Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge 124

Yahoo! It's finally the weekend. The week seemed to pass by quickly, and yet not quick enough. I've been waiting for the weekend so I can go watch the Twilight movie. lol! Yes, I like to follow the movies since they came out. The first two weren't all that, but the third and last one seemed to be good. So now I hope they came up with a nice one this time as well. 

Before I forget myself and keep blabbing, I'm going to go ahead with the Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge 124. I absolutely loved the cards from last week. So much talent! Well, here's a little something to start your creative juices. This week's sketch is from our very own Karin Akesdotter! 

Some of my WMS orders came in this week! I was so excited and opened them right away. This was one of my favorites, Candy Wagon, so I inked it up right away. I added more layers than the sketch had. I hope that's ok. 

There are different combinations when building the Candy Wagon. I just chose one of the Candy Wagons that the WMS DT girls made. The possibilities are endless, I can imagine combining other stamp sets with this one! :)

Since I already had the Western theme going on here, I picked out some sentiments from Back in the Saddle. Then I added some elements to it, like the glittered star, the wood grain embossed kraft panel, lace and ribbon.

 

I hope that gave you a bit of inspiration and that you'll join us over at the Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge. I would love to see what combination you'll come up with using the new stamps from the last release. I'll see you there! :)

TCM Holiday Blog Hop

Hello there! Whew! It's been a week but I haven't gotten back to the swing of things yet. So much paper work to do and update. Argh! I love having vacations but the I'm not too keen on the load of work I have to get back to after it. Gas lines have been shorter. Hopefully by this week everything will go back to normal. 

Since the holidays are fast approaching, TCM is having a Holiday Blog Hop for everyone! So, if you just came from Chupa's blog (Iwona Palamountain), you are right where you ought to be. IF not, please head on over to The Craft's Meow Blog to start from the very beginning. TCM is giving away a stamp set of choice for a lucky winner! All you have to do is to leave comments along the way. Comments must be left by 9pm PST, Wed Nov 14th.

Let's head on over to my card. I'm using Vintage Snowflake and The Merry Best on my card.

I used the Vintage Snowflakes to make the background panel for my card. Then I used the wonderful tree images and sentiment from The Merry Best on the raised panel of my card.

I added some lace, ribbon and cut out the little balls on a trim to add to my ribbon. I also flanked the raised panel with strips of patterned papers. I'm not sure if you can see it, but I also used some enamel accents on the trees as well.

That's it for me today. Now head on over to Jen Cuthbertson for more inspiration! Thanks for stopping by today. Please make sure you leave comments along the way for a chance to win a stamp set of your choice! Enjoy your week! See you all again!

Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge 123

Hello there! I'm back with another card for this week. I've been busy trying to catch up with everything that I've missed these past two weeks. There's a lot of paper work to do and I'm not looking forward to it. It's nice to have little breaks in between whenever I make cards for my DT assignments. 

This one is for Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge 123. I have been waiting for my WMS orders to arrive in the mail. I guess Sandy pushed back their delivery for a few more days. Hopefully I'll have them in time for the next challenge. I can't wait! :) Here we go...

I hope my photo looks ok. For some reason my card photos don't look the same from before I left for vacation. I can't remember, for the life of me, if I changed any of the settings on my camera! It's so frustrating. So please bear with me until I figure this out.

This week's sketch is from Lenet. Wonderful chance for a layered card for me! :) 

As you know, before I left I was trying to make as many Christmas cards as I could. So here's another one for my growing set. 

I started off by making my ginger bread cookie jar from Candy Jar Christmas Fillers. Then I had this idea to make a felt layer where I could adhere my cookie jar. I cut out a small piece of white cardstock and sewed a piece of felt on top of it.

I couldn't decide how to put my sentiment on the card so I stamped it directly on the felt piece. It's from Santa's Coming to Town. Then I added a little more by stamping Merry Christmas on a strip of cream cardstock and adhering it on the inside panel of the card. It's from 2011 Holiday Ornaments. I made the front portion shorter so that the sentiment would be visible.

Well, that's all I have for today. I'll be back in a few days with more. Hopefully my mojo comes back soon! (It took me a while to figure out what I wanted to do with this sketch!) I hope to see you over at the Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge! Thanks for stopping by today! :)

Stuck in Hawaii

Hi friends! It looks like my dh and I are stuck here in Hawaii until Saturday, November 3. We were supposed to leave today but they cancelled our flight this morning. The only available slot we could get was on November 3. 

