Tuesday, December 31, 2013

December 12 Tags of 2013 with Tim Holtz!!

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Hello!!
Happy New Year's Eve!!
I'm here to share my December Tag for the 12 Tags of 2013 with Tim Holtz!!
You can find out more by visiting his Blog!!
Here is my take on the Challenge!!
 
I'll be back to share a couple more projects but I hope you have a FABULOUS New Year's Eve!!
 
COUNTRY HUGS-N-KISSES
LARISSA  =)

Sunday, December 29, 2013

LOVE STRUCK with the PPS Designer Drafts Challenge!! =)

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Hello!!
So EXCITED to share the card I made using the New Paper Smooches LOVE STRUCK Stamp Set, LOVE STRUCK ICONS Coordinating Dies and the BOOKMARK Dies!! I'm just in LOVE with this set and that SWEET Little Cherub!! SWOON!! =)
I wanted to take a que from the FUN Cards that both Savannah and Isha shared and not have the two panels be of paper, but one with paper and the other stamped images!! So here is what I created!!



I used the Bookmark Tag Die and created my panel!! I had to size it down so it would be a smaller scale for my card and I did this by running the flag end through my sizzix machine first leaving the top end of my plate not covering the top of the tag!! Then I slide my tag die down lining up the tag with the cut sides and ran it through again cutting the top of the tag making my Bookmark tag lots shorter!! I then stamped my sentiment and die cut my cherub and arrows from oatmeal cardstock!! I then stamped and paper pieced all of the images!! I made some of the arrows 3-D and I LOVE this look!! I also added some water color for the cherub and some glitter!! Added a May Arts Ribbon Bow and some twine and my card was finished!! I LOVE the way it came together!! What do you think!!?? If you're in the mood for even more Inspiration don't forget to go and visit the PPS Blog to see all of the other creations that were shared!!
THANKS SO MUCH for stopping by and have a Fabulous Weekend!!

COUNTRY HUGS-N-KISSES
LARISSA  =)

Thursday, December 26, 2013

All Tied Up Blog Hop with Paper Trey Ink!! =)

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Hello!!
Wow!! I can't believe it's the day after Christmas and the New Year will be here soon!!
I wanted to share some Sweet Little Burlap Bags I made to give away with some gift cards in them for my nieces who have birthdays coming up!! =) I'm sharing them over on the PTI Blog for the last Blog Hop of 2013!! I used the some of my FAVORITE PTI Snowflake Dies!! I die cut some DCWV Glitter Paper and some American Crafts Patterned paper!! I used some May Arts Burlap Twine and a Vintage Button!! I LOVE them and I know they will too!!


 
THANKS so much for stopping by and have a Fabulous Week!!
 
COUNTRY HUGS-N-KISSES
LARISSA   =)

Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Making the DT for Newton's Nook Designs!! =)

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Hello!!
I have some super EXCITING News to share today!!
I have been asked to join the AMAZING and Talented Newton's Nook Design Team!!
If you haven't been by their blog, or seen their AWESOME Stamps please stop by and say HI!!
I'd LOVE it if you'd leave me some LOVE on the Announcement Post!!
I wanted to share a Card I have made recently using some of their SWEET Images!!

 

I shared this card here on this post so if you want more info you can check it out there!!
I hope you'll stop by the Newton's Nook Designs Blog and share the LOVE for my New Design Team Friends and me!! I also can't wait to share the Stamps for the New January Release you are in for a real SWEET Treat!! THANKS SO MUCH for stopping by and have a Fabulous Week!!

COUNTRY HUGS-N-KISSES
LARISSA  =)

Tuesday, December 17, 2013

MFTWSC154!!

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Hello!!
Wanted to share the card I made for the MFTWSC Challenge this week!! =)


 I have been wanting to use these BEAUTIFUL Snowflakes (Sophisticated Snowflakes Stamps Set) since I saw them!! I LOVE snowflake images and these are some of my FAVORITE to date!! I used a couple different inks to stamp them (MFT in Nightshift Blue and Blu Raspberry and PTI ink in Raspberry Fizz and Limeade Ice) these colors matched the My Mind's Eye Striped Paper I die cut from the Blue Prints Scalloped Border Die!! I used a rectangle and file tab also from the Blue Prints and the Birthday from the Happy Birthday Die-namics Die Set!! I wanted it to stand out so I covered it in Distress Glitter and added foam tape to pop it up off the card base!! I LOVE the Fun colors and the way it came together!
Thanks for stopping by and have a Fabulous Week!! 
 
