Amber's Antics

It’s a dog day

2012-02-01T08:40:00.001-05:00

It’s time for another Pretties Wednesday Challenge over on the Paper Pretties Blog. This week our challenge is to use Ribbon or Twine on our cards.

I used Dog-Gone Birthday for my card. Colored with copics and used a corner punch to make all my corners round. I went with twine on my card. Threaded it through the buttons on the side.

I also have a project that my 15 yr old and 9 yr old made that I wanted to share with you. They are addicted to Pinterest. I mean really, who isn’t? After seeing a few things that we have pinned for our to do list, they started looking around the house with new eyes and found this:

There is a window on there, daughter just took a picture from the back side. It’s a really nice sturdy box that I had saved incase I came up with of a way to alter it but dog gone it, my kids beat me to it!

Here is what they did to it:

She painted the top green and my son (9yrs) painted the lid. Then came that question: “Do you have any dog stamps we could use, Mom?” Now really that is a silly question for those of you who know me. I mean of course I have to have some dogs stamps, right? And of course Dog-Gone Birthday was sitting out because of the above card so guess what she used? She used white ink and placed all four stamps on the acrylic block and stamped away.

Now if only she had added twine or ribbon for a handle she could have entered it into the Paper Pretties Challenge! She may not have entered but you still can and here is how to:

How to Enter: If you would like to play along with us, all you have to do is create a card/project using the above challenge and upload it to your blog and/or to your SCS Gallery using the keyword PWC191.

Don’t forget to include a link to your card on the Paper Pretties Blog, so everyone can see it too. You don’t have to use Paper Pretties stamps to play, but of course if you have them we would love to see you use them. One random participant will receive a Paper Pretties Stamps set … see the Paper Pretties Blog for more details.

Thanks for stopping by!

Amber

Paper and Such Sponsors…..

2012-01-24T06:28:00.001-05:00

Time for another challenge at the Paper and Such blog!

This week Paper and Such is sponsoring the challenge over at
Ribbon Carousel. The challenge is to make a card with non traditional colors!

Making a valentine card? How about NOT using red or pink, or not too much of it anyways? Creating a gorgeous winter scene? Try it with creams instead of whites. Whatever you’re making….try a non-traditional palate as a challenge!

I’m still in the process of organizing my craft area and in doing so I ran across some design paper that I knew I wanted to use on today’s card. I decided to go for a Valentine’s card using Tree Graffiti. Stamped the nuts 3 times and layered them using Zapdots. Added some Twinery to the bottom of the tree. Cut the design paper out in a circle (using Spellbinder nestie) than cut it in half to use it on either side of my image.

Come play with us as we’d love to see your non traditional colors!

Thanks for stopping by!

Amber

Howdy Partner!

2012-01-18T07:02:00.001-05:00

Time for another Paper Pretties blog challenge! Glitter up your card!

Glitter is hard to photograph but I do have it on my card, just squint and stand on your head and you’ll see it! hehe

I used Howdy Girlfriend Sophia for my card. Paper pieced her and colored her with copics. Colored in the stars on her boots and buckle with a Spica gold glitter pen. Did you notice the glitter on the stars on the design paper?

Pulled out some star eyelets to use and cuttlebugged the smaller square.

How to Enter: If you would like to play along with us, all you have to do is create a card/project using the above challenge and upload it to your blog and/or to your SCS Gallery using the keyword PWC189.

Thanks for stopping by!

Amber

New stamps and another sneak at my room

2012-01-11T11:01:00.001-05:00

Time for another Paper Pretties blog challenge! But first Paper Pretties is releasing two brand new sets today, both of which are sentiment sets. We have Cursive Greetings 1 and Cursive Greetings 2.

With the release of these two stamp sets it seems fitting that this week's challenge is to Use a Sentiment as the focal point on your card.

Layout is from today’s Sketch challenge 367 over at SCS

Hopefully soon I will be able to show you what the entire area looks like. Trying to find one more thing first and if we can’t find it then we are going to have to rig it up ourselves. Only problem I have is that I’m so organized I don’t know where anything is at!!

Thanks for stopping by!

Amber

Just Strolling by

2012-01-10T06:02:00.001-05:00

Time for a Paper n Such blog challenge. The first one of the year! We are going to start off with an easy one…. a color challenge! Here is a picture to inspire you:

I used Basketful of Flowers for my card and used Flower Soft to portray the flowers in the basket. Sponged with distress inks. My blue/greenish cardstock looks pretty off from the picture above but in real life it does match pretty well! honestly! lol

Be sure to play along - someone always wins a prize and people always win badges!

Thanks for stopping by!

Amber

Blog hop, stamp release and another sneak

2012-01-09T00:01:00.000-05:00

It’s time for a Paper and Such stamp release! So hop along with us to see what the Paper and Such design team has to show and to meet the new girls that are joining the team!

If you arrived here out of thin air, turn around and head to the Paper and Such Blog for the beginning of the hop. If you came from Kim O’Connell, then you are in the right spot and may continue to look at my cards!

My first cards I have to show you are ones I made for my son’s 3rd grade teacher as a gift using Wild Rose. What I love about this set is I just stamped the outline, stamped the solid flowers with distress inks and watercolor in the leaves with distress inks! Wording is computer generated.

For the second card I wanted to go with just the two nuts from Tree Graffiti. I cut the sentiment apart as I wanted it to go long ways. Colored the nuts with copics.

Of course I saved the best for last. I wasn’t planning on doing what I did below. Already had this great idea in my head when oldest asked if I would make cupcakes for her to take in to school for a birthday. She said the birthday girl liked strawberry so I made cupcakes with a piece of strawberry in the middle and then plain buttercream icing that I colored pink.

They also worked perfectly for the last set called Bitty Love! So I had to make cupcake toppers! Colored the images with copics and layered them on matching cardstock. All cut out with spellbinder oval/scallop. I attached them to straws with a little piece of cardstock in the back.

Of course oldest about freaked when she saw them and said “you are taking those off, right?” I guess high schoolers just aren’t into that kind of thing! But I know if I were to make these for my younger kids to take to school on Valentine’s Day… everyone would think their mom was the coolest!

These are also for the challenge (Valentines for Kids) over at Send A Smile 4 Kids.

And before you go.. another sneak at my room. Of course what you see in the picture now probably won’t all be there when I get done. I keep reorganizing where to put everything! But it is coming along nicely and is already a big difference than what I had before.

Now hop on over to Pattie Goldman to see what she did with these sets.

Be sure to check out all of the Design Team blogs and leave as many comments as possible~

one random winner will win the entire release!

The more comments you leave - the greater your chances of winning!

Have fun hopping!

Paper and Such Design Blog
Julie Smith
Janice Melton
Kim O'Connell
Amber Hillman <---- You are Here!
Pattie Goldman
Kendra Sand
Meredith Winston
Stephanie Mino
Naomi Gong
Mindy Young
Paper and Such Design Blog

Thanks for stopping by!

Amber

Happy Birthday

2012-01-06T06:12:00.001-05:00

It’s Friday which means it’s time for a challenge from Our Craft Lounge! This week Our Craft Lounge is also sponsoring the color challenge with Lily Pad Cards! So here’s our pretty color palette today…

If you play along over the next few weeks and add your link to the Lily Pad Blog, you could win a gift certificate from Our Craft Lounge.

I used two sets for my card. The main set being Spilling Over. Then I took the sentiment and clouds from Love in the Air. Colored with copics and used silver & blue Smooches on the hearts. I cut the sentiment apart to fit it in the circle and masked to stamp the clouds behind the balloon. Did a little out of the box cutting too.

So come play along and add your links on the OCL Blog and over on the Lily Pad Cards blog for chances to win in both places! You have until 11:59pm Thursday, January 12th to enter at the OCL Blog & you have 2 weeks over on the Lily Pad Cards Blog. Participate as many times as you like! A random winner will be selected and posted here on the OCL blog at the beginning of next month.

Here are the rules:

* use any stamps that you wish – get BONUS POINTS when you use OCL stamps!

* link to your card/project at the bottom of this post using the link tool provided – **be sure to link DIRECTLY to your challenge card – not a general blog or gallery link & add the appropriate photo.**

* use the challenge as your basis – do whatever inspires you, but please base it on the challenge

If you upload to SCS, please use the Keyword OCL99.

Thanks for stopping by!

Amber

Exciting news and stamp release

2012-01-05T08:00:00.000-05:00

I’ve got exciting news to share! I was asked to rejoin the Sweet ‘n Sassy design team! I thought for sure Korin was teasing me when she asked if I wanted to be a part of the team again. Of course I said YES! I love Korin and love her images/messages that she shares through Sweet ‘n Sassy stamps. So it’s with great joy that I share with you some new releases coming from Sweet ‘n Sassy!

Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps has an amazing release planned for this month, and the Design Divas are so excited about it! Eight new clear stamp sets and three new sets of dies will be available in the store tonight. Make sure you've got a warm, tasty beverage and some donuts ready....you won't want to miss a bit of the inspiration we have for you today!

For the record, I did not mean to make my cards with similar layouts! The first card I have to show you uses Together Silhouettes. Love this set! I went with reds for my main color. I actually “broke” the sentiment up by masking out what I didn’t want on the front as…

I wanted it inside!

For my second card I used Cocoa’s Tasty Treats. Colored with copics and stamped the sentiment below.

And now take a look at the rest of the Design Divas (and our very special January guest)...they've all whipped up some gorgeousness today!

Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Blog

Taylor Usry
Bridget Finlay
Monika Davis
Jessica Fick
Dina Kowal
Giovana Smith
Kim Schofield
Amber Hillman <----- You are HERE!
Kim Singdahlsen
Holly McMillen
Mary Faus
Cathy McCauley
Lydia Fiedler – January Guest!
Korin Sutherland

We hope you can make plans to join us tonight in our Member Company forums over on Splitcoaststampers. We're having a Release Party, and it is full of great activities, stamp set reveals, and fun with friends! All of the partying will take place in our Release Party forum, so be sure to bookmark it! Hope to see you there!

And before you go… another quick peek at my stamp area that I organized today.

Thanks for stopping by!

Amber

Happy Anniversary!

2012-01-04T09:08:00.001-05:00

It’s time for another Pretties Wednesday Challenge over on the Paper Pretties Blog. This week the challenge is to include brads or eyelets on your card.

But first I want to show you something. I babysit 3 yr old twins once a week so I’m putting my earnings towards fixing up my craft area and this is what I have bought so far.
Hopefully soon I’ll have more pictures to show you of my new stamp area!!I’m so excited to start getting it all organize and have a space that is totally mine!

Now on to my card for today. I used Love Birds and colored with copics. I went with heart brads on the side of my card and some stickles.

Thanks for stopping by!

Amber

Celebrate!

2011-12-28T10:26:00.001-05:00

It’s time for another Pretties Wednesday Challenge over at the Paper Pretties blog. This is our last challenge for this year. Can you believe that? With that being said, the challenge is Ring in the New Year Inspiration.

I used the Holiday Cheers I stamp set and made this fun little card. Coordinating design paper, copics and some black flower soft completes my card.

grrr kids have been using my camera to take pictures of the puppy and it looks like they got smudges on the lens. Sorry for the blurry spot on the card. That is not there irl.

How to Enter: If you would like to play along with us, all you have to do is create a card/project using the above challenge and upload it to your blog and/or to your SCS Gallery using the keyword PWC186.

Thanks for stopping by!

Amber

Merry Christmas

2011-12-25T00:00:00.000-05:00

First let me wish you a Merry Christmas. We opened our gifts up already with the kids as the big family one is today. Here was our surprise gift for the kids:

The puppy of the house, Keeper, isn’t too sure about him yet. Wants to play with him but the puppy, Knight, has settled in enough yet to do that. Here is a shoot of them together though:

But you didn’t come here to see these! You came because it is a Paper Pretties Birthday hop for one of our design members! A big Happy Birthday going out to Lawren Fowlkes. Hopefully you just came from Frances Byrne

Here is my card to celebrate Lawren using Holiday Cheers I. Hope you have a great day and get to celebrate your birthday in some way besides just Christmas. (My sister-in-law also celebrates her birthday today!)

Head on over to Heather Lee-Reppen and see what she has in store for you.

Hope you all have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Thanks for stopping by!

Amber

Love Potion #9 - OCL sneak

2011-12-16T03:00:00.000-05:00

Thank you for all the get well wishes. Little one was able to go back to school yesterday! Now I’m keeping fingers crossed that the other 2 kids don’t get it as they have a Christmas concert tomorrow! Speaking of Christmas, I finally got around to changing my blog background! Was cutting it close there. But now on to why you cam here in the first place.

I’m back again with a sneak at another Valentine (or love) set from Our Craft Lounge. Today I am showing you… Love Potion! Not like you couldn’t figure that out by my title!

I decided to create a little scene by using 3 different stamps. Using the clear stamps makes it a breeze to see where to position the images to make it look like I was pouring hearts to make the right love potion! How cool is that? If you look carefully, you will see another stamp from the set on the pink in versamark. And that cute sentiment comes with the set! Twine is from May Arts.

Now it's time to check out what the rest of the girls have come up with on their blogs. Make sure you leave some love on our DT blogs {below} as well as on the OCL Blog & Facebook page because we have some great blog candy to give away. Comments end tonight (Friday, December 16th at midnight Pacific time).

OCL Blog
Kendra Wietstock
Lori Tecler
Tammie Edgerton
Broni Holcombe
Debbie Fisher
Carolyn King
Lori Barnett
Debbie Corbari
Lisa Eisner
Stephanie Serrano
Amber Hillman ~ you are Here!
Meredith Winston
Joy Stagg
Michelle Pearson
Dawn Barrett
Melissa Cash
Latrice Murphy
Deb Felts

OCL SALE!
Our Craft Lounge is having a Christmas sale right now!!!! ~ buy one Christmas set get the 2nd set for 50% off on the OCL Website. You’ll need to use the coupon code 13daychristmas for this sale.
Have fun hopping AND shopping!

Thanks for stopping by!

Amber

Our Craft Lounge sneaks

2011-12-15T03:00:00.000-05:00

of Valentine sets! I’m excited to share with you today and tomorrow some fun sets. Don’t forget all comments on both posts will be in the drawing for blog candy that ends on Friday at 3am eastern! You can Shop Here for Our Craft Lounge sets.

Today I am sneaking a peek of Love is in the Air. I used the little hot air balloon and highlighted it with a red copic. I cut the sentiment apart so I could stamp it on two lines.

I love this set and if I hadn’t of had a sick kid this week, I would have made another card with the other images so you’ll just have to keep coming back to see when I make a card with the other images.

Here are the other ladies that are showing sneaks today and tomorrow:

OCL Blog
Kendra Wietstock
Lori Tecler
Tammie Edgerton
Broni Holcombe
Debbie Fisher
Carolyn King
Lori Barnett
Debbie Corbari
Lisa Eisner
Stephanie Serrano
Amber Hillman
Meredith Winston
Joy Stagg
Michelle Pearson
Dawn Barrett
Melissa Cash
Latrice Murphy
Deb Felts

Thanks for stopping by!

Amber

Birthday Fishes

2011-12-14T05:37:00.001-05:00

So this week over at the Paper Pretties blog, the challenge is a color challenge. No problem you say? Well the colors are….. white plus ONE other color! Just ONE other color! Yeah, I had a moment of freaking out before I took a deep breath and dove in.

I used Fish Wishes by Paper Pretties and picked red as my one color. I picked red as I wanted to use the Red Sea Glass by Mudd Puddles. Found some red design paper and went to work. Layout is this week’s sketch363 over at SCS.

Hope to see your white + one color card over at the Paper Pretties blog!

Thanks for stopping by!

Amber

Quick Christmas card

2011-12-13T05:43:00.001-05:00

It’s the 2nd Tuesday of the month so that means it is time for a Paper and Such challenge! Are you done with your Christmas cards? I know I’m not so that is why today’s challenge is perfect for me as it is quick last minute Christmas Cards. Keep it CAS and get to stamping.

I used Snow Folks and used just a few of the snowflakes stamped in silver and versamark. My base is green but my camera doesn’t like to take green too well. I love how this turned out and how fast it would be to make a bunch of these and I’d be all done with my Christmas cards! (don’t know why I insist on making every single one of the 299 cards different!)

Little twine added to it and there you have a CAS Christmas card that you can whip out in no time flat. (well after you choose your colors)

So come join us with your CAS Christmas cards (I need more ideas!) over at the Paper and Such blog.

Thanks for stopping by!

Amber

Paper Pretties Sketch

2011-12-07T06:17:00.001-05:00

It’s the first full week of December! Where has the time gone? Pretty soon it will be Christmas! Are you ready? I’m not! Anyways since it is the first Wend of the month, it is also sketch time for Paper Pretties.

Today I decided to use Fairy Special for the sketch. I went back to my roots and used prismacolor pencils and odorless mineral spirits to blend them. Added some stickles on the wings and the wand. I used DCWV Linen Closet paper on the card and a border punch to jazz it up some.

Thanks for stopping by!

Amber

Thank you

2011-11-30T00:00:00.000-05:00

So this week over at Paper Pretties, the challenge is to make a Thank You card. I used Bookworm Polly from the new release and used last week’s SCS sketch.

Colored with copics and added stickles to the book as my paper is glittery too. I meant to add some ribbon/bow but stuck down all my cardstock when I remembered! Not wanting to mess it all up, I didn’t even try to undo the card. lol so just imagine there is ribbon on it.

Come play with us over at the Paper Pretties blog and show us your Thank you cards!

Thanks for stopping by!

Amber

Paper Pretties Release Blog Hop

2011-11-28T00:00:00.000-05:00

Welcome to the Paper Pretties Blog Hop release! Hope you just came from Lisa Silver’s blog. If not you might want to start at the very beginning of the hop at the Paper Pretties blog.

I’m showing Bookworm Polly today. I colored her with copics and prismacolor pencils blended with odorless mineral spirits. Cut her out of the box some and pulled out the sewing machine to do some sewing on the card. Stamped the sentiment right onto the paper.

Now hop on over to Kristine Reynolds to see what she has in store for us. I’m sure it will be something fabulous.

My card is also for this week’s Featured Stamper over at SCS. You can see her card here that I cased but changed the images and colors.

Thanks for stopping by!

Amber

It’s baseball time!

2011-11-27T00:00:00.000-05:00

I’m back with another Paper Pretties sneak peek! Today we are showing two sets but I only have one for you as I will show you the other set tomorrow during the release blog hop.

Today’s set is perfect for that baseball fan! I colored with copics and distressed with inks and distressing tool. Used some s*e*I I’m an athlete design paper for my background which I also distressed with inks. Did a little faux stitching and added one of the sentiments from the set beside the image.

Thanks for stopping by!

Amber

Cyber Monday sale now!

2011-11-26T08:13:00.001-05:00

Our Craft Lounge is getting in on the Black Friday/Cyber Monday action with our FIRST EVER Black Friday Sale! (yes, I know I’m a day late in posting this but the sale last till Monday so you still have time!!)

