Be Merry!

I am getting a head start with my Christmas cards.

I am entering this in the following challenges:

Winter Wonderland - Christmas Penguins
Pause Dream Enjoy - Christmas in July
4 Crafty Chicks - Stamping, no digis
Addicted to Stamps - CAS
Little Red Wagon - Wet and Wild
Sunny Day Crafting - A is for Animal

Penguin by Taylored Expressions
Sentiment by Hero Arts
Colored with Copics

A football kinda birthday!

Of course, I had to do this card in Carolina Panther colors :).

Allsorts - A Question of Sport
Your Next Stamp - Sketch
Crazy Friends - Man/Boy
Pattie's Creations - For the Boy

Happy Birthday stamp by Mama Elephant
Football stamp by Riley and Stamp Co.

This snowman rocks it!

So I saw a rock that was stamped and painted online and I had to try it.  I went for my walk and looked high and low for rocks. NONE were smooth enough to stamp on so off to Home Depot we went. We got this huge bag of rocks for $13 and I stamped this Purple Onion Designs snowman onto the rock using Stazon ink. It dried pretty quickly. I then used my acrylic inks to paint the colors on and that took a little while to dry. After it dried, I went around the black edges with a zip marker. My sharpie marker was too thick but I think that would've worked too.  Everyone might be getting a snowman rock for Christmas this year :).

Winter Wonderland - Snowmen
Inky Chicks - Christmas
Unicorn Challenge - Christmas in July
ABC Christmas - N is for New, O is for Old (New is for rock, Old is for stamp)

Stamp by Purple Onion Designs
Stamped in Stazon ink
Colored with Acrylic paints

Happy 4th of July USA!

A Gem of a Challenge - Summer Colors
Cut It Up - Red/White/Blue
Kitty Bee Designs - Girl cards
Come and Get It - Colors of Your Nation
Dragonfly Journeys - Red/White/Blue
Pile It On - Primary Colors
Cupcake Inspiration - Fireworks
Shopping Our Stash - Flag Day

Digital image by Mo's Digital

Cards in Envy - Patriotic Please - Red/White/Blue

I'm excited to be the Guest Designer for the red/white/blue challenge on the Cards in Envy blog. Here is my entry:

I got this stamp set last year at the Heirloom Stamp Show in W. Springfield, MA.

It's still one of my favorite stamp sets. I remember eating these red/white/blue

"firecacker" ice pops when I was a kid. This stamp set is by North Coast Creations.

I colored it with copic markers. I used "Sun and Moon" glaze on it

and I used glitter from Stampin' Up. I inked all around the edges with Stampin'

Up Watermelon Wonder ink.

Have a Splendiferous day!

Aud Sentiments - For a Child with a Sentiment

You Can Never Have Too Much Happy

I am entering this in the following challenge(s):

Through the Purple Haze - Spots or Stripes
Little Red Wagon - Three of a Kind
Cards und More - Anything But a Card
Shopping Our Stash - Lazy Summer Days

Stamps by Unity Stamps