COUNTRY HUGS-N-KISSES
LARISSA  =)

Monday, December 16, 2013

12 Tags of Christmas #4!!

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Hello!!

I'm here to share the Last Tag I have created for the 12 Tags of Christmas with Ellen Hutson!!
I was Inspired by Tag # 9 by Teri Anderson!!
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 I LOVED this TAG!! Such a FUN design and I wanted to use my Tim Holtz Ice Skate Die and I decided to die cut it from felt!! I LOVE the way it lookes!! I added it to a Paper Smooches Tag Die that I doubled up and made a Tag shaped Card from!! I used the coordinating window die to make my frame for the window and I added some Vellum!! Then I thought it would be FUN to add some Sequins for a Shaker styled card and it turned out so FUN!! I added the Skate using Foam Tape and then I used Newton's Nook Designs Sentiment stamps the Perfect finishing touch!!
 

I LOVE it and I know my niece will LOVE getting it!!
THANKS SO MUCH for stopping by and have a Fabulous Holiday Week!!

COUNTRY HUGS-N-KISSES
LARISSA  =)

12 Tags of Christmas #3!! =)

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Hello!!
I'm sharing my next Tag for the 12 Tags of Christmas with Ellen Hutson!!
I was Inspired by Tag #10 by Jill Foster!!
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I thought it would be FUN to create a Tag/Gift Card Holder!!
I started by die cutting a Gift Card Holder by PTI out of Kraft Cardstock!! Then I added some Patterened Paper!! I took the       Stamp Set from Paper Smooches and I stamped the CUTE little Reindeer Image after I die cut it out so that the Reindeer was a top folding Tag so I could add a FUN Message for my son using the coordinating die!! I then took my Faber-Castell Aquarelle Water Color Pencils and Gelatos and I colored my image!! I added some pop dots to the back of the Reindeer Tag and then I added it to the Gift Card Holder!! I really LOVE the way it turned out!!



I'm also linking this up for the Paper Smooches SPARKS Anything Goes Challenge!!

THANKS SO MUCH for stopping by and have a Fabulous Holiday Week!! =)

COUNTRY HUGS-N-KISSES
LARISSA   =)

12 Tags of Chrustmas #2!!

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Hello!!
Sharing another Tag for the 12 Tags of Christmas with Ellen Hutson!!
I was inspired by the Tag #8 by Sharon Harnist!!
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I mostly LOVED  the look of the Glittered Reindeer and I thought it would be FUN to use some of the Distress Glitter!! I started by Die cutting the New Paper Smooches Tag Die out of Kraft Cardstock and I doubled it up so its a Tag Card!! I stamped my deer image with Versa Mark and then added Sticky Stuff to add my Distress Glitter!! I then used some Snowflake stamps from Newton's Nook Designs and stamped them in White Ink!! I then Die Cut some Poinsettia Flowers from Felt using a Paper Smooches Die!! I added some May Arts Burlap Twine and a Vintage Button and I LOVE the way it came together!!
I LOVE the way it came together!! THANKS SO MUCH for stopping by and have a Fabulous Week!!

COUNTRY HUGS-N-KISSES
LARISSA  =)

12 Tags of Christmas!! =)

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I'm stopping in to share some tags I've made for the 12 Tags of Christmas with Ellen Hutson!!
I'm also gonna be linking up to some other challenges too!! This first tag was inspired by Tag #6 Julia Stainton!!
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 I thought it would be FUN to create a Tag for a Gift Bag made from Burlap!! I die cut a tag and then added some stitching on a Tag and then I Stamped my Snowman and the snowflakes from a Build a Snowman Stamp Set by Stampendous!! I decided to leave it Blank so my Niece could color it and have FUN decorating it the way she wanted it!! I LOVE interactive things like this for the kiddos!! =) Then I used the Paper Smooches Poinsettia Die and Die Cut some flet, and some Tim Holtz Music Tissue paper!! I layered it all toigether added some May Arts Burlap Twine and a Vintage Button to the Center and attached it to the top of my Tag/Bag!! I LOVE the way it came together!!
 I'm also linking this up to the
Stampendous Clean and Simple Holiday Cards December Challenge!!
 THANKS SO MUCH for stopping by and have a Fabulous Week!!

