Lawnscaping Blog Hop

Hello everyone and Welcome to the second Lawnscaping blog hop. I am glad to be part of this fabulous hop. If you have arrived here from the very talented Chari's Blog, then you are on the right track. For the complete list of participants go HERE at the Lawnscaping blog. The theme this time is RED...well I read somewhere that Red is the new black and I think so too, besides its festive season:)

Here are my creations:

 

Stamps: All Lawn Fawn  (Happy Haunting, Say Cheese, Cozy Christmas, Quinns ABC and Pa-Rum-Pa-Pum)

Hope you had fun visiting. Dont forget to comment by 11th. December on all the blogs as there are some superb prizes from the hop sponsors Lawn Fawn, Mold Muse and Whiskars Graphic, more details at Lawnscaping blog.

So why wait hop along for more inspiration to Ruza Rebel's blog:)

Challenges: Tag ( Lawnscaping and Color Q #114 )

Cards:

Ribbon Carousel: Inspiration photo with Candy canes, green color(1st. Card)
Wee Memories: Free for all
JGSnook Challenge Blog: Inspiration photo. I got inspired by the whole photo. Candy Cane, the greens and blues, so created all my creation around it.

Christmas Cards

Well yesterday I made some Christmas cards using a new set from my win. Its a Jane Doodles stamp set called Vintage Santa. Love it and the quality is amazing. Thanks Judith for sending me a lovely gift.

I got the inspiration by the photo at Simon says challenge blog, Santa, Music notes CAS and also Vintage. I am submitting these for the challenge at Wee Memories  as its Free for all:) and The young crafters challenge blog which is to use dies.

I kept my first card CAS as I wanted this gorgeous image to speak for itself. I used pencil colors to color it. 

My second card is a bit vintage. I colored the image with water colors and then some cracked glass effect. To finish some machine stitching.

Love both of them and hope you like them too. Thanks for dropping by and do write what you think.

Scraphouse Challenge

Hello friends, today I want to share this Christmas card, I made for the new challenge blog at Scraphouse. This challenge is very special to me, you wonder why???

Well this is the place from where my first stamping supplies came and Marjolein the owner is very sweet lady. It was quite a beautiful drive to her place and that was actually my first day when I met someone other than myself from the crafting world:) I used one of the 7 stamps I bought that day. I used the pattern paper (Basic Grey) which was actually recommended by Marjolein cos I didnt even have idea of any of the companies...lol
I am also submitting it for another favorite blog of mine. The Young Crafters challenge blog which is to use dies, which I used for the snowflakes.

I used some puffy paint with glitter on the cap, which looks beautiful in real. I hope you will like this card as much as I enjoyed making it.
I am also entering it to the following challenges:
Simon Says Stamp Blog: Anything goes

Shhhh.... ROUND Birthday Celebration

YAY!!! Sweet Virginia is going to celebrate her very special Birthday on the 9th. of December but she has a party going on at her blog...you MUST go and visit the very Talented, helpful, optimistic,motivating, sweet and Elegant and...and...and....

Well, I think, I could write a whole page with the never ending ands....really she is one of the most amazing person I got to know thru my hobby.
I was thinking about her the other day as I was looking at a card she had sent to me and my mind wandered to the first time she wrote her motivating comments on my card. Then I looked at her flickr cards and became addicted to her creative creations. I then found her blog and now I really look forward to her posts in my reader.
Be it her funny jokes, which she shares in style. Rather I love the humorous Dr. John conversations. Her creativity and out of the box thinking really amazes me and its inspiring. I adore the way she brings her kids up. Thats not all....her love of cooking is amazing.
My daughter loves to see her posts too and asks me to bake those yummy cookies/cake...lol

Thou her favorite color is Orange, I chose how I see Virgina...sweet, soft (her voice is soft too), Elegant.

So here is to you Virginia...on your 50th. Birthday...make 50 wishes... I would always cherish your friendship and it will always be precious to me:)

Have a Colorful Christmas...

Yup!!! Colorful Christmas...you will know why in a few seconds. I had this Hero Arts stamp out for a week now and today while cleaning my table...I saw the blings and the inspiration hit me. I started to play like a child with all the colors I have and really love the outcome.
There is lots of texture going on so its perfect for the challenge at the Lily Pad blog.
I stamped the music bg stamp using white ink onto Kraft card. For the center panel, I added some distress inks and embossed the tree stamp with Champagne ep.The red strips are distressed with red ink and the lots of pearl water. For the snow I tore some white paper, distressed the edges and used some distress inks. For the glitter and shine all over I used perfect pearls and stickles.

 

To finish off loads of blings and a small snow flake stamp. I am submitting it for the following challenges:
CMIT Featured Designer Challenge 
Heidi'sHobbystuggu: Christmas cards with bling

Hope you like my card. TFL

Black / White and....

...Lime. Lovely combo and it inspired me to create a card with my new  Annabelle flower stamp. It was partly from my win at their blog in September. So with a touch of color and some hand stitching I made this card for the challenge at Annabelle blog and Barb's challenge at her blog. I love the simplicity in her inspiration photo.

I love flowers, esp. Lilies...and the white ones have such delicate fragrance too:)
It looks really nice to me IRL and I hope you will like it too.