Green Beer? Inchies Challenge

Today's Belli Challenge hosted by Chrissy Dickinson was to use inchies.
I used a little leprechaun stamp by Sonlight Impressions colored in markers, layered with Garden Green, Brushed Gold, and Whisper White cardstocks. Tied with stretchy gold cord. Glass was etched white shamrocks on it, I filled with green and white jelly beans to look like St. Patty's Day beer. I will seal this with plastic wrap and a round bit of lace and some ribbon to give as gifts.

More Inchie offerings from the Belli Team:
Joan Ervin, Anne Harada, Holly Brown, Chris Dickinson, Courtney Fowler, Ceal Pritchett, Christi Thorsen, Danita Hollander, Shelly Koskinen, Karen, Shannon

New Artful INKables

New today at Artful INKables this is the beautiful set called "Think Big" a set of 6 stamps that include three sentiments, this adorable girl reading, a stack of books and a cat. Perfect for the book lover! I colored the image with Copic markers and made this into a bookmark that easily slides right out from under the organdy ribbon secured with eyelets.




This second set is called Birthday Best, a set of 10, perfect for any birthday celebration. Included here are a big, beautiful cake, two sizes of cupcakes, and a nice assortment of sentiments. I made little treat favor boxes filled with candy. Cupcake images were colored in markers. For the treat boxes I used a retired sheet of SU's boxes and tags.

I'll be back in a little while with some links to some beautiful cards and projects made by the INK girls with the new sets out today! Hope you will check out all of the new stamp sets released at Artful INKables! They are really fabulous!
Please be sure to hop on over to Joy's blog to see what she has created!

Here are some more INK girls creations today:
Kristin
Holly
Velta
Kerri
Toni
Dawn
Elena
Joy

Tea Party Treat Box

I love the old fashioned, romantic feel of this new SU Tea Party designer paper. I will probably fill this with miniature gourmet cookies and a few tea bags for a gift. The template can be found on SCS for TLC208. I paired the paper with Pretty In Pink cardstock and cut out one of the flowers from the paper and popped it up with large glue dots. The white organza ribbon is so fabulous and a joy to use, it is so soft and tie-able (new word.)

Geisha Anya

This was for today's Featured Stamper challenge honoring Julie Lacey on SCS. I chose her Geisha Anya to case, changing the scallop to a square and using different papers and colors.
The chiyogami paper is by Hanko Designs with Brilliant Blue and Brushed Gold. Anya image is colored in Copic markers and highlighted with a gold Zig painty pen. Her hair adornment is a gold brad and I don't know what you call these pearl picks, you can find them in the wedding/floral department at Michael's or any craft store.

A Handmade Card

I remember this story my Dad told about the time he totally forgot to get a card for my Mom for Valentine’s Day. He worked two jobs and there were six of us kids to take care of so it’s pretty easy to see how it may have slipped his mind. All day Mom happily anticipated him coming in the door with a Hallmark Valentine and maybe a box of Whitman chocolates. She was so disappointed when Dad came in empty handed. “Oh Reds, how could you forget Valentine’s Day” she said. After dinner Dad disappeared for a while. He came up to her with a card that he made himself. Mom smiled, she was so surprised at what a good artist Dad was. We didn’t know he could draw that well!
Mom passed away about 11 years ago. When my Dad was going through her things he found that valentine carefully wrapped and saved all of those years. That meant more to her than anything that could have come from a store. It was made just for her and from the heart. What could be better than that?

Wanted- Inspiration Challenge

Today's Inspiration challenge is based on The Artful Bras Project of South Carolina to raise awareness about breast cancer and to honor survivors. I chose the Rhinestone Cowgirl bra on page 1 as my inspiration:














Confetti Tan, Whisper White and Chocolate Chip cardstock embossed with white and It's Beautiful jumbo wheel. Chocolate satin ribbon and cowboy buckle embellishment used with rhinestone stickers.
Wanted horse stamped in Chocolate Chip.

Doubledog Dare Challenge- Humor :)

Our Doubledog Dare Challenge was hosted this week by Anne (jdmommy) and she challenged us to make a humorous card. We'd love it if you played along, we could all use a laugh to get us through a cold winter day. (If you post on SCS please use DDC in your keywords so we can find you.)
I combined this with today's Limited Supply Challenge which was to make a card that is slightly different than how you would normally approach it. I really wanted to do more coloring and shading on the main image, but only colored in the bird. I kept it embellishment free which was really hard for me, and I reached for a set that I haven't used in at least a year. An added bonus is that it is a flat card and will not require extra postage!
I have always loved Snoopy, ever since I was a little kid. I have quite a collection of Snoopy stamps (and other collectibles) because he just makes me happy. Peanuts was an all time favorite comic of mine along with The Family Circus, Calvin & Hobbes, and the Farside Gallery. When I was a little girl I wanted to be Brenda Starr when I grew up.
What were some of your favorites?