COUNTRY HUGS-N-KISSES
LARISSA  =)

Friday, December 13, 2013

Fun with some Challenges!! =)

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Hello!!
My post is going up alittle later than I would have liked, but some things in life can't be helped!!
I had mentioned yesterday that I was going to share an announcement and while I was hurrying to get my post up I accidentally wrote the wrong date!! I will be making my announcement on the 18th of December so SORRY for the error, but I PROMISE it will be worth the wait!! =)

I wanted to play along with a couple challenges and use some of my NEW Favorite Stamp Sets from Newton's Nook Designs!! OMG~if you haven't checked them out you have to RUN not WALK and go see their AMAZING Stamps!! They have the CUTEST little images and I just can't get enough!!
I even noticed that Kristina Werner  used the New Holiday Mischief Stamp Set for her 19th Day of Holiday Card Series Videos!! She also asked Simon Says Stamp to carry them in the store so they can also be found there!! Anyway, I started with this sketch from the Retro Sketches Challenge Blog!!

Then I decided to use the FUN Color Palette from the Colour Q Challenge Blog!!
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Then the New Challenge over on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog is
"Let It Snow", so I will be linking it up for that challenge too!!
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Here is my CUTE Card!! =)



 
I started by Die Cutting a Lil' Inker Design Stitched Circle into the right hand corner of my Card Panel!! I then took some Music Paper from Cosmo Cricket and filled in the circle for my background!! I LOVED the pattern and thought it was GREAT for the feel of my card!! I then took some white cardstock and cut a slight curve and added some Dry Distress Rock Candy Glitter for my snow and added it the bottom of the Music paper!! I then stamped my Wagon image from the "Wagon of Wishes" Stamp Set and then I stamped it again onto some Red cardstock twice and fussy cut them out!! I added the wheels and the handle both stamped and cut from black patterned paper!! Then I stamped my snowman couple image from the "Frozen Friends" Stamp Set and then stamped them again twice onto some Tim Holtz Distressed Water Color Paper!! (I LOVE this Paper) I took my silver Faber-Castell Aquarelle Water Color Pencil and I added some shadows so my snowmen would look more dimensional!! I then stamped them onto some Green Patterned papers so I could have the Scarves and Buttons in two different green colors and fussy cut them out!! I just water colored the Carrot Noses using my Orange water color Pencil and cut them out too!! Before I attach my pieces I always take a Black Soot Distress Marker and go around the edges of my images so they have a finished edge to them!! Then I glued everything together and added the Images to my card base using some Foam Tape!! I wanted to add some Snowflakes so I decided to white emboss some of the snowflakes from the "Frozen Friends" and "Snow Day" Stamp Sets!! I then added some Dry Distress Rock Candy Glitter just the centers of each of the snowflakes for even more Sparkle!! I Stamped my Sentiment in both Black and white ink for a FUN Dimensional look and then I embossed the word Happy with some Green Stampendous Embossing Powder and I LOVE the way it looks!! I attached my card Panel to a white card base using foam tape and my card was finished!! See what I mean about these Images!! SWOON~I'm in LOVE!! =)
Anyway, if your in need of some last minute Holiday Inspiration I hope you'll check out all of the other Entries for these challenges because they are AMAZING!! =)
THANKS so much for stopping by and I hope you have a Fabulous Weekend!!

COUNTRY HUGS-N-KISSES
LARISSA   =)

Thursday, December 12, 2013

Featured on the Paper Smooches Patrol Blog Post!! ;)

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Hello Blog Friends I hope your having a FABULOUS Week!!??
I know with the Holiday's approaching FAST that you're BUSY finishing up all of the things necessary to have a MEMORABLE Holiday but I wanted to stop in and share some EXCITING News!! My card Found on this post is being FEATURED on the Paper Smooches Blog today!! ;)
I'm SO EXCITED and I was hoping you could stop by and leave some LOVE!! ;)
Also stay tuned because I'll have some more EXCITING News to share on the 18th of December!!
It's going to be a FABULOUS New Year!!
So I'm off to wrap some present while Beckett is away at school!! He's getting better at trying to "HELP", this year and I'm having to be more sneaky so his Presents are still a surprise come Christmas Morning!! Oh how I LOVE this time of year!!
Have a Fabulous Week!!

COUNTRY HUGS-N-KISSES
LARISSA ;)

Sunday, December 8, 2013

Razzle Dazzle Blog Hop with DeNami Design!!

