Make Your Own Background

Good Sunday morning, everyone!!

My Sundays are reserved for Christmas Card Challenges on my blog, and this 10th week is all about making your own background.

A lot of the other Design Team members did beautiful embossing. But since I have yet to own one of those embossing/ die-cutting machines, I decided to play with some ink to make some clouds/ sky.

I used some Tim Holtz distress ink and a cloud stencil that I cut myself. Learned the technique from Amy, but I couldn't find the exact link.

I used another stamp from the SCRS Karber Fairy Set. The papers and snowflakes are from Bo Bunny. I hand-wrote the sentiment. The ribbons and bling are from my stash.

I hope you can play with us this week! Just think of all the Holiday cards you'd have made come December!!! One less thing to stress about, am I right?! :)

Please visit the Christmas Card Challenges blog for more details and to see the other DT's fab cards!

And if you're watching the SuperBowl, have a great time! I'm not really rooting for any team as the Niners didn't make it. But I'll be peeking in on the game and eating lots of chips and dip.... maybe craft at the same time too! Woot woot!!

Love,

Feeling Uplifted.

Hello, hello, hello!

Sorry for the somber-sounding post last week. It had been terrible with some personal stuff going on. I didn't make it to a Design Team I've been working my butt off for :(. Add on a dear friend losing her sister to cancer and a much loved patient losing his life...well, I wasn't very good at hiding my mood here. It affected my mojo, too, as I didn't get to craft much last week at all.

But this is a new week, and I'm determined to turn this around! I'm behind on your blogs, but when I visited some today, my mojo has been rejuvinated. Am itching to craft but I'm going to have to wait till I have a cluster of days off to start "working it," ha ha! I am very grateful for all of you and your stories and inspiration. I am also very thankful for my own blessings in life.

My card today is for Stephanie Kraft. Sparkle has asked past and present Design Team Members of SCRS to contribute to a scrapbook for Stephanie as she has done such a fabu job of being Coordinator. Stephanie has been super welcoming and organized so I was so glad to do it! There is a written message at the back of this card. I used one of the fairies in the Karber Fairy set. The Design Paper is from My Little Shoebox, and is super shiny (although you can't tell from the pic). The lace, flower and buttons are from a scrapbooking kit I got at my LSS).

Hope you are doing well! I'll see you back here soon!

Hugs,

December Karber Preview

Hi everyone! It's my last post as a DT member over at Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps. It was so much fun!! Thanks so much to Sparkle and Stephanie! The SCRS and Karber stamps are so adorable and delightful to work with!!

Today, we are previewing the December Karber Fairy Stamp set over at Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps. It's a clear acrylic set and it features an angel, a fairy, and a tooth fairy as well as two sentiments, a star, and clouds with a rainbow. Whew! You'll sure get a good deal for your money!

I'm showcasing the Angel, and I've colored her with Copics. I've made a scenic card using fabric papers from KI Memories (Love, Elsie). Pretty much everything here are from my stash including the ribbon and the brad -- feels good to use up my old stuff! :)

Be sure to visit all rest of the SCRS Karber designers for more peeks of the Karber Fairy Stamp set. Sparkle will be giving away the Fairy set to one lucky person! For a chance to win, you need to comment on all of the designer's blogs (list below). Then head on over to the SCRS blog and comment on the Karber Fairy post. You have until midnight EST each day to comment. The lucky winner will be announced the following day!

Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps Store
Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps Blog
Corinne Mercado
Kadie Ensley
Margie Cortina
Mary Johnson
Peggy Toole, Sponsorship Coordinator
Suzanne Bier, Newsletter Coordinator

Also, here's more info on the featured stamp of December:



In other Karber news, how would you like to win a Grand Calibur??



Buy a Karber digital stamp or a clear or rubber stamp from SCRS, and you'll be entered to win one! For more info, go to the Karber blog! Wow, I sure want one of those!

Have a wonderful day!