guest Designer challenge.

Do you see a BRAND NEW Die-namics die used on this card? 

It is the new Perfect Bracket Edge Die-namics!

It was designed to cut various widths of paper.....you can simply die cut it out and then

trim it down to the size you need!  Here I used it to make a decorative edge to the bottom

of my card.  For my card, I did have to trim it down as it actually will make a length of

6 inches but I obviously needed it for a standard A2 card.

I'd love to hear what you all think of my card!  Have a wonderful day!

{You Are One of My Favorite Things}

Stamps:  Damask Designs (PTI), Framed Greetings (MFT), Polka Dot Basics II (PTI)

Paper:  Spring Moss, Raspberry Fizz, Stamper's Select White (all PTI)

Ink:  True Black and Spring Moss (PTI)

Misc:  Perfect Bracket Edge Die-namics (MFT), Rolled Flower Die-namics (MFT), Framed Greetings Die (MFT), Open Scallop Border Die-namics (MFT), Fern Frond punch (MS), Black satin ribbon (HL), Silver Pearls (Michaels), Bow-Easy

How cute is this??

So today, I had the opportunity at my LSS to attend a FREE treat bag make 'n take using the

new MFT Pure Innocence stamps hosted by Kim from MFT!  These stamps are brand spankin' new and UNRELEASED!!!

They even had the new September Die-namics there for purchase too!  I just had to buy a few!

You will not want to miss the release of these dies!

I chose to use the new PI Halloween bumblebee!

I did a horrible job coloring (so please forgive me) as I was late for the class and barely had time

to color the image before the next class rolled in!  So I had to assemble this cute treat bag at home.  The image was colored in with a mixture of ZIG markers and some Copics. 

Can I blame the coloring on that?  hehe

They even had these fancy decorated cupcakes for all of us too using the Pure Innocence stamps

as cupcake picks!  They colored them in and even did paper piecing!  I had to take a picture before

my daughter devoured it!!

There you have it.....what do you think?  Cute right?