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Hello and Welcome to the
Denami Design Razzle Dazzle Blog Hop!!
I hope you're ready to be Inspired!!??
You should be coming from the AWESOME Deb Fischer!!
My card for today is FILLED with AMAZING Denami Imagaes and GLITTER!!
Two of my FAVORITE Combinations!!
Who would LOVE to win a PRIZE!!??
DeNami Design is giving away THREE $20 gift certificates on their website!! They'll be giving away one gift certificate to a random participant (DT members not eligible) and then they'll also be giving away TWO gift certificates to TWO people who comment along the hop!! So don't forget to comment on every blog you visit!! You'll have until December 9, 2013, 11:59 pm PST, to leave comments on all the blogs (to be eligible for a prize)!!  =)
Here is my Card!!



I started by creating the FUN Candy Cane Glittered Paper!! I used the Three Line Border Stamp and created the FUN Diaginol Pattern stamping in Versa Mark Ink!! I then covered the paper in Sticky Stuff Powder and added my Red Ritz Glitter!! I LOVE the way it looks!! I then took a Wreath Die and die Cut a Base shape and used the PF02-Classic Christmas Stamp Set the Greenery Leaf and stamped the Wreath Die Cut until the entire Die Cut was covered with my Greenery Base!! I then took the little berries and stamped them with Versa Mark and added my Sticky Stuff Powder and then covered them with White Crystal Glitter!! I wanted to make the Pine Cones more 3-D so I stamped them onto some Kraft Cardstock and them I cut them out and added them onto my Wreath!! For the Sentiment I stamped the J125-Medium Merry Christmas Circle Stamp and Clear Embossed it onto some Vellum!! I then cut it out and added it onto my Wreath!! I created a Red Bow and some Burlap Twine with some Mini Rusty Jingle Bells!! For the Background I wanted to create some Snow Flakes so I stamped the Mini Berries Image from the set in Versa Mark and I covered it in Sticky Stuff Powder and added my White Crystal Glitter!! I added my Wreath using Foam Tape!!
So I hope I have Inspired you to add some Razzle Dazzle to those Holiday Projects!!??
THANKS SO MUCH for stopping by and Have a Fabulous Weekend/Week!!
Your next stop is the AMAZING Wendy Elliot!!

COUNTRY HUGS-N-KISSES
             LARISSA   =)


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Primitive Holiday Card using Lil' Inker Design Products!! =)

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Hello!!
I hope you had a FABULOUS Weekend!!??  =)
I was able to finish a couple aprojects I have been working on and I want to share this FUN Primitive Card I made for a Couple of Friends who made our Dining Room Table for us!! It is a DREAM Table and they did such an AMAZING JOB on it!! Especially with it being the First one they have ever made!!
If you are looking for any Large Antique or Primitive Furniture they are a GREAT Place to look!!
Primitive Touch Antiques they have a Facebook Page and they Post LOTS of Pictures to share New Stuff to the store!!
I decided to use some of my New Lil' Inker Design Dies to create this card and I LOVE how it came together!! I used the Stitched Scallop Die to create my FUN Card Base and then I used the Stitched Gingerbread Man and the Tree along with the Bow to create my Greenery Swag at the top of the card!! I layered a couple different pieces and added some Glitter too and then I added the Bows and some mini Jingle Bells for a FUN Festive touch!! I die cut the GingerBread Men out of some Tim Glassine Paper and then I stamped the Heart and added some Distress Glitter!! I stamped my Sentiment using several different Stamps because I wanted it it be a specific snetiment and I didn't have a stamp that said exactly what I wanted!! Just another reason I LOVE Stamps!! =)
So here is my finished card!!



THANKS SO MUCH for stopping by and I hope you have a Fabulous Week!!

COUNTRY HUGS-N-KISSES
LARISSA   =)

Saturday, December 7, 2013

Chalkboard Techniques using Lil' Inker Designs Products!! =)

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Hello!!
I hope your Saturday is off to a GREAT Start!!??
I wanted to share a FUN Video sharing some of the Chalkboard Techniques I have been creating with lately!! I have LOTS to share so I hope you'll grab a drink and ENJOY my post!! =)
Here's my Video!!
I hope you learned something new!!?? I have some pictures to share showing the cards in the Video!!













THANKS so much for stopping by and I hope you have a Fabulous Weekend!!
 
COUNTRY HUGS-N-KISSES
LARISSA   =)