** 25% off STORE WIDE

** Sale dates - today at Noon (EST) through Monday, November 28th, 2011.

Coupon Code Required: OCLBLK25
Applies to items in stock only - No Backorders for this sale.

** Does NOT apply to Gift Certificates
Shop for yourself or put together an online Wishlist and send it to your family!

Please Note: Due to the holiday weekend, shipping for this sale will begin Monday, November 28th.

thanks for stopping by!

Amber

Happy Birthday

2011-11-24T00:00:00.000-05:00

It’s another Paper Pretties birthday hop! Today’s birthday girl is Kristine Reynolds! Hopefully you just came from Frances Byrne blog.

Happy Birthday, Kristine! Hope you have a yummy cake today!!

Your next stop is Heather Lee-Reppen.

And to all my American friends, Happy Thanksgiving!

Thanks for stopping by!

Amber

Paper Pretties Sneak Peek

2011-11-23T00:00:00.000-05:00

We are having Paper Pretties December release a little early as in THIS WEEK!! And since it is also Wend.. the challenge for this week is Tags.

I’m showing Happy Spring Polly today. I colored Polly with prismacolor pencils and blended with odorless mineral spirits. The flower and branch is all colored with copics and I paper pieced the umbrella. I added bling to the image where there were small circles and added the sentiment Smile. Used Spellbinder Oval and Scallop oval to make my tag.

For my American friends, Happy almost Turkey day!!!

Thanks for stopping by!

Amber

What? No Color?!!

2011-11-22T06:34:00.001-05:00

So this week over at Paper and Such, the challenge is NO COLOR! yes, you heard me right. No color! Just stamp your image and go. Now the cardstock, design paper etc can have color.. just not your image.

Well since it is getting that time of year and of course my Christmas cards aren’t done, I decided to use Snow Folks for my card. (plus it’s easy not to feel like I HAVE to color it! Even though I did have to tie my hands back as they wanted to color his scarf and hat!)

Stamped the snowflakes in versamark on the background and the sentiment in silver.

So ready to take on the challenge? Well then head over to the Paper and Such blog and join in! Can’t wait to see what you do.

Thanks for stopping by!

Amber

Warm Winter Wishes

2011-11-21T10:54:00.001-05:00

I had a few small minutes that I was able to whip up a card for the TLC352 which was to which to Make it snow and it also worked for this week’s CAS145 which was Christmas/winter too! Layout is an old SC239.

I used Winter Wishes from Our Craft Lounge. One of my favorite new winter scenes from them. Think it’s one of my favorite cause I love snow. Oh, can’t wait for that white fluffy stuff to start falling from the sky!!

I love the image so much that I don’t like to add much to it but some Sugar Sparkly Fluff and a little bit of blue copic. Used blue and silver papers along with metallic silver ink for the sentiment and a ribbon.

Thanks for stopping by!

Amber

Nontraditional Christmas color card

2011-11-16T00:00:00.000-05:00

So this week the challenge over at Paper Pretties is to make a Christmas card using non traditional colors. No problem, right? Well… I had a problem.. I have NO Paper Pretties Christmas stamps! eeekkk!! What to do?

Well an idea started forming that I just had to try. I used Fish Wishes for my card, colored the fish pink with copics and painted a little shimmerz on.

But it doesn’t have anything Christmassy in the set, you say. I know! That’s where the fun part came in. I used Christmas paper, wrote my own sentiment and made a Christmas tree!!

Painted the tree with Angel Wing Shimmerz and for the lights I used MuddPuddles Sea Glass in shades of blue/white. Added a blue star button on top of the tree. The “ocean” floor is also from MuddPuddles.

So come play with us over at Paper Pretties. I can’t wait to see all the nontraditional colors that are used.

Thanks for stopping by!

Amber

Paper piecing with Paper and Such

2011-11-11T12:11:00.001-05:00

So this week’s challenge over at Paper and Such is one of my favs…. paper piecing!

I used this week’s SCS sketch358 for my layout. Did some distressing and some embossing. Paper pieced the snow angel’s hat and scarf and added some Sparkly Fluff to his hat too. Added just a little bit of color to the image itself as I wanted the card to have a country feel.

Come play along with us over at the Paper and Such blog.

Thanks for stopping by!

Amber

Happy Birthday…

2011-11-10T00:00:00.000-05:00

This is my second post for the day. Please click here if you are looking for my Creative Cuts & More blog hop Post.

One of the gals over at Paper Pretties is having a birthday today so we are having a party the only way we know how… a Birthday blog hop! Happy Birthday, Jennifer Greco!!

Hopefully you just came from Frances Byrne. Here is my card for the party.

Now head on over to Heather Lee-Reppen.

Thanks for stopping by!

Amber

Creative Cuts & More blog hop

2011-11-09T22:00:00.000-05:00

I was asked to be a guest designer for Creative Cuts & More using the new Gingerbread House Album Chipboard Kit.

If you have not come here from Kristine, you will not want to miss what the Design team has in store for you. Head back to the Die Cut Diva Blog. That is where all of the action starts!

Once you are finished HOPPING along the Blog Hop, you will have an opportunity to win one of the WONDERFUL Gingerbread House Album Chipboard Kit worth $12.99.

In order to win,you must...

1. HOP through AND comment on each blog - please make sure the Blog Hop is LIVE, THEN come go to the Creative Cuts and More Blog and let us know you did so!

2. For another chance, follow the Die Cut Diva http://die-cut-diva.blogspot.com/

3. For another chance, become a Fan on Facebook, HERE http://www.facebook.com/creativecutsandmore

4. For another chance, spread the word about our Blog Hop on your blog!

So here are my pages. Sorry they don’t have pictures on them. I have pictures from last year of the kids making a gingerbread house but wouldn’t you believe it, I’m out of ink and hubby hasn’t had time to print them off at work!

Front page. Still deciding on a title for album. Used Helmar Crackle mediums on the house. Rubbed it with distress inks and used MuddPuddles on the house.

Close up of the Snow MuddPuddles and Christmas Lights Sea Glass also by Mudd Puddles.

The little gingerbreads are from Our Craft Lounge Gingerbread Fun set. Colored them with copics.

Christmas Mudd Puddles on the icicle. Peppermint candies from Our Craft Lounge Gingerbread Fun set.

Used the mouth, buttons and squiggly lines from Our Craft Lounge’s Gingerbread Fun set.

Close up of the MuddPuddles on the roof and icicles.

Your next stop on the hop is Nora Anne.

Thanks for sticking with me!

Amber

Celebrate

2011-11-09T00:10:00.000-05:00

Can’t believe it’s time for another Paper Pretties challenge! Where has the week gone? This week’s challenge was to use buttons.

I made another clean and simple card as I always seem to have a problem with them as I always want to add more to the card instead of leaving it simple. lol (but they say practice makes perfect so I’ll keep trying here and there on them)

I used Holiday Cheers I and stayed with a main color of yellow. Added some yellow stickles to the bottom of the glass.

Thanks for stopping by!

Amber

Release day

2011-11-09T00:00:00.000-05:00

For Paper and Such! Not only is it release day but we also have one more sneak peek for you. The set we are showing is called Kids Speak. A great set that can be combined with any set!

I used two other Paper and Such sets along with Kids Speak for my card and used the CAS143 challenge on SCS as it was a sketch this week. Distressed with ink and added pearls to the border.

Thanks for stopping by!

Amber

Snowmen, Cookies n Coffee

2011-11-08T05:33:00.000-05:00

So today is Day 2 of sneaks from Paper and Such. And let me tell you, I LOVE the set we are sneaking today, Snow Folks.

I found a fun idea over at A Southern Fairytale that I knew would be perfect for Snow Folks. Only draw back… I had to make my famous Dipped Gingersnaps (you can find the recipe here) that I don’t start making till AFTER Thanksgiving! So I set out and made 8 dozen cookies just so I could use one little one on my project! (of course you don’t hear the family complaining).

This project is perfect for teachers, friends, librarians or even the mailman and doesn’t have to be just at Christmas time either!

I stamped the snowflakes in silver metallic. Colored the snowman with copics and cut him out completely, attached him using only zapdots. Also used the bow easy for my bow. Assemble the entire thing and you have a cookie hanger for your bottle of Frappuccino (mint mocha limited edition).

Measurements are as follows: hanging piece cut 8.5 x 4 cardstock/design paper, score at 4 inches and 8 inches, cut circle on the side that is just 4 inches. Make circle big enough for what ever bottle you are using. (I used a coluzzle to cut mine.) Front piece cut 5.5 x 4 cardstock/design paper, score at 1/2 inch, 4 1/2 in & 5 inches. Cut half circle or shape in front. Decorate to your liking. Attach to hanging piece. Don’t forget to add your goody inside it. I stapled the bag to the hanger then finished taping on the front. For pictures and steps, please see A Southern Fairytale.

Don’t forget the top of your lid too! Used a circle spellbinder to cut my paper.

Want to give it to a non-drinking coffee friend? What about a bottle of milk? (okay, so this would look better on a smaller bottle but this is the only size of milk I had.)

Or what about putting it on a bottle flavored creamer to be used with coffee or hot chocolate? (if you don’t know what they drink)

I’m sure the list could go on and on that this cute little cookie holder could go on but I’ll stop for now. Besides, the other 7.98 dz cookies are calling me!

Thanks for stopping by!

Amber

To a sweet friend

2011-11-08T00:00:00.000-05:00

Welcome to Paper Pretties release blog hop! Hopefully you just came from Lisa Silver’s blog. If not, start back at the Paper Pretties’ blog.

