Garden Fairies

I think this is my favorite set of the 3 new fairy sets.
This is the Garden Fairy Set, and there are so many images in this set you can do so much. I stamped with Black Memento and colored with all my pretty new Copic Markers! I then used the Brushable Glue and Green Iris glitter for accents.
I used this sketch from Taylored Expressions and really like the look of cutting out the circle on the side.
Thanks for looking and happy stamping:)
Jill

Cherish each Day

I love these new Garden Girls from Sparkle N Sprinkle...we have some great new artists. There are 2 new sets that are only going to be available from your local stamp store...so go ask for the Garden Girls and have them stock them so you can buy them...The girls name is Dani and she is playing with nature. This card was very simple and used 3 stamps. The Swirls and Curls for the background, the sentiment and of course Dani sitting in the flower reading. I used a Nestibilitie Oval template and first layed it with the open oval in the center of the card and sponged with Pearlescent Lime from Brilliance, then put the solid oval over the center and stamp the swirls around it. Then I stamped the verse and Dani with Versamark and embossed with Teddy Brown EP. I layered it on a dark brown layer, the base of the card is of course green. I'll be sharing more cards made with this set, I've had alot of fun with it:)

Also check out the website for more new great stamp sets that came out...there are 5 in all.

It's been a While!

Hi Friends,
It has been a while since I have shared. I don't really have any other pictures to share with you, I've been out of that mood lately, but hope that will change. It was sooooo cold here this weekend we just stayed home all day Saturday and didn't step foot outside, so guess what I did all day....yeah, I spent the entire day stamping!! I am having a class next week and we are doing a swap and this is what I came up with. The flamingo stamp is from my old stash and I love it, but didn't really want to color a bunch for the swap so I used the heart Nestibilities to make the image pop...it's on dimensionals. I was also wanting to do another size card, so I grabbed a regular envelope for mailing the bills and measured it and made the card 3 1/2 x 6 3/4. The hearts are from an old SU Hostess Set, the definition is from Define Your Life from SU, and on the inside I got this anniversary stamp a while back and hadn't used it yet and thought this would be the perfect opportunity.

Thanks for stopping by,
Happy Stamping,
Jill

Life is Beautiful

Hi Stampers,
We had a wonderful Christmas this year. We had two gatherings at our house. This is a picture of the cousins on Christmas Eve, but Ashley is missing, she had other plans. But I was thankful we got these 4 together. We had a delicious prime rib dinner.





Then on Christmas day Mandy's boyfriend and brother came down to join us. I made a seafood a gratin and it was so yummy. I think everyone got what they wanted and then some....I feel so blessed:)







Now on with the stamping:) I made this card with the new stampset Solid Butterfly over at Sparkle N Sprinkle. I embossed 3 of the butterflies with Amythest Spray, and then the 4th one is embossed with Peacock. Then I used a craft knife and cut out the wings of the butterfly and folded them up and layered it on a green mirror cardstock. The sentiment is also embossed with the Amythest Spray, and the brads are embossed with the Peacock. I love the look of the mirror under the wings.

Happy Stamping,
Jill

Magic Max & Golden Gingerbread Boy

Last week I picked up my nephew from school and we spent the afternoon together. We went for a nature walk at one of my favorite parks and then went hom and made some a giant gingerbread cookie. We really enjoyed spending time together.
Here is the Video Kit Club for December....if you are interested you can check out here for more information.



Thanks for stopping by and
Happy Stamping,
Jill

Tim Holtz 12 Tags of Christmas

Have you seen his blog lately....he's been doing tutorials on tags and I just love them! So last night I made my own. I used his techniques for the whole thing...go check them out here. But only it's way to nice to put on a present then give it away!! lol I know alot of you feel the same way too!

Lexy was in a play "The Christmas Carol" at school last week and this is the picture of her as Elizabeth, and don't they make such a cute couple! They did a real good job.

New Rubbah and Grand Cayman

Boy, it's been awhile since I updated. I've been so busy with my mom, she's getting ready to have hip replacement surgery. And then we went on a cruise for a week. So I haven't had alot of time to stamp. I need to!!! I'm having withdrawl:) lol Anyway, here is some new rubber from Sparkle N Sprinkle, it's called Solid Butterfly. I used the sketch challenge from Splitcoast, and embossed the butterfly with Electric Blue, and the verse with Candy Apple both from Sparkle N sprinkle. I think this set has alot of possibilities with different techniques, so keep watching.

























Here are some of the pictures from our cruise. We stopped at Grand Cayman and went on a snorkling excursion. The water is beyond beautiful! This is a queen conch and is the most pretty soft pink on the inside.

Jim likes to go to the bottom and look up a make circles. This one floated right up to Mandy.

Then the last photo is a shot from the top of the boat...just breathe taking to say the least.

Thanks for stopping by:)
Jill

Birthday Times

Yesterday was a full day! Our island does a Mullet Smoke Off each year and we had to go over and get some...I love smoked mullet! Then after that we went down to my sister's for my nephew's birthday, I can't believe how fast they grow up:) Chance is becoming such a nice young man, and so polite.















This is the card that I made for him, and I was going to bring Jim's hat down for him to wear, and I forgot both! Then we had bought a remote helicopter for him and his mom and dad had just bought him one! But we had a great time with family.

The image in the card is from Sparkle n Sprinkle and I colored him with Prismacolor Pencils and gamsol. Then I used Dimensional glue and flocking for the mane. It dried puffed up and is soft like a real mane. I used the layout from Splitcoast this week.





This picture is one from a couple weeks back. After we left the Scrappin' Sistahs Retreat we stopped at my sisters for a bit to say hi, since she lives only a mile off the road. We got Austin to take our picture.

Thanks for stopping by,
Hugs and Smiles,
Jill

Halloween & Christmas

Everyone likes to make ornaments at Christmas time, and I always like making these glitter ornaments. I made a video on how to make them, so take a look at it.

For Halloween Lexy went Trick or Treating with her cousins, Lexy was a hippee which totally fits her:)

Flamingo Fun

Last week on of the ladies at church, who was up in NC all summer came back, she said she had something for me. It was this cute flamingo. She said she was at a store shopping with a friend and saw this and thought of me. It made me feel so special that she thought of little ole' me when she had been gone all summer. It was funny because I had just told my sister I needed to find a little flamingo for my van. So this was perfect. It even comes with my own star I get to name!! I made the thank you card to match.

Jim and I were invited to a Halloween Party and these are are costumes. You can't see it but I have a cupcake apron on. I was a Cupcake Diva, and Jim started out to be the Cupcake Boy (the hat) because he is a halloween baby, but then it morphed to a Hippee Cupcake boy, then kinda like an Elton John with the glasses added!

Jill