Sweet November Fairwee Emaline

Colored the adorable Fairwee Emaline for my 7 KIDS Sweet November Project Share. Made a bridge fold card using white cardstock and patterned papers. The banner across the front is from the Echo Park Christmas Cheer digital paper set. I altered the color to match my project. The photo doesn't show it, but Emaline is popped up with foam dots and her wings and furry trims are glittered with Wink of Stella pens.

Return of Sweet November

Yippee!!! Amy Young is once again drawing her adorable Sweet November characters and selling them in the 7 Kids Craft Store.  Her first release was last month and Halloween themed.  This month she has a collection of nine new Christmas themed digis titled North Pole Snapshots!  I chose to color up Cookie Thief.  His mischievous grin and sneaky cookie snatching hand was too much to resist, lol.

For the card, I layered the digi image on top of some digi patterned paper for the tabletop and the background.  I paper pieced his shirt with a coordinating patterned paper.  Coloring was quick and easy as all I had left was the elf's face, hands, hair, and hat.  Using Glossy Accents and glitter, the top of the cookies have a nice sparkle.  The Holiday Wishes banner was printed on photo paper and fussy cut.  A small white button completes this festive card.

 

Sweet November March 2014 Preview - Hoppy Easter and Two Farewells

Hi all!  Welcome to the Sweet November March 2014 Preview.  Amy has created an adorable set of four Easter rabbits entitled, Bunny Tails.  I've used one of the images on a card.  You'll need to check out Amy's blog and the CC Designs blog to see the other three cute little bunnies!  I chose the rabbit sitting with an Easter Egg for my card.  Isn't he sweet?  The dotted background paper is from the new Doodlebug pad, Springtime.

And now for a few farewells.  The first of the farewells is to Amy.  Amy is stepping away from designing, and ending her Sweet November line of stamps.  How do I even express the sadness I feel knowing such a talent is no longer going to be shared with others?  Amy's was the first card blog I ever visited.  I fell in love with her amazing coloring and card layouts.  And when I discovered she was also a stamp designer...well, I became a devoted fan.  Her images are cute, joyful, and fun to color.  Imagine my delight when she asked me to be a Sweet November Gal and craft cards with her images!  My hope is Amy will become a book author and illustrator and continue to share her stories and drawings with us.  (If she does, I'll get to tell my grandchildren, "I knew her when...")  So dear Amy, I have relished my small part in your journey, and look forward to seeing where your path takes you in the future!

And the second farewell.  I'm stepping away from this blog.  I've thoroughly enjoyed my time here, and thank you to everyone who visited and left sweet comments!  I will miss you all, especially Amy and my former teammates from the Outlawz...Carla, Dawn, Linda, Penny, and Jen...you ladies are the best!  And I apologize to the ladies at From the Heart Stamps...I never really had the opportunity to get to know you.  A special shout out also goes to Mary J, Pam Sparks, Lau, Krista, and Mo for their encouragement and technical assistance.  My decision to step away was not an easy one, but I am at peace with my choice.  Thank you for all the inspiration and support you've given me over the past nearly two years.  What a fun ride it has been!

Sweet November January 2014 Review

Happy Wednesday!  I'm here today with a card for the Sweet November January 2014 Review.  The stamp, The Birds, is the second of the SN January Release.  Don't you just adore the expressions on these birds' faces?  For this card, I layered a digital heart over the image before printing.  Twice altering its size, and adding a sentiment to the inside of one, I printed the same digital heart to use as embellishments.  All three hearts were fussy cut before adhering them to the patterned paper background.

Please stop by Amy's blog and the CC Designs blog to view other creations from the SN January release!  Thank you for stopping by, and have a fabulous rest of your week!

Sweet November January 2014 Release

Happy 2014!!!  And welcome to the Sweet November release for January 2014!  Amy has two adorable stamps this month for you to use on your Valentine's Day cards.  I've used "The Bees" to craft this card.  Aren't they just the cutest bees ever!?!  I added a heart shape around the image and the sentiment "Bee" My Valentine before printing.  Then layered the heart on a patterned paper, added a ribbon, bow, and two double heart stickers.  Voila!  A sweet Valentine's Day card!

Amy has candy, so please do not forget to stop by her blog, and leave a lovely comment for her!  You'll also get to see the other image in this month's release entitled, The Birds.  Both of the images can be purchased at CC Designs tomorrow at 9 a.m.!

Sweet November November 2013 Release Preview - Midnight's Christmas

Happy Wednesday!  Just look what happens when Santa turns his back for a moment!  These four adorable little kittens found plenty of mischief to make!

