Stamptacular Sunday Challenge - Christmas In July

This week at Stamptacular Sunday Challenge we are celebrating Christmas in July. The great part about this weeks challenge is the more Christmas cards you enter into our challenge, the more chances you get at our prize this week. Enter 1 card get 1 chance, 2 cards 2 chances etc. So get going on those Christmas cards for a chance at our fabulous prize from :


Click on the above picture and check out all the goodies they sell. The are offering $25.00 to spend with FREE SHIPPING!!! So you totally get $25.00 worth of goodies.

For my creation I found this fabulous tutorial on how to make snowflakes. You can follow the tutorial HERE on You tube. It's actually very easy, and tons of fun. For my snowflakes I used what I think is Heidi Grace papers. I had trimmed off the label and can't find it. Geez. I stamped out my Juggling Penguins stamp from Elzybells. I colored him with my copics, and added puff paint for the snow balls and the pom pom on his hat. I then put some glitter on the puff paint, and some stickles on the snow. Finally I cut out a scalloped and mounted the penguin on it. I added rhinestones around te circle to finish it off with a final loop of sheer CTMH ribbon for the hanger.

Well get moving on those Christmas cards and get lots entered this week in our challenge for many chances at our prize.

Hugs xx
Carolyn

Stamptacular Sunday Challenge - Penguins

This week on April 25th it is World Penguin Day!! In celebration of these fabulous creatures we are celebrating by honoring Penguins in our challenge. We are looking for cards or projects that are honoring penguins. Either you can use a penguin stamp, or just make a card in penguin colors, black and white. Be creative and have some fun with it. Our prizes this week are

1st, this fabulous stamp set from our lovely Paula :

We also have another prize from Creations from Penny:
8 images of your choice

Get your project on the challenge blog by next Saturday to be entered into a chance at these prizes.

For my box I used a template for a round topped box. It was hard to find the template, but I did finally find it on splitcoast stampers, the problem was I couldn't download it. I do have the template if you are really interested, so please e-mail me and I will send it to you. I used Papertrey's Night Sky Shimmer Cardstock to make the box. I then cut a round 2 1/2" circle. For my stamps I used all Elzybells penguin stamps. I colored them with my copics and added lots of glitter to make it shimmer. For the icicles I did not have the icicle boarder punch from Martha Stewart, but what I did have was the Pine Tree boarder punch. I used that one, trimmed off the points on the trees creating triangles, and inverted it to look like icicles. Hope it worked. I punched the icicles out of my Martha Stewart glitter paper that came in an Easter pack of paper that I got at Walmart.

I'm giving this box full of jelly beans to a my friend Jan who is a true penguin lover. I'm spending time with her this weekend, and I know she'll love it.

Hugs xx
Carolyn

Stamptacular Sunday Challenge #42/ Friendship in Black, Silver and White

Well there is a fun challenge this week at Stamptacular Sunday Challenge. This week we have to make a Friendship card with just black, silver and white. I have never been much of a monochrome person, but in the black tones was even harder. I searched through my stamps to find just the right image and here was my Elzybells Penguin Tree. I had never stamped this one before, so it was great fun to color it, and especially with my copics. YEAH!!! For this one I used some design paper I had laying around and mounted my image with glitter paper in black and white. I embossed the lights and christmas balls with silver embossing powder. I added glitter to their bellies to give them a shiney appearance. I added some Nicole Heady black polka dot ribbon, and added a snowflake die cut with a snowflake brad. My sentiment is from Stamping Bella.

Our prize this week is from Simon Says Stamps

it is a $25.00 gift certificate.
So try your hand at a black, silver and white Friendship card and enter it into our Challenge.
Hugs xx
Carolyn