So for the release hop, I am using Life is Sweet. I had this idea to try and make the bubblegum machine completely see through so I stamped the image on vellum twice and once again on cardstock. Colored the entire image with copics and cut it out including cutting off the “globe” part of the machine (sorry, I didn’t even think to take pictures of these steps.) so the gum is attached to the image only by the piece you put the money in.

Using Helmar Vellum Adhesive Spray, I sprayed the vellum and attached them together making sure the colored bubble gum was in between the layers. Added the top of the machine onto the vellum that I had colored and cut out. Smooches is on the machine.

I covered a mini notepad that had the pen with it. Added a scalloped edge, faux stitching. Machine is attached with zapdots for dimension.

Your next stop is Jennifer Greco. Enjoy!

Thanks for stopping by!

Amber

Paper and Such sneak peeks

2011-11-07T06:35:00.001-05:00

Can you believe it is that time again? Time for some Paper and Such sneak peeks! And to start you off, we are showing Chicken Wire Background.

Chicken Wire Background is perfect for the Hot Shot Chickens so I used Butter for my card. Colored him with copics, stamped the chicken wire on cardstock and cut it out with a scallop spellbinder. Also stamped the chicken wire for my main background too.

You'll want to hop along with the DT members and check out their cards because the more you comment, the greater your chances will be of winning the entire release.
That's right...one lucky and random winner will win all 3 sets!!

Don’t forget to come back tomorrow as I’ll be sneaking my favorite set from this release! Love it!!

Thanks for stopping by!

Amber

Have a Kickin’ Day–Paper Pretties sneak

2011-11-05T08:03:00.001-04:00

It's day 3 of the Paper Pretties Peeks! To see day 2, make sure you check out the Paper Pretties blog.

Join us for our release Blog Hop this Wednesday 12 AM EST 8th November, starting on the Paper Pretties Blog.

Today we start our Prettie Peeks by previewing "Karate Lily"

Here is my card. I also used Candi on the sentiment layer that you can find in the Paper Pretties store. Used cuttlebug folders for the backgrounds and pulled out a border punch to use on the long strip.

Thanks for stopping by!

Amber

Smile, Life is Sweet

2011-11-03T00:00:00.000-04:00

Welcome to day 1 of Paper Pretties release! I’m here today with a sneak peek of a fun set that will be released next week.

I’m showing you Life is Sweet. It has 9 sentiments along with a fun image and a few small ones. I used copics to color my image, sticking to only 2 colors on my… gumballs!

Stamped an extra gumball that I cut out and added a fun little “smile” face to it. Using a dimension, I added it so it looked as if it had just come out of the gum machine. Stamped one of the sentiments on the side. Distressed all the layers with distressing tool and added some brads. Layout is from this week’s SCS sketch challenge 357.

Thanks for stopping by!

Amber

Once upon a time…

2011-11-02T00:00:00.000-04:00

So this week’s challenge over at Paper Pretties is a sketch since it is the first Wend of Nov. Wow! November already?! Time is flying!!

And speaking of flying, I used Imagine from Paper Pretties on my card. Colored with copics and cut out of the box. Added some green bling cause even though the picture is looking a little yellow, it’s really green and blue design paper. (darn camera!)

So come join us over at Paper Pretties with your card using the sketch. Can’t wait to see it!

Thanks for stopping by!

Amber

Have a beautiful Fall day

2011-10-28T06:02:00.001-04:00

Time for another Sweet ‘n Sassy Digi challenge. This week’s challenge is “Harvest Time”, use fruit/vegetable elements for your creation!

This is also my last post as a Sweet ‘n Sassy Digi gal as my term has come to an end.

I decided to make a Side Spring Card and used the first ever digi I got from Sweet ‘n Sassy, Fall Arrangement, Colored it with copics and cut the entire thing out. Stamped the sentiment from Birds & Roses. And used MuddPuddles at the base of my flower pot. Layered the card with fall paper from the DWVC Amber Autumn pad and some green rick rack.

Thanks for stopping by!

Amber

Embellish it

2011-10-26T05:52:00.001-04:00

So this week’s challenge over at Paper Pretties is to Embellishment.

Colored my fish with copics and stippled the water. Added the sentiment and went on to add embellishments.

And you know I just had to use MuddPuddles for that. I used Brownie Bites for my ocean floor. Did you know with the Brownie Bites you can heat it up with a heat gun and it bubbles up to hardness almost like a brownie? (sorry, it doesn’t smell like brownies baking!)

I also added some brads in the upper corner. I’m not a big bright person but like how all the colors came together.

My mom has extended the MuddPuddles giveaway on her blog so you still have time to get your name in!

As always we’d love to see you Embellishment It so please join us over at the Paper Pretties blog with your cards. Can’t wait to see your creations.

Thanks for stopping by!

Amber

Send in the Clowns

2011-10-26T05:43:00.001-04:00

Time for another The Pixie Cottage challenge and sadly my last post as part of the Pixie Cottage DT as my term is up. This weeks theme is Go for Gold and or the sketch. I went with the sketch.

I decided to do spotlighting as I haven’t done that for a long time. Used copics to color the area I spot lighted. Added bling to the edges.

Hope you have a bright and sunny day!

Thanks for stopping by.

Amber

Paper and Such sketch

2011-10-25T00:00:00.000-04:00

Time for another Paper and Such challenge and this time it is a sketch!

I used Christmas Flowers and colored them with copics. Stamped them twice so I could cutout the middle petals and added them with just a glue dot for dimension. For the middle of my flowers, I used MuddPuddles Caviar Mini Sea Glass. Added some black pearls to the side. Layered it all in black and distressed all the other paper with distress inks.

Here is a close up of the flowers and the MuddPuddles.

Hope you join us over at Paper and Such to try your hand at the sketch!

Do you like the look of the MuddPuddles? Well if you hurry over to Dawn L’s (my mom) blog, you could get yourself entered to maybe win a HUGE amount of MuddPuddles. But you better hurry as a little birdie told me entries maybe closing later today.

Thanks for stopping by!

Amber

Don’t forget to Squish ‘em

2011-10-24T03:00:00.000-04:00

As you know, October is Breast Cancer Awareness month and Our Craft Lounge wanted to do a little something during this week to promote it as our very own Kendra is a Breast Cancer Survivor. So make sure you check The Lounge every day to see what we have in store for you.

Today Our Craft Lounge Designers are having a blog hop and we will be giving away some great OCL products as blog candy ~ how about a Granny's Support Team stamp set and 2 jars of Sparkly Fluff ~ in shades of PINK!!!! So leave comments along the way today and we will pick a winner tomorrow morning.

I used Granny’s Support Team. Stamped just the bra and paper pieced the last image. Added the sentiment at the bottom and some twine from May Arts.

Clean and simple card yet it gets the message across.

Here is the entire list of the girls that are playing today:

Kendra Wietstock
Amber Hillman – That’s ME! :)
Carolyn King
Deb Felts
Debbie Fisher
Lori Tecler
Stephanie Serrano
Tammie Edgerton
Michelle Pearson
Dawn Barrett
Lori Barnett
Cassie Trask

Thanks for stopping by!

Amber

Shaped Christmas card

2011-10-21T07:11:00.001-04:00

So the challenge this week over at Sweet and Sassy Digi Challenge is to make a Shaped Card.

I used Spellbinders to make my shaped card by placing the nestie just off the top of the paper so as to still have my crease. (card measures 3 3/4 x 3 3/4)

I used Christmas Puppy Digi and colored it with copics. Cut it out completely and added it to my card with Helmar ZapDots. Used a sentiment from the Primitive Christmas set which is also by Sweet and Sassy. Used gold smooches on the bells and sugar Sparkly Fluff on the cuff of the boot.

So come join us and show us your shaped cards. Can’t wait to see them!

Thanks for stopping by!

Amber

Happy Birthday, Boss Lady

2011-10-21T06:56:00.001-04:00

It’s time for another Birthday at Paper Pretties and today we are celebrating the boss’s birthday!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY, HEATHER!!

Hopefully you just came from Frances Byrne’s blog.

Here is my card for Heather using the Paper Pretties set, Birthday Sentiments. Hope you have a great and blessed day, Heather.

Now hop on over to Jennifer Greco for your next stop in the Birthday Party.

Thanks for stopping by!

Amber

What’s black, white and pink all over?

2011-10-19T08:51:00.001-04:00

My Paper Pretties card for today’s Paper Pretties challenge! This weeks challenge over at Paper Pretties is a color challenge of black, white and one color.

I used the birthday sentiment set and went with pink as my color. Pulled out some design paper that had the white flowers on it and added rows of scalloped border edges, some pink brads and pink bling. Perfect feminine birthday card!

Hope you come play with us over at Paper Pretties! Can’t wait to see your one color choice.

Thanks for stopping by,

Amber

Pixie Cottage sketch

2011-10-19T08:43:00.001-04:00

Time for another Pixie Cottage Digital theme or sketch challenge. I used the sketch.

Colored image with prismacolor pencils. Added some stickles to the candles and faux stitching around the card.

Thanks for stopping by!

Amber

Merry Fish-mas

2011-10-14T10:07:00.001-04:00

Decided to play in the Our Craft Lounge challenge this week which is a sketch:

Used Sea-sons Greetings for my card along with Ski Slope design paper. Colored images with copics, added Sugar Sparkly Fluff to the hat. For some added fun I used MuddPuddles Christmas Lights Sea Glass on the image.
The turtle is on dimensions as is the entire scallop layer. Stamped sentiment in the corner.

Also for the F486 – Cards with Character.

Come join us over at The Lounge and show us your card using the sketch. Can’t wait to see it!