These darling little critters are from Amy's Sweet November November 2013 (not a typo with the double November, lol) Release entitled Midnight's Christmas!  While they are individual stamps, they are being sold as a set.  At first I was going to make a card featuring each little kitten, but since we only have one preview day this month, I decided to create a scene and use them all on one card!  The table is a digi stamp from Little Miss Muffet Stamps Tea Party Set.  Sorry, I do not remember the artist/company of the fir tree in the pot.  After getting all the stamps laid in the design, I drew in a baseboard.  Voila!  A scene was created!  The wall and floor are chalked, and a bit of colored pencil was added to the floor for some shadow.  A string of lights, a rub-on sentiment, and a bow for the little girl kitten were all that was needed to complete the card.

Please visit Amy's blog and Nancy's blog to see what they've created with these sweet, but mischievous  kittens.  We adore reading your comments, and Amy, generous as always, has candy!  She'll be drawing names from a hat, and you can increase your chances of winning by commenting on all three of our blogs.  This set will be available for sale tomorrow at C.C. Designs.

Sweet November October 2013 Review - Gingy Candy Cane Heart

Popping in for a quick post as I didn't want to miss this month's Sweet November Review!  I adore the cute Gingerbread men Amy created this month, and had to color up Gingy Candy Cane Heart at least one more time!

This time I colored Gingy up a little darker and used some very old Doodlebug Christmas papers I had in my stash (2009...yikes!).  While I love the new Doodlebug Christmas papers, I kinda miss the pink from years past.  This year's additional color is silver...not bad...but not a happy color like pink!  Please check out the rest of the Sweet November Review at C.C. Designs!

Thank you for your prayers for my FIL and the rest of our family!  We truly appreciate them!

Sweet November October 2013 Release Preview - Day Three

Today is a sniffle day.  These are the final two Gingerbread Men, Gingy Icing and Gingy Rolling Pin....sigh, sniffle, sigh.  I've had so much fun coloring and creating with these stamps, I'm sad there are not more.  However, I'm going to buck up, celebrate my good fortune at being a part of this release preview, and smile at the happy little faces on these two Gingys!

I did something a bit different for Gingy Icing.  I printed him in brown on a cream background rather than printing him in black on a white background.  With the yellowed antique look of the October Afternoon Very Merry paper, I thought the brown would create a softer look.  The holly was made using a Joanna Sheen Signature Die.

There is a story behind my choice of colors for the rolling pin on the next card.  My grandmother's rolling pin had tealy green handles, so I used teal for Gingy Rolling Pin.  While my grandmother's rolling pin (which my mother used while I was growing up, and I've used, and will be passed to my daughter....when I can bear to part with it) has a tan barrel, I took some liberties with the color.  To pop the Gingy, I used light teal rather than the tan.  The cookie patterned paper is from K&Company.  A red ribbon, red bow, and red twinkle goosebumps complete the card.

Please visit Amy's blog and Nancy's blog to see what they've created with these two sweet gingerbread men.  We adore reading your comments, and Amy, generous as always, has candy!  She'll be drawing names from a hat, and you can increase your chances of winning by commenting on all three of our blogs.  These two cuties, along with three others will be available for sale tomorrow at C.C. Designs.
 

Sweet November October 2013 Release Preview - Day Two

How about a "two-fer" today?  Yep, you get to see two previews today!  Gingy Gumdrop and Gingy Popcorn Garland are our stars today!  For Gingy Gumdrop, to coordinate with this awesome paper from the American Crafts' Merrymint collection, I used more yellow tones.  When my mom saw the card, she exclaimed, "he's unbaked!"  Lol, no, he's a sugar cookie rather than a gingerbread!

For Gingy Popcorn Garland I created a popcorn and cranberry strand to use as an embellishment.  The popped corn kernels were hand cut and the cranberries were punched out.  I glued them on a length of black thread, then attached the whole strand to the card with glue dots.

Please visit Amy's blog and Nancy's blog to see what they've created with these two sweet gingerbread men.  We adore reading your comments, and Amy, generous as always, has candy!  She'll be drawing names from a hat, and you can increase your chances of winning by commenting on all three of our blogs.  These two cuties, along with three others will be available for sale at C.C. Designs on October 3rd.

Sweet November October 2013 Release Preview - Day One

Hello, and welcome to the first day of the Sweet November October 2013 Release Preview!  Are you ready for some Christmas Cuteness?  Just look at the adorable Gingerbread Man Amy has created for you!  Introducing, Gingy Candy Cane Heart.  I couldn't wait to get this little guy colored up and placed on a card! 

The candy cane drops and the green striped paper are from a Martha Stewart paper pad.  A Spellbinders label die was used to create the frame for Gingy and a base for the sentiment.  I added some rub-on stitches to the frame after printing the sentiment.  Using a scrap of the patterned paper, I cut out three of the candies to use as embellishments.  Gingy was fussy cut and popped up with foam dots.  Adding two white pearls finished the card.