The hotel has been wonderful. Allowing us to stay in our room for a much lower rate. They had already upgraded us to a suite on our first day here for free and now they've given us 50% off on our original price for a regular room to stay in this suite until our flight.

So if anyone there is planning on going to Hawaii in the future...Hilton Hawaiian Village! It's absolutely wonderful. Great for families too. :)

I'll keep you posted as much as I can. Thanks for the well wishes. I hope everyone in the East Coast is ok. Stay safe!

Extended Vacation

Hi bloggies! Sorry it's been quiet here. My husband and I are vacationing in Hawaii. We were supposed to head back on Monday but there's a big hurricane headed towards New York from Sunday to Tuesday. So we had to extend our stay for a few more days. I'm not complaining! I absolutely LOVE it here! :) Although they said that power outages might happen and extend for days in New York. So I'm not looking forward to going home and finding that there's no power. :(

I'm posting some pictures of our trip here because I don't want to leave any of you high and dry all week long. :) 

Hilton Hawaiian Village - we're staying here for the next few days. Wonderful hotel. It has almost everything and anything you might need. Shopping, places to eat, mini mart, on the beach, 3 pools, 7 hotel buildings, and the staff is absolutely friendly and very helpful.

One of the pools.

Man made lagoon.

Beach in front of our hotel.

It's so hard to get pictures of both of us together since it's only the two of us on this trip. lol. Thank goodness for the nice people who took this picture of us! :)

This was amazing. A beautiful tribute to the brave soldiers who are entombed beneath it. It made me sad thinking of all the people who died here that day. :(

Wonderful luau at the rooftop of one of the hotel buildings.

Hanauma Bay - snorkeling mecca. I got to see so many amazing marine animals. A must see/go to if you're ever here. :)

Well, that's all I have for you today. I have more pictures but not a lot of time to post them. So until the next time I get some time! I hope everyone is having a great week. And to everyone on the East Coast, please stay safe! 

Hello there! I have one more post for The Craft's Meow October 2012 Release Previews. Have you been enjoying the projects from the design team? Well, there's one more card I'm going to feature today. This is for O Christmas Tree, by Amy Wanford.

When I saw this set I was sooo excited. Because there's this card from my favorite card maker, Melissa Phillips, that I've always wanted to try to do but never had a chance to. Here's the card. There's so much inspiration of Melissa's blog. I just love her. :)

Here's my little rendition of her beautiful card.

I took the Christmas tree images and stamped them on white cardstock, then I cut them out one by one. For my background patterned paper, I stamped this beautiful snowflake from Vintage Snowflakes several times and inked the edges. Then I sewed the trees onto the cardstock and made it look like a big star.

Then I stamped the baubles from Vintage Ornament and hand cut them. I also stamped the bough and bells from Hearth and Home, colored them in, and cut them out. I layered them over each other in the center of the star. 

That's it for me! Unfortunately I won't be able to join in the Blog Hop tomorrow. But please stop by The Craft's Meow blog for a chance to win the ENTIRE October release! Enjoy the rest of the week! Thanks for stopping by today!

The Craft's Meow October 2012 Release Previews - Day 2

 

Welcome back to Day 2 of The Craft's Meow October 2012 Release Previews! Today I'm introducing Christmas Cheer. I only managed to make one card for today, but if you head on over to the TCM blog, the DT is also introducing Winter Fibi and Lilly. 

This set is one of my favorites in the October release. The images in the set are so trendy. I love them! Here's what I did with my stamp set.

I took the snowflake image and stamped it several times to make a patterned paper. Then I sewed a frame around the edges of the cardstock. I adhered a strip of patterned paper on the bottom of the card.

The I stamped the trees, gifts, label and sentiment and hand cut them. I also inked their edges with some Distress ink. Before I layered them one over the other, I adhered a strip of lace onto the card.

I like it when Christmas cards have colors other than the usual combinations that are typically used over the years. And this is one of my favorite color combinations. I hope you enjoyed it. If you want a chance to win this set, head on over to The Craft's Meow blog. Please stop by the DT blogs as well! Thanks for visiting today! :)