GLITTER QUEENS BLOG HOP - DAY THREE

HEY BLOGGIES,

Welcome to DAY THREE of our GLITTER QUEENS BLOG HOP.  I am so glad you are back to see more of our creations!!

BLOG CANDY ALERT:  I am giving away some blog candy.  All you have to do is each day leave me a comment and at the end of three days I will draw a winner from those who commented each day.  You can add your comments up until midnight Wednesday for all three days for your chance to win.  It is a new punch, some new ribbon and a few other things I am getting together.

Before I get to my card today, here is the list of WEEKLY DEALS on Stamping Up.

Celebration Basics Kit [133007] $14.95 11.21	2014-2016 In Color Backgrounds Designer Series Paper Stack [133705] $21.95 16.46	Amped Up Ampersands Kit - Digital Download [134844] $9.95 5.97	Daffodil Delight 1/4" Cotton Ribbon [134559] $5.95 4.46
Pumpkin Pie 1/4" Cotton Ribbon [134565] $5.95 4.46	What's Up Punch [133781] $16.95 12.71	Pansy Punch [130698] $15.95 11.96	Mosaic Punch [131267] $15.95 11.96

Ok, here we go with my cards:

This weekend starts the HOUSTON LIVESTOCK SHOW AND RODEO and it is a BIG DEAL around these parts.  Whether your kids are showing their animals in the livestock show, or if you wanted to see all the animals, or you love the carnival rides or you mostly wanted to see the rodeo competition, you still get to see top recording artists performing.  It IS REALLY A BIG DEAL FOR MORE THAN TWO WEEKS.

Everyone dresses up in their western attire and people watching is definitely part of attending the show.  Today, I used the BOOTIFUL OCCASIONS stamp set.  Here is what the stamp set looks like:

I decided to do a card to go along with our RODEO THEME:

And here is my first card:

I used the Woodgrain Embossing folder and inked it up before pressing it with my BIG SHOT into my pool party card stock.

 I like to cut my sentiment off of the main image stamp and use them as two different stamps.  That gives me more versatility in stamping.

I put some linen thread behind the circle punched boot.  I also put some dimensional glimmer on the stars on the boot.  Oh, and I used the light Coastal Cabana Blendability to color the bottom of my boot.

For my second card, I saw this idea on Pinterest from SUDSOL and fell in love with the idea:

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The dress is made from a cupcake paper that I stamped with the KINDA ECLECTIC stamp set and melon mambo ink.  I used the sweetheart punch to punch out the bodice of the dress and some pompom trim for the belt.

 The boots were stamped, colored with markers and then fussy cut out and attached with stampin dimensionals.  I added tiny pearls for some rodeo BLING on the boots.

I used the sentiment from Bootiful Occasions and punched it out with large oval punch, then layered with scalloped oval punch.

One more look at the full card:

I had fun creating this card and hope it gave you a chuckle!! (EVERYTHING is bigger in Texas!!)

Thanks for stopping by.  Don't forget to leave a comment for a chance to win the blog candy!!

Up next is DEE SLATER.

The complete list is as follows:

1.  Dawn Griffith

2.  Jennifer Kay (THAT'S ME)

3.  Dee Slater

4.  Sue Novick

5. Tracy Bradley

6.  Kris Miller

GLITTER QUEENS BLOG HOP -- DAY TWO

HEY BLOGGIES,

Hope you are enjoying our three day blog hop.  If you missed yesterday, just scroll down to my post below this one and you can start there.


BLOG CANDY ALERT:  I am giving away blog candy.  All you have to do is each day leave me a comment and at the end of three days I will draw a winner from those who commented on all three posts.  You can add your comments up until midnight Wednesday for all three days for your chance to win.  It is a brand new punch, some new ribbon and a few other things I am getting together.

 I am very pleased with this card.  I used the starburst from KINDA ECLECTIC as the light coming from the lightbulb.  Then I stamped and fussy cut a lightbulb, colored it with my markers and added Crystal Effects to make it shine like a glass bulb.  Sponging crushed curry around the card added that last little color that this card needed.

 This closeup helps you see the shine from the Crystal Effects and how silky the new Hello Honey satin stitched ribbon is.  I love this new ribbon.

I used my small banner punch to punch out the YAY! that I stamped from this set.  And a circle punch was used to make the arched banner with the sentiment.  Hope you enjoyed this card.  Here is another one with the same stamp set:

 I saw this idea using this Sale-a-Bration Set from an International stamper.  I changed it up a bit to make it my own.  I used smoky slate ink stamped off once for the stars and the light bulbs.  I used YOU BRIGHTEN MY DAY which is FREE with a $50 order during Sale-a-Bration.

 I stamped on Vellum Card Stock with my CONGRATS and SO HAPPY FOR YOU from another Sale-a-Bration Set called SIMPLY WONDERFUL, WHICH YOU CAN ALSO GET FREE WITH A $50 ORDER!!