Please visit Amy's blog and Nancy's blog to see what they've created with Gingy Candy Cane Heart.  We adore reading your comments, and Amy, generous as always, has candy!  She'll be drawing names from a hat, and you can increase your chances of winning by commenting on all three of our blogs.  This Gingy and four others will be available for sale at C.C. Designs on October 3rd.

Thank you for visiting and commenting.  I truly do appreciate you taking time from your day to brighten mine!

Sweet November September 2013 Release Preview

Step right up folks, and get a glimpse of the amazing Sweet November September Release Preview! 

Hehe, sorry, I couldn't resist the dramatic opening!  You'll understand why when you see the fun image for this month.  Introducing Ring Master Bailey (and her monkey)!

For this card I used the circus tent digi by Cre8tive Hands as the background and layered Bailey over the top before printing.  I also digitally added red to the stripes, then outlined with Copics after printing.  I chalked the sky and ground, and added some die cut clouds and a sentiment to finish the card.  Hubby kindly pointed out that the cloud would not be in front of the circus tent, but I'm claiming artistic license here!

Please visit Amy's blog and Nancy's blog for more creations made with Bailey.  We adore reading your comments, and Amy has candy!  She'll be drawing names from a hat, and you can increase your chances of winning by commenting on all three of our blogs.  Also stop by C.C. Designs as today is preview day there as well!

Sweet November August 2013 Review

How is everyone on this fine Wednesday?  Can you believe we are already nearing the end of August?  Where has the summer gone?  While the temperatures here in SW Florida will not change much for us during the next couple of months, the vibe changes.  Snowbirds will begin trickling in from up North, and the stores will begin stocking fall and holiday merchandise.  Before we know it, Halloween will be here and then the rush to Christmas!  Speaking of Halloween, the Sweet November August release was all about the Ghouls and their "Familiars".  For today's SN August Review, I chose to color up one of the Midnight's Mischief stamps.  Rather than again making Midnight a black cat, I colored him to resemble one of my former cats, Tiger.  By changing the color of the cat in this stamp, you can see that the image works for occasions other than Halloween!

Please go to the C.C. Designs blog to see more of the Sweet November August Review.  And I'll see you back here on Friday!  Toodles!

Sweet November August Release Preview - Day Four

Can you say, "Too Cute!"?  For today's preview I featured three of four adorable cats that will be sold as a set.  The set is titled, Midnight's Mischief.  These little cats are adorable!  And so much fun to color!  These little guys are fabulous on their own, or paired with another image.  All of the patterned papers used in these three cards are from the Doodlebug Haunted Manor pad.  

 
The Midnight's Mischief set and the other stamps will be available at C.C. Designs on Thursday, August 1st at 9 pm.  And do not forget to visit Amy's blog, A Thousand Sheets of Paper, and Nancy's blog, Creative Palette to see what mischief Midnight is up to!  Amy has candy, and if you leave a comment with all three of us, you increase your chances of winning!  Thank you for visiting and enjoy your day!

Sweet November August Release Preview - Day Three

Day Three of the Sweet November August Release Preview finds us meeting Frannie.  Frannie has an attitude and is a bit of a diva...just look at that hand on hip pose!  She also loves Halloween and the opportunity to meet up with her ghostly and batty friends.

For the background, I inverted a black and white image to create the glowing house and gave it a slight blur.  The sentiment was added before printing.  The Ghost and Frannie were fussy cut and raised up with foam dots.

Frannie and the other stamps will be available at C.C. Designs on Thursday, August 1st at 9 pm.  And do not forget to visit Amy's blog, A Thousand Sheets of Paper, and Nancy's blog, Creative Palette to see what they've created with our ghoulie diva Frannie!  Amy has candy, and if you leave a comment with all three of us, you increase your chances of winning.  See you tomorrow for our final day of previews!

Sweet November August Release Preview - Day Two

Good morning all!  Hope no one had any nightmares last night!  Our day two of the Sweet November August Release Preview features Little Frankie, and he's ready to join in all the Trick or Treating fun.

The papers are We R Memory Keepers Spookville pad, the tree was cut with my Silhouette, and the treat bag and candy corn are odds and ends from my miscellaneous Halloween embellishment stash.

Frankie and the other stamps will be available at C.C. Designs on Thursday, August 1st at 9 pm.  And do not forget to visit Amy's blog, A Thousand Sheets of Paper, and Nancy's blog, Creative Palette to see their creative cards with Frankie as the star!  Amy has candy, and if you leave a comment with all three of us, you increase your chances of winning!  Thanks for stopping by!

Sweet November August Release Preview - Day One!

Are you ready for Halloween?  What?  "Um...it's still summer," you say?  Well, dear Amy, artist extraordinaire of Sweet November Stamps, is giving you plenty of time to make your Fright Night cards by releasing seven, yes 7, new Halloween stamps!  Today's little ghoul is Tish.  Tish is a girlie ghoul who loves pink!  While the outside of her cape is traditional black, she sports her favorite color on the inside and doesn't mind showing it off.  With her batty friend by her side, she cannot wait to begin making the rounds on All Hallows Eve.  So many houses to visit!

Tish and the other stamps will be available at C.C. Designs on Thursday, August 1st at 9 pm.  And do not forget to visit Amy's blog, A Thousand Sheets of Paper, and Nancy's blog, Creative Palette to see their ghoulish creations!  Amy has candy, and if you leave a comment with all three of us, you increase your chances of winning!  Thanks for stopping by!  

  

Sweet November July Review

It's Sweet November July Review day at C.C. Designs blog!  My card features all three little mermaids (Hanalei, Nalu, and Nami) that were released as a set.  I used a digital scene "Under the Sea" (sorry I do not recall the artist or company), and digitally layered the mermaids over the top.  To add a bit of dimension, I re-printed portions of the two large seaweed plants, colored them, fussy cut them, and glued them on top of the image.  Prior to printing, the under water scene, I digitally added base color to the seafloor and the water.  The shading was done with Copics.  All the other items in the scene were colored with Copics.  Crystal Stickles gives the mermaid tails some glitz.  (Note:  do not waste time dotting on your color if you use glitter over the top.  Your hard work will not show through!!!  Lesson learned the hard way.)  The bubbles shine with a layer of Paper Glaze.

  

This card was fun to color and create!  Amy's images have such a joy to them, and these little mermaids are no exception!

Thank you for visiting and have a wonderful day!

Sweet November July Release Preview - Day Three

Today is the final day of the Sweet November July Release Preview.  Little mermaid Hanalei has come upon a school of fish, and is using her discovery to tell you how much she cares about you.

I recolored and split apart the sentiment from Create with TLC, "If wishes were FISHES, I'd send you the whole OCEAN", using the first part for the front of the card and the second part for the inside.  Crystal Stickles were added to Hanalei's tail.  I added a few colored pearls for bubbles, and called the card complete.

To see more of Hanalei, please visit Amy's blog and Nancy's blog.  It is always a treat to see their gorgeous cards!  If you leave a comment on my blog, you'll be entered to win Amy's generous candy.  If you leave a comment on all three blogs, you'll have three chances to win!

The stamp set of Hanalei and her sisters is available for purchase today at the all new C.C. Designs Rubber Stamps and Dies shop (formerly All That Scraps).  Thank you for joining me for the July Sweet November Release Preview!   

Sweet November July Release Preview - Day Two

Welcome to day two of the Sweet November July Release Preview!  Today we find Nalu playing in the surf with her dolphin friend.  The two of them haven't a care in the world, and are enjoying the exhilaration of jumping the waves!

I used my Silhouette to cut the card background using three shades of blue cardstock and one white.  While it is difficult to see in the photo, I glossed Nalu's tail with Paper Glaze.

To see more of Nalu, please visit Amy's blog and Nancy's blog.  They both have fun and creative cards!  If you leave a comment on my blog, you'll be entered to win Amy's generous candy.  If you leave a comment on all three blogs, you'll have three chances to win!

The stamp set of Nalu and her sisters will be available for purchase July 3rd at the all new C.C. Designs Rubber Stamps and Dies shop (formerly All That Scraps).

Addition:  As a few people have commented about this card looking like it could be a logo, I'll show you my inspiration for this creation.  One of my favorite theme parks is Sea World in Orlando.  I absolutely adore the Dolphin show, Blue Horizons!  Below is a picture of the tank and backdrop for the show and my inspiration for this card.

Sweet November July Release Preview - Day One

Whoo Hoo!  It is once again time for new Sweet November stamps!  This release is a set of three adorable little mermaids.  Amy, Nancy, and I will be featuring each mermaid separately over the next three days.  Let the cuteness begin!

Nami is the name of today's little mermaid.  She appears to be the more laid back of the girls, choosing to spend her time on shore daydreaming, and watching the activities of the creatures that wash up on the beach.

For this card, I paired Nami with an image from the Wax Fruit Company entitled Starfish. The Starfish scene and sentiment were printed on Canson Mi-Teintes textured paper.  I digitially added a touch of color to the sand and water before printing.  Shading was added to the Starfish scene with Copics and Prisma Color Pencils.  The two starfish were colored with Copics.  I also colored Nami with Copics, fussy cut her out, and popped her up with foam dots.

To see more of Nami, please visit Amy's blog and Nancy's blog.  Their cards are sure to delight!  If you leave a comment on my blog, you'll be entered to win Amy's generous candy.  If you leave a comment on all three blogs, you'll have three chances to win!

The stamp set of Nami and her sisters will be available for purchase July 3rd at the all new C.C. Designs Rubber Stamps and Dies shop (formerly All That Scraps).