Thanks for stopping by!

Amber

Happy Fall

2011-10-14T09:04:00.001-04:00

Time for another challenge over at Sweet ‘n Sassy Digi and it’s a fun one. The challenge is: a Recipe Challenge

1. Use color of BLACK (you can use other colors of your choice beside black)
2. Two kinds of designer papers
3. Three kinds of (or just three) embellishments

Colored the image with copics. Added Flower Soft for the grass, ribbon and brads. Design paper is DCWV Amber Autumn.

Come play with us as we’d love to see your creations!

Thanks for stopping by!

Amber

Paper Pretties Blog Hop

2011-10-12T00:00:00.000-04:00

Welcome to Paper Pretties blog hop! Hopefully you just came from France’s blog. And since it is Wend., that means it’s also a challenge over at Paper Pretties. The challenge this week is to be Halloween inspired.

I used the newly released Gnome set. Paper pieced him in Boo-tiful design paper by Nikki Sivils. Finished coloring him with copics and also colored the mushrooms with copics.

Used some MuddPuddles Trick or Treat Sea Glass for the gnome to stand in. Used the rest of the Boo-tiful paper for my card.

Now you need to hop on over to our Guest designer this month, Dawn Knight to see what she has in store for you.

Thanks for stopping by!

Amber

Color Challenge for Paper n Such

2011-10-11T06:04:00.001-04:00

It’s time for another Paper and Such challenge and this time it happens to be a color challenge.

Aren’t those pretty colors and just scream Fall? Well I decided to go another way with the colors and make a Christmas card instead!

I used the newly released set, Swirly Trees. Stamped them in distress inks and distressed the images. Deckles scissors cut out the brown layer and added a brown ribbon with the bow made with the Bow Easy. Card measures 8x4.

Don’t forget to come play with us over at Paper and Such!

Thanks for stopping by!

Amber

Paper Pretties Preview–Gnomes

2011-10-10T06:17:00.001-04:00

Welcome to day 3 of previews for Paper Pretties. No, you didn’t miss any other previews for Paper Pretties on my blog as I only have day 3 to share. To see the other 2 days, please see the Paper Pretties blog.

Today I am sharing with you "Gnome Place Like Home" designed by Victoria Case. I used the sketch from the CAS138. Colored the images with copics and cut them out completely. Used a Martha Stewart border punch. Images are on Helmar Zapdots for dimension.

One random lucky commenter each preview day will win the set being previewed. The winners from each preview day will be posted here on Wednesday. As in previous months, we will still have a inspiration filled blog hop on release day.

Join us for our release Blog Hop this Wednesday 12 AM EST 12th October, starting on the Paper Pretties Blog.
New Release Stamps available in the Paper Pretties Boutique from Wednesday 12 AM EST 12th October.
Don’t forget to check out the Paper Pretties Blog to see who else is previewing the new stamps today.

Thanks for stopping by!

Amber

Paper and Such Sneak Peek Day 4 – Friendship Sentiment

2011-10-09T07:54:00.001-04:00

If you are looking for Operation Julie’s Smile Blog Hop, Please click here.

Release day at Paper and Such and the last sneak peek for this month! Today’s set is called Friendship Sentiments. This set will retail for $5!

I kept my card clean and simple to really let the sentiment shine. Added some cuttlebuging on the bottom strip and some ribbon to match.

You'll want to leave comments on as many blogs as you possibly can - it will increase your chances of winning the entire release!!! That's right, one lucky winner will receive the entire release!

Layout for my card came from Sassy Lil’ Sketch challenge.

Thanks for stopping by!

Amber

Paper and Such Sneak Day 3–Christmas Flowers

2011-10-08T00:00:00.000-04:00

If you are looking for Operation Julie’s Smile Blog Hop, Please click here.

Welcome back to day 3 of sneak peeks for Paper and Such. Today I have another Christmas set for you called Christmas Flowers.

Stamped image and colored with copics. Painted on some shimmerz. Cut around the flowers and layered with gold cardstock. Cut the sentiment apart and stamped it in black on the background pink cardstock.

Don’t forget to leave comments on the DT blogs for your chance to win the entire release!

Thanks for stopping by!

Amber

Operation Julie’s Smile Blog Hop with a sneak peek

2011-10-07T08:00:00.000-04:00

I am so glad that you have joined us on this amazing blog hop for Operation Julie’s Smile. If you came here from Pattie Goldman’s blog, then you are in the right spot. If not, you may want to start from the beginning at the Sweet Stamp Shop Blog and take your time. You have ALL WEEKEND to hop with us and win prizes!

What an honor to be a part of such a large blog hop, and for such a great cause. Here is a little bit more info on this great cause for those of you who have no idea what cause I am talking about:

“The creative blogging community is coming together this weekend to help one of our friends, Julie Ranae. You may know her as the Design Team Coordinator for many wonderful companies from bakers twine, die cuts, rubber stamps and more. What many people don’t know about Julie Ranae is that she has had some pretty major dental surgeries in her lifetime due to medication she had to take as a child. It was in her plans to think about having all of her teeth replaced at some point in the next 5 years, a decision that was pretty easy to plan out. But then it happened…she chipped her front teeth on a weekend a month ago. The dentist told her there was no way to save them & that it was his recommendation that she give in and have all her teeth removed soon, but for that day, they needed to get her front teeth done so her gums could begin to heal. He said he would 'work out payments with her to have ALL this work done...but when she called to make her appt for the first step of impressions, they told her the amount of money that was needed and that the 'payments' applied only to the two teeth that were extracted that day. Her husband Paul was with her & that too, was his understanding as well. So this is how she has found herself in this situation…Needing at least $4000 to get started and another $3000 to finish the process…a total of $7000.

Nicole Rixon, owner of Sweet Stamp Shop put together this benefit after finding out about this situation and before Julie Ranae knew it, it took flight!

It is the goal of all of these generous friends & sponsors to help make this situation more do-able for our friend so that she can share a brand new smile with all of us soon.

If there is anything you can do to help with a financial donation, there is a “donation” button ready for you to click over to the right. Any amount is appreciated and ALL DONATIONS will be eligible for prizes from our sponsor pool of over $2500.” A complete list of sponsors is listed on the Sweet Stamp Shop Blog.

And here is my card I made just for this blog hop. I made a Double Z-Fold Card that was shown over at SCS. Used a new (digi) image that will be coming in a month or so from Paper and Such but Julie is letting us show it off just for today. Colored the image with prismacolor pencils and blended with odorless mineral spirits. Distressed entire card with distress inks. Used Pink Paislee Amber Road collection for the design paper.

And the card when it is open.

I hope you enjoyed your stop here on the hop! The next stop is Janice Melton’s blog. Make sure you leave a comment here before you go so that you can have a chance at the amazing prizes up for grabs and if you can, please make a donation so we can help bring back a new smile for our friend.

Since this is such a large blog hop, there could be a break somewhere in the chain, so please bear with us.

You have the entire weekend to get around to all the blogs to be eligible for prizes by leaving comments and or making a donation. The blog hop runs through Sunday, October 9th at 11:59pm EST.

Did you like the digi image I used on my card? Well… Julie from Paper and Such is offering this sweet new digi image to those who donate to the cause.

BUT you have to go the Paper and Such blog and leave a comment there that you did donate in order to receive the image.

That’s right folks…donate to the cause (as little or as much as you can) and you get the digi for free! Isn’t it adorable??

The very talented Angela Fehr designed it. Angela will be designing for Paper and Such, and you will be able to purchase her creations, starting in November. I can’t wait to see the other images!

Thank you for taking the time to read through this post and for being a part of the blog hop. Best of luck with the chance to win!

Also entered in the following challenges:

2Sisters – Fancy Fold
Crafty Purple Frog – Lots of Layers
Penny’s challenge – Anything Goes
Anything Goes - Die cuts/Punches
Heart Song Inspiration - Anything Goes
Make it Monday #57 – Anything Goes
Crafts and Me Challenge – Use a Digi
PaperCrafting Journey – Die Cuts/Punches

Thanks for stopping by!

Amber

Baby’s 1st Christmas

2011-10-07T00:03:00.000-04:00

This is my second post for the day, scroll down if you are looking for Paper and Such post. ~ thanks.

So the challenge this week over at Sweet ‘n Sassy Digi is for Baby/Babies.

I decided to make a Christmas card that could be sent to relatives for Baby’s 1st Christmas. Used Rhubarb Trims the Tree digital stamp and colored him with copics. Added stickles to the ornaments and star. Cut the image out completely and attached it with Helmar Zapdots. Cut ovals using Spellbinders Oval nestabilities.

Come play with us as we’d love to see how you interpret the theme.

Thanks for stopping by!

Amber

Paper and Such sneak peek day 2!

2011-10-07T00:00:00.000-04:00

Welcome to Day 2 of sneak peeks for Paper and Such. You are going to love today’s set. Without further ado… heeeereeeee’s Johnny!

Great set for those masculine cards you need to make! Colored images with copics and did a little out of the box with Johnny. Cut fish out completely and attached with Helmar Zapdots. Added some twinery to the side.

Don’t forget you'll want to leave comments on the DT blogs (can find them at Paper and Such) as - it will increase your chances of winning the entire release!!! That's right, one lucky winner will receive the entire release!

ps. Please stop by again after 8amEST (or scroll up) to see a post that is dear to my heart and another sneak peek!

Thanks for stopping by!

Amber

Paper and Such Sneak Peek, Day 1

2011-10-06T00:00:00.000-04:00

With a new month, brings new sneak peeks for the stamps over at Paper and Such!