You Brighten My Day item #139103 Wood or #139106 Clear

Simply Wonderful item #139125 Wood or #139128 Clear

Thanks for stopping by to see my projects.  Don't forget to leave a comment for a chance to win my BLOG CANDY!!

Up next is DEE SLATER.

The complete list is as follows:

1.  Dawn Griffith

2.  Jennifer Kay (THAT'S ME)

3.  Dee Slater

4.  Sue Novick

5. Tracy Bradley

6.  Kris Miller

GLITTER QUEEN BLOG HOP - DAY ONE

HEY BLOGGIES,

THANKS so much for hopping with us on our three day "WISHING FOR SPRING" BLOG HOP.  Our leader, DAWN GRIFFITH, is starting our hop each day.  We are all linked into a circle so if you hop in the middle, no problem, just go to the next one from the NEXT button at the bottom and you will get to see us all.

Today I decided to use a set that has been one of my favorites for quite some time.  It is in our big Annual Catalog and is called KINDA ECLECTIC.  Maybe that is what I can use to describe myself - kinda eclectic.  No special style but a whole bunch of a lot of styles.  ha ha

Here is what the stamp set looks like if you don't already have it:

Kinda Eclectic Clear-Mount Stamp Set  item #135350  Price:  $19.95 Here is my first card I made with this set.  Hope you enjoy it: I love the polka dot background stamp.   I am using it in a lot of my cards, not just the cards where I use the rest of this set.  It is a great versatile stamp. I took this sideways photo so you could see I punched out a second stamped image of the middle area.  I just wanted to give it that dimension.  Then I die cut in black the word THANKS and added that on top of the punched out middle.  I added stampin' dimensionals behind the other part of the word so it all sticks up. One more look at my card.  Sorry the flash made the white card stock look yellow. Thanks for stopping by. BLOG CANDY ALERT:  I am giving away some blog candy.  All you have to do is each day leave me a comment and at the end of three days I will draw a winner from those who commented each day.  You can add your comments up until midnight Wednesday for all three days for your chance to win.  It is a new punch, some new ribbon and a few other things I am getting together. Up next is DEE SLATER. The complete list is as follows: 1.  Dawn Griffith 2.  Jennifer Kay (THAT'S ME) 3.  Dee Slater 4.  Sue Novick 5. Tracy Bradley 6.  Kris Miller

GLITTER QUEENS BLOG HOP COMING FEB 16, 17 AND 18

HEY BLOGGIES,

Mark your calendar and make sure you come back here Monday, Tuesday and Wedsnesday for our GLITTER QUEENS BLOG HOP.  We are the downline of DAWN GRIFFITH, the million dollar sales genius with STAMPIN' UP!!

She will start out blog hop off on each day.  MAKE YOUR CALENDAR AND COME ON BACK TO ENJOY OUR CREATIONS.

DAY 3 - GLITTER QUEENS BLOG HOP

HEY STAMPERS, ARE WE HAVING FUN YET?  WOW, I AM SO IMPRESSED WITH MY FELLOW GLITTER QUEENS AND THEIR CREATIVITY, AREN'T YOU?  AWESOME PROJECTS GALS!!

BEFORE I SHOW YOU MY CREATIONS FOR TODAY, I WANTED TO TELL YOU ABOUT A NEW PILOT PROGRAM FROM STAMPIN' UP!  CALLED SINGLE STAMPS. WE CAN PURCHASE SINGLE STAMPS FROM 3 STAMP SETS BELOW:

• Word Play
• Perfectly Penned
• Seasonal Sayings 

Single Stamps will be available right now until January 2, 2013 

Things to know :

THESE SINGLE IMAGES WILL BE IN CLEAR MOUNT ONLY AND IT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE CLEAR BLOCK.

IMAGES WILL BE DELIVERED IN CLEAR CELLO BAGS, NOT IN OUR TYPICAL PACKAGING.

THERE ARE NO LIMITS TO HOW MANY SINGLE STAMPS YOU CAN PURCHASE.

PLEASE USE THE SPECIAL ITEM NUMBERS LOCATED ON EACH FLYER BELOW FOR THE IMAGES YOU WANT TO ORDER.  

Word Play flyer HERE 

Perfectly Penned flyer HERE

Seasonal Sayings  flyer HERE

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NOW ON TO MY CREATIONS FOR THE BLOG HOP:

TODAY I HAVE SOME CHRISTMAS FUN FOR YOU.  I KNOW IT IS EARLY, BUT IT IS NEVER TOO EARLY TO START PREPARING, THAT'S FOR SURE.

 FIRST LET ME SAY THAT I AM LOVING THE NEW GUMBALL GREEN "IN COLOR".  IT IS BRIGHT AND SUCH A SATURATED COLOR.  IT GOES PERFECTLY WITH MY CHERRY COBBLER, DON'T YOU THINK?  THIS CARD WAS CREATED AFTER SEEING A SIMILAR ONE FROM MARY FISH.  THANKS MARY FOR THE IDEA.

