Irene's Birthday and Blog Hop 2014

Hey Everyone,

Today it's sweet and playful Irene's birthday (she's Corinne's sweet angel twin) heehee. We are making their blog hops separate since they do have separate birthdays being twins.... How cool is that???  Irene is always so sweet and like Corinne has some amazing coloring skills, from Color pencils to Spectrum Noir to Copic.... she's can also be our partner in crime when we playfully tease Corinne. heehee. Thank you Betty for letting us have this cute cute stamp, I soooo picture Irene with these sweets and posing like this. LOL

You can find this digi at Simply Betty's Stamps store. Here is the link:

http://simplybstamps.net/item_3052/Irene-Bday-Sundae-Digi.htm

Happy Birthday Irene!!!

Here is my card.

I colored my image with Copic markers

I also used the same paper line that I used with Corinne's 

card which was the Pebble's Birthday Wishes paper pad

I used Sakura gelly rolls as well to add a little shimmer to her shirt and shoes.

Here is a close-up to show the shimmer.

Thank you for stopping by

Katya Bess

Here is the blog hop line-up.

Simply Betty Stamps featuring cards by Betty, Cynthia, Cat and Annehttp://simplybettystamps.blogspot.com/
Jackie R http://papermoments.blogspot.com/
Ruza http://ruzascraftcorner.blogspot.com/
Karen www.kernowdesigns.co.uk
Emily Shroom http://emilyshroom.blogspot.com.au/
Sam http://bananasaboutstamping.blogspot.com/
Tanya http://little-scrapper.blogspot.com
Vicky http://crafting-vicky.blogspot.ca/
Darcy http://craftingwithdarcy.blogspot.com
Leadonna http://ink-positive.blogspot.com
Nadine http://nadine-blackrose.blogspot.co.uk
Sharman DeLuca http://sharman33.blogspot.com.au/
Melissa www.craftymeerkat.blogspot.ca
Jackie R-D http://stampingsister.blogspot.com
Bettina http://bettandshobbykrok.blogspot.com/
Veronica http://artbyveronica.blogspot.com
Wendy www.jazzydoodledesigns.com
Nia http://wescraptoo.blogspot.com
Katya http://kattyxotica.blogspot.com
Holly http://dbcraftgirls.blogspot.com
Elisabete http://thebalcavages.blogspot.com/
Lisa H http://www.mindovermattercreations.com/
Erin http://erinsowlnest.blogspot.com/
Kay http://kaym74.blogspot.com
Louise http://louisescraftycards.blogspot.co.uk/
Tanja http://twistedteecrafts.blogspot.com.au/
Vanessa http://slightlytwistedbutterfly.blogspot.com.au/
Christine https://happyscrapper-sweetpeacards.blogspot.com
Tina http://craftyandgreen.blogspot.com

Corinne Jones Birthday and Blog Hop 2014

Hey Everyone!

It's a happy day today! It's our friend Corinne's big birthday... Guess how old she is??? Old as dirt but who cares right? Everyone likes to play with dirt every now and then... LOL jk Corinne. We love you woman! If you are new to the SBS fan page or any of the crafting pages we follow along with Corinne, you get to see that we mess with her but only for fun and would never ever be hurtful to her ever! Although she might play the victim sometimes..... hahahaha. In reality we appreciate all of the hard work she does. She is very helpful from sun up to sun down and will do "almost anything" to make us smile, feel welcome, and to give knowledge of things in the crafting world. She tells it like it is and doesn't sugar coat it unless you're like 4 LOL :) She is very sweet when she wants to be other wise just picture a grumpy cat face with a big red wig. LOL OMG she's going to kill me or I'll be in the corner forever until my bones are dry and brittle.

Okay, before I show the card I worked on I'd like to say thank you very much to Betty for letting me join in on this fab hop and giving us this cute and sweet smiling birthday Corinne. You can find this digi here: http://simplybstamps.net/item_3051/Big-Birthday-Cake-Corinne-Digi.htm

Happy Birthday Corinne

 I colored her up with Copic markers.

I bought this die from Joann's when it was 50% off... oooo yea!!!

The paper is from Pebbles which I had never heard of but 

I found it at Marshall's.... hadn't been to that store since I 

was searching for my prom dress.

Here is the close-up

Corinne loves the color black although inside I believe she's a very colorful person.... :P
Her artwork and crafts are all full of color but she loves to wear black but since it's her
birthday I decided to add a little shimmer with my
Sakura Gelly Roll and I also added an earring since she wears long long earrings. 

Thank you for stopping by here are the links to the hop.