Now on to today’s sneak peek: Swirly Trees. I love Christmas sets and this is another fun one with 7 different sentiments and 4 different trees. I stamped in silver metallic and layered with silver cardstock and added silver cording. Used Merry Christmas by Echo Park Paper and added red stickles to the holly berries.

One Christmas card down and millions to go!

You'll want to leave comments on the DT blogs (can find them at Paper and Such) as - it will increase your chances of winning the entire release!!! That's right, one lucky winner will receive the entire release!

Thanks for stopping by!

Amber

Paper Pretties Sketch

2011-10-05T08:22:00.001-04:00

Can you believe it’s October already? And with the first of the month comes another Paper Pretties sketch!

Colored my image with copics. Added lots of Faux Stitching around the card. Some brads and bling too.

Come play along with us over at Paper Pretties. Can’t wait to see your take on this sketch.

Thanks for stopping by!

Amber

Fall Fun

2011-10-05T02:00:00.000-04:00

So today over at The Pixie Cottage the challenge is Fall Fun or the sketch. I stayed with fall fun and what says fall fun then an apple pie??

I colored the image with copics and used design paper from DCWV Amber Autumn. Cut image with Spellbinders and layered with different sizes and shapes of Spellbinders.

Thanks for stopping by!

Amber

Unusual Christmas colors

2011-09-30T06:25:00.001-04:00

So this week the challenge over at Sweet ‘n Sassy Digi is a color challenge with the colors being red, yellow & purple. ummmm okay, not my favorite combination but then again this is a challenge which is to get you out of your comfort zone.. this got me out of my comfort zone for sure!

I decided to go with a Christmas card. Yup, you heard me, a Christmas card with those colors! Let me tell you, I had a hard time with it at first but I think I like the end results.

I used Winter Friends Digital Stamp. Put some Sparkly Fluff on the snowman’s hat and Flower Soft for the snow. Colored image with prismacolor pencils and blended with odorless mineral spirits. Background is cuttlebug’d with Holly plate and embossed with clear embossing powder. Sentiment is from Primitive Christmas also by Sweet ‘n Sassy.

Come join us over at Sweet ‘n Sassy Digi as we’d love to see your cards!

Thanks for stopping by!

Amber

Blog makeover and forgotten card

2011-09-29T06:46:00.001-04:00

Fall is one of my favorite times of year and I finally got around to changing my blog background for the season. Hope you enjoy my new look as I’m loving it!

Yesterday was the start of a new challenge over at The Pixie Cottage and I completely forgot to post my card! oops! I’m bad! Anyways the challenge is always two fold with a theme or a sketch or you can do both. I stuck with the theme which is to Pop it Up.

I popped up the head, the image layer and the spellbinder layer. Used Smooches on the skirt & bows.

Pixie Cottage is have a Design team call that ends this Saturday. You can find all the details here.

And I have to share with you this picture I got yesterday of a Blue Heron that landed in our backyard and stayed around for at least 5 mins or so. We’ve seen them fly over as they visit the creek behind us. But we have never seen one so close. For taking the picture through a window and a screen, I thought it turned out pretty good. If you look closely, you can even see his eye!

Thanks for stopping by!

Amber

Banister of Life

2011-09-28T06:09:00.001-04:00

So this week’s Paper Pretties challenge is to use a sentiment as a focal point on your card.

I did just that by using only design paper and no other stamped images. Little border punch on the side strip and some brads to the sentiment is all it took to make this card.

Hope you come play with us over at Paper Pretties blog!

Thanks for stopping by!

Amber

Recipe challenge

2011-09-27T06:13:00.001-04:00

for a card that is. Time for another Paper and Such challenge and this time it’s a recipe challenge.

I used design paper, a flower and 3 brads.

Check out Paper and Such for the Recipe and come play with us! Can’t wait to see what you create.

Thanks for stopping by!

Amber

OCL84 challenge–Design Paper

2011-09-23T13:50:00.001-04:00

So this week’s challenge over at The Lounge is to use Pattern Paper.

I haven’t played along in a while so I made two cards as I love to use design paper.

I used the newly released Winter Wishes by Our Craft Lounge. I went with a blue theme as last week’s F4A82 was to use mostly blue. I added stickles and twinkling H2O to the border (picture doesn’t show it too well). I used two different design papers for my backgrounds. This is also last week’s sketch over at SCS.

For my second card, I went with a Halloween card using the newly released Scaredy Cat also by Our Craft Lounge. I did the “no line stamping” again, stamped in blush blossom and colored with copics. The purple diamond design paper is layered onto black sparkle paper as is the kitty. This is for last week’s CAS135 challenge which was a sketch.

Thanks for stopping by!

Amber

No one can take your place

2011-09-23T06:03:00.001-04:00

So this week over at Sweet 'n Sassy Digi, our challenge is to use border punches. I colored my image with prismacolor pencils and blended with odorless mineral oil. Added a few layers and a border punch strip over top of the image. Pearls in the corners to finish it off.

Thanks for stopping by!

Amber

A new way to color aka no line stamping

2011-09-21T06:19:00.001-04:00

So this week over at Paper Pretties, the challenge is to be inspired by fall.

I decided to try a new technique that I saw this past week on Lydia’s blog who saw it at Holly’s blog. No line stamping or Stamp Nekkid (as Lydia called it).

I stamped the owls in blush blossom and colored over them with copics. Was very interesting to do, especially with their tails/wings but all in all I think I did a pretty good job! Used some retired SU Fall design paper for my card, ribbon and leaf brads. Sketch came from I need a sketch blog.

Don’t forget to come play with us as One random lucky participant this week will win "a Paper Pretties sentiment sampler" . You do not need to use Paper Pretties stamps in order to play along, but if you do, you will get a bonus entry into the drawing! You have to link your card on the Paper Pretties blog NOT here! Can’t wait to see your Fall Inspired.

Also for the following challenges:

Pile it on – The Colors of Fall
Digi Doodle Shop – Autumn colors
Friday Mashup – Autumn
Our Daily Bread Designs – Fall colors or theme
Really Reasonable Ribbon – Autumn
Send a Smile 4 Kids – cute Fall Card
Creatalicious Challenge – Anything Goes
Penny’s Paper – Fall

Thanks for stopping by,

Amber

Brad, Buttons, Bow

2011-09-21T02:00:00.000-04:00

Time for another Pixie Cottage Digital challenge!! This week’s theme is Brad, Buttons, Bow or the sketch. I went with the theme.

Used Feather the flamingo from Pixie Cottage and colored her with copcis. Added MuddPuddles Mickey’s Beach for Feather to stand in. The blue flower is a brad incase you are wondering where my brad is.

Thanks for stopping by!

Amber

Interactive Caregiving – short article

2011-09-19T14:14:00.001-04:00

This will be a short article that highlights Interactive Caregiving: one of the most important and unique services of Comfort Keepers, a Columbus home health care provider. Before we talk about Interactive Caregiving, what exactly is Comfort Keepers? Glad you asked!

Comfort Keepers

Comfort Keepers is a leading provider of in-home care services, sending compassionate caregivers to the homes of you or your elderly loved ones. When growing older, it sometimes becomes more difficult for seniors to accomplish certain tasks on their own. While it can certainly be a joy to care for an aging parent, grandparent, or other elderly loved-one, many times this care can become too time-consuming or even too difficult for the family. Comfort Keepers provides a great alternative to nursing home care. Caregivers come right out to the homes of seniors, providing friendly, helpful, and professional care, allowing seniors to remain where they are most happy: in the comfort of their own homes!

A Different Kind of Care

One of the most special parts of the care that seniors receive through Comfort Keepers is Interactive Caregiving. Caregivers give seniors a helping hand with tasks like their hygiene, bathing, using the restroom, and other personal needs. Also, caregivers can help seniors by going grocery shopping and helping prepare meals. But what’s so special is that even while proving the highest-quality physical care, with Interactive Caregiving, this is just the beginning.

Caregivers take the time to tell stories and share memories with each client. They make special time to take walks, read aloud to each other, work together on crafts, puzzles, or hobbies, and even going to church or other senior center activities. Caregivers sometimes even dance to music with seniors! Comfort Keepers believes that this unique approach to caregiving goes the extra mile: it is proven that seniors experience much healthier, longer and more purposeful lives as a result of Interactive Caregiving. This is so different from other Columbus home health care providers, who stop at physically caring for the needs of seniors. Comfort Keepers caregivers will work to engage in the life of your elderly loved one to help them enjoy today and to give them a positive outlook on tomorrow.

So if you or an elderly loved one are looking for Columbus home health care, give Comfort Keepers a try!

Thanks for stopping by,

Amber

Happy Birthday

2011-09-16T00:00:00.000-04:00

So this week over at Sweet ‘n Sassy Digi Challenge… we were to be inspired by this picture:

Isn’t this the sweetest? Love the colors.

I used Rhubarb’s Birthday and colored him with copics. Added a little bit of stickles to his candle. Used some sparkly design paper and stamped happy birthday from Bethany’s Birthday set.

So head on over to the Sweet ‘n Sassy Digi Challenge blog and play along with us. We’d love to see how the picture inspires you.

Thanks for stopping by!

Amber

Operation Write Home challenge

2011-09-15T00:00:00.000-04:00

Paper and Such is sponsoring the Operation Write Home challenge - a great organization that sends blank, handmade greeting cards to our brave men and women serving overseas so that they can keep in touch with their families. Please check out their site to play along as the prize this time is a Paper and Such stamp set of your choice!! The challenge is a color challenge with colors of red, kraft, black - or blue.

