Dylusions Christmas Tag

I love my new Dylusions Christmas goodies and I couldn't wait to use them. However, they came the day I left for vacation and I took them with me, but just didn't have any time to work with them there. So, today I finally made this tag. Of course, the tag is from my stash of tags that I use to wipe up the overspray from my journal pages. I thought it was a good Christmas Green. The reindeer are from the stamp set called Christmas Accessories and I also used Christmas Borders and Christmas Backgrounds. I colored in the reindeer with my Prismacolor pencils and blended with Gamsol. For the background I just colored - the Gamsol didn't work to well on the green background. I also added Glossy Accents to the Red Nosed Reindeer to make it stand out. If you're in the US an looking for these stamps, I got mine at Inspiration Emporium. Thanks for taking a look!

Cupcake Crafts Challenge #203 - The Great Outdoors

I'm entering this card in to this week's Cupcake Craft Challenge #203 - The Great Outdoors. I really loved this set of animal stickers and I think this moose is FAB!! Thanks for taking a look!

Materials


Card stock - Crumb Cake (Stampin' Up) 

Decorative Paper - Camp-a-lot (Bo Bunny) 

Border Sticker - Story Teller (Crate Paper) 

Moose Sticker - The Great Outdoors (TPC Studio) 

Stamps - Harold's ABCs (Lawn Fawn)

Ink - Tuxedo Black (Memento)

Hero Arts Flickr Group Saturday Scramble

I finally got a chance to participate in the Flickr Scramble this week. The challenge was to make a sentiment using different sentiments. I used Studio Calico/Hero Arts Stamp sets for this card. The thought bubble and the "Life is" come from a set called "Hey Y'all". The real sentiment says "Life is better with friends." The "a" is from an alphabet in a stamp set I got at the Studio Calico Summer Stamp School. The "Journey", ticket, planes, and circle maps are from another set called "Air Mail". I just decided to use Stampin' Up Not Quite Navy and Garden Green for my ink colors and the papers are Not Quite Navy and Whisper White from Stampin' Up. The twine is from PTI. Thanks for taking a look!

August 1 Blog Candy Winner (a little late) & Vacay Pics

Hi!! I was away for a week on my annual vacation to North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. I had planned to post this from my vacation, but oops that didn't happen!! Anyway, the winner of this month's Blog Candy is Barb!! Congrats Barb!!! Head on over to her blog and leave her some love. 

I've also included some pictures from my vacation. I have a timeshare and I go every year for a week at the end of July. I really love it and it's only a 2.5 hr drive from my house which makes it easy to get there. I had a friend stay with me over the weekend and my parents joined me for the last 4 days. I did lots of good eating, shopping, swimming, walking on the beach and searching for shells. I had a great time, but I was glad to get back today. I really missed Daisy and Dusty. I was so glad to see them and they were pretty glad to see me too.

Sunrise on the beach

On my morning walk

View from the balcony

Seashells I found. Most are the SC state shell the Lettered Olive

The Play Date Cafe Challenge #143

It's an exciting week for The Play Date Cafe. It's the first challenge for all of our new designers. And, we get to show off our new watermark created for us by the uber talented Jacqueline Miller! 

This week our colors are Cherry, Mint Julep, and Jade. I've had this super cute new Lawn Fawn stamp set for a while and when I saw these colors, I knew it would be perfect for this week's color story. 

Materials
1. Card stock - Real Red, Whisper White - Stampin' Up
2. Gingham Papers - A Muse Studio
3. Stamps - Happy Summer, Harold's ABC's - Lawn Fawn
4. Ink - Tuxedo Black - Memento
5. Punch - File Tab - Jenny Bowlin
6. Corner Rounder - Corner Chomper - We-R-Memory Keepers
7. Markers - Copic

I hope you will join us this week and make a project with these fun colors! I can't wait to see what everyone comes up with! And, one lucky winner will win a $20 shopping spree from the fabulous Stop and Scrap. And that's not all!! ALL players and visitors to my blog can get a 10% discount from Stop and Scrap - use the code PDCC10.