 I MADE THESE FOR A CARD SWAP WITH MY DOWNLINE AND FRIENDS.  IT WAS FUN TO DO THE SWAP AND I GOT SOME AWESOME CARDS BACK THAT I WILL SHOW YOU IN ANOTHER POST LATER ON.  THE STAMP SET IS "CHOCK FULL OF CHEER" AND THE DESIGNER PAPER IS" BE OF GOOD CHEER."  BOTH ARE FABULOUS AND IN THE CURRENT HOLIDAY MINI CATALOG.

I USED CHERRY COBBLER, GUMBALL GREEN AND WHISPER WHITE CARD STOCK AND INK.  I USED MY MITTEN PUNCH AND PUT THEM ON DIMENSIONALS, ADDED TOMBOW MULTI-GLUE AND DAZZLING DIAMONDS ON THEM FOR PRETTINESS.  AND I ADDED THE STITCHED GUMBALL GREEN RIBBON HERE, TIED IN A KNOT.  I LOVE HOW SOFT AND EASY TO USE THIS RIBBON IS.

I WOULD LOVE A PAIR OF THESE CUTE MITTENS FOR REAL, WOULDN'T YOU??  DO YOU REMEMBER YOUR MITTENS FROM WHEN YOU WERE SMALL?  I DO, MY AUNTIE ANN GAVE THEM TO ME FOR CHRISTMAS ONE YEAR AND I LOVED THEM.  THEY WERE ALL STITCHED AND PRETTY.  I BELIEVE THEY HAD MOHAIR ON THEM BECAUSE THEY WERE THE FLUFFIEST AND SOFTEST MITTENS I HAD EVER HAD.

HERE IS A CLOSEUP OF THE MITTENS SO YOU CAN SEE MY DAZZLING DIAMONDS GIVING THE MITTENS THE "CUTENESS" FACTOR.  

 AND I DIDN'T WANT TO FORGET TO MENTION THE 3 BRADS TO GIVE IT THE FINAL TOUCH.  ON SOME OF THE CARDS, I USED TOMBOW AND ADDED SOME DAZZLING DIAMONDS.  THEY LOOK LIKE LITTLE GUMDROPS WITH THAT SPARKLE ON THEM.  THIS ONE DOES NOT HAVE IT ON IT.  I JUST COULDN'T DECIDE IF I LIKED IT ON THIS CARD OR NOT, SO I DID SOME WITH AND SOME WITHOUT.

MY OTHER CARD I DID FOR THE SHARE (WE SHARED TWO DIFFERENT CARDS) IS A CUTE SNOWMAN CARD:

 I REALLY REALLY LIKE THIS CARD, DON'T YOU?  I EMBOSSED WITH THE SNOW FLURRIES EF ON WHITE, THE LAYER BEHIND IT IS BASIC BLACK AND THE CARD BASE IS RED.

 IT WAS SO FUN TO SEE 7 SNOWMEN ACROSS MY TABLE AS I WAS ASSEMBLING THEM. I USED EITHER RED OR GREEN BUTTONS WITH A PIECE OF CARD STOCK IN THE HOLES TO LOOK LIKE SEWING.  I USED THE "BE OF GOOD CHEER" DESIGNER PAPER FROM THE NEW HOLIDAY CATALOG FOR THE TWO STRIPS.

 I WATER COLORED THE SNOWMAN WITH THE AQUA MARKER AND INK.  I HEAT EMBOSSED HIS NOSE AND THE SPOTS ON HIS SCARF WITH EMBOSSING POWDERS.  I THEN USED A CRAYON TO COLOR THE SNOWMAN WHITE.

HERE IS A PHOTO OF THE INSIDE SENTIMENT CUTE WITH THE DECORATIVE LABEL DIE.

HOPE YOU ENJOYED MY PROJECTS. DON'T FORGET TO SCROLL DOWN AND LEAVE A COMMENT FOR YOUR CHANCE TO WIN BLOG CANDY!!

OUR BLOG HOP PARTICIPANTS ARE AS FOLLOWS:

Dawn

Dee               

Jan              

Bridgett        

Jennifer    (THAT'S ME)  
Judy    

Ronnel        

             TO GO TO JUDY NEXT, CLICK THE BUTTON BELOW:

IF YOU WANT TO GO BACK TO THE PREVIOUS BLOG, CLICK BELOW::

NOW THE BLOG CANDY RULES:

1.  BE A PUBLIC FOLLOWER OF MY BLOG AND LEAVE ME A COMMENT TELLING ME YOU ARE. (ONLY NEED TO TELL ME ONE TIME THIS WEEK.)

2.  LEAVE ME A COMMENT ANSWERING MY QUESTION ABOVE AS WELL AS LEAVING ME A LITTLE "LOVE" ABOUT MY CARDS.

3.  VISIT AND LEAVE A COMMENT ON ALL FIVE POSTS FOR THE HOP THIS WEEK.

THAT'S IT!!  THEN I WILL PUT EVERYONE'S NAME INTO THE RANDOM PICKER AND WE WILL HAVE A WINNER.

HERE'S TO INKY FINGERS!!  SEE YOU TOMORROW.