Thanksgiving Thanks

My aunt and uncle had us over for Thanksgiving this year and I wanted to send a thank you for the lovely dinner and conversation we had. My mom's sister and two brothers were all there and that was so nice to see all of them together, which doesn't happen very often because my one uncle lives in Pennsylvania.

I purchased this stamp from my LSS, Buffalo Stamps and Stuff. It's from Serendipity Stamps and I love their images. They are always so fun to color. I followed the Mojo Monday sketch from last week. The dp is SU's retired Autumn Vine and the ribbon is something I picked up at Target last year. The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink.

Thanks for stopping in today! Have a great week!

Another Copic Creations Entry - Snowpeople

Yesterday I posted a card I did for the current Copic Creations Challenge. Well, I actually made two last night, but decided to wait to post it for today. I just loved the challenge...to color snowpeople! For this one, I actually cased myself! I love this image and the card I did for for one of our JUGs color challenges, so I decided to case it! I've never cased myself before...it was actually fun to see both cards next to each other. So different, yet so similar. Here's the case.The snowman (or snowgirl) looks to me like she's carved from a piece of wood, so I used brown colors to shade the image. I went over it with my blender marker to soften the colors.

Here's the original card I cased.I like both versions so much! I'm so happy for these challenges, because I'm getting my Christmas cards done one by one!

Thanks for stopping in today!
Recipe
Stamps: Serendipity Stamps
Paper: PTI white, soft suede, Christmas Cocoa
Ink: Memento tuxedo black
Copic markers: R27, 29, 59; G09, 28, 29; E71, 77; R11; W-1, 5
Accessories: Nesties, PTI ribbon, star dust stickles, glitter dots, dimensionals

Just Us Girls Challenge - JUGS3

I'm here today with our third Just Us Girls challenge! We had such a great response last week...we were all truly shocked at all the entries! Every time I looked at the blog, there were more entries! I was very overwhelmed! Thanks so much...you like us, you really like us! (Just channeling Sally Field there! LOL!) I want to congratulate Rosemary for randomly winning our blog candy and Broni for being the "Chic of the Week" with her fabulous Addy Tude card! Congrats girls!

This week, we have a fantastic color challenge for you by our very talented and sweet Dana Gustafson.

Aren't these fantastic colors? I just thought Christmas and a sort of shabby chic look. These are Papertrey Ink colors, but you don't have to use them...they are just for reference. Here's what I came up with. I just bought this Snow Angel stamp by Serendipity Stamps from my LSS, Buffalo Stamps & Stuff, last weekend, and this card has been swirling around in my head all week. I stamped the image in Memento tuxedo black on Vintage Cream cardstock. I initially thought I was going to color the snowman a light brown color, but then decided on this great aqua color. I liked it much better! I added star dust stickles to pretty much everything on him...I just love that stuff! The plaid dp is Basic Grey's new Eskimo Kisses. (It has some pink in it in honor of Breast Cancer month!) The red dp is from SU's new Christmas Cocoa (it's in the Holiday Mini catalog). I used some Aqua Mist satin swiss dot ribbon by PTI. Lastly, I added some red glitter dots. I followed the SCS sketch challenge from last week.

Want to see more? Here are links to the Just Us Girls DT that you can visit. Please leave some love for their hard work.

Dana Gustafson
Kristin Bueter
Maria Levine
Mona Pendleton
Pam Imholz
Tracey Cuccia

So what do you think you can do with these colors? We'd love to see! If you play, please post your direct link to the Just Us Girls blog so we can see them! If you post to an online gallery, please use the keyword JUGS3. Dana has thrown in some blog candy for a winner, too! She made these amazing flowers on her card and is offering a bag full of them! Thanks, Dana!

On another note, Paper Makeup Stamps is in it's third week of the Countdown to Christmas sale! This week, all embellishments are 30% off! That's right...30% off! The sale runs all week and the code at checkout for the discount is EMBELLIE30. Make sure you check that out!

Thanks for stopping in today! Have a great weekend!
Recipe
Stamps: Serendipity Stamps
Paper: Vintage cream, aqua mist, pure poppy (all PTI), Eskimo Kisses (Basic Grey), Christmas Cocoa (SU)
Ink: Memento tuxedo black
Copic Markers: BG0000, 10, 11, 13, 23; R11, 27, 29, 35, 59; W-1
Accessories: Nesties, aqua mist ribbon, star dust stickles, glitter dots, dimensionals