I used Song in my Heart but stamped only 2 of the birds. Colored them with prismacolor pencils and blended with odorless mineral spirits. Cut them out of the box a little. Sentiment is from Basket of Flowers. Used border punch on the side and for the red stripe. Used Baker’s Twine to bring more red to the card. Carried the brown over to the inside with the brown paper. Main card is Kraft

Also for the following challenges:

Clean & Simple – Sketch
Little Red Wagon – Twine
Mark’s Finest Papers – Use a Punch

Thanks for stopping by!

Amber

Smile!

2011-09-14T00:00:00.000-04:00

Smile! It’s release day at Paper Pretties! Which means it’s a blog hop and a challenge all rolled into one. So hopefully you just came from the Paper Pretties blog as I’m the first stop on the hop. The challenge this week over at Paper Pretties is EARTH TONE colors.

Yes, I wrote that in caps cause I’m yelling at myself! I knew what the challenge was.. I even have it written down in my notebook that I keep for all my work…but I wanted my hippo to be blue so I colored it blue and went on breaking the “rules” for the challenge as I went PASTEL instead!! ugh!! So not to break the blog hop, here is my “earth tone” color card (Hey! it has brown and green on it!! lol)

I know what you are thinking.. “why didn’t you just make another card that actually fit the challenge?” Well I’ve been battling a sinus headache for the past few days and when I do feel well enough to do anything, I’m running around like crazy trying to get house cleaned and cards are the last things to get made. So yes, I just made this before the hop went live so really I didn’t have time to even redirect my poor sick brain and I was almost done with my card when I realized it! That’s my story and I’m sticking to it!

Your next stop is Dawn Knight on this blog hop. Enjoy!

Ps. Quick shout out to Little Red Wagon Challenge blog as I was featured there with my You’re Fintastic card! What an honor. Thank you!

Thanks for stopping by!

Amber

You’re Fintastic

2011-09-13T06:10:00.001-04:00

So I have another sneak peek for you today from Paper Pretties. When I first saw this set, Fish Wishes, I knew what I wanted to do and it seems like the rest of the DT girls had the same idea!

Join us for our release Blog Hop this Wednesday 12 AM EST 14th September, starting on the Paper Pretties Blog.
New Release Stamps available in the Paper Pretties Boutique from Wednesday 12 AM EST 14th September.
Don’t forget to check out the Paper Pretties Blog to see who else is previewing the new stamps today.

I searched the net for a template and found Bigfoot & Pickle Face’s Kids Craft Ideas that had what I was looking for. I printed out the sheet and cut out just one little fish bowl. Ran it through my copier at 180% onto white cardstock. I folded it so the top would be closed (you don’t want those fish getting out!)

I colored my fish with prismacolor pencils and blended with odorless mineral spirits. Painted a little sparkling H2O on the darker blues and cut it out completely. Cut out a seaweed and used wave scissors for my water. Cut out sentiment with oval spellbinder and used rhinestones to make it look like bubbles coming from the fish.

The cool part is the bottom of my fish bowl. I used MuddPuddles Sea Glass for the rock look.

Also for the following challenges:

The Rubber Café – No Design Paper
Jellypark – Pass it On
Freshly Brewed – Something New (stamps n Sea Glass)
Delightful Challenge – Bling it
Little Red Wagon – Die Cuts
CropStop – Spellbinders

Thanks for stopping by!

Amber

Tic Tac… CREATE!

2011-09-13T00:00:00.000-04:00

So this weeks challenge over at Paper and Such is Tic Tac Toe. Your mission if you choose to take it on is to create a card using the following to get tic tac toe:

ribbon	fabric	button
flower	design paper	twine
lace	brads	felt

Using Just Sayin’, I created a CAS card. My “tic tac toe” is the first column down…ribbon, flower, lace. (or I could have gone diagonal for ribbon, design paper, felt as my ribbon is felt! hmmmm wonder if I can get bonus points for this now?)

Kept with pink and cream with a pop of green from the felt ribbon that is layered onto lace (May Arts). A pink flower from my stash with a sparkly brad in the middle. Colored the butterfly in the sentiment to match my paper.

Now I’m on a Christmas mood kick (no, I haven’t started many cards yet but want to) so I used some Christmas design paper for my background! You’d never know if I hadn’t have said something!

This is also for the following challenges:

Pile it on – Layers
Lollipop Crafts – Use brads/eyelets
Crafty Catz – Ribbon
Stamp Something – Anything Goes
DYSU challenge blog – Texture
Crafting Misfit – Show n Tell
My Mum’s Craft shop- Lots of layers

thanks for stopping by!

Amber

Paper Pretties Sneak Peek

2011-09-12T00:10:00.000-04:00

Have you been checking out the sneak peeks over at the Paper Pretties Blog? Well today I finally get to share one with you.

Fairy Wishes! It’s so cute and fun. I paper pieced the dress and had to color the poodle (at least I think it’s a poodle.. I sure hope it’s a poodle! lol) pink as my daughter wants to get a poodle and dye it pink! Added stickles to the wings and wand.

Thanks for stopping by!

Amber

Such a Sweetie

2011-09-09T09:03:00.001-04:00

Sorry my blog posts are late today. We had no internet all of the sudden yesterday afternoon until just now! Don’t know how I survived!

Today is the last day of the sneaks over at Paper and Such! Now you can start buying your stamps that you have enjoyed seeing. Today’s set is Butter. He is just too cute.

Colored him with copics and paper pieced his blanket. Stamped his teddy twice and attached it with glue dots for some dimension.

Is also for the Free for All81 as it is Paper Pieced. Layout is from Clean & Simple 156.

Thanks for stopping by!

Amber

All Star Birthday

2011-09-09T08:32:00.001-04:00

Today is my son’s 9th birthday. It’s also Sweet and Sassy Digital challenge with a Spots theme. Perfect for making him a birthday card.

I used Cocoa’s Football and made a 3x3 card that I tucked in his lunchbox. Colored image with copics and used s-e-i I’m an athlete design paper.

I’ll be back later on today with pictures of his cake (he asked for Cheesecake Factory Cheesecake!), cupcakes and treat he took into school today.

Thanks for stopping by!

Amber

Happy Day!

2011-09-08T00:00:00.000-04:00

So have you been enjoying the sneak peeks from Paper and Such? Well I’m back again today with another one! This set is called Butterfly Kisses.

I inked it up with Encore ultimate Metallic Silver and stamped it onto some shiny beige cardstock and stamped the sentiment with the same ink.. My background design paper is DCWV The Luxury stack. Border punch on the side stripe and some pink organdy ribbon to finish it off.

Don’t forget to see what the other Paper and Such gals did with this set. And leave some loving all around for your chance to win!

Thanks for stopping by!

Amber

that perfect day

2011-09-07T09:57:00.001-04:00

It’s the first Wednesday of the month so that means it is time for a Paper Pretties sketch challenge!

I used Birthday Sentiments from Paper Pretties to make my card. Went with a black and white theme and a little black rhinestone bling and kept it very clean and simple.

Hope to see you play along with us over at Paper Pretties blog.

Thanks for stopping by!

Amber

Count your blessings

2011-09-07T00:00:00.000-04:00

Welcome to day 2 of Paper and Such sneak peek. Today’s set is called “Fall Flowers” and comes with sentiments that I love how they are designed.

I used copics to color the mum and Amber Autumn design paper. Cut out the images with Spellbinders Nesties and before removing the die, I sponged with orange and yellow distress inks. Some orange bling finished off the card.

Thanks for stopping by!

Amber

Happy (deer) Birthday

2011-09-06T00:00:00.000-04:00

Sneak peeks are happening!! But for who?? Paper and Such that is who!! Starting today till release day which is Aug.9th!

Today we have “Deer Dad”. This is a great masculine set that can be used for all occasions. I used it as a birthday card as I need one for a friend.

Stamped the deer in vintage photo distress ink on Kraft and added just a little color with some green. Distressed the paper with brushed corduroy and vintage photo distress ink. Used some design paper and stamped Happy (and) birthday with vintage photo and also distressed paper with ink.

This is also entered in the following:

CPS 234 – sketch
Creative Card Crew – Anything Goes
Delicious Doodles – Fresh Start (new stamp set)
Clearly iStamp – Design Paper

Thanks for stopping by!

Amber

Our Craft Lounge Blog Hop

2011-09-02T03:00:00.000-04:00

Welcome to Our Craft Lounge blog hop! Because it is Friday, we also have our challenge over at The Lounge. This weeks challenge is Anything Goes.

Playing the challenge is a chance for a separate prize, and you have all month long to enter! We’ve changed things up a bit...now, you can use any stamps to play, but using OCL gives you extra points toward the prize, AND if you win, you can pick any of our great products ~ stamp sets, Sparkly Fluff, Crafty Sparkles! Play more challenges during the month for more entries!

Now on to the hop. You can find the entire list of blog hop here on The Lounge if you get lost along the way. But hopefully you just came from the:

So today I am using the set “You Make Me Happy”. Colored image with copics and distressed it with distressing tool. Added Pumpkin Delight Sparkly Fluff to the centers of the flowers and put image on dimension. Card is a square card measuring 5 x 5. I kept my card clean and simple as I’ve been nursing a bad headache all day long. Hope you like it.

is where you are headed! Enjoy and don’t forget to leave comments along the way for your chance to win.

Thanks for stopping by!

Amber

White on white

2011-09-02T00:00:00.000-04:00

This week’s challenge over at Sweet ‘n Sassy Digi Challenge is White on White.

I used Rhubarb’s Sunflower and colored with prismacolor pencils and blended with odorless mineral spirits. Added some Sparkly Fluff to his tummy and to the middle of the sunflower. Made a spellbinder frame and cuttlebug’d the background with swiss dots.