Simply Betty Stamps featuring cards by Betty, Cynthia, Cat and Annehttp://simplybettystamps.blogspot.com/
Jackie R http://papermoments.blogspot.com/
Ruza http://ruzascraftcorner.blogspot.com/
Karen www.kernowdesigns.co.uk
Emily Shroom http://emilyshroom.blogspot.com.au/
Sam http://bananasaboutstamping.blogspot.com/
Tanya http://little-scrapper.blogspot.com
Vicky http://crafting-vicky.blogspot.ca/
Darcy http://craftingwithdarcy.blogspot.com
Nadine http://nadine-blackrose.blogspot.co.uk/
Elisabete http://thebalcavages.blogspot.com/
Lisa H http://www.mindovermattercreations.com/
Erin http://erinsowlnest.blogspot.com/
Leadonna http://ink-positive.blogspot.com
Sharman DeLuca http://sharman33.blogspot.com.au/
Melissa D www.craftymeerkat.blogspot.ca
Jackie R-D http://stampingsister.blogspot.com
Bettina http://bettandshobbykrok.blogspot.com/
Veronica http://artbyveronica.blogspot.com
Wendy Billings www.jazzydoodledesigns.com
Katya Bess http://kattyxotica.blogspot.com
Kay http://kaym74.blogspot.com
Louise http://louisescraftycards.blogspot.co.uk/
Nia http://wescraptoo.blogspot.com/
Holly http://dbcraftgirls.blogspot.com/
Tanja http://twistedteecrafts.blogspot.com.au/
Vanessa http://slightlytwistedbutterfly.blogspot.com.au/
Christine https://happyscrapper-sweetpeacards.blogspot.com
Tina http://craftyandgreen.blogspot.com

Thank you again,

Katya Bess

Secret Santa Swap with Mr. Frosty

Hey Everyone,

Just wanted to share this little card I made for a Secret Santa Swap a while ago... I guess I could share the card I made but the card I received I will have to show next month???

I bought two of these stamps because I thought they were so cute. I had to buy one for Pam and one for myself. I've done the swap thing too many times where I bought something for the receiver and then I couldn't find one for me. LOL

I bought Mr. Frosty of Whimsy Stamps from Jamie's store: https://www.zibbet.com/not2shabbyshop.
Jamie often  has sales and even little monthly contests going on in  her Facebook fan pagehttps://www.facebook.com/groups/103832353026882/ oh and she announces the challenges or sales on her YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/user/ScrappinStampers Just check her out she's very sweet and very fast at shipping.

 I colored him up with Copic markers

I made the flowers with my Cricut

The paper is from Recollections. 

 Here is a close-up of the image and snow with Frantage embossing powder

Here is to show the two stamps I bought... 

of course the one that is out and trimmed is mine.

Thank you for looking. 

Katya Bess 

12 Days of Inspiration YouTube Hop

Hey Everyone,

Just doing a quick post for a YouTube Hop I participated in, it's called 12 Days of Inspiration and it's hosted by Jamie Peters from the Not2Shabby Shop on Zibbet. Here is the link to the shop
https://www.zibbet.com/not2shabbyshop here is the link to the Facebook Fan Page https://www.facebook.com/groups/103832353026882/ and here is the YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/user/ScrappinStampers

Okay So I made a gift that you can give to co-workers... that is hand sanitizer stocking stuffers. LOL
I used Dolly With Gifts She's a rubber stamp from The Greeting Farm but I bought her from Jamie's Not2Shabby shop.

 I colored her up with Copic Markers

I used several dies from http://www.my-creative-time.com/

http://shop.my-creative-time.com/Stitched-Lollipop-Holder-Die-MCT-D08.htm

http://shop.my-creative-time.com/Bunch-of-Fun-Circle-Dies-MCT-D76.htm

http://shop.my-creative-time.com/Scalloped-Stitched-Rosette-Dies-MCT-D53.htm

The project was very quick and easy... just make sure you have 

your glue gun hot and ready. 

 I bought the smallest hand sanitizers I could find 

and it was just right for this die.

This is how the back looks. 

I made sure to use a cardstock that had designs that would be not be upside down

when the diecut was creased and folded.... I hope I didn't loose you there... LOL

Thank you for looking. 

Here is the video for the YouTube hop

If you watch from the YouTube page you can see

all of the links for the hop. 

I hope you liked my little project.

Katya Bess

I will be entering this project at:

http://thegreetingfarm.com/blog/?p=2634

Winter

SBS DT: Happy Birthday Kay

Hey there Everyone!

