TSG Wednesday Trends

Wanna see what this little garden guy is all about? Check out my very first TSG blog post here for details! Trust me- it's really fun;) And then come on back here and tell me what you think!

And there is still time for you to play along with this weeks challenge, Au Naturale (TSG128), hosted by yours truly;)!

{TCPTUES183} Cup of Cider

Hi there! Today we have a fun colour challenge brought to us by Catpacker Lori. And this gal knows a thing or two about throwing colours together! She is also a designer over at The Color Throwdown.....
This week, she has given us a really warm combo of Red, Chocolate and Marigold.

I used one of my well loved sets A Cuppa...you all must know by now what a PJ fan I am;)

My PJ Bear definately turned out darker than I intended, but I am having some trouble lately with some of my copics not blending nicely (E55.57 specifically- anyone else have that trouble??), so I went darker. I did add some pink cheeks and white dimples to brighten him/her up a bit. I used my copic multiliner to write in the wrod 'CIDER' on the mug, to keep with the apple themed paper (all paper is mixed Jillibean Soup collections, btw).
The Easy Rosette Cutups (currently out of stock, but check back soon!) die always makes for a really fun, homemade embellie! It is topped with a SU! corduroy brad.

Be sure to play along this week for your chance to win catcash, or better yet, the title of Swanky Stamper!! Link your card up to Alma's blog or SCS using the keyword TCPTUES183.

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YNS Release- Light Me Up

Today is Day 12 of YNS's 14 Days of Holiday Fun! I am showcasing my favorite set of this release, Light Me Up.
I think this little guy is so darned cute:) He reminds me of my little monkeys, all tangled up in everything they can get into!

I also used the Light Up The Holidays die, using different CS's and DP's and wrapping the top of the bulbs in linen thread for a vintage look. The boys hat and mittens were paper-pieced and the rest of him was coloured with copics. I cut a little felt pom-pom for his toque and glued it on. To keep the vintage, kitschy look going, I used 3 different button/brad elements along the bottom of the old fashioned newsprint paper. TCP's apron cutup die adds a little somethin' somethin' to the bottom portion of the card.

Here you can see my cute lil man all popped up on dimensionals, as well as the light string.

Head over to the YNS blog for links to more designer peeks, as well as deets on a great little special;)

TSG128- Au Naturale

Hey friends! This weeks challenge at There She Goes is brought to you by ME! I just so happen to be the Trendsetter of the Week, and my challenge is to go Au Naturale, and use something 'natural' on your card, whether it be twine, jute, burlap, wood, hemp, etc...fun right? I think so;)
I made my three little boys a Halloween card from their 'mummy', using stamps and sentiments from the AMAZING set Hauntingly Delightful (which I let my middle, Halloween-loving son, Jake pick out;) Since I make alot of projects centered around my kids, I thought it would be fun to occasionally let them pick what I buy (within reason of course;)
Anyway, I am so glad let him choose, as this set is one of my favorites! Keep your eyes pealed in the coming days for a CUH-UTE project that I will be showing you, also featuring this fun set!

Onto my card....

I stamped the mummies in all three sizes, to match my kids, and coloured them in with copics, adding a bit of colour around their eyeballs, in the same hues of my kids eyes (oldest and youngest in blue, and middle in brown). As you can see, I used burlap behind my main panel, brown and natural hemp twine, linen thread and wood buttons as my Au Naturale elements! The sentiment flag was free-cut and distressed and I anchored it with another stamp from this set. I cut a black spiderweb border die (TSG!) to add to the spooky-sweet feel;) The edges of the main stamped panel were sponged in creamy brown and charcoal chalk ink, and the dp pieces were sponged only in charcoal.

A close-up of the little monsters and neat wood buttons:)

And ain't this the truth!! They do make me batty, but I love 'em to bits;) And there's that fabulous spider web die again, and just a smidge more linen thread!

I sure hope that you\ll play along with my first trendsetting challenge! Remember that you don't even have to use a TSG stamp (although we love to see some TSG;) to be elidgeable for the prize! All you have to do is link up your creation to the TSG blog. And if you are looking for more inspiration, see what the other Trendsetters have come up with for my challenge! And stop by for the next few days for more from my spotlight week;)

YNS Release- Day 11!

Today, Your Next Stamp is releasing some fun, wintertime forest friends! I was able to work with Sleeping Bear to make this card.

I used some gorgeous blues from Authentique for my dp, did some dry embossing with a houndstooth EF, added some black zigzag stitching and silver brads. The big black satin bow is SU ribbon, and I coloured my bear with warm grey copics and cut him out with a circle nestie. Under the sentiment panel (TCP's new circus panel cutups) there is actually little 'Z's, but I had to cover them up fit everything on the cardfront:)

Check out the YNS blog for links to designers previewing today!

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YNS- Canadian Kids Release

Hi there! I am so excited for the Your Next Stamp preview today!! Can you guess why? That's right, it's the debut of the Canadian Kids!!
These World Kids are just the cutest series and of course, the Canadians are my favorite;)
We have a little hockey boy and girl, named Darius (after DT Peggy's son) and....drum roll please......Jenny!! That's right! Named after me! I grew up with brothers and our weekends were always spent at Arena's all over Alberta...Being the product of a pretty hockey crazy province and growing up in a hockey family, Karen thought it would be fun to name her after me! I am so excited:):) Thanks Karen!
I made a card today featuring Darius:

 
I stamped his stick/gloves separately and the wrapped some linen thread (TCP) around the blade, and then popped the whole thing up on dimensionals. The embellies are all SU (buttons, ribbon) and I tied the buttons with TCP's divine twine in airmail. The green piece of dp was cut with a pinking die (TCP). I stitched around the stamped panel with red thread to give it some punch. Silver brads in the corners finish it off.

Check out the YNS blog for links to more designers previewing and remember that these stamps are now available for purchase at the YNS store! Shop early and get a special surprise as well;)

TSG Release- No Peeking!

Kids love to countdown the days until Christmas is finally here and with this new set illustrated by Torico, you are going to have just as much fun creating a countdown advent calendar! With 25 different adorable holiday images and two sets of numbers the possibilities are endless! To make this set even more useable, there are two decorative circles and two decorative squares that were designed to be used with a 1 3/8” punch!!

I went completely against my grain, and made a very CAS one layer card!! I know!! Eek!
But I do like the way that it turned out and boy was it quick to make;) And I did use my 1 3/8" punch and it worked perfectly! I layered it over a slightly larger nestie circle to add some definition. A little stickles makes all the images sparkle.....The sentiment was stamped right on the main layer and I added bakers twine in complimentary colours.

This set had literally endless possibilities and I am so excited to try out all of my ideas for Christmas!

No Peeking! is a 6x8 set that includes a total of 53 stamps and will sell for $24.

Would you like to win the new No Peeking! stamp set? Here is what you need to do- visit the Trendsetter’s blogs that are participating in each of the blog hop challenges below and comment on their creations as you go. One of the Trendsetter’s blogs (from each hop day) will be randomly chosen as the ‘it’ blog and a winner will be picked using a random number generator from the comments left on that Trendsetter’s Blog Hop Challenge post.

You will not know which blog has been chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning new stamps! The Blog Hop Challenges will be open until 5 PM Eastern Time Saturday October 29th with the winner being announced during the release party chat.

 

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