Thanks for stopping by!

Amber

Sneak Peeks have started

2011-09-01T03:00:00.000-04:00

Sneak peeks started yesterday over at The Lounge for the Our Craft Lounge sets that were shown at CHA. You are going to love these sets. Don’t forget to stop by The Lounge for links to the other DT girls that are showing sneaks today.

Today I’m excited to show you Winter Wishes. LOVE this set!! Kept the image clean just to show it off more. But I had to use some Sugar Sparkly Fluff for the snow! And then painted the border with Twinkling H2O Blue Ice as I wanted shimmer galore. Used a white gel pen on the trees where the snow is and colored the edge with Copics B00 & B000. Design paper is from The Robin’s Nest and the trim is from May Arts.

Check out Memories of Time as they carry the entire line Our Craft Lounge for your buying need.

All comments left on Wed & Thursday will count toward the blog candy on Friday. So make sure you leave love on all the DT gals blogs that have and are showing peeks. (no, I didn’t show one yesterday incase you freak that you can’t find the post to comment on.)

Thanks for stopping by!

Amber

Hope your day is a Hoot

2011-08-31T10:01:00.001-04:00

So this week over at Paper Pretties, the challenge is to make anything but a card. For a few minutes I had a panic attack wondering what I would make then in searching for something else, I came across a long skinny notepad and the light bulb turned on!

I used Give a Hoot and colored it with copics. Cut it out completely and attached it to the notepad which I had covered in misc. design paper and Nikki Sivils “Henry’s Brilliance” design paper on the bottom. On the lined section of the paper I stamped the sentiment. Used some rick rack to make the closing tie.

I used orange as my main focal color as my littlest started Kindergarten on Monday and she gave this to her teacher who loves orange. Here is my baby on her first day:

and then with her big brother who is in 3rd grade.

Thanks for stopping by!

Amber

Back to School

2011-08-31T02:00:00.000-04:00

So this week over at The Pixie Cottage the theme is back to school and/or the sketch.

I used the sketch with a digital image by Pixie Cottage that just calls out “recess”. Colored image with copics and cut it out completely and attached it with zap dots.

Thanks for stopping by,

Amber

Paper Pretties Birthday Blog Hop

2011-08-28T00:00:00.000-04:00

It’s time once again for a birthday blog hop for some Paper Pretties gals. This time it’s girls from the Digital Design Team celebrating a birthday today. Happy Birthday, Lisa Rasmussen & Nadine Buhl! Hopefully you just came from Frances Byrne ‘s blog.

I decided to use Make a Wish Cooper to make my birthday card. Stamped on watercolor paper and used watercolor pencils. Painted on Angel Wings Shimmerz on the cake. Used Nana’s Nursery Baby Boy design paper and some balloon brads.

Now head on over to Heather Lee-Reppen’s to see what she has in store for you.

Thanks for stopping by!

Amber

Lots of Dots

2011-08-26T09:11:00.001-04:00

The challenge this week over at The Lounge was to use dots. Well the ribbon from May Arts just happened to have dots!!

Used Fairy Dust is a Must and a sentiment from Autumn Garden. Used copics to color my image. Added 24K Gold Sparkly Fluff to her outfit and twinkling h2o to her wings. Used red ribbon with white dots on it from May Arts and the bow easy to make my bow.

Entered also in the following challenges:

Sweet Sketch Wednesday
Aud Sentiments - Anything goes

Thanks for stopping by!

Amber

Favorite Color Combo

2011-08-26T00:00:00.000-04:00

So this week over at Sweet ‘n Sassy Digi Challenges, we were to make a card using our favorite color combo. Now I have quite a few but I love pink/brown together so I made the following card.

Used copics to color the image, white gel pen on the umbrella and on the crest of the waves. Prima flowers layered and a sentiment from Birds & Roses also by Sweet ‘n Sassy. Sketch is from an old sketch (challenge 130) over at SCS.

Thanks for stopping by!

Amber

Make your own background

2011-08-24T15:04:00.001-04:00

This is my second post for the day, please scroll down if you are looking for Our Craft Lounge post.

So this week over at Paper Pretties, we were to use stamps to make our own backgrounds.

I used the stars from Imagine to make my background and then stamped Fun Quotes as my focus point. Stamped on Kraft paper and sponged on background and around sentiment and tore around the sentiment.

Thanks for stopping by,

Amber

Thinking of you

2011-08-24T09:16:00.001-04:00

So excited to announce that Our Craft Lounge and May Arts are teaming up this week to show you some amazing products from both companies. Check out The Lounge for snippets from the Design Team that is sharing samples today and leave some love for some chance at some blog candy (details below).

I used Coastal Wishes and the sketch347 over at SCS. Colored the images with copics. Used three different colors of string/burlap from May Arts and braided them to make the rope coming from the lifesaver. Twisted them to add under the sentiment.

Now for some blog candy! May Arts sent us extra spools of YUMMY ribbon to share with all of you! WOOHOOO! So we’ll have 3 BIG prizes to give away this Friday, August 26th! You have lots of ways to enter EVERY SINGLE DAY this week + one BONUS entry!

Daily leave 1 comment on each…

the OCL Blog,
each designer’s blog playing along that day, and
our Facebook page.

BONUS ENTRY: If you “LIKE” us (Our Craft Lounge) on Facebook, you’ll get a bonus entry (as long as you tell us you did it).

AND… don’t forget to check out the May Arts Blog for chances to win some great OCL stamp sets too… SCORE! What could be better????

Thanks for stopping by!

Amber

Our Family

2011-08-23T00:00:00.000-04:00

So this week over at Paper and Such the theme is Farm Animals. I had an idea and was hoping I could get it to work. Tried a few different ways before I was happy with my result. I used Bucky, Hezzy, Molly and Mimi & Jabster. Colored with copics and prismacolor pencils. Enjoy!

Thank you for stopping by!

Amber

School is just around the corner

2011-08-19T09:47:00.001-04:00

I’m back today with a fun challenge from Sweet ‘n Sassy Digi Challenge blog. Back to School theme is the challenge for today. I can’t wait for school to start… next week for us!!

I used this fun digi image from Sweet ‘n Sassy and colored it with copics. Found some alphabet design paper and went to work. Used an old SCS sketch for my layout. Image is on pop dots.

Thanks for stopping by!

Amber

Amber's Antics

It’s a dog day

Paper and Such Sponsors…..

Howdy Partner!

New stamps and another sneak at my room

Just Strolling by

Blog hop, stamp release and another sneak

Happy Birthday

Exciting news and stamp release

Happy Anniversary!

Celebrate!

Merry Christmas

Love Potion #9 - OCL sneak

Our Craft Lounge sneaks

Birthday Fishes

Quick Christmas card

Paper Pretties Sketch

Thank you

Paper Pretties Release Blog Hop

It’s baseball time!

Cyber Monday sale now!

Our Craft Lounge is getting in on the Black Friday/Cyber Monday action with our FIRST EVER Black Friday Sale! (yes, I know I’m a day late in posting this but the sale last till Monday so you still have time!!) ** 25% off STORE WIDE

** Sale dates - today at Noon (EST) through Monday, November 28th, 2011.

** Coupon Code Required: OCLBLK25 ** Applies to items in stock only - No Backorders for this sale.

** Does NOT apply to Gift Certificates Shop for yourself or put together an online Wishlist and send it to your family!

Please Note: Due to the holiday weekend, shipping for this sale will begin Monday, November 28th.

thanks for stopping by! Amber

Happy Birthday

Paper Pretties Sneak Peek

What? No Color?!!

Warm Winter Wishes

Nontraditional Christmas color card

Paper piecing with Paper and Such

Happy Birthday…

Creative Cuts & More blog hop

Celebrate

Release day

Snowmen, Cookies n Coffee

To a sweet friend

Paper and Such sneak peeks

Have a Kickin’ Day–Paper Pretties sneak

Smile, Life is Sweet

Once upon a time…

Have a beautiful Fall day

Embellish it

Send in the Clowns

Paper and Such sketch

Don’t forget to Squish ‘em

Shaped Christmas card

Happy Birthday, Boss Lady

What’s black, white and pink all over?

Pixie Cottage sketch

Merry Fish-mas

Happy Fall

Paper Pretties Blog Hop

Color Challenge for Paper n Such

Paper Pretties Preview–Gnomes

Paper and Such Sneak Peek Day 4 – Friendship Sentiment

Paper and Such Sneak Day 3–Christmas Flowers

Operation Julie’s Smile Blog Hop with a sneak peek

Baby’s 1st Christmas

Paper and Such sneak peek day 2!

Paper and Such Sneak Peek, Day 1

Paper Pretties Sketch

Fall Fun

Unusual Christmas colors

Blog makeover and forgotten card

Banister of Life

Recipe challenge

OCL84 challenge–Design Paper

No one can take your place

A new way to color aka no line stamping

Brad, Buttons, Bow

Interactive Caregiving – short article

Happy Birthday

Operation Write Home challenge

Smile!

You’re Fintastic

Tic Tac… CREATE!

Paper Pretties Sneak Peek

Our Craft Lounge is getting in on the Black Friday/Cyber Monday action with our FIRST EVER Black Friday Sale! (yes, I know I’m a day late in posting this but the sale last till Monday so you still have time!!)

** 25% off STORE WIDE

Coupon Code Required: OCLBLK25
Applies to items in stock only - No Backorders for this sale.

** Does NOT apply to Gift Certificates
Shop for yourself or put together an online Wishlist and send it to your family!

thanks for stopping by!

Amber