Just popping in to say "Happy Birthday Kay!!!"

Our SBS DT mate is from Australia and Betty drew up an image just for her to wish her a happy birthday. I decided since Australia is hot during this time of year I wanted to set her in a beach scenery. I would so love to visit the Australian beaches or get to see their famous Coral Reef.

I made her card pretty simply but added a few elements like balloons.... cause what birthday is complete without birthday balloons right?

Okay here is my card for her.

I made it look like a polaroid picture

I colored her with Copic markers

The sentiment is from SBS as well I just made it look like sand writing. 

The balloon dies were a freebie from an order I made from Our Daily Bread Designs. 

I hope she likes my card. 

Thanks for visiting. 

Katya Bess

YouTube Holiday Swap Cards using TGF

Good morning Crafty Peeps,

I've been waiting and waiting to be able to show off these cards. I joined a swap with Nurse Larelle from YouTube. There were two groups of 5 so I finished off 4 cards and sent to her. Of course I didn't make a fifth one for myself. LOL I just watched her video and I'm a little bummed because she didn't show my cards. The post office tracking shows she received them in her mailbox on December 8th. I hoped hoped and hoped that she prerecorded the video or that she just forgot to video my cards. LOL But we have been keeping in touch and for some reason the post office has been keeping the package hostage??? Weird!!! Dude! Dudette! My eyes started twitching for real. LOL Well that's probably from my lack of sleep and no help with these colds I've been getting this year seriously. Okay here are two my cards I was in such a rush to send them off that I didn't take a picture of the Blue one nor the Green one and the card boxes I made for them.

This is the very first order I made from Jamie's 'Not 2 Shabby Shop'
Here is the link to her shop https://www.zibbet.com/not2shabbyshop
and the name of the rubber stamp I used is Holiday Anya 4

I colored her with Copic markers

The dies are from http://shop.my-creative-time.com/Dies_c30.htm

The snowflake die behind the glittery one is from 

http://thegreetingfarm.com/shop/dies.html

The paper is all from Recollections.

The bling is from Recollections.

The stick pins I created myself and its the first time I made stick pins.

The small Poinsettias I cut those with my Cricut

The big poinsettia I bought a white "flower bush" from Michaels

and I just died them with my Copic refills. 

The sentiment is from another TGF stamp set that I also bough from Jamie

it's called Dollie with Gifts.  

I will come back and add a YouTube video that I made a while back.

Thank you for stopping by.

Katya Bess

entering my card at:

http://thegreetingfarm.com/blog/?p=2616
Non Traditional Christmas Colors.

http://memascrafts.blogspot.com/2013/12/december-challenge.html
Celebrate the Holidays or Cold winter days

TSC DT: Soulful Christmas

Hey there Crafty Peeps!

Just checking in and showing off a funky little Christmas card. I turned a non Christmas image into a very funky Christmas card. As if I didn't have any Christmas stamps right? LOL

It's called Soultrain. You can find her here: http://thestampingchef.com/Shop/downloads/soultrain/
I also seem to forget to mention that Tamara also makes custom watermarks.

Here is my card:

I colored her with Copics

The Writing was done with Sakura Gelly Rolls

The paper is from Recollections

The self stick gems are from Darice that I bought at Michaels waaaay back some time.

Here is a close-up at an angel to see the slight shimmer.

Have 

A 

Jazzy

Christmas

and a

Funky 

New Year

Thank you for visiting. 

Katya Bess

Entering card at:

http://memascrafts.blogspot.com/2013/12/december-challenge.html

Celebrate the holidays or Cold Winter Days

Crafting for Strangers TGF

Hello Everyone!

Haven't posted in a while... been a little busy.... but found a little time to make a card for a little stranger. Her name is Addie Fausett and she's just 6 years old. Addie suffers from an extensive atrophy in her brain and her doctors and family believe this may be her last Christmas. Addy and her family wish to have people send her Christmas cards so this is what I came up with.

I colored her with Copics.

I found this paper at Michaels and it was on sale for about $7-$8 (at 60%)

The stamp is Holiday Anya 4 and I found her at 

https://www.zibbet.com/not2shabbyshop

My crafty friend BreAnn McFarland sent me the link

and you can see the info here too.
http://abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/strangers-send-greeting-cards-dying-utah-girl-celebrate/story?id=27339532
I hope that even though everyone is busy we can
find a little time for someone else rather than our own... it'll feel nice in the end. :)

Thanks for visiting.

Katya Bess

I will be entering my card at

http://thegreetingfarm.com/blog/?p